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The Love of Money
By Gary Amirault
In 1 Timothy Chapter six, in the New King James Bible, verses 6-10 we find:
"Now godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."
Please note the New King James talks about a root of all kinds of evil. The original King James says the love of money is the root of all evil.
"For the love of money is the root of all evil; which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows".
It is quite clear there is a difference between a root which leads to different kinds of evil and the root which leads to all evil. Having been saturated with King James scriptures, it surprised me when I saw a different reading in the New King James. Checking through other translations, I found them to be in agreement with the New King James. These few differences have changed my understanding of this passage of scripture. When people say there is no difference in doctrine from one translation to another, they are either not being honest with people or they are not really seriously comparing.
Now it seems obvious King James himself didn't care how the passage read. His love of money was insatiable. He loved extravagant parties, enjoyed bestowing lavish gifts upon his "male favorites," and as a result, was constantly in debt. He used many schemes to gather money; everything from selling titles to trying to marry his son to a Spanish Catholic princess for her dowry, which was worth hundreds of thousands of pounds. He made his "male favorites" very rich. He clothed, fed and housed them with items far beyond the limitations of the scripture we are dealing with. King James died broke and miserable. It seems the latter part of the above scripture was to be the fate of King James.
One of the problems the King's translators may have had with this passage is the Greek word 'philarguria' which they translated "love of money." The Companion Bible states in the margin this word occurs only here in the entire Bible. This makes the word a hapaxlegomenon, which is a Greek word Bible translators use for words in the Bible that occur only once. It is difficult to give a word a meaning if it is only used once, especially if we don't have dictionaries from this time in history that will give us the definition of that word at that time in the history of the Greek language. The King's translators were faced with many hapaxlegomenon which perhaps forced them to rely on the Latin Vulgate and previous translations more than if they had the hundreds of manuscripts, papyri, etc. that scholars have access to today.
All languages change meanings of words from one generation to another. Our generation has changed the meaning of many words. Future dictionaries will have to change their definitions to conform to our usage of those words. Many people do not realize that the purpose of dictionaries is to give the meaning of words as used at the current time. When a society no longer uses a word a certain way, dictionaries will drop that meaning. In other words, using a 20th century English dictionary to try to understand 16th century English will certainly leads to many errors.
I threw the above in just for a little trivia, and its helpful to know these things. The subject of this article is the love of money, not etymology, etc., so let's look at that subject.
I feel like I know a lot about the love of money. As a small boy, I told my mother I would be a millionaire and buy her a big house. In my years before meeting Christ, I spent a great deal of my energy trying to become a millionaire before the age of 30. At one point, I had the position to do it, but my conscience got in the way. After becoming a Christian, I was probably encouraged to become a millionaire even more than when I was in the secular world. After all, the churches I was in always needed money for new buildings, new steeples, a Sunday school building, a new house for the pastor. I was presented more money-making schemes after becoming a Christian than before. And anyway, we were the sons of Abraham. He was rich and so should we. And isn't the wealth of the heathen laid up for us Christians? So as long as I made sure that I had plans to give at least 10% off the top to my church (not directly to the poor) I was encouraged to participate in as many dollar chasing adventures as my little old heart desired.
Today, I am delivered from much of this mammon worshipping in the name of Jesus, but I am definitely not delivered from the love of money. What really is the "love of money?" If it is a root, how deep does it go? Let us see how far we can trace this root. Perhaps if we can see the end of the tap root, maybe we can begin to starve it out.
The root of a plant is the source of much of what a plant needs to live. It draws minerals, water etc. which then gives the plant its nutrition. A plant has no choice where it is planted. It must draw from the environment in which it is planted. A Christian does seem to have a choice as to the kind of ground from which to draw from. My experience as a Christian has shown me the love of money root is alive and well in just about every denomination of Christendom. It is even preached as a good thing in America. Again, only if the church gets its "fair" share.
Most of us, when we think of money, think of dollars in our wallet, stocks in a mutual fund, or treasury bills, or quarters in a big water cooler container, something like that. But that is really not the issue here. Money is just a medium of exchange of goods and services. Even more basic, it is a medium of exchange of labor. I swap my skill of making shoes for your skill of baby sitting. Instead of swapping services, we swap an IOU or a E.O.M. (you owe me) that we can exchange with anyone we want for whatever our society thinks is worth the same value. Abraham Lincoln said it this way, "Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed."
Now if an hour of my labor is just worth an hour of someone else's labor, it would mean that someone who had a lot of money in the bank and didn't buy a lot of things would just save his labor. But that is usually not the case. People with a lot of money in the bank usually spend a lot of money as well. How is that possible? Well, that old Jacob nature (heel grabber) seems to have come up with a scheme where some people's hour of labor gets much more than someone else's hour of labor. Even worse, some of us "Jacobs" have gotten into the business of managing money for a profit so there are thousands of people sitting at desks managing money to make more money.
The key ingredient in making this all work is this magic thing called "interest." The Law of Moses called this stuff "usury" and it was a big no no! The "Jacobs" (intellectuals, professionals) of this world have changed the medium of exchange to be able to steal some of that labor of the Esaus (general laborers) of this world. As a matter of fact, the scheme has gotten so sophisticated, the "Jacobs" of this world can pass on this stuff called money to their children, and their children can make the money work for them instead of having to work for themselves. They no longer have to labor to earn their daily bread. As a matter of fact, they can get other peoples money just by having money sitting in the bank. In other words, there are many people today making money by having money, not by laboring and earning their bread, clothes, etc. I have steered into economics a bit just to let you know the world's system of proper payment for a day's labor has gotten far off God's plan of fairness.
Now those of you who are playing "Jacob" in this situation, please don't feel condemned. You have been born into a world economy which has certain principles and you are just doing the best you can. I am not writing this to condemn you. You may want to ask the Father to search your heart and see if there be any wicked way in you. You may also ask Him if there is anything you can do to get more into His line of economics. Things are not fair in this world. We do the best we can.
Those of you who feel you are being ripped off by the money managers, professionals, doctors, lawyers, politicians, ministers, businessmen etc. and want your "fair" share back, just remember this, it won't happen until Jesus sets up His Kingdom. This whole structure is too big for any of us to dismantle. We must learn to be content wherever our Father has us. Learn to be content with little and learn how to manage much. One day the "Jacobs" (all of us) will give an accounting and probably be found very short. One does not have to have money to have the "love of money." The poor and the rich qualify for this disease. Enough of economics. Let us get back to the subject again and look at this from a much deeper view point.
Do not lay up for yourselves treasure on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?. . . Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. (Portions of the end of Matt. Chapter 6, read all of it)
Here is where I have my trouble with the love of money. Why do I want a large bank account? I have no desire to use money for the power of controlling people. My ego does not find satisfaction anymore in having more than Mr. Jones. I really want Mr. Jones to be comfortable, happy, and if he has much more than me, it does not make me feel inferior. I don't want a mansion, Cadillac, $500 dollar suits, or diamond rings. But I also don't want to wake up each morning empty-handed like a sparrow and rely on His provision for the day! I see some sparrows in the world (human sparrows) who wake up in the morning and die that very day because there was no food in their country. I look at world history and I see the greedy always get more than their share because they stole it from someone who now has less than their share and our Father lets it happen. If I don't watch out for myself maybe I will be the next casualty. Who am I that He should pass over me as far as being ripped off goes? If He lets a little African kid die of hunger because we American Christians spend a trillion dollars on church properties, pastor retirement funds, and stained glass, then maybe He will let other people's greed cause me damage as well. It really comes down to "Can I really trust Him?" "Do I really trust Him?" We are so quick to religiously say "Of course," but I have gotten much more honest with myself these days.
