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Faith Credited As Righteousness
"For what does the Scripture say? 'ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.' Now to the one who works, his wage is not credited to him as a favor, but as what is due. But to the one who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness" (Romans 4:3-5). Paul's letter to the Romans has been rightly called The Constitution of Christianity. Indeed, it is the greatest of all the letters of Paul. Its theology is, on the one hand, profound beyond comprehension. But on the other hand, the Holy Spirit gladly guides the believer into the truth that is Romans. The entire letter can be summed up with the phrase, "Righteousness from Heaven." Paul meticulously demonstrates the utter sinfulness of mankind concluding beyond any doubt, "THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE" (Rom. 3:10). Such a universal condition results in the need for divine righteousness. In other words, if I want to see God I must have the righteousness of Christ credited to my account. Such is only possible through faith.
"Abraham believed God, and it was credited to Him as righteousness" (Rom. 4:3). Romans 4 is a pivotal chapter in establishing righteousness through faith alone in Christ alone. There is a mystery here. This should not be taken as something unusual, as elsewhere Paul describes the entire body of revealed doctrine as, "the mystery of faith" (1 Tim. 3:9). Paul is not saying that our faith is recognized to be righteous. If that were the case one would have reason to boast before God. Righteousness credited to us happens outside of us. The phrase, "it was credited to him," is in the passive voice meaning God does the work, not me. In other words, this righteousness is imputed not imparted. Remember, imputed means to set to one's account. God has imputed, or set to my account, the righteousness of God. There is no works-righteousness here, as it is totally the work of God brought about through faith in Christ alone. This is the method for obtaining this righteousness—believe God! Otherwise, we receive what is due: "For the wages of sin is death" (Rom. 6:23a). But if we come through faith, we receive "the free gift of God" (Rom. 6:23b), which is the righteousness of Christ. This is the miracle of faith that results in certain blessings bestowed on the one who believes. First of all, our sins are forgiven—they are sent away. Secondly, they are covered. In fact, they are covered so completely there's no chance of their ever being uncovered. Finally, miracle of miracle of miracles, the righteousness of Christ is credited to the account of the one believing the Gospel.So, this raises an important question. Do you possess, by way of imputation, the righteousness of Christ? Your answer to this question is crucial as it concerns matters of eternity—where you will spend it. The Bible says, "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Rom. 3:23). It doesn't matter how good one might be or think they are as the Bible also teaches even the good things we do are marred by sin. Isaiah wrote, "All our righteous acts are like filthy rags" (Is. 64:6). Remember, Paul has already demonstrated the utter sinfulness of all mankind—you included. This is why we need righteousness from heaven. And the amazing thing is this: although it cost God everything to make this possible, for you and me, it is free! This is what Christ came to do—to fulfill a righteousness and die a death that would remove all your sins and my sins and become for us a perfect righteousness. He offers you this righteousness today as a free gift. It is yours for the asking—simply believe the Gospel. "BLESSED IS THE MAN WHOSE SIN THE LORD WILL NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT" (Rom. 4:8).


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Frank's Thought of the Day - 12/13/2013
Friday, 12.13.2013 / 6:00 AM PT
By Frank Albin - Director of Broadcasting / Great White Bites
Selections for Sochi….Team USA.
Vancouver in 2010 was bittersweet for the USA Olympic Men's Ice Hockey team. However their accomplishments should not be ignored. Gold was the goal but they fell just short. The Americans' claimed Silver as the Canadians claimed the final game on an overtime goal from perhaps the best player in the world Sidney Crosby.
Heading into the 2014 Team USA GM David Poile and his staff will have some tough decisions to make. USA Hockey has re-stocked the shelves after the 1980's US glory days of Modano, Roenick, Tkachuk, Leetch and friends.
The 2014 team that will head to the Russian tourist mecca of Sochi will be again a contender for Gold. The Americans have star-power and depth to go along with size and experience. Let's take a look at what that team may look like come February.
In goal, Team USA will be in good hands. Assuming Jonathan Quick is healthy, he will most certainly be the starter in net. He's a Stanley Cup winner and is regarded as an elite NHL goalie. On the bench but ready is veteran and 2010 Silver Medal winner Ryan Miller. His NHL Sabres' club is wallowing in the standings yet Miller could get red-hot. Should Quick not be ready Miller may be wearing stars and stripes in the US crease. A 3rd goalie may cause controversy but I would go with the Senators' Craig Anderson.
On defense the Americans are looking for Minnesota's Ryan Suter to lead their platoon US blueliners. Big Dustin Byfuglien of the Jets has size and skill and should be a mainstay. Kevin Shattenkirk of the Blues is a great skater and puck mover. He should feel at home at 5 on 5, on the powerplay and penalty kill. Justin Braun of the Sharks is ready for primetime. His size, speed and skating ability should be a Team USA asset for years to come. Erik Johnson of the Av's was a first overall draft selection who failed to live up to the hype early in his career with St Louis. Now in his 6th season Johnson is a reliable mobile defender. Some might think Seth Jones of Nashville is too young to make the National Team on defense but I would argue that the experience can only help his game. The rookie Predator should be a rock on USA defense for years to come. Filling out the US defense could be the Rangers Ryan McDonagh is a leader whose game continues to evolve.
Up front there is no shortage of firepower. Zach Parise is an all-world forward who could be seen as hockey's answer to baseball's 5-tool player. He's got speed, skill, leadership, shooting ability and can be a force on both sides of the puck. The 2-time Stanley Cup winner, Patrick Kane is an offensive magic man. His quickness and mobility make him hard to shut down. Next up is the Canuck's Ryan Kesler. A huge part of 2010's Silver medal team, he will be an impact guy in Sochi. Phil Kessel of the Leafs is another offensive forward who knows his way around the net. Expect much from Kessel especially on the powerplay.
The Sharks Joe Pavelski will do what Sharks fans see him do game in and game out. He's a clutch guy especially on the PP and PK. He's also one of the top faceoff men in hockey. Look for Joe to take those important draws late in a game. The LA Kings captain Dustin Brown will prove a thorn in the side of every team he plays against. Brown is a hard-hitting, sandpaper guy who is a powerful leader on and off the ice.
Two St. Louis players who will be in Russia this February are certain to be David Backes and TJ Oshie. Both have size, skill and are very comfortable in the physical part of the game. USA Head Coach Dan Bylsma will most likely want to pair them up on the same line. They are money guys who play the game the way it's meant to be played.
Toronto's James Van Reimsdyk is a highly skilled guy whose game gets better each year. The 24-year old has 25 points in 30 games for Toronto and at 6'3 200lbs is tough to defend. Another veteran leader is Colorado's Paul Stastny. The 5-time NHL 20-goal scorer is ready to show a world stage he's ready to lead the Americans to another medal, perhaps a Gold one.
The former Duck and current Senator Bobby Ryan could be a huge part of the exciting American squad. Speed is his game and he is deadly from the circles down. The New York Rangers Captain, Ryan Callahan is a gritty 2-way player. Mentally strong and a natural leader, Callahan will be a big part of the US efforts. 21-year old Brandon Saad of the Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks is an emerging star in the NHL. He has big game success under his belt and will be part of US Hockey for years to come. Another forward who is having an excellent season is Minnesota's Jason Pominville who sniped 15 goals in just 33 games.
Likely filling out the American forwards are Montreal's left-winger Max Pacioretty. He has 11 goals in 23 games while the Islanders Kyle Okposo is a leader and solid offensive producer.
A Medal should be expected but competition will be stiff with strong teams from Canada, Sweden, Finland, and Russia among others. This is an American team that if they hard and together, could bring home Gold for the first time since 1980.

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Update: Norwegian Men's Rights blogger Eivind Berge will be held for four more weeks due to the "risk of recurrence of new criminal offenses."
Just a quick update on Eivind Berge: According to this news account, the Norwegian Men's Rights blogger is considered enough of a threat to police officers that his two-week detention has been extended by four more weeks. According to the prosecutor, the "risk of recurrence of new criminal offenses" makes releasing him dangerous.
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Pecunium, would you mind if I sat here and just was in awe of you? Is there nothing you can't do?
They only post one for a new incident of totally-not-terrorism.
It's a pretty regular feature.
Okay, now I want a beer. Preferably one brewed by Pecunium.
A gøøse bit my sister ønce.
Incidentally, if you google "a moose bit my sister once," you get a youtube link to the credits for Holy Grail, and a whole bunch of images of Sarah Palin with the line macro'd on.
