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And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues (Mark 16:17).
Many Christians don't realize the abundant, glorious benefits found in speaking in tongues. Realizing this gift brings you closer to God and your spiritual destiny.
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Glorious Language
- Engaging the revelatory realm of mysteries
- Edification
- Building a capacity for God
- Successful spiritual warfare
- Holiness
- And many other spiritual realities
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Editorial Reviews
"For four years Ive watched this mans prayer life, with many tongues in the Spirit leading to the mighty tongues of fire on his own life."
--Lou Engle, Founder of The Call
"Corey's teaching comes not from just theory but from a life lived in the secret place on a journey to discover the majesty and greatness of God."
--Banning Liebscher, Jesus Culture Director
"While reading this book, I was brought into times of deep communion, profound revelation, and a fresh hunger and urgency in my life to prioritize extended times of praying in the Holy Spirit."
--Allen Hood, Associate Director of International House of Prayer and President of International House of Prayer University
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Tammy5 Stars Out Of 5Very satisfiedFebruary 9, 2016TammyQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5I was very satisfied and would recommend this book to others who's hungry for a deeper intimate prayer life!!!
ladydiAlabamaAge: 55-65Gender: female4 Stars Out Of 5December 7, 2012ladydiAlabamaAge: 55-65Gender: femaleQuality: 4Value: 4Meets Expectations: 4One of best books I've read on Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues
Coleen MBrampton, ONAge: 35-44Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5Praying in the Spirit is Dynamite PowerJuly 2, 2012Coleen MBrampton, ONAge: 35-44Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5"The Glory Within" is a very intense book. To grasp the gravity of this book and receive the benefits some time is needed.
This book is a comprehensive Christian manual. It tells you who you are, what you have in Christ and how to receive all these benefits by speaking in tongues.
There is power inside you to raise the dead and supply whatever is needed. This is how you will do the works Jesus did and more.
"The Glory Within" makes you aware that speaking in tongues is a powerful weapon. Speaking in tongues consist of many blessings, that many are ignorant of. When you discover these resources you will be left in a fighting mode. You will realize you are in a spiritual battle constantly and you are given the weapon of praying in the Spirit to fight. You will want to speak in tongues more now that you know the power that's available to you.
The stories at the start of the chapters are great motivators because they are about real people, who received results by praying in the Spirit. Chapter 7 is about learning how to fight. If you buy the book for this chapter only it will be worth it. You will learn to exchange your life for the life of Christ and be victorious.
The publisher has provided me with a complimentary e-copy of this book in exchange for an honest review of this book
richard r blakeBridgman, MIAge: Over 65Gender: male5 Stars Out Of 5The Power of Your Personal Prayer LanguageMay 11, 2012richard r blakeBridgman, MIAge: Over 65Gender: maleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5"The Glory Within: The Interior Life and the Power of Speaking in Tongues" describes a deeper relationship with Jesus in a growing intimacy through withdrawing to meet God inwardly. The narrative begins with a dramatic, powerful personal testimony of Corey's conversion, including a comprehensive look into what transpires at the time we are bon into the family of God, and the progression of experiencing fellowship and communion with Christ, and moving on to a fullness of the inner life, through meditation and a dialog with the spirit.
Russell unveils an incredible revelation into the nature, character and glory of God. I was captured by the thought of looking into the devotional life of the Apostle Paul - and amazing concept - what better example to follow?
The theme of the book concentrates on only one aspect of the doctrine of tongues as seen in the New Testament. Corey looks at benefits of Speaking in Tongues as a devotional prayer language.
These include:
• To connect you to the heart of God
• To build you up and to strengthen and edify your spirit
• To give you a key to unlocking the power of God in your prayers
• To enable you to stand against the wiles of the devil in spiritual warfare
• For your sanctification
He also includes an excellent study on the roles of the Holy Spirit. Russell writes with: authority and clarity. He thoughts are insightful transformational, practical, and life changing. His life and writing are endorsed by, highly respected, well known leaders in prayer ministries within the Charismatic community.
