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WE ALL HAVE weaknesses. Many develop slowly over time. Some are inherited. Others are mental. Many are physical drawbacks passed down from one generation to the next until they're so diluted they're barely noticeable. Still others tend to exacerbate.
WE ALL HAVE weaknesses. Many develop slowly over time. Some are inherited. Others are mental. Many are physical drawbacks passed down from one generation to the next until they're so diluted they're barely noticeable. Still others tend to exacerbate.
My hearing has never been a strong suit. Both my great-grandfather and grandfather's hearing faltered. My Dad started to lose his when he was in his mid-twenties. Besides yours truly, five of my ten siblings either have some hearing loss or are showing signs of it. And it all seems to stem from what is called auditory nerve loss.
Hearing loss leaves much to be desired. Helen Keller once said she would rather be blind than lose her hearing. She explained that seeing can never help the deaf hear. But in many cases, being able to hear can help the blind "see." Having lost much of my hearing, I tend to agree.
Whenever I'm out and about, alone, and someone says, "Hello," unless I'm looking directly their way I miss their greeting, especially if their head's turned or they have a hand blocking their mouth. If I had good hearing and was blind I'd be more apt to identify them from the sound of their voice.
Our parents have always taught us kids never to be rude and over the years we've all tried hard to adhere to that principal of civilized society. However, if I don't respond, I'm not being rude. Those who know me know that isn't my style. I just haven't "heard" you. And so I ask you to either kindly overlook my perceived offense or try to make eye to eye contact. Even a light, friendly touch on the arm to gain my attention works well.
That's why I'm so grateful whenever my wife, Peggy, accompanies me. She listens attentively to people speaking and then later tells me what was said. That doesn't mean I need her whenever I do column interviews. On the contrary. During those occasions I try finding a noiseless venue and with wearing hearing aids, I get by.
However, wearing them whenever I'm out and about holding conversations with others, creates problems. Background noises become amplified and interfere with conversations. In my case, those noises, which may be faint sounding to others who have "20/20" hearing, are greatly amplified.
There have been times I've been blamed for using hearing aids unfairly. During marital disagreements, I've been accused of turning them off whenever it appears I'm losing an argument. The first time it happened, well, naturally, I was abso-tute-ly-lute-ly mohr-ti-fied. I looked my opponent straight in the eyes and asked, "What?"
Maybe I did turn them off. Maybe I didn't. In my advancing age I just can't recall any more.
Other times, what artificial hearing assistance we do have at our disposal leaves much to be desired. For example, I use closed caption on the television. If I didn't, I'd blast out the neighbors with a loud TV sound.
Nevertheless, closed caption also leaves a lot to be desired. Sometimes I wonder if the persons who type out the messages aren't hearing impaired themselves. A few weeks ago, I was watching a news show about the capture of some slimy characters and the local prosecutor charging them with felonies. The closed caption read, "They were all read their Brenda Writes."
Now, even though I studied law, I wasn't familiar with "Brenda Writes." And so I asked Peggy. She immediately struggled to keep from falling off the chair laughing. "Miranda rights," she said, and then added, "Frank, I must admit there are times when closed caption writers are funnier than the comedy writers."
I've always suspected a good sense of humor helps maintain a healthy level of sanity. Like the next guy, I too love a good joke. And when it covers areas of which is personal, I love them all the more. Like Joe who was out walking his dog, and he ran into his friend, Chuck:
"Hi Joe," Chuck said. "What's new?"
"Got a brand new hearing aid," Joe answered as he turned his ear toward Chuck so his friend could see it.
"That's great, Joe. I wish you well and hope you have all the success with using it that you deserve," his friend offered.
"Yeah," Joe replied, "it's the latest one out on the market. Fully digital and state of the art circuitry. It reduces background noise to almost nothing and restores the natural sound of the human voice to 99.999 percent."
"Gee, that's just wonderful," Chuck said, shaking Joe's hand and again wishing him well. "By the way, what kind is it?"
Proudly glancing at his wrist, Joe answers, "Oh, about a quarter 'til three."
In case you're wondering, my ear specialist told me that years ago and I still get a good chuckle every time I tell it. And each time I 'hear' it, it reminds me once again of our human foibles and how having a good sense of humor helps keep everything in its proper perspective.
As a nation of speakers, we seem to take hearing for granted. That is, until we lose ours. Those are the times when trying to hear becomes an exercise in frustration … for both parties. Fortunately, I married a wonderful woman. One who throughout our married life has probably displayed more patience with my hearing impairment than what I may have deserved. It also helps that she majored in audio/speech therapy in college, and so that's in her favor … and mine.
As for her maintaining patience with me, it's a huge feather in her cap.
After all, even though she's intelligent, good-looking and has more attributes than what there is room here to mention, I sometimes wonder if I subconsciously married her for her hearing. But since this marriage has lasted 41 years, I'm sure there's a lot more involved … like love … on both our parts.
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By Jim Kouri
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The CIA is responsible for coordinating US counterintelligence activities abroad. Each of the military departments also has a counterintelligence element that operates domestically and overseas.
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Counterintelligence, as a function of intelligence agencies, however, goes well beyond detecting and monitoring the activities of foreign intelligence services and investigating employees suspected of espionage. Counterintelligence is an integral part of the entire intelligence process.
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Perhaps more than any other function of intelligence, counterintelligence has undergone the most significant change over the last two years. The question is whether these changes will have a long-term positive effect.
Because counterintelligence is so crucial to the success of the entire enterprise, the Intelligence Community must sustain the renewed emphasis recently placed on this function. Counterintelligence must be viewed not as an annoying intrusion but rather as an integral part of the intelligence process. It must focus not only on protecting our own sensitive information, but equally on efforts to manipulate our collection and analysis, through double agents or other means.
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Paulino's struggles, taxed 'pen lead to Sox loss
CHICAGO -- Three starts make up the White Sox career of right-handed hurler Felipe Paulino.
He has recorded just one out into the sixth among those three, factoring in his five-inning effort during a 12-6 loss to the Indians before 27,332 at a warm but windy U.S. Cellular Field on Saturday afternoon.View Full Game Coverage
CHICAGO -- Three starts make up the White Sox career of right-handed hurler Felipe Paulino.
He has recorded just one out into the sixth among those three, factoring in his five-inning effort during a 12-6 loss to the Indians before 27,332 at a warm but windy U.S. Cellular Field on Saturday afternoon.View Full Game Coverage
Paulino did not officially earn a decision in the final outcome, with the loss going to Ronald Belisario (1-1) and the Indians (6-6) putting the game out of reach via four runs scored in the ninth against Donnie Veal. But Paulino's struggles had a direct effect on the White Sox setback.
In a game where the White Sox (6-6) scored one more run off of Cleveland starter Justin Masterson in the first inning (four) than they did over 32 2/3 innings combined in '13, Paulino could not support the offense. And with Paulino working a total of 14 2/3 innings over his three starts, he's taxing a White Sox bullpen that hasn't exactly been overpowering through the first 12 games.
The White Sox aren't giving up on the free-agent addition after just three trips to the mound, but there is certainly some concern that comes with these struggles.
"As of right now, we'll continue to go," said White Sox manager Robin Ventura of Paulino's rotation spot. "We have guys in the bullpen -- you can't have guys coming in the fifth inning. It's just not a recipe that's going to make guys last out there, so it has to be better."
"I'm worried too, sometimes, because I want to be good for the team. I want to make the White Sox win," Paulino said. "But it's baseball. It's a long season. I believe in myself and that I'm going to be OK."
This game might have been different for Paulino if not for a first-inning overturned call via a Cleveland replay challenge that seemed to spark a three-run rally for the Indians. Nyjer Morgan opened the game with a single, but was then picked off of first by Paulino following a Nick Swisher strikeout.
That was at least the original call from first-base umpire and crew chief Gerry Davis. The replay left Morgan at first, instead of nobody on base with two outs, and the Indians took advantage.
Paulino allowed six runs on six hits, while striking out three and walking three. He also yielded three home runs, including back-to-back shots to Swisher and Jason Kipnis with one out in the fifth to give Cleveland a 6-5 advantage. That Swisher blast came on an 0-2 pitch.
