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LONDON - Defending Olympic weightlifting champion Matthias Steiner of Germany was hit in the neck by the barbell Tuesday in the men's super heavyweight competition.
Steiner lost his balance trying to lift 196 kilograms — about 432 pounds — in his second lift of the snatch portion of the competition. He fell awkwardly to the platform as the barbell crashed down on him.
Medical personnel rushed up to tend to the German, who got up on his feet and waved to the crowd as he walked into the back room. He didn't come out for his third attempt.
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Edison Miranda touched down in London with a warning for Tony Bellew ahead of their clash on Saturday live on Sky Sports in Betfair's 'London Calling' – telling the Liverpool man he will not be standing by the end of the fight.
Bellew and Miranda in a mouth-watering bill-topper in north London, kicking off Sky Sports' live boxing coverage with on a night that promises knockout action with four titles on the line.
The two-time IBF World super middleweight title challenger is a step-up in class for Bellew, having shared the ring with stars like Andre Ward, Lucian Bute, Arthur Abraham and Kelly Pavlik, and the Columbian wants to make it clear that he is the star of Saturday's show.
"Put your kids to bed early on Saturday," said Miranda. "I don't want them to be frightened by seeing what I do to Bellew. It is going to be ugly.
"I have had an excellent camp. I moved to Las Vegas and trained for the past six weeks with Chad Dawson. We worked very well together and had some great sparring sessions. He is a great champion. I am ready for anyone now."
The 31 year old is known for having a fearful dig and with an incredible 30 of his 35 wins coming by way of stoppage, the Columbian is a huge threat to Bellew's desire to move to the World stage – and the visitor questions whether Tony has the power to hurt him.
"We are both known as powerful punchers?" said Miranda. "Maybe I need to watch more Tony Bellew fights. Who calls him a powerful puncher? His girlfriend? The reason the fight will not go the distance is because Edison Miranda is a powerful puncher. I am not putting this decision in the hands of the judges. You can save money and keep the judges at home. There will be two men standing at the end of this fight, Edison Miranda and the ref."
Miranda enters the fight on the back of a loss to Isaac Chilemba in Las Vegas in February but explains that his eagerness to stop the Malawian after an accidental headbutt caused a nasty cut over the left eye of Miranda which changed the complexion of the contest completely and led to a points win for Chilemba.
"It made all the difference," said Miranda. "I was up 3-1 on the cards before the headbutt. The blood was dripping in my eye and really effecting my fighting. At the time I wanted to knockout Chilemba so I kept fighting. Looking back on it I should have stopped fighting and went home with the win. However, I am a fighter and want to fight to the death. Hopefully, I am never in that position again. I am not a quitter."
It's the second time that 'Pantera' has fought in London, having beaten Joey Vegas at York Hall in March 2009. Win on Saturday, and Miranda has designs on coming back for a third time to take on Britain's number one fighter.
"I really enjoy fighting in the UK – the fans here are great boxing fans," said Miranda. "Being shown across European TV is great exposure and I have gained many fans all over the world from my fights in Europe. I would love to come back to the UK and fight the best fighter England can throw my way. Carl Froch would be number one on my radar. He is a great fighter who fights with the same love of the sport as I do. We could put on a great show.
"I want to fight the best fighters. That has always been my way. If Froch has other plans then Nathan Cleverly would be a good fight so I can take his belt away and show the world what a true World Champion looks like."
With 42 fights compared to Bellew's 18 and over six more years as a professional fighter, Miranda holds a considerable advantage in rounds boxed but he says it's his power that will be the difference not his years in the game, and has a chilling warning for the Liverpool man.
"My experience won't make the difference in this fight. Tony will not make it to the later rounds. My right hand breaking his face will be the difference in this fight. I will pound him everywhere and when he drops his hands I am going to take him out early. He has chosen to fight during the wrong time in my career. I am coming to London to make a big impression and win over the fans. Everyone will be chanting 'Pantera, Pantera, Pantera' when I walk out of the ring."
Lee Purdy is aiming to break into the World welterweight scene by beating unbeaten Argentine Gumersindo Carrasco in their chief support bout for the IBF International welterweight title. Exciting light middleweight star Erick Ochieng defending his English title for the second time against Southern Area champ Ryan Toms, hotly tipped Islington middleweight John Ryder will also be in action while popular unbeaten Chris 'The Flash' Evangelou fights for the first title of his career when he tackles Danny Connor for the vacant Southern Area light welterweight title.
There is a debut for Team GB star Martin Ward, who hopes to follow the example set by Kal Yafai when he stopped Delroy Spencer on his debut in July. Yafai fights for the second time as a pro, as does cruiserweight prospect Wadi Camacho and Ryan 'Crash Bang' Taylor completes the line-up in his seventh pro outing.
Tickets for Betfair's 'London Calling' led by Bellew and Purdy are available priced £40 unreserved, £60 ringside and £120 VIP from Matchroom Sport on 01277 359900 and www.matchroomboxing.com


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Chad Henne is the opposing quarterback this week so he was on the conference call with the Miami media today.
What did he say?
Well, he's not necessarily super fired up about facing the Dolphins and exacting a measure or revenge against them for not re-signing him and instead moving on to another quarterback. At least, he's not admitting to that.
"I don't know about motivation but once it comes toward game day there'll be a little bit more excitement and everything," Henne said. "Other than that I'm going to prepare like any other week and go into it like it's a regular game."
Does he have a bad taste in his mouth about how things went during his four years in Miami did he accept his situation without anger?
"Absolutely. I mean, they gave me every opportunity," Henne said. "They drafted me there and I appreciate that. But, um, sometimes things don't work out and you move on. But, uh, definitely feel I had my fair share and appreciate the opportunity down there."
So what would Henne change about his time with the Dolphins if he had the chance?
"Obviously, you want to win more games," Henne said. "But, um, whether I would have, woulda, would of, should have,I really wouldn't change anything. It was a big learning experience I had there. I enjoyed my teammates, enjoyed being part of the community down there. I just took it as an experience and built upon it and improved myself as a quarterback and as a young man."
Henne has completed 51.6 percent of his 182 passes for 1,217 yards with 8 TDs and 5 INTs.
"I think I've improved. From last year the first three games, I felt I've improved," Henne said.
The Jaguars are having problems with drops, having problems with protections and Henne is missing throws. In other words they look a lot like the Dolphins did with Henne. Actually, in many respects they look a lot like the Dolphins do now.
Apparently, Henne has been keeping tabs on counterpart and replacement Ryan Tannehill. So what does he think of Miami's starting quarterbacK?
"I think he's done a great job for what he's been given," Henne said. "I think he's done well, he's handled the media well. I just wish him the best and hopefully he keeps improving."
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Gov. Patrick: Connecticut's commitment key for rail link from Berkshires to NYC
PITTSFIELD -- Gov. Deval Patrick believes that Massachusetts can absorb the cost of restoring passenger rail service through Berkshire County on the Housatonic Railroad, but that the state of Connecticut's participation is necessary for the link to link all the way to New York City.
Accompanied by three Housatonic Railroad Co. officials, Patrick and state Transportation Secretary Richard A. Davey rode the Berkshire County section of the railway Monday morning from the state line in Sheffield to Pittsfield's wastewater treatment plant on Utility Drive.
First proposed in 2010, the project would restore passenger rail service on the Housatonic Railroad along the 90-mile corridor between Pittsfield and Danbury, Conn. At Danbury, the trains would connect with MetroNorth trains that lead into New York City.
"I think we can afford the Massachusetts end," Patrick said after stepping from the train. "But I want to be clear. In order for us to warrant this investment on the Massachusetts side we have to get Connecticut to participate as well. Because I think the maximum potential is to go all the way to New York not just the Connecticut line."
Patrick said the trip gave him a chance to see "the real potential" in re-establishing passenger rail service through Berkshire County, which was discontinued in April 1971.
"I think the potential economic impact is considerable, and the opportunity for job creation and quality of life is considerable," he said.
In January, Patrick announced that his administration would support $113.8 million toward upgrading the rail line to passenger service as part of his proposed $13 million transportation bond bill. The entire cost of upgrading the rail line is estimated to be $200 million.
A economic study conducted by Williams College economics professor Stephen Sheppard in 2011 found that passenger trains running from Pittsfield to Manhattan could increase economic output by $344 million in the Berkshires during the first 10 years of construction and service. The Berkshire Regional Planning Commission is currently conducting a study of the project that has included two public hearings this summer.
Patrick said on Monday that it would take roughly three years to restore passenger service along the 90-mile corridor.
"A lot of work needs to be done on the track bed that we rode today from the Connecticut line on up," he said. "I understand there's the same amount of comparable work that has to be done on the Connecticut side."
According to the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission's study, regional planning organizations in Connecticut have applied for some federal funding toward the project, while some state funding may be available.
Housatonic Railroad Co. President John Hanlon said the Canaan, Conn.-based railway has been discussing the matter with Connecticut officials, but said there are financial constraints within that state.