For some reason that sets my teeth on edge. I didn't like Palin, I've got no respect for her intelligence, ability to govern, or capacity to serve out a term when there's book deals to be had, but attacking her or tweaking her nose because she's from Alaska is beyond the pale.
Well, WordPress just told me to slow down. Guess I better go have lunch.
Is it making fun of the fact that she's from Alaska, or is it making fun of the fact that she plays up the "i'm from Alaska" bit in an over-the-top way? I mean, she's said things equally as stupid herself.
I can believe the former does happen though, so I dunno.
Now apparently some random Republican is blaming atheism and the "war on Christianity" for the shooting. I'll continue to not be surprised that this happens all the time. D:
or is it making fun of the fact that she plays up the "i'm from Alaska" bit in an over-the-top way?
Oh, I forgot she did that.
I'd like to say that I've come to expect politicians to play up where they're from, how much they are Of The People, that I just ignored her when she did it. I mean, Bush bought a dude ranch, Palin can see Russia from her house, this is just par for the course.
But it's probably more like it's not being rubbed in my face at the moment.
Regardless, it doesn't make me feel like giving her the benefit of any doubt.
Now apparently some random Republican is blaming atheism and the "war on Christianity" for the shooting. I'll continue to not be surprised that this happens all the time. D:
Surely this tragedy could have been averted by mandatory school prayer, and a monument promoting a movie on the lawn of every courthouse in the nation.
Four words in before insulting me, Argenti Aertheri must really like me. Talk about a hostile audience.
Actually, coming from me, "weird" is usually high praise. Usually. In this case, it was chosen primarily to retain the alliteration and cadence of the original phrase, and secondarily because you are pretty strange. That's a good thing in itself–can you imagine how scary the world would be if your brand of frothing rage were normal?
If you want, when I get a brewery going, I'll send you a bottle.
That'd be mighty kind of you.
And you can't do fewer things than I can't do. Although I'm passable at crochet.
@Ithiliana: The winking was creepy.
But I didn't like how quickly so many on the left were quick to assume shenanigans over the birth of Trig and Bristol's pregnancy. Fortunately that didn't last long in the circles I was running in at the time. Nor did it make me, as the saying goes, suddenly outraged over Chappaquiddick.
If they did a series everytime someone dies from being aborted they'd have a new post about every 25 seconds, 24/7, 365 days a year.
This is incorrect. Very few women die as a result of abortion procedures nowadays.
Oh, you meant the embryos? Well, you have to be a legal person to be a "someone," and human embryos aren't. You can argue till the cows come home about whether they should have legal personhood (Answer: No. Wasn't that simple? You should thank me for all the time I just saved you. Now you can spend that time doing your job instead, and when the cows do come home, the milking machine will be all fixed for them!), but the plain fact is that at present they do not, and therefore no "someone" dies during the course of a typical abortion procedure.
It's funny how only the people who enjoy the luxury of not being aborted and are afforded the right to life are pro abortion. How'd that happen?
>.< Hahaha… Can we add "funny how only people who weren't aborted have an opinion on abortion" to the Book Of Learnin'?
"It's funny how only the people who enjoy the luxury of not being aborted and are afforded the right to life are pro abortion. How'd that happen?"
Ok NWO, I was going to try being polite today, mostly because I'm not in the mood to have you word counting how long it took for me to insult you, but this is even stupider than your usual drivel.
"It's funny how only the people who enjoy the luxury of not
being abortedhaving failed to implant (or been stillborn, or died in childhood) and are afforded the right to life are pro abortionable to procreate. How'd that happen?"
I mean, biology, you do have a basic understanding of it right?
Everyone not NWO — he's got a longer rant on the previous page that's going to take me a minute to parse wtf he's on about now.
Oh my brain, I didn't even see that post… I don't even know where to start with that one.
It's funny how only the people who enjoy the luxury of not being aborted and are afforded the right to life are pro abortion. How'd that happen?
Pardon me for asking, but what's "pro abortion"? Do you mean pro-choice? That's a mistake a lot of people make.
Anyway, assuming that's what you mean, I would like to point out that everyone who is anti-abortion has also already been born and guaranteed the right to life. Fetuses don't have opinions of any kind on any subject. You don't gain the ability to form opinions until some time after birth. Probably about the time you develop self-awareness (between 1 and 2 years of age), because you can't have a concept of "I think that…" until you have a concept of "I."
Do you understand? I can simplify if you need me to. I'm here to help.
"Shade: Yeah. The majority of terrorists in the US are white, male, Conservative, Christian (of a "fundamentalist" stripe)."
First, why is this addressed to pecunium, when Shade said that quoted line? It isn't really important or anything, but I'm curious.
Really? Do you have proof of this? A detailed list of all mass murderers for say the last 40 years or so and their stated reason for mass murdering would suffice. I'd like to see how over 50% of mass murders in the US are committed Christian fundies.
I'll get back to you with that list, might be hard to find a list by religion, but skin color and gender should be easy enough (at least, their presumed race and gender, since idfk how stats will categorize cases where the murderer was killed at the scene).
Whatever happened to correlation doesn't equal causation? Suddenly now it does?
Um, it doesn't? Who said anything about why most US terrorists are conservative white men? No one?
My guess is he came from a single mother home, which is decidedly anti-christian at the very core. We know for a fact the majority of every criminal activity derives from single mother homes. Isn't like 80% of prisons filled with products of single motherhood? Nice. Women make poor authority figures because they inherently lack the leadership skills. All that tolerance seems to breed whatcha see today.
Wait, didn't you just agree that correlation isn't causation? But now being from a single mother home is the cause of criminal activity? Try keeping your view straight for more than two paragraphs in a row please. (And I'll be checking that 80% claim when I go find that list)
Every moral preached from our schools, MSM as well as the political/corporate machine is totally opposite of Christianity. Is the US a Christian nation? At best, in name only. Gay pride, fifty shades of grey mentality, slutwalks, every form of debauchery is promoted and Christians are hated for daring to raise a voice against the mighty tolerance. We're a nation of hedonistic atheists.
Nope, we aren't a Christian nation, please review your first amendment — the one that means you can say whatever hateful shit you like about whatever religion you like, and at worst, people will call you an asshole for it. No inquisition, no dungeon for disagreeing, no state enforced religion — no, we're not a Christian nation, and we never have been.
On the plus side, this'll be an excellent opportunity for Big Daddy to tighten his grip and expand security forces. Police forces in every theater, mall, grocery store, business, school. If I wanted to build a police state I wouldn't pass up this golden opportunity. Don't worry fellow americans, I won't steal too much more of your wealth.
…You do get that most places have private security already right? Schools have had metal detectors since Columbine, mall security is really not big on shenanigans, grocery stores almost always have security in case of theft, etc — this isn't news to you is it? Theaters and businesses also have private security, depending on their location and the nature of the business — every damned bank has security.
Was that intended as a general argument against Americas security theater, or are you actually trying to say you think you should be able to carry a gun wherever the fuck you like? (Oh right, you think driver licenses are evil, so it must be the latter…too bad, I'd have agreed with the former)
At present, so far this year about 350 people died from walking on flat level ground and 10 from mass murderers in the US. Since I'm 35 X as likey to doe from walking on flat level ground. When will Big Daddy save me from this walking death?
Ok now I know you do the faux naive thing, but come on, you cannot be thick enough not to know the difference between accidents and murder. And citation needed on that claim — I'd believe that many more people die while on flat ground but from flat ground? You need to exclude homeless people freezing to death, heat stroke, heart attacks and other medical conditions, and everything besides tripping basically. And since I'm already checking two citations for you, you can provide your own citation for this one.
While you're citing things, cite any increases in security that aren't limited to other showings of the same film, and (this is important) aren't saying that that's being done to make people feel more secure. Flat ground, or even mass murder deaths, have nothing to do with whether the movie now risks tanking because the public is afraid to go see it because of this.
Really? Do you have proof of this? A detailed list of all mass murderers for say the last 40 years or so and their stated reason for mass murdering would suffice.
Translation: If you can't provide impossibly thorough proof for an assertion, the opposite must be true.
Whatever happened to correlation doesn't equal causation? Suddenly now it does?
Translation: Just in case the killer does happen to share my ideology, I better cover my ass.
My guess is he came from a single mother home, which is decidedly anti-christian at the very core. We know for a fact the majority of every criminal activity derives from single mother homes. Isn't like 80% of prisons filled with products of single motherhood? Nice. Women make poor authority figures because they inherently lack the leadership skills. All that tolerance seems to breed whatcha see today.
