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Applications Developer Analyst Interview (Positive Experience; Average Interview)
I applied online and the process took 1 week - interviewed at Blue Cross (TX).
Interview Details I had applied for the Fresh Graduate Java Developer Position.
The hiring process consisted of three steps:
1) Telephonic interview with medium level java/sql/spring/hibernate questions. About 10-15 questions.
2) After 3 days, I was called for a face to face interview which consisted of more behavioral and time/project management type questions. Like: If you have 3-4 tasks given to you at a time, how would you prioritize them? What was the last time you had issues at work or co-worker ? What is your strengths and weaknesses ?
HR took more behavioral interviews where they asked general questions like how fast do you get upset ? When was the last time you were upset with your co-workers ? How did you deal with it ? Etc etc.
Interview Question – Couple of hibernate/spring related questions were little difficult given the fact that I had never used so much depth of skills when working until yet. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – No negotiation. They start fresh graduates in least pay possible. Good luck with bargaining if you are more experienced.
No Offer
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Marketing Interview (Negative Experience; Very Easy Interview)
I applied online and the process took 3 months - interviewed at Blue Cross (TX) in March 2013.
Interview Details Length of time from submitting resume until recruiter contact - 1.5 months. Once I had the phone screen it was another month or so before I heard anything back.
During initial phone call (screen) w/recruiter they asked very basic questions and then said if I was looking to negotiate on salary to "forget it". That this was "not the type of position someone could come in and if they liked me they would offer more".
Bizarre thing to say to a candidate. I was then invited in for in person interviews and was a bit blindsided with the job requirements - which were totally different than what was posted.
Once I did go in for the in person interview it included very awkward tour and interactions with recruiter. Recruiter was not knowledgeable at all about the company, position or team.
When I asked questions the recruiter didn't know the answer to any. Basic questions like how large is the company? What are the goals for this role? How many people are on the team? What is the reporting structure? When I requested receipt of information I sent in follow up to the recruiter to share w/the hiring manager I received no response. Followed up multiple times with no response. I get that this is sometimes part of the process but after spending my time collecting information THEY requested, a confirmation of receipt would have been courteous.
I think if you are looking for a cutting edge company this is not it. If you are looking for a thorough and knowledgeable recruiter interaction you will not find it here. In my mind recruiters are part of the face of the company to new and perspective candidates and in this instance, it was not normal recruiter interaction.
Interview Question – When they totally change the job description on you be prepared. View Answer
No Offer
Positive Experience
Average Interview
Hospital Analyst Interview (Positive Experience; Average Interview)
I applied through college or university and the process took 3 days - interviewed at Blue Cross (TX) in May 2011.
Interview Details 3 interviews. Just talked about past experience....very layer back
Interview Question – why grades were lower than other peoples Answer Question
No Offer
Positive Experience
Average Interview
Behavioral Health Case Manager Interview (Positive Experience; Average Interview)
The process took 2 weeks - interviewed at Blue Cross (TX) in January 2012.
Interview Details 1. phone interview, 2. 1;1 with HR to review benefits then met with hiring manager and their supervisor. HR really sold the company and I was very excited about the possibility. Family oriented culture!
Interview Question – Describe a time when you made a mistake on the job, what did you learn from it an what would you do differently Answer Question
No Offer
Neutral Experience
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Mobile Applications Developer Interview (Neutral Experience; Average Interview)
I applied online and the process took a day - interviewed at Blue Cross (TX) in December 2011.
Interview Details it was a phone interview, i was asked to clink a link from an email that would take me to a screen where the interviewer could watch me type out code. it was straight to the code review, no general questions. i guess they wanted to week out the weaklings early in the process.
Interview Questions
- i was asked to write a program in any language that would take a string reverse it and return it
i had the idea in my head, he apparently didn't like it, Answer Question
- told me to do more basic stuff and i seemed to stumble on it because i was nervous
he quickly said he was looking for someone more senior and hung up
i'm sure the average student probably could have done it, but i was pretty nervous Answer Question
Accepted Offer
Positive Experience
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Underwriting Assistant Interview (Positive Experience; Average Interview)
I applied through college or university and the process took 2 days - interviewed at Blue Cross (TX) in April 2011.
Interview Details The University of Texas at Dallas Career Center posted this position back in January. Blue Cross Blue Shield contacted me in March and conducted a preliminary phone interview. This consisted of basic regarding the underwriting position (do I like math? do you prefer working individually or with a group, computer skills, etc.)
A week later they called back to schedule a face to face interview with the underwriting management team. The campus in Richardson is new and very beautiful. The attire was business casual, though you will see a few of the management team members wearing suits. There is was a gym in the basement and a cafeteria in the main floor which was a nice touch.
The building is highly secured so you will have to take a picture and get an ID badge before the interview. I met with a HR rep and went over the basic benefits package at BCBSTX. They offer many benefits including discounted health insurance, PTO, 401k, and a pension plan to name a few.
The interviewers were the three members of the underwriting management team and they were casual and laid back. The interview itself consisted of basic behavioral questions(how to deal with a difficult coworker, how you prioritize tasks) and even a few mental math questions (what is 21% of 1.8 million and how did you come up with it?). My advice would be to brush up on some math and answer the behavioral question showing that you can make decisions independently but are able to follow directions carefully.
