text: I had an interesting conversation with a young seasonal coworker about a week or so ago, prompted by her seeing me very involved in decorating our store (Dixie-Dundas Future Shop in Mississauga, Ontario) for Christmas. She is perhaps no older than 20 and I was bummed somewhat to hear her say how down she was on Christmas. Mind you there may have been family and/or personal issues involved that she did not wish to reveal as part of her reasoning, but she did strongly complain that Christmas was far too commercialized and that no one seemed to get into the true meaning of Christmas. My response was that I quite understood her discouragement. Yet I also told her that there was nothing new about her grievance--people have been complaining about the over commercialization of Christmas since at least the mid 19th century if not longer. I went on to add that in a modern society it's easy to grasp how the religious basis or what's generally accepted as the "true" meaning of Christmas could be easily overlooked by many. This isn't surprising really since much of the holiday is a collection of myths, historical inaccuracies and arbitrarily accepted rituals from around the world all rolled into one holiday. - Christ wasn't actually born on December 25th (but for the life of me I can't recall exactly which month he was said to be born). - Santa Claus (or whatever name you accept) has his origins connected to a real person. - All our familiar traditions come from different cultures down through time. - The act of giving is rooted not only in the gifts brought to Christ by the three wise men yet also by the gifts purportedly given by the original St. Nicholas for poor families and children. And the exchange of gifts is certainly nothing new in human history. Also how Christmas is celebrated varies greatly not only down through time and around the world yet also within your own local community. Certainly Christmas is overly commercialized, but where is it written in stone that you have to buy into that, I told her. Expectations be damned. The meaning of Christmas is what you bring to it. If it is the religious significance then there are any number of churches with like minded folks to fulfill that impulse. Beyond that is our thankfulness and celebration of the good in our lives, not only between family and friends yet also amongst your fellows in your community and around the world. The meaning of Christmas doesn't come in a box, as famously realized by the Grinch himself. It is what you carry in your heart and how you express it. Recently my Store Manager and some others suggested we add pictures of merchandise and perhaps signage and even open unwrapped boxes to our Christmas decorations. They asked my opinion seeing how I was in charge of the decorations. My response was an unhesitant, "No." I explained that everything in the damned store was already merchandised and advertised and there were sales associates all around to pitch the product. Later next month I will playing Santa Claus in my own homemade suit to look more like an old-fashioned Santa as opposed to the candy cane corporate looking Santa I did the same last year for the first time). And I won't be shilling product openly for the store either. I'll carry a basket of candies, greet and welcome folks as I walk around the store, tell some jokes and listen to some kids wishes. There's enough commercialization in the store already, I asserted. Let our decorations and whatever else remain just Christmas and festive feeling. Let's not inject business into everything. My General Manager looked at me for a moment then shook my hand and agreed I was absolutely right. He said that in the pressure to pursue sales it was easy to overlook the genuine spirit and festivity of the season. That was my strike for decency recently.


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Virginmartyr Pelagia of Tarsus, in Asia Minor - Troparion & Kontakion
Troparion — Tone 3
Through your knowledge of the Faith you abandoned the darkness of ignorance, / fairest virgin of Christ. / You were refreshed by dew and finished your contest by fire. / Glorious martyr Pelagia, / entreat Christ our God to grant us His great mercy!
Kontakion — Tone 2
Abandoning your mortal betrothed in order to wed the Immortal One, / as your dowry you offered chastity and your contest. / Therefore, we acclaim you, Pelagia.

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Kol is an evil guy about to be executed on a distant spaceship. He manages to escape on a shuttle and make his way to some woods in America. The commander of the spaceship decides to send out The Alienator to execute Kol at all costs. Kol meets up with some teens and Ward Armstrong and together they all try not to get killed by the pursuing Woman of Death - The Alienator.
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Do you want to grow in your understanding of God's Word? Have you ever been frustrated because you want to study the Bible for yourself, but you just do not know where to start? Have you given up on digging into the treasures in the Scriptures and resigned yourself to listening to sermons instead? Do you want to learn from God's Word more than just on Sunday?
This syllabus goes along the School of Systematic Theology. This course takes the Bible as a whole and categorizes It into topics called a systematic theology. Students will cover the major Christian doctrines. This syllabus covers the doctrines of man, sin and salvation.


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Candy Martin turned on her television Tuesday to see her family's vacation compound near Big Bear at the center of a standoff between law enforcement officers and a man believed to a fugitive ex-police officer wanted in connection with a string of revenge-style slayings.
"At first it was just utter shock," Martin told NBC4 during an exclusive on-camera interview.
"And we're looking and we say, 'Oh these are cabins, these look like,' and there's no doubt that those are my cabins."
Local news from across Southern California
Martin said it was "surreal" to see the Seven Oaks Mountain Cabins on the news as the purported hiding place for a man believed to be former LAPD Officer Christopher Dorner.
Authorities believe the man – who several witnesses said matched Dorner's description – held two cabin owners captive at a separate residence, commandeered their sport-utility vehicle and initiated a string of dramatic events – including a carjacking, shootout, stand off and inferno that ultimately burned Martin's cabin to the ground.
"Then the fire. Oh my gosh," Martin said. "That was heart wrenching to see, the fire. I just started crying. I couldn't talk at that point."
Authorities on Tuesday said that because they believed the person inside the cabin was potentially armed, they would not send firefighters in to extinguish the blaze. By Wednesday morning, it had been reduced to ash and rubble, pictured below.
Martin bought the Seven Oaks Cabins in 2005 as a getaway for her family and with the intent to rent out the six smaller cabins on the property, which has been featured in movies and television shows.
"It's hard for me to imagine him in there," she said. "And I did do that. I imagined, what is he doing? What room is he in?"
Made of solid wood paneling and floors, the cabin was built in 1928. Any photos of the 90-year-old cabin were lost in the fire, Martin said.
But despite losing a central piece of her family's history, Martin said she feels like one of the luckier players in the tragic, week-long drama surrounding the massive manhunt for Dorner.
"I'm not the worst victim," she said. "The one's are the families who lost their loved ones. Even my daughter said, 'Mom, it's a cabin. It's not a life.'"
Detective Jeremiah MacKay, 35, was killed during Tuesday's gunfight, the San Bernardino County Sheriff said. MacKay is survived by a wife and two children – a 7-year-old daughter and a 4-month-old son.
Riverside Police Officer Michael Crain was killed on Feb. 7 while on duty waiting at a red light with his partner.
Both slayings – plus those of a former LAPD captain's daughter and her fiancé – are suspected to be connected to Dorner and the plans he allegedly laid out in a manifesto targeting law enforcement officers and their families.


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Wilcox family doubts death was accidental
Man's body pulled from Milwaukee River
The family of a man who disappeared after a night of drinking and was missing for months before his body was pulled from the Milwaukee River said they doubt his death was an accident.
The family of Nick Wilcox Jr. has been struggling to find closure since the 24-year-old's body was recovered from the river last week.
"None of us believe that this was a situation that really happened," said his father, Nick Wilcox Sr. "We still think there is more to this story. Hopefully, maybe one day, we will find out. Maybe we won't, but the scenario that has played out doesn't sound like Nick."
The victim was last seen celebrating New Year's Eve with friends at the Irish Rec Room on Old World Third Street before being asked to leave the bar because of his drinking. The family said they've watched surveillance video of him leaving the bar. They said Wilcox Jr. seemed to be aware of his surroundings and would not have wandered into the river.
"We were watching videos of him when he left, yes, he had been out drinking, but he seemed to be alert, seemed to know what he was doing, broke up a fight and an officer told him to move on and he moved on," his father said.
The family is waiting for the toxicology report to return, and members remain hopeful that their questions about his death will one day be answered. They acknowledge that police have done their job well, but they can't shake the feeling something else may have gone wrong.
"I'm not comfortable with the fact that it's just an accident, because I know my brother," said Andrea Wilcox. "I was very close to him, and I know he couldn't have done that."


