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Doctor Who, Cosmic Kite seen in the black Dalek looks just like me!

From week Last, I'm not cope on my usual series although they are four news, I have yet twelve episodes ahead of the Game of Thrones, and especially Doctor Who, one of the first that I followed as issued.

The most significant development last season was the entrance of Matt Smith, his stubborn and Steve Moffat as head of the series. This new doctor was very crude to overcome the affection that fans watched him with David Tennant, and after seeing the Christmas special and this first episode, I think we still have to keep trying ... Four years is four years and do not forget easily.

The new season started with a header a little sad, because the death of Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane's fourth Doctor) and no continuity with the Christmas special, which at this point so surprised that we were accustomed to serve in advance for the official season. In this case, no mention is made trips Amy and Rory in the Tardis, which two months are now installed in a house as newlyweds. The next contact with the doctor will be telling them thanks to an invitation to travel to the United States, which is also a somewhat rare occurrence for a character that we were used to materialize their cabin in the most unexpected moments. To inaugurate

season, River Song appears also that for non-partner, or companion in the future, since 2008 seems to be paid to the series. I will not be complaining because I love the character, and as promised, this year we will have more information about how he met the Doctor.

Without saying anything about the plot, has all the typical things Moffat, as is a tendency towards the macabre much more pronounced, and a lot of time paradoxes, including two doctors, aliens that modify memory, and a face River Song to what is known to the Doctor in reverse temporal order. No wonder, because this man is the jealousy led us to the statues, libraries, organized a season on two time travel, and included a companion that the Doctor has not yet found.



In principle, it is no more episodes that I liked: the atmosphere in the U.S. I find it a bit strange as purely a British series like this, and it makes me suspicious if not discussed a move to further popularize the series across the pond. But for now, intrigue and paradox does offer in spades. If not a trailer that has everything we like in this blog: rubber monsters! Disturbing dolls! To Nazis! Who said that in Doctor Who, to Nazis and we had the daleks?

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Circumstantial evidence


Translated by Marco Royo with the kind permission of Jeff Lindsay http://www.jefflindsay.com/ your personal page.

This entry is translated http://www.jefflindsay.com/bme12.shtml. For Latter-day Saints who speak English and know no English.

In The Prophetic Book of Mormon: New Approaches to Book of Mormon Study, Hugh Nibley makes an excellent point about the indirect and circumstantial evidence for the authenticity of the Book of Mormon (p. 71):
Circumstantial evidence
. Quite apart from the contents of the Book of Mormon and the external evidence that may support, under certain circumstances relating to their production can not be explained on other grounds than those given by Joseph Smith. Can be listed briefly:
1. There is the testimony of witnesses.
2. The youth and inexperience of Joseph Smith when he took full responsibility for the publication of the book - Test (a) that could not have produced by itself and (b) that he was not acting for someone else, because their behavior was Always a surprising independence.
3. The absence of notes and sources.
4. The short time production.
5. The fact that there is only one version of the book published (with minor changes in each edition). This is the most significant. It is now known that the Koran, the only book that claims the same degree of certainty and divine inspiration, was reissued at least three times during the lifetime of Muhammad. Which brings us to:
6. Unquestionable and immutable position of Joseph Smith concerning her revelations, a position that Eduard Meyer surprised more than anything else [1]. From the time they came out the Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith never ceased to take abroad, and never changed his attitude towards it. What creative writer does not ashamed of the production of such youth and inexperience after twenty years? What impostor awake nights in a row would not be worrying about the missteps and mistakes of this massive and pretentious product of youthful indiscretion and mischief? But since the prophet received revelations continued, nothing would have been easier had the slightest doubt that publishing a new edition, revised and improved, or completely rename the book, limit their movement, saying that was the only mysteries reach of the uninitiated, that should only be interpreted in a sense "religious" or replaced by something else. Los Santos who believed the Prophet, were the only ones taking the book seriously in any way.
7. There has never been a whiff of mystery around the Book of Mormon has been no secrecy related to the time of publication or at present, there is a complete lack of sophistry or policy analysis of the Book of Mormon plays no role in history of the Church as a puppet, never no dispute about its nature or content between the leaders of the Church is never manipulation, explanations or commitments. The book has enjoyed unlimited sales at all times.
8. Finally, although the book's success is no proof of his divinity, the type of person who has asked to read - honest, simple, straightforward, very balanced, and nothing mystical - is evidence of his honesty circunstantial. It has some very strong supporters.
Citations:

1. Eduard Meyer, Ursprung und Geschichte der Mormons (Halle: Niemeyer, 1912), 59-83, esp. 72, 80-83, also published as The Origin and History of the Mormons, tr. H. Rahd and E. Seaich (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1961), 37-56.

