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- Date:22 Jun 2012
- Kick-off:19:45
- Venue:Arena Gdansk - Gdansk
- Philipp Lahm (39)
Sami Khedira (61)
Miroslav Klose (68)
Marco Reuss (74) - Giorgios Samaras (55)
Live Commentary
- 92mins
The scoreline ended up being a lot closer than the balance of play, but Germany are nevertheless deservedly through to the semi-finals and once again looked a very good side, albeit against highly conservative and inferior opponents. They created dozens of chances and scored some excellent goals - and no team in the tournament will fancy facing them on that form. Greece, meanwhile, are on their way home.
- 92mins
Full-time: Germany 4-2 Greece
- 89mins
And Salpingidis duly converts with a fine penalty into the bottom corner. It's little more than a consolation, though.
- 89mins
Goal! Germany 4-2 Greece (Dimitris Salpingidis)
- 88mins
Torosidis' cross connects with Boateng's arm and a spot-kick is given.
- 87mins
Penalty to Greece!
- 85mins
Another chance for Ozil, who plays a one-two with Gomez on the edge of the box before firing in a left-footed shot which Sifakis grasps at the second attempt.
- 82mins
Another speculative chance for Greece as Fotakis tries his luck from distance, but Schweinsteiger's slight deflection took the sting out of the shot and made it an easy save for Neuer.
- 80mins
Great chance for Germany as Ozil slaloms his way though virtually the entire Greek defence and unleashes a shot which Sifakis can only parry into the path of Gomez, but the Bayern Munich striker was ruled offside.
- 79mins
Double substitution for Germany, who replaces Klose with Mario Gomez and Reus with Mario Gotze.
- 75mins
Papastathopoulos picks up a yellow card for a foul that had frustration written all over it. It's been a difficult night for the Greeks to say the least.
- 74mins
Another brilliant strike. Klose's shot from the edge of the six-yard box on the left ricocheted up into the air and into the path of Reus, who volleyed it in off the crossbar with a venomous shot from 15 yards.
- 74mins
Goal! Germany 4-1 Greece (Marco Reus)
- 73mins
Desperation is setting in for Greece as Liberopoulos shoots from all of 40 yards, but not surprisingly it flies over.
- 72mins
Change for Greece, as Nikos Liberopoulos replaces Makos.
- 71mins
Germany are rampant again now and Muller has just had a shot from the right channel tipped around the post.
- 68mins
That should be that now. A free-kick from close to the corner flag on the right is nodded in by veteran striker Klose, who had risen above Papadopoulos. Straight from the restart, Klose had the chance to score again but his low, right-footed shot was saved by the legs of Sifakis.
- 68mins
Goal! Germany 3-1 Greece (Miroslav Klose)
- 67mins
Substitution for Germany, who send on Muller for Schurrle.
- 65mins
Greece look like they have finally got a taste for attacking because, for the first time in the game, they have pushed five or six men into the German half and won a corner, only for Kyriakos Papadopoulos to head wide.
- 62mins
But a chance for Greece at the other end now as Gekas collects the ball on the edge of the box and fires a right-footed shot over.
- 61mins
Brilliant goal from the Real Madrid man. Ozil fed Jerome Boateng on the right and he crossed for Khedira to smash a volley into the roof of the net from the penalty spot.
- 61mins
Goal! Germany 2-1 Greece (Sami Khedira)
- 59mins
Germany look undeterred by that goal, though, and are still dominating possession and attacking almost continually.
- 57mins
Gekas has actually made a big impact for Greece. They hardly touched the ball for the first five minutes of the second half but the veteran striker has since brought energy and invention to Greece as an attacking side. That said, they definitely don't deserve to be level.
- 55mins
Absolutely incredible. Gekas releases Dimitris Salpingidis down the right, who crosses for Samaras to tap in via a deflection off Neuer. Germany, of all teams, are stung on the break. Amazing.
- 55mins
Goal! Germany 1-1 Greece (Georgios Samaras)
- 53mins
Chance from a corner for Germany as Ozil floats a cross towards Badstuber, but the defender's volley lacked conviction and flew harmlessly high and wide.
- 52mins
Greece break two-on-two with Gekas and Georgios Samaras, but the duo can't combine and this time it's Germany's turn to clear.
- 51mins
Greece made two posititve changes at the break but are yet to show any improvement in their attacking threat. It's all Germany again.
- 49mins
Another chance for Germany as Ozil sweeps in a free-kick from the right deep to the back post for Holger Badstuber to head it down, but there was no one there to convert the opportunity and Greece once again cleared.
- 48mins
That was one of the most one-sided first halves you could wish to see. Germany have dominated from the first second to the last and created enough chances to win the tournament, let alone the game. The fact they are only 1-0 ahead is a miracle for Greece, who have offered absolutely nothing and won't be mounting a comeback if their woeful, unadventurous first-half showing is anything to go by.
- 47mins
Half-time: Germany 1-0 Greece
- 47mins
Now Germany switch attention to the right wing, where Klose beats his man, bursts into the box and crosses, but the danger is cleared.
- 46mins
We're back under way in the second half, and Germany are straight back on the ball and attacking down the left flank. They win a corner but play it short and resume passing it patiently from one side of the pitch to the other. They've got no need to rush.
- 46mins
And for a third time Schurrle is allowed to cut in from the left and shoot, and this time his effort hits the near side-netting. Fine effort and unlucky not to score.
- 44mins
Lahm charges forward again and shapes to shoot from exactly the same spot as his goal, but instead lays it off and the momentum of the move is lost. Germany can be pleased to lead, but equally frustrated not to be completely out of sight.
- 43mins
Once again Schurrle picks up the ball on the left, cuts in and shoots, but this time his right-footed effort is deflected wide for a corner, which is cleared.
- 41mins
Greece have no choice but to come out of their shell now. Unless they attack, they're out, but that could just as easily open the floodgates for Germany.
- 39mins
Finally Germany make the breakthrough, and it's full-back Lahm who shows his attacking team-mates how it's done by picking the ball up on the left, cutting inside and sweeping an outswinging strike from the edge of the box into the far corner. Fine goal.
