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Here goes nothing, the Global Certification Forum has just approved and confirmed the existence (if there was any doubt) of the HTC One Mini 2 (One M8 Mini).
The little fellow is part of the HTC One 2014 family and will soon join HTC's flagship smartphone, HTC One M8.
In terms of hardware it has been rumoured that the HTC One Mini 2 will feature a 4.5-inch screen, which will be powered by a Snapdragon 400 processor clocked at 1.4GHz, a 13MP rear-facing camera (notice no dual camera on the back like on the M8), 5MP front-facing camera for selfies, Android 4.4.2 with HTC Sense 6.0 on top of it and as the GCF listing confirms, the mini M8 will support the following bands: GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900, Supports EDGE Class 12.
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Today I met Tim from OpenCircuitDesign, who showed me one of his Makergear M2s. There was a rather interesting mechanism on it: a magnetic head changer.
Essentially, both extruders are able attach to the belt block via small magnets, but the belt block is just slightly undersized to attach both of them simultaneously. Both also have magnetic attachment points on either side of the X axis as parking positions. Through G-code, it's possible to park one nozzle and attach the other when performing a filament switch.
More information can be found here on his site. (It's even been reported on 3ders.org!)
It's an ingenious system, accomplishing what dual X-carriage systems do without the hassle and space requirement of an actual dual X carriage. It's also simple and low-maintenance. While it's a bit niche, it seems like it could solve 90% of the problems I encounter with dual extrusion every day. There's even the possibility of correcting a difference in nozzle height through G-code.
From his design, I was inspired to start a similar project for my own P3Steel. Now, I'm not entirely sure how easy it will be, and what it would involve, but I still want to attempt it because of its potential benefits.
I've done some research, and it seems there have been similar ideas for the Prusa i3 in the past. However, the one I found is works off of two switching electromagnets, and introduces a new level of complexity to the printer. Also, the extra bulk would make me lose quite a bit of space, whereas Tim's design was just about as compact as the Makergear dual extruder was, so that gives me hope that one designed for the Prusa i3 could be similarly compact, especially with a Bowden setup.
I haven't worked out the details yet. I may have to make a few changes (which I will be consulting Tim on), such as whether the magnetic block rides on the rods or just the belt, and how to position the magnets without interfering with the belts. Just look to this project hopefully coming to something in the following months.

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Our latest Ansible Case study features Cogapp, who helps the BBC, MoMA, and others organize their digital media, use Ansible for environment provisioning and content deployment.
We use Ansible to build out the servers for deployments and to provision development VMs for our team. We also use Ansible to populate sample content for our development environments.
Our development team is 12 people; at least half of them have written or edited playbooks, and all of them have run playbooks to provision environments. When we started working with Ansible, each new project would cannibalize the last one and take some of the Ansible content. Now we have built a more standard library of content so we can spin up new projects quicker. We also use Galaxy roles wherever possible to standardize our server hardening playbooks so they can be shared across deployments.


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This is an excerpt of "New to Seddit? Check here first!"
Are you new to Seddit? Try the following posts first:
- Kinowear (goes through an anonymizer, look for 'lookbooks' for style inspirations and some body language entries, and other articles like "Why Passion Is So Attractive" it's on the sidebar)
- Male Fashion Advice
Know What You Want:
- Seddit, how many of you study the material not because you want to be a PUA, but because you want the partner of your dreams?
- As a lifelong introvert, I have always struggled to have vibrant conversations with anyone, especially women. Can any one offer any advise?
- Survey: Which school of PUA thought do you follow?
- Guys with questions! Please Read: The BEST pick-up advice you will ever read -- covers all of your questions about 'I met a girl, What should I do?'
The Concepts:
- PickUp Material
- To the introverts, nice guys, AFC's, new to pick-up, inner game people - listen to two mp3's and it just might change your life.
- My list of AAA rated PUA learning materials
- Books on social value and social interaction
- Reading List For A Beginner
- iPhone + LOLCats as openers and conversational hooks
- Openers
- Pro-Tip: That hot girl with those guys? Probably not her boyfriend.
- Dear Seddit, I made you a cheat-sheet.
- Talk To Everyone
- A few things I learned that might help beginners
Body Language:
- This book on Body Language will give you an unfair advantage over everyone else.
- Could someone explain the difference between staring and maintaining strong eye contact?
- Arrogant instead of confident (body) language
- Here's a little list of IOIs (Indicator of interest); feel free to add.
- Two guys who were trained by a PUA bootcamp fail miserably when they try out a speed dating event.
- Body Language Video: Power and Sex
- Exercise: Touch everyone you talk to
- Preemptively smashing LMR - The Vin DiCarlo Escalation Ladder, one of the best works ever produced by community
- What are your techniques for overcoming token last minute resistance?
- What is the best source for infield videos?
- How to become the Alpha male
- No Excuses. (Developing Self-Discipline)
- Each time you fail to act, you lose something
- Lessons in game
- Used my umbrella as an opener, neg, and lock in prop during a day set today
- Ask Seddit: Have you ever had a girl who defied the principles of game?
- To the introverts, nice guys, AFC's, new to pick-up, inner game people - listen to two mp3's and it just might change your life. – yes this will also help you become a natural
- David Wygant Interviews... Philosophy of "negs," the inside information about the Mystery Method came about... if you still didn't know (#29, 1:30). Also on topic of body language and eye contact.
- Ultimately, changing minds is what we're doing. This is the Internet's best resource on persuasion and is a vast source of high-quality material on seduction, even though you won't see the term Kino mentioned even once.
- Book on Inner Game: Intimate Connection
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Metareasoning and Bounded Rationality
Shlomo Zilberstein. Metareasoning and Bounded Rationality. Proceedings of the AAAI Workshop on Metareasoning: Thinking about Thinking, Chicago, Illinois, 2008.
What role does metareasoning play in models of bounded rationality? We examine the various existing computational approaches to bounded rationality and divide them into three classes. Only one of these classes significantly relies on a metareasoning component. We explore the characteristics of this class of models and argue that it offers desirable properties. In fact, many of the effective approaches to bounded rationality that have been developed since the early 1980's match this particular paradigm. We conclude with some open research problems and challenges.
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Medicine price trend is conditioned by competition
The elements of the medicine price are its wholesale price, pharmacy margin and taxes. The Finnish reimbursement system and price competition keep medicine prices at a reasonable level.
The Finnish medicine prices are constituted by three factors:
- The wholesale price includes the shares of the pharmaceutical company and the wholesaler, and they vary according to the contracts made.
- The pharmacy will have its own margin on the medicine sold.
- The consumer prices of medicines are also influenced by the value added tax and the pharmacy tax. The pharmacy tax is calculated from the VAT-free turnover of the pharmacy.
Pharmaceutical companies can determine the wholesale price of medicines. According to the law, the wholesale price must be the same for all. As a consequence, the price of prescription-only and self-care medicines is the same in every pharmacy.
Prices contained by reimbursement system and price competition
The majority of the prescription-only medicines are reimbursable. The patient will only be reimbursed for the medicines included in the reimbursement system. Society pays a share of the medicine expenses but not at any cost. Medicines can enter the reimbursement system only at a price found reasonable by the regulatory authorities.
In practice, the sales of the medicinal product can start when its entry into the reimbursement system has been confirmed. The medicine then gets a temporary wholesale price within the reimbursement system. In the beginning, the patient numbers are small. When the use of the medicinal product becomes established and patient numbers grow, the prices tend to decrease at every renewal of the wholesale price.
Medicine prices are also pushed down by the price competition which has been further boosted by the generic substitution and reference price systems. Consumers also benefit from the fact that many medicinal products come with several options available at the pharmacy.
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The consultancy, touted as a Sarbanes-Oxley expert, failed to report earnings for 18 months and may be de-listed from the Big Board. One reason why: missteps implementing a financial software system.: Old Boys and SOX.">
"We were a partnership migrating to a public company at the same time that a whole bunch of Sarbanes requirements were coming on board right in the middle of implementation, so we had a kind of perfect storm," is how Wilde explains the situation.
With its acquisitions in Europe, Asia and Latin and South America, BearingPoint had inherited client-specific bookkeeping systems, meaning that those systems had to meet the accounting requirements of whatever company or government agency it was working with. Obviously, if the client were based, say, in Brazil, its accounting requirements and standards might differ markedly from those in the U.S.
The company spelled out the problem in one of its SEC filings, noting that its acquisitions "brought a variety of disparate accounting systems of varying quality, all of which had to be evaluated and integrated into BearingPoint's system."
