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Jewish culture has been in evidence in Europe for thousands of years, and has contributed greatly to European and Western culture. In Ireland, some Lord Mayors of Ireland have been Jewish, and many Jews considered the country to be a haven from persecution. In Spain, the story was a bit more tragic, although Jewish culture has left a strong mark on the country. We are pleased to offer some unique products of Judaic interest, including a Celtic Shalom platter and a Celtic Hamsa family blessing plaque, both from Ireland; as well as some traditional Sephardic Star of David Toledo Craft items, utilizing 24 KT gold ribbon. Furthermore, we've had a Celtic bronze artist make some Hamsa and other items, and at our request, we not offer Judeo-Celtic jewelry, i.e., Stars of David incorporating Claddagh and Celtic designs. Truly unique!
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Low cost iPhone 5C may release with 5S
There has long been talk that Apple were finally going to offer a cheaper smartphone alternative to the world which would be targeted at emerging markets where rival manufactures have stolen a march on the company. Now there are rumours that the budget model will be called the iPhone 5C and it may release alongside the iPhone 5S.
What could be the clearest indication yet that Apple is going to release a more affordable iPhone model has appeared courtesy of the image that you can see on this page. This is supposedly retail packaging for the Apple iPhone 5C, which could be the way that the company are going to differentiate between its budget model and its flagship smartphone.
Apple has long been rumoured to be providing its fans with a minor upgrade to lasts years iPhone model, so there is a chance a budget version will release with the iPhone 5S. There has long been talk that the budget device will come in a variety of colours and the letter C might be referring to this.
The plastic container in the image looks similar to what the current version of the iPod Touch comes in, but these plastic boxes in the image could be faked so for the time being we have to take this latest rumour with a pinch of salt.
It is now believed that the iPhone 5S could be unveiled on September 18th with the device becoming available a couple of weeks later, but it certainly makes sense for Apple to release a lower cost handset which is something a lot of its rivals have done for ages with a lot of success.
The high end smartphone market is getting increasingly competitive with Apple fighting to maintain its market share, but if it were to offer a handset at a different price level it will open its ecosystem up to more people.
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User talk:Master R.O.B.
Who's online: TheDarkStar, Comet Observatory, BBQ Turtle, Koopa con Carne, Niiue, LadiesMan217, Doublem, Mariuigi Khed, Ilovededede, Bubbsart, Super-Yoshi, Wolf, Doc von Schmeltwick, Maco567, Goomoopa troopointy, KingGeoshiKoopshi64, Jazama
Thank you for your support. :) --Prince Ludwig (talk) 16:18, 7 August 2012 (EDT)
- 1 Question
- 2 Hello
- 3 Wanna be friends?
- 4 Re: Undead Goomba
- 5 Hello
- 6 Huh?
- 7 ?
- 8 Sig
- 9 Thanks
- 10 Characters
- 11 RE: Starfy images
- 12 yoshi
- 13 Userbox Fix-up
- 14 What did I do wrong?
- 15 RE: Aboutfile
- 16 RE: Userbox
- 17 Archiving user talk page
- 18 Master ROB, i will not
- 19 RE:Move
- 20 RE: Discussion
- 21 Sub pages allowed
- 22 Re: MG1
- 23 I guess I can give you this
- 24 Redirecting levels
- 25 Re: Unsigned Comments
- 26 sigfix
- 27 Editing comments
- 28 New Name
- 29 Can i be your friend?
- 30 Here R.O.B a little gift from me
- 31 Thanks for the info
- 32 Question
- 33 Friends?
- 34 RE: Signature again
- 35 What?
- 36 Bits
- 37 Re: hello~
Is Super Smash Brothers considered canon in the Mario series? --Alicatgirl (talk) 16:32, 7 August 2012 (EDT)
Hey there Humbug! Haven't spoken to you in a while. How are you?
- Awesome! I have to go now, feel like chatting next week?
Shokora (talk · edits) 17:50, 9 August 2012 (EDT)
Wanna be friends?[edit]
Plz? R3D347H wuz here
Re: Undead Goomba[edit]
I know it looks weird, but there's a good reason for it. I no longer hold the position in my original vote and so must separate it from the vote count of the section in which it was placed. Under normal circumstances, I could have just removed it while changing my vote. However, because some users voted "per all" before I removed the original vote (therefore supporting my position), said vote must stay on record (it's not explicitly stated, but I was told that during a past proposal). Mario4Ever
Hello, R.O.B. I must say, you are my favorite character in Mario Kart DS and my 5th favorite in SSBB. :D ~ Why Bother
Hey I saw your message about my template link to my sig I have not yet made. I am a little confused with what you said. More detail please? Since I am kinda new I don't really understand like "wiki talk" if you know what I mean. -MarioGameChampion
Thank you.
I didn't call him a jerk.
It was me who called him a jerk, don't blame him! I began to not like that Prince Ludwig guy because he deleted my edits on the talk page. LuigiBlubber
Why is that?
Would it really effect anyone or anything if I did that?
So then why are we even having this conversation? What is so bad about having multiple sigs?
OK sorry if I was a bit harsh. But I like making multiple Sigs so I will go through the work.
I thought you'd chew me out or something!
I liked the part where Kooky went crazy and attacked Bowser!
While I do agree that Goomba (film) should keep the name, the Goombas are in fact characters. One of the many definitions of character is "A person in a novel, play, or movie". The Goomba certainly fits the description. GreenDisaster (talk) 15:58, 15 August 2012 (EDT)
RE: Starfy images[edit]
Hello. The images are from Starfy 3, but I included the category in the images because they feature cameos from Wario Land 4. If you have a good enough reason, you can remove the category if your want. But whatever happens, they are staying in Gallery:Wario Land 4. I though to include them in the category because I couldn't find any other categories to put them in.
- Please consider the audio file aswell, thanks.
Shokora (talk · edits) 18:12, 15 August 2012 (EDT)
Can you help me by giving me a good name for my light blue and green Yoshis please! Spenzer66
Userbox Fix-up[edit]
I see you haven't fixed the userbox on your userpage. Well, take this.
|This user is friends with MushroomMan3. This user is friends with Master R.O.B on the Super Mario Wiki.
-MushroomMan3My pic isn't that Yellow Toad pic, it's my SMB sprite
What did I do wrong?[edit]
You deleted what I wrote on electrical bowser jr.'s chat! What did I do wrong now? LuigiBlubber
But...he doesn't even HAVE an archive. LuigiBlubber
How come I'm the only one who got in trouble for editing that page. There's a whole bunch of other people who edited that. LuigiBlubber
Okay...I'm probably bothering you, but what's the purpose of an archive? LuigiBlubber
RE: Aboutfile[edit]
OK, but do I have to use this when uploading a new version of a file?
MarioGameChampion (talk) 13:29, 25 August 2012 (EDT)
RE: Userbox[edit]
Strange. In the five years that I have been on this wiki, no one has actually bugged me about it until now. Not even the sysops who moved the page there for me. Neptune99 (talk) 13:56, 26 August 2012 (EDT)
Archiving user talk page[edit]
Hello! :D I need to archive my talk page soon, but... how? Thanks! World10 (talk) 10:08, 29 August 2012 (EDT)
- Sorry, but what do you mean "to get rid of the reirect"? World10 (talk) 10:25, 29 August 2012 (EDT)
Master ROB, i will not[edit]
Okay, I won't delete messages, I will still use talk to communicate and userpage will be my news.
The preceding unsigned comment was added by Snesmaster (talk).
I'll try for myself... If I mess up, then you can help me. But thanks for answering! World10 (talk) 10:38, 29 August 2012 (EDT)
RE: Discussion[edit]
On the forums, with the admins. In this case, Raven Effect.
