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Huawei Mate 9 Pro Philippines – Exemplifying Smartphone Excellence
Being deemed as the best in anything is an honor that not many can savor, especially in the smartphone industry where constant desire to outperform others is omnipresent. However, many tech experts have tagged the Huawei Mate 9 Pro as one of the best Android smartphones in 2016. With its amazing features, the Mate 9 Pro is Chinese tech giants Huawei's way of throwing the gauntlet to the bigger brands in the smartphone industry.
Huawei Mate 9 Pro Philippines – Sleek Design with Excellent Grip
Sporting a full metal body, the Mate 9 Pro looks effortlessly stylish and visually appealing. The Mate 9 Pro comes with a 5.5-inch display, which in no means is a small phone, but its dual curved display improves the grip of the smartphone. Despite its size, the phone is very usable one-handed and feels comfortable in the hands, thanks to the subtle curves. Moreover, for a smartphone of its size, the Mate 9 Pro is surprisingly svelte and lightweight, hence gripping for long periods will not feel uncomfortable.
Huawei Mate 9 Pro Philippines – Fingerprint Sensor at Its Best
Many of the top-tier smartphones today feature a fingerprint sensor that automatically unlocks the smartphone when its owner's finger is placed on it. The fingerprint sensor on the Mate 9 Pro, located just below its dual rear cameras, is fast and instantaneous. Without requiring to press a button to activate the sensor, it instantly unlocks the phone the moment the user's finger touches the sensor.
Huawei Mate 9 Pro Philippines – Crystal Clear HD Display that Enhances Visual Pleasure
Huawei has done a great job in terms of the display for the Huawei Mate 9 Pro. The 2560 x 1440 AMOLED Crystal-Clear display means that black appears as true-black and colors are visually pleasing. This makes the smartphone ideal for watching videos and playing games with high graphic requirements as the colors pop realistically, providing a surreal experience.
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Michelle Baron sat on the edge of the couch, her heart racing as she looked at the envelope in her hand. I guess this is it, she thought. The return address seemed harmless enough. Fairfield Lab, Portland, Oregon. But this envelope contained information that could change her life forever.
Michelle and her family rejoice when her father begins to regain consciousness after an unsuccessful suicide attempt. But a long journey awaits, as they seek to clear his name of the embezzlement charges that drove him to this desperate act. The days of their vigil at the hospital drag into weeks, and Michelle finds herself repeatedly drawn to the newborn nursery. Observing couples leave with tiny babes in their arms, her heart is stirred, and she begins to yearn for a child of her own. However, an unexpected twist will threaten her new dream.
Through the Tears - the second novel in the Sandy Cove series - delivers a message of hope in the midst of longing and disappointment.
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I thought I would love this book since the first was very interesting, but the character of Michelle is beyond annoying. If you are recently divorced, are having a hard time having children, or have a husband who has been unfaithful- please do not buy this audiobook. I feel that it will tear you apart and bring your spirits down from all the annoyance and frustration rather than lifting you up. A lot of the story lines and scenes are very unrealistic such as Michelle's dad attempting to talk- this would rarely happen with someone who has been intubated and in critical condition or has been injured in the head as Michelle's dad attempted to shoot himself. Michelle is such a very selfish character who only thinks of herself and is not sensitive to her husband's needs and feelings. I found myself rolling my eyes throughout the story. Do yourself a favor, and skip this one if you are looking for joy, positive energy and love after a time of tragedy.
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This book brought healing to my heart and awareness to a what many couples experience with infertility. The author's comments at the end taught me something I didn't know and am glad I have the knowledge now. I am also inspired to volunteer
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Bull City and Beyond: Documenting DukeEngage-Durham
DukeEngage-Durham is a comparative introduction to community-based, economic development efforts in Durham, NC and its sister city of Durham, England. Participants will serve both communities through structured, immersive and full-time volunteer placements with local non-profits in both communities. Participants, working in small, cooperative teams, will be matched in advance of the program with one agency in NC and one in the UK.
Participants will explore the unique historical background of both communities, which continue to be transitioning from a declining 20th century industrial base, tobacco and textiles in North Carolina and coal mining in England, to a 21st century knowledge-based economy. DukeEngage-Durham staff have thoroughly evaluated the volunteer work each student will perform here in the U.S. and in collaboration with our partners at Durham University, the 3rd oldest institution of higher education in England. This program values community building and provides many avenues for program participants to grow. In addition to volunteering alongside the staff of a partner agency, participants will join in a variety of orientations, trainings, readings, special presentations, historical and neighborhood tours, and weekly reflection sessions to deepen their knowledge of both Durham communities and the ways local citizens engage their city.


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Morgan Spurlock's New Britannia (10 x 60′) – Morgan Spurlock travels Britain to examine British society with all its eccentricities. He'll take an irreverent look at everything from class to traditional pass-times and the British view of fame and celebrity.
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The Economic Crisis of 2008 and the Added Worker Effect in Transition Countries
Following the financial crisis of 2008, transition countries experienced an increase in female labor force participation rates and a decrease in male labor force participation rates, in part because male-dominated sectors were hit the hardest. These developments have prompted many to argue that women have been spared the full-blown effects of the crisis. In this paper, we critically evaluate this claim by investigating the extent to which the increase in the female labor force participation rate may have reflected a distress labor supply response to the crisis. We use the data on the 28 countries of the transition region assessed in the 2010 Life in Transition Survey. We find the presence of the female added worker effect, driven by married 45- to 54-year-old women with no children in the household. This effect is the strongest among the region's middle-income countries. Among men, a negative relationship between labor force participation and household-specific income shocks is indicated. Unlike the differences in the response to household-specific income shocks, the labor supply response to a weaker macroeconomic environment is negative for both men and women—hinting at the presence of the "discouraged worker" effect, which cuts across gender lines. We conclude that the decrease in men's labor force participation observed during this crisis is likely a combined result of the initial sectoral contraction and the subsequent impact of the discouraged worker effect. For women, on the other hand, the added worker effect appears to outweigh the discouraged worker effect, contributing to an increase in their labor force participation rate. Our findings highlight the presence of heterogeneity in the way in which household-specific shocks, as opposed to economy-wide conditions, affect both female and male labor force participation rates.
