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I am trying to set up a virtual machine in CentOS, with virt-manager. When I was creating a new machine, i was promoted the following message.
Unable to complete install: 'internal error Process exited while reading console log
output: char device redirected to /dev/pts/1
inet_listen_opts: bind(ipv4,127.0.0.1,5900): Cannot assign requested address
inet_listen_opts: FAILED
Failed to start VNC server on `127.0.0.1:0'
virtual machine should not be using VNC? Is there a way to disable this setting?


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Virtuoso mandolin player Chris Thile was a child prodigy who gained fame, fortune, and widespread acclaim with Nickel Creek. Not only a supreme picker, Thile also became an innovator who explored music far beyond his bluegrass roots, which he has continued in myriad projects after the Creek dried up. He assembled a virtual dream team of young acoustic musicians—fiddler Gabe Witcher, guitarist Chris Eldridge, banjoist Noam Pikelny, bassist Greg Garrison—for what was nominally a solo project (2006's How to Grow a Woman from the Ground). The quintet quickly became a full-fledged band with a moniker swiped from a Mark Twain short story and a dazzling album—Punch (Nonesuch), released last winter—boasting a sophisticated blend of bluegrass, jazz, and classical. The quintet, playing as a kind of bluegrass chamber group, shines through on complex, challenging compositions highly structured but critically fleshed out via improvisation. The centerpiece, however, is Thile's four-movement suite "The Blind Leaving the Blind," a stunning musical roller coaster about the severe sense of betrayal Thile experienced when his marriage fell apart. Thile, by the way, will soon be back on the road with double bass maestro Edgar Meyer. Their new duo album will be out on Nonesuch in late September.
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Britain condemns 'brutal massacre' in Syria
nepal Britain has condemned the reported "brutal massacre" in Syria.
The British-based activist group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Sunday that 32 dead bodies were found in the streets of Daraya and they had been killed by "gunfire and summary executions."
Britain's Middle East minister Alistair Burt says if confirmed, "it would be an atrocity on a new scale, requiring unequivocal condemnation from the entire international community.
Burt says in a statement it "highlights the urgent need for international action to bring an end to the violence, end this culture of impunity and hold to account those responsible for these terrible acts."
Burt says he has spoken to U.N. and Arab League Joint Special Representative Lakhdar Brahimi to discuss the killings.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
The bodies of more than 30 civilians - some of them women and children - were found Sunday in the streets of the Syrian town of Daraya southwest of Damascus, where President Bashar Assad's forces have been waging a fierce assault against rebel holdouts. The latest deaths brought the toll in Daraya to more than 120 killed in the past week alone.
The British-based activist group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 32 dead bodies were found in the streets and they had been killed by "gunfire and summary executions." Among them were three women and two children, the group said.
The Local Communication Committees, another activist group that monitors violence and abuses in Syria, said some of those killed by regime forces in Daraya were buried in mass graves on Sunday. Video footage posted by the group showed bloodied bodies wrapped in colorful blankets lying next to each other with branches of date palms strewn over them.
The authenticity of the footage could not be independently verified.
It said a total of 300 bodies were discovered on Saturday in Daraya and that a total of 633 people have been killed there since government forces launched a major offensive to regain control of the town.
It is impossible to independently verify such figures with the severe restriction placed on the local media's coverage of the conflict and the small number of foreign journalists allowed in Syria. However, activists and residents report suggest that the regime forces use excessive power in major battles, with indiscriminate shelling from the ground and air not uncommon.
On Thursday, troops backed by tanks and helicopter gunships stored Daraya after intense shelling that lasted days.
The battle for Daraya showed the regime to be struggling to control Damascus and its suburbs though the firepower available to it is far superior than anything the rebels might have. Government forces are stretched thin, with a major battle ongoing for control of the nation's largest city, Aleppo in the north, as well as smaller scale operations in the east and south.
Regime forces also used combat helicopters and tanks to pound rebel-held areas in the northern city of Aleppo and the restive southern town of Daraa along the Jordanian border. The Observatory said it had reports of fatalities, but did not have exact numbers yet.
Activists say more than 20,000 people have died in 17 months of fighting in Syria, as an uprising that started with peaceful protests against Assad's rule has morphed into a civil war.
In Damascus, Syrian Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa appeared in public for the first time in several weeks for a meeting with a senior Iranian official, ending rumors that he had defected. Reporters saw him get out of his car and walk to his office for a meeting with Alaeddin Boroujerdi, head of Iran's powerful parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy.


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From the Japanese, "judo" translates literally as "the gentle way." The development of the sport is credited to Dr. Jigoro Kano, a teacher and scholar who is known as the Father of Judo. Having studied the ancient combat technique of jujutsu, Kano did a comprehensive study of multiple forms of self-defence in 1882 and decided to integrate the best of them into one art. His system was built on three major techniques: throwing (with hand, hip, foot, half-body, and full-body), groundwork (holds, strangulation, locks), and striking (of the upper and lower limbs).
To name his new art, Kano replaced the suffix "jutsu" (technique) in "jujutsu" with the suffix "do" (way) to create "judo". He opened a training hall in Tokyo called "Kodokan", meaning "a place to study the way." Kano's system was soon adopted by the Japanese police and navy, leading to judo's spread overseas.
In the 1930s, Kano proposed the creation of an international governing body but he passed away before he could see it come to fruition in 1951. The first judo world championships were held in 1956 and judo made its Olympic debut at Tokyo 1964. Off the Olympic program at Mexico City 1968, judo returned to the Olympic Games for good at Munich 1972. Despite women having been involved in judo almost since its creation in the late 19th century, women did not compete at the world championships until 1980. Women's judo events were included as a demonstration sport at Seoul 1988 before gaining full medal status at Barcelona 1992. Judo debuted at the Pan American Games in 1963 and has been on the program ever since, with the exception of 1971. Women's events were first included at the Pan Am Games in 1983.
