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A person living with DID may have as few as two alters or as many as 100. The average number is about 10. Often alters are stable over time, continuing to play specific roles in the person's life for years. Some alters may harbor aggressive tendencies, directed toward individuals in the person's environment or toward other alters within the person.
At the time a person living with DID first seeks professional help, he or she is usually not aware of their condition. A very common complaint in people affected by DID is episodes of amnesia, or time loss. These individuals may be unable to remember events in all or part of a proceeding time period. They may repeatedly encounter unfamiliar people who claim to know them, find themselves somewhere without knowing how they got there or find items that they don't remember purchasing among their possessions.
While the causes are unknown, statistics show that DID occurs in 0.01 to 1 percent of the general population. DID is a serious mental illness that occurs across all ethnic groups and all income levels. It affects women nine times more than men.
In addition to experiencing separate identities, individuals living with DID may also experience many other symptoms. Some of these symptoms include:
Treatment for DID consists primarily of psychotherapy with hypnosis. The therapist attempts to make contact with as many alters as possible and to understand their roles and functions in an individual's life. In particular, the therapist seeks to form an effective relationship with any personalities that are responsible for violent or self-destructive behavior and to curb this behavior. The therapist aims to establish communication among the personality states and to find ones that have memories of traumatic events in an individual's past. The goal of the therapist is to enable the individual to achieve breakdown of the patient's separate identities and their unification into a single identity.
Retrieving and dealing with memories of trauma is important for a person living with DID, because this disorder is believed to be triggered by physical or sexual abuse in childhood. Young children have a pronounced ability to dissociate and it is believed that those who are abused may learn to use dissociation as a defense. In effect, the child slips into a state of mind in which it seems that the abuse is not really occurring to him or her, but to somebody else. In time, such a child may begin to emotionally and cognitively split into alternate identities. Research has shown that the average age for the initial development of alters is 5.9 years old.
In individuals where dissociation is thought to be a symptom of another mental illness such as borderline personality disorder (BPD) or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), treatment of the primary cause is of upmost importance.
Children affected by DID may experience a great variety of symptoms, including depressive tendencies, anxiety, conduct problems, episodes of amnesia, difficulty paying attention in school and hallucinations. Often these children are misdiagnosed as having schizophrenia. By the time the child reaches adolescence, it is less difficult for a mental health professional to recognize the symptoms and make a diagnosis of DID.
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Is height a requirement for a serious character?
That said, it's not bad being short, either. I never hit my head on door frames or overhead lights. Low ceilings don't particularly bother me, aside from design aesthetic. I can fit into literally any car on the market; there's never a problem having to squish my legs under a steering wheel. Plane seats have plenty of room for my legs, which is great on long flights. I have smaller hands, so my dad constantly asks me to pull things out of tight spaces, thread needles, or mess around with teeny-tiny wires and screws.
That said, it's continually kind of weird to look at all the short races in video games and see characters that aren't taken particularly seriously.
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Four Sketches : Work information
- Composers
- Amy Marcy Cheney Beach ( Music, Images,)
- Performed by
- Joanne Polk (Piano)
This work
- Work name
- Four Sketches
- Work number
- Op. 15
- Key
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- Genre
- Composed
- 1892-01-01 02:00:00
This recording
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- Engineer
- Adam Abeshouse
- Recording date
- 1997-10-14 00:00:00
The Composers
Amy Marcy Cheney Beach
Amy Marcy Beach (September 5, 1867 – December 27, 1944), was an American pianist and composer of classical music. She was the first successful female American composer. Many of her compositions and performances were under the name Mrs. H.H.A. Beach.
She was born Amy Marcy Cheney in Henniker, New Hampshire into a family of important political, military, and business figures. A child prodigy, she could sing forty songs by age 1, and composed her first song at the age of 4. She made her professional debut in Boston in 1883 and shortly thereafter appeared as a soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Following her marriage in 1885 to Dr. Henry H. A. (Harris Aubrey) Beach, a Boston surgeon 25 years older than her, she agreed to limit performances to one public recital a year and devoted herself instead to composition. After her husband died in 1910, she toured Europe as a pianist, playing her own compositions. She returned to America in 1914, where she spent time at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire. She died in New York City.
Her compositions include the Gaelic Symphony (1893), the Mass in E flat Major, a piano concerto, a piano quintet, a quantity of choral music, chamber music (including the Pastorale for winds), piano music, and the opera Cabildo (1932). She was most popular, however, for her songs. Her style of writing is mainly in a Romantic idiom, and is often compared to Brahms, although in her later works she experimented with techniques such as whole tone scales.
On July 9, 2000 at Boston's famous Hatch Shell, the Boston Pops paid tribute to Amy Beach. Her name was added to the granite wall on "The Shell". It joins 86 other composers such as Bach, Handel, Chopin, Debussy, Edward MacDowell, and Beethoven. Amy Beach is the only woman composer on the granite wall.


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Wedding ring match for this ring is Jid #97419 and Jid#226329
This ring is set with 42 side Princess diamonds total weight 1.87 carats and GH VS.
20 in the upper deck and 24 in the side lower channels.