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"How Did the Great Recession Affect Different Types of Workers? Evidence from 17 Middle-Income Countries,"
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I'm thrilled to join Ali Edwards for this year's Week in the Life. I do these every year, and I so look forward to this project. It's fun to look back on the year's past. And it's fun to look back after a week of documenting because I always learn something about myself, about our routines, about our patterns, about how really, truly, I do get a lot done in a day (even thought it doesn't always feel that way).
Looking back over my past week in the life projects, I'm baffled at how life looks so different year to year. Truly, the days are long but the years are short. Some members of my family weren't even here last year (re: Thomas!). It's amazing the different a year makes.
This project forces me to look at my life with fresh eyes, something I've been doing a lot of recently. It's so easy to get frustrated because I have little kids and every little task feels like it results in tantrums and crying and frustration. And that's just over putting on socks!
But, really, truly examining my days shows me just how full they are, in the best of ways. Now, I'm not Pollyanna. But, in the moments of frustration, I often think, these are the days. Before I know it, my house will go from loud and full to empty and quiet. And that will be bittersweet. Sweet for my eardrums. But bitter for my heart. Maybe that seems like a downer. But, for me, it's a gentle reminder to lean into these days. Because it won't be like this for long.
So, here's to a week in the life! I hope you join in. If you're thinking, oh, my life's boring, who would want to know about it….blah blah blah. I'm going to smack you upside the head and say, of course you're life is worth documenting! Everyone's is! So if you want to do it, do it!
You can find me sharing my week on Instagram and Facebook. Let me know if you join in!


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Blogorail Yellow is sharing some of their favorite holiday movies and tv specials and the family traditions that go along with viewing them each year. Plus some great ideas on how you can incorporate each into your own holiday celebrations.
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An increasingly important consideration about the role of a library media center is the
technology to which it provides access and assistance in use. Clifton (2006) found that while the
socio-economic gap in students' physical access to technology was shrinking, there was a
persistent gap in students' ability to exploit technology for academic gain (See also Warschauer,
2000; Warschauer, Knobel, & Stone, 2004; Wenglinsky, 1998). One of Clifton's conclusions is
that it is in our schools where this digital divide may be most effectively addressed.
Valenza (2007) details the active, critical role library media specialists play in mediating
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THE Black Eyed Peas singer STACY 'Fergie' FERGUSON has discovered the shocking truth about her family tree - her ancestors were sheep rustlers. The R+B star traced her relatives back before they settled in the US, all the way back to Ireland. She reveals, "My ancestors are from Ireland. We stole sheep."


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"Munya in Me" is a stop-motion animation about heavy ten-year-old Munya trying to avoid her bullies on her daily trip to the Turkish supermarket, mostly without success. Until one day she realizes that she shouldn't hide. She should show herself.
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Here's how we turned our life purpose into a full-time career…as astrologers! Plus, learn about B-School, the program that helped make that happen.
Do you dream of the freedom of working for yourself—but you're not sure how to pull it off? Maybe you have a solid day job that pays the bills but doesn't light your fire. Maybe you have a brilliant idea but no clue where or how to start. Should you slowly build your idea before leaving your corporate gig? Or should you rip the Band-Aid off and go for it?
You may not have a clear idea. But the one thing you DO have is passion.
So how do you translate that spark into a sustainable career path? How can you have more time for your family, your creative gifts, your idea that can truly heal and touch people's lives?
As entrepreneurs for over two decades (we've never worked a full-time job for anyone longer than 9 months!), these are questions we've grappled with since our early 20s. We've had side hustles, failures and triumphs—and it's a constantly evolving process.
One of our key missions at Astrostyle is to help you find and embrace your light. As our fellow Sagittarius Winston Churchill said, "We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give." Somewhere between the two lies your destiny. The world needs that unique gift that only you can offer.
To encourage you, we're sharing our own entrepreneurial journey, which started back in the 1980s when our dad lost his job. Read on…
Our entrepreneurial story: it started with a family crisis.
When we were 15, our father told us, "Ophi and Tali, never work for anyone else if you don't have to. Having your own business is freedom."
We're not sure if he meant for his words to make such an impression. But they sure did.
Our dad said this a few months after being fired, without notice, from his factory job—a truly scary moment in our childhood. An immigrant from Israel, our father worked for years at an electronics shipping warehouse for a low hourly wage. He fit the classic bootstrapping immigrant profile, waking up early and heading out the door just as the sun was rising. We grew up in Detroit—the hardworking Motor City that's seen its share of transformations.
Lemons into lemonade: what our dad taught us.
In the evenings and on weekends, our father ran a side business landscaping, a skill he'd acquired growing up on an Israeli kibbutz. As an enterprising Sagittarius (the same sign as us), he quickly turned lemons into lemonade. A day after he was fired, our dad hung his "shingle" (a pickup truck with some tools), and Shimon's Landscaping was born.
Our father's indomitable drive showed us how to turn a breakdown into a breakthrough. He leveraged a crisis into an opportunity—a divine sign to pursue his passion for plants, the outdoors and above all, freedom.
Fast-forward 25 years and our dad just retired from his own business. He's got tendonitis in his foot, but he's a satisfied man who can happily look back and say, like fellow Sagittarius Frank Sinatra, he "did it [his] way."
How we started a thriving business…then got stuck.
As our father's daughters, we were determined to take his teachings to the next level, and to to succeed without the setbacks our dad encountered. And that's how we dove into the wild world of business ownership…
Even as we were studying at The University of Michigan (education was another value our dad drummed into us relentlessly), it was always in the back of our minds, "We're going to work for ourselves."
In the early 1990s, we started our own magazine, HUES, as a college project and turned it into a national publication sold through major bookstores and newsstands. It was a labor of love, born from our desire to see the beauty, strength, ideals and wisdom—of women of all cultures, shapes and sizes—represented in the media.
HUES was a philosophical success, but not a financial one, so we sold it to another company who kept it alive for a couple more issues. From there, we both worked for a couple different magazines in New York City (Tali for a short-lived one called Build, Ophi for Ms.) and then went to some dot-com startups, using our self-taught web design skills and art school degrees. We were forever determined to make sure we never had to work the cubicle life or spend our days bored out of our minds.
Follow the obsession: it could be your calling.
All along, we were reading charts for friends, devouring astrology books and guessing everyone's zodiac sign at parties. Soon, we were offered a column in BUST magazine, then Teen People in 2002, and our first book deal. Without trying, our passion had turned into a career. We let it grow organically. And it did…until we hit the inevitable plateau.
