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Well VUE works really well for my Sagan 4 taxonomy cladograms. I would think it could do family trees just as well. Also its free to download so everyone could make their own family trees. Also its super easy to use. Its great for flow charts, tech trees, etc.http://vue.tufts.edu/I plan to make my own family tree using VUE once I post my stuff.
The best person ever. She should have won the Peace Prize.
What? No full control over children? You do realize that some of us have particular plans for those children.
Yea, that is a misstake, wine is not produced inside Cunae.EDIT: Regarding the test RP, I don't think Josasa planned to host the festival at his house, but as it seemed as if Little asumed that I went with that as well.
Oh, damn, my bad. Still, a villa is an excellent place for a high-class party. Maybe this is where the nobles are just meeting before they head out to the festival? Either way, I guess it works.
@Dr. Octagonapus:A smith and a carpenter isn't really an aristocratic family. I am sorry, but this game is about the power play and the politics in an aristocratic state and there'll be enough players controlling the aristocrats, I don't need more players controlling the employees of the aristocrats.The people of Cunae are comparable to romans / greeks. If you want your family to have other origins, then think close to rome at least, and do not mention to much details about this foreign homeland as it might conflict with the game.
Who are you again and why in the world would you expect anything resembling rationality or civility in youtube comments?
Martyk is a handsome fish.
This dolphin is delicious.
<Sgore> Martyk, mentally I always picture you as like, our forums bartender.<Neoadept> I've always pictured you trapped in a tuna net
Oh come now, Lurk.The internet is a magical place, where linguistic and dialectic possibilities are endless. Why not embrace those variations and see where they lead you.
Those are more Godly than they are Greek, Hydro
Whoa, that is really good, thanks Hydro!
1. Cunae hasn't got much of a navy at all, yet.
2. A fisherman marrying an aristocrat seems wierd as the fishermen are as low class as you can ever get. It is possible though, but would bring bad reputation to your family.
3. I can not allow you to build a coliseum just like that. I might consider giving your family the theatre though, but don't take it for granted as it is a big income.
4. It seems as if your family builds a lot. Do you mean that they build outside of Cunae? Because inside the walls there aren't much room so they would either have to tear down some old estates or rebuild them into whatever.
5. Not really an issue, but misspelling chefs as chiefs gave me a laugh.
6. I am not sure the type of restaurant you refer to actually existed back then.
I also recommend you to change at least a few of the god names. This site is great for coming up with names: http://www.freedict.com/onldict/lat.html
I recommend you to do some serious reworking of your family.
Your family is still very small. Also, you're not allowed to just declare yourself as being a politician. Furthurmore, all the bios are very shallow and not particularily well thought out. You should put a bit more effort into it. Also, Hareta seems to be a bit of a Gary Lou, even without you not having written much about him. There is no reason why he would be a theif.
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I am a frequent Stack Exchange user and often ask questions, especially on Stack Overflow. Today it happened to me that I asked three questions and answered them myself shortly after thinking about the problem a while longer.
I am not sure if this is okay or if I am violating a best practice here. It happens to me from time to time that I answer my own question, but never before that frequently.
Is there anything I can/should do to prevent this in the future or is it perfectly normal and accepted to answer one's own questions?


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Comments22 Responses to "The Organized Life, October Paint Bucket"
Made your Maple Roasted butternut squash and Brussel sprouts the other night and it was scrumptious! Thank you, Jenna, for making my cooking chores easier!
The chicken rolls sound great Jenna, perfect football food! Maple is a fun flavor too-Happy October-enjoy:@)
Buying the apples today in preparation for Thursday. I plan on baking your salted caramel apple pie bars for a desert to take to a shut in. I know it will be wonderful! YUM! I also plan on baking the Cheesy Corn and Sausage Biscuit Bake for us! Thank you Jenna! 🍂🍎🍊
Hi Jenna, oh wow all of these recipes looks so good. I had 2 of my crock pots break and I just bought a new one on sale. I will have to try making that slow cooker peanut chicken dish.
Thanks for sharing at Cooking and Crafting with J & J.
Your October Paint Bucket looks awesome, so many wonderful things to try! Thanks so much for sharing your post with us at Full Plate Thursday, we have really enjoyed it. Hope you have a great day and come back soon!
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Source: Norene's Healthy Kitchen: Eat your Way to Good Health by Norene
Gilletz (Whitecap Books)
These are absolutely addictive! Roasting brings out the natural sweetness of
1 large onion, sliced
2 lb (1 kg) carrots, peeled and cut in 2-inch lengths
3 to 4 cloves garlic (about 3 to 4 tsp minced)
2 to 3 Tbsp olive oil
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1. Preheat the oven to 375°F. Spray a 9- × 13-inch glass baking dish with
cooking spray.
2. Place the onion, carrots, and garlic in the prepared baking dish. Drizzle
with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste; mix well. For
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Yield: 6 servings. Keeps for up to 2 days in the refrigerator; reheats well.
Don't freeze.
Thank you! I found this very informative and helpful. It is easy to forget when you post a recipe that the person reading it might be new to cooking/baking and has never seen with their own eyes what you know so well. I will definitely keep all this in mind when I give over any recipe. The roasted carrots will be a recipe that I will be trying this week-we'll keep cookkosher posted how it tasted.
Very interesting post. I happen to love the recipe image. It reminds me of an old cookbook I once borrowed.