From these points, let us note first the existence of witnesses. If the Book of Mormon was a fraud, Joseph Smith certainly would have kept secret. But gathered around him and many people who saw the plates ojearon and remained loyal to that testimony until the end of their lives, although many were unhappy with Joseph Smith because they suffered great persecution for their testimony. Or made money, and got power but nevertheless never denied his testimony. Consider Martin Harris, described as an honest and respectable even by anti-Mormons who knew him. He was a man of integrity in their community, a respected and successful man who sacrificed much to help advance the Book of Mormon. But would later disagree with the rules of the Church and was excommunicated in 1837. Despite this expressed repeatedly his testimony of the Book of Mormon, which had seen an angel, had played and browsed the boards and knew it was divine. His testimony was confirmed even in his deathbed.
Three witnesses saw an angel and the plates, eight others and witnessed the formal ojearon it and another handful, including Emma, \u200b\u200bJoseph's wife, witnessed the physical reality of the gold plates and the divinity of the Book of Mormon. None of the witnesses denied the authenticity and divinity of that book. What crazy trickster allow others to know of his fraud, which could be accomplices to kill them all and keep repeating the lie - even after the ill and bitter with the power lie? What would fraudster the luxury of forcing his fellow conspirators, when the end everyone would have to admit that everyone suspected was fraud and provide a gentle revenge to those who were drawn to them?
simply makes no sense that the Book of Mormon was a fraud. Stop in little of the language of the King James version or other details, but what can explain away the most basic element described here: the reality and divinity of an ancient record has multiple credible witnesses who insisted that the Book of Mormon was True to the end of their lives. How can such evidence be ignored?
The witnesses were not disreputable rascals in their communities, but were respected people who risked and lost much of its support to the Book of Mormon. Consider the testimony of many non-Mormon concerning Martin Harris, as documented by Milton V. Backman Jr., Eyewitness Accounts of the Restoration (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1983), pag. 144-145:


After becoming close friends or acquaintances of several witnesses to the Book of Mormon, many non-Mormon witnesses also testified that they knew they were men of integrity. No individual who had only a slight dealings with these men wrote that they were dishonest, fake sincerity or incompetent judges of events. Instead of denouncing his character, many critics of the Church who knew the witnesses stated that they were trustworthy individuals. In 1830, for example, Martin Harris traveled to Geneva, New York, in an attempt to secure a loan of $ 13,000 to Charles Butler, financier and philanthropist who founded the Union Theological Seminary. Butler wrote that Harris brought a letter from Mr. Jessup (probably Henry Jessup), prominent leader of the Presbyterian Church. Butler depended Jessup recommendations regarding the character and financial status of those seeking loans in the Palmyra area. According to Butler, Jessup presented to Martin Harris as a "farmer worthy and important, who owned a farm that had a very good security for very large sum of money that he was seeking. "Although Butler favorably impressed Harris credentials, financial decided not to grant the loan when he learned that the money would go to the publication of the "Mormon Bible. [1] Henry Jessup
addition, others who lived in Palmyra felt that Martin Harris was honest and responsible. In 1829, the Palmyra Freeman reported that one of the few individuals who believed in the story of the "Golden Bible" was Martin Harris, "honest and industrious farmer" of Palmyra. [2] While traveling in western New York in 1831, James Gordon Bennett, reporter for the New York Courier and Enquirer knew who interviewed him that Martin Harris had a reputation as "respectable farmer... A hard worker... Important" and was known for his "restraint." [3] When Martin Harris left Palmyra to meet with Latter-day Saints in Ohio, the Wayne Sentinel reported that Harris was one of the first settlers of that town and has always held the status of honorable and honest citizen. " [4] And after publishing the testimony of three witnesses in his history of Mormonism, Pomeroy Tucker wrote: "How to reconcile the fact that Harris signed his name to that statement, given the nature of honesty that has always been granted, is something not easily explained. "[5]
references cited by Backman:

Party is typed at the Charles Butler Collection, Library of Congress.
Golden Bible, "Rochester Advertiser and Telegraph, August 31, 1829, reprint of an article published in the Palmyra Freeman.
Leonard J. Arrington," James Gordon Bennett's 1831 Report on 'The Mormonites, "BYU Studies 10 (Spring 1970): 355 , 358 Hillsborough Gazette (Ohio), October 29, 1831.
Wayne Sentinel, May 27, 1831.
Tucker, Origin, Rise and Progress of Mormonism, pp. 69-71. For more references that Harris was "considered an honest citizen, industrious and their neighbors" see ED Howe, Mormonism unvailable, p. 13 Palmyra Courier, May 24, 1872.

Richard Lloyd Anderson in Investigating the Book of Mormon Witnesses (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1981, pp. 101-103) analliza also the testimony of non-Mormons about Martin Harris:

The most unusual tribute to this Witness the Book of Mormon comes from an obituary written thirty-four years before his death. Probably because of activities of another Harris, the report spread by all U.S. newspapers in 1841, saying that Martin Harris was murdered in Illinois for speaking out against Mormonism. This was quickly corrected the Painesville Telegraph, which reported from Harris's residence in Ohio he was still alive to read "what is said of him after death." Meanwhile Alvah Strong in Rochester was based on the history of national movement of the murderer and had written a detailed estimate of their close knowledge. Strong, a distinguished editor and respected community leader in Rochester, had previously worked as a young printer in Palmyra immediately after the publication of the Book of Mormon and the heyday of the public preaching of Martin Harris in that community. Based on this and other personal knowledge, summarized admiration for this witness and prejudice against his testimony that characterized the community who knew him:

"We reminded the Lord Harris as an honest man. We became familiar with him in Palmyra, in the spring of 1828, shortly after plates were found which said they had translated the Book of Mormon.... Although illiterate and superstitious attitude had long maintained an irreproachable character for probity.... Their neighbors and fellow citizens with whom he worked incessantly and very seriously, remembered him as being more gullible than willing to deliberately deceive others, but still exposed him to many taunts and reprimands, which the bore with meekness that would make a better cause. "[Rochester Daily Democrat, June 23, 1841.]