- 39mins
Goal! Germany 1-0 Greece (Philipp Lahm)
- 35mins
Chance for Germany as Ozil sets up Khedira to drive a low, right-footed shot towards the bottom corner, but Sifakis gets his body in the way and the rebound is cleared. Another major let-off for Greece.
- 32mins
But Germany resume normal service through Schurrle on the left wing, who beats Greece right-back Torosidis, cuts inside and sends a right-footed shot whistling across goal and wide.
- 31mins
Chance for Greece, though, as Ninis draws a sprawling save from Neuer with a left-footed shot from the edge of the box, but there were no Greek players following in to hammer home the rebound.
- 29mins
And now Germany slow it down again, knocking the ball around and using the full width of the pitch. Changes in tempo are definitely a feature of their game tonight.
- 26mins
That was an incredible passage of play, with Germany creating four clear-cut chances within 90 seconds. How they aren't ahead by now is quite amazing.
- 24mins
And another great chance for Germany as the ball is played out to Reus with a clear view of goal in the right channel, but he slices his right-footed shot wide. Greece can't hang on like this for long.
- 23mins
Another great chance for Germany as Reus steers a low ball towards Klose at the back post, but the veteran striker can't quite get a touch three yards out with the goal gaping.
- 22mins
Great chance for Germany as Klose and Reus combine to set up Ozil to shoot at goal, but his point-blank effort is straight at Sifakis. He should have scored. Meanwhile, Reus has just had a shot from an angle turned around the post.
- 22mins
Virtually every Greek player is in their own half now as Germany patiently probe for an opening.
- 18mins
On the rare occasions Greece do get the ball, they're struggling to string two passes together. The lone striker is too isolated because the midfielders are too preoccupied with defending to help out going forward.
- 16mins
Germany have dropped it down a gear after their flying start. They're now building play up a lot more patiently and looking to draw the Greek defence out and then exploit gaps.
- 14mins
Georgios Samaras is booked for Greece for a late challenge on Bastian Schweinsteiger.
- 10mins
Fine chance for Germany after a brilliant flowing moved involving Khedira, Klose and Ozil split the Greek defence and played Reus through on goal, but he was off balance as he struck the ball and his left-footed shot sailed wide.
- 9mins
Greece are finally starting to put pressure on Germany in possession and make some challenges, but they still look completely outclassed.
- 7mins
Greece venture up the pitch for the first time and Makos shoots for goal from 25 yards out, but his left-footed effort lacked conviction and was easily saved by Manuel Neuer.
- 6mins
Another chance for Germany as Khedira fires over from distance. This is looking very ominous for Greece, who are already being completely overrun.
- 3mins
Goal for Germany, but it's disallowed. Sami Khedira fires in a shot that Greek goalkeeper Michalis Sifakis spills to the feet of Ozil, who taps in, but is then ruled offside.
- 2mins
Germany launch another attack down the right as Reus sweeps a low ball into the box, but Klose in the centre slipped, allowing a flustered Greek defence to clear.
- 1mins
Germany go straight on the attack, with Mesut Ozil playing in Klose, but the Lazio striker was ruled offside. A warning to Greece nonetheless.
- 1mins
Greece, in all blue, get the game under way, with the Germans in their traditional white.
The national anthems have been sung so we're ready for kick-off. Surely the Greeks can't spring a surprise.
The teams are in the tunnel, with the Germans being led out by Philipp Lahm and Greece by Kostas Katsouranis.
Holger Badstuber is the only German player going into the game on a yellow card, while for Greece, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Dimitris Salpingidis and Vasilis Torosidis are all a booking away from a one-match ban.
The winner of tonight's match will go on to face either England or Italy on Thursday.
This is only the second time Greece have reached the quarter-finals of a major tournament. The last time was at Euro 2004, when they went on to lift the trophy.
Germany not only go into the game with a better squad on paper, but they also have history on their side. They are unbeaten in their previous eight games against Greece, winning five of those. They have also won their last 14 competitive matches, including all of their Euro 2012 qualifiers and group games.
And here is the Greek team: (4-2-3-1) Sifakis; Torosidis, Sokratis, Papadopoulos, Tzavellas; Makos, Maniatis; Ninis, Katsouranis, Samaras; Salpingidis. Subs: Chalkias, Malezas, Liberopoulos, Mitroglou, Fotakis, Gekas, Fortounis, Fetfatzidis, Tzorvas.
Here's how Germany will line up: (4-2-3-1) Neuer; Boateng, Hummels, Badstuber, Lahm; Khedira, Schweinsteiger; Reus, Ozil, Schurrle; Klose. Subs: Wiese, Gundogan, Schmelzer, Howedes, Podolski, Muller, Bender, Mertesacker, Kroos, Gotze, Gomez, Zieler.
Germany are overwhelming favourites to reach the semi-finals tonight and have duly rested their first-choice front three. Mario Gomez, Thomas Mueller and Lukas Podolski all drop out and are replaced by Miroslav Klose, Andre Schurrle and Marco Reus. In defence, Jerome Boateng returns from suspension in place of Lars Bender. Greece, meanwhile, are without suspended captain Giorgos Karagounis and also drop Fanis Gekas, replacing the duo with Sotiris Ninis and Grigoris Makos.
Welcome along to our coverage of tonight's quarter-final between Germany and Greece in Gdansk. Germany qualified after dominating Group B, winning all three of their games, while Greece stunned Russia with a 1-0 win to progress from Group A as runners-up.
Greece have made a second change, sending on Georgios Fotakis for Georgios Tzavelas.
The teams are on their way back out, and Greece are making a change, with Fanis Gekas replacing Ninis.