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Most engine troubleshooters understand and use a compression gauge to diagnose serious engine seal problems. I use a compression gauge for a quick and general overview of engine condition. In addition to the relatively inexpensive compression gauge, I have used a cylinder leak down tester for over thirty years now. A quality compression gauge is valuable. This gauge has been with me for many years. Ford truck buffs will appreciate the 18mm spark plug thread adapter. Triton aluminum head owners would value the iron FE and big-block heads—with 18mm iron spark plug threads and tapered seat ends—no need for a gasket, a proven Ford approach until the aluminum cylinder head era! (Click on photos to enlarge.) A compression gauge requires a cranking engine to force compression pressure into the gauge. Used properly, the compression gauge reading indicates the PSI (U.S. and British measurement) of gases compressed into the cylinder head's combustion chamber. Basics for using a compression gauge: 1) Disable the ignition to prevent engine startup, 2) hold or block open the throttle during cranking to assure adequate induction air volume for test accuracy, and 3) crank the engine for seconds per cylinder, not for a lengthy period. As the engine cranks, watch for a peak reading at the gauge, which will occur within a few seconds of cranking. A typical automotive or truck engine is designed to crank over at 80-200 rpm to achieve ignition/combustion, so several seconds of cranking is plenty for a compression check! The compression gauge provides a reading of peak compression during cranking, not when the engine fires or is running. Actually, the engine's compression while firing under load may be much lower than the cranking compression. As cylinder pressures rise, like when climbing a grade or pulling a load—or crawling rocks along a 4x4 trail—the ability of the cylinders to seal will be far less if there is engine wear. Note: Engine wear that I'm discussing here is not just worn valves, a head gasket leak or valve lift issues. It's also the cylinder's ability to seal under load, and more specifically, the condition of the cylinder walls, pistons and piston rings. In the case of pinpointing cylinder wall and ring seal, a compression gauge is simply not up for the task! This is my Snap-On cylinder leak down tester, an MT324 model purchased in 1981. Prior to that time, I used a compression gauge and an engine oscilloscope "dynamic compression test" mode to compare relative cylinder condition. The leak down tester provides pinpoint diagnosis! (Click on photos to enlarge.) When we move to the leak down test, our entire aim changes. Instead of cranking compression, we're now addressing one thing: actual cylinder seal. This means consistent valve seal, piston/ring seal, head gasket seal and no casting cracks. The test is not a cranking test. It's static with the piston at top dead center (TDC) of its compression stroke, valves closed. This last point is very important. The leak down test takes compressed air from your air compressor and an air hose source and runs that air into the spark plug hole (plug removed). Typically, a leak down gauge will operate at 60 PSI or higher, enough force to push the piston downward if the piston is not precisely at the peak of its travel: TDC! This is one way to find TDC accurately: a two-stroke engine timing tool, purchased during my motorcycle repair shop days in the early 1970s! Note the spark plug thread adapters with a slotted section in the adapter to aim a dial indicator directly through the spark plug opening. This tool finds TDC within 0.001" accuracy! The setup is time consuming, however. There are other, quicker ways to find TDC for the purpose of a cylinder leak down test—as long as the piston is at its peak and not likely to plunge downward when you apply compressed air! (Click on photos to enlarge.) It takes time to set up a leak down test. On a Jeep engine like JJ_Jeep's 4.0L inline six, there are only two cylinders that can use the crankshaft pulley marks to set TDC: #1 and #6. The other cylinders either require 1) looking into the spark plug hole to align the piston with TDC, 2) use of a two-stroke timing kit or similar fixture and a dial indicator in the spark plug hole to find TDC, or 3) marking the crankshaft pulley accurately for each of the other four cylinders at TDC. Make sure the piston is on the compression stroke's TDC when running a leak down test. Note: A crankshaft pulley 360-degree tape is available from sources like Summit Racing. This can make leak down tests much easier. The firing order helps identify the cylinders, and in the Jeep inline six, the order is 1-5-3-6-2-4, making #1 and #6 pistons reach TDC at the same time. Remember, too, that we're working with four-stroke engines, and the piston must be at TDC on the compression stroke, not the exhaust stroke! If you set the piston to TDC on its compression stroke, each of the valves will be fully seated. Introducing compressed air at this point will fill the combustion chamber and the narrow space around the piston and above the upper piston ring. The air will come in steadily (if you have enough air supply!) at the air system's line pressure that you set. The principle of the leak down test is for the gauges to measure incoming line pressure and also the pressure bleed-off within the cylinder. The bleed or "leak" is read as a percentage of the total air volume filling the combustion chamber, head gasket space, and piston-to-cylinder wall gap above the upper piston ring. Example: Let's say that 100cc of air fills the combustion chamber, head gasket space and the piston to cylinder wall gap above the upper piston ring. If the ring gaps and any other seepage allow 10cc bleed-off of compressed air, the "leak down" in this case is 10%. 8-10% is excellent seal for a production automotive engine with gapped piston rings. Caution: Always make sure the gauge couplings and the fitting at the spark plug hole do not seep air! A leak at the gauge's spark plug fitting seat will throw off the leak down readings. The biggest asset of a leak down test is the very fact that the piston is at TDC. On an internal combustion engine, the wear of cylinders, or "taper", rakes outward toward the top. This means that the widest wear point in the cylinder will be right below the cylinder "ridge". The ridge is created as the taper grows, and the greatest wear point is where the top piston ring stops. By pressurizing the cylinder with the top compression ring and other rings in the tapered zone, there is the highest likelihood of compressed air "leaking" past the piston rings: The ring gaps, especially the top compression ring, are at their widest, and this is a direct cause of leakage. With the piston in this position, the rings lose tension, their gaps are widest, and compressed air leaks by in greater volume. The extent of ring wear or cylinder taper dictate the percentage of leak down. One proof that this phenomenon works: On a worn engine, back off the rocker arms and close both valves. Keep them closed. Raise the piston to TDC (maximum cylinder taper) and check the leak down rate. Now drop the piston to the BDC (bottom dead center) point with the valves closed. The piston is now in a "normal", minimally worn zone of the cylinder wall. There will be a distinction in the degree of seal and the leak down reading, since the ring gaps close up at BDC, the ring tension increases, and the cylinder seal becomes normal or at least closer to normal. If there is little leakage difference, and the leak down percentage is low or minimal at both of these piston positions, cylinder taper is minimal...Without tearing the engine down for inspection, you likely have an engine with minimal cylinder wall and ring wear! Before loosening rocker arms to close valves, run a regular leak down