Sunday, April 7, 2013
Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) 2013
Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) 2013 begins in the evening of Sunday, April 7 and ends in the evening of Monday, April 8
Spencer Davis Group - I'm a man (with Lyrics)
The original Spencer Davis Group with Steve Winwood live on stage 1967
Well my pad is very messy
And there's whiskers on my chin
And I'm all hung up on music
And I always play to win
I ain't got no time for lovin'
Cause my time is all used up
Just to sit around creatin'
All that groovy kind of stuff.
I'm a man
Yes I am
And I can't help
But love you so
I'm a man
Yes I am
And I can't help
But love you so.
Well if I had my choice of matter
I would rather be with cats
All engrossed in mental chatter
Moving where our minds are at
And relating to each other
Just how strong our wills can be
I'm resisting all involvement
With each groovy chick we see
Well I'm a man
Yes I am
And I can't help
But love you so
I'm a man
Yes I am
And I can't help
But love you so.
I got to keep my image
While suspended from a throne
That looks out upon a kingdom
Full of people all unknown
Who imagine I'm not human
And my heart is made of stone
I never had no problems
And my toilet's trimmed with chrome
I'm a man
Yes I am
And I can't help
But love you so.
I'm a man
Yes I am
And I can't help
But love you so.
"I'm a Man" is a song written by Spencer Davis Group singer-songwriter Steve Winwood and record producer Jimmy Miller.
The original recording was a fast, Hammond organ-driven blues rock track released as a single by the Spencer Davis Group in early 1967, reaching no. 9 in the UK singles charts and no.10 in the US. It was the last hit single by the band before the brothers Steve and Muff Winwood left to pursue their own separate careers.
The song is sometimes confused with another SDG hit, "Gimme Some Lovin'", which has been a hit for various other bands, and was also covered by Steve Winwood's next band, Traffic.
"I'm A Man" was included on the band's summer 1967 album I'm a Man, as well as being featured on the recent Spencer Davis Group DVD "Gimme Some Lovin' Live 1966", which was recorded live in late 1966.
Marzio Vincenzi, lead and background vocalist originally from Bologna, Italy, and Mauro Malavasi produced in 1978 a version of "I'm A Man" under the name "Macho" which is a classic of Disco music, or as some have classified it, "rosco music", a hybrid between Rock and Disco genres.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFkFtyJGae4
Well my pad is very messy
And there's whiskers on my chin
And I'm all hung up on music
And I always play to win
I ain't got no time for lovin'
Cause my time is all used up
Just to sit around creatin'
All that groovy kind of stuff.
I'm a man
Yes I am
And I can't help
But love you so
I'm a man
Yes I am
And I can't help
But love you so.
Well if I had my choice of matter
I would rather be with cats
All engrossed in mental chatter
Moving where our minds are at
And relating to each other
Just how strong our wills can be
I'm resisting all involvement
With each groovy chick we see
Well I'm a man
Yes I am
And I can't help
But love you so
I'm a man
Yes I am
And I can't help
But love you so.
I got to keep my image
While suspended from a throne
That looks out upon a kingdom
Full of people all unknown
Who imagine I'm not human
And my heart is made of stone
I never had no problems
And my toilet's trimmed with chrome
I'm a man
Yes I am
And I can't help
But love you so.
I'm a man
Yes I am
And I can't help
But love you so.
"I'm a Man" is a song written by Spencer Davis Group singer-songwriter Steve Winwood and record producer Jimmy Miller.
The original recording was a fast, Hammond organ-driven blues rock track released as a single by the Spencer Davis Group in early 1967, reaching no. 9 in the UK singles charts and no.10 in the US. It was the last hit single by the band before the brothers Steve and Muff Winwood left to pursue their own separate careers.
The song is sometimes confused with another SDG hit, "Gimme Some Lovin'", which has been a hit for various other bands, and was also covered by Steve Winwood's next band, Traffic.
"I'm A Man" was included on the band's summer 1967 album I'm a Man, as well as being featured on the recent Spencer Davis Group DVD "Gimme Some Lovin' Live 1966", which was recorded live in late 1966.