Shokora (talk · edits) 18:25, 30 August 2012 (EDT)
Sub pages allowed[edit]
Hello Master R.O.B
Can I have a userboxes subpage?
Can I have a testzone subpage?
Can I have a collection of wiki codes subpage?
Please answer these questions on my talk page
Re: MG1[edit]
It appears he has already been blocked. Thanks for your help, though! ( | )
I guess I can give you this[edit]
Here is my friend userbox:
|This user is friends with LightningBlue (talk).
Template:ClrAlso with images if you use this format: [[File:Image|<Insert Text Here>]] you can add hover to your images (just in case you didn't know). I use hover a lot. :) LightningBlue 18:22, 2 September 2012 (EDT)
Redirecting levels[edit]
Hey I know you are trying to help but it would be much better if you merged the info then redirected the articles. Raven Effect (talk)
Re: Unsigned Comments[edit]
Is there a rule somewhere that says users can't replace unsigned templates with their sig? I'm honestly just curious, cause it seems a bit harsh and unnecessary. . 09:12, 3 September 2012 (EDT)
- Nah, man, don't worry about it. Harsh was probably a harsh word for me to use, ironically. I was seriously only curious, since I've been away from the wiki for a long time. Carry on, fellow citizen. . 09:19, 3 September 2012 (EDT)
Dear Master R.O.B,
Your current signature is in violation of one or more of the rules listed on MarioWiki:Signatures (The Signature does not fit in this ). Please change your signature and keep the regulations and requirements in mind when creating future designs. If you have not made the appropriate changes within one week of receiving this notice, your signature will be changed for you.
Please resize your images to be maximum of 35px and be sure that your sig is fit right here:
You told me and i told ya
Editing comments[edit]
Do not edit old comments even if all you are doing is editing sigs if you keep doing it you will be warned. Raven Effect (talk)
- Well I talked to some other admins (well one admin and a former admin) and they both said that it wasn't necessary. Raven Effect (talk)
New Name[edit]
Hi Master R.O.B. I was Spenzer66 but now i`m SmartYoshi! I changed it. So happy. (Please change the Spenzer66 To SmartYoshi.) SmartYoshi
Can i be your friend?[edit]
Hello Master R.O.B wanna be friend with me put this code in your userboxes tower:
|msg=This user is a friend with [[User:Megadardery|Megadardery]].}}
or put this line in your friends gallery
Please inform be with your userbox code in my talk, thaaanks
Here R.O.B a little gift from me[edit]
To make a welcome message like this : File:WelcomeMessage.png you should send me a message in my talk with the message
Put please read the rules:
- You MUST send the message in my Talk since i'm not watching every user page
- Allowed characters: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P R S T U W Y + * , - and spaces
- "*" without quotes Makes ×, "+" without quotes Makes a Coin, "," without quotes Makes a Mario Head and "-" without quotes Makes a Star
- The background is Transparent by default if you want it to be not transparent tell me
- The message can be up to 30 characters
- Only Capital letters are allowed
- The picture will be uploaded to the Name you choose (if you did not choose, I will make it with your username) with extension *.png
- This picture will be uploaded as one of your personal images
- If you want any thing else please tell me.
Thanks for the info[edit]
Oh! Thanks for the info! I'll starting using it. Again, thanks. --DohIMissed (talk) 21:17, 13 September 2012 (EDT)
Hey, it's me. I don't see the "create" button at the top of my page, and I had it there earlier today. Can you help? SuperMarioBro64
Nevermind. SuperMarioBro64 16:18, 15 September 2012 (EDT)
Yeah i know, i stopped doing that a few days when i noticed i was putting the whole coding. Thanks anyway. DohIMissed
Can we be friends? Here's the userbox:
|This user is CRAZY FOR (aka friends with) MarioManiac164!
RE: Signature again[edit]
What do you mean? MGC 17:13, 27 September 2012 (EDT)
What? MGC 17:19, 27 September 2012 (EDT)
OK. That's fine, I'm sorry I break rules a lot, it's just because I come from a wiki with less rules. MGC
Why you wanted to delete your page from a Sysop? You had some problems here? :/ --NewSMBU (talk) 14:54, 30 September 2012 (EDT)
Do you know how many bits there are for the Wii U?
Re: hello~[edit]
Why hey there, R.O.B., welcome back! I assume you got your password difficulties sorted? I'm quite well, thanks for asking.
I hope you see you around more often!


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New Light on the Pharisees
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The texts from Qumran lead us to a new understanding of the history of Judaism in the Second Temple period. Initial research on the scrolls naturally concentrated on the Dead Sea Scroll sect. But the full corpus will teach us a tremendous...
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Hideouts in the Judean Wilderness
Jewish revolutionaries and Christian ascetics sought shelter and protection in cliffside caves
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By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Back in 1975, the penultimate track on the Kinks' "Schoolboys in Disgrace" was a song titled "No More Looking Back." In the song, Ray Davies sang, "No more looking back, No more living in the past, Yesterday's gone and that's a fact, Now there's no more looking back."
The same year, Midge Ure was playing guitar with the Scottish rock band Slik. In the 45 years since, Ure has played a key role in the history of British rock.
It's now 2020 and Ure is not paying any attention to what Davies wrote almost a half-century ago.
The Grammy and Brit Award winning musician is touring North America with his "Songs, Questions and Answers Tour 2020." The tour visits the Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808, www.st94.com) on February 4.
Ure wrapped up his European leg of "The 1980 Tour" late last year and then kicked off this year with the "Songs, Questions and Answers Tour 2020."
"The Australian/New Zealand portion of 'The 1980 Tour' doesn't pick up again until March," said Ure, during a phone interview last week from Missouri as he drove from Kansas City a gig in St. Louis.
"This a month-long run of my 'Songs, Questions and Answers Tour' across North America. It's an extension of something I did 25 years ago."
Some of you may not recognize Midge Ure's name but you've almost definitely heard his music
If you know the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" — you've heard Ure's music. That was a song he co-wrote with Bob Geldof and presented to the world as Band Aid. Ure co-organized Band Aid, Live Aid and Live 8 with Geldof. He also serves as ambassador for Save the Children.
Ure's musical repertoire is long and varied, including the song "Breathe," which in 1996 became the soundtrack of a massive European "Swatch" campaign. His list of former bands includes Slik, the Rich Kids, Thin Lizzy, Ultravox and Visage.
Slik had a monster hit with "Forever And Ever", while the Rich Kids was a band put together by ex-Sex Pistol Glen Matlock. Ure became most famous as the front man who replaced John Foxx in Ultravox and was the singer on such Ultravox hits as "Reap the Wild Wind", "Dancing With Tears in My Eyes" and the timeless classic "Vienna."
"With the new album, it was the label – Chrysalis Records – that wanted me to do it," said Ure. "That was one of the earliest labels I was on. They got bought by EMI."
Chrysalis went through mergers and assimilations with other record companies. In May 2016, Blue Raincoat Music purchased Chrysalis Records Ltd and most of the British signed artist catalogue from Warner Music Group.
"I told Chrysalis that I didn't want to do a 'Best Of' album," said Ure. "That had already been done before. I told them I wouldn't mind doing a retrospective album."
As a result, Ure released "Soundtrack 1978-2019" on September 20 via Chrysalis Records. The 32-song collection encompasses four decades of Ure's rich and varied career.
In addition to many classic Ultravox and Midge Ure solo tracks, this collection also features previously unreleased material. One of these songs is a new remix of 2014's "Dark Dark Night," which was co-written and performed with Moby.
"It started in 1978 with Rich Kids when I bought a synthesizer and goes all the way to 2019," said Ure. "If you just arrived from Mars and wanted to hear my music history, this is it. The label first started talking about it 18 months ago. A single album would have been boring.