"I've got this guy 0-2, and he hit a home run," said Paulino of Swisher. "It's frustrating because I know in my past I never missed my pitch up. It's something that's happening right now, and I have to figure it out."
Jordan Danks' fielder's choice grounder to Swisher at first scored Alexei Ramirez with the tying run in the fifth, after Ramirez made a great slide home to avoid a Carlos Santana tag. The White Sox loaded the bases with nobody out in that frame but scored only once.
Cleveland took control in the seventh, when walks from Belisario and Scott Downs eventually set up Ryan Raburn's two-run, go-ahead single to center off Daniel Webb. The White Sox bullpen now has a 7.53 ERA over 34 2/3 innings this season, with 23 walks issued.
Raburn has four RBIs over the first three games of this series and 72 in 306 career at-bats against the White Sox.
"I was just trying to put the barrel on the ball. The kid has got a good arm," said Raburn of his game-winning hit off of Webb. "He was throwing pretty hard. Just trying to get a good pitch to hit, square up and see what happens after that."
Adam Eaton launched his first White Sox homer, scored two more times and reached base in his seventh straight at-bat dating back to Friday, before tapping out to Santana to end the fifth-inning rally. He finished with his fifth straight multihit game after an eighth-inning double.
Eaton once again pointed to the fight of the team after the loss. He focused more on their quick comeback from a 3-0, first-inning hole, as opposed to the pitching woes.
"We are going up there with an approach and trying to execute the approach," said Eaton of the offense, which pushed across six runs (five earned) on seven hits over 4 2/3 innings against Masterson, including a two-run Adam Dunn single. "Everything will come around, and we'll be just fine. But I love seeing the fight."
This White Sox rotation was aligned with Paulino and Erik Johnson splitting up the lefty trio of Chris Sale (No. 1), Jose Quintana (No. 3) and John Danks (No. 5). The order also didn't put Paulino -- who hadn't pitched in a big league game since June 2012 before this year due to ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery and a cyst on his shoulder -- and the rookie Johnson back-to-back.
Even with that built-in break, Paulino's outings have been too stressful on the White Sox relievers. He knows his return is a work in progress and plans to get back to work immediately with pitching coach Don Cooper.
"My arm is OK," Paulino said. "The thing right now is just try to understand the situation that has happened to me the last two years. Just keep working and figure out the little things I'm looking for to be successful and try to go deep into the game."
"Colorado is one thing," said Ventura of Paulino's last start. "Then coming back and being in another place is another. Guys have to go deeper into a game."
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The latest is that, against the wishes of the US and the New Zealand governments, the court has granted Dotcom the use of $4.83 million out of the assets that were frozen in order to pay some of his legal expenses (though, not for his US lawyer, Ira Rothken). The order also says that the released funds cannot be used for Dotcom's co-defendants. The ruling, embedded below, is pretty thorough and suggests (yet again) that the US-driven prosecution of Dotcom is mostly focused on trying to railroad him, rather than allow him to mount an adequate defense. He may very well be guilty, but it's pretty shameful that the steps taken by the US and New Zealand governments seem designed to not even give him a chance to properly defend himself. At least the New Zealand court has recognized that's not right, and will allow him access to some funds, with specific limits, so that he can put together his defense.
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The saying "Liars never figure and figures never lie" is an appropriate starting point for reviewing Small Business Administration (SBA) loan financing within the fitness industry.
This column includes some interesting figures, provided to me by Bob Coleman, the founder of the "Coleman Report," a newsletter covering the U.S. SBA loan programs. Coleman also is a national expert covering SBA lending programs and has worked for more than 25 years in the SBA industry.
One of the most interesting pieces of data is that the fitness industry collectively secured more than $1 billion in financing from the SBA in this decade.
"The fitness industry is currently 17th as an industry category of 1,185 industry categories for SBA lending, so lenders are comfortable and have a history of lending to fitness centers," Coleman says.
He added that the franchises within the fitness industry as a whole are performing slightly better than the national average of SBA loans, and the industry as a whole is performing at the national average. Franchisors can apply to be approved by the SBA, and if approval is received, then their franchisees get a better rate on their SBA loans.
The following table includes details about all of the SBA-approved franchises, which collectively received nearly $30 million in SBA financing in 2008. The failure rates are not failure rates of that franchise's clubs in total; it is the failure rate of the franchisees that applied for an SBA loan (as some franchisees do not apply for SBA loans).
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2. Good Financing Terms – The terms of SBA loans that finance real estate (SBA 504 program) typically will be 25 years. Unlike many commercial real-estate loans, these loans do not have balloon payments, so all payments include principle and interest over the term of the loan. The terms of the SBA loans (SBA 7A program) that do not involve the purchase of real estate can range from seven to 10 years. Interest rates vary based upon the type of loan (504 or 7A), the prime rate at the time of closing and the strength of the borrower(s). As a general rule, the interest rates are approximately 6 percent for a 504 SBA real estate loan and 2.75 percent or less for 7A SBA loans over prime rate, which in today's lending environment is at a historic low.
3. Increased Approval Potential – The SBA program is designed to spread the risk of the loan between the lending bank and the SBA. Depending upon the type of loan (504 or 7A), the SBA will assume a percentage of the risk so that the lending bank is actually only putting at risk the portion of the loan that the SBA does not guarantee. All SBA loans are secured by the borrower with some collateral, which typically includes their personal real estate. Many lenders are risk adverse in our current business environment, so this is an extremely important element of an SBA loan.
4. SBA Fees Waived – The U.S. Bank SBA Division is promoting that small business owners now have an even better incentive to tap into long-term, SBA-guaranteed financing, and interest rates are now at an all-time low. The recently enacted Recovery and Reinvestment Act now empowers lenders to provide SBA-guaranteed loans without the usual SBA fees to borrowers for the remainder of 2009. The fee savings could be as much as $53,000 on a $2 million SBA 7A loan. Erik Daniels, senior vice president at U.S. Bank and president of U.S. Bank's SBA Division, said, "The temporary waiver of borrower fees will assist small business in retaining their capital, which will help them sustain and grow their business."
With the many benefits of SBA loans and a track record of more than 5,000 SBA loans funded in this decade alone, the fitness industry has been and should continue to be the benefactor of this important funding source.


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Women no longer have to worry about significant scars and missing weeks of work
Sioux Falls, SD (PRWEB) May 13, 2014
Sanford Women's is now performing single-incision robotic hysterectomies. The surgery is performed through a tiny incision in the belly button, making the procedure virtually scarless.
The instrumentation allows the surgeon to remove the uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries through one small incision. In addition to a minimal scar that is often hidden by the belly button, the benefits of this surgical procedure may include shorter hospital stay, faster recovery and less pain. Previous robotic surgeries required up to four incisions.
Sanford gynecologic surgeons Laurie Landeen, MD and Erica Schipper, MD are the first in the state trained to perform this innovative procedure using the latest technology available, da Vinci® Single-Site™ robotic surgery system. Sanford is among the first hospitals in the Midwest to offer the surgery.
"Women no longer have to worry about significant scars and missing weeks of work," said Dr. Schipper. "Most patients go home the next day and have to take little more than ibuprofen for the pain. They resume normal activities within a couple of weeks."
The technology used to perform the procedure was approved by the FDA in 2011, with approval for use in benign hysterectomy and salpingo-oophorectomy (fallopian tubes and ovaries) granted in February 2013.
"We are proud to be the first in the state to offer our patients a single-incision hysterectomy," said Paul Hanson, president Sanford USD Medical Center. "It demonstrates our commitment to offering women the most advanced, minimally-invasive surgical options."
For the procedure, a surgeon makes an incision less than an inch in length in the patient's belly button. This allows a port, or tube, to be placed in the opening. Through this port, the robot's camera and robotic arms are moved into the patient's abdomen.
The surgeon then sits at a console, viewing 3-D, high-definition images, while using controls to move robotic arms and instruments inside the patient's body. The system translates the surgeon's hand, wrist and finger movements into precise, real-time movements of the surgical instruments.
According to the National Institutes of Health, hysterectomies are very common, one in three women in the United States has one by the age of 60.
