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searches through the linux dictionary for the word you're trying to spell (you can use regular expressions, e.g. "< /usr/share/dict/words egrep bro[c]+o[l]+i" )
Really, you deserve whatever happens if you have a whitespace character in a file name, but this has a small safety net. The truly paranoid will use '-i'.
I have this as a file called deletekey in my ~/bin.
Makes life a little easier.
Quicker way to search man pages of command for key word
This should do the same thing and is about 70 chars shorter.
Requires aria2c but could just as easily wget or anything else.
A great way to build up a nice font collection for Gimp without having to waste a lot of time. :-)
If you have lots of subversion working copies in one directory and want to see in which repositories they are stored, this will do the trick. Can be convenient if you need to move to a new subversion server.
This shows you which files are most in need of commenting (one line of output per file)
I created this command to give me a quick overview of how many file types a directory, and all its subdirectories, contains. It works based off file extension, rather than file(1)'s magic output, because it ended up being more accurate and less confusing.
Files that don't have an ext (README) are generally not important for me to want to count, but you're free to customize this fit your needs.
Get a list of all the unique hostnames from the apache configuration files. Handy to see what sites are running on a server. A slightly shorter version.
Get a list of all the unique hostnames from the apache configuration files. Handy to see what sites are running on a server.
This is a slight variation of an existing submission, but uses regular expression to look for files instead. This makes it vastly more versatile, and one can easily verify the files to be kept by running ls | egrep "[REGULAR EXPRESSION]"
Thanks for the submit! My alternative produces summaries only for directories. The original post additionally lists all files in the current directory. Sometimes the files, they just clutter up the output. Once the big directory is located, *then* worry about which file(s) are consuming so much space.
If you want to relocate a package on your own, or you just want to know what those PREIN/UN and POSTIN/UN scripts will do, this will dump out all that detail simply.
You may want to expand the egrep out other verbose flags like CHANGELOGTEXT etc, as your needs require.
It isn't clear, but the formatting around $tag is important: %{$tag} just prints out the first line, while [%{$tag }] iterates thru multi-line output, joining the lines with a space (yes, there's a space between the g and } characters. To break it out for all newlines, use [%{$tag\n}] but the output will be long.
This is aside from rpm2cpio | cpio -ivd to extract the package files.
lists all files that are opened by processess named $processname
egrep 'w.+REG' is to filter out non file listings in lsof, awk to get the filenames, and sort | uniq to remove duplciation
Please install aria2c before you try the above command. On ubuntu the command to install aria2c would be:
sudo aptitude install aria2
This command is jsut for the main IP settings of ndd. if you need ip6 or icmp edit the text within the egrep inclusion area.
Felix001 - www.Fir3net.com
Can be used in a working copy to output the URL (extracted from svn info), or as part of another function, as $(svnurl some/path). Saves a lot of time in my SVN workflow.
Comcast is an ISP in the United States that has started hijacking DNS requests as a "service" for its customers. For example, in Firefox, one used to be able to do a quick "I'm Feeling Lucky" Google search by typing a single word into the URL field, assuming the word is not an existing domain when surrounded by www.*.com. Comcast customers never receive the correct NX (non-existent domain) error from DNS. Instead, they are shown a page full of advertising. There is a way to "opt out" from their service, but that requires having the account password and the MAC address of your modem handy. For me, it was easier just to set static DNS servers. But the problem is, which ones to choose? That's what this command answers. It'll show you the three _non-hijacked_ Comcast DNS servers that are the shortest distance away.
Perhaps you don't have Comcast (lucky you!), but hopefully this command can serve as an example of using netselect to find the fastest server from a list. Note that, although this example doesn't show it, netselect will actually perform the uniq and DNS resolution for you.
Requires: netselect, curl, sort, uniq, grep


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MIAMI, F.L. More than 1,000 people signed up to hunt Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades, but just a fraction of them have been successful so far.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said Friday that 30 of the invasive snakes have been killed in the competition that began Jan. 12.
Wildlife officials say eradicating pythons from the Everglades was never the goal of the monthlong Python Challenge. Instead, they hoped to raise awareness about the snakes threat to native wildlife and the fragile Everglades ecosystem. The snake faces both state and federal bans.
No one knows for sure how many pythons live in the Everglades. Researchers say the hunt is helping them collect more information about the pythons habits.
The competition ends Feb. 10.
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Was kinda throwing the idea around last night, doing a small amount of research (maybe not enough)...
I was thinking...
If I were to take a .22wmr bolt action rifle, like a Marlin 982 with stainless bull barrel, and granted I could find the right drill bit and a drill press, I think I could build a 5.7x28mm precision rifle!!!
According to Wikipedia (only place I found a good comparison table), the differences I've found were:
Length: 2mm
Rim: .019"
Shot: Rimfire vs. Centerfire, though possibly switched by simple grinding/filing (with hardening of course)
Chamber: Straight cartridge at .241 as opposed to .310...
Also, the 5.7x28mm has a very steep shoulder angle, which would probably be about right with just a standard .310" drill bit...
Whaddya guys think?
Would a .22wmr bolt catch and hold a 5.7x28, or would I have to increase the diameter by .019? How would I go about doing this?
Does the Marlin 982 have a center-to-rim pin block, or an off-center-to-rim pin block? This is crucial if I'm going to try and cobble the firing pin from a rimfire firing pin block...
I'd probably have to chase the new chamber with another smaller bit to make a pocket for the neck, which could be the 2mm difference between lengths. I haven't looked at a .22wmr up close yet...
Think the .22wmr bull barrel would hold up to the 5.7x28mm chamber pressure?
I think it'd be way neat to have a 5.7x28mm precision rifle, especially if I could cobble a mag adapter that would hold Five-seveN magazines... That'd be later... MUCH later. For now, I'd go with just standard single-shot until I whip up a magazine solution.
What about mags? Would the 7-round 22wmr hold 5.7x28mm? What about the ejector size? Would I have to move it back 2mm to accomodate a longer round, or would it still be able to kick out the 5.7x28mm?
Does anyone have a Marlin 982 in .22wmr and access to a 5.7x28mm round? Or just a .22wmr and 5.7x28mm for visual comparison?
[edit] Is there anything else I need to know about swapping calibers? Am I underestimating the job? [/edit]


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To "Andrea Watkins" ...any heterosexual guy who doesn't find Miley's tight little teen bikini body to be "hot" is either a liar or trying to impress some chick w/ his political correctitude. Public skin is fair game for public lust. Looking at (and snapping pics of) hot young stuff strutting it in public isn't illegal (yet).
from what it looks like, its tattoo. i think its wrong for a girl of her age to have one! shes 16 for gods sake! and the fact that her parents let her do whatever she wants is just SICK. they are like "we let our kids make their own choices" WHICH IS CODE FOR: "WE WANT TO GET ALL THE F**KIN PRESS WE CAN GET, BRING IT ON!" ALSO, if its not a tattoo and is a fake one or something that looks real, thats like carrying a knock-off purse. do you think your cool!?!?!?
Miley let us not forget is only 17. Whe she was 12 and wanted to be a star, she didn't know that the media would rip her life away away from her reporting everything she does from wiping her nose to taking a pee. All she wanted to do at that time I'm sure was sing and act. No 12 year old really has a concept of consequences at that point. I think it is nice that she has adoring fans, but some of you on this chat page, woah......you need to step back and realize that Miley is not a woman yet. It is not cool to refer to her as HOT, (unless your a teenaged boy) but I have a feeling that most of the people posting here are older than kids. This situation is usually how stalkers are born. Miley sweetie, just watch out for yourself and do what's good in life for you, not everyone else.
