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Siden 2004 har Meetovation projektet givet Danmark en suveræn first-mover position på det internationale mødemarked. Nu er en videreudvikling af projektet skudt i gang med Meetovation 3.0. Meetovation 3.0 skal imødekomme den stigende konkurrence i den internationale mødebranche og bibeholde Danmarks nuværende status og troværdighed. Del dine ideerEn koncept taskforce er i gang med at videreudvikle og innovere Meetovation konceptet.
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Within two hours' drive from Copenhagen, the archipelago of Sealand, Lolland, Falster and Møn offers scenic nature, heritage centres, UNESCO World Heritage sites – and family activities. Download itinerary as PDF
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Situated in Northern Europe between the North Sea and the Baltic, Denmark is the only Scandinavian country connected to the European mainland (the peninsular of Jutland borders with Germany). Denmark consists of 400 islands, many of which are uninhabited. Denmark is a constitutional monarchy. Copenhagen, Denmark's capital, is located on the island of Zealand.
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As part of its ambitious "Room for the NEW" project the Hilton Copenhagen Airport has now upgraded its meeting facilities on the 2nd floor with a superb re-design of all 15 Hilton Meetings rooms and given the Business Centre a completely new look and feel.
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New Hotel Properties, Quirky Accommodations and Green like Never Seen Before COPENHAGEN, Denmark – September 7, 2011 - This fall, there is much news from the hotels in Copenhagen, Denmark. The largest hotel in all Scandinavia opened its doors this year in Copenhagen bringing the total room capacity of Copenhagen to around 18,000. New features and innovations at Copenhagen's hotels include a snore absorption room, a ladies-only floor, "brain food" for meeting participants, and much more.
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In 2015 you will have the opportunity to meet the Business Events Denmark team at MINDblowing meeting activities all around the world. They are looking forward to assist you with the ideas and design of your meetings in order to ensure that you will achieve a high return on investment. In 2015, you can meet Business Events Denmark at the following events.
Why not treat your meeting participant to food that tastes great and that help keep the energy level high? More and more hotels in Denmark focuses on organic and healthy food. Our MINDevent partners are two of them, Radssion Blu's Brain Food Brain Food is a new concept developed by chefs at Radisson Blu hotels for meeting and conference guests.
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May 1st saw 22 British MICE agencies and Professional Meeting Planners cooking up loads of great ideas for staging successful meetings at VisitDenmark's MINDtalk event at hip venue Icetank in Covent Garden.
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Young Danish chefs have breathed new life into the famous open sandwich, Smørrebrød, which dates back to the 19th century. Now Danes are hungrier than ever for their traditional lunch.
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Hot on the heels of the double hits The Killing and Borgen, comes Broen (The Bridge). It's dark, it's deadly, it's full of Scandinavian knitwear - and it has won awards!
Participants are drawn into an innovative meeting universe that features more than traditional key-note speakers, group work, exhibitions and coffee breaks. Here they are presented with an array of alternative conference facility layouts and activities that provide renewed energy and increased benefits. The concept embraces all aspects of the event ranging from follow-up to theme features such as flowers, culture or nationality.
In an age of all you can eat, all year round, Danish chefs are leading the way in a new wave of gourmet thinking. Slow food over fast food and locally-sourced produce over food shipped from every corner of the planet. That's the essence of New Nordic cuisine, a sustainable, healthy and delicious trend that has taken Scandinavia by storm.
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Easy accessibility, excellent infrastructure and relaxed efficiency. One of Europe's most important air hubs, the acclaimed Copenhagen Airport, is just a 12-minute train ride from the city centre. Several international flights also operate at smaller regional airports in Billund, Aarhus and Aalborg and public transportation is found everywhere and works like clockwork! Copenhagen Airport: www.cph.dk Aarhus Airport: www.aar.dk Aalborg Airport: www.aal.dk
Foodies simply love Denmark. Our gourmet capital Copenhagen has 12 Michelin-star restaurants and is home to the world's best restaurant, noma. Traditional Danish dishes are experiencing a revival too in good company with the acclaimed New Nordic cuisine. Combine this with real brain food to help maintain concentration levels at meetings and you're all set to go...
Welcome to the Hilton Copenhagen Airport – named "Denmark's Leading Business Hotel " by the 2010 World Travel Awards as well as "Best Business Hotel in Denmark 2010" by Business Destinations Magazine. The hotel is an architectural masterpiece – 382 spacious guest rooms furnished with modern Scandinavian design and art – an exciting backdrop for any event. Just a 2-minute walk from the airport and only 12 minutes to the city centre or to the city of Malmoe in Sweden by Metro, train or car.
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ICS – International Conference Services & Motivational Events -Probably the best DMC in Denmark. ICS has for the last 20 years been creating successful Corporate Events and Conferences in Denmark and has an extensive experience in Congress and Meeting management. We have developed special environmental guidelines and will secure your Event in Denmark will get a great return on investment.


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How to be like Mr. Closer
Charles Naman, 39, is not your average windows and siding salesman. After a 10-year career in sales and telemarketing, Naman launched his own Seattle-based company from the living room of his apartment in 1998. Then, taking a cue from past experience, he hired a telemarketing staff to generate leads and hired a separate sales staff to close them. But by 2003, he was back to being the sole sales representative for his company. The reason: Nobody he hired could keep up with his closing ratio and he felt like other sales reps would often "burn"good leads.
Last year, using very targeted lead sources along with a support staff of nine, Naman's Quality Home Exteriors topped $1.9 million in sales. To accomplish his level of sales, Naman set 487 appointments. He closed 203 sales. Fourteen canceled, leaving Quality Home Exteriors a total of 189 "net good" contracts. Of the rest of the 487 appointments, 93 were pitched and not sold; 45 appointments got "reset"; 82 were "no good" - the customer wanted only one or two new windows or wanted to replace glass; 45 were "dead" no presentation because they were not going to buy; and 19 were pitched and wanted to "call when they were ready."
Qualified Remodeler spoke with Naman about his success.
Q: It sounds like you're a one man shop.
Liz Palmas, our controller, runs the company. My father Chuck came up from Southern California in 2003 and he does quality control. He runs the crews, making sure that they are all doing what they are supposed to do. I do all the sales and all the marketing and anything to do with the design of the ads.
Q: To get to the 189 "net good" contracts last year, how many people did you see?