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Tatuaje Cigars are one of the newest micro-brands to hit it big in the cigar world. "Tatuaje" means tattoo in Spanish. These cigars are blended as a partnership between "Tattoo" Pete Johnson and the cigar master himself, Don Pepin Garcia. Pete Johnson's background is that of a cigar buyer for the super swanky, ultra-exclusive Grand Havana Room of Beverly Hills. I guess one day he wanted to start making cigars of his own. These are full flavored, yet medium bodied cigars, a pleasure to smoke at anytime of the day. The Tatuaje Reservas can be split into 2 categories.
The Tatuaje Cojonu 2003, Gran Cojonu, Cojonu 2006, Cojonu 2009, RC 184, RC 233, Reserva A Uno, Reserva SW, and Reserva J21 are all made in Miami using Nicaraguan fillers and binders that are lovingly cradled with an Ecuadoran Habano wrapper.
The Tatuaje Petite Tatuaje Reserva, Petite Cazadores Reserva, and 7th Reserva are all rolled by Jaime Garcia at the My Father Cigars Factory in Nicaragua using the same binder and filler as the Miami line but this time with a Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro wrapper.
All of these cigars feature the blending and appearance of the old world Cuban cigars, right down to the skillfully applied triple cap. The flavor notes we find in this Tatuaje line are cedar wood, with hints of spice, cocoa, and pepper.
Despite being blended by Don Pepin, this cigar is slightly less flavorful than we've come to expect from him, but perhaps that is exactly what Pete Johnson is looking for. Judging by how fast these Tatuaje cigars fly off our shelves, Pete's on the right track.


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Dodge Caravan Lease Questions
daveguy71 Posts: 4To make a long story short Our Lease saga goes like this:
On Sunday 5-18-08, I traded in a 2001 Dodge Intrepid R/T and 2003 Chevy Malibu with trade in values of $2000 and $3500 respectively.
The Lease was for 256.23 per month.
Monday 5-19-08 I decided not to trade in the Intrepid for $2000, I gave them $2000 cash instead. The lease was rewritten to reflect the cash versus trade-in.
Friday 5-23-08 Finance guy calls and said that he had made an error of a few cents and could I come back in to resign the paperwork. I told him it would have to be on Monday 5-26-08. I could not make it on Monday and he called and left a voicemail asking me to come in on Wednesday.
I called Tuesday 5-27-08 but he had already left for the day, so I talked to one of the other finance guys. I asked him to check on the paperwork to see what the monthly payments were, he said $305+. I then asked him what the value of the trade in of the Malibu was and he said $2000.
Is it legit for him to make such a drastic change to the Lease contract.
BTW we went on a small trip over Memorial Day weekend and now have over 900 miles on the van.
Don't know what to do.
Any help would be great.
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jen_b Posts: 7Most certainly, yes, you can negotiate the price of the vehicle on a lease just the same as if you were purchasing it! I am currently negotating on a jeep liberty lease and they have agreed to $400 UNDER dealer invoice price.
I would take the time to build the exact vehicle you are buying on edmunds.com and it will tell you the dealer invoice price vs. the MSRP and it will also tell you an average of what others are paying for that vehicle. It also depends on what type of vehicle you are looking to buy, obviously with my deal, SUV's aka "gas hogs" are currently not too popular with the current gas prices, and dealers are quite desperate to sell, so they are negotiating heavily to move them off the lots.
I would not go into buying a new vehicle until you know the dealer cost, that is your best tool to negotiate, and once they know you have that information, it really is quite easy to negotiate. Good Luck to you. -
jen_b Posts: 7I should also mention that the $400 under invoice price is before any of the incentives are deducted, so after all the incentives, I am getting it for $4400 under invoice. The incentives do not come off the dealerships bottom line, so they should not be considered when negotiating, Chrysler is offering the incentives, not the dealership!
00sport Posts: 1I note a lack of activity in this forum since Chrysler Financial quit leasing.
Does anyone have experiences to share about what Chrysler/Dodge is offering to customers whose lease is ending?
I am leasing the above mentioned vehicle and its lease ends in June 2009. My lease is for 27 months @ 12K per year, $199 a month, and my end of lease buyout is $14K plus tax.
I would LOVE to extend this lease, but I'm sure that's not going to be an option I'm seriously thinking the buyout is a valid option even though all of the previous advice seemed to be against doing that. -
mike71_ca Posts: 1I had an incident with Dodge in Canada that I hope is okay to share here with the readers of this topic. Very educational and hopefully will help others when they try to close their old lease.
I leased a Dodge Grand Caravan in 2001 and paid ~$500/month for 48 months. I returned it 40 months later without any penalties because I got a new 2005 Dodge Caravan and leased it again for 48 months at $370/month. I got tired of Vans so I recently purchased a Dodge Journey which was an excellent decision, I feel. I have it for about 2 months now and it is great for the price.
When I made the deal with the sales person at the dealership I told him that I have 5 months remaining on my lease, will you take over that lease if I bought a new car from you ? He said yes, without a problem. He even calculated this price of ~$1900 into the deal and said that it won't be an issue.
I spoke with others who have leased cars in the past and returned the cars early to get new cars. They confirmed that they never had to sign anything for the old card when they picked up the new car.
I received a letter from Chrysler Financial last week to advise me that I owe them ~$1500 on my lease. I called my sales person and found out that he was only going to pay for 1 month of the lease and I will have to pay for the reaming 4 months. I went down to the dealer and spoke with him and the manager. Neither of them was helpful and all I heard was "I understand but...". I explained to them that it would make no sense to me to carry 2 car payments for the next 4 months had I known this was the deal. I reminded them that my wife was there when I mentioned the 5 months to him. He didn't care, sale was done and he wants nothing to do with me.
