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God’s PERFECT word to the English speaking people. The King James Bible.
2017.08.07 10:55 Sessamy God’s PERFECT word to the English speaking people. The King James Bible.
First and foremost, is our belief in the perfect authority and innerancy of the KING JAMES VERSION. We do not teach that it is an “accurate translation” or that it “contains the words (or message) of God”, but that the text of the KING JAMES VERSION itself, are the actual written words of God to the English speaking people.
2021.01.05 15:17 Sessamy God’s PERFECT word to the English speaking people. The King James Bible.
First and foremost, is our belief in the perfect authority and innerancy of the KING JAMES VERSION. We do not teach that it is an “accurate translation” or that it “contains the words (or message) of God”, but that the text of the KING JAMES VERSION itself, are the actual written words of God to the English speaking people.
2023.03.26 13:40 Tornado31619 Why can’t WrestleMania weekend appearances be reserved for those who actually deserve them? You should have to earn your spot.
There’s no denying that it’s primarily a showcase for WWE, but that’s in part what you have your legends and celebrities for (and their contributions are their star power). And in any case, the Bloodline, Cody Rhodes, Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens, the Judgement Day, Austin Theory, Edge, John Cena, Becky Lynch, Lita, Trish Stratus, Charlotte Flair, Asuka, Bianca Belair, Gunther, Damage CTRL, Sheamus, Drew McIntyre, Brock Lesnar, Omos and Rey Mysterio are all accounted for. That’s a star-studded lineup.
Between them, there are eleven matches, plus possible appearances for LA Knight and Bobby Lashley, which for the latter could still be a match with Bray Wyatt. And then you never know who else will make appearances.
My question is, after some really well-paced PLEs since I began watching again at Clash at the Castle, why are we over bloating the biggest show of the year with a bunch of jobbers and lower-midcarders? It’s mind-boggling to me that Extreme Rules only had six matches, and yet it’s easier for the Viking Raiders to appear at ‘Mania than on one of those cards.
Don’t get me wrong, I like Alpha Academy and Strowman/Ricochet. I was posting about how Liv and Raquel should be on the card as well a few weeks ago. But this is the most thinly-veiled attempt at getting them on the card that I’ve seen. Bayley has missed out before, KO has missed out before, but god forbid Shotzi misses out this time. And the worst part is that there’s no indication that there’ll be any ramifications for the tag champs. Obviously the Usos or Sami and KO working night two as well would be dumb, but they could easily have had an angle of Ronda and Shayna calling Becky and Lita out for them. I know Triple H is keen on tag team wrestling, but all he’s doing is exposing the clear gap between the Bloodline/Judgement Day and everybody else. Heck, the night one main event can be the tag showcase he wants.
And guess what, they’re still having the battle royal on SmackDown!
Take a look at this lineup, and tell me who exactly we’d be missing. Knight and Lashley (and Lashley was already booked). That’s it. Gargano’s already working Stand & Deliver, and Legado may interfere in Rey v Dom. Remind me again, how is this connected to André the Giant? Hogan did a good job hyping it up the first time around, but now it’s just a relegation for the wrestlers involved because winning it has benefited no one besides Corbin and possibly Cesaro in the long run.
TL;DR: make WrestleMania appearances mean something again. There were reports of talent unhappiness over potentially missing out this year. To me, that sounds like a perfect incentive to begin working harder so that they make next year’s card, even for the likes of Liv who arguably did deserve a spot this year.
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2023.03.26 13:36 snipav1 Should I ask for a release?
Lately, my wife and I feel that our church callings are bringing stress unto our family and its starting to affect our mental health. I've been serving in a bishopric/branch presidency for the past 7 years in some way and my wife has been serving as a relief society counselor for almost a year. We have three small children ranging from 8 months old to 6 years old. It's really hard because I have to be at so many meetings on Sunday mornings and during sacrament I can't support her while I'm sitting at the pulpit, as well as other meetings during the week. It becomes overwhelming for my wife to handle the children on her own. I feel that at this stage I really need to be there to support her and be with my children but in total honesty, my calling is not allowing me to be the best dad for my children at this moment and at this stage in their life. I've always tried my best to serve and never reject any calling but at this point I feel like it's almost a necessity for me to focus on my family and help my wife to have a successful marriage and family.
Should I ask for a release? Should I feel bad for feeling this way?
If so, what's the best way to ask for a release? I just don't know how to say no when it comes to serving in the church given that it's always been engrained in me my whole life.
For context we’re currently serving in a small Spanish branch where for some reason or another a majority of people cannot serve or are not willing to serve. I feel pressure because I know the Lord needs help in this branch.
Thanks for your advice in advance.
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2023.03.26 13:33 HankSteakfist PICARD SPOILERS: Starfleet facilities and lack of personnel
I loved the latest episode of Picard, but did it bother anyone else how the Daystrom Institute and the Starfleet Museum at Athan Prime were essentially deserted?
Surely there were a few personell at the museum and Starfleet doesn't entrust the cataloguing and protection of their historical treasures to just La Forge and his daughter. That museum is akin to the Smithsonian.
But it did seem that way and if there were more people there, they probably could have alerted the Starfleet security about the rogue ship masquerading as an exhibit.
The same can be said for Daystrom. Worf, Riker and Raffi walk into what is basically Starfleet Area 51 and there is no one there. Not a single guard, tech or scientist. There are hourly patrols of starships, but shouldn't there at least be someone managing the facility that has several weapons of mass destruction?