Of all the people I know, I should trust Him. I have received so much miraculous provision, I could write books of the miracles He has done in my life. He has sent angels, had a Bible fall from the sky when I needed one, had people give me envelopes with money in it. Envelopes in the mail with no return address with money in it. He has given me a healthy body and education that can allow me to earn far more than the average income. But I have definitely seen His ability to provide miraculously.
In the midst of all this, however, I've had physical ailments I couldn't go to the doctor for due to lack of insurance, had to work in a position for almost a year as a near slave for a fraction of the salary I really could make, found myself all of a sudden on food stamps and electrical assistance. I could blame these things on other's greed, my stupidity, etc., but I see the Father's hand in all of it. I learned compassion in the midst of all this. He showed me how much pride was still in me that I thought was no longer there, He showed me I still don't completely trust Him yet. As long as things are not "fair" down here, perhaps I will always have a problem here on earth with this. I don't know.
Now if I were truly crucified with Christ, no longer living to self, then there would be no problem, would there? Dead men don't have to worry about things like hospital bills, can I help my children with college etc. or will they have to fend for themselves?
Jesus spoke those words about not worrying about tomorrow in front of His disciples. Yet these disciples had to go on Jewish welfare while Jesus was with them. Remember the grains of wheat they ate on the Sabbath from the field? That wasn't their own wheat they were eating. Then on Pentecost, the church laid their possessions at the feet of the apostles. First crack at Christian communism. Not too many years later, Paul had to go around to Gentile churches to bail out the first church, Jerusalem. It seems the administrative system or something went wrong. They found themselves poor and Yahweh allowed it. Many had their properties taken away from them because they were Christians. Many died.
Today, in many parts of the world, as in many Moslem and Hindu countries, one's faith often means a loss of income, station in life, and persecution and death. If our Creator allows these things to come upon his own children, there is a very natural mechanism within us to try to hedge our bets, create a little buffer zone, an ace in the hole, so to speak.
Part of my lack of trust comes from the fact that I don't hear Him on every decision that deals with things that concern money. I don't "check in" on every purchase. I am not really sure how much we are to check in and how much He wants us to do the best we can. Doing absolutely everything you are told produces a good slave, but I think our Father is interested in producing more than slaves.
Let's get right down to the root of this whole thing. It really started back in the garden. There is where the "love on money" thing really started. The serpent in Genesis Chapter 3 told Eve that the Creator was holding out on them. There was something she should have, but God didn't want her to have it. She was not content with her provision from God. She was open to getting more than what was given to her. Now the Creator of Eve made her that way. She had the ability to covet more than what was given her and so she did eat and so did her husband and the curse for our sake went into affect. "Cursed is the ground for your sake; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, and you shall eat the herb of the field. In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you shall return." (Gen. 3:17-19)
In this scripture we find the source of our problems and also the solution. Toil, thorns and thistles, sweat, dust-- who in the heck wants to live a life like this?! On top of that, He says all this will come upon us for our sake! Most people, Christian and non-Christian cannot make any sense out of passage of scripture. Most people, Christian and non-Christian do whatever they can to avoid the above. We will devise all kind of schemes to avoid hard work, sweat, etc. We will gamble, play the stock market, put our hope in a patentable devise, steal, cheat, create sophisticated corporations to rob the poor while appearing to be a Godly law-abiding citizen. We will even elect congressmen with our own corrupt nature to pass laws to make ourselves look lawful while we rob the poor. We will put several middle management levels between us and the victims. We will create all kinds of institutions who will declare we are righteous, while in our hearts, we are really thieves. We speak so pompously of how we have laid it all at Jesus' feet, but we are only deceiving ourselves. Most of us really do not want God to speak to us about how to manage our resources. He might want us to give a lot of it away, and perhaps He will ask us to do just that.
The church is the riches institution in the world. If you saw the methods it used to become the richest institution and who its victims were you would be shocked. Our tape The Church is a Rich Whore briefly touches on the subject. The church is definitely a great horder. The Roman Catholic church has warehouses full of precious art, gold objects studded with valuable jewels. The denominations of Christendom keep the stock brokers very busy managing their stock portfolios. Billions upon billions of dollars while the world is supposedly going to hell. This unsatiable desire to hoard, which the church is very guilty of, is a desire in all our hearts. We want rest. We want to decide how many hours we want to work, and when, and where. We want life insurance, retirement insurance, college insurance, dental insurance, health insurance, insurance, insurance, insurance! Why? Because we really don't trust Him! We have to watch out for ourselves. And we really would like to get rid of this "thorns and thistles, sweat, toil, and dust" business.
There have been societies in which many people did manage to get rid of the "thorns and thistles" business. Perhaps the society most associated with evil in the Bible is Sodom. This city is used often by evangelists to scare people into their sects. But God's account of the evil of Sodom is quite different than the account of this city's sin portrayed by most modern preachers. Here is God's reckoning of Sodom's situation: "Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughter had pride, fullness of food, and abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. And they were haughty and committed abomination before Me; therefore, I took them away as I saw fit." (Ezekiel 16:49,50) All of Ezekiel Chapter 16 should be read a dozen times by those who are the "God's people" of today.
What do we have in this account of which the church and the United States is guilty? There is no doubt in my mind that the American church alone could alleviate all the hunger of the world immediately. Why doesn't she do it?
I know my problem with God is one of trust. As I said before, if there is anyone who should have no excuse in trusting Him absolutely, it should be me. I believe His ultimate end for all mankind is for its good; I believe He will eventually save all mankind; I believe ultimately He is not a respector of persons; I believe He loves me and you with an indescribable love; I believe He will one day wipe away every tear, and yet I know my trust still has to come to a deeper place. I also know He is the one Who is going to have to work this thing into my heart. Saying I trust Him and manifesting true trust are two entirely different things. My words are worthless, but when He perfects it, then there will be worked in me something Eve didn't have in the garden, true trust. We will all one day have this trust, it will be a very precious thing which He has been working on in us since the garden. We all will have learned that He truly does all things for our good. We need not believe lies anymore like "God is holding out on you." All He withheld from us in the garden were things like suffering, pain lack, selfishness, and toil. When Eve trusted in the word of the Serpent, we received those things which our Father withheld from us. When our trust returns perfectly to our Maker, we will be fooled no more, and our tears will be wiped away forevermore. My heart yearns for that day.


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*"Nomad" is easy to read; and it makes many things very clear.
*Part 1 describes what happened to the author's relatives. These case histories already make you think a lot and draw a few conclusions.