"The Glory Within" delivers God's invitation to join His inner circle - in conversation and dialog with the Trinity. Be ready to be blessed with an intense reading experience.
A copy of this book was provided for review purposes. The opinions expressed are my own.
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This has been a successful year for pumpkin farmers.
Some say it's the biggest year they've ever seen.
One farmer in particular has transformed his place into a fall playground for children with sunflowers and pumpkins to pick and a corn maze.
John Aplin runs Aplin Farms just four miles outside Dothan.
He's a major produce grower in the area. During this time of year, he caters to families who are looking for activities which allow their children to get into the Halloween spirit.
Owner of Aplin Farms, John Aplin, said "Pumpkin patch has exploded, the crowds have been enormous."
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Update on project activities!
ARC Linkage Project: Connecting younger second language learners and older bilinguals: Intergenerational, intercultural encounters and second language development.
December 2011
Between September 2011 and December 2011 the research group presented papers at the following conferences:
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Another Ironman journey
How's my position Brit? This? Or this?
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TB - we need photos
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Planet Xare good ....
Rode about 30 miles today, followed by a nearly 3 mile run. First real long training day of my Ironplan so far. Crazy weather here. It was 22C today but the weather guys just posted a winter weather advisory for the overnight hours.
Tim: I picked up Fears Unnamed. It was rather a random pick. It will be next on my list after I finish up the King book. The used book store I was in had several of your books, all for the right price too, so I'll probably be back for more later.
All depends on your flexibility and if the bike has been correctly fitted to you, once it is fitted then it should be relatively comfortable (although I rarely use mine) it gives you a change of body position .. that said if its an out n out TT bike you dont have many options
TB: I used a run/walk strategy to ease into aero bars. Rode say a mile in aero, a mile sitting up, etc. My last iron distance event, I went 5 miles in aero, 1 mile sitting up (did my eating and such while sitting up) for the entire 112 miles.
Ended up just 2 hours on turbo today instead of going out, busy family day. What a cop-out! 90 minute run scheduled for first thing tomorrow in the heavy rain, can't wait!
IY, hope you enjoy that one, collection of 4 of my novellas.
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another silly question, i hvave a speed and cadence sensor for my garmin, can i get another one for the TT bike and pair it with the same garmin? googled answer
Yes. My 310XT can have 3 bikes. However if you PX TT Mondeo is the same as mine the cadence sensors can be a bugger to fit due to the sharkfin on the chainstay.
I turbo'd on mine over winter 2011/2012 then got it on the road about this time last year. All my long rides and turbos were done on the TT. Only shitty wet weather rides were done on the road bike. I had a Retul fit for mine.
Currently using road bike for long rides and TT for turbo and racing. I loves it!
You should run better off the TT too.
Nice training IY and DTT. Must dig out one of your books DTT.
Morning all,
firstly apologies for having abandoned the forum. After recurrent injuries (ITB) which forced me to take 9 months off trainig, I became fat (14 st. - 5'7"= BMI30!), lazy and stopped training completely.
After brain washing myself and seeing my parents back off to Italy after the xmas holidays, I had my last drop of alcohol on January 13th 2013 at 18:00hrs. I decided to prepare for the Portishead sprint tri on June 30th, thus strictly following the just finish program of the be iron fit book (I thought by having a schedule I will stick to it and the just finish would start em slowly...)
I am now on week 6 of the schedule and currently training 6 days a week as follows:
1. two one hours swim sessions per week (one hour is with coach): 16 F/C length=10 min
2. two cycle home sessions (13miles=55 minutes)
3. three runs per week with HR @ Z2. 30-45m avg. 8.5 min/mi (so much better training by HR)
4. one cross fit/boot camp session per week (one hour)
5. I am currently on 1200 calories per day and weight 12st
6. I love it!
I am now considering purchasing a tri compression suit and have had a look around for reviews etc. It appears that the 2xu and the TRI400 skins are the most popular. Price range are similar (£110-£130). I have been using the skins TRI400 shorts and found them very good. Does anybody have any experience on which one is better/worth?
It is good to be back and thank you very much for taking the time to read my post.