As I said, I loved the episode, but these details kind of stood.out and reminded me of the logic leaps from season 1 and 2.
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2023.03.26 13:31 bildVI prediction: people will use ai to "speak in tongues"
I've not seen it yet but it's got to be only a matter of time, right? You can also make these things produce all sorts of unsettling sounds, rasping demonic screams and so on. Another twist would be trying to interpret the audio as divine revelation.
I think something similar will happen with image generation, where normal photos are ran though an img2img process and it will "reveal" demons, ghosts, spirits, angels, and so on.
If we get some consumer level video2video process in the future it could be used to "reveal" evil spirits in people in real time, kind of supercharging what they already do in mega churches. Those people are sadly desperate and gullible, it would be even more effective, how could you deny this clear evidence.
Anyone come across anyone doing this or similar things already?
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2023.03.26 13:28 MoeBamba14375 Advice on beginning of the book
I’m slowly trying to write a short story book based off of a two sentence story post. The main problem I’m having is, I have no idea how to start the story. I would like it to start inside of a church but from there I have no idea. Any tips would be very appreciated!!
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2023.03.26 13:28 lolpolice88 Moe mai ra e te Toa. Kane Te Tai honourably fought to defend Ukraine from the fascist, Neo-Conservative Christian Putinist regime & the cynical manipulations of debt-finance driven USA. These murderous ideologies must be overthrown and cooperation & tech made to heal & bring peace. Donate to No Duff
Donate to his veterans support charity No Duff if you can, it will go to his daughtewhanau, to return his body and continue his enduring kaupapa, which will help other whanau in this conflict and others.
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Kane Te Tai remembered as man of honour committed to aiding Ukraine
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/486507/kane-te-tai-remembered-as-man-of-honour-committed-to-aiding-ukraine Whānau and friends of slain soldier Kane Te Tai say he will return home as a warrior in life and death, and be remembered as a man who always fought for what was right.
RNZ understands the body of the slain New Zealand soldier has officially been identified as Te Tai and is now being transferred to Kyiv.
He is understood to have been killed while clearing a trench in the Vulhedar area of Ukraine.
Sources have told RNZ he had moved deeper into the trench, away from his team, when he was killed by Russian soldiers.
His team were forced to leave his body there, before Ukrainian marines went in and recovered him overnight.
Veteran support and advocacy group No Duff is now working to ensure a New Zealander can be available to escort his body through the country to the Polish border, before travelling with him for his final journey home.
Comrades and friends have said they believed it was important a Kiwi was always with him, but the process would not be simple.
Te Tai co-founded No Duff with Aaron Wood, who told Midday Report his mother had asked them to manage the journey home.
"We're pulling all the pieces together. A number of volunteers and interested people from New Zealand, all the way through to Ukraine and in between, are coming together to make this happen."
It was highly likely they would be able to bring him home, Wood said, but there were numerous jurisdiction challenges ahead.
Deeply respected during time in Ukraine
Te Tai joined the Defence Force after leaving high school and went on multiple deployments while serving in the 2/1 Royal Battalion.
He left the Army in 2010 and travelled to Ukraine in April last year, operating under the call sign 'Turtle'.
Te Tai was a prominent character in the warzone and was widely followed on social media.
His colleagues described him as well-known and deeply respected for his professionalism, skill, leadership and relentless sense of humour.
They said he never underestimated the importance of his job, or the lives he held in his hands.
His death marks the third New Zealander to be killed in the combat - after the deaths of his best friend Dominic Abelen and humanitarian Andrew Bagshaw.
Te Tai had become the unofficial expert for New Zealanders in Ukraine, often acting as the point of contact for Kiwis wanting to travel to the warzone. He would ensure people knew what they were signing up for, a way to get into the country and a unit to go to.
He admitted in an interview with RNZ his initial motivations for going there were selfish, but that changed quickly on arrival.
The soldier became an infamous figure in the war, often featuring on Russian propaganda sites - seen by RNZ - particularly the Wagner group, who put a NZ$11 million price tag on his head.
In a conversation with friends he joked about ratting himself out for the money, illustrating his sense of humour.
Te Tai always said to his friends he was not afraid to die, but he also was not afraid to live.
During nearly a full year in Ukraine, he garnered respect from people in all walks of life. He volunteered with Ukrainian families, taught civilians how to fight and eventually found a spot at the frontline as one of the team's leaders.
Te Tai said he was fiercely protective of his team and did anything to make sure they were safe.
During one mission in August 2022, his best friend, Abelen, was killed in trench warfare. In an interview after the mission, Te Tai said the team were unable to get his body back and it ended up in Russian hands, but that did not stop him from trying.
He told RNZ they only stopped because Abelen would not have wanted them killed in the process.
Just last week Te Tai posted on social media, revealing that while clearing a Russian position he had found a "long lost friend" who had wanted to visit New Zealand.
Te Tai had thought his friend was dead and was amazed to find him alive, describing it as a "Hollywood moment".
He said at first he did not recognise the man, who had been shot four times and was skinny.
"He'd been starved by Russians for two months and drinking anti-freeze because the Russians wanted a laugh."
The man did not want to be left with the Ukrainians, but Te Tai had to keep fighting. He promised he would return and walk him personally to hospital.
That was exactly what he did, he said.
'The people grow on you'
In that August interview with RNZ, Te Tai said he had fallen in love with the country and its people, and was deeply respectful of their resolve.