Part 2 recounts how Ayaan left Holland for the United States. Her impressions about that new country are very interesting.
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This is an excellent read. I was going to recommend it to all women, but I want to widen the scope and suggest women, men and children can learn from this book. Yes, it shows man's inhumanity to man but it also gives the reader a sense of Ayaan's triumph over overwhelming odds. It is also an wonderful celebration of enlightenment. She is a storyteller and her story should be heard.
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Ayaan tells her amazing story of her moral struggles between her family, religion, cultural expectations and her own sense of right and wrong. A great insight into the many faces of Muslim faith.
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Nomad is one of the best books I have read this year. This woman is unbelievable and I could not put this down. Lots of valuable insights from first hand experiences. Brilliant!
5.0 out of 5 stars honest,
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it felt like this book was written from a very honest open place. A rare thing today to write about such a sensitive topic. Although some may accuse Ms. Hirsi of writting only from her personal point of view and that it may not reflet what other muslims feel or believe, I dont buy this argument. Her writing is precise, her thought process clear, and frankly she is braver than anyone to tell it like it is.
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I loved the clear, decisive prose style. No beating around the bush! I was basically ignorant about the Muslim people and lands. This book is a good introduction to the subject matter. The author's varied experiences and very clear analysis of them allows readers to easily grasp the issues. Ayaah is very rational.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Gender, bucks and violence,
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Ayaan's sequel to Infidel arranges memories, philosophy and activism in elegant measure to explain, warn and inspire. The voyage she describes here leans more to the intellectual than the physical of Infidel while still integrating events since the murder of Theo van Gogh which ultimately brought her to America. The narrative of a farewell visit to her dying father, analyses of her family as microcosm for the whole Muslim world and the medicines she prescribes - the non-allopathic ones in particular - reveal a generous spirit and loving heart.
Devoted to the family, Part One deals with the death of her father and her relations with her mother, half-sister, brother and his son, and her cousins. She holds up the history and experiences of several of her relatives to demonstrate the plight of Muslim families, particularly those in the West. Her observations correspond closely to those of Dr Wafa Sultan who grew up in Syria and those of Egyptian-born Nonie Darwish as related in Now They Call Me Infidel and Cruel and Usual Punishment.
In the letter to her grandmother she appeals to Somalis and Muslims to admit that the old ways go round in circles now, that new thinking is needed and that progress necessitates giving up some traditions and certainties. Alfred North Whitehead showed why symbolism needs to be constantly adapted and modified by new forms of expression. Worn symbols have to be remolded in accordance with changes in societal structure. Stagnation leads to regression that brings forth toxic fruits like tyranny and the terror of Jihad. But disruptive inversions like the evil trinity of postmodernism, multiculturalism & moral relativism give the same result. The extremes of relativism & absolutism both defile the world with corpses.
Born in Somalia, Ayaan lived in Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia as a child and in Kenya as a teenager. She observes that her journey from Africa to the Netherlands and thence to the United States has been a mental trek from tribalism to truth. In an appealing way the reader rediscovers the marvels of America through Ayaan's eyes. Well, the marvels and the multiculturalists for whom she has little patience. She confronts them and the faux feminists with vigor, exposing their hypocrisy and explaining why the postmodernist dream of a magical "mosaic" of cultures is a dangerous delusion. Their perverse agendas create only pockets of abuse, oppression and misery. Standards of behavior apply to all, the author insists.
Hirsi Ali identifies fear and self-loathing as the poisons that inactivate some westerners' capacity to differentiate between the rights & dignity of the individual and a blind embrace of a culture which denies that dignity and tramples on those rights. Multiculturalism condemns the children of immigrants to a maze empty of meaning or purpose. Recognizing the sadism hidden in sweet-sounding phrases of postmodernist piety, she correctly diagnoses the mental disorder as a cover for racism.
Ayaan identifies gender, buck$ & violence as the main obstacles to the integration of immigrants into Western society. Muslim attitudes to the status of women, education of girls, credit, debt and financial planning weaken people's ability to honor their obligations or avail themselves of opportunity. And blind belief in the inerrancy of the religion's scripture and the literal interpretation thereof draws the flame of violence into minds already made unstable by envy, shame and taboos against the expression of normal needs.
Antidotes against these pathologies encompass an overdue revision of gender roles for the emancipation of women so that they may contribute their talents to society. Another treatment would be immersion in Enlightenment values in order to free the captive soul from the harsh absolutism that breeds fatalism, rigid thinking and spiritual morbidity. To the surprise of many and the indignation of some, Ms Hirsi Ali even calls on the churches for help as she considers a religion of love and forgiveness superior to one of fear and guilt. She is quite correct in doing so and this ought not to be viewed as a betrayal of the Enlightenment.
By putting compassion first, she places herself within the framework of what Gertrude Himmelfarb termed the Anglo-Saxon Enlightenment. It differed markedly from the Continental which was dominated by French intellectuals' total rejection of religion. Since most human beings need external, timeless referents or at least a sense of purpose and meaning, this sinister strain produced the utopian movements or Secular Salvationist Ideologies that have so severely tormented humanity. The violence of the French Revolution foreshadowed the atrocities of the previous century's murderous collectivisms as well as Islamism and its aforementioned mirror images of today.
No ideologue, Ayaan Hirsi Ali yearns to free shackled minds and comfort anguished souls. Her enthusiasm for the Enlightenment does not blind her to the fact that spirituality offers solace and guidance to many and healing to the wounded soul. She evidently recognizes the cynical self-indulgence & cold indifference of those who reject all absolutes. Preserving a free society requires respect for tradition as well as the constant reappraisal and revision of symbolic codes. In this regard, Michael Polanyi's views in Science, Faith And Society are highly instructive. Nomad delivers a treasure trove of insight, compassion and powerful remedies to help heal a hurting world.
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I would recommend this book to everyone. It is so informative and as a true story breaks your heart to read how women are treated in different cultures and religions.
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But not a great one. I enjoyed Infidel,(Mz. Ali's first book) more.
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Lumo by Lexon is an alarm clock which projects the time at the wall or the ceiling.
Jeremy & Adrian Wright have invented something special for the French manufacturer Lexon: The flat and edged shape of Lumo is broken by the objective, since it is diagonal and coming out of the whole housing. The time is projected at walls or the ceiling with it, so that it is comfortable to know what time it is when one is still lying on the bed. The time can be projected at different places of the room, since the objective is rotatable by up to 180°.
The Lumi LED-alarm clock by Lexon has an automatic dimmer, which adapts to the light circumstances. Besides the network operator, the alarm clock is also able to run with batteries. Lexon manufactures the Lumo alarm clock out of AS and rubber-coated ABS-plastic.
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Best Phones Hitting IFA 2014!2nd Sep, 2014 | Comments Off
It's that time of year again, where all of the world's technology press gather for a week packed full of smartphone fun. IFA, held in Berlin comes around each September and boasts one of the biggest selections of upcoming smartphones, but what can we expect to see this year?
Samsung Galaxy Note 4
We couldn't start anywhere else could we? The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is arguably the biggest name on the calendar every year, alongside the iPhone of course, making it an obvious highlight for IFA.