Their exodus of Palmyra led a moving tribute before the public by EB Grandin, editor of the Wayne Sentinel in years crucial between 1827 and 1832 and printer of the Book of Mormon. Grandin Harris knew perhaps more intimately than any other non-Mormon.'s diary reveals Grandin Harris as a thoughtful man and religiously independent. The editor's farewell painted Martin Harris for Ohio with other Latter-day Saints in 1831. It's impressive that the direct approval of the financial integrity of the Book of Mormon comes the man with whom he had ongoing business relationships. Martin Harris passed this practical test distinction:

"Lord Harris is among the first inhabitants of this city, and has always carried the character of an honest man and honest and willing and benevolent neighbor. It has gained a respectable fortune to work honest and has left a large circle of relatives and friends. " [Wayne Sentinel, May 27, 1831.]

Orasmus Turner, who had been apprenticed to a printer in Palmyra, wrote negatively of Mormonism in 1852, Harris painting as a fanatic, however, was "a good farm owner and a decent and honorable citizen "(O. Turner, History of the Pioneer Settlement of Phelps and Gorham's Purchase (Rochester, 1852), p. 215, quoted by RL Anderson, "Martin Harris: The Honorable New York Farmer," Improvement Era, Vol 72, No. 2 (Feb. 1969), pp. 18-21). Testimonials
like people from outside the Church offered to the character of Oliver Cowdery and David Whitmer (citing Backman, pp. 146-148):

After leaving the Church in 1838, Oliver Cowdery established warm friendships with a number of non-members. Samuel Murdock, a lawyer who became "close associates" of Cowdery while living in Kirtland, wrote that he was indebted to him for his "special kindness" and " many lessons of instruction "he received from him. Murdock concluded that Oliver Cowdery was one of the individuals more" kind, generous and big heart "he had ever known. [1] Judge William Lang, a partner at law firm of Oliver Cowdery in Tiffin, Ohio, wrote that he hoped many opportunities "to study and love his noble and true humanity." According to Lang, Cowdery was "an able lawyer and a champion. . . . Was modest and reserved, never spoke ill of anyone, [and] never complained. "[2] Shortly after Oliver Cowdery moved to Tiffin, Seneca Advertiser reported that Cowdery was nominated as the Democratic candidate for the camera Representatives in Wisconsin. During his seven years of residence in Tiffin, the article continued,

our dear friend. . . earned an enviable distinction in this place and its judicial circuit as a solid and capable lawyer and as a highly esteemed citizen. His honesty, integrity and hard work were worthy of imitation for all, while its unquestionable capabilities reflecting credit both to himself and to the profession of being a member. [3]

Upon learning of the death of Oliver Cowdery, The Ray County Missouri Bar Association formally declared that "the law had lost a compliant member and the community to a worthy and valuable citizen." [4] And the Seneca Advertiser said "were sorry to know... Of death... (His) very dear friend and close formal citizen, Oliver Cowdery.... He was a man of great ability, and during his residence between us has earned the affection of all who knew him in the dealings of private and social life. " [5]
also not members of the Church certified that John and David Whitmer were "truthful, honest and law abiding citizens." After living in Richmond, Missouri, for 43 years, David Whitmer obtained the signatures of 22 prominent citizens of that city, including the mayor, lawyers, judges, bankers, merchants and officials who checked that "the treaty had long and intimately" and knew that "he was a man of great integrity and of undoubted truth and veracity." [6] A few days after his death, the Richmond Democrat ran an article apparently expressing the views of many friends of David Whitmer regarding his character and testimony of the Book of Mormon.

No man here who has been among our people hubierra more friends and few enemies. Honest, conscientious and honest in all dealings, fair in the trial of his peers, and open, manly and frank in their dealings, he made lasting friends who loved him to the end. . .
Sceptics may mock and scoff if want, but no man can hear Mr. Whitmer when he talks about his interview with the angel of the Lord, without being conavencido force that had come to an honest man say what he honestly believes is the truth. [7]

Because they have been preserved over a hundred personal statements or descriptions of interviews with three witnesses (and there is a further testimony of eight other witnesses), the testimony of the witnesses to the Book of Mormon is the best documented that any claim of direct revelation from the world's history. [8] The surprising harmony of reports from different times and circumstances, along with numerous references As for the character witnesses portrayed as men of integrity, is conclusive evidence of the veracity of the testimony published in the Book of Mormon. These numerous statements and interviews also serve as evidence that the bitter persecution, economic evidence, public criticism and apostasy of the Church of eleven witnesses never turned their conviction that carefully examined the metal plates, and the Book of Mormon was a product of the translation of that record. Even when six of the eleven leaders rejected Joseph Smith in the late 1830's, none of them denied any belief in the authenticity of the Book of Mormon. The public testimony from eleven witnesses enables us to better understand the unique event in the ecclesiastical history of humanity and giving support to the testimony of Joseph Smith that eleven men examined in fact the ancient record translated "by the gift and power of God. "
references cited by Backman: Samuel Murdock