With the KPMG deadline coming up in February 2004, BearingPoint had started in late 2002 to look for a replacement for PEAT in North America so it could bring over the accounting on the PEAT system to the replacement system. "We had to deal with projects that had already been set up in the KPMG accounting system," Wilde explains.
In Europe, BearingPoint was migrating its core financial and accounting applications to SAP financial software. In Asia, it chose to go with accounting software from Accpac, a vendor that until December 2003 had been owned by Computer Associates (it is currently a subsidiary of the U.K.-based Sage Group; see Dossier on p. 56). As a replacement for PEAT, the company needed a solid financial system that would enable it to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley. It decided to go with a PeopleSoft financial and accounting system it dubbed OneGlobe.
At the time, PeopleSoft was a BearingPoint strategic partner and the consulting firm was using a number of other PeopleSoft applications, including the 8.0 versions of its OneTeam human-resources and customer relationship management packages. "We did an elevation assessment of the products available on the market and selected PeopleSoft Financials," Wilde says. "OneGlobe was the new project that was going to replace the KPMG financial application that was supporting our business. It was a Web-based, global, multicurrency control-type of system." So SAP and Accpac, in theory at least, would feed into OneGlobe.
PeopleSoft Financials, especially the 8.4 version used by big corporations, is a complex and comprehensive integrated application that's heavily geared toward the service industry, notes the Framingham, Mass.-based MIS Training Institute, which trains corporate clients how to implement systems.
It controls accounts receivable, accounts payable, general ledger, asset management, projects, budgets, expenses and treasury. "It's an ERP system," says Brad Hamilton, senior instructor for the institute. "It takes a considerable amount of time and effort to implement, and can be extremely difficult to implement successfully because there are so many variables."
Hamilton says it typically takes 18 months to implement the software, assuming the company's business processes align with the solution. If that isn't the case, the processes have to be changed or the software has to be customized, thereby creating further delays, he notes. What BearingPoint didn't have, however, was a lot of time, not with deadlines to both migrate fully off KPMG and comply with Section 404 of SarbOx fast approaching. In early 2003, BearingPoint began migrating to OneGlobe, using competitor Ernst & Young to do the implementation. "We subcontracted that activity to an outside contractor, E&Y, as opposed to doing it internally," a BearingPoint spokesman explained.
From the outset, E&Y was under the gun to complete the implementation. "There was a cultural edict to 'just get it done,'" says former KPMG technology director Recalde. "Little credit was given to make sure that everyone knew what 'it' was. Or how 'it" was all going to come together. And no effort was made to figure out how 'it" would operate over the long run. After all, BearingPoint was a hotbed for industry know-it-alls. Unfortunately, good consultants, like good doctors and lawyers, are their own worst customers."
"Timing was absolutely an issue," Wilde adds. "We would have liked to have taken a little more time on this. Plus, we needed something that had stronger controls in place so we could deal with some of the Sarbanes issues. We had to deal with a lot of things quickly, and at the time there wasn't a lot of clarity about how this whole Sarbanes scenario was going to play out: how many controls did you need, where should they be, how was the testing going to go, how many cycles did you need to have in place before the testing was going to be accurate."
"We were in a bit too much of a rush and didn't fully stress-test the thing," CEO You later conceded.
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Fermentation is natures way of upgrading your ordinary eats to nutrition dense super foods!
We all know about the importance of a healthy gut and making sure we have a diverse array of gut microbes can help with a whole host of health concerns.
Everyone can make their own healthy bacteria at home, it's so simple and cheap!
Now It's bit colder (writing this from London town) it can take a little bit longer than in summer but this recipe should be ready in 10-14 days.
Just taste (with a wooden spoon) as you go along and don't forget to burp your little baby once a day or once every other day.
Fermented Carrots with Turmeric
-4 carrots (about 400g)
– 2 fresh turmeric
– handful of dill
– 15g of sea salt for 1 litre of water
– plastic bag with brine to press down the carrots
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Bigg Boss 7 November 9th Eliminations: Candy Brar Gets Evicted By Salman Khan!
Bigg Boss 7's host Salman Khan is going to call out Candy Brar's name in tonight's eliminations. Candy Brar was brought into the show to add some more spice to the Gauhar-Kushal love story, but just before she entered the show, Kushal Tandon got himself kicked out of the house for violence against a fellow inmate.
Candy Brar made a wild card entry into the Bigg Boss house two weeks back and since then there has not been much contribution from Candy's side to add to the reality show. Neither has she added to the glamour of the show like Gauhar or Tanisha, nor has she added to the content like Armaan, Andy or the famous angry-young-man Kushal Tandon.
Now that Candy Brar has got evicted from the show, the show will continue with the rest continuing to entertain us. We can continue to watch what happens with Armaan and Tanisha's affair, Gauhar, Kamya and Pratyusha's new best-friends-forever act, Sangram-Andy's buddy love and Elli's new-found leadership status and so on.
Sofia Hayat, Ajaz Khan and Sangram Singh, the other three nominations along with candy Brar, on the other hand, have been contributed considerably in the show and the audience have voted to retain them.
Candy Brar Out
Candy Brar gets evicted in tonight's eliminations.
Kushal's Ex
Candy Brar is Kushal Tandon's ex-girlfriend and she came into the show to clarify to the audience about things about their relationship.
Bigg Boss' Intention
Bigg Boss brought Candy into the show to add spice to the famous Kushal-Gauhar love story.
Candy was about to enter the house in a day when Kushal left the house with Gauahar Khan.
Kushal Kicked Out
Kushal got kicked out just before Candy was going to enter. Kushal got violent for some issue with Andy and attacked him, which got him sent out of the house by Bigg Boss.
Because Of Candy?
There were rumours circulating that Kushal over reacted and got himself out of the house in order to avoid Candy too. But we will never know if it is true.
Candy And Others
Candy Brar, Ajaz Khan and Sofia Hayat are the new wild card entries, who have entered the Bigg Boss house.
Candy In House
Candy Brar has been trying to be seen in the house, but the other inmates who have been in the house from the beginning have dominated her and she was over shadowed by them.
Candy And Kushal
Apparently, Kushal and Candy were together some time back, and Kushal was physically abusive to her.
Kushal's Violent Behaviour
Kushal's behaviour in the house showed that he has the tendency to react loudly in many instances. Bigg Boss planned to make the most of him by throwing in his ex-girlfriend in the equation too. But....
Candy And Ajaz
Candy and Ajaz stayed in the caravan before they entered the Bigg Boss house.
Candy Moves On
Candy Brar's episode in the house ends shortly.


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Stumbling upon a video that ignites a toasty flame of wanderlust within your belly can be a dangerous thing.
I've been guilty of making rash, spur-of-the-moment splurges on all sorts of adventures after flicking onto a photo of some far-off land on Instagram.
That being said, it's no mean feat to influence that giddy need to travel with a photo or video.
Discover more: [WATCH] This Secret Cave in Kerry Looks Like it was plucked straight from Vietnam
It requires a special kind of sauce to really impact a viewer, and inspire them to the point where they really want to do something.
Luke, a self-taught, freelance photographer and content creator from Kildare, has a YouTube channel wedged with videos that'd leave you foaming at the mouth.
This one, however, takes the biscuit, thanks to Antrim's magnificent coastline, advanced drone tech, and a man with a knack for capturing Ireland in all her glory.
Visit the Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge in Stunning 4K
A Brief History of Antrim's rope bridge
Although fishing at Carrick-a-Rede began around 1620, it wasn't until 1755 that the first rope bridge between the mainland and Carrick-a-Rede Island was erected.
During the 19th century, many fishermen frequented the waters around the bridge, with catches of up to 300 salmon common until the 1960's.
The little island provided the perfect platform for casting nets off into the icy waters below.


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We arrived back in Montreal on Tuesday afternoon after a very busy Gen Con, running hundreds of demos. Everyone who tried the new rules loved them and we got a lot of new players into the game.
This week was supposed to be a week of blogging from Gencon but the reality is that we are far too busy setting up the booth, giving demos and getting great pics of the con goers to have the time to discuss the experience that is Gencon with anyone who has not experienced it first hand.
Needless to say we're giving hundreds of demos this weekend and tons of people are coming to tell us they like what they see. I'll have to process some more and give a full report next week. Till then spread the world about the free beta rules download on downloadrpg and get playing.
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A coroner has raised concerns after a patient fell and died at Chesterfield Royal Hospital.
Lollipop lady Cheryl Lunn, 56, suffered a significant head injury when she fell from her chair on Ridgeway ward on Monday, February 16.
Mrs Lunn died the following day as a result of acute subdural haematoma – a serious condition where blood collects between the skull and the surface of the brain.