Very unfortunate situation for which I hope others will learn from. I am taking the dealer to court because I cannot afford to pay this $ figure to Chrysler Financial. Also, I got the media involved to make sure this scam does not happen again to anyone else, a complete waste of time.
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Hi phred84044. While it is true that Chryselr Financial is not Chrysler's captive finance company any longer, one can indeed still lease a Dodge Caravan if they want to. One of the banks that Chrysler has an affiliation with is Ally (the former GMAC).
Ally's current base lease rate and residual value for a 36 month lease of a 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan Mainstreet with 12,000 miles per year are 2.0% and 49%, respectively.
The numbers for an otherwise identical lease of an '11 Grand Caravan Crew are 0.5% and 48%.
There's also cash incentives on leases of this van, but they vary by region. I would be happy to try to give you an idea of what they're like in your area if you let me know what state you're in.
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Desert Islands Resort & Spa by Anantara ***** Desert Islands Resort & Spa by Anantara offers a five-star escape on Sir Bani Yas Island, long known for its natural and rugged beauty, with views over the Arabian Gulf's shimmering waters. A total of 64 rooms and suites are offered to guests, who can participate in a wide range of activities both inside and outside the resort, such as mountain biking, archery and kayaking. The hotel is best-known for offering safari drives through the local wildlife park, which contains thousands of indigenous animals, including the Arabian Oryx, Sand Gazelle and Mouth Gazelle, as well as free-roaming predators and scavengers such as the cheetah and hyena. If you're looking for rest and relaxation, opt for a signature treatment at the Anantara Spa, take a dip in the infinity-edge swimming pool or visit the onsite collection of restaurants, such as The Palm (international à la carte cuisine), The Lounge (hot drinks, aperitifs and cocktails) and Samak (beachside seafood grill).
Jumeirah at Etihad Towers ***** Jumeirah at Etihad Towers is a five-star hotel operated by the Dubai-based Jumeirah Group, offering 382 rooms and suites, in addition to 199 serviced residences. With stunning views of Abu Dhabi Corniche and the Arabian Gulf, the hotel includes some of the UAE capital's largest facilities for corporate and social events, together with recreational facilities such as a private beach, fully-equipped gym, three swimming pools and the luxurious Talise spa. For mouth-watering cuisine, there's a generous supply of dining options on hand, from the signature Li Beirut and Scott's restaurants to the casual Tori No Su, Brasserie Angélique and Rosewater eateries, to name a few. The hotel itself is a central part of the ambitious Etihad Towers complex, which also contains an office tower and three residential towers. Additional highlights at the flagship development include an observation deck (offering the highest vantage point of Abu Dhabi), two levels of boutique shopping and a women's beauty salon.
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Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 4:53 pm
Post subject: Games of Yore
Title in honor of the season.
Anyway, this is a thread for games you remember from your childhood. The arbitrary limit I'm going to set is at least ten years, because let's face it: If you can't remember your life longer than ten years ago, you're still in childhood.
Then I thought about it some more, and realized that was cruel. So the other limit is if you can't remember ten years ago, tell us about games you played when you were younger than ten years old. (If 'ten years ago' still puts you at older than ten, you don't have to observe this.)
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Red Rover
Played in grade school and summer camp
Two teams, hold hands stretched out in a long line, facing each other across a large field. Team A shouts, "Red Rover, Red Rover, please send... whisper whisper whisper giggle giggle giggle whisper... No! But - ... whisper giggle giggle... Hannah over!" Then Hannah runs across the field from Team B and tries to break through Team A's line. If she does, she grabs somebody from Team A and goes back to Team B. If she doesn't, she stays in Team B's line. Then Team B shouts Red Rover, and someone from Team A has to break through. Game is played until one team has all the players.
I loved this game! I miss it too. So, anyone else have fond or otherwise memories of childhood games?
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Keeper of the Library and the Gateway to Haven
Nem: "It's the sort of face you just know is getting ready to poke you with something sharp."
BS: "...then insist you eat a brownie."
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Deep Blue Sea Undercover - "Deep Sea"
At our week long family reunion at the beach.
One person is chosen to be "it" while the rest of the players form a team. The team chooses a captain secretly, and then informs It that they are ready. Everyone stands in a circle, eyes closed, and counts together. One by one, players from the team slip out and go to hide, until It is the only one counting. Players hide, while It looks for them. The object of the game is for the entire team to reunite in a single hiding place before It finds them all. If captured, the player is taken to a jail, and is forced to stay there. However, if they wish to risk it, another team member can sneak up- or run, if they are confident of their speed - and tag the captured member. If contact is made, the captured member is free to go. If the rescuer is the captain, eye-contact is the only thing required to set the member free. Messages and clues are allowed to be left by team members indicating direction, or location of the jail.
My cousins made it up one summer when I was about seven, we played it several times every year and got EXTREMELY creative in hiding places. Hanging off of balconies is an example.