Just like the other combat sports in the Olympic Games (wrestling, boxing, taekwondo), judo awards two bronze medals.
All matches are five minutes in length with no designated rest periods. However, the referee will stop the clock during breaks in the action to ensure that the athletes compete for the full five minutes.
The aim in judo is to control the opponent. To do this, athletes apply principles of balance and leverage to throw the opponent to the mat on his/her back, immobilize an opponent on any part of his/her back, apply arm-locks to the elbow (joint locks elsewhere constitute a serious rules violation) and choke the opponent while avoiding any action that might injure the opponent's neck or spine.
Unlike taekwondo and karate, there is no kicking or punching in judo. Rather, a common move is a leg sweep, designed to knock an opponent off balance. Off-balance judokas are likely to find themselves thrown. A perfect, full-point throw results in the abrupt termination of the match. If successful, this move – called an "ippon" – can end a match in as little as four seconds. Otherwise, the match continues with the athletes upright or on the mat grappling for pins, chokes or arm-locks.


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Aviation experts question Malaysian Airlines plane's flight plan
The shooting down of a Malaysian Airlines plane with nearly 300 people on board over war-torn eastern Ukraine is likely to have profound consequences for the world's airlines.
Airlines are already being more vigilant about avoiding trouble spots. That will make flights longer and more costly because of the need for extra fuel — an expense that will be passed on to passengers. They may be quicker to abandon routes near conflict areas.
In the aftermath of Thursday's disaster, carriers around the globe rerouted flights to avoid Ukraine. Malaysia Airlines announced that it will no longer fly over any portion of the country, routing flights over Turkey instead.
Some airlines had been circumventing the country for weeks after warnings from aviation authorities, and experts questioned Malaysia's decision to fly near the fighting.
"I find it pretty remarkable that a civil airline company — if this aircraft was on the flight plan — that they are flight-planning over an area like that," said Robert Francis, a former vice chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board.
The airline noted Friday that other carriers flew the same path, even on the same day its plane was shot down. Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lay insisted again Friday that the airline's path from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was an internationally approved route.
Violence in Ukraine between government forces and pro-Russia rebels in the country's east erupted after Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in March. Earlier this week, the rebels claimed responsibility for hitting a Ukrainian military jet with a portable surface-to-air missile; the pilot was able to land safely. And the government charged that a military transport plane was shot down by a missile fired from Russian territory.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration had warned pilots in April not to fly over parts of Ukraine, and the U.N.'s International Civil Aviation Organization told governments to warn their airlines. Thursday's crash, however, occurred outside those warning areas, prompting the FAA to expand its prohibition to eastern Ukraine.
Thomas Routh, an aviation attorney in Chicago, said it would be unusual for an airline to ignore such warnings, but he said there are many dangerous air corridors and airlines must decide whether a flight will be safe.
Greg Raiff, an aviation consultant in New Hampshire, said that if airlines must avoid all the world's hot spots, flight times would be extended, requiring extra fuel and pilots.
Aviation experts said that many airlines continued to fly over Ukraine despite the warnings because it offered a shorter route that saved fuel. Malaysian officials denied that was their motive.
Joshua Marks, CEO of aviation-data firm masFlight, calculated that flying over Ukraine instead of around the country saved Malaysia Airlines up to $1,500 per flight in fuel, or 2 percent, and shaved about 10 minutes off the trip.
Ukraine closed the eastern region to air traffic below 26,000 feet on July 1 and extended the ban to 32,000 feet on Monday. An official with Eurocontrol, a consortium of European air traffic agencies, said about 350 planes had been flying over the area every day before the restrictions, but that had dropped by about one-fourth before Thursday's crash.
Dubai-based Emirates airlines suspended flights to Kiev indefinitely. Germany's Lufthansa rerouted trips, although flights to Kiev and Odessa were unaffected. Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines said that it would stop flying over any part of the country. India's aviation agency said Air India and Jet Airways would also avoid Ukraine.


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Hi there,
I am revising a board file that was originally done in June, 2006. There are a lot of shapes on them and they are classified as solid filled. Being a newbie, I'm not sure what this means. They look like they are dynamic filled but don't seem to behave the same way. Should I convert them to dynamic filled or just leave them?
Thanks in advance for your input.
Do you mean Static solid filled? The size and purpose of the shape is also important in determining the type of copper fill to use. Static shapes will reduce the size and complexity of your design file, but they will not automatically update when changes are made. Without knowing the specifics of the design, it is difficult to make a blanket recommendation on the type of shape to use. Dynamic shapes have the advantage of changing with the design, while static shapes take less space, and shape commands fru faster.Regards,
What class are the shapes? Etch? or something else?
They are not static shapes, but not dynamic either. They are etch and they update, but not the way dynamic shapes update. I think the board may have been created using V.14. (before dynamic shapes?) I was just wondering if I should change them to dynamic or if I could just leave them.Thanks!
If they gerber out fine, and DRC properly (after you make ECO changes, I'm assuming you're updating the board right?), I'd leave them alone. Funny things 'can' happen when you change shapes from Static to Dynamic (yes, the older ones are now considered Static).If all works well now... don't break the 'machine'. :)Good day.Mitch
Thanks Mitch. That's exactly the information I was looking for!Jackie
I agree with Mitch that the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" approach is usually the best approach to take. So if your Gerbers read good and you can go to fab with no errors, then there's no reason to change. If the design needed significant changes and the shapes were causing you problems, then I'd consider making them dynamic shapes.