"I think they're looking at those," he said. "I think it's in the process of maybe changing at the moment."
Regardless of the financial issues, Hanlon said interest in the project is just as strong in Connecticut as it is in Massachusetts.
"In Litchfield County, you have a predominately daily commuter market," Hanlon said. "As you transition up into the Berkshires, you have more of a nontraditional commuter recreation market. So they're kind of different, but they play real well together.
"There's some real, real strong interest in Connecticut," he said.
Davey described the restoration of passenger rail service through Berkshire County as "definitely feasible."
"We believe that working with the Housatonic Railroad and our partners in Connecticut that we can make a reality of it," Davey said. "But first things first, and the first thing is making the investments in the rail."
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by Constance Garcia-Barrio
How fitting that actress Kala Moses Baxter of Mt. Airy, whose career has stood on faith, sweat and magic, is playing the fairy godmother in the Arden Theatre's current production of "Cinderella." Fate stepped in to help her land the role. "I was teaching this past summer when I heard about auditions for Cinderella's step-sisters," said Kala, 40, who teaches in the Arden's Teen Company Summer Camp. "I could see myself creating an out-of-the-box character."
However, when Kala approached the casting director, auditions for the step-sisters had ended. He invited her to try out for the fairy godmother instead. "He explained that he wanted the godmother to be a kind of angel, a God-appointed helper," Kala said. She must have channeled the energy of her faith-centered life when she stepped onto the stage. "When I auditioned, it brought onlookers to tears," she said.
Yet, the opportunity to have a lead role gave Kala pause. As a wife, mother, teacher and Deejay at Praise 103.9, an FM radio station in Philadelphia, she already had a full plate. A scheduling conflict between Saturday theatre performances and her radio show, "Out and About with Ms. Kala," which features contemporary gospel music artists, loomed. "I told God, 'If this is what you have for me, make it easy,'" she said.
All the details, including the scheduling difficulty, soon ironed themselves out. It wasn't the first time Kala leaped forward on faith. "In 2008, God told me that I would play Berniece, the lead female character in 'The Piano Lesson,' by August Wilson," said Kala, who has acted at the Arden for 15 years. Another actress had the role, but Kala remained confident. Five days before the play opened, the other actress was let go. The director asked Kala to take over.
"I walked onto the set with my script in hand," Kala said. She taped other actors' words and spoke hers in the dialogues with them to speed-learn her lines. She also turned to her father, poet Edwin Moses. "He and I would meet at the McDonald's in Chestnut Hill at 6:30 a.m., before my children woke up for school, and he helped me go over my lines," said Kala, the mother of two daughters, ages 7 and 8, and step-mother to two boys. "The play got rave reviews."
Kala's an old hand at magical performances. At age three, she played a doll in "Babes in Toyland." Her mother, Dolores Moses, sang in that production in Newport News, Virginia. Still a preschooler, Kala helped to choreograph the movements of children who represented the wind in "The Wiz."
In 1980, Kala's family moved to Mt. Airy when her father, a social worker, accepted a job at the Veterans' Administration Hospital. Kala found fertile ground to develop her acting skills. She took part in plays as a student at the Houston Elementary School. Philadelphia's vibrant cultural scene also worked in her favor. "My mother took me to a Sonia Sanchez poetry reading at the Uptown Theatre," she said. "Afterwards, my mother, now a retired preschool education specialist, asked Ms. Sanchez where I could take acting lessons."
Kala, then age 10, was soon enrolled in classes at Freedom Theatre. After acting in several children's plays, she became a demonstrator, someone who shows younger students how to portray an emotion. She advanced to assistant teacher, teacher and then director of the children's theatre. "At Freedom Theatre we learned not only acting, but life skills and teaching," Kala said. Freedom Theatre proved important in another respect. Kala met her husband of 10 years, Juan Baxter, there. He has a radio show in Trenton, New Jersey.
Kala majored in Theatre at Temple University, and later earned an MFA in acting and directing from the University of Arizona. She thought California would beckon, but a role in "The Legend of O. V. Catto," by local playwright and poet Kimika L. H. Williams, brought her back to Philadelphia. Ozzie Jones, with whom Kala was eager to work, directed the play.
Faith and hard work have opened doors for Kala, and so has versatility. Besides being a singer, dancer, and radio personality, she has been a professor of theatre at Lincoln University and an adjunct at Temple University. That adaptability has earned her recognition. In the Arden's 2008 production of "Gee's Bend," Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder's play about quilters from an Alabama town, Kala played a woman from ages 16 to 91. She was nominated for a Barrymore Award (for excellence in theater) for that role.
Family is at the heart of the current adaptation of "Cinderella," written by Charles Way and directed by Whit MacLaughlin. Cinderella's father, a clockmaker, remarries after the death of his wife, Cinderella's mother. Cinderella doesn't want a step-family and promptly bites her step-mother upon meeting her.
This adaptation of "Cinderella" tells us that we must be midwives of our own dreams. "The magic is simple," the fairy godmother says. "All you have to do is believe in your own dream and it will come true."
"Cinderella," a family show, runs at the Arden, 40 N. 2nd St. in Old City, through Jan. 27. Tickets from $16 to $36. Ask about the Target 2 for 1. Those tickets are $8 to $18. Call the box office at 215-922-1122, or visit www.ardentheatre.org.


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1. Re: Acrobat X Wont StartSameer A Jun 12, 2012 10:32 AM (in response to firstname.lastname@example.com)
May I know what happens when you try to launch Acrobat?
It would be helpful if you describe on which OS you have acrobat too.
If you get any error message the exact erro rmessage would be helpful.
2. Re: Acrobat X Wont StartArpit Kapoor Jun 12, 2012 12:43 PM (in response to firstname.lastname@example.com)1 person found this helpful
You need to be more specific about your issue. Please tell us exactly what happens when you try to install Acrobat X.
Do you get any error message or warning?
Are you trying to install Acrobat X from CCM, disc or download link?
An error screenshot would help.
Also, please share the install.log at http://pastebin.com/
Install log location : /Library/Logs/Adobe/Installers/[Adobe Application name<date>].log.gz
3. Re: Acrobat X Wont firstname.lastname@example.com Jun 15, 2012 8:56 AM (in response to Arpit Kapoor)
Thanks for getting back to me.
There is no error message. Acrobat X as part of Adobe CS 6 was working fine. About 4 days ago, it started up fine, and then just closed by itself. After that, when I click the icon to start Acrobat X Professional, the circle (hourglass) spins, it stops after 1-2 seconds and nothing happens. The program will not start. I look in the task manager and Acrobat is not a running process. If I delete the cache file in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe PCD\cache, Acrobat X professional works for about 10 minutes and then the same problem happens.
This morning I removed all Adobe programs from my computer (CS6 Web Premium and Premier Elements). I will try re-installing CS6 tonight. There seem to be several other people that have this problem and I am not sure what causes it. I don't know if it happened after an MS Windows 7 update or an Adobe Acrobat update to 10.1.3.
Bill Byrnes
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4. Re: Acrobat X Wont Startjohn4243 Jun 12, 2012 5:48 PM (in response to firstname.lastname@example.com)
If your case is anything like mine, it happened when you hit 30 days.
30 days (probably to the second) when Acrobat X spontaneously quit and stopped launching for me. (Ironically, I had an independent license for Acrobat Pro X that never gave me any problems. When I bought the CS6 Master Collection, I removed the 'independent' license for Acrobat X and installed it as part of the Suite.) What a headache!! Adobe, come on! After all I spent on this Suite... and being an 'early adopter' against my better judgement! At least let us know what the hell is going on! I'd like to at least know that you're working on a fix!
5. Re: Acrobat X Wont firstname.lastname@example.com Jun 13, 2012 12:59 AM (in response to john4243)
Thanks for the information. I just removed and re-installed the entire suite (CS6 Web Premium). I hope this problem does not recur in 30 days. I agree that Adobe has to come up with a fix. Too many people are having the same problem.
Bill Byrnes
6. Re: Acrobat X Wont StartGvdK Jun 13, 2012 11:48 PM (in response to email@example.com)
Good morning all,
Me too, I was having exactly the same problem with Acrobat X (10.1.3). Acrobat was installed as part of the CS6 Master Collection.
I tried to open a PDF from within an Outlook 2010 email, the PDF opened, and dissapeared again. After that I could not use Acrobat any more. This 30 day issue could very well have been the case with me too.
Please help Adobe, I like to continue to use your greatly appreciated software!
7. Re: Acrobat X Wont StartJimbo7777 Jun 14, 2012 4:44 AM (in response to GvdK)
Count me in. I had an Acrobat 9 license, upgraded from web premium cs5 to thedesign and web premium CS6 which includes acrobat. It is no longer in the list of programs in the start menu. It is in the uninstall program list, repairing via that list did nothing. The program and associated files are on the drive in Program Files (x86), but absolutely nothing happens when I try to open the program either from a shortcut or by double clicking on the exe file. It still shows up as the default program for pdf files, but just will not load. Very frustrating and is now costing me work as I cannot open a pdf magazine which I must create web pages of.