At Sanford Health, surgeons perform various types of robotic-assisted surgeries in addition to gynecologic surgery, including surgical procedures for gall bladder removal, prostate, kidney, urological and colorectal conditions. For more information on Sanford Women's and Single-Site Hysterectomy, visit womens.sanfordhealth.org.
About Sanford Health
Sanford Health is an integrated health system headquartered in the Dakotas and is now the largest, rural, not-for-profit health care system in the nation with locations in 126 communities in nine states. In addition, Sanford Health is in the process of developing international clinics in Ghana, Israel, Mexico and China.
Sanford Health includes 39 hospitals, 140 clinic locations and 1,360 physicians in 81 specialty areas of medicine. With more than 26,000 employees, Sanford Health is the largest employer in North Dakota and South Dakota. The system is experiencing dynamic growth and development in conjunction with nearly $1 billion in gifts from philanthropist Denny Sanford. These gifts are making possible the implementation of several initiatives, including global children's clinics, multiple research centers and finding cures for type 1 diabetes and breast cancer. For more information, visit sanfordhealth.org.


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The basic gist of this challenge is to find a habitable world (or as many as you want) in a procedural galaxy without use of the map or search tools. However, it gets somewhat more complicated than that.
Still, the only overall rules are 'no search tools and no already-visited planets'. These rules won't really be mentioned in the difficulty
This difficulty is just the standard difficulty. You fly around like you would normally do in SE, but you can't use search tools.
Normal: Find one habitable world in a procedural galaxy.
Intermediate: Find two habitable worlds in a procedural galaxy.
Hard: Find four habitable worlds in a procedural galaxy.
n-Planet: Find 'n' amount of habitable worlds in a procedural galaxy. (In your post, replace 'n' with the number of habitable worlds you seek to find.)
To Boldly Go (or 'Spaceship Mode', or 'Wanderers Still')
In this difficulty, you must use a spaceship to find the habitable planets. You must start in orbit around the galaxy's central black hole. There is no story given, but you can make one up if you want. Preferably, name your ship.
Normal: Find one habitable world with any FTL (faster than light)-capable starship. Should have a maximum boost exponent of 12 or lower.
Intermediate: Find one habitable world with an STL (slower than light) ship - indicated by the class of 'Planetship' in the menu.
Hard: Find two habitable worlds with an STL ship.
n-World, FTL: n-World mode, but with an FTL ship.
n-World, STL: n-World mode, but with an STL ship.
Screw You, Enrico Fermi! (or 'Fermi Resolution')
This difficulty is a harder (but not the same) version of Standard in which you have to find alien life somewhere in the galaxy. It doesn't have to be habitable by humans, but it has to have alien life. Doesn't matter if it's organic or exotic.
Fermi Resolution 1: Find unicellular alien life.
Fermi Resolution 2: Find multicellular alien life.
(n-World isn't included, since it might be too hard. Use '???' instead and elaborate on it as such.)
This is a catch-all difficulty for whatever derivative you want to do of the challenge. Though if you choose this 'difficulty', you have to say whatever is added to the Standard challenge to make it funner/harder. This also won't be named because it's not supposed to be.
(Whatever the heck you want to do)
- (If you haven't already) Turn on procedural [everything], and turn off catalog [everything].
- Find a procedural galaxy that you sufficiently like or you think might have a chance of having at least one habitable world (that you have not already found a habitable world in.) Name it.
- Start searching
- Name it something! (I don't care if it's the name of a ship from the Culture or a famous Swedish singer from the 70's, just name it something. Snarky names are allowed.)
- Take a lot of pictures. (At the very least, take a picture of the planet facing the day side, the terminator (area between the night and day sides), and the night side in its current state.
- Take pictures of anything else notable near it, and give those things names too (rings, oddly-shaped moons, etc.).
- Repeat if you're searching for more than one habitable world.
- State the difficulty at the beginning/description of the video/album or in the post itself, so I can organise it into somewhere.
- Please make your challenge post in the form of an unedited (that is, showing your whole trial/error process, but you can edit the quality and give an intro/outro) video - you can put the times where you actually discover habitable worlds in the description. If you can't, a series of Imgur (or similar) albums also showing trial/error in some way will work. It'll be less awesome if you just showed the images of the habitable world[s].
- If you give your challenge post a story (for example, in the 'To Boldly Go' difficulty), please try to keep it rooted in SpaceEngine; IE take stars/planets from SE rather than making them up.
- Give the star/planet names in the image descriptions if you made an image album.
- Does not have to be breathable in its current state, but you shouldn't need an HEV suit just to take a morning walk. For example, it shouldn't have more than 160-220 kPa (kilopascals), but no less than 20-60 kPa. Examples for potential equipment to enhance survivability include oxygen masks and air filters.
- Has to be between -10 and 110 degrees Fahrenheit (roughly -23.33 and 43.33 Centigrade).
- If the ocean's not a shade of blue, assume it's not liquid water - it'll probably be something like methane or something if it's a weird color. Very light blue probably has a large amount of Saline, so it's probably drinkable after a filter has been applied; very dark blue probably is because of lighting.
EDIT 1: Various stuff and added 'Habitable World Guidelines'.
EDIT 2: Added the 'Fermi Resolution' and gave alternative names to some of the difficulties, also adding jokes in the text color.


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2019 Jeep Cherokee: Midsize SUV loses quirk, goes upscale [First Look]
The headlights on the Jeep Cherokee were polarizing.
There. I said it.
Jeep even said it during its press briefing for the refreshed 2019 Jeep Cherokee.
So, it should come as no surprise that the biggest changes on the exterior design come from the A-Pillar forward. The front fascia is all-new. The shape of the hood is new.
And, in case you missed it, the headlight design is really new.
The daytime running light "eyebrow" is still present; it's just now integrated with the actual headlamp in a single casing.
In addition to looking more refined than the previous iteration, this is a functional change as well. Moving the headlamp higher actually lights the road better at night. Go figure.
A lot of the quirk of the Cherokee centered around the weird headlights and pointy nose, but four years into its lifecycle, Jeep decided it was time for the Cherokee to grow up.
Or at the very least go a little more upscale.
So in addition to the blunted nose and standard LED headlights, the interior gets an upgrade as well with more elegant finishing touches, more content and better touch points.
Oh, and in case you're wondering, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are standard, as is the 7-inch screen with UConnect. The 8.4-inch screen with Uconnect is available.
Also new for 2019 is the 2.0-liter 4-cylinder turbocharged engine that delivers 270 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque. This engine is pretty amazing – smooth, quiet and fast in all the right places.
And, get this: It only costs $500 more than the mid-level 3.2-liter V-6 engine. It's also available at every trim, as is the V-6.
While the V-6 is nice with 271 horsepower and 239 pound-feet of torque, if you're going to spend $1,745 for that upgrade, you may as well go all the way with $2,245. The new engine is that good.
The base engine is the familiar 2.4-liter Tigershark 4-cylinder engine that delivers 170 horsepower and 180 pound-feet of torque. While this engine is fuel efficient and fine for tooling around town, it's loud and a little bit sluggish. I believe the word I used to describe it while driving was "adequate."
On-road driving – whether you opt for the base or up-level engines – is really nice. Frankly, it's kind of a surprise, as the folks at Jeep decided to send us on twisty roads better suited to a sports car than a midsize SUV. Yet the Cherokee managed to hold its own.
Interior quietness across the trims and engine selection is also nice. The engine noise with the 2.4-liter is more noticeable under hard acceleration, but at cruising speeds all engines and trims were pleasant.
Another bonus is the phone connectivity. I made a couple calls using both the Bluetooth connection and the wired-in CarPlay connection, and the person on the other side said they were both remarkably clear – though the wired-in connection was a tad more clear.
Another point to note: Even though Jeep added more class to the Cherokee, it still offers a Trailhawk version, which is quite capable and receives the trail-rated demarcation.
We spent some time on a very technical trail, and I was impressed with its ability to crawl on the rocks and maneuver through moguls. No, it's not Wrangler capable, but yes, it will get you through a lot of tricky off-road situations.
One of the stories Jeep tried to drive home was the value proposition.