At Mrs Lunn's inquest on Monday, coroner James Newman said he was concerned that she was not given Warfarin – a medicine used to slow down the blood-clotting process – following the fall.
He also voiced concern that Mrs Lunn waited 18 hours for a second CT scan despite a deterioration in her condition.
Hospital chiefs have apologised to Mrs Lunn's family and promised to review protocol following the tragedy.
Mrs Lunn, of Pullman Close, Staveley, was admitted to the Calow hospital in January, Chesterfield coroners' court heard.
While on the ward, she suffered a number of falls because of various medical complications, including low blood pressure.
The court heard Mrs Lunn's physical condition appeared to improve – but then she suffered the fatal fall.
Mr Newman said: "Following a thrombus in October 2014, Mrs Lunn was started on Warfarin. At the time of the fall on February 16 and the first CT scan, her Warfarin was stopped and she was placed under regular neurological observation.
"Despite a clear deterioration in her neurological condition, it was not until some 18 hours later that a second CT scan was performed and Warfarin again commenced. At this time she was not considered suitable for neurosurgical intervention.
"I find that there were at least two missed opportunities – firstly, to commence full Warferin reversal; secondly, to advance Mrs Lunn for a repeat CT scan earlier despite clear neurological deterioration."
But Mr Newman stressed: "I have no evidence to say these would have made a medical difference."
Mr Newman recorded a narrative verdict setting out the facts.
After the inquest, Lynn Andrews, director of nursing and patient care at Chesterfield Royal Hospital, said: "We would wish to pass on our sincere condolences to Mrs Lunn's family on their recent bereavement and are sorry that the care we gave was unable to prevent her from falling again while in hospital, causing her to develop a significant brain injury.
"Mrs Lunn was in hospital to investigate repeated falls at home and was correctly assessed as 'high-risk' when she was admitted to the ward due to a number of medical conditions and complications. The ward team provided appropriate falls prevention care and additional nursing supervision but sadly she fell from a sitting position in a chair.
"The coroner has reflected on the timing of clinical decisions made after Mrs Lunn had fallen. We will address these concerns by reviewing the protocols we follow when a patient has sustained a fall and requires neurological observation. And although the coroner noted there was no evidence to suggest a different outcome may have been possible, we want to assure Mrs Lunn's family we will make sure we improve how we care for these 'at-risk' patients."


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Yeah..!! The thriller series of Showtime's has came again to thrill and entertain us all. This is the fifth season of "Homeland" which will going to telecast on 4th October 2015 at 09 PM. The show will will cover all the small screens again and will succeed in leaving string memories behind.
Homeland Season 5 Premiere Online Episode 1 Separation Anxiety
Today the first episode of fifth season of "Homeland' will give a blast to all the boring platforms of our mental blocks and will give a new and classy pinch of entertainment to us all. The first episode of 5th season of "Homeland" is titled as 'Separation Anxiety" and it completely revolves around the relationship between Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), Peter Quinn (Rupert Friend) and Saul Berenson (Mandy Patinkin).
The curiosity and craze for the first episode was reached to peak with the help of the amazing and explosive trailer released by the creator. The creator also graced up the promotion of this fifth season with the help of Photos of first episode which was looking too much interesting and attractive.
The original and official synopsis of the premiere or first episode says that "The game has changed for Carrie Mathison. Out of the CIA and living in Berlin, carrie is trying to start a new life but realizes now she's the one with a target on her back. As the danger intensifies, and without Saul and Quinn to rely on, one thing becomes clear: She is never been at greater risk or with more to lose."
People are giving positive reviews on social media for the premier show. Even many multinational brands are also wishig lucj to the team of the show and giving a positive feedback for the beginning of the show.
You can have the live streaming of the premire show here and you can also have the first look and the online video of the first episode of fifth season of "Homeland". Enjoy the trailer and stay tuned for further episodes and updates of Homeland.


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Resources for an Online Business Marketing Plan
When you check around Google you can find a large number of marketing services. Many of these products have been online for a long time. And you can surely count on the trustworthiness of a single product to get your marketing plan where it needs to be. However this can take a lot of time and effort, which not everybody has in spades.
Therefore I want to present some of the best resources for improving your website marketing. This will take a bit of finesse, however I think anybody can achieve positive results over enough time. You will need to be secure in your website's branding and product design. But if you are confident with the product then other marketing resources will naturally fall into place.
Google Webmaster Tools
Almost everyone is familiar with Google Webmaster Tools. It is an incredible dashboard solution for checking analytics and traffic from your websites. The installation process is fairly straightforward and does not require a whole bunch of custom edits to your site. The benefits are tremendous when crafting your own marketing plan.
By analyzing the data of search queries and popular backlinks, you can determine which pages on your site garner the most attention. Then it is worthwhile to plan a marketing segment around your most popular topics. You could purchase AdWords advertising, or even use your own internal advertisers to manage offbeat websites.
Physical Print Work
Numerous marketing ploys follow the beat of printing physical paper materials for marketing. These could be flyers, brochures, calendars, day planners, really anything which could promote your brand. Getting these out to your potential users can be tough. However you may cut down on this process by working with a reliable provider of online print material.
I would recommend 24 Hour Print as a reliable handler for marketing. They can ship your products right to your home or company address within 24 hours of placing the order. It is a wonderful system because you can upload graphics right into their online editor, creating the ideas for your products first. Then place these graphical components anywhere on the page to reorganize the default templates.
Print work is a medium which has still encapsulated plenty of marketers. You can drum up attention by offering free planners and other useful items, which could be sent out almost immediately after the order is placed. Rush printing services with overnight prints are not always very common. And I think 24 Hour Print is a rare service which really does provide great marketing potential for any company.
Cloud-Based Presentations
The number of cloud tools has been growing rapidly over the past couple years. More developers are interested to build out their projects online without delay. I know one of my favorite services in the cloud is SlideShare for online presentations.
You can easily create a PowerPoint-style slideshow with text, images, and other digital media. This is an excellent way to present your branding and also offer some helpful tips to your readers. SlideShare is completely free to join with options to upgrade for a pro account.
You should read up on their features to see more of what I am talking about. It is a fantastic website service with a beautiful product. Both public and private sharing is available on pro accounts, along with video uploads and more leveraged disk space. For anyone who needs a presentation marketing tool I would definitely recommend SlideShare.
To manage your own marketing plan requires a bit of planning and a lot of good ideas. You will want to have a list of services which you may reference during your planning stage. Then it becomes a whole lot easier as you try out new ideas down the road. I think it is worth mentioning these initial resources to get people started. However you should go out into Google and do your own research to determine ideas which could work best for your website.


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Ronald D. Graves, 57, of Marshalls Creek, died at his home Oct. 26 after a long struggle with mesothelioma cancer. He was the loving husband of Deborah (Lash) Graves, with whom he shared 34 years of marriage.
Born Feb. 4, 1951, in Canton, Ohio, he was the son of Betty Lou (Roberts) Baker and her husband, Lawrence, of Jasper, Ark., and the late Merel D. Graves.
Ronald was a resident of the Marshalls Creek area for the past 29 years and, prior to that, resided in the northern New Jersey area. He and his wife started R&D Enterprises, a welding and repair shop in Marshalls Creek in 1983. Their son, Corey, entered the family business shortly after high school.
Ronald was an officer in the Pocono Mountain Chapter of A.B.A.T.E. of PA, a member of LOOM and the American Legion and the Loyal Order of Moose Lodge.
He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam Era.
In addition to his wife and mother, he is survived by two sons: Donald L. Graves of Lebanon and Corey M. Graves of Marshalls Creek; an uncle, James Roberts; two sisters, Nancy C. Hankins of Rogers, Ark., and Kelly S. Fryear of Little Rock, Ark.; two nephews; an aunt and uncle, Shirley and Emil Graves of Canton, Ohio; and several cousins.
Private funeral services will be held at the convenience of the family, with burial in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville. There is no visitation.
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End of TV?
The days of television mightn't be numbered but they're looking problematic. Fewer people seem to be watching as there is so much else to do.
Two years ago, Rupert Murdoch announced that the days of big profits for traditional broadcast TV were over. Part of the problem is the sheer fragmentation of the audience. The other part is that advertising dollar has evaporated from a combination of the recession and technological alternatives. Rupert Murdoch's outgoing top executive Peter Chernin says that the Web will cannibalise the TV industry by drawing away viewers and advertisers. And now the evidence suggests it's getting worse. TV might not be on its way out but it is looking increasingly marginalised. It's gone from being an absolute necessity to something that many could live without.