"I hand-picked all the tracks. It took a while to find all the footage. It's a double CD and a DVD with as many videos as I could get my hands on – and some documentaries. I did voice-over dialogue on top of the videos. It's a great package.
"It took me a while. I had to force myself to look at a long list of material – material from 40 years. It was like coming home form school and doing homework.
"It took me a bit of time to go through it. I was in no hurry. There was no rush to decide if I wanted that song to represent an era.
"If you look back, you see that your tastes change and your standards get higher – for example, why were the vocals so quiet on a song…why did I put that chorus on. Tastes change over the years.
"Recently, I was on tour in Europe playing the entire (Ultravox) 'Vienna' album. Some of those songs could have been written yesterday. With 'Soundtrack 1978-2019,' the label cared about it as much as I did. I'm proud of this one."
Songs that are on "Soundtrack 1978-2019" along with a lot of other classic Ure gems will find their way onto the set list for his "Songs, Questions and Answers Tour."
"I walk on and play the first song," said Ure. "From then on, the entire evening is driven by the audience. I play requests, talk about the songs and answer whatever questions the audience asks. It's just me and my guitar – nothing to hide behind. It's a very open and honest format."
Ure isn't "living in the past" but he isn't buying into the "no more looking back" philosophy – and that's a good thing for music fans.
Video link for Midge Ure – https://youtu.be/7DF8rNclM-8.
The show at the Sellersville Theatre, which has Cliff Hillis as the opener, will start at 8 p.m. Ticket prices range from $25 to $39.50.


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I would like to point all prospective and current doctoral students to Dr. Sarita Schoenebeck's advising statement. I resonate with her opinions strongly and add the following:
I envision PhD students as self-driven, junior collaborators with whom I would love to establish common areas of interest. My work stands in a relatively fast paced academic environment with frequent conference submissions and transparency of data, code and process as part of the academic ethics framework. I would like to foster a culture of positive collaboration, mutual trust, rapid iteration, openness (in collaborating with and drawing from multiple disciplines) and shared credit in terms of co-authorships and (potential) accolades.
I am also very happy to serve as a committee member for students in other departments at Marquette (if relevant to my interests) or in other schools if you need an external committee member.
If you specifically want to work with me, please send me an email outlining your potential interests. In particular, I would love to see how your interests can intersect with my own. I would encourage you to read my papers and outline what types of research directions you'd like to get in. I receive a lot of emails from potential students and I do my best to respond to all of them. However, your chances of response are higher if you can point to specific areas in which you'd like to work as opposed to general areas. For instance, general areas are: HCI, Computational Social Science, Social Computing etc. while more specific questions (that I am looking for) could be "I am interested in exploring how LGBTQ populations in developing countries experience online harassment. This intersects with your current work on understanding how people share public harassment experiences on social media in Bangladesh."
In addition, I would like to see some evidence of prior research-y work (doesn't have to be in a similar space). You should have some experience in programming in R/Python/Javascript. I am very open to combining data science skills with methods drawn from ethnography, interviews, experiments and surveys! Specifically, if you can point me towards (1) a github repository, (2) your personal website outlining your projects or (3) evidence of completion of any data science MOOC or similar activity then that would be wonderful! If you come recommended to me by someone, please mention this explicitly in your initial email.


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It's been long time i didn't exist in this online paperless story, blog. I am in the city of nowhere, cozy, dawn, no rush, warm sunshine react to my skin, birds are so talkative next to me, i can hear water from nowhere river, chip munk look for food and bottle of beer last night.
I met nice strangers around, humble tourist who has long beard, lol. People come and go without permission, they have their own story in their life papers, some very tragic, some very flat, some end with good ending. It is journey.
Like my life paper, when my friend was crying about broken heart stuff, a woman called me 'b*tch!', when my life is like a seismograph can be so down or up quickly, i will always say everything is alright to some people just to disappear their worries, multiply lies happening. When hoping is the last energy that i have, unpredictable things happen through many ways. When the dreams come randomly like chaos, in reality i get good news.
Paper life, i have pen, pencil, crayon, no eraser or type-x to create dramas and will end wonderfully and magically.
Let's draw!
Pic (Nowhere place) was taken in Puncak. (Novus Puncak Hotel)


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Last fall, two Minnesota cities and the surrounding areas, had the privilege of participating in a community-wide study—the first of its kind in the United States. It was due to the efforts of some forward-thinking individuals, and the support of the local medical community and other partners. The study was based on the research of Dr. Bryan Sexton, Associate Professor with the Duke University School of Medicine. It addresses resiliency and happiness, and is an on-going project.
According to the website, www.bouncebackproject.org, "The Bounce Back Project is a community initiative to promote health through happiness." I'd encourage you to visit the website for a more complete look at the components of the project. For this article, I'd like to highlight a couple of things.
The first one is resiliency. Many of us live in a fast-paced world with too many demands. Being resilient enables us to be productive and optimistic which in turn helps our mental and emotional well-being. For me personally, when I've been in on-going stressful situations, I've had more trouble sleeping, I'm more susceptible to illness, and I'm more forgetful. And those issues often create a myriad of other problems. Learning and practicing resiliency is an important, healthy choice.
The website says, "Resilience is made up of five pillars: self awareness, mindfulness, self care, positive relationships & purpose.
"By strengthening these pillars, we in turn, become more resilient. Instead of experiencing an overwhelming downwards spiral when we encounter stress in our lives, these five pillars work together to lift us up out of the chaos we are feeling."
Another important and fun component of the project is the "Random Acts of Kindness."
Cited on the website, "Research has shown that performing an act of kindness produces the single most reliable momentary increase in well-being of any exercise that has been tested. We challenge you to find one wholly unexpected kind act to do — and simply do it!"
This past Christmas season, our city police officers handed out $50 and $100 bills, instead of tickets, to people. One woman's story posted on the Bounce Back Project Facebook page went viral and was picked up by Twin Cities' news stations. There are many other stories posted by people who received "Random Acts of Kindness" from strangers at grocery stores, or coffee shops, or drive-thru restaurants. There are lists of things to give you ideas on the website, along with the stories that were covered by Twin Cities' news stations. Have a tissue handy when you watch them because they're touching accounts.
A compliment, a note, or buying someone a cup of coffee, are easy kind things to do, and might make the recipient's whole day. Or even his whole week. Imagine what a positive impact we'd see if more people and their communities would get involved in health and happiness initiatives. Think about it.
Christine Husom is the author of the Winnebago County Mystery Series.


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If you own a home or rent your own property you have likely become acquainted with the reality that is home repair. While most homeowners can handle the occasional broken toilet or cracked tiling, dealing with HVAC issues is much more problematic. Today, we are going to be focusing our attention on the reality of heating issues that are commonly found throughout the country as winter approaches. Unlike replacing some cracked tiling, dealing with furnace issues is a step beyond what most people can deal with on their own. Let's highlight these potential heating repair issues below so you will be equipped with the appropriate knowledge.
Common Heating Repair Issues
If you think that you might need a good heating repair Shrewsbury MA has to offer, you'd be better served going to a potential HVAC team with some information and understanding in your back pocket. In order to get the right information to handle your potential heating issues, you need to know the most common heating repair problems that plague homeowners in your area. Having no heat during the heart of winter can be more than just annoying, it can be a risk to your health. When your furnace dies on you, you need to know the potential reasons. Let's take a close look at those potential reasons below.
Poor Maintenance Habits – There is nothing in life that is truly maintenance free. If you've had your furnace for a long time and you cannot recall ever having performed any maintenance on it, the odds are good that you are simply due for some heating upkeep. Poor maintenance habits can lead to parts breaking down and the whole system becoming inefficient or non-functional.