test with nothing but the spark plugs removed. Since JJ_Jeep's issue with the 4.0L is a #1 cylinder misfire, it's easy to set up the leak down tester for the #1 cylinder, using the timing mark on the crankshaft pulley and the timing cover marker to set the crankshaft at TDC. Make sure the ignition is disabled to prevent engine firing...I bring the pulley to the "O"-degree position by slowly turning the crankshaft in its normal direction of rotation. Make sure you're on the compression stroke. If necessary, remove the distributor cap and note the rotor position. (JJ's pre-'99 TJ 4.0L still uses a distributor cap and spark leads.) Coil-on-plug engines are a bit more involved. Make sure the piston is coming up on its compression stroke to exact TDC. Read the tester instructions for recommended air supply pressure. On gapped rings with inside gas ledges on the compression rings, supply pressure will determine the force that the rings will exert against the cylinder wall. A cranking or running engine will typically have 120-175 PSI working compression in each cylinder. The leak down gauge may want much less incoming pressure than this...See the manufacturer's recommendations for your leak down tester. With the valves seated, piston at TDC and air pressure at the tester gauges set properly, we now have a steady stream of compressed air entering the cylinder. Even if the valves and head gasket seal perfectly, a percentage of incoming air will "leak" by or "down" the cylinder and past the rings. This is normal if rings have end gaps, which is the case for most production automotive engines. Note: Overlapping end, interlocking or "zero gap" rings have minute leak down. On a typical production engine, there is a controlled and predictable leakage, optimally around 8% to 10%. Zero-gap rings on racing and performance motorcycle engines can seal as tightly as 2% leak down. We need ring gaps on everyday automotive engines to allow for a wide range of heat cycling, expansion rates and varied operating conditions. So, a reading of 8-10% on a newer engine is great. Up to 20%, even 25%, on an engine with some wear can still function well if the engine also has good cranking compression readings. On an engine with 20%-25% or higher leak, I do run a cranking compression test and make sure there is not excessive oil consumption. Assume that a 20-25% leakage engine has a shorter remaining service life. As with a compression gauge reading, uniform seal per cylinder is desirable under any leak down test. If readings exceed 20% or so, start looking for leakage. You will find leaks readily while running a leak down test. When an intake valve leaks, you will hear air escaping through the throttle body or a carburetor's air horn. For exhaust valve leaks, listen at the tailpipe. For piston ring blow-by, pull the dipstick or oil filler cap, and listen for the air entering the crankcase past the rings. If you have difficulty hearing this air flow at any of these points, use an automotive stethoscope or even a piece of tubing, like rigid electrical conduit, as a sound amplifying device. For accuracy, do not run the test for a long period. Oil will leave the cylinder walls, and the reduced seal will be detectable as a higher leak down percentage. Also, on rare occasions, a valve may have carbon or deposit buildup near its face, and the compressed air dislodges debris. If debris lodges between the valve face and seat, there will be a false leak reading. Note: Such an instance would be an engine with serious carbon or deposit buildup. One way to minimize this risk is to not apply air pressure until the piston is at TDC with the valves completely closed on the compression stroke. Why do we care whether the engine has too much leak down if the compression cranking test with a compression gauge indicates "normal" or factory-recommended cranking compression? There's a big difference, as I've shared. In the case of testing for cylinder taper and piston ring gap issues, the leak down tester pinpoints specific wear at the cylinder walls and even the degree of piston ring wear—yes, a widened ring gap, even with negligible taper on the cylinder, indicates ring face wear, loss of ring tension and poor ring seal. This raises the percentage of cylinder leak down. It does matter that the cylinder seal is within proper leak down specifications. So-called "normal" compression gauge readings do not reveal how the cylinders seal under firing and engine load conditions. There is a rise in cylinder pressures when the engine is under load, like accelerating, pulling a grade or even going through the gears. Cylinder pressures also dictate the amount of spark voltage demanded. Why is a compression gauge inefficient at diagnosing cylinder sealing troubles? Because the real test of engine seal and performance is the ability of rings, valves, gaskets and castings to work under load. Piston compression rings have inside ledges that face upward. Compressed gases fill this void and force the piston ring outward against the cylinder wall for better sealing: The higher the cylinder pressure, the more outward ring pressure. As the piston rises in the cylinder, the ring pressure increases, and that contributes to cylinder taper. As I shared, taper creates a loss of compression due to the widening ring gap and loss of ring tension. Combustion pressure rise creates even more outward force at the compression rings, especially at the cylinder's taper zone. Note: Ring gap is the measureable space between the ring ends, not space between the ring face and the cylinder wall. Unless zero gap type, new rings call for a specific clearance gap in thousandths of an inch or mm, measured with a feeler gauge. As one example of the difference between cranking compression and cylinder leak down testing, I recall the stock, FJ40 "F" engine in the 1971 Land Cruiser that I built into an OFF-ROAD Magazine project in the late 1980s. The engine had considerable mileage, though it consumed minimal oil and ran "okay". A cranking compression test showed adequate and uniform compression over the six inline cylinders. Uniform compression, in particular, is always desirable. When I ran a leak down test on this engine with my Snap-On tester, the results were astounding: While the engine had uniform cranking compression around 120-125 PSI, the leakage per cylinder was 40% or higher! How is this possible? In this case, it had much to do with the incredible integrity of Toyota iron engine block castings, with higher nickel content and the hardness to resist taper. Tearing down the engine for a ring-and-valve job, I found the F-six had worn its top/compression piston rings to the point of razor edges! I had nicks and cuts on my fingers from unsuspectingly handling the pistons and rings during their removal. In this example, there was minimal taper, actually almost none, as I could still see factory honing or "crosshatch" running to the top of the ring travel in each cylinder! The ring gaps and diameters had worn to the point that air could leak past the top rings during a leak down test. The lower oil control rings still kept oil from wicking up the cylinder walls and burning. The result: adequate cranking compression, no oil loss, yet high leakage and poor sealing. The pistons and rings could bluff through a compression test by forcing enough air into the compression gauge during cranking—especially with a long stroke inline six. This could not fool a leak down tester! This engine ran sluggishly, the result of inadequate cylinder seal at the rings. The valves seated, the head casting and head gasket were fine, however, the combustion gases leaked past the rings and into the crankcase. Engines like this have a distinct "blow-by" smell in the crankcase oil. While the PCV system can recycle blow-by gases, the remnant of combustion gases remains in the oil. I have often referred to this odor, notable with the oil filler cap removed and the engine running, as the "smell of death". Summing up, the compression gauge does have its place for quick diagnosis of major engine wear or damage. A valve that will not seat, or is actually "burned" with a piece etched out, will not evade detection in a compression test—nor will a blown head gasket or severely warped/cracked head casting. For that reason, an easy and fast check for severe damage can be done with a compression gauge. The leak down tester is a pinpoint diagnostic tool. This test can detect specific valve leaks and wear like cylinder taper or the widening of ring gaps. It can simulate the engine under running load by continually applying compressed air into the cylinder—at the rate and pressure you select. As an added benefit, you can detect a head gasket or casting crack leak, including leaks between cylinders and leaks into cooling ports, which will force cylinder gases into the cooling system, detectable as bubbles at the radiator. 