I had a total of 487 appointments. That is roughly 40 per month or 10 per week. Subtracting the no-good appointments which I did not pitch, I figure that I had a closing ratio of 57 percent.
Q: The standard closing ratio for a good sales representative is 25 percent, to what do you attribute your success?
It is such a simple formula. First and foremost, I am always on time to the appointment. Second and most important is knowledge. I make a point of being well versed in my product and what my competitors offer. And lastly, when I go out and see a customer, I never shortchange them. I give every person a full presentation as though they have no knowledge of the window and its benefits. The knowledge that I have lets the prospect know they are dealing with a true professional. I tell sales reps when I hire them that enthusiasm is contagious. If you are enthusiastic and positive and knowledgeable, you are ahead of many other people. And I would say the final thing is that I don't do sales gimmicks. I don't do what other companies do.
There are a lot of companies, and I am thinking of one in particular, where they will price a job quite high and use a closing technique where they explain that they are a big commercial company as well as a residential company and that they have a big commercial job 100 miles away. They will say, "If you buy today, I can piggy-back that commercial job on your job and save you a lot of money." They offer large, unbelievable drops in price that appeal to people who can't say no to a good deal. I personally don't operate that way. I am very honest and straightforward about my price. I give them a fair price upfront, and then I give them an incentive to do business the day that I am there.
Q: And what is the incentive to do business the day that you are there?
I typically give them a 10 percent discount off my retail price if they buy the day I am there.
Q: How long does your presentation take to give?
Start to finish, about two hours. And sometimes you can be in there for three. But two and a half hours is normal. Another key is: If I do a presentation and sell them, I immediately go back to the office and send them a thank-you card. And if I don't sell them, I send them a thank-you card. I'll follow back up with a phone call within a week or a couple days if they ask me to.
Q: In rough percentages, where do your leads come from?
What we started noticing in 2002 is that some of our competitors got way more referrals than we did. In 2002, only 19 percent of our business was coming from referrals. So we decided to focus more heavily on referrals. And in 2003 our referral rate went from 19 to 22 or 23 percent.
Q: How did you do that?
There is a difference between a customer who is happy and someone who simply signs off on a job at the end of a day. We instituted a complete walk-through to check everything and to make sure each customer was 100 percent satisfied and thus more willing to refer their friends and neighbors. By doing that we noticed a big increase in our referrals.
In 2004, we decided to go a step further. We decided to increase our referral fee to customers from $200 to $500. If the contract was $5,000 or more, we will give you $500. If it is less than that, we will give you $250. People will not refer for money alone. Their reputation is on the line. We have to go do a very good job, and we have to be confident they would refer us.
Q: How did this compare with your other lead sources?
In 2004, over 32 percent of our business came from referrals, which equaled what we drew in from the Yellow Pages, which cost us $148,000, whereas referrals came out to be about $15,000. That is why in 2005 we did not renew with the Yellow Pages in 2005. We took a big leap. But at the same time we built a Web site at the end of 2004, beginning of 2005. We drive traffic to the Web site through Google and MSN and all those per-click types of arrangements. But we heavily started favoring the customer and believing that if we did a good job they would refer us. In 2005, currently 42 percent of our business is from customer referrals. The rest is the Web site, the direct mail, and we are a Puget Sound Energy (local electric utility) preferred contractor and they send out lists of preferred vendors for window replacement and we get leads by being on that list.
Q: Do you find your pace of selling and getting referrals tough?
I plan on getting another sales rep, but not until I can get a consistent lead source that's efficient enough for two guys to run full time. I don't want to waste the leads when I know that I can sell more of them.
Q: Can you do more sales than you currently do?
We did the math and I run an average of nine calls per week. Doing that I have had months where I have written $250,000 in one month. If I did not run a company, if all I did was run leads, if I had three leads a day, I could write $2.5 million in one year by myself. Who knows? Maybe I could do $3 million.
Q: What would your advice be to others on how to succeed the way you have?
First and foremost you need knowledge. Too many people go out there and just kind of wing it. They don't truly know their product inside and out. And if they do, they only know their product and they don't know their competitor's product.
I think that is my edge. I can tell a customer about any other window on the market. I know the top five companies that I run into on a consistent basis. I know who they sell for, what their habits are, what they sell their customers. I know their closing techniques. So the best thing that anybody can do is to know their product and their competition and then know how their competitors sell.
Q: How much of your success do you attribute to quality assurance?
It is a start-to-finish process. When a customer sees that you are on time, that you are enthusiastic and you are knowledgeable. They encounter is my front office staff who are very pleasant and knowledgeable. The next thing they see is an installer who comes out and is extremely knowledgeable. He does a complete measure. He walks through the whole job with the customer. They see a consistency. And fourth is the install which is consistent with everything else. If what the customer experiences from the initial visit to the final walk-through is consistent, they are going to be happy and they are going to refer people.
Q: How does this all play out for you in the future?
I want to keep consistent with what we are doing. I really want to focus on taking care of customers. I do a direct mail piece to real estate agents, 5,500 boxes per month and I do it twice a month. A well dressed upbeat person going door to door can be a good lead source. A good Web site is a great way to go. You really cannot underestimate the customer and how powerful they are - you don't know how many people they know. My goal is to build up a better lead generation and to hire more sales reps.
Q: What size company do you ultimately see running?
I don't think I would want to go over $4 or $5 million per year. I want to keep it lean and profitable. I want to be able to pay as much attention to the customer as I do now.


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St. Vladimir of Kiev[YONKERS, NY/SVOTS COMMUNICATIONS] The relics of St. Vladimir of Kiev, the pagan grand prince who converted to Christianity in AD 988 and then proceeded to baptize all of Kievan Rus', will be in the Three Hierarchs Chapel of St. Vladimir's Seminary, Yonkers, NY, for public veneration from Saturday, November 13 through Sunday, November 14. A separate day for veneration by alumni/ae of the school and special guests will be set aside Friday, November 12.
"We are deeply honored to receive these relics of the patron saint of our school," said Archpriest Chad Hatfield, Chancellor and CEO of St. Vladimir's Seminary. "During this extraordinary occasion, we anticipate welcoming thousands of pilgrims to our campus."
This will be the only opportunity in the United States for the Orthodox Christian faithful to venerate the relics, since St. Vladimir's Seminary is the only location in the country that will be privileged to receive them. Throughout the fall, the relics have been venerated by thousands of Orthodox Christian believers in Canada.