Boasting a 5.9" Super AMOLED display, the Note 4 won't be planning on disappointing many people with its super powered spec sheet. With a rumoured 64GB built-in storage and 4GB RAM, memory won't be much of an issue either.
Samsung is even going all out with the processor placed within the Samsung phablet, with an octa-core Exynos version making for one of the most responsive smartphones ever made. Also, with an Adreno 420 GPU making a home in the device, gaming will look as good as ever on the Note 4.
Sony Xperia Smartphones
Sony's always in the smartphone news, mainly thanks to its six month product cycle for its flagship phones, meaning once one has been released, it's not too long before we see a successor. But, IFA is apparently promising us two Sony phones this time around, the Xperia Z3 and Z3 Compact.
Boasting a 5.2" TRILUMINOS display, the Xperia Z3 is the obvious successor to the Z2, which was unveiled at MWC in February. Also expected in the flagship device is a Snapdragon 805 chipset, 3GB RAM and a quad-core 2.7GHz processor.
The Z3 Compact however, will feature a smaller display, with a mooted 4.6" effort making its way onto the handset. 2GB RAM is also set to feature alongside a Snapdragon 801 chipset and 2.5GHz processor.
Motorola X+1
After the success shown by the Moto X over the past year, it was no surprise to see Motorola hint at a new version of the handset for IFA. But with several big name flagship phones coming out at IFA, can Motorola make the X+1 stand out?
Featuring a similar design to its predecessor, the Moto X+1 will be sticking with the value for money mantra, pricing well below the flagship standard of recent years. This won't be meaning sub-standard specs though, with a 1080p display already confirmed.
2GB RAM and 32GB storage also make for good reading on the X+1, whilst a Snapdragon 800 chipset keeps things running smoothly behind the scenes. Also, with a 12 megapixel camera and possible smartwatch connectivity, the X+1 could be the surprise handset of the year.
LG G3 Stylus
The LG G3 has already been a tremendous success this year, so it makes sense for LG to try and milk it even more at IFA, releasing a brand new version of the handset. The LG G3 Stylus looks the same as the G3, but believe it or not, boasts a stylus with it.
With a 5.5" QHD display, the G3 Stylus will be competing with the aforementioned Note 4, and it couldn't have picked a tougher opponent. Its specs aren't quite up there, with 1GB RAM and a 1.3GHz quad-core processor aiming the handset at the mid-range market.
LG could be on to a winner with the G3 Stylus, especially if it's priced competitively, making it one of the more affordable phablets on the market. Hopefully its appearance at IFA will turn some heads before its release!
Nokia Lumia Handsets
After Microsoft's takeover of Nokia, it might be a bit of a surprise to see two handsets making the rounds ahead of IFA this year. The Nokia Lumia 730 and 830 are the smartphones in question, and we can't wait to get our hands on them!
The Lumia 730 is aimed at the more photo happy fans out there, with its 5 megapixel front lens ideal for selfies, Snapchats and Instagram photos of any kind. Also, with a 4.7" display, 1GB RAM and 8GB internal storage, the Lumia 730 should be competitively priced.
The Lumia 830 however, is aiming for a more premium crowd, mimicking the surprisingly powerful Lumia 930, which was released earlier this year. A 4.5" HD display makes for great viewing, whilst the aluminium trim style also gives the handset a professional feel.
Interested in these two upcoming Nokia handsets? Take a look at the latest details about the Lumia 730 and 830 here!
Time for IFA!
So, with all of these phones set to make an appearance in Germany at IFA, it looks like we're getting a very early Christmas present. This all comes alongside the iPhone 6 of course, which is due to be revealed on the 9th September in its own launch event. Who said autumn was boring?
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- Whiteford Taylor Preston, LLP
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- Baltimore Orioles
"We began using Next Day Xpress for our shipping needs over three years ago. They have helped us to become more efficient by providing tools that allow us to quickly and accurately track our packages. Their customer service is outstanding and they always go above and beyond to ensure that our clients are satisfied."
- KTBS Payroll, aka. Kelly & Associates Financial Services
"NDX has done many projects for us that involved many hours and experience in the Title Industry. The owner's wife has over 18 years experience in the business, which gives us peace of mind that it was done correctly, as well, each job was done on time and under budget. Now we can contact NDX by 5:00 p.m. and we always know they will find our file and have it to us by 10:30 the next morning - all this for less than $15 ! " - Fidelity National Title / Chicago Title
"RGS has been a Next Day Xpress customer since 1989. In 2004, we converted all of our file boxes to NDX Archives, from our prior vendor. In doing so, RGS received a significant cost savings and a dramatic increase in the level of service. Now that the conversion to NDX is complete, our file requests arrive first thing in the morning at 50% less than what we were paying."
RGS Title
"We were storing over 400 file boxes with a national storage vendor and we were dissatisfied with the price and the level of service we received. Once we converted to NDX, JHU Wilmer has seen a 40% savings over the previous vendor. Using NDX's internet tool, InfoKeeper, JHU can now access file information, request retrievals, run reports and request file destruction, all without having to pick up the phone."
- Johns Hopkins University, Wilmer Institute
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- Rosenberg Martin Greenberg, LLP
"NDX and I have been working together to convince the partners to make the transition from our previous vendor, to your offsite storage facility. During the transition process, NDX and its employees have been pleasant, courteous, and above all professional, during this very difficult move. I have also used the Next Day Xpress service and have found it to be excellent. I am impressed with the tracking of the package with every stage of delivery."
- Blades & Rosenfeld, P.A.
"I will admit from the start, that I am a fan of NDX. They have been delivering payroll and quarter end packages for us since October 1999. In addition, we have been using their document storage services as well for the past four years. They treat our packages like they were theirs. One quick call and we have the information. We have had over 100,000 packages delivered by NDX. They know their business and they know our business. You owe yourself a business discussion with them."
- PrimePay
"We contracted with NDX for our File Storage and have been very happy with how they handle our account. They are professional, efficient and take ownership of the process".
- Orthopaedic Associates of Central Maryland
"We feel that NDX has the same business philosophy towards their clients as we do and they treat every person and every single delivery with extreme importance. NDX keeps us updated with open communication backed by real time tracking technology. As a payroll company, our clients do not want to hear excuses why they did not receive their paychecks on time. So, we must rely on an exceptionally reliable delivery service, and that is why we have used NDX exclusively, since we founded Custom Payroll Services in 1995."
- Custom Payroll Services
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- Manekin
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- Land America Title
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- Whiteford Taylor Preston, LLP
"Our company loves the convenience and security of using NDX. It is a pleasure to know we can obtain a file whenever needed. The amount that we save monthly on storage and retrieval of records entirely pays for NDX's services. Great customer service, accessibility via phone, email and fax, and prompt courteous responses makes retrieval a simple and effortless task. There is not one reason I can come up with not to use NDX. "
- Mardiney Allergy Clinics
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- Visiting Nurses Association of Maryland
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- Marsden, Botsaris & Seledee, P.A.