Clogged Filters – The most common heating repair issues that most homeowners face is actually incredibly simple: clogged filters. If you are running your furnace with any consistency, you need to get into the habit of cleaning out your filters on a monthly basis. By cleaning out your furnace filter you will dramatically extend the lifespan of your furnace while also improving the efficiency of the entire system.
Pilot Light Problems – Speaking from experience, a problematic pilot light can cause a ton of frustration. An inconsistent or malfunctioning pilot light will result in your furnace not appropriately igniting, thus causing your home to be filled with cold air when your thermostat is actually calling for heat. Pilot ignition repairs are extremely simple and typically pretty affordable, as well.
Thermostat Problems – Finally, the root cause of your potential heating issues can be traced back to your thermostat. Your thermostat is a digital device that controls the entire heating system in your home. When this little device malfunctions, your heating system can suddenly find itself not knowing how to properly function. If you suspect that you have heating issues in your home, take a close look at the different potential problems that we highlighted above. When all else fails, call on a heating repair professional to handle your system.


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Great food is undeniably the stuff of life in Montréal.
Locals all have their favourite tried-and-true restaurants, go-to take-out dishes and an ongoing list of new eateries and cafés to try. It might take multiple return trips to decide on your own favourites, whether we're talking poutine, bagels or foie gras. From five-star restaurants and carefully prepared dishes from around the world to legendary local diners and street-side food trucks, Montréal offers one-of-a-kind experiences for all tastes, all year round. Please click the links below to browse places to eat in Montréal during the 2020 ISU World Figure Skating Championships, or visit Tourisme Montréal website.


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The day after one of the most dominating displays in team sports it seems appropriate to address the dominance that two players have in racquetball.
Kane Waselenchuk and Paola Longoria have dominated the men's and women's racquetball scenes, respectively, over the last few seasons. Waselenchuk's only lost twice (in completed matches) since September 2008 and Longoria hasn't lost since May of 2011.
They have some similarities and some differences. Both Waselenchuk and Longoria are primarily drive servers, and their serves are phenomenal. It's something that you might not fully appreciate if you haven't seen it live, because on line their drive serves look exactly like drive serves should look: hard and low. Driven with precision to the back corners.
Live, especially if you happen to be on the court, the serves are coming at you really fast. No, REALLY fast.
You can see how important drive serving is from Ben Croft, who's developed his drive serves the past few seasons as the International Racquetball Tour (IRT) switched to a two serve rule, and has commented that he wished he'd done it sooner, and Alvaro Beltran, who primarily drove serve against Waselenchuk in the final of the most recent IRT event in Sioux Falls and got three times more points against Waselenchuk than the first three Sioux Falls opponents.
Also, some players' drive serves look tame in comparison, as Jansen Allen - a fine player and currently ranked 10th on the IRT - hit drive serves against Waselenchuk in Sioux Falls that seemed like they were in slow motion.
Waselenchuk and Longoria differ from other players in their respective game styles. Waselenchuk is so creative as a shot-maker, which is what puts him apart from all the other great racquetball players. Also, he always seems to trying to hit an offensive shot. Rarely does Waselenchuk hit a defensive shot (e.g., hit a ceiling ball).
Longoria's style can be hard to read, because of the unusual way she holds the racquet with her the palm of her hand on the flat part of the handle, as if she was holding it like a frying pan rather than a cleaver.
While we think that Waselenchuk is the best men's player ever, Longoria has clearly had the biggest impact outside of racquetball. She's been named female athlete of the year by the Mexican government, as well as one of the most influential women in Mexico by Forbes magazine, and she's got over 61,000 Twitter followers.
Further, Longoria had a tournament created in her name last December in Monterrey, Mexico. That event was broadcast live throughout Mexico and Latin America. According to Nick Irvine of the IRT Network, racquetball at the Paola Longoria Invitational "felt like a professional sport," and players "felt like celebrities." Furthermore, there were significant dignitaries at the opening ceremonies and sponsor dinner.
Thus, the Paola Longoria Invitational was an Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour (LPRT) event on the level of the US Open, if not higher. And it was all due to Longoria's prominence in Mexico.
People often speculate on who'll be the next IRT #1 player after Waselenchuk. That speculation seems idle to us, as it'll be some time before Waselenchuk gives up the crown to someone else - barring injury, of course, which did see him yield the #1 ranking briefly to Rocky Carson earlier this season.
A far more interesting question is who will succeed Longoria? Longoria's the best player currently, but she's also come along at at time when the best players were over a decade older (Cheryl Gudinas, Rhonda Rajsich & Kerri Wachtel) and some left the scene all together (Kristen Bellows & Christie Huczek).
A new crop of players has arrived on the scene (e.g., Maria Jose Vargas, Cristina Amaya, Frédérique Lambert, Maria Paz Muñoz & Aubrey Kirch) and are creating a threat to Longoria's dominance. It's likely that one of them will be the next player to defeat Longoria, although we also believe that Rajsich still has the ability to do so.
We think that will happen sooner than later, and hopefully it will be more than one, so that the competitiveness of LPRT is kicked up a notch and things, which have been interesting this season, become even more interesting.
Follow the bouncing ball….
Monday, February 3, 2014
Racquetball Dominance: Waselenchuk & Longoria
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© Philadelphia Church of God, Part Two
© Philadelphia Church of God, Part Two
"We are pleased to announce that the Worldwide Church of God … has reached a successful conclusion in its lawsuit against the Philadelphia Church of God."— Ralph Helge, Worldwide News, April 2003
While formulating a defense against our counterclaim, the wcg also had to prove how badly they had been "damaged" by our distribution of Mystery—a book we gave away for free; one that the wcg had distributed for free during Mr. Armstrong's life, and now had a "Christian duty" to keep out of print. The bulk of evidence in this regard fell on the shoulders of a "forensic economist" named John Crissey, who had worked as an expert in numerous cases for Allan Browne's law firm. According to Crissey's Sept. 18, 2002, preliminary expert report, wcg had been denied "profits" totaling $3.84 million—$4.3 million with interest—by our distribution of nearly 100,000 copies of Mystery. He also calculated the future "losses" of wcg to be $3.3 million. All totaled, wcg would be seeking $7.63 million in damages at trial—just for Mystery of the Ages. (They would also be seeking millions of dollars in attorneys' fees.)
Crissey based his findings on the fact that Mystery recipients gave more money than non-recipients of the book—never mind the fact that Mystery recipients might be more inclined to agree with the pcg's overall message and work. What Crissey ignored was that pre-1997 data showed that Mystery recipients had already been giving at a higher rate long before pcg even started distributing the book! He ignored this data (which we supplied him) because it completely contradicted his "expert" analysis. Many of our own members and their children were the first ones to request copies of Mystery once we began distribution. These people were already "pre-disposed" to giving more—they were already tithing members of the church!
In pcg's motion to dismiss Crissey's report, Mark Helm argued that the court should not admit Crissey's testimony, calling it bogus, fatally flawed and defective junk science, among other things.
Judge Snyder agreed. She wrote in her tentative order, a few days after a November 25 hearing, "[T]he methodology employed by Mr. Crissey has not been shown to be sufficiently reliable to allow it to be presented to the trier of fact, and therefore his quantitative estimate of the amount of contributions that are attributable to distribution of moa is not admissible."
Thus, on the eve of the damages trial, the wcg was faced with the prospect of not having any real evidence to show how much they were "damaged" by our Mystery distribution. Of course, they had much difficulty with this argument long before Crissey came along.
When we started distributing the work in 1997, we absorbed all the printing and mailing costs, and then gave it away free of charge. Under any circumstances, it would be difficult to show how this was some sort of moneymaking scheme for pcg. But for wcg to then claim that our free distribution was actually stealing "profits" from them is the height of hypocrisy. Aside from the unfathomable logic of the idea to begin with, why would they now seek "profits" from a book they had been ridiculing for years and had vowed to keep out of circulation?