I don't think anyone has the right to judge anyone else. I think what Miley does is her own business, and if people don't like certain photos of her DON'T LOOK AT THEM!!! And why is every teen celeb considered a role model? Who made that rule? I know for a fact that as a teen I made tons of mistakes and no way would I like all my dirty laundry aired for everyone to see. No one's perfect and everyone makes mistakes so what gives anyone the right to judge someone else. People shouldn't be so cruel, especially to a teen girl. I don't think she's hurting anyone, but if some people are offended by her in some way, then I suggest those people shouldn't pay attention to her. If you don't go looking for certain photos that might offend you then you won't get offended.
wat miley does is left for everbody else to decide wat to do with....and anyways for those being prudes she could have gotten a tatoo saying "bite me", or something trashy like that and she could have gotten wittten across her boobs or her butt or somewhere obnoxious. and why do so many people care wat she duz. and there are girls and boys her age and younger that are drugees, alcohols, or do both or either regularly, and most definately not virgins. so she can do many other things, that people would think that are much worse.
what in the world? this girl is not fit to be called a 'role model'. or certainly not a good one. she's 17, and shes already had NUMEROUS photo scandals, that included a lesbian implicating picture, shower pictures to her boyfriend at age 14, bathtub pictures with two other girls, a completely nude 15 year old child covered up by a single white bed sheet and trashy red lipstick. not to mention the picture of her revealing her bra. or the many pictures of her wearing extremely revealing dresses. or the one of her licking her lips at her underwear model exboyfriend. whom she was 16 when she was dating, and he who was 20. and has anyone else seen the recent crap with the stripper pole dances? and all the slutty choreography that's going into her videos? these videos that little kids watch for christs sake! she is seventeen years old and she really needs to settle herself and take a look at this. this was part of the deal. she was twelve years old when she signed on to all of this. she should've been told that fame can go to your head and make you a whore. i swear, she's going to end up just like britney spears if she doesnt slow her sorry ass down. she says shes a christian? what kind of christian has all those photos? what kind of christian dances on a stripper pole? and gets a tattoo underneath their BOOB? god. this girl is headed down the wrong road way too fast.
its a shame to say this but u sure look like a bitch. and about your age, i think u r more than that for sure looking at your 14 year old pic, u wouldn't have grown so old like this just in a space of 3 years. pls girl spear me the bitter details.just a piece of advice, if u dont watch the way you lift yourself before you are 30, you might be in and out of abt 10 marriages and will still be counting.
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Several months ago, a small sign appeared outside a house on Route 100B in Moretown. "Shady Lady Tattoos" it read in black Gothic lettering.
The house, an 1850s white colonial, had been left dilapidated and deserted after sustaining nearly five feet of water following Tropical Storm Irene, and the opening of Meredith Martin's business last August was "kind of a one-year anniversary of the flood," she said.
An old house in the middle of a rural river valley prone to flooding might sound like the last place for a tattoo parlor, "but with any building, there are risks," Martin said, and the community has embraced her business.
Martin started Shady Lady Tattoos in 2006 in Randolph, after apprenticing and earning her tattoo license in Montpelier in 2004. Today, most of Martin's clients live between Rutland and Hardwick, but some travel much further for her custom designs. "I have a regular customer that comes up twice a year from New York City," Martin said. "He came in for the first time while on vacation in Vermont, and he keeps coming back."
"People generally develop a really close personal relationship with their tattooists," Martin explained, as the tattooing process "is really intimate and personal, and people have really personal stories that go with their tattoos."
Last fall, Martin was featured in Vermont Works for Women's Labor of Love exhibit, which celebrates the transformative power of 25 working women across the state as part of the organization's 25th anniversary.
"Meredith is a tattoo artist," Martin's Labor of Love bio reads, "but she is so much more than that. She helps people work through terrible times they have had in their lives and gives them artwork to constantly remind them of how they came through changed, powerful [and] strong."
Martin has wanted to be a tattooist ever since she was 16 and got a tattoo of a little flower with a star, she said, but it wasn't until she was 38 that she started pursuing the art as a full-time career.
"I was always really intrigued about the fact that there was something mysterious and taboo about tattoos—especially for women. But times are changing," Martin said, as people are realizing that tattoos are really "just another form of self-expression."
Now, over half of Martin's clients are women. "They're nurses, teachers and grandmas," she said, explaining that the people getting tattoos today are not the stereotypical bikers and ex-convicts.
"You'd be surprised how many farmers come in for tattoos," Martin said, illustrating the beauty behind Shady Lady's central Vermont location. "Young gardeners come in asking for tattoos of kale," she said. "I've done so many botanical-themed designs this year."
And Martin is looking for ways other ways in which to embrace her new community. This spring, she hopes to begin renovating the barn behind Shady Lady to serve as a media sculpture and stained glass studio, where she can offer showroom space for other artists during the Vermont Festival of the Arts in August. "I have a lot of plans to support the arts," Martin said.
For more information about Shady Lady, or to set up a free consultation,
visit shadyladytattoos.com or call Meredith at (802)496-9616.


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Friday September 2nd, 2011 11:50
Album review: 808 State – Blueprint (ZTT/Salvo)
808 State
The title of this retrospective is particularly prescient, since 808 State are true pioneers. It's hard to recall any other dance album from 1989, let alone one as good as the Manc group's 'Ninety'. But that's not even the start of the story, with the techno and acid sounds of the preceding 'New Build' and 'Quadrastate' EPs being hugely innovative and influential.
Whereas their last compilation in 1998 was a fairly straightforward ZTT-era Greatest Hits, this collection revisits tracks both pre and post that era, positioning itself as a "Greatest Bits" rather than just the singles. Being just a one CD affair, there's inevitably plenty of essential stuff absent, but everything present is a masterclass in how to create compelling machine-made music full of character and humanity.
'Pacific State' remains an impossibly seminal track but the likes of 'Nephatiti' and 'Plan 9′ prove that they could consistently deliver soulful electronica, whilst elsewhere the collaborations with Björk, James Dean Bradfield and Guy Garvey reveal a group with a mindset that stretches far beyond just club culture.
The quotes in the accompanying sleevenotes reveal the high esteem 808 State are held in by their techno peers; quite right too – 'Blueprint' amply demonstrates a fearless sonic adventurism with music that has not dated, but actually aged gracefully. MS


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TWELVE-POLE - An apparent argument turned deadly at a Twelve Pole (Breeden) residence Sunday evening, as what is believed to be a murder/suicide claimed the lives of two individuals and left two young children without their parents.
According to information provided by West Virginia State Police (WVSP) Public Information Officer, 1st Sgt. Michael Baylous, troopers from the Williamson Detachment, along with 2 Mingo County Sheriff's (MCSD) deputies, were dispatched to a residence on the East Fork of Twelve Pole after a 911 call was placed stating that shots had been fired.
Upon arrival, Troopers T.G. Kania, D.M. Williamson and J.J. Dean III discovered the bodies of a male and female lying on the ground outside their residence. Attempts to resuscitate were attempted by emergency medical services employees but were unsuccessful.
According to testimony provided by eye witnesses, Teri Ann Browning, 30, and her husband, William Warren Browning, 45, both of the home, had been involved in a domestic altercation prior to the situation escalating into one of violence involving a deadly weapon. William is said to have shot and fatally wounded his wife before turning the 22 caliber handgun on himself, ending his own life. This horrific event played out as the couple's two young children, ages 6 and 8, were inside the home. Thanks to the quick action and thoughtfulness of family members, neighbors and law enforcement officers, the juveniles were protected from the details of the circumstances that had played out to the highest extent possible.