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I still use a quality compression gauge to quickly test an engine for major trouble, often following up with a leak down test on the low pressure cylinder(s). Here is just one example of an affordable leak down tester, I found this in two minutes with a Google Search: http://www.tooltopia.com/otc-tools-5609.aspx?utm_source=pricegrabber&utm_medium=cse&utm_term=OTC5609&utm_campaign=pricegrabber_r1 Your test approach and tools of choice depend upon your needs and objectives. I've owned my Snap-On MT series leak down tester since 1981 and use it when necessary. The current generation of testers from OTC and others are more compact and easy to hook up, and they perform the same functions as my Snap-On tester. (Even Snap-On has simplified its testers for today's market.) There are also compression testers and leak down testers for diesel engine applications. I made this leak down tester adapter in minutes. My Honda XR350R and XR500R four-valve thumpers have deeply recessed spark plugs, tough to reach with a spark plug wrench! I took an old spark plug, knocked out the porcelain electrode, removed and smoothed out the electrode strap end, then cleaned out and brazed the threaded plug shell to a piece of threaded black pipe. The brass "T" fitting provides for an additional gauge, and the air coupler nipple fits my Snap-On MT324 leak down tester. You can make an "air hold tool" in a similar fashion. (Click on photos to enlarge.) If you want a very inexpensive leak down simulator without measuring actual percentage of leak, I've made testers for obscure motorcycle applications with peanut spark plugs and deep plug access. (See the photo above.) In this case, you still run the piston to precise TDC on the compression stroke, with the valves completely closed. You can listen and hunt for air leaks at the common points. For the crankcase, listen at the oil filler opening. For an intake valve leak, listen for air at the throttle body or carburetor air horn. Listen at the exhaust or tailpipe for an exhaust valve leak. For a head gasket leak, try soapy water applied at the head gasket edge, compress air into the cylinder at TDC on the compression stroke, watch for air bubbles. Or for head gasket seepage or a cracked casting into a cooling port, watch the radiator for air bubbles—always using low supply line pressure as I've discussed. The commercially available "air hold tool" is essentially to keep OHV valves closed during valve spring replacement without cylinder head removal. This tool can serve as a leak tester—without gauge readouts for the percentage of leakage. K-D and others have made air hold tools for years if you want a ready made tool. The principle remains for leak testing: Run the piston to exact TDC on its compression stroke and apply compressed air into the cylinder. You can set air pressure at your air system's regulator. Listen for escaping air. While you won't know the volume or percentage that leaks off, you can detect major air leaks quickly. I've made air hold tools as simply as knocking the porcelain and electrode from an old spark plug. Removing the electrode ground strap, I braze an air coupling nipple into the remaining spark plug shell—the threaded metal section. Clean up the piece thoroughly, removing all debris and loose metal, before inserting your new "tool" into the engine's spark plug threads... Trust this helps you make the right tool choice! Moses
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In the wake of Rodriguez going on the DL with a sore right knee on Monday, manager Clint Hurdle had implied that the choice would be either of the two long men in the bullpen, Jeanmar Gomez or Stolmy Pimentel.
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yeah there are some courts at the middle school located at Greenleaf. Greenleaf is I believe two blocks south of dempster.
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I live at maple and church if it means anything to you
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Plenty of reading about Trojans.
you have to crawl before you walk.....you have to start on the bottem by using programs. Some people catch on some don't. The ones that catch on learn to write scripts, read lots of books and come here for knowledge.
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Ok, as much as we complain, moan etc. its very unlikely that these peole are going to ignore using trojans. Do you remember being a complete bare bones newbie and someone told you that you could control someones computer and flip their screen and so on.
Well if you are honest it may bring back horrible lame memories but it happened to the best of us.
Ok, I know some C/C++, javascript, no I dont care for CGI, I can sort out some problems but not all, Ill try and enjoy doing it but I may not always succeed.
You negativity towards me shocks me, is it so hard to believe there is hackers among you in your presence or did you percieve everybody was a script kiddie.
Ah, god why do people bother...
I don't think i was negative towards you, i do have problem with people making claims to skills which don't seeem to conform to thier posts - i think you should let your posts do the talking rather then making outlandish statements. You have a problem with my questioning of your posts - maybe we should agree on what a hacker really is, i believe that it takes an tremendous amount of knowledge to make the transition from enthusiast to hacker - but it does seem of late to have become more of an ambiguous term - whats your take on it?
Maybe you should try to develop more a "thicker skin", my questioning of your posts is nothing compared to the roasting you would get if you made such statement elsewhere - go join the irish linux user group at http://www.linux.ie and make the same claim - you'll discover true meaning of the term flame if you do that.
Hmmm, I like your thinking, if you wish I will join but I dont think I would make such a staement there. True, however here I ammore comfartable using the term as here their is a different look of a hacker, I am a hacker in terms of a neophythe if that clears things up, I am by no means as uper-hacker or elite for want of a better word but I am reasonable.
going back a few threads but you said who never used trojans of cause we all do im talking about the script kiddies that use them ones come on boards like this and say im l33t (why cant they just use letters by the way)
and hey wouldnt know the difference between c/c++ or java even if they were swimming in it(sorry an add on tv at the moment) they then brag to their friends and then then they think lets make a hacking group and call it somthing like l33t MonkEys (sorry the best i could think up of the top of my head)
their the people im bitching bout
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learn for your self. like i am.