The base price of the current Cherokee is $24,395, which is $400 more than the new base – even though Jeep added more content.
Pricing for all trims is as follows (4X2, 4X4):
- Latitude: $23,995, $25,495
- Latitude Plus: $25,495, $26,495
- Trailhawk: $33,320 (only available as a 4X4)
- Limited: $30,375, $31,875
- Overland: $36,275, $37,775
The 2019 Jeep Cherokee was revealed in January at the Detroit Auto Show, and it's slated to hit dealerships by the end of Q1.
The Bottom Line
When Jeep introduced the new Cherokee in 2014, it replaced the outgoing Liberty.
The automaker used this new entry to make waves in the lucrative midsize SUV segment. And though Cherokee had a polarizing design, it seemed to work.
Last year, Cherokee sold 1.4 million units globally in a segment that hovers around 9 million.
Now, Jeep is looking to up its game, get rid of the quirk, go upscale and conquer more sales.
During my brief first look, I'd say Jeep hit the mark. The new Cherokee is a nice vehicle at the base level, and when you add in that new 2.0-liter engine, it's a homerun.


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School officials want to know how an intruder managed to walk into North Quincy High School earlier this week, sending the building into lockdown.
QUINCY – Like many communities across the country, Quincy beefed up school security in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., shootings in 2012. The city spent more than $500,000 on school security alone last year.
But various upgrades, including new intercom buzzers at the two high schools, didn't stop an intruder from walking into North Quincy High School earlier this week, sending the building into lockdown.
The man was eventually questioned and arrested, and although there is no indication he had any intention to hurt someone, school officials want to know how such security breaches can be thwarted in the future.
School committee member Anne Mahoney suggested the city look into arming all school doors with an alarm that sounds if the door isn't shut completely.
"It's one thing to say, 'we have buzzers,' but what we don't have is the ability to say, 'if the door is ajar, we know it's ajar,'" Mahoney said Wednesday during a committee meeting.
After 2 p.m. Monday, North Quincy High School went into lockdown because an intruder entered the building through an unsecured loading-dock entrance. Police said the man, Edmilson Andrade, 23, a Braintree resident, asked a student about playing the piano in the auditorium and then lied about picking up his cousin from school when questioned by a teacher.
Police arrested Andrade, charging him with trespassing, disturbing a school assembly and obstruction of justice.
On Wednesday, Michael Draicchio, the director of safety, security and transportation for Quincy schools, said it was unknown whether the loading-dock door was ajar or if it had been left unlocked.
School committee member David McCarthy recommended putting bells on the loading-dock doors so delivery drivers can ring them when they arrive. Otherwise, McCarthy says, school workers may be apt to leave the doors unlocked or cracked open if they know a shipment is coming during the day, rather than sit by the door waiting to open it.
This year, the city's two high schools have started enforcing new protocols for visitors who use the buildings' main entrances. Visitors now must state their name and purpose for visiting, remove their hats, hoods and sunglasses, have an ID on them, sign in via a written log, carry around a visitor ID badge and lanyard during the visit, and sign out.
Also, North Quincy High School has started using an intercom buzzer at its main entrance, similar to the systems already used in the city's middle and elementary schools. Quincy High School is in the process of converting to a buzz-in system, Draicchio said.
Although school committee members praised the changes, they said there's still room for improvements. For example, Barbara Isola said visitors should have to turn in an ID for the duration of their visit.
"I would like to see identifications taken and kept at the desk so that we make sure people will return the visitor's badge," Isola said.
In other business Wednesday, Superintendent Richard DeCristofaro said the city may consider opening a new Sterling Middle School to serve students in grades 4-8. The existing middle school serves grades 5-8.
The city is still in the early process of seeking state aid to build a new Sterling Middle School. Cristofaro said school committee members wouldn't have to decide on the new school's grade configuration until next winter.


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These days, language-learning methods sport an array of trade-names associated with a particular founder, technique or symbol. But names aside, these methods cluster around two basic approaches: those which use translation and grammar explanations in the learner's native language as the touchstone for meaning in the new language, and those which do not. The first set of approaches is generally called the Grammar Translation Method (GTM) and the second either the Direct or Natural Method, or simply Immersion.
Grammar Translation Flourishes
This distinction between the two wasn't so clear five hundred years ago in Western Europe when Latin was still a living, spoken language. With the decline of Latin as a spoken language in the seventeenth century, however, teaching by translation and rote memorization became the only way to read classic Latin writings. Students were evaluated primarily with written tests while oral abilities were used simply to read the translations aloud. During the eighteenth century in Europe and later in North America, modern languages began to rival Latin in schools. The rote approach was simply recycled to teach modern foreign languages, and the grammar-translation method emerged.
Grammar Translation Fails
At the tail end of the 1800s, however, a revolution broke out in language learning that stressed oral communication and removed translation from the process. After centuries of dominance, GTM had proven unfit for teaching students to communicate in a new language. Assigning texts to translate and grammar rules to memorize had not worked. Using students' first language as the language of instruction had not developed students' abilities to speak.
So by 1900, teachers in Germany and France were experimenting with ways of teaching new languages that mirrored the way children learn their first languages. This "direct method" stressed oral communication and learning to think in the new language. All foreign-language teaching occurred in the target language—the language students were learning—with no instruction or translation in the students' native languages.
While the Direct Method never took hold in public education, "direct" techniques filtered into the 20th century. But they almost always appeared in classrooms using students' native languages as part of the language-learning process. Tests still had students translating. And learning to speak a new language was a long shot.
New Technologies and Dynamic Immersion®
Serendipitously, computers showed up in our schools and homes in the 1990s with all the capabilities to recreate language-learning settings like those in which we learned our first languages. Words, images and sounds combined to form new worlds of language. Constant interaction made it possible for us to immerse ourselves in the language and learn on our own. Sound familiar?
Yet nearly twenty years after computers revolutionized learning, most technology-based programs for learning languages—most language-learning programs of any kind, for that matter—still rely on GTM and therefore fail to build genuine communication skills. Even the propagation of digital devices, social media, and virtual worlds has left us speechless when it comes to holding conversations in a new language.
With Dynamic Immersion, Rosetta Stone's method for learning to speak new languages, we resolve to lead the language-learning revolution.
For more reading on language-learning education, check out:
• The Grammar-Translation Method. Rene Tetzner. 2004.
• Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching. Richards and Rodgers. 2001
• Desiderius Erasmus: Concerning the aim and method of education. William Harrison Woodward. 1904.
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Technology Knowledge base
|Knowledge Base
|Knowledge Base - Archive Outlook 2010 Email Account
|by Kitty Rutledge
|07/30/2012 (Software)
Manual Archive - Outlook 2010
How to manually archive email messages and other items in Outlook 2010.
2. Click Cleanup Tools.
4. Select the Archive This Folder And All Subfolders option.
5. Select folder you wish to archive. Click the + next to a folder to view and select subfolders. NOTE: All items within the selected folder and all subfolders within the selected folder will be archived. Select Mailbox - User's Name to archive all Outlook items.
6. Specify a date under Archive Items Older Than.
7. Under Archive File, click Browse to specify a new file or location if you do not want to use the default file or location. Browse to find the file that you want, or enter the file name, then click OK. The destination file location appears in the Archive File box. NOTE: New archives created with Microsoft Outlook 2010 are saved in the following locations:
Windows 7 and Windows Vista:
9. Select the Include Items With "Do Not AutoArchive" Checked check box to include
10. Click OK.
If the archive Outlook Data File (.pst) is open in Outlook, the name of the archive will
If the archive Outlook Data File (.pst) is not open in Outlook:
1. Click the File tab.


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This article was printed from mlb, originally published .
Read more news at: https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news
D-backs Place Montero On 15-Day Disabled List
Option Roe To Reno, Recall Spruill From Reno and Select Gosewisch From Reno
The Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) have placed catcher Miguel Montero (@miggymont26) on the 15-day disabled list with a lower back strain retroactive to July 29, optioned right-handed pitcher Chaz Roe to Triple-A Reno, recalled right-handed pitcher Zeke Spruill (@zekespruill) from Reno and selected the contract of catcher Tuffy Gosewisch (GOES-wish) (@santiagoeswisch) from Reno, according to D-backs' Executive Vice President & General Manager Kevin Towers. Additionally, left-handed pitcher Joe Thatcher, who was acquired yesterday, has reported to the club.