Mingo County Medical Examiner Mike Casey pronounced the husband and wife dead, and the bodies were then transported to the State Medical Examiner's office in Charleston for autopsies to determine the exact cause of death. A Child Services case worker with the WV Department of Health and Human Resources removed the children from the home.
Assisting the troopers on the scene were MCSD Deputies E. Williams and M. Mounts, along with first responders from the East Fork of Twelve Pole Fire Department and STAT Ambulance EMT's.
More information regarding this case will be released as it becomes available.


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Green Energy Ohio's electric car road trip stops in ToledoWritten by Duane Ramsey | | firstname.lastname@example.com
Green Energy Ohio (GEO) is making history by taking an electric vehicle road trip and visiting five major Ohio cities, including a stop in Toledo June 6.
An electric-powered Chevy Volt car was the feature attraction at the EV Tour del Sol event held at the University of Toledo's Scott Park Campus of Energy and Innovation. GEO and Clean Fuels Ohio (CFO) partnered to make the tour a reality, with Delphi Automotive sponsoring it.
The 534-mile road trip had its third stop in Toledo following visits to Columbus on June 4 and Cincinnati June 5. It was scheduled to wrap up with stops in Warren June 7 and at Progressive Field in Cleveland June 8.
"There's a lot of excitement for electric cars around the state. We expect more cities and universities to have electric chargers for these vehicles in the near future," said Bill Spratley, executive director of GEO.
GEO and UT officials held a press conference at 10 a.m. to open the day that included expert speakers at educational workshops, with exhibitors and "Ride and Drive" demonstrations of electric powered vehicles.
"UT is a showcase campus for solar energy in Ohio," Spratley said.
"We're very proud to be a showcase for solar and alternative energy at UT," said Chuck Lehnert, vice president of administration at UT, in the shadow of the large wind turbine on the Scott Park Campus.
"UT is very serious about green energy and its contribution to the environment. Solar energy is part of our DNA at UT," Lehnert said, referring to leading photovoltaic research that continues to be conducted at UT.
Al Compaan, a professor involved in that photovoltaic research at UT for many years, brought his homemade electric-powered truck to the event. Compaan said he bought the 1982 model pickup in 1997, removed the gasoline engine and converted it to an electric vehicle that he has driven more than 34,000 miles during the past 14 years.
Greg Kuss, CEO of SolarVision based in Westerville, was the official driver of the signature Chevy Volt in the EV Tour del Sol. SolarVision is involved in installing a 5-watt solar array in Celina, Ohio.
Kuss said that 60 percent of the electricity powering the vehicle is generated by the solar installation at his home. He said he drives about 55 miles each work day and recharges the Volt for about $1.35 per day while he's at work.
The Volt was recharged at a station available on the Scott Park Campus during the event.
GM officials said the Volt comes with a 110-volt charger for recharging the vehicle's batteries at homes and businesses. A 240-volt charger is available for $1,000 for recharging the batteries at remote locations.
A Delphi portable electric vehicle charger was onboard the Volt driven in the EV Tour del Sol.
Delphi Automotive is a leading supplier of electronics and technologies for automotive and commercial vehicles. Delphi's Electrical/Electronic Architecture was developed for use in the electric and hybrid vehicle market.
Derek Harper, an innovations technology specialist from GM, drove another Chevy Volt from Detroit for the event. Another electric vehicle, the Toyota Prius, was provided for the UT event.
Owens Community College and the Electric Vehicle Institute at Bowling Green State University participated in the event at UT. The EV tour crew spent Tuesday night in Bowling Green following the event in Cincinnati and a stop in Dayton.
Green Energy Ohio is a nonprofit organization that promotes economically and environmentally sustainable energy policies and practices in the state. Clean Fuels Ohio is another nonprofit organization that promotes the use of cleaner, nonpetroleum fuels and efficient vehicles in Ohio.
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The passage of Labor Day sadly marks the end of backyard BBQs and pool parties, but for many people it may also come as a relief: a brutally hot summer is finally coming to an end.
The first half of the year was the hottest ever recorded in the contiguous US. July 2012 became the hottest July on record. And in communities across the country, more than 27,000 daily high-temperature records have been broken or tied so far this year.
Across the river from Opower headquarters, Washington DC faced 11 consecutive days that hit or exceeded 95 degrees…it was the city's most intense heat wave in 141 years of keeping temperature records.
Thankfully, air conditioners keep us cool and comfortable during these sizzling summer days. More than 60% of US households now have central air conditioning, up from 23% in the late 1970s. But the luxury of A/C comes at an obvious cost: higher electricity consumption. Exactly how much higher? We found that the average home's electricity usage on a 103°-high summer day is up to 40% higher than during a typical summer day.
How do we know? We cracked open our data warehouse to examine anonymized energy usage data across 18,000 homes from 3 different cities in the western part of US, which has faced blistering temperatures this summer. In particular, we explored a few key questions about energy consumption on hot days:


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In answering this question, I asserted that programming knowledge has a half-life of about 18 months.
In physics, we have radioactive decay which is the process by which a radioactive element transforms into something less energetic. The half-life is the measure of how long it takes for this process to result in only half of the material to remain.
A parallel concept might be that over time our programming knowledge ceases to be the current idiom and eventually becomes irrelevant. Noting that a half-life is asymptotic (so some knowledge will always be relevant), what are your thoughts on this?
Is 18 months a good estimate? Is it even the case? Does it apply to design patterns, but over a longer period? What are the inherent advantages/disadvantages of this half-life?
Just found this question which covers the material fairly well: "Half of everything you know will be obsolete in 18-24 months" = ( True, or False? )


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Career Development
Your post-Lakeland career starts before you set foot on campus.
Business Week 2013
Career-focused freshmen upload résumés, and we help grow that résumé with internships and other pre-professional activities.
We work closely with some of the area's most renowned corporations such as Kohler Co., Bemis, Sargento and Johnsonville, among others, to secure critically important internships. Of course, internships are a great path to fulltime careers.
"We are well-connected with employers, and we have excellent relationships with successful alumni who are now in position to hire," says Jess Lambrecht, director of career development. "We connect them with our current students."
Here at Lakeland, we have full-time career development professionals who are well-trained and focused on helping you find meaningful internships and, upon graduation, fulltime careers in your field of study.
A significant benefit of a Lakeland education is that our relationship with you will be personal and ongoing. The services our office provide include:
- On-going career counseling, to help you determine what types of careers interest you most
- Help with accessing and benefiting from various employment databases
- Personality profiling through the industry standard Myers-Briggs Type Indicator assessment
- Assistance with setting up job shadowing opportunities
- More than 40 career enhancement sessions per year
- Multiple classroom visits by area workforce leaders
- Facilitating mock interviews with potential employers
- Setting up tours of area companies
- Professional etiquette luncheons/seminars
- Preparation for graduate school entrance exams
- Multiple career-related colloquiums
- Helping set up and improve a professional LinkedIn profile
- Personalized reviews of job application materials
Prospective Students
To make the best transition from college to a career, start planning early. A visit to the Career Development Office as a freshman is a useful first step. If you start college with career possibilities in mind, we can set up informational interviews with practitioners in your areas of interest. As a result, you can make the best class selection decisions throughout your years at Lakeland College.
Please contact us or stop by and make an appointment with our staff!