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Stuck in the Mud
Played whenever in the pool
Basically, this is water freeze-tag. One person's It, and the rest scatter. When It tags you, you've got to stop moving, regardless of where you are. (Hopefully not in deep water or you'll be treading for a long time.) To unfreeze a person, a teammate has to swim between the frozen person's (the person who is 'stuck in the mud') legs. The goal is for It to tag everyone.
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played in the car on long trips
The first player says "Bankok." The next player must come up with the name of a city that begins with K, e.g. "Kalamazoo." The next player must come up with a city beginning with O, e.g. Osh Kosh. And so on -- each player must come up with the name of a city that begins with the last letter of the previous city.
City names cannot be repeated. If the name of the city ends in the word "city", e.g. "New York City", then disregard the last word and treat the previous one as the end of the name -- so "New York City" would call for a K name. Only real cities are allowed -- so no answers of "Munchkintown" or "Gondor."
A player is eliminated when he or she cannot come up with an appropriate city name in a reasonable time frame, usually a minute or two. When there are only two players left, and one of them cannot name a city with the current letter, then the other player must name a city starting with that letter in order to win. If he/she cannot, then it's a stalemate between the last two players.
Depending on how many people are in the car, it may be played in teams or individually. If there are young children present, they typically get to form a team with an adult even if others are playing individually, because otherwise they the game drags to a halt while they try to think of cities, or they get eliminated fast and then become cranky. Alternatively, young children may be allowed to look up cities in an atlas, which has the added benefit of being educational.
This is a loooooong game designed for car trips across the breadth of a continent. We played it usually when traveling from Denver, CO, to Washington, DC, a journey of about 1,600 miles, and a typical game would last from 4 to 6 hours. Pro-tip: watch passing signs identifying cities and write them down.
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Oooooh! I have many! Such as:
TV tag
Played when I was younger than ten
You need sand for this one, preferably at a park. You draw a square in the ground which will be your "TV" and then you write the initals of a movie and you get the other players to guess what it is. If one person gets it, they have to run around the TV, or the plaground equipment, ooor something to run around and if you get tagged you have to be "it" and make others guess your movie.
Capture the flag
Again, we used to play this near a park. One team drew a line in the sand dividing the playground equipment and each team has to hide their flag on their side of the line. This only works if everyone is looking away when the flag is being hidden. Once the flags are hidden, members from each other's team tries to find the flag on the other side of the line. If you get caught by another member from the opposing team, you're out of the game.
Again on playground equipment. One person is "It" and has to close their eyes. Then they have to tag someone and guess who it is. If you get it wrong you have to tag someone again and guess who they are again. If you get it right, the other person is it. You can't feel the person though, their clothes or their face. That's cheating
You can't touch the ground for more than 3 seconds either. Then you become it. That's why you have to be on the equipment for this one.
Freezer tag
If you got tagged, you couldn't move until someone touches you, then you unfreeze.
Zombie tag
Made up by my siblings and I. We'd bury one of us in this square sandbox and then the buried person would stand up, as if alive to tag the others. The person who's it though can't run, they have to walk. Well, zombies have stiff limbs y'know. We even walked with our arms streched out like frankenstein.
I guess that's all I have for now. Oh! Who could forget hide and seek? Skip rope games, clapping games...all the good stuff that I should teach my little sister
My older siblings and I used to play outside for hours.
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The Clinker Game
Played at parties
You need: 1 packet of clinkers.
You put all the clinkers in a bowl, then you pass them around and guess what colour they are on the inside. If you get it right, take another one and guess again. If not, pass it on.
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What's a clinker, panda?
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It's a coloured sweet thing covered in chocolate. The pink and yellow ones are the best, and the green ones are gross.
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So like an inverse M&M?
...In accordance with the prophesy.
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So like an inverse M&M?
Sounds more like an inverse, chocolate-covered skittle.
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Duck Duck Goose
All through the younger grades, from preschool up to about third, I guess.
You sit in a circle, and one person gets up to go around the outside. This person taps (strength of 'tap' varies depending on the child and his/her idea of 'funny') the sitters on head as he goes around, saying "Duck... duck... duck... duck..." When he gets tired of this, or the others in the circle get tired of this, he slaps somebody on the head and shouts "Goose!" then starts to run. The object of the game is for the first kid to get to the empty spot before the other kid tags him. If he's tagged, he goes and sits in the middle of the circle. If he gets to the empty spot and sits, the second kid becomes the tagger and starts the process over again.
One variation I remember is that we really ducked when the walker said 'Duck'. That might have been little-kid mischievousness, though. Also, as we got older, we called the center of the circle the soup pot, the salad bowl, the cheerleading squad, things like that.
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King of the Mountain
Played when I was six until they banned it at school when I was 9 years old.
This game reqires a large mound of dirt or snow. Very simple game, the goal is to become the "King" of the mound for as long as possible. The time goal varies, but in my case, there werent any. Several kids push each other over to retain the position and the "King" must defend the position.
It got banned because so many kids got injured (ie. bloody noses, broken bones, concussions). It was also a popular game at my school yard during winter time because we would have these
snow dump to play atop.
I miss that game.
The Killer
Throughout elementary. I'm sure there's several other names for it.
The goal is to find out who's the "Killer" is in the group. Everyone must close their eyes and someone (often the teacher) picks out a "Killer". Then when the person is chosen, everyone opens their eyes and goes around doing hand shakes. The Killer's job is to go around and stratch the victim's wrist with the index or middle finger (without having anyone see it). The victim must act out its death, but can't tell anyone who their Killer is. The winner is somone who guess the Killer.