"I was sort of getting a bit bored of being at home... and coming into this conflict was just one of those things that selfishly I thought I could be close to the war without getting too entangled.
"But then that sort of changes... I've met so many people, I've been everywhere in this country and the place grows on you, the people grow on you, and their strength, and that's why I'm still here."
Te Tai said he was prepared to leave everything in Ukraine, but in the weeks before his death he had made moves to return home.
His mother said he always kept her up to date, ending the calls with "I love you Mum", but more recently it was like "I'll see you soon".
In a Facebook message to another friend he said he loved Ukraine, but it was time to start living a real life - "gotta put the toys away and start to build while I can", he said.
"That's enough war for me, I love this place, it's like a playground where I can do anything I want.
"But that's the problem isn't it? So before the game gets me or before I decide that life here is too easy, maybe it's time to start living my real life.
"This place is pure escapism, we are all trying to run from something, mine is from having a real life, but the time is near."
Passionate about the cause
Te Tai is being remembered by his friends and comrades as a man of honour who was passionate about his cause, always doing everything he could to protect people.
Longtime friend Aaron Wood described Te Tai as a beautiful man, who he loved to bits.
"He just wanted people to live their best lives and he wanted to help as many people as he could.
"That sounds like a cliché, but with him it's a truism. That's his whole life... Just serving people, that's what he did, that's what his message was."
That was what he died doing, Wood said.
His mum, Ngaire Te Tai, said there was never any talking him out of it.
"He never did anything by halves, my son. We tried to stop him, but he had his mind made up, that's just Kane.
"When you were around him, you just felt safe."
A gift she said she knew he spread much further than just Ukraine.
Ngaire Te Tai's final comment about her eldest boy was: "Don't let my son's death be in vain."
He leaves behind a 12-year-old daughter.
“Don’t get me wrong, I don’t find anything glorious about killing young mobilised Russian boys who are crying in their trenches” https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/300777917/the-shelling-is-so-close-it-makes-you-puke-says-kiwi-fighting-in-ukraine The shelling is so close it makes you puke, says Kiwi fighting in Ukraine
A Kiwi soldier fighting under Ukraine’s military intelligence says he’s prepared to die.
Kane Te Tai, code name Turtle, is fighting in a secretive reconnaissance unit on Ukraine’s front line in the eastern Donetsk region.
After deaths, injuries and resignations, Te Tai now leads the Foreign Reconnaissance Team after only joining in July.
A December article in The New Yorker magazine revealed the existence of the unit and featured Turtle.
It’s the same unit that 28-year-old Kiwi Dominic Abelen was fighting in when he was killed in August, and the two were like brothers.
Te Tai’s unit has set up a PayPal to fundraise for vehicles it needs to move around its area of operation, near the town of Pavlivka.
As Te Tai was interviewed, he had to be careful his phone wasn’t too bright, so as to not give his unit away to any Russian drones flying overhead.
“We live on the line, we just occupy whatever place we can find at the time. If it gets too hot we just find somewhere else,” he told Stuff.
His unit’s job is primarily reconnaissance, a small mobile force that could reach into Russian land or no-man’s land between the trenches, and destroy a tank or hold a position, before the Ukrainian army moved in.
“Find it, locate it, observe it, report it, attack it.”
Good 4x4 vehicles are a necessity.
Donetsk is known for farming and coal production, and Te Tai described the land as similar to the Canterbury plains.
Soldiers try and use the tree lines separating the fields for cover, and trench systems are built through them.
During the winter, the roads and fields are muddy, pocked by craters from Russian artillery barrages.
The Foreign Reconnaissance Team can get the necessities of war – food, bombs, clothing, bullets - just fine.
Reliable working vehicles and parts, and enough for an emergency stockpile, are harder to come by.
The Foreign Reconnaissance Team is reliant on vehicles driven into Ukraine from throughout Europe by volunteers and paying for them with donated money.
“You can use that vehicle until it is blown up or you crash it, unfortunately both those things happen all the time,” Te Tai said.
“The last three vehicles we’ve had, in the last month, they’ve been hit with artillery. Holes in the front, s... just smashed through.”
Unlike the famous International Legion Battalion, which tens of thousands of foreigners have joined since the start of the war, the Foreign Reconnaissance Team is for some of the highly-trained foreign few.
Te Tai served a tour in Afghanistan for the New Zealand Defence Force and thinks of himself as having spent his whole life training to fight.
His team is given autonomy, building trust with local Ukrainian commanders to find out what they want and then formulating missions.
Te Tai was able to talk about one operation the Foreign Reconnaissance Team conducted during a December battle in Pavlivka, first described in the New Yorker article.
Te Tai and a small team of a half-dozen were set to cross a bridge at night and enter a tree line which ran into the centre of the town.
The mission was to see how close they could get to the Russian positions before they were fired on.
“The moment that we got onto the bridge, everything just opened up, rockets, missiles everything. We ran across this bridge and were just trying to scramble to the safest nearest spot.”
Te Tai’s team managed to get into the tree line and into a trench – all in the dark – but the Russians began to shell progressively towards them down the tree line.
“I remember just looking at everyone in the pit and we all had this look on our faces like, ‘well, the party had to end some time’. We had this feeling of acceptance.”
But, just as the next shell was set to kill the team, it flew off somewhere else and the Russians then began to bomb regressively back along the tree line.
“By divine intervention we missed getting smashed... We all knew we were supposed to die that night.”
Before joining Foreign Reconnaissance, Te Tai was working for a church training Ukrainians in basic military skills.