Tools, resources and education: why being a lifelong learner is essential.
Anyone who reads our horoscopes knows: we love to recommend books, classes and insightful articles. We believe strongly in self-educating and being lifelong learners. And we are your guinea pigs! We've taken many personal growth seminars and online classes. One course has created such dramatic results, that we jumped at the chance to share it with you.
That class is Marie Forleo's B-School.
Marie Forleo's B-School is an 8-week online training course that teaches you how to create a business and life you love. B-School teaches passionate innovators like you how to "market" (a word that once repelled us) ideas in a way that's honest, heartfelt and from a place of service. It's designed for any entrepreneur—budding or existing—to master the practical basics of launching a successful online business. Or, in Marie's words, B-School "teaches smart, highly effective and 'non-douchy' online marketing strategies to business owners who want more sales and more impact from their online presence."
You don't have to be a web designer, social media addict or even tech-savvy to take this class. Marie teaches how to identify your audience, write copy that speaks to them, and to create offerings that they actually want. (In fact, our popular compatibility guide How To Get Along With Anyone…Yes, Even That Person was born out of B-School.)
B-School: blasting past the plateau into prosperity.
We signed up for B-School because we wanted to reach as many people as we could. Empowerment was our thing—whether the medium was a magazine or the cosmos. We figured if a couple thousand people were enjoying our writing, why not a few hundred thousand…or a few million?
B-School really took our astrology business to a new level. Thanks to what we learned, we have reached those numbers and beyond! A few months after B-School, our mailing list signups doubled and our profits increased by 650 percent(!), all while we did business with integrity and stayed true to our message.
We invite you to explore this amazing and dynamic resource. If you decide to sign up, you can also do so through us—and you'll get a one-hour astrology chart reading as a companion to your program. Read on!
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Click here to learn how you can unlock our B-School Bonuses.
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Viewers In Rural Virginia Impressed By VP Debate
Viewers of Thursday night's debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden included a group gathered at University of Virginia in rural Wise County. Steve Inskeep watched the debate with them and talks with Renee Montagne about partygoers' impressions of the only debate between the vice presidential candidates.
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And I'm Renee Montagne. The viewers of last night's vice-presidential debate included a group on a hilltop in Virginia. They were attending a debate party. At the end, they shared their thoughts with our own Steve Inskeep, who is with us now. And Steve, where exactly were you?
STEVE INSKEEP: We were at the University of Virginia's campus in Wise County, Virginia. This is in the Appalachian Mountains, hundreds of miles from the urban areas around Washington, D.C. This is a swing state, Renee, and is for the first time in decades. And so, we came here. We watched in the student center with about 15 people. It was debate party sponsored by local Republicans, so they had the McCain/Palin buttons out, and they were watching the debate, of course. But some Obama backers attended as well. So, it was a good crowd.
MONTAGNE: And what did that crowd think? What did they think? How did the candidates do?
INSKEEP: Well, afterward we sat down. I didn't ask them who won. What I did ask was what specific statements or impressions people took away from that blizzard of claims last night. I wanted to know if this added to anything that people knew, if they learned anything. And one answer came from Kim Craft (ph). She's a telephone relay operator for the deaf, and she remembered one particular statement by Sarah Palin.
Ms. KIM CRAFT (Telephone Relay Operator, Wise County, Virginia): She did address something that Biden didn't address at all, was personal responsibility, that we've gotten into, you know, blame other people for my own actions. They don't need to go out and buy houses that are way over their heads.
INSKEEP: Craft is McCain supporter. She loved that statement by Sarah Palin. Perhaps predictably, Obama supporters were less impressed by Palin, people like Matthew Cram (ph), who's a lawyer here.
Mr. MATTHEW CRAM (Lawyer, Wise County, Virginia): Senator Biden appeared more authentic, if you will. I kind of got the feeling he was drawing more upon his own experience as opposed to drawing upon some debate bullets that he was memorizing. I heard Palin going back to this litany that she would harp upon: we're the mavericks, we're the mavericks.
MONTAGNE: And that was one of the opinions that voters offered Steve Inskeep at a debate party in southwestern Virginia. And Steve, we should mention you're in a remote, rural area where income is lower than the national average. Did these folks feel like the candidates were speaking to them?
INSKEEP: Well, there was a moment in the debate where the candidates overtly tried, Renee. Sarah Palin accused Joe Biden of opposing clean-coal technology. Biden said his words had been taken out of the context. And that whole argument is about this region of the country, entirely about the politics of this region, because coal is mined here. It's a big deal, in fact, in several competitive states like Pennsylvania and Ohio. Afterwards, somewhat surprisingly, our group didn't even bring up that exchange. In fact, they hardly mentioned any of the candidates' obviously prepared zingers and one-liners and were more focused on things that did not get discussed. I heard from Denise Casey (ph), who is a railroad worker, who came to the debate party with her 11-year-old daughter, Leila (ph), and Leila sparked a heated exchange when she raised the subject of education.
Ms. LEILA CASEY: It didn't point enough about the school systems. They mentioned it once. They were talking about the teachers and systems, but they didn't say much about it.
Ms. DENISE CASEY (Railroad Worker, Weiss County, Virginia): What she's talking about is our old high schools that are in this area alone. How old are they? Big Stone Gap - their heater system went down last year.
INSKEEP: Here's where college student Michael Thacker (ph) jumped in.
Mr. MICHAEL THACKER (Student, University of Virginia at Wise): I took so many college classes, and we had books from 1992 to learn fifth-edition psychology. So, when I come here, I'm so far behind, it's not even funny.
INSKEEP: And suddenly, Renee, we were in this spirited discussion about an issue that really matters to people here, and it was actually not easy to drag them back to the superficial discussion of the theatrics on screen.
MONTAGNE: Well, did the debate change anybody's mind - even that you might have detected just a little?
INSKEEP: Well, maybe only to improve the opinions of the candidates that they already supported. Republicans were thrilled with Sarah Palin's aggressive performance. And one Democrat in our crowd who knew nothing about Joe Biden at the beginning, he said - he said he was impressed, thought that Biden elegantly walked a tightrope last night.
MONTAGNE: Steve, thanks very much. Glad to have you on the show, even just for a few minutes.
INSKEEP: Indeed.
MONTAGNE: Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep. And he'll be reporting Monday on the way political activists are trying to capture the Appalachian vote.
