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This is precisely the message that Paul conveys to the church at Corinth in our scripture today: We are better together than apart.
Like many of the early Christian communities, the gathering at Corinth was made up of a diverse body of believers; people from different religious and social backgrounds, and, in this case, with different spiritual gifts to offer. Paul acknowledges the basic human impulse to sequester ourselves in pods of like-minded people. He saw Laura Ingram and Tucker Carlson and the Governor of Maine coming, ages ago … He acknowledges that it is easier to form clicks with people who are like us–but, he cautions, that is not what following Jesus looks like.
And then he unfolds this image of the Church as a literal body—the body of Christ. He paints a picture of all these moving parts, functioning together as a whole. The message is that the Church is to be not just about tolerance, but interconnectedness. Dependance. The call to life in community is to be literally a part of one another. When one member is hurting, all are hurting. Rejoice together, know another’s suffering as our own.
Well Paul takes that body and turns it upside down. He uses the Empire’s own language against itself. He paints a picture where the eyes and the ears and the kneecaps have as much power as the head or the arm. Not only are all equal, all are interrelated. One is no good without the other.
When you can take the symbol of hierarchy and transform it into the symbol of equity and justice that is the Kingdom of God—that is what you call resistance.
And how do you upend the icons of hierarchy and patriarchy? You build bodies with a wide range of strengths; you create vital communities that thrive on diversity and equal representation, rather than insular pods of scared and like-minded people.
Maybe that’s why some of the most powerful stories of diversity and equality happened behind the scenes of the Star Trek world, not on the screen.
Before Chris Pine was even a twinkle in anyone’s eye, the original series was breaking down barriers and ahead of its time on so many fronts. The story goes that Nichelle Nichols, enjoying the great success of her role as Lt. Uhura, was going to pursue other opportunities. She loved the work on the show, but thought “making it” in the industry meant Broadway. So she told director Gene Roddenberry that she was going to quit after the first season. Distressed at the thought of losing one of his biggest stars, he told her to take the weekend and think about it.
Needless to say: that lieutenant stayed at her post. And she continued to boldly go where women of color had not gone before. In television, and in positions of authority.
This is how Star Trek has always modeled resistance by way of representation. You tell a story of the world not as it is, but as it could be. If we were all a bit more bold.
Well, maybe that’s true. Maybe the idea of overcoming all boundaries of race and class and economics and religion and gender … maybe that dream is just a dream, and we’ll never quite reach it this side of the universe.
But it’s the mystery of an unknowable God, made known in our neighbors, that keeps us looking. That keeps us moving toward a more just world, resisting empire and hierarchy, and looking for something holy in the stranger—maybe even the alien.
As disciples of Christ, we are called to resist the impulse to isolate ourselves; or to create insular communities with only “like us” people. We are called to resist norms where everybody looks and thinks like us, and to go boldly into a future that overcomes the boundaries of these mortal human institutions.
Maybe the most distinctive thing about Star Trek, all things considered, is that it’s a show about the future—but that future is not dystopian. Think about how rare that is … Most fictional future worlds, especially in science fiction, show deep discord and dysfunction, not peace and prosperity. Why do you suppose that is? What are we afraid of?
Maybe, like all species before us, we just fear the unknown. But in the life of discipleship, that fear is transformed to a bold faith in the connectedness of all things. That’s where we learn the stranger is not an alien, but another part of our own body, vital to our being, essential to the whole of community. The call of this particular trek, this mission, is learning that we are all connected—hands and feet, head and heart, eyes and Vulcan ears … Only together do we live long and prosper.
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A Sharon woman was charged with introducing drugs to Weakley County Jail during booking for a separate charge on Tuesday.
A Sharon woman was arrested at the Weakley County Jail Tuesday after drugs were discovered hidden in her clothing during booking.
Donna Landrum, 50, was charged with introduction of drugs into a county jail, which is a felony.
Landrum was being booked into the jail in connection with a failure to appear charge when officials discovered a pill bottle under her pants, according to a press release from Weakley County Sheriff's Department Investigator Capt. Randall McGowan.
The bottle contained Oxycodone pills but was not intended to contain Oxycodone pills, according to the release.
Since 1994, Jonesboro United Methodist Church has been providing Methodist Church from Jonesboro.
Jonesboro United Methodist Church can be found at 4th St 402. The following is offered: Churches. The entry is present with us since Sep 10, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 14, 2013. In Jonesboro there are 20 other Churches. An overview can be found here.
Yemen and its foreign partners have agreed to work together to fight the threat of al-Qaeda.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the international conference in London bringing unity and stability to Yemen was an urgent national priority.
Donors from Western and Gulf countries have also agreed to meet in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, in February.
