#and what it means to be defined by an abscence

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[felinefractious]

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You can also find me @catsindoors where I discuss feline behavior, health, welfare and other related topics and at @declaweddisabledpurebred where I promote adoptable cats.

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🐱 = Breed

📸 = Photographer or Source

🎨 = Color/Pattern

If the breed featured has a debilitating health issues as their defining feature I will include a [link] to information of the condition beside the breed name.

This is not comprehensive, the abscence of a [link] doesn’t mean the breed is without issue. It may just mean there isn’t one, concise artle to link. Always do your research.

Here is some recommended reading.

AAFP Position Statement Hybrid Cats

Histologic Description of Lykoi Cat

Concerns over Maine Coons on the GCCF

Lykoi Sebaceous Cysts

Manx Syndrome

Munchkin Limb Deformity

Over-typification in Maine Coon Cats

Persian Brachycephaly

Scottish Fold Osteochondrodysplasia [Examples]

If the color/pattern is relatively new, particularly rare, or affiliated with some sort of health condition I will include a [link] to information on the subject beside the color/pattern description.

The letter/number combination in the tags is determined using the Fédération Internationale Féline EMS system. I may also reference the EMS codes from GCCF, LCWW, WCF or WOF.

Here is a glossary of colloquial and breed-specific terms for colors and patterns. You can browse the different breeds, colors and patterns featured here through the tags page.

You can send in pictures of your cat if you like and I will tell you what they appear to be. It is helpful to include some history on the acquisition of your cat. It is helpful to include multiple angles, varied lighting, close-up of parted fur and especially nose and paw pads. Remember that this is an educated guess only.

I will answer genetics oriented questions to the best of my ability, I have a working understanding of cat genetics but for more complicated or in-depth questions regarding genotype I recommend asking @amber-tortoiseshell. I’m most confident with my expertise on phenotype (appearance) and cat breeds.

Disclaimer: This blog is to show cat colors and patterns, I share rare or unique colors and good examples wherever I find them. Inclusion on this blog is not endorsement of the breed or breeder.

List of Cat Registries

List of Breed Clubs (TBA)

Here are some good resources to start you off:

Beware Don’t Get Scammed

Ethical Breeding: How to Find a Good Cat Breed?

Finding the Purrfect Pedigreed Kitten

Identifying a Scammer: Red Flags

How to Spot a Scam

Thinking of Buying a Pedigree Kitten? Advice for Purchasers

There are also Facebook groups which can be a useful, additional resource such as Bad Catteries Around the World, BLACKLIST Breeders Cats/Cattery Cats, Exposing Bad Catteries & Educating for Change and GOOD Catteries Around the World Reference and Reviews!

If you’re in the UK you can check Felis Brittanica’s Suspension List.

Breed Specific Groups

Abyssinian Kitten Scams and Breeder Search Guidelines

Bad Sphynx Catteries/Breeders!!!

Black List Bengal Breeder!

The Maine Coon Blacklist

Posts to Read

r/cats Bruce the Minuet

American Shorthair vs. Domestic Shorthair

Brachycephaly in Cats

The Different Bobtail Genes

Gen. Ticked British Shorthair

Highlander/Highland Lynx Health

Is It A Nebelung?

Maine Coon Phenotype

New Style vs. Old Style Maine Coons

Peterbald vs. Sphynx

Siamese vs. Oriental

Sphynx Health & Hygiene

What Is Rufousing?

TICA’s Generative AI Bullshit

Tortoiseshell or High Rufousing?

Yeast in Devon and Cornish Rex breeds

Now introducing Fractious, the official mascot of the blog as illustrated by @jambiird based on the results of the Create A Cat poll series. Icon by @smallear.

They’re a blue silver classic tabby mitted mink longhair.

Don’t fucking put Harry Potter references on my posts or in the tags. You will be blocked.