Montero, 30, was hitting .228 (74-for-325) with 11 doubles, 9 home runs and 34 RBI in 92 games with Arizona this season. He ranked second in MLB with 796.1 innings caught, trailing only St. Louis' Yadier Molina (804.1).
Over 8 Major League seasons with the D-backs (2006-present), Montero is batting .268 (655-for-2440) with 146 doubles, 82 home runs and 368 RBI. He is the franchise's all-time leader as catcher in home runs (78), RBI (351), games caught (683) and innings caught (5,694.0).
Roe, 26, was 1-0 with a 5.79 ERA (3 ER in 4.2 IP) in 4 relief appearances with the D-backs in 2013. He was recalled from Reno on July 28 and pitched 1.0 inning on July 30 @ Tampa Bay (1 ER).
Spruill, 23, combined to go 4-6 with a 2.68 ERA (31 ER in 104.0 IP) in 17 starts with Triple-A Reno and Double-A Mobile this season. He has not allowed an earned run in his last 5 starts, going 3-0 with a 0.00 ERA (31.2 IP).
Spruill, who is scheduled to make his first Major League start tonight, has gone 42-39 with 1 save and a 3.45 ERA (262 ER in 684.0 IP) in 121 games (112 starts) in 6 Minor League seasons with the Braves (2008-12) and D-backs (2013).
Gosewisch, 29, hit .285 (65-for-228) with 19 doubles, 6 home runs and 30 RBI in 66 games with the Aces in 2013. He was named to the Pacific Coast League midseason All-Star Team and led the league with a 51.2 caught stealing percentage (21-for-41).
Gosewisch is a career .238 (590-for-2476) hitter with 159 doubles, 51 home runs and 300 RBI in 9 Minor League seasons with the Phillies (2005-12), Blue Jays (2012) and D-backs (2013).
Gosewisch, who will wear No. 54 in his Major League debut, is a 2001 graduate of Horizon High School in Phoenix and attended Arizona State University from 2002-05. He signed with the D-backs as a Minor League free agent on Nov. 4, 2012.
Thatcher will wear No. 57.
The D-backs 40-man roster is at 39.


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Why only an api for input?
Wouldn't it be reasonable to have an api for in and output?
Since many things have a combination of both and sometimes are really related.
touchscreen = screen (output) + touch (input).
I don't know this for sure but wouldn't having two seperate api's be less convenient for integration of complicated input+output devices? Maybe there can be some benefits to integrating something. And with having to change something in two specifications this could proove to be more difficult.
Thank u for reading.


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1-inch series resolvers offers fully housed configuration
Honeywell introduced the Hawk Resolvers 1-Inch Series, Fully Housed Configuration, which provide enhanced accuracy (±7 arcmin) for precise motion control. With the launch of the Hawk Resolvers, Honeywell now offers two off-the-shelf versions, as well as resolvers that can be customized to meet specific end-user needs.
Potential defense applications for the 1-Inch Series include positioning for electro-optical systems, gimbals/communication pedestals, infrared systems, vehicle transmission systems, and test equipment. Potential space applications include positioning for satellite, satellite antenna, space station, and space vehicle solar panel arrays.
The Hawk 1-Inch Series Resolvers offer shock specification of 50 g, 11 ms, vibration specification of 15 g, 10 Hz to 2000 Hz and wide operating temperature range of -50.8 °C to 93.3 °C [-60 °F to 200 °F] which allow for use in harsh military and aerospace applications. The resolvers also feature a wide excitation voltage range of 2 V to 15 V; which allows customers to standardize on a resolver that meets their excitation voltage needs, simplifying sourcing and delivery, and saving time as well as global support.
In addition to its non-contact design, the lack of electronics, and the use of space-qualified materials, Hawk Resolvers meet multiple military/aerospace specifications: DO-160D, MIL-STD-202G, MIL-STD-810G, MIL-STD-81963B, MIL-STD-461F, and comply with space outgassing requirement SP-R0022.
The fully housed configuration with bearing/shaft has a small outer diameter of 1 inch, which allows for use in size-restricted applications. The single speed operation (1 magnetic pole pair) allows for cost-effective angle resolution over a 360°+ range, and the wide excitation frequency range of 2000 Hz to 5000 Hz provides a wide variety of choices with which to power the device. The transformation ratio of 0.45 or 1.0 offers customers two choices, increasing flexibility within the application.
The Honeywell Hawk™ 1-Inch Series Resolvers are also available with a variety of options, including:
- Custom trim designed to allow tighter accuracy;
- Connections which include custom lead wire, cable, connector on unit or connector on cable;
- Titanium housing which provides enhanced durability and resistance to corrosion; lightweight;
- Custom redundant version (two independent resolvers within the same housing) which provides reliable back-up/fail-safe in critical applications;
- Transformer for 360°+ rotation (continuous).
Honeywell International
– Edited by Gust Gianos, Control Engineering, www.controleng.com


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ST. PAUL, Minn.—Residents in St. Paul have been given the all-clear to resume using water as normal after a weekend water main break.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports (http://bit.ly/12haitN) the boil water advisory was lifted Sunday morning after St. Paul Regional Water Services received confirmation that there are no more contaminants in the water.
The water main has been repaired and service is expected to resume Sunday.
The 20-inch, 61-year-old main broke late Friday, sending an estimated 1.75 million gallons of water through parts of downtown.
Water service for many was affected. The exact number is unknown, but many homes and businesses had water supply and water pressure issues.
Information from: St. Paul Pioneer Press, http://www.twincities.com


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The Millwork Wall Finishing System includes contoured wall base, chair rail, a corner guard, quarter round, and shoe moulding. Designed to coordinate with each other and with other elements in the space, they help simplify the finishing process of rubber flooring or vinyl flooring. The true beauty of Millwork, however, could be the cost savings versus real wood. Lower initial costs combined with ongoing maintenance savings makes Millwork a high-performance solution that helps boost productivity and ROI.
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Victorian, family-oriented, and breathtaking natural beauty describe the classic Colorado ski town of Breckenridge. Enjoy countless outdoor activities, in both winter and summer, because Breckenridge averages over 300 days of sun each year and over 300 inches of snow each winter! With over one-million skier visits last year, Breckenridge is one of the most popular winter resorts in the country. Highlights include Breckenridge's historic main street, thrilling terrain parks, boutique restaurants and shops, and the new Riverwalk Center. Throughout the year, cultural events like the Breckenridge Film Festival, the Backstage Theatre, weekend farmers markets and art festivals will entertain you. Quaint streets feature fine dining and endless shopping opportunities. With an array of ski-in/ski-out housing opportunities, you only have to throw open your front door and go. The resort ski runs come right down into town, so you can ski home for lunch. And the limited availability of these properties makes them highly valued. A perfect mountain town!
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In an address given at the Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre International, Mr. David Miscavige expounded upon society's drug problem and what lies behind it:
DAVID MISCAVIGE: "The answer to this planet's problems will not be found in the 'material.' Of this there can be no question. For if those solutions can't prevent war nation to nation, how then can it be expected to answer questions like "love," "happiness" or "peace of mind?" So, we can't expect the answer to be found in chemicals. Not unless one buys into a synthesized utopia, or a 'Brave New World,' with a perfect pleasure drug.
"Yet that is precisely what we see in the world today, with multi-million dollar conglomerates providing a cornucopia of new pills as a panacea to all ills making the pharmaceutical industry the most profitable business on the planet more than banking, high finance, oil or computers. Common sense tells us it's the wrong answer.
"After all, it isn't just mere coincidence that the arrival of those new drugs always coincide with the expiration of the last one's patent. That's a fact.
"And when the success of the latest "feel good" pill is judged by profit, well don't be surprised when happiness isn't the result. After all, what then would happen with all those blue chip stocks?
"As any businessman knows good marketing strategy requires the constant outflow of new product. And besides, the statistics say it all those pills are not working."