the Editor of Dubuque Daily Times, April 13, 1893, quoted in R. Etzenhouser, From Palmyra, New York, 1830, to Independence, Missouri, 1894 (Independence, Mo.: Ensign Publishing House, 1894), pp. 338-41.
W. Lang, History of Seneca County (Springfield, Ohio: Transcript Printing Co., 1880), pp. 364-65.
The Seneca Advertiser (Tiffin, Ohio) May 5, 1848, p. 2.
Circuit Court Journal, Ray County, Missouri, March 5, 1850. For more references of the character of Oliver Cowdery and his activities after he left the church, see Richard L. Anderson, Investigating the Book of Mormon Witnesses (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1981), pp. 38-44.
The Seneca Advertiser (Tiffin, Ohio), November 1, 1850, p. 2.
Anderson, Investigating the Book of Mormon Witnesses, pp. 72-76, 131-33. The statement regarding the character of David Whitmer signed by twenty prominent men of Richmond, Missouri, was published in the Richmond Conservator, March 25, 1881, and in a pamphlet written by David Whitmer, Address to All Believers in Christ, pp. 9-10. It retains a copy of the document in the files of the Church and Ebbie LV Richardson, "David Whitmer: A Witness to the Divine Authenticity of the Book of Mormon" (Master's thesis, Brigham Young University, 1952.) See also Appendix F Backman.
Richmond Democrat, January 26, 1888, and reprinted February 2, 1888, in the same newspaper. See also Richmond Conservator, January 26, 1888. The Conservator Richmond reported that David Whitmer had lived in Richmond for 46 years "without spot or blemish." Enjoyed the "confidence and esteem of his neighbors," added the report, and was considered "a good citizen." (Richmond Conservator, August 22, 1881.)
Anderson, Investigating the Book of Mormon Witnesses, p. 79.

Shortly before the death of Whitmer, the Chicago Tribune Correspondent published about him:

David Whitmer, the last of the three who testified to the truth of the Book of Mormon, is dying at his home in Richmond. Last night he called his family and friends at his bedside, and shared the testimony of the truth of the Book of Mormon and the Bible. (Chicago Tribune Correspondent, 23 January 1888, quoted in Lyndon W. Cook, David Whitmer Interviews: A Restoration Witness (Grandin Book Co., 1993), p. 220, cited in Ash Mike page "Book of Mormon Criticisms: David Whitmer. ")

After his death another newspaper, the Richmond Conservator, brought this report:

The Sunday night before his death he called his family and his physician Dr. George W. Buchanan the head of your bed and said, "Doctor, do you think I'm in my right mind?" to which the doctor replied: "Yes, it is in their right mind, I just had a conversation with you." Then he went to all those present and said: "I give my last testimony. Must be faithful in Christ. I want to say that the Bible and the record of the Nephites (Book of Mormon) are true, so they can say they have heard me proclaim my testimony in the death bed ...."
On Monday morning again called those who were present at the bedside, and said he had seen another vision that reconfirmed the divinity of the Book of Mormon , "and said he had seen Christ in the fullness of His glory and majesty, seated on his white throne in heaven, waiting for their children. (Richmond Conservator Report, 26 January 1888, quoted n Cook, p. 226 as quoted on the website of Mike Ash "Book of Mormon Criticisms: David Whitmer, see also Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints, 4 vols, Salt Lake City, p. 269.)
impressive
For more details, please see the following pages:

Book of Mormon Witnesses by Richard L. Anderson.

Mike Ash's page on "The Three Witnesses" and their refutations of anti-Mormon attacks on Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer and Martin Harris.

Comments on the Book of Mormon Witnesses: A Response to Jerald and Sandra Tanner by Matt Roper.

defies the logic that men of character generally praised Pudia be part of a fraudulent combination that would bring them no gain and then stay that combination and leave her to endorse fraud until the end of his days, even after becoming disappointed with the organizer who had been opposed on other issues. Would have every reason to expose Joseph Smith as a fraud, if his testimony was not true. The reliability and consistency of the testimony of the Book of Mormon exceed all legal standards for a credible witness. No reason can be given their testimony in their lives than the widely recognized for their integrity, causing them to maintain their position because they knew it was true, despite all the difficulties that caused them.
Many anti-Mormons have tried to discredit witnesses, but their efforts require the abandonment of what witnesses well knew: honesty and trustworthiness. To date, no anti-Mormon critic has been able to refute or explain away the overwhelming evidence around the testimony of numerous witnesses to the Book of Mormon. In fact, when anti-Mormons try to discredit the witnesses, almost universally claim that the massive documentation of Richard L. Anderson and other serious scholars on this topic does not exist. Rather than confront the existing scholarship, will try to ridicule the witnesses insidious little idea about their low intelligence, family relationships (several of the eight witnesses had mutual dealings), hypnotic dreams, or that some of them left the church, trying to suggest falsely that they had denied his testimony of the Book of Mormon, etc. But the document is clear: no witnesses ever denied their testimony of the Book of Mormon, and many heard them repeat their testimony until the end of their lives. One can only conclude the obvious: these people saw the gold plates and knew without a doubt that came from God. If the reader agrees with something more than what Joseph Smith did or said, it's time to reconsider the possibility that the Book of Mormon is a divine record to support real credible and convincing. Fortunately, the truth of the witnesses to the Book of Mormon is the compelling story of noble men of integrity and courage who proclaimed eloquent testimony of something divine.

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Literary Meme

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Yesterday was the day of the book, but between various processions and floods, not the party that looked much concerned. And reading this blog is as necessary as eating, today it's a meme about books that I found there.

The last book I read . Guardians of Twilight, by Sergei Lukyanenko. This is the last of the trilogy of the Guardians, an urban fantasy series written by a Russian (sorry, Kazakh) quite peculiar: the author goes through the lining all the simplicities of good and evil, taking a much more diffuse story about the morality of the characters. Oh, and also has two films based on the book, which seem like an egg with a potato. But they are incredibly fun.