The following calendar of career planning activities and career development resources serves as a guide for you:
Freshman Year
- Sample a variety of courses
- Get involved in campus organizations/activities
- Attend the annual majors market and learn about a variety of academic programs
- Complete career and personality assessments
- Attend Career Choices: Foundations class
- Consider working on campus
- Register with our online career management program — Career Connect
Sophomore Year
- Declare major(s)
- Develop résumé
- Research internship opportunities
- Consider relevant work experience through on-campus employment, a part-time job or summer employment
- Sharpen computer skills
- Utilize our Career Connect mentor program to network with professionals and alumni
Junior Year
- Participate in an internship program
- Assume leadership roles in campus organizations
- Research graduate schools and programs and begin taking standardized tests
- Network with faculty members, employers, career development staff, family members and friends
- Attend Career Choices: Strategies class
- Update professional materials — cover letter, résumé and references
Senior Year
- Internship or relevant work experience
- Participate in interviews or mock interviews
- Customize your résumé
- Research companies and organizations
- Attend our job fair and etiquette dinner
- Complete graduate school materials
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After Charlotte received her full-time job offer from Heresite, one of the first things she did was head over to Lakeland's Career Development office for an impromptu celebration.
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Charlotte, who earned a bachelor's degree in biochemistry, took full advantage of Lakeland's Career Development office and its savvy staff. She says she would not have been nearly as prepared for a competitive job search without the help she received from Lakeland's experts.
"The staff is so helpful, so knowledgeable and so willing to work with everyone," Charlotte says. "They really understand their area of expertise, and they have so many contacts."
Before she arrived on campus, Charlotte submitted a résumé and marveled at how much the staff helped her shape it.
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Charlotte also lauded the Career Development classes, job fairs, training seminars and etiquette training for how to dress for a job interview and how to act during a meal-based interview. She says she got tremendous value from the four mock interviews she did over the years with local companies. Those are often videotaped so students can watch them later with Career Development staff members.
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Re: Tevez will never play for Man City again?
Some more views on the Tevez saga on Twitter today:
That last retweet from albeit The Daily Star, sounds believable. Mancini seemed all too eager to tell everyone Tevez refused to play
I assume if Carlos Tevez is sacked by mcfc he his a free agent to join who he wants? Seems a neat way of getting a move!
Even my Nana who is 83 and doesn't follow football told me she thinks Tevez is daft and overpaid
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Its a joke how tevez is getting paid on his suspension. Just stick him in a council estate in mcr city centre. See how he copes.
A recent study found that the average city fan's salary is £19,000! Tevez earns that in a morning & refuses to play!!
If I was in charge of MCFC I'd fine Tevez as much as possible and donate his wages to Plymouth and other cash strapped clubs.
Wonder what mcfc hierarchy think of Mancini actions on Tevez.They're still paying his huge wages/v unlikely to get £40m valuation in Jan
It takes some doing to be hated by both MUFC & MCFC fans. Its a rare honour the man would be proud of. Kudos to a disgrace,
It would be excellent for the game if mcfc do sack tevez without compensation for breach of contract. No doubt Gordon Taylor will whinge


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That secont one would make an interesting thing to skate on. Are these made of wood or what?
Great blog as for me. I'd like to read a bit more concerning that matter.


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28 weeks is approaching on Wednesday, and so far, so good. Have not started swelling like I did last time...hurray. However, I had my gestational diabetes test last week, and while I don't have that - I do have pretty bad anemia. Oh good. So now I am taking iron, and eating lots of red meat, dark greens, nuts and dried fruit. This also explains why my butt has been dragging and I have felt somewhat weak at times. Anyone else had anemia? Anything I should watch for?
Next OBGYN appt is a week from Monday, and I should be having another ultrasound in the next 2-3 weeks.


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Does your toddler have a difficult time getting to sleep most nights? It could be that his or her body clock isn't in sync with bedtime. The body has a natural sleep and wake cycle called a circadian rhythm. It's like a master biological clock that lets us know when to be alert and when to sleep. When our body clock gets out of sync with our real time sleep and alertness needs, we have trouble falling asleep or staying awake when we need to.
But how does that clock work in preschoolers, who need more sleep than older kids or adults? A first-of-its-kind study tracked 14 healthy youngsters for six days to begin finding out.
The children, ages 2½ to 3, wore activity monitors on their wrists to detect when they slept and the parents kept diaries of their children's bedtime routines.
Then on the last afternoon, researchers visited each home, dimming lights and covering windows. Then every 30 minutes for six hours leading up to the child's appointed bedtime, they also coaxed each tot to chew on some dental cotton to provide a sample of saliva.
The saliva was used to test for the hormone, melatonin. Melatonin helps control our sleep and wake cycles. It's made by the pineal gland in the brain. Light affects how much melatonin the body produces. During the evening hours melatonin levels start to increase causing you to get sleepy.
''Just like nutrition and exercise, sleep is critical for good health,'' said sleep scientist Monique LeBourgeois of the University of Colorado, Boulder, who is leading the research.
For preschoolers, the new study found that on average, the melatonin surge occurred around 7:40 p.m. The children tended to be tucked in around 8:10 p.m., and most were asleep 30 minutes later, LeBourgeois reported in the journal Mind, Brain and Education.
When melatonin rose earlier in the evening, tots who hit the sack around 8 fell asleep a bit faster. But when the melatonin surge was closer to bedtime, the youngsters were more likely to fuss or make curtain calls after lights-out.
Two children in the study actually were tucked in before their rise in melatonin ever occurred, and it took them up to an hour past bedtime to fall asleep, she said.
Other factors can also have an impact on children's ability to fall asleep such as loud noises, stress or anxiety or disrupted home routines.
The National Institutes of Health says preschoolers need 11 to 12 hours of sleep each day; some typically comes from an afternoon nap.
About 25 percent of young children experience some type of sleep difficulty, including trouble settling down at bedtime, LeBourgeois said. Harried parents aside, there's concern that early-in-life bedtime frustration might lead to more persistent sleep trouble.
''Listen to your child's physiology,'' she advised. She offers these steps to help your child fall asleep faster.
- Too much light in the evening delays the melatonin surge and subsequent sleepiness. While there's no data in young children yet, LeBourgeois says dimming the lights about an hour before bedtime makes sense.
—Avoid electronics near bedtime, because they generate a specific type of light that triggers wakefulness. LeBourgeois was horrified to hear that one parent offer a sleepless youngster an iPad to play with as long as the child stayed in the bedroom.
—And make sure blackout shades aren't keeping your children from getting enough morning sunlight, she said. Light in the morning also is key to keeping the biological sleep clock on schedule. If your child's bedroom needs blackout shades to make it dark enough at night, go in early and open the shades before your child needs to wake up.
More studies are planned to help track sleep patterns in toddlers. There's no exact "sweet spot" that's been found to guide parents on when to put their little one to bed…yet.
But, by watching your toddlers physical behavior as the evening progresses and offering a quite and calm environment with less light, you should be able to see what works best.
Source: Lauran Neergaard, http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/health/2013/12/30/body-clock-may-blame-when-tots-fight-sleep/bz3TahyhXz10qHuIPXtpCK/story.html
- All About Naps
- Kids Who Snore
- PU: Body Order
- It's Time to Register Your Child for Summer Camp!
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LAS VEGAS UFC President Dana White has a term for people who think Saturday's UFC 162 headliner was fixed. It's not a very nice one.
However, when stakes are high and your brain can't fully comprehend what just happened, White said it should be a reminder about the uncertain nature of combat sports and not fodder for conspiracy theories.