Later in the speech, Mr. David Miscavige went on to describe the work Narconon.
Narconon centers around the world are educating hundreds of thousands of people and rehabilitating thousands of addicts. The Narconon program is a non-profit public benefit organization dedicated to eliminating drug abuse through prevention, education and rehabilitation.
The Narconon network consists of over 100 rehabilitation and drug prevention centers around the world. Rehabilitation centers produce graduates, the majority of whom have demonstrated they can live stable, ethical, productive, drug-free lives. The Narconon drug prevention centers educate hundreds of thousands of people each year with live presentations and bring the truth to many more through video presentations and written materials.The Narconon drug rehabilitation program is an entirely drug-free social education program. The key to the success of the Narconon program is the Drug Rehabilitation Technology developed by author and humanitarian, L. Ron Hubbard. This methodology has been used successfully by hundreds of thousands of people around the world to rid themselves of the need for drugs and to regain control of their lives.The Narconon drug prevention and education program takes a comprehensive approach to preventing drug use through effective educational programs with school children, parents and educators, training for peer leaders and professionals, and broad information campaigns.


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France 6-16 Wales, Six Nations, Stade de France
Wales remember how to win
Graham Jenkins
February 9, 2013
Wales' Leigh Halfpenny enjoys the moment after his latest Man of the Match display © PA Photos
It may not have been very pretty but they will not care. Wales are back in the winning habit.
Discounting a clash with the Barbarians that the Welsh Rugby Union unfortunately deem worthy of Test caps, Wales had not tasted victory since setting the seal on their third Six Nations Grand Slam in eight years against France last March. During that time agony and embarrassment have been all too common with frustration and pressure building with each and every one of their eight defeats. But that tension eased in the French capital on Saturday night thanks to an epic defensive display from a team that had quite simply decided enough was enough.
Wales rediscovered the defensive steel that has underpinned much of their success in recent years to smother a French side that in contrast was a shadow of the brutal blue machine that has accounted for some of the world's best in recent months. Wales' outstanding team effort played on their rivals' insecurities in the wake of their shock opening defeat to Italy. Like the Azzurri, the Welsh denied France the freedom to express themselves, swarming in defence to slam the door shut at every turn.
Wales captain Ryan Jones set the tone with an inspirational display having been restored as skipper due to an injury to Sam Warburton. His all-action display included crucial tackles and equally valuable metres with ball in hand to keep his side on the front foot. Justin Tipuric, another to benefit from Warburton's enforced absence, trumped his skipper's tackle count and must surely be in line to retain his spot when his rival flanker returns to fitness as expected ahead of their next clash with Italy in a fortnight's time.
Despite the Welsh pack's sterling effort, there was precious little attacking endeavour of note from the visitors but what they did conjure brought a game-changing reward. Fly-half Dan Biggar's chip through the French defence in the closing moments of the game with the result in the balance was a gamble but when you have a winger of George North's quality hovering for the hint of an opportunity it is a calculated punt. The ball fell kindly for an on-rushing North who showed superb awareness to remain in-play while weathering the tackle of France's Francois Trinh-Duc on his way to touching down in the corner. Given Wales' record of losing winning positions, most notably in Australia last year, the game was clearly still not one but when the imperious Leigh Halfpenny landed a long-range penalty to cap an 11-point haul you knew that not even they could let this one slip.
They were helped no end by yet another lacklustre display from France. Given their trademark unpredictability we accept the odd off-day from a side with an equally rich tradition for champagne rugby but not this kind of prolonged pain - especially from a side considered the title favourites a little over a week ago. They have not lost their first two opening championship games since 1982 when they ended up propping up the table alongside Wales and suddenly with a trip to an in-form England looming next you fear they may not yet have hit rock bottom.
Coach Philippe Saint-Andre clearly has work to do with his side combining for a total of six points and failing to score a try at home in a championship clash for only the second time since 2000. Much of that impotency and lack of creativity can be laid at the feet of fly-half Frederic Michalak whose lethargy is beyond alarming. Saint-Andre kept faith with his playmaker despite a woefully inadequate performance against Italy but you sense - if just to protect his own reputation - that the axe will fall sooner rather than later. Michalak's lack of game time at No.10, due to his scrum-half role at Toulon, was a minor concern coming into the Six Nations but one that has been magnified no end in the last fortnight.
There were some not wanting for effort with No.8 Louis Picamoles a towering presence in a sea of mediocrity but what creativity the French could muster lacked conviction with some of their passing as loose as the terrible turf they were attempting to play on. Rest assured that the wind of change, whipped up by whistling from fans who expect so much better, will blow through Marcoucssis in the coming days.
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Graham Jenkins is the Senior Editor of ESPNscrum and you can also follow him on Twitter.
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I have long loved mathematics. Happy Pi Day, dear readers.
1. Being a postdoc sucks when you are given the autonomy to produce scads of gorgeous data, but you cannot get your PI to publish the goddamn manuscript.
2. Being a PI sucks when you would be willing to spend scads of your gorgeous time publishing a manuscript, but you cannot get your trainees to produce the goddamn data.
3. The solution lies in forming and maintaining a research group of precisely 1.


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19 Some people store up treasures in their homes here on earth. This is a shortsighted practice—don't undertake it. Moths and rust will eat up any treasure you may store here. Thieves may break into your homes and steal your precious trinkets. 20 Instead, put up your treasures in heaven where moths do not attack, where rust does not corrode, and where thieves are barred at the door. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
22 The eye is the lamp of the body. You draw light into your body through your eyes, and light shines out to the world through your eyes. So if your eye is well and shows you what is true, then your whole body will be filled with light. 23 But if your eye is clouded or evil, then your body will be filled with evil and dark clouds. And the darkness that takes over the body of a child of God who has gone astray—that is the deepest, darkest darkness there is.
When Jesus speaks of eyes and light, He means all people should keep their eyes on God because the eyes are the windows to the soul. Eyes should not focus on trash—pornography, filth, or expensive things. And this is what He means when He says, "Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
Jesus: 24 No one can serve two masters. If you try, you will wind up loving the first master and hating the second, or vice versa. People try to serve both God and money—but you can't. You must choose one or the other.
25 Here is the bottom line: do not worry about your life. Don't worry about what you will eat or what you will drink. Don't worry about how you clothe your body. Living is about more than merely eating, and the body is about more than dressing up. 26 Look at the birds in the sky. They do not store food for winter. They don't plant gardens. They do not sow or reap—and yet, they are always fed because your heavenly Father feeds them. And you are even more precious to Him than a beautiful bird. If He looks after them, of course He will look after you. 27 Worrying does not do any good; who here can claim to add even an hour to his life by worrying?
28 Nor should you worry about clothes. Consider the lilies of the field and how they grow. They do not work or weave or sew, and yet their garments are stunning. 29 Even King Solomon, dressed in his most regal garb, was not as lovely as these lilies. 30 And think about grassy fields—the grasses are here now, but they will be dead by winter. And yet God adorns them so radiantly. How much more will He clothe you, you of little faith, you who have no trust?
31 So do not consume yourselves with questions: What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear? 32 Outsiders make themselves frantic over such questions; they don't realize that your heavenly Father knows exactly what you need. 33 Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and then all these things will be given to you too. 34 So do not worry about tomorrow. Let tomorrow worry about itself. Living faithfully is a large enough task for today.
The Voice Bible Copyright © 2012 Thomas Nelson, Inc. The Voice™ translation © 2012 Ecclesia Bible Society All rights reserved.


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New Car Review
2014 Kia Cadenza: Long-Term Introduction
Kia has raised its game so quickly, the average new-car shopper may not have caught on right away. But those shoopers are now catching on in a hurry, thanks to the strength of some key Kia models.
However, the 2014 Kia Cadenza has to overcome a bigger hurdle than other Kia vehicles: the fact that no one has even heard of it. Cars like the Optima, Sportage and Soul have at least been around for a while in one form or another. Yes, those cars have changed dramatically over the years, but shoppers know their names.
If you've never considered a Kia before, you'll probably be surprised by the Cadenza and the quality of Kia cars in general.
