In putting my worship set together this week, I became totally captivated by 'Wade In the Water', a song whose origins are attributed to the Underground Railroad and was sung extensively during the Civil Rights movement. The song is comprised of so very few lyrics - and an array of improvised verses through various strata of time and context. Despite the few words and seemingly indeterminate verses, the song deeply excavates the biblical convergence of the Exodus of newly freed slaves, and the healing water of the Pool of Bethesda as depicted in John 5.
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The presence of…
In Perlo on April 28, 2013 at 4:34 amThe presence of his mercy is a powerful incentive to save your last chance.
Agreed! The process is now far more important than the “happy,” spoon-fed ending. The decisions and relationships of the process are the story!
The presence of…
In Perlo on April 28, 2013 at 4:34 amThe presence of his mercy is a powerful incentive to save your last chance.
Agreed! The process is now far more important than the “happy,” spoon-fed ending. The decisions and relationships of the process are the story!
Would you like some storage in your storage?
In Perlo on April 26, 2013 at 12:55 am
A new type of memory device that will allow for much greater miniaturization and efficiency than current RAM has proved to have a surprising property. German researchers reported in a recent issue of Nature Communications that ReRAM (resistive memory cells) has a battery-type effect in which the devices actually store charge. This helps explain some anomalous behavior in memristors, the class of circuit elements that subsumes ReRAM.
Rodman Spotted At Vatican City To Support 'New Black Pope'
In Perlo on March 13, 2013 at 4:12 pm
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Ambassador Dennis Rodman, fresh off his visit to North Korea, has now landed in Vatican City, as the world waits and watches for a new pope.
Rodman, who engaged in some "diplomacy" with North Korean President Kim Jong-Un earlier this month, was spotted at the Vatican by CBS 2 news anchor Kate Sullivan.
"I am over here to support the new black pope," said Rodman, referring to Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana.
Black History Moment: Mr. Saturnino Orestes Armas "Minnie" Miñoso Arrieta
In Perlo on February 15, 2013 at 7:59 am
By Jueseppi B.
Saturnino Orestes Armas "Minnie" Miñoso Arrieta (/mɨˈnoʊsoʊ/; Spanish pronunciation: ; born November 29, 1925 in Havana, Cuba), is one of the famous Major League Baseball (MLB) players. A left fielder and third baseman, he played 7 different positions on 4 teams, for 17 seasons beginning in 1949 (9 games) and ending in 1980 (2 games).
Watson now officially fighting cancer, from the cloud
In Perlo on February 8, 2013 at 5:56 pm
After about a year of training its Watson system on more than 600,000 pieces of medical evidence and 2 million pages of medical research, IBM(s ibm) is now offering a cloud-based Watson service to help oncologists develop the best-possible treatments for cancer patients.
Watson, if you'll recall, was designed as a question-answering system that defeated two Jeopardy! champions on primetime television in 2011.
Gun Control Debate: A few facts
In Perlo on January 31, 2013 at 4:16 am
Given the numerous calls for the gun control legislation after the multitude of mass shootings this past year alone and the subsequent debates across the country taking shape now, it goes without saying many a gun control proponent has found themselves in an elongated back and forth with a pro-gun advocate. Much the rhetoric from the pro-gun side includes claims that "They're taking away our guns" or "Obama is violating the 2nd Amendment, impeach him" or "Gun laws don't work".
Strategy, Anyone?
In Perlo on January 14, 2013 at 10:29 amNo doubt, tomorrow/today the critiques of Paul’s use of Japan as an example of emerging policy success will run like this:
“Tax and Spend Professor Cites Small Island Nation Slow Recovery As “All Good,” Using Popular Negro Street Slang To Obscure The Eminent Rise Of Inflation From The Current Business-Friendly One Percent; Endorsing Wrong Track for Japan’s Job-Killing Proposed Stimulus.” 
Prof. Krugman is right, of course. The thorny problem which remains is how “we” (readers/citizens/people who follow the logic!) combat (it really is a fight!) the misleading, distorted, loaded flash that is used against the policy proposals that work clearly, empirically to create jobs rather than being misdirected toward make-believe fears of inflation.
In Charleston, “blind tigers” (speakeasies) were once the rage. Many came to see the exotic specimen who never appeared. Back then it was an excuse to party. Today, it’s another way to get the bunce (English slang; a windfall, often after fleecing a pocket) as a repetitive exercise in deception and power.
For those with knowledge, what’s the call to action? Emails, calls, Occupy, and other means can’t seem to overcome the money behind the mace.