The Cult "Expert"
Besides John Crissey, the wcg relied on other biased "experts" like Ruth Tucker, the self-proclaimed authority on "cultic movements." Of course, when we brought up Tkachism's personal beliefs, like during the Schnippert deposition, the wcg legal team would blow a gasket. But when they brought up our personal beliefs and tried to make us look like a dangerous cult, to them it was completely relevant to the merits of the case.
Tucker's report was a boring rehash of what Tkachism had been saying all along. Mr. Armstrong was a dictator with bizarre teachings; Mystery of the Ages was a huge money-making scheme; the Tkaches courageously transformed the church; Gerald Flurry thinks he's above the law, and so on.
Tucker said our claim that Mr. Armstrong wanted every prospective member to read Mystery of the Ages before baptism had "absolutely no merit at all," even though the requirement was clearly stated in the Pastor General's Report in 1986. Relying instead on page 26 of Transformed by Truth, Tucker said Mr. Armstrong's baptismal requirements were, if anything, "lax." She also said "there is no evidence that the pcg ever had a baptismal prerequisite" for reading Mystery, even though we had stated the policy verbally and in print numerous times between 1989 and 1996.
On the point of government, Tucker said Mr. Armstrong "was an authoritarian leader. His personality and leadership style dominated the wcg for five decades …." In an article she wrote for Christianity Today in 1996, she characterized the wcg as a "classic case study of an authoritarian cult." Mr. Armstrong, she wrote, "held tight reins over his diverse empire. His authority was unquestioned by most church members …."
So at her deposition, we asked if she believed Mr. Tkach Sr. had inherited the same degree of control from Mr. Armstrong in 1986. She confidently said no, even though Feazell and Schnippert had both said the opposite earlier at their depositions. We told Tucker about how Tkach Sr. designated himself as an apostle in 1986 and about Tkach Jr.'s empty promises to modify the church's form of governance—and she started backpedaling: "I'm not an expert in the area of church government." But mention Herbert Armstrong or Gerald Flurry and she immediately becomes one.
Tucker wrote, "Former members of the pcg have told how Mr. Flurry's words were often presented as the very words of God." We asked about the identity of these "former members," but she couldn't remember which website she got it from. She assured us that "there are a number of sites that have postings from former members of the Philadelphia Church of God." She did not, however, personally contact any current or former members of the pcg, nor any pcg officials, while preparing her "expert" testimony about our church.
Regarding our supporters, she said the people attracted to Mr. Armstrong's teachings are book readers. "They might not be terribly sophisticated thinkers, but they were certainly people that read books …." That's how she characterizes hundreds of thousands of members who joined the wcg over the course of Mr. Armstrong's ministry and millions more who read his literature and donated to his work—they're all simple-minded.
Far from being hired for her expert testimony, Ruth Tucker was brought in because she is pre-programmed to heap praise on Tkachism no matter what. Her intimate relationship with the Tkaches goes way back. In 1988—two years after Mr. Armstrong died—Michael Snyder, the wcg's assistant public relations director, contacted her about the doctrinal reforms taking place in the wcg. He wanted her to have the most up-to-date information for a book she was writing about cults. In 1991, Tucker invited Snyder's boss, David Hulme, to speak at the Trinity Evangelical Divinity School about the progress the wcg had made in accepting the trinity doctrine. In 1996, the wcg returned the favor and invited Tucker to speak at its ministerial conferences. "Dr. Tucker was excited about our reforms and encouraged us in every way she could," Tkach Jr. wrote in 1997. "We consider her a gift from God."
Gutting Their Case
Judging by Ruth Tucker's expert report, Mike Feazell's preface and questions we were asked during our depositions, the wcg clearly intended to label us as a cult in court. They wanted to show how we were supposedly a racially bigoted, misogynistic fringe group, led by a self-proclaimed dictator.
But in her tentative order after the November 25 hearing, Judge Snyder said she would not allow the trial to turn into an "attack on Flurry" because it would "distract the jury from the issues at trial" and "unfairly prejudice pcg." Later, the court concluded that the "wcg should not be permitted to describe specific religious tenets—either its own, or pcg's—regarding racial issues because such evidence will be unfairly prejudicial and will confuse the issues at trial." In explaining why they discontinued Mystery, the judge said she would allow wcg to say that it considered its message to be "no longer socially acceptable." But so far as the judge was concerned, they couldn't even use the word "race."
Another huge breakthrough for us. Added to the ruling on Crissey, we felt the tentative order would pretty much gut the wcg's case for damages. Not only were they unable to prove damages, now they couldn't sling mud. Added to that, they still had to tackle our counterclaim, not to mention subject themselves to a rigorous pcg defense dead set on exposing their lies and deceit.
Sealing the Deal
The damages trial had now been pushed back to March 4, allowing both sides more time to argue over what evidence would be allowed at trial. At a December 18 hearing, as a follow-up to her tentative order, the judge said she wasn't inclined to change her tentative ruling.
Two days after that hearing, the wcg seemed all the more eager to settle, lowering its licensing offer to a $3 million bottom line. Sensing desperation on their part, my dad was inclined to be patient. On December 24, we put together a $2.5 million package offer for all the copyrights to the 19 works involved in the litigation.
We didn't hear back from wcg, despite their insistence to get things done quickly, until after their executives returned from their Christmas/New Year's holiday celebration.
On Tuesday, January 7, the wcg came down to $2.8 million for perpetual licenses, but with these added concessions: The copyright notice, agreed upon by both sides before finalizing the deal, would say something like "© Publishing Inc.," but we would not have to print any disclaimers under the copyright.
But buying the copyrights altogether, at a price range this "low," was not possible, they told us. Their offer intrigued us: no disclaimer and a copyright notice that was at least inoffensive. For the most part, that's what we had at the beginning of our distribution in 1997. We printed the works without a disclaimer and a notice that read "© Herbert W. Armstrong."
In weighing their offer, we took a step back and considered our ultimate objective at the outset of our distribution of Mr. Armstrong's works. It was to keep the wcg from destroying those writings forever by making them freely available to all who valued them. With that in mind, we began to see a scenario in which we actually could live with a license.
After weighing our options for several days, we reached a final decision on Monday, Jan. 13, 2003: $2.65 million for the wcg to "grant pcg a worldwide, nonexclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, fully paid-up, non-royalty-bearing license" to all 19 works. Under the agreement, the copyright notice would read "© Herbert W. Armstrong."
The next day, to our utter amazement and shock, the wcg asked us to submit an alternative offer for buying the copyrights outright. Thus, by the end of the 14th, we had two final offers on the table—one for licenses and one for full copyright ownership. We offered $2.65 million for perpetual licenses and $3 million to buy everything outright.
On Thursday morning, January 16—17 years to the day after Herbert W. Armstrong's death—the wcg agreed to sell us all the copyrights for $3 million. Apart from contributions from our insurance carrier, the total cost to the pcg was an even $2 million. With about $1 million on hand, we planned to finance the other $1 million.
Later that day, Mark Helm and the wcg's attorney conference-called Judge Snyder to tell her that both sides had agreed to terms of settlement. Thus, for all intents and purposes, six years of litigation ended the afternoon of Jan. 16, 2003.
WCG's "Successful" Conclusion
After settlement, Ralph Helge wrote to the members of the wcg, "We are pleased to announce that the Worldwide Church of God … has reached a successful conclusion in its lawsuit against the Philadelphia Church of God." This is how he spun the negotiation process: "During the last year or so, pcg made different offers to license or purchase some or all of the literary works in question, and thereby settle the litigation. As the church did not consider that the amounts offered were sufficient, the offers were rejected. But then pcg made a substantial offer of $3 million to purchase 19 of the literary works written by Mr. Armstrong, and settle the litigation."