Tranlsation: Here is a random hallucination I had about the killer. Here are some statistics I hallucinated, too! The fact that women continue to parent after their partners leave them is anti-Christian and very evil.
Every moral preached from our schools, MSM as well as the political/corporate machine is totally opposite of Christianity. Is the US a Christian nation? At best, in name only. Gay pride, fifty shades of grey mentality, slutwalks, every form of debauchery is promoted and Christians are hated for daring to raise a voice against the mighty tolerance. We're a nation of hedonistic atheists.
Translation: Here is a grab-bag of things I am hateful about. I've recently added "Fifty Shades of Grey" to the list! I am not quite sure what a "Fifty Shades of Grey" is, but as soon as I figure out, I'll know how to hate women for it!
On the plus side, this'll be an excellent opportunity for Big Daddy to tighten his grip and expand security forces. Police forces in every theater, mall, grocery store, business, school. If I wanted to build a police state I wouldn't pass up this golden opportunity. Don't worry fellow americans, I won't steal too much more of your wealth.
Translation: I am very afraid the government will come for me at any moment. That's why I publicly attack the government constantly with absolutely no expression of concern for my physical safety. I mean, yeah, jackbooted thugs are brutally crushing all dissent, but it's not like they'd track an IP address, right?
At present, so far this year about 350 people died from walking on flat level ground and 10 from mass murderers in the US. Since I'm 35 X as likey to doe from walking on flat level ground. When will Big Daddy save me from this walking death?
Translation: People die from things other than mass murders. Therefore, mass murder is no big deal.
(I have no idea what "350 people died from walking on flat level ground" refers to. Possibly NWO thinks that 350/year is the US rate of natural death?)
"I'm here to help." … o.o …
"I'm the Doctor, I'm here to help" — Karalora, tardis access, please?🙂
Since that got a laugh out of me, here, have +1 internet, and some M&Ms.
Argenti: That was pecunium replying to me, hence my name being there.
Shade — I know, I'm curious why NWO is directing that at pecunium, and not at you. Though I guess I shouldn't encourage him to expand his list of people he hates…
Slavey is awfully excitable lately, isn't he? I keep picturing spittle flying at his screen as he types.
Actually, I've never watched a single episode of DW. I must be the only geek left in geekdom who hasn't. "I'm here to help" is just something I say sometimes, often sarcastically. Do I still get my M&Ms?
Karalora — yep, the M&Ms (and internet) were for making me laugh after replying to NWO, you were still amusing, whether you meant to be or not🙂
I really would love for Slavey to define what he thinks "Fifty Shades of Grey mentality" even is.
Woot! M&Ms! Can they be the dark chocolate kind? Those are the best.
(Tries to think like Slavey)
So, um, a woman wrote about sex, and it wasn't just a list of what she was wearing (ie her sexuality). This is bad! Also, now other women are reading about sex, and they might be expecting orgasms. Bad! Or even having orgasms after reading. Really, really bad!
(Please note that because we are Slavey we don't care how badly the book is written, or that it's a full-frontal assault on the English language. We just hate it because it's a dirty book and women might get off on it and OMG the sky is falling, bikinis at the mall, etc.)
I thought "Fifty Shades of Grey" mentality was the notion that, since Twilight is no better than amateur Anne Rice fanfiction anyway, we might as well publish Twilight fanfiction with all the names changed.
These are indeed dark days we live in.
Maybe the Fifty Shades of Grey mentality is "too lazy to read through the slush pile, this will do – people bought Twilight so they'll buy this shit too, right?'.
I would imagine that the "walking on level ground" deaths are actually from falling on level ground. For the elderly and some disabled populations it can be very dangerous to endure a ground level fall.
That's what I figured, but I wondered where the hell he got 350 from. Something like 20,000 people a year die from accidental falls, most of which are falls from standing or from a bed or wheelchair.
Maybe he just guessed 350 was a really big number.
At any rate this is all moot because of how hilariously wrong and amoral the logic of "people die for other reasons, so who cares about a mass murder here or there?" is.
Argenti: I think we're managing to confuse each other here.😛 The conversation went:
Blah blah blah, stuff about people not considering non-Islamic terrorism terrorism or whatever I posted about (no mention of the actual most common sources of domestic terrorism in the US) – Me
Shade: Yeah. The majority of terrorists in the US are white, male, Conservative, Christian (of a "fundamentalist" stripe). – Pecunium
And then Owly quoted the latter, probably because it hit his "waa people are whining white male Christians again!" button rather than mine that didn't. Pecunium was directing that paragraph at me, rather than quoting me.
I hope i'm not just misunderstanding your confusion, because then i'd be a giant idiot.😛
I've never read either Twilight or Shades of Grey and I've heard enough about them to decide I don't want to read them, which is kind of funny, because I like erotica and I like paranormal romance, and so I'd be the target demographic.
My theory is that Twilight and Shades of Grey are so popular is because they are the first entry into the genres for people who have never explored them before–since people who read and review erotica/romance aren't really impressed. It's like "No, no–here, let me give you some good stuff. Really. You can get your vampire/bdsm fix without having to put up with awful writing."
Twilight seems to have come along at the right time to snap up the readers who had grown up with Harry Potter, developed a taste for fantasy, and were now discovering their hormones and looking for something else to read. 50 Shades of Grey is literally Twilight fanfic with the names changed. I wasn't even kidding about that. So naturally the Twilight crowd is going gaga over it.
Done with that list, data is from wiki.
"This section does not include school massacres, workplace killings, hate crimes, or mass murders that took place primarily in a domestic environment, which form their own categories. Cases where the primary motive for the murders was to facilitate or cover up another felony, like robbery, are also not included."
Note, unknown in the race/gender column may simply mean I can't be arsed to go digging for the info, also, all assumptions are based on the name, and should be taken with salt.
Sheley, Nicholas Troy, 28; June 23-33, 2008 Sterling, Rock Falls & Galesburg, IL; Festus, MO — white male
Unruh, Howard Barton, 28; Sep. 6, 1949 Camden, NJ — white male
Wong, Jiverly Antares, 41; April 3, 2009 Binghamton, NY — Asian male
Hennard, George Pierre, 35; Oct. 16, 1991 Killeen, TX — unknown male
Huberty, James Oliver, 41; July 18, 1984 San Diego, CA — white male
Pough, James Edward, 42; June 17/18, 1990 Jacksonville, FL — African American male
McLendon, Michael Kenneth, 28; March 10, 2009 Kinston, Samson & Geneva, AL — white male
Starkweather, Charles, 19 & Fugate, Caril Ann, 14; Nov. 30, 1957 & Jan. 21-29, 1958 Lincoln & Bennet, NE & Douglas, WY — white male, unknown female
Phillips, Monroe, 58; March 6, 1915 Brunswick, G — unknown
Smith, Roland J., 51; Dec. 8, 1995 New York City, NY — unknown male
Ratzmann, Terry Michael, 44; March 12, 2005 Brookfield, WI — white male
Collins, Melvin, 38; Nov. 6, 1948 Chester, PA — unknown (assumed male)