Welcome back Plinsky good training going on there
I am seriously regretting my "run" yesterday - chest is feeling tight and I feel knackered walking up the stairs, obviously I'm not as over my virus thingy as I thought I was was planning a gentle ride today, but have put it off for a day. Thankfully this week is a 'recovery week' on the plan, so I should be able to get back into it easily enough.
*awaits telling off by Nursey and Melds*
Oh Fraggle, Fraggle, Fraggle...
No more of that exercise nonsense for you until you're better, young lady.
I've just put a new post up on my Ironman Wales blog. If anyone would like to have a read it's http://chasethepotato.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/so-far-so-good-so-what/
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Today's Q&A comes from all of you. Enough of you have asked this question, mostly via email, that I thought I'd throw it out for all of us to discuss as a group. And since I don't really have a brilliant solution, I'd love to hear what you all have to say.
The question today:
How do you handle well-meaning extended family who want to give gifts in a way that don't align with what's best for your immediate family?
Sometimes it's that some aunts and uncles want to give loud, plastic toys, and you'd prefer books and wooden toys. For others, one side of the family wants to do a major gift-giving event, and you simply can't afford it. And it sounds like for most of you, the grandparents want to give far more gifts than you'd simply like to bring home to your playrooms.
Whatever it is, it's a common frustration for Simple Mom readers. So please, share your ideas and thoughts below on how to delicately navigate the relationships in our extended families, particularly when it comes to gift-giving.
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The Task of Optimizing Assets for Production Websites
- A nicely designed blog contains on average 5-10 javascript files and 2-5 stylesheets, sometimes more than 20 of each.
- We want a fast loading site
- We don't want to do repetitive tasks (we're developers!)
- It takes a lot of time and effort to compress assets (or at least learning how to do it correctly the first time does).
The goal is to minimize having to do the same thing twice. My dad always said:
Never handle a document twice
Reason being, every day you'll get more documents and will have less time to go back to the previous ones. Handle the documents well the first time. Put thought into doing what ever you need to with them now, you'll be thankful you spent the time later.
Rules for Website Asset Optimization
Here's the top rules of website performance optimizations as it relates to static asset optimization (with quotes from YSlow):
- Minify Assets (remove whitespace) > Minification removes unnecessary characters from a file to reduce its size, thereby improving load times. When a file is minified, comments and unneeded white space characters (space, newline, and tab) are removed. This improves response time since the size of the download files is reduced.
- Compress Assets (gzip) > Compression reduces response times by reducing the size of the HTTP response. Gzip is the most popular and effective compression method currently available and generally reduces the response size by about 70%. Approximately 90% of today's Internet traffic travels through browsers that claim to support gzip.
- Minimize HTTP Requests > Decreasing the number of components on a page reduces the number of HTTP requests required to render the page, resulting in faster page loads. Some ways to reduce the number of components include: combine files, combine multiple scripts into one script, combine multiple CSS files into one style sheet, and use CSS Sprites and image maps.
- Use Cache Headers
- Reduce DNS lookups (2-4 max) > The Domain Name System (DNS) maps hostnames to IP addresses, just like phonebooks map people's names to their phone numbers. When you type URL www.yahoo.com into the browser, the browser contacts a DNS resolver that returns the server's IP address. DNS has a cost; typically it takes 20 to 120 milliseconds for it to look up the IP address for a hostname. The browser cannot download anything from the host until the lookup completes.
- Keep Components under 25K > This restriction is related to the fact that iPhone won't cache components bigger than 25K. Note that this is the uncompressed size. This is where minification is important because gzip alone may not be sufficient.
- Use a Content Delivery Network
Github Pages Solves the Asset Optimization Problem
Github Pages is a really neat project. This site is run on Github Pages. It allows you to simply
git push to deploy.
Github uses Nginx 0.7.6 (Nginx 0.8.4 is out at the time of this writing) to quickly serve up their (your) web pages, and gzip's the content automatically. Gzipping can compress the response by as high as 70%!