He was open with people back in New Zealand about what he was experiencing, including old army colleagues.
Te Tai described an environment where Kiwis in Ukraine often stayed in touch and worked together, including Dominic Abelen who contacted Te Tai before making the trip.
When Abelen said that he was set to join the International Legion Battalion, Te Tai told Abelen he was hearing bad stories.
“You go there as a foreigner, you get given a weapon, some ammunition, and sit inside a trench and you fight or die, that’s how it’s portrayed.
“People would tell us: 'Thank you for training my son, he didn’t make it back, but I felt he was better off than he was before’,” he said.
Abelen, now with the nickname Tolkien, made his way into the Ukrainian army, but managed to get taken into Ukrainian military intelligence.
Talking to Abelen about what he was doing, Te Tai had had enough of training soldiers and the 37-year-old felt like he was running out of time to fight.
“I told him [Abelen], ‘I’ll jump in with you too’.
“And he [Abelen] was like ‘thank God, cool man’,” said Te Tai.
He ended the volunteer work and a recruiter told Te Tai to get to Lviv where he entered a secretive military intelligence training camp.
Recruits weren’t allowed to use their phones and were closely evaluated for a two-week period.
“Pretty much from the second they take you into the camp, they don’t tell you what’s going on.
“They operate it like a psychological test, to see if you can be just told what to do and not know any other parameters,” he said.
Access to weapons was heavily restricted and there was heavy scrutiny as Ukrainian officials went through candidates’ records and social media, trying to weed out spies and the weak.
“When you talk to someone, it’s always a cover story, you’re never talking to who you think you’re talking to,” Te Tai said.
Then, one morning in July, officials gave Te Tai a contract and drove him to the Foreign Reconnaissance Team in Donetsk.
“As soon as we pulled up... Dom had no shirt on... he said, ‘let’s do some work’.”
“I was like ‘my man!’.”
Abelen had put in a good word for him with Ukrainian intelligence, Te Tai said.
He gave Te Tai the code name of Turtle, after he had originally named himself Talon. Talon was too cool, Abelen said.
Te Tai described new troops arriving for the unit as a big event, a celebration of strengthening the group after the fighting took its toll.
“There’s a high attrition rate either by death, injury, or guys wanting to leave.”
The Foreign Reconnaissance Team currently operates out of a house, planning their missions on a whiteboard.
“We’re normally strapped for time. If we’re not out working we are resting, or we are giving instructions.”
Te Tai said there aren’t ranks in the unit, so while he is the team’s leader, he sits on the same step as the other foreigners in the unit.
He eats Ukrainian food: soups like borscht, and two-minute noodles and toast.
At night Te Tai watches Netflix and YouTube fail compilations to decompress. Sometimes, he hears the Russians shelling, keeping him awake.
When you’re fired on by artillery, you can hear the lifespan of the shell, he said.
He described how shells left the Russian gun with a distant duh-boom, screeching through the air, before exploding somewhere on the Ukrainian side of the line.
Some shells landed far away, but some hit so close to soldiers that the concussion made them puke and made them feel sick for the next day, he said.
“That shit happens like every week.”
About six weeks after Te Tai joined the unit, Abelen was killed during a mission.
“It pissed me off more than anything, it just consolidated for me that I’m not leaving any time soon.”
Te Tai said Abelen didn’t have a death wish, but he was a soldier and fighting was what he had trained for his whole life.
“I could have told him, ‘you are going to die today’ and he would have been like ‘it’s a good day to die’, that’s just who he was.”
Killing didn’t weigh on Te Tai’s mind, he said. He described it as part of the job, and said his views hadn’t changed since Abelen’s death.
“Don’t get me wrong, I don’t find anything glorious about killing young mobilised Russian boys who are crying in their trenches,” he said.
“I’m willing to die, for sure, but I don’t want to die.”
Te Tai has no plans to leave and wants to attend a victory day parade in Kyiv.
“I know we’re going to win, I know that for sure,” he said.
“I’m staying here until I can’t take it any more, or I am dead.”
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2023.03.26 13:19 The_Swan101 CFIF #8: How a Single Douglas Adams Joke Ruined a Priest's Career
“The Answer to the Great Question … Of Life, the Universe and Everything … Is … Is … Forty-two.” - Deep Thought
One cannot understate the popularity of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Beginning as a radio series in 1978 and later spawning a hexalogy of novels, Douglas Adams’ series following the misadventures of Arthur Dent drew international acclaim for its charm and wit. The most significant pop culture contribution of the franchise might be the number 42: the answer to the meaning of life, as declared by supercomputer Deep Thought.
Although Hitchhiker’s Guide drew nearly unanimous praise from the public and critics alike, its rise in cultural relevance brewed some controversy in Christian circles. This controversy materialized mostly in the United States, whose “Satanic panic” of the 1980s coincided with the meteoric rise of Hitchhiker’s Guide in pop culture. Admittedly, Douglas Adams’ series was not subject to the same intense scrutiny that Christians aimed at the likes of Dungeons & Dragons. Nonetheless, Pan Books, the publisher of the Hitchhiker’s Guide series of books, still received several letters from angry parents accusing Adams of “demonic” rhetoric—largely because he said the meaning of life is 42, and not seeking salvation through God and Christ.