Some interesting data from the Pew Research Centre in the United States found that only 52% of the public now sees television as a necessity and only 38% of those aged 30 and younger say it's a necessity. There is also a decline in preferences for satellite and cable television services, although that's less apparent than it is for broadcast television.
One reason is the fragmentation. People are now a lot busier and doing other things. And they're spending more time on the computer. The study leaves open the question of whether the love affair with TV has ended because of the recession or the appeal of new computers.
The other interesting part about this research is that high tech devices like mobile phones are recession proof with about half the sample saying these devices are necessities. It's a different story to what's happening with TV.
The Economist makes the point that the broadcasting industry is a sector that's heavily in decline. The trouble, it says, is there is more choice. As a result, broadcast channels are "just items on a menu containing hundreds of dishes." And with so much choice around, mediocre and formulaic television will struggle to capture a big audience. It's a story that might easily apply to other sections of the media.
As The Economist says: "Television producers will find new markets abroad. But the good times appear to be over. Sometimes an industry can withstand pressure for many years, and then collapse abruptly. Just ask a newspaper proprietor."
Writing in Portfolio.com, Mark Harris says broadcast TV can survive but it will have to change its business model. That means, for a start, becoming a lot more niche focused.
"The good news for networks is that it may be possible to stop the bleeding,'' Harris writes. "The bad news is that the patient can't be cured. For 50 years, pop culture has moved in only one direction--toward more options, fewer mass phenomena, and greater consumer control. And there's no turning that around, especially with a generation of viewers that sees no meaningful distinction between a broadcast network and a cable channel. What that means isn't just the end of a few old business models, but the end of TV as we've known it."
Have your viewing habits changed? Do you watch more or less television now? If you're watching less, why? And what can be done to save the industry? If not, what would take its place?
I can't remember who it was but the old saying is still relevant. Content is King and from this point of view the role that TV plays will not change anytime soon.
Ask fans of Eli Stone, Firefly or any other show cancelled against the wishes of a dedicated following, what they think about the influence of TV networks. Or what about the late showing of potentially good new shows which guarantee low pickup.
TV stations are still the gatekeepers they are the ones who still decide on the formation of content. That they have increasing difficulty in meeting consumer demands and raising advertising revenue is because they are still tied to Henry Ford's any colour as long as it's black attitude to content.
In this vein it amazes me that good show are repeatedly started on the ABC or SBS before they are poached by the commercial networks. And why is it that only the ABC gets shows from the UK. There is Top Gear - arguably one of the most popular shows world wide, The Bill - dedicated local following just to name two, there are others. This situation gets more ridiculous when you realise that we imported the poor American version of a UK show "The Office".
Getting back to the general issues of content though, the modern world is a case of the quick and the dead. Why should I watch episodes of Heroes that are late to screen when I can get a download for the episode five minutes after it showed in Canada. Who cares if the ratings don't start for another 3 weeks. I will have already seen that episode. No viewer numbers for you.
Lastly can anyone say thank God that "Thank God..."'s back to rescue us from the standard sitcom hell that most stations assume we all want to see. Why do they all have to show the same type of thing at the same time.
In summary TV will continue to lose numbers and revenue because they have a very limited view of what people want and when they want it. The rest of us loose because in the pursuit of ratings good shows will continue to be cancelled against the wishes of dedicated fans because said show does not top the ratings. It's funny but Star Trek is now a hugely successful franchise but it wasn't when the original series aired.
- Posted by: Richard on May 6, 2009 6:37 PM
Heres a couple of tips to get Tv back:
1. Make better tv shows.
2. Move the crappy but unavoidable Tv shows to more appropriate time slots: midnight.
3. Reduce the amount of ads per show and per ad break. >> So often the tv station will take out some of the best bits of the show, just so they can have more adverts.
This is why we revert to the computer for our shows, no adverts!
4. Make it funny. Give it a good plot, some good actors, etc.
Despite an inevtitable rise in watching tv on the computer, you still have to factor in that that would use up download limit and may not be good quality, so its necessarily peoples first choice.
Also, I know repeats can suck, but some of them are worth it. Forget The Nanny, think Daria. think Millenium. Think X-files. Thnik Sliders. These shows are worth a come-back.
And last, that comment on there being lots of 'dishes' on our tv menu, it a laod of bull. Sure there are lots of shows, but they are all the same. So you think you can dance australia, US, UK, so you think you have talent Aus, US, Uk, so you think you can cook Aus, US, UK. there is 9 tv shows right there. All crap
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Tourism in Marine Environments, Vol. 5, pp. 233-244
Copyright © 2009 Cognizant Comm. Corp.
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The Life Aquatic: Scuba Diving and the Experiential Imperative
Carl I. Cater
Institute of Biological, Environmental & Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK
There has been significant growth in the number of qualified scuba divers over the last 30 years, and although estimates are vague, there may be as many as 14 million qualified divers worldwide. Although centered on what may be thought of as primarily a recreational practice, it is also a very strong force for marine tourism. This is compounded by the fact that many active divers live in temperate climes, and prefer to engage in the sport, sometimes exclusively, when visiting tropical regions on holiday. A significant dive tourism industry has therefore emerged to cater for these requirements and has been subject to academic and policy inquiry. However, as this article argues, much of this has been focused on management of impacts without adequate attention on diver motivations, which can considerably inform and assist the former. Consequently this article seeks to examine this activity through the grounded perspectives of scuba divers themselves, in parallel to a categorization of leisure motivation suggested by Beard and Ragheb in 1983. However, the work seeks to note that, in addition to these categories, the scuba diving experience is also profoundly embodied, entailing a wide range of sensations and feelings, many of which may be new to the first-time diver. These are explained through concepts of embodied experience, which is a rich arena for marine tourism research inquiry.
Key words: Scuba diving; Motivations; Embodiment; Great Barrier Reef
Address correspondence to Carl I. Cater, Institute of Biological, Environmental & Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Llanbadarn, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3AL, UK. Tel: +447798666107; E-mail: email@example.com
Harnessing Recreational Divers for the Collection of Sea Turtle Data Around the Cayman Islands
Catherine D. Bell,1,2, Janice M. Blumenthal,1,2 Timothy J. Austin,1 Gina Ebanks-Petrie,1 Annette C. Broderick,2 and Brendan J. Godley2
1Department of Environment, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands,
British West Indies
2Marine Turtle Research Group, Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, UK
Here we present data from a 26-month program "Caribbean Turtle Watch," initiated as part of the "Turtles in the Caribbean Overseas Territories" (TCOT) program and designed to harness recreational divers to assess in-water populations of marine turtles in the Cayman Islands. We recorded 521 dives in Grand Cayman and Little Cayman between September 1, 2002 and November 29, 2003. Data, presented as the mean number of turtles sighted per dive, provide insight into spatiotemporal patterns of sightings as a proxy of abundance. Widespread sightings were recorded of two marine turtle species, green turtles Chelonia mydas and hawksbill turtles Eretmochelys imbricata, around both islands. There was no obvious relationship between the existence of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and the abundance of turtle sightings. Diving is allowed in Marine Park Zones and dive pressure may impact overall habitat quality in these areas. The vast majority of sightings of both species (94% in each case) were considered to be juvenile or subadults. While turtle sighting potential was not a major influence on dive site choice, actual turtle sighting greatly enhanced dive enjoyment. Spatiotemporal and morphological analyses of data collected by volunteers compared favorably with those based on data collected by scientists. This technique is transferable to other countries and may hold particular value in areas where resources assigned to marine turtle research are low.
Key words: Marine turtles; Cayman Islands; Population monitoring; Volunteers; Ecotourism; Recreational divers
Address correspondence to Catherine Bell at her current address: Pendoley Environmental, PO Box 98, Leederville, WA 6902. Tel: +61892270090; Fax: +61892284635; E-mail: email@example.com
The Multidimensional Ethics Scale and Cruise Ship Tourists: Testing the Troubled Waters
Valerie A. Sheppard1 and David A. Fennell2
1British Columbia Partnership for Sustainable Tourism, British
Columbia, Canada
2Department of Tourism and Environment, Brock University, Canada
Reidenbach and Robin's Multidimensional Ethics Scale (MES), has been tested and employed in a number of applications. This study sought to test the ability of the MES to be extended to examine the ethical standards of cruise ship tourists in Alaska (USA) and Cozumel (Mexico). Based upon the findings of this research, the utility of employing the MES as an instrument to measure ethical standards of tourists may be problematic and, consequently, further testing of the scale is recommended. Overall, 22.4% of respondents (n = 483) did not respond, in part or in whole, to the MES section of the questionnaire. This article will discuss the in-field difficulties experienced by respondents in completing the MES section of the questionnaire.