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I'm about to launch a discussion forum about Taiwan. I'm really trying to figure out how to deal with the first visitors.
I've thought about the following so far:
- Invite few friends to start some discussions and give some replies.
- Create discussions myself and reply them myself (with another account).
I don't want the first visitors to feel like the site is empty.
Maybe I'm missing something. Any suggestions?


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This guide is for ARDUINO and compatible boards — Arduino Uno, Mega, Zero, and Adafruit Metro 328, Metro M0 and M4. We have a different guide for Raspberry Pi.
Bring a little bit of Times Square into your home with our RGB LED matrix panels. These panels are normally used to make video walls — here in New York we see them on the sides of buses and on bus stops — to display animations or short video clips. We thought they looked really cool so we picked up a few boxes from the factory. One has 512 bright RGB LEDs arranged in a 16x32 grid on the front, the other has 1024 LEDs in a 32x32 grid. On the back is a PCB with IDC connectors (one set for input, one for output: in theory you can chain these together) and 12 16-bit latches that allow you to drive the display with a 1:8 (16x32) or 1:16 (32x32) scan rate.
These panels require 12 or 13 digital pins (6 bit data, 6 or 7 bit control) and a good 5V power supply, at least a couple amps per panel. We suggest our 2A (or larger) regulated 5V adapters and either a terminal block DC jack, or solder a jack from our DC extension cord. Please read the rest of our tutorial for more details!
Keep in mind that these displays are normally designed to be driven by FPGAs or other high speed processors; they do not have built in PWM control of any kind. Instead, you're supposed to redraw the screen over and over to 'manually' PWM the whole thing. On a 16 MHz Arduino Uno, we managed to squeeze 12-bit color (4096 colors) but this display would really shine if driven by an FPGA, CPLD, Propeller, XMOS or other high speed multi-processor controller.
Of course, we wouldn't leave you with a datasheet and a "good luck!" We have a full wiring diagrams and working Arduino library code with examples from drawing pixels, lines, rectangles, circles and text. You'll get your color blasting within the hour! On an Arduino Uno or Mega, you'll need 12 digital pins, and about 800 bytes of RAM to hold the 12-bit color image (double that for the 32x32 matrix).


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CyberLink PowerDirector 13 is the latest edition of this popular, feature-packed video editor.
The program includes everything you need to create professional videos. There's a 100 track timeline to organise your movie; more than 500 effects, transitions and objects to apply; smart filters to stabilise shaky camera work, remove noise and fix lighting issues; powerful audio tools, excellent 3D support, and a huge selection of export options: DVDs, Blu-rays, a host of video formats, direct uploading to Facebook, YouTube, DailyMotion and more.
That would be impressive enough all on its own, but PowerDirector 13 takes the franchise even further with some interesting new and enhanced features.
The bundled Transition Designer allows you to create your own transition effects from any image, for instance, with full keyframe control helping to deliver the precise results you need.
The new Title Designer offers even more creative opportunities, with 120+ video effects on hand to produce your own custom titles.
Extended file format support means PowerDirector 13 can now handle H.265/HEVC, 2K/4K and XAVC-S files. That's not just a footnote, either: CyberLink claims H.265/HEVC can save "up to 32% in file size compared to H.264 format under same compression quality".
A new Android/ Windows 8 PowerDirector Mobile app delivers capable editing on the move, with good drag and drop support and 40+ effects and transitions. Projects can be continued on the desktop, or uploaded directly to YouTube or Facebook.
Elsewhere, various improvements include better image stabilisation, a more powerful menu designer, and new support for automatically synchronising up to 100 camera clips on the timeline.
PowerDirector is available in multiple versions. This one, PowerDirector Ultimate, includes the core PowerDirector 13, PowerDirector Mobile app and WaveEditor Express package, 10GB cloud storage for a year, and a pile of effects and templates: Content Pack Essential & Premium, NewBlue Video Essential 1 & 5, NewBlue Titler Pro v1, ProDad Adorage Filter, Wedding Pack and Holiday Pack 5.
The more basic PowerDirector Ultra drops NewBlueFX Video Essential 5, NewBlue Titler Pro v1, Wedding Pack and Holiday Pack: that's "over $650 of premium effects" according to CyberLink.
PowerDirector Deluxe takes the Ultra product and leaves out the cloud storage, mobile app, Content Pack Premium effects, and many of the program's more advanced features (multicam editing, content aware editing, transition designer, 4K/ SAVC-S/ H.265/HEVC/ 3D support, Blu-ray authoring).
But if you can afford it, PowerDirector Ultimate Suite has everything in PowerDirector Ultimate, adds the applications AudioDirector 5 and ColorDirector 3, includes CyberLink's Travel Pack 2, and doubles your cloud storage to 20GB.
Build 2907 includes these changes:
- Fixes the issue that the background animation opacity of some title templates is reduced.
- Fixes the issue that the "Motion Blur" checkbox in the PIP Designer will be unchecked after reopening the PIP Designer.
- Fixes the issue that the import progress dialog will not close after completing a voice over recording.
- Fixes the issue that Scene Detection doesn't work for DV-AVI clips.
- Fixes the issue that the audio becomes unlinked from video clips on the timeline when a project is reopened.
- Fixes the issue that imported iPhone 6 video (recorded in portrait) has incorrect thumbnail previews in the media library and timeline.
- Fixes the crash issue encountered when recording is stopped in the MultiCam Designer with specific video clips.
- Fixes crash issue encountered while implementing "Set Chapter" feature in Create Disc.
PowerDirector 13 isn't as major an upgrade as the last release, but the program still has plenty to offer every level of user, and it remains the best consumer video editor around.


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Yesterday's Kannada star , Kalaratna Kalyankumar's grand son is making his debut on March 14 in a grand scale.
The opening ceremony is planned in big way in Bangalore on March 14 and Karnataka CM will be inaugurating the function.
'Yuvraj' will be introducing to the film industry. His photo will be uploaded shortly on websites.
Please join the function and make it success and join me in wishing him all the best.
Yuvraj, we wish you all the best !!!!!