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The vice presidential candidates dueled in a highly anticipated, fast-paced and wide-ranging matchup Thursday night. In the end, both candidates met or exceeded expectations.
Analysts had worried that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a newcomer to the national scene, would implode on the stage, revealing inexperience and a lack of knowledge on the issues. She didn't, and she held her own on issues ranging from the financial meltdown to the war in Iraq.
Those same analysts also feared that Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden would give in to his tendency toward long-windedness, make verbal gaffes and appear condescending to his opponent. He did none of these things, maintaining a measured approach throughout.
Wall Street And The Bush Legacy
Biden sought to drive home the message that the Democratic ticket would bring real change after what he said was "a very deep hole" dug by the Bush administration during the past eight years. He tried repeatedly to link Republican presidential nominee John McCain's policies with those of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. Palin referenced the presidency of Ronald Reagan, mentioning Reagan three times and saying that she and McCain would get government out of the way of the American people.
As did the debate between the candidates at the top of the tickets, the contest between the vice presidential hopefuls began with a series of questions about the effort to deal with the crisis on Wall Street. Moderator Gwen Ifill of PBS opened with a question about whether the bill aimed at bailing out Wall Street represented the "best or worst" of Washington.
Biden said that Wall Street has run wild during the Bush administration, and he chided McCain for saying — after the crisis had erupted — that "the fundamentals of the economy are strong." Palin said McCain had issued warnings two years ago about the unsteadiness of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Biden said it was Democratic nominee Barack Obama who two years ago issued warnings about the subprime mortgage debacle.
The debaters sparred over tax issues, with Palin asserting that Obama had voted to raise taxes 94 times. Biden said that was untrue and noted that McCain had voted the same way on procedural matters.
When Ifill asked about Obama's plan to raise taxes on people making more than $250,000 a year, Biden said it was a matter of "simple fairness" and that wealthier taxpayers would wind up paying no more under Obama's plan than they did under President Reagan. Palin called Obama's plan "redistribution" and repeated the Reagan-era mantra that government interference and regulation were more of a hindrance than a help.
Wrangling Over War Policy
The debate reached its most personal level on the issue of Iraq, because both vice presidential candidates have sons in the military: Palin's son is already in Iraq, and Biden's deploys on Friday.
Palin called the Obama plan for a withdrawal timetable "a white flag of surrender." She said that she and McCain do not support a quick pullout, saying it would be a "travesty" to "quit in Iraq." Biden responded, "With all due respect, I do not hear a plan." He said that McCain has been "dead wrong on the fundamental issues relating to the conduct of the war." Biden said that he and Obama would "end this war" and that they believe a timetable is needed to accomplish that.
Social issues occupied only a small part of the debate, as when Ifill asked whether the candidates supported equal benefits for same-sex couples. "Absolutely!" was Biden's answer. Palin said she would be wary of anything that might define marriage as anything but a union between one man and one woman. Biden said that neither he nor Obama supported same-sex marriage but that he felt he and Palin were in agreement that there should be no civil rights difference between a gay and a heterosexual couple.
When the discussion turned to energy, an area in which Palin is considered strong, the Alaska governor said Obama voted to give tax breaks to the oil industry when he supported a bill backed by the Bush administration. She said she had worked to undo those breaks on the state level. Biden commended Palin for pushing through what amounted to a "windfall profits" tax on oil companies. He said that he and Obama support a similar tax on a national basis — something that he said McCain has been unwilling to do.
Defining The VP Job: The Cheney Mold?
Ifill turned the discussion to the office the two candidates are aiming for, asking, "What does the vice president do?" Palin responded that she would help lead McCain's agenda in areas such as energy independence for America, government reform and working with families with special needs.
Biden said he would be the point person for the Obama administration's legislative initiatives in Congress. Ifill asked Palin whether, like Vice President Cheney, she believes that the vice presidency is not completely a part of the executive branch. Palin responded that the office has "much flexibility" from the Constitution. Biden responded that "Vice President Cheney has been the most dangerous vice president we've had probably in American history," and he insisted that the office is clearly part of the executive branch.
In their closing statements, the two candidates underlined the themes they had played on throughout the debate. Palin referred again to Reagan, "who said that freedom is always just one generation away from extinction." She added: "We will fight for it, and there is only one man in this race who has really ever fought for you, and that's Sen. John McCain."
Biden returned to his theme of the need for "fundamental change." He said that he and Obama will measure progress not by "whether or not we cut more regulations or how well CEOs are doing" but by "whether or not someone can pay their mortgage, whether they can send their kid to college."


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Energy and Throughput Efficient Strategies for Cooperative Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radios
An efficient cooperative spectrum sensing based cognitive radio network employs a certain number of secondary users to sense the spectrum while satisfying a constraint on the detection performance. The authors derive the optimal number of cognitive radios under two scenarios: an energy efficient and a throughput optimization setup. In the energy efficient setup, the number of cooperating cognitive radios is minimized for a k-out of-N fusion rule with a constraint on the probability of detection and false alarm while in the throughput optimization setup, they maximize the throughput of the cognitive radio network, by deriving the optimal reporting time in a sensing time frame which is proportional to the number of cognitive users, subject to a constraint on the probability of detection.


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The Mobile Ringtone Studio makes it possible to rip music CDs, edit MP3s and convert audio files into a format so that it can be used by a Nokia cell phone as a ringtone. The program lets the user create and manage ringtones for Nokia cell phones, which makes it unnecessary to purchase them. The Mobile Ringtone Studio for Nokia is basically three programs in one.
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When the MRS-series are connected to the computer via a USB link, the Audio File Manager can perform the following functions:
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Last year, I declared 100 Books Or Bust. After semi-regular updates on my progress, I stopped counting.
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This year, I have set the same challenge for myself. But I'm going to be slightly more systematic in posting my progress of reading through the stacks. The ones in the bedroom, in my office, sometimes on the shelves and even in the fridge.
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The OS drive must be protected by Bitlocker to automatically unlock.
Hey, I'm trying to configure my secondary internal HDD to lock with bitlocker, since acronis won't back it up well with truecrypt, but I still want to encrypt my OS drive with truecrypt since I don't have a TPM, and have to use a USB key to unlock it at startup, which I think is a vulnerability since anyone can just grab my USB and plop it into the computer. Is there any way I can bypass this restriction, or even better, have BitLocker require a startup PIN without having a TPM?