Please check the seminary's Website, under "Upcoming Events" regarding the details and schedule of services as this special weekend in November draws near.
Click here to view a photo gallery from the consecration
Bishop Basil writes:
May it be blessed! This past Saturday, October 2nd, 2010, the holy table at the new church temple of St. Basil the Great Church in Kansas City, Kansas was consecrated during divine services celebrated by myself, and assisted by the proistamenos Fr. Elias Issa and sixteen other priests and deacons. The relics of the Holy Hieromartyr Blaise the Bishop of Sebaste were sealed in the cavity in the holy table.
Fr. Chad Hatfield and Fr. Lucas Rice of St. Vladimir's Seminary, at the Festival of Preachers 2010PRESS RELEASE: Oct. 1, 2010
The Preachers Institute, the world's premier Orthodox Christian homiletics resource, has become a national partner with the Academy of Preachers.
The Academy of Preachers is an ecumenical initiative launched through a generous grant from the Lilly Endowment and energized by the conviction that Gospel preaching is a vocation of public and social significance, a calling worthy of the very best and brightest young people.
"In our mission to promote and advance superior preaching in the Orthodox Church, we are very happy to make this partnership with the Academy. We are very hopeful that this will provide an opportunity for more Orthodox youth and young adults to hone their preaching skills with confidence, and ignite their desire to spread the Gospel," said Fr. John A. Peck, director of the Preachers Institute.
Both groups are driven by a strong conviction that Gospel preaching is a vocation of enormous social significance.
"Our mission is to identify, network, support and inspire young people in their call to gospel preaching. You are the first Orthodox entity to become a partner; I hope not the last. I am eager for you to come to Louisville with your Orthodox preachers," said Dwight A. Moody, founder and president of the Academy of Preachers.
Last year, the Academy of Preachers hosted the first ever festival of young preachers. 92 young preachers from 41 institutions in 21 states came to Louisville, KY and preached about Jesus. Included in the gathering were Catholic, Evangelical, Pentecostal, and Protestant preachers. It may be the most ecumenical initiative in American Christianity today. There was one Orthodox participant.
Alexei D. Krindatch, Research Consultant for both SCOBA and the Hartford Institute for Religion Research, has announced that the results of a 2010 Census of American Orthodox Christian Churches are available. The report is based on data obtained from parishes, monastic communities and from many self-described lay members of any Orthodox jurisdiction; research was conducted under the auspices of SCOBA.
Krindatch also authored the well known groundbreaking study and report about American Orthodoxy released in 2008, titled, The Orthodox Church Today.
Read the complete results of the 2010 Census HERE.
Update: Oct. 5, 2010
November 4-7, 2010Antiochian Village
Download Brochure (PDF)Download Flyer (PDF)Download Registration Form (PDF)Registration Deadline: October 8Please note: We will accept registrations beyond the deadline date
The Orthodox Institute welcomes all Christians who love icons to join us the first weekend in November. The event offers 15 courses for teachers, directors and those interested in the faith in an enjoyable atmosphere of fellowship and learning. The Institute is held at the Antiochian Village Conference Center which sits nestled in the beautiful Laurel Mountain region, near Ligonier, Pennsylvania, an hour from Pittsburgh. Plan to arrive before 5:00 for dinner on Thursday evening. The first program will be the keynote address at 7:00 that evening. The keynote address is by Frederica Mathewes-Green, based on her book, The Open Door, Entering the Sanctuary of Icons and Prayer. The event ends Sunday afternoon, around 1:00, after the brunch that follows Divine Liturgy.
We are pleased to offer a spectacular event for our 10th Anniversary Institute: "Icons: Windows to Heaven," with iconographers Niko Chocheli and Cheryl Ann Pituch. Read interviews with both iconographers here. We are also pleased that Dr. Anton Vrame, Director of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Department of Religious Education, will be with us to present a course on his work, The Educating Icon. The books noted above will be available at the Conference Center bookstore. Book-signings will be scheduled during the weekend. The schedule allows you to take three classes on Friday, and three on Saturday. The courses marked with an asterisk will be offered both days. The course listing is as follows:
Dear Pastors and Church School Directors,
Ten years ago we surveyed our Church Schools to learn their needs, and the numbers of students and teachers we serve. Once again we are asking for a few minutes of your time so that we may determine the usefulness of the programs we offer, your needs, and the numbers we serve. We need only one survey per parish, preferably completed by the Church School Director, but in his or her absence, by the parish priest.
Click here to take the survey now!
The survey results will be made known through our website, and also in our newsletters in The Word. I would like to call your attention to our newest endeavor, namely, a listserv, so that we can offer news updates via email. Thank you, as always, for your efforts in the Orthodox Christian Education of our children.
Your servant in Christ,Carole A. Buleza, Director, Department of Christian Education
Bishop Mark writes:
Dear to God, Christ is in our midst! As our faithful continue to raise money to support the Missions of the Diocese of Toledo and the Midwest, I want to forward you these notes of thanks and gratitude for the strong support our diocesan faithful have shown for missions. Our giving to missions has increased from a few thousand in 2004 to $40,000 for this year alone. Well done good and faithful servants. Well done!
Holy Apostles Mission in Bowling Green, Kentucky:
Faithful of Holy Apostles Mission + Bowling Green, KYDear Sayidna MARK and beloved brothers and sisters of the Diocese, Greetings from Bowling Green, KY! As the southern-most community in the Diocese, autumn has not arrived here yet, but we hope you are all enjoying this beautiful time of year in good health. We have just received the funds offered to our community by the Mission Endowment Fund, and words cannot express the appreciation our Mission family has for your love and support.
Faithful of Holy Apostles Mission + Bowling Green, KYDear Sayidna MARK and beloved brothers and sisters of the Diocese,
Greetings from Bowling Green, KY! As the southern-most community in the Diocese, autumn has not arrived here yet, but we hope you are all enjoying this beautiful time of year in good health.
We have just received the funds offered to our community by the Mission Endowment Fund, and words cannot express the appreciation our Mission family has for your love and support.
Jacobs School of MusicAll Saints Orthodox Church, with the co-sponsorship of the Early Music Institute of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and the Department of Sacred Music of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, is presenting "The Musical Heritage of the Orthodox Church: Music, Liturgy, and Beauty in Orthodox Christianity" on Indiana University's Bloomington campus on Saturday, 16 October 2010 from 8:30am until 2:30pm. This first-ever symposium on Orthodox sacred music at Indiana University will feature lecture recitals from the following:
-John Michael Boyer, protopsaltis of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco, artistic director of the Koukouzelis Institute for Liturgical Arts, and principal singer for Cappella Romana-Alexander Khalil, PhD, psaltis of St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church in San Diego, CA, postdoctoral fellow at University of California at Riverside, author of the dissertation "Echoes of Constantinople: Oral and Written Tradition of the Psaltes of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople", singer for Cappella Romana and the Mt. Lebanon Choir-Kurt Sander, DM, psalomchik and choir director at St. George Orthodox Church in Cincinnati, OH, Professor of Music and Department Chair at Northern Kentucky University, composer of many liturgical works in the Slavic style, author of the dissertation "The Musical Icon"-Richard Toensing, DM, Professor Emeritus of Music at University of Colorado at Boulder, choir director emeritus of St. Luke's Orthodox Church in Lafayette, CO, composer of Kontakion for the Nativity of Christ and other Orthodox liturgical works in English
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SOUTH CANAAN, PA [OCA/STOTS] -- Archpriest Alexander Atty will be formally installed as Dean and Chief Operating Officer of Saint Tikhon's Seminary here on Saturday, October 30, 2010.
The formal installation Service of Thanksgiving will be celebrated at Saint Mary Antiochian Orthodox Church, Wilkes Barre, PA, at 11:00 a.m. A luncheon will follow at the parish center.
Father Alexander brings with him over 30 years of experience as a parish priest and chief administrator. For years, he served as pastor of one of the nation's largest pan-Orthodox parishes, Saint Michael the Archangel Antiochian Orthodox Church, Louisville, KY.
Father Alexander is joined at the seminary by his wife, Khouria Olga, and their two children, Katherine and Alexander. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Philadelphia, a Master of Divinity from Saint Vladimir's Seminary, and a Doctorate in Ministry from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.
As reported on the OCA web site on March 25, 2010, STS Board of Trustees gave its approval to the recommendation of a search committee to engage Father Alexander on March 12, 2010. The Holy Synod of Bishops gave its blessing at its Spring Session March 16-18, 2010, along with a decision to permit Father Alexander to remain attached to the Antiochian Archdiocese while serving as the Dean of the Seminary, an institution of the Orthodox Church in America.
Father Alexander officially assumed duties on July 1, 2010.
OCF Honorary Dinner for His Grace, Bishop DimitriosJACKSONVILLE, FL [OCF/OCA] -- Orthodox Christian Fellowship honored its founder, His Grace, Bishop Dimitrios of Xanthos, at a tribute dinner at the San Jose Country Club here on Friday, September 17, 2010.
As a recent seminary graduate in the 1960s, Bishop Dimitrios (James Couchell) was the driving force in establishing what has become the joint campus ministry arm of all canonical Orthodox jurisdictions in North America.
The dinner gathered clergy and laity from throughout North America to honor Bishop Dimitrios' dedication and devotion to college students and to celebrate the ever-growing network that OCF has been able to build upon the foundation he laid years ago.
At the dinner, the OCF Board of Directors announced the establishment of the Bishop Dimitrios of Xanthos Orthodox Christian Fellowship Ministry Endowment, which has been created to sustain and further the ministries of OCF. The fund was initiated with a $100,000.00 anonymous donation.
"Bishop Dimitrios has offered so much to Orthodox Christianity in North America and throughout the world in various capacities," said OCF Board of Directors Chairman and Interim Executive Director, Rev. Mark Leondis. Specifically, his efforts on behalf of college students are significant and this recognition of his work is long overdue."
In conjunction with the dinner, members of the OCF Board of Directors, the Regional Chaplains Network, and the Student Advisory Board met.
Those who are interested in participating in the Bishop Dimitrios Ministry Endowment are encouraged to contact OCF Development Director Presvytera Shyla Hadzellis at 800-919-1623.
On Saturday, October 30, 2010, Very Rev. Alexander Atty will be installed as the Seventh Dean of Saint Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary, South Canaan, PA. The Installation Service will begin at 11:00 A.M. at St. Mary Orthodox Church, Wilkes-Barre, PA, followed by a luncheon at the Church Hall, hosted by the Board of Trustees of Saint Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary. An invitation is enclosed. Cost of a ticket will be $20.00 and your reservation can be made by contacting Leda Dzwonczyk, 3210 Rosalie Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21234, not later than October 15, 2010.
All are welcome to attend the installation, but attendees are asked to return the attached form to make reservations.
For more information, please download the invitation and reservation form (PDF).
"In Communion," the journal of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship, announces that the Annual OPF North American Conference will take place soon in Irvine, CA, October 1 through 3, 2010. This year's theme, "Interfaith Dialogue," will feature speakers from within the Orthodox Church, as well as Jewish, Muslim, and other lecturers. The program will be a mix of talks and discussions, music, comedy, award-winning films and one-on-one conversation.
Notes OPF, "Though differences exist and need to be acknowledged, we can learn from one another and create a more peaceful world in the process. Non-members are welcome — this conference is not to be missed!" Those interested in registering may go here for more information and downloadable forms.
Conciliar Press recently released a new title, A Book of Hours: Meditations on the Traditional Christian Hours of Prayer. The website description reads: "Eastern and Western Christians share a rich spiritual heritage in the Hours of Prayer—the brief services of praise and psalmody that mark the progress of each day, sanctifying the hours of our lives. In this gem of a book, Patricia Egan digs deeply into the meaning of each of the Hours, drawing on poetry, nature, experience, and theology to show how the services reflect the different aspects of our salvation and our lives. A Book of Hours is an excellent companion for anyone who wants to experience the blessing of praying through the Hours of each day." To order, go to Conciliar Press' website here. The book's retail price is $21.95.
[YONKERS, NY SVOTS COMMUNICATIONS] Prepare for a holy pilgrimage and expect a multi-cultural immersion experience at St. Vladimir's Seminary during its annual Orthodox Education Day on Saturday, October 2, 2010.
Highlights of the day include the presence of an exact replica of the famed Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God, from Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY; an exquisite exhibit of 15th–19th century icons, Arabic Christian manuscripts, and Syrian artifacts from Antiochian Heritage Museum; and a keynote address by Fr. Michael Oleksa, an expert in Alaska Native history, in keeping with this year's theme, "Many Cultures, One Faith."