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I was lucky enough to be in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to see the opening of the film Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae by Swiss director Stascha Bader. What a wonderful film. Just amazing. The film narrated by Stranger Cole captures rocktsteady legends reuniting to cut an album of legendary hits and perform a reunion concert. The impressive lineup included Stranger Cole, U-Roy, Hopeton Lewis, Sly Dunbar, Ernest Ranglin, Judy Mowatt, Marcia Griffiths, Rita Marley, Dawn Penn, Ken Boothe, Derrick Morgan, Leroy Sibbles, the Tamlins, Gladstone Anderson, Hux Brown, Bongo Herman, and Scully Simms. Moss "Mossman" Raxlen, the Montreal based reggae producer recorded the reunion session at Tuff Gong Studios in Kingston, Jamaica.
The king of the toasters U-Roy performs "Stop that Train." This version is amazing and steeped in deep meaning. For historical context one must know about the trains in Jamaica and the boom and bust of economic development in newly independent Jamaica (Jamaica won independence from the United Kingdom in 1963). The film does a brilliant job of contextualizing the songs. We know exactly where U-Roy is coming from when he toasts over this classic tune. After the bust the trains stopped, the jobs ran out, the rude boys started to roam the streets, and many Jamaicans sought jobs overseas. When U-Roy toasts over "Stop That Train" he talks about the trains stopping and the people leaving. There is so much soul and history and culture wrapped into one song.
The vocal-group trio the Tamlins are in tip top form and the band leader/guitarist Ernest Ranglin has still got the goods. The drummer Sly Dunbar forms the backbone of the band as he has for decades and the rest of the legendary studio musicians perform magnificently recapturing the fire of the past.
There are some real gems in this film. Hopeton Lewis lays down the rocksteady anthem "Take It Easy" and later sings an excellent rocksteady version of "Rivers of Babylon." Dawn Penn records her bread and butter track "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)" and she talks about the endurance and popularity of the song. Derrick Morgan's "Tougher Than Tough," Ken Boothe's "Freedom Street," Leroy Sibbles's "Equal Rights," and Judy Mowatt's "Silent River Runs Deep" all appear, as well as a great rendition of Desmond Dekker's classic "007 (Shanty Town)" by Ken Boothe. Marcia Griffiths performs "The Tide Is High" and reminiscences with Judy Mowatt about their time with the producer Coxsone Dodd, the legendary vocal group the I-Threes and with Bob Marley and the Wailers. A guest appearance by Rita Marley follows the widow through Trenchtown where she elaborates on the conditions of the ghetto and recalls her time with Bob in the yard.
I don't want to give too much away about the film, but it will make you smile, laugh, and tap your toes. For people interested in music and culture, I highly recommend seeing this film. The album will release on the heels of the movie. The Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae album, which releases in August 2009, promises to be a big hit too. Many critics are comparing it to the Buena Vista Social Club, but I think it will be even bigger than Ry Cooder's classic documentary about Cuban jazzmasters. Rocksteady will be an instant classic!


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In 1981, I had the opportunity to perform in Paris while I was visiting Freddy Koella and his drummer, Jean-Michael. Freddy is a virtuoso on the violin and guitar. He has worked with Bob Dylan, k.d. lang, Willy Deville, Francis Cabrel, and many others.
While I was with Freddy and Jean-Michael in France, I told them I was quitting my band (The Wommack Brothers Band) and was going into the healing practice of Christian Science. My twin brother, Kevin, and I started the band together and for ten years, we'd performed over two hundred shows a year, performing at times with Journey, Elvis Costello, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and others.
Freddy and Jean-Michael wondered why I would stop writing and performing. Music was everything. It was the best.
I explained that I wasn't depriving myself of the best. I'd found something even better. I told them that everything I loved about music and performing I was finding in my healing practice, as well.
When people ask me to pray, I don't wait and hope for something good to happen. Healing is not based on blind faith.
When I grab a guitar, I expect and then play a beautiful or powerful melody, or a driving rhythm. I believe, melody is God impelled.
Just so, when I pray, I expect and bring God's beauty, harmony, the tones and texture of health, right to where pain and sorrow seem so solid and real. I know it sounds simplistic, however, I've found that troubles fade before spiritual facts, just as darkness yields to light. Health, I believe, is God impelled, as well.
I have found that just as in music, spiritual healing is governed by rules and laws. There is a divine Principle. This living-Principle, many call God, demands order, melody.
For me, prayer as a first choice when it comes to health care has become natural. Apparently, it has for many others, as well. A Pew Research survey revealed that 36 percent of Americans say they've experienced or seen healing through prayer.
After explaining why I was leaving the band, John-Michael showed me the back of his hand. There was a large lump on it. He asked me to pray for him. I told him I would.
Months later, Freddy and John-Michael came to the United States. When they arrived, John-Michael stuck out his hand. The lump was gone. He said, "I've got a scratchy throat. Do you think you can do something about this too?"
(Originally posted December 7, 2010)
– Keith Wommack is a Syndicated Columnist, Christian Science practitioner and teacher, husband, and step-dad. He has been described as a spiritual spur (since every horse needs a little nudge now and then). Keith's columns originate at: KeithWommack.com
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(Boulder-CO) It has been brought to my attention by Natalie over at http://www.need4sheed.com/ and Ryan at http://www.hoopsaddict.com/ that each of our sites have been collectively featured in this February's edition of Dime Magazine! In a section titled, "Dime Blog Pick" one of the best hoops mags has this to say about what has been going on around here, "The 'Nugg Doctor' knows everything there is to know about Carmelo and the crew, and right off the bat it's clear that Nugg Doctor is serious about his squad. A post recapping a relatively insignificant November loss to the Grizzlies was titled, 'Just Plain Sickening'."
Let me just say this... it feels real good right about now on the eve of The Nugg Doctor's first birthday. Big props goes out to Natalie and Ryan for also making the grade in this month's edition of one of the greatest hoops publications on the planet!