8. Re: Acrobat X Wont Start818g Jun 14, 2012 10:31 AM (in response to email@example.com)
Windows7 Ultimate X64
The Acrobat X Pro is part of the Design & Web Premium CS6 package. I was creating a pdf from a Word document (MS Word 2010) and after closing the Word program the Adobe Acrobat closed itself. Ever since that it's been unavailable. Doubleclicking on the desktop icon, in the Star menu, or doubleclicking the Acrobat.exe in the Program Files folder end up the same result: absolutely nothing happens. Acrobat X Pro does not start up any more.
I checked the intallation date; yes, Acrobat became useless right after 30 days. Excellent.
Any solutions?
9. Re: Acrobat X Wont StartJimbo7777 Jun 14, 2012 10:34 AM (in response to 818g)
I was able to get mine working again . . . I had to deactivate the whole cs6 package using Photoshop - Help - Deactivate - then I re-activated, again using Photoshop, and entering my serial number again, and now acrobat works. Not sure if I will need to do this every thirty days or not . . . . . I sure hope not.
10. Re: Acrobat X Wont Startjsteinert.pb2 Jun 14, 2012 1:56 PM (in response to Jimbo7777)
Mine isnt working either. REDICULOUS.
11. Re: Acrobat X Wont email@example.com Jun 15, 2012 8:57 AM (in response to Jimbo7777)
Thanks for the information. I removed and reinstalled the entire CS6 Suite. A real pain and very time consuming. If it happens again in 30 days, this is a quicker workaround. I appreciate your help.
Bill Byrnes
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12. Re: Acrobat X Wont Startmatt.thomas Jun 14, 2012 7:52 PM (in response to email@example.com)
Hi Bill - I think what Arpit needs to understand is that there aren't any symptoms. In my instance, nothing happens at all - no error messages - it simply does nothing. I found another board with the same problem and it's odd about the dates being in the last few days or so...
Uh... just took the time to check my install date... EXACTLY 30 days ago. WOW Adobe, pretty lame that you have such poor QA. This needs to be correct yesterday.
13. Re: Acrobat X Wont StartEpsitec Jun 14, 2012 9:15 PM (in response to Jimbo7777)
Same for me. Adobe Acrobat X Pro stopped working from one minute to the next, without anything fancy happening on the computer. Also almost 30 days after I first activated the CS6 license.
Indeed, deactivating and reactivating the full CS6 package did the trick. I used Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64-bit) as the starting point: Help > Deactivate, then after restarting the application, I entered the license again. Now Adobe Acrobat X Pro is working again. Thank you for the tip, jimbo7777.
14. Re: Acrobat X Wont Start818g Jun 14, 2012 11:25 PM (in response to Jimbo7777)
Yes, the deactivation/reactivation does the trick, Acrobat is running again. Thanks, man. Much faster and less painful than uninstalling/reinstalling the whole suite.
It looks like there's a bug in or related to the timebomb function (at least on the x64 systems). I just only hope that Adobe fixes this and we don't have to repeat this process every 30 days.
15. Re: Acrobat X Wont StartGvdK Jun 15, 2012 1:22 AM (in response to Jimbo7777)
You got me started again too Jimbo! Thanks for the tip.
I communicated this to Adobe techsupport in the case I had already opended regarding this problem.
Regards all.
16. Re: Acrobat X Wont Startchrispopovic Jun 15, 2012 4:09 PM (in response to GvdK)
Deactivate, quit, relaunch, reactivate (after signing in with Adobe ID) fixed the issue. Took me less than three minutes.
Way to go "818g" for the tip. Suck it to the Adobe ahole engineers that caused it in the first place and double-suck it for the days of bad advice given by adobe personnel on reinstalling.
Power to the people!
17. Re: Acrobat X Wont Startpiotrh01 Jun 17, 2012 10:13 AM (in response to email@example.com)
Same thing here. Has anyone reported this problem?
18. Re: Acrobat X Wont Startswakelam Jun 17, 2012 12:48 PM (in response to email@example.com)
I am having the same problems. I purchased the online CS6 Suite and my Adobe Acrobat X Pro will not open. What is the fix?
19. Re: Acrobat X Wont Startswakelam Jun 17, 2012 1:16 PM (in response to Jimbo7777)
The Photoshop deactivate/reactivate under the HELP pull down in Photoshop thing works... again hopefully it won't have to be fixxed every 30 days.
20. Re: Acrobat X Wont StartFlashEVV Jun 17, 2012 1:30 PM (in response to swakelam)
Here's another one. It happened to me just this afternoon. I opened a PDF and Acrobat X Pro closed itself within a few seconds. After that, Acrobat would never launch again.
For me, it's on a Window's 64-bit machine. I could see Acrobat.exe attempt to load in task manager but then it would close. I never got an Acrobat screen, nor an error message. I tried restarting and repairing Acrobat without success.
That's when I found this thread through a web search. As suggested, I decertified Photoshop CS6 and immediately Acrobat X Pro was launching again. I've since recertified Photoshop and all remains working at this time.
Thanks all!!
21. Re: Acrobat X Wont StartSaladdin73 Jun 17, 2012 3:11 PM (in response to FlashEVV)
But this fix is just temporary. The problem occurred again a few days later...
I hope Adobe will fix this once and for all soon...
22. Re: Acrobat X Wont email@example.com Jun 17, 2012 8:09 PM (in response to email@example.com)
And for me, a Windows XP Service Pack 3 32 bit machine.
Thanks to jimbo7777 for being the first to figure out Deactivate/Activate worked around the problem.
A whole bunch of words that violate the Adobe terms of service of this discussion forum
have been deleted here - but I meant every one of them.
What a frustrating bug - the damned thing just silently exits, leaving the user to wonder
if they even managed a double click, never mind paid Adobe $600 for an update to get
the disease in the first place.
Thanks again to all who helped,
23. Re: Acrobat X Wont Startbob672 Jun 18, 2012 2:18 AM (in response to Arpit Kapoor)
I have the same problem. Since a few days ago my Acrobat or Distiller refuses to start. System: Vista, CS6. After reading a few threads it seems to be connected to 30 days after installing. It would be nice with a permanent fix since pdf-ing is a big part of work.
24. Re: Acrobat X Wont Startugeek1 Jun 18, 2012 7:10 AM (in response to firstname.lastname@example.com)
I am having the same problem. Adobe? Are you there?
25. Re: Acrobat X Wont StartJimbo7777 Jun 18, 2012 7:36 AM (in response to ugeek1)
Solution for Acrobat X in CS6 failure:
Open Photoshop and in the help menu deactivate your license. Close Photoshop. Open Photoshop and Reactivate your license. Acrobat will now open and work.
26. Re: Acrobat X Wont Startugeek1 Jun 18, 2012 7:49 AM (in response to Jimbo7777)
I think Adobe has changed their license engine mechinism or whatever... to support their cloud thing. I have an ordinary permanant serial number and it seems to me that what has happened is I am now running on a 30 day trial.
i.e I no longer see an ability to deactivate my license and use it on asnother PC. Sigh. Moderators... can you get adobes attention... is their an official post on the subject? Sure as hell I'll forget and be in the middle of something critical 30 days from now,,,, I will not be pleased. No sir, not one bit.
27. Re: Acrobat X Wont Startugeek1 Jun 18, 2012 7:51 AM (in response to Arpit Kapoor)
Arpit please see my post below. Same problem. Adobe CS 6 Master collection with a perminnent (not sub.) license on Windows 7 x64 all service packs.
28. Re: Acrobat X Wont StartLexislav Jun 18, 2012 11:55 AM (in response to firstname.lastname@example.com)
Same problem on CS6 Standard, Win7 64bit.
29. Re: Acrobat X Wont StartJohn Bertram Jun 18, 2012 12:02 PM (in response to Lexislav)
I have exactly the same problem ... All components of CS6 were working perfectly until yesterday, when Acrobat and Distiller suddenly stopped working. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the entire Cretive Suite and get a message at the end of the installation that all components EXCEPT for Acrobat are installed and ready to use! Hugely frustrating!!
30. Re: Acrobat X Wont StartGvdK Jun 18, 2012 1:00 PM (in response to John Bertram)
See previous posts about deactivating and activating the suite. That works, as a temporary solution. I gather Adobe will come up with a permanent solution.
31. Re: Acrobat X Wont Startgary0a1 Jun 18, 2012 11:28 PM (in response to GvdK)
Deactivating sounds good. But... Mine is grayed out. Can't deactivate. This is ridiculous.
32. Re: Acrobat X Wont StartWakkerMartijn Jun 19, 2012 8:36 AM (in response to Jimbo7777)
Jimbo7777, you're a hero.
