Power Adapter Problem

I have an Dell Inspiron 640m. I have received this error message for the second time:

65W AC Power Adapter has been determined. Your system will operate slower and the battery will not change.

Anyone know anything about this? Can you offer any help?

Thanks.

Global Warming? Seriously?

As London debates a global warming bill, they experience the first October snow since 1922 (read article here). At the same time, Switzerland - you know, home of the Swiss Alps - just got the most October snow since they began keeping records in 1931 (read article here).

Right now, 60% of Londoners "doubt the influence of humans on climate change." However, it seems that no one in the leadership is willing to doubt this as well, even as we have seen so much evidence that questions whether global warming is actually happening and shows that human impact on climate change is very difficult to prove. 

Check out another one of my posts on the topic and let me know what you think about all of the global warming hype. 

All Of Us Have To Come Together

My friend Sam Harrelson posted the video of Obama's speech in Canton, Ohio  from 2 days ago. No matter your affiliation, I think you should check it out here.

There was one line in particular that stood out to me above all the others:

Yes, we can argue and debate our positions passionately, but all of us must summon the strength and grace to bridge our differences and unite in common effort; black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, Democrat, Republican, young, old, rich, poor, gay, straight, disabled or not. All of us have to come together.

That is my sentiment exactly. I am tired of the division that both parties exhibit and the division that we as individuals exhibit and the superiority that we feel to those who have different views than we have or who express different religious beliefs. We do not all need to be the same, but we do need to work together. We need to grow in our understanding of each other and stop relying on stereotypes that are perpetuated by our ignorance and our lack of desire to search out the truth about other parties or other religions or other people. There are plenty of issues that we can and will differ on, but there are also plenty that we shouldn't. We need to "unite in common effort" against poverty and against genocide and against imperialism and against hunger. 

This is not a democratic issue or a republican issue. This is not a Christian issue or an Islamic issue. This is not an American issue or an European issue. This is a humanity issue. This is a issue that should resonate within each and every one of us because we are humans and there are fellow human beings that are suffering. We have fellow human beings who are not given the dignity that they deserve as a human. We have fellow human beings who are discriminated against because they have a certain skin color or because they have a certain belief system. 

Our world certainly is not perfect and we will never see it become perfect, but that is no excuse to resign ourselves to accepting the way it is. We must not sit by while injustices prosper. 

This is about you. This is about me. This is about us. All of us have to come together.

A Typical Day in a Swedish Office

Love it.

US Bombs Syria!

A few weeks ago a read an online news article that piqued my interest. I apologize that I cannot remember the exact source, but I do know that it was not an American-based website. The article basically said that another country (Belgium, if I remember correctly) had decided not to attack Syria because they had intel that the US was going to do it in a few weeks. Well, they were right, the US did just bomb Syria. You can read more about this incident on BBC, here. Specifically you should notice the last sentence:

One correspondent says the timing of the incident if curious, coming right at the end of the Bush Administration's period of office and at a moment when many of America's European allies - like Britain and France - are trying to broadent heir ties with Damascus.

Many have been saying that there was going to be a surprise just before the election and, folks, I think we have just seen it. I'll save some of my opinions for now, because I want to hear your reaction.

Soul-Baring

This morning in church my pastor made a comment that made me stop and think for a bit. He was talking about how a church should be a home for people and in the course of saying what a church should be he said, 

"The church should be a place where we can bare our souls."

As I thought about that more I began to wonder how true that was. Church has never really been a place that I felt like I could bare my soul. I then wondered if other people felt the same way, because I understand that I am a pretty private person and do not bare my soul to very many people. I am very protective of my soul.

My question to you: is church a place where you can bare your soul? If yes, why? If not, do you have a place or people with whom you can bare your soul. I'm very interested in hearing your responses.

JCRA: Day 2

Another fantastic day today. We began the day at the National Cathedral at 10:10 for the forum, where Thomas Cahill was the guest. Then we attended the service at 11:15. The service was beautiful as was the cathedral itslf. After the service, that went a bit longer than we expected, we had a private tour of the Cathedral and our guide spoke, on occassion, specifically to the work that the cathedral is doing in the interfaith community. Their work is varied and quite impressive. 

We then met with Kendall Soulen to discuss his book. This meeting was great. Soulen was very gracious to take time out of his Sunday afternoon to lecture to us briefly and then field questions that we had about his book. His answers were not always the ones I would have given, but he answered very well on the spot and offered some great imagery that may prove to be very helpful to Jewish-Christian dialogue.

Some pictures from today at the National Cathedral: