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Atheism Doesn’t Merit An Intervention May 7, 2012

Atheism Doesn’t Merit An Intervention

I am in the middle of a riotous love affair with the television show Intervention. The affair happened quickly, mostly out of boredom and, out of the chronically bizarre array of options on Netflix streaming, it received a resounding “whatever… good enough” before hitting the “play” button. Reality shows are not usually my cup of tea, and I had my reservations about a reality series’ ability to not sensationalize an already difficult and too-often misunderstood reality of addiction, but I found myself unable to tear away from the absolutely absorbing human-ness of the stories.

What is both fascinating and eerie is the familiarity of the show — the casual nature of the camera operators, the mundane appearance of some of the participants. It could be anyone — a cousin, an old school teacher, a politician. It could be you. While I’m as much a fan of fluffy entertainment as the next, and have more than my fair share of guilty pleasures, I appreciate the questions that the show raises; perhaps, maybe, just a little, it’s made me a tiny bit more empathetic to struggles we demonize and attempt to make invisible.

Although I devoured several seasons of Intervention, I never considered that I might one day be the recipient of just such a conversation.

It’s not because I have any addictions. Not for methamphetamine or cocaine or alcohol or speed or marijuana or shopping or lying. Not for disorders like bulimia or anorexia or depression. Not for behavioral tendencies like violence or rage or deceit.

But I am an atheist, and a relatively recently-minted one at that. And for Christian households with a certain kind of doctrinal belief, an atheist child is crisis on the order of addiction — with imminent, dire consequences. And, unfortunately, you can’t get much more conspicuous than contributing to a public, self-identified atheist website. Really, I ought to have seen it coming.

All told, my personal “intervention” wasn’t nearly as emotionally wrought as many shown in said television show. There weren’t cameras or lights or sound techs. There wasn’t an “intervention specialist” or trained psychologist present. There was no threat of 90-day rehabilitation programs for my atheist-writing-addiction.

But there were some uncanny parallels. Because my family assumed I would only visit them under false pretenses, I was deliberately lied to, and despite a tight budget and precious little free time, my husband and I made the 3-hour long trip to meet with my folks at their request. I was bullied and bribed in an attempt to force me to stop writing publicly, and was so dumbfounded at the offer of “double what you make with the website” to stop writing that I couldn’t muster a cogent response. I was shamed and told I was being “disrespectful”; specifically, that it was particularly embarrassing for close Christian friends to discover my writing. I asked what some sort of compromise could be reached, where I could respect my folks’ beliefs while still doing what I want to do, and was shocked to confront glazed-over stares. Compromise was never even a possibility; it was a simple “you will stop doing X if you really respect my authority/beliefs/personal history/so on”.

When I inquired about the nature of the offense –- the specifics that had led to the need for an intervention in the first place –- I was met with dead air. The only offensive thing that had transpired was being an atheist in a very public forum, nothing more. I have encountered some tension and negativity at my newly-found godless identity (as well as many displays of grace, kindness, and good-natured curiosity), but the main issue is that PDAs (Public Displays of Atheism) are big no-nos. It’s improper to “fall away” from the church; it’s downright impudent to talk about it.

While it was painful to sit through that conversation in the first place, it was made even worse by the fact that it was from people very close to me, people whom I love very much. In most circumstances, a social sneak attack is pretty unorthodox; interventions frequently make the victims feel attacked, their trust violated, which is why interventions are reserved as last-ditch efforts in desperate situations. Most parents, I would think, would reserve interventions for their just-shy-of-a-quarter-century-old adult child for life-and-death situations, and not as a matter of course. Religious people, however, are willing to make exceptions.

There are lots of things that can potentially mess up priorities in family and friendships, but all too often religion rears its ugly head. Valuing human autonomy, intelligence, and communication gets utterly thrown out the window when someone’s eternal soul is on the line. That causes Christians to do very funny things sometimes, like stage interventions for totally-not-intervention-worthy causes instead of having an ongoing conversation. Or to preach and proselytize without the invitation to do so. Or disown or shun their own children if they don’t have “enough” of or the “right kind” of faith.

All of those activities carry a certain risk when it comes to social and interpersonal contexts; many of them require you to forego any kind of mutual respect that you might otherwise have had. All of them require that you make religious belief a higher priority than the relationships between human beings.

To my folks, I have an Amy Winehouse song with your name on it. I appreciate your (albeit confused) concern and good intentions, but know that the days of you being able to dictate what I can and cannot do without any regard for my own wishes is quite over. I mourned for a while and shed more than a few tears into more than a few pillows in frustration and anger. Now that the tear are gone, frustration and anger are fueling me.

You have no right to demand that your concern over image issues trumps my desires and talents. You have no right to unilaterally control what I do with my life based on unsubstantiated claims and perceived insult. You have no right to insist that I continue to respect you without reciprocating. You have no right to think that your religion ought to trump our relationship.

For my part, I will continue writing for this site in the foreseeable future, now that I have dragged myself out of the disappointment and lack of inspiration resulting from the intervention. I want people to hear my story, if they want, and I want to offer a measure of comfort and community to a few people who may be experiencing similar things. I will try to be as courteous as possible, but your beliefs will no longer operate as a protective shield that I am not allowed to cross. I will not pretend that Christianity stops good people from doing bad things, and sometimes things in which you participate.

I may not have needed it, but your intervention has made me a stronger person, more principled, more self-assured, and not a whit more religious. In that sense, I thank you for reminding me how naked the Emperor really is.

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  • Great article – I’m sorry your journey here was so hard. If it doesn’t dredge up painful memories, may I ask what was said at the intervention? How does that even work for atheism?

  • pamsfriend

  • Amanda,

    Being a first generation atheist is sometimes tough.  Should you hve kids, think of how fortunate they will be if they also happen to not believe in the supernatural.  It is a lot easier being a 2nd generation atheist.  At least your own immediate family would then have your back.

  • Ax

    Thanks for sharing your story. Keeping doing what you love and know we have your back.

  • Matto the Hun

    Thanks Amanda, that was a great and compelling post. Much appreciated.

  • I am so sorry you had to go through something so horrible. My heart aches for you. I, for one, am glad you are going to keep posting.

  • Happyhollie

    Thank you for sharing your experience. My mother’s way of explaining religion was always, “Whatever you feel is right for you, is perfect for you.” I once thanked her for that, to which she replied, “If I had known that would make you comfortable becoming an atheist, I would have done things differently.”