The book I am reading. Le parfum de la dame en noir, by Gaston Leroux. If at this stage do not master the language of that country in which job offers, is because the French had a much more varied literary offering.

The book that changed my thinking. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake. They say the second half of the twentieth century has two types of readers: those who like Lord of the rings, and they like Titus Groan. I am among the latter.

The last book that made me mourn: General Tax Law. Only by reading the part of the record of compliance, it jumped me start crying now and Lima

The last book that made me laugh . Maskerade by Terry Pratchett. They had never given a definition of ballet as successful as the author of Discworld (yes, the dancers are dedicated to that voluntarily!)

A borrowed book that I have returned . Dark Essence by Tim Powers. But it did not really miss.

A borrowed book that I have not returned. The Chronicles of Elric of Melniboné, the same person that I returned the other. Quid pro quo, doctor.

A book read again. Wow, very many, and depending on your mood. From The Legion of the Damned by Sven Hassel, to Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment.




A book that changed my life. New General Accounting Plan. At worst, that is.

A book to give to the blind. The Golem, by Gustav Meyrink. No home is complete without a copy.

A book that surprised me for good. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë. Heatcliff nowhere near going to look like the romantic anti-hero that many readers will love, but the characters made me funny, if only so that they are insane, the poor.

A book that disappointed me . Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman. I always thought a guy a little overrated.

A book I found lost. One, whose name escapes me on the contemporary history of Spain, in English, which left some American tourists. For the lead that is, statistical and economic data, is surprisingly short. Of course history end of the country in 1986.

A book I stole. The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien. But I had up to me first, and you know what happens when a thief steals.



not for this man, I would not be here

The author of more books that I have . I have the complete works of HP Lovecraft and almost all of Jean Ray, for what they're tied.

A valuable book. My Penguin edition of Titus Groan, Gormenghast and Titus Alone, now in the safe of a Swiss bank.

A book that I've been meaning to read: Joyce's Ulysses, to see if the lion is as fierce as they paint.

A book that would ban : Omeñaca any of Jesus, a man willing to destroy the psyche of learners Accountant.

The next book I read . If God does not intervene, Le Bossu, Paul feval. That swashbuckling in France were not exclusive to the Dumas family.

Because this meme is not to nominate anyone, please either make use of it.

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The crossover definitively: my cat and Game of Thrones

Habemus Game of Thrones! For about two years ago we started hearing rumors, approvals, changes in distribution and after photos, videos, and even an advance of fifteen minutes of the first episode. Things that I fled in terror for what not anything that gutted out to appear. Well I've had watching the first chapter without knowing anything in advance.

As from now on reviews of the first episode and the argument of the book and series are not going to be a novelty, I decided to make a compilation of more and less I like to see on the screen. But, for information, a brief summary of the story and origin of the series is as follows:



Game of Thrones is the first volume in the saga of George R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire. Set in an imaginary place (Westeros), tells the story of a war of succession between the various noble houses, after the death of King Robert Baratheon (which in turn, had also deposed before, Aerys Targaryen). As often happens in these cases, the battle ends up being a fratricidal war and a veritable slaughter for farmers and those who are in the way of the soldiers. In this regard, Song of Ice and Fire could easily be a non-recognized any conflict that occurred in Europe during the Middle Ages. The main difference is the fantasy elements that are part of Westeros, the system of stations is somewhat rare, and all its inhabitants live under the threat of a winter that could last years. In fact, the motto of one of the houses, the Stark, is "Winter is coming." It is with the Stark with which the story begins, because their domains are close to the Wall, a gigantic, very similar to Hadrian's Wall, which separates the civilized world of the Wild, a group of disparate tribes. And the Other, a creature able to create undead. However, if the magic will begin to appear later The author uses these elements in a very subtle way that is fully integrated into a coherent and fairly realistic universe of its canons. It also means that no character will finalize an army throwing fireballs.

is how well the game starts Thrones of HBO, and a little luck, we'll see the following books. This chain has always been famous, especially in recent years, not a hair cut that out on screen (although it ends up being somewhat resemble free Cultureta version of Telecinco), but also put much care and work when filming a series. This was not an exception and this is owed some of the best things that has had this episode, not all:



credits. I do not usually look for on this part, because the basis of watching a weekly series, just bored. Indeed, some are starting to drastically reduce or dispense with them, but these have been a true masterpiece, and I think that will happen many episodes before it starts to give the forward.

characterization and atmosphere. Although expected, Game of Thrones is closer to a realistic average age that a Legend of the Seeker, so nothing is particularly beautiful and bright: the castles erode, cities are dirty ... even with careful not to leave a very healthy teeth closest to the extras. In the main characters, nothing too bright, no one is too cute and even the dresses of the Stark House are all rough and skills that correspond to the situation.

brick boom, as seen by Martin

The Wall. The books have tired of describing it, to give its correct height .. but still continues to amaze me to see him on screen, looking huge and endless.

characters. Although not yet appeared all, there are some stand out: Robert

Baratheon (Mark Addy), a king bushels, john and cirrhotic lost. Just to see him dismount, and feel sorry, or it could serve as the promotion campaign for a republic.