Marzio Vincenzi, lead and background vocalist originally from Bologna, Italy, and Mauro Malavasi produced in 1978 a version of "I'm A Man" under the name "Macho" which is a classic of Disco music, or as some have classified it, "rosco music", a hybrid between Rock and Disco genres.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFkFtyJGae4
Army Reserves Lists Christians and Catholics as Extremists
Army Labeled Evangelicals as Religious Extremists
Apr 5, 2013by Todd Starnes at http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/army-labeled-evangelicals-as-religious-extremism.html
A U.S. Army training instructor listed Evangelical Christianity and Catholicism as examples of religious extremism along with Al Qaeda and Hamas during a briefing with an Army Reserve unit based in Pennsylvania, Fox News has learned.
The incident occurred during an Army Reserve Equal Opportunity training brief on extremism. Topping the list is Evangelical Christianity. Other organizations listed included Catholicism, Al Qaeda, Hamas, the Ku Klux Klan, Sunni Muslims, and Nation of Islam.
The military also listed “Islamophobia” as a form of religious extremism.
Army spokesman George Wright told Fox News that this was an “isolated incident not condoned by the Dept. of the Army.”
“This slide was not produced by the Army and certainly does not reflect our policy or doctrine,” he said. “It was produced by an individual without anyone in the chain of command’s knowledge or permission.”
Wright said after the complaint was lodged, the presenter deleted the slide, and apologized.
“We consider the matter closed,” he said.
The incident was made public by a soldier who attended the briefing. He asked for copies of the presentation and sent them to the Chaplain Alliance.
“He considers himself an evangelical Christian and did not appreciate being classified with terrorists,” Crews told Fox News. “There was a pervasive attitude in the presentation that anything associated with religion is an extremist.”
The Archdiocese for the Military Services was shocked to learn that the Army considered Catholicism to be an example of extremism.
“The Archdiocese is astounded that Catholics were listed alongside groups that are, by their very mission and nature, violent and extremist,” the Archdiocese said in a statement.
They want the Dept. of Defense to “ensure that taxpayer funds are never again used to present blatantly anti-religious material to the men and women in uniform.”
“In the notes it was clearly stated that the presenter was not a subject matter expert, and produced the material after conducting Internet research,” Wright said.
So if the presenter was not an expert, what were they doing presenting the material, Crews asked.
He said he had a chance to speak with the officer who conducted the briefing and she told him that she got her information from the Southern Poverty Law Center.
“Why is there such dependence upon the work of the SPLC to determine hate groups and extremist groups,” Crews said. “It appears that some military entities are using definitions of ‘hate’ and ‘extreme’ from the lists of anti-Christian political organizations. That violates the apolitical stance appropriate for the military.”
But Mark Potok, a spokesman for the Southern Poverty Law Center, told Fox News they did not provide the military with any list about religious extremism.
“It’s emphatically – 100 percent false,” Potok said.
He said the SPLC has never labeled Evangelical Christianity or Catholicism as extremist groups.
Crews said he is extremely disappointed in the military’s handling of the incident and said they need to fix the “gross distortions presented in the briefing.
“Those soldiers who were presented this material – they need to have a new briefing with corrected materials,” Crews said. “They need to undo the damage that was done.”
He also wants the military to consult with chaplains about matters involving religion.
“All religious issues of this sort in the U.S. military should be channeled first through the Chiefs of Chaplains offices for review,” he said. “Do they really want to classify evangelicals and the Catholic Church as extremist groups?”
Apr 5, 2013by Todd Starnes at http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/army-labeled-evangelicals-as-religious-extremism.html
A U.S. Army training instructor listed Evangelical Christianity and Catholicism as examples of religious extremism along with Al Qaeda and Hamas during a briefing with an Army Reserve unit based in Pennsylvania, Fox News has learned.
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| Material presented to soldiers at training session. |
“We find this offensive to have Evangelical Christians and the Catholic Church to be listed among known terrorist groups,” said Ron Crews, executive director of the Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty. “It is dishonorable for any U.S. military entity to allow this type of wrongheaded characterization.”
The incident occurred during an Army Reserve Equal Opportunity training brief on extremism. Topping the list is Evangelical Christianity. Other organizations listed included Catholicism, Al Qaeda, Hamas, the Ku Klux Klan, Sunni Muslims, and Nation of Islam.
The military also listed “Islamophobia” as a form of religious extremism.
Army spokesman George Wright told Fox News that this was an “isolated incident not condoned by the Dept. of the Army.”
“This slide was not produced by the Army and certainly does not reflect our policy or doctrine,” he said. “It was produced by an individual without anyone in the chain of command’s knowledge or permission.”