That version of the story, as is customary with Tkachism, leaves out all the essential facts. But it didn't matter to us. We knew that deep in his heart of hearts, Helge knew who came out victorious in this case.
Think about it.
Their publicly stated goal, from the very beginning of the battle, was to keep Mr. Armstrong's teachings out of circulation. Joe Jr. had to eat those words.
They told the court early on that they had suffered irreparable harm by our "unlawful" action because in distributing Mystery of the Ages, we were "perpetuating beliefs no longer followed by Worldwide Church." They loathed the thought of Mr. Armstrong's teachings resurfacing.
The wcg owned the copyrights, Greg Albrecht said in 1997, and they "do not allow others to publish our former teachings and doctrines for a variety of reasons." Flurry understood, they told the court in 1999, that the wcg "refused" requests to reprint Mystery of the Ages. This was common knowledge. They refused to make Mr. Armstrong's works available—and they wouldn't allow others to do it either.
After Judge Letts ruled that we could rightfully distribute Mystery of the Ages, Helge called the judgment an "erroneous view of the law" and said our reprinting was "in violation of both the commandment of God and the copyright law of the United States."
They brought up the annotated plan in an attempt to overturn Judge Letts's decision. After that happened at the Ninth Circuit, Helge said we only had "certain limited rights." But for all practical purposes, he continued, the Ninth Circuit's decision "would seem to be final in all material respects." That, as it turns out, was wishful thinking.
Then, in April 2001, Tkach Jr. told Christianity Today that if the Supreme Court refused to hear our appeal, "wcg lawyers will go after several overseas websites that post the complete text of Mystery of the Ages." Intimidating words!
After the Supreme Court decided it would not hear our appeal, Ralph Helge's assistant, Earle Reese, incorrectly asserted, "This is the end of the pcg's ability to appeal to a higher court."
After that, the wcg worked to make the literature available through print on demand. Not because they wanted to—they had to. But they still had the upper hand, they were convinced, because all the literature downloaded would include a nasty preface. Yet this turned out to be yet another stronghold position they gave up on.
Then, when asked about the likelihood of licensing Mr. Armstrong's works to a potentially dangerous sociopath like my father, Joseph Tkach Jr. testified to this: The wcg had to be in a position where it could "police or control" the literature if there was to ever be a settlement in terms of licensing. More words they would have to eat.
And what about Helge's letter to Bob Ardis, where he portrayed my father as a stiff-necked rebel attempting to thwart the legal process? We were completely out of options, he said. We were staggering along, acting on sheer desperation, but with no place to go, except before the bar of justice to be judged guilty and sentenced to pay up to the Worldwide Church of God. Of course, none of that ever happened either.
What did happen is this: They sold us a storehouse of literature for an amount of money that, by our estimate, barely covered their legal costs, if even that. They retrieved no "profits" or "damages" from us. All their "overwhelming" victories in court were conditioned on them making Mr. Armstrong's works available. And in the end, they were exactly where they started before the case, money-wise, but having forfeited ownership of all 19 copyrights.
Ethical Questions
Writing in Christianity Today after the lawsuit settled, Marshall Allen said, "At one point, the wcg said it was fighting the countersuit because it didn't want to see the heretical works republished." But the church had since reversed its course, he wrote. Allen quoted Reginald Killingley, a former wcg pastor, as saying, "They're willing, in effect, to support what they condemn—to permit the perpetuation and promotion of heresy for the sake of money."
The article sent shock waves through the wcg, even prompting a response in the Worldwide News. The last thing the wcg wanted from this whole ordeal was for their friends in the evangelical community to turn on them. Christianity Today had long been a staunch supporter of Tkachism.
In its coverage of the lawsuit in 2001, the magazine summarized the case this way: "[T]he Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on a 2-1 vote that Armstrong legally willed his copyright of Mystery of the Ages to the wcg, which could restrict its distribution. The court majority said that despite the wcg action to suppress the book, pcg could not claim fair use in reprinting the entire book. Because they now believe Mystery of the Ages is 'riddled with error,' wcg officials say they feel a Christian duty to withhold the book." Believing many of the same doctrines Tkachism accepted, Christianity Today had no problem reporting on what they viewed as the wcg's attempt to "withhold the book." They didn't want the book in circulation either!
So when the wcg granted us unrestricted ownership of all the copyrights, you can see why they were disturbed by the wcg's about-face.
The wcg surrender also bothered another Tkachism advocate, Philip Arnn. Writing for Watchman Expositor in 1993, Arnn said, "The current doctrinal revisions being brought about by the efforts of Joseph Tkach and his team are to be applauded as extraordinary in light of their spiritual benefits to the church membership." But their decision to sell the copyrights 10 years later, according to Arnn, raised ethical questions about the wcg. "These are heretical doctrines that are destructive to the eternal life of anyone who comes under their influence," Arnn said. "To have profited from the release of the copyrights is a matter that I would think [would be] very troubling to the conscience."
Even the wcg's hometown newspaper, the Pasadena Star-News, called into question the church's ethical standing. "The settlement … allows Armstrong's followers in the Philadelphia Church of God to reproduce the books. … Present Pastor General Joseph Tkach Jr., however, once wrote that it was their 'Christian duty' to keep the book out of print 'because we believe Mr. Armstrong's doctrinal errors are better left out of circulation.'" The lawsuit had finally ended. It had been six years since Tkach Jr. wrote his book. And here he was still getting pummeled for the "Christian duty" statement—and from a newspaper in his own backyard!
According to the Star-News, Bernie Schnippert said it would have been financially "imprudent" for them not to accept the settlement offer. "We came to an end where we received a considerable sum of money and the other party received a number of works that are out of date and inaccurate according to most of the Christian world," said Schnippert.
Just nine months earlier, we listened to Schnippert testify smugly that Tkachism had supposedly taken the moral high ground by not milking revenue from teachings they didn't believe in—which is precisely what they did in the end.
To the Victor Go the Spoils
Contrast the wcg's sellout with what the Philadelphia Church of God obtained in this struggle. Our one goal at the outset, stated clearly in all our literature, was to make Mystery of the Ages available to a wide audience. In the end—something we could not have imagined in our wildest dreams before the case—we owned Mystery of the Ages, as well as six other books by Mr. Armstrong, 11 booklets and a 58-lesson Bible correspondence course.
On top of the literature, we obtained access to thousands of internal documents through discovery—letters, reports, bulletins, interoffice memos, board minutes, e-mails, interviews, books, magazines, newspapers, sermons, announcements, transcripts, financial disclosures, contracts, surveys, spreadsheets and statistics. We obtained multiple thousands of pages of sworn testimony in affidavits, declarations and depositions. There was six years' worth of court documents that we and the wcg had filed—briefs, rebuttals, motions, opposition motions, petitions, claims and counterclaims. Add to that all the documents filed by the judicial branch—courtroom transcripts, orders, tentative orders, summary judgments, injunctions, opinions and dissenting opinions.
Without these documents, it would not have been possible to write this book. And without this book, we could not have exposed Tkachism's deceptive agenda nearly to the extent that we now have.
Besides Raising the Ruins, we had the opportunity to expose their lies during litigation—before judges, magistrates, attorneys, clerks, law students, reporters—even the general public. This case, after all, did attract national attention, including a feature story on the front page of the Wall Street Journal.
Then there were the depositions—particularly those during the summer of 2002. What an opportunity for a little "peanut shell" supposedly going nowhere. After the Tkaches absolutely wrecked the church we loved, we found ourselves in the enviable position of making them, under oath, answer for all they had done.
For their predisposed hatred for Mr. Armstrong and their slanderous assassination of his character.
For all the lies they told to the membership.
For the ministers they bullied or fired.