Harry Lloyd, taking it all for your audience

Viserys Targaryen (Harry Lloyd). Not the best interpetaciones, and even seems a tad overacted, but the guy gives the C's brace based on a lot, and above all, to look as deranged, which is provide a very enjoyable and even funny for a character hateful. O is given very well, or is that his appearance in Chapter Doctor Who, Family of Blood, served as his training.

Juapo, juapo, non é, but have a peel ... Jaime

Lanistes (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau). I could not have found anyone better for the paper: The perfect combination of Pantene hair and square jaw piece, make it the epitome of a gentleman quite believed.

Even I raised official animal change

The huarguitos. This blog tends to cats, but how to resist the emergence of six adorable puppies? I will not complain for using huskies, it is preferable to a real animal to pull the computer effect that sooner or later going to age very badly. And while the Huskies do not look like its counterpart in the book .. Does anyone know where to find a Warg? If so, do not hesitate to notify the HBO.

I had a horrible nightmare: I dreamed that I pursued the eyebrows of Groucho Marx

Although negative point will be much smaller, I can not complain about the eyebrows of the characters. It is simply something that makes me sick from that in 2001 I saw Orlando Bloom in a blond wig, have spent a fortune scenarios, shooting, characterization ... What they forgot to buy bleach?

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Cat protesting against his main enemy As this is the last entry before the Great Day (to be exact, the release of Game of Thrones. That for us will be on Monday), play back a compilation readings. Well, that and because I am also reading a scary speed, but my cat is starting to complain about lack of attention and compliments on your cat person. Robert A. Heinlein. Starship Troopers. Digging on the shelf of a family member (or I'm contagious cats, or where there is trust, disgusting), I found several copies of a collection of classic science fiction, I did not hesitate to visit to have several well-known examples. One is the Starship Troopers, although he had a movie several years ago, is a rather free: the novel is much more simple, telling the story of a boy who enlists in the army, and with his progress in rank and military career, they count the characteristics of this futuristic society, which have served in the military is necessary condition for full citizenship, and how they came to this system due to the decline of the democracies of the twentieth century. Of battles space beyond explaining how to make an attack on a planet and have to fight with insectoid aliens, little more aware, he is such an enemy very diffuse and serves as a backdrop for the story. Beyond its ease of reading, has not convinced me much, and if I read fiction war to entertain me and amuse me, I'll stick with Sven Hassel, much more wild, absurd and anarchic. Clifford D. Simak. Transit Station. Another classic science fiction, which is actually very cortita a novel in which the argument (the aliens turn the farm of a man in a station for interstellar travel) is solved very quickly and without much drama. Although the story begins with the discovery of this situation by a scientist, this is a very minor plot and the book focuses on the loneliness of the protagonist and his attempts to avoid stop using the earth station. Larry Niven. Ringworld. Another science fiction of the seventies, and with a structure closer to the adventure novel: a group of disparate characters (two humans and two aliens) travel into space in search of an artificial world. From there, the situations are typical of the genre: hypervelocities weaknesses in the aisles, and some existentialism on the fate of the universe. It has a good dose of adventure but between the environment seventies (describing all sorts of silly hairstyles and fashions) and the characters just unbearable for a lot as ballast. I think for science fiction, I will continue staying with Day of the Triffids. Susan Towshend. The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole. I could read this book thanks to an initiative in a language school (leave a shelf of books freely available.) Therefore, references and Hewl about what he had liked the first in the series. Because that Adrian Mole is a set of books in diary form, recounts from his early teens to become adult, all with a critical eye and bad enough slime for adults around him. The character was born in England in the eighties, and a radio program, so I start to find more than a passing resemblance to Manolito Gafotas. The main difference is that Adrian Mole is a character somewhat larger and more acidic, more oriented toward an adult audience as for readers under the age of fifteen. Specifically, this second installment focuses on the arrival of her little sister, the problems of paternity in this, as well as his half brother. Adrian because the environment is anything but traditional, I would say the Family Forum. Quite surprised to read passages so riddled with divorce, marriage crisis, References to the Thatcher era and events of the time (the wedding of Lady Di, the alleged Hitler diaries and the Falklands War) knowing that what was written in Spain was not even half wild.

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Book of Mormon "had heard from their ancestors ..." General History of the Kingdom of Chile



Leonardo Gonzalez sent me a presentation that it prepared and uploaded it to youtube, he explained that some years ago came across this historical document, it calls attention to the Mapuche (Chile original village) to the English claimed they already knew about this God of whom they spoke, I narrated a man in sandals who performed miracles, all very similar to Jesus, I asked Leonard if he could find exactly page and the Book which I had read it, then scanning the pages 340 and 341 of Book General History of the Kingdom of Chile written by Diego de Rosales in 1674, was first published by Benjamin Vicuña Mackenna in three volumes between 1877 and 1878, surprisingly the history of this powerful man shows the good, doing miracles and clothes similar to those that Jesus used during the pre-Hispanic era, is strongly evidenced by different aboriginal across America, are legends, written records testify to the passage of Jesus Christ in America.

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biweekly readings of King's speech (2010)

fills me with pride, satisfaction, and Whiskas Gourmet ...