The meeting was prompted by the failed Christmas Day alleged bid to blow up a US plane, claimed by al-Qaeda in Yemen.
Ministers and officials from some 20 Western and Arab countries gathered to discuss security and wider economic and political problems facing Yemen, the poorest state in the Arab world.
Mrs Clinton said the US had signed a three-year agreement focused on addressing security and development issues in Yemen.
"To help the people of Yemen, we - the international community - can and must do more. And so must the Yemeni government," she said.
She said military action alone would not be enough, adding that the international community would work with Yemen to promote human rights, build democratic institutions and combat corruption.
She urged the Yemeni government to enact its 10-point reform programme to lessen the influence of extremist groups.
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, who chaired the talks, said the Yemeni government had agreed to start discussions with the IMF on economic reform.
Mr Miliband also announced the launch of a Friends of Yemen process to address wider challenges such as the economy, governance, justice and law enforcement.
Yemen's Prime Minister Ali Mujawar welcomed the international support, but said it was "unacceptable" to portray Yemen as a failed state and warned against any violations of its sovereignty.
Gordon Brown called on the London meeting to galvanise support for the Gulf state after the alleged US airliner bomb plot on 25 December 2009.
Al-Qaeda operatives in Yemen claimed responsibility amid fears the country is becoming a haven for terrorists.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the suspect in the alleged bomb plot, is said to have told investigators that he was supplied with explosives in Yemen.
The talks also involved representatives of the European Union, United Nations, World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner said the state's problems were both complex and profound.
"The poorest Arab country, its population is ballooning, oil revenues are dwindling, the water tables are sinking and it's fighting a bloody insurgency that has already embroiled the Saudi army on its northern border," he said.
"Into that unhappy mix comes a resurgent al-Qaeda that has chosen Yemen for its new base in the Middle East, and is now threatening to use it as a springboard to attack the West and its allies."
Prior to the meeting, Foreign Office Minister Ivan Lewis said the meeting was important because Yemen was "not a failed state" but "an incredibly fragile state".
Yemen's Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi said that his country wanted "international support to build infrastructure, combat poverty and create jobs, as well as support in combating terrorism".
But he told the BBC that the idea of US military bases on Yemeni soil was "inconceivable".
Arab League secretary general Amr Moussa told BBC News he questioned how effective the meeting could be.
"I don't know how a conference like that can decide something useful, something reasonable for Yemen... in a couple of hours," he said.
He added it was "strange" and a "very dangerous sign" that his organisation had not been invited to the talks.
Mr Moussa said the Arab League was concerned not solely about al-Qaeda but about Yemen's problems as a whole and that community reconciliation was required.
Why these stocks broke away from the broader market on Thursday.
Stocks took a step back on Thursday. Indexes opened in negative territory, and selling pressure didn't let up throughout the trading session.
By the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI) had lost 174 points, or 1%, and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC) shed 25 points, or 1.2%. That move pushed the S&P back into negative territory for the year, while the Dow is still up slightly.
Financial stocks led indexes lower ahead of their quarterly earnings reports, which are due to begin posting next week. Meanwhile, individual stocks making notable moves included CarMax (NYSE:KMX) and Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ:WYNN).
Automobile retailer CarMax was one of the worst-performing stocks on the S&P 500, falling 7% after posting fourth-quarter earnings results. The top and bottom lines both beat expectations, as sales and earnings per share each rose 6%.
Yet there wasn't much evidence of improvement in the soft selling conditions that have hampered the business during the last year. Used vehicle sales rose by less than 1%, marking just a minor uptick from the prior-quarter's 1% decline. CarMax squeezed less profit from each used car sale, too: Gross profit margin declined to 10.6% from 11.1% a year ago.
"We faced a somewhat more challenging sales environment in the second half of the year," CEO Tom Folliard said in a press release, but "we delivered solid revenue and EPS growth... we opened a record number of stores, and we made progress toward optimizing our capital structure by buying back 16.3 million shares."
Investors can expect similar trends to shape the new fiscal year. CarMax plans to open 15 new stores, including brand new markets like Albany, NY and El Paso, TX. Continued spending on stock buybacks should keep EPS rising even if net income declines due to falling profitability, as it did this quarter. There will be a management transition in the next few months, as well, because Folliard has said he will retire before the end of 2016 to be replaced by company president Bill Nash.
Wynn Resorts bucked the market's down trend by rising 11% today. Investors liked what they heard at the company's analyst presentation Wednesday night, including tentative plans for a new 1,000-room resort property in Las Vegas that will feature a unique recreational lake concept complete with daytime and nighttime entertainment attractions (that guests would pay to access).
Concept picture of Wynn's proposed resort. Image source: Wynn Resorts.
