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2008/06/112008/07/22

Is “The Happening” the Rapture?

I’ve been sitting here watching all the available trailers for The Happening, and I had this sudden thought that makes sense, and yet is completely twisted. Twisted must be shared…

If you are not familiar with the concept of ‘The Rapture’, two minutes with Google should give you sufficient background on this particular oddball belief. To sum it up quickly, ‘the chosen’ get called to heaven, and they all just vanish – body and soul. It is an extremely contradictory belief, as Heaven is unanimously regarded as a ‘spirit realm’; but these folks believe they get sucked up body and all.

So, what is my twisted thought about “The Happening”? What if it is the Rapture? But, bodies don’t go to Heaven. So, you get the call, and you are speechless under the pressure of the call, but you are stuck in the physical realm. What do you do? You kill yourself, as quickly as possible.

Why is that twisted? Suicide is generally regarded as an inexcusable sin. So, imagine if you have to commit a grievous sin to go to Heaven?

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2008/06/102008/07/22

Idiocracy in school

When schools ‘dumb-down’ their curriculum, our future as a species suffers.

English too hard for students, principal says | NEWS.com.au
By Justine Ferrari
June 10, 2008 06:00am
Article from: The Australian

THE head of one of the nation’s elite private schools has questioned whether English should be compulsory for the senior years, saying the courses being taught are beyond the intellectual ability of most students.

The headmaster of Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) in North Sydney, Tim Wright, told a symposium on a national curriculum in English at the weekend that parents felt alienated from the English syllabus and were deeply cynical about it.

In his speech, Dr Wright said the NSW English course for Years 11 and 12 was a major challenge for many students.

“The intellectual challenge is, in fact, beyond many students,” he said.

“It is seen as arbitrary and from time to time the anguished cry comes: ‘Why can’t we just read the book?’

“I question whether it (English) ought to be compulsory … at senior level. It is not enough to simply say that like cod liver oil, English is good for you.”

The symposium, hosted by the University of Sydney’s Arts English and Literacy Education Research Network in the education faculty, was opened by NSW Education Minister John Della Bosca and also heard from the NSW representative on the National Curriculum Board, Tom Alegounarias.

Mr Alegounarias said the content of any national curriculum had to capture what the community — not teachers — thought was essential for students to learn.

“The test for inclusion of content will not be what the teaching profession wants, or teacher educators or bureaucrats for that matter,” he said.

“Its contents should be measured against its purposes, which are to meet the community’s interests. It is an expression of the community’s intent and expectations.”

Mr Alegounarias dismissed the idea of a curriculum as a technical document or specialised product for teachers alone.

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2008/06/062008/07/22

Sprint Sucks. Again.

For the record, I KNOW I use my EVDO modem for more than 5G per month. It is my primary Internet connection, rather than cable or DSL, and I do a lot of file transfers as part of my work. To make Sprint’s suckage even worse, I can’t actually view my usage details on-line; they don’t appear to support that for data cards.

It was fun while it lasted, but I’ll be forced to cancel before my 60 day window closes on July 23rd.

Maybe iPhone 2.0 will finally have the ability to tether to my laptop so I can use it as a network connection? Why don’t I see that on any of the wishlists that make it to Digg?

-Chris

Dear Chris,

Thank you for your reply.

I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience you have experienced in this regard.

I would like to share with you that Sprint is changing the terms and conditions for Mobile Broadband Connection Plans, Data Access Plans, and Phone as Modem Plans to include usage limitations. This change goes into effect for all customers as of 7/13/08.

The specific change adds the following limitation:

We have reserves the right to limit throughput speeds or amount of data transferred, and to deny, terminate, modify, disconnect or suspend service if usage either exceeds 5GB/month in total, or 300MB/month while roaming. If a customer exceeds the data amounts that Sprint has specified, we may modify usage behaviors, terminate, suspend, or disconnect the customer?s service.

We believes that all of our customers should get the best service possible from their broadband. That means speedy downloads for all users, not just a few.

When someone is downloading a particularly large amount of information over a long period of time, repeatedly, it can slow down speeds for other users who might just be checking their e-mail or browsing online.

So to make sure our service is fair for everybody, we are encouraging the right kind of use on the network.

We are notifying customers of this change in usage limitations via a bill message, it allows customers the opportunity to review their data. You may opt out of their Sprint service with no penalty on the line of service impacted by this change if you are not in agreement with the change. You could opt out of their Sprint contract within 60 days based on the day you receive their bill message regarding the change in data usage

I am sure the above details have addressed your concern. If you have any other questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us. It will be my pleasure to address your concern in best possible way.

Further, I would like to inform you that the account will not be cancelled, it is forwarded to cancellation departmnet to give the explaination for your query.

Thank you again for contacting Sprint. We appreciate your business.

Ivan F.
E-Care
Sprint

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