Leauki

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South Sudan Level 1 in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I wrote an introduction to my series on South Sudan. http://www.desertpenguin.org/south-sudan/south-sudan-level-1-juba.html Read on my blog, comment here.

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I had to see where my money went. They are naming a new building in the (very small) local hospital (with one doctor) after my late father.

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I am back in Zurich. Will start writing about this in a few days. I have lots of pictures. I also have interviews with (and pictures of) former slaves and some pictures and reports on medical cases. Tess, thank you. But it wasn't courage, it was suicidal insanity. I knew what to expect but I never expected to see what I knew. Lots of insects. no toilets but smelly and insect-infested (and lizard-infested) drop holes, heat, heat, heat and, quite logically but still utterly

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I am in Juba now with sporadic Internet access (actually it is quite good). I am outside telephone range already. Tomorrow we are flying to the northwest, to the town of Aweil. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aweil From there we will drive further towards the border. Our target is a much smaller town. Fighting has broken out northeast of Aweil (I cannot give details) but we are well west of the dangerous zone.

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I am back and I am also away in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Just received my humanitarian visa for South Sudan from an embassy employee in my hotel. Flying to Juba tomorrow. I will have pictures and stories in a few days. I am back on Joe User for this purpose.

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Don't know yet. I was relaxing for a while.

Reply to 47% of Americans pay no federal income tax in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Dr Guy" reply="140" id="3306842"] Quoting Aiyunna, reply 139As a country's citizen, we have the obligation to pay Tax. The obligations only extends for money used for the common good. Not for individual self enrichment.[/quote] I agree with the sentiment. Taxes must be paid and government must use them for the common good. The common good can help the poor. In fact it should. Government must finance itself, the poli

I am back in Ireland in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I am back in Ireland.

Reply to The best way to run Windows 8… in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Kamamura_CZ" reply="6" id="3259413"] Quoting Leauki, reply 6 I installed Windows 8 on a MacBook Air a few weeks ago. Careful, I don't think that's exactly legal.[/quote] Why wouldn't it be legal???

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It was the same with Windows Vista a few years ago, when many PC makers didn't provide drivers yet and Apple did. I installed Windows 8 on a MacBook Air a few weeks ago. http://desertpenguin.org/blog/running-mac-os-x-108-and.html

Reply to Islam......peaceful....NOT! in Religion JoeUser Forums

[quote] Give Christians too long a leash, and you'll yourself back in the dark ages, with witch hunting, inquisition and whatnot. It still happens today that Christians see themselves crazed on something and do whatever they can to make things they way they want things to be. Freedom and Christianity is completely incompatible. There is nothing more terrorizing than Christianity. [/quote] Exactly! There is nothing Muslims can do that is worse

I'll be back here soon! in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I have been absent for quite a while. But I'll return soon. I have a few things to say about politics, religion, life and blogging. If any of my past readers are still here, I think they will enjoy the coming months. And if you just came by and have no idea who I might be, I cannot say that there is much to know. I have not changed.

Reply to Iraqis Learning Hebrew in Baghdad in International JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Bahu Virupaksha" reply="5" id="3098109"]This is really wonderful. I think the time has come to look beyond identity politics based on race, religion and ethnicity and embrace a more ecumenical creed.[/quote] I don't know if this has something to do with it, but my best friend in Dublin was an Iraqi. (He still is an Iraqi but I am not in Dublin any more.)

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[quote who="sydneysiders" reply="5" id="3196591"] I have left Dublin and moved to Switzerland. I bank here offered me truly vast amounts of money to dance the Windows platform expert for a year on their stage. sounds like a great opportunity.......good luck with the dance.... [/quote] Ta.

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[quote who="Daiwa" reply="6" id="3196603"]I missed the OP last fall, Leauki. Sounds like Denver didn't pan out. Having been to both Denver & Switzerland, you made a wise choice. With the caveat that I've not suffered through an Irish winter and only visited on 3 summer occasions, I'd probably favor Ireland over Switzerland, but then I'm a golf nut. Good to hear of/from you and glad to see you back on the forum.[/quote] I'll be back

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[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="3" id="3196476"]So good seeing you back, Leauki! I'd wondered what happened to you, and worried. I wish you Mazel Tov (בהצלחה ומזל טוב) in your new position! [/quote] I have been in the new position for almost a year. It's a one-year project too. I have something planned for the coming months, I'll report on it here on JU. It's huge. I'll be right in the middle again, just like in 2008.

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Lederhosen is Bavarian, I think. Incidentally, I am back on JU, I guess.

Reply to Science and God (One and the same?) in Everything Else JoeUser Forums

[quote who="tetleytea" reply="732" id="3043813"]You're entitled to your opinion what is necessary or not, but the story is what it is. Genesis 7 is the Biblical account of it. I would further point out that not just every living thing that walked the earth died, but every BIRD. How would local flooding in a region kill every bird? Like I said, if you want to write your own account of the Flood, have at it, but it's not the Bible's. [/

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[quote who="Brainsucker" reply="720" id="3043684"]I'm also curious, why there is no modern prophet nor teaching about God.[/quote] I guess it's up to you whether you want to believe in anybody's claim that they are prophets. But I have heard of literally dozens modern prophets including more serious ones like the Mormon prophet or the guy who founded the Bahaii religion and some weird sect leaders like "Reverend" Moon and "David Koresh". There are always prophets a

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One thing about Noah's age and all time spans given before Exodus: I have no idea how the Akkadians measured time and distance and whether those words translate exactly into Hebrew. It is quite possible that Moses wrote down the stories using Hebrew cognates of the original Akkadian words but which really meant a different thing by then. For example, if you assume that the Hebrews counted years and the Akkadians counted months (which they might have done, I don't know)

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[quote who="tetleytea" reply="681" id="3042031"]The "local flood" theory of the Ark is physically not possible. Genesis says it flooded to a depth of 15 cubits over the mountains. To claim that it covered the mountains of Ararat to a depth of 15 cubits while leaving the neighboring lands unscathed...what did it rain? Jello? [/quote] Ararat is the mountains, not the land that was flooded. It doesn't speak of "mountains" that were covered, it speaks of h

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[quote who="BoobzTwo" reply="683" id="3042044"]I am no scientist for sure but if one covers all the "LAND", that just leaves out the parts filled with water (are there more kinds of surface areas) so ...did God drain them to flood the "LAND" or what? [/quote] I don't understand your point. But covering all the land with water is doable depending on much land it is. Covering all the land between the mountains in Mesopotamia is certainly possible given the two gigantic river

Reply to Science and God (One and the same?) in Everything Else JoeUser Forums

[quote who="BoobzTwo" reply="680" id="3042030"]Taking this into consideration ... do you call a human amputee an incomplete human being too? If you don't, then why the difference between an immature human without all its parts established yet? [/quote] No. I'll leave it to you to figure out the difference between a growing fetus and an amputee.