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Baltimore, MD (PRWEB) January 09, 2013
UPM Pharmaceuticals announced today that it has purchased and qualified a TA Instruments Q20 Auto MDSC (Differential Scanning Calorimeter), and a TA Instruments Q50 TGA (Thermogravimetric Analyzer). These pieces of equipment greatly enhance the formulation development company's ability to provide comprehensive pre-formulation studies, as well as support analytical testing of challenging formulations such as poorly soluble compounds.
UPM's President, Jim Gregory, said, "UPM sees these new pieces of analytical equipment combined with our already highly qualified and experienced analytical team as a powerful combination for our clients who are trying to make the best and most cost effective decisions about investment of precious research funds. And further is looking for a partner that can perform the latest and best analysis with the most reliable equipment available in the pre-formulation stage of development."
UPM Pharmaceuticals®, Inc. is a Baltimore-based contract development and manufacturing organization providing customized formulation development, manufacturing, and analytical services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, academic, and veterinary clients.
Fully appreciating that time-to-market is critical, UPM offers remarkably flexible, affordable, and rapid outsourcing services designed to meet clients' specific development and manufacturing needs. Their clients represent both small and large companies within the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, and academic institutions who have a focus on clinical studies.
About UPM Pharmaceuticals
UPM Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a Baltimore-based, independent drug development and contract manufacturer serving the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. They provide high quality pharmaceutical drug development services including formulation development, cGMP manufacturing, analytical methods development and stability testing. They are characterized by the quality, speed and thoroughness with which they complete all their projects. UPM's clients enjoy service that is customized and fast with total quality management characteristic of a customer-focused business. Their history includes successful collaborative interactions with virtual to multi-million dollar companies providing them with customized product development services and solutions. UPM focuses on drug development for dosages with oral routes of administration, in solid dosage forms such as capsules and tablets.
To learn more about UPM, please visit the Web site at http://www.upm-inc.com/
UPM Pharmaceuticals is a registered U.S. trademark.
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Today's increased service demands and the scrutiny placed upon public safety professionals have resulted in a growing need to master verbal conflict management skills. When negative verbal encounters escalate to the point where physical intervention is used, criticism often results when it is later discovered that there is little evidence of verbal de-escalation techniques employed by officers. This is particularly true when incident video and audio reviews are utilized. In some cases, it has become clear that the verbal actions of the public safety responders served to escalate the situation. Administrators are now asking, "Is this an area in which the training tape has run out? Have we adequately trained our personnel to successfully manage and respond to verbal confrontations in a professional manner?".
Verbal De-escalation training provides public safety professionals with time-tested communication skills proven to help de-escalate volatile situations, safeguard fellow officers' emotional and professional well-being, and significantly enhance the agency's professional image. The course also provides opportunities for the participants to participate in practical skill building so that when they complete the two-day training they are well on their way to becoming more effective professionals in communication.
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Dear Em
Well you see, you never can tell any thing about what you are going to do next in the army. We were told last night while on outpost, that we were to leave in the morning. So here we are at Camp Cotton and this after noon we had one of those famous sand storms. Im hungry all the time now and we dont get enough to eat, for we are eating from what they call the field kitchen. It is a kitchen on wheels, and every thing we eat is cooked on it. There is a battalion (4 companys) to feed on this, and Im beginning to wish I was a Mess Sargeant. Outside of this, I am in the best of spirits, and am pleased to hear you are all well. I got Mary's letter and was much pleased with it. I am glad that pa has some one to get his tonic. I wish it would rain just a little. Im going to take a bath. Wash your neck now.
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"Ghosts" or DEMONS IN DISGUISE?
We as a society are seemingly OBSESSED with "ghosts" and the "paranormal"….
In fact, here's a most recent 2017 news story illustrating this fact:
From TV shows like "Supernatural" to "Ghost Adventures" to movies like "Ghostbusters", "The 6th Sense", "The Conjuring", and to "psychic readings", "tarot cards", "ouija boards" and "seances", people seem to be obsessed with the idea of ghosts/communicating with the dead (which the bible calls AN ABOMINATION, by the way!)
But just what DRIVES us, AS a society, (and maybe even as a WORLD) to be seemingly OBSESSED with such things? And biblically speaking, is it possible that "ghosts" are actually DEMONS IN DISGUISE?
Let us turn to the bible for the answer:
2 Corinthians 11:14 "No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light"
Ephesians 6:11 "Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil"
1 Samuel 28:13-15 'The king said to her, "Do not be afraid; but what do you see?" And the woman said to Saul, "I see a divine being coming up out of the earth." He said to her, "What is his form?" And she said, "An old man is coming up, and he is wrapped with a robe." And Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground and did homage. Then Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" And Saul answered, "I am greatly distressed; for the Philistines are waging war against me, and God has departed from me and no longer answers me, either through prophets or by dreams; therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I should do."
Note: Saul started off GOOD, with a true, HUMBLED heart for the Lord! But…..over time, God's "favor" began to go to Saul's head a little bit and he became "distant" and "arrogantly self-assured", thinking that he didn't NEED God anymore! And in ALOT of ways, our current U.S. and global society is now currently PERSONIFIED in Saul's "fall from grace", where, as a VERY last result, he saught out a MEDIUM (something that the bible CLEARLY PROHIBITS) to try to consort with the SO-CALLED dead spirit of "Samuel".
We — as a nation — USED to be likened onto a "King David", who was a man after God's own heart. But NOW — as a world and as a nation — we have become like a rapidly spiritually deteriorating KING SAUL — who have fallen from grace and who has become a victim of DECEIVING SPIRITS, WHO ARE MASQUERADING AS ANGELS OF LIGHT!
And just WHAT does the bible, if anything, actually SAY about "ghosts/spirits", in general? Well, we know from the following passage that when a person "dies", they DO NOT come back (save ofcourse for Jesus Christ Almighty, who ROSE FROM THE DEAD, and also a couple instances in the bible where Jesus actually RAISED somebody from the dead — ie Lazarus, etc.):
"In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return" – Genesis 3:19
In fact, according to http://biblereasons.com/ghosts/, 22 bible passages that PROVE that "ghosts" ARE "demonic spirits" is the following:
[[['You can't talk to the dead. The dead can't come back from the dead. Once a person dies, they either go to Heaven or Hell. You don't have an option to be a ghost and haunt someone's house and I will show you from Scripture'.
1. Job 7:9-10 "As a cloud fades away and vanishes, so the one who goes down to Sheol will never rise again. He will never return to his house; his hometown will no longer remember him"
2. 2 Corinthians 5:8-9 says: "We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him"
3. Hebrews 9:27 states: "And just as it is destined that men die only once, and after that comes judgment"
4. Matthew 25:46 proclaims: "These people will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous will go into eternal life"
5. Ecclesiastes 12:7 says: "then man's dust will go back to the earth, returning to what it was, and the spirit will return to the God who gave it"
We always hear about those stories that have to do with hauntings. People come back for revenge to claim their house, but what does Scripture say?
6. Psalm 146:4 states: "For his spirit goes out and he returns to his earth and in that day all his thoughts are destroyed"
7. Ecclesiastes 9:5-6 says: "For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even their name is forgotten. Their love, their hate and their jealousy have long since vanished; never again will they have a part in anything that happens under the sun"
Another name for Satan is the deceiver.
He seeks to deceive as many people as he can and of course demons do the same thing. You may hear about people going to phychics and talking to dead family member, but once again those are just demons impersonating the deceased and deceiving people.
All the different ghostly activities, ghost stories, haunted mansions, etc. are all the work of demons. Watch out for people like ghost hunters who try to profit off of this.
8. 2 Corinthians 2:11 "I have done this so that we may not be taken advantage of by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his schemes"
9. 2 Corinthians 11:14-15 "And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. Therefore it is not surprising his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will correspond to their actions"
10. John 10:10 A "thief comes only to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance"
11. Ephesians 6:11 "Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil"
There are some people that might say didn't Saul talk to Samuel's ghost?
Notice that the figure did not come from Heaven. It came from out of the earth. Notice that the figure was not joyful and notice that Saul's face was down. Scripture teaches that the dead can't come back.
12. 1 Samuel 28:13-15 'The king said to her, "Do not be afraid; but what do you see?" And the woman said to Saul, "I see a divine being coming up out of the earth." He said to her, "What is his form?" And she said, "An old man is coming up, and he is wrapped with a robe." And Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground and did homage. Then Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" And Saul answered, "I am greatly distressed; for the Philistines are waging war against me, and God has departed from me and no longer answers me, either through prophets or by dreams; therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I should do"
There are evil spirits/fallen angels in this world.
13. Revelation 12:9 "And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him"
14. Matthew 10:1 "And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction"
You don't have to be afraid because they can't harm Christians as we have the Holy Spirit living inside of us. Believers are protected.
15. 1 John 4:4 "You are from God, little children, and you have conquered them, because the One who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world"
16. 2 Corinthians 1:21-22 "And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee"
17. 1 John 5:18 "We know that everyone who has been born of God does not sin, but the One who is born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him"
But that does not mean we are free to indulge in demonic activity such as black magic. We are not to seek evil. It is a sin and it will harm you.
18. James 4:7 "Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you"
19. Ephesians 4:27 "and do not give the devil an opportunity"
20. Leviticus 19:31 "Do not turn to mediums or consult spiritists, or you will be defiled by them; I am Yahweh your God"
21. Deuteronomy 18:10-11 "There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer"
Jesus did not believe in ghosts.
22. Luke 24:37-39 "They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. He said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have"]]]
The truth is, Satan knows just about everything about us. And because HE knows almost every single about us, SO DO HIS DEMONS! Therefore, the demons KNOW all about our hobbies and family members and dead family members, etc. I've even seen a Lifetime movie back in the day where a young mother had a 3-year old? son that died. And a "demon" was appearing to the woman IN THE FORM OF the child's "ghost", telling her to do things like: "kill yourself mommy, so we can be together". DEMONS *PRETENDING TO BE GHOSTS* ARE VERY, VERY EVIL, YOU SEE? I can't think of the name of that movie. Maybe some of the readers of this blog have seen that movie and know which one I'm talking about….?
But anyways, the next time you "think" you hear or see a "ghost", BEWARE! Demons are EVERYWHERE these days! It's not even POSSIBLE, biblically speaking, for a person's "soul" after they die, to be trapped/caught between heaven and hell. The bible says so! And ONLY praying in the name of Jesus Christ (the BIBLICAL Jesus Christ, not the fake Paganized one taught in watered=down churches today) can DELIVER a person from them! (Ofcourse, there is the HOLY SPIRIT/Spirit of God, as well as "righteous angels" but those are TOTALLYD DIFFERENT from the "ghosts" that people "think" they talk to!)
Demons are EVEN in today's popular music, movies and TV shows! This isn't a joke! Don't believe me? Watch the following clip and then try to TELL me demons aren't real (bet you can't):