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Amare Stoudemire is an NBA superstar. He and Carmelo Anthony teamed up on the New York Knicks in an effort to reshape that franchise. However, surprisingly poor results with both of them on the floor and injuries to Stoudemire have derailed that plan. Stoudemire is due to return to the Knicks on Tuesday, but he will likely come off the bench.
In most other cases, Stoudemire would start immediately. We see it all the time when superstars return from injury. In this case, though, the Knicks seem to be acknowledging the fact that something needs to change with the team's dynamic when both Anthony and Stoudemire are playing. Ian Begley of ESPN New York says Stoudemire's role will be as a sixth man - or something similar. He will come off the bench unless injuries to other players necessitate Stoudemire starting, Begley says.
Stoudemire is coming back from on his right knee. It was the third surgery Stoudemire has had on his knees. The Knicks hope he will return the same player - just in a new role. Despite the fact that Stoudemire could work his way back as a starter, coach Mike Woodson has been contemplating using Stoudemire as a reserve for the remainder of the season.
Stoudemire has averaged 21.6 points per game and 8.8 rebounds per game in his career. He has not played in the regular season at all this season. Stoudemire is entering his third year with the Knicks after spending the majority of his career with the Phoenix Suns.
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Hi all,
I finally got the Orion Atlas this week, and tried to use it last night - until the clouds rolled in.
From reading literature, Polar Alignment on these mounts are supposed to be fairly accurate. However when I tried to use the polar alignment scope, the entire field of view was just bright RED!!
I have been surfing the internet for a way to dim it and it appears there is a way to do it via hand controller - yet I cannot find it in the manual (both supplied and latest downloaded).
Could somebody tell me where this option lives on the menu tree?
Thanking in advance,
Atlas PAS LED issue - help!
Started by Red Dwarf , Aug 23 2012 08:27 PM
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Posted 23 August 2012 - 08:27 PM
Posted 23 August 2012 - 08:47 PM
If I remember correctly go to Menu>Setup>Handset Setting>Polar LED and then you use the up and down arrows (direction arrows) to dim or brighten the LED. I typically set up at dusk and don't use it anymore.
Posted 23 August 2012 - 09:00 PM
OK. Thank you!


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7th Royal Stag Mirchi Music Awards was held on 26th February at Yash Raj Studio in Mumbai. It was a star-studded affair, with the presence of several musicians and Bollywood celebrities. Javed Akhtar was honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award. Any music event would be incomplete without
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Web Reads: Wealth distribution in families, states, and countries
Money map. According to this map, James Goodnight, worth $8.1 billion, is the richest person in North Carolina. In Texas, the richest person is Alice Walton, who has $35.3 billion. If I earn $25,000, will I be one-fourth as happy in Texas as I would in North Carolina because of the greater gap between what I have and what Ms. Walton has? The map and accompanying text provide names and information about the richest person in each state.
Shunning the trust fund. Wealthy parents struggle with how much they should pass on to their children. The Washington Post looks beyond Bill Gates and Warren Buffettto report how the richest families think through the effect of unearned wealth on children.
Brazilian bucks. Wondering why Brazil's economy isn't growing as fast as China's? Expanding on an article in The Economist, Scott Sumner looks for clues to the mystery of Brazil's slow-growth:
"Brazil has averaged 1.5 percent RGDP [real gross national product] growth over the past 3 years. In contrast, RGDP in China has been rising at about 7.5 percent per year. In per-capita terms that's a roughly 7-1 advantage to China. Ouch. (Sorry to my Brazilian readers for mentioning 7-1, but I just couldn't resist.) What could explain such a vast difference?"
He discusses factors that don't explain it and suggests that Brazil spends a lot of money on pensions, while China spends on infrastructure.
Public religion. Many politicians grapple with how to talk about their religious beliefs in public. The Columbus Dispatch examines how GOP Gov. John Kasich and his Democratic opponent talk religion on the campaign trail.
Work in progress. A 50-second video shows Charles Schultz drawing Charlie Brown. In the voiceover, the cartoonist says, "When I feel low, this is when I come home and really pour it on poor old Charlie Brown. This is when he really suffers the most—when I suffer the most."


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stranger still, so do rivers! Inachus is gone from Argos--not a puddle left.
Ch. Oh, Homer, Homer! You and your 'holy Troy,' and your 'city of broad streets,' and your 'strong-walled Cleonae'! --By the way, what is that battle going on over there? What24 are they murdering one another about?
Her. It is between the Argives and the Lacedaemanians. The general who lies there half-dead, writing an inscription on the trophy with his own blood, is Othryades.
Ch. And what were they fighting for?
Her. For the field of battle, neither more nor less.
Ch. The fools! Not to know that though each one of them should win to himself a whole Peloponnesus, he will get but a bare foot of ground from Aeacus! As to yonder plain, one nation will till it after another, and many a time will that trophy be turned up by the plough.
Her. Even so. And now let us get down, and put these mountains to rights again. After which, I must be off on my errand, and you back to your ferry. You will see me there before long, with the day's contingent of shades.
Ch. I am much obliged to you, Hermes; the service shall be perpetuated in my records. Thanks to you, my outing has been a success. Dear, dear, what a world it is!--And never a word of Charon! F.
METHINKS that man must lie sore stricken under the hand of sorrow, who has not a smile left for the folly of his superstitious brethren, when he sees them at work on sacrifice and festival and worship of the gods, hears the subject of their prayers, and marks the nature of their creed. Nor, I fancy, will a smile


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San Michele a Porta Pia - Rome
San Michele a Porta Pia is located in the historic center near the Central station. Termini Station is a 15 minute walk or 5 minutes by public transport.