Wright said after the complaint was lodged, the presenter deleted the slide, and apologized.
“We consider the matter closed,” he said.
The incident was made public by a soldier who attended the briefing. He asked for copies of the presentation and sent them to the Chaplain Alliance.
“He considers himself an evangelical Christian and did not appreciate being classified with terrorists,” Crews told Fox News. “There was a pervasive attitude in the presentation that anything associated with religion is an extremist.”
The Archdiocese for the Military Services was shocked to learn that the Army considered Catholicism to be an example of extremism.
“The Archdiocese is astounded that Catholics were listed alongside groups that are, by their very mission and nature, violent and extremist,” the Archdiocese said in a statement.
They want the Dept. of Defense to “ensure that taxpayer funds are never again used to present blatantly anti-religious material to the men and women in uniform.”
“In the notes it was clearly stated that the presenter was not a subject matter expert, and produced the material after conducting Internet research,” Wright said.
So if the presenter was not an expert, what were they doing presenting the material, Crews asked.
He said he had a chance to speak with the officer who conducted the briefing and she told him that she got her information from the Southern Poverty Law Center.
“Why is there such dependence upon the work of the SPLC to determine hate groups and extremist groups,” Crews said. “It appears that some military entities are using definitions of ‘hate’ and ‘extreme’ from the lists of anti-Christian political organizations. That violates the apolitical stance appropriate for the military.”
But Mark Potok, a spokesman for the Southern Poverty Law Center, told Fox News they did not provide the military with any list about religious extremism.
“It’s emphatically – 100 percent false,” Potok said.
He said the SPLC has never labeled Evangelical Christianity or Catholicism as extremist groups.
Crews said he is extremely disappointed in the military’s handling of the incident and said they need to fix the “gross distortions presented in the briefing.
“Those soldiers who were presented this material – they need to have a new briefing with corrected materials,” Crews said. “They need to undo the damage that was done.”
He also wants the military to consult with chaplains about matters involving religion.
“All religious issues of this sort in the U.S. military should be channeled first through the Chiefs of Chaplains offices for review,” he said. “Do they really want to classify evangelicals and the Catholic Church as extremist groups?”
Intellectual Froglegs
Joe Dan Gorman of Intellectual Froglegs offers some insight into the government–media axis
http://moonbattery.com/?p=28221
http://moonbattery.com/?p=28221
Friday, April 5, 2013
It Seems to Me: Many have left ELCA
It Seems to Me: Many have left ELCA by Kenneth and Carolyne Kuziej
Leader-Telegram
Recent Leader-Telegram articles about sufferings of the Grace Lutheran Church congregation have only told one side of the story.
Grace congregation's attempt to leave the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is by no means unusual. The ELCA itself reports that as of Jan. 1 of this year, 947 of its congregations have taken their first votes to terminate their relationship with that church body. All of those votes were held after the ELCA's 2009 Churchwide Assembly. Of that total, some 643 congregations have successfully withdrawn from the ELCA.
But that's not all. Thousands of individuals and families have decided on their own to leave their ELCA congregation.
When the ELCA was formed by a merger in 1988, it claimed nearly 5.3 million members. Today there are just more than 4 million members. The National Council of Churches Yearbook says that the ELCA had "the sharpest rate of membership decline" of mainline Protestant churches for 2012.
In Eau Claire, Faith Lutheran Mission congregation was organized by local individuals and families who could no longer in good conscience remain in the ELCA. And in February, the Ethiopian Lutheran church, one of the largest Lutheran church bodies in the world, severed all ties with the ELCA.
The reason, of course, has been the ELCA's drift away from biblical and Christian teachings and morals. The media has been fascinated by the 2009 ELCA Churchwide Assembly's decision to approve the ordination and installation of homosexuals in committed same-sex relationships as pastors of congregations. But that was only the "tip of the iceberg."
For years the doctrines that have been taught in the colleges and seminaries of the ELCA have departed more and more from the traditional and biblical teachings of the Lutheran Church and from Christianity. The approval of abortion on demand by the ELCA's health care plan offended thousands of its members already decades ago. Then, ELCA studies questioning traditional sexual ethics shocked many ELCA members. Such departures from the traditional faith and morals of the Christian Church drove many committed and faithful Lutherans out of the ELCA.