Key words: Multidimensional Ethics Scale; Cruise tourism; Ethics; Business ethics; Mexico; Alaska
Address correspondence to Valerie Sheppard, Senior Manager, Sustainability Program Development, British Columbia Partnership for Sustainable Tourism, c/o 331 Wilson Street, Victoria, BC, V9A 3G4, Canada; E-mail: email@example.com
Whale Watchers' Past Experience, Value Orientations, and Awareness of Consequences of Actions on the Marine Environment
Alicia Christensen,1 Mark D. Needham,2 and Shawn Rowe3
1Science and Math Investigative Learning Experiences (SMILE)
Program, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
2Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
3Oregon Sea Grant and Department of Science and Mathematics Education, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon State University, Newport, OR, USA
This article examines whale watchers' environmental value orientations, experience in relation to whales and the marine environment, and awareness of consequences of their behavior on whales and their habitat. Data were obtained from surveys of 229 shore-based whale watchers in Oregon (USA). Respondents believed that whales and marine areas are important and require protection, and their daily actions affect them and their habitat. Many respondents visited the ocean and watched programs about whales and marine ecosystems; few volunteered or donated to related causes. Structural equation models showed that experienced viewers had stronger biocentric value orientations and were more aware of consequences of their behavior. Value orientations mediated effects of experience on awareness of consequences.
Key words: Value orientations; Experience; Awareness of consequences; Norm activation; Whale watching
Address correspondence to Dr. Mark D. Needham, Recreation Resource Management Program, Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA. Tel: 541-737-1498; Fax: 541-737-1393; E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Methods to Measure and Mitigate the Impacts of Tourism Development on Tropical Beach-Breeding Shorebirds: The Malaysian Plover in Thailand
Maï Yasué and Philip Dearden
Marine Protected Areas Research Group, Department of Geography, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
Beach tourism can lead to increased levels of human disturbance and cause changes in habitat structure that may affect wildlife. This article reviews the range of impacts of beach tourism on wildlife, describes the expansion of tourism in Thailand, and summarizes the results and management recommendations from a study on Malaysian plovers (Charadrius peronii) breeding in the Gulf of Thailand. This region has experienced tremendous growth in beach tourism over the last decade. The results suggest that human disturbance, tourism-related changes in vegetation behind beaches, and narrowing of beaches influence habitat availability and breeding success. The article concludes with recommendations to assess and mitigate the impacts of tourism development on breeding tropical shorebirds.
Key words: Beach; Breeding; Disturbance; Shorebirds; Southeast Asia
Address correspondence to Maï Yasué at her current address: Projet Seahorse, Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada. Tel: 1-(604) 827 3162; E-mail: email@example.com
Benchmarking Recreational Boating Pressure in the Rottnest Island Reserve, Western Australia
Claire B. Smallwood and Lynnath E. Beckley
School of Environmental Science, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia
Rottnest Island, off Western Australia, is a popular holiday destination with 0.5 million visitors annually, of which 150,000 arrive by private vessel. Management of these vessels is difficult as few data are available on their visitation patterns and associated recreational activities. An observational survey was conducted to provide baseline data. It clearly indicated higher vessel numbers during summer and on public holidays with some mooring areas exceeding 100% occupancy during these periods. Scuba diving and surfing were recorded at numerous locations around the island in the summer and winter months, respectively. Recreational fishing generally occurred throughout the year. The spatial and temporal patterns of boating and associated recreational usage can be used to assess the impact of management decisions and provide a benchmark for long-term monitoring.
Key words: Moorings; Fishing; Scuba diving; Zoning; Marine management
Address correspondence to Claire Smallwood, School of Environmental Science, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch 6150, Western Australia. Tel: +61 8 9239 8802; Fax: +61 8 9239 8899; E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Recent Advances in Whale-Watching Research: 2007-2008
C. Scarpaci,1 E. C. M. Parsons,2,3 and M. Lück4
1School of Engineering and Science, Ecology and Sustainability
Group, Victoria University, Victoria, Australia
2Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
3University Marine Biological Station Millport (University of London), Isle of Cumbrae, Glasgow, UK
4School of Hospitality and Tourism and New Zealand Tourism Research Institute, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand
Whale-watching research encompasses a wide variety of disciplines and fields of study, including monitoring the biological impacts of whale-watching activities on cetaceans and assessments of the effectiveness of whale-watching management and regulations, to the sociological and economic aspects of whale watching on communities hosting such activities. This article is the latest in a series of annual digests, which describes the variety and findings of whale-watching studies published over the past year, since June 2007.
Key words: Whale watching; Code of conduct; Regulations; Management; Whale watchers; Protected areas
Address correspondence to C. Scarpaci, School of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Ecology and Sustainability Group, Victoria University, Victoria, Australia. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Are you headed to Philadelphia for the Biophysical Society's 57th Annual Meeting (#bps13) starting on February 2nd? They are expecting over 6,000 biophysicists to attend. It's a great opportunity to see what is new in the field. And speaking of what is new in the field, professors and students, you will want to check this out – it is the textbook you've been waiting for:
Biophysics: Searching for Principles
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William Bialek provides the first graduate-level introduction to biophysics aimed at physics students. Interactions between the fields of physics and biology reach back over a century, and some of the most significant developments in biology–from the discovery of DNA's structure to imaging of the human brain–have involved collaboration across this disciplinary boundary. For a new generation of physicists, the phenomena of life pose exciting challenges to physics itself, and biophysics has emerged as an important subfield of this discipline. Featuring numerous problems and exercises throughout, Biophysics emphasizes the unifying power of abstract physical principles to motivate new and novel experiments on biological systems.
–Covers a range of biological phenomena from the physicist's perspective
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William Bialek is the John Archibald Wheeler/Battelle Professor in Physics at Princeton University, where he is also a member of the multidisciplinary Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, and is Visiting Presidential Professor of Physics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is the coauthor of Spikes: Exploring the Neural Code.
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Many foreigners in Vietnam worried about the new, stricter laws governing work permits and visas don't realize it's not about them—it's about the Chinese. That said, the fact that only some will end up collateral damage in what analysts see as a push against migrant workers isn't likely to be very much comfort.
Decree 47 came into effect on July 1, and the reworked law gives the authorities here the power to deport foreigners who have been living in Vietnam for over three months without a valid work permit. Previously, the law only had provisions for granting permits. But applicants must now, among other things, demonstrate they are qualified to hold positions that locals cannot. This obviously excludes migrant labourers.
Many foreigners living in Vietnam don't have work permits—the paperwork is complicated, original copies of degree certificates must be notarised in the applicant's home country and again in Vietnam, and those who have been living in one location in Vietnam for longer than six months can have a police check carried out by local police. In addition, many Vietnamese employers simply aren't willing to go to the considerable effort needed to issue foreign staff with permits, despite fines having increased ten-fold to 15 to 20 million VND.Enjoying this article? Click here to subscribe for full access. Just $5 a month.
And previously no permit was no problem. Vietnam has often been lax in enforcing its rules, a point underscored by an article in a local newspaper last year that quoted Minister for Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan as saying, 'The rules are quite strict, but we don't implement them.' (MoLISA is the government body overseeing the issue).
Previously, many expats have gotten by on the B3, a six-month multiple entry visa easily renewed by any travel agency. But last year, the visa laws were changed without warning, making only three-month extensions available within Vietnam (and they've also become significantly more expensive, with some people paying more than US$200 for extensions).
'The government didn't inform us why the law changed,' says Trinh Tien Trung, a former travel executive. 'Now you have to get out of the country then come back and get a visa on arrival.' Currently, some travel agencies in other countries and embassies can grant six month visas, but the situation changes regularly.
Newspapers haven't been unsympathetic to the problems some expats are facing. Thanh Nien News, based in Ho Chi Minh City, noted that thanks to the confusing mass of red tape, 'Vietnam will lose good people.'
American Jay Ellis runs one of Hanoi's longest-running bars, the R and R Tavern. Ellis has been in Vietnam since 1993, two years before the US embargo was lifted, and says that in his experience, attitudes to most foreigners have always been positive.


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Jim Duncan, the chairman of the GOP Chatham County Republican Party, has decided not to challenge 2nd District Republican Rep. Renee Ellmers next May.
Duncan put out statement Friday morning saying he had explored a congressional bid for several weeks and had been encouraged, but decided not to enter the race.
"In the final estimation, it became clear to me and my family that I can have a greater — and more lasting — impact by continuing my work fighting for a better North Carolina and the future of our children outside the halls of Congress," he said.