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- To foster adaptation of tourism products and services to the needs of people with special access needs
- To promote equal opportunity and social inclusion of people with special access needs
- To improve skills and training with relation to accessibility in the tourism supply chain
- To help mainstreaming accessibility in all segments of the tourism supply chain, while at the same time creating a seamless chain of accessibility in tourism
- To promote, market and disseminate best practices in accessible tourism
- To provide adequate support and guidance to SMEs
- To enhance the quality and diversify the offer of accessible tourism experiences in Europe
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The proposals should aim at achieving the following expected results:
- New partnerships and better cooperation amongst local authorities/relevant tourism authorities and agencies, tourism operators, in particular SMEs, training providers and disability stakeholders
- A stronger focus on accessibility in local tourism development agendas and strategies
- Creation of a "critical mass" of accessible destinations, attractions, sites and tourism-related services, as mainstream products providing quality and value-for-money
- Better trained staff, better skills, higher satisfaction levels form travellers and a more positive image of the destinations concerned, thus boosting the overall image of Europe as a tourism destination
- Attracting more tourists, and maintaining viable tourism flows in the low-season.
- Positive returns for businesses, especially SMEs and micro-SMEs
Maximum EU Contribution per project : € 125.000
Specific Programme: Preparatory Action " Tourism and accessibility for all".
Please read the Guide for Applicants (see below) very carefully before starting the electronic submission. You will also find the SEP Guide for Submission on the SEP website.
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#1 The Destruction of the Second Temple08-30-2012, 12:25 AM
"Sorely have they afflicted me from my youth," let Israel now say - "Sorely have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me. The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows." The LORD is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked. May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward! Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up, with which the reaper does not fill his hand or the binder of sheaves his bosom, while those who pass by do not say, "The blessing of the LORD be upon you! We bless you in the name of the LORD!" (Psalm 129. A Psalm of Ascents)
Prelude to the Second Desolation of Jerusalem
Samuel, Kings and Chronicles, as well as most every one of the prophets of Israel, give us copious amounts of information telling us why it was that Israel was taken into exile in Babylon and why the magnificent First Temple should be destroyed. The terrible loss of life and all the associated suffering which took place especially on the 9th of Av, 586 B.C.E. were followed by a slow restoration. By the time of Yeshua (Jesus), 600 years later, Israel enjoyed a modest place among the nations of the Middle East. Gone was the great military prowess she had enjoyed under King David. Gone was the King - Israel had been a vassal state under foreign dominion for centuries. However, a respectable Temple stood in Jerusalem. Sacrifices and offerings and the externals of her religion were in place. The priesthood was corrupted and the number of the godly who were faithful to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob was very few. There was little evidence of real spiritual life from God. Demonic activity and occult practices were at an all time high, as the Christian gospels reveal, and the Jews were not highly regarded by the Greeks and Romans for their religion, or for their exemplary lifestyles. The internal politics of a once unified people was divided into factions of Herodians, Hellenists, Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, Scribes. Thankfully, a tiny believing remnant remained faithful to the Holy One of Israel.
The four Christian gospels say very little about the Temple in the days of Jesus. Except for a few brief words from Jesus there was no extensive public warning that the Second Temple was to be destroyed. The analysis of why this happened would be explained afterward, after resurrection of Jesus. It was then that the Apostles (all Jews) confronted the nation with her grievous sins.
The life of Jesus seemed unimportant to the Romans and to many of the Jewish people at the time Jesus the Christ taught and walked among his own people. The resurrection of this same Jesus and His ascension after a number of public appearances was followed 50 days later by the birth of church on Pentecost Sunday. This took place on the Temple Mount. However, it was not long before persecution drove the apostles and church leaders North to Antioch. The Jewish people were accustomed to outspoken sect leaders and false messiah so Jesus was soon forgotten and his qualifications as a true prophet of God were ignored. The hundreds of new followers of Jesus after the Day of Pentecost were of course originally all Jews.
Shortly after the death and resurrection of Jesus, the mad Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus - nicknamed Caligula ("little boots") - attempted to desecrate the Temple. Everywhere else in the Roman empire subjugated peoples had been forced to conform to the cult of Rome and acknowledge not only Caesar as Lord but also fall into line by adopting the Roman pantheon of gods. The Jews had been left alone and it was time they began to conform. Caligula gave an order to set up his statue in the Holy of Holies in the Temple:
Now Caius Caesar did so grossly abuse the fortune he had arrived at, as to take himself to be a god, and to desire to be so called also, and to cut off those of the greatest nobility out of his country. He also extended his impiety as far as the Jews. Accordingly he sent Petronius with an army to Jerusalem to place his statues in the temple, and commanded him that, in case the Jews would not admit of them, he should slay those that opposed it, and carry all the rest into captivity. (Ref. 1)
The Roman writer Tacitus adds that Caius commanded the Jews to place his effigies in the Temple. Josephus records that the Jews pleaded with Petronius not to do this. The Jews in their stubborn monotheism were willing to sacrifice their whole nation before they would allow the Temple to be defiled. Petronius marveled at their courage and ceased with the process so confrontation was temporarily averted. An enraged Caligula commanded that Petronius be put to death. Josephus records that Caligula himself died soon thereafter and due to bad weather at sea, the letter ordering Petronius' death arrived three weeks after the news arrived of Caligula's death. Petronius was not executed and the Temple was spared this particular abomination.
Revolt and Turmoil
To enforce their rule the Romans were forced to brutally repress the rebellions led by various "messiahs" - Theudas, James and Simon. One Jewish group, the Zealots, in existence since the turn of the century, gained enough strength by 50 A.D. that they were able to raid Jerusalem. The Roman procurator Gessius Florius (62-64), whose headquarters were in Sebaste (Samaria), had taken advantage of the instability by taxing the Temple treasury for his own benefit. He was the most cruel of all Roman leaders to date. Florius met the Zealots in Jerusalem by killing 3600 Jews as he pillaged the upper market place. The Zealots in response destroyed the northern portico of the temple adjacent to the Antonia fortress thus preventing Florius from reaching the Temple where he wanted to seize the temple treasures.
Florius was driven from the city eventually and the high priest Eliezer ben-Hananiah persuades the priests to cease offerings to the health of the Emperor. This gave Rome even more reason to crack down.
At the outset of the revolt Herod Agrippa II (grandson of Herod the Great) gained control of the Upper City but the high priest Eliezer took over the Lower City and a civil war began. Agrippa gathered the people in the Chamber of Hewn Stone in a futile effort to restore peace. The rebels set fire to the palaces of the king, his sister Bernice, and to the house of the high priest. Agrippa fled from Jerusalem allowing the Zealots to capture Fortress Antonia and Herod's palace. The former was set on fire and burned.
As the civil war raging in Jerusalem intensified Cestius Gallius, procurator of Syria attacked Jerusalem in 66 A.D. from Mt. Scopus and the ascent of Beth-Horon, but a Jewish group led by Simon Bar-Giora harassed the soldiers of Gallius from the rear and captured all their arms. The rebels had a respite for four years during which time they were able to complete the third wall.
The struggles between the Zealots and the Roman soldiers from Syria destroyed the food stocks of the Zealots who then robbed the homes of the local Jewish population. The inhabitants of Jerusalem died in great numbers by famine as had happened when Nebuchadnezzar attacked Jerusalem centuries earlier (Jer. 52:6,7). Greater disaster was soon to come.
The Second Temple Destroyed - As Predicted
During the last days of his life Jesus had assembled his disciples together on the Mt. of Olives overlooking the Temple. The disciples were uncertain and anxious about the future especially in light of Jesus' cleansing of the Temple and stopping the sacrifices, and his astonishing statements delivered in holy anger denouncing the Pharisees. The disciples opened the conversation by talking about the beauty of the temple and its courts. Jesus opened his amazing and detailed reply by predicting the soon-coming destruction of that magnificent building:
Jesus left the temple and was going away, when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple. But he answered them, "You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another, that will not be thrown down." As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will this be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the close of the age?" (Matthew 24:1-3)
Both the Temple and the City of Jerusalem were indeed about to be destroyed. With four Legions, Titus the Roman General, later to become Caesar, began the siege of Jerusalem in April, A.D. 70. He posted his 10th legion on the Mount of Olives, directly east of and overlooking the Temple Mount. The 12th and 15th legions were stationed on Mount Scopus, further to the east and commanding all ways to Jerusalem from east to north. The 5th legion was held in reserve.
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The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel, which met via conference call Wednesday, approved a new football rule to better protect passers from low contact at or below the knee.
The rule specifically covers a scenario in which a quarterback is in a passing posture with one or both feet on the ground. In that situation, no defensive player rushing unabated can hit him forcibly at or below the knee. The defensive player also may not initiate a roll or lunge and forcibly hit the quarterback in the knee area or below.
Exceptions for these types of hits occur when:
- the passer becomes a runner, either inside or outside the tackle box;
- the defender grabs or wraps the passer in an attempt to make a conventional tackle;
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A violation of this rule applies when defenders are rushing unabated to the quarterback, and it will result in a 15-yard roughing the passer penalty.
This proposal was previously discussed during the Football Rules Committee's February meeting, but no action was taken at that time. However, since then, the commissioners of all 10 FBS conferences have expressed support for the proposal and asked the committee to support it.
Jon Steinbrecher, commissioner of the Mid-American Conference and chair of College Football Officiating, represented the FBS commissioners during a conference call March 5, when he presented the proposal to the committee for further consideration.
After some discussion and review of several videos showing instances in which the rule would be applied, the Football Rules Committee unanimously recommended the proposal with the rationale that passers are defenseless while throwing the ball and vulnerable to injury from low hits.
Surveys of college football coaches indicate support of the new rule among head coaches.
Instant-replay review on targeting fouls, which includes the ejection of the player committing the foul along with a 15-yard penalty, will be allowed in 2014.
Last season, the targeting rule was implemented and any player committing the penalty would be ejected and his team assessed a 15-yard penalty.
This season if the instant replay official rules that a disqualification should not have occurred, and if the targeting foul is not accompanied by another personal foul, the 15-yard penalty for targeting will not be enforced.
However, if the targeting foul is committed in conjunction with another personal foul, the 15-yard penalty for that personal foul remains. For example, if a player is called for roughing the passer and targeting the head and neck area, but the instant replay official rules that targeting did not occur, the player flagged would remain in the game, but the roughing the passer penalty would still be enforced.
In games where instant replay is not in use, the committee recommended an option to permit on-field officials to review targeting calls during halftime that were made during the first half. This is a permissive rule by conference policy or mutual consent of the teams and is the responsibility of the home team to provide the parameters for the use of video. The review must be conducted by the referee in the officials' locker room.
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Finally, it happened. The alpha version is available here:
At the moment, it's only available to Premium players (active subscription or Full package). The alpha uses completely separate database, so your account details are copied there. Registration is automatic. Nothing you do in the alpha affects your account in the current version. SP, ranks and medals are not transferred due to the radical changes there.
Scenarios and presets are temporarily disabled, they will be back very soon!
Feel free to poke around and create maps. Remember, that this is the alpha version, and it's pretty damn raw. We need your help in testing it and violently eradicating all the bugs. Please report them in the new forum: http://afterwind.com/forum/board.php?board_id=200
Most important thing: Don't panic! We will hear your feedback and correct the mistakes, and we will eventually get rid of all the bugs. So, instead of running around screaming "NO GOOD! NO ME GUSTA!", please provide some helpful criticism and new ideas here: http://afterwind.com/forum/board.php?board_id=201.
Here's the (probably incomplete) list of changes:
Map editor
All the tools you need to create your own map, complete with fully customizable countries, cities and units. Upload a map background, draw borders, create countries, cities and units. Create presets and scenarios for you map (coming very soon).
Scenarios and presets
(Currently disabled) Scenarios will serve the same function as now, but you will be able to apply them to custom maps as well. Also, presets, a limited version of a scenario, will allow to create sets of countries and cities for maps. This system will replace current rigid presets and the 100 additional cities option.
Population casualties
City population now receives collateral damage when a city is attacked. Casualties depend on the scale of the battle and on the type of attacking units. Units now have a new stat: Collateral, which is added to regular attack damage and only affects civilians. The casualties are shown in the city menu, battle menu, in the end game stats and sometimes in the events menu (when the damage is particularly high). Population affects the city income and reinforcements. If the population drops to 50%, you will only be receiving half of the income and half of the reinforcements.[/color]
Full country bonus
All income is now calculated from cities only, there's no bonus from owning an entire country anymore. We decided that with the added population casualties the income system was getting too complicated, even for our own understanding.
Critical hits
We completely removed the ARB system that nobody was able to fully comprehend, and instead added critical hit chance. Critical hit chance can be 1-100%, which is the chance to deal additional damage - in addition to regular attack/defence roll, the unit deals it's maximum attack/defence damage. So, if your Tank (max attack 7) rolls 3, the critical hit would be 10 (3+7). Simple?
End game stats and screens
End game stats have been spiced up with the 3 neat images we posted earlier (http://afterwind.com/events/news_comments.php?news_id=71). Also, the displayed stats have been changed to: Population casualties, Cities occupied, Units destroyed, Units built, Units lost, Income.
The turns are now just turns, all mentions of 'weeks' have been erased. This was done mostly to accomodate custom maps, but also to simplify things a bit.
You now have an option to see the damage units deal in battles. If you want to fully understand battle mechanics, this will surely help. You can set 3 different battle speeds in your settings. There's still an option to have quick battles - with only casualties shown.
Spiced up unit movements and battles
Selecting a unit and attacking now has some extra animation and sounds. Battles now end in a spectacular boom with floating SP.
Units roles
To allow the creation of custom units which are still attached to strategies and upgrades, we added unit roles. For example, Infantry is Ground Main Defence, Submarine is Naval Stealth, Spy plane is Air Support, etc. Strategies and upgrades now affect unit roles, as opposed to just individual units. So, if in your map you create a new unit and assign a role to it, it will still be affected. Each role has margins in which you can modify unit stats. In addition, there are Rare and Other roles, which don't have such limitations. Rare units can also be created and will only appear randomly when a city is conquered, the same way it works now.
Strategies and upgrades
Strategies and upgrades have been changed to affect unit roles instead of individual units. Tank General has been changed to a more generic Relentless Attack. Some additional upgrades have been added to unlock additional unit roles (none of them are used in the Default map though).
Medals and ranks
Medals have been reworked to accomodate unit roles, so they would still work in custom maps. In addition, medals and receiving a new rank now look a lot sexier
New lobby interface
Lobby got a facelift with the new open games list and the new maps list. They look more modern and show more information. Possibly have some bugs too, but we promise to fix them as soon as they are found. Toolbars and buttons got updated a bit as well.
SP is now rank-dependent
SP you receive from battles is now calculated with ranks taken into account. If your opponent's rank is a lot higher than yours, you will get a lot of extra SP, and the other way round. Neutral troops always have the rank of 0, so the further you get in your ranks, the less SP you will receive from fighting Neutrals. We hope this will help in preventing SP farming and discourage high-ranking players from harassing newbies.
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Monoprice, a website generally associated with peddling A/V cables on the cheap, also makes audio components on the cheap. And in a space where audio gear costs as much as houses, cheap speakers are normally ignored. But Monoprice's subwoofer may be the exception.
Cnet's Steve Guttenberg says that Monoprice's line of subs are wholly respectable, especially given the sub-$100 pricetags: $57 will net you an 8-inch, 60-watt sub, while $84 will get you a 12-inch, 150-watt boomer. Overall, Guttenberg preferred the smaller sub as it had good bass definition, even if lacking in power (it only goes down to 50Hz). The bigger sub, in his words, sounded sloppy, but had decent power. But all in all, they provide a cheaper alternative to systems upwards of $300. [Monoprice via Cnet]