My friends no doubt Sub7 is one of the power ful RAT right now but still i say its not the best i have ever come to know. The few features i like of Sub7 are
Capture screen option allow mouse click
get recorded passwords
But try School bus its too cool very pleasent envoirment its best features are :
crash windows
capture screen
its client chat option
send msg
if u want to have fun with ur victim than use School bus otherwise if u want just to get passwords then use SUB7
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hello...can u guide me ..that how can i put a trojan into some other person's system..and how to operate the backdoor trojan...if it is put there already....
because on of my friend send me one file and told me to download...then i downloaded..it...then he told me to run that file so i did that...then he captured my keyboard and my mouse also...but when i told him to teach me he told me no...pls teach me i don't know how to do ......
waiting for your reply..
Well U have to send the sever to the victim, one way is exchanging file , change the extension of ur program and decode it from server.exe to (any name).exe.mp3
Trace victim Ip address and then simply let him/her run the server and after that he's urs.
Quite nice way to explain how trojan work
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Ecumenism And Life's Shipwreck
In a thread below, I mentioned that the Catholic sex abuse scandal was, for me, a "severe mercy," in that it broke my spiritual and intellectual pride as a Christian. I wouldn't go through that again — it was the worst experience of my life. Having my faith ripped out of me like that felt like the spiritual equivalent of having my molars extracted by pliers, without benefit of anesthesia. Still, I have to count what came out of it as good for me. Here's what I mean.
I was a deeply convinced Catholic convert, but a fairly triumphalist one, and certainly prideful. Mind you, this had nothing to do with Catholicism per se, but rather with the kind of person I was. If I had been a convert to Orthodoxy, Lutheranism, or what have you, I would have been the same way. Though I would have denied it at the time, because I didn't really know my own heart and mind, I was the sort of Catholic who believed that salvation was primarily a matter of holding the right beliefs in one's mind, and maintaining one's allegiance to the Catholic Church, as the guarantor of orthodoxy. Besides, I believed that Catholicism was the most intellectually credible form of Christianity, and was pretty proud of that fact.
Again, this was not really about Catholicism. It was about me.
The Scandal shattered that confidence and arrogance within me. There's no need to tell that all-too-familiar story again (but if you want to read about it, go here). Looking back on what happened to me, I find myself thinking of one of the books that has meant the most to me in my life, a birthday gift in 1995 from my friend Tom Sullivan: The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. One letter in particular changed the way I thought of women, and courtship — and, I think, helped me see through a kind of self-deception that prolonged my own immaturity and unhappiness. It was a missive Tolkien sent to his son Michael, in 1941, warning him that as he pursues women, not to be deceived by the false ideals of medieval chivalry. Excerpt:
It is not wholly true, and it is not perfectly 'theocentric'. It takes, or at any rate has in the past taken, the young man's eye off women as they are, as companions in shipwreck not guiding stars. (One result is for observation of the actual to make the young man turn cynical.) To forget their desires, needs and temptations. It inculcates exaggerated notions of 'true love', as a fire from without, a permanent exaltation, unrelated to age, childbearing, and plain life, and unrelated to will and purpose. (One result of that is to make young folk look for a 'love' that will keep them always nice and warm in a cold world, without any effort of theirs; and the incurably romantic go on looking even in the squalor of the divorce courts).
This is true about the Church, as I now see (and by "the Church," I don't mean the Roman Catholic Church only, but the church universal). I had what you might call a chivalrous view (in the sense Tolkien means) of the Church, and built an entire faith around this ideal. Had I been wiser, I would have seen the Church as a companion in shipwreck. As it was, I reacted as if I had learned that my Fair Lady was a whore. It was an honest reaction, but not a mature one.
I hope I am a more mature Christian now. I am no longer a Catholic, of course, but I can never see the Orthodox Church, or any church, with the same eyes that I once viewed the Roman Catholic Church. This is good, because it is truthful, and more realistic. I passed through — at least I hope I passed through — a period of cynicism that Tolkien mentions above, with reference to the disillusioned romantic. I no longer look for the ecclesiastical 'love that will always keep me warm in a cold world.' I used to, but I think to do so is to set oneself up for disillusionment that will end in bitterness.
There's a lot to that "companion in shipwreck" metaphor, regarding religious life. I find that I'm far more tolerant of people who fall short in terms of orthodoxy — this, because I can see now that I was once real big on orthodoxy (= right belief), but faith as an intellectual construct is not the kind of faith that saves. Don't misunderstand: orthodoxy is really important, and I don't think we should compromise on it. I believe what the Orthodox Church teaches is true, and I wish all Christians were Orthodox. But I also think it's possible to affirm that everything the Orthodox teaches is true, and still go to hell. I also think it's possible to fail to do that, but to go to heaven. Which is only to say that I understand I Corinthians 13 a lot better than I used to.
Here's an example just this week of how the chastisement of the Scandal changed my view of Christianity and church life.
When I went to Baton Rouge to record the audiobook of "Little Way," I had to drive through a poor and hardscrabble part of town. The studio was in a warehouse district of north Baton Rouge (off South Choctaw, for you BatonRouge readers); to get there required motoring through urban poverty the likes of which I haven't seen in some time.
I ran across signs for black churches in the area. The wording and presentation on these signs and billboards indicated that these places are probably Prosperity Gospel outposts, or if not that, at least the kinds of places that, in terms of theological sophistication, would not have been a threat to the Scholastics. I can give you chapter and verse of why I think these kinds of churches are theologically wrong, even dangerous. But you know what? Those pastors are down there in the worst part of Baton Rouge, ministering to the poorest and most desperate communities in the city. I thought about how something I'd once read — I think it was the Orthodox seminary professor Fr. Alexander Schmemann — advised a young Christian who said he wanted to be a monk not to go to the monastery at first, but to try his vocation by renting an apartment in the poor part of town, and living there as if he were a monk — praying, fasting, being a good neighbor to the poor, sharing their suffering. If he could do that for a year and found himself fed by it, then maybe he really did have a vocation to the monastery.