Predictably, Pan Books was unfazed by the accusations, insomuch that they—nor Douglas Adams, a self-described “radical atheist”—never published a formal response to critics. Still, for the most dogmatic Christians, Hitchhiker’s Guide was another effort for popular media to corrupt children by implanting diabolical notions of life’s purpose. This came to a head in 1984, in the small Louisiana town of Moss Bluff.
Laying on the outskirts of Lake Charles, Moss Bluff’s population stood at around 10,000, according to the 1980 U.S. Census results. Despite Louisiana’s high poverty rate, Moss Bluff was an affluent town with a thriving Christian population. Central to the town’s culture was the Moss Bluff Pentecostal Church and its young and charismatic pastor, Reverend Jonathan Logan.
Logan wasn’t a native to Louisiana, originally hailing from a rural town in Texas, but his arrival in 1979 marked a turning point for the Church. Logan prided himself on being in touch with the interests of young people, and his sermons frequently discussed the troubles and anxieties of growing up, parental expectations, and bullying in schools. While his style was initially controversial among the older conservatives in his audience, he produced an infusion of religious enthusiasm among children and teens alike that silenced even his most staunch opponents.
One of Reverend Logan’s most frequent appeals to young people was his reliance on pop culture references. His sermons often used characters or ideas from popular media as allegories for religious morals (in one notable speech, he carefully analyzed how the Force from Star Wars was an embodiment of the Holy Spirit, which culminated in a standing ovation from audience members). In order to remain relevant, Logan had to keep a steady eye on the interests of his younger audience—occasionally blinding him to the fears of his elder viewers.
When Reverend Logan casually joked about the meaning of life being 42 before delving into a legitimate speech about how Arthur Dent’s pursuit of meaning parallels the need for a cultural reconciliation with God, he unknowingly stepped on a landmine. Beginning with quiet whispers, his audience began trickling out of Moss Bluff Pentecostal Church, children in tow. More than half of his weekly attendants left before the end of his sermon—some of their own volition, most from the peer pressure of their “anti-Satanic” brethren.
What ensued was a sixteen-week boycott by 40% of Moss Bluff Pentecostal Church’s congregation. Reverend Logan repeatedly attempted to understand the outrage of his elder audience, but—incensed by the realization that their young community leader had been spreading Satanic propaganda since 1979—they insisted that the only way they would end the boycott would be through Logan’s resignation.
Facing pressure from other church leaders, and newly cynical towards a town that rejected him on such nonsensical grounds, Jonathan Logan resigned from his position as a pastor on August 20th, 1984. Two weeks later, Logan left Moss Bluff and disappeared from the public record. Ironically, his replacement’s name was Adams.
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2023.03.26 13:18 Black_Londoner Blood to stain the steps of St Paul's Cathedral in protest at Harry's Afghanistan kill count.
This is from the Sky News (UK) Website
"Human blood is set to "drench" one of the UK's most famous landmarks in a protest over Prince Harry's controversial remarks about the number of people he killed in Afghanistan.
Russian artist Andrei Molodkin says he will project a sculpture featuring blood donated by Afghans on to St Paul's Cathedral in the coming days, along with footage of the Duke of Sussex.
It comes after Harry faced criticism for revealing in his memoir that he killed 25 Taliban fighters while serving in Afghanistan, writing that it was "not a number that fills me with satisfaction, but nor does it embarrass me".
The prince also admitted that he did not think of those he killed as "people", but instead as "chess pieces" that had been taken off the board.
Molodkin told Sky News that Harry's remarks had made him "very, very angry" and the idea of his project "is to drench St Paul's Cathedral in the blood of Afghani people".
"They read they are just 'chess figures'... for some prince hunting by helicopter," he said. "It looked like a safari situation.
"How he told it, for him it's like a computer game."
The artwork contains blood donated by Afghans, says Andrei Molodkin
The sculpture is called Royal Blood Blood 'pumped' into royal coat of arms
Molodkin said four Afghans in Calais had already given blood for the sculpture and another five Afghans in the UK will donate when the stunt is carried out before the end of March.
The artist said about 1,250ml of blood will be used for the artwork after being taken from donors by a registered nurse, kept in a fridge and then "pumped" into the sculpture of the royal coat of arms.
Explaining how the project will work, he said: "Blood will go in the royal coat of arms, it will circulate in there.
"It will be projected... on to the cathedral - so all the cathedral will be in the blood of Afghani people."
Moldokin said a video featuring Prince Harry will also be projected on to the cathedral.
Artist will try to take blood from inside cathedral
Molodkin said he will attempt to take the Afghans' blood inside the cathedral - where Harry's parents, King Charles and Diana, were married - but he has not approached St Paul's to seek permission.
"I think in the church, you can give the blood," he said.
"It's a cathedral - it's for everyone. Everyone can come there and pray. Donating blood, it's kind of a way of praying."
Sky News approached St Paul's Cathedral for comment but did not receive a response.
Molodkin, who used to serve in the Soviet Union's army, said he explained to all the Afghan donors why they were giving blood.
Asked how they felt about Harry's remarks, he replied: "I think they are very angry."
He added: "Even in the army, you're scared to participate in the shooting of others… you're very stressed about. But he thinks it's a video game."
Afghan on Harry: 'We should get compensation'
Molodkin, who now lives in the south of France, hit the headlines last year after he produced a sculpture featuring an image of Vladimir Putin that was filled with blood donated by Ukrainian fighters.
"Now I can't go back to Russia," he told Sky News.
He believes he would face jail for his artwork if he returns to his home country under its current laws.
"I can't go there while [Putin] still has power but I truly believe it's not possible to continue like this," he added.