Sometime in a large group, there can be more than one Killer.
Simon Says
Playing it since elementary.
A person becomes "Simon" and this person gets to tell other people what they do. For example, "Simon says you swim like fishes" and people pretend they're swimming like fishes and so on.
But if "Simon" doesnt say "Simon says dance like monkies" and instead says "Dance like monkies" and you do it. You lose and must become "Simon".
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Wink Murder
Played at parties
All the players stand in a circle and one is chosen as the "detective". The detective leaves the room and a "murderer" is chosen. The detective re-enters and stands in the middle of the circle. The murderer signals their vitims to die by winking at them and their victim enacts their (often loud and violent) death. The detective gets three guesses to work out who the murderer is. If they are unsuccessful they are murdered and the murderer becomes the detective. If they are successful they go outside again and a new murderer is chosen.
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(in the spirit of murder games. . .)
Been playing since I was 9 or so.
A narrator, or moderator, deals out cards to the group. A queen is the doctor, a king is a sheriff, an ace is mafia, and everything else is a civilian. Once everyone has seen their cards, the moderator says "Townspeople, go to sleep." Everyone puts their heads down and closes their eyes. The moderator tells the mafia to wake, and asks whom he or she would like to kill. The mafia points, and then goes back to sleep. The situation is repeated with the doctor, who is asked whom he or she would like to save, and the sheriff, who is asked whom he or she suspects - the sheriff will be told if they have correctly guessed the mafia, and it is up to them to convince everyone else. Everyone wakes up, and the moderator informs the group of who died, often with a funny story, and the process repeats. The goal is to kill the mafia before they kill you.
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Balak's sacrifice, Balaam pronounces a blessing instead of a curse. (1-10) Balak's disappointment, and second sacrifice, Balaam again blesses Israel. (11-30)
Verses 1-10 With the camps of Israel full in view, Balaam ordered seven altars to be built, and a bullock and a ram to be offered on each. Oh the sottishness of superstition, to imagine that God will be at man's beck! The curse is turned into a blessing, by the overruling power of God, in love to Israel. God designed to serve his own glory by Balaam, and therefore met him. If God put a word into the mouth of Balaam, who would have defied God and Israel, surely he will not be wanting to those who desire to glorify God, and to edify his people; it shall be given what they should speak. He who opened the mouth of the ass, caused the mouth of this wicked man to speak words as contrary to the desire of his heart, as those of the ass were to the powers of the brute. The miracle was as great in the one case as in the other. Balaam pronounces Israel safe. He owns he could do no more than God suffered him to do. He pronounces them happy in their distinction from the rest of the nations. Happy in their numbers, which made them both honourable and formidable. Happy in their last end. Death is the end of all men; even the righteous must die, and it is good for us to think of this with regard to ourselves, as Balaam does here, speaking of his own death. He pronounces the righteous truly blessed, not only while they live, but when they die; which makes their death even more desirable than life itself. But there are many who desire to die the death of the righteous, but do not endeavour to live the life of the righteous; gladly would they have an end like theirs, but not a way like theirs. They would be saints in heaven, but not saints on earth. This saying of Balaam's is only a wish, not a prayer; it is a vain wish, being only a wish for the end, without any care for the means. Many seek to quiet their consciences with the promise of future amendment, or take up with some false hope, while they neglect the only way of salvation, by which a sinner can be righteous before God.
Verses 11-30 Balak was angry with Balaam. Thus a confession of God's overruling power is extorted from a wicked prophet, to the confusion of a wicked prince. A second time the curse is turned into a blessing; and this blessing is both larger and stronger than the former. Men change their minds, and break their words; but God never changes his mind, and therefore never recalls his promise. And when in Scripture he is said to repent, it does not mean any change of his mind; but only a change of his way. There was sin in Jacob, and God saw it; but there was not such as might provoke him to give them up to ruin. If the Lord sees that we trust in his mercy, and accept of his salvation; that we indulge no secret lust, and continue not in rebellion, but endeavour to serve and glorify him; we may be sure that he looks upon us as accepted in Christ, that our sins are all pardoned. Oh the wonders of providence and grace, the wonders of redeeming love, of pardoning mercy, of the new-creating Spirit! Balak had no hope of ruining Israel, and Balaam showed that he had more reason to fear being ruined by them. Since Balaam cannot say what he would have him, Balak wished him to say nothing. But though there are many devices in man's heart, God's counsels shall stand. Yet they resolve to make another attempt, though they had no promise on which to build their hopes. Let us, who have a promise that the vision at the end shall speak and not lie, continue earnest in prayer, ( Luke 18:1 ) .
Numbers 23:1-30 . BALAK'S SACRIFICES.
1. Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars--Balak, being a heathen, would naturally suppose these altars were erected in honor of Baal, the patron deity of his country. It is evident, from Numbers 23:4 that they were prepared for the worship of the true God; although in choosing the high places of Baal as their site and rearing a number of altars ( 2 Kings 18:22 , Isaiah 17:8 , Jeremiah 11:13 , Hosea 8:11 , 10:1 ), instead of one only, as God had appointed, Balaam blended his own superstitions with the divine worship. The heathen, both in ancient and modern times, attached a mysterious virtue to the number seven; and Balaam, in ordering the preparation of so many altars, designed to mystify and delude the king.