Here's what a typical response header looks like from a Github Pages page:
What that means is every time you deploy a change to your Github Pages repository, it updates the cache and gzips your content. That saves you a good deal of thought and work.
Store Your Assets on Github Pages
Let's setup a quick project for your assets. First create a new Github repository named
my-name-cache or something, then:
mkdir my-name-cache
Go to http://your-username.github.com/my-name-cache/test.js and you'll see the alert. Use Google Chrome or Firefox to check the response headers to confirm gzip compression if you'd like.
Now you can just setup your commonly used javascript files, icons, stylesheets, etc. however you want. I like the Rails convention, it's simple, clear, and semantic:
How About Minimizing HTTP Requests?
Once you get all of the asset libraries you ever use up onto a Github Pages project, you can create another Github Pages project that is specific to you that combines all the javascript files into one. The other option is to deploy the assets with your app but then you have to worry about gzipping which isn't always done by default. So you could have something like this:
I've noticed quite a few sites linking to the
raw file directly from a non Github Pages repository branch like this:
This seems like a good idea but it's not. When you request the raw file like that, you're not directly accessing the file from the filesystem! You're going through layers of application code too, which will definitely slow your site down. Don't do that. Instead, create a
gh-pages branch, and load it from there like this:
That reads directly from the file system.
I also don't recommend using Github Pages to store binary files or any large documents. Github is a very useful service but we don't want to abuse it. Plus, having a small repository makes pushing and pulling a lot faster. For all the other assets you want to store, some free services I use are:
Keep the community DRY
The beauty of Github (and open source) is that one person or a small team can work intensely to solve a very specific problem for the benefit of themselves and the community. The programming world changes sooo fast that it's useless to a) keep your work a secret and b) duplicate efforts. Instead, solve the problem once, as well as you can, or find someone else that has and contribute. You'll save yourself and everyone else lots of time and help the community move at a much more rapid pace.
Same goes for this asset compression system. I messed around a bit and set up Cached Commons on Github Pages to collect common javascript and css libraries so I could minimize and gzip them once and not have to clutter every project with the same files over and over again. If you have a better idea, or you have libraries you want to add or thoughts on how to make this better, I'd love to know. Anything that saves time and effort in the long run, that's DRY, is a big win for me.
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How many days should a guy wait to call a woman?I think that this is one of the funniest questions I hear on a regular basis. I mean, haven't you watched Swingers?
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The Chrysler Group announced on April 30th that its Chrysler Aspen Hybrid and Dodge Durango Hybrid will feature an all-new Hemi Hybrid powertrain when they go on sale next year. Chrysler's 5.7-liter V-8 Hemi engine was first introduced on the 2003 Dodge Ram and is known for its combination of power and fuel efficiency features. Chrysler's Multi-displacement System improves fuel economy up to 20 percent by shutting down half of the engine's cylinders when less power is needed. The engine has earned a place on Ward's 10 Best Engines list for five years running.
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I am unhappy with how little mathematics I've learned since I entered college, relative to before when I was self taught
I have heard this three times in the past week. I suspect it may be more prevalent than we are being told or are willing to admit.
In my opinion these are the reasons that some students are saying this or something like it.
1) When you are studying something on your own, you are strongly motivated, as opposed to being somewhere you don't want to be. So, your results are much better.
2) The teachers (no one in here of course) are not what they used to be. I hear now on 3 forums how some teacher behaved irrationally. Years of being bullied in classrooms by students and low pay have chased many off their chosen profession.
3) Poor curriculums that do not reflect modern mathematical trends or even refusing to acknowledge those trends has left students woefully unprepared for working in industry. Example, after 20 years, half the schools here cannot decide on the calculator issue.
4) General loss of pride in any form of work, where money has become the only reason to even go to work, has drained the whole society in general.
While computational technologies are transforming the professional practice of mathematics, as yet they have had little impact on school mathematics.
5) With Andy Wiles and Sir Michael Atiyah being the most outspoken detractors it is a small wonder why the above quote is true.
What do you think?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Good rant.
Option 1 makes most sense to me.
It would be nice if all study could be like that! But there are always some things you simply must know to do a job properly, even if they don't interest you, so *some* study can be self-motivated, but some study must be by curriculum.