Soon after Anderson Silva tempted fate one too many times and suffered a crushing second-round TKO loss to new UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman, the cries of a fight fix inundated social media.
"It happened so fast and some of you said it, and I was thinking the same thing 'What just happened? Was he goofing around? Is he still goofing around when he's down and he's getting ready to pull guard?' Then they show that replay, and you just see him get clipped, and his eyes just roll back in his head," White said after Saturday's pay-per-view event at Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden Arena.
"Yeah, the fix is in, you f---ing idiots."
White's understandably bombastic response is nothing new. Just a few months ago, Vitor Belfort blasted Luke Rockhold with a spinning heel kick to the noggin. However, cries that Rockhold "nodded" in Belfort's direction apparently as some type of signal became so prevalent that Rockhold actually had to issue a statement that no fix was in.
And it's not exactly a tiny minority making such a fuss. Peruse any forum or message board or social media site, and you'll see the craziness. Mixed among the fans' cries of conspiracy are an equal number of folks calling them crazy. While disregarding the logistics required to pull off such a fix and ignoring the irreparable harm it'd do a billion-dollar company many are convinced such things can be choreographed.
White said those fans need to see the big picture.
"That's one of the things that makes combat sports and this sport so exiting," White said. "When two guys go in there, anything can happen. And to go out like that goofing around and doing all the s--- he did and then to get clipped?
"Did you look around that arena tonight when [Silva] f---ing lost? The whole f---ing place was like going, 'Holy s---!' People were clapping and cheering. I've got a buddy from Boston who's down in Huntington Beach right now, and he said the streets were loaded with people out in the streets just yelling and screaming and going crazy. Imagine what it was like in Brazil, what it was like Brazil when the dude lost. This is just one of those moments where people are just f--ing going crazy. Anderson Silva lost tonight. That's just one of those crazy moments."
In this particular case, perhaps it's just a way for some fans to comprehend what they saw. Entering UFC 162, Silva, MMA's pound-for-pound kingpin, had won 17 consecutive fights, 16 straight UFC bouts and had posted 10 consecutive title defenses. He's clowned and taunted other opponents, only to pull off one highlight-reel victory after another.
This time, though, Weidman assured that didn't happen. He was prepared for the champ's mind games and capitalized when the opportunity presented itself. So give Weidman the credit he deserves, White said. And do the same with Silva.
"He handled it like a champ, man," White said following the post-UFC 162 press conference. "He got up, he gave his interview, and said what he said. F--ing got dressed, showered, came out here, answered all the questions, stayed and had good answers to the questions. He didn't act smug. He handled it like a man."


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The debate was horrific on both sides!The other videos are just really cheesy. Just my two cents.


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Once in a while (like if there's a moon or sun or cloud in the sky) I pretend I'm standing on Hyde Park Corner railing against whatever power has sparked my wrath.
An aside - my husband's friends had a game they played when we were in college. It was a contest to see who could get me up to a full head of steam the fastest. It never took long. Phil was the champion.
The sun's peeking through the clouds today and there are issues taking up enough mental energy that I cannot focus on my goals. Lucky you!
First the easy one. This is Banned Books Week. YouTube is featuring short readings on the Banned Books Week Virtual Read-Out channel. Included are excepts from children's classics and many books I read growing up. Books that have lingered in my memory far longer than others. Books that forced me to examine my own life and the world around me. Clearly dangerous.
I have to share my shock (channeling Claude Rains here) at the announcement that Russia's President Medvedev wants Putin to run in 2012. Not much can make me look favorably on our own political morass, but Dmitry pulled it off.
As to our own body politic - not going there. Ditto the economy.
Which leaves me with ... Facebook. I'll try and keep this short, but you might want to get comfortable.
I was slow to see the value of social media. It took my far-flung family sharing photos of weddings and babies to get me onto Facebook. I pleaded for photos to be emailed to no avail. So I caved. Then I began to add genealogy friends, getting to "know" the people behind the blogs I so enjoy. I drank the Kool Aid and loved it.
For those of us passionately interested in areas that bore our real world friends to tears, who don't always fit in the slots we occupy, social media is a chance to connect with those who share our passions. I've gotten great advice, encouragement, even prayers when needed from people I may never see face to face. It's gotten to feel like Cheers - a spot where everybody knows your name.
Yes, I know it's a public forum and that anything I post could be shared or broadcast the world over. I am reasonably circumspect - no photos of drinking games or silly hats or wet t-shirts (that would be a picture!). I don't check in or use Foursquare. Don't broadcast my occasional Scrabble triumphs or "like" dozens of pages. But I do chat. And tease. And vent. Things I might do sitting on a bus, or at a bar knowing the people around me could overhear. Things I'm MUCH less likely to do with a camera pointed straight at me recording and broadcasting my every movement to the world. There is a difference between knowing my chatter could be public if another person was determined to seek it out (a talent my geneafriends have, I might add) and having it presented to anyone walking by - now or ten years hence. Instead of having a bit part in Cheers, I'm suddenly in The Truman Show.
My readers and genealogy buddies know how tentatively I've gone public. It was over a year before I wrote using my own name. There is no post-1960 photograph of me here. I don't even do frequent whatever clubs because I don't like the information being tracked.
Yet I persuaded myself that Facebook was a safe place where I could keep up with family and get to know other genealogists. I no longer believe that to be true. I have removed the link to my Facebook profile from this blog. I plan to limit my contacts to family and intimate friends (though I hope I can persuade them to leave).
So where does that leave me? I drank the Kool Aid, remember. I like the virtual social relationships I've formed. It leaves me with Google+.
My initial reaction was that was too public, that I wanted more "privacy". Delusional. Repeat after me. There is no privacy online. If I want virtual relationships I need to realize they are public. That said, every Google+ post includes a choice of who to share it with AND the ability to prevent it being further shared. Do I want my comments about the St. Louis Cardinals or a local art show to go to everyone? Do all the genealogists I "know" need to see my chatter with the few I have a more personal relationship with? Do I share political links with the world or only those I'm hoping to convert? It's not a bad thing to pause and think about who I'm talking to.
It's taken time to set up my Google+ circles. I'm still thinking about how I receive and share posts. But I'm the one making the decisions, deciding on the limits of the relationships. If there were a Facebook "like" button I'd push it.
These posts are worth looking at if you want to read more about the changes at Facebook:
- Facebookprivacyandsecurity's post on the changes
- Carole Riley's overview of the Timeline feature at Social Media and Genealogy
- Facebook, You're Not a Newspaper by Richard MacManus on ReadWriteWeb
- While we wait for Facebook to respond, again at Facebookprivacyandsecurity
- Cy Hossain's visual Start Up Guide
- Craig Kanalley's 15 Tips for Newbies at the Huffington Post
- Johnathan Chung's Google+ Resources which is constantly being updated


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It's all in a day's work for the good bishop. In one post (apparently having nothing better to do with his time) he takes sweeping potshots at Patrick Madrid, James Akin, and yours truly (and I'm honored to be on the "list" with my two esteemed colleagues and friends).
Patrick Madrid, in one of his blog entries, linked to my recently completed comprehensive reply to Book IV of Calvin's Institutes (see top of my Calvin and Calvinism web page) as an example of a "quite able" refutation of Calvinist tenets, and that was more than enough to set King James off on one of his fabled, notorious "anti-Dave" tirades. Here is his post in its gloriously polemical entirety:
Roman Unity: If it Promotes Mother Rome, It's All Good
My first moderated, public debate was on the subject of Roman Catholicism. It took place in August of 1990. Since I have a few decades of experience now, I find myself shaking my head in disbelief at one particular fact over and over again: Rome's apologists just don't seem driven to work hard in their field. Further, they clearly observe the "throw everything including the kitchen sink in defense of Rome, no matter how objectively bad it is on a scholarly level."