- Joachim Loew Coach
- Manuel Neuer Goal
- Jerome Boateng Defender
- Mats Hummels Defender
- Holger Badstuber Defender
- Philipp Lahm Defender
- Marco Reuss Midfielder
- Sami Khedira Midfielder
- Mesut Ozil Midfielder
- Bastian Schweinsteiger Midfielder
- Andre Schuerrle Midfielder
- Miroslav Klose Forward
- Tim Wiese Substitute
- Ron-Robert Zieler Substitute
- Marcel Schmelzer Substitute
- Benedikt Howedes Substitute
- Per Mertesacker Substitute
- Ilkay Gundogan Substitute
- Lars Bender Substitute
- Toni Kroos Substitute
- Lukas Podolski Substitute
- Thomas Mueller
- Mario Gomez
- Mario Goetze
- Fernando Santos Coach
- Michalis Sifakis Goal
- Vassilis Torosidis Defender
- Kyriakos Papadopoulos Defender
- Sokratis Papastathopoulos Defender
- Giorgos Tzavelas Defender
- Sotiris Ninis Midfielder
- Grigoris Makos Midfielder
- Konstantinos Katsouranis Midfielder
- Giannis Maniatis Midfielder
- Giorgios Samaras Midfielder
- Dimitrios Salpingidis Forward
- Kostas Chalkias Substitute
- Alexandros Tzorvas Substitute
- Stelios Malezas Substitute
- Kostas Fortounis Substitute
- Giannis Fetfatzidis Substitute
- Kostas Mitroglou Substitute
- Giorgos Fotakis Substitute who played
- Fanis Gekas Substitute who played
- Nikos Liberopoulos Substitute who played
Match Report
Four-star Germans blast Greeks to reach Euro semis
Germany booked their place in the last four of Euro 2012 as Joachim Loew's side hammered Greece 4-2 on Friday after dominating their quarter-final.
Germany ran riot as captain Philipp Lahm, Sami Khedira, veteran striker Miroslav Klose and Marco Reus all got on the score-sheet to cancel out Giorgos Samaras' and Dimitris Salpingidis' second-half strikes for the Greeks.
Germany will now play England or Italy, who meet in Sunday's Kiev quarter-final, in the semi-final at Warsaw's National Stadium on Thursday as they inflicted Greece's heaviest defeat at a European championships.
It eclipsed the Greeks' 3-1 defeat at the hands of Czechoslovakia in 1980.
The Germans dominated at Arena Gdansk with 700 first-half passes completed compared to the Greeks 70 and the Germans' ball possession never dropped below 60 percent.
Greece coach Fernando Santos brought in Grigoris Makos for suspended captain Giorgos Karagounis, who scored the winning goal against Russia which put the Euro 2004 winners in the last eight, with midfielder Kostas Katsouranis named as skipper.
Loew pulled off a pre-match triple surprise by leaving out striker Mario Gomez, plus forwards Lukas Podolski and Thomas Mueller in a bold move.
Klose won his 120th cap to come in for Gomez to claim his 64th international goal leaving him just four short of Gerd Mueller's all-time Germany record.
Borussia Dortmund-bound Reus capped his first Euro 2012 appearance with a goal at Mueller's expense to win only his seventh cap while Bayer Leverkusen's Andre Schuerrle took Lukas Podolski's place on the left wing.
The Germans had the ball in the net after only four minutes as Khedira's shot was only parried by Greek goalkeeper Michaelis Sifakis, who was soon beaten, but Schuerrle was flagged for offside.
Celtic's Samaras earned the first booking when he ran his boot down the back of Germany's Bastian Schweinsteiger's ankle on 14 minutes while Sotiris Ninis forced Germany's Manuel Neuer into a rare save on 31 minutes.
With the Germans enjoying 70 percent ball possession, the goal they had been threatening came on 39 minutes when Lahm burst through the left side of the Greek defence and fired home from the edge of the area.
It was a carbon copy of the goal Lahm scored against Costa Rica, the first of the 2006 World Cup, and his fifth for his country on his 90th appearance.
Greece coach Fernando Santos added an extra forward after the break with Sotiris Ninis making way for Fanis Gekas and midfielder Giorgos Fotakis on for defender Giorgos Tzavellas.
The switch paid off when Samaras slipped his marker Jerome Boateng to bundle the ball home from the cross of Salpingidis, who outpaced Lahm on the right flank on 55 minutes.
But Germany reclaimed the lead thanks to a volley from Real Madrid's Khedira whose late run connected with Boateng's cross to leave Sifakis with no chance.
Klose added to his impressive tally with a header from a Ozil free-kick on 68 minutes, while Reus scored the fourth when Klose latched onto Ozil's pass, forcing Sifakis into a save.
But the ball fell to the Dortmund man, who hit the net on 74 minutes.
With time almost up Salpingidis scored from the penalty spot after Boateng's foul, but it was too little, too late.


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Homeland Security:
Federal Efforts Are Helping to Alleviate Some Challenges Encountered by State and Local Information Fusion Centers
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In general, a fusion center is a collaborative effort to detect, prevent, investigate, and respond to criminal and terrorist activity. Recognizing that fusion centers are a mechanism for information sharing, the federal government--including the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Program Manager for the Information Sharing Environment (PM-ISE), which has primary responsibility for governmentwide information sharing and is located in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence--is taking steps to partner with fusion centers. In response to Congressional request, GAO examined (1) the status and characteristics of fusion centers and (2) to what extent federal efforts help alleviate challenges the centers identified. GAO reviewed center-related documents and conducted interviews with officials from DHS, DOJ, and the PM-ISE, and conducted semistructured interviews with 58 state and local fusion centers. The results are not generalizable to the universe of fusion centers. Data are not available on the total number of local fusion centers.