Interview Question – You are the leader of a group of eleven people. Eight of them are team players but one of them thinks she should be the leader and the other one cannot concentrate. How do you deal with them both? Answer Question


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I think we made history this past Sunday, so watch out Mike Smith. We got 2 opposing Head Coach's fired 2 games in a row (not counting the bye week). Ok, I kid, I kid. Mike Smith has nothing to fear. In fact, we do. Matt Ryan's home record of 18-1 is remarkable! He's nearly unbeatable at home. So I'm looking forward to a great game between 2 solid teams. I watched 2 Falcon games this year: against Baltimore and against St. Louis. I'm very impressed with your offense. Most notably, the 3rd down conversions, the balance, and the rhythm. The offense seems to click on short timed passing routes and a solid running game. The right side of your Offensive Line featues a couple run blocking maulers and do their job very well. They will lining up against BJ Raji, Ryan Pickett, and Clay Mathews out of the base packages. When you spread the field, it will be Raji and Mathews in our Nickel Packages. I'm assuming we'll be playing out of the Nickel the most in this game while you have TE Tony Gonzalez. Would you say that's all a fair analysis of your offense?
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Theology of the Transfiguration:
Theologically, the Transfiguration story places Jesus on the same level as the Law (Moses) and the Prophets (Elijah), making him the true source of divine truth for those who are willing to heed him. Scholars disagree on the origins of this story some regard it as a misplaced resurrection narrative while others think it might be a report of a mystical experience which some disciples had while in Jesus presence.
Witnesses to the Transfiguration:
Jesus Transfiguration reveals something important about him, but only to Peter, James, and John. Why were they singled out for special, insider information that they couldnt even reveal to the other nine apostles until after Jesus had risen from the dead? This story would have given a boost in prestige to whomever was associated with those three in the early Christian church.
Understanding the Transfiguration:
What does the Transfiguration reveal about Jesus? Some have argued that the Transfiguration allows Jesus true, divine nature to break through his human form. Others have argued that the Transfiguration offers a glimpse of the glory of God at Parousia.
Celebrating the Transfiguration of Jesus:
Both the Eastern and Western churches celebrate a feast to commemorate the Transfiguration on August 6. However, while the East has done so since 1000, the West has only done so since 1456.


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President's Message
The New Year came in like a lion and continues to throw challenges our way. As many of you know, the weather played a major role in the 2013/2014 holiday travel season, and it had an impact on travel here, across Canada and in the United States. With many more weeks of winter left, and the possibility of more inclement weather, I would like to offer some insight to how winter operations work at the airport.
The Airport Authority employs seasonal winter crews to handle snow removal - both on the groundside roadways, parking lots and walkways, and on the airside runways, taxiways and aprons. Safety is the first priority for the Authority and all of our airport partners, so these crews are critical to the operation. Most of the crew members have years, if not decades, of experience doing their job - and they are very good at what they do. Often, when a large storm is forecast, multiple crews can be called in to handle snow removal, sweeping and cleaning. Our priority will always be to provide safe runways so that aircraft can land and take-off despite severe weather events like freezing rain, heavy snowfall and poor visibility.
The machinery that the airside crews utilize was mostly purchased and deployed in 2010, and includes state-of-the-art multi-function snow removal systems. The systems are comprised of a 24-foot snow plow and 22-foot sweeper that are capable of cleaning 120 to 140 foot widths in one pass, reducing total runway cleaning time from 40 minutes, as was the case with our previous equipment, to just 15 minutes.
The vehicles are also equipped with infrared cameras, enhanced vision systems and GPS tracking. When the drivers are faced with blowing snow in the middle of the night, with zero visibility, a driver's knowledge of where he/she is as well as where fellow operators are, is crucial.
Chemicals are also a necessary piece of the winter operations puzzle to reduce snow and ice build-up, as well as increasing runway friction values which is important for aircraft braking effectiveness. Salt cannot be used on airside surfaces due to its corrosive properties, but there are other materials that work well. Sodium formate is used as a surface de-icer, is effective to -8oC, and is used to break the bond between the ice and the hard surface. Potassium acetate is used as a surface anti-icer and/or a pre-wet agent, which is applied in anticipation of a freezing rain event to minimize the adherence of ice to the surface. It works with sodium formate to break the surface bond of ice more quickly. When it gets too cold for the chemicals to do their job, we apply grit using sanding trucks. It's important that the teams are nimble enough to adapt as weather conditions change so that we can keep the runways in safe operating condition.
Aircraft de-icing is also critical during winter and cold conditions. The Ottawa Airport has a central de-icing facility that is operated by Aero Mag 2000, on behalf of an airline consortium that is responsible for setting the terms and service levels it needs to operate effectively. Aero Mag is responsible for both managing the traffic at the de-icing pad and for applying the de-icing fluid to the aircraft.
When inclement weather is forecast, the Authority meets with all stakeholders - airlines, ground handlers, Aero Mag, the airport's cleaning contractors, the concessionaires and everyone else who has a role to play where the operation is concerned. It's important to understand what the plan is for equipment removal so that our crews can get in and out of the apron areas and remove snow as efficiently as possible. Every company understands the importance of working together to deal with the weather in the most efficient manner possible - we all want our passengers to get safely on their way with minimal delay.
Our communications team works to provide information concerning the impact that the weather has on our local operation. Airlines are responsible for communicating about their respective flights that may be affected - whether due to weather in Ottawa or at a particular destination. No matter what the weather, it's always a good idea to check with your carrier before heading to the airport to fly or to greet an arriving passenger.
The winter still has some life left in it, and our crews will be at the ready regardless of what Mother Nature has in store. For what we've already dealt with, and for what may come in the next few months, I would like to say thank you to all of our airport partners for their efforts, and to our passengers and clients for their patience and understanding during what has been a challenging season.
I know I'm looking forward to spring sunshine. In the meantime, let's enjoy Winterlude and all of the great outdoor activities that our nation's capital has to offer. For those of you who choose to escape to the sunshine in the South, don't forget to pack your sunscreen.