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QPR stands for Question, Persuade, Refer. QPR is a nationally recognized suicide prevention program that is designed to save lives through; increasing awareness about suicide risk factors and warning signs, teaching participants how to talk to someone about suicide, and educating participants on how to facilitate appropriate mental health referrals. Recently, a group of MU faculty, staff and administrators were trained as QPR trainers. In just under two hours, these individuals can effectively train groups of students, staff, faculty or administrators to be QPR Gatekeepers. Once trained, the Gatekeepers will have the knowledge needed to assist a friend or neighbor in crisis.
Why Learn QPR?
In 1999, the Surgeon General declared suicide a major public health problem. In his Call to Action, the Surgeon General discussed fifteen key recommendations for suicide prevention. Included in these recommendations was a proposal to "increase the proportion of colleges and universities with evidence-based programs designed to address serious young adult distress and prevent suicide." It was further recommended that such programs identify natural community helpers or Gatekeepers. A Gatekeeper is someone in a position to recognize a crisis and the warning signs that someone may be contemplating suicide. A Gatekeeper is anyone, including a parent, friend, roommate, teacher, advisor, resident assistant, public safety, or facilities personnel, who is strategically positioned to refer someone at risk of suicide.
Suicidal people often display clues and warning signs that they are in trouble. You can prevent suicide by becoming a QPR Gatekeeper. Please consider joining the other 300,000 trained Gatekeepers across America who are saving lives every day. You can become a Gatekeeper in under two hours.
As a QPR-trained Gatekeeper you will learn to:
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A few years back, when EA bought Criterion, the developers of Burnout, people got worried. Worried that the team would be wasted churning out Need for Speed games.
What a stupid worry that turns out to have been. Criterion's first Need for Speed game, Hot Pursuit, was brilliant, and their second - the upcoming Most Wanted - looks even better. Why? Because it looks just like Burnout Paradise 2. Only now they get to use real cars!