When I was a young Catholic, single and full of Thomas Merton, I thought that maybe I had a vocation as a monk. I did not, of course, but years later, reading that Schmemann (if indeed it was Schmemann), I wondered if I would have had the courage to test my vocation that way. I didn't wonder it for long. Of course I wouldn't have had that courage. I could live decently enough without nice things, I thought, but I couldn't live in a place that scared me, among people who scared me.
I grew up around poverty in the country. It didn't scare me. Urban poverty, for whatever reason, scares me. A lot. So do the urban poor.
In the past, if I had been driving around that neighborhood, and had seen those black church signs, I would have smirked at them. I would have run through in my mind all the theological errors in Prosperity Gospel-ism, street-corner Pentecostalism, and — it pains me to say this — I probably would have snickered at the vulgarity of that kind of Christianity. The gaudy emotionalism, I mean.
I have no more sympathy for the Prosperity Gospel today than I ever did, nor am I more sympathetic to the aesthetic and emotional forms of that brand of Christianity. The difference is this. This week when I drove through that neighborhood, and saw those little storefront churches, and their billboards promising "victory" and suchlike, I prayed for those pastors and those church leaders. There they are, in the most depressed, chaotic, and suffering part of the city, preaching the Gospel. The people of that district are the most shipwrecked of us all, and there those pastors are, doing what they can, with what they've been given, to help, and to show hope to the hopeless, and light to those dwelling in darkness.
And where am I? I am inside my locked car, motoring through, eager to get to the Interstate and hoping I don't break down.
I prefer the evangelism and works of mercy those Christian brothers and sisters do to the evangelism and works of mercy that I do not do. And I know that I need to do something about that. Like, repent.
That's a difference the Scandal made in me. Again, it's not that orthodoxy, as many liberal Christians would say, can and should be tossed aside. It's only that it must be understood from a broader perspective. Life is a shipwreck, and we're all staggering around on the beach, trying to help each other make sense of it all, and get through this catastrophe and find our way back home.


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Dennis Joseph Enright, a British poet born in 1920 and still writing, spent his active life as a professor of English literature, mostly abroad. Memoirs of a Mendicant Professor* is his witty and often appalling account of that life, its title derived from the official reproof he received in 1960 from the minis-ter for labor in Singapore. Enright, during his inaugural university lecture on Robert Graves, had called for freedom of cultural expression, and criticized confected displays of governmentally acceptable "culture." The ministerial document reads in part:
Your duties were to supervise the teaching of English at the University….
You have arrogated to yourself functions and duties which are reserved only for citizens of this country and not visitors, including mendicant professors….
We have no time for asinine sneers by passing aliens about the futility of "sarong culture complete with pantun competitions" particularly when it comes from beatnik professors….
You will be packing your bags and seeking green pastures elsewhere if your gratuitous advice on these matters should land us in a mess.
The controversy made the front page of the Singapore newspaper, and became known as "The Enright Affair," but it was by no means the only such run-in that Enright had had. Earlier, when he was teaching in Egypt, the university registrar had called him in and objected to his answer, on a personnel form, to the question "Religion":
I had declared myself a Wesleyan Methodist. Not entirely facetiously, for such had been my last religious affiliation. Wesleyan Methodism, I contended, was an eminently respectable sort of religion. "Yes, yes," he said sorrowfully, "But you see, They thought it might be something…something Jewish…. Please Mr. Enright, if you don't mind, would you cross it out and write in something else?" "What?" I asked, "Church of England?" "Oh yes," he replied, "that would be very good!" Feeling like an apostate I made the change, and the Secret Police at once lost all interest in me.
Interrogations, nights in jail, interpolations by soldiers—these incidents make Memoirs of a Mendicant Professor uneasy, if amusing, reading. Some of these sinister (if in retrospect comic) moments appear as well in Enright's novels such as Academic Year (1955) and Figures of Speech (1965), which turn on the misunderstandings possible between East and West. Moments of culture shock also turn up in his poetry, as I shall have occasion to say below.
In spite of professorial duties in Egypt, Japan, Germany, Thailand, and Singapore, and in spite of giving lectures, writing books (novels, reviews, literary criticism), and editing various anthologies (among them, The Oxford Book of Death and The Faber Book of Fevers and Frets), Enright continued to pour forth the poems now collected in this Oxford volume. His wit remains undimmed, his bleakness uncompromised, his self-irony ever-present, down to the last page of this book,…
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Surrender to God in Islam, Christianity, and Hinduism-Discussion
Surrender to God in Islam, Christianity, and Hinduism
Professor Keith Ward
Thursday, 24 January 2008 - 12:00pm
This afternoon conference examines the idea of surrender to God in three religions and provides the opportunity to address comparative theological concerns. In all three theistic traditions there is the idea of human surrender to God. The conference will explore what this means in the different traditions and look towards a theological dialogue between them.


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Quick background info: Since graduating high school I no longer have weekly writing assignments. I have grown to really love blogging and so in order to continue I am getting all of my topics/questions from my readers, friends and family! I will be posting polls occasionally, and I would love to hear your opinion! If you also have ideas for other segments you would like to see blogged about I would be interested in taking those suggestions as well.
If you are interested in submitting your answers to the poll for this series (it is only one question as of right now), you can access it while it is still live at PollEv.com/lillianhayne780
I hope that anyone coming across this will read what I have to say with an open mind, no matter what you believe in. To ask open-mindedness of you and not exercise it myself would be just wrong, so I welcome all questions and debates gladly. In my opinion (and experience), the best way to make discoveries is by challenging what you've come to know and believe.
Is God real? This is the most simple, difficult question that has ever existed, if you ask me.
Well, not only do I believe that God is real, but I know it for a fact; He is very much alive and at work all around us in the world today. I know that God is real because He sent His Son, Jesus Christ to earth to live and die on the Cross for you and I. The life of Jesus and everything that He did for us is recorded within the Holy Bible. I know that the recounted events in the Bible are accurate because the book as a whole has been scientifically, mathematically and historically proven to be accurate time and time again.
I know that a common misconception about Christians is that we all believe science is foolish and/or that we ignore facts. Well friends, I am here to tell you exactly the opposite. In fact, science constantly supports the Word of God! One of the greatest (and most easily observed) examples of this can be found in the creation of the very earth you're standing on!