To compensate for the excess frikerío which meant Sucker Punch again Escariz I saw a film or special effects involved. The premise of a guy who cures the King of England stuttering is not what it might be more attractive, but after spending two hours watching scenarios infographics, The king's speech has been so healthy and everything. more surprising, Helena Bonham Carter out making a plain paper

would be a bit difficult to decide whether it is a biographical or historical film, because it has an excessively long period of time, and famous events occurring in it are mentioned obliquely (one of those films without Nazis Nazis). Characters appear most of the time, although very diluted and even biased as it is being told: the queen is a very secondary compared to the popularity it would have on the war years. Chamberlain appears passing, and Winston Churchill, the interpretation I was a weird song, perhaps from being used to its popular character appearances. And special mention for the king's brother and Wallis Simpson, portrayed as a Viva la Virgen and as a firecracker, respectively. Strange thing because the Pronto and the other tabloids had a beautiful story in which love triumphs over royalty. with the rest acting as secondary or practically, as a part of the atmosphere, it is normal that shines are the main interpretations. Colin Firth appears first as Duke of York, a warm and familiar character, second son of the royal family, and then as King of England, a development that runs parallel to his treatment for stuttering and mastery of his fear of public speaking. In his appearances, his gentle and timid nature to the unbearable royal family, is contrasted with bursts of temper and especially, especially when dealing with Geoffrey Rush's character, who despite many outbursts, shows more patience than a saint . Geoffrey Rush has a funny role as Lionel Langue, an Australian amateur actor got a speech therapist, with a rather peculiar attitude to the label and the norms of the time, and rather unorthodox methods, in addition to be quite funny on screen , will work despite the initial protests of His Future Majesty. It is a much more open, calm and improvising the rest appears, both the royal family (whether by corseted or CANTAMAÑANAS) and its directors and associates, more formal and grace that makes them the appearance of Langue. Although an end a little slow, because of King's famous speech, the film addresses the issue well enough biographical, making it an entertaining and moving as the British royal family atmosphere, which to me is quite indifferent, especially the work of its two protagonists. And remember that these are dealt with Barbosa in Pirates of the Caribbean and the star of Nanny McPhee.

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Totonicapan and The Lords of the Ten Lost Tribes






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Evidence of the American Indian on the content of the Book of Mormon

The writings of the American Indians are potentially strong evidence that the events described in the [Book of Mormon] really happened. For example, there is evidence to support claims of Mormons that American Indians are descendants of the Israelites, provided by a translator of the Title of the Lords of Totonicapán. (To understand, we inform you that the Book of Mormon professes to be a record of ancient groups of people who left Jerusalem and other land to sail to the Americas.) "The original text of the title Lords of Totonicapán was recorded in 1554 in the language of the Quiché of Guatemala legends dating back centuries. " The translator suggests that such migrant groups could possibly have existed. In summary of his conclusions, he makes the following statements:

"The three great nations of the Quiche ... are descendants of the Ten Tribes of the Kingdom of Israel, whom Shalmaneser reduced to captivity and who, being on the border of Assyria, resolved to emigrate ....

"These, then, were the three nations of Quiches, and they lived from the rising of the sun, the descendants of Israel, with the same language and the same customs and traditions .... They were children of Abraham and Jacob ....

"Now the September 28, 1554 we signed this confirmation in writing what we have traditionally told our ancestors who came from the other side of the sea, Civan-Tulán, bordering Babylon" (Title of the Lords Totonicapán, trans. Dionisio José Chonay and Delia Goetz, Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1953, pp. 167, 170, 194).

is said that the blood of these people migratory flows in the veins of the Indian tribes of the Blackfoot (Blackfoot) and Blood Indians (Indian Blood) of Alberta, Canada, in the Navajos and Apaches of the American Southwest ; the Inca of western South America; the Aztecs of Mexico, the Maya of Guatemala, and other American Indian groups in the Western Hemisphere and the Pacific Islands.

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Sucker Punch (2011). Girls + guns + airplanes = blunder

I felt like a half hour movie

Although the winner by a landslide in terms of trailers, promotional photos and expectation in 2011 was Game of Thrones, Sucker Punch also came up short. Until its release, several posters were out (with that massive Pirelli calendar), a few trailers awesome, and the feeling of being in a movie promising. After the premiere, the result was not quite there, is that this story of the girl who tries to escape from a mental hospital in the fifties, through an imaginary world, has not been successful critical than expected.

This poster explains the lack of females fond of fantasy

the moment, Sucker Punch has managed to answer two questions: what is Zack Snyder's head? (Such as shampoo commercial) and how a movie can fail, practically, is a candy for geeks? The answer to the first, in the absence of dandruff, it becomes a lot of frikadas. Supposedly, Sucker Punch is his most personal film, and the argument seems to be an excuse for every possible scenario parade of popular culture: the First World War (somewhat fanciful) fantasy, science fiction manga and futuristic. And a massive swords flying planes and driving, if only in your head and are trying to escape the asylum.

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And the second question? A Snyder is doing quite good entertainment movie more plot than a few explosions, and there's The Dawn of the Dead, Watchmen or Ga'Hoole. Know your type of audience and when he said that Sucker Punch was a personal project, was supposed to be a tribute to the fantastic imagery and self- the geeks. The failure comes when the entire film is an argument that, because quite simply, do not get to keep consistency beyond the chain the battle sequences, the distribution is completely blank, and again, all that is happening is marked to give way the various fantastic scenes. Not that prompted a more complex argument to a movie like this, but a minimum of logic in what you are telling the player what they think about being first in a brothel and in that fantasy, imagine then that is fighting an army of zombies in the service of the Kaiser? Okay, I've seen worse, but why, after serving two successful missions, begin to despair to say that it will not work at all? And especially if the film is set in the fifties, why all the imagery of the protagonist is familiar locations in the last decade? If I had more chin, could double the Lazy Town bad

More than a Punch, has been a little disappointed, and another sign that, to make popcorn movies, not enough to just gather computer sequences and explosions.