San Michele a Porta Pia - Rome
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- This hotel has 6 rooms
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We commonly speak about God's existence. By "looking out" into the world we can rationally establish God, that He is. These proofs all rely on the underlying assumption that the created world is true, and our senses are adequate to it. Not only does God exist as may be rationally demonstrated, one can also say that God "insists." To say that God "insists" is to suggest that we can find a proof of God, and that He is, by "looking in," specifically, by looking at our conscience. This is what I mean by the "insistence" of God.
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Keywords: conscience, existence of God, proof God exists, faith, Christian maturity, formed conscience, Andrew Greenwell
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX (Catholic Online) - We commonly speak about God's existence. The word "exist" comes to us from the Latin words ex ("out of") and sistere ("to cause to stand"). Catholics believe--indeed, are required to believe--that God's existence can be rationally demonstrated from the things that are made. As the First Vatican Council stated in the document Dei Filius, "The one and true God, our creator and Lord, can be known through the creation by the natural light of human reason."
Traditionally, of course, all manner of rational "proofs" were thought up by Catholic thinkers to show that it was reasonable to believe that God exists. We have, for example, the famous "five proofs" of St. Thomas Aquinas.
Using proofs such as these, by "looking out" into the world we can rationally establish God, and that He is. These proofs all rely on the underlying assumption that the created world is true, and our senses are adequate to it. As Pope Benedict XVI put it in his book Jesus of Nazareth, "The world is 'true' to the extent that it reflects God: the creative logic, the eternal reason that brought it to birth." The truth of the created world is therefore a witness to uncreated Truth.
Not only does God exist as may be rationally demonstrated, one can also say that God "insists."
The word insists likewise comes from Latin, specifically the words in ("into" or "in") and sistere ("to cause to stand"). To say that God "insists," then, is to suggest that we can find a proof of God, and that He is, by "looking in," specifically, by looking at our conscience. This is what I mean by the "insistence" of God.
There are perhaps no two better guides for exploring God's "insistence" than St. Augustine and Blessed John Henry Newman. At least as far as I have found, nowhere do we find the notion of God's "insistence" better explored, or at least more beautifully expressed.
Blessed John Henry Newman, of course, might be called the Doctor conscientiae, the Doctor of Conscience. Newman understood conscience to be something more than a sense of propriety, or convention, or feeling, or opinion, or taste, all of which he would have referred to as "counterfeit" conscience.
Newman believed that conscience properly understood was "the echo of God's voice." Authentic conscience had the "prerogative of commanding obedience," of enjoining upon us a moral duty, a prerogative which convention, opinion, feeling, or taste do not have. In describing conscience, it is difficult, even in the vast annals of Catholic thought, to encounter words as beautiful as these which come from Newman's Letter to the Duke of Norfolk:
"The rule and measure of duty is not utility, nor expedience, nor the happiness of the greatest number, nor State convenience, nor fitness, order, and the pulchrum [beautiful]. Conscience is not a long-sighted selfishness, nor a desire to be consistent with oneself, but it is a messenger from Him, who, both in nature and in grace, speaks to us behind a veil, and teaches and rules us by His representatives. Conscience is the aboriginal Vicar of Christ, a prophet in its informations, a monarch in its peremptoriness, a priest in its blessings and anathemas, and, even though the eternal priesthood throughout the Church could cease to be, in it the sacerdotal principle would remain and would have a sway."
The Second Vatican Council embraces this concept when in Gaudium et spes (No. 16) it taught that "Conscience is the most secret core and sanctuary of a man. There he is alone with God, whose voice echoes in his depths."
Because conscience--again, not "counterfeit" conscience, but authentic conscience--is a witness to truth, it, like the created world, can be a witness to Truth, namely, God and that He is. In his Grammar of Assent, Newman expanded on his belief that the sense of duty or command that he discovered in his conscience was proof of what I have called God's "insistence," of God, and that He is.
"If, as is the case, we feel responsibility, are ashamed, are frightened, at transgressing the voice of conscience, this implies that there is One to whom we are responsible, before whom we are ashamed, whose claims upon us we fear. If, on doing wrong, we feel the same tearful, broken-hearted sorrow which overwhelms us on hurting a mother; if, on doing right, we enjoy the same sunny serenity of mind, the same soothing, satisfactory delight which follows on our receiving praise from a father, we certainly have within us the image of some person, to whom our love and veneration look, in whose smile we find our happiness, for whom we yearn, towards whom we direct our pleadings, in whose anger we are troubled and waste away . . . and thus the phenomena of Conscience, as a dictate, avail to impress the imagination with the picture of a Supreme Governor, a Judge, holy, just, powerful, all-seeing, retributive."
Elsewhere, in his Apologia pro Vita Sua, he put this concept in these words:
"I am a Catholic by virtue of my believing in a God; and if I am asked why I believe in a God, I answer that it is because I believe in myself, for I feel it impossible to believe in my own existence (and of that fact I am quite sure) without believing also in the existence of Him, who lives as a Personal, All-seeing, All-judging Being in my conscience."
Many centuries before Newman, St. Augustine was also keenly aware of what Newman so well described. In his Confessions, St. Augustine described in what manner God may be found in a person, and so "insists." Within man, St. Augustine finds God as the "eternal internal," the internus aeternus. As Blessed John Paul II summarized it in his apostolic letter Augustinum Hipponesem, St. Augustine believed that, in this "eternal internal," this internus aeternus, "God is in the depths of each one of us."