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OTWELL - Indiana Conservation Officers and volunteer fire fighters spent a fourth day searching for the body of missing Des Plains, Ill., woman along the overflow area of the East Fork of the White River at the Pike-Daviess County line. About seven Conservation Officers and volunteers from the Jefferson Township Fire Department in Pike County and Harrison Township in Daviess County scoured the area for Catie McGill, age 31.
"The receding flood waters will make our search efforts more effective," said Conservation Officer Jet Quillen.
Crews had spent the first 3 days working in and around the swift floodwaters. The river finally began to fall exposing the McGill's pick up truck in a cornfield where it landed after being washed off the roadway.
McGill was travelling with her husband Adam McGill, 35, early Sunday morning when he drove around the barricades along SR 257 and into the flood waters. "They went around and attempted to pass through and the vehicle stalled and then was swept off the roadway," said Quillen.
Some duck hunters in the area saw the vehicle get swept off the road and tried to save the couple. "The McGills got out of their truck and tried to swim back to shore, but they got separated," said Quillen. "They were able to pick up Adam but they couldn't locate Catie."
Adam McGill was taken to Daviess Community Hospital and later transferred to St. Mary's Hospital in Evansville where he was treated for hypothermia. He has since been released.
Authorities put three boats into the water to try and find Catie McGill's body. "We are using side-scan sonar," said Quillen. "We also have crews walking along the edge of the water and searching by ATV. We are also bringing in a remote controlled underwater search vehicle. It's like a small submarine with sonar and cameras."


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JACKSON, MS (WLBT) - Nothing says romance like scattered, covered and smothered. It was Valentine's Day and Waffle House was setting the mood with white table clothes, soft pink lighting, flowers and even candlelight.
"This is very cute. I love the way they've decorated everything with the roses and whatever that is," said Pam Lee looking at the decorated light fixtures.
Couples called for reservations, but walk-ins were welcome. The one thing that didn't change is the menu. Love and the smell of waffles were in the air. "Atlanta has been doing this for the past two years and it has been such a success in Atlanta and the customers really responded to it," said Waffle House Human Resource Specialist Jennifer Daughety.
"This was a real surprise, especially when we pull into a Waffle House for Valentine's dinner," said Judy Martin. After 50 years of marriage Robert Martin likes to keep his wife on her toes.
"Well, I mean, anything is a good idea if she doesn't know what's coming," said Robert Martin.
All Judy ever really knows is to expect the unexpected. "One time he had me and two other ladies and their husbands dress up in evening dresses, took us out in the country and we sat on apple boxes picked out our own frog to eat frog legs. This was about as much a shock as that was, but better," said Judy Martin.
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Keira Knightley attended the closing night gala premiere of 'Begin Again' during the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival held at BMCC Tribeca PAC on Saturday (April 26) in New York City.
Dressed in Chanel, naturally, the British actress wore a pastel embroidered Couture dress from the Spring 2014 collection, featuring shimmering with sequin, a nipped in waist and an organza layered feather-like skirt.
The dress is outstanding. The detailing is breath-taking.
At first I wasn't a fan of her black Jimmy Choo 'Ari' pumps but on reflection I understand that they are the perfect choice as they do nothing to upstage the dress and blend into the black carpet.
Makeup was kept neutral with glossy waves completing her high-end, high-fashion look.
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My glass is usually half-full. Things will get better. The sun will come out tomorrow, so on and so forth. Granted, sometimes it's an act.
Like yesterday morning when I stood in front of my full-length mirror, poking at my bloated stomach with disgust.
"Do you have a baby in there?" my 6-year-old daughter asked nonchalantly, slurping on a Popsicle.
"No," I responded, unable to hide my horror.
She shrugged and walked away, "Looks like it."
Yeah, I'm aware. But it's always nice to have confirmation from someone who won't get a wrinkle for another 20 years. I spent the rest of my day stealing sideways glances at myself on every reflective surface. I sucked in my stomach. I beat myself up for eating leftover Easter candy. I vowed to workout twice a day (don't worry, it'll never happen).
But nothing made me feel better about myself until I decided to feel better about myself. I looked in the mirror and smiled at my reflection. At first it was as genuine as a politician, but somehow the simple act of smiling managed to warm my heart—and I swear to you—shrink my stomach. Usually smiling is a response to something that tickles us. Sometimes reversing the order works.
When I ran my first marathon in March, there were moments during the race when I felt very, very bad (okay, lots of moments). And so did everyone else. I know, because I could see it on their faces. Slack mouths, sad eyes, furrowed foreheads. By mile 15 we were a quiet, sullen bunch, shuffling along like shackled prisoners. Lifting our eyes from the pavement to acknowledge cheering from the sidelines would require too much. Smiling? Impossible.
Or maybe not.
Plodding forward with nothing but my thoughts and a heavy dose of lactic acid to keep me company I started to think that maybe smiling—in spite of the fact that my calves were cramping and my lower intestines were barely holding it together—couldn't really hurt the situation, could it?
At about that moment I heard a guy call out to me over his beer from a lawn chair: "You're almost there!" It was a stupid joke. A terrible lie. And deeply uncreative. (When you run a marathon, every third spectator yells this.) While I didn't think I had the energy to acknowledge him, I did have an overwhelming desire to fold him up in his lawn chair.
Instead, I summoned a tiny reserve of energy tucked away in the recesses of my heart, and smiled.
He practically dropped his red Solo cup. "Hey! Mile 15 and you're still smiling! Keep it up!"
I did keep it up. I continued to smile stupidly at every spectator sprinkled along the course. I felt a little crazy, a little deceitful—and a lot better.
The smile helped. And it seemed to help others too. They cheered harder for me. They believed in my feigned happiness. Eventually, I started to believe it too.