[yakiree]

aufheben, “a German word with several seemingly contradictory meanings, including "to lift up", "to abolish", "cancel" or "suspend", or "to sublate".[1] The term has also been defined as "abolish", "preserve", and "transcend". In philosophy, aufheben is used by Hegel in his exposition of dialectics, and in this sense is translated mainly as "sublate".[2

girl childe

fall in love or don/t fall in love

be happy or don/t be happy

embrace what life gives you

then somehow survive

when you can trace the ridges

of their abscence

but aufheben.

but cherish it.

love him

even if he does not love you

love what he gives you.

[coupons-leur-la-tete]

But why people feel offended at seeing characters/historical figures portrayed as queer?What I don’t understand is why historical figures are presumed straight until proven otherwise or in abscence of proofs. I mean why should we consider them heterosexual a priori? Just bc this is the norm?

Why is considered disrespectful to speak about someone’s sexual orientation in terms of non-heteronormativity ? There’s nothing disrespectful/outrageous in being queer (or straight or anything)

It’s not about pining a label on people, it’s just about being more open about the possibility of being something else than just “straight or gay”. Not everything needs to be classified and fit in predetermined boxes. And if it's never ok to tell a person what their sexuality is before they've defined themselves, we should speak without fear or shame about such themes, to avoid creating a culture of erasure and straighwashing.

[art-of-slither]

The Magic of “It´s Okay”: True Allowing

Somewhere along the line I decided that I was going to be happy regardless of how my life was playing out at the moment. As I have recently told you (making myself vulnerable in the process to every one who reads my posts), the day I met my now-husband was the day I decided to let go of my fear of being single, because I so wanted relief from the anxiety and frustration that were eating me up from within that surrendering felt wonderfully. 

And magically, that did the trick. My now-husband entered my life the very same morning I let go and surrendered. 

That event is important because it made me realize (finally!) that letting go of my need of control was what changed my life once before. I am referring, of course, to that year before entering High School that I told here in detail. 

I believe Gratitude, Love and Appreciation can and will change your life. But if you are anything like me, you have spent so many years being predominantly negative that going the opposite way feels forced, unnatural, alien, and even scary. 

Oh, sure! You might have learned about the many benefits  associated with those high level energies and vibrations. If the Law of Attraction holds water, your life might even change into something amazing before your eyes. When I was told that, two things entered my mind: greed and anxiety. 

Visualize, visualize, visualize! Keep a dream board! Live in the end result and it shall manifest! If you can feel it, you can attract it! 

As much as it enticed me, in the end the anxiety for the manifestation always gets the best of me. I cannot visualize and not get anxious about my dream not showing up immediately. Dream boards? More like Anxiety boards! Living in the end? I am so firmly living in the now, not having what I want! And I only feel anxiety now, so... more anxiety incoming?

So after years of reading, I think I finally know what the problem is. The problem is me not doing what I did all those years ago: feeling happy just because, feeling satisfied just because, feeling complete just because. 

Two times I let go of anxiety and the frustrating wanting, and those two times I ended up getting what I wanted in the end and even more! Want to win? Get happy now! But that is ridiculous, our brain says! You can only be happy if you get what you want. This magic stuff is bullshit!

And that´s the trap, and that is where Gratitude enters. Indeed, why do you want more stuff if you are not even grateful for the stuff you already have?

So, I have learned that there are two ways of letting go of the anxiety to make room for Gratitude:

Look for the positive aspect of the abscence of your dreams and sincerely be happy about that.

Or embrace those fears and be ok with losing like a loser that loses all the time and keeps smiling. 

But an even easier way of doing this is inhaling deeply and exhaling thinking and feelin “It´s Okay”. 

It´s called True Allowing!

Pam Grout brilliantly defines True Allowing in her book Thank & Grow Rich:

“Most people think the art of allowing means being open to your Maserati coming, being ready for your perfect partner to show. And they´re partly right. When you´re on the joy frequency, you´re open; you´re present; you´re working with life, not against it. Manifestation occurs instantly in an energy field without conflict.

True allowing, the kind you´re encouraged to practice, means recognizing that whatever is in fron of you (even if it´s a broken-down car, a feisty two-year-old, or a giant tax bill) is something you have called fort, acknowledging that something within you vibrates in tune with this “other”.