Illustration: today Patrick Madrid took a shot at "Calvinists" in general on his blog. For someone who has yet, to my knowledge, to engage a Calvinist on the relevant subjects (of course I would, Patrick, let's set it up!) in debate, I find his surface-level retorts somewhat amusing. But what is amazing are the three links he provides for, what he calls, "quite able" refutations of Calvinism. Two are ancient articles Jimmy Akin wrote years and years ago, neither of which provide much in the way of substance. And the third is to Dave Armstrong's series on Calvin! Now, with all due respect to ol' Dave Armstrong, he is one of the clearest examples of why past canon law prohibited laymen from engaging in public disputation in defense of Rome. Serious readers in the field realize that while Dave may stumble over a thoughtful argument once in a while, it is always to be found somewhere else. He simply does not produce original argumentation of any kind, and clearly does not understand the responses that have been offered to him over and over again. So, we find Madrid once again pulling out of mothballs surface-level materials that are nearly two decades old, and promoting Dave Armstrong as "quite able" refutations of Reformed theology. One is truly left wondering if these men really think this kind of material has real weight and meaning, or if they are just too bored to do serious work in the field. I will leave it to the reader to decide.
This has been the standard White "playbook" and talking points and spin where I am concerned, for over six years. He just keeps repeating the mantra. Witness, for example his webcast rant from 20 April 2004:
[Y]ou know, in your heart of hearts, that this fella, uh, bless his soul, has no idea what he's talking about. . . . he's clueless . . . This guy [sigh], sadly, there are people who write recommendations of his stuff! I mean, you got Scott Hahn, all these folks, which amazes me. Uh, because you [laughter] look at some of his books, and it's just like "wow! there's just no substance here." It's just rattle rattle rattle rattle, and quote John Henry Cardinal Newman and that's the end of the subject. And there's no meaningful argumentation going on at all.
(you can also listen to the complete audio file, or only the nine-minute portion directed towards me)
Just a few observations, as this sort of inanity is its own refutation. One spoils in a sense the marvelously ridiculous impression that it makes by commenting too much. First of all, did you notice the following contradiction?:
My first moderated, public debate was on the subject of Roman Catholicism. It took place in August of 1990.
Two are ancient articles Jimmy Akin wrote years and years ago, . . .
So, we find Madrid once again pulling out of mothballs surface-level materials that are nearly two decades old . . .
Did you catch that? Double standards are so common in White's rantings, that one almost misses them. It's like not noticing the blue in the sky or the wetness of water or oxygen in the air. Some things just aren't noticed much, from their sheer ubiquity. James' oft-bragged-about oral debates, all the way back to 1990 are, of course, Gospel TRVTH; thus, how old they happen to be is absolutely irrelevant. But let someone dare cite a Catholic apologetics piece from the early 90s and that is "ancient" and "mothballs." Gotta love it! Needless to say, the age of any writing has nothing whatever to do with its truthfulness of lack thereof. So we see a basic fallacy and a glaring double standard as well.
The cited articles from Akin were from July 1993 and September 1993. Perhaps that would be ancient history for my two older sons (born in 1991 and 1993), but for an old geezer like White (48 or so) it's not really that long ago. My first published apologetics articles happen to have been in that same year: 1993 (in The Catholic Answer and This Rock). It seems like yesterday to me.
The good bishop (as we see again presently) thinks nothing of citing his own "ancient" efforts. Several of his own early books date from 1990 or so (he sent me a few himself). On his Publications page he lists 16 books from 1999 or earlier: six from prior to 1993. He has 13 oral debates listed from 1993 or earlier, and 19 more from the remainder of the 1990s. What does age have to do with anything, pray tell?
He has online, for example, the transcript of his debate with Madrid on sola Scriptura, from way back in the "Iron Age" of September 1993, which is exactly as old as one of Jimmy Akin's article above (I have articles of my own posted, as old as 1982). Why does he continue to present such "ancient / mothball" material? Doesn't he know that the truth or falsity of such decrepit exercises is now entirely questionable?
Moreover, White not only continues to post "ancient" stuff like the 1993 Madrid sola Scriptura debate on his larger website, but also refers to it often. For example:
If Patrick feels he did so well in the debate, I wonder, why did he produce an error-filled "spin" piece on the debate only a matter of weeks afterward that appeared in the pages of This Rock magazine? I would invite anyone who listens to that debate to examine the facts for yourself right here. This is an extensive file---written so long ago [Dave: 1995] now we warned folks about its length because everyone had slow internet connections back then. Anyway, I was just looking over it myself, and was amazed at all the straw men and myths Madrid included in his article. To my knowledge, he has never refuted this material. But hey, twelve years makes facts go away, I guess.
Another debate that is being offered by Madrid is the sola scriptura debate he and Keating had in Denver, Colorado during the Papal visit in 1993. This one is truly a slaughter.
We began listening to the 1993 San Diego debate on sola scriptura with Roman Catholic apologist Patrick Madrid today. We will continue this review over the course of the next few programs, . . .
Then we took a call on the role of presuppositions in the study of Scripture, and then dedicated the last half hour to the 1993 sola scriptura debate with Patrick Madrid.
Today on the DL we got back to the 1993 sola scriptura debate with Patrick Madrid.
We finally finished up the Madrid debate from 1993! Just barely though!
The audio recording speaks for itself as to who responded and interacted politely, and who did not.
Finally, for those who have not listened to the 1993 debate with Patrick (yes, coming up on seventeen years ago), you can not only obtain the mp3 from us, but the transcript has been on line for years, and I went through the errors in Patrick's attempted rebuttal on the DL in a series of programs, starting in the summer of 2008 and concluding in October of 2008. In fact, here's a video clip from one of those programs:
If White can continually bring up his supposed magnificent victory in this 1993 debate, then I'll keep mentioning his fleeing for the hot Arizona hills (on his bicycle, no doubt) and in effect conceding in our 1995 debate by snail mail. Goose and gander. In person he would have been forced to offer some reply to my last 36 single-spaced pages. That is one disadvantage of written debate. The one who is bested or chooses the intellectual cowardly route can never be forced to respond where they have an intellectual duty to do so.
But my Calvin series, on the other hand, is brand new, so a different tack must be taken. It ain't "ancient" (which is how Akin's arguments are "refuted") but its author is said to be an imbecile, ignoramus, and idiot; therefore, no conscious or sane or literate person should read it, no matter how new it is.
My second observation is how these sorts of purely propagandistic / put down posts exemplify the anti-Catholic approach today (and mostly, always: all the way back to Luther and Calvin). I know well from my own experience alone. It has been White's strategy for several years now to name-call and besmirch the character and integrity of those he disagrees with in the Catholic apologetics world.
He decided to do this some years ago with me, after systematically refusing to answer any critiques coming from me (anywhere near adequately, on the rare occasions he offered any reply whatsoever -- and those always peppered with insults). And believe me, there were many such opportunities for him: starting with our original 1995 postal debate, where he fled for the hills and left my final 36-page reply utterly unanswered. Over these past fifteen years, he has consistently refused any live chat debate, even when I offered him (twice) significant handicaps and time advantages (knowing his great fear of a real-time encounter with me). The only one we've ever done was a spontaneous live interaction on Mariology and patristics (12-29-00) in White's chat room. Readers may decide how well each party did.