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If I appear to be slower to respond to e-mail lately, it's because my two-year-old MacBook Pro broke down last week, leaving me without access to my local data. It started with some occasional graphical glitches (see video) but it only took a few days until the computer wouldn't boot anymore. Interestingly, during this gradual fail, the rEFIt boot menu that normally allowed me to start Linux suddenly disappeared. The first time it disappeared, I could restore it by resetting the PROM memory, but now it's just gone.
Macs are weird in so many ways. You can't just install Linux and expect it to work — you have to install additional software like rEFIt just to boot into another OS than Mac OS X. Furthermore, you can't just plug a USB stick in and boot from it. In short, Apple is the very definition of locked down proprietary technology and it annoys the hell out of me.
I'm sick and tired of Macs and I've decided to even out the remarkably unbalanced Mac/PC ratio at Mozilla by getting a PC as my next computer. I've also decided to give in to my passion for Linux and use it as my full-time OS from now on.
While I'm waiting for my new computer to arrive, I'm writing this from Sofie's little 12″ PC running Ubuntu. It works like a charm, but I am definitely not as productive as I was with my own computer. I sometimes have to let go of the computer for a few minutes so Sofie can check her mail — after all, I'm the one borrowing her computer. However, the biggest reason why I'm not as productive as I was before my MacBook broke is that I don't have access to my local data.
Two things I'm a lot more dependent on than I ever thought:
- The local address book of Thunderbird
- The local AwesomeBar data of Firefox
I'm working on getting a Linux Live CD (Sofie's laptop doesn't have a CD burner) to boot up my MacBook and transfer all my local data to this computer so I can resume full productivity speed again.


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OK, this almost belongs in tech humour, but it is "true" (talk about "lies, damn lies, and statistics")
MAC OSX malware increased by 1,550% as opposed to 36% for Windows.
Just take a look here:
Unfortunately we are looking at periodic, or "year on year" type comparisons. In absolute terms OSX had 35 instances, and Windows over a quarter of a million.


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Eyebrows Raised Over Initial NCLB Waiver Bids
Two key Democrats urge no easy sign-off
A pair of Democratic education leaders in Congress have raised red flags about the first batch of state applications for waivers that would give states flexibility from some requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
The lawmakers—U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, of Iowa, the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and U.S. Rep. George Miller, of California, the House education panel's ranking member—worry that accountability under the law's current version, the No Child Left Behind Act, will be significantly watered down if many of the applications are approved as submitted.
They're urging U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to adhere to the very high bar he says he's set for approval, and to work with states to improve their plans.
"We urge you to require from all applicants robust and meaningful accountability measures when approving requests for flexibility" under the NCLB law, the lawmakers wrote in a letter to Secretary Duncan on Jan. 17.
The department decided last fall to give states relief from the much-criticized law when Congress was unable to complete a long-overdue reauthorization last year.
The waivers would give states leeway under some of the NCLB law's core tenants in exchange for embracing certain reform priorities. For instance, states could opt out of the yardstick at the heart of the law, adequate yearly progress, or AYP, if they are willing to adopt college- and career-ready standards. They also could get relief from the law's requirement that all teachers be highly qualified, meaning that they have a bachelors degree and subject-matter knowledge, but only if they are willing to craft evaluation systems that gauge teachers' effectiveness.
Thirty-nine states, plus the District of Columbia, have signaled their intention to apply for waivers, and 11 states have submitted plans. The department is planning to announce the first round of approvals this month.
Major Qualms
The lawmakers don't name specific states, but it's clear they think there needs to be big changes to nearly all the applications before the states can get the flexibility they are seeking.
For instance, at least nine of the 11 state applications would create a "super subgroup" essentially lumping together students with disabilities, English-language learners, and racial minorities, according to a report by the Center on Education Policy cited in the letter, a research and advocacy organization in Washington. Sen. Harkin and Rep. Miller are worried the needs of students in specific subgroups could get swept under the rug in that arrangement.
The lawmakers also want to make sure states emphasize graduation rates in their accountability systems.
"Low graduation rates cannot be obscured through changes in test scores or vice versa," they write.
And the lawmakers have qualms about how the states are proposing to handle teacher evaluation. At least six states that applied haven't yet adopted the specific requirements for an evaluation system spelled out in the waiver guidelines, according to an Education Week analysis cited in the letter.
Renewing the Law
In Sen. Harkin's own bill for renewing the ESEA, introduced with U.S. Sen. Michael B. Enzi, the top Republican on the education committee, he doesn't call for teacher evaluations at all, unless a district or state wants competitive grant money. But that bill is the product of bipartisan negotiations, while the letter reflects Sen. Harkin's own priorities for reauthorization, which includes teacher evaluation for everyone, an aide to Sen. Harkin aide explained.
The lawmakers are particularly interested in this first round of waivers because applications that get approved now will set the bar for future rounds, as states seek to copy successful strategies, an aide to Rep. Miller said. If a number states end up using similar accountability systems, those ideas could be incorporated into a future reauthorization of the law.
Lawmakers might be assuaged by some of the changes the Education Department has already demanded states make to their waiver applications, but it's not clear what those are—the department has refused to make public the formal feedback letters outlining those concerns that it has issued to states.
But Secretary Duncan has said he will take a rigorous approach to reviewing the applications.
"ESEA flexibility will allow states to target aid where it's needed the most, while not compromising an inch on achievement gaps," said Justin Hamilton, Mr. Duncan's spokesman, in an email. "States will have the flexibility to craft local plans for local issues, but they must address the needs of every child."
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Unlike Florida, New York, and South Carolina, Texas does not appear to have an opinion addressing the question of whether Texas Judges can participate in online social networking.
Texas judges are currently allowed to choose who they will "friend" in social networking media. Judge Susan Criss of Galveston's 212th District Court says she follows her ethical canons and is careful about what she says and who she friends. She "friends" all lawyers in order to avoid an appearance that she favors one side over another. (Judge Criss was a panelist in the ABA program, "Courts and Media in the 21st Century," presented on July 31, 2009.)
The Ethical Canons that Criss referred to are Canon 2B and Canon 4A:
Texas Canon 2B: A judge shall not allow any relationship to influence judicial conduct or judgment. A judge shall not lend the prestige of judicial office to advance the private interests of the judge or others; nor shall a judge convey or permit others to convey the impression that they are in a special position to influence the judge. A judge shall not testify voluntarily as a character witness.
Texas Canon 4A: Extra-judicial duties in general.
A judge shall conduct all of the judge's extra-judicial activities so that they do not:
(1) cast reasonable doubt on the judge's capacity to act impartially as a judge; or
(2) interfere with the proper performance of judicial duties.
While the Canons do not, on their face, prohibit Texas judges from social networking, some, like Judge Orlinda Naranjo of Travis County's 419th District Court, have chosen not to participate. ("Social Networks Help Judges Do Their Duty," Miriam Rozen. Law Technology News, August 25, 2009.)
Comparison Between The Model Rules And The States' Rules
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Even though the canons are essentially the same, the opinions range from prohibiting judges from "friending" lawyers (See Online Social Networking For Judges: Florida Prohibits Judges To "Friend" Lawyers), to allowing judges to "friend" lawyers (New York Permits Judges To "Friend" Lawyers), to encouraging judges to "friend" people in the community (South Carolina Permits Judges To Participate in Social Networks).
Many Texas judges enjoy a collegiate relationship with lawyers. For example, the Galveston County Young Lawyers host a judicial reception as:
an informal atmosphere outside the courtroom where young lawyers could network with the area judges…. Attendance by the judiciary is always strong and truly affords the attorneys a chance to mingle with the judges in front of whom they practice.
It is important to note that the lawyers socialize with the judges "in front of whom they practice." It is this type of relationship that formed the basis for prohibiting online social networking for Florida judges.