The selfish will they forced upon an unsuspecting flock.
For the reputations they destroyed.
The marriages and families they split apart.
For the work, the property, the publications and programs they either sold off or discontinued.
For their inept mismanagement of all the money and resources they inherited.
And for their self-righteous arrogance. A Christian duty to keep Mr. Armstrong's doctrines "out of circulation"? I mean, really, who do they think they are?
They hated answering for all this. And the fact that we were in the same room, giving our attorneys suggestions and input along the way, made it that much more awkward and upsetting for them. In fact, at the very first deposition we had in the case, in the summer of 1998, their attorney objected to the fact that we had three pcg representatives in attendance—my father, Dennis Leap and me.
They wanted to strip away all the historical intrigue—the passionate spiritual and emotional involvement we had invested in this case, in this way of life under Mr. Armstrong. They knew we were righteously indignant—even angry—about what Tkachism had done. They knew we would intensely fight for our spiritual livelihood—so they didn't want us around. They wanted this battle to be fought between lawyers only—and over what they considered to be purely a legal matter involving the Copyright Act and "stolen" property. But we insisted on being there for all of it. And we were. All three of us attended every major deposition—sometimes we even brought a fourth representative from our church. And besides the first hearing with Judge Letts, we attended every major hearing after that, even though it meant frequent flights between Oklahoma and California.
If they couldn't prevent our attendance, they worked to prevent us from saying anything about the lawsuit. Early on, they designated just about everything as confidential. They didn't want their story going public which, in itself, is a story. We, on the other hand, wanted complete transparency, which is why we later moved to have the confidentiality seal removed. I'm not saying we weren't nervous when they deposed us. But we had nothing to hide. Our position was clear from the start. Yes, we printed Mr. Armstrong's works—and we firmly believe, before God and the authorities of our land, that it was lawful. Besides that, we looked upon being deposed as if we were testifying on behalf of Herbert W. Armstrong's legacy. What an honor.
There were many other moments we were proud of during our six-year struggle: The miraculous start to the case, when Judge Letts whipped the wcg into a tailspin, essentially saying, "I think you are going to lose." Then at the Ninth Circuit, even though we lost, to appear in court a few blocks from the Pasadena headquarters Mr. Armstrong built—it was a privileged opportunity I'll never, ever forget. I'm proud of the fact that we submitted a petition to the United States Supreme Court, even though it didn't hear the case.
Besides all the proud moments, there were the many profound lessons we learned: the unwavering faith of my father; the willingness to stand up and fight for a worthy cause and the abundant fruit that came from that; how we must go on the offensive to overcome evil—like printing Mystery of the Ages irrespective of what they might do, or filing the counterclaim, or kicking off the ad campaign, or our response to the preface.
These all were powerful lessons I will never forget. What an education. I think of the many sermons and articles our struggle has already inspired—and now this book.
None of this would have happened without the lawsuit.
Honestly, I find it difficult to pinpoint anything negative about the litigation. Naturally, no one wants to be sued, but even in the midst of the litigation, our work prospered. Four out of the six years, we were able to freely distribute Mystery of the Ages to 100,000 recipients. For two years during the lawsuit, we freely distributed five other works by Mr. Armstrong.
Even looking at it financially, it was a blessing. Jesus likened the Kingdom of God to a pearl of great price. Upon finding that "pearl," it says in Matthew 13, the merchant went and sold everything he had to obtain it. In Matthew 19, Jesus told a rich man who wanted to inherit the spiritual riches of God's Kingdom that he had to be willing to give up everything of physical value.
Over the course of six years, including the $2 million we were responsible for at settlement, we spent about $5 million on this lawsuit—less than one tenth of our total income during this same period.
And considering what we obtained in return—it's by far the best money we've ever spent.


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The auction is being run by Vectis Auctions, with the collection going under the hammer in three parts. The first two parts will be sold on July 19.
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NAME¶flatpak-manifest - Information for building an application
DESCRIPTION¶Flatpak uses manifest, or recipe, files in a json or yaml format to describe how an application and its bundled dependencies can be built from sources. The manifest gets used by flatpak-builder.
FILE FORMAT¶The top level of the manifest file describes global attributes of the application, how it can be built, and the list of modules that need to be built.
Toplevel properties¶These are the properties that are accepted:
id or app-id (string)
branch (string)
This key overrides both the default-branch key, and the --default-branch commandline option. Unless you need a very specific branchname (like for a runtime or an extension) it is recommended to use the default-branch key instead, because you can then override the default using --default-branch when building for instance a test build.
default-branch (string)
This key can be overridden by the --default-branch commandline option.
collection-id (string)
extension-tag (string)
token-type (integer)
runtime (string)
runtime-version (string)
sdk (string)
var (string)
metadata (string)
command (string)
Also note that the command is used when the application is run via flatpak run, and does not affect what gets executed when the application is run in other ways, e.g. via the desktop file or D-Bus activation.
build-runtime (boolean)
build-extension (boolean)
separate-locales (boolean)
id-platform (string)
metadata-platform (string)
writable-sdk (boolean)
appstream-compose (boolean)
sdk-extensions (array of strings)
platform-extensions (array of strings)
base (string)
base-version (string)
base-extensions (array of strings)
inherit-extensions (array of strings)
inherit-sdk-extensions (array of strings)
tags (array of strings)
build-options (object)
modules (array of objects or strings)
add-extensions (objects)
add-build-extensions (objects)
cleanup (array of strings)
cleanup-commands (array of strings)
cleanup-platform (array of strings)
cleanup-platform-commands (array of strings)
prepare-platform-commands (array of strings)
finish-args (array of strings)
rename-desktop-file (string)
rename-appdata-file (string)
rename-icon (string)
appdata-license (string)
copy-icon (boolean)
desktop-file-name-prefix (string)
desktop-file-name-suffix (string)
Build Options¶Build options specify the build environment of a module, and can be specified globally as well as per-module. Options can also be specified on a per-architecture basis using the arch property.
These are the properties that are accepted:
cflags (string)
cflags-override (boolean)
cppflags (string)
cppflags-override (boolean)
cxxflags (string)
cxxflags-override (boolean)
ldflags (string)
ldflags-override (boolean)
prefix (string)
libdir (string)
append-path (string)
prepend-path (string)
append-ld-library-path (string)
prepend-ld-library-path (string)
append-pkg-config-path (string)
prepend-pkg-config-path (string)
env (object)
build-args (array of strings)
test-args (array of strings)
config-opts (array of strings)
make-args (array of strings)
make-install-args (array of strings)
strip (boolean)
no-debuginfo (boolean)
no-debuginfo-compression (boolean)
arch (object)
Extension¶Extension define extension points in the app/runtime that can be implemented by extensions, supplying extra files which are available during runtime..
These are the properties that are accepted:
directory (string)
bundle (boolean)
remove-after-build (boolean)
Additionally the standard flatpak extension properties are supported, and put directly into the metadata file: autodelete, no-autodownload, subdirectories, add-ld-path, download-if, enable-if, merge-dirs, subdirectory-suffix, locale-subset, version, versions. See the flatpak metadata documentation for more information on these.
Module¶Each module specifies a source that has to be separately built and installed. It contains the build options and a list of sources to download and extract before building.
Modules can be nested, in order to turn related modules on and off with a single key.
These are the properties that are accepted:
name (string)
disabled (boolean)
sources (array of objects or strings)
config-opts (array of strings)
make-args (array of strings)
make-install-args (array of strings)
rm-configure (boolean)
no-autogen (boolean)
no-parallel-make (boolean)
install-rule (string)
no-make-install (boolean)
no-python-timestamp-fix (boolean)
cmake (boolean)
buildsystem (string)
builddir (boolean)
subdir (string)
build-options (object)
build-commands (array of strings)
post-install (array of strings)
cleanup (array of strings)
ensure-writable (array of strings)
only-arches (array of strings)
skip-arches (array of strings)
cleanup-platform (array of strings)
run-tests (boolean)
test-rule (string)
test-commands (array of strings)
modules (array of objects or strings)
Sources¶These contain a pointer to the source that will be extracted into the source directory before the build starts. They can be of several types, distinguished by the type property.