  • Justin Miyundees

    If this isn’t classic Kubler-Ross grief sequence, I don’t know what is.

    We are so frightened of death that at first we deny it – that’s the wheelhouse of religion.  Challenge those absurdities that bring such comfort and assurance and you get anger.  Now your family has reached bargaining.  Accordingly, if Kubler-Ross holds true, depression is your next milestone and finally acceptance.

    Bargaining.  Just classic.

  • CelticWhisper

    I hope your family does read this.  I hope they feel every bit as uncomfortable as they made you feel.  I hope the stark reality of their impotence and inability to control you hits them full force, and I hope it stings.  Badly.  And most of all, I hope they’re reminded of what they failed to do here every time you post another article to this or any other freethought website.

    What was done to you is inexcusable, but your response is the best one that could ever be imagined.  Highest accolades for turning this around and putting it to work for you instead of against you.  You refused to be beaten and every budding freethinker could take a valuable lesson from you.  May you inspire many.

    To Amanda’s family: If you’re reading this, you should thank your lucky stars (but more importantly, thank Amanda and her godless compassion) that you have any relationship with her at all anymore.  Know that were I in her shoes, I’d have screamed at the top of my lungs, inches from your face, that you burned your last bridge and that you would never, EVER, see or hear from me again.  What you did to her is something that no loving family member should ever do.  I understand why you think it was necessary and I do not care – you were still wrong, both factually (there is no such thing as an immortal soul, so your reason was empty and invalid) and morally (this should require no explanation), and you ran a very real risk of permanently destroying your familial bond with her.  If you have the slightest bit of compassion or simple common sense, you will never try a stunt like this again.

  • Xeon2000

    Isn’t one of the guiding principals of any intervention the point at which you bring up specific examples for how the person’s behavior has hurt you? If they have nothing to contribute there, then I fail to see how it counts as an intervention.

    It sounds more like immature people throwing a tantrum, and using “intervention” to lend it an air of legitimacy.

  • Thegoodman

    The only silver lining to my terrible relationship with my parents is that their comments in regard to my atheism are laughable. Shed a tear? They are lucky if I even stop smiling.

    I am sorry Amanda’s parent are so diluted. I am glad she is working through it.

  • Thegoodman

     If you parents scold you like a child and you react by screaming like that, do you really think you are an autonomous adult? That is the reaction of a child.

  • Miss_Beara

    Thank you for sharing your story. It is sad that people even have to go through this stuff with their own family.

  • Just wow :/

  • Whenever I read about atheists coming out, and they become ostracized by their parents, I get very uncomfortable. Richard Wade has dealt with that particular issue many times here, and now Amanda has graciously shared her own painful story.

    I just realized WHY I get so uncomfortable. At the risk of coming across as a bit of a naive reductionist, it’s because my expectation is that parents should KNOW better. They should KNOW that this god thing is nothing more than mythful thinking immersed in a fuckton of hand-waving. They should KNOW that their children are infinitely more important than YHWH simply by virtue of being real. That they cling to a god and resent one of their children for NOT clinging tells me that the parents and the child have swapped roles. And that’s what makes me so uncomfortable – I had always seen parents, grown ups, as being the pillars of reason and caution and sensible thinking. Obviously I’m old enough to intellectually understand that the vast majority of us possess critical thinking faculties that are anemic at best, but to hear stories of children (whether adult or not) being made pariahs by their parents for make-believe reasons punches me squarely in the balls emotionally.

    Amanda, thank you for sharing. It was hard to read, to think of you going through what you did, but I for one appreciate your effort and courage. Also, you helped me realize what was going on in my own head.

  • Stev84

    The better course of action is to blackmail them with severing contact. Give them a year or so to come to terms with it. And if they still act like children after that time, make true on the threat

  • kathy

    Beautifully written and I applaud you wholeheartedly.  I’m absolutely appalled that this was done to you — an ADULT!

  • dorothy30

    Not sure if you are a fan of the Thinking Atheist, but check out his website and YouTube videos. I think you will find sympathy  and validation there, since he has had a similar experience. In particular, a couple of his videos “Nothing More to Talk About”  and “Social Suicide” will probably hit the mark.

  • Tina in Houston

    Great essay! You head the nail on the head with what you said about respect. My family stopped respecting me years ago (surprising for my liberalism) and I refuse to give respect back.

  • The Other Weirdo

     Once, many years ago now, I was trying to determine if I wanted to a date this particular woman. She already had children, so I fully expected that I would be lower on the totem pole than them. What I didn’t expect was that I would be the third one down, after her children who came second after her God. I gave up at that point. Not something one can compete with.

  • Mule Breath

  • Kodie

     Right. This story is a good example of when an intervention crosses the line to “ganging up on”. Pretty much that is probably how the subject of an intervention feels anyway, but organizing a group of people who all think this is a good idea, and execute it before anyone says hang back and think about it… what did they think would happen? Furthermore, I wonder how often any interventions work, or how many might be performed for just this issue.

    I imagine it the other way – for example, some one of your friends has been caught up in a cult. If one person tries to reason with them and can’t get them to leave the cult, they’re going to want to raise the concern of all their friends and do whatever they can to isolate that person while everyone who cares confronts them and tries to snap them out of it. Is that the wrong way? I don’t really see why atheism would be off-limits, as long as there are people who feel like it is the wrong way to go and your soul is on the line. It has the legitimacy of a popular psychological technique, as opposed to the extreme priestly exorcism.

    I just wonder how successful it is. It must work for some things, I can see it working for addicts or cultists with low to moderate results in the same way AA “works” – it becomes the default “cure” for addiction with about the same effectiveness as not going to AA, except with the endorsement of many friends of Bill, and the courts can sentence you to meetings if it fits the nature of your crime. Even going to court can be considered an intervention, if your lifestyle is hazardous enough to get you arrested, you’ll be surrounded by people who want you to face up to it and do the right thing from here on out. And the positive consequences there are pretty low as well. I just see “interventions” as another pop psych technique that has caught on with the help of talk shows and other “reality” programming. People like to think there are easy solutions for difficult problems, and some people think an atheist in the family won’t join them in the hereafter – now, even though I don’t agree with those people, I can hardly think that some of them would consider atheism any different from other social or personal harmful behaviors that “merit” something like an intervention.

  • I have to agree that such a response, like revenge,  is best delivered cold.

  • Bob Becker

    The saddest thing in the post, I think, was the offer to “pay you double” if you’d stop, for it means apparently that they think you were doing it for the money, and so a better financial offer would take care of the matter.   Truly sad.