Rather thank take steps to flee or change it, you have to first allow it. You have to bless it. You have to go so far as to call it good. Freedom and power come in choosing to bless with gratitude every single thing that shows up. Anything you refuse to embrace and fully bless imprisons you. It puts up a fence between you and your highest good.

Practicing on simple things strengthens your allowing muscle. Once you´ve mastered that, you can pass Go, collect your $200, and begin allowing circumstances that, up until now, you believe wield power over you. 

Cultivate a childlike attitude toward your creations. Ponder them, wonder about them but most of all love them. That´s how you claim dominion over your life. 

Behold, I have created this and I call it good. 

With that, it´s time for a new magical Self-Help Spell for the Spellbook. And it also comes in Wizarding World flavour: the Dissarming Charm!

[ivanaskye]

what I MEAN is that adulthood is often in this culture defined by the absence of the very heart-breaking crying I was mentioning,

the abscence of strong emotions,

normality, maybe???

because, supposedly, narrative arcs only happen to teenagers.

only teenagers can grow and change?

can feel epic and meaningful?

and in fact all of the above is supposed to ITSELF be childish???

yes, absolutely all of those opinions are filtered through the fact that I AM THE SAME DAMN AGE AS JOHN EGBERT AND

I don’t think that means my life stopped being colorful and meaningful

I’m allowed to have more adventures and meaningful emotions and meaningful changes damnit

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Without Project Planning

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The net-based project administration purposes are rather more secure than desktop functions. A standard desktop application saves your whole knowledge on personal computer systems, laptops or moveable laborious drives, which may either get stolen or crash. Moreover, it is extremely troublesome to keep the system up to date with the most recent safety updates and patches.

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Dealing with giant internet design shoppers is tougher that one may assume. For a begin a bigger firm means more center managers and advertising folks to satisfy and until you keep tight management over the challenge from the beginning, purchasers of this nature can run you ragged with switching the aim posts, adding in new necessities and conflicting requests.

Having said this, working with larger clients is usually way more worthwhile than working with smaller firms so it's usually worth the extra effort in retaining the bigger tasks under management.

Step one in maintaining tight management is to have a really tight website specification in place earlier than the positioning is started. It is usually work taking the time to verify the purchasers truly understand what you're going to deliver after they signup. I've seen venture spiral uncontrolled due to the abscence of a well outlined specification. One other thing to look out for is ambiguity in a specification. If it can be argued that a point in a specification document means one thing else then there's a actual chance that you'll have to alter the website which ultimately means extra improvement time and fewer profit.

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To assist with this situation, a very easy and useful thing that you can do is to insist on having one level off contact for each consumer firm. This works effectively as a result of their spokes individual is accountable for collating the views of all the individuals Read Blog here concerned with the website challenge. When meetings are held they're much extra productive as a result of their requirements have already been decided and the message comes throughout much clearer allowing you to get issues right for the consumer the primary time.

Usually, the administration division is taken into account essentially the most advanced entity of an organization because it defines the principles and aims of a enterprise, whereas functioning as a centralizing unit that sets into movement the entire job circuit. When speaking about initiatives (which have a decided start and completion date), the duties of the undertaking management appear to extend significantly as a result of its important targets, that are scope, time and finances appear rather constraints.

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Then, there's crucial path which focuses on human and physical resources and the intense challenge administration that's designed for big projects, however lacks in course of molding and human interface. Both methods depend on this system evaluation and evaluation method which is rather acceptable for giant-scale, non-recurring tasks. The event chain methodology, as its title suggests emphasizes the recognition, classification and determination of events and occasions ranges which can affect the schedule and price of a undertaking.

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What Is Project Management and Why Should You Care

We can define internet based project administration as an online application, comprising of quite a lot of programs and processes used for dealing with the varied phases of a mission in a systematic way over the internet. It entails many processes, which embody scheduling, monitoring, useful resource allocation, funds administration, price management, communication, administration programs, documentation and quality administration.