"Thanks for helping Equity Title transfer our self-storage unit files to the NDX Archives storage center. The NDX team did it all, and over the course of just five years, Equity will save over $22,000 or 50% in storage fees. Remarkably, there was no impact to our business operations because of your speed, your flexibility in working with our schedule and your ability to provide us with file retrievals during the transfer. We are now more efficient, more productive and more profitable. I'd recommend your services to anyone."
- Equity Title
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- Elite Settlements LLC
"We thought we were saving money by storing our records in a self storage unit and picking up files as we needed them. But after switching to NDX Archives we realized that the old way actually cost us a lot more money and caused a ton of headaches. Every time one of our employees had to go over to retrieve a file they were out for at least an hour which took them away from what they should have been doing in the office. NDX came over to the self storage unit and took care of everything - we did not have to do one thing."
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Below is the poem entitled Love And Truth which was written by poet
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Wherever I turn, I see love and truth
My life in a nutshell it seems
Been successful at living a love filled life
On the side of passion I've leaned
At this late stage on my life long journey
No chance of it changing my role
Each day determines the path that I choose
The path of true love I do stroll
Feel oh so sorry for those without love
How lonely a life that must be
Mine would be over, no reason to live
It's love that sets my heart free
My advice to all my friends out there
Search till you're sure that you know
It's that special someone, the love of your life
Hang on and never never let go
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Late at night and you don't care
You don't regret. Regret is not part of your shortcomings.
Not yesterday not in this one moment alone.
A lifetime separated. Taken out of concept.
I don't remember where and I don't remember when but you thought about me then.
Not now, no longer now.
You share no given principle, however you are attached to one forbidden rule.
Steadily sinking into a constant state of vacuity.
Thoughts buried deep down, kicking and screaming to be heard.
Desolated by you, I trusted you.
Impatiently growing blind to your charm.
Self worth is somewhat lacking within your vulnerably shell
You disposed of me so frivolously.
So free and willing.
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Univ. of Arizona professor has hand in climate-change report
PHOENIX -- The Obama administration released an updated federal scientific report Tuesday showing how climate change had touched every part of the country.
Kathy Jacobs, professor of soil, water and environmental science at the University of Arizona, has been working with the White House for four years on the study and said the effects of climate change have been felt for years. It will only worsen if measures aren't taken soon, she said.
Arizona's wildfires have become progressively worse in the past few years, with nine of the 10 largest ever occurring since 2002.
"We can reduce the emissions with more efficient energy use in our homes," Jacobs said. "We can change the trajectory we're on. It will continue to warm up to some degree but the future will look very different if we start making investments now.
Jacobs said the climate assessment pointed out the expected impacts and some that were unexpected.
"It's very clear the impacts are already occurring in the Southwest. We're seeing larger wildfires, more drought and issues with human health," she said. "Water is a major problem for the Southwest and in the context of climate change it's a problem in supply and the increased demand. Agriculture is being impacted not just as far as water but the higher temperatures."
On the other hand, Arizona may be ahead of the curve when it comes to banking water.
"Arizona has a very sophisticated water-management system with a lot of comprehensive water sources. That being said, the impacts to the Colorado River system are substantial and expected to increase," Jacobs said.
Climate-change skeptics were quick to paint the study as alarmist.
"This report was not written by the government. It was written by scientists and experts,' Jacobs said. "This has nothing to do with conspiracy theories, it's about what people are observing. This is about science, not politics."


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text: Besides, he may have once been a risk taker in movies, but he was never one in the parks. Nothing, and literally not a single project he has been involved in has been a risk. Carsland was a calculated success. There was simply no possibility that a land built on a proven franchise using proven technology would ever fail. Lasseter may be a risk taker in the movie industry, but he was never one in the parks.


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Mitt Romney proposed a significant restructuring of the American education system, one that would revamp the funding formulas, encourage more charter schools, and revive the debate over how poor and disabled students choose the schools they attend.
Saying the country is "in the midst of a national education emergency," Romney lamented that the current education system does not live up to the country's standards.
"Here we are in the most prosperous nation, but millions of kids are getting a third-world education," Romney said. "And, America's minority children suffer the most. This is the civil-rights issue of our era. It's the great challenge of our time."
Romney delivered the 25-minute speech in Washington at the US Chamber of Commerce, located several hundred yards from the White House offices he hopes to soon occupy. Although he was speaking to a gathering of Latino small business-owners – who had bottles of tequila sitting on each table -- Romney never mentioned immigration policies and only mentioned the words "Latino" or "Hispanic" three times.
Instead, his remarks were tightly focused on sweeping changes to the education system. The broadest change involves funding for special needs and low income students.


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Created: 12/27/2012 12:05 PM KSTP.com By: Jennie Olson
Roseville residents ages 50 and older are encouraged to stay fit and healthy with the help of the Parks and Recreation Department.
Residents can exercise to video and audio tapes in a small-group setting. The movements emphasize flexibility, strength, and stamina, according to the city.
Classes meet from 9-10 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at the Roseville Skating Center. It costs $16 per year.
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Roland TD-9SX good for recording?
Re: Roland TD-9SX good for recording?
I have a TD-9KX (same model but European model number I think) and I have gigged with it, and recorded home demos. I have not recorded in a studio with it.
I do think it's a possibility. I think it depends on what level of recording you are planning to do, what sort of drum room you might use (and how much time you have to get a good drum sound in it) etc. I don't have access to serious studios and top engineers, but
The big advantage of using e-drums is that you will get good basic sounds with minimal setup time (no need for long setup of mic placement etc). A sound engineer friend of mine likes to deaden the sound of live drums to 'control it' and prevent mic spillage when recording, and then 'put the resonance back in' with effects. The tom sound can be a bit lifeless with this approach, so the v-Drums might be an improvement on this. Just plug in, select your kit and play!
The downside is that the drum sounds will be a bit 'generic', i.e. not 'your' snare sound, and a slightly limited dynamic range - i.e. the e-Kits often don't pick up every little nuance of your playing. Depending on you, and the style of music you're playing, this might matter or it might not.
You would likely need to tweak the kits ahead of time to get some good working sounds that you like - e.g. spend a few evenings customising the sets (choose snare sounds, tom and kick sounds, tuning and damping etc). this would save time and effort in the studio.
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Food Flashes
Food Flashes focuses on what's happening in the dining community, from restaurant openings and closings, to chef changes, to heart-healthy menus to kids' specials.