  • amanda,
    suffice to say, you were treated very badly indeed.  I have no idea how your family convinces themselves that an intervention and shame-culture tactics (no, your actions ought not to significantly reflect on them, and yes, I do read Dr. Sanity, why do you ask?) actually contribute to YOUR authentic good is entirely beyond me.  Contributing to your authentic good is what “charity” is generally taken to mean, by people with at least a little bit of awareness of the culture that gave rise to the KJV, and charity is the foremost duty of any Christian to all.

    The Catholic Church does not agree that “Valuing human autonomy, intelligence, and communication gets utterly thrown out the window when someone’s eternal soul is on the line.”  You are the one who decides where your eternal soul goes.  Coercion cannot produce an authentic love of God, which is what leads to an eternity in His company (ie, heaven).  Claiming that anyone’s atheism is sufficient cause to cut them off from any sort of human affection is no way to proselytize.  Every statement you make regarding how your family has no right to treat you is absolutely correct.  CelticWhisper is absolutely correct in saying that it was something no loving family member should ever do, and that is what makes this behavior contrary to Christian faith.  I will be praying that your family will accept and display a bit more of God’s grace in dealing with you.

  • Michael

    And with regards to her loss of religion, it sounds like her parents are still in the denial stage.

  • CelticWhisper

    In the heat of the moment, after spending a lot of money on a strained budget to visit under false pretenses, being lied to and admonished and, as you said, scolded like a child?

    Yes.  Yes I would.

    I likely would not be proud of it afterward, mostly feeling like I let myself down for letting raw emotion get the better of me, but I daresay that if it were the immediate prelude to cutting off all contact with the religious antagonists, I may not necessarily care all that much either.  As far as they’d know, their actions earned them an explosive and perhaps even frightening response from someone their religious doctrines told them would just roll over and take what they had to give, and after that they’d have no opportunity to get the last word in.  In the heat of the moment, I’d likely want to repay hurt with hurt, shock with shock, and intimidation with intimidation.

    If I saw something like this coming before it hit me, then my response would indeed be very different.  I’d be able to process the feelings of shock, anger and betrayal ahead of time and in private, and would have put together a couple of plans in advance to either deflect or invert the words of my meddling relatives.  In that scenario, you, Chris Leithiser, and Stev84 are right – the response would be a calculated one and I’d have factored in considerations like how to show, in an ongoing and very public fashion, just how badly they failed and do it with a smile on my face the whole time.  And yeah, then I’d be dangling the cutoff over their heads to ensure that it doesn’t happen again.

    I know myself, though, and for as much as we all (rightly) value reason, emotion is a powerful thing.  I’m not perfect and, having had religious conflicts with relatives in the past, there’s enough existing bad blood that I’d be very hard-pressed to respond well to a surprise like this.  Hopefully Amanda and others would be more able to roll with the (below-the-belt) punches.

  • jeffj900

    This is every bit as shocking as a family rejecting a child because they are gay. You are right to stand your ground; they need to love and accept you as you are, or they must deal with the possibility that their failings will drive you out of their lives.

    It is shameful, disgusting, and foolish of them to think they can force or coerce you into believing, or pretending to believe, the primitive nonsense that befuddles their poor Christianity-dazed minds.Really, they are the ones who need the intervention for their addiction to supernatural wishful thinking.

  • You know when your watching a horror movie & you find yourself tensing up because you know what’s coming? So now you know how it was for me reading this, i wanted to say some pretty colorful stuff but out of respect for you & the fact they are “Family” i’ll hold off on this one.Awkward to say the least & TOTALLY understandable that you were upset but good for you standing up to them & we can only hope that one day they come around!

  • You have no right to demand that your concern over image issues trumps my desires and talents. You have no right to unilaterally control what I do with my life based on unsubstantiated claims and perceived insult. You have no right to insist that I continue to respect you without reciprocating. You have no right to think that your religion ought to trump our relationship.

    Wonderfully said!

    So often I feel I must advise young people, especially teens to patiently hold their tongues until they’re no longer vulnerable to the financial and emotional extortion that their families can inflict upon them, but in your case, being in just the right financial and emotional position, you have crafted an exemplary emancipation proclamation. You turned their last attempt to pull you back into a subservient child role into a powerful boost to your role as an assertive adult.  What happens to your relationship from here on depends mainly on their ability to mature and graduate from their authoritarian parental roles to being respectful adults with you.

    I hope they can eventually get there.

  • Kyle

    Take the money and continue writing under a nom de plume? Oh right – ethics. Dang it.

  • The irony is that the modern style of intervention evolved from deprogramming methods designed to extract victims from religious cults. If anybody needs an intervention (or ten), it’s your family.

  • jdm8

    I think it is best to take the high ground.  It’s a shame that parents who are presumably 45 or older resort to manipulation, lies and coercion to change their adult child’s mind.

  • idontbelievethisforaminute

    1. Why try to defend the Catholic Church when they have shown how fallible they are over the past few years, notwithstanding the classic history of the church?

    2. Why tell an atheist you will pray to help with the situation?

    3. We have already demonstrated that the coercion was intended to prevent further damage to the family’s public perception and had nothing to do with love of God.

    4. Christians have been brain-washed to believe that all behaviors can be forgiven, but an atheist’s conscious essence will be tortured for a gazillion trillion billion quadrillion thousand hundred 20 years to the power of infinity times two.  With this sound logic in head, “any means to an end” is an understatement.  Why worry about behaviors that can be forgiven when you can save the immortal soul of your offspring by being a total jerk for a few hours?

  • Onamission5

    Thank you for writing this. I am half tempted to cc it to my own parents, giving credit where credit is due, natch.

  • Josh

  • Bear Naff

    No, what’s best is whatever works to keep the activity from happening again.  The “high road” is only good if it works.  Otherwise you’re just failing to defend yourself.

  • Isilzha

     Because NO adult EVER gets angry and yells???  It may not be the best response to that level of betrayal and bullying from people you love and respect and who you thought loved and respected you, but it’s a very understandable and human response.

  • Thank you for sharing this, Amanda.  Your parents were so far out of line that it would take the Hubble to spot where the line was supposed to be!  You handled it with amazing calm in this piece and I applaud you.

    Oh and for the record?  I read your post to my mom and she wanted me to tell you this:

    “I already have a daughter named Mandy that’s a writer and an atheist, but I’d be proud to have another one.  Keep doing what you’re doing, there’s a mom out there in the world that’s proud of you for it!”