3. Stand by thy burnt offering--as one in expectation of an important favor.
peradventure the Lord will come to meet me: and whatsoever he showeth me--that is, makes known to me by word or sign.
he went to an high place--apart by himself, where he might practise rites and ceremonies, with a view to obtain a response of the oracle.
4-6. God met Balaam--not in compliance with his incantations, but to frustrate his wicked designs and compel him, contrary to his desires and interests, to pronounce the following benediction ( Numbers 23:8-10 ).
7. took up his parable--that is, spoke under the influence of inspiration, and in the highly poetical, figurative, and oracular style of a prophet.
brought me from Aram--This word joined with "the mountains of the East," denotes the upper portion of Mesopotamia, lying on the east of Moab. The East enjoyed an infamous notoriety for magicians and soothsayers ( Isaiah 2:6 ).
8. How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed?--A divine blessing has been pronounced over the posterity of Jacob; and therefore, whatever prodigies can be achieved by my charms, all magical skill, all human power, is utterly impotent to counteract the decree of God.
9. from the top--literally, "a bare place" on the rocks, to which Balak had taken him, for it was deemed necessary to see the people who were to be devoted to destruction. But that commanding prospect could contribute nothing to the accomplishment of the king's object, for the destiny of Israel was to be a distinct, peculiar people, separated from the rest of the nations in government, religion, customs, and divine protection ( Deuteronomy 33:28 ). So that although I might be able to gratify your wishes against other people, I can do nothing against them ( Exodus 19:5 , Leviticus 20:24 ).
10. Who can count the dust of Jacob?--an Oriental hyperbole for a very populous nation, as Jacob's posterity was promised to be ( Genesis 13:16 , 28:14 ).
the number of the fourth part of Israel--that is, the camp consisted of four divisions; every one of these parts was formidable in numbers.
Let me die the death of the righteous--Hebrew, "of Jeshurun"; or, the Israelites. The meaning is: they are a people happy, above all others, not only in life, but at death, from their knowledge of the true God, and their hope through His grace. Balaam is a representative of a large class in the world, who express a wish for the blessedness which Christ has promised to His people but are averse to imitate the mind that was in Him.
13-15. Come, . . . with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them--Surprised and disappointed at this unexpected eulogy on Israel, Balak hoped that, if seen from a different point of observation, the prophet would give utterance to different feelings; and so, having made the same solemn preparations, Balaam retired, as before, to wait the divine afflatus.
14. he brought him into the field of Zophim . . . top of Pisgah--a flat surface on the summit of the mountain range, which was cultivated land. Others render it "the field of sentinels," an eminence where some of Balak's guards were posted to give signals [CALMET].
18, 19. Rise up--As Balak was already standing ( Numbers 23:17 ), this expression is equivalent to "now attend to me." The counsels and promises of God respecting Israel are unchangeable; and no attempt to prevail on Him to reverse them will succeed, as they may with a man.
21. He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob--Many sins were observed and punished in this people. But no such universal and hopeless apostasy had as yet appeared, to induce God to abandon or destroy them.
the Lord his God is with him--has a favor for them.
and the shout of a king is among them--such joyful acclamations as of a people rejoicing in the presence of a victorious prince.
22. he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn--Israel is not as they were at the Exodus, a horde of poor, feeble, spiritless people, but powerful and invincible as a reem--that is, a rhinoceros ( Job 39:9 , Psalms 22:21 , 92:10 ).
23. Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob--No art can ever prevail against a people who are under the shield of Omnipotence, and for whom miracles have been and yet shall be performed, which will be a theme of admiration in succeeding ages.
26. All that the Lord speaketh, that I must do--a remarkable confession that he was divinely constrained to give utterances different from what it was his purpose and inclination to do.
28. Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor--or, Beth-peor ( Deuteronomy 3:29 ), the eminence on which a temple of Baal stood.
that looketh toward Jeshimon--the desert tract in the south of Palestine, on both sides of the Dead Sea.


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BY LISA DONOVAN Cook County Reporter email@example.com February 5, 2013 12:28PM
On Monday, Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy looked at some of the hundreds of guns recently seized on the streets by police officers. I Brian Jackson~Sun-Times
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As gun violence continues to claim lives on Chicago's streets and a national conversation about access to high-powered weapons has grown louder in the wake of Connecticut's Sandy Hook school massacre, Cook County commissioners approved a new gun-control ordinance Tuesday aimed at straw purchasers.
With zero debate or discussion during the regular county board meeting, commissioners approved the gun-control ordinance, which the Chicago Sun-Times first reported last month. The new ordinance, which takes effect in August, will require firearm owners in suburban Cook County to report the make, model and serial number of lost, stolen, sold, transferred or destroyed firearms to the sheriff within 48 hours. It also empowers the sheriff to share that information with local law enforcement. Fines for violators start at $1,000.
The measure brings some uniformity on gun control in the county and Chicago. The city already has a similar reporting requirement on the books.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Mayor Rahm Emanuel are taking a tag-team approach to stem the flow of guns into the city – and into the hands of criminals, after 2012 saw 500-plus homicides and more of the same in the first month of the new year.