CEO Steve Wynn described the water concept as "an idyllic beach paradise surrounded by white sand beaches," where guests can water ski, paddle board, or parasail during the day. At night, the lagoon will become the center of a large firework display, the company explained.
Management also outlined its plans for bringing down Wynn's significant debt burden during the next few years. A combination of rising earnings and falling debt balances should lower its debt leverage to three times adjusted earnings by 2019, down from almost six times right now. If it can achieve that goal, it would go a long way toward lowering interest expenses, which, at more than $300 million per year, are a huge drag on profits.
Whether or not you describe it as Progressive Electronic or Progressive Electronica, Ambient, or New Age Music, one thing is certain: the musical adventure upon which you are about to embark is rich with the ebb and flow of moods, emotions and attitudes that one expects of a truly satisfying and memorable trip.
From the enticing opus, "Ocean Storm", to the frenetic bow of "24-7", the kaleidoscopic visions and imaginative scenery of a stimulating and exotic musical excursion are not out of reach on some far away island. They're Just Offshore.
The 8-song release features a new version of House of The Rising Sun, originally made popular by The Animals. All music on the CD was written, arranged, produced and performed by Russ Mate and was recorded between March and July 2004 at MateMedia and mastered at Natural Sound, both located in Miami, Florida.
As one of the founding members of the seminal punk/metal excursion out of The Bronx known as Cold Sweat, Russ Mate established himself as a drummer during the early days of their run from 1981-1990. In 1992, Russ formed Machine Head -- The Deep Purple Tribute. Also included in the original lineup was guitarist Guy Stevens, who would go on to record and perform with former Hole/Smashing Pumpkins bassist Melissa Auf Der Maur in the Black Sabbath tribute group, Hand Of Doom. Machine Head performed many successful shows throughout New York City and New England. Following a number of personnel changes, Russ decided to move on.
In 1995, under the name, Mate, Russ released a single on the Power Voltage label called, "Blue Water", produced by Peter Goldbeck. That summer, Russ produced Neon Fire's final single, the epic "Sir Wendell", in addition to providing the organ and piano tracks. It would be his production masterpiece for 1995 and, by the end of the year, his last effort for a while as a musician and performer, as he focused more on his other enterprises.
Today, Russ Mate is back on the scene and making music again as the creative force behind the innovative and increasingly popular Just Offshore.
Editor's note: Keeping up with Austin news has become a round-the-clock proposition. But we've got your back. We've sorted through the local headlines so you don't have to.
The Daily Dot reports that those ever-helpful Reddit sleuths are at it again, this time treating a South Austin hit-and-run driver to some vigilante justice, 78704-style.
On the heels of the Venice Film Festival screening of Alex Gibney's Lance Armstrong doc The Armstrong Lie, a Houston judge pushed the fallen cyclist closer to giving sworn testimony about his doping.
In another proud civic listicle moment, a survey released by the Daily Beast Thursday pronounced Austin the fifth-drunkest city in the nation.
In drier news, KEYE reports that the Lower Colorado River Authority is considering a controversial plan to drop the water level in Lake Austin by four feet in order to raise Lake Travis levels. Naturally, Lake Austin denizens object. It'll all come out in the wash, right?
If it's any consolation, Eater Austin points out that the new Oak Hill location of Your Mom's Burger Bar will open its doors with a soft launch on Friday. Mmmmm, fried potato salad balls.
Dallas, TX (SportsNetwork.com) - Erik Cole scored a pair of goals to help the Dallas Stars in a 6-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday.
Ryan Garbutt, Tyler Seguin, and Jamie Benn each scored a goal with an assist, and Cody Eakin also lit the lamp for the Stars, who have won five straight over Vancouver.
Kari Lehtonen stopped 43-of-46 shots in the win.
Ryan Miller was lifted in the second period after he allowed five goals on 13 shots for the Canucks, who have dropped two straight after opening the season with three straight wins.
"We got a couple of tough breaks early on that put us behind," said Miller. "It's just a tough night, just a couple of tough situations."
Radim Vrbata, Zack Kassian and Jannik Hansen each scored in the setback.
Garbutt took control of the puck in his defensive zone and passed it up to Antoine Roussel, who fed it back to Garbutt entering the offensive zone. Garbutt then centered it out in front and the puck was deflected past Miller by a sliding Vancouver defenseman as Garbutt was credited with his first goal of the season.
With Dallas on the power play later in the frame, Hansen raced up the ice on a breakaway and Lehtonen stopped his backhand attempt to keep the Stars in front.
Dallas would took advantage of the power play seconds later. After a faceoff win by Shawn Horcoff in the neutral zone, Cole took a pass from Jordie Benn in the slot and wristed a shot past Miller for a 2-0 lead.
