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(Valparaiso, Indiana) - Rev. Dr. George Cairns of Chesterton, Indiana delivers Sunday homily entitled “The Cost and Joy of Discipleship” on May 3, 2009 at the Union Community Church in Valparaiso, Indiana.
The homilies on Celtic Christianity take a look at several topics including the European roots of the Celts (primarily Scotland and Ireland) and how Earth-based cultures can impact the future of civilization including actively protecting the environment, respecting fellow humans, different cultures and nature.
Cairns is working closely on several social fronts with Rev. Gregory Jones, pastor of the Union Community Church & Adjunct Assistant Professor of Theology at Valparaiso University.
Celtic Christianity Today
http://www.celticchristianitytoday.org
Celtic Christianity Today youtube & bliptv:
http://celticchristianity.blip.tv
http://www.youtube.com/celticchristianity
Rev. George Cairns on Spirit Cafe blog, United Church of Christ
http://i.ucc.org/FeedYourSpirit/SpiritCafe/CafeBlog/tabid/83/Default.aspx
Iona Community, Scotland
http://www.iona.org.uk
http://www.isle-of-iona.com
Iona Community New World Foundation: Iona associates, friends in U.S.
http://www.iona-nwf.org/links.htm
Union Community Church, Valparaiso, IN
http://unioncommunitychurchucc.blogspot.com
Rev. Gregory Jones, Theology Department at Valparaiso University
http://www.valpo.edu/theology/faculty/gregoryjones.php
Turtle Island Project TV (bliptv & youtube)
http://turtleislandtv.blip.tv
http://www.youtube.com/MunisingWhiteHorse
email:
TurtleIslandProject@charter.net
Artwork of Saint Columba, Wikipedia: Saint Columba, Apostle to the Picts
Saint Columba banging on the gate of Bridei, son of Maelchon, King of Fortriu.
Source: Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall, Scotland's Story
Saint Columba banging on the gate of Bridei, son of Maelchon, King of Fortriu.
Created by illustrator John R. Skelton in 1906.
Copyright expired
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Wikipedia Iona Island (Scotland) topo map
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iona
Iona Abbey photo, Wikipedia
Image owned by John Naisbitt & licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license.
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/72548
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Old Iona map showing sites of monasteries and abbey from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iona
Image from a book or document for which the American copyright has expired and this image is in the public domain in the United States and possibly other countries.
Source: Celtic Scotland, p.100
http://books.google.com/books?id=oJoQAAAAYAAJ
Author: William Forbes Skene in 1887
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August 1983 wide panorama shot of Iona Island from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iona
Iona (island), Scotland, view from the Fionnphort-Iona ferry
This image has been released into the public domain by its author, Dr. Torsten Henning, who grants anyone the right to use this work for any purpose.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:DrTorstenHenning/photogallery
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Coracle boats on Wikipedia: Small coracle in Wales:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coracle
This image is hereby released into the public domain worldwide by its author, LinguisticDemographer at the Wikipedia Project.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:LinguisticDemographer
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Author Ian Bradley biography of Saint Columba:
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/divinity/rt/staff/icb
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Bradley
http://www.alibris.com/search/books/isbn/0947988815
http://ionabooks.com/0947988815-Columba.html
http://www.amazon.com/Celtic-Christianity-Making-Chasing-Dreams/dp/0748610472
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Photo of Stained Glass Window of Saint Columba in St Margaret's Chapel, Edinburgh Castle from Rampant Scotland Website:
http://www.rampantscotland.com/know/blknow30.htm
Saint Columba & Celtic Spirituality websites:
http://www.columbacommunity.com/files/saint_columba.htm
http://leadershipinministry.com/an_introductory_reading_li.htm
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Contemplative Prayer/Centering Prayer
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Man, this is an ethical minefield. Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, deliberately censored Wikipedia's page on a kidnapped journalist - the theory being that not drawing attention to him will cause the kidnappers to give up. Of course, some people aren't happy as Wikipedia is supposed to be about truth and all that, not censorship.
So what would you do in this situation?Man, this is an ethical minefield. Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, deliberately... more
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I'm interested to see what video "editing" capability is built-in... sounds kinda messy for most.
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Wikipedia, the free web-based encyclopedia used worldwide, will be adding video to their online repository in a matter of months. When the new system launches, you'll find a new button labeled "Add Media" on Wikipedia articles. Upon clicking this, you'll be prompted to search through three online repositories for relevant videos which can be added to the article. You can even select particular portions of the video instead of embedding the entire clip.
According to news breaking at Technology Review, this video upgrade will be made available within two to three months. At launch time, Wikipedia will provide access to the following online video repositories: the Internet Archive, which contains 200,000 videos, Wikimedia Commons, a resource maintained by the Wikimedia Foundation, creators of Wikipedia, and Metavid, a source for Congressional hearings and speeches.