Emanuel is pushing to double the maximum jail time to six months for: possession of a firearm without a permit; possession of assault weapons and other firearms that cannot be registered in Chicago, and sale or possession of high-capacity magazines and metal-piercing bullets.
Preckwinkle said there is a city-county link when it comes to guns making their way in to the hands of "bad actors." After the county board meeting, she talked about a University of Chicago survey that showed 29 percent of weapons seized by Chicago Police at crime scenes were legally purchased at gun stores in suburban Cook County.
She said that "means they were purchased by straw purchasers, most likely — people who have firearms owner identification cards and buy weapons and then sell them to bad actors and gangbangers," she said.
When the guns are traced back to legal owners, the owners often tell police it was lost or stolen "when in fact, most often, that's not the case," she said.
Last week's fatal shooting Hadiya Pendleton, 15, in a park less than a mile from President Barack Obama's South Side home threw the spotlight on Chicago's almost daily gun violence, Preckwinkle said. Days before she was killed, Hadiya performed as a majorette at Obama's inauguration celebrations.
"I think that national polling has shown there's been a shift in public opinion in this country that goes back to the deaths of the young people in Newtown, Connecticut, and surely the magnitude of the problem was brought home by the recent death of this young woman," Preckwinkle said.
Earlier in the meeting, commissioners offered their condolences to the teen's family, but one elected leader said stricter gun control won't wipe out the violence plaguing communities across the Chicago area.
"We can pass every gun law in the world. We can get rid of them. The problem will still remain," said Commissioner Earlean Collins, a West Side Democrat,. "It isn't just about guns, it's about a whole culture change. It's about a real commitment to deal with it and address the problems of poverty, ignorance and disease and economic despair in those communities where people have lost all hope and respect and the values that we all cherish."


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Many folks have strong opinions regarding circumcision. There are countless threads that go on ad nauseum about that. I have very strong opinions about it myself, but I'd prefer not to derail this thread and turn it into one of those. Please, let's try to keep it positive and focus on celebrating the beauty of the foreskin.


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Sen. Mark Kirk returns to Congress after stroke
BY NATASHA KORECKI AND LYNN SWEET Sun-Times Reporters January 3, 2013 12:14PM
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Updated: February 5, 2013 6:25AM
WASHINGTON — One could see the strain on U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk's face Thursday as he began his ascent — at first with little help.
He planted a cane with four prongs on a stone step of the U.S. Capitol, put his weight on his right leg to lift his body, then swung his left leg to follow.
One slow, deliberate step at a time, Kirk scrunched his brow as he mouthed "one," then "two," continuing for the first five steps.
Then Kirk broke into a smile: the Illinois Republican who had to learn again how to walk since suffering a stroke nearly one year ago, had reached the first landing in a climb that would ultimately mean 45 steps.
"Welcome back man," Vice President Joe Biden shouted, then walked over and embraced Kirk to a round of applause. "I'm happy as can be to be here."
Biden tucked his left arm under Kirk's right side and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W Va.), Kirk's best friend in the Senate, placed an arm around Kirk's waist as they together helped steady Kirk up the steps.
A frigid wind was blowing on this 36-degree day. Still, in a rare moment of unity in a town often filled with rancor and divisiveness, dozens of colleagues — from both chambers, from both sides of the aisle — lined a set of Capitol steps outdoors to witness this story of triumph.
Some of the most notable politicians in the United States lined the Senate side of this edifice; U.S. senators John Kerry, Orrin Hatch, Harry Reid, Dick Durbin were among a few.
At one point, Kirk stopped and yelled out "Tammy!" to newly-minted congresswoman Tammy Duckworth, (D-Ill). Duckworth, an Iraqi veteran lost both her legs after her Blackhawk helicopter was shot down, was there to show support too, she said. Kirk stopped at another point, asking U.S. Sen Kay Hagan of North Carolina to come over. The two embraced.
"It's the culmination of a dream that I've had since I was in the hospital," said Kirk in an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times a day earlier.
Kirk, 53, suffered a stroke last January, which involved a series of brain surgeries including one where part of his head was removed to allow his brain to swell. Kirk has undergone months of aggressive rehab through the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.
"Seeing what he's done is just absolutely inspiring," said Kirk's physical therapist Michael Klonowski. Kirk's medical team traveled to Washington and talked to the media, saying Kirk had undergone about 100 physical therapy sessions — many of them under the umbrella of a clinical trial offered by the institute to people who suffered a stroke. The trial sought to measure a stroke patients progress after rigorous therapy, including treadmill walking.
Klonoswki insisted that Kirk received no special treatment because he was a U.S. senator. Sources close to Kirk said his retirement and savings accounts have been impacted as he's dipped into his own pocket to cover a portion of his medical expenses.
While Kirk does not suffer from paralysis on his left side, he had to teach himself how to walk again, in part by figuring it out in his mind, said one of Kirk's physicians, George Hornby.
Kirk explained he one day envisioned his left leg as a giant dead tuna stapled to his hip.
Once he figured that out: "you couldn't stop me from walking," he said in an interview a day earlier.
It was that steady progress that helped Kirk get to the point where he could attempt such a climb as he did on Thursday.
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How did it feel to be back?