    I guess that makes me a proud sister? *grin*  Take care, sweetie, and I look forward to more postings from you in the future!

  •  If parents behave like irresponsible selfish children themselves AND they use emotional blackmail and devious underhand tactics THEN they have engineered a situation where only an extremely stable person would not react emotionally.  The more intolerable the pressure put on someone the lower down the maturational scale of response they go.  Those who are tortured will eventually blubber uncontrollably like a child.

    The result is testament to the emotional immaturity of her family compared to her own incrediable mental stability.  I would have screamed at them.  They were repulsive.

  • Ken

    My deepest sympathies, but these parental smothering issues are always tough.  I didn’t speak to my mother for three years after she found out I was airing the family dirty laundry to a therapist.  Unfortunately, when dealing with people who are carrying out god’s orders, there are seldom amicable differences of opinion.  The fallout from this is not over, and they will never stop trying to convince you of your folly, and they will probably trample all over any boundaries you try to set because — well, you’re wrong and going to hell and they have to save you because they love you.   Now the evangelical argument that faith is a gift of god, so it’s not really your fault you don’t believe in him, really gets lost in all these discussions.  Obviously, your parents believe they are stronger than god.

  • Steven Wade

    Great post. You are so brave!

  • pRinzler

    Stay strong, Amanda.  Maybe they can find their way back to you (the real you, not the one they imagine).  If they can, be ready for them.

  • I am so sorry that happened to you, Amanda. That is a terrible way for them to handle their feelings, by putting you in that situation. I do hope that one day they will find a way to become more accepting of you and the fact that you lack belief in their god(s). I obviously can’t guarantee anything, but I have heard of many similar situations in the past (not all regarding atheism, just generally a rejection of a child or adult-child for some perceived flaw), and a large proportion of those have tended to improve over time. Perhaps not all the way to ‘okayness’, but at least finding a way to live with the differences without letting it get in the way of the permanent parent/child relationship.

    Keep going, Amanda! This blog post was a great way to break through the negativity of that situation. You’ve got solid ground to stand on. You are in the right: They do not have the right to make those demands. You *know* that, as your blog clearly demonstrates. You have done nothing wrong in being an outspoken atheist, and you have nothing to apologize for. And you are not alone. We fellow unapologetic atheists will stand behind you on this.

    Unfortunately, breaking free of the mental and emotional hooks of religion can be a very painful experience. But it is worth it, for freedom of thought, the freedom to really be who you really are. Congratulations to you on breaking free from religion, and kudos to you for being so brave as to be able to write about it publicly. You are doing a good thing. I don’t think I would be presumptuous to say that we all appreciate it immensely. I certainly appreciate it, anyway! 🙂 Thank you for doing what you do!

  • What’s awful about this is that they don’t even seem to have the excuse of wanting to save your ostensible immortal soul. Their primary concern seemed to be the shame it would bring on them for your being *publicly* atheist.

    In other words, it’s all about their reputation.  Which is about as non-Christ-like an attitude as one can think of.

  • You are amazing. Thank you for sharing your story; it means a lot to me.

  • I laughed out loud, but only at the absurdity of it. Wow. It is so telling of the fear at the heart of theism.

  • jdm8

    Still, I’d say reducing yourself to a shouting match as CelticWhisper might have been tempted, is not defending oneself, it’s just a losing proposition.

  • Mark Eagleton

    Wow. I think this is the most moving thing I’ve read all year. You inspire.

  • Marco Conti

    Dear Amanda, I know how difficult it is to sever ties with one’s family. I did it a long time ago and while eventually things got mended, for several years my family was dead to me.

    I know it is painful, but if your parents are even close to being normal human beings (and the jury is out on that given what I have read so far) your absence from their life will hurt so much more than theirs from your life that something eventually will break.

    There is nothing more painful than losing a child. And losing your child’s respect ranks right there too.
    I don’t know if you have children or not, but with their behavior they have earned a ban from the child’s life a s well because you know that they will try to undermine your authority and undo your parenting at every turn.

    People like them pretend to be respected, yet they are unable to show the same respect to others.  I often wonder if they ever stop and think about their values and how they justify them to themselves.

    If they were my parents I would not accept any more invitation unless they are preceded by a heartfelt apology and a commitment to respect who you are from now on. If they cannot manage that, I am afraid that any kind of relationship you will ever have with them will have a stain that no amount of washing will clean up.

  • Marco Conti

    And absurd it is. I think your mother said that to you to make herself feel better but she believed all along that you would stay within your family’s religion like 99% of the folks out there.

    I think you should explore this with your mother and have her rationalize her latest statement. Why did she tell you  to make up your own mind in the first place? Did she really think that everything would be OK as long as you believed in something? Well, you still believe in something, just not the something that involves complete fabrication and Myth.

  • You write beautifully. Remind me not to get into an argument with you.

  • I too have had the experience of a ‘three hours from home’ family ambush. You tend to feel like a caged animal. Worse still when you have your wife and children in tow, and its Christmas. No-one on this earth has the immediate, raw and visceral power over someone, save for family. I would argue that in the case of an ambush, all bets are off. High road? There is no road, Neo.

  •  That helps a lot.  A friend of mine who had a secular coming-of-age celebration had a grandmother who attempted to blackmail her, threathening that she’d not come, nor talk to her again unless she choose the christian confirmation.  It’s a repulsive idea for a grandmother to use emotional blackmail to attempt forcing grandchildren into going along with her personal beliefs, but such is the moral of some christians.

    Luckily she had sane parents who refused to accept that kind of behaviour. They said they’re a family who believe in freedom of religion, and if the grandmother is really unable to accept this basic concept, she is no longer welcome to have any contact with the family at all.

  • HughInAz

    There’s your biological family, and then there’s your real family – the people who accept you as you are, who share important values with you, and if there are values they don’t share, at least they understand how important your values are to you. Ideally there is at least some overlap between the two families. If not, it’s not the end of the world – if you have been lucky enough to form the second type of family as you go through life.

  • Michael

    Ah, but by keeping her a secret they stop others following her great example.

  • CelticWhisper

    P.S. Remember, don’t get into an argument with me.  🙂

  • Justin Miyundees

    Oh, we atheists don’t have ethics.  Haven’t you heard?

    I see where you’ve gone wrong.  Read your play book – you can’t be good without god so only godly people have ethics.  It’s common sense.

    Got it?

    Ok then.