Challenge administration software program solutions may also help one management every of those actions from anyplace on the earth by way of the web. The online primarily based utility does not have to be downloaded or put in on a computer as it is accessible online. It's hosted on the server and acts as a multi-user system, which signifies that plenty of folks worldwide can work on it at the similar time. Thus, this helps one take care of the density of a lot of projects, saving their time in addition to money.

The web-based mostly project management functions are much more secure than desktop functions. A standard desktop software saves your total information on personal computers, laptops or transportable laborious drives, which may both get stolen or crash. Moreover, it is very tough to maintain the system updated with the most recent security updates and patches.

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Based on the most recent know-how, this net based mostly system helps to take care of every single side of the project administration. It performs a significant position by assigning tasks to the members of the staff related to the challenge whereas protecting a check on their performance always.

Your undertaking supervisor can assign you duties anytime and anywhere. By simply logging in, you may get instant updates on the project assigned to you. It makes it a lot easier for the challenge manager to manage the project and collaborate with all the staff members and the purchasers on the same time. It makes communication a lot easier among the many members, regardless of their different geographical areas.

So, an online-based mission management system may also help you take care of all the elements of your online business. It does not matter whether or not the project deals with event administration, marketing, information know-how, finance or any other subject. You can easily discover a system greatest appropriate to your wants. By opting for an online-based challenge administration system, you possibly can preserve examine and balance for all your projects by submitting them on time and throughout the prescribed budget.

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Coping with giant net design purchasers is harder that one might think. For a begin a larger company means more middle managers and advertising people to fulfill and except you retain YOURURL.com tight control over the mission from the beginning, shoppers of this nature can run you ragged with switching the purpose posts, adding in new necessities and conflicting requests.

Having said this, working with larger purchasers is normally far more profitable than working with smaller firms so it's often value the additional effort in holding the bigger initiatives underneath management.

The first step in maintaining tight control is to have a extremely tight website specification in place earlier than the location is started. Additionally it is work taking the time to ensure the clients really understand what you'll deliver after they signup. I have seen venture spiral out of control due to the abscence of a properly outlined specification. One other thing to look out for is ambiguity in a specification. If it may be argued that a degree in a specification document means one thing else then there is a actual chance that you will have to alter the website which in the end means extra improvement time and less profit.

A real drawback when dealing with bigger companies is one thing known as 'function creep'. Feature creep is when a shopper sees a demo of a website at a assessment stage, has a brainwave and says - "oh i really like that, but can we just change...". I have seen this occur numerous times in the last few years. I call them 'can you simply...' requests.

A properly outlined spec will act as your protect towards this particular situation. When you've got yourself coated by a decent specification, you can give one in every of my very own favorite solutions - "after all we can, we are able to make it do anything, would you like us to put a quote collectively for the change." You by no means agreed to do the change so why do it for free simply because Mr Large Client has asked you. Its not Mr Large's fault - he didn'y consider it till now. Should you had a builder contracted to do an extension to your property you would not dream of asking him "oh i really like that - but it will be better should you may add an additional room over here", you might be in tight management keep in mind so why stand for it on your venture?

Another massive problem with coping with giant firms is dealing with a lot of totally different folks. There is nothing mistaken with taking in the views of many people, the issue is when folks on the same firm start to contradict each other. For instance, Person A may request a blue background then individual B might request a crimson one! The place does that go away you? It leaves you with both a telephone name or an assumption to make. And we all know that making assumptions over consumer necessities is just not good!

Another thing to watch out for is having extra that one shopper spokes person at kickoff meetings. I've lost depend of the number of hours I've misplaced in conferences listening to purchasers resolve on their requirements on my time fairly that where the choices ought to have been made - earlier than they arrived at my workplace!

To help with this case, a really simple and useful thing that you are able to do is to insist on having one level off contact for each shopper firm. This works nicely as a result of their spokes individual is responsible for collating the views of all of the individuals concerned with the website venture. When meetings are held they're much extra productive as a result of their necessities have already been decided and the message comes throughout much clearer allowing you to get issues right for the consumer the primary time.