One of the requirements for any video added to the site is that it be based on open-source formats. With the heavy exposure that the Wikipedia web site receives - often the number one search ranking for any subject and the seventh most popular web site in the world - the organization hopes to put pressure on other content holders to release more of their videos into the public domain.
Neither adding a video to the site nor clipping a section of video will require users to have any sort of video-editing software on their computer - all the tools will be provided online. In the future, Wikipedia plans to add more features to the system so as to allow users to edit, add to, and reorganize the clips embedded in the articles, just as users are able to edit text on the site today.
To help with the video effort, Wikipedia has partnered with Kaltura, an open source video solution provider, who is helping to develop the necessary tools for importing the video content. The partnership was originally announced back in January of 2008.I'm interested to see what video "editing" capability is built-in...... more
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A longtime Wikipedia admin has been caught editing the online encyclopedia in exchange for cash. But the Wikicult can't decide if that's a problem.
Earlier this week, someone noticed a post to an online job marketplace where an entrenched Wikifiddler was advertising his Wikiservices. "Besides technical writing, I also am an accomplished senior Wikipedia administrator with several featured articles to my name," read the post, which has since been changed. "If you need a good profile on Wikipedia, I can help you out there too through my rich experience."
The job site actually shows two cases where the admin was hired to edit Wikipedia - here and here. And as a result, it would appear that article edits were at least begun, including those here and here.
Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy "Jimbo" Wales was promptly notified with a public Wikipost, and an army of Wikifiddlers proceeded to search their Wikisouls, asking whether the so-called "Cash for Spam" offer undermined their efforts to maintain an encyclopedia with a "neutral point of view."
For many, the answer is "no." You see, as it seeks to build a "neutral" encyclopedia, the Wikicult is also intent on creating some sort of Web 2.0 utopia where you assume that every anonymous fiddler will gladly police themselves.
"If a paid editor is going to be editing, they should be following the PRSA code of ethics," writes someone calling themselves Hipocrite, "specifically the parts about avoiding deceptive practices and revealing the sponsors for causes and interests represented."
Jimbo disagrees with this Wikilogic, arguing that paid edits would certainly undermine the site's credibility. Back in 2006, Wales famously shot down a fledgling paid-edit outfit known as MyWikiBiz, which was forced to reinvent itself outside of Wikiland.
"It is not ok with me that anyone ever set up a service selling their services as a Wikipedia editor, administrator, bureaucrat, etc.," he writes. "I will personally block any cases that I am shown. There are of course some possibly interesting alternatives, not particularly relevant here, but the idea that we should ever accept paid advocates directly editing Wikipedia is not ever going to be ok. Consider this to be policy as of right now."
But some cult members have complained that in voicing his disagreement, Jimbo has undermined the site's commitment to Wikidemocracy. You see, in Wikiland, no one person is allowed to set Wikipolicy. And that includes the cult's self-proclaimed Spiritual Leader.
Some have also pointed out that whereas Jimbo frowns on individual editors making cash from the free encyclopedia, he has no problem doing so himself. Wales makes upwards of $75,000 for each of his Wikipedia-centric speaking engagements. And it's no secret he has dreams of turning the Wikimedia Foundation into a for-profit operation.
Then there's that time he had Wikipedia edited in exchange for sex.
But this is Wikiland - where such self-contradiction isn't a contradiction. Wales has vowed to block anyone who edits Wikipedia for money. But someone was just been caught doing so. And the vow is still just a vow. Presumably, the site's credibility just took a hit.A longtime Wikipedia admin has been caught editing the online encyclopedia in exchange... more
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Nudists are on the cover of 'Tan' magazine, and that means they're in 'We've Got You Covered,' Conor Knighton's weekly roundup of what's in the glossies. He reads them so you don't have to. Also includes Eminem, Lady GaGa, Conan O'Brien, Oprah Winfrey's crazy talk, business problems in America, the new socialism, Sonia Sotomayor, Albert Einstein, and how to build a time machine.
We've Got You Covered is a recurring segment on Current TV's weekly television show, infoMania. In each episode of We've Got You Covered, Conor Knighton catches you up on everything you need to know about what's in this week's magazines. For more We've Got You Covered visit: http://current.com/topics/88829107_weve-got-you-covered/ and Current TV.
infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV. The show puts a comedic spin on the 24-hour chaos and information overload brought about by the constant bombardment of the media. Hosted by Conor Knighton and co-starring Brett Erlich, Sarah Haskins, Ben Hoffman, and Sergio Cilli, the show airs on Thursdays at 10 pm Eastern and Pacific Times and can be found online at http://current.com/infomania/ or on Current TV. And make sure to check out our facebook profile for special features at http://infomaniafacebook.com.Nudists are on the cover of 'Tan' magazine, and that means they're in... more
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The finalists for Wikimedia's Common's Photo of the Year have been whittled to one, and I confess it's a pretty, um, 14-year-old-girl's-room poster pic. I'd have gone for one of the others.