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At 12:53 a.m. when Luke Zimmerman got the call for his first real-live fire, he had no idea it would change his life and save someone else's.
Just a couple of months on the job, one live fire training and perhaps natural instinct, that's all it took for Zimmerman.
"I really always ran toward danger, I guess, that's what my mom and dad say, so it's kind of an instinct," he said with a smile.
He was among 40 firefighters to put out the early morning fire. The rookie found the homeowner, an 83-year-old woman, when he went inside.
"She was talking to me and everything and I went and came back out and we had another crew right there to go get her," Zimmerman said.
And what was a basement consumed by flames is now charred table tops and doors.
"She had some mobility issues so we really put the pedal to the medal to get out here," said Cisco Fire Chief Ron Weishaar.
Crews said the woman was unconscious when she came out of the home.
Given the condition that I saw her in, [when] she came out of the house, I don't think she would have made it more than five minutes inside where she was," explained Bonnie Wyatt, firefighter and medical first responder.
Medical staff had her breathing on her own before being transported.
"He was right there to get inside and do what needed to be done," Weishaar said.
And it was a job well done.
Fire crews said the cause of the fire appeared to be electrical. The women did have a smoke detector in her house but it did not have batteries in it.
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Hinduism - Some Later Preachers
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With all its attractions and success, the new Krishnaism did not everywhere overgrow the older stock upon which it had been engrafted. There were many places in which the early worship of Vishnu and Vasudeva remained almost unchanged. The new legends of Krishna's child-hood might indeed be accepted in these centres of conservatism:, but they made little difference in the spirit and form of the worship, which continued to follow the ancient order. In some of them the Bhagavad,-gita!, Narayaniya, and other epic doctrinals still remained the standard texts, which theologians connected with the ancient Upanishads and the Brahma-sûtra summarising the latter ; in other centres there arose, beginning perhaps about the seventh century A. D., a series of Samhitas, or manuals of doctrine and practice for the Pancharatra sect, which, though in essentials agreeing with the Narayaniya, taught a different, theory of cosmogony and introduced the worship of the goddess Sri or Lakshmi, the consort of Vishnu, as the agency or energy through which the Supreme Being becomes active in finite existence; and in yet other places other texts were followed, such as those of the Vaikhanasa school. This worship of Vishnu-Vasudeva on the ancient lines was peculiarly vigorous among the representatives of Aryan culture in the South, who had introduced the cults of Vishnu and Siva with the rest of the Aryan pantheon into the midst of Dravidian animism. Hinduism, transplanted into the Dravidian area, has there remained more conservative than anywhere else, and has clung firmly to its ancient traditions. There is nothing of Dravidian origin in the South Indian worship of Vishnu and Siva; they are entirely Aryan importations. But they have become thoroughly assimilated in their southern home, and each of them has produced a huge mass of fine devotional literature in the vernaculars. In the Tamil country the church of Vishnu boasts of the Nal-ayira-prabandham, a collection of Tamil psalms numbering about 4,000 stanzas composed by twelve poets called Alvars, which were collected about 1000 A.. D. ; and the worship of Siva is equally well expressed in the Tirumurai, compiled about the twelfth century, of which one section, the Devaram, was put together about the same time as the Nall-ayira-prabandham. Both the; Tiru-murai and the Nal-ayir-prabandham breathe the same spirit of ecstatic devotion as the Bhagavata-purana ; they are the utterances of wandering votaries who travelled from temple to temple and poured forth the passionate raptures of their souls in lyrical praise of their deities. Through these three main channels the stream of devotion spread far and wide through the land. Like most currents of what we call "revivalism," it usually had an erotic side ; and the larger temples frequently have attached to them female staffs of attendant votaries and corps de bullet of very easy virtue. But this aspect was far more marked in neo-Krishnaism, which often tends to intense pruriency, than in the other two cults. The Alvars pay little regard to the legends of Krishna, and concentrate their energies upon the worship of Vishnu as he is represented in the great temples of Srirangam, Conjevaram, Tirupati, and similar sanctuaries.