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There’s Now a Ten Commandments Monument Outside the Arkansas State Capitol June 27, 2017

There’s Now a Ten Commandments Monument Outside the Arkansas State Capitol

After a two year battle, a Ten Commandments monument was finally installed outside the Arkansas State Capitol this morning… which also means Arkansas is one step closer to being sued for promoting Christianity.

State Senator Jason Rapert spent more than two years trying to make this happen, and he had help from government officials (who know nothing about how the law works) every step of the way.

As soon as the proposal began making its way through the House and Senate, atheists and Satanists applied to donate their own monuments, but this past February, House members passed a bill (unanimously) giving them final approval over any proposals.

Ten Commandments? No problem.

Baphomet statue? Forget it.

And last month, the Capitol Arts and Grounds Commission paved the way for the installation of the Ten Commandments monument:

A state panel gave final approval Thursday to the placement of a Ten Commandments monument on the grounds of the Arkansas State Capitol.

The Capitol Arts and Grounds Commission voted unanimously to approve the location and design of the monument, which a 2015 law requires the state to allow if private sources provide the funding.

The ACLU said it was just waiting for the installation before filing a lawsuit, so stand by for that.

Holly Dickson, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas, said Thursday the planned Ten Commandments monument will be unconstitutional.

“From the time that bill was filed, we have warned that this is the government taking sides in terms of people’s religious beliefs. The government is supposed to stay neutral in matters of religion, and therefore it’s unconstitutional and will violate Arkansas’ rights and lead to litigation,” she said.

Dickson said the ACLU of Arkansas is “ready, willing and able” to file that litigation after the monument is erected.

Not that Rapert is worried. In his mind, he’s got the legal issue all worked out.

Rapert said the monument will be an “exact copy” of one that the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed to stand at the Texas State Capitol.

“I see no reason whatsoever that there is a danger that that monument (in Arkansas) will be coming down,” he said.

What he doesn’t understand is that the Texas monument was one of several displays erected to showcase the “ideals” of the state and never intended as a way to promote Christianity.

Rapert’s monument, on the other hand, has always been about promoting Christianity. Preventing the monuments of Satanic and atheist groups from going up only adds to that theory. If he wants to look to the Supreme Court for precedent, he should recognize that the Court said no to another Ten Commandments monument that had none of the broader context seen in Texas.

This is a big mistake. It’ll ultimately cost Arkansas taxpayers a lot of money. And Jason Rapert doesn’t give a damn because voters will reward him for pushing his Christian faith on everyone else.

He didn’t say any of that when he celebrated the monument earlier today.

He should enjoy the temporary victory. Because the courts will almost certainly remove that monument in due time.

(Thanks to Brian for the link. Large portions of this article were published earlier)

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Objective To evaluate type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)-related direct medical costs by complication type and complication number, and to assess the impacts of complications as well as socioeconomic factors on direct medical costs.
Design A cross-sectional study using data from the region’s diabetes management system, social security system and death registry system, 2015.
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Participants Individuals diagnosed with T2DM in the local diabetes management system, and who had 2015 insurance claims in the social security system. Patients younger than 35 years and patients whose insurance type changed in the year 2015 were excluded.
Main outcome measures The mean of direct medical costs by complication type and number, and the percentage increase of direct medical costs relative to a reference group, considering complications and socioeconomic factors.
Results A total of 19 015 eligible individuals were identified. The total cost of patients with one complication was US$1399 at mean, compared with US$248 for patients without complications. The mean total cost for patients with 2 and 3+ complications was US$1705 and US$2994, respectively. After adjustment for socioeconomic confounders, patients with one complication had, respectively, 83.55% and 38.46% greater total costs for inpatient and outpatient services than did patients without complications. The presence of multiple complications was associated with a significant 44.55% adjusted increase in total outpatient costs, when compared with one complication. Acute complications, diabetic foot, stroke, ischaemic heart disease and diabetic nephropathy were the highest cost complications. Gender, age, education level, insurance type, T2DM duration and mortality were significantly associated with increased expenditures of T2DM.
Conclusions Complications significantly aggravated expenditures on T2DM. Specific kinds of complications and the presence of multiple complications are correlated with much higher expenditures. Proper management and the prevention of related complications are urgently needed to reduce the growing economic burden of diabetes.
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Two years after the previous Long Term Support (LTS) release of Ubuntu – 14.04 Trusty Tahr – it’s time to move on to version 16.04, Xenial Xerus. This LTS was released on the 20th of April 2016 by Canonical and is now available in our Fuga Glance image library.

While new Ubuntu Desktop and Server releases appear every six months, LTS versions are released every two years, and are supported by Canonical for five years after release. This means that they constitute a stable platform for deploying production systems, and receive security updates and critical bugfixes for a substantial window of time. 16.04 will continue to be updated until April of 2021.

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Let’s take a look at the most important new features in Ubuntu 16.04 starting with “Snap”. This new application format is designed to work side-by-side with traditional deb packages. Snap applications are completely isolated from the rest of the system, which has several advantages:

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The other main feature of the 16.04 release is support for the LXD pure-container hypervisor. LXD is capable of 14 times the workload density and significantly higher performance compared to traditional virtualization technologies for each guest device connect to the Fuga cloud platform.

Besides that, Ubuntu 16.04 also supports the ZFS-on-Linux software, which functions as a file system and volume manager with a wide array of data management tools. Alternatively, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS also supports the CephFS file system, which can better handle large-scale enterprise storage devices and cluster computing.

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“I can’t do the same thing twice, even if I try. But at the Royal there was one way of doing things – the Royal Ballet way. Now I’ve cut the ropes that were holding me, I can experiment, and I’m not afraid to fall.”

Yeeeesss! I love brave dancers!

Now she will be in ENB’s Swan Lake (7, 11, 13, 16 January) with another brave one, Ivan Vasiliev (not that Swan Lake’s choreography leaves you any room to experiments!).

It would be so nice if they could be partners more often, in the future! She is SOOOOO good!

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  1. This is indeed excellent news, thank you so much for posting! I had read that he was rehearsing for Swan Lake and couldn’t believe it. I do hope he is fully recovered and will not sustain another injury. Unfortunately I cannot be in London to see his performance tonight, I would have loved to, but I am still hoping he might just dance the leading role in Ivan the Terrible with the Bolshoi on the 19th of April. Here’s hoping!

    1. Katherine, did you ever receive my reply to your first post? I just saw it is in “pending” (not “published”) status. If you have not: I was thanking and wellcoming you. Problem is, I’m still figuring out how this blog’s features work, not always successfully, kkkk. Sorry.