Typically, the management division is considered the most complex entity of a company because it defines the rules and goals of a business, while functioning as a centralizing unit that sets into movement the entire job circuit. When speaking about tasks (which have a decided start and completion date), the duties of the project administration seem to extend significantly because its important targets, which are scope, time and price range seem reasonably constraints.

Since the administration of a challenge deals with key processes (akin to coordination of human and bodily sources, design and supervision of activities, optimization of inputs in accordance with the outputs, cost estimates, functionality of systems and work-circulation, and many others) a substantial amount of interest was set for facilitating and improving it. Thus, there's the traditional technique which focuses on the phases of the mission (that's initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, and finalization) and adopts a sequential strategy cause why it's also called the waterfall mannequin. By some means conversely with this traditional technique, the challenge-based administration methodology emphasizes the importance of human interaction and malleability of processes for a profitable managing.

Then, there is important path which focuses on human and physical resources and the intense challenge management that is designed for large projects, but lacks in course of molding and human interface. Each methods rely on this system evaluation and assessment method which is somewhat appropriate for large-scale, non-recurring projects. The event chain methodology, as its name suggests emphasizes the recognition, classification and determination of events and events ranges which can affect the schedule and value of a mission.

A more structured and complete challenge administration methodology is PRINCE 2. This strategy is predicated on the division of every process with particular objectives and activities into essential inputs and Projectsdeal UK Reviews outputs. PRINCE2 primarily assists the group of personnel and actions, offering perception within the design course of and supervision methods, and also upholds control resolution for schedule deviations.

Altogether, whatever the line of work of the venture (construction, engineering, telecommunications, military, and so forth) a whole administration strategy by itself shouldn't be achievable. Therefore, the most suitable choice for a clever, supportive, and pragmatic methodology seems to be the fusion of the above-mentioned or other confirmed approaches by the use of an integrating net based mostly administration system. The software program system you choose for a handy and expedite managing of your venture has to be targeted on instruments and providers. This must be a system that may do the give you the results you want, yet not take over your job. So, search for structured web based techniques which incorporate a sequence of packages and functions and make sure that what you select is definitely what you need and, also what you get!

[kingsmanne]

@snobkilled ❤︎ for a starter!

A pensive silence, that’s what it was called. At least that was what Anne imagined, not an awkward silence in which they both not knew what to say. Or they knew precisely, but didn’t want to say it, or didn’t need to. After all, they could trust each other, they were friends, even after this long abscence of both.

Stirring tea in a porcelain cup, she stood not sure if she should sit. It was her own home, despite it looking more like from an IKEA catalogue, glistening white, with so little personality that it conveyed it’s own sterile charm. But then again, her legs felt almost restless, taking silent steps in front of the sofa, occasionally looking out of the window into the dusk setting down on London.

“I wish I would’ve had the possibility to help you.” Time to break the silence, her voice seemed loud,even though the words were spoken almost dismissively, as if she was telling him about a nice little series she just started yesterday. 

“But then again... I doubt it would’ve changed what happened.” Maybe it had been fate, all of it. And it didn’t help going through possibilities and hypotheticals of what could’ve been done, what 

“What are you going to do now?” Not we, you. She didn’t count herself in just yet, or Kingsman. Well, maybe Kingsman, after all, it was what defined them, what brought them together, even in a private residence. A delicate question with another meaning.

[xiiicornerliterature-blog]

The 7 - My thoughts on this thing called “sin”.

Lust - Make me the “slave of the devil” but I long for better things in life. I long for peace, I long freedom and I long for tolerance. But does that make me a sinner?