"People who kill so many people and start a blood war like this… and try to brainwash… can't stay longer."
THE CONTROVERSIAL ARTIST WHO USES BLOOD AND OIL TO MAKE HIS POINT To coincide with the World Cup in Qatar last December, Andrei Molodkin unveiled a replica of the World Cup trophy that slowly filled with crude oil. It had a symbolic price of $150m – a figure that matched the amount of money allegedly spent on bribes and kickbacks to FIFA officials Last August, Molodkin presented a sculpture of the White House that reportedly contained the radioactive blood of Nagasaki-born men to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs In May last year, Molodkin showcased a glass portrait of Vladimir Putin which was filled with the blood of Ukrainian soldiers. An image of the artwork was said to have been live-streamed near Moscow's Red Square as Mr Putin oversaw Russia's Victory Day parade Back in 2013, Molodkin opened an exhibition called Catholic Blood that featured an installation where he pumped blood donated solely by Catholics around his replica of the Rose Window at Westminster Abbey, which he saw as a Protestant symbol Artist Andrei Molodkin Image: Andrei Molodkin says he has been creating artwork containing human blood for more than a decade Molodkin said he has "worked with human blood for 15 years" and the sculptures he creates "represent the symbol of power", adding: "Then the people who are abused by this power, I ask them to donate blood for this".
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Harry's comments in his book prompted criticism from senior military figures, with Admiral Lord West - the former head of the Royal Navy - reportedly calling the prince "very stupid" and warning he had increased the risk of threat against the Invictus Games.
Taliban officials called for Harry to be put on trial, with a senior leader in the group saying the militants he killed were "not chess pieces, they were humans".
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In response to the criticism, Harry told Late Show host Stephen Colbert it was a "dangerous lie" to say he had "somehow boasted" about the number of people he killed in Afghanistan.
The duke carried out two tours in Afghanistan during his time in the military, including one tour between 2012 and 2013 when he served as an Apache attack helicopter co-pilot gunner"
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2023.03.26 13:18 ComposeTheSilence Disability
I posted this in the Filmmaker sub as well.
I have a disability(not physical) that prevents me from driving. I'd love to work in the industry but I'm afraid that I won't get much traction because of my disability. Is there anyone in the industry that can share their experiences working either on set or as a staff/breakdown writer with a disbility of some sorts? Right now, I am focusing on screenwriting and composing while establishing myself locally here in the DMV.
Public transit is not too bad in the DMV but LA is a whole other ball game. I've been there once, before my disability, for a meeting with two producers and navigating was a nightmare. I sat in traffic for hours. I'm not sure how much has changed since then.
I'm also in my 30s. While I do not consider that "old" , I do think that age might be an important factor. I'm a late bloomer but am on the cusp of establishing myself in a career not related to Film. Screenwriting and composing have been a passion of mine for quite some time.
Any advice on navigating this industry without a car and/or with a disability (taking meetings, booking gigs, etc...)
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2023.03.26 13:16 ComposeTheSilence Disability and Filmmaking
I have a disability(not physical) that prevents me from driving. I'd love to work in the industry but I'm afraid that I won't get much traction because of my disability. Is there anyone in the industry that can share their experiences working either on set or as a staff/breakdown writer? Right now, I am focusing on screenwriting and composing while establishing myself locally here in the DMV.
Public transit is not too bad in the DMV but LA is a whole other ball game. I've been there once, before my disability, for a meeting with two producers and navigating was a nightmare. I sat in traffic for hours. I'm not sure how much has changed since then.
I'm also in my 30s. While I do not consider that "old" , I do think that age might be an important factor. I'm a late bloomer but am on the cusp of establishing myself in a career not related to Film. Screenwriting and composing have been a passion of mine for quite some time.
Any advice on navigating this industry without a car and/or with a disability (taking meetings, booking gigs, etc...)
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2023.03.26 13:11 SoftPois0n HBO's Viewer Favorites : Most Popular Shows Newly Released in the Last 12 Months
# | Name | Year Released | Genres |
1 | House of the Dragon | 2022 | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, War |
2 | The Last of Us | 2023 | Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Science-Fiction |
3 | Tokyo Vice | 2022 | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
4 | We Own This City | 2022 | Crime, Drama, Mini-Series |
5 | The Staircase | 2022 | Crime, Drama, Mini-Series, Mystery, Thriller |
6 | The Time Traveler's Wife | 2022 | Drama, Fantasy, Mini-Series, Romance |
7 | The Rehearsal | 2022 | Comedy |
8 | Velma | 2023 | Animation, Comedy, Mystery |
9 | The Baby | 2022 | Comedy, Horror, Mini-Series |
10 | Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin | 2022 | Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Suspense, Thriller |
11 | Irma Vep | 2022 | Comedy, Drama, Mini-Series |
12 | Julia | 2022 | Drama |
13 | George Carlin's American Dream | 2022 | Documentary |
14 | Mind Over Murder | 2022 | Crime, Documentary, Mini-Series |
15 | The Anarchists | 2022 | Documentary, Mini-Series |
16 | The Invisible Pilot | 2022 | Crime, Documentary, Mini-Series, Mystery, Suspense |
17 | The Thaw | 2022 | Crime, Drama |
18 | Rain Dogs | 2023 | Comedy, Drama |
19 | Low Country: The Murdaugh Dynasty | 2022 | Crime, Documentary, Family, Mini-Series |
20 | Rap Sh!t | 2022 | Comedy |
21 | Gordita Chronicles | 2022 | Children, Comedy, Family |
22 | The Informant | 2022 | Drama, Mini-Series, Thriller |
23 | Edge of the Earth | 2022 | Documentary, Mini-Series, Sport |
24 | Shaq | 2022 | Documentary, Mini-Series |
25 | The Last Movie Stars | 2022 | Documentary, Mini-Series |
26 | A Brutal Pact: The Murder of Daniella Perez | 2022 | Crime, Documentary |
27 | The Climb | 2023 | Reality, Sport |
28 | García! | 2022 | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Science-Fiction, Thriller |
29 | The Big Brunch | 2022 | Reality |
30 | Not So Pretty | 2022 | Documentary |
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2023.03.26 13:10 Fragrant_Performer67 How to find hobbies?