The seminary campus will be transformed into a global community filled with the sights, sounds, aromas, and tastes of many lands. Visitors will enjoy music and folk dance groups from the boroughs of New York City, ethnic dishes and delicacies, and workshops for all ages.
Colorful exhibits will introduce campus visitors to the religious traditions and cultural customs of peoples from the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches—representative of the student body at St. Vladimir's. Faculty from both St. Vladimir's and St. Nersess seminaries will participate in a panel "The Road to Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Unity," which will explore the historic rift between the two church bodies.
Services include: Divine Liturgy, 7:30 a.m.; Hierarchical Akathist, noon; and a Memorial Service, 4:00 p.m., followed by Vespers, to conclude the day. Food booths, exhibits, and workshops will be open from 10 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.
For a full schedule of the day's events, please view the "Upcoming Events" section on the seminary's Home Page: www.svots.edu.
IOCC Aid Reaches Pakistan: IOCC is providing medicines to treat people in Pakistan who have been affected by the massive flooding that has contaminated water supplies, displaced people from their homes and destroyed vast areas of the country. (photo: Abdul Majeed Goraya/IRIN)September 16, 2010
Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) has expanded its distribution of emergency supplies to flood-ravaged areas of Pakistan. While water is receding in many areas of the country, the devastation caused to homes, infrastructure and farm land has left many people without adequate access to clean water, food and medical assistance. Aid provided by IOCC has focused on the medical needs, especially the threat of water-borne diseases, and immediate provision of food supplies through the Orthodox Mission in Pakistan.
In partnership with Medical Teams International, IOCC is providing two cholera kits to areas in the north of Pakistan. The kits will provide medical camps established in four of the hardest hit regions of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region. Each cholera kit contains basic pharmaceuticals and supplies to treat up to 700 severe and moderate cases of cholera, including those affected by dysentery. The shipment, valued at $265,000, has been made possible through support from the Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society.
"It was with great sadness that we learned of the loss of life and devastating destruction in Pakistan," remarked National Philoptochos President Aphrodite Skeadas, "and this contribution, through IOCC, demonstrates the generosity and will of our chapters throughout the country to assist the flood victims there."
With the blessing of His Grace Bishop George, Vicar of the Eastern American Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, the Damascene Gallery, a supplier of fine antique icons, newly painted icons, and high quality mounted icons, opened on August 29 (the feast of the Translation of the Icon of the Savior "Not Made by Hands" from Edessa to Constantinople, Old Calendar). The web store features a wide selection of antique and new hand-painted icons, as well as a unique type of mounted icons consisting of high-quality canvas prints mounted to traditional solid-wood panels with support slats commonly found on antique icons. Concerning the rationale of such a design, the founders of Damascene Gallery explained that such panels combined with the canvas prints result in a mounted icon that looks and feels much like the antique icons also being offered in the store.
Currently, the web store features around 30 antique icons, ranging from the early 18th century to the beginning of the 20th century. Additionally, there are some 20 new painted icons in inventory, as well as numerous antique brass icons and crosses. Around 230 images, including many from the Holy Trinity Monastery collection, are available for ordering as mounted icons. The inventory of icons is expected to significantly increase within the next several weeks, and the selection of mounted icons is being continuously updated.
OCF has announced their annual event, College Student Sunday, which will take place Sunday Sept. 19, 2010.
Writes the OCF, "Over the past 50 years, campus ministry has made a presence in the Orthodox Church. We would like to ask all of you to make a presence this year for Orthodox college students at your parish. Now more than ever is the time to raise awareness.
Over the past few years the national average of young adults leaving the Church has been 6 out of 10. Recently the Pew Research Institute declared the average is quickly growing to 7 out of 10. We would like to encourage each of you to visit our website to find the resources you will need to conduct a presentation. If you are unable to make the presentation, please ask some to fill in for you. Thank you for your support of campus ministry!!!"
Endorsed by the Episcopal Assembly of Orthodox Bishops in North America, this observance is designed to draw attention to the importance of ministering to our college age Orthodox Christian Students. Parishes are reminded that young Orthodox Christians are attending college in their cities and towns, and the faithful are encouraged to connect with these college students in order to provide a parish home away from home. For more information, contact the Orthodox Christian Fellowship.
NYC's World Trade Center Towers and St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, the only house of worship destroyed on 9/11.Bishop Basil writes:
This Saturday, September 11, is the ninth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on our nation which claimed the lives of over 3,000 innocent men, women and children. A prayer appropriate to the occasion (which is blessed for our DOWAMA clergy to say before the dismissal of all divine services this coming Saturday) is printed below.
A Prayer for September 11th
O Lord our God, Who art Thyself, the Hope of the hopeless, the Help of the helpless, the Savior of the storm-tossed, the Haven of the voyager, the Physician of the sick; be all things to our land which nine years ago on this date was devastated by the cowardly and hateful acts of false martyrs; who imitated wicked Herod in his slaughter of 14,000 innocents, whose only crime was to be born at the time of Thine incarnation. For those who lost loved ones, grant the comfort you imparted to the Mary and Martha before you raised Lazarus and care for them as Thou didst care for Thy Mother from the Cross, putting her in the care of the Apostle John.
"Icons: Windows to Heaven"
Getting To Know the Iconographers
Cheryl Ann Pituch and Niko Chocheli will be presenting workshops at Antiochian Village for the event, "Icons: Windows to Heaven," November 4–7, 2010. Vasiliki Oldziey, Christian Education Coordinator for the Diocese of Wichita and the Midwest, interviewed them this summer. The Department of Christian Education sponsors the annual Orthodox Institute, and the theme of this year's event is iconography. The Institute will include several courses on iconography and provide participants an opportunity to learn how to write icons ("Utilizing Crafts"). Teacher-training courses and the Church School Director Seminar are also scheduled for the Institute. Amateur or professional iconographers are encouraged to bring an icon for our "Festival of Orthodoxy" display. If you love icons, don't miss this opportunity! For more information or a brochure, please e-mail the department at firstname.lastname@example.com, or visit our website.
Cheryl Ann Pituch
Cheryl Ann has been married for thirty-eight years to Eugene Pituch and is the mother of four children and the grandmother of two. She currently resides in Davidsville, Pennsylvania, a small town in the Laurel Mountains, 92 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. Her icons are featured in the current Icon Calendar from Conciliar Press.Icon Calendar, 2010
1. Icons were not part of your early life. Tell us how icons have changed your life.
I grew up in the Presbyterian Church and was taught that any statues or "pictures" were never to be kissed or prayed before in any way. I struggled to understand icons, in order to embrace the faith. I have been an Orthodox Christian for 32 years and have been painting for about 26 years. Now, I can't imagine life without icons. The most dramatic change in my life with icons is prayer. Icons open constant opportunities to pray. They have changed my life just by being visible and witnessing (in their silence) their love for God, and stirring my heart to do more.