Gluttony - I’ll be the first to admit: I like food. I like sushi, I like noodles, I like pizza. I love food... so much so that occasionally I’ll maybe eat too much. That indeed can make one person fat, but never how ever would I ever eat away everything if food is scarce or if someone needs it more. So yes, I desire to eat a lot because eating’s fun...but, no I am not a sinner. Greed -  This one’s bullshit. In this world we live in today show me one person that says he does not possess more than he really needs and I will show you a liar. I don’t even want to discuss this one... as it is self explanatory: Having more than you really need which again in most places of the world is common does not make one a sinner. Sloth - Well okay...sloth is often explained like... “abscence of interest” or “the failure to do things one should do”. But what is sloth really? It’s simple. Sloth is being lazy AF. Let’s be honest: Being lazy can be a bad habit, can get you in stressful situations, can make you look bad but it will definitely not make you a sinner...not at all. Wrath - Ok.. I can kind of understand this one. Wrath is simply defined as uncontrolled feelings of anger and rage but also hatred towards others and the wish to seek vengeance. This one is a tough nut: Of course, being angry at everything is bad. It’s not good. It drives your well-being in the ground also takes down the mood of the one’s effected by your anger. But still I think wrath in and on itself is not a bad thing...it is rather good. Without anger I am pretty sure one would never feel release. Being angry to let go of some steam building up in school or at work can be really helpful. Wrath is not a sin. It’s a feeling like any other... if you can control it, your are not a sinner. If you can’t you are also not a sinner...just someone with issues that can be helped with definitely. Envy - Ahh yes...envy. Second to the dog it is probably the human’s best friend. Ok, let’s do this: Envy to those who don’t know is basically jealousy. And that’s it... being jealous is supposed to make you a goddamn sinner. What if I told you Envy is nothing else than a catalyst for motivation and motivation being the catalyst for success? Because that’s basically it... being jealous of someone makes you want to outsmart, outtop and outbetter your “opponent” which therefor results in competition. And competition is the basis of all success and progress the world has every made. So if you envy...you are competitor NOT a sinner. Pride - Oh...yeah there is still pride that we need to go through. Okay, maybe by now it should be clear I do not care about sins and don’t believe in em’. But if there is anything that could resemble a sin...it is pride. Now don’t confuse pride with actually being proud of yourself (although that would also count). With pride one would more mean boasting, looking down on people...basically...being a dick. And let’s be honest everyone knows at least one dick that he just hates...and everyone at least once in their life has acted as or like a dick. Does that make us sinners? No. Not if everyone does it. Because if everyone does it, it’s considered “cool”, “trendy” or simply “sick” but not “sinful”.

[auburnfamilynews]

I am honored to be joining the writing staff here at Track ‘Em Tigers. As AubTigerman mentioned in his introduction article I have filled in for National Signing Day coverage for TET the past couple of years but, as something of an introduction myself, let me just state that I’m surprised I didn’t say War Eagle before anything else. Yes, I’m Auburn through and through and that will simply never change.

I am a Lifetime Member of the Auburn Alumni Association and, living in the Metro Atlanta area, I’m very active in the Atlanta Auburn Club. I’ve had season tickets since I graduated and follow all things Auburn and always will. So, with intro nonsense about me out of the way, I don’t know … “What to think.”

Following the debacle in Louisiana (which we witnessed in person), I stated in a comment that I no longer know what to think as it relates to Auburn Football. I did not follow the “24-hour rule” and allowed emotion to dictate those comments during the game and afterward. I have since stepped back from the ledge a bit but I still don’t exactly know. “What to think.”

What to think about the loss last week? I think it should never have occurred. Period, end of sentence. 

What to think about the starting QB being unable to call an audible? Call me ignorant, but I think there should always be a “backup” play as an option the QB can utilize at his discretion. I’ve never played the game and certainly cannot coach, ergo, ignorant in this regard.

What to think about a quote from the Head Coach that states, “Jarrett probably has more flexibility than any quarterback that we’ve had since I’ve been in college,” Malzahn said. “From the standpoint to change protections, the RPOs, the decision-making, he probably has more freedom than any quarterback we’ve had.” I think this quote tells us nothing and does not dispel the story that the QB cannot call an audible.

What to think about the play calling in the second half? I think it left a lot to be desired. We have been assured that play calling in Reynolds Razorback Stadium will not be an issue. Some players interviewed following the loss at LSU said that it was their execution, not the play calling, that was the issue.