Adobe people: you gotta fix this right away. You make products for designers: people with deadlines. This %$^ can put freelancers right out of business. "Yeah, I know you want this PDF but my Acrobat won't start due to some stupid license thingy." Which makes you look like a clown instead of a design professional.
Glad that my most important deadline of this year was last week, and not this week.
33. Re: Acrobat X Wont StartCO2009 Jun 19, 2012 10:34 AM (in response to Jimbo7777)
Thank You jimbo7777, since this is a recent issue has anyone tried a registry adjustment on HKLM\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\10.0\Activation ?
34. Re: Acrobat X Wont Startcpattersonv1 Jun 19, 2012 3:13 PM (in response to CO2009)
Come on Adobe?! Get your stuff together!
This is all for not anyhow. It's not like people aren't creating fake copies out there and distributing them.
Adobe, you are only PUNISHING YOUR MARKET BASE with BS like this.
@CO2009 Disabling the activation key does not fix the issue.
I just started having the issue today (couple hours ago).
Exactly one month after I activated. The LEAST they could do is to pull my license key from my profile since I have to sign-in for that too.
What a pain... just one more thing to remember. It's bad enough they quietly uninstalled Acrobat 9 to install the initially crippled version of X. I just needed to open a damn encrypted PDF... what a waste.
Wasted a good couple of hours on this because I was installing other apps and creating firewall rules... thought I had blocked something... nope, just bad programming on Adobe's part. Somehow I'm not surprised.
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35. Re: Acrobat X Wont StartXForceOne Jun 19, 2012 7:14 PM (in response to email@example.com)
Same Problem With Me
36. Re: Acrobat X Wont Starttheresem91721224 Jun 19, 2012 7:43 PM (in response to firstname.lastname@example.com)
Yep, same thing, upgraded from CS5.5 to CS6 a month ago, 2 days ago acrobat x stopped working, woudln't even load after a brief screen that said I would need reactivate
acrobat x now working sweet as (?for how long) after I followed jimbo's fix
but when I opened photoshop 64bit again it is only giving me a trial
37. Re: Acrobat X Wont StartManish-Sharma Jun 19, 2012 9:20 PM (in response to theresem91721224)
Adobe is investigating the issue ,
Please check this link :- http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/trial--1-launch.html
38. Re: Acrobat X Wont Startcpattersonv1 Jun 19, 2012 10:34 PM (in response to Manish-Sharma)
Excellent. I hope the solution won't involve uninstalling my cs5 versions of apps though.
39. Re: Acrobat X Wont Startkellybellis Jun 20, 2012 3:24 AM (in response to Manish-Sharma)
@ Manish-Sharma - That kb article is particularly lame since the aspects of "trial" are not visible... at least to this user - NOTHING is visible!
Acrobat doesn't launch.
On May 19th I downloaded and installed the update from CS 5.5 Design Premium to CS 6 Premium on my Win 7 Pro 64-bit machine.
On June 19th Acrobat X Pro died and with its passing we learn ...
We learn that even with CS 4 AND CS 5.5 (full extended Design suites still resident on my system) Acrobat in its earlier incarnations is AWOL.
Overtly doing a separate download and install (10.1.3) had no effect.
Doing the cache.db rename game (see @ 36. by Evadobe1 in thread http://forums.adobe.com/message/4504991#4504991) that reportedly was dreamed up by Adobe as a work around only worked temporarily for a limited number of launch / exit cycles ... maybe about 6 or so cycles.
The only symptom which has presented has been the abrupt termination of the application functioning coincident with the expiration a 30-day period from installation of the CS6 upgrade.
So Manish-Sharma, I will happily try what Jimbo has outlined (http://forums.adobe.com/message/4492856#4492856) while we all wait for Adobe to 1) fix the problem and 2) deal with what will likely become a tsunami of complaints.
@ Jim - thank you
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How long until Saki snaps, pinches her fingers together, and strangles someone?
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Ok...I really think Bake Nezumi are all that's left of normal humanity. Some degenerated remnant either caused through psychic powers or whatever fallout from the strife in the past against power users
The way they cower before those with powers is the same as the crowds did before that bastard "emperor" at the start.
Coupled with how no normal humans apparently exist and the massacres at present day (1000 years ago at least) and how the Bake Nezumi seem to function more as GULAG labour gangs and you can see the case for that.
The school is more likely for the necessary act of training their powers so they don't destroy the tyrants in charge and the existing order that's all...I don't think it's something imposed on them by normal humans.
In short....it's one effed up tyranny it seems...the natural progression from madmen emperors to madmen secret cabal.
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A friend recommended this to me, and I'm glad that he did. It's very engrossing, so much so that episode 2 went by in a flash. Looking forward to the next episode.
I know it's a little early to talk about this, but.. I wonder what kind of ending this show will have? How many of the 5 kids will survive? 1? None? Will they be able to change, or at the very least influence the world and/or society they live?
Maria's hair is such a nice red colour. I heart red heads, and she's no exception. I really like what she did with her hair during that sphere game.
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Episode 2 ends, and I mutter "There is no way in hell that was 21 minutes already."
I'm trying so hard not to over-hype myself on this show, but it's hard. I adore how easy it is to inductively reason so much about what I'm watching, while at the same time remain completely in the dark about the specifics, or where it's all going.
Shinsekai Yori appears to trust you to take what information is given, and lets your imagination fill in the rest, as the visuals treat you to the occasional nod of confirmation, or head-shake of opposition. Every "Ah-ha" moment just leads to more questions. I feel like I'm being strung along, and in a good way.
The atmosphere is uncomfortable, and the world is alien, but it's in no way inscrutable. For example, they provided almost no information about the team sport, but just by watching it, I felt like I really came to understand what was going on. This culminates in the moment when the pusher is destroyed, which contradicts the one explicit piece of information we were given at the start: You can't attack the pusher. Suddenly, this game I didn't even know existed five minutes ago had me wanting to jump up and yell "Hey!! They can't do that!"
The reasoning behind the (seemingly) unreasonable nature of the village society is also starting to come into focus. The first episode's apparent victims were the weaker, perhaps less useful members of the community, but as others have pointed out in this thread, the story of the karma demon and the fate of Manabu -- ambiguous, but obviously unenviable -- suggest that this authoritarian culling may also serve to protect society from those who become too dangerous to endure. When Manabu got the stamp, I realized that I had completely misread the purpose of the game: What I had seen as yet another cruel way to identify the weak among the students instead served to lure out someone who would misuse their Cantus.
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Absolutely fantastic. Everything I hoped for when I declared it a must watch a few months back. This is definitely an intriguing setting, and I'm glad it takes itself as seriously as it was marketed. There's a huge Ghost Hound vibe here, which is great.
The world these kids live in is all kinds of wrong, and the first major clue is when you notice how few children there are despite Saki's comment about there being so many in her old school. The silence on the subject is clearly noted as well, and the different "boogymen" like the Copycat, the Fiend, and the Karma Demon are clearly designed to scare children into following the rules, regardless of how real they may or may not be.
The entire village seems to be a weeding ground to keep undesirable children to a minimum: too weak, too prideful, etc. There's also a hint of the collective society which we still see in many cultures, such as Japan, in that people simply do not talk about their problems except in private. We see Saki's parents concerned about her fate, and I can only wonder about the parents of the other children. I also worry about the parents of "failed" children, which we've seen a small glimpse of in Saki's parents as well. That was a particularly troubling scene.
I note other foreshadowing as well, for example the brief glimpses of the Copycat, the words of a most likely adult Saki narrating at the end of the episodes, as well as the credit animations. Hopefully we'll learn more about what happened in those thousand years - there seems to be no trace of our current society, and instead there is an emphasis on even older cultural themes.
Clearly there is a lot of story to tell here, and I'm eagerly looking forward to it. If I had to criticize something, it would be the ED song. It simply does not fit the rest of the show, and it's rather jarring in how "pop rock" it sounds.
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I'm inclined to believe all the stories the children are reciting are being used to condition/ control them so that they don't do anything deemed unacceptable by the people in charge (ie rebel against the current establishment). The idea of two Juryokus warping space when they clash seems suspicious. Manabu did exactly that, but nothing happened. Perhaps it is something used to ensure the children don't combine their powers to rebel? Gah. I want to know more!! T_T That last sentence about Maria totally threw me off.
Did anyone else notice in the boat scene, when older Saki was narrating, the words totally match Mamoru's lips?
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The bakenezumi, on the other hand, act as subservient creatures that barely even speak Japanese. I don't think they share any similarities in behaviour.
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Not surprising if it's due to plain fear.
But if it's really a fanatical cult-style of control, then it's even more insidious. And true, said style of control lends itself well to the whole esoteric school front they put up
That's why I say the Bake Nezumi could be mutated/warped/devolved into what they are
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Eh, really? I was under the impression they were clapping so furiously because the Emperor said the "first 100 people to stop clapping will become human sacrifices". They looked more fearful than anything else to me.