Collins, Darnell, 33; June 17–21, 1995 New Jersey & New York City, NY — unknown (assumed male)
Gung Ung Chang; July 18/19, 1898 Melrose, CA — unknown (assumed Asian)
Reynolds, William, 35; April 6, 1902 Tuscumbia, AL — unknown (assumed male)
Akers, Arthur; April 9, 1916 Stuttgart, AR — unknown (assumed male)
Ashbrook, Larry Gene, 47; Sep. 15, 1999 Fort Worth, TX — white male
Everette, Eugene, 32; March 28/29, 1970 New York City, NY — unknown (assumed male)
Jim; March 1, 1889 Okeechobee, FL — unknown (assumed male)
Charles, Robert, 35; July 23–27, 1900 New Orleans, LA — African American male
Ferguson, Colin, 35; Dec. 7, 1993 Garden City, NY — African American male
Marcelino, Julian, 30; Nov. 24, 1932 Seattle, WA — unknown (assumed male)
Loughner, Jared Lee, 22; Jan. 8, 2011 Tucson, AZ — white male
Carlton, Julian, 30; Aug. 15, 1914 Spring Green, WI — unknown male
Pearson, Eric Emanuel, 56; March 16, 1968 Ironwood, MI — unknown (assumed male)
Bonner, William Ray, 25; April 22, 1973 Los Angeles, CA — African American male
Indian Gully; Aug. 1910 Willow Patch, NV — unknown (assumed Native American)
Cruse, William Bryan, 59; April 23, 1987 Palm Bay, FL — unknown (assumed male)
Cooper, Simon; Jan. 1/7, 1897 Magnolia & Lynchburg, SC — unknown (assumed male)
Zamora, Isaac Lee, 28; Sep. 2, 2008 Alger, WA — unknown (assumed male)
Young, Harry Lyman, 27 & Young, Jennings M., 35; Jan. 2, 1932 Brookline, MO — unknown males
Unknown; Sep. 7, 1982 Craig, AK — unknown
Dekraai, Scott Evans, 41; Oct. 12, 2011 Seal Beach, CA — white male
Brown, Carl Robert, 51; Aug. 20, 1982 Miami, FL — white male
Hawkins, Robert A., 19; Dec. 5, 2007 Omaha, NE — white male
Stewart, Robert Kenneth Wayne, 45; March 29, 2009 Carthage, NC — white male
Silka, Michael Alan, 25; April 28 / May 17–19, 1984 Fairbanks & Manley Hot Springs, AK — unknown (assumed male)
Bertucci, Clarence V., 23; July 8, 1945 Salina, UT — white male
Twigg, Gilbert, 30; Aug. 13, 1903 Winfield, KS — unknown (assumed male)
Ferri, Gian Luigi, 55; July 1, 1993 San Francisco, CA — white male
Jones, Walter, 20 & Jones, William, 18; Sep. 28, 1913 Harriston, MS — unknown (assumed male)
Holmes, James Eagan, 24 (alleged); July 20, 2012 Aurora, CO — white male
Unknown; Sep. 17, 1911 Colorado Springs, CO — unknown
Goins, John M., 49; March 18, 1926 Stockton & Galt, CA — unknown (assumed male)
Henry, DeWitt Charles, 26; July 23, 1977 Klamath Falls, OR — unknown (assumed male)
Drake, Lynwood Crumpler, 43; Nov. 7/8, 1992 Morro Bay, Paso Robles & San Miguel, CA — white male
Huff, Kyle Aaron, 28; March 25, 2006 Seattle, WA — white male
Vang, Chai Soua, 36; Nov. 21, 2004 Birchwood, WI — Asian male
Moreno, Eliseo Hernandez, 24; Oct. 11, 1983 College Station & Hempstead, TX — unknown (assumed Hispanic male)
Benoist, Emile Pierre, 20; Aug. 26, 1977 Hackettstown, NJ — unknown (I think Emile is the French male form of Emilie, but I'm not sure on that)
Harris, Will; Nov. 13, 1906 Asheville, NC — unknown (assumed male)
King, Alvin Lee, 45; June 22, 1980 Daingerfield, TX — unknown (assumed male)
Klink, Herman, 40; March 6, 1933 Cleveland, OH — unknown (assumed male)
Stewart, Howard Franklin, 37; Sep. 16 & Sep. 22, 1987 Lebanon, MO & Corsicana, TX — unknown (assumed male)
Moore, Lawrence W., 25; May 7, 1981 Salem, OR — unknown (assumed male)
Decker, Newt, 35; Nov. 15, 1908 Okmulgee, OK — unknown (assumed male)
Mellberg, Dean Allen, 20; June 20, 1994 Fairchild Air Force Base, WA — unknown (assumed male)
Pullen, Joe; Dec. 14, 1923 Drew, MS — unknown (assumed male)
McLeod, Harvey Glenn, 22; May 29, 1972 Raleigh, NC — unknown male
French, Kenneth Junior, 22; Aug. 6, 1993 Fayetteville, NC — unknown (assumed male)
Belachheb, Abdelkrim, 39; June 29, 1984 Dallas, TX — unknown
Peterson, Tyler James, 20; Oct. 7, 2007 Crandon, WI — white male
Hastings, Louis D., 39; March 3, 1983 McCarthy, AK — unknown (assumed male)
Sencion, Eduardo, 32; Sep. 6, 2011 Carson City, NV — Hispanic male
Clark, Michael Andrew, 16; April 25, 1965 Santa Maria, CA — unknown male
Aranda, Bennie Bonifacio, 26; Dec. 28, 1937 Oakland, CA — unknown (assumed male)
Mozingo, Douglas Arthur, 29; Oct. 1, 1982 Sacramento, CA — unknown (assumed male)
Sodini, George A., 48; Aug. 4, 2009 Bridgeville, PA — white male
Attebury, Ira, 64; April 27, 1979 San Antonio, TX — unknown (assumed male)
Popadich, Ronald J., 39; Feb 10-14, 2002 Garfield, NJ & New York City, NY — unknown (assumed male)
Casteel, Luther V., 42; April 14, 2001 Elgin, IL — unknown (assumed male)
Cho Mun Chu, 45; Sep. 6, 1988 New York City, NY — unknown (assumed Asian)
Sears, Charles, 32; June 27 – July 6, 1981 New York City, NY — unknown (assumed male)
Smith, Russell Lee, 28; May 24, 1975 Dayton, OH — African American male
Pearson, Moses, 31; April 25, 1976 Jacksonville, FL & Georgia — unknown (assumed male)
Lambright, Donald Martin, 30; April 5, 1969 Harrisburg, PA — unknown (assumed male)
Harrington, Robert Leonard, 35; June 11, 1982 Detroit, MI — unknown (assumed male)
Koullapis, Louis, 70; Jan. 12, 1965 Gardena, CA — unknown (assumed male)
Pruyn, Kenyon William, 32; Oct. 30, 1976 Mechanicville, NY — unknown (assumed male)
Cribbs, Ulysses L., 32; Nov. 26, 1977 Omaha, NE — unknown (assumed male)
Agas, Venerando, 52; July 10, 1995 New York City, NY — unknown (assumed male)
Pinkston, Charles; Oct. 10, 1927 Birmingham, AL — unknown (assumed male)
Cornell, —; 1863 Austin, NV — unknown
Thrower, Dennie, 34; Oct. 4, 1936 Windsor, NC — unknown (assumed male)
Wade, William S.; Aug. 24, 1909 Monroe, LA — unknown (assumed male)
Cooksey, Wesley, 39; Sep. 5, 1927 Evansville, IN — unknown (assumed male)
Brady, John, 22; Jan. 22 – Feb. 10, 1906 St. Louis, MO — unknown (assumed male)
Reeb, Henry H., 36; April 25, 1940 Burlington, IA — unknown (assumed male)
Wilkins, Nathan Van, 44; July 16/17, 2012 Tuscaloosa, AL — unknown (assumed male)
So, I was really hoping I'd come across at least one unknown with an apparently feminine name, but the closest is Emile and I'm fairly sure that's the male version of Emilie (either that or a typo). That sums to —
Total — 89
African American male — 5
Asian male — 2
Hispanic male — 1
unknown — 5
unknown (assumed Asian) — 2
unknown (assumed Hispanic male) — 1
unknown (assumed male) — 46 / 47 (Idk where to list Emile, this might be assumed male 46, assumed female 1)
unknown (assumed Native American) — 1
unknown male — 7
white male — 19
unknown female — 1
Ignoring the ones where I'm guessing, that works out to one woman and 34 men; of those 34, 7 were of unknown race, 19 were white, and 8 were not white. Nineteen of 35 (I'm excluding where I had to guess) is 54%
There you have it NWO, just over half of mass murderers, where the race and gender is known, are white men (I counted unknown race as not white for that percentage btw).
Karalora — I have regular M&Ms, but your virtual M&Ms can be whatever kind you like!
Shade — ah, yeah, I was mistaken then, I thought pecunium was quoting you.
cloudiah — I think he was trying to claim that the CO shooter was an outlier, that most mass murderers are the result of atheism and single mother homes, but yeah, idk. I'm guessing he didn't think anyone would actually bother going through the list of mass murderers (I'm bored, and kind of enjoy working with tedious data)
As for that claim about 80% of criminals being from single mother households, I can't find anything because Santorum said something stupid and he's clogging my search results. Nor can I find anything specific to deaths on flat ground (well, in humans anyways, horse racing is clogging that search) — falls in general rank well over 350 deaths a year, but most of those seem to be from an elevation.
Citations needed here NWO, you made the claim, now prove it.
Suspect's neighbor: 'He seemed like a normal kid' – headline from cloudiah's link.