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Last Thursday the staff at LoveFM put together a dinner to say wish me bon voyage. I've worked with these people for nine years, about 1/5 of my life. As my broadcast was on Saturday, and most of the people pictured here worked weekdays, we never saw each other regularly. And so, I suppose, we never had a chance to irritate each other. At least not much. We've parted on very good terms and if I'm ever in Fukuoka again I hope to be working with them again.

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Huawei has released the refreshed version of its super-slim Ascend P6, dubbed Ascend P6 S, featuring a slightly less sleek profile apart from slightly tweaked specifications.

Huawei Ascend P6 S is priced at CNY 2,700 (roughly Rs. 27,000), and for now is only available on Vmall, Huawei's own online store in China.

The smartphone runs on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, coated with Huawei's native Emotion UI 2.0. It also features dual-SIM support. Huawei Ascend P6 S bears a 4.7-inch LCD touchscreen with a 720 x 1280 pixel resolution, similar to P6 handset. The screen is said to be super sensitive, and also recognizes glove touch input.

The Ascend P6 S is powered by a 1.6GHz quad-core processor, slightly better than the Ascend P6's 1.5GHz quad-core, which is paired with 2GB RAM.

(Also see: Huawei Ascend P6 vs Huawei Ascend P6 S)

Camera features are also shared with those found in Ascend P6. The Ascend P6 S features the same 8-megapixel rear camera with flash and 5-megapixel front-facing camera for video calling.

Huawei Ascend P6 S will come with 16GB storage and is non-expandable as mentioned on the firm's official online store. The connectivity options include standard 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS/A-GPS connectivity. However, the handset misses out on LTE connectivity just like P6.

The Huawei Ascend P6 S features the same 2,000mAh battery capacity, and is slightly thicker at 6.5mm, compared to the Ascend P6's 6.18mm profile. The smartphone is available in Black and White colour variants.

Recently, Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei, announced three new HPM processors - a quad-core offering, and two octa-core chips, one of which is a 64-bit processor.

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10 Task Thursday

Yesterday a found myself with a bit of a headache I just couldn’t shake so I erred on the side of caution and didn’t push myself to do much at all.  So today was a bit of catch up.   It wasn’t like I didn’t do anything yesterday, but I’ve decided to be proactive regarding Christmas and am making a few bits and bobs as gifts.  Unfortunately, I can’t reveal all the details or some of the recipients may see in advance what they are getting, which will ruin the surprise.  If it is any consolation, I really enjoyed making them.

Dried calendula

The dried flowers are just a hint of what I did yesterday.

So today was all about making up for lost time. I was determined to do as many things as I could to push along some progress in the garden.  I started out early this morning with a wander around the garden.  The Flanders Poppies caught my eye and then I remembered it was Armistice Day, so it seemed appropriate to mention it, given the seeds were sown on ANZAC Day.  It does really help to keep things in perspective – life is quite challenging right now.  But is nothing compared to what our grandparents and great grandparents had to face in their day.

Flanders Poppies

It does take my breath away to see these bright red Flanders Poppies glowing in the morning sun.

Buoyed on and encouraged I decided to tackle the weedy end garden.  I figure if I just do a small bit at a time, it will be less sustained effort in the long run.   So, I gave myself half an hour.  It wasn’t that difficult, but I wouldn’t have wanted to have kept at it.

Weedy end garden

I’ve made a great start to the weedy end garden

I looked about for my next small task and decided to create a couple of trenches under the arch to mix in some compost and a bit of blood and bone to help with moisture retention and give a bit of love to the plants that will soon scramble up it.

Nourishing the soil beneath the arch

Nourishing the soil beneath the arch

By now it was feeling a little warm.  The sand beneath my feet was becoming too hot to stand on.  This was a good sign to come inside out of the heat to do something in the cool of the house.  I checked the thermometer I have hanging on my shed, and it agreed with my feeling that it was unseasonably hot in the garden!

33C temp

Yup… 33C is a bit hot for me out in the garden!

I left the garden with 3 mini cabbages that were due to come out anyway as they were pretty much done and taking up space in the salad bed and I need to succession plant more rocket.

Once inside I decided to have a go at fermentation with the kit I recently got for my birthday.  The instructions that came with it were very thorough and clear and I’d prepared myself by watching a few how-to videos.  I had a lovely time in the house in out of the midday sun whipping up my first ever batch of red cabbage sauerkraut.  I hope it works.

New Kitchen Shelves

I do love the new kitchen shelves, They are just like I thought they’d be.

It was still a little warm outside and I’m trying to avoid the ‘mad dogs and Englishmen’ situation – as I have been that kind of person before and paid quite the price.  I found another indoor task that had been taking way too long to do.  Months ago, we ordered some wood – well before lockdown.  Several weeks later we cut it up, but only got around to painting it on the weekend, because initially we couldn’t find what we’d done with the paint.  Someone had moved it, but no one knows where it ended up.  On the weekend we stumbled across some different paint that did the job just as well.  We had all the bits needed to put the shelves up in the kitchen, so I just got on with it!   Job done.

Wood for a new project

Oh and I helped Hubby the Un-Gardener unload some wood for a new project. I can’t wait to start this one.

Flower arrangement

Calendula flowers and a quaking grass weed that popped up in the garden is a simple yet pretty display.

The next thing I did was make a flower arrangement.  I’m not a florist.  I just wanted to make the shelves look lovely.  I am going to try and bring more flowers into the house more regularly – there are enough out there now that I think I can do it without ruining the display.

The photo doesn’t do this Gladioli justice – it has beautiful deep velvety red blooms. Just a shame about the rusty leaves.

Speaking of flowers – my favourite Gladioli started to bloom.  But I’m not sure I should keep growing them – there is so much Rust on the leaves, it just isn’t fair to keep them hanging around in a poor state of health because the flowers are pretty.

Trimming driveway lupin

Lopping away the overreaching lupin without bending over!

The temperatures had eased a little as the afternoon wore on, so I headed back out in the garden and helped Hubby the Un-Gardener trim the lupin bushes that were encroaching on the driveway.   It is one of those jobs you think – ‘I should do that’ while you are in the car, but as soon as you get out, it completely slips your mind.

I think after today’s temperatures it is warm enough for the Okra.

After a day soaking in water, a few of the remaining seedlings got planted into the ground.  After the temperatures today I think it is fair to say it is warm enough for the okra to go in the ground, and the luffa took up their spot under the arch.  And last –for now, was the pepino.  Hopefully by planting them in the cool of late afternoon they can settle in nicely before it gets hot again.