Most states and many local governments have established fusion centers to address gaps in information sharing. Fusion centers across the country vary in their stages of development--from operational to early in the planning stages. Officials in 43 of the centers GAO contacted described their centers as operational, and 34 of these centers had opened since January 2004. Law enforcement entities, such as state police or state bureaus of investigation, are the lead or managing agencies in the majority of the operational centers GAO contacted; however, the centers varied in their staff sizes and partnerships with other agencies. Nearly all of the operational fusion centers GAO contacted had federal personnel assigned to them. For example, DHS has assigned personnel to 17, and the FBI has assigned personnel to about three quarters of the operational centers GAO contacted. DHS and DOJ have several efforts under way that begin to address challenges fusion center officials identified. DHS and DOJ have provided many fusion centers access to their information systems, but fusion center officials cited challenges accessing and managing multiple information systems. Both DHS and the FBI have provided security clearances for state and local personnel and set timeliness goals. However, officials cited challenges obtaining and using security clearances. Officials in 43 of the 58 fusion centers contacted reported facing challenges related to obtaining personnel, and officials in 54 fusion centers reported challenges with funding, some of which affected these centers' sustainability. The officials said that these issues made it difficult to plan for the future and created concerns about the fusion centers' ability to sustain their capability for the long-term. To support fusion centers, both DHS and the FBI have assigned personnel to the centers. To help address funding issues, DHS has made several changes to address restrictions on the use of federal grants funds. These individual agency efforts help address some of the challenges with personnel and funding. However, the federal government has not clearly articulated the long-term role it expects to play in sustaining fusion centers. It is critical for center management to know whether to expect continued federal resources, such as personnel and grant funding, since the federal government, through the information sharing environment, expects to rely on a nationwide network of centers to facilitate information sharing with state and local governments. Finally, DHS, DOJ, and the PM-ISE have taken steps to develop guidance and provide technical assistance to fusion centers, for instance, by issuing guidelines for establishing and operating centers. However, officials at 31 of the 58 centers said they had challenges training their personnel, and officials at 11 centers expressed a need for the federal government to establish standards for training fusion center analysts to help ensure that analysts have similar skills. DHS and DOJ have initiated a technical assistance program for fusion centers. They have also developed a set of baseline capabilities, but the document was still in draft as of September and had not been issued.
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Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: In October 2007, we reviewed state and local fusion centers, challenges these centers identified in establishing and operating, and federal efforts to support these centers. We reported, among other things, that despite Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) efforts to deploy personnel to fusion centers and DHS's grant funding, center officials were concerned about long-term sustainability, both the extent of federal support they could expect, as well as the roles of their state or local jurisdictions. Further we reported that decisions could be made and articulated to fusion centers about how the federal government views its role with respect to providing resources as short-term for start-up or longer term for operational needs. DHS and the Program Manager for the Information Sharing Environment (PM-ISE), in collaboration with the FBI and others, have undertaken several efforts to define DHS's, and the federal government's, roles and responsibilities in supporting the development and sustainment of a national network of fusion centers, as envisioned in the National Strategy for Information Sharing. For example, the PM-ISE issued a Federal Resource Allocation Criteria policy in June 2011 establishing criteria and a coordinated approach to help ensure that federal agencies provide appropriate support to fusion centers. In addition, DHS, in collaboration with the PM-ISE and the FBI, conducted an assessment of fusion centers' capabilities from October 2010 through August 2011, and in May 2012 reported on centers' core operational capabilities as well as national network strengths and areas for improvement. In its report, DHS recommended, among other things, that DHS and its federal partners should focus on assisting fusion centers to address existing capability gaps and should concentrate support in training, technical assistance services, and federal personnel when assisting centers in building their capabilities. The repeatable annual assessment is intended to provide insight into the national network's current capacity, be a tool for enabling the development of a more robust capability across fusion centers, and inform federal support to fusion centers. These actions, along with the continued annual assessment process, are consistent with our recommendation.
Recommendation: To improve efforts to create a national network of fusion centers, the National Fusion Center Coordination Group (NFCCG), through the Information Sharing Council and the Program Manager for the Information Sharing Environment (PM-ISE), should determine and articulate the federal government's role in, and whether it expects to provide resources to, fusion centers over the long-term to help ensure their sustainability. Particular emphasis should be placed on how best to sustain those fusion center functions that support a national information sharing capability as critical nodes of the ISE.
Agency Affected: National Fusion Center Coordination Group (NFCCG)
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Department of Homeland Security:
Progress Made, but More Work Remains in Strengthening Management FunctionsGAO-15-388T: Published: Feb 26, 2015. Publicly Released: Feb 26, 2015.
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Continued Action Needed to Strengthen Management of Administratively Uncontrollable OvertimeGAO-15-95: Published: Dec 17, 2014. Publicly Released: Dec 17, 2014.
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Aviation Security:
Rapid Growth in Expedited Passenger Screening Highlights Need to Plan Effective Security AssessmentsGAO-15-150: Published: Dec 12, 2014. Publicly Released: Dec 12, 2014.
Nov 6, 2014
Information Sharing:
DHS Is Assessing Fusion Center Capabilities and Results, but Needs to More Accurately Account for Federal Funding Provided to CentersGAO-15-155: Published: Nov 4, 2014. Publicly Released: Nov 6, 2014.
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Combating Nuclear Smuggling:
Risk-Informed Covert Assessments and Oversight of Corrective Actions Could Strengthen Capabilities at the BorderGAO-14-826: Published: Sep 22, 2014. Publicly Released: Oct 14, 2014.
Sep 30, 2014
Unmanned Aerial Systems:
Department of Homeland Security's Review of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Use and Compliance with Privacy and Civil Liberty Laws and StandardsGAO-14-849R: Published: Sep 30, 2014. Publicly Released: Sep 30, 2014.
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I believe that ghosts exist(they're only transparent & couldn't harm you, just like spirits!). I believe in God and also realize the existence of demons......
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I believe that ghosts exist(they're only transparent & couldn't harm you, just like spirits!). I believe in God and also realize the existence of demons......
I have encountered angry spirits and happy spirits and i have been attacked by a disgruntaled one, but i hope to my Great Lord God that I never encounter a demon.
Do I believe in ghost?
Hummm, I guess I do.
Life can be ended so simply.
For the haunted souls out there you may do as many have done before.
Remain here to Haunt others.
Or to show them something that you must before you pass on.
I swear theres always something beside me at all times,
Maybe a ghost??
I dont really know yet,
I know it leads me forward and never back.