Now the revocation of Grace Lutheran congregation's pastors' ordinations and calls to serve by the local ELCA bishop have severely hurt them and their parishioners. That and the lawsuit forcing the congregation to end its relationship with Lutheran Churches in Mission in Christ has been a serious setback.
And yet, for more than a hundred years, Grace Lutheran Church has been a blessing to Eau Claire and to the world. Countless good works have been done by Grace Lutheran while it has faithfully witnessed to the gospel of Jesus Christ. For that reason, if none other, it is to be hoped that future articles in the Leader-Telegram about Grace Lutheran congregation will be more sympathetic.
Kenneth and Carolyne Kuziej live in Eau Claire.
Leader-Telegram
Recent Leader-Telegram articles about sufferings of the Grace Lutheran Church congregation have only told one side of the story.
Grace congregation's attempt to leave the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is by no means unusual. The ELCA itself reports that as of Jan. 1 of this year, 947 of its congregations have taken their first votes to terminate their relationship with that church body. All of those votes were held after the ELCA's 2009 Churchwide Assembly. Of that total, some 643 congregations have successfully withdrawn from the ELCA.
But that's not all. Thousands of individuals and families have decided on their own to leave their ELCA congregation.
When the ELCA was formed by a merger in 1988, it claimed nearly 5.3 million members. Today there are just more than 4 million members. The National Council of Churches Yearbook says that the ELCA had "the sharpest rate of membership decline" of mainline Protestant churches for 2012.
In Eau Claire, Faith Lutheran Mission congregation was organized by local individuals and families who could no longer in good conscience remain in the ELCA. And in February, the Ethiopian Lutheran church, one of the largest Lutheran church bodies in the world, severed all ties with the ELCA.
The reason, of course, has been the ELCA's drift away from biblical and Christian teachings and morals. The media has been fascinated by the 2009 ELCA Churchwide Assembly's decision to approve the ordination and installation of homosexuals in committed same-sex relationships as pastors of congregations. But that was only the "tip of the iceberg."
For years the doctrines that have been taught in the colleges and seminaries of the ELCA have departed more and more from the traditional and biblical teachings of the Lutheran Church and from Christianity. The approval of abortion on demand by the ELCA's health care plan offended thousands of its members already decades ago. Then, ELCA studies questioning traditional sexual ethics shocked many ELCA members. Such departures from the traditional faith and morals of the Christian Church drove many committed and faithful Lutherans out of the ELCA.
Now the revocation of Grace Lutheran congregation's pastors' ordinations and calls to serve by the local ELCA bishop have severely hurt them and their parishioners. That and the lawsuit forcing the congregation to end its relationship with Lutheran Churches in Mission in Christ has been a serious setback.
And yet, for more than a hundred years, Grace Lutheran Church has been a blessing to Eau Claire and to the world. Countless good works have been done by Grace Lutheran while it has faithfully witnessed to the gospel of Jesus Christ. For that reason, if none other, it is to be hoped that future articles in the Leader-Telegram about Grace Lutheran congregation will be more sympathetic.
Kenneth and Carolyne Kuziej live in Eau Claire.
Monday, April 1, 2013
California Sits on Oil Riches
LOS ANGELES, April 1 (UPI) -- A University of Southern California study found that Monterey shale oil deposits in the south central part of the state could create 500,000 oil industry jobs.
Accessible oil reserves are four times as large as the Bakken Shale oilfield in North Dakota that is partly responsible for dropping that state's unemployment rate to 3.3 percent, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday.
Oil revenues from California's oil boom in the early 20th century fueled the growth of small towns like Taft, but the latest focus is on Monterey shale where an estimated 15.4 billion barrels of oil have become accessible with new drilling techniques, such as horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing.
The university study said Monterey shale reserves have the potential to generate $4.5 billion in oil-related tax by 2015.
Southern California environmental issues abound, including desecration of farmland, possible pollution of drinking water and raising the risk of seismic activity, the Times said.
As such, it is hard to say if or when the Monterey Shale bed will be productive, given the arguments about environmental impact that are all but guaranteed, observers say.
http://www.upi.com/Business_News/2013/04/01/Study-California-sits-on-oil-riches/UPI-41311364827462/
Accessible oil reserves are four times as large as the Bakken Shale oilfield in North Dakota that is partly responsible for dropping that state's unemployment rate to 3.3 percent, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday.
Oil revenues from California's oil boom in the early 20th century fueled the growth of small towns like Taft, but the latest focus is on Monterey shale where an estimated 15.4 billion barrels of oil have become accessible with new drilling techniques, such as horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing.