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Pac-12 Weekly Five: 06.08.12 EditionPosted by AMurawa on June 8th, 2012
- A former Pac-12 great is back home, as 2000 Stanford graduate Mark Madsen is returning back to the Farm to become an assistant coach. Madsen was a member of the 1998 Cardinal team that made the Final Four (the first Stanford team to advance that far since the NCAA championship team of 1942), before going on to play nine seasons in the NBA. He'll take over the spot vacated by Dick Davey, who retired in March. Madsen will work with post players and give current head coach Johnny Dawkins' staff a tie to the most successful stretch of basketball in the modern history of the program. We're just guessing that Madsen isn't going to moonlight as a dance teacher at Stanford.
- Oregon fans got bad news yesterday when it was confirmed that sophomore guard Brett Kingma, a sharpshooter who saw limited minutes and limited success as a freshman, would be transferring out of the program. In the wake of the Ducks losing both starting backcourt players from last year, Kingma appeared set for a bump in minutes, but instead he'll choose to sit out a year and likely take a step down in competition for the remainder of his college career. While it is certainly well within Kingma's right to find a place more suited to him, this once again appears to be a case of a youngster making a rash decision early in his career as a result of limited playing time. With Kingma's decision, now three out of four members of Dana Altman's 2011 recruiting class have left the school before their sophomore seasons.
- Arizona's 2012-13 schedule is rapidly rounding into shape, as they announced an agreement with UTEP this week for a home-and-home series that will begin on November 15 at the McKale Center. The second half of this series won't take place until 2014-15 in El Paso. With this announcement, the Wildcats have just one remaining open spot on their 2012-13 schedule, which is expected to be another home-and-home series, this one with a power conference school that will begin on the road. With games at home against Long Beach State, Southern Miss, Florida and Oral Roberts already on the schedule, along with a trip to Clemson and visit to the Diamond Head Classic over Christmas weekend, the 'Cats certainly shouldn't be hurting for chances to pad their non-conference resume.
- Sticking around in Tucson a bit longer, Wildcat head coach Sean Miller won the "Shots From the Heart" championship, a free-throw-shooting contest between NCAA Division I head basketball coaches in support of the American Heart Association and the Skip Prosser Foundation. Miller won the final round of the competition by knocking down 24 of 25 attempts in the final round, defeating Detroit head coach Ray McCallum who made just 21 of his 25 attempts. Over the six rounds of the tournament, Miller made 145 of his 150 attempts, good for 96.7%, an absurd number. If you want to congratulate him, or see if he can drop some free throw shooting tips on you, hit him up on his new Twitter account which he just began a few weeks back.
- Lastly, this week ESPN unveiled its list of the most attractive coaching jobs in college basketball, broken down by conference. In the Pac-12, there certainly weren't a ton of surprises, with UCLA, Arizona and Washington taking the top three spots, but there are definitely some areas to quibble with their rankings. First and foremost, the idea that Utah is the third-worst position in the conference is absurd. For a school in a basketball-crazy state with a sparkling reputation at lower levels, you have to think the Utes should be near the top half of the conference, certainly ahead of a USC job where, although there are plenty of recruits to choose from in the local area, the Trojan basketball team will always play second fiddle to the crosstown UCLA program, not to mention the Trojans' storied football program.


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BOSTON — Mandatory life sentences without the possibility of parole would be eliminated for teens younger than 18 who are convicted of first-degree murder under legislation filed on Monday by Gov. Deval Patrick.
BOSTON — Mandatory life sentences without the possibility of parole would be eliminated for teens younger than 18 who are convicted of first-degree murder under legislation filed on Monday by Gov. Deval Patrick.
Under current state law, teens as young as 14 can be tried and convicted as adults for first-degree murder. Conviction on first-degree murder carries an automatic life sentence without parole in Massachusetts.
The bill stems from a U.S. Supreme Court last June that said it was unconstitutional for states to pass laws automatically sentencing juveniles to life in prison without parole. The 5-4 decision came in the robbery and murder cases of two 14-year-old youths in Alabama.
Since the ruling, a number of other states have moved to change their laws.
"Every violent felon should be held accountable for their actions, even youth," Patrick said. "But in sentencing, every felon's circumstances should be considered, too, and youth itself is a special circumstance."
The legislation would still allow, under "horrific" circumstances, life sentences without parole for youthful offenders, Patrick said. But the sentence would not automatically be imposed as it for adults convicted of first-degree murder.
Under the bill, judges would have the option to sentence juveniles between the ages of 14 and 18 to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 10-25 years, depending on the nature of the crime and other factors including a teen's intellectual ability and level of maturity, and the likelihood of the individual benefitting from rehabilitation.
"As every parent knows, teenagers are different from adults — they can act in the moment, be impulsive, and be unduly influenced by their peers and by adults," said Gail Garinger, the state's Child Advocate, in a statement.
About 60 inmates are serving life sentences without parole in Massachusetts who were under 18 at the time of the crime. Among the recent high-profile murder cases involving juveniles was that of John Odgren, who was 16 when he stabbed another student to death in a bathroom at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School in 2007.
The legislation filed by Patrick on Monday would also raise the age of adult criminal responsibility for most crimes to 18, rather than 17 under current law. The change would mean that 17-year-olds would be under the jurisdiction of juvenile courts and would not be sentenced to adult prisons.
Rep. Eugene O'Flaherty, a Chelsea Democrat who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, said he supported the change in the juvenile crime age to 18, but took no immediate position on other aspects of the legislation including the elimination of mandatory life sentences without parole for killers under 18. The bill is likely to be referred to the committee after it is formally introduced in the Legislature.
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In the Name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
God's Wonderful Birds
[42:29] Among His proofs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the creatures He spreads in them. He is able to summon them, when He wills.
Each January, the people of Kundha Kulam, a parched farm town in southern India, raise their eyes to the sky, searching for signs of life-giving rain. But they are not looking for clouds. They are watching instead for the birds ! These birds arrive on the vanguard winds of the oncoming monsoon. At the sight of the first flick of feather, the villagers breathe a sigh of relief, knowing that their crops will soon get a welcome drink ! "If the birds come, we know we will be prosperous." says a resident of Kundha Kulam.
[25:48] He is the One who sends the winds with good omens of His mercy, and we send down from the sky pure water.
[25:49] With it, we revive dead lands and provide drink for our creations - multitudes of animals and humans.
The robin that is the harbinger of spring, or the lonely honk of a migrating goose that signals the arrival of another winter, the herons, ducks, and pelicans that swarm to the flooded fields around Kundha Kulam are examples of the bird community.
Animals and Birds: Submitting Creatures [6:38] All the creatures on earth, and all the birds that fly with wings, are communities like you. We did not leave anything out of this book. To their Lord, all these creatures will be summoned.
[13:16] ..Have they found idols besides GOD who created creations similar to His creations, to the point of not distinguishing the two creations? Say, "GOD is the Creator of all things, and He is the One, the Supreme."
The gift of flight would seem reason enough for humanity's fascination with birds. Bird's wings are naturally thin with feathers creating a smooth surface. Nearly hollow bones provide lightweight strength; large breast muscles power their wings; and a super-efficient respiratory system supplies plenty of oxygen to the cells during flight. Air travels across the top and bottom of a wings simultaneously. Because the bottom of a wings is flat and the top is curved, air travels across them at different speeds. There is a larger distance for air to travel over an arch shape than over a flat surface. Therefore, the air on the top of the wing travels faster. Both air flows meet at the wing tips simultaneously. The faster moving air exerts less force than the slower air on the bottom. This difference in pressure, low pressure above and high pressure below, causes lift for the birds !
[16:79] Do they not see the birds committed to fly in the atmosphere of the sky? None holds them up in the air except GOD. This should be (sufficient) proof for people who believe.
[59:24] He is the One GOD; the Creator, the Initiator, the Designer. To Him belong the most beautiful names. Glorifying Him is everything in the heavens and the earth. He is the Almighty, Most Wise.
Most birds do not fly faster or higher than necessary. It takes too much energy to climb against gravity and higher air means less oxygen to breathe and support the bird. Maneuverability is another variable in flight. Some birds can make sharp turns at top speed, others fly primarily in straight lines. The difference is in the tail design. It is used like a rudder. The tail feathers are broad and stiff and can open and close like a fan, move up or down, or twist left or right. Birds must bank as they turn. They tilt one wing higher than the others to prevent sliding. Banking braces the underside of the wings and body against the oncoming air and reduces the skid. Banking is not the only method for turning. Some birds beat one wing a little faster than the other. They then turn in the direction of the slower moving wing. Steering up and down is accomplished with the tail by moving it opposite the desired direction. Turning while gliding and soaring is accomplished by two different wing designs. Birds that soar over land have broad, slotted wings, while those who soar over water have long, narrow wings.
Almighty God [6:59] With Him are the keys to all secrets; none knows them except He. He knows everything on land and in the sea. Not a leaf falls without His knowledge. Nor is there a grain in the depths of the soil. Nor is there anything wet or dry, that is not recorded in a profound record.