About the beginning of the ninth century the peaceful course of Vaishnava religion was rudely disturbed by the preaching of Samkara .Acharya. Samkara, one of the greatest intellects that India has ever produced, was a Brahman of Malabar, and was born about the year 788. Taking his stand upon the Upanishads, Brahma-sutra, and Bhagavad-gita, upon which lie wrote commentaries, he interpreted them as teaching the doctrine of Advaita, thorough monistic idealism, teaching that the universal Soul, Brahma, is absolutely identical with the individual Soul, the atma or Self, that all being is only one, that salvation consists in the identification of these two, and is attained by knowledge, the intuition of their identity, and that the phenomenal universe or manifold of experience is simply an illusion (maya) conjured up in Brahma by his congenital nature, but really alien to him in. fact, a kind of disease in Brahma. This was not new : it had been taught by some ancient schools of Aupanishadas, and was very like the doctrine of some of the Buddhist idealists; but the vigour and skill with which Samkara propagated his doctrines threatened ruin to orthodox Vaishnava theologians, and roused them to counter-campaigns. Among the Vaishnava Brahmans of the South who won laurels in this field was Yamunacharya, who lived about 1050, and was the grandson of Natha Muni, who collected the hymns of the Alvars in the Nsl-ayira-prabandham and founded the great school of Vaishnava, theology at Srirangam. In opposition to Samkara's monism, Yamunacharya propounded the doctrine of his school, the so-called Vigishtadvaita, which was preached with still greater skill and success by his famous successor Ramanuja, who died in 1137. Ramanuj's greatest works are his commentaries on the Brahma-sutra and Bhagavad-gita. In them lie expounds with great ability the principles of his school, namely, that God, sentient beings or souls, and insentient matter form three essentially distinct classes of being; that God, who is the same as Brahma., Vishnu, Narayana, or Krishna, is omnipotent, omnipresent, and possessed of all good qualities ; that matter forms the body of souls, and souls form the body of God; that the soul attains salvation as a result of devout and loving meditation upon God, worship of him, and study of the scriptures; and that salvation consists in eternal union of the soul with God, but not in identity with him, as Samkara taught. The scriptures on which Ramanuja took his stand were mainly the Upanishads, Brahma-sutra, and Bhagavad-gita; but he also acknowledged as authoritative the Pancharatra Samhitas, in spite of their divergences in details of doctrine, and it is from them that his church has derived the worship of Sri or Lakshmi as consort of Vishnu, which is a very marked feature of their community and has gained for them the title of Sri-vaishnavas. But Ramanuja was much more than a scholar and a writer of books; he was also a man of action, a " practical mystic." Like Samkara, he organised a body of sannyasis or ascetic votaries, into which, however, he admitted only Brahmans, whereas Samkara opened some of the sections of his devotees to non-Brahmans; but on the other hand he was far more liberal than Samkara in the choice of his congregations, for he endeavoured, to bring men of the lowest castes, Sudras and even Pariahs, within the influence of his church, though he kept up the social barrier between them and the higher castes, and he firmly upheld the principle of the Bhagavad-gita that it is by the performance of religious and social duties of caste, and not by knowledge alone, that salvation is most surely to be won. He established schools and monasteries, reorganised the worship of the temples, usually in accordance with the Pancharatra rules, and thus placed his church in a position of such strength in Southern India that its only serious rival is the church of Siva.
Nimbarka who probably flourished about the first half of the twelfth century, preached for the cult of Krishna a doctrine combining monism with dualism, which is followed by a small sect in Northern India. Ananda-tirtha or Madhva, in the first three quarters of the thirteenth century, propounded for the same church a theory of thorough dualism, which has found many admirers, chiefly in the Dekkan. Vallabha,-charya, born in 1479, founded a school of Krishna worshippers which claims a " pure monism " without the aid of the theory of ma yd, or illusion, which is a characteristic of Samkara's monism. This community has become very influential, chiefly in Boni bay Presidency ; but in recent times it has been under a cloud owing to the scandals arising from a tendency to practise immoral orgies and from the claims of its priest-hood, as representing the god, to enjoy the persons and property of their congregations.
Besides these and other schools which were founded on a basis of Sanskrit scholastic philosophy, there have been many popular religious movements, which from the first appealed directly to the heart of the people in their own tongues.
The first place in which we see this current in movement is the Maratha country. Here, about 1290, Jnanesvara or Jnanadeva, popularly known as Jnanoba composed his Jnanesvari, a para-phrase of the Bhagavad-gïta in about 10,000 Marathi versos, as well as a number of hymns to Krishna and a poem on the worship of Siva. To the same period belonged Namadeva, who was born at Pandharpur, according to some in 1270 and according to others about a century later. Then came ekanatha, who is said to have died in 1608, and composed some hymns and Marathi verse-translations from the Bhagavata. The greatest of all was Tukaram, who was born about 1608. In the verses of these poets the worship of Krishna is raised to a level of high spirituality. Ramananda, who apparently lived between 1400 and 1470 and was somehow connected with the school of Ramanuja, preached salvation through Rama to all castes and classes of Northern India, with immense and enduring success. To his spiritual lineage belongs Tulsi Das (1532-1623), whose Rama-charita-manasa, a poem in Eastern Hindi on the story of Valmiki's Ramayana, has become the Bible of the North. The same influences are visible in the poems of Kabir, a Moslem by birth, who combined Hindu and Muhammadan doctrines into an eclectic monotheism, and is worshipped as an incarnation of God by his sect. He died in 1518. A kindred spirit was Nanak, the founder of the Sikh church (1469--1538}.
By the side of these upward movements there have been many which have remained on the older level of the Bhagavata. The most important is that of Visvambhara Misra, who is better known by his titles of Chaitanya and Gauranga (1435--1533) ; he carried on a " revival " of volcanic intensity in Bengal and Orissa, and the church founded by him is still powerful, and worships him as an incarnation of Krishna.


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TYLER, TX (KLTV)- Motorcycle riders across the country may soon be forced to wear a helmet if a proposed federal law passes. Right now, in Texas, anyone over the age of 21 is exempt from wearing a helmet. But that may change if the National Transportation Safety Board gets their way.
For 35 years, Bubba Parker has hit the highway with nothing but a bandana on his head. That's how he likes to ride.
"I'm out in the wide open kind of like your old cowboy days they had the big gray horses and we got these old iron horses and it's just the freedom of it," said Parker.
And the freedom to wear a helmet, or not. Soon, bikers may not have that choice. Parker says confining his head to a helmet kills his biking experience.
"For me, I like to be able to hear what my motor is doing," said Parker. "I can judge my speed. I can listen to what's going on around me, and with a helmet I just feel like I'm all caged up."
Biker Ted York won't ride without his helmet.
"If you fall off and smack your head on the ground it's a whole lot better to have something around your head then just kissing the pavement with the back of your head," said York.
The NTSB says motorcycles make up only three percent of vehicles on the road, but 13 percent of all fatal crashes. Parker says some of his close friends, unfortunately, are a part of that statistic.
"Lots of them and I've had friends that have been killed with a helmet didn't make no difference whatsoever," said Parker.
"I've been involved in two accidents on the street and both cases I was wearing a helmet and received no head injuries whatsoever," said York.