Well that didn't take long. >.<
Um, pointing out the facts concerning men who commit murder is misandry. You must ignore those figures, and instead lambast women because a very small percentage of them commit murder too. So, you know, women are bad, or else…misandry!
I'll finish pecunium's list in a moment, but need to comment on this one —
— April 2009: A white supremacist named Richard Poplawski opens fire on three Pittsburgh police officers who come to his house on a domestic-violence call and kills all three, because he believed President Obama intended to take away the guns of white citizens like himself. Poplawski is currently awaiting trial.
That was such a clusterfuck…I'll be amazed if they can find a jury within the city, everyone here considers him worse than guilty (he's widely known as "that cop killer" here). That DV call though? His mother was the one who placed the call (and then it all went to shit and the city went into mourning and I really do doubt they can find an impartial jury…or judge for that matter). It all went to shit in a matter of seconds too btw, so fast actually that I'm pretty sure we've changed how the police respond to DV calls as a result of him.
"He was addressing it to me, because I said it. Shade was in there only because NWO is too lazy to not add the irrelevant (to NWO's comment) addressing of my comment."
Shade already clarified that bit of confusion, but yeah, I missed that, my mistake.
And Poplawski was tried and I missed it apparently (this is what I get for ignoring local laws I suppose) — he's appealing a lethal injection.
local news, not local laws…*sigh* that case just short circuits my brain or something — the first officer to respond did the standard approach and door knock, and then took a bullet to the head, that's a special level of fucked up.
That list goes back to 1889 actually, but nonetheless, you need to cite that claim about "flat level ground" — preferably from a source that either excludes, or explains, how many of those deaths are the result of medical causes that just happened to occur on "flat level ground".
In any case, wtf does either the OP about Berge, or the CO shooting, have to do with the bullshit that is the war on terror? And how do any of those thing relate to deaths on "flat level ground"? (And btw, my risk on flat level ground is probably 0, there really isn't much of that around here😄 )
"Why not just hand me the communist manifesto?"
If we did, would you actually read it?
pecunium — my list was mass murderers, so both claims would be correct (both mass murderers, and terrorists, are largely white men, and for the ones where religion was mentioned, every last one on my list was a christian)
The Southern Poverty Law Center
the SLPC would be thrilled to take everyone's property, and every right they have as well as toss every Christian into the collusuem for saturday night lion feedings. Why not cruise over to radfem while you're at and see what they think of Christians.
The SPLC is possibly the best funded communist center in the country.
"Is that over 50%?"
That listed/mentioned religion at all? No. That were christian were it was mentioned? That was 100% as far as I noticed.
If you meant "were white men over 50%" — yes, 54% of cases where I didn't have to guess (considering the nearly 100% rate of male sounding names, you really want me to calculate the cases where I had to guess?)
Pecunium's right, in cases of mass murder their religion often didn't play a role and thus wasn't mentioned.
NWO, have some of my mango juice and vodka, maybe it'll make you less grumpy — you can't have any if you're going to be an angry drunk though, angry drunks are no fun at all.
What Christian values do you believe in/practice, NWO? I mean, you're always frothing at the mouth about the misrepresentation and denigration of Christian values but coming from you it all seems like so much sound and fury. Mostly fury.
You want sex slaves and the right to wave your erection in the faces of eight year old girls. You advocate for vigilantism among other forms of violence. You believe that forgiveness is finite; you are judgmental and hypocritical. You do not love your enemies. Your heart is full of hate.
What is Christianity to you, apart from primitive tribalism?
"What Christian values do you believe in/practice, NWO?"
I am also curious on that one. That whole "love your neighbor" thing doesn't just mean the neighbor you like, they're easy to love, it means that one who's always tossing their cigarette butts in your yard and playing loud music at 4am (or in your case NWO, it means the one wearing a bikini in her yard where you can see her…and don't forget that lusting with your eyes is committing an affair in your heart and that that's your problem, not hers).
It certainly can't be the "turn the other cheek" part, considering how you reacted to "Jesus tapdancing Christ"


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I've been thinking about exercising my Second Amendment right to buy an anti-aircraft gun as a protection against hostile drones.
Back in the day, "hostile drone" would have been considered an oxymoron, if we'd known what an oxymoron was. A drone, by definition, was a bee whose only duty was to loll around the hive and keep the queen fertilized.
Drones were happy and indolent creatures who wouldn't dream of interrupting their pleasure to plunge a stinger into somebody's flesh.
We have such creatures in the human tribe, but we call them "welfare bums." They are more dangerous than drone bees, because the Second Amendment guarantees them the right to keep and bear firearms.
Today's drones are not so harmless. They're airplanes without pilots, and they can fly around until they find a target, then zap it. And their stingers are lethal.
The current U.S. attorney general has opined that the president has the constitutional authority to sic a drone on an American citizen if the citizen is considered a dire enough threat to national security.
The idea of zapping a citizen without a trial frightens a lot of us, though the principle is well grounded in Western movies: "Why are we wasting money on a trial for this no-good horse thief? Here's a rope and there's a tree: Let's hang 'im."
I never shed many tears for those horse thieves, except for those who were falsely accused. Things were dull back in the 19th century, and sometimes a good hanging was the only entertainment available to the average citizen.
But armed and dangerous drones are a threat to us all. They not only can shoot first and ask questions later. They can spy on us when we'd rather not be spied on.
I remember as a boy, when working in the open fields, being hesitant about taking care of certain necessary business when an airplane was flying over. It wasn't until I had grown up and flown in an airplane that I discovered that from the air you can't tell what somebody is wearing or even if they're wearing anything.
It's different today. When I'm driving down the road and have my GPS on, the lady up in that satellite hundreds of miles away can tell whether I missed my turn and need to make a U-turn. I'm sure she also knows every time I stop at a rest stop or, a rest stop being unavailable, step behind a live oak to find comfort.
So a drone flying at a few hundred feet can easily spy on me and post pictures on YouTube that could ruin my reputation.
I've just read that drones are swarming all over the map of the United States, and they have fearsome capabilities.
The Puma AE drone can land on a city street or a fish pond, and catch you if you're fishing illegally from Granny Shaw's pond.
Boeing's A160 Hummingbird can stay in the air for as long as 24 hours, pointing its gigapixel camera at whatever moves. You can't hide from it in the woods, because it has a foliage-penetration radar system.
The Air Force's Reaper drone (ain't that a grim name for you?) can take motion pictures of an entire city. These pictures can then be analyzed by humans or by artificial intelligence. If that sounds far-fetched to you, tune in "Person of Interest" on TV. It's real.
If the loan companies ever get ahold of one of those drones, it'll be curtains for those of us who occasionally miss a payment on our title loans. They'll send out a drone that can track us down and even pick our pockets for the cash we owe.
I shudder to think what's going to happen when drone makers learn to miniaturize their creations. Imagine a gnat-sized drone capable of sneaking up your drain pipes and into your kitchen or bathroom.
From there, it would have the run of the house, eavesdropping on your most private moments. That's why I never let a gnat, or a fly, or a silverfish live any longer than I can swat it with a newspaper (newspapers still have their uses). Who knows whether it's a biological bug or an artificial drone reporting back to Voyeur Central?
Since Big Brother (or is it Big Uncle?) has such awesome capabilities for stripping us of our privacy, and even of our lives, it seems only prudent that private citizens take action.
In the age of drones, no American home should be without an anti-aircraft gun.
Picture a hostile drone flying over Aiken, trying to catch innocent citizens running a caution light on Richland Avenue, or maybe cutting into line at Southern Bank & Trust.
The drone would think twice (if drones can think) about snooping on this city if it knew that every yard concealed an anti-aircraft gun. Sure, it could use its foliage-penetrating radar to locate the guns, but I doubt that it could take out thousands of guns with one zap.
Soon the air would be filled with lethal missiles aimed at the drone. Folks in Aiken County are pretty good shots, and chances are excellent that one of them would hit the drone.
Where would the rest of them go?
Probably into Augusta, or Columbia, or Barnwell. That's what the Pentagon calls "collateral damage," and we'd just have to let those folks take care of themselves.
I'm just hoping they wouldn't return the fire.
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There's not much in this world that's more manly than facial hair. Guys like to show it off in all different varieties. The only problem is that they're often showing off for other guys. So when growing out your facial hair, you need to take into account what the women think about it, and how it's going to be socially accepted. Follow these "Dos and Don'ts" of facial hair and every man will be wishing he had a beard, or lack thereof, as finely groomed as yours.