And finally – the last job for the day was to change Blossom’s blades.  Which she was pretty happy about.

Robot mower blades

Blossom’s blades had done a great job keeping the lawn nicely mowed. I’ve been meaning to introduce you formally so stay tuned….

It was a lovely long day in the garden chipping away at small things.  But I do feel the weariness of a body glowing from the efforts of the day.  I think tomorrow I will just drop things back to 5 a day.

Come again soon – there is still plenty to keep me busy as I catch up!

Sarah the Gardener  : o)

One Comment on “10 Task Thursday

  1. Wow, 33 C, that is way too hot for me! It was 27 C here and I wilted with the heat outside. On days like that I can only manage to go out in the garden in the mornings and evenings. Your shelves and flowers are lovely, what a great way to give yourself more bench space. How do you dry your flowers? I hope that you will take some photos of the gifts that you made to show us after Christmas :o) We dug up our garlic a couple of days ago and it is now drying nicely. We had a great crop for the first time. Hope you have a great weekend. Hugs, Rose x

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Finding the Right Bike for Your Commute

255966988 1B6E0251CaI mentioned earlier that I recently bought a new [used] bike and I debated on whether to say anything about it here, I wasn’t really sure anyone would care. But because I love bikes and blogging so much I finally broke down and thought I’d give a few pointers on finding the right bike for your commute.

Living Within A Neighborhood (or close to it)

I’ve written about biking on my site a few times and I try to keep it within the bounds of this blog, which is something like Christian theology, Quakerism, living as a Christian in today’s word, etc, etc, etc.

In previous posts I’ve said much about the connection between being a Christian, caring for the environment and why I ride a bike as opposed to us owning a second car. These are some of the things I believe I ought to participate in as a Christian, and so I am trying to take this as seriously as possible.  I also recognize its not possible for everyone and every situation to go without a car, thus I am by no means making a universal judgement above.

If you are considering riding your bike to work, school, and the neighborhood stores, let me encourage you to try it out. Not only is it a lot of fun, but you get to know the people you live around much better. Becoming the kind of person who lives within a neighborhood, or two mile radius as some sites have suggested greatly focus your relational, and if you’re a Christian, missional interactions and attention.

Because of all this I thought it was a good time to offer a couple quick tips I’ve learned along the way that may help in getting started.

Finding a Bike For the Commute

If you a first time bicycle commuter you are probably going to need to fix up your bike or buy one. I would suggest getting a couple recommendations for bicycle shops in your neighborhood or that are close enough to ride to and get a tune up there if you’ve got a fixer-upper. Go in to that shop and get to know those people, you will need their help, trust me.

The Bicycle Station in Highland Park Is one of my favorite bike shops I go to whenever I have questions or repairs I need to have done. This is where I bought my newest commuting bike. The Univega.

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[I don’t have a fancy name for it yet]

Another great place to go in Los Angeles for bicycle commuting resources is the Bicycle Kitchen, a non-profit bike shop where you can buy used bikes, parts, rent stand time, and get advice from people who know their stuff.

Do some google searches and find places near you who can offer advice.

The other great place to get a bike is to search Craigslist. It’s a community site where you can search by your location. There is a good chance you’ll be able to find a used bike if you have enough patience to look around and watch the site for a while. I got my first commuting bike [Thorn] on Craigslist for $75.

Finding the Right Kind of Bike

Finding the right sized bike is essential. I got a new bike because my previous one was meant to fit someone who’s 6 foot, I am only 5’7 and it was creating a lot of pain for me in my neck and arms.

Please note: Everything I will be writing about here concerns road bikes. I haven’t used a mountain bike for a long time and personally I don’t think they’re ideal for commuting because of their weight and size of tires, they make you work much harder (and therefore sweat much more) than a road bike.

I found some helpful resources on Sheldon Brown’s site about fitting sizes.

But basically there are two really important factors for those of you looking for a road bike.

1. The reach from your seat to the handle bars should be comfortable enough that you have some flexibility in your elbows. One easy tip is to put your elbow against the front of your seat and then reach to the handlebars. If you can read the handlebars with you fingers you’re probably in good shape.

2. The second most important thing is your stand over height.?? You should be able to stand over the top bar of your bike with comfort then that’s a good sign.

After that what matters most is how comfortable it feels to you.

More information for beginners from Sheldon Brown.

Commuting — Doing It (some important equipment)

Here are a couple quick tips once you’ve got a working bike.

1. Get some good lights! One front headlight and one rear one (mine attaches to my bag). They should be able to flash, which makes you more noticeable and reduces battery wear. Also I bought lights that use AA’s so I can use rechargeable batteries with my lights and cut down on waste and cost.

2. Get a helmet. You really really need to wear a helmet. As a bike commuter you do not ride on the sidewalk (because it’s more dangerous and slower), you ride with the rest of traffic and you have to be prepared for the worst. Protect your noggin.

3. Get a U-lock. Any other lock will get your bike stolen. Trust me I know from experience.

4. Get a bag to carry your clothes in. Since I ride to work/school virtually everyday and my ride is strenuous enough that I actually work up a bit of sweat I bring a change of clothes. It’s good to get some kind of bag to carry stuff in but doesn’t weigh a lot and won’t hurt your neck or back. That means you should consider getting, a pannier (a side-saddle bag), a messenger bag (mine’s a Timbuktu I found on clearance for much less), or a light backpack.

Tip for taking clothes to school/work: I take my jeans, flip flops, an undershirt, shirt, deodorant and even underwear to school on monday. I wear shorts and a cutoff T-shirt, and my clip-less shoes on the ride and change once I get there. I leave my shoes, jeans, and deodorant in my small cubby during the week, which cuts down on the weight I have to carry everyday. I take the rest home with me to get washed.

5. Find a friend to ride with. You’re always a little safer, and will have more fun if you ride with someone else. I am fortunate to live with a friend who often rides with me to work and back. If you can locate somebody like that you’ll enjoy the ride more – that is unless you cherish the solitude, which can also be nice.

When you’re ready and you’ve got your bike all commuter-ed up it will look something like this!

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Getting Support
Employers often offer benefits for people who commute. Fuller gives out prizes, and offer $5 of coupons for the refectory to encourage more people to commute to work and school. Find out who is riding and if your school or place of work offers support, it’s always nice to find others who are doing the same thing as you.

Find websites like for tips, resources, articles (about new commuters) and event notifications.