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Here is an easy way to leverage your existing skills in traditional SQL Server reporting tools with the new Tabular Mode of SQL Server Analysis Services to get started taking advantage of the xVelocity in-memory analytics engine (VertiPaq) without needing to go through a SharePoint configuration.
First, you will need a SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services (SSAS) running in Tabular Mode. To setup SSAS in Tabular Mode, make this selection at install time and notice the new icon for SSAS in SSMS which will indicate to you visually that you are working with a tabular SSAS, not a traditional multidimensional SSAS instance:
Note that you can install a multidimensional instance on the same server as a tabular mode instance of SSAS, but you will want to be cognizant of the large memory requirements that the tabular databases in particular, as well as traditional SSAS multidimensional can place on your server.
Again, sticking with the idea of keeping things simple and easy to get started on this new paradigm in SQL Server BI with 2012, let's build a simple tabular model using PowerPivot. You can also build tabular models in Visual Studio 2010 using the BI projects type in SQL Server Data Tools (formerly known as BIDS) but I'm going to stick in Excel for now since that interface has been around since SQL Server 2008 R2 was released in 2010. BTW, the interface to build models like this in Visual Studio is nearly identical to the PowerPivot Excel experience. I have, however, highlighted 3 new features in PowerPivot v2 that are new that I put into this very simple model: hierarchies and KPIs, as well as the E-R diagram view:
So perhaps you've done something similar in PowerPivot already but are only aware of sharing those models with report writers or your business through SharePoint. In the SharePoint interface, a report library will allow users to build Excel reports or Report Builder reports in 2008 R2. in SQL Server 2012, you can also build PowerView reports from tabular models that originated in either PowerPivot or SSDT / BIDS / Visual Studio.
But now that SSAS has built-in support for the Vertipaq engine, you can go straight to SSAS with your PowerPivot model to share that with the rest of your business. Notice in this screenshot that I have restored an SSAS database directly from PowerPivot just as I have in the past with a backup of a traditional SSAS database:
Now that my model is stored in SSAS, the server can control user access to it and keep it in server memory. This will also afford me all the same administrative features that I would expect to have with an SSAS cube such as Roles, partitions, cube processing, etc. I can also browse the cube with MDX because my model is now a cube structure within SSAS:
And since it uses Vertipaq and is column compression in-memory analytics, it is super-fast without any need to worry about building the proper pre-aggregated structures and attribute properties that go along with MOLAP-style cube projects.
Hopefully this is simple and straightforward enough that you can now start allowing users to build reports off of the model right from SSAS. Just like in a SharePoint BI site, users can access the cube from tools like Excel or Report Builder to build their reports, except that they have be a bit more savvy to connect into SQL Server instead of SharePoint libraries. But in a prototyping environment, this can be useful without SharePoint. You can just fire-up Excel to make a scorecard from the hierarchies and KPIs that I built in the sample PowerPivot above such as this:
And when I want to do that in Report Builder, I need select the tabular model database from Analysis Services like this:
And build a scorecard in Report Builder that can look something like this, which is coming directly from a SSAS Tabular database that originated as a PowerPivot model that I restored to SSAS to allow SSAS to manage it like a cube, meaning that I can access it from reporting tools through the SSAS connector:
Once you have become comfortable with this updated BI solution architecture in SQL Server, you will want to add in the SharePoint layer to this so that your solution before moving into production. That will allow your business users to better interact with your solution and the BI knowledge will be better leveraged throughout your organization with collaboration and a much more intuitive report interface through a SharePoint BI site. I will work toward adding that SharePoint layer to this blog post as a follow-up for a production-ready BI site.


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We still haven't seen White Diamond.Smart money is on the woman behind the curtain.
Sam is basically right, he's just cranky.
Because Steven is a 100% dunkass, he forgot that Lion can also make portals, so IPTO FATSO Lars can also make portals.
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The big issues
Defining microevolution
If you could zoom in on one branch of the tree of life
scale the insects, for example you
would see another phylogeny relating all the different insect lineages.
If you continue to zoom in, selecting the branch representing beetles,
you would see another phylogeny relating different beetle species. You
could continue zooming in
until you saw the relationships between beetle populations. Click on
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But how do you know when you've gotten to the population level?
Defining populations
For animals, it's fairly easy to decide what a population is. It is a group of organisms that interbreed with each other that is, they all share a gene pool. So for our species of beetle, that might be a group of individuals that all live on a particular mountaintop and are potential mates for one another.
Biologists who study evolution at this level define evolution as a change in gene frequency within a population.
Read how others have recognized the Understanding Evolution website.


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As predicted, convicted felon Larry Sinclair has not delivered the book of lies about President Obama he promised by the end of April. Larry claims he performed sexual acts on President Obama and snorted coke. He failed a polygraph test on the subject and has no witness's, phone records or credit card receipts that back up his claims. People have been ordering a book about the subject promised by Larry for months. Larry has been taking the money and has not delivered the merchandise as promised. Every week or so Larry has made a excuse ranging from brain tumors, and toothaches to various Obama conspiracies. Larry is now saying the book will not be available until June 1st. But I know it won't be and he will still be taking orders. Where is all the money he took for the books he didn't deliver ?
More Information About Larry Sinclair
Link to the post about Larry not delivering the book last month