The Antiochian Women Membership Handbook is now available online!
NAB President Cindy Nimey writes:
"This publication, produced by Khourieh Suzanne Murphy and her husband, Fr. Gregory Murphy, is a wonderful booklet that consists of many works from past membership coordinators, with some new additions that they felt would be helpful to our Antiochian Women groups. It is attractive, easy to read, and has valuable information that will surely aid our chapters in the growth of their ministry as Antiochian Women. Our hope is that you will use it and pass it along to your successors over the next years, remembering that we are always here for one another."
NAB Membership Coordinator Kh. Suzanne Murphy writes:
"My goal in undertaking this project was to make the information contained in the Handbook available to every woman in our Archdiocese. Some of the information may seem quite basic, but part of the purpose of this Handbook is to help those women who may be new to our Archdiocese -- and to our Antiochian Women organization -- to gain a basic understanding of who we are and what we do. This basic introduction is a way of assisting them to build a level of familiarity and comfort with us. There are also some sections like the Constitution, By-laws, and reimbursement policy that are more technical and intended for use by our chapter officers. In short, we want this Handbook to have a little something for everyone, to be interesting and appealing, and to help us in our goal of building a faithful, active, and caring sisterhood-in-Christ."
Click here to download the Handbook
The Bucket ListOrthodox Seniors' RetreatOctober 24-26, 2010Antiochian Village Conference and Retreat CenterDownload Flyer (PDF)
Have you made your "Bucket List"? Join us at Antiochian Village, Sunday, October 24th through Tuesday, October 26th, 2010 as we look at what God desires for us and from us as we journey into our later years in life. This retreat is geared for our faithful with more life experience (a.k.a. seniors) to join together in discussion about living a vibrant spiritual life in our twilight years, to worship in faith, and to enjoy each other's fellowship.
For more information, including complete schedule and registration form, please download the event flyer (PDF), or contact Antiochian Village.
Nov. 22, 1924 - Aug. 23, 2010
Charles G. Ofiesh, 85, of St. George Orthodox Church in Altoona, PA fell asleep in the Lord Monday, August 23, 2010. Charlie was a long time member of The Order of St. Ignatius and served many years on the parish council as a member and chair. He initiated an Endowment Fund and worked tirelessly for the good of the parish. In 2005 he was awarded the Antonian Silver Medal by Metropolitan Philip. He was for most of his life in the parish, "always there." He will be greatly missed. His leadership in the parish, in Altoona and in Pennsylvania is established by the list of organizations and accomplishments of his life as well as his three children, three grand-children and six great grandchildren.
He was born in Albany, N.Y., son of George and Emily (Ofiesh) Ofiesh. He married Helen V. Ajay on Sept. 4, 1949, and she preceded him in death on May 14, 2009.
Charles was a 1942 graduate of Altoona High School. He was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII, serving in the Pacific theater, and the Korean conflict. He retired as a Command Sergeant Major after serving 41 years in the Pennsylvania Army Reserve. He received 26 awards and decorations, including the Legion of Merit and the Meritorious Service medals.
He retired as a general contractor and owner of Ofiesh Construction.
Charles was a member of the Altoona Zoning Board for more than 45 years, past president and life director of the Pennsylvania Builders Association, past commander of the local and Pennsylvania Disabled American Veterans, past commander of the American Legion, life member of the VFW, life member of Cooties and parade marshal in Altoona for more than 30 years.
Notice has been received this morning from the Patriarchal Office in Damascus of the falling asleep in Christ of His Grace Bishop Dimitri Ilyan Al-Hosni following a long illness. As a priest His Grace had served at the Patriarchate in Damascus and as a bishop in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
May his memory be eternal!
Bishop Thomas writes:
The Antiochian House of Studies has begun to form an Alumni Association. This association will include all those people who have attended or participated in the St. Stephen Course of Study, the Doctor of Ministry program, the Masters degree program, and also the residency program for seminarians at the AHOS. All those people who have been part of these disciplines are encouraged to investigate the good work that will be done by this alumni association. Please e-mail Martie Johnson at firstname.lastname@example.com.
A Weekend of Spiritual RefreshmentSeptember 10-11, 2010St. Michael Orthodox ChurchLouisville, KentuckyDownload Event Flyer (PDF)
Come join us for a Retreat with Fr. Meletios Webber on the themes of Orthodox Spirituality and Prayer
"Stop listening to your thoughts – not the thoughts you have, but the thoughts that have you. They have nothing beneficial to offer you, and besides you have heard them all before. Brush them aside, and gently continue to brush them aside. Beyond their clamor and din there is available to you a level of greater awareness – a place of love, joy, peace and compassion. At first, it is difficult to "hear" it (since it is expressed in silence) but with practice you will start to recognize its voice, and a deeper state of presence will be yours." ‐ Fr. Meletios


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Maryland's Career Clusters
Maryland's career clusters are driven by what students need to know and do in order to graduate fully prepared for further education and careers in the 21st century global economy. Career clusters provide an important context for educational reform efforts as outlined in the Maryland State Department of Education's (MSDE's) Achievement Matters Most: Maryland's Plan for Every Student and the Policies and Procedures for the Development and Continuous Improvement of Career Technology Education (CTE) Programs.
Career clusters have been embraced nationally at both secondary and postsecondary levels. Maryland is a recognized leader in successfully adapting the national framework to the state's economy and school reform. Many local school systems, schools, and colleges are using the career cluster system to organize teaching and learning to meet the specific needs and resources of their community.
Career clusters are groupings of interrelated occupations that represent the full range of career opportunities in key economic sectors of Maryland's economy. The career clusters provide a "road map" for students and adults in planning for and pursuing further education and careers through pathways. Maryland's career clusters are:
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· Construction and Development
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For decades, many have believed that the doors to inclusion of individuals with intellectual disabilities in mainstream society have been shut tight because of misconceptions, ignorance and fear. Now, those suspicions have scientific validation, according to a groundbreaking study released by Special Olympics.