Monthly Archive for October, 2009
Frederick's dinner, Le Midi lunch
Frederick's Restaurant, 7701 Broadway at Nottingham, is hosting a wine dinner at 7 p.m. Oct. 26-28. Chef de cuisine Michel Costa is in charge of the menu that includes Jumbo Sea Scallops sauteed over a bed of mushrooms served with Robert Mondavi Private Select Fume Blanc; Dover Sole rolled with crab and spinach paired with […] [Read More]
More details about new Spec's location
The San Antonio location of Spec's Wines, Spirits, & Finer Foods is scheduled to open in six weeks at the Villages of Forum Parkway. Spec's operates more than 70 stores, mostly in the Houston area. In addition to a large liquor, beer and wine selection, Spec's carries specialty cheeses and deli meats, chocolates, olives, nuts […] [Read More]
Spec's coming to San Antonio; wine dinner
We don't know many details, but word is that Spec's Wine, Spirits and Finer Foods, known for its wide selection of wines and spirits, is coming to San Antonio. No word on exactly where the Houston-based company will open its shop, or exactly when it will open. For more information, click here In other news, […] [Read More]
Yard House opening soon
Yard House restaurant is opening Oct. 25 at 15900 La Cantera Parkway at The Shops at La Cantera. The Yard House is famous for its selection of draft beer, called the worl'ds largest. American fusion cuisine and classic rock complete the picture. Menu options range from burgers, pizza and beer to pan-seared ahi tuna and […] [Read More]
Gourmet magazine to suspend publication
Fashion writer Michael Quintinilla just sent me an email link from WWD.com reporting that Condé Nast is announcing the closure of several magazines, including Gourmet. According to the article, the company's publishing activities "in the epicurean category will now focus on Bon Appétit magazine." The article says it's unknown if editor Ruth Reichl will continue […] [Read More]
More details on Auden's Kitchen
Just spoke to Perny Shea, director of special events at Biga on the Banks, and got some details on Bruce Auden's new Auden's Kitchen that will be opening in the Concord Plaza in Stone Oak. Shea says nationally recognized chef Auden's new restaurant is going into the spot where Tresca was located, so there will […] [Read More]
Restaurant to come, restaurant opening
Biga on the Banks chef/owner Bruce Auden will be opening a new restaurant, Auden's Kitchen, in early 2010 at the Concord Plaza in the Sonterra/Stone Oak area. According to the most recent issue of the Biga newsletter, the restaurant will be "serving everyday food with wine and beer in an affordable and relaxed neighborhood atmosphere." […] [Read More]
New market in Stone Oak
Green Fields Market, 19239 Stone Oak Parkway, is now open, and you'll want to check it out. The new market is a collaboration between Nelson and Tracy Wolff, who owned Sun Harvest Markets before selling them in 1999, and Billie and Tom Turner Jr., who have retail experience through their ownership of convenience stores at […] [Read More]
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Kellogg Community College is one of just two two-year colleges in Michigan to be listed on the 2013 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest honor a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service learning, and civic engagement.
It was the first time KCC has made the list, a KCC spokesman said.
"KCC is dedicated to giving back to our community and over the last few years has established a service learning program to provide an avenue for our students to give back and become leaders in our community," said Kate DeGraaf, KCC's service learning manager, in a statement. "It is an honor to receive this award and to be able to celebrate the huge success of our students."
In Michigan, Kalamazoo College received the highest ranking, being named one of just 14 Presidential Award Finalists. In all, 690 U.S. schools were named to the honor roll, which is administered by the federal Corporation for National & Community Service.


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River Cottage's Steam-Braised Sea Bass with Thyme and Lemon
Steamed fish doesn't exactly have the best reputation outside of spas and health-centric restaurants, but in the hands of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Nick Fisher, gently cooked fillets are anything but dry and boring. Dubbed "steam-braising" in The River Cottage Fish Book, their method consists of using a rich (read: butter and olive oil) sauce full of herbs, wine, and garlic to gently steam (and braise, I suppose) small medallions of sea bass (or most other white, flaky fish). The emerges from the pan tender and contributes its subtle brininess to the sauce. More


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In this follow-up to Setting Up the Classroom, Laurie Burruss shows how to create a classroom research project with the iPad. Learn how to lead your students through the process of conducting and sharing their research, with the assistance of the Nearpod app for creating interactive presentations. These lessons highlight the possibilities for the iPad as a tool to collaborate, remediate, problem-solve, assess, and communicate with your class. The iPad multisensory features, the on-board apps, and the ever-growing variety of apps available in iTunes provide a great platform for teachers to discover new ways to engage students.
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By Tony Grossi | ESPNCleveland.com
By Tony Grossi
Browns owner Jimmy Haslam, who hasn't spoken publicly since the Dec. 30 announcement of firing coach Rob Chudzinski, has updated his coaching search in a letter to fans.
The letter, obtained by ESPN Cleveland, is below:
I thought it was important to take a little bit of time to update you on our head-coach search. We have had the opportunity to speak to a number of outstanding candidates. We have purposefully been very methodical in our approach. We believe it is very important to stay disciplined to this process and to interview all of the candidates on our list. We are strongly committed to finding the right person to coach the Cleveland Browns.
We understood from the beginning that if we wanted to speak to all of the coaches on our list that we may need to wait until they have completed their participation in the playoffs. We are prepared to wait as long as necessary because this is a very important decision. Everyone in our organization is committed to finding the right leader for our team.
We believe the head coach of the Cleveland Browns to be a very attractive position. We have one of the youngest teams in the League, a roster that includes five Pro Bowlers. In addition, we have more salary-cap room than all but one NFL team. We also have three of the top 35 picks in the upcoming draft and five of the top 83 selections.
We are very much looking forward to adding a strong coach to our football team. On behalf of the Cleveland Browns, I cannot thank you enough for your valuable support and passion that you show for our team.
We look forward to communicating with you again after the search process is complete. Thank you again for your phenomenal support and loyalty.
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A good band is easy to kill. Egos get in the way of a productive, creative environment. Addiction can cripple the ability to function. Or its members simply stop getting along, which has led to the implosion of too many bands to mention, including—at least temporarily—Pixies and Smashing Pumpkins.
In late 1996, Los Angeles alternative-rock trio Failure seemed on the verge of something huge. They'd just released their sprawling third album, Fantastic Planet, and its lead single, "Stuck on You," earned them airplay on stations like 91X and KROQ, while its James Bond-inspired video clip landed on MTV's 120 Minutes.
All signs pointed to 1997 being the year that Failure would reach the next level; it turned out to be the year everything fell apart. They finished recording Fantastic Planet in 1995, but business decisions by their label, Slash, kept it from being released until more than a year later. Meanwhile, the group's members—guitarist Ken Andrews, bass player Greg Edwards and drummer Kellii Scott—had begun a descent into heroin use that would eventually get in the way of their ability to keep functioning as a band.
In a phone interview from San Francisco at the launch of the band's "Tree of Stars" tour, Andrews says that after the album was done, things quickly went from bad to worse.
"Basically, after Fantastic Planet was done… we delivered it to kind of a nightmare scenario," he says. "The label we were signed to at the time was trying to sell itself and was not interested in releasing records at all. So that record, which we poured our heart and soul into, sat on the shelf for almost two years.
"And drug problems that were… I don't know if you can say that a drug problem is manageable, but it went from being somewhat manageable to spiraling out of control during that time," he continues. "By the time it actually did come out, we were already in a downward spiral that… no matter what happened with that record, was not going to end well."
By last year, when Failure announced their first show together since 1997, an entirely new generation of listeners had gravitated toward the band's epic, cosmic rock music. And so when tickets for the Feb. 13 show at the nearly 800-capacity El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles went on sale, they sold out in a matter of minutes.
Andrews says that playing to these larger audiences now feels much different than it did in the '90s, and it doesn't feel like nostalgia for its own sake.