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There is a turotial here:
How To Use BitLocker on Drives without TPM - How-To Geek
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Sorry, I'm not sure you understand the question. I'm perfectly aware how to have bitlocker run without a TPM, and have already done so. What I'm wondering is how I can force bitlocker to automatically unlock a drive (ie; store the necesarry password on the OS drive so it unlocks the drive upon startup), since I do not wish to use BitLocker with just a USB Key, which I am forced to do due to lacking a TPM. If there was a way I could force bitlocker to automatically unlock the drive, possibly disguise it as a removeable data drive, similiar to a USB thumb drive (which apparantly lets me automatically unlock), or even better, a way to use a Startup PIN without a TPM, that'd be great, thanks.
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Hi, I didnt ask a question. Maybe thats why you dont understand it.
Bitlocker is pointless if you want the OS to unlock the drive when it boots. You may aswell not have bitlocker on the PC.
The tutoria I put on the last post shows "a way to use a Startup PIN without a TPM"
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I didn't ask for your opinion on wether or not it would be a good security measure, my OS drive is already encrypted by TrueCrypt, but my backup program apparently won't work with it for secondary HDD's, it just backs up the entire drive, so instead of having a nice, neat compressed backup file, I have a 450+ GB block of encrypted data. And I could not find where it shows how to use a Startup PIN without a TPM, only a Startup /key/, which is a USB drive, which as I explained before, I find a security vulnerability, since anyone can just pick up the USB and jam it into the computer.
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Violette Leduc, born a bastard at the beginning of last century, meets Simone de Beauvoir in the years after the war in St-Germain-des-Prés. Then begins an intense relationship between the two women that will last throughout their lives, relationship based on the quest for freedom by writing to Violet and conviction for Simone to have in their hands the fate of an extraordinary writer.
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Image is a representation. Actual road number is in the product name.The 4-8-4 was the ultimate wheel configuration for the modern passenger and fast freight steam locomotive. The eight driver arrangement was usable on almost every main line in North America and with drivers up to 80 inches in diameter allowed any reasonable speed that the railroad could handle. The four wheel trailing truck supported a larger firebox for maximum steam levels allowing for extra boiler capacity. The four wheel leading (or pony) truck completed the best combination for riding and tracking. With the surge in passenger business in the 1920s most railroads were being forced to operate extra trains or run their scheduled trains in sections simply because the locomotives in use could only haul about 12 cars. It was out of this need that the "super powered" locomotives were developed and of them the 4-8-4 was the most numerous and widely used. The first 4-8-4 was built by the American Locomotive Company, in January, 1927, for the Northern Pacific. This locomotive was basically the 4-8-2 modified to accommodate a large grate area and a very deep firebox which was required to burn the very low grade of bituminous coal that the Northern Pacific produced from its own mines. This new wheel arrangement was dubbed "Northern Pacific", which was quickly ... read more


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Free Sheet Music | Spinning Song for Easy Piano
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Here's a piece of free sheet music that is quite popular among teenage students. The work was composed by one hit wonder Albert Ellmenreich, a German actor.
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Spinning Song for Piano Solo by Albert Ellmenreich
About the Composer
Albert Ellmenreich was a German actor and writer, born February 10, 1816 in Karlsruhe, Germany; he died May 30, 1905 in Lübeck.
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The Big Value Saturday Night comedy show in Covent Garden, with stand-up comedy from a big variety of stand-ups, wth special food offer, and late bar until midnight.
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John Gordillo
Stand-up comedian and comedy director John Gordillo who has directed shows for Eddie Izzard and Ealing Live, as well as performing his own impressive material. Starting as a stand-up in the mid-nineties he is still performing his smartly animated routines to this very day.
'… a refreshing performer, with a canon of intelligent, provocative material' (Chortle)
'One of comedy's great thinkers. Heartfelt, intellectual or angry, he's dynamite' (The Times)
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A Bristol based 'chuckle and giggle peddler' who regularly performs stand-up at various venues around the UK.
'Sets the bar high for a relatively new act, with a fluid gag driven set, delivered with astute timing' (http://www.Chortle.co.uk)
'Made no attempt to explain where the rest of the cast were, simply claiming they were dead' (Three Weeks)
'A very strange man... while delivering massive hilarity' (The Guardian).
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Manos Kanellos is an amusing Greek stereotype with an entertaining way of looking at Greek life. Listening to him is more like listening to a friend telling you their life story that listening to a pre-rehearsed show. His anecdotes are full of smart, subtle humour and his jokes delicate, textured with witty punchlines.
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The Dreaded CP2000 Letter from the IRS
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Last Chance for 2013 Refunds
10 Simple Pieces of Tax Advice
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Military Spouses Residency Relief Act Details and Matrix
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Reenlistment Bonus, Social Security, Compensation Repayment and Taxes
2016 Military State Tax Guide
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Q&A's about Polesilks®
Your most common questions answered.
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Polesilks has been fully tested here in the UK and carries a certificate of safe use to a maximum limit of 95Kgs / 209Lbs, our silks are specifically made for us here in the UK to our own specification, these are QC'd to the highest standard by a world renewed material manufacture and have also been tested to our high standards and carry certification for the purpose of using them on the Polesilks unit.. This has allowed our insurance underwriters to grant Poleplus®Ltd a certificate of Product Liability world wide. This allows safe use for instructors and/or studio owners that have attended a recognised course such as Pole Fabric to be covered by their own Personal Liability Insurance. We are the 'First' and 'ONLY' company that has this cover.
2. What can I use Polesilks for?
Polesilks allows you to use pole and silks together without having to have had any experience of silks before. You can experiment with moves and let your imagination flow.
You can also use Polesilks to help students learn moves they have been struggling with such as shoulder mount and inverts as it provides them with a sense of security and additional support. It can be used to help 'spot' students and allows you to have another assistant! Polesilks can also be used to launch new classes such as aerial yoga, strength and flexibility training.
3. Does if fit my poles? What length SILKS will I need.
The Polesilks unit will fit 50mm and 45mm dance/fitness poles that are compression fitted or fixed. Due to other size poles on the market you can now chose other options to purchase adaptors to fit 38mm, 40mm or 42mm
The length of SILKS you require will depend on the height of your ceiling and what you will want to do with them.
10ft/6mtr option: These will fit a ceiling height of up to 10ft (this size fits most homes using standard purchased poles)
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If your unsure email us firstname.lastname@example.com or message us via Polesilks on Facebook.