The results are in on a major international study that, for the first time, documents how the general population across cultures view persons with intellectual disabilities, and how they should fit into society - views which have far-reaching, negative consequences for the more than 170 million individuals with intellectual disabilities worldwide. The study was conducted in 10 countries across the world, with 8,000 persons responding. On Friday, 20 June, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, the Multinational Study of Attitudes toward Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities was presented as part of the 2003 Scientific Symposium, held in association with the 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games.
"While the results of this survey were not surprising to those of us who have experience working and/or living with individuals with intellectual disabilities, we're encouraged by the very telling results that those who had an involvement with Special Olympics had better attitudes toward individuals with intellectual disabilities," said the Chairman of Special Olympics, Timothy Shriver. "Simply put, these results are unacceptable. But, it strengthens our resolve to expand the Special Olympics experience to new generations of athletes and volunteers throughout the world. Our greatest hope is that this study will serve as the catalyst for a real and lasting change in the public's attitudes toward the inclusion of individuals with intellectual disabilities in every aspect of society in every country on the planet." Overall, the survey shows that the general population lacks an appreciation of the range of capabilities of individuals with intellectual disabilities, and therefore have low expectations of how much people with mental disabilities can achieve. The study also revealed that the world still believes individuals with intellectual disabilities should work and learn in separate settings, apart from people without disabilities. It is very important that the results be viewed in a global context, as cultural values and practices vary from country to country. Thus, country-to-country comparisons are unlikely to give an accurate representation of the true attitudes behind the results. The goal of the Multinational Study of Attitudes toward Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities was to document the social acceptance level of individuals with intellectual disabilities worldwide. In particular, the study focused on: how the general population views the capabilities of individuals with intellectual disabilities; the extent to which they should be able to employ those capabilities in inclusive settings; and exactly how far average people believe that persons with intellectual disabilities should be integrated into everyday society. It is hoped that this survey will spur individuals, families, educators, young people, healthcare professionals, employers, service providers, sports and community organizers, and government leaders to address what can be done to promote the inclusion of individuals with intellectual disabilities in every segment of society. Suggestions include: more volunteerism with groups/organizations affiliated with the intellectually disabled, identifying and erasing attitudinal misconceptions of individuals with intellectual disabilities, and better education across all sectors of society as to what capabilities individuals with intellectual disabilities truly possess. Commissioned by Special Olympics, the two-year study, led by Dr. Gary Siperstein of the University of Massachusetts Boston, is the largest and most comprehensive study ever conducted on this subject, reporting how people across the world view the roles and capabilities of persons with intellectual disabilities in the workplace, the classroom and in daily social life. The results will help researchers and laypeople alike better understand and document evidence of public perceptions and negative attitudes which millions of individuals with intellectual disabilities struggle with each and every day. "By exposing the often latent beliefs of ordinary people towards individuals with intellectual disabilities, scientists, educators, social service workers, parents, friends and many others will be better equipped to combat the negative stereotypes exposed by this research. They will also be better equipped to encourage and grow the positive beliefs," said Dr. Siperstein. "It is striking that, compared to the general public, Special Olympics families demonstrate much more positive attitudes toward the capabilities of persons with intellectual disabilities and their inclusion in society." "One of the greatest challenges persons with intellectual disabilities face is overcoming the barriers to inclusion in society," said Shriver. "For many years, the athletes, volunteers and family members of the Special Olympics movement have known that the attitudes and expectations of the public determine the degree to which children, adolescents and adults with intellectual disabilities are able to learn, work and live alongside their peers without intellectual disabilities. Through this study, we now have conclusive and scientific confirmation of this long-held belief." The study uncovered a definite presence of negative attitudes - both within and across the countries surveyed - toward persons with intellectual disabilities. It also demonstrates the relationship between public attitudes toward intellectual disabilities and the practices within countries that impact the quality of life of these individuals. Attitudes, beliefs and expectations are, in part, influenced by the distinct cultural norms, values and variety of resources and services that are available.
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At long last, the Star Wars story of the mysterious Sith Lord Darth Plagueis and his apprentice, Darth Sidious, is revealed!
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Darth Plagueis: Like all Sith Lords before him, he craves absolute power. But like no Sith Lord ever, he possesses the ultimate power—over life and death.
Darth Sidious: In secret he masters the power of the dark side, while publicly climbing to the highest government office.
One desires to rule supreme; the other dreams of living forever. Together, they will destroy the Jedi and rule the galaxy. Unless merciless Sith tradition becomes their undoing. . . .
"Luceno draws on his storytelling skill and prodigious knowledge of the [Star Wars] world . . . to craft a complex tale of ambition and desire."—Library Journal
Excerpted from Darth Plagueis: Star Wars by James Luceno. Copyright © 2011 by James Luceno. Excerpted by permission of LucasBooks, a division of Random House LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.


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Seriously what is the point?
Phoronix: Image Quality: Intel Ivy Bridge vs. Radeon Gallium3D
Aside from all the Linux gaming news this week, the past few days were also particularly exciting due to Intel's launch of the much-anticipated Ivy Bridge processor line-up. There were launch-day Linux benchmarks of the Intel Core i7 3770K on Phoronix plus many more articles are currently in the publishing pipeline...
Seriously what is the point?
I agree comparing image quality is something that's not very interesting. But I'd love to see opengl performance comparisons for windows 7 and linux. I know that previous Intel drivers were significantly better on windows than on linux, but now times have changed, so a new comparison is something that we should definitely see.
And I'm sure other people will also be interested in other articles.
1) Render
2) Save the rendering in a lossless format
3) Use a image diff'ing tool
Only if you really have a point to make about rendering differences product of something like a bug or overall testing for regressions for example . Of course, the comparison is legit as long as you take care that the renderings are THE SAME (same shaders, textures, and such) ... maybe apitrace could help with that?
Otherwise than that, this entire article is simply a waste of time for readers (if no point is made)
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Sorry if I may sound harsh, but I am really confused.
What do you mean by that?
We have to have that hardware to generate an image diff? Or do we have do download the images you generated and generate a diff?
Wouldn't it make more sense to have a diff percentage between the two images and some kind of mechanism (e.g. on-mouse-over) to switch between the two images on the same canvas to actually be able to see the differences?