God is found in us through the witness of our conscience, which contains within it the natural moral law, a law "written in men's hearts, which iniquity itself cannot blot out," as St. Augustine said. This law which is writ in the heart and which is accessible in conscience is itself is nothing less than a creaturely participation in the eternal law. The eternal law is nothing less than God himself. "And your law is the truth, and the truth you." Et lex tua veritas, et veritas tu! (Conf. 4.9.14)
So St. Augustine is consistent with Newman's insight. From our conscience, we learn the commands of an internal law, a law that commands, that imposes a duty. For St. Augustine, like Newman, the human conscience is, in the words of Thomas Brooks, "God's deputy, God's spy, God's notary, God's viceroy." The source of that command, that duty, points to the eternal law of our Creator, and that law is truth, and that truth God.
By looking "inside" us, by recognizing that there are interior moral commands in the form of law, we find the "eternal internal" is us, and therein find evidence of God, and that He is. Like Newman, St. Augustine believed that God "insists."
To be sure, God exists. To be equally sure, God insists. And if God exists and insists, we may be assured that God assists.
Ahh. But the assistance of God takes us from nature to grace, from reason to revelation. And if we are going to dwell on God's assistance, we shall have to await another day and another article.
Andrew M. Greenwell is an attorney licensed to practice law in Texas, practicing in Corpus Christi, Texas. He is married with three children. He maintains a blog entirely devoted to the natural law called Lex Christianorum. You can contact Andrew at email@example.com.
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IMMEDIATELY EAST of the Territory of Oklahoma lay the lands of the Five Civilized Tribes, which, together with the small reservations in the northeastern corner of the present state of Oklahoma, came to be known as the Indian Territory. By the close of the nineteenth century, the two were commonly referred to as the "Twin Territories." They were nearly equal in size, each having an area of approximately 35,000 square miles, but in most other respects they were very different. While the Territory of Oklahoma was composed largely of more or less level prairie plains, the Indian Territory was much more hilly and in certain parts distinctly mountainous, with considerable areas of wooded lands and, in the southeastern portion, extensive pine forests. The rainfall was also far heavier than in the western part of the Oklahoma Territory, and in consequence the vegetation was much more luxuriant. In addition, the Indian Territory had most of the coal and other mineral wealth, though after statehood extensive oil fields were also discovered in the area formerly included in the Territory of Oklahoma.
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CD Rates Fall But Remain Competitive at Dept. of Commerce FCU in DC
Department of Commerce Federal Credit Union has recently cut its CD and IRA CD rates, but the rates remain competitive. The 5-year CD now has a 2.30% APY. Minimum deposit is $500. This also applies to terms over 5 years to up to 7 years. Some other noteworthy CD rates include a 1.25% APY 2-year CD and a 1.55% APY 3-year CD. These CD rates are listed at Dept. of Commerce FCU rates page as of 4/5/2012.
Some of the CD details are listed in the credit union certificates page. Note the word "variable" in the title refers to the term and not the rate. Dividends can be applied to the CD, or transferred to your DOCFCU savings or checking account. Rate increase of 0.01% for Gold Members for every month within a term.
Update 3/12/13: I've been told that DOCFCU's early withdrawal penalty for CD terms from 24 months to 60 months is now 180 days of interest.
One important CD detail that I can't find at DOCFCU's website is the early withdrawal penalty. A reader in my last DOCFCU post reported the EWP as follows:
If any principal is removed, they penalize the entire account balance. The penalty is two fold. No interest for 180 days, then from 181 days to the day of withdrawal, a one percentage point drop in the CD rate
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Michael graduated with a 2:1 in Experimental Psychology and Philosophy from Pembroke College Oxford in Summer 2007, and is now putting his degree to good use by working in the UK film industry.
Alongside a job as Projects and Development Assistant at arts agency B3 Media, he is an independent producer.
His first short film The Beachcombers, a London borough production fund film, won the ITV Local/Film London Best of Boroughs Viewers Choice Award in 2008.
Looking For Marilyn made the 2008 Straight 8 Cannes Selection and was picked up by Channel 4 as a Three Minute Wonder.
Whore, a B3/UKFC Digital Short was selected for the 2009 'Life is Short' UKFC talent DVD, and has screened in competition at Gijon, Warsaw, Cork and Bangkok festivals. It recently won the Grand Prix du Jury for European Short Film at Angers Premiers Plans film festival, and Best Short Film at London East End Film Festival.
In Passing, a WWII drama starring Lesley Sharp, Sean Pertwee and Russell Tovey, has been picked up by BBC HD for exhibition on their HD channel and on iPlayer in HD, later in 2010.
Newer projects Big Tingz and My Dad the Communist premiered at London Short Film Festival 2010, and both feature on the 2010 'Life is Short' UK Film Council talent DVD. My Dad the Communist recently won the Short Film Audience Award at London East End Film Festival. Both Whore and My Dad the Communist have been picked up and are currently being supported by the British Council international short film festival submission scheme.
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EURUSD Slumps To Worst 3-Week Run In 7 Months
Europe ends the week very mixed - as real macro data was dismal but sentiment and hope positive. Credit underperforming notably - especially financials - but equity indices varied from a 2% drop in Italy to a 1.8% gain for Switzerland (which seems like a squeeze given positioning). Italian bond spreads also suffered the most this week heading into the election - gaining 15bps. Portugal was the worst on the week with its spread to Bunds rising 18bps. The real news of the week is the EUR which extends its losses - down 1.5% on the week - to the biggest three-week drop in seven months. GBP weakened the most against the USD on the week - down 1.7% as currency wars progress. Europe's VIX closes at its highest of the year at 20.9% - up over 2 vols on the week.
EURUSD slumping...
Europe's VIX closes at the record highs for the year...
as FX markets were not pretty on the week...
And European stocks very mixed...