Flocks of geese and pelicans fly in V-shaped formations to reduce drag and save energy on long migrations. The bird in the lead at the forward point of the "V" formation is working the hardest. This bird breaks through the air, which is offering resistance to its flight. Just as a boat leaves a smoother water behind it, the lead bird creates a trail of air turbulence that helps lift along the V-shaped a bit easier for the other birds to fly in the wake of the lead bird. If we watch a V-format, we notice that the lead bird does not stay in that position for very long and will drop back in while another, not-as-tired bird takes the lead, breaking through the air first.
[67:19] Have they not seen the birds above them lined up in columns and spreading their wings? The Most Gracious is the One who holds them in the air. He is Seer of all things.
People have forged an intimate links with birds. Abraham reassured his heart by witnessing the revival of dead birds by God's leave (Quran 2:260). Jesus demonstrated miracle by giving life to a clay bird at the will of God (Quran 3:49). Joseph predicted a dream on birds by God's leave (Quran 12:36, 12:41). David was served by birds at the will of God (Quran 21:79). Solomon understood the language of birds (Quran 27:16) A swarms of birds defeated the people of elephant (Quran 105:3-5).
In a convent in New York state, Barbara Seaward has founded the group Feathered Friends. She, along with others in her community, conduct pet therapy sessions for those in nursing and retirement homes. The residents agree that there is nothing quite like a visit from a cockateil or a cockatoo to lift the spirits ! And in the whitewater rafting canyons of Colorado, guides use homing pigeons to safely deliver a valuable commodity - photos of customers splashing their way down the rapids - back to home base, so the keepsake are waiting when the rafters return from their adventure. There are also rat catching barn owls that protect farmers from pests, and hummingbirds that show their prowess as long-distance flyers. Solomon used bird as his messenger to carry important messages (Quran 27:20-28). The Quran tells us a story of raven who taught Adam's son a valuable lesson:
[5:31] GOD then sent a raven to scratch the soil, to teach him how to bury his brother's corpse. He said, "Woe to me; I failed to be as intelligent as this raven, and bury my brother's corpse." He became ridden with remorse.
People still adopt the ancient art of training falcons to hunt. Steve Jones - Wyoming resident, is the editor of AMERICAN FALCONRY magazine, and one of the roughly 5,000 licensed falconers in the United States. He gets out almost every day during the hunting season in Wyoming, which is from September to February. His birds hunt sharptail grouse, partridge, and ducks, and sometimes sage grouse and pheasant. "If they wanted to, they could fly away in a heartbeat. But I've trained them and built trust with them. They've learned that I am not a threat. In training, I've taught them that when they catch the lure, there is always food. If it's a falcon, I've trained them that if they are not successful in the hunt, I will have a consolation prize for them, some food. It's a partnership that benefits them. They are content." Says Steve Jones.
[5:4] They consult you concerning what is lawful for them; say, "Lawful for you are all good things, including what trained dogs and falcons catch for you." You train them according to GOD's teachings. You may eat what they catch for you, and mention GOD's name thereupon. You shall observe GOD. GOD is most efficient in reckoning.
Birds sing beautiful and diversified songs. Scientists think birds developed songs to spread their message. Bird song comes from an organ in the throat called the syrinx, which has two sides that vibrate. Scientist also believe that birds know what to sing, which is partly instinct and partly learned - when a young bird hears an adult singing its species' song, something is triggered in its brain, allowing the youngster to sing the same melody.
[24:41] Do you not realize that everyone in the heavens and the earth glorifies GOD, even the birds as they fly in a column? Each knows its prayer and its glorification. GOD is fully aware of everything they do.
The Quran educates us to reflect on the creations of God. Unlike the human beings, all the birds glorify God (Quran 24:41)! There is not a single verse in the Quran where God states that birds are idol worshipers, or disbelievers, or unappreciative, or wicked or ignorant ! We must ponder why the majority of human beings are idol worshipers (Quran 12:106, 30:42), disbelievers (Quran 16:83, 17:89, 25:50), unappreciative (Quran 2:243, 7:17, 10:60, 12:38, 27:73, 40:61), wicked (Quran 3:110, 5:59, 7:17, 9:8) and ignorants (Quran 6:111) !?
Overwhelming Signs of God [2:164] In the creation of the heavens and the earth, the alternation of night and day, the ships that roam the ocean for the benefit of the people, the water that GOD sends down from the sky to revive dead land and to spread in it all kinds of creatures, the manipulation of the winds, and the clouds that are placed between the sky and the earth, there are sufficient proofs for people who understand.
Can They Create a Fly? [22:73] O people, here is a parable that you must ponder carefully: the idols you set up beside GOD can never create a fly, even if they banded together to do so. Furthermore, if the fly steals anything from them, they cannot recover it; weak is the pursuer and the pursued.
The Majority of People Do Not Believe
[12:103] Most people, no matter what you do, will not believe.
[12:104] You are not asking them for any money; you simply deliver this reminder for all the people.
[12:105] So many proofs in the heavens and the earth are given to them, but they pass by them, heedlessly!
The Majority of Believers Destined for Hell [12:106] The majority of those who believe in GOD do not do so without committing idol worship.
M. Irtaza
- www.pbs.org/wnet/nature
- www.americanfalconry.com
- Quran - translated from original by Dr. Rashad Khalifa


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Mila Kunis & Ashton Kutcher: Duplex Dinner Date
Ashton Kutcher opens the car door for girlfriend Mila Kunis after they shared a romantic dinner at Duplex Restaurant on Thursday (July 26) in West Hollywood, Calif.
The 34-year-old actor and the 28-year-old actress reportedly also attended a wrap party for his new film jOBs, based on the life of former Apple CEO Steve Jobs.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Mila Kunis
Earlier in the week, the couple took in a screening of the blockbuster flick The Dark Knight Rises.
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Member Testimonials
It's always encouraging to hear that the JusticeCorps experience pushes members to build transferable skills and examine their career goals and, even more importantly, to see the interconnections between the issue of Access to Justice and other compelling community issues like education that affect the communities they serve. This excerpt from a letter a Bay Area JusticeCorps member sent upon completion of her service is a great illustration of that:
"…I have a lot to say about how my JusticeCorps experience motivates me to pursue a degree in law! Going into the program, and for a long time before, I knew that I wanted to go to law school and use that education to help people, but I wasn't sure in what realm of law.
Having worked in mostly family law I have learned some great skills that previous jobs did not teach me. I have always been confident in public speaking but the kind of communication that I needed for my position as a JusticeCorps volunteer was different from the type of speaking I had done before. Because of the often confusing and complicated wording and structure of many legal forms and legal process I learned how to explain procedures and give directions in many ways with great clarity. While some explanations are comprehendible for some people, those same explanations can be confusing for others. For this position I saw a great amount of Spanish-speaking clientele, which motivated me to learn Spanish. Although I have not been able to take Spanish formally, I did research, purchase books, and practice with Spanish-speaking peers in order to gain some understanding of the language to assist Spanish-speakers on my JusticeCorps site…
While working in JusticeCorps I was also employed at a elementary school in Oakland where I saw a great overlap between the effects of the law and courts on the lives of my students. I saw how the education these students were receiving, and their emotional and social interactions with others was greatly affected by many of the same family-law issues I was learning about during my JC internship. I saw how the realms of law and education greatly overlap and often directly influence each other. At times, many of the parents of students in my classroom were ones that I helped as a JusticeCorps volunteer. Although I maintained anonymity in my interactions with these parents outside of the JusticeCorps program I was able to see how their family-law related issues affected their education and education of their children. Through this I was able to see how exposure to violence, familial hardships, and divorce can greatly affect students' desires to learn, and limitations on the resources of education that may be available in other circumstances…"
The LA JusticeCorps program shared the following thoughts from a member who served at the Pomona Self-Help Center:
"The experiences that I have gained as a member of JusticeCorps are incomparable and unmeasurable in worth. I have received individualized training and feedback from attorneys and paralegals. I have explored the court system from the file room to the behind the judge's bench. I have witnessed the lifespan of cases from its very inception and filing to its trial and judgment. And through the personal attention of our supervising attorneys, I've learned more about the culture and practice of law/public service than I could have learned without being immersed in it myself. When I began I knew very little about the field of law meaning that I could not maneuver through it myself nor understand what that career path would entail, but through the program I have come to a place where I can file civil cases and also understand the role/life of various legal professionals. I applied for JusticeCorps because I believed in its mission and over the past year of service, there has not been a single day that I regretted that decision.