Think back to everything you ever learned about the Big Bang. If you're unfamiliar, this is the theory that out of nothing, a hot and dense area (referred to as the singularity) was materialized. Within a fraction of a fraction of a second, at this focal point the 'Big Bang' occurred and the universe was born. (What?!) The entire universe, born from nothing in "less than a hundredth of a billionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second" (Chow). Scientists don't know quite much more than this about the very beginning of our universe. They cannot say or prove how the singularity came to be, or what caused it to start the Big Bang.
So, in short, scientists have no solid claims or evidence as to how the universe really began in the first place. Knowing that humans cannot create life from non-life as a divine and Holy God could (and did), it is safe to assume that we are not God. We are not the creators of this universe, and it is impossible to evolve (even spiritually) to this degree of power and authority. Obtaining this very information has caused many scientists have come out and say that the creation of the universe physically could only have been caused/completed by a "divine being," or "God" (Wolper).
This is the truth that I have come to know and believe: Jesus Christ, Yeshua HaMashiach is the very God that these scientists have come to speak undeniably of. I know that the Bible truly is the inspired Word of God because it is only solidified, strengthened and proven true when matched up with scientific/historical facts. In Genesis, the very first chapter of the (KJV) Bible, we read how God describes the first day of creation:
(1) In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.
(2) And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
(3) And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
(4) And God saw the light, that it was good:and God divided the light from the darkness.
(5) And God called the light Day and the darkness He called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
We already know that God created the heavens and the earth because unbiased scientific fact has proven that there are no other possible alternatives to a divine being. So as for Genesis 1:1, science and the Bible agree. We also know that before the creation of the universe, (with the exception of God) nothing existed; there was simply empty space and void. So, according to Genesis 1:2, current scientific theory also coincides with biblical worldview perfectly.
Years worth of the intensive research has also proven that during the Big Bang, tremendous amounts of light were created by tiny electrons glowing all at once. (Think of a symphony; one instrument wouldn't be much to hear, but a whole universe of instruments could certainly put on a show!) Not to mention the fact that the earth and the sun were created around the same time as one another. The Big Bang timeline obeys the exact recorded biblical command of God in Genesis flawlessly; He said Let there be light, and most certainly there was (Wolper)!
After exploring the first day of creation, we can surely conclude that science has supported every single biblical claim presented to the tee. Thus far, it is undeniable that the bible is in fact scientifically and factually sound. I believe it is also important to restate that the Big Bang theory does not disprove God, rather it exhibits the results of one of the Creator's greatest commands of all time.
Science is a tool for humanity, especially the Christian community. In my opinion, we should embrace and study it; otherwise it is liable to become misunderstood, and used as a weapon against us. A Christian with true faith knows that our God is scientific, and a meticulous planner. No number of mathematics formulas or soil testing can disprove his divine knowledge or creation because everything that is, is from Him. All patterns, formulas and anomalies point to God because they were made by God, and I challenge anyone who believes otherwise to attempt scientifically disproving the presence/existence of God. I know that I can prove what I believe, can you?
Seeking truth is what led me to faith, but faith is what finally taught me truth.
I can only hope and pray that something so beautiful and powerful will happen to you too.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND: physical and visible/measurable facts are not the only way to prove the existence of God. Personal experience/testimony of Jesus Christ, God (Yahweh), and the Holy Spirit are some of the strongest and most influential pieces of evidence that someone can share. Although I have chosen to focus on the raw and factual basics for now, I will absolutely share my testimonies and experiences of the spiritual realm at some point in the near future. I do want to encourage everyone reading this to take the time to consider the possibility that God created the universe, the earth and you! If you ask God for the truth with your whole heart and you're seeking Him in faith, God will reveal Himself unto you. Maybe He is speaking to you now, and maybe He has been speaking to you for a long time. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain by finding the truth for yourself!
Embrace truth, love, light, and life always! May God Bless You!
Related Verses/Verses to Consider:
Matthew 7:7-8 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
James 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and He will draw night to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Please feel free to ask any personal or spiritual questions (about God or otherwise) that you think of upon reading this. All other questions are welcome too and I will do my best to answer them! As always, I love feedback of all types so tell me what you think! Anyone looking for one-on-one discussion can reach me by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Chow, Denise. "The Universe: Big Bang to Now in 10 Easy Steps."Space.com. Space.com, 18 Oct. 2011. Web. 23 May 2016. <http://www.space.com/13320-big-bang-universe-10-steps-explainer.html>.
Wolper, David L. "Genesis And Science: More Aligned Than You Think?"The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 25 May 2011. Web. 23 May 2016. <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-l-wolper/genesis-and-science_b_500201.html>.


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Little info: my entire family is Catholic.
Anyway, I have two uncles that have two baby girls close to the same age. One of them is having my baby cousin baptized in about two weeks. I'm not sure how I feel about going to a church again. Should I go, you guys?
I have another problem. My other uncle asked me if I wanted to be my baby cousin's godmother. I don't know what to do. I don't want to because I'm an Atheist! I also don't want to sound mean.
I don't know what to do about both of these situations. I'm 20 years old by the way.
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Godmother is a woman who agrees to take responsibility for the child if the parents are dead. My son had godparents who are both atheists. If it's a Catholic ceremony there might be some religious conditions (crap), but you are the one who would raise them, so screw the church.
Thanks. I'll definitely take that into consideration.
If you are not ready to disclose your atheism you are in a jam. They will not understand why you declined. We atheists deal with this sort of thing all the time. I find it's usually best to be upfront-But not always !! It could depend on how independent you are.
Well both of my uncles actually do know that I am an Atheist! I still don't know why one of them would ask me to be a godmother...
I became a godfather before asking about religious implications. (Duh!) The family was religious, but I was not asked to participate religiously, so it all seemed to work out. Or should I say, nothing ever really came of it. I don't even recall if they knew I was atheist. Looking back now, I wish I had discussed it with them, to give them a chance to choose someone else.
Interesting. Thank you!
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I have to disagree about this.
I always found churches kind of cheap in this regard. Where on earth do they manage to find such low quality crackers and grape juice? (Or wine in some cases.) They must have to search far and wide. And then, having found such low quality refreshments, they skimp on the portion size, too. What's up with that?