Im in the middle beuase there are some things that happen and cant eb explained. But I have heard some weird stories from my friends about things happening in their house that makes em thing there are ghosts. For example one of my friends grandpa died about 10 years ago and after the funeral she told me her piano would start playing in the middle of the night when everyone was asleep.
yeah i do belive in them, they are jus misserable souls that couldn't go to heaven because they have regrets here on earth.
I am not so 100% sure what happens to the souls, does some get trapped on earth or do they all go to certain places although the demons i do know of them and i am very weiry of them because we are warned in the Bible that they might try and do something to us but then again i am not afraid of them either, because i believe in God and God gave us power over them so they cannot harm us when God is by our side so yeah whatever happens to the okes that die that is something i don't worry about because it is not our decision.
According to the Bible there is a place that all the souls go awaiting Judgment so if some are waiting for judgement i think they cannot move around freely because they have no will of their own and the ones moving around is definitely the demons i can surely tell u that.
O'i saw the first thread was mentioning Mediums don't be so sure that when anybody act as a medium that they are realy talking to the dead they are not, this demons are very clever don't understimate their ability to deceive us because in that way the humans are very gullable because they can do things we cannot and therefore we get drawn into their web of deciete and lies.
I know this will become a hot despute...
I say that I'm not sure. I never believe that anything is 100% impossible or improbable even if its been researched and proved.
...I wont deny it but I also wont believe it til I see it myself.
i honestly can't answer this question,id have to see one


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(JACKSON, MI) Rad R/C Racing Products is now ScottyRocket R/C Products!!! It's really no more than a much needed name change. However, at the same time we are moving into a different facility in Jackson, MI. This will allow us to focus on improving the current product line as well as finish development on some new things we have been working on and off for a while now.
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This is meant to help people who have had trouble running Shimeji's.
I once downloaded a shimeji and whatever I tried wouldn't work, and it turned out I was only clicking one wrong thing!
This is what works for me, since my computer's pretty old and doesn't like to make things work. If this doesn't work for you, I'm really sorry :c We might be using a different type of computer, internet browser, etc. I'd like to hear and questions you may have, and though I'm not a Shimeji expert, I'll try to help out in any way I can~
1. Downloading Files
I always download .ZIP files from MediaFire. Before I downloaded any Shimeji's, I installed something wierd called WinZip, which is a program for extracting files. It's pretty safe, but can get kind of annoying sometimes. You can download the free evaluation trial if you like, or buy it. I only have the trial, so it will most likely end soon, but that's alright. Anyway, download the .ZIP, then WinZip will appear onscreen with the Shimeji file. Right click the entire folder and select "Extract". It opens my documents, and I click "Unzip" at the bottom right. It then shows you the extracing process then opens your Documents. The folder will usually be named Shimeji_character name here. For example, the shimeji you see in the preview image climbing on the window is my Hetalia OC for Wales. Her file name is Shimeji_Wales.
After your see the folder, you may copy (I am unsure if moving it corrupts the file, this is just to be safe) it to a Shimeji folder if you wish, which is just something downloaders make to hold all of their Shimeji folders in one place. This is entirely optional. You can also close WinZip now.
2. Opening the Shimeji Folder
Once you have your Shimeji folder open, you will see six files- "conf", "img", and "lib" which are folders; two files named Shimeji, and a text document (sometimes). The text is just for copyright. The conf folder is for other files, and the lib is for Executable Jar files. Anything extra may mess up the Shimeji. The img is for all of the images, don't mess with these unless you want to make your own Shimeji, which I will go over later. This is crucial for the life of your Shimeji- some files in the conf folder may need to be renamed. You should only do this if it says so in the description where you downloaded, this is why you must always read the description. It will say what you need to rename them to in the description. Now, (after you renamed the files if necessary) to start up the your little desktop buddy, all you need to do is double click the Shimeji Executable Jar File. It has the little Java icon on it. You may need to wait a moment after you click, be paitent! After a moment you will see their little icon (will vary depending on Shimeji character, for example, Hetalia character's icons will be flags) and they will fall from the sky!
2.5 Java Problems
Sometimes, a Japanese error message will appear saying you need to update Java. You can do this just in case, but if it appears more than once, you may be doing something wrong. This is most likely caused by you clicking the wrong Shimeji file- the "Application" file. Click the Executable Jar instead and see if it works~
3. Playing with your Shimeji
Your desktop buddy will walk around and entertain themself. This includes sitting, climbing on the walls of your screen, throwing your web browsers, and even cloning themselves! If you leave a Shimeji alone for long enough, you may have thousands (not really, maybe 40) of little clones running around your screen. With your shimeji, you can pick them up, wave them around, toss them, and clone them yourself. If you right-click their icon at the bottom right of your screen, a small window pops up. It may be in Japanese or boxes. The first one is to make another Shimeji fall from the sky. You can also do this by left-clicking the icon. The second is "Come here!" where all of your Shimeji's of that type will follow your cursor and sit when they get to it. After a while, they will begin moving again. The third will make all but one Shimeji poof, this is just in case you do get 40 on your screen and your internet (or whatever you have pulled up) will lag (it's what mine does "xD). The fourth will make any IE browers appear back onscreen if your Shimeji has thrown them off. This will not close your program, don't worry. The final button will close the Shimeji file all together. You can have more than one Shimeji program up at once, too!
4. Making your Own
To make your own Shimeji, download an already-made one for the base. You should probably ask the artist of the base if you can use it. Though most will most likely agree and say it's perfectly fine, you should still be polite. That's just me talking though c:
So, to begin, go to the base's img folder. Open one file at a time in Photoshop, SAI, GIMP, etc. and trace over it. DO NOT make an exact copy or recolor of the base. Just try to use it as a guide to tell you what pose does what, because it DOES matter. After you've traced and colored over the base, you can save it as a PNG over the file. There are several Shimeji-making tutorials on dA, go look up one of those if you need a visual aid~
FAQ and Notes
To rename the conf files, you will have to rename the 43KB one- 動作
The 10KB one will need to be renamed- 行動
Thank you for taking your time to read this tutorial, I hope it helped! If it did, or you find anything wrong with this, please mention something~ Have fun with your Shimeji!