Additionally, JusticeCorps afforded me many special opportunities and relationships apart from the regular program. I have met our current presiding judge, the Honorable Judge McCoy twice and spoke to him personally both times. I attended the 2009 Legislator's Luncheon as a JusticeCorps member and had the great honor of hearing California Assembly member and Judiciary Committee Chair Mike Feuer speak. At this same luncheon, I met the Community Relations Director Camilo Cruz who recommended the State Capital Fellowship. I then applied with a recommendation letter from a JusticeCorps program coordinator and was accepted to my first choice placement with Mr. Camilo Cruz for the year 2009-2010 as a Judicial Administration Fellow. Even after I completed my hours, I was invited to represent JusticeCorps at the 2009 Neighborhood Legal Services recognition ceremony where I had the honor of presenting the awards to many public servants I have to come admire such as California Supreme Court Justice Carlos Moreno and Congressman Adam Schiff.
JusticeCorps was a program through which I had the opportunity to serve and interact with my community in a tangible and meaningful way. I enjoyed each day and each component of the program, because I believe in its cause and in my contribution. Meanwhile, it afforded me a stimulating but safe environment for personal growth from my character to professional goals. JusticeCorps was also a program through which I had the opportunity to serve and interact with my role models and heroes from my admirable supervisors and colleagues to the presiding judge and elected officials."
From an LA JusticeCorps member, about his experience on the MLK National Day of Service at Drew Middle School, where members helped paint murals on campus:
Being in JusticeCorps one can help a litigant but never really know the final outcome of their services given. Did my services actually allow this person to have a fair shot at getting their case heard? This thought perplexes me constantly. My experience at Drew Middle School was nothing but sheer satisfaction. I was able to see the fruits of my labor before my own eyes. I could see the parts of the walls, which I had painted, and feel fulfilled. I was able to experience different people from different places, and with different worldviews working together towards the same goal. It was an honor and a pleasure to be part of an effort to enrich the lives of those who are in need. Thank you so much for this opportunity that I will selfishly keep in my heart forever.
From an LA JusticeCorps member who served at the Van Nuys Self-Help Access Center and attended UCLA:
Though I have participated in many extracurricular programs throughout college, I am most proud of the work I am doing with the JusticeCorps program. The most enjoyable part of being a JusticeCorps volunteer, in my opinion, is the time spent working with the litigant (a person representing he/herself in court). When I am explaining why the Court's process works the way it does, or the different choices the litigant has at each juncture and the consequences of each, it makes my work worthwhile when I see the litigant actually taking an active role in preparing their case. The idea of interacting with the court can be intimidating for those who come to the Van Nuys Self-Help Legal Access Center for assistance, as they often face significant language and educational barriers. My hope is that my contribution at the Center will somehow empower litigants to feel as if they have a voice and that their legal issue(s) will be respectfully heard. Perhaps the most important way that this internship has changed my perspective is that I am far more convinced that I am doing the right thing by pursuing a career in public interest law. Being a JusticeCorps volunteer has galvanized my sense of purpose to promote equal access to the justice system for citizens who are unable to afford legal representation.
From an LA JusticeCorps Member who served at the Inglewood Self-Help Legal Access Center and attended UCLA:
Since September 2006 when I joined JusticeCorps and I started to work at the self-help clinic in Inglewood I've been able to help people who did not have the financial means to pay a lawyer, yet they needed help filling out forms. I saw people come in tears and leave with smiles because someone finally took the time to help them and explain to them the legal process of their case and translate the legal jargon into common English. I had never felt so useful and human until I came to JusticeCorps. The bottom line is that JusticeCorps members make a great difference everyday.
My Volunteer Year
As a prospective law student, immersing oneself in the field in any way possible is an important step to take before making a final decision to progress into the formal study of jurisprudence. Endless statistics of first-year dropout rates and a subsequent hesitation to dive into law school fresh out of UCLA motivated me to search for positions within the legal system that I could manage while undertaking a full workload at school. Additionally, a devotion to social justice and humanitarian work led me to seek out employment in which I could give back, while growing personally.
JusticeCorps was and continues to be the perfect fit. Not only am I immersed in the legal system, working in the courtroom itself, but I also provide indigent litigants with indispensable legal information. Without the few existing programs providing aid and information to litigants, cases become stuck in the legal bureaucracy and never find resolution. These legal predicaments can have potentially disastrous effects on litigants who may be attempting to file a restraining order against an abusive neighbor or divorce an unstable spouse. The centers and court workers who provide aid to these litigants perform a noble task and JusticeCorps volunteers are able to provide support to these crucial figures in the justice system.


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The renewable energy and energy efficiency industries represented more than 9 million jobs and $1,045 billion in U.S. revenue in 2007, according to a new report by The American Solar Energy Society (ASES), Boulder, CO, and Management Information Services, Inc (MISI), Washington, DC. ASES adds that the renewable energy industry grew three times as fast as the U.S. economy in 2007, with solar thermal, photovoltaic, biodiesel and ethanol sectors leading the way, each with more than a 25 percent annual revenue growth. For information on the new ASES Green Collar Jobs report, visit www.ases.org/greenjobs.
"There's a new sense of optimism in the green economy," said Brad Collins, executive director, ASES. "But while the U.S. could see million of new jobs in renewable energy and energy efficiency, this will only happen with the necessary leadership, research, development, and public policy at the federal and state levels."
Key steps include a national renewable portfolio standard, long-term extension of the production tax credit, effective net metering policies, and improved access to electric transmission infrastructure.
Some of the main conclusions from this report include:
• As many as 37 million jobs can be generated by the renewable energy and energy efficiency industries in the U.S. by 2030 – more than 17% of all anticipated U.S. employment.
• The hottest sectors include solar thermal, solar photovoltaics, biofuels and fuel cells (in terms of revenue growth).
• Hot job areas include electricians, mechanical engineers, welders, metal workers, construction managers, accountants, analysts, environmental scientists and chemists.
• Renewable energy and energy efficiency can create millions of well-paying jobs, many of which are not subject to foreign outsourcing.
• The renewable energy industry grew more than three times as fast as the U.S. economy in 2007 (not including hydropower). Renewable energy is also growing more rapidly than the energy efficiency industry, but the energy efficiency industry is currently much larger than the renewable energy industry.
Government Action Needed Now
The report stressed that while there is huge opportunity ahead, there is also a sense of urgency. Every year's delay by policymakers (2009, 2010) has a highly disproportionate and negative impact on long-range growth. The longer that policymakers delay in implementing ambitious renewable energy and energy efficiency programs, the more difficult it will be to achieve the report's goals by 2030, ASES reported.
Unless quick action is taken, the U.S. risks losing millions of green jobs to other nations that offer a more serious and sustained commitment to growing its green economy. Germany, for example, has five times the wind sector jobs and four times the photovoltaic solar jobs than the U.S. Germany also produces one-half the wind rotors in the world, one-third the solar panels in the world and leads the world in biodiesel production.


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This afterschool curriculum includes six lessons plus supplementary materials (e.g., videos, PowerPoint presentations, and images) that explore how light from the electromagnetic spectrum is used as a tool for learning about the Sun. The curriculum... (View More) is designed to be flexible to meet the needs of afterschool programs and includes recommendations for partial implementation based on time constraints. It was specifically designed to engage girls in science. (View Less)
Each lesson or activity in this toolkit is related to NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The toolkit is designed so that each lesson can be done independently, or combined and taught in a sequence. The Teacher Implementation Guide provides... (View More) recommendations for combining the lessons into three main strands: 1) Lunar Exploration - These lessons provide a basic introduction to Moon exploration. Note that this strand is also appropriate for use in social studies classes. 2) Mapping the Moon - These lessons provide a more in-depth understanding of Moon exploration through the use of scientific data and student inquiry. The lessons also include many connections to Earth science and geology. 3) Tools of Investigation - These higher-level lessons examine the role of technology, engineering and physics in collecting and analyzing data. (View Less)
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The 9-session NASA Family Science Night program emables middle school children and their families to discover the wide variety of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics being performed at NASA and in everyday life. Family Science Night... (View More) programs explore various themes on the Sun, the Moon, the Stars, and the Universe through fun, hands-on activities, including at-home experiments. Instructions for obtaining the facilitator's guide are available on the Family Science Night site. (View Less)
This is an activity about ultraviolet light. Learners will make ultraviolet light detector bracelets and use them to experiment with artificial light and sunlight. Then, they experiment with various sun-blocking materials to see how such materials... (View More) impact the beads' absorption of ultraviolet light. Special UV detecting beads are required for this activity. This is Activity 3 of the Sun As a Star afterschool curriculum. (View Less)
This is an activity about light. Learners will make their own spectroscopes from easily obtainable materials and use prisms to observe different types of white light sources to see the colors that form the visible light spectrum. This is Activity 2... (View More) of the Sun As a Star afterschool curriculum. (View Less)
This is an activity about how light travels. Learners will perform two experiments. The first explores blocking light to create shadows. The second asks learners to use mirrors to figure out that light travels in a straight line. This is Activity 4... (View More) of the Sun As a Star afterschool curriculum. This activity requires use of a room that can be darkened. (View Less)


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The Phase I Archeological Research Program for the Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, Part III: Analysis of the Physical Remains
Editor(s): Thomas D. Thiessen; F. A. Calabrese
Year: 1993
In 1974, the Congress of the United States authorized the establishment of the Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site in Mercer County, North Dakota, to preserve archeological vestiges of the Hidatsa and Mandan Indians and to commemorate the cultural history and lifeways of those important native peoples of the Northern Plains. Starting in 1976, the National Park Service undertook an extensive program of archeological and ethnohistorical research designed to illuminate the archeological and historical resources of the newly - authorized park. This research, which was termed the Phase I research program for the park, was cooperatively carried out by the Service's Midwest Archeological Center and the Department of Anthropology of the University of North Dakota, as well as by researchers at other academic institutions in the United States, most notably the Department
of Anthropology of the University of Missouri Columbia.