I only see the renderings, no image diffs ... and if I have to buy the cards **and/or** run the diff by myself, what's the point of the article then? sorry if it's kinda harsh, but the article could be better
Firefox allows to download base64 encoded images, so ... I just tried different ways to diff images using compare and I have to say that the renderings are *very* similar, dunno what's the point of the article, I'm confused
In any case, it's a good idea to run a rendering diff from time to time just to check if there are any regressions and where it appeared by running a bisect. But post an article if there's something relevant to say about it ( if diff'ing really shows a perceptible difference)
P.S → here's how to make a diff of images (if you are curious, there are *tons* of ways to make diffs) : http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/compare/
What I mean is that you can already do image diffs with PTS, etc by just running one command, etc. It's very streamlined from what's in the article and anything else can be easily done from there with small tweaks or other commands from there for those interested. This was just a quick weekend article pushing out the data for anyone interested in exploring or playing further with it.
Michael Larabel
You should really do the comparison yourself. Maybe even something like Tom's do, here's a sample if you're not aware:
It's really kind of silly to just see 6 images like that, and be like "oh, so what is the point"?


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Stylish New Look At Johnny Depp As Baranabas Collins In Tim Burton's 'Dark Shadows'
This poster, promoting the Tim Burton Expo at La Cinematheque Francaise, has provided us with a new look at Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins in Burton's forthcoming 'Dark Shadows.' The poster is one in a series promoting the event. Barnabas Collins was an 18th century gentleman, a businessman just before the Revolutionary War, who was transformed against his will into a vampire and buried in a tomb for two centuries. After he finally emerges, uncovered by construction workers in the year 1972, he seeks out his descendants — as well as some long-ago foes and a possible lost love. Alongside Johnny Depp, 'Dark Shadows' stars Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Bella Heathcote, Chloe Moretz and Gulliver McGrath. The film opens in cinemas May 11th – look out for a trailer soon. Source: Bleedingcool.
In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet—or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy…until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive.
Two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets. Matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Michelle Pfeiffer) has called upon live-in psychiatrist, Dr. Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter), to help with her family troubles.
Also residing in the manor is Elizabeth's ne'er-do-well brother, Roger Collins, (Jonny Lee Miller); her rebellious teenage daughter Carolyn Stoddard (Chloe Moretz); and Roger's precocious 10-year-old son, David Collins (Gulliver McGrath). The mystery extends beyond the family, to caretaker Willie Loomis, played by Jackie Earle Haley, and David's new nanny, Victoria Winters, played by Bella Heathcote.
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I've used the existing IEGD releases on similar hardware. My main gripes are that Linux support seems to be an afterthought and everything is handjammed in. You are supposed to create a configuration with some windows tool and then export it to a tar file that you copy to your linux target. Then you run it as root and it does a bunch of random makefile and shell script stuff, asking you questions along the way.
Looking at the xorg config format, it seems like they are trying to make it look like a registry.
For myself, I made a clean makefile for the userspace bits that installs them to proper places with install and accepts DESTDIR. The kernel module is a bit more difficult to deal with as they have attempted to support multiple kernel versions in a particularly bizarre way. They copied the headers from a whole bunch of kernels and keep them in various directories. I ripped all those and made it include headers from the actual kernel and added a simple Kbuild and Makefile instead of their Frankenstein setup. Using real kernel headers makes it much easier to build on 2.6.32.


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TRUCKEE, Calif. - As the father of two young grade school boys, the most recent rampage shooting in Connecticut hit me particularly hard. If our children aren't safe in the sanctuary of an elementary school, where are they safe? Once I learned of the ages of the victims, I changed the channel. I could not endure visions of precious young children filled with happiness and joy being terrorized and riddled with fear as they were about to be murdered. I still can't watch any media coverage of the shooting without welling up, so I do so only in small doses.
Every time another mass murder occurs (that seem to be coming with frighteningly increasing frequency), the first thing we ask ourselves is how it could have been prevented. Gun control enters the public debate again, and the old adage - guns don't kill people, people do - wears thinner and thinner. Then time passes, memories fade and nothing changes until the cycle repeats itself. I think we all agree something needs to be done. The question is what and where to start.
I propose that if guns were the core problem, this would be how a mass murder would occur: A mass murderer walks into a gun store and buys some guns. He gets the guns home and says to himself, "What should I do with these?" A light bulb goes on in his head and he tells himself, "I know, I'm going to kill a bunch of innocent people."
You see, it's the guns that made him do it.
That's pretty naive. A mass murderer has a motive and a plan first. If he's disturbed enough to plan his crime and motivated and brazen enough to carry it out, even with the tightest forms of gun control in place, finding a way to get a gun would be the least difficult obstacle to overcome for someone with the mindset of a mass murder.
Proponents of gun control would like to start by limiting access to the guns that are most often used by mass murderers. That makes sense, I suppose. Topping the list is the semi-automatic handgun (which is the most common gun owned by law abiding citizens for protection) followed by the assault rifle.
Let's just say we could regulate assault rifles and semi-automatic handguns out of the hands of criminals. What then? We go back to the good old days when snipers used deer rifles and more personal assailants used shotguns and revolvers? Where do we stop?
Rather than debate the intent of the 2nd Amendment and what was in the minds of very wise men who lived more than 200 years ago, fail to come to an agreement and end up doing nothing again, we should deal with what's in the minds of mass murderers who are products of the society we live in today.
What we can do right now is tighten up and enforce current gun laws by closing loopholes that permit guns to be bought without background checks or cooling off periods, and do better screening for those with mental illnesses.
Doing so should give us at least some comfort while our nation analyzes the psyche of the delegates who wrote the Constitution.
Maybe they knew something that has been lost on us that we now take for granted - freedom requires protection from tyranny.
Nick De Fiori is a Truckee resident.


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31 Day Challenge, day 10: Gradient
Hi everybody! :-) It's about time that I continue with the 31 Day Challenge, so here you have my attempt on day 10: gradient nails. And what a terrible attempt it is... I tried so hard and so many times to get the gradient smooth, but so far this was the best I could do. I do like the colors though, and from a distance it doesn't look too awful. So with a lot more practice, I hope to show you a better gradient next time. ;-) I used P2 Funky as my basecolor and used a fine make-up sponge to dab on Essence Sending You Kisses on the tips.
My next post will be featuring polka dots, hope to see you again then!
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I had a lot of trouble to start with too. i found a piece of washing up sponge worked better than cosmetic sponge, esp when kept moist. That made a BIG difference! Good luck :) xx
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why if I try it, it's horrible?
and if you try it, it's great?
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