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So tonight I went to my garden
On the day I had planted my garden there was a Somali woman and her daughter in the park that my garden is in. We had talked briefly about what I was planting and when I showed her a picture of the carrots, she told me they planted carrots in Africa. I told her that if she came back in August I would give her carrots.
Tonight, she was there again, sitting at the picnic table watching children, and I said hello. It was a beautiful night to work in the garden. And there were so many children, all Somali, playing in the park. There were two boys on the merry go round, when I looked up one was laying on the ground. His friend helped him up, they laughed because the boy had got dizzy and fell while trying to walk. There were two girls playing, then one said, "You're being mean." "Am not" the other replied. "Are too." "Am not".... Kids were playing soccer. One boy yelled out. "I am a legend!" Two girls went by, one pushing the other in a stroller. They saw me watching, and the girl in the stroller started to pretend she was a baby. It all made such a wonderful evening in the park. Then a car drove by and two young men leaned out the windows and yelled. "This is America!" "America" "Yeah, this is America!" And they drove off. I walked over to the woman I had spoken with and told her I was sorry that people yelled things like that. She looked at me and smiled, I don't think she understood what I said. But a girl who was standing nearby seemed to be explaining as I left. I went back to my garden. I planted more carrots. As I left, I leaned out my car window and waved at my friend. She waved back with a huge smile on her face. I'm not sure why I still feel like crying. |
Posted by wellstone dem | Fri Jun 13, 2014, 10:07 PM (36 replies)
Yesterday my 93 year old WWII vet dad told me this story about how he went around the world
My dad, never made his service in World War II sound like a big deal in comparison to that of other soldiers. He more often talked about his brother's service in Europe as meriting respect. So when he ended a story yesterday about how he traveled from North Dakota to where he was stationed in India with "and that's how I got one of my battle stars," I was really surprised. I didn't know he had a battle star. He has two.
He traveled from North Dakota to a number of bases in the United States including Florida, but departed from Los Angeles. That ship took them to the South Pacific, with a stop in Tasmania, and another stop in Perth, Australia. The ship then took the men to India. When they got to the base, it was late in the day. The base had been attacked that morning. Anyone on the base that day got a battle star. That was his first. Later, the squadron that he was assigned to bombed Japan. He was a weatherman, so remained in India providing information to those in the air, he got his second star because his squadron got one. As a result of having two stars, he was able to get home earlier at the end of the war. Dad says he was never shot at during the war, "Not like what my brother went through." (His brother once had to drop from a bridge into the Rhine because the Germans were shooting at him.) Dad circled the globe in his service to his country. On his return home nearly 4 years later (with no leave, no visit home during that whole time) the ship went across the Indian Ocean and then up to the Mediterranean Sea. Two soldiers had to sit at the front of the ship and shoot mines out of the water. They traveled across the Atlandtic Ocean and landed in New York Harbor. They were deloused in NY. The soldiers went to a base in Wisconsin where they were discharged, and he finally returned to North Dakota. |
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I'm having difficulty coming to terms with how boring I am.
Could someone please put me on ignore so that I feel controversial.
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Posted by wellstone dem | Sat May 25, 2013, 08:29 PM (52 replies)
VAWA matters
It matters to the woman who sobbed in my office having just learned that her husband beat her children while she was at work. And I could say, "You will be safe."
It matters to the woman who met with me, and the prosecutor, and the victim's advocate because we all believed her husband would try to kill her when he got out of jail. And I could say, "We will get you a security system." And the prosecutor could say, "The police will watch." And the advocate said, "You can stay with us." It matters to the daughter who told her mother after she got an order for protection, "Safe never felt so good before." It matters to woman who showed me the brake cables her mechanic gave her, before we went to court to get her custody of her kids. It matters to the woman who moved three times just to stay safe, who learning her mother-in-law had changed the address at the bank so that her statements were sent to her ex-husband, now has a "safe at home" address. It matters to the wife, the "mail order bride", who told her English as a second language tutor, "He hits me." And it mattered to his second "mail order bride" as well. It matters to the woman who sat in the office at the women's shelter with her knees up to her chest, her arms wrapped around knees, shaking as I said, "We will get you custody of your kids." It matters to the 16 year old girl, brought here from South America at age 12, who was sexually abused from her first night in the country as I tell her, "I can help you." It matters to the woman who told me, "You gave me my voice. You gave me my dignity back. Do you know what it is like to not have dignity." It matters to me. VAWA helps Legal Aid represent victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. It helps prosecutor's develop new systems to hold abusers accountable. It helps shelters keep victims safe so that the system has time to work. The word unconscionable is used frequently, but not always accurately. But I choose it purposefully when I say, "Failing to pass VAWA is unconscionable." |
Posted by wellstone dem | Wed Feb 13, 2013, 07:28 AM (11 replies)
If you want to have faith in your fellow human beings, read this thread.