I (16F) literally have no real hobbies. All I do is go to school, study, watch Netflix, scroll mindlessly on social media for hours, hang out with friends, go to concerts, and go to my youth church on fridays. That’s all I do. I don’t have a job right now or play any sports or instruments or anything. There’s nothing I’m actually passionate about, all I do to pass time is go on my phone. I have depression & social anxiety which is the main contributor to my lack of hobbies but I really want to get better and get out of my comfort zone so how do I find hobbies?
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2023.03.26 13:03 gregrobson Book Review - Ecco!: An Introduction to Advanced Italian ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
| I saw a post (briefly, it was deleted shortly after) about Ecco!: An Introduction to Advanced Italian (paperback, I don't think the formatting would make it a good Kindle purchase) - based on the reviews I bought a copy. (I've included three pages as examples of the book's content.) This is a really good book if you're using an app like Duolingo and you're half way through and are looking to expand on the vocabulary and get more depth on the usage of the language. Example sections include: does a an adjective come before or after the vowel; how do you use più or meno; false friends etc. Some of this knowledge acts as a great shortcut to expand your learning faster. For instance when it comes to noun genders, the author gives pointers on the rules and exceptions: - nouns ending me are masculine apart from fame
- anything ending -udine is feminine, without exception
- nouns that exist in both genders, but are different il fronte (frontline, war) and la fronte (forehead)
- gender of colours, numbers etc.
There are lists of compound nouns (which I like as you get three words for the price of one! 😀) such as aspirapolvere (vacuum cleaner). There are also more fun bits like idioms ( piangere lagrime di coccodrillo) that are more fun. Then there are whole sections devoted to verbs: avere, fare, dire etc, with a whole page devoted to the difference between conoscere and sapere. 👍 The author definitely shows his knowledge through this book and while the formatting is a bit dense in places, it's genuinely useful to see some the grammatical structures explained in more depth. If you're around A2/B1 level, this will definitely get you up to B1/B2 level (and beyond) faster in my opinion. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ecco-Introduction-Advanced-Giuseppe-Iavicoli-ebook/dp/B079K2FM9Y/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1679826423&sr=8-1 Page showing uses of numbers Page showing how to say 'it' in Italian Page showing nouns differing by the final vowel submitted by gregrobson to LearningItalian [link] [comments] |
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2023.03.26 12:39 AudreysEvilTwin How to live with someone I have a poor relationship with? (Me 30F, my mother 67F)
TL;DR I live with my mother, we don't get along and have serious communication struggles, leaving is not yet an option for financial reasons, and I don't know how to endure this situation without going crazy.
I live with my mother for now, while I save up money to renovate my apartment. I expect I'll finally be able to move out next year, but until then I don't know how I'll be able to preserve what's left of my sanity while I still live here.
We don't get along well. She may not be the stereotypical toxic narcissistic parent, but she has some serious issues that have caused chronic relationship difficulties between us. I cannot communicate with her at all; every time I try to raise a concern with her, she employs just about every communication no-no in the book, from dismissiveness, stonewalling, knee-jerk denial and defensiveness, tu quoque, to joking around pointlessly in an attempt to deflect the conversation (one time I was trying to have a serious conversation with her about something important to me and this woman just stuck out her tongue at me), to simply not listening and not trying to understand my point of view. She lacks basic psychoemotional skills, doesn't understand concepts such as boundaries, and has never been interested in educating herself in that regard.
Our arguments usually involve me trying to teach her basic communication skills while I'm upset about a problem and need her to have those communication skills already in place in order to solve it. And I'm just exhausting myself and working myself up into a state of despair while I feel that she just doesn't give a shit and wants me to fuck off along with my grievances.
And the communication problems are just one small part of the problem. She mismanages the household and I have to ensure I do everything myself if I want it done well (I work a full-time job, she's retired), because of course it doesn't work if I communicate with her about it and hope for the best. She makes some really questionable financial decisions that she refuses to be held accountable for, and then I have to foot the bill. We have joint ownership over a property (me 75% and her 25%) that we need to renovate and sell, and she went behind my back to get my uncle to do some shoddy work on it, because she's in a hurry to sell it and it's easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission, I guess, and, again, I have to foot the bill. She has told private things about me to random people, and suddenly I had my third cousin's creepy husband asking me about them, shit like that. She randomly gets mad at me, acts pissy and passive-aggressive, and refuses to tell me why. During the pandemic she fell for the antivax and Covid denialist/conspiracist rhetoric (as a doctor and a cancer survivor, no less), and I was basically living in close quarters with someone who refused to protect herself, and that's when I decided she was a lost cause.