"We could kind of sense there's a new audience that discovered us way after we broke up," he says. "People have had so long to absorb the records and kind of make them their own, which is super-satisfying to play these shows now, and people just freak out when we play the songs and they know all the words. It's very different than when we were playing them in 1997 as a new album and as a relatively new band to most people.
"It doesn't feel like a reunion tour in terms of a bunch of guys getting together to play the old hits," he continues. "The material still feels pretty current."
When Failure released Fantastic Planet in the fall of 1996, it represented a significant shift for the band both in creativity and in scope. A concept album about addiction filtered through heavy space imagery, largely inspired by films like Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris, Fantastic Planet was nearly 30 minutes longer than its predecessor, Magnified, and featured both the band's catchiest songs ("Stuck on You," "Sergeant Politeness") and their most sonically complex ("Another Space Song," "Heliotropic"). It occupies an unusual space in '90s alt-rock, somewhere between the epic crunch of Smashing Pumpkins' Siamese Dream, the ethereal majesty of My Bloody Valentine's Loveless and the abrasive post-hardcore of Quicksand's Slip.
It was an ambitious release by almost any measure, particularly considering Failure was still a relatively unknown band at the time. Not that that stopped them from pitching the audacious project to their label. After working with Steve Albini on their 1992 debut, Comfort, and mostly self-producing its follow-up, Magnified, Failure's vision with album No. 3 was to use their advance to buy their own equipment, rent a house outside of Los Angeles and record the album on their own—without any outside intervention.
This, Andrews says, made their management nervous.
"Our manager was, like, 'They're never going to go for it. You don't have any hits behind you yet. You don't have any credibility to be producing your own records, really,'" Andrews says. "So we went in, had the meeting, made the pitch, and the record-label president was, like, 'Sounds good. Get to recording.'"
Failure play Sunday, June 15 at House of Blues
That more or less began what became a fruitful career in production and engineering work for Andrews, which includes albums by A Perfect Circle, Tenacious D and M83. After the band broke up, Andrews also continued recording with projects like On and Year of the Rabbit, while Edwards joined Autolux and Scott worked with Blinker the Star and former Hole bassist Melissa Auf Der Maur. Even after their darkest period in the late '90s, the members of Failure still pursued music as a creative outlet, which is why getting back together means something more than just revisiting their old material.
"We talked about how, if we get the band together, we don't want it to be the one reunion tour, and just play the old songs, and that would be it," Andrews says. "That didn't really do it for us, in terms of something to sink our teeth into. So we actually spent a little bit of time on some new material to see if we could satisfy ourselves, in terms of liking the quality of the new material."
Failure recently released "Come Crashing," their first new song since 1996, and Andrews says there's more on the way— which is what makes this feel a bit different than so many of the reunions that have headlined festivals in the last decade. There's a new sense of purpose to the band. So maybe this isn't really a comeback—it's a new beginning.
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3.6 Native salamanders.
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- First recorded introduction of the milliped order Stemmiulida (Eugnatha: Nematophora): Potential establishment in Florida, USA, and new records from Mexico; northward range extension into southern Tamaulipas (2012)
- Based on two "uni-ocellate" females, the world's first introductions of the milliped order Stemmiulida are recorded from Florida, United States (US). One individual was collected in 1976 in Gainesville, Alachua County (Co.)., in northcentral peninsular Florida, and the other was taken in 1991 some 408 km (255 mi) to the south-southeast in Pompano Beach, Broward Co. The absence of further individuals and additional samples suggests that the introductions did not result in viable populations, and stemmiulidans are not presently established in the state; the Gainesville site was reinvestigated in 2012 without finding additional specimens. New records from Mexico include the first from Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Yucatan, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas states, with the northernmost ordinal locality now becoming Rancho del Cielo, northwest of Gómez Farias, in the last. A northward range expansion of about 460 km (288 mi) from the previous limit, Xalapa, Veracruz, the site lies a mere 40 km (25 mi) south of the Tropic of Cancer and only some 320 km (200 mi) south of the Rio Grande and the US border at McAllen, Hidalgo Co., Texas. Indigenous Stemmiulida are not expected in the forested Rio Grande Valley of southernmost Texas, but their occurrence in the adjoining Mexican state renders such a discovery more plausible than before.
- A third locality for the milliped Mitocybe auriportae Cook and Loomis, 1928 (Platydesmida: Andrognathidae) (2012)
- With the discovery of Mitocybe auriportae Cook and Loomis, 1928 (Platydesmida: Andrognathidae) in Alameda County (Co.), east of San Francisco Bay, a potential overall distribution in coastal California is projected based on those of partly congruent diplopods. The area extends from northern Mendocino to central Monterey cos. and inland to central Lake, Yolo, and Santa Clara cos.
- Centipedes and Millipeds (Arthropoda: Diplopoda, Chilopoda) from Saba Island, Lesser Antilles, and a Consolidation of Major References on the Myriapod Fauna of "Lesser" Caribbean Islands (2012)
- The chilopod, Cryptops hortensis (Donovan, 1810) (Scolopendromorpha: Cryptopidae), and the diplopods, Pseudospirobolellus avernus (Butler, 1876) (Spirobolida: Pseudospirobolellidae) and Oxidus gracilis (C. L. Koch, 1847) (Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae), are newly recorded from Saba Island, Lesser Antilles, which also harbors one additional scolopendromorph and four more chilognath millipeds. Except for the plausibly native scolopendrid centipede, Scolopendra alternans Leach, 1813, all are human introductions. Concentrated sampling is needed in the cloud/elfin forest atop Mt. Scenery, where indigenous millipeds may reside, and with extraction techniques throughout the island, to potentially document the diplopod subclass Penicillata. Nine small Caribbean islands in addition to Saba have been incorrectly reported as lacking diplopod records because publications citing them were overlooked by past authors. Works documenting myriapods from small Caribbean islands are consolidated.
- Millipeds from the eastern Dakotas and western Minnesota, USA, with an account of Pseudopolydesmus serratus (Say, 1821) (Polydesmida: Polydesmidae); first published records from six states and the District of Columbia (2012)
- The diplopod orders Callipodida and Polydesmida, and their respective families Abacionidae and Xystodesmidae, are initially recorded from South Dakota as is Polydesmidae from North Dakota. Other new records of indigenous taxa include Abacion Rafinesque, 1820/A. texense (Loomis, 1937) and Pleuroloma/P. flavipes, both by Rafinesque, 1820, from South Dakota, and Pseudopolydesmus Attems, 1898/P. serratus (Say, 1821) from Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Carolina, and the District of Columbia. New records of Aniulus garius Chamberlin, 1912, A. (Hakiulus) d. diversifrons (Wood, 1867), and Oriulus venustus (Wood, 1864) (Julida: Parajulidae) are provided for western Minnesota and/or eastern North Dakota. Published records from these states are summarized, and the introduced taxa, Julidae/Cylindroiulus Verhoeff, 1894/C. caeruleocinctus (Wood, 1864) and Paradoxosomatidae/Oxidus Cook, 1911/O. gracilis (C. L. Koch, 1847), are newly recorded from the Dakotas. The distribution of P. serratus, which extends from Maine to South Carolina and the Florida panhandle, west to Texas, and north to Fargo, North Dakota is described and discussed. This distribution exhibits a prominent southeastern lacuna which we hypothesize suggests replacement by younger, more successful species, as postulated for a similar distributional gap in Scytonotus granulatus (Say, 1821).