While both bikers will continue to ride regardless, they say wearing a helmet should be a personal decision
"The only time I'll ever quit riding is if I get too old to hold the bike up or I'm dead. So, if I've got to wear one, I'll wear one."
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During the holiday season, many people will celebrate. But if they've had one too many, there's a way to get home safely at no cost.
Dozens of bars in Lower Paxton Township began the Alert Cab program Wednesday.
If you are too impaired to drive, 33 township bars and restaurants can call a cab for you. The fare is free, thanks to Wilsbach Distributors. The company has been sponsoring the program for 12 years.
At Ted's Bar and Grill, they've been doing it for 12 years.
"People here have taken advantage of it before," owner Romeo LaMarco said. "We initiate it, we encourage it and if we see a patron that could use the service, we take all initiative to make it happen."
"We have roughly 80 cabs right now that will be there to provide free rides to anybody looking for a free ride home," said Dwayne Petty, office manager at Harrisburg City Cabs. "Our objective is to safely provide transportation to those who are celebrating the Christmas season."
Hopping into the back of a cab beats the back of a police cruiser.
"There's the safety concern for the people in the car with an impaired driver and also anyone on the road," said Officer LouAnna Brook of Lower Paxton Township Police. "When we spot you, pull you over and arrest you for driving impaired, it's also devastating for that person."
Bar owners and police officers alike believe the alert cab program saves lives.
"People like to have fun and celebrate the holidays and with that little bit of security with not having to drive, it makes a big difference for everyone," LaMarco said.
"It's a holiday season, we know people are going to be celebrating. That's okay. Just be responsible," said Brook. "This is a great service . There's no excuse for anyone not to use it."
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So who is getting this? I already preordered my copy through steam and thought it might be a good idea to get a thread together of people who will also be playing it.
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Looks like the 49ers' receiver A J Jenkins is picking up where he left off last year....Made one catch tonight....but then fumbled it.
I searched for "49er draft pick busts" and found an article from about a year ago. As the 10th worst draft pick in 49ers history, it listed J J Stokes, who averaged "only" 41 catches and 541 yds/season during his 8 year career....That's about 40 catches and 530 yds more than Jenkins so far....
If A J Jenkins is not ranked as a bigger bust that Stokes after his eighth season, it would probably mean that global warming is a hoax....or something equally bizarre!


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|Kayla Hawkins (left) administered flu shots at last year's Operation Immunization event.
October 3, 2013
By Machael Wade
Have you gotten your flu shot yet? If not, getting one before this year's flu season will be a breeze, thanks to pharmacy students at the University of Mississippi.
In conjunction with Operation Immunization, members of the local chapter of the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists, or APhA-ASP, will provide flu shots in multiple locations on the Ole Miss campus during the first two weeks of October.
Sponsored by APhA, Operation Immunization is a campaign designed not only to increase the public's knowledge about immunizations but also the number of adults receiving the shots.
The local chapter of APhA-ASP has partnered with the campaign in past years to provide flu shots only in the School of Pharmacy, said Patrick Reed, the chapter's vice president of clinical affairs.
"This year, we have expanded our locations to reach out to several new faculty, staff and student populations," said Reed, who is in the second professional year of pharmacy school.
Immunizations will be given:
- Thursday (Oct. 3), 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Robert C. Khayat Law Center
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- Oct. 10, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Student Union
The flu shots normally cost $25. University employees can bill the cost directly to their insurance by bringing their ID number and insurance card.
Students receive immunization training during the first year of the professional pharmacy program, said Joseph Dikun, a graduate assistant in the Department of Pharmacy Administration and the local APhA-ASP chapter's co-adviser.
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"Our students are very passionate about Operation Immunization," Dikun said. "That passion is rooted in the School of Pharmacy's dedication to developing future pharmacists who strive to practice at the peak of their profession, and immunization delivery is one component of that."
Reed is confident the immunization campaign will greatly benefit the Ole Miss community.
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|The Hague 14. December 1795.
I owe you a volume, & the certainty that I have not time to compile it at present is more terrifying to me than the weight of the debt. Your two kind letters of June 29 & August 25. though some time since received have never before been acknowledged, but my gratitude for these precious testimonials of parental affection has not I trust diminished in force by having remained thus long in silence.
Since the departure of my Brother from this place, my duties & occupations have been so much altered & so considerably multiplied, that I considered every moment lost that was not devoted to the discharge of them. For the first few weeks my new situation was a source of much anxiety, indeed I may say with truth, that it yet continues to give me unaffected solicitude from the apprehension, that the affairs entrusted to my management during my Brothers absence should suffer, either from my want of ability or experience to conduct them. The subordinate Office of Secretary, exercised during the space of a year, had not prepared me, I conceive, for the sudden transition, which invested me with the functions of the Minister, & the reflection was not a little humiliating to my pride, that the contrast of my performance with that of my predecessor would be by no means in my favor. The trust devolved upon me however by the casual call of my Brother to another place will probably be of short duration if no unforeseen accident should arrive, & it shall be my endeavor that no duty within my Province shall be neglected during that period, if zeal in the discharge of it will in any measure supply the possible want of capacity.
The exchange of Ratifications of our Treaty with Great Britain took place previous to my Brother's arrival in England, & provided the object of his Voyage there is connected with further Negotiation upon the suspended Article it is impossible to calculate the length of his stay. The business upon which he is gone is however unknown to me; it may be of a nature to detain him much longer than I could wish, & for himself I am persuaded, that the residence of the Hague would be more to his fancy, than that of London. Considerations of personal convenience however, enter very little, I believe, into the system he has prescribed to himself. If it be his fortune to participate the odium of a concurrence in the Treaty with Great Britain, he is perhaps not unprepared to meet it.