If this were a marriage, I'd have filed for divorce several times over. In many ways I think life with her is influencing me for the worse. She's a deeply religious person from a rural background, with a very austere and anhedonic lifestyle and very conservative beliefs, and I don't think the upper levels of the hierarchy of needs are real to her; she doesn't read anything non-religious, doesn't do anything for fun, doesn't appreciate ideas or aesthetics or new experiences, complains all the time, and just seems to content herself with taking care of basic needs and going to church and that's it. And she sets the tone in this house. I often feel like I'm living inside someone else's life, and it's not a life I'd have chosen for myself. It's a struggle to stop myself from decaying into the same kind of person.
I mention all this particularly because this attitude of hers has caused me great damage as a young teen, when I was seriously struggling with social exclusion and body image and the transition to a more "adult" level of independence and self-expression, and she didn't consider these problems valid at all, and was basically useless in helping me deal with them. I'm still dealing with the fallback of having been a "loser" kid. Even being in my predicament at 30 is seen as a "loser" thing; I wasn't even sure of posting this, because I'm sure there are many people who have zero sympathy for adults living at home and probably believe I should be ashamed of myself for having this problem.
So basically I'd like to know how to tolerate an inescapable bad situation at home. Typically, inescapable bad situations translate to depression, and I've been dealing with some of that recently; my coping mechanisms are a bit overwhelmed at the moment. Yes, I have a therapy appointment for the next month, but I'm not really getting my hopes up; it would be good to have someone to talk to nonetheless. Regarding my living situation, renting right now would make no financial sense for me, and my own apartment isn't yet habitable (no kitchen, no working toilet, very little furniture).
Thanks for reading.
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2023.03.26 12:39 blueandredtangerine Daily Song Discussion #198: Pahrump
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u/WakeMeU, i decided to do this on this sub. Full credit goes to them
This is the sixth track from Xiu Xiu's sixteenth album and twentieth project "Ignore Grief". What do you think of this song? How do you think it compares to the rest of the discography? How would you rate it out of 10 (decimals allowed).
The song The lyrics SUGGESTED SCALE: 1-4: Not good. Regularly skip. 5: Its ok, but i might have to be in the right mood to listen to it. 6: Slightly better than average. I wont skip it, but i wouldnt choose to put it on. 7: This is a good song. I enjoy it quite a bit. 8-9: Really enjoyable songs. I rank them pretty high overall. 10: Masterpiece, magnum opus or similar terminology.
Result of the rankings:
Knife Play - 8.3
Chapel of the Chimes - 8.5
A Promise - 9
Fabulous Muscles - 9.2
La Forêt - 8.8
Tu Mi Piaci - 8.3
The Air Force - 8.7
Women As Lovers - 8.2
Dear God, I Hate Myself - 8.7
Always - 8.7
Nina - 9.2
Angel Guts: Red Classroom - 8.5
Unclouded Sky - 8.2
Plays the Music of Twin Peaks - 9.3
Forget - 9.1
Girl With Basket Of Fruit - 9.3
OH NO - 8.8
The Real Chaos Cha Cha Cha - 9.3
666 Photos of Nothing - 8.3
Esquerita, Little Richard - 9.6
Maybae Baeby - 8.8
Tarsier, Tarsier, Tarsier, Tarsier - 9.3
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2023.03.26 12:27 H1cvg Despite trying I only really like about 10 songs and I would appreciate help/suggestions/thoughts
So I pretty much don't like music, with few exceptions. Recently i've been watching YouTube videos on music and the history of musicians and genres. They were interesting and I feel motivated to try and enjoy music again. I really want to enjoy music.
I'm about 170 songs deep into a list of popular and good(?) songs. I've sorta liked one of them. I've also listened to lists of the top songs of all time. I don't think I liked any of them. I found a list of the best beatles songs and STRUGGLED through a good portion of it, I kinda liked 2 songs. (Eleonor Rigby, A day in the life) I skipped through a lot of them (i'm sorry but I found it so insanely boring)
When I do like a song from an artist its common for me to desperately listen to other stuff from them or that genre. I very very rarely find something else I like.
I don't think its related to association, I either like a song right away or I don't. Somehow I can normally tell from the first 5 seconds, even with a brand new song. If I like it, it just sort of captures me and I know that this is one of them.
I didn't grow up listening to music really and I think I might be on the autism spectrum
Does anyone know what I should do? How do I find music I like?
The list below is the songs I can think of that I really enjoy, none of them have memories attached to them or anything like that. I feel like this list might be interesting to some of you as they are not really linked. The biggest genre is like indie? alt? rock. I can sort of listen to the discography of The Strokes and Cage the Elephant, but it gets boring quickly. Their songs below are the only ones I actually like from them.
- Crumb - Locket
- Filiae maestae Jerusalem, RV 638: II. Sileant Zephyri · Philippe Jaroussky
- Teddy Picker - Arctic Monkeys
- Viva La Vida - Sad Clown Cover (only the cover)
- Sometimes - Danger Mouse and Black Thought
- GHOSTEMANE - Mercury
- The Strokes - Reptilia
- Younger Hunger - Dead Inside
- Cage The Elephant - Cold Cold Cold
- В Комнате Цветных Пелерин - Марія Чайковська (was my favourite for a while)(I think I like that I don't the understand words)
All of these I liked instantly iirc, I could probably add a few more if I scoured my messy youtube playlists but i think that is enough. Like I said, I listened to other works of these artists and similar songs (spotify radio etc) and I didn't find much else I liked. (its so frustrating)
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