- The milliped genus Euryurus Koch, 1847 (Polydesmida: Euryuridae) west of the Mississippi River; occurrence of E. leachii (Gray, 1832) on Crowley's Ridge, Arkansas (2012)
- The milliped genus Euryurus Koch, 1847, and the species, E. leachii (Gray, 1832) (Polydesmida: Euryuridae), are recorded from three sites on the northern part of Crowley's Ridge (Cross, Lee, and Poinsett counties), Arkansas, where the only prior familial records are of Auturus evides (Bollman, 1887). Coupled with the published locality of E. leachii in Phillips Co., at the southern extremity of the Ridge, the only known occurrences of both the genus and species in Arkansas and west of the Mississippi River are in this physiographic feature. The Arkansas population is geographically peripheral but anatomically intermediate between the two recognized subspecies, E. l. leachii and E. l. fraternus Hoffman, 1978, and we do not assign it to a race. Molecular investigations seem necessary to resolve relationships in the "E. leachii complex."


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Young wins pitch, hit, run contest at Kauffman Stadium
June 17, 2010
Hunter Young, a 14-year-old from Baldwin City, won a skills contest sponsored by Major League Baseball on June 6 at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.
Young beat all of his competitors in the MLB Pitch, Hit and Run contest at the Kansas City Royals stadium. Up against the top two finalists in the tri-state area (Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska), Young beat the heat and earned a first-place plaque, recognition at the Royals' game that evening and a priceless memory that will last a lifetime.
"It was very exciting," Young said. "It was a long road to get there. There was lots of competition at each round."
For the contest, each competitor must pitch a certain distance from a target, hit off of a tee and run from second base to third base and finish at home plate. Young succeeded over the other youths as his total score for pitching accuracy, distance hitting and timed base running was the highest.
"I did my best at each round," he said. "My very best was at Kauffman Stadium."
The June 6 contest took place before the Royals' home game. During the game, he was honored, along with the other age-group winners.
"During the competition, there were a lot of parents," Young said. "It wasn't during the game or anything. It was pretty sweet to do it at a big stadium. I was just excited that I had won. It was cool to win all three rounds."
Young qualified in the Baldwin City competition on May 8, where he advanced to the sectional competition. The second round was held May 22 in Ottawa. Out of approximately 30 sectional competitions held throughout the tri-state area, Young scored high enough in Ottawa for advancement to Kauffman Stadium.
"A whole bunch of people from Baldwin were doing it, so I thought why not try it?" Young said. "I was glad I tried it."
He now has a chance to advance to the national finals and compete in Anaheim, Calif., pending point totals of all national competitors. The national competitors earn an all-expense-paid trip to the MLB All-Star Game in Anaheim.
The official skills competition of Major League Baseball, Pitch, Hit and Run is intended to encourage youth participation and emphasize the fun element of baseball and softball. All participants must begin by competing in a local competition, which can be hosted by any organization, league, civic group or set of volunteers in the community. PHR is free of charge to both the participants and the local hosting organization.
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5 Hilarious Wrestling GIFs Part 2
Now that we're building on last week's 5 Hilarious Wrestling GIFs, we have a new set that are bound to to leave you cracking up at the blunders in sports entertainment.
Now that we're building on last week's 5 Hilarious Wrestling GIFs, we have a new set that are bound to to leave you cracking up at the blunders in sports entertainment.
Sure, it might be fake, but that doesn't mean that the world of professional wrestling isn't without its fair share of blunders.
Anyone who has watched wrestling over the years knows all about the managers that stand in the corner of their favorite wrestlers. From the late great Miss Elizabeth to the "Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart, but what about a wrestler's faithful sidekick? You know, the people that are really just there for moral support or to entertain the crowd with their ridiculous antics. Some sidekicks were real people while more than a few were animals, socks and even figments of a wrestler's imagination. Today, we pay tribute to the top ten wrestling sidekicks of all time.
It's a very special day. It's Friday! In case this terrible, terrible song doesn't quite capture how excited we are for the weekend (we so excited), here are some memes. In case the memes don't adequately express how excited we are for the weekend, just look for the person wearing no pants with a pitcher of sangria in each hand -- that's us. Enjoy!
The WWE's new reality show, 'Total Divas,' will air on the E! Television Network on Sundays beginning July 28.
Soccer isn't the only sport where you see creative celebrations.
Between TNA, The Divas, ring girls, interviewers and attendants, there's a whole lot of babe going on in the WWE. We've picked our 10 favorite babes right here.
It's been a month and a half since WrestleMania 29, and it's about time for another WWE pay-per-view.
This month's show pays homage to Paul Heyman's 'Extreme Championship Wrestling', and while all the matches aren't 'extreme', there's always an intense atmosphere for this yearly card
Just when you thought reality TV had run out of ways to actually get you to tune in, the June 23rd episode of 'Celebrity Wife Swap' will feature none other than 'Nature Boy' Ric Flair swapping wives with 'The Hot Rod' Roddy Piper. Flair's willingness to take on another wife is no surprise, since the dude has about fifteen.
The search for the greatest lucha libre – Mexican wrestler – who ever lived is on. Sort of.
Check out this quirky mockumentary about "Shrinko," a Mexican wrestler with moves so awesome that women and men alike are obsessed with finding him
WWE went big for WrestleMania 29 this year, and it paid off handsomely. WrestleMania 29 was the highest grossing event in the history of the WWE, grossing in excess of $72 million.
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WWE newcomers Eva Marie and Jo-Jo Offerman will be among the women featured on "Total Divas," the wrestling organization's new reality show set to air on E! this summer. Marie and Offerman will join five current WWE Divas: Nattie Neidhart, The Bella Twins, and The Funkadact


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NFL attempts to curtail binge drinking at games. (USA Today)
San Francisco-area power plant converts food scraps into energy. (Los Angeles Times)
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My novel Then, Again is a foodie romance that is dedicated to my grandmothers and all the wonderful food-related memories they gave me while I was growing up. This recipe is one of my favorite cookies. My grandmother, Rose, used to bake them at holidays when I was a child then later sent them to me in care packages while I was away at college. It's a simple recipe but I bake a lot and have never come across any other recipes that duplicate the taste and texture of these treats. Honestly I don't even like marmalade but somehow in these cookies it's wonderful. Try them. Enjoy them. Share them with your family and friends. Taste a bite of my memories.
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
¾ cup white sugar
½ cup unsalted butter
2 eggs
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Sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
Melt butter and add sugar. Stir until combined. Mix in eggs one at a time. Gradually add flour, stirring slowly until a loose dough is formed. Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours, preferably overnight.
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Sprinkle flour on counter top or rolling surface. Scoop out a large spoonful of dough and roll out using a lightly floured rolling pin. The dough is fairly delicate and becomes softer as you roll it, so go carefully, be sure to flip it over and flour the surface beneath it each time you flip.
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