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The Powers At Be, will not let the Euro get more than 300bps away from 1.30. Jim Rickards did an excellent job of explaining the 3 way triangle of the Dollar/Euro/Yuan and why 1.30 is the magic number for the system right now
More or less true except if the US recovers a bit, you have a bit more leniency on the FX.
But the FX will be driven by France siding with the South and calling a vote at the ECB. That will be showdown!!!
Yup, added to my silver stack this week. Gold's still too overvalued in comparison to silver though, even though both are far undervalued in currency terms.
When all you have left is 'hope', then you better cling to it as hard as you can I guess.
and The Fed Is Blowing A Dangerous Bank Deposit Bubble
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A dangerous bank deposit bubble? A Dangerous deposit bubble? Since when did you see a bank go belly up because they had TOOO MUUUCHH DEPOSITS AAAAH MYY GODD..
Banks have never ever gone belly up because of too much deposits. Find something else.
Zerohedge is getting full retard.
TBTF banks don't go belly up. Their paper assets do. You know, the ones you are buying from them.
The TBTF assets which can still go belly up are the derivatives, but those are shrinking, for the rest, the main risk is interest rate risk not bankruptcy risk when the FEd multiplies the base money by 4 times. Duration risk mainly. The other risk is deposit flight if the sheeple start to complain too much about the low interest rates, but you can prevent that with capital controls. So not to worry too much, people will get fucked but that is their job.
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A dangerous bank deposit bubble? A Dangerous deposit bubble? Since when did you see a bank go belly up because they had TOOO MUUUCHH DEPOSITS AAAAH MYY GODD..
Banks have never ever gone belly up because of too much deposits. Find something else. The only exception is the excess reserves in deposit at the Fed. If there is a flight of deposit in teh commercial sector, that has a tendency to force the central bank to raise the interest on the excess reserves. If the central bank receives less than it pays on those reserves = hyperinflation. Before that, there will be capital control to prevent those fleeing deposits to blow up the central bank, and also regulated deposit rates.
If the Eur finishes under 1.30 and stays there, Hollande will be very happy.
All the south wants in Euro zone is for the Euro to go down, to 1.10 if necessary.
Not so the rentier north.
By-laws of the ECB say one country one vote, so Merkel is in the Scheiße.
Limassol, Nicosia...Next Black Swan in Mediterranean Sea.
Cyprus is in default.
Then Turkey. Period.
short turkey and you get a hybrid hen.
You have to understand that there is only so much tail cutting a turkey will take before he decides he is a hen!
Understandable, I'd hate having my tail cut and would feel very hennish if I lost it all in a total short cut.
1. The stock market will fade lower as soon as the economy recovers.
2. The Government is not borrowing right now, and that since 2009
3. The Government can already pay the debt prior to 2009. The money is already available.
All those statements above are actually true, the one who can explain why has graduated to be a trader for real. Beware this is very wicked stuff.
The Euro appears headed for a major fall - channel support was broken. Could be headed well below 1.20.
There is a rule that says that in fine the printing is done with a vote at the ECB. So far there was no chance of hte vote because France was not siding with Spain and southern Europe and Ireland. But as France is heading south...
Then merkel is in tough spot. She will have to deal with that withe German people. Move to Mark and see exports collapse or shove the stagflation down your throat... she gets fucked either from the front or from the back. It is likely that this is will not come down to wire before German elections.
Than obviously it makes total sense for Dalio to be long periphery debt.
I'm looking to invest in southern Europe right now. Maybe start a new business. Great work ethic there. Lots of hard working, eager to contribute people who are looking to better their future generations.
This recent pullback in equities is a great buying opportunities for a long term investment
I'm moving into Cyprus equities and bonds. The bottom has been reached there and a huge explosition to the upside is just getting started.


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Nice roller coaster. We need one like that right here in Virginia Beach.
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Lovely light at wonderful place Denis... and busloads of tourists are over!
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And would the FL-50R be an option instead of the Metz ? Its about the same size, weight, price but I am not sure if it will function as a WIRELESS remote TTL . Anybody SURE about that ????
Yes the units carrying the R after the model name will function in off camera TTL and since you will be using the flash units off camera, size will not matter, so get the biggest, most power units you can afford.
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Analysis of Special Education Compliance and Special Education Funding in Four Texas Open-Enrollment Charter Schools.
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Description: The purpose of this study was to conduct an in-depth examination of special education services in open-enrollment charter schools in north Texas and to examine relationships between special education compliance and funding. Six questions guided the research: How have the charter schools designed special education services, and do these services meet individual needs of students with disabilities? Have federal education and disability laws affected charter schools' admissions, operations, or student performance ratings? What were the levels of special education funding and compliance with federal and state regulations? Is there a relationship between special education funding and special education compliance with rules and regulations? Studies at the national and state levels have frequently been conducted in the form of surveys, and provide only preliminary information about the status of special education in charter schools. There is a paucity of case specific information about the management and delivery of special education services in open-enrollment charter schools. A within-case study research design was used for this investigation utilizing qualitative methods of structured open-ended interviews, observations at the schools, and document analysis. Administrators at four open-enrollment charter schools were interviewed to gather data for this multi-case study. The data supported the hypotheses related to ...
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Ninth grade student success: An analysis of a credit recovery program.