But the Cadenza is a $35,000 car. Is Kia getting in over its head? Is any Kia really worth $35,000, or even $40,000? That's exactly what we aim to find out by spending the next year with a 2014 Kia Cadenza Limited.
We added the Kia Cadenza to our long-term garage mainly because we like surprises. It's easy to look at photos of the Cadenza and judge it based on its exterior alone. It's a good-looking car for sure; we've only had the car a few weeks and already it's been mistaken for a Jaguar, Lexus and an Audi.
What fooled those people -- the LED lights in the front and back? The 19-inch chrome wheels or the dual exhaust outlets out back? Whatever it is, Jag, Lexus and Audi are pretty good company for Kia to be keeping, especially for an all-new car from an automaker most folks associate with budget-friendly, basic transportation.
So we like the way the car looks, but how does it hold up in the real world? We have our reservations. The $40,000 price tag is a lot of cash or a sizable monthly payment, which means the car better deliver or Kia could lose some customers forever.
What Does $40,000 Get You?
The Cadenza comes in two trim levels, Premium and Limited. The Premium is priced at about $36,000 and comes nicely equipped even without options. Honestly, you probably don't need options on this car. Even navigation is standard.
All 2014 Cadenza vehicles get a 3.3 liter V6 that makes 293 horsepower connected to a 6-speed automatic transmission with a shift-it-yourself feature. Standard features also include 18-in wheels and power folding mirrors with LED turn signals integrated inside.
Inside, there's no shortage of luxury features, including a 12-speaker Infiniti audio system, satellite radio, a rear parking camera, Bluetooth, dual-zone climate control, leather seats, a 10-way power driver's seat, a 4-way power passenger's seat, push-button start and power windows with 1-touch for both front windows.
Our test car is a Cadenza Limited version that adds 19-in wheels, an electronic parking brake, adaptive cruise control, a multi-function display screen in the gauge cluster, heated and power adjustable steering wheel, driver memory settings, an upgraded leather interior, a suede headliner, a panoramic sunroof and a power rear sunshade. Limited buyers also get a lane-departure warning system and water-repellent front windows.
The Limited essentially includes every option already in the Premium trim's Luxury Package and then some. The Limited is priced just under $43,000.
Worth the Price?
On paper, it's a lot of car for the money. Then again, it's a lot of money no matter how you slice it.
In our first few weeks with the car, we've already seen some evidence that, in total, it lives up to the steep price tag -- but we've also noticed a few things that are not so great.
Positives include a super smooth and very quiet ride, adequate power from the V6 engine, a comfortable cabin with plenty of room and an excellent Infiniti stereo.
We like the nav system, which allows the passenger to input an address even while the car is moving. We're also looking forward to using Kia UVO voice control system to see how it stacks up against Ford's Sync, the Lexus Enform system and Buick's Intellilink.
We've also noticed a few things we don't really like. For example, the boot material that surrounds the shifter looks suitably sporty, but it feels too low-budget for a $40,000 car. Also, the V6 engine makes close to 300 hp, but there's not a lot of thrust from a stop. It's hard to call this a real fault, though, because one thing that really works about this car is that it isn't trying to be a performance car with jumpy acceleration and razor-sharp steering.
We like that the Cadenza knows what it is and doesn't try to pretend it's something else. There's a low-drama feel to the Cadenza and we think that makes it feel more like a luxury car and less like a sport sedan.
Our goal is use the Kia Cadenza the way you would: driving to birthday parties, taking road trips, client lunches, family outings etc. We're keeping it for a year, so there's plenty of time to see how the car holds up once it's off the auto show stand and pressed into service in the real world.
What do you think -- is the Kia Cadenza on your shopping list? What cars are you considering alongside the Cadenza?


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I just need to find out how to say it in Slavonic!
East Slavic Christmass carols in Finnish: http://www.ortodoksi.net/index.php/Julistaa_viestin_t%C3%A4ht%C3%B6nen_%28levy%29
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Since I haven't attended any non-Finnish Orthodox service I let the others answer whether there is any distinctly Finnish melodies. There is couple of examples of Finnish chant in Youtube. Listen for yourself and tell me whether they sound different to those of the MP.
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Posted by chris on September 20, 2001 at 04:00:16:
: HAVE TO FOLLOW THIS LETTER FOR IT TO WORK!!!! A little while back, I was
: browsing through news groups, just like you are now,and came across an
: article similar to this that said you could make thousands of dollars
: within weeks with only an initial investment of 6.00!So I thought,''Yeah
: ,right,this must be a scam'', but like most of us, I was curious, so I
: kept reading. Anyway,it said that you send $1.00 to each of the 6 names
: and addresses stated in the article. You then place your own name and
: address in the bottom of the list at #6, and post the article in at
: least 200 news groups.(There are thousands) No catch,that was it.So
: after thinking it over, and talking to a few people first,I thought
: about trying it. I figured what have I got to lose except 6 stamps and
: $6.00, right?Like most of us I was a little skeptical and worried about
: the legal aspects of it all.So I checked it out with the U.S. Post
: Office (1-800-725-2161) and they confirmed it was indeed legal! Then I
: invested the measly $6.00. Well GUESS WHAT!!...within 7 days,I started
: getting money in the mail ! I was shocked! I figured it would end
: soon,but the money just kept coming in. In my first, week I made about
: $25.00. By the end of the second week I had made a total of over
: $1,000.00! In the third week I had over $10,000.00 and it's still
: growing.This is now my fourth week and I have made a total of just over
: $42,000.00 and it is still coming in rapidly.It's certainly worth $6.00
: and 6 stamps.Let me tell you how this works and most importantly, why it
: works...also make sure you print a copy of this article NOW,so you can
: get information off of it as you need it. Believe me, it does work!!
: STEP 1: Get 6 separate pieces of paper and write the following on each
: piece of paper''PLEASE PUT ME ON YOUR MAILING LIST''.Now get 6 US $1.00
: bills and place ONE inside each pieces of paper so the bill will not be
: seen through the envelope to prevent thievery. Next, place one paper in
: each of the 6 envelopes and seal them.Now,you should have 6 sealed
: envelopes, each with a piece of paper stating the above phrase,your name
: and address,and a $1.00 bill. what you are doing is creating a service
: by this. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY LEGAL! Mail the 6 envelopes to the following
: addresses:
: #1) Sharon 32 Sleepy Hollow LN,Sicklerville,NJ 08081
: #2)Justin 3707 Crenna Ave.Concord, CA 94519
: #3) Chicollla 2 Oxford Mews, Poquoson VA 23662
: #4) EZ Ads, P.O. Box 1274, Moses Lake, WA 98837.
: #5)BloomFree 811 19th St. #C, Santa Monica, CA 90403
: #6)Chris K. 500 Beverly Ave, #1 , Morgantown, WV, 26505
: (Be sure to use the correct postage when
: mailing to the the states or out of the states) STEP 2 : Now take the #1
: name off the list that you see above,move the other names up (6 becomes
: five ,5 becomes 4 etc...) and add YOUR name as number 6 on the list.