I think one of your duties as a godparent goes beyond merely seeing that the kid is fed and sheltered and would involve raising them in the religion of their parents (after all, that's what they'd want, right?).
@Unseen & Kari Flores;
"...and would involve raising them in the religion of their parent..."
This is a salient point. If the position "doGparent" requires raising the child in the religion of the parents Kari must decline the role, anything less would be dishonest.
I would assume so, yes.
Assuming the above is devil's-advocating and not just pure snark, I disagree. The parents, like most, presumably want to raise their child the best they can, so raising it religious is misguided and misinformed, but certainly not malicious. One has to assume that their choice of person to be their child's Godmother fits this pattern, i.e. they think having Kari take over as a parent in the event of their deaths would be the best thing for the child. If they know that Kari's an atheist, and unless they have stipulated otherwise, this seems at least a tacit acceptance of the possibility of raising the girl irreligiously.
I don't know Kari nor do I know the parents, but IF the parents ARE religious and WISH the doGparent to raise the child according to their religion, THEN Kari must decline the position rather then be dishonest.
Kari could however offer to raise the child in a loving manner without the influence of ANY religion until the child reaches the age of majority.
If I were in Kari's position I would make it clear to the parents how I would raise the child in the happenstance of their untimely deaths.
In these types of situations honesty is always the BEST policy.
As an aside, what if the parents agree to have Kari raise the child in a non-religious household, raise their child in a devout religious manner but die when the child is 10 years old?
I can see this being a problem for Kari, 10 years of brainwashing will be difficult to overcome.
Personally I would probably decline unless the parents wished to convert to Atheism. :)


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Currently, there has been no report of Northern Corn Leaf Blight (NCLB) in Arkansas, but unusually cooler weather conditions and frequent rains have been favorable for this disease. Therefore, it is a good time to review risk factors for disease development and management options, if necessary.
NCLB is caused by a fungus, Exserohilum turcicum, which can also infect sorghum, Johnson grass and Sudan grasses. Leaf lesions are large (2 to 4 in.) gray green in color and cigar-shaped (Fig. 1). The fungus overwinters on corn stalk stubble, thus NCLB most commonly occurs in fields with minimum tillage and continuous corn production practices. When conditions are favorable, the pathogen produces spores (conidia) that are dispersed onto nearby plants or disseminated by wind to another field.
Early detection is beneficial to determine management options and scouting high-risk fields increases the likelihood of early detection. A high-risk field would have three main components: A history of disease, a highly susceptible or susceptible hybrid, and corn stubble from the previous cropping season. A low-risk field would be planted in a resistant hybrid along with pathogen-reducing tillage and rotation practices.
Though host plant resistance is the most economical way to manage NCLB, a few fields are planted each year with a highly susceptible hybrid (Fig. 2). Fungicides are beneficial on susceptible hybrids because they are frequently the only option for disease control. Fungicides do add additional cost to production, which should be considered when making a fungicide application for NCLB management. Most frequently, fungicides are applied at VT/R1 because leaf loss at these stages of growth contributes to a higher yield loss. Automatic fungicide applications at VT/R1 are NOT recommended in the absence of yield-limiting diseases because of additional production cost and risk of selecting fungicide-resistant strains of NCLB. Additionally, and maybe more importantly, is the potential risk of needing a 2nd fungicide to finish the season, which again adds to total production costs. For the past few seasons, southern rust has arrived later in the growing season (mid- to late-June) and given the current growth stages of corn, southern rust may be a serious threat in some fields. Therefore, deciding when to make a fungicide application should be based on managing yield-limiting diseases present and risk of southern rust, rather than growth stages alone. Common rust is not considered a yield-limiting disease but can be found in almost all corn fields in the state.
Currently, there are no fungicide thresholds specifically for NCLB management; however, researchers have determined it is important to protect the ear leaf and upper leaves as the plant matures through the reproductive stages of growth. Fungicide thresholds are complicated by the differences among hybrid susceptibility to NCLB, time required for infected corn to reach physiological maturity (i.e. black layer), and most importantly, unpredictability in forecasting the weather. To provide some guideline, consider a fungicide on a susceptible hybrids when there is at least one lesion on 50% of the plants prior to or near VT/R1, AND weather conditions are favor disease development. Such conditions are moderate temperatures (64 to 81°F) with several days of light rain or heavy dew for NCLB. Hot and dry weather will suppress NCLB development.
For those considering a fungicide to manage foliar diseases of corn refer to the fungicide efficacy table (note NCLB is Northern Leaf Blight on table) for fungicide options. Because prices vary due to promotions by agricultural chemical companies, fungicide cost should be considered along with fungicide efficacy. Among the fungicides labeled for corn diseases, strobilurin fungicides (FRAC code 11) are more effective before disease development (early detection), whereas triazoles fungicides (FRAC code 3) are effective before and after disease development. Alternating chemistry (i.e. FRAC codes) from one year to another is recommended to prolong fungicide efficacy and minimize selection of fungicide-resistant corn pathogens. A higher volume of water (5 to 7 gal/ac) will improve coverage needed to protect the ear leaf and adjacent leaves at mid-canopy.


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HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) Rayshawn Goins and Devon Moore combined for 45 points as James Madison beat UNC Greensboro 85-73 Sunday in a nonconference game.
Goins scored 23 points on 9-of-14 shooting with 11 rebounds, while Moore had 22 points on 9-of-15 shooting for the Dukes (4-6).
The Spartans (2-6), playing their first game in over two weeks, were led by Trevis Simpson's 24 points.
A.J. Davis's layup sparked a 13-1 James Madison run about 6 minutes in for a 21-9 lead.
UNC Greensboro cut James Madison's 49-29 halftime lead down to 64-61 with 7:05 left, but Goins hit two baskets and the Spartans never got within five points again.
James Madison is 5-0 all-time against UNC Greensboro as the teams met for the first time since 1999.
The game was a homecoming for UNC Greensboro coach Wes Miller, who played his freshman year at James Madison in 2002-03 before transferring to North Carolina.