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DISH Network(R) Introduces DISH Earth Channel
Posted 23 April 2009 - 09:34 PM
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Posted 23 April 2009 - 10:20 PM
... and it doesn't do much for it either. Yeah it free but who would pay for it. Let me know when this "SD" channel becomes more requested then SPEED or FX.BTW: I believe DISH could put up a free porn channel and some would still complain that it wasn't Speed HD or FX HD. People want what they want ... and even the best channel in the world won't satisfy if it is not the one they wanted. Adding this channel does not prevent the addition of any other channel.
Posted 23 April 2009 - 10:38 PM
I am curious if that channel could actually leave a burn out mark on the tv from where it shows the sun shining upon the Earth.
Posted 23 April 2009 - 10:56 PM
I had the same thought ... and did see a little afterglow when changing to a solid color channel. I suggest that one enjoy this channel in the daylight.I am curious if that channel could actually leave a burn out mark on the tv from where it shows the sun shining upon the Earth.
Posted 23 April 2009 - 11:12 PM
Posted 24 April 2009 - 03:15 AM
and I cant beleive the amount of people that think this channel is a plus
Thomas Edison would have loved it.
Posted 24 April 2009 - 06:28 AM
Posted 24 April 2009 - 06:57 AM
What does that comment you posted to my remark have to do with my comment TulsaOK? "Life is hard and harder if you are stupid".
Well, the part you quoted is called a "sig". The post was ":lol:".
I ":lol:'ed" thinking of someone who would watch that channel long enough to burn their screen.
Posted 24 April 2009 - 08:00 AM
Oh well, I think it's cool as hell.
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Posted 24 April 2009 - 11:16 AM
Do not watch for extended periods on your CRT projectors(RPT or otherwise).
I can't imagine anyone watching this channel for extended periods
However I might tune to it, turn off the TV, and listen to the classical music through my stereo set.
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Posted 24 April 2009 - 11:33 AM
One more channel added to my "Locked Channel List".
Yep that channel is locked! I wonder what Charlie was thinking.
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Posted 24 April 2009 - 11:39 AM
Posted 24 April 2009 - 02:33 PM
Paying for the Earth Channel doesn't make me unhappy. But Dish Network, unlike the technology company Echostar, is a retail service company that is sitting on the edge of financial non-viability.
It's management makes mundane financial decisions that make me worry about my TV signal subscription choice and could make me very unhappy in the long run. Those decisions do amaze me though, and not in a good way.
Posted 24 April 2009 - 02:57 PM
OTOH, I switched to it early this AM and was rewarded with Dylan's "Tangled Up in Blue", which was a nice way to start the day. Apparently they're going to use a variety of Sirius channels for the background music.
Posted 24 April 2009 - 05:25 PM
Dish owns the satellite. Dish owns the camera. Dish owns the channel slot that DISH Earth is showing on so no negotiations for carriage.
Dish doesn't own Speed HD, Dish doesn't choose the price it is being sold at to carry, a bit tougher to negotiate a carriage agreement than with DISH Earth.
LOL I wonder what EARTH is getting per sub for its glory?
Posted 24 April 2009 - 05:30 PM
It's management makes mundane financial decisions that make me worry about my TV signal subscription choice and could make me very unhappy in the long run. Those decisions do amaze me though, and not in a good way.
God gave you free will, you can always move on if you hate it that much. But come on, this doesn't cost DISH squat, your money isn't even in play here. It is not uncommon for sat's to have camera's on them, its just the first time anyone has made them public. Oh and let's not forget the millions of young people and schools that might like it. Just cause your old and don't appreciate the earth doesn't mean everyone isn't in awe if it.
Posted 24 April 2009 - 06:52 PM
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Posted 24 April 2009 - 10:21 PM
That way people who want to complain about E* have an aptly named channel to refer to......
Posted 25 April 2009 - 10:03 AM
This thread just goes to show that people will complain and bitch about anything if given the opportunity.
Absa-frickin-lutely! (+1)
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Beautiful blanket and color (I bought spa blue) but it sheds fuzzies on everything in sight. Not very practical for regular use and washing.
I bought this blanket to be used regularly for couch lounging. Its' weave is very wide, so no warmth, and it would not last with regular use. I'm returning it! I knew that as soon as I opened it!
I wish this was better quality. It is soft, and nice to look at, but the fibers stick to everything and it is awful if you are wearing a sweater or fleece... you can't use it. I should return it, because it just isn't working for me. Maybe I will.
The burgundy color is beautiful, and it is soft. But the weave is so loose that your toes go right through it!!! Annoying/not very warm. Plus it shed EVERYWHERE. There is red fuzz all over my apartment. Haven't decided if it's worth it or not to return. Not recommended.
This thing gets fuzz everywhere. The color I got was nothing like the photo, unfortunately, and to top it off it's very easy to slip your finger or toe right through it and create an even larger hole. I dunno... Did not find it worth the money spent. White is more of a beige.
Good value for price. Looks beautiful against white sofa.
The colors are nice, but more vibrant on the website. They are AMAZINGLY soft, though! My only complaint is that they "shed" easily.
Love my new throw! Color is perfect and feels great!
The threads on this blanket were so loose, it started falling apart on the 2nd day. Big hole in it on the second day, just from sitting on the couch and getting rubbed up against by my kids. I had to tie the threads back together and then wash it in hot water to tighten up the weave a bit. It also sheds all these fuzzy globs of hair everywhere that get caught all over your clothes, face, and eyelashes when you use it. Not good.
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