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Teacher, author, Quaker, and public theologian. Director of Friends Center and Quaker Studies at Guilford College.

13 thoughts on “Finding the Right Bike for Your Commute

  1. wess,
    finally a post of substance, theology is a fleeting and fickle subject but bikes, they have the potential for true love.

  2. Hey Wess,

    Do you know of any good bike shops in Pasadena? I have wanted to get another one ever since mine was stolen within the first six weeks of living here 😦

  3. @Tim – I am glad to know I am finally on the right track! Thanks for stopping by and it seems like we might have similar love affairs!

    @Kevin – Pasadena Cyclery is a good place, it’s pretty close to Fuller, just past Hill Ave on Walnut. I don’t know the guys personally but I know other people have been happy with their work. I’d go and ask about used bikes. There is another bike shop on Colorado but I know even less about them.

  4. Ride on… i live in Chicago and do almost everything by bike except big grocery shopping trips. Ditching your car is so freeing, and in Chicago I love speeding past cars stuck in traffic.

  5. Joe – Man why do you have to keep coming on my blog and destroying all the mojo that goes on here. I don’t want your Hummer-loving self to get on here and spread your anti-environmentalist propaganda. 😉

  6. Hooray! Bicycles!

    Let’s give another cheer for the Bike Kitchen! Whoopee!

    I actually (re)built my first bike at the BK this summer–what a learning experience. Repacking bearings, coverting it to a single-speed, truing and dishing the tires, putting on brakes; I felt my inner confidence coming out. I didn’t have enough courage to do it to my own bike, so I did it to a bike I got as part of my membership (a freebie off the donation rack)–a Peugeot from the 80’s with taxi checkers on blue. Not a commuter, but fun to ride on the flats.

    Hey, LA is flat–everyone should ride a single-speed!

  7. Great post cuz. As you know I’m a huge road bike fan. One side benefit to riding a bike is improving health. Avg commuting to work 2x per week (17 miles each way). Cholestrol down 45 points, weight down 10 lbs in the 2 years Ive owned a bike. Doing another century in nov., a great way to sitesee our beautiful state.

  8. Rick! I can’t believe your commute is 17 miles each way, that’s amazing! And good point about the health benefits, that something I appreciate about riding to work as well, though I’ve yet to see the loss of 10lbs – I am still waiting on that.

  9. Very good post. You cover most of the bases for setting up a bike commuting routine. I have one additional suggestion regarding gear, and a warning as well.

    The suggestion for the gear is, besides getting lights and a helmet, is a bell. They cost about 10 or 15 bucks, and are a nice way of letting pedestrians, slower cyclists, kids and dog walkers that you are approaching.

    The warning concerns riding with a friend. It’s fine to do this, but please do not ride side by side on busy or narrow roads. Sideswiping accidents are common, and by having someone riding two or three feet further out than he or she normally would, the chances of getting seriously injured are much higher than if they are riding single file.

    Keep spreading the word about bicycle commuting!

  10. Hey thanks for the suggestions, both very sound and appreciated. I haven’t purchased a bell, but have wished I had one quite a few times. Maybe I will put that on my Christmas list.

    And good point about riding with friends. In fact we almost had an accident like the one you mentioned and learned our lesson the hard way.

    Thanks again.

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I recently had the chance to marvel at home on an innovative travel app for iPhone and iPad. While there are many travel apps, the one travel app that got my attention is the one that taps into gorgeous photography of places around the world. It’s an innovative new mobile application that allows users to travel remotely through the simple tap of a screen. This app instantly takes you away on a virtual tour of some of the most amazing cities, hotels, restaurants and much more without having to leave your home or spend a dime.

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TourWrist travel app is extremely easy to use. Just what I would expect to use with an all new iPhone 4S! SPARK LABS are the creators of this great mobile app called TourWrist. Using this travel app is like a real-life travel experience at the palm of your hands. Simply hold your iPhone with TourWrist app at eye level and turn around to see the views from different angles, just as if you were there and turning around in one spot. If you move the iPhone up, then you could see the tops of all the buildings, the bright blue sky and the beautiful skyline. If you turn around slowly, it is as if you were turning around while standing along the river in Chicago. Completely intuitive, an amazing tactile experience. It will surely make you feel as if you are being transported instantly to the spot.

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There are many practical uses of this travel app. Imagine if you want to check out a hotel or resort before making a booking. How about a landmark you want to visit? Perhaps you are just curious to see if a restaurant looks like the luxurious five-stars it claims to be. TourWrist will answer all that for you. Using the gyroscope on iPhone, the app allows the user to view 360 degree panorama images.

Although TourWrist is an online mobile marketing platform, which is dedicated to helping people sell property, it is amazing how you would never think of it as a selling tool. Users can register for free and upload photos of homes, businesses, vacation spots or any real estate they would like to sell. The account is not restricted to just real estate. There are tours of ruins, museums, churches and many exotic locations. You can visit a local cafe, dine at a four star restaurant or look off the balcony of a penthouse hotel suite. You can find out information about the tour you are on by selecting the “info” feature. You can share photos of any of the tours on Facebook and Twitter using the “Share” feature. You can even book a trip right from within the app by selecting the “links” feature.

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  2. Individuals and businesses can hire professional photographers to document properties, create the tours and upload to their system
  3. TW Capture app will allow anyone with an iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, or the new iPod Touch to create and post “AmaTours” in a matter of seconds. These tours may not be as high in quality but will be extremely easy to make

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This is absolutely FREE. There are no ad banners, no in-app purchases and no hidden subscription fees.

It is truly an amazing photography and travel app that offers virtual tours of some very beautiful places around the world. Pick up this universal travel app in the App Store today. Just don’t be waving your new TourWrist travel app on your new iPad 2 at the doctor’s office, a little embarrassing :)

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  1. Charu says:

    Will check this out, thanks Shamis…

  2. Eric Auxier says:

    What a cool idea for an app! Downloading it now!


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getDefinitionByName will retrieve the class name for any components / User Defined Components.

<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?>

<mx:Application xmlns:mx=”” layout=”absolute” creationComplete=”createComplete(event)”>
import flash.utils.getDefinitionByName;
import mx.controls.*;
private function createComplete(e:Event):void
var cls:Class = getDefinitionByName(“mx.controls.Button“) as Class;  //This will get the class name for Button [Class Button]
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var cls:Class = getDefinitionByName(“MyComp.PanelComp“) as Class; //MyComp is the folder and PanelComp is the user defined component
var instance:Object = new cls();
instance.label=”My Button”
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