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Description: The purpose of the study was to determine the extent to which a credit recovery program improved the academic success for high school freshmen. For the purpose of this study, academic success was defined as whether or not the student advanced from 9th to 10th grade. A total of 255 students from two junior high schools and one comprehensive high school were included in the study. Independent variables included program, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, TAKS Reading/Language Arts results, and TAKS Mathematics results. A review of related literature provided background information regarding the issues surrounding high school freshmen, dropouts, grade retention, and effective intervention programs. This quantitative study utilized descriptive statistics and logistic regression to analyze the relationship between the independent variables and student success as measured by whether or not the student advanced from ninth to tenth grade. In addition, the study examined the odds of success if participating in the credit recovery program. Sources of data included Incomplete and Failure Listing, Ninth Grade Advisor Listing, Tenth Grade Advisory Listing, and the Student Roster-Fall Collection. The Ninth Grade Success Initiative Program Evaluation for Cycles 6, 7, and 9 provided the individual student results of participation in the program. Levels of ...
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The Relationship Among Effective School Correlates, School and District Practices, and Exemplary Student Performance in Texas
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Creator: Callender, Betty Darlene Miles
Description: The Texas Education Agency (TEA) annually rates campuses and districts on how well they meet standards of student performance. Since the high standard is so difficult for campuses and districts to reach, educators continually seek ways to improve student performance. The effective schools process is research-based and has stood the test of time. Descriptive statistics were used in this study to identify practices within the effective schools correlates that exemplary campuses implement. Campuses with long-term exemplary ratings were identified using the TEA data base. Campus site-based teams were surveyed using the More Effective Schools Staff Survey. Data was collected on elementary and secondary campuses with homogenous, diverse, economically advantaged, and economically disadvantaged student populations. District instructional leaders for those campuses completed a District Instructional Leader Survey to determine what practices districts implement to support their exemplary campuses. Findings from this quantitative study revealed what effective schools practices were highly evident on these exemplary campuses, regardless of diversity, economic status, district size, community type, property wealth, or location within the state. Findings also revealed that district leaders provide direction and support in the areas of (a) professional development; (b) beliefs, mission, and goals; (c) curriculum; (d) instruction; (e) assessment; and (f) ...
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The Relationship Between Classroom Climate and Student Achievement
Date: December 2001
Creator: Bennett, Jan
Description: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between sixth grade students' academic achievement levels in math and their perceptions of school climate. Student characteristics of socioeconomic status and gender were used to identify groups for the purpose of data analysis. Data was gathered using the five independent variables of the My Class Inventory (satisfaction, friction, competitiveness, difficulty, and cohesiveness) and the dependent variable of the Stanford Achievement Total Math scores. The results of the data collection were tested using a Pearson product-moment analysis and a backward multiple regression analysis. A univariate analysis of variance was also used to compare the five independent variables of the My Class Inventory as well as to compare socioeconomic status and gender with the Stanford Achievement Total Math scores. The schools selected for this study were from a city in Texas with a population of approximately 100,000. The sample consisted of 262 sixth grade mathematics students. The findings of this study are as follows: (a) The Pearson product-moment correlation analysis revealed little, if any, correlation for any of the five subscale predictor variables; (b) the multiple regression analysis revealed that all five classroom climate indicators combined together could explain only 10.5% of ...
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Update on JenifferJeniffer used a previous loan to buy soap, sugar and matchboxes to sell. She is a thirty-six-years-old diploma holder, married with three children, living in a semi-permanent house in Fort Portal, Uganda. The responsibility of looking after the family is vested in her, and her family dream is to educate her children and build a permanent house.
She has a retail shop which she has been operating for the last four years. She faces the challenge of price fluctuation, and her dream is to own a wholesale shop. Jeniffer needs the loan to buy merchandise like sugar, posho (maize flour), soap and match boxes to sell.
Previous Loan DetailsJeniffer is a thirty-six-year-old diploma holder, married with three children, living in a semi-permanent house in Fort Portal, Uganda. The responsibility of looking after the family is vested in her, and her family dream is to educate her children and build a permanent house. She has a retail... More from Jeniffer's previous loan »
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Important InformationThis loan provides farmers and low-income entrepreneurs from underserved rural areas with access to financial services. By supporting this loan, you allow more farmers and rural entrepreneurs to access capital.
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Our Field Partners often work with borrowers over a series of loans as the borrowers build credit, take out bigger loans, and expand their businesses. In order to make it easier for our Field Partners to post loans for borrowers who have been listed on Kiva before, we allow them to post successive and concurrent loans for their Kiva borrowers. This means that our Field Partners are able to post a borrower's second, third, etc., loan on Kiva without having to re-enter all of the borrower's information.
This borrower has been listed on Kiva before, so you'll see an updated loan description, as well as excerpts of the original descriptions from earlier loans. Most borrowers take out loans consecutively, meaning that they receive a second loan after having repaid the first. However, sometimes our Field Partners give out concurrent loans, allowing borrowers to take out one primary loan and a secondary "add-on" loan along with it. These "add-on" loans are typically smaller than the borrower's primary loan and serve a different purpose. Because Field Partners can now post loans as successive and concurrent loans, you will be able to track borrower progress over time and see the various ways a borrower is working with our Field Partners through funds from Kiva's lenders.
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Diego Junqueira
Any Argentinian out there who can tell something about him ? I mean it is pretty
incrompehensible that a guy has his breakthrough with the age of 26. He is coming from Latinoamerica challenger/future tour has never achieved something big (OK this year he won one challenger but against not that strong opponents)
and then he comes to Stuttgart won two Qualy matches and then after saving MP against Rochus, beating Volandri in two !! Even Volandri is not as his best he is still classses above a guy from Junqueiras level. So who is this guy ? Was he good junior ?
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Argentina is full of talented players that can't break through becouse of economic problems (hard to get sponsor, there is no $ support from argentina tennis federation). If we would have the $, support and tournaments that the "yankees" have, Argentina would have many more players into top 100.
But I never watched a match from Junqueira to answer your question xD
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But still with this age very abnormal especially if you consider that the high ranked player he defeated before Stuttgart was Nicolas Devilderer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe anyobdy saw him against Rochus or Volandri live on court ?