Embrace salt and pepper:
As you start aging, we men here at the Man Cave Daily say, "Embrace it!" Don't hide your natural color with those sketchy products from TV. Instead, show off your wisdom and experience, and mix that salty gray hair color with your still peppery youth, just like George Clooney likes to do.
Stay trimmed:
Every man who grows any kind of facial hair needs to take the time and effort to keep it trimmed. Honestly, fellas, if you can't be bothered enough to keep your beard in order, how are women going to perceive you run the rest of your life?
Keep the sideburns short:
Long sideburns are out. They've been out. And unless you're the next Wolverine in some new X-Men movie, they need to stay out. Stick with short sideburns, and make sure they're even. If you can't trust yourself, hit up your barber to neatly crop them for you.
Shave it all off:
Last but not least, there's the easy solution: just shave it all off. Even women who like the bearded look still prefer to kiss a man's smooth face, rather than a stubbly one. So if you're worried about pulling off the bearded, don't even try.
Look like a hippie:
There's a reason why Tom Hanks looked the way he did in Cast Away; he was stuck on a deserted island for four years. He didn't choose to look that way. Neither should you. Abandon the out-of-control hippie look and embrace a trimmed beard if you so choose to grow one. After all, if Brad Pitt can't pull it off, you probably can't either.
Put handlebars on your face:
Salvador Dali was a great and talented artist, but he would've made a terrible stylist. So you shouldn't try to look like him. If you're ever thinking of growing a handle bar moustache, abandon the thought immediately. And then move on with your life.
Leave patches:
If you can't grow a respectable amount of hair on your face, then don't grow any at all. What's the point of growing a goatee if it doesn't even connect? The end product looks more unkempt than going with the hippie look because at least people who go the latter route can actually grow facial hair. Learn from Brit tennis player Andy Murray and don't follow in his footsteps when it comes to facial hair decisions.
Go blond:
If your facial hair is blond and hard to see, it's best you do without it. Growing a short blond beard just makes you look like you're back in middle school just hitting puberty. Leave behind those awkward years and embrace your manhood by shaving your face clean. After all, no one wants to be like Spencer Pratt, so you wouldn't want to look like him either.
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The Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002 (MDUFMA) (Pub. L. 107-250) was signed into law on October 26, 2002. Section 201 of MDUFMA adds a new paragraph (g) to section 704 of the Federal, Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FD Act) (21 U.S.C. 374), directing FDA to accredit third parties (accredited persons) to conduct inspections of eligible manufacturers of class II or class III devices. This is a voluntary program. FDA has a guidance document that provides information for those interested in participating in this program. The guidance is entitled "Implementation of the Inspection by Accredited Persons Program Under the Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002; Accreditation Criteria."
FDA based these estimates on conversations with industry, trade association representatives, and internal FDA estimates. Once an organization is accredited, it will not be required to reapply.
In the Federal Register of May 09, 2012 (77 FR 27234), FDA published a 60-day notice requesting public comment on the proposed collection of information. No comments were received.
FDA estimates the burden of this collection of information as follows:
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Dated: January 25, 2013.
Leslie Kux,
Assistant Commissioner for Policy.
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Grimes Family Papers, 1713-1947
Creator: Grimes family.
Collection number: 3357
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Abstract: In 1815, Bryan Grimes (1793-1860) of Pitt County, N.C., married Nancy Grist. Three of their children reached maturity: Susan, William (1823-1884), and Bryan Grimes Jr. (1828-1880). The elder Grimes gave his two sons plantations along the Tar River. The brothers prospered Read more…
Sanders Meredith Ingram Papers, 1830-1930
Creator: Ingram, Sanders Meredith, 1819-1905.
Collection number: 5491
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Abstract: Sanders Meredith Ingram was a farmer, lawyer, and state legislator from Richmond County, N.C. He was also a part of the inaugural class at Wake Forest College, 1834-1835. Ingram served in the Mexican War in the lst Tennessee Calvary Regiment and in the Civil War as first Read more…
Harris and Faust Family Papers
Creator: Harris family. Foust family.
Collection: 5482
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Abstract: Members of the Harris and Foust families lived in Orange, Alamance, Chatham, Guilford, and Randolph counties, N.C. Thomas West Harris was graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1859. During the Civil War, he served in the 5th North Carolina Cavalry Regiment, after which he studied medicine in Paris and New York and then Read more…
Clayton Family Papers, 1855-1922
Creator name: Clayton family.
Collection number: 4792
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Abstract: Thomas L. Clayton (1934-1905) of Asheville, N.C., was the son of Ephraim Clayton (1804-1892) and Nancy McElroy Clayton (d. 1892). He married Emma A. Clayton (1829-1887). During the Civil War, Clayton served in the Confederate Read more…
David Gillespie Papers, 1797-1799, 1825
Creator: Gillespie, David, 1774-1829.
Collection number: 5483-z
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Abstract: David Gillespie was born in Duplin County, N.C., on 5 April 1774. He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1795, after which he accepted the position of assistant surveyor with Andrew Ellicott, secretary of the commission to Read more…
Polk and Yeatman Family Papers, 1773-1915
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Collection number: 606
Abstract: Prominent members of the Polk and Yeatman family of North Carolina and Tennessee included William Polk (1758-1834), land speculator and North Carolina Read more…
Thomas Crawford Papers, 1842-1844
Creator: Crawford, Thomas, b. 1817.
Collection number: 5473-z
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Abstract: Thomas Crawford, who was owned by Thomas Mosley of Mount Sterling in Montgomery County, Ky., was sold as a slave by Mosley to James Crawford, also of Read more…
Samuel Lander Ledgers, 1838-1865
Creator: Lander, Samuel, 1792-1865.
Collection number: 5449
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Abstract: The Reverend Samuel Lander Sr. was born in Tipperary, Ireland, in 1792, the son of William Lander. He married Eliza Ann Miller (b. 1793) in 1812; the couple Read more…
University Baptist Church Records, 1854-1973
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Collection number: 4162
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Norvell Winsboro Wilson Papers, 1842-1901
Creator: Wilson, Norvell Winsboro, 1834-1878.
Collection number: 2957
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Abstract: Norvell Winsboro Wilson (1834-1878) was a Baptist minister in Chapel Hill, N.C., and Hillsborough, N.C., 1861-1867; Farmville, Va., and Richmond, Va., 1867-1875; and New Orleans, La., 1877-1878. The collection includes the Read more…


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Wang, D., Zheng, F., Holmberg, S., and Kohlhaw, G. B. Yeast transcriptional regulator Leu3p: Self-masking, specificity of masking and evidence for regulation by the intracellular level of Leu3p. J. Biol. Chem. 274 in press (1999).
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The Royal Institution is an independent British charity dedicated to connecting people with the world of scientific study, and it also happens to be the oldest independent research body in existence. For more than 200 years The Royal Institution has been helping to unlock the secrets of the world around us with scientific breakthroughs, research programs and now YouTube videos.
Part of the task involved in connecting the public with science is making it fun and engaging. That's exactly what the Royal Institution have done with their Christmas lectures, a tradition started in 1825 by Michael Faraday. Today's Stuff to Watch features some of the best online feature-length RI scientific demonstrations that will make you feel like a kid in a chemistry classroom all over again.
Explosive Science (1 hour)
It goes without saying that a lecture titled "Explosive Science" is probably going to include things blowing up, and if you're a fan of seeing things go bang this is a good place to start. Scientist, Vice President to The Royal Institution and all-round explosives expert Chris Bishop presents this lecture in which he examines the properties and uses for a range of common explosives.
The Science of Fireworks (1 hour 10 mins)
What's more exciting than watching things blow up? Fireworks were created for the sole purpose of creating explosions in the sky to be watched by crowds of people and this lecture gets up close and personal with the raw materials that make rockets whizz and sparklers sparkle.
Chemical Curiosities (1 hour 10 mins)
The full name of this particular lecture is "Surprising Science and Dramatic Demonstrations" and once again it's RI Vice President Chris Bishop at the helm, taking the audience on a journey through some of chemistry's most memorable interactions. Rather than setting things on fire he's simply playing with (sorry, demonstrating) some very volatile substances and their capability to shock and awe.
Multiverse Physics (30 mins)
Multiverse theory is the hypothetical belief that parallel universes exist, some barely distinguishable from our own and others which are different beyond comprehension. This is a scientific theory partly because it's impossible to prove otherwise, and partly because some scientists have presented maths that add up to support the idea. Regardless of where you stand on the possibility, this lecture is bound to leave you with a sense of mind-blown confusion (in a good way, of course).