2 things. a) All entries are from 2008 - couldn't we have gotten more recent? b) There were only 712 voters, only just over 10% voting for this one
If wikipedia's such a massive thing, and we're all checking it all the time, why does this all feel so low-key?The finalists for Wikimedia's Common's Photo of the Year have been whittled... more
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Wikipedia Scanner -- the brainchild of Cal Tech computation and neural-systems graduate student Virgil Griffith -- offers users a searchable database that ties millions of anonymous Wikipedia edits to organizations where those edits apparently originated, by cross-referencing the edits with data on who owns the associated block of internet IP addresses.
Inspired by news last year that Congress members' offices had been editing their own entries, Griffith says he got curious, and wanted to know whether big companies and other organizations were doing things in a similarly self-interested vein.
"Everything's better if you do it on a huge scale, and automate it," he says with a grin.Wikipedia Scanner -- the brainchild of Cal Tech computation and neural-systems... more
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The Wikipedia supreme court has banned contributions from all IP addresses owned or operated by the Church of Scientology and its associates.
Closing out the longest-running court case in Wikiland history, the site’s Arbitration Committee voted 10 to 0 (with one abstention) in favor of the move, which takes effect immediately.The Wikipedia supreme court has banned contributions from all IP addresses owned or... more
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A 22 y/o student has been credited for "fooling the media world" with a false quote he posted as a real quote from Maurice Jarre, a French composer. This story is interesting because it brings up the lack of real journalism in America and the world today. Also this illustrates that if something is repeated enough in our country it somehow becomes true. This should make us all take a good look at critical thinking and being independent individuals.A 22 y/o student has been credited for "fooling the media world" with a... more
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A Dublin student changed the Wikipedia entry for Maurice Jarre shortly after he died to add a false quote - only to later see it appearing in obituaries from the likes of The Guardian, The Indy and the BBC Music magazine.
I guess the art of accurate obituary writing is, er, dead.A Dublin student changed the Wikipedia entry for Maurice Jarre shortly after he died... more
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http://breakroomlive.com
As Marc and his friend Matthew sit in a park, discussing Matthew's upcoming errands, a weird thing happens to Marc's brain - Google's search engine takes over, triggering elaborate and surreal effects.
BreakRoomLive w/ Maron & Seder is LIVE weekdays, 3-4pm from Air America's Break Room.
Catch comedy sketches, interviews, political & cultural discussions, & interact with hosts & guests live: 3pm, M-F @ BreakRoomLive.com!
a production of http://airamerica.comhttp://breakroomlive.com
As Marc and his friend Matthew sit in a park, discussing... more
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"For old television shows, there’s Hulu. For college lectures, there’s iTunes U. And now, for videos about art, there’s ArtBabble, a Web site created by the Indianapolis Museum of Art that offers videos from sources including the Museum of Modern Art and the PBS series “Art:21.”
In the last few years, as museums have tried to take advantage of the Internet to connect with young audiences, they have produced an increasing number of online videos, from artist interviews and time-lapse shots of exhibition installations to short profiles of curators, art handlers, and even museum guards. Most institutions feature these videos on their own Web sites, as well as uploading them to sites like YouTube or blip.tv. But until now, there has been no dedicated place on the Web for art videos.
On ArtBabble the majority of videos are in high definition. The design of the home page is clean and is clearly meant to draw in nonspecialists, with speech bubbles featuring punchy quotations that, when clicked on, jump to the relevant videos. (A mock dictionary entry defines “ArtBabble” as “a place where everyone is invited to join an open, ongoing discussion — no art degree required.”)
The most unusual feature of the site is the “notes” that accompany each video. The notes run down a window to the right of the screen, offering links to related material on the Web. For example, in an interview with the artist Robert Irwin, when Mr. Irwin mentions the sculptors Mark di Suvero and Richard Serra, the notes offer links to the Wikipedia entries for each artist. A reference to the gardens that Mr. Irwin designed at the Getty Center in Los Angeles provides links to the Getty Center’s Web site (getty.edu) and a YouTube video of the gardens. Representatives of several of the partner institutions said that they were most excited about the notes feature and its potential.""For old television shows, there’s Hulu. For college lectures,... more
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The Tories have admitted a member of staff altered a Wikipedia entry on the artist Titian after a row between Gordon Brown and David Cameron.The Tories have admitted a member of staff altered a Wikipedia entry on the artist... more
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Should the articles or Wikipedia be screened before they're posted? Or does that defeat the whole purpose? Would Wikipedia be more accessible if a fact-checking system was installed? Or would this be the first step towards censorship?Should the articles or Wikipedia be screened before they're posted? Or does that... more
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Pranksters on Wikipedia have claimed that Alan Titchmarsh has published a version of the Kama Sutra.Pranksters on Wikipedia have claimed that Alan Titchmarsh has published a version of... more
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