The university study said Monterey shale reserves have the potential to generate $4.5 billion in oil-related tax by 2015.
Southern California environmental issues abound, including desecration of farmland, possible pollution of drinking water and raising the risk of seismic activity, the Times said.
As such, it is hard to say if or when the Monterey Shale bed will be productive, given the arguments about environmental impact that are all but guaranteed, observers say.
http://www.upi.com/Business_News/2013/04/01/Study-California-sits-on-oil-riches/UPI-41311364827462/
Man shoots His Father at Easter Sunday Church Service
Man shoots his father at Easter Sunday church service while screaming that it 'is the will of Allah'
By Daily Mail Reporter|
Witnesses say the 25-year-old man accused of walking into an Ohio church and fatally shooting his father after an Easter service Sunday was yelling about God and Allah after the killing.
Police say Reshad Riddle walked into the Hiawatha Church of God in Christ in Ashtabula and killed his father, 52-year-old Richard Riddle, with a single shot from a handgun Sunday afternoon.
Associate Pastor Sean Adams said Reshad then continued into the church, still holding the gun, and yelled that the killing was 'the will of Allah. This is the will of God.'
Making his case: Reshad Riddle made rambling comments about God and said he wanted to be treated fairly in Ashtabula Municipal Court on Monday
'It was terrifying,' Adams told the newspaper.
'The children were screaming and people were dialing 911. We were afraid to breathe.'
Reshad Riddle was quickly subdued by officers, who arrived just moments after the shooting. They say he has been mostly cooperative.
The Plain Dealer newspaper in Cleveland reported that another church pastor said congregants were leaving when they heard a gunshot.
Reshad Riddle, pictured earlier at left and in court on Monday at right, shot his father in an Easter Sunday church service
'The guy was outside hollering and acting crazy.'
He said the church has about 175 members, none of whom knew what led to the shooting.
'It's such a tragic loss,' Crockett said.
County Coroner Pamela Lancaster said Richard Riddle's wound was 'immediately fatal.'
Ashtabula Police Chief Robert Stell said the younger Riddle offered no motive for the shooting.
'Witnesses at the scene said the shooter entered church and made some references to Allah, but we are not sure if that was a motive or if there was a family problem,' Stell said.
Terrifying: Riddle yelled that the killing was 'the will of Allah. This is the will of God'
A shooting outside this church left one dead on Easter Sunday
'It is always better to be safe than sorry, and we got a great response. Many agencies — easily six agencies — came to assist.'
Dangerous: Court records show Reshad Riddle has an extensive criminal record including a number of felonious assaults
'I did all the investigation I could do under the circumstances at the scene,' she told The Star Beacon.
'There were many churchgoers there, so a tent and drapes were set up around the victim to ensure privacy. We did our best to shelter the situation and get (Richard Riddle’s body) in the transport van quickly.'
Police weren't the only ones who didn't know the extent of the violence, as Associate Pastor Reverend Steve Sargent told how he thought it was the beginning of a shooting spree.
'My mind went into overdrive,' he told The Star Beacon.
'I pulled several people into the bathroom, as many people as I could, and then I ducked under the baptismal.
'I’ve been at this church all my life, and I can’t ever recall an incident of theft. We have no fences here to keep anyone out. People can say what they want about this neighborhood, but the people have always been very receptive and respectful of this church and the work we do here.'
Court records show Reshad Riddle has an extensive criminal record.
Ashtabula County Common Pleas Court records show he was arrested and charged with two counts of felonious assault, kidnapping, abduction and tampering with evidence in 2006.
Looking for answers: Associate Pastor Reverend Steve Sargent points to where Reshad entered the Hiawatha Church of God in Christ church on Sunday
According to police reports, one of the felonious assault charges stemmed from an incident when Reshad Riddle allegedly attempted to cut his girlfriend's throat. Captain Joseph Cellitti said the young woman's neck had been cut with a knife and she suffered bruising on her side and chest.
Church parishioners said Reshad Riddle was a member of the church as a child, but did not attend services regularly as an adult.
'No one would have thought twice about him being here with his family on Easter,' Adams said.
'His family (have) been members here for years and years.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2302085/Hiawatha-Church-God-shooting-One-dead-Easter-Sunday-violence-Ohio.html#ixzz2PHCZWA67
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