Consciousness: The Hard Problem?
What is consciousness? How do you measure something which cannot be seen, weighed or cut open and probed? Guardian science correspondent Alok Jha presents this rather special talk about what it is that defines us and what has created the complex systems, structures and even problems in the world today.
My Favourite Element
Finally departing from the demonstrations and lectures is a feature called "My Favourite Element" in which scientists and some celebrities are invited to answer the question: what is your favourite element?
It might be a bit of a pointless question but the results, explanations and demonstrations make it worthwhile. The video below is an embedded playlist, so you can just leave it running to watch the whole series:
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For the latest in science experiments, research and thought-provoking discussions don't forget to subscribe to The Royal Institution on their YouTube page. You can also view more videos over at the RI Channel, a dedicated resource for video content currently in beta.
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Ak used in moring Harvey shooting that injured children, women
The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said an Ak-47 assault rifle was used to shoot and injure two women and three toddlers.
The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said an Ak-47 assault rifle was used to shoot and injure two women and three toddlers.
John Purdue: A biological man claiming to be 'transgender' so as to gain access to and prey on women at two Toronto shelters was jailed "indefinitely" last week after being declared by a judge a "dangerous offender." Pro-family leaders are pointing out that this is exactly the type of incident they warned of as the Ontario government passed its "gender identity" bill, dubbed the "bathroom bill," in 2012. Christopher Hambrook, 37, leaned on the ever expanding legal "rights" offered to people who "identify" with the sex opposite their biology. Under the name "Jessica," he was able to get into the women's shelters, where he sexually assaulted several women, the Toronto Sun reports. Court heard how one woman awoke to find Hambrook assaulting her on her bed. "Her tights had been pulled down past her bottom and her bathing suit had been pulled to the side," court documents reveal. "She yelled at the accused, demanding to know what he was doing. He simply covered his face with his hands, said 'Oops!' and started giggling." Court also heard evidence of Hambrook terrorizing a deaf woman living in the shelter. "The accused grabbed the complainant's hand and forcibly placed it on his crotch area while his penis was erect," court heard. The same deaf women reported that Hambrook would peer at her through a gap between the door and its frame while she showered. Justice John McMahon imposed the "indefinite" prison sentence due to Hambrook's long history of committing sex crimes.


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Hrafnar is a heathen kindred and community led by Diana L. Paxson and Lorrie Wood. Our practice of the indigenous religion of the Germanic peoples, known as Ásatrú or heathenry, is based on interpretation of the lore in the light of inspiration and experience. We also conduct classes and other activities such as oracular seiðr.
Welcome to the revamped, redesigned, and renewed Hrafnar website! It is our goal to keep this updated with our very latest news, events, and articles that kindred members have written for pagan and heathen publications! Would you know more? Then drop us a line!
- Raven Road Show! Diana, Lorrie, and other Hrafnar members will be appearing at:
- 5 September 2015: Seattle Area Pubmoot, AFK Tavern, Everett, WA
- 12-13 September, 2015: Sacramento Pagan Pride Day, Fair Oaks VFW Post, Fair Oaks, California
- 2-5 October, 2015: Bay Area Heathen Holidays Frey's Harvest Campout, Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, Big Sur, California
- 15-19 October, 2015: Parliament of the World's Religions, Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, UT
- WELCOME to everyone hearing about us at Pantheacon! Hrafnar members and our larger community are active throughout the convention, both in the main program and in the several hospitality rooms. Especially check out Othala Hearth's Heathen Hospitality Hall in Room 257.
- Seiðjallr, the oracular seiðr group associated with the kindred, presents quarterly oracular ritual at the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists (BFUU) at 1924 Cedar St. Our 2015 schedule is as follows:
- 25 January
- 31 May
- 30 August
- 29 November
- Doors for the event will open at 5:00 PM, with the ritual to shortly after that. Please be prompt, as the doors will be locked when the ritual starts.
- Hrafnar is proud to announce that we are a Troth-affiliated kindred. Hrafnar has contributed many officers, board members, and volunteers to the Troth over the years, and we are ever strengthened by our relationship with heathenry's best and most accessible resource. And, of course, we remain affiliated with local pan-pagan group Fellowship of the Spiral Path.
- As always, the mailing list and Facebook page will have all the details on kindred events!
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They don't do it for the glory; they do it for the kids.
But recently, members of the Sudan Daredevils of the South Brunswick Islands Shrine Club in Shallotte brought home the glory when they won two awards at the South Atlantic Shrine Association's (SASA) meeting in Virginia Beach. Va.
The unit won first place in the minicar division and best overall unit, beating numerous other units for the top award.
CAROLINA SHORES—Town commissioners have approved a two-year contract for assistant town manager Amanda Chestnut.
But Mayor Stephen Selby declined to sign the contract until a form-of-government referendum is decided by voters Nov. 3.
Town staff would not release a copy of Chestnut's contract Tuesday. Chestnut also declined to answer a reporter's questions or take a phone call.
The vote for the controversial contract was 4-1, with commissioner Joseph Przywara casting the only "nay" vote.
CAROLINA SHORES—It isn't meant for a mayor to left out of a municipal governing body, an official with the Cape Fear Council of Governments said at a specially called meeting last week.
"The mayor and commissioners are the governing body," Chris May, executive director of the Cape Fear Council of Governments, said at the Oct. 8 meeting to explain differences between mayor-council and council-manager forms of government.
And a town administrator or town manager has the "exact same powers" via North Carolina statute, May said.
CAROLINA SHORES—Town commissioners have agreed to release the town's closed-session minutes following a resolution posed at their monthly meeting Oct. 8.
Town commissioner Joseph Przywara proposed the resolution "since the town has never opened up any closed-meeting minutes."
Citing state statute, he said those minutes over the past nine years should be opened as long as they no longer frustrate the purpose for the closed session.
Thirty-one homes across the county, ranging in price from $139,000 to more than $1 million, will be ready for their "grand tours" this weekend and next weekend during the Brunswick County Parade of Homes.
Descriptions and addresses for the homes are available in the Parade of Homes magazine, which are at a number of locations throughout the county including all BB&T banks, The Brunswick Beacon and Food Lion supermarkets. The information includes driving directions and maps.
Southport native, community leader, faithful churchgoer and newspaperwoman, Margaret Taylor Harper, 92, of Southport, died Oct. 11, at Duke University Medical Center of complications following a stroke.
She's remembered as an active part of her church, her community and North Carolina. She even ran for lieutenant governor twice.
Harper was born Feb. 17, 1917, in Southport, a daughter of Charles Edward and Jessie Stevens Taylor.
Economic forecasters are predicting a 4 percent economic growth in Brunswick, New Hanover and Pender counties during 2010, more than the growth predicted for the state of North Carolina (1.5 percent) and the nation (2.1 percent).
Locally, businesspeople and officials say they agree with the forecast and are optimistic about the future.
Seventeen of Brunswick County's 19 municipalities recently received Powell Bill funding through the North Carolina Department of Transportation.
The towns of St. James and Varnamtown were the only Brunswick municipalities not to receive funding in this year's allocation, which totaled $132 million for 507 municipalities across the state, according to NCDOT.
The Veterans Affairs Office of the Actuary estimates 12,656 veterans live in Brunswick County. But Anita Hartsell, Brunswick County's Director of Veterans Services, said the number of veterans living in the county is closer to 15,000—and that number is on the rise.
At their last meeting, Brunswick County Commissioners unanimously endorsed converting Brunswick Community Hospital to a VA facility once the hospital relocates to its new facility currently under construction.
SHALLOTTE—A Supply woman is in stable condition after she was shot three times at a Shallotte nightclub.
Brunswick County Sheriff's Office Lt. Sam Davis said Misty Dawn Robinson, 32, of Civietown Road, Supply, was shot twice in the shoulder and once in the hip around 2 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, while in the parking lot of Dick's Pub on the corner of N.C. 130 and Gray Bridge Road in Shallotte.
Davis said Robinson and two passengers left Dick's Pub, only to return moments later to pick someone up.
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I've been a long time user of the Mac text editor, MarsEdit for writing and posting blog posts to WordPress. In fact, I'd fall to my knees in tears if I had to use the online WordPress editor to write posts. While MarsEdit does pretty much everything I need, a new Mac editor called PixelPumper looks like a very stylish alternative that is available for free in the Mac App Store (note – the app is free while the developers of the application are ironing out the bugs. If you download the application while it's free, it means future updates will also be free from within the App Store).