His decision removes a major threat from the right to Ellmers. Duncan had announced his exploratory bid at a time when there was considerable tea party pressure on Ellmers to back a shut down of the government in an effort to defund the new health care insurance law.
Ellmers has long been an opponent of the law, but was initially opposed to the using the threat of a government shut down as a tactic. She later changed her position and voted with most of the Republican caucus this week. Two days later, Duncan announced he would not challenge Ellmers.
Duncan was potentially a serious challenger to Ellmers. He is co-founder of the grassroots organization, The Coalition for American Principles, and as a successful businessman, would have been able to partially finance his own campaign.
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Minister Humphreys launches Trinity's 1916 Centenary Programme as part of 'Ireland 2016'
Proclamation day conference, showcase of first-hand accounts of the Rising and online course among highlights of the 'Trinity and the Rising' programme
The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD launched Trinity College Dublin's programme of events for the 1916 centenary in the Long Room of the Old Library in November 2015.
The programme of events organised by staff, students and alumni of Trinity to mark the 100th year anniversary of the Easter Rising will form part of the official State programme for next year. Trinity's programme will explore the 1916 Rising from a variety of disciplines and perspectives and will include lectures, tours, online courses, debates, readings, plays, films, conferences and exhibitions.
Highlights of Trinity's programme include:
A public reading of the 1916 Proclamation on the steps of the Dining Hall on Tuesday, March 15th 2016 and an accompanying conference organised by Trinity Long Room Hub examining the national and international context of the Proclamation.
A series of lectures on the theme of "Literature and Revolution" by the School of English, which will run from January to March 2016.
Trinity's Hist Society, the oldest student society in the world, will host a debate featuring famous past members on the motion "This House Believes The Rising Should be Celebrated" on Wednesday, February 24th, 2016.
The reopening of Trinity and FutureLearn's open online course (MOOC) 'Irish Lives in War and Revolution 1912-1923'. The free online course ran in 2014 and 2015, with over 29,000 learners taking part to date.
Exhibitions including the "The Civilian Dead" exhibition in the Pearse Street Library opening in January 2016, which will commemorate the civilians who died as a consequence of the Rising.
The Changed Utterly blog hosted by Trinity Library showcases on a weekly basis first-hand accounts of the Rising written by ordinary people, from dramatic 'as-it-happened' accounts to carefully amassed scrapbooks.
Speaking today Minister Humphreys said: "Academic discussion and debate will form a very important element of the Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme.
"Our third level institutions will be focal points as we look back at what life was like in 1916, examine what motivated the 1916 leaders and consider what has been achieved over the last 100 years.
"I am delighted that Trinity College has put together this extensive programme. As a centre of learning in Dublin city centre, Trinity will act as a hub of activity and analysis as we mark the centenary of the Easter Rising."
Vice-Provost & Chief Academic Officer, Professor Linda Hogan added: "Trinity is delighted to be part of the big national conversation about the 1916 Rising.
"The programme will not only provide dispassionate historical analysis of the events, motives and consequences associated with the Rising it will also, through the medium of film, theatre, exhibition and online courses, provide expression to alternative viewpoints that will serve to illuminate pre-conceived ideas about the Rising."
Eunan O'Halpin, Professor of Contemporary Irish History, commented: "Trinity was at the epicentre of the Rising that shook Ireland and the world in the round. Located in the heart of Dublin city centre, the campus became at once a bastion, a rallying point for Crown forces, and a place of succour for the wounded and the dying.
"Trinity is also the custodian of significant records relating to the rebellion including accounts of the Rising through civilian eyes including the celebrated diary of Elsie Mahaffy, the Provost's daughter."
The booklet "Trinity and the Rising" launched by Minister Humphreys also contains a series of articles by Trinity staff and academics including pieces on Trinity's role in the debates running up to the 1916 Rising and after, Trinity Library's collection of 1916 related material and how the Rising affected students attending the college.
The "Trinity and the Rising" booklet and 1916 Commemoration Programme can be viewed here: www.tcd.ie
The Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme, led by Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys, T.D., is a year-long programme of activity to commemorate the events of the 1916 Rising, to reflect on our achievements over the last 100 years and to look towards Ireland's future.
The programme includes seven strands: State Ceremonial; Historical Reflection; An Teanga Bheo/The Living Language; Youth and Imagination; Cultural Expression; Community Participation; Global and Diaspora.
Full details of the Ireland 2016 programme is available at www.ireland.ie


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Moving Through Margaux
Moving further south, we had a morning appointment scheduled in Margaux at the world-famous estate that bares the appellation name itself: Château Margaux. The wines from the Margaux region are revered for their beauty and are often more delicate on the palate with fruit flavors that are more graceful and prettier aromatics than some of the more-structured St. Juliens or powerful Pauillacs. The embodiment of all those characteristics are the coveted cuvées of Château Margaux, but as you probably read in Ralph's post from yesterday, the mood at the property for this year's en primeur tasting was somber in the face of a recent tragedy. Just ten days earlier the château's dynamic director and and fearless leader Paul Pontallier passed away after a fight with cancer. The 2015 release would be his final goodbye, an expression to remember him by. We entered the property with both compassion and commiseration for everyone carrying on the day's events in the wake of that emotional loss.
There to meet us front and center was Paul's son Thibault who bares a striking resemblance to his late father. He walked us back through the fermentation room, past the towering wooden vats, and into the tasting parlor where we would sample the château's second wines—the Pavillon Rouge and Blanc—along with the 2015 grand vin. As we strolled through the winery, Thibault mentioned to us that the vintage at Margaux was a strong one, comparing the conditions to the heralded harvests of 2005, 2009 and 2010. "The grapes were small and with thicker skins," he said. I had only previously tried Château Margaux (a magnum of 1989) once at staff dinner event with Clyde and the experience was so memorable I took the bottle home as a souvenir. Tasting at the first-growth château itself was a huge honor and the wines delivered on their reputation. The Pavillon Rouge was the embodiment of finesse with fine tannins and incredible purity of fruit. The estate's notes on the wine claim it may be the best the château has ever produced. The grand vin was exceptional as well, a subtle and alluring note of grace that moved effortlessly over the palate. It's a fitting final tribute to Paul.
After Margaux we drove the short distance over to Château d'Issan, one of the most beautiful properties in all of Bordeaux. We were all excited to taste the 2015 here, especially since as a store we've been largely impressed with the château's recent efforts. Personally, I bought a case of the 2012 cuvée because it was easily one of the best values from that vintage, a plush and charming expression that to me manifested everything we love about Margaux in the glass. The grounds at Château d'Issan were as resplendent as the wine itself, majestic and classy all the way through. I had an exhilaration moving through my body as we pulled into the parking lot. Everything about the property is classically romantic.
As we entered the château, Alex whispered to me: "You're going to love this place. We get to taste in a historic parlor with creaky wooden floors. It's fantastic." Indeed it was. There were ancient tapestries, oil-painted portraits, and shelves of old books everywhere, creating an atmosphere for the degustation that could not be beat. The 2015 grand vin at Issan was as refined and regal as the palace itself with silky tannins and a red-fruited purity that just put a smile on all of our faces. The wine was a sleeper in 2012 and we think the 2015 will potentially be ever better. When the prices are eventually released, this will be a wine we'll be looking at carefully.
After attending the UGC event for Margaux where we had the chance to sample a dozen or so other wines from the region, we left for our final appointment at Château Palmer, perhaps the most respected of all the third growth estates in Bordeaux. The vineyards at Palmer were actually once part of Chateau d'Issan until a family inheritance split the property in 1748. Trey was super pumped about tasting here. "If there's any wine that can stand toe-to-toe with that Ducru-Beaucaillou we tasted, I think this is probably it." Both the grand wine and the château's second—the Alter Ego—showed exceptionally well with dark, brooding cores of fleshy fruit and a lurking power on the finish that hinted at supreme maturational prospects. All in all, the wines of Margaux in 2015 are everything we expect Margaux to be: elegant, delicious, and charming.
-David Driscoll


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True Fellowship with God
The True Fellowship with God that Leads to Fullness of Joy – 1 John 1
Anyone can go off to a mountain or cave for a time and come back claiming to have had an experience or vision from God. But when a number of people witness and then testify to similar experiences that becomes more reliable and likely to be truthful. In John's opening inspired words of this epistle he begins his message with a starting point of validation that includes his as well as an allusion to other's eyewitness accounts of fellowship with the Father and with Jesus. It is that context and that basis which separates these inspired words of John from just another "story" of a holy man or seer of visions. John's words are inspired and they are based in fact. We should prayerfully receive them as such.