: STEP 3 : Change anything you need to, but try to keep this article as
: close to original as possible.Now, post your amended article to at least
: 200 news groups. (I think there are close to 24,000 groups.) All you
: need is 200, but remember , the more you post the more money you
: make!---DIRECTIONS---HOW TO POST TO NEWS GROUPS--- STEP 1) You don't
: need to re-type this entire letter to do your own posting. Simply put
: your cursor at the beginning of this letter and drag your cursor to the
: bottom of this document,and select 'copy' from the edit menu. This will
: copy the entire letter into the computers memory. STEP 2) Open a blank
: ''notepad'' file under accessories in windows and place your cursor at
: the top of the blank page.From the 'edit' menu select 'paste'.This will
: paste a copy of the letter into notepad so that you can add your name to
: the list. STEP 3) Save your new notepad file as a .txt file.If you want
: to do your in different sittings, you will always have this file to go
: back to. STEP 4)Use Netscape or Internet explorer and try searching for
: various newsgroups (on-line forums, message boards, chat sites,
: discussions.) STEP 5) Visit message boards and post this article as a
: new message by highlighting the text of this letter and selecting paste
: from the edit menu. Fill in the Subject,this will be the header everyone
: sees as then scroll through the list of postings in a particular
: group!**REMEMBER,THE MORE NEWSGROUPS YOU POST IN,THE MORE MONEY YOU WILL
: MAKE!! BUT YOU HAVE TO POST A MINIMUM OF 200** That's it ! You will
: begin receiving money from around the world within days. You may
: eventually want to rent a P.O. Box due to the large amount of mail you
: will receive.If you wish to stay anonymous,you can invent a name to use,
: as long as the postman will deliver it. **JUST MAKE SURE ALL THE
: ADDRESSES ARE CORRECT.** Now the WHY part: Out of the 200 postings say I
: only receive 5 replies (a very low example). So then I made $5.00 with
: my name at #6 Now,each of the 5 persons who just sent me $1.00 make the
: MINIMUM 200 postings,each with my name at #5 and only 5 persons to each
: of the original 5, that is another $25.00 for me,now those 25 each make
: 200 MINIMUM posts with my name at #4 and only 5 replies each,I will
: bring in an additional $125.00! Now, those125 persons turn around and
: post the MINIMUM 200 with my name as #3 and I only receive 5 replies
: each,I will make an additional $625.00! OK,now here is the fun part,each
: one of those 625 persons post a MINIMUM of 200 letters with my name at
: #2 and they only receive 5 replies,that just made me $3,125.00!!! Those
: 3,125 persons will deliver this message to 200 news groups with my name
: at #1 and if still 5 persons per 200 news groups react I will receive
: $15,625.00! With the original investment of only $6.00! AMAZING! When
: your name is no longer on the list, you just take the latest posting in
: the news groups and send out another $6.00 to names on the list, putting
: your name at number 6 again. And start posting again.The thing to
: remember is, do you realize that thousands of people all over the world
: are joining the internet and reading these articles, everday,JUST LIKE
: YOU ARE NOW!! So can you afford $6.00 and see if it really works?? I
: think so ... People have said,''What if the plan is played out and no
: one sends you the money? So what! What are the chances of that happening
: when there are tons of new honest users and new honest users who are
: joining the internet and newsgroups every day and are willing to give it
: a try? Estimates are at 20,000 to 50,000 new users,every day ,with
: thousands of those joining the actual internet. Remember,play FAIRLY and
: HONESTLY and this will work.
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D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
I have posted before about this but I am now posting to both NetBSD and PostgreSQL since it seems to be some sort of interaction between the two. I have a NetAPP filer on which I am putting a PostgreSQL database. I run PostgreSQL on a NetBSD box. I used rsync to get the database onto the filer with no problem whatsoever but as soon as I try to open the database the NFS mount hangs and I can't do any operations on that mounted drive without hanging. Other things continue to run but the minute I do a df or an ls on that drive that terminal is lost.
On the NetBSD side I get a "server not responding" error. On the filer I see no problems at all. A reboot of the filer doesn't correct anything.
Since NetBSD works just fine with this until I start PostgreSQL and PostgreSQL, from all reports, works well with the NetApp filer, I assume that there is something out of the ordinary about PostgreSQL's disk access that is triggering some subtle bug in NetBSD. Does the shared memory stuff use disk at all? Perhaps that's the difference between PostgreSQL and other applications.
The NetApp people are being very helpful and are willing to follow up any leads people might have and may even suggest fixes if necessary. I have Bcc'd the engineer on this message and will send anything I get to them.
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Before going on vacation, Thundercleese asks Brak to take care of his beloved goldfish, Mr. Tickles. After Brak accidentally kills the goldfish, it appears in one of his dreams.
After an altercation with a robot sent to kill Thundercleese, Zorak coughs up a lump from his throat. Miraculously, he now has a beautiful man-voice. The lump, whose name is Carmine, promises to make Zorak rich and famous.
Instead of doing homework, Brak and Zorak waste their entire weekend playing video games. As punishment, Dad decides that they will not be allowed to go to Brak's favorite fish restaurant, Fishpockets. Desperate, Brak and Zorak try using Thundercleese's time machine to remedy the situation.
When Zorak catches Brak talking to a favorite stuffed doll, he pressures him into throwing it away. Brak grows depressed over losing the doll, but Mom remedies the situation by giving him a new one that she received from a gypsy. When Zorak catches Brak talking to it, he confiscates the new toy and faces surprising consequences.
Right before the big game, Brak and Zorak decide to kidnap their high school mascot, a chicken named Mr. Bawkbagawk. Brak takes the mascot to his house to hide it and presents it to his parents as his father's uncle: Earl Toteman.
Zorak introduces his new friend Mobab, who immediately starts hitting on Mom, offering to take her on a trip. Because Mom wants to make Dad jealous, she agrees. Instead, Mobab kidnaps her and traps her in a cocoon. Dad and Brak must come up with a plan to free her.
Thundercleese's parent company, MoroccoBotix, Inc., deactivates him on his birthday. So depressed is Thundercleese that he stops caring for his yard, usually his pride and joy. When an asteroid is discovered to be on a collision course with their neighborhood, Brak and Dad need Thundercleese to save them.
Dad and Brak's favorite TV show is called "Senor Science." Senor Science himself is trapped in a block of ice, so he convinces Brak and Dad to purchase the Senor Science melting kit. Brak can't afford to pay for the melting kit, so he decides to raise the money with a play.
Dad used to be a master of the staring contest. Although he is retired, he accepts Zorak's staring contest challenge. Zorak loses because wasps, which are attracted to his eye juices, attack him. Later, Dad's most fearsome challenger re-appears: The Eye.
Mom and Dad tell Brak about his late-grandfather, Poppy, who had quite a way with the ladies. Poppy sported a variety of noses for various occasions, so Mom gives Brak the nose that Poppy used to wear on dates. Brak is not very successful, however, especially after the nose starts giving him bad advice.
Zorak sets up a booth and offers to give beatings to the neighborhood kids. One day a new bully forcefully takes over Zorak's booth. A distressed Zorak moves into Brak's room. Mom is so upset by the situation that she is moved to go out and beat up the new bully. Zorak gets his booth back and moves out of Brak's house.
Brak finds all kinds of excuses to skip school because he does not want to dissect a friendly clam. In his sleep, Spoonie, a talking wooden spoon, and Wunderbird, a yellow bird with a French accent, appear and promise to help Brak save the clam.
Dad gets upset with the neighborhood association and decides to run for its presidency. With the help of Brak and Zorak, he puts an ad in the newspaper filled with lies about the current president, Galrog. In retaliation, Galrog challenges Dad to a public debate.
Zorak falls for a new friend. Dad, meanwhile, is waiting for the "Mothership" to pick him up because he believes he is the "chosen one." When the Mothership finally arrives, however, it is Sisto who is taken. And Zorak learns that the object of his affection is part of the Mothership's crew and actually has a wife and kids!
A new pal begins to emulate Brak so much that he comes to be known as "the new Brak." Mom and Dad take a liking to the new Brak, which upsets the real Brak so much that he confronts the new Brak on his new Brak TV show. In the end, Ron Jaworski and Jim Plunkett show up in their football uniforms to prevent the Braks from coming to blows.
A feud erupts between Thundercleese and Dad after the two antagonize each other with yard-related mischief, including the freeing of Dad's pigs and the stealing of Thundercleese's yard bunnies.
Space Ghost travels back in time to arrest Brak for crimes committed in the future.
Brak raps his way into a rap contest with a badass rapper. Cee-lo guest stars.
The new neighbors invite Brak and family over for an evening of awkward conversation and murder.
It's "Take Your Son to Work Day" and Brak is bumming because his dad doesn't have a job. Also, giant ants.
The Brak Family Players perform their rendition of "Hamlet".
Dad helps Thundercleese win the hand of his true love.
Dad is now a secret agent. He solves a mystery of mind-boggling proportions.
Dad and Brak visit the zoo, and Dad is bitten by a radioactive camel.
Dad and Mom are involved in a car accident that could send them to prison.
A self-serving television producer gives Brak and family their own TV show.
Romance and deception rule the day in this soapy send-up.
Brak decides that living in a cardboard box will land him an impressive girlfriend.