Similar to a few other WordPress editors like BlueGriffon, PixelPumper enables you to compose, edit, and post blog posts to your existing WordPress blog. The editor is also useful for having your posts saved offline to your Mac, or scheduling them for upload at any time you choose. With PixelPumper you can work on drafts of blog posts and manage them without having to log into your WordPress account. PixelPumper requires Mountain Lion 10.8.2 or higher.
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To get started with PixelPumper, you simply add your WordPress URL, username, and password. From there the text editor will download your previous blog posts, including your existing categories and tags, and it will automatically set up for a new post.
PixelPumper works solely has a WYSIWYG editor, which means that the text you type and the styles and photos you add to your posts are pretty much how your posts will appear when you upload them to your WordPress blog site. This is great for writers and users who don't like messing around with HTML code, but it might be a drawback for users who would like to edit raw HTML offline.
As with the WordPress text editor, PixelPumper includes menu items for adding headers, style formats (e.g, Bold, Italic, Underline), blockquotes, text alignment, bullets, and hyperlinks. These menu items are easily accessible (though applications does not include keyboard shortcuts for these items), and unlike the online WordPress editor, you don't have to scroll up and down a browser page to get at these necessary tools.
Adding photos to your posts in PixelPumper is somewhat similar to adding them in WordPress. You click the Add Photos menu item and select an image in your Mac's Finder. After the image is imported, click on it and a pop-up menu will appear so you can choose the size and alignment of the photo.
In addition to Full Width, PixelPumper offers two other options for resizing photos – either 1/3 the size of the original size or you can type in a fixed pixel size. The latter option was buggy for me, but the developer wrote and told me they're fixing it and making improvements to give users more control.
In the Settings (Images) area of PixelPumper, you can set the default size you would like images to appear when they are set for full width for your blog posts. You can also select to have your images uploaded at retina resolution display. This option however will result in a slightly longer download time for your blog posts that include the high resolution images.
PixelPumper makes it easy to add a featured image to your blog post. You simply drag the image to the Featured Image box, and PixelPumper will automatically resize and prepare it for upload.
Applying styles to text in PixelPumper also works similarly to the WordPress editor. You select the text and then select the style you want to apply to it. To apply Header Text, for example, select a sub-title and then click the Styling button. From there choose the H1, H2,… header tag by sliding the green button over to the appropriate header. You remove an applied header by re-selecting the text and clicking on the Standard Text option.
Unlike with MarsEdit, you can't set up categories for your blog posts from within PixelPumper. The setup must be done in your online WordPress account. From there, PixelPumper will download your categories so you can apply them, as well as set tags to your blog posts.
You can save drafts of your blog posts in PixelPumper and return to them later, and when they are ready, you can upload them directly to your WordPress blog site. You can also click the tiny green schedule button under the title of a blog post, and set a day and time for when you want a post uploaded. Unfortunately, PixelPumper doesn't allow you to upload blog posts as drafts, nor does it automatically save your drafts, which are two useful features in MarsEdit.
In its initial release, PixelPumper may be lacking in a few important features, but the style and relative simplicity of its user interface make it hard to ignore, especially for Mac users who don't need a lot of advanced features. And unlike the several alternative text editors for Windows users, PixelPumper is one of a few for the Mac.
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i went out friday and saw some nice people.
on friday night, starting around 17.00 i was in the mood to leave the house cuz i'd done what i thought was productive mentally for that day. then jon smsd me to ask if i had plans for dinner, and i said yes i want to go out to tong ah. then i said the same on facebok, and then gabriel, jovanka and zvez joined us. then we went to the cave (except jon, who went to see sophie ter schure at mulligans). i declared myself to be in for the long haul, because djox said he wouldn't get to the cave until around 00.30. so meanwhile i also met alain, then nieke and her mom whose name is tini. then djox and joana came, and i saw them and then tommy and helena and giuseppe and brenda were there, and, well, eventually i just decided it was time to go home and leave all those lovely people.
it was especially nice to be able to sit for a while with svez, because i don't know her very well, and she's kinda secretive, so it's a treat to get to talk to her. that is until she gets to be totally vervelend like some people we know, including me. but anyway i appreciated the opportunity.


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Soviet Union, 1928, 68 Minute Running Time
Language: Silent
Wednesday, May 14 - 7:00pm
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The Man With a Movie Camera
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Preceded by the following short films:
Hans Richter's Rhythmus 21 (1921) and Ghosts Before Breakfast (1928)
Fernand Leger's Ballet Mecanique (1924)
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SEATTLE — A man has been fatally stabbed in an attack outside a north Seattle doughnut shop and a woman has been arrested.
Seattle police say a dispute between a 55-year-old man and a woman escalated into violence Monday afternoon.
KOMO-TV reports the man was taken to Harborview Medical Center and was later pronounced dead. He was not immediately identified.


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A traffic stop resulted in the seizure of $260,000 in drugs and the arrest of a 51-year-old Texas woman, Pearl police said.
On Monday, officers stopped Mary Belinda Martinez on Interstate 20 east at the 51-mile marker in Pearl, authorities said. Officers found more than 6 kilos of "Ice," which is a form of methamphetamine, hidden in the car's interior, Pearl police said.
Martinez was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, police said. She is scheduled to appear in court Thursday morning.


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Cooked From the Heart » announcements » Lasang Pinoy
Lasang Pinoy
In the wake of a Filipino being named head chef at the White House, let me invite you to another event celebrating Filipino cuisine and the Pinoy Cooks who manage to infuse the taste of the islands in everything they do, Lasang Pinoy!
Pinoy cooks and food bloggers will post recipes monthly, depending on a common theme. To kick off this venture, we will be posting recipes commemorating Ninoy Aquino Day which is this month. What were you doing between 1983-1986? Check out Karen's description of the event and I hope you will be able to join us. You don't have to have a food blog, or even a blog for that matter. Just let Karen know and she or one of us can host your entry.
Thanks to Dexie for the buttons for this event
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Thanks, Thess Are you sure it wasn't a cat who let it out of the bag? hehe!
Hi Rowena! Isn't that great news? I've been circulating the news too Maybe we'll be seeing pancit and lumpia at state dinners soon 😀
A filipino cook in the White House??? Now that is news to me! I'll have to send the link to my folks.
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Hello there, JMom! thanks for the birthday greetings and I wish to greet you as well (better late than nevah 😉 ) a HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY and may you have more wonderful years to come! CHEERS! ^_^
(there's this li'l birdie who whispered to me about your bday)


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Even last Summer was pretty late to get into this. This should help to make relations with the next regime quite rosy. From today's NYT.
"WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta told Congress on Thursday that the Pentagon had supported a plan to arm Syrian rebels that was developed last year by David H. Petraeus, the C.I.A. director at the time, and backed by Hillary Rodham Clinton, who was then serving as Secretary of State.
Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Mr. Panetta and Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, were asked by Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, if they had supported the recommendation that weapons be provided to the Syrian resistance.
"We did," Mr. Panetta said.
"You did support that" Mr. McCain asked again.
"We did," General Dempsey added.
The White House, however, was worried about the risks of getting more deeply involved in the crisis in Syria. And with President Obama in the midst of a re-election bid, the White House rebuffed the plan, rejecting the advice of most of the key members of Mr. Obama's national security team.
The New York Times reported in its Sunday editions that as the fighting in Syria raged last summer, Mr. Petraeus developed the plan, which Mrs. Clinton supported and that called for vetting rebels and training fighters who would be supplied with weapons.
His proposal offered the potential reward of creating Syrian allies with whom the United States might work, during the conflict and after President Bashar al-Assad's eventual removal. "
Theres, thats old news, and politics always takes precedent over anything else, it always been that way.
Hey, did you report about GW lying us into a war back in 2003, or did you just vote for him twice, and forget about it? Now don't lie.
Keep, it's not old news since it just came out in the confirmation hearings today - nice try though.
As for the Iraq war, I'll be happy to re post for you the excerpt from the BBC journalist, Harvard grad, who worked for Clinton that pretty much says hogwash to the notion that W and the rest of the worlds leaders had reach any other conclusion that Iraq had WMD.
I know that you're having a tough week with the Adminstration having their drone policy targeting American citizens leaked and now this. But this administration is a foreign policy cluster .... If you remember that term. I compliment your unwavering support.
I did vote for him twice. All issues with W aside, I could never have voted for Gore or Kerry.