This volume of the Midwest Archeological Center's Occasional Studies in Anthropology series reports the results of that decade-long research program. It is issued in four parts, each of which deals with a particular aspect of the research. Part I (Chapters 1-10) describes the overall program in general, particularly emphasizing the objectives and methodology employed in the research. Part II (Chapters 11-16) recapitulates a series of ethnohistorical studies that complements the archeological research and provides an ethnohistorical backdrop against which the archeological record of Hidatsa culture change can be interpreted. Part III (Chapters 17-21) summarizes the analysis of various classes of material remains recovered during the research program, principally the pottery, lithics, modified and unmodified fauna, and Euroamerican trade goods. Part IV (Chapters 22-27) broadly interprets the park's archeological record and offers a revised culture-historic taxonomy for what is proposed as the Knife region of the Middle Missouri subarea.
Most of the chapters contained in this volume were completed circa 1985-1986. Some effort has been made to update aspects of the data and conclusions offered in them by referencing certain key published and unpublished studies which have appeared since that time, but the lack of time and funds has precluded a comprehensive revision of the entire corpus of papers contained herein. Nevertheless, it is believed that this summary of the Knife River Indian Villages Phase I research program will be of substantial interest to Plains scholars and considerable utility in telling the story of the Hidatsa and Mandan Indians to the public.
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The Phase I Archeological Research Program for the Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, Part III: Analysis of the Physical Remains. Thomas D. Thiessen, F. A. Calabrese. Occasional Studies in Anthropology ,27. Lincoln, Nebraska: Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service. 1993 ( tDAR id: 375734) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8XW4JH4
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I'm going to put server/site status notices here. If the server is actually down, then I'll twitter it at @justbento. (Note this is not the same as my chattering twitter account, which is at @bentotips.
The traffic to the site is growing at an exponential rate at the moment (just one sign of this is the RSS subscribers have gone from around 1800-2000ish just a few weeks ago to currently above 47,000.) So, there might be some growth problems but I hope that we can keep up.
Newest notices are listed first below.
Jan. 20 2009: The server was DDOS'ed around 3am my time. Fortunately I was up (hah) and the wonderful folks where this server is located were able to stop it almost right away. No files were compromised. I did take the opportunity to tweak some settings in the background (which accounts for some minor outages around 12pm-1pm CET).
Jan. 19 2009: The server had a major conniption around 4am - 7am this morning my time (isn't it always the time that kind of thing occurs), but all should be ok now. (The conniption was a database table lockup, for the technically inclined).
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God understands when you feel angry
My Brother's Keeper
God understands when you feel angry
By Rev. Joe McLin From the Milwaukee Courier-Journal
Anger, hostility, or even rage may be emotions that you feel or experience from time to time.
These intense feelings and behaviors that are the results of your anger can sometimes cause serious destruction in the lives of the person who experiences them. They also can cause problems in the lives of others, possibly those closest to you.
Many people may try to deny their anger and destructively 'self medicate' themselves to ease the hurt behind the anger.
Other people may sadly take out their anger on the ones they love the most. This in itself can, and usually does, negatively raise the emotions of everyone involved.
To try and understand just where the anger is coming from in our lives can be helpful in dealing with and overcoming these recurring emotions. Usually there is a deep rooted hurt beneath anger.
This hurt could come from an earlier life experience from childhood, a personal relationship that has gone badly, a traumatic event, even a death of a loved one.
Angry resentment directed toward ourselves and others can destroy us and those a-round us.
But when we acknowledge the deep rooted hurts we have experienced and begin to understand, that we alone cannot make right the wrongs that have happened to us, we can release the hurt and bitterness we feel into the hands of God which is essential to our personal healing.
(Ephesians 4:26-32, NIV); "In your anger do not sin. Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.
He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with his own hands, that he may have something to share with those in need.
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God for-gave you."
When we sometimes feel that life itself seems to be unfair, and no matter how much we try to follow the 'rules' of life, nothing seems to go our way, we get angry.
The question of 'WHY ME' is quick to surface; but it may not be a question, rather a statement. The statement is, "what happened to me is unfair", "or I don't deserve this". I am angry about this and somebody is going to pay for this.
What we may be most angry about is that the whole world and God are different from what we want them to be.
As children we were taught that if we were good, nothing bad would ever happen to us.
We believed that if we shared things with others, if we were good to others, life would be fair to us. We later learned that life is not always fair or easily understood.
We are probably protesting that something unfair has happened to us, that we do not want to accept what has happened to us, that we are angry about what has happened to us, and that we do not intend to change our attitude until someone or God finds a way to fix it.
WELL, why don't we "Have a Little Talk with JESUS and Tell HIM all our sorrows?"
"Dear Lord, in my life there is much I do not understand, so much that remains a mystery to me. I am sure you love me and I believe in your promise to always be present with me in every aspect of my life. When life seems unfair, help me hold fast to you.
"I recognize that there are angry resentments in my life that are holding me in bondage, and these negative emotions are destroying me and the people I love the most.
"Hear my cry of pain and gently lead me to your loving arms of warmth and peacefulness and understanding.
"I thank you for encouraging me to believe that your grace can and will help me to change."
" In your precious name, AMEN


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Is there any scanner for recognition of the type of database server of a site? I wanted to use Absinthe and it wanted to know if the server was my sql server, oracle RDBMS, postgrade sql and or Sybase?
To be special what do you think about the following server's database:
Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0
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Location: /myaccount/default.aspx
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From nmap I know that the OS is windows 2003 sp1(if I remember correcly)


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FBI Wants Answers in Heinz Trades Ahead of Buyout
The FBI has entered the investigation into questionable options trades in Heinz made the day before a $23 billion buyout was announced. Kaitlyn Kiernan has details on the News Hub. Photo: Getty Images.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... the ... a suspicious trade and made in a Swiss account that did the Florida twenty three billion dollars buyout deal hahah I would announce ... his launched an FBI criminal investigation ... will have the details coming up plus with all the working moms gone one Corporation is reaching out to lure them back good morning everyone I'm Kelsey Hubbard and welcome to the News Hub here on WS J live full time ... more on that that coming up the first Kaitlyn Kiernan the death of his Lance is here to explain the FBI involvement ... in the suspicious trading had them behind by an announcement the morning thinks that remained were in ... the swing set off the balance at the FCC here and so ... on Wednesday last week that the foreign Heinz was an answer that was being bought out there was an options trading call options on someone bought ... two thousand five hundred call options ... that was and well above the average which is one thousand three hundred contacts faded daily so that's ... almost double of just the typical average daily volumes that kind of like well that's a lot of activity into one day before the spin legend is so ... looking back as options were then sent again played a bit of money and said their main a Swiss account when we know about that ... I we don't know who this account it was that we just know that it weighs in at Goldman Sachs subsidiary Goldman's contact with any wrongdoing in helping the FTC look into that so ... another that traders are yet thanks ... to was this account that this the ICC froze so that those assets can disappear ... a little in the Stock Terry now I'm Wendy of announcement was made in a jump ... in the stock price you can see there I tells a little bit about the nature of the trade of this place ... so these options granted the investor the right to buy Heinz shares at sixty five dollars a share and so on the site you can see ... at those share price shot up to seventy two fifteen so ... that is ... about a seven dollars fifty cent gain per share which ... adds up so it looks like that contain about one point seven million dollars on a ninety thousand dollars investment ... and ... if you can see it said the town had got no history of treating in time for six months ahead of the deal now so in the past six months and we like to Jean Hynes says the Heinz options said specimen with red flag to an ... end at this point we know anything about me the strength we don't I'm with you but the FBI is now working with the FCC to see if there's any criminal wrongdoing involved here ... and I understand the assets are frozen in this account of that typical in the second investigation is typical when a and B S E C C areas that the in investors' minds five c moves as assets was to make it harder for the FCC to prosecute ... so the sense of is a foreign account the FCC did move quickly to perfect that money from going anywhere ... yet we get any ... comments from non many of the players involved in this in this merger with Moussaoui of the Spinola Berkshire Hathaway has been joined in with a guy three G Capital ... I'd to to to to buy out any word from them or they have in my niece and now they just renowned singer comment or just not responding but I would be here that they are working with the SCC right now so ... I ... cannot thank the much for joining us the person for the story ... actually