Additionally, the sources list can contain a plain string, which is interpreted as the name of a separate json or yaml file that is read and inserted at this point. The file can contain a single source, or an array of sources.
All sources
only-arches (array of strings)
skip-arches (array of strings)
dest (string)
Archive sources (tar, zip)
path (string)
url (string)
mirror-urls (array of strings)
git-init (boolean)
archive-type (string)
md5 (string)
Note that md5 is no longer considered a safe checksum, we recommend you use at least sha256.
sha1 (string)
Note that sha1 is no longer considered a safe checksum, we recommend you use at least sha256.
sha256 (string)
sha512 (string)
strip-components (integer)
dest-filename (string)
Git sources
path (string)
url (string)
branch (string)
tag (string)
commit (string)
disable-fsckobjects (boolean)
disable-shallow-clone (boolean)
disable-submodules (boolean)
Bzr sources
url (string)
revision (string)
Svn sources
url (string)
revision (string)
Directory sources
path (string)
skip (array of strings)
File sources
path (string)
url (string)
mirror-urls (array of strings)
md5 (string)
Note that md5 is no longer considered a safe checksum, we recommend you use at least sha256.
sha1 (string)
Note that sha1 is no longer considered a safe checksum, we recommend you use at least sha256.
sha256 (string)
sha512 (string)
dest-filename (string)
Script sources
This is a way to create a shell (/bin/sh) script from an inline set of commands.
commands (array of strings)
dest-filename (string)
Shell sources
This is a way to create/modify the sources by running shell commands.
commands (array of strings)
Patch sources
path (string)
paths (array of strings)
strip-components (integer)
use-git (boolean)
use-git-am (boolean)
options (array of strings)
Extra data sources
filename (string)
url (string)
sha256 (string)
size (number)
installed-size (string)
BUILD ENVIRONMENT¶When building the application each command is run in a separate sandbox with access to only the things required for it. This section describes the details of the sandbox. Any options here can be overridden globally or per-module with the build-args option (although such manifest will not work if you start flatpak-builder with --sandbox).
Filesystem¶Each module is built in its own build directory, stored in a sub directory called build/$modulename-$count in the state dir (which is typically .flatpak-builder/). Additionally there is a symlink build/$modulename to the latest version. In order to generate reproducible builds this directory is also mounted as /run/build/$modulename in the sandbox (or /run/build-runtime/$modulename when building runtimes). This is used as current working directory for all build ops.
The destination directory for installation is accessible for writing at the place it will seen at runtime. In the case of a regular application this will be /app. If building a runtime it will instead be /usr, and when building an extension it will be at the extensionpoint directory somewhere below /app (for app extension) or /usr (for runtime extensions).
Additionally the there will be (as needed, depending on what is building) read-only mounts of the sdk at /usr, sdk extensions below that, and the application at /app. No other filesystem access is available.
Environment¶The environment can be modified in several ways in the manifest, but the default values are:
Permissions¶Builds have the --allow=devel and --allow=multiarch permissions that regular flatpak runs don't have by default. This allows limits the syscall filtering that is normally done so development tools like debuggers work. Otherwise the build sandbox is very limited, for example there is no network access.
EXAMPLES¶$ flatpak-builder my-app-dir manifest.json
Example manifest file:
{ "id": "org.test.TestApp", "runtime": "org.freedesktop.Platform", "runtime-version": "1.2", "sdk": "org.freedesktop.Sdk", "command": "test", "clean": [ "/include", "*.la" ], "build-options" : { "cflags": "-O2 -g", "cxxflags": "-O2 -g", "env": { "V": "1" }, "arch": { "x86_64": { "cflags": "-O3 -g", } } }, "modules": [ { "name": "pygobject", "config-opts": [ "--disable-introspection" ], "sources": [ { "type": "archive", "url": "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/pygobject/2.28/pygobject-2.28.6.tar.xz", "sha256": "fb8a1d4f665130a125011659bd347c7339c944232163dbb9a34fd0686577adb8" }, { "type": "patch", "path": "required-pygobject-fix.patch" }, { "type": "file", "path": "pygobject-extra-file", "dest-filename": "extra-file" } ] }, { "name": "babl", "build-options" : { "cxxflags": "-O2 -g -std=c++11" }, "cleanup": [ "/bin" ], "sources": [ { "type": "git", "url": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/babl.git" } ] }, { "name": "testapp", "sources": [ { "type": "bzr", "url": "lp:testapp" } ] } ] }
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Movie Monday- Snow White and the Huntsman
I was of two minds before I watched this movie. Part of me really wanted to love it and part of me hoped it was bad. I was not too jazzed by some of the casting but stoked about others- the dwarves? Genius (and seriously underused!!)! Charlize Theron as Ravenna? Double genius!! I am none too fond of Kristen Stewart as Snow White (a bit too one dimensional and unconvincing) and even less fond of Chris Hemsworth as the Huntsman- they have no chemistry!
What I did love was how dark and gothic it was, the original is based on a Grimm's fairy tale after all not Disney! ...and without the dark how would we appreciate the gorgeous over the top forest that is Sanctuary (home of the fairies) and that absolutely stunning stag- (what a moment!)? I must say also that Charlize Theron's costumes deserve a feature unto them selves!
This is one of the first times I've watched a movie that heavily relies on CGI and I didn't notice the absolute fakeness (except for the troll- you can't win them all!). The mirror was sadly sparsely used if you ask me- I loved that it melted from the wall and stood up like a liquid copper, cloaked figure.
So how does it differ from the Disney version? The list would be a long one so it's better to ask, how is it like Disney? There is a huntsman, dwarves, a girl named Snow White and an Evil Queen- oh and the poison apple. That's where the similarities end. This Snow White is less magical/charming and more warrior queen (or at least they want her to be)- she's still innocent but she wields a sword. The Evil Queen is so twisted and spooky- I wouldn't want to get on her bad side, she'll steal your very life essence! The Huntsman plays a central role in this version and he ends up being Prince Charming (but not a prince and not charming). There is a second love interest in this version too, a childhood playmate- the son of the Duke of Hammond. He comes to rescue Snow White while under the guise of the archer for the equally evil brother of the queen. There are 8 dwarves and 1 dies- which way bummed me out, that is probably the one time I preferred the Disney version (well other than the fact that I love the Disney Snow White- Kristen Stewart's Snow White is just meh!). There is also an addition of a community of women living in a floating village who have voluntarily scarred themselves so as not to be more beautiful than Ravenna and attract her attention- some may scoff but I actually like the addition of that story line. To me it helps to explain why no one has managed to surpass the Queen's beauty in all that time.
There is some cheesiness and moments where you simply have to suspend belief but this is supposed to be a fairy tale my friends- some things are just going to happen without explanation! I've read some scathing reviews but I'm guessing the the authors are not fans of fantasy or fairy tale. I would agree that it is flawed for sure but if nothing else enjoy the stunning visual and Charlize Theron's wardrobe. My one addition if I could make one? Tim Burton... a girl can dream!
a fun little side note: the sisters of Pixiwoo did an amazing make-up recreation of the top photo of Charlize as Ravenna. Check it out here- it's beautiful!!


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"Of all the hard jobs around, one of the hardest is being a good teacher." – Maggie Gallagher Those eloquent words are still valid in this day and age. Teaching, as a profession has evolved beyond the restrictions of a...
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