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I don't think it's that unnormal. From time to time it happens that a player like Junqueria is winning some matches on the tour. There isn't such a big gap between a player ranked 200 and a top 100 player. Volandri and especially Christophe Rochus have played very poorly in the recent weeks. And today we could see that Junqueira doesn't have any chance against a top player like Berdych.
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I saw him playing in a challenger in Montevideo last year, I was there he is a typical challenger player, a hard work player who stands in the baseline and he returns all the balls. I feel happy for him he has a very good week like vassallo arguello in RG
maybe he can go in 100 for some months
but I think that vassallo arguello and hartfield and better than him, also Roitman
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Junqueira is a 1.65 mts (I think) baseline player. His wins against Volandri and Rochus weren't big surprises to me, although I was expecting him to lose.
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I agree it's not that uncommon that a player has his breakthrough in his mid twenties. Sometimes there are financial problems, sometimes there are injury problems, and also sometimes the good results come out of nowhere, even if there weren't major problems during this player's career.
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Also another point view , the retiring age of sporting life has extended from early 30s to late 30s over the past 10-15 years in favourite sports like soccer,basketball and others.The need of helping business classes (mentors,psychiatrists,psychicians,nutrition scientists and etc.) is more than ever and also they have a great effect on the result directly.This means that if you are training well ,mentally in a peaceful situation,eating through the program which suits you best along with rational self-analysis and experience, you can still manage to have some carrer peaks at the ages of +30.
For Junqueira, it seems that he has just begun to explore himself.We cannot say this is "luck" at this level of tennis.I guess this tournament will give him a considerable leap on ATP ranking which makes me think that player qualities between 100 and 200 is nothing as ZackBusner has already stated.
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Does anybody have any pictures of Junqueira , maybe somebody who saw him this week in Stuttgart? This would save my life coz I am his biggest fan!
Please help me! Thank you sooooooo much!
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These are some photos 2005 Copa Petrobras, 2006 Florianopolis Challenger (CHampion) and 2006 Bermuda Open. (ALL CHALLENGERS)
Here -- Stuttgart Photos (I dont find Diego`s photos)
He is from Tandil, like Zabaleta, Monaco and Del Potro.
A little city in Buenos Aires province..
Unfortunately, Today He lose in last Kitzbuhel qualy round with Patriarca (ARG)...
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Thank you soooo much for the photos of diego...if you have any more information such as photos, videos or infos regarding his girlfriend, pleaaaaaase let me know.
thanks sooo much for your help!!!1
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Si queremos poner más fotos de Diego, creemos un thread en Chicos Latinos exclusivamente para él... :yeah: (ya tiene?????????)
pq me parece ridiculo poner fotos en el foro de un torneo que ya pasó
(STuttgart 2006, que fue el mejor Atp de Junqueira :D
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OK this would be great...lets create a special thread for diego under the category of chicos latinos...can u start, please???
Thanks so much
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What is a good bike for people new to mountain biking? Are there any people out here in Arkansas who goes biking regularly enough to show a complete beginner around?
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What is a good bike for people new to mountain biking? Are there any people out here in Arkansas who goes biking regularly enough to show a complete beginner around?
Devin Mei
Arkansas, Pleasant Hill
Hey Norse, I'm originally from Little Rock so I have a feeling for how things go there. A lot of people on here are going to try to tell you to check craigslist but Arkansas craigslist is pretty poor. If you want to buy a used bike and save money your best bet will probably be Fayetteville due to all the college kids. Check on craigslist for Fayetteville ( I know, I know) and the local papers. If you're buying new it would behoove you to drive into a larger city such as Little Rock, Fayetteville, or Russellville to shop. I've never been to Pleasent Hill but most of the Arkansas towns I've been in don't have a real local bike shop. This is all to say don't buy a walmart bike. Good brands are specialized, trek, giant, gary fisher, Kona, etc.
I typically find places like AR's CL will have the best deals, but the worst availability. So you're likely to get a LOT of bike for a little money, but could take a LONG time 'til you find the right bike.
Google maps makes it look like you're in the middle of MTB heaven!
This is a good one if it's your size, and in good shape. It probably doesn't have front shocks, if you'd like them, however.
Giant Rincon for $150 this may be more like it if you like front shocks. Size 17".
Trek for $200, not many details, but could be good.
Where would you rather drive? Fayetteville or Little Rock? If either one's OK, try using crazedlist.org to search both at the same time.
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Beyond enticing newborns to eat, sugar provides calories. Whether the sugar is from an apple or a candy bar, the body quickly converts it to glucose, a simple sugar found in the blood that helps energize your cells.
So why all the scorn for sugar? It could be the company it keeps. Most sweetened fare --- cookies, cakes, and candy --- is also high in fat and packed with calories that contribute to unhealthy weight gain. Even fat-free sugar-filled foods, such as jelly beans, provide little more than calories. Foods rich in natural sugars --- including fruit and certain vegetables such as peas and corn --- are better for you because they supply nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, and fiber while satisfying your sweet tooth.
How much sugar is OK to eat? The World Health Organization suggests that healthy people limit added sugar intake to 10% of total daily calories. On a 2,000-calorie diet, that translates into a maximum 50 grams of added sugar a day (12 ounces of regular soda supplies 35 grams; one teaspoon of table sugar contains 4).
Your sugar allowance includes the added sweeteners in processed foods that don't seem sweet, including bread and cereal. Knowing your sugar allotment helps with label reading. You'll find that the sugar content (most often added sugar) of processed foods is listed under "carbohydrate" in the food label's Nutrition Facts panel.
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