4. Will the unit damage my pole?
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NOTE: Damage will occur if the Polesilks unit is not tightened correctly and we recommend it is fitted to the top of the pole where they have been strengthened. You MUST always follow your pole manufactures instructions regarding safety and checking procedures.( See box cover or How2 )
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NO. The unit has been designed so that you can simply remove the silks to allow quick change over from Polesilks to Pole. ( See our How2 page)
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Very easy and this covered by the course. Unit comes with full instructions. See box cover or our How2 page
7. Care of my Silks?
Our Silks are manufactured especially for us to a secret specification and are of very good quality and manufactured here in the UK. For a quick freshen up use a gentle spray of a freshening agent such as Febreeze. When washing use a 30 degree delicate setting with just washing powder. You can tumble dry on a low heat setting. In our experience it also best to hang over night after drying to allow a full airing of the silks.
8. How long is it guaranteed for?
12 months, although the Polesilks metal unit was designed for durability and our own test unit has now been in use for over 18 months.
The silks also carry a guarantee of 12 months and again our silks have lasted us well over this time frame.
We must however draw your attention that the Silks supplied with our unit are a wearable part and that they must be checked regularly for damage or abrasions. We also supply a LOG with the silks as its standard practice that all time is recorded for your own records and that after 300 hours or 3 years they are changed.
This is why we log all sales and units are individually numbered.
9. Can I use Polesilks on a stage pole?
We are being asked this question quite a lot but at present as a company Poleplus®Ltd the manufacture of Polesilks does not advocate the use of our product on Stage Poles. Although through social media Polesilks can be seen on Stage Poles.
Our product has been used on stage poles by Poleplus Ltd enabling us to demonstrate Polesilks to studio owners and the public at our own risk and we have insurance and risk assessment in place for this purpose. However we cannot stop you from using our product on any other pole or apparatus that it was not tested on. The Polesilks unit and SILKS themselves were designed and tested for compression and permanently fitted studio poles.
We are at present in development of and very close to releasing Poleplus Ltd's own stage pole which will be tested for the safe use of Polesilks. (Our Stage Pole information)
Our instructions clearly state that you must ALWAYS make checks to Polesilks and the manufacturers pole instructions at all times.
Polesilks in use on a Stage Pole by Sue Colebourne at the first public performance on 16th of March 2013 at Essex University.
10. Why don't you sell the Polesilks unit on its own?
We made a decision to stop selling just the metal Polesilks unit on its own for a number of reasons.
Firstly we want people to purchase a KIT that contains all the items you require to start having fun, lets face you don't by a stage pole which has no pole with it.
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Thirdly now working with many International Parties its very important that we standardise Polesilks across the globe. We now only supply the Multi-fit unit which fits a 50mm pole along with this you can choose between one of the following Alloy collars/adaptors to fit another size pole (45mm, 42mm, 40mm or 38mm) If your studio has differing sizes you are able to purchase additional alloy collars/adaptors making your initial purchase a one off payment, without the need to continually purchase a NEW Polesilks unit ever time you upgrade your studio to a different size pole/s.


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President Goodluck Jonathan's jet finally arrived in New York City last night after a secret stopover in Germany where he reportedly visited his ailing wife, Patience, as SaharaReporters had earlier revealed.
Mr. Jonathan's presidential flight arrived in New York about 10 p.m. (New York time) and the president immediately headed for his five-star accommodation at Pierre Hotel, which is located on 5th Avenue overlooking Central Park in Manhattan. Mr. Jonathan is staying in a suite whose total cost per night goes between $5000 and $10000.
SaharaReporters had reported two nights ago that Mr. Goodluck was making a secret visit to Germany to visit his wife. But in an apparent ploy to deflect attention away from the secret trip, the Presidency sent out undated photos ostensibly showing the president leaving Abuja with fanfare. Our photo editors' quick analysis of the photos revealed a number curious findings, including information that the camera used for taking the photos, a NIKON D300, was programmed to a 2011 date.
If Mr. Jonathan had left Nigeria at the time claimed by the photos circulated by the State House photographers, he would have arrived in New York at least nine hours earlier. SaharaReporters received the photos at 11:20 a.m. (Nigerian time). Since it was most likely that the photographer left the airport and went back to the Presidential villa to send the photos, it meant that Mr. Jonathan's departure from Nigeria was about 9 a.m. (Nigerian time). Direct flights from Abuja to New York take approximately 11 hours, according to expert aeronautical estimates. This would have put Mr. Goodluck in New York around 3 p.m. EST (US Eastern Standard Time).
Mr. Jonathan's arrival in New York at 10 p.m. meant that the Nigerian president could not account for between 9 and 10 hours in transit. Several of our sources insisted that the president made a brief stopover in Europe to visit his wife who is on admission at a hospital in Wiesbaden, Germany.
Source: Naija.ng


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Jeremiah 17:5, "Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD."
Revelation 2:6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate.
Sacraments are loathsome. Grace is not handed to men by other men via rituals and rites. There is no holy power in rituals, rites, and reciting scripts, Satan's workers depend on these things of course. Rituals are dead. Ceremonies mean nothing. Even lesser rituals in the Roman Catholic church, where they use water and salt to consecrate a new church, have nothing to do with God's Word and everything do with false religion.
Some of the rituals can get strange:
What does this have to do with the gospel? NOTHING.
This is an extreme example of the false traditions of men.
Sadly the Daughters cling to as many false rituals, rites and sacraments as well. Lets make a list, infant baptism, confirmation, confessions, blessing of animals, consecrations, ordinations, scripted prayers, Advent, Lent, Ash Wednesday, special dress for the clergy, and far more.
Romans 1:16
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also
2 Peter 1:3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
"Ye must be born again", you can go through sacraments, rituals and rites and be lost. They mean nothing unless you know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and if you know Jesus, you want nothing to do with them! I was on the way to hell after a thousand communions, being marked by ashes, dozens of confessions, hundreds of recitation of creeds, an infant baptist, and a confirmation. It is only via God's grace I am a Christian today. These things meant nothing because I never had been born again, I did not know Jesus. I know a false "jesus" in the Eucharist and nothing else. This applies to ALL churches not just Catholics and the Orthodox, so the Daughter Protestants putting their own children and themselves on the ritual assembly line are just as in bad shape spiritually. Those who teach that one becomes born again via rituals such as in baptismal regeneration is a liar. Those who teach God's grace is handed over via clergy lie as well. The gospel is the power of God, NOT sacraments.