The factitious opposition, which has been made to that instrument, and the abuse which has been poured forth in such copious effusions upon all the principal agents, who assisted at its formation & subsequent ratification, produced a temporary effect upon the public mind more unfavorable than was anticipated by many of our Countrymen; but it is a great satisfaction to be assured, that the first impressions, which were in most instances the result of ignorance or misintelligence have given place to conviction founded upon reflection, that the best interests of our Country instead of being betrayed are unequivocally secured by the Treaty.
America will not soon be pardoned by the different powers of Europe, who are jealous of her growing prosperity, for having secured to herself by her own unassisted efforts such advantageous terms of intercourse with a Nation, certainly the most formidable in point of Naval strength, & from whose open enmity she had most to apprehend. It is made a crime to America, that she has acted & has shewn herself able to act independently, in the management of her own concerns, & however fashionable it may be to affirm, that she has been gulled & cheated in her late commercial arrangements, I dare assent in opposition, that there is not a power in Europe, which would not gladly exchange situations with her in that respect.
I send a pamphlet herewith, which will serve to shew the kind of language which is current upon the subject of our Treaty. The author is not a Frenchman by birth, though he is now employed in the service of the Republic. His work contains many ideas expressed in the true spirit of a partizan, but in some instances it must be confessed they have the appearance of being just. My vanity has induced me to think that his strictures upon my own Country have less foundation in truth than the rest. His remarks upon the political system of Great Britain & the National character of the English partake of French acrimony, but as an American I could not but subscribe to them in a great measure. His observations upon their taste, faculties of invention, & scientific improvements, grossly expose his ignorance. Criticism is allowable, but in order that a good effect should result from it, it should never degenerate into indiscriminate abuse. I hope the pamphlet will afford you some amusement.
A few days since I took the liberty to give a letter of introduction for you to a Gentleman by the name of de Persyn, a brother in law of Mr: J Luzac. He applied to me for a passport, being upon the point of embarking for America with the intention of establishing himself there for life, but as it was not in my power to furnish him with a pass, I offered to give him letters for some of my friends.
I cannot better explain to you the cause of this Gentlemans voyage & his reason for renouncing his native land than by an extract from Mr: Luzac's letter in answer to one from me.
"Mon Beau Frère part pour 1'Amerique Unie, votre Patrie, sur tout d'après mes Conseils. Il considére avec moi ce Pays, comme 1'unique qui existe actuellement, où s'étant assuré la Liberté sans Crimes l'on se ache aussi enjouir sans en abuser. Aprés avoir tout sacrifié á 1'amour de sa patrie, aprés avoir servi durant trois Campagnes avec les Francois dans toutes les occasions les plus perilleuses,—il s'est vu mis ice dans 1'oubli; il s'est vu préferér des hommes, qui certes n'avoient pas ces titres. Il quitte une Nation chez daquelle le Patriotisme sans intrigue n'est pas moins négligé que par-tout ailleurs où la vertu et le desintéressement ne réglent pas les actions. La carrière Militaire ne scaurait lui servir en Amerique, mais il a dessein, d'y employer un petit capital, dont il peut disposer, de la manière la plus avantageuse pour s'établir. Jamais il ne pourroit avoir à cet effet de direction plus utile ni plus honorable que celle de vos parens & amis, de votre digne père surtout, un des hommes que je respecte le plus parmi tous ceux que j'aie connus dans ma vie, et à qui j'espère donner un jour (si Dieu nous conserve la vie) une marque publique de ces sentimens." &ca:
I regret much that I have not hitherto been able to cultivate Mr: L's acquaintance. I have never seen him but once, & that shortly after my arrival in this Country; his occupation as professor confines him constantly at Leyden, & though we have often promised to pay him a visit, it has not yet been fulfilled. His Patriotism is I believe pure & of course does not suit altogether the temper of the times. It would perhaps have been better for Holland if more such men were to be found in it.
Mr: Dumas has charged me with a small packet for you, which I forward by this occasion. It contains the Resolution of their High Mightinesses whereby the decree of censure passed against the old Gentleman in 1787 is revoked. He considers his triumph complete as appears from his letter which accompanies it. I rejoice at his victory because I believe it was essential to his peace of mind, & that without it he could never have pronounced with devotional fervor his nunc dimitis. I am indebted to his kindness for many little assistances in my official business & I have the highest respect for his character.
Hoping to devote more of my time to you than I have done of late, & begging your forgivness for former remissness, I remain with filial love & respect, Dear Sir / Your dutiful Son
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Comedy writer Eddie Braben, the third man behind the success of Morecambe and Wise, has died at the age of 82, his manager said.
Norma Farnes said Braben, who also wrote for Ken Dodd, died following a short illness.
Ms Farnes said: "The writer Eddie Braben, the third man behind the success of Morecambe and Wise, died this morning at the age of 82 after a short illness.
"It was Billy Cotton Jnr at the BBC who recognised the brilliance of Eddie's writing was the ideal marriage that would guarantee the success of Morecambe and Wise. He is survived by his loving wife Dee, three children and six grandchildren."