What to think about having to shift the OL due to injury? I think this probably dictated both the play calling as well as the push LSU was able to achieve in the second half. I think AU had the offensive line positions covered very well until center Casey Dunn had to come out. The Dunn injury, combined with Mike Horton not making the trip, didn’t help the line. I think there is no way by which this wasn’t impactful in a negative manner.

What to think about the defense? I think Auburn would have played better with Tre’ Williams. To add insult to injury, with no real pun intended, losing Tray Matthews for the second half was an uphill battle and the AU defense suffered because of his abscence.

What to think about the definition of “closer to 100%” especially as it relates to Kam Pettway? I’m sure we’ve also been told this as it relates to other players. I think I have no clue what “closer to 100%” really means. We aren’t being provided a baseline so “closer” can be defined as just “better”, I suppose. I have to hope that “closer” is at least in the 90th percentile.

What to think about Kyle Davis? I think team rules were apparently broken, so I’m okay with players having to learn life’s lessons the hard way. After all, life is tough and it isn’t fair. I’ve certainly had to learn a few of those lessons and learn them the hard way. Let’s hope that those departing Auburn learn their lessons and strive to be better individuals on and off the playing field.

What to think about recruiting? I think I’m a bit curious as to the overall objective. Does AU try and find able receivers and beef up this part of the lineup? Or, maybe think forward and plan for forthcoming losses in other critical areas? Not much to be written at this point. But TET will be right here come National Signing Day so don’t let our coverage worry you.

What to think about Arkansas? I think Auburn should ride in and completely dominate this game from start to finish; no holding back. I think Auburn needs to make a statement and show the doubters that last week was truly an anomaly where the “better” team did not win, but actually “lost” the game.

And lastly, what to think about Auburn? I think this game against Arkansas will at least define “something” but, what?

As always, Acid will have the live game day open thread up later so please tune in for that and participate if and when you can!

It’s Great to be an Auburn Tiger and until next week; what to think?

I think, WAR EAGLE!!

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Commentary:

Hegel and Marx were exactly correct in both their characterizations. Before Moses, history was mostly a recitation of events on The Great Mandala. As I think you point out, the Jews are the first people in history to see history as having a direction, that humanity is moving towards something, Eschatology being the evidence of that. Beginning with Socrates, Jesus straigthens out history into The Way the proceeds from Plato, as the thesis, to Aristotle, as the antithesis, through The Cross  to Isaac Newton, who reconciles DeCartes and Locke to Kant, as the synthsis, and on out through the here/now of The Progression to beyond the horizon and into the universe of Genesis 15:5

 We are at the leading edge of The Progression of Hegel's construct of history and confronted by the Negation. We measure history in the Greek manner with the Progression of the Progression, that is, the daily headlines stretching back to Socrates and our future at our backs. But, thanks to both Moses and Jesus, we are able to project The Progression of the Progression forward beyond the boundary of The Negation and into the future in the modern sense of Go Now, Pay Later. That's what Hegel meant by Jesus being the first Hegelian (the US Army Command and General Staff College is Hegelian in aspect).

Marx is a little more difficult. As you know, Marx bragged that he proposed to turn Hegel on his head. Like Christopher Hitchens, Marx was a Contrarian and where Hegel proposed The Progression of the Progression as an Eschatological projection, Marx proposed The Negation of the Negation as the leading edge of the historical processes leading to socialism and ending the pursuit of the empty Eschatology of Moses, by which history had been organized before him (Marx). 

As for the 1960s being an age of revolution, it didn't end with Kent State,  The election of Trump is a legacy of William F. Buckely, Jr., a closet Marxists (and actual crypto-Nazi) as he saw himself atwart the wave of History (Hegel's The Progression) yelling "Stop!" . Mike Mulvaney is how that impulse has evolved: his budget proposals is a direct refutation of the economics of Jesus (which Marx embraced and Hegel ignored) as defined by Mark 9:37.  In this regards, both Hegel and Marx are producs of the process theology of the Bible. 