An infant baptism just makes a baby wet, it does not guarantee them heaven once they are older.
A bishop or clergy member slapping a teen at a confirmation claiming that his infant baptism automatically made him a Christian, that means nothing either. The poor teen is now confused until he meets a Christian who witnesses the true gospel to him. Baptism was to be an ordinance for a newly saved adult believer to show to others, not saving or granting grace within itself. False churches teach sacraments save, that sacraments are channels of God's grace. The Lord's Supper was about remembering Jesus, an actual dinner, not a scripted ritual of handing out wafers said to be "god" themselves!
Does the book of Acts speak of special rituals and words or prayers or any of this? Do you see any of the apostles reciting scripted prayers or breaking out the altars or enforcing specific ceremonies? No, you will not see it anywhere! If anything a honest reading of the book of Acts calls out the false traditions and sacraments do NOT exist in the book of Acts.
Acts 2: 46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
Some may say these are strong statements but sacraments represent assembly line religion without any real relationship with God. Line up, literally to get your supposedly transubstantiated wafer, or to have scripted words read from a book over you, or repeat phrases handed to you on a xerox, and you can see how fast and how quick it all falls flat especially if you have experienced sincere prayers or the Holy Spirit among two or three more gathered together.
There is a reason born again Christians FLEE the dead ceremonial churches. Have you ever wondered why just weeks after I left the Catholic church after being saved, that I knew NOT to go check out the United Methodists or the Lutherans? How did I know? The only born again Christian in my social circles was one lady hundreds of miles away. I knew via the Holy Spirit's direction. There was no quibbling or mulling over it. Why would I seek after a watered down Mass elsewhere or more dead religious rituals after coming to know Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior knowing He made the ultimate and only sacrifice and the proscribed dance steps of the over-dressed clergy meant nothing to me?
Hebrews 6:10 In whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you have taken no pleasure.
Perhaps some of you like me were born again and left out of a false daughter Protestant church, the Catholic church or another liturgical church. Remember the scripts? Remember the mind-numbing parade of the church calendar? Remember the dull, the boring, rote and repetitive? I used to feel guilty I found the Mass so boring. I had it memorized by the time I was a teen. No one should expect worship to be entertainment like the mega-churches have made it, but there is a point where repetitiveness is insanity, where it leads to stale creeds, deadened minds and hearts. This is purposeful as Satan leads to people to non-interest in God, with false sacraments and droning rituals. Why was there a race for the door at the end of every Mass? People were bored and wanted to get home! Watching paint dry is more interesting but many of course believe that it is their duty to go to Mass or liturgical services. This is why many of these churches teach that missing church is a sin, to guilt the people into going. If you ever have been in a ritual based church, this verse has personal meaning for you.
Matt 15:8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoreth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men."
Sadly there are good and sincere people trapped in the false church system believing their main duty is to keep praying scripted prayers and receiving these rituals and rites and these "appeasements" of God. They have been falsely led to be dependent on clergy who obscure God's Word. This is a tragedy to me and I've cried over this matter. There are people I care about stuck in false churches, keeping up these walls between them and God. Even for the few that manage to be born again and love God, they are kept from God's full truth. Even if a Protestant Daughter church makes a nod towards some salvation via grace, the very fact that rituals and works are part of the landscape is a spiritual distraction.
The Catholic church kept telling me that inanimate piece of white wafer was God. Today I know better, I know God is anything but boring! I know that knowing God in His Word, there is something always new to discover almost daily, almost something wonderful to share with God and to pray to Him using my own words in all sincerity rather then reciting creeds over and over to the point the words lost meaning.
Years ago, I got very ill in the hospital, and managed to come out but my health was on a severe downward trajectory still and went to a priest to get what is called "The Anointing of the Sick". I remember standing there, after my days of praying to God in the hospital, that is how sick I was. I was not saved yet but on my way to it. I had a bible with me, and hearing the priest who was a well intentioned guy but deceived, rambled off the scripted words to me, I thought, "Something is wrong with this."
I think I had my first inkling when I had left the UU church after 12-13 years in it and went back to what I knew back then which was the Catholic church. I admitted to the priest, that when I was confirmed at the age of 13, that I was really an atheist. It was a sin, {I lied} and I was thirteen years old, and my parents were so upset when I told them my true religious beliefs or then lack there of, and the priests and nuns didn't listen either when I said...."You know, I don't really believe in this". I was left on the confirmation roster. My sponsor was even a nun who was a family friend. I was one of those eager to please kids. Trying to insist on telling all those around me that I was an atheist and rejected what I thought was Christianity was not something I had the bravery to do until I was around 16-17 years old. In fact, I remember telling my best friend, "This is such a charade", ten minutes before we all lined up to march into the church. I am sure there are young Baptist teens out there who may answer an "altar call" or say they are saved to please Mom and Dad so trying to be fair here but then as I sat there telling the priest this, the priest actually told me, "You cant get confirmed again and it still 'took'". I told him that sounded very odd. It made no sense. He told me, "We can't confirm you again."
The worse thing about sacraments isn't the dry cold rituals, or the fact that ritual is put above reality but that sacraments make the clergy the center of everything. They form a wall between you and God. And this applies to all the Protestant daughters who have retained infant baptist, communion or the Eucharist except they don't take the real presence teachings as far as Rome, teen confirmation, confession to clergy in some cases and other false traditions. As the only ones able 'supposedly' to commence the sacraments, the ritual makers-the clergy, are the ones who tell their congregations that "god" is for them to hand out literally. While I disagree with Jack Chick on some things when he wrote the tract "The Death Cookie" he definitely hit some truth here:
So the priests of Rome fulfill all of this and the clergy of the Prostant daughters all center on these things to a certain extent, they put their congregants in the place where they are told they MUST....
Receive "christ" from THEIR hands...when they get communion.
Receive the "holy spirit" from THEIR HANDS...when they get confirmation.
Become "born again" or "become a Christian" when they get infant baptism.
Receive "forgiveness" from confessing to THEM
The ritual makers have to make themselves indispensable, job security and all that....
How many Catholics, Orthodox, liturgicals and daughter Protestants believe that they are earning their salvation or partially earning their salvation in the churches that make a nod to salvation via grace because of their church membership, participation in religious rituals and ingesting sacraments? Why do all these churches teach these sacraments are necessary to a certain extent?