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Optimal scaling of the random walk Metropolis on elliptically symmetric unimodal targets
Sherlock, Chris and Roberts, Gareth O.. (2009) Optimal scaling of the random walk Metropolis on elliptically symmetric unimodal targets. Bernoulli, Vol.15 (No.3). pp. 774-798. ISSN 1350-7265
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Scaling of proposals for Metropolis algorithms is an important practical problem in MCMC implementation. Criteria for scaling based on empirical acceptance rates of algorithms have been found to work consistently well across a broad range of problems. Essentially, proposal jump sizes are increased when acceptance rates are high and decreased when rates are low. In recent years, considerable theoretical support has been given for rules of this type which work on the basis that acceptance rates around 0.234 should be preferred. This has been based on asymptotic results that approximate high dimensional algorithm trajectories by diffusions. In this paper, we develop a novel approach to understanding 0.234 which avoids the need for diffusion limits. We derive explicit formulae for algorithm efficiency and acceptance rates as functions of the scaling parameter. We apply these to the family of elliptically symmetric target densities, where further illuminating explicit results are possible. Under suitable conditions, we verify the 0.234 rule for a new class of target densities. Moreover, we can characterise cases where 0.234 fails to hold, either because the target density is too diffuse in a sense we make precise, or because the eccentricity of the target density is too severe, again in a sense we make precise. We provide numerical verifications of our results.
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Comedian/singer Jamie Foxx recently spoke on the legacy of late rappers Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. and stressed how their deaths sparked various rap careers.
Foxx still recalls learning about the fatal shooting of Pac.
"The Tupac legacy is so incredible," Foxx told radio personality DJ Whoo Kid, "I was watching VH1 when unfortunately we lost Tupac and unfortunately we lost Biggie also. It still leaves a whole in my heart when I think about those guys and what they could have done and could be doing right now. And a lot of these guys wouldn't even have had careers if Biggie and Pac wouldn't have passed. And I say that not naming anybody's names because I believe everyone is still talented but I wish we could have had a little bit more of that, man. A little bit more of what [they] could have taught us and tell us." (Radio Planet TV)
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Southern rapper David Banner previously hit SOHH about seeing Tupac alive.
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Consequence also weighed in on his thoughts of Pac still rapping today.
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Specifically, the need to have some.
What am I referring to?
Well, for starters, giving opposing players some credit when our team or players on it perform poorly. I can cite a great example.
Week 5. The Bengals completely shut down one of the best quarterbacks in the game and broke his TD streak. All anyone could talk about that week was how awesome our defense is. And they are. They held one of the most prolific offenses of the last decade to 2 field goals.
But then when the same thing happened to our offense the week before, all anyone could talk about was how much the offense sucked. The Browns have a very good defense this year. We know this. Yet they weren't given much credit for doing the same thing to our offense we did to the Patriots a week later.
Basically, the Bengals aren't out there playing catch in the park every week. They are professional athletes playing a highly competitive sport against other professional athletes. It stands to reason that those other professional athletes are going to perform well against them sometimes.This team is not playing in a vacuum where the outcome of the game is solely dependent on how well they play. How well the other team plays is a major factor as well.
Our defensive coordinator has shown the ability to fool even the best quarterbacks in the game (Brady and Rodgers) into making a bad decision, isn't it reasonable to assume that other defensive coordinators have the ability to fool a quarterback who is not as good or experienced as those two? I mean, they do get paid to do exactly that.
What causes an incomplete pass or interception? If you ask a lot of the people on this site, the answer is "Andy Dalton's terrible play", and yeah, sometimes that was the cause.
But sometimes it isn't.
There's another guy out there who has ONE job: Stop the receiver from catching the ball, and catch it yourself if you can. And that other guy is good enough at his job to have been selected to do it at a professional level. He's already proven himself to be better than 99% of the guys who did that job in college.
So why is that guy's influence on the outcome of a pass never (or seldom) recognized? Incomplete pass or interception? Clearly the quarterback sucks. Couldn't possibly have anything to do with the guy whose job is to stop those plays showing up for work that day.
On a similar note, when our defense forces a 3 and out, they're awesome. When the opposing defense does that to us, our offense "can't get it done". Umm, there's more than one team on the field, and what the other team does definitely affects the outcome of what ours does.
When the Bengals win, I'm happy. I don't particularly care who scored the points or how they did it. The game was won, making me a happy fan. I don't dwell too much on how many 3 and outs they had, or whether Dalton threw a pick 6 or not, because I acknowledge that the other team is made up of professional football players and coaches as well. Sometimes the other guys are going to get the better of our guys on a play, the same as our guys get the better of theirs.
That's a big part of why I'm not as down on Dalton as some of you guys. I understand and recognize that there is more to the outcome of a play than just what he contributed to it. Sometimes it was a bad throw, sometimes a defender got a hand on it (either near the receiver or at the line of scrimmage), sometimes the wind blew it a little off target, and sometimes the defending player just made a good play and got in front of the ball unexpectedly. And when they're playing against a team known for having a good defense, defenders getting a hand in there to disrupt a pass or pick it off is more likely to happen.
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- Kings are 8-0-0, undefeated at Staples. Best home start in franchise history
- Kings are perfect on the PK at home, and lead the league in PK percentage.
- Drew Doughty got on the scoreboard big time. Goal, assist, power play point, and +1 on the night.
- Justin Williams scores again. He has scored in every game during the home stand.
- Kevin Westgarth got in his first fights of the season, and definitely held his own.
Despite the fact that they were playing the Islanders, this was one of the most complete games that the Kings played. Everyone was responsible defensively. Jimmy made a great point that all the Kings players on the ice were constantly collapsing down low, and making sure someone had possession before they left the zone. Also,on the PK, they were extremely aggressive, and limited the Isles to almost no chances.
Anze Kopitar first goal was beautiful, and the second was a perfect example of crashing the net and being persistent. He has learned so much from Ryan Smyth, and that is a great example of why Deano picked him up. He got his 300th point tonight, and he will definitely be getting a lot more.
This team, even without Willie Mitchell and Ponikarovsky has played phenomenal The upcoming road, home, road trip will be a pretty good test, as the Kings will be playing some of the elite Eastern Conference teams. Hopefully they continue the fine tradition of the West pummeling the East.