From my perspective, William F. Buckley, Jr., as the Archetype of the modern Conservative activist and Evangelicals whose apologetics are defined by Solo Scriptura as dialectical have far more in common with Friedrich Nietzsche and Muslim apologists, theologically, than, say, Peter Marshall. Or George Marshall, who knew each other. I, personally, don't have any trouble with the Prosperity Gospel. A woman deep into Wicca here in DC introduced me to Katherine Ponder and her stuff works. Tithing works, When I was doing the Soviet airframe deal, she was my spiritual guide, I got as far as I did because of her. I left because no where does Katherine Ponder suggest I need to sell my soul to become as rich as, say, John Augustus Ziegler, the NHL commissioner who opened up the Soviet Union to the NHL. When the moment came when my soul was in the balance, I bailed out. 

 This is the part of the Prosperity Gospel people like Mike Mulvaney have lost sight of. I don't have a problem with mercenaries: I've been one. But I didn't pretend to be an agent of a vengeful God. I was a professional soldier. My soul was perfectly secure. In this regards, my soul remains perfectly secure. That's one of the gifts I received from Katherine Ponder's The Millionaires of the Bible. As a literature major, I was intrigued by the novelty. 

The Conservative majority in Congress pretend that lesson doesn't apply to them, that the economics of Jesus is "Soft Power". This fetish of Hard Power versus Soft Power is very Muslim in aspect and charateristic of the Fascist constructs employed by the crypo-Nazi activists in the Trump administration and Congress. Muslims keep their panties in a perpetual knot about being "Strong!" in their apologetics. The debates between Christian Solo Scriptural apologists like David Wood and James White and Muslim apologists like Ahmed Deedat and Shabir Ally (my apologies for associating Shabir Ally with Ahmed Deedat, but they are both very effective making Christian apologists into fools. Deedat is loathsome in my sight and Ally has a lovely mind and displays Islam for the beauty it holds for him.) have caused the Muslim false dilemma of the antagonism between Soft Power and Hard Power is the nature of a Fascist Dialectic like Solo Scriptura and Reaganomics. Islam is a Gnostic construct. 

The Quran is a hymn book: the prayers are all the sort of poetry the Children of Ishmael competed like modern Poetry Slams across camp fires and under what God points out to Abraham in Genesis 15:5. John Denver's Rocky Mountain High is all about that firmament. But these poems were not intended to become a legal system: all in all, the Quran is a parable whose meaning is revealed in Sura 74:30 Above it is 19. The transliteration is "Come to Jesus", which is the meaning of the Quran and the purpose of Gabriel's extended tutorial with Mohammad: gather the Children of Ishmael together and bring them, like Moses, to Jesus.

 I have said that the Gospel of Matthew anticipates Mohammad, which is half the story, The other half is that it is a memorial to Khadija, his wife, as proxy for Hagar and sister of Maryham, Mother of Jesus. Maryham, Mother of Jesus is mentioned more in the Quran, in cluding Sura Maryham 19: 1 - 33, than in the entire New Testament. In this, Muslims and Catholics agree on Mary, Mother of God, Co-Redemptrix. In this, Protestants are 1400 years behind the curve. There is another part of the story, Sura Yusef 12 is the only complete narrative from the Torah in the Quran. It was a special revelation to console Mohammad at the death of Khadija. He never got over her abscence: he would wrap himself in Aisha robes because it smelled not unlike Khadija and it comforted him as his revelations became less devine than expedient. But Sura Yusef is also a gift of the Maji to Christians via Islam and is the Arabic prologue to the Gospel of Mark and Handel's Messian, combined. It's the story of Joseph in Egypt and a specific allusion to Joseph and Maryham, Mother of Jesus, and Jesus, escaping in the dark of moon. Parts of it should be sung by a Muslim at any Christian service as the First Lesson at any time the Gospel comes from Matthew. For we, like sheep. have gone astray. This is a result of what I understand to be process theology.