I'm in tears.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kenyon-MN-Police-Department/166558279763?ref=stream Thoughts from Chief Sjolander... Today I want to write about The Andy Griffith Show and what we have in common with it here in Kenyon. So this past Monday I travel to see my son Bryant, and on the way I stop to visit my father-in-law. He is one of the greatest men I know, and I wish I was half the man he is. As I walk towards his apartment I can hear his TV from way down the hallway...he is hard of hearing so the TV is super loud...now he could get a hearing aid, but he feels that would be a waste of money and money does not grow on trees! I sit with him and we visit about what is going on back at home, with my work, and my band. (He says we play too loud) and how he misses "Lover" his wife who will be gone 1 year on Feb 9th. My mother-in-law was larger than life before she became ill. She was the typical farm wife who raised kids, helped on the farm, always looked great, and was an amazing cook. I miss her so much..we all do. Ok...so as we are visiting the Andy Girffith Show is on and it's the one where some big city guy is driving through town on a Sunday and his vehicle breaks down. he tries to get someone to fix his car, but it's Sunday and the town is pretty quite...like Kenyon. He stops the Sheriff and asks who can help fix his vehicle and when he is told that on Sunday no one is really around he becomes upset and can't believe that just because it's Sunday and the town is so small he is stuck there. Andy stays calm and suggests to the man that he is more than welcome to come stay at his house until he can get his vehicle repaired. The man ends up at Andy's home and is irritated about the slow pace and lack of services in town. Everyone from Opie, Aunt Bee, to Goober are friendly to this man, but he is still grumpy until his vehicle is repaired. Once it's fixed and he is given some home cooking in a bag to eat on the way, and Opie gives him a coin for good luck in his travels does he soften up. So what else does this show and the Kenyon Police Department have in common... Last week, while I'm heading home from training, I get a call from our city hall asking if I have any suggestions for a person who stopped there looking for shelter. I'm told this person has no where to go and they are looking for any assistance we can offer. I ask to have the person phone me and we can try to figure something out. I get a call from this person and they explain that they just found a job, but have no where to live. I'm told that are sleeping in their vehicle and are torn between making a car payment, which they need to get to work, and are now living out of, or trying to find some where to live. They tell me they have never been in trouble, but life has dealt them some curve balls and they ended up here. They tell me they tried looking into staying at a shelter in a larger city, but after seeing some of the illegal items around, they could not stay there. I ask them to stop at our office and speak to the staff member working and we would see what we could do to help. I phone my staff and advise them that this person who be stopping in and they needed assistance. I feel it's very important for everyone in law enforcement to know how to deal with everyone and not all people are bad, and a lot of people look to us for help with all kinds of situations. I stop in the office, meet this person and see that my staff are doing a great job trying to help this person out. We end by buying them dinner at our local diner and giving them my cell number. I ask that they call me and check in during the weekend. I visit with them during the weekend and on Sunday I'm told they are sleeping in their vehicle in town. I'm told they work Monday morning and the roads are bad, they don't want to miss work, so they are here. I speak to my family and we decide to invite them over to our home. It's not fancy, but it's warm, safe, and we have food. They say no, they don't want to impose, but we state we want them to come here and we will not take no for an answer...they come over. So now we have a guest in our home...just like Sheriff Andy. They are nice, clean, work hard, and I think a little surprised at how we work in small towns. I'm just glad they are safe and I hope that they one day willl pay it forward when they can. I'll end with this...According to Forbe's, you can't be a great leader without trust. I don't think I'm a great leader, I think I'm a guy who knows a lot of us are just a couple of paychecks away from being like my house guest. Stay safe, |
Posted by wellstone dem | Mon Feb 4, 2013, 09:54 PM (9 replies)
When Pigs Flew and a man found a home
My true story that helps me make it through a lonely Christmas Eve......(This happened in 2010)
I work for a non-profit agency that serves the poor. What we specifically do, does not matter for this story. In October, we began working with a mentally ill homeless man to get him housing. He did not want people to know he was mentally ill. He would not go to a shelter, because of what that did to his mental illness. He refused to sign the releases necessary to get the medical records that we could use to prove his disability and then get him into subsidized housing. One co-worker told me that she could read a paper he was holding, and could see the language we needed to get him housing, but he wouldn't give her the paper. Co-workers met with him, and talked with him, and never judged him. He kept coming to the office, and staff kept telling him what we needed. In November, it was getting cold, and one day I met him at the doorway, he'd stepped into our building to get warm. I got him a cup of coffee and asked him if my co-workers were treating him well. He told me the people in our office were good people, but that he did not have housing. I told him, "You are right, they are good people. You can trust them." And he was warm for the morning, but didn't have housing. The Wednesday before Thanksgiving, another co-worker came to me and asked if it was o.k. to pay for a room. He said, "I'm not doing it for him. I won't sleep at night, knowing he is outside when I'm supposed to be celebrating Thanksgiving." More than one of my co-workers kicked in a few dollars, and he had housing that weekend. But he still did not have a home. Last week, on Tuesday, I got to the office a bit early, because I had a meeting. He was sitting outside the door to our office suite, shivering. I told him I would get him hot coffee. As I said that, yet another co-worker brought a space heater and a blanket. He told us that when he had got back to his shelter under the bridge that he had found mice in his sleeping bag. He had tried to get blankets or another sleeping bag from other sources, but could not sleep and could not keep warm. I went to my meeting, where directors of many non-profits were in attendance. As we introduced ourselves, we were supposed to say something about our work but were asked to select something that provided optimism in this difficult time. I told them that after talking with the man without a home, that I didn't think would have housing, I could not be optimistic. But on Thursday, the staff person who had worked with him on almost a daily basis for 6 weeks, got word that a property manager for housing for the disabled was willing to accept a signed document from a doctor, without the details of the disability. This man still needed the money for his damage deposit and first month/s rent, but if he had it, he could move in on Friday. And on Friday she came to the office and found that office staff had raised the money, and had brought in sheets and pillow cases, towels, and dishes, and groceries. One person had an extra bed. Someone brought a coffee maker. There were chairs from the basement that had been put in storage when other chairs were donated. Everything was to help make sure this man did not just have housing, that he would have a home. But when we brought the items we had collected, we found that he had a recliner, a table and two chairs already in the apartment. And there were groceries in his cupboard. He had moved into the apartment with nothing, and others in the apartment building saw that, and they called their kids or friends, and "a TV is on the way too." While we were there, the on-site managers brought a pizza. This man gave us a tour of the apartment before we left, and then he thanked one of the primary staff people in private. She told me that he started to cry, and didn't want to join the rest of us with tears in his eyes. That night we had our office holiday party. One of our staff brought me an ornament of a pig with wings. She said, "At the start of the week, we all would have said that pigs would fly before "____" had housing, so I guess pigs must be flying today." So on this Christmas Eve, I am so grateful for flying pigs. Edited to add: Two years later he still lives in this same apartment, though there have been a few weeks when it was touch and go, he made it through those tough times. And still stops up to get a dose of respect and kindness. Merry Christmas to those who celebrate that holiday. Peace to all. |
Posted by wellstone dem | Mon Dec 24, 2012, 11:24 PM (22 replies)
My Small Business Saturday Shopping
I spent $32 on Black Friday, mostly on groceries.