In this opening chapter of 1 John we will see the truthful aspect of fellowship with God and consider the joy it produces in those who experience such fellowship with God. Let's dig right in.
True Joy Producing Fellowship with God
1 John 1 (NKJV)
1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life—
When John uses the word "beginning" (Greek arche) he is using a word that means from the commencement, first, the principle. This is a word which speaks of origins. When John uses it he is pointing us to the beginning. He is speaking of the person or thing that commences something, that which is the active cause of something, the extreme beginning. Here John is referring to his experience with Jesus, but he also may be alluding to those familiar with the opening words of his gospel account where he was inspired to write, "In the beginning [Greek arche] was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning [Greek arche] with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. . . . And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth" (John 1:1-5 and 14). John is speaking of Jesus as incarnated; as God in the flesh.
And it is this Jesus, God in the flesh which John experienced. This experience of Jesus by John is validated as real, not fake, physical, not immaterial, but saying first that it was experienced by more than just himself. What he is saying is not merely his own individual account or witness. No, John uses the pronoun "we" to allude to the other apostles and upwards of at least 500 disciples who walked with Jesus and testified to His resurrection (e.g. 1 Cor. 15:1-8). One eyewitness is good, but more than one, numerous eye witnesses are reason to eliminate all doubt. That is what John is doing here. He is speaking something that is certain because it is based on numerous eyewitnesses.
John says, "we have heard. . . we have seen with our eyes. . . we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life." John is speaking of their interaction with Jesus. They "heard" (Greek verb akekoamen of akouo: Present/Active/Indicative) with their ears what Jesus said and taught. The idea is that they heard and actively kept on hearing. What Jesus said stuck with them and resounded in them.
They have "seen" (Greek verb heorakamen of horao: Present/Active/Indicative) which means they not only saw with their eyes but there is also implied with this word the idea that they discerned clearly what they were seeing; they perceived; they contemplated; they took heed of what they heart. And they did this as they saw and kept on actively seeing and contemplating what they were seeing. This is not a glance at something but they saw something and it impacted them deeply. They saw not only with their eyes but understood with their mind and experienced in heart.
John says they used their "eyes" upon (Greek noun ophthalmois) which refers to the actual eye. The idea is that what they saw was not a vision or something mysterious but they actually saw Jesus with their very own eyes. This is John's way of discounting the idea presented by Gnostics of Docetism or that Jesus only appeared to be in bodily form. John is saying that Jesus actually was in bodily form because they saw Him with their very own eyes. Jesus was not a fantasy or mystery. Jesus was and is REAL.
John says they "looked" upon Jesus (Greek verb etheasametha of theaomai) which means they looked on, gazed at, beheld, contemplated in a way that made an impact on them. What they saw of Jesus made a lasting impression on them. What John is writing to them is based on what he saw of Jesus and what made a lasting life impression on him.
John says he and others with their own hands "handled" (Greek verb epselaphesan of pselaphao) which speaks of actually physically handling something, touching something, feeling something, groping for something and finding it. I can picture John's words as alluding to the hugs of fellowship with Jesus. I can picture Jesus' hand on the shoulder to comfort and guide. John is again using words that speak of no apparition but of a Jesus who was physically there and real.
John refers to Jesus as "the Word of life." The word of Jesus produces eternal life in people. John's contact with Jesus brought him life. And John no doubt saw how Jesus' words brought life to others. The actual literal phrasing here is the Word of the life (Greek tou logou es zeos). So John is not merely speaking about physical life but is speaking of a certain quality or type of life; "the life" in Christ that is based on the word of Jesus.
2 the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested to us—
Again John speaks of "the life," the particular life found in Jesus. He says this life was "manifested" (Greek verb ephanerothe of phaneroo: Aorist/Passive/Indicative) which means manifested, revealed, disclosed. This disclosure from God was again "seen" (Greek horao) by more than just John ("we") and those who have seen the Word of the life.
Those who have seen the life "bear witness" (Greek verb marturoumen of martereo: Present/Active/Indicative) which is a legal term to refer to a witness in a court of law. The idea is to testify to what one has seen. The grammar of the verb means always be active to continually bear witness of or on behalf of. "Declare" (Greek verb apangellomen of apangello: Present/Active/Indicative) means to always be actively report, announce, make known, relate to others.
What is it that they bear witness to and declare? "Eternal life" (Greek zoen ten aionion) the life that is eternal. This "life" "was with the Father and was manifested to us." John isn't merely speaking of an abstraction here. The life he is speaking about is really The Life of Jesus. Jesus is the One who was manifested and was with the Father (cf. John 1:1-3).
3 that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.
John now explains the purpose behind declaring what they have seen and heard concerning Jesus – "that you also may have fellowship with us." "Fellowship" (Greek koinonia) means communion. It can include the idea of partnership, sharing, contribution, association as well. John is sharing the life of the Jesus so that those who read or hear can be brought into this fellowship of Jesus too.
This fellowship is not just any fellowship. John isn't speaking of some Kiwanis or Lions level civic group. John is speaking of a particular fellowship that is "truly" fellowship. The word "truly" is based on the context of the use of the Greek conjunction de which can be translated in fact, indeed, truly. John uses this conjunction to emphasize the distinct nature of the fellowship he is speaking about.
John further distinguishes this fellowship as "with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ." John has no problem mentioning the Father and Jesus in the same sentence. There is an equality of deity communicated here. The Father and Jesus His Son are distinct, but they are equal. John expresses no qualifier related to Jesus. The Father and the Son Jesus are the ones with Whom John and those who respond to the declaration of Jesus as the Word of the Life.
John has very concisely but very clearly been inspired to use words that emphasize the physical nature of Jesus and His equality with God. He has spoken of the fellowship, the wonderful fellowship available to those who respond to this declaration with faith. But one further incentive to respond is communicated by John.
4 And these things we write to you that your joy may be full.
John writes of this fellowship with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ for the expressed purpose "that your joy may be full." "Joy" (Greek noun chara) means joy, delight. It was a word associated the feelings associated with the experience of such events as a king ascending to the throne, a wedding, or a holiday. John wanted such joy to be full.
"May be full" (Greek verb pepleromene from pleroo: Perfect/Middle/Participle) means having been fulfilled, having been made full having been accomplished, or having been supplied. Joy is found completely fulfilled in Jesus.
Interestingly "joy" is only found here in this epistle. John does not use the word elsewhere in this epistle. Therefore, what follows in John's letter is what provides us with a definition of what such "joy" is like. An overview of 1 John provides us with the following aspects of what makes fellowship with the Father and His Son Jesus Christ so joyful:
- That God is light and in Him is no darkness at all – 1:5
- We can walk in His light and have fellowship with God – 1:7a
- When we walk in His light the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin – 1:7b
- If we confess our sins God is faithful to forgive our sins – 1:9
- It's possible not to sin – 2:1a
- If we do sin Jesus is our Advocate – 2:1b
- We can know that we know Jesus and have eternal life – 2:3
- When we abide in God's light we love – 2:10
- Our sins are forgiven in Jesus – 2:12
- We can know Jesus – 2:13a, 14
- In Jesus we overcome the wicked one – 2:13b, 14
- God gives us an anointing so that we can "know all things" and can discern between good and evil – 2:20, 27
- God promises us eternal life – 2:25
- We can be "born of Him" – 2:29
- God loves us incredibly – 3:1
- When we focus on Jesus it purifies us – 3:3
- Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil – 3:8
- Love is an indication we have passed from death to life – 3:14
- Whatever we ask in Him we receive – 3:22
- Follow His command to love one another – 3:23
- We know we abide in Jesus and have eternal life by the Holy Spirit Who was given to us – 3:24
- Greater is He who is in us than he who is in the world – 4:4
- His love can be perfected in us – 4:12, 17-18
- Jesus is the Savior of the world – 4:14
- Whoever believes in Jesus is born of God – 5:1
- We can keep His commandments and they are not burdensome – 5:3
- The Holy Spirit bears witness that Jesus is the Christ – 5:6
- We can have eternal life in Jesus the Son – 5:11-12
- We can know we have eternal life in Christ – 5:13
- We can pray in confidence when we pray according to His will – 5:14-15
- There is a sin not leading to death – 5:16
- Whoever is born of God does not live in sin – we are freed from sin – 5:18
- In fellowship with God we are freed from the sway of the wicked one – 5:18-19
These are some of the reasons why we can experience fullness of joy in Jesus. This is only a cursory summary. As we study through 1 John we will discover many more reasons to be joyful I'm sure.
The God of Joy Producing Fellowship
You can't have meaningful fellowship with someone you don't know. Therefore John not shares a bit about the nature of God as well as the means by which we might enter into this joy producing fellowship with Him.