Lacking rational argumentation and reply, and an intellectually bankrupt, contra-biblical ideology (anti-Catholicism) there are only so many courses one can take. White chose smearing, propagandizing, and sheer insult: I'm an idiot (so sez the Good Bishop) without the slightest credentials. No one in their right mind (so sez the illustrious Bishop) should read what I write, take it seriously, or consider it for an instant. I am utterly devoid (so sez the All-Wise Bishop) of any insight or ability in apologetics.
He has been followed in this assessment and cynical methodology by virtually all of the online anti-Catholic Protestant apologists (mostly his copycats or parrots), as can be readily observed in their personal attacks, as documented (in my case) on my sidebar (on the bottom: red comments) and on my Anti-Catholicism and James White web pages.
Contrary to what many might expect, I think it's great that our esteemed anti-Catholic brethren in Christ do this: it's a win-win proposition: couldn't be any better than it is. Think about it: if they want to pretend that I am a clueless nitwit and dunce who knows absolutely nothing about theology, and even less about exegesis, then this means, as I have been saying for years, that they will refuse to interact with (let alone refute) anything I write.
Therefore, it's the best-case scenario: I continue to write what I write about, defending the Catholic Church and truly biblical theology, with virtually no opposition at all. Folks continue to be aided by these materials and, by the grace of God, are helped in part by them to become Catholics, or at least to cease being anti-Catholics. I'm personally aware of many scores (if not multiple hundreds by now) of such people: and those are just the ones who took the time to write to me.
The only way to prevent this (on a purely human level) is to oppose and refute my apologetics. But these people refuse to do that in any meaningful way, preferring to stick to mocking and slander and smears. What could be better? If they thought they would cause me to cease doing what I do by their lies about myself and my work, they obviously were sadly mistaken, as here I am, almost 14 years and running on the Internet, with 19 books, 2500 articles, radio interviews (three recently), published magazine pieces (another one coming soon, about my new Chesterton quotes book), etc.
So let them keep lying if they must. Let them see if it stops me from doing what I was called to do way back in the ancient times of 1981. One would think they would learn by now the folly of such methods (already ethically atrocious, as well as counter-productive of their goals). And of course, all of this makes them look ridiculous (whether I make any reply or not), and undermines their own credibility, which in turn helps the Catholic cause, since it allows folks to see the intellectual and methodological bankruptcy of anti-Catholicism and its leading poster boys.
Lastly, one must look at what I hoped to accomplish in my reply to Calvin's Institutes, and what I was claiming for my own part, over against Calvin. I made this very clear in the Introduction:
Calvin, of course, has the big advantage going in, in such a "debate." He's the famous and extremely influential theologian and scholar, with tons of education, rhetorical and literary ability in droves, and a remarkable encyclopedic knowledge in many areas. I'm just a lay Catholic apologist with a degree in sociology, and no formal theological education (but with lots of informal theological education for over thirty years). I rather like that. I love to play David over against a "Goliath." I relish the challenge, and this will assuredly be one that will take a lot of effort and very hard work on my part: with intense research often required.
If it is concluded that I prevail here and there in my replies, then it will bring (all the more) the point home that Calvin is wrong in his arguments, where he opposes the Catholic Church. I'm confident that he can very often plainly be shown to be in error. I have no doubt about that, from what I have seen of his work thus far. I've often noted that one can be the greatest genius of all time, but if the facts and the truth are not on their side, they can be defeated by an infant who knows the truth. So I'll give it my best shot. . . .
I never claimed to have all the answers. But I do claim to have some answers and substantive replies to a wide range of contra-Catholic arguments.
Despite the rather mild claims I made for myself at the outset, nevertheless anti-Catholic Steve Hays took the position that I shouldn't do the project at all; that it was pretentious and absurd on its face. Hays, sophisticated and obscurantist as always, wrote ludicrously:
. . . consider Armstrong's running commentary on Calvin's Institutes. . . . seriously, what are his qualifications to write a commentary on the Institutes? More generally, what qualifications would you need to write a commentary on the Institutes? For one thing, you'd need to know your way around the primary sources. A fluent command of Middle French and Neo-Latin. You'd also need to be conversant with the secondary literature on Calvin and 16C European church history in various modern languages, viz., French, German, Italian, Dutch.
So on the one hand, we see these two luminaries of Right Reason try to prevent me from writing at all, by claiming that I am so over my head that my project is ridiculous in its very concept. White takes a different tack and says after the fact that I am profoundly stupid and a dumbbell, which precludes any serious thinker reading my critique (or anything else of my writing, for that matter).
Again, this is a wonderful, fabulous state of affairs, since it means that the critique (soon to be abridged into book form as well) will basically be read unopposed. Calvinists (i.e., any of them open-minded to dare read a critique of their system's founder) can see the errors of Calvinism, as elucidated by my critique (one that cited every word of Calvin's in the entire Book IV), without reading any counter-replies from Calvinists, since the ones most hostile to Catholicism (if they follow the White Playbook) think I am too stupid to waste time on dealing with my critique. And so that many more Calvinists will become Catholics, if I offer a critique and no one (or virtually no one, as it were, in the event that some lone Calvinist soul takes up the challenge) has any answer to it, to show where my reasoning went astray. Sounds excellent to me.
Therefore, I couldn't be more delighted than I am to be mocked and insulted and ignored by folks like Bishop White. May it continue and even multiply! That's of less than no concern to me. My mission is to promulgate Catholic truth and to oppose theological error, and it is not hindered in the slightest by a bunch of slanderers who have nothing better to do than throw mud pies and rotten tomatoes. The sad thing is that these people: anti-Catholics and contra-Catholics (White, Hays and several of a host of comrades-in-arms and wannabes) often do have considerable intellectual abilities. But they prefer to be Don Rickles / Joan Rivers hybrids than to write as intellectually cogent and courageous disputants and Defenders of their own theological system.
They prefer to attack others personally as their main preoccupation, rather than offer their readers a proactive, positive presentation of their own worldview, minus the potshots at individuals who have honest differences with them. Beware when anyone does that! It should make the red flags go up immediately.


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Korea fights rest of Asia - Sirc vs Dwkfym
As soon as I figure out how to get this footage onto teh internet (my computer's SD card reader seems to be broken) I'll post up two vids.
BTW this is sparring, not fighting. Sorry to disappoint.
I want to make a post on advanced striking forum to get actual criticism. But I know since sirc is in the video, and this is bullshido, this thread will get clusterfucked. Also, sirc will probably get a lot of crap on this thread, and somehow, I'm going to escape almost unscathed (once again, this is bullshido ;) god I love this forum), I thought I'd start a thread here too.
The next post will be a placeholder but feel free to trash talk starting now.
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Placeholder. Check back on this post to find the videos in the next 72 hrs.
Edit: hmmm. I have been sorta away from bullshido for so long that I forgot that I can't edit posts after a while. when I PM a mod, I hope they'll graciously update this post with the URL.
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So, Sirc had waves of Zerglings smash against your bunkers,
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Huge step down for Johnson.
Huge step down for Johnson.
There are many paths to freedom, not all are peaceful
I think Johnson's biggest improvement has been in his game planning ans staying within a strategy his last few fights. I don't see him playing Guillard's game just has to be mindful of Melvin's power and look for the counter punches and he wins.