Today I spent more than $600. I needed a new dryer and had planned to buy it from a Big Box company, but decided if I believed in shopping local, I had to shop local. So today, I went to a local appliance store. I bought my dryer, they will deliver it and haul away two appliances for me. Although the dryer was a little more expensive, I came pretty to close to breaking even because of the difference in charges for the installation/appliance removal. But the best part, was when the saleswoman said, "If you have any problem, you call us. Don't call the number in the manual or the number on the box. You call us, we will make it right!" That's when I knew why shopping local isn't just about the business, it's about the service. It is good for the business and the community, but is good for me too. Then I went to a local jewelry/gift store. I was able to use my AmEX card which has a small business promotion, so got $25 off. I got the earrings I was looking for, but then I tried on these amazing, recycled wool, made in Minnesota mittens. And let me tell you, that Minnesota knows mittens. I spent a little more at the store, ($43 after discount) than I had planned. Then to round it out, I bought 6 pounds of coffee from Muggsey's Beans. A local business that does most of its business on-line. http://www.muggsysbeans.com/ It feels a little weird to buy on-line from a store that I could drive to, but this is truly a small business, so its either on-line or at one of the coffee shops or churches that stock these beans. I've been buying beans from Muggsey, ever since he was one of the first non-Minneapolis/St. Paul, businesses to come out forcefully for same-sex marriage. He posted it on his website, and on his facebook page. And when someone said it would cost him business, he said some things were more important. It ended up boosting his sales a bit, as word of what he did spread. http://www.muggsysbeans.com/ It was a good day! Now I have to clean the house so I can let the delivery people in on Wednesday Or maybe I'll just have a beverage. |
Posted by wellstone dem | Sat Nov 24, 2012, 06:47 PM (6 replies)
We need a constitutional amendment
That allows a governor to veto a ballot amendment, and would then require that legislators ha e enough votes to override a veto, if they want to get something on the ballot without the governors approval,
Or, just require a 2/3 vote of legislature to put anything on the ballot. Governing by amendment is decisive and inefficient. |
Posted by wellstone dem | Wed Nov 7, 2012, 01:48 PM (7 replies)
AP is reporting Marriage Amendment in Minnesota FAILS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry, no link but reported on NBC local channel. Oh MY! I am crying. Minnesota Voter ID also loses!!!!
Posted by wellstone dem | Wed Nov 7, 2012, 02:52 AM (16 replies)
Minnesota Marriage Amendment....I still have hope!!! 86% reporting
Banning Gay Marriage Amendment (We want "no" to win.)
ONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 1 RECOGNITION OF MARRIAGE SOLELY BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN Yes 1211375 No 1314595 Estimated Blanks 33596 Estimated Total Number of Voters 2559566 Estimated Percent of YES* 47.33% |
Posted by wellstone dem | Wed Nov 7, 2012, 02:43 AM (6 replies)


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Jay Chou rarely writes his own lyrics..
Jay Chou rarely writes his own lyrics..
He writes songs for other singers. Ironic.
holy cow! he really does? lol I just figured that out from you guys!
That's pretty...not Chow-ish...
A substantial amount of the songs CPop artists sing are written by Jay. In fact, that's how he made his name to begin with, he was a songwriter. The record company was relucant to give him a label because of his "appearance".
Actually, a good number of his patrons are on his "friends deal" where they get his songs for cheap.
But of course, what else would you do things for, if not for money?
reguardless of everything else, Chow sure is cooler than ever now! He look more like a man instead of a boy.
It's also ironic how a "fan" can't even get the idolized person's name right..
MOJO BOY! do you really wanna force me to spell it as CHOU???
I'm getting pretty used to spell it like CHOW 'cause it makes more sense!! If it's hurting your eyes then ignore it.......holly...you are really strange in some way..........
How does it make more sense?
Kindly explain.
While you're at it, kindly explain why you refuse to admit your mistake and change.
It's not like I'm asking you to kill your mom or something.
Note the "redirected from Jay Chow" part.


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The media relations staff for the 2013 Discover Orange Bowl BCS Championship game released the following quotes from Nick Saban's news conference following Alabama's 42-14 victory over Notre Dame Monday night.
What is your reaction to being the first program to win back-to-back BCS titles as well as three of the last four and also the first back-to-back national champions since Nebraska in 1994 and 1995?
"I feel great for our players, fans, administration, and the people of Alabama. Our guys maintained their focus and played through the adversity of winning during a tough season and difficult schedule. My job is to put the players in position to win. I want them to be able to look back 25 years from now and say they won the national championship.
"We will take a couple days to celebrate this, and then it will time to start a building toward a next season. "
Could your team have executed much better in the running game, either on offense or defense gaining 265 yards and holding Notre Dame to a season-worst 32 yards?
"When you run the ball, it opens up your offense and gives you more options. When the other team can't run it, it limits their options and reduces what they can do. I thought the running game was a big key, and our players stayed focused and did the job on both sides of the ball." Notre Dame's defense had allowed just two touchdowns to opponent offenses in 18 red zone chances prior to this game. You must be happy with your offense that went 5-for-5 with a combination of running and passing.
"Their defense had been impressive in the red zone, and we knew that we would have to do something about it if we wanted to the win the game. Our players focused on it and turned our yards into points. Our red zone offense had been good most of the season, but it was exceptional tonight."
Could your team's offensive execution have been any better with 529 total yards (265 rushing and 264 passing) and of 8-of-13 third-down conversions and one fourth down?
"Our offensive tempo was the key to the game. We were able to establish and maintain the run with our backs and line doing a great job and then A.J. [McCarron] and our receivers converted third downs and maintained drives. We were able to possess the ball, and it limited their opportunities."
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