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Readings Cinema Sunday March

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As should be on a Saturday afternoon (in my case, the other days too) an adventure film not likely to fail, no matter how good you may have, but ... having consider the means by which we all see movies, not going to put us pejigueros.

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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). Indiana Jones adventure films is the eighties as the Star Wars sci-fi saga that everyone has seen (and thanks to which many children discovered the existence of some gentlemen called Nazis) and the decades they spent waiting for a fourth installment. In both cases, pretty disappointed. And in Indiana Jones, it was expected: the time passes for all, and in this film, Doctor Jones sixties faced the Soviets in the search for a lost city that was supposedly built by alien life ... I mean .. . interdimensional beings. The nineties are over and made flying saucers to mention ugly. The main problem of the story is so unbelievable it is. And, although at the time appeared lost cities and pursuing Nazi relics, all that happened was his logic, within the film. La sensación que me dejó esta fue la de ser demasiado fantasiosa. Y es que en las dos horas he visto a un Harrison Ford que peina canas, recibiendo más caña de la que podría haber aguantado en las anteriores, siendo vapuleado dentro de una nevera, y saltando tres cataratas en una tanqueta. Los personajes nuevos tampoco ayudan, aunque aparezca la chica de la primera película y mencionen a Henry Jones Sr y a Marcus, ese Shia LaBeouf como hijo del arqueólogo no pega ni con cola, y en general, los personajes y sus aventuras parecen fuera de lugar en esos años cincuenta.

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Season of the Witch (2011). At this point, I am convinced that the worst of a movie is Nicholas Cage Nicholas Cage. I had my doubts Kick Ass, which was quite bearable, and I confirmed it with The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Now, with this time of witches back to have my doubts. Having seen Black Death, and achieved much darker, this medieval movie has to lose, but the similarities are obvious: in this case, a group of men should lead to a supposed witch to a monastery, to be judged . All this, amid an epidemic of bubonic plague that is carried forward to Christopher Lee (in a brief cameo). While the Black Death has a more realistic and disillusioned, Season of The Witch tends toward the fantastic, a little more simple in terms of the attitude of the characters, and does not hesitate to shoot special effects aparecienco various demons and even some zombies. Without being no wonder, it has been fun and adventure movie, although not ask for more.

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Although again this month include a lot of fat books, have not given a lot of work to complete, as might be expected because of them have been the most fun. Every day I am more convinced that if the entertainment and literary quality will meet in a boxing match, everyone would bet on the first. So it is much better and continue to collaborate from time to time and do not strike often.

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George RR Martin. A Feast for Crows. To date, I have finished all the books available in the most popular fantasy series in recent years. They say that this book is the "less good" for the issue of not including all the characters, but I have not noticed a difference because in general, I have enough appreciation to all (in this volume has three kittens Tommen Lannister had nothing to do, I swear). In particular, the characters in this are Cersei Lannister & Family, a pair of Starks, Samwell Tarly and the Iron Islands, apart from fighting among themselves and live in the middle of nowhere, nor is it to do much for the issue of getting the Iron Throne. Undoubtedly, what is hardest to bear the non-appearance of Tyrion Lannister, which yes I have something else of interest compared with the rest .. And is that a novel A Song of Ice and Fire without Tyrion is like a garden without ceramic dwarves.

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Suzanne Collins. The Hunger Games. had heard of this series, relatively new, but it did not seem very interesting children's literature, including both Twilight and Shadow Hunters is spoiled. However, after reading it I understood why he had awakened so much sympathy among the people, because it has proven to be a post-apocalyptic novel type of entertaining sea, and above all, original to what I expected. The setting solved it by little pages, making clear the location (United States), and a little of what happened after a great war, to move to the situation of the protagonist and how he has to participate in a reality of survival to the beast for the sake of his family and district. The problem is that this competition can only be one survivor. And with the variety of realities and somewhat gross absurdities that can be seen today, get the idea to suspend the reader's credulity pretty well. Could not forget, also includes evidence of a future romance between the protagonists, but it is quite nuanced y. .. to be a novel aimed at kids, it's pretty gross, and not to be cut in which characters kill each them. One of the things I liked most was that the author tried to be realistic with the issue of cosmetic and devastated an impoverished world: the protagonist, before an interview, not just comb it make you wax (with enough pain on their part), with the comment of an employee about their amount of body hair. It may seem a bit absurd, but in a literary field in which all the heroines are gorgeous even after crawling through a culvert and are, by definition, escuálidamente cute, thanks a lot.



The plague of zombies. There is a curious story about this book went to the library a more serious one, and when I realized, had gone out the door with this under the arm pulls the mountain goats, we say as we say, and publishing anthologies of Valdemar, despite the veneer, always a good read for the care of the selection and the oddities that appear. In this book, as usual, including classic material related to the undead, which in this case translates into several stories of voodoo, and a few more of the pulp era, they are certainly the most fun. As what is trendy themselves are the zombies that we know from the movies, they can not include several recent stories, but ends up being the weakest part, especially that of John Skipp, too much gore and coarse for my taste.

After finishing the latter, I can only confirm one thing: God bless modern libraries.