Hebrews 10:8 After saying above, "SACRIFICES AND OFFERINGS AND WHOLE BURNT OFFERINGS AND sacrifices FOR SIN YOU HAVE NOT DESIRED, NOR HAVE YOU TAKEN PLEASURE in them" (which are offered according to the Law),9then He said, "BEHOLD, I HAVE COME TO DO YOUR WILL." He takes away the first in order to establish the second.10By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11Every priest stands daily ministering and offering time after time the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins;12but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD,13waiting from that time onward UNTIL HIS ENEMIES BE MADE A FOOTSTOOL FOR HIS FEET.14For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified.15And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us; for after saying,
The thing that is the worse about this, is they are basically teach young people, that faith in Christ is not what brings the Holy Spirit to indwell in a person but that the Holy Spirit is like the wafer, for the clergy to "pass" out at THEIR WHIM. Even the bishop or priest supposedly passes out "god" literally in teen confirmation rituals. It obliterates true salvation via faith, and the fact that being born again has to do with belief, not special rituals. Jesus Himself spoke of those who believeth on Him.
John 14:11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Some man following God's direction in the BIble to lay hands on a person in the Bible to sincerely pray is far different then these Catholic clergy believing they can "dole" god out like potato chips {oops wafers} This mentality is present even in this false sacrament. god is for them to "pass" out. In fact, the very concept of communion is idolatrous given that ordinary people can't "confect" or "transubstantiate" the wafer.
Sacraments are seen as the average person's main access to God, which of course only comes through clergy, which are tied to one of the biggest lies of Rome. The Daughter Protestant churches as well while they have removed some of Rome's worse evils such as indulgences, and some even have reduced the number of sacraments down the two, the fact they retained the idea of sacraments to begin with is false and a place where they went astray. Even more disturbing is they use the same exact lingo as Rome and it's definitions.
The Lutheran Sacraments are "sacred acts of divine institution".[1] Lutherans believe that, whenever they are properly administered by the use of the physical component commanded by God along with the divine words of institution, God is, in a way specific to each sacrament, present with the Word and physical component.[1] They teach that God earnestly offers to all who receive the sacrament forgiveness of sins and eternal salvation.[1] They teach that he also works in the recipients to get them to accept these blessings and to increase the assurance of their possession.[1] Though the Lutheran Church only teaches two sacraments, most churches still practice the "seven sacraments" of the Catholic, Anglican, and Orthodox Church (though they are referred to as "rites.")[2]
METHODISTS: [From the United Methodist website.."United Methodists and Communion: Some Questions and Answers"]
"What do United Methodists mean when they call this act a sacrament?
Our Confession of Faith states: "We believe the sacraments, ordained by Christ, are symbols and pledges of the Christian's profession and of God's love toward us. They are means of grace by which God works invisibly in us, quickening [bringing to life], strengthening and confirming our faith in him. Two Sacraments are ordained by Christ our Lord, namely Baptism and the Lord's Supper." The term is taken from the Latin sacramentum, which was a Roman soldier's pledge of allegiance. A sacrament is God's pledge of allegiance [love and faithfulness] to us, and our answering pledge of allegiance to God.".
EPISCOPALIAN{From the official website for the Episcopal Church [American]
"Sacraments are outward and visible signs of inward and spiritual grace" (Book of Common Prayer, p. 857).
Besides baptism and the Eucharist (Holy Communion), the church recognizes other spiritual markers in our journey of faith. These include:Confirmation (the adult affirmation of our baptismal vows), pp. 413-419, Book of Common Prayer, Reconciliation of a Penitent (private confession), pp. 447-452, Book of Common Prayer, Matrimony (Christian marriage), pp. 422-438, Book of Common Prayer,Orders (ordination to deacon, priest, or bishop), pp. 510-555, Book of Common Prayer,Unction (anointing with oil those who are sick or dying) pp. 453-467, Book of Common Prayer
These help us to be a sacramental people, seeing God always at work around us."
"What do Presbyterians believe about sacraments?
Sacraments: Grace we can touch"
"What is a Sacrament?
Literally, the word sacrament means "holy thing." Presbyterians believe that a sacrament is a sign of the real presence and power of Christ in the Church—a symbol of God's action. Through the sacraments, God seals us in redemption, renews our identity as people of God, and marks us for service.
Just as we believe that the Word of God is revealed in the Scriptures, so too we believe that the Word of God is enacted in the sacraments. As such, they are an integral part of worship—as integral as the proclamation of God's Word.
"As I was sorting through some books donated to our used book project, The Dusty Cover, I came across "From Beginning to End: The Rituals Of Our Lives" by Robert Fulghum. Flipping through the book, I came across some basic ideas he puts forth about rituals:{snip}
* Rituals create sacred time.
* Sacred time is the dwelling place of the Eternal.
* Haste and ambition are the adversaries of sacred time.
Is this so?
What do you think about these "propositions"? What role does ritual play in your life, whether they be public (weddings), private (birthdays) or secret (puberty/menopause)? Have we lost something of ritual in our life here in Western Christianity outside of the sacraments? How can we embrace them once again?"
{From amazon review posted by Jamie Arpin-Ricci--Robert Fulgrum was a Unitarian Universalist minister.
Sure the Unitarian Universalists don't follow "Christian" sacraments perse, by they do make heavy use of rituals and rites, even mixing and blending them from other religions. They have infant baptism called infant dedication.
Emergents often make up new sacraments and rituals to add to all the Catholic ones they are re-introducing. See a variety here at this website including new ones like "Advent fridge magnet prayers" to old ones mixed with new stuff using a scripted prayer from an Anabaptist theologian.
Then add in several other churches, Church of Christ--baptismal regeneration, celebration of sacraments, and many other denominations which have retained sacraments.
Sacraments are false. They come from Rome. Even the idea of a sacrament where something must be "sacrificed" takes away from the one time sacrifice of Jesus Christ, and adds works to the gospel. We know the Catholic church calls the Mass, the "HOLY SACRIFICE of the MASS, I posted about how the daughters kept to the altars and the false communion in this article:
The Daughters: Protestant Churches #1: Altars and Pseudo-Masses
Sadly the daughter Protestant churches kept this lie from Rome. The daughters have sacraments. They credit themselves and the clergy system as handing over "power" and "grace" to their people in the pews when the true power of God is within the gospel.