The Stars added another goal late in the opening period, with Jamie Benn wrapping around the net and hitting Seguin with a pass at the right circle. A Canucks defenseman crashed into Miller on the wraparound and Seguin blasted it into the open net to make it 3-0 with 43 seconds remaining.
Dallas didn't wait long to add on to its lead early in the second with two quick goals. Jamie Benn rifled a slapshot off the blocker of Miller, then the puck caromed off Miller's stick and into the net 48 seconds in. Eakin's tally less than 30 seconds later gave the Stars a 5-0 lead and also ended Miller's night in the process.
"We started the game (and) did a lot of great things," Stars coach Lindy Ruff said. "When the game was right there I thought we were the better team. When it got out of hand we had too many guys leaning on the offensive side."
Vrbata received a pass from Daniel Sedin from behind the crease and wristed it into an open net from a tight angle to get Vancouver on the board. However, Cole lit the lamp 65 seconds later to restore the five-goal cushion.
Kassian made a timely deflection of Christopher Tanev's shot to trim the deficit to 6-2 with 6:05 left in the second.
Hansen then potted his first of the season 6:45 into the third with a wrist shot from the slot to beat a screened Lehtonen.
Horcoff had a pair of assists in the win ... Dallas has registered a point in five of six games this season ... Including his two goals on Tuesday, Cole now has eight goals in his last seven games against the Canucks ... Sedin has at least one point in each of the five games this season for Vancouver ... Eddie Lack made 14 saves in relief of Miller, who allowed just six goals over his first three starts entering Tuesday.
Follow-on attacks show capabilities "commonly possessed by state-sponsored actors."
A provider of end-to-end encrypted e-mail said it paid a ransom of almost $6,000 to stop highly advanced denial-of-service attacks that knocked its networks and the networks of some of its upstream providers offline.
In a blog post published Thursday, officials of Switzerland-based ProtonMail said they "grudgingly agreed" to pay a ransom of 15 bitcoins, which at current valuations came to about $5,850. In exchange, the attackers were to halt the assault. Even after paying the sum, however, crippling attacks continued, although at the time the blog post was being written, they had subsided.
We hoped that by paying, we could spare the other companies impacted by the attack against us, but the attacks continued nevertheless. Attacks against infrastructure continued throughout the evening and in order to keep other customers online, our ISP was forced to stop announcing our IP range, effectively taking us offline. The attack disrupted traffic across the ISP’s entire network and got so serious that the criminals who extorted us previously even found it necessary to write us to deny responsibility for the second attack.
The campaign began shortly after midnight on Tuesday, when ProtonMail received an extortion e-mail from a group of criminals said to be responsible for a string of DDoS attacks across Switzerland over the past few weeks. The message was soon followed by a distributed denial-of-service attack that lasted for about 15 minutes. The attack resumed at 11am the same day and was already showing "an unprecedented level of sophistication." By 2pm, the flood of junk traffic reached volumes of 100 gigabits per second and began targeting ProtonMail's datacenter and upstream providers, including routers in Zurich, Frankfurt, and other locations where the ISP has nodes.
"This coordinated assault on key infrastructure eventually managed to bring down both the datacenter and the ISP, which impacted hundreds of other companies, not just ProtonMail."
Through MELANI (a division of the Swiss federal government), we exchanged information with other companies who have also been attacked and made a few discoveries. First, the attack against ProtonMail can be divided into two stages. The first stage is the volumetric attack which was targeting just our IP addresses. The second stage is the more complex attack which targeted weak points in the infrastructure of our ISPs. This second phase has not been observed in any other recent attacks on Swiss companies and was technically much more sophisticated. This means that ProtonMail is likely under attack by two separate groups, with the second attackers exhibiting capabilities more commonly possessed by state-sponsored actors. It also shows that the second attackers were not afraid of causing massive collateral damage in order to get at us.
At present, ProtonMail’s infrastructure is still vulnerable to attacks of this magnitude, but we have a comprehensive long term solution which is already being implemented. Protecting against a highly sophisticated attack like the second one which was launched against us requires sophisticated solutions as we also need to protect our datacenter and upstream providers. Cost estimates for these solutions are around $100,000 per year since there are few service providers able to fight off an attack of this size and sophistication. These solutions are expensive and take time to implement, but they will be necessary because it is clear that online privacy has powerful opponents. In order to cover these costs, we are collecting donations for a ProtonMail defense fund.
Attributing online attacks to a particular group, or even to a nation state, is a difficult endeavor that's frequently prone to error. Still, the prospect that a nation state is behind the second wave of attacks could make an already problematic development—a service that paid a ransom to stop crippling DDoS attacks—much more complicated. It's likely this story will have more developments before it's done.
So basically ProtonMail said "We're incompetent and fund criminals… give us money."
Bahtiyar Duysak describes himself as "an ordinary guy."

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