Pulling for Guillard, but Johnson has looked very good. Hope Melvin takes this seriously and makes another statement. Personally i don't see why the pearson rematch would be necessary, but I suppose he can close that business in the summer and maybe get a contender in the fall. I know I'm the only one who thinks he can still win the title.
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"I don't call the fighting in my films 'violent', I call it 'action'. An action film borders between fantasy and reality. If I were to be completely realistic in my films, you would call me a violent, bloody man. I would simply destroy my opponent by tearing his guts out. I wouldn't do it so artistically." ~Bruce Lee
It should be a great fight, but kind of a disappointing match up for Michael Johnson, who I think deserves a step up. I think Johnson will take this fight.
Ha Ha Ha called it. He was calling out all those big names and I knew they would feed him to Melvin
Michael Johnson: Melvin Guillard is more of a dangerous fight than Khabib Nurmagomedov
Despite Guillard's unranked status, Johnson is expecting a tough bout, speaking to MMAJunkie Radio, Johnson said, "Melvin's still dangerous, he's still one of the best guys in the division. He's been around for a while, and it's just another fight that interests me. To tell you the truth, this is a more of a tricky and more of a dangerous fight than Khabib. Khabib doesn't have knockout power, and Melvin does."
Guillard's 20 career knockout victories back up Johnson's statement. Nurmagomedov has seven knockout wins on his resume.
Another reason Johnson expects a tough fight from his UFC Fight Night 37 opponent is due to where Guillard currently stands in the lightweight rankings, "I would think he wants it a little more, he's a little more hungry. He's trying to get back to where he was not too long ago, and now he's got to go through me to get to that."
An added wrinkle to this contest is that the two fighters were once teammates with the Blackzilians. Guillard left the team in early 2013 and is currently training with American Top Team after an aborted attempt to rejoin Jackson's MMA and a short stint at Grudge Training Center.
Johnson said that two never got along while they were teammates, a fact that Guillard seemed to confirm when he tweeted:
As for Johnson lets get it. Its more fun when you don't like someone. So ill be the first to put it out there. I say what others are afraid
— Melvin Guillard (@Young__Assassin) January 23, 2014
Johnson was asked about the differences the two had. His response, "I let Melvin run his mouth. He's crazy in the head, something's wrong with him. He sees things that really don't happen, but that's fine. He can say he doesn't like me.
We never really got along; we weren't the best of friends, but on the team I was always there to help him any time he wanted, and he just said he doesn't like me, but when he was on the team I did nothing but support him and try and help him succeed. Now, he's off the team, and we have to fight and he can run his mouth all he wants to, but once the cage closes, no more talking after that."
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Last weekend I had the thrill of participating in the 30th Annual Sugarbush Triathlon. I was stoked to be a member of the first-place winning team but also saddened by the fact that this year's triathlon had the fewest participants I can remember in my seven consecutive years of competing in the triathlon. This concerns me because I feel that events such as the Sugarbush Triathlon keep resort communities thriving. Local individuals and families, vacationers, and businesses alike benefit from resort and town events. Many of you may have noticed how businesses and events that used to thrive here appear to be dwindling and disappearing. I am writing because I do not want to see this unique event become a thing of the past.
I feel that the triathlon has not been well promoted and is losing more and more participants every year. Fun family events can bring business to our town and lift community spirit. We need this and like events to keep our area a vacation destination and just plain fun for those of us who live here.
I have a few suggestions for the Sugarbush Resort. 1) If you are not interested in maintaining this event, pass it along to an organization that is, or share the responsibility with other interested parties. 2) Promote better. Send group email to sports clubs in the surrounding New England area. Posters and advertisements should have contact information, not just a general website address that is difficult to navigate through to get to event information. Contact local high schools and universities. Email all the past participants to see if they are returning. 3) Contact local businesses to see if lodging and dining specials can be made to event participants and families. 4) Seek out more community volunteers. 5) Contribute some proceeds to a worthy charity. People are always more willing to help and participate when it is for a greater good.
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Thanks Charlie and Jen...in a hurry as per usual!
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C&c are welcome! Love what you do.
Love who you are. Love nature. Love art.
20 minute sketch done of Sadie. Hence the slight error on the eyes, and the head shape. This month will be like this for me. Very quick sketches. Might do her with more detail and in colour if I have time. Must get back to preparing those exams. For some reason it posted this one sideways again...sorry...
Thunk, nice sketch of. Sadie. I like the directional stokes. We like to see anything you do sketches or paintings as long as you are creating and having fun. Good luck with those exams!
Jen C & C's always welcome
Kerthunkeh, very nice.
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Well started a new painting from Sarah's reference today. I had to leave the studio early today as a big thunderstorm was on it's way, but just as we opened the door is slashed down and we got soaked!!! Just lots of rain fortunately!
Started with a peach background and worked from there.
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got to rework the water as it is too blue
Hello Jen...coming along nicely....
Sarah, good job on the underwater painting. You managed to capture his almost transparent body and it does have that underwater look.
Thunk, your sketches are great. I am with Sarah and especially like the puffin. He/she has great eyes that capture you. Good to see you managed to get some sketching in with your busy month. Good luck with exams.
Jen, the new work in progress is coming along beautifully. The sky looks wonderful. Will be looking forward to it's progress.
Bonnie C & C most welcome / appreciated
Sarah great job on the crayfish
Thunk very nice sketches
Jen looking good. Love the sky.
C&Cs always welcome
I really haven't done much painting; I usually draw, but I decided to try and do a quick watercolor of "Ballyvaughan". I LOVE Ireland, so this seemed to be a perfect starting point. Granted, it was very quick, and darker than the photo, but I enjoyed trying my hand at watercolor for the first time. Once it dries, I might go back and add in some more detail. :)
I have very much enjoyed seeing everyones' pieces on this challenge!
MeganJo, glad you joined us you are very welcome. This is a lively sketch of Ballyvaughan and you have definitely captured the essence of the scene. I hope you find more references to inspire you. Our challenges never close so you can look through all 40 plus of them and see if there is anything there too. The only rule is you must post in whichever challenge you have the reference from. If you have any non challenge work you would like to share with us you can put that in the Chatter page. Have fun!
Thanks so much, Turps245! I am usually OCD with my art, and everything has to be perfect, but I just wanted to try something really quick. Not perfect, but I like it! :) haha I will definitely try out some more photos.
Megan, very nice watercolor. Water color is all abut building up the colors.
Megan, very nice to see your work here in the challenge. As Jen mentioned your piece is lively with lots of movement. Looking forward to seeing more of your work.
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The fourth time was the charm for the Swamp Fox volleyball team.
Ashley Ridge kept its hopes of grabbing a share of the Region 8-AAAA championship alive by earning a 25-23, 25-17 win Tuesday over cross-town rival Fort Dorchester.
The Patriots defeated the Swamp Foxes in the region opener for both teams in September and handed Ashley Ridge a pair of losses en route to winning Ashley Ridge's annual tournament also held last month. This week's match leaves both teams with two region losses and in a tie for second place behind Bluffton.
It was only the second loss of the season for Fort Dorchester, a team that is strong at the net and has some powerful hitters. The Swamp Foxes improved to 13-3 with the win while the Patriots dropped to 19-2.
"We played great," Ashley Ridge coach Chi-Chi Hurley said. "Our goal tonight was to play smart and put the ball where they weren't. We put the ball where the openings were instead of trying to kill it every time. We kept our heads in the game and never got down."
Sophomore Abigail Dunlap led the Ashley Ridge offense, scoring with four service aces and four kills. Seniors Brenna Swartz and Whitley Lewis and junior setter Sabrina Spencer also had a big night.
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