5 This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.
John uses the imagery of light versus darkness to describe God. Light is representative of holiness, purity, the absence of any and all darkness of evil. Anything and everything that is good and holy is found in God purely and undiluted. Really, in our fallen state we cannot conceive of the pure holy light of God. All John can do is use such terms to try and convey the incredible nature of God as light.
When we consider God we need to understand that there is no evil in God. God is faithful and true. He is Holy and just as well as gracious and loving. God is Perfect. There is no darkness at all in God.
That should give us a great deal of comfort. We don't have to wonder if what God says is true or reliable because God is not out to trick us or abuse us in any way. When He instructs us about something it is for our best interests as it relates to His holy plans. We can be completely and totally vulnerable before God. We need not fear Him and as we learn of His love we won't fear Him (cf. 1 John 4:17-19).
6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
But there is a problem, a condition expressed by the particle "if". The problem arises when we claim something verbally that is not backed up practically in life. It's a question of honesty. The following words of John tell us that we can be self-deceived. We need to own up to our sinfulness. If a person claims to be in fellowship with the God of light, and walks in sinful darkness, then that person is lying and not practicing the truth.
A "lie" (Greek verb pseudometha from pseudomai: Present/Middle/Indicative) means a continual deceiving, lying or not telling the truth. John is speaking about a "practice" (Greek verb poiomenen from poieo: Present/Active/Indicative) meaning to make, do, create, produce, work, accomplish, perform or act in some way. John says we ought to practice living truthfully but we do not.
"Truth" (Greek noun aletheian from aletheia) means truth, dependability, freedom from error, integrity. Truth means something is what it says it is. Our practice should be to live by the truth of God's word, be dependable, and people of integrity.
But since we have this problem what is the solution?
7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
Again the conditional participle "if" tells us this is a possibility. It's a choice that needs to be made on our behalf. We need to choose to walk in the light as He is in the light." We need to follow Jesus footsteps (compare 2:6). When we walk close to Jesus "we have fellowship with one another." This can refer to the fellowship we have amongst other believers. But more importantly it speaks of the fellowship we have with God by walking with Jesus in life.
As we walk in the light of God's goodness "the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin." "Cleanses" (Greek verb katharidzei from katharidzo: Present/Active/Indicative) means to keep on cleansing, to keep on making clean, to keep on purifying. As we walk with Jesus His blood keeps on cleansing us. The Father sees the blood of His Son Jesus when He looks at us. The blood of Jesus is always applied to us when we are walking with Him. Hallelujah! Thank You Lord!
This is the only way we can come close to the God Who is light and in Whom is no darkness at all. That we can have fellowship with God is incredible. That the blood of Jesus cleanses us from "all" sin is magnificent and beyond words.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Who might be so bold as to claim they are without sin? The Gnostics of John's day who believed in dualism, (that matter is inherently evil and only the spiritual immaterial is holy) used that belief to say that it wasn't really them that sinned but their body. It was a convoluted way of thinking that was disguised in a proud self-elevating appeal to high knowledge.
Gnostic comes from the Greek term gnosis which means knowledge. Gnostics created an entire system of belief that refuted Jesus as God in the flesh and instead claimed He was merely one of many emanations from a Higher Being. The Gnostics in reality worshipped knowledge and claimed to have the knowledge necessary for a person to experience salvation. Their salvation wasn't based on the redemptive work of God incarnate in Christ, but instead was based on acquiring certain knowledge that would unlock what needed to be known about salvation and eternal life. That they believed in such a way that led them to deny their sin exposes how far their belief system caused them to depart from reality.
Sin by nature is deceiving. Sin will tell you that sinning is no big deal. Sin will tempt you to excuse yourself or minimize the sin in your life. Sin will deceive you so that you dismiss its seriousness in your life.
Like Satan sin is deceptive (cf. John 8:43-44). "Sin" (Greek noun hamartian from hamartia) means sin, a sinful deed, sinfulness, miss the mark, err, wander from the path, and refers to a willful transgression against a known law of God. Sin by nature is deceptive. That is why John says "if we say we have no sin we deceive ourselves." "Deceive" (Greek verb planomen from planao: Present/Active Indicative) means to constantly lead astray, mislead, deceive, seduce, go astray, be deluded, err, deceive oneself, sin.
If someone tells you they don't have any sin they are self-deceived and the truth of God is not in them. Now in Christ we are completely cleansed from our sin and no sin is counted against us. But in reality we still do sin. We can gain victory over sin, but if we are going to be truthful, we have to admit that we continue to struggle with and even at times sin in our life.
9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
But if when we sin we "confess" (Greek verb homologmen from homologeo: Present/Active/Subjunctive) means if we agree with, if we confess, if we admit, if we acknowledge. The idea is if we see our sin as God sees it and admit our sin. This is not mere acknowledging our sin but seeing it as God sees it, as darkness that needs to be removed. Our role is to confess our sins.
God's role is to be "faithful" (Greek adjective pistos) meaning trustworthy, faithful, trusting, reliable. He will be "just" (Greek adjective dikaios) meaning just, righteous, impartial, upright. God will "forgive" (Greek verb aphiemi: Aorist/Active/Subjunctive) meaning let go, leaven, disregard, dismiss, divorce, cancel, pardon, remit, forgive, abandon. And He will cleanse us from all "unrighteousness" (Greek noun adikias) or injustice, wrong, wickedness, wrong doing, unjust.
One commentary states:
Rather than denying sin, believers are asked to acknowledge it freely. When we admit our sin, we find, paradoxically, that God removes it. "Confess" (Greek, homologōmen) implies we must acknowledge that our sin is sin and admit that we committed it. The plural "sins" shows that confession includes specific acts of sin.
Once we confess sin, the character of God guarantees forgiveness. He is a faithful God who can be trusted to keep His promises (cf. Jeremiah 31:34). He is a righteous God who will forgive our sins because the death of Christ has already paid the penalty for them.
God's character leads to forgiveness and cleansing. He forgives sin, as one might release a debtor from his obligation to pay. And He cleanses from all unrighteousness, not only by imputing righteousness to the sinner's account but by gradually producing holy character in daily life.[1]
God's forgiveness of our sins is done on the basis of the blood of Jesus shed on the cross to pay our debt of sin. Sin is freely forgiven, but the cost of forgiveness was not cheap. If we remember that it may cause us to resist a little bit more.
10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.
God's only requirement for forgiveness of sin is to own up to it and not try to excuse or rationalize it away on our own. No, we must admit our sinfulness. God says we are sinful. If we say we are not sinful we "make Him a liar, and His word is not in us." God is not a liar. We are sinful. The Bible from Genesis to Revelation is evidence that all humanity except for One Person Jesus Christ, has proven to be full of sin. The first three chapters of Paul's inspired letter to the Romans establishes beyond doubt that both Jew and Gentile are all guilty of a great deal of sin. In Romans 3 he is moved by the Spirit to conclude:
Romans 3:10–18 and 23 (NKJV)
10 As it is written:
"There is none righteous, no, not one;
11 There is none who understands;
There is none who seeks after God.
12 They have all turned aside;
They have together become unprofitable;
There is none who does good, no, not one."
13 "Their throat is an open tomb;
With their tongues they have practiced deceit";
"The poison of asps is under their lips";
14 "Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness."
15 "Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 Destruction and misery are in their ways;
17 And the way of peace they have not known."
18 "There is no fear of God before their eyes."
Romans 3:23 (NKJV)
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
That is the sinful state of all humanity for all time and for anyone to claim that they are without sin or that they have never sinned exposes them as delusional and contrary to God's revelation that all humanity is sinful. To deny our sin is to call God a liar. That's a fellowship breaker.
Jesus ' sinless life is a glaring contrast to sinful humanity. His bright blameless sinless life shines a holy light on our dark sinfulness. The closer we come to the God of light through Jesus, the more clearly we will see our sinfulness. But glory to God, along with the realization of our deep rooted sin is the power of the blood of Jesus to help us deal with that sin. The atoning blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin when we trust in Him as Savior. And as we walk and live with Him as our Lord it leads to true deepening fellowship with God and joy in life.
All of this is available to us as we walk in fellowship with Jesus. Now that is good reason to be joyful over the true fellowship we have with God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ. This fellowship with God is true because it is real. It is true because it requires us to be real and true about our own sinful condition. It is true because the shed blood of Jesus on the cross is the effective means by which God forgives sin in a faithful, just way. To all of that we should rejoice. And we will rejoice! Praise the Lord.
[1] Complete Biblical Library Commentary - The Complete Biblical Library – Hebrews-Jude.