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
Although computers are an important tool, the mind and the centuries of knowledge that can be learned is far more important and I think this is well recognized. I like computer programming, and am not a mathmatician, but I wish I was smart enough to be one. I'll keep trying though. I get caught up on simple formulas at times.
Learning on your own to me is quite hard because you have to be a good reader, but learning in college can be a verbal/oral and personal experience given a small enough class. I'm a bad reader, but if I concentrate, I can read alright. Learning purely on my own without textbooks is my favorite way, but then you end up learning things that no one else even heard of, like being able to count 246 matches, like Rainman, in 4 seconds.
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When I am studying by myself it's true I learn better, but it's hard to muster the discipline to learn and not play games or waste my life in some other procrastinatory way. I don't think strict homeschooling is a good idea either though, because there is the risk that you turn your home into place 'you don't want to be'. I think school is necessary because it helps teach diligence... hmmm it's tricky
Hi all;
Here is another person, same thing:
I've always been terrible at mathematics, and would like to change that or at least give it a shot. Conventional tutors/professors never got me very far. I'm now relying on myself, and whatever useful recommendations I can find.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
All the options seem pretty causable, to me. The first one, though, looks like the most probable. I am always better off on my own, which is why I'm pretty unsocial. Although it might be the teachers, when I was at school their methods kept changing every year. #4 does have an unfortunate, but accurate, point....
People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.
~ Anton Chekhov
Cheer up, emo kid.
I think a possible solution to this is smaller classrooms. Last year my physics classroom had 13 people, and it made a remarkable difference. Our teacher was able to chat with us and become friends, and that really made the classroom atmosphere more enjoyable. Right now, with big classrooms, teachers can only really act as mechanical robots, reading out the curriculum. They have too many people to deal with and don't have time to make learning fun.
Hi identity;
Yes, we can add that to the list.
6 Overcrowded classrooms.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Well, in my experience, the best teachers can often be the least approachable - but they are best at their job. I've always preferred to work on my own, though.
Hi all;
Well, in my experience, the best teachers can often be the least approachable - but they are best at their job.
I can't agree. He/She might be the most knowledgeable but a teacher must be approachable.
I've always preferred to work on my own, though.
I sense it is because maybe you have done better on your own? That would reaffirm the qoute in post #1
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
1. I agree with this as well. When your motivated (and if you're not, then you likely wouldn't be doing it on your own time) learning is much easier.
2. I don't really agree with this. There have always been good teachers, and bad teachers. Everyone just tends to hear about the bad/angry/dysfunctional teachers more often is all. (and, hey, that's news/media for you)
At the same time, I hear about my nephew's teachers, and see how they make him more interested in school and learning, and I know there are still good teachers out there.
3. Again, I agree with this. At least where I am, I've noticed that much of the school work seems severly outdated. (not to say it's completely useless, just outdated)
4. please. There will always be people that take pride in everything that they do. There will be those that don't care about anything. And the rest of us will fall at varying places in between. Personally, I've not seen a decline in people taking pride in their jobs, and what they do. Possibly more people dissatisfied with their jobs, but that doesn't stop you from taking pride in doing the job well.
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I think, therefore you are.
Personally, I've not seen a decline in people taking pride in their jobs, and what they do.
I have.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
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This endearing comment from a client of mine this week who cares–really cares–about perfection. And why shouldn't he? His entire career has been based on his meticulous choice of words, and he's an incredibly skilled writer. What was he so worried about that he thought our reputations depended on getting it right? Well, we were operating under different rules for what exactly qualifies as a "bad break," or an inappropriate way to split a word in two when it falls on two lines of text. Yup, we publishing types fight bloody wars to break words between lines where we see fit.
I don't mean to rag on him in particular. In fact, in general we see eye-to-eye on issues of style: He's the only writer I have ever allowed to misuse the subjunctive case, because he doesn't believe in using it at all–and that is part of his style. That kind of purposeful use of the English language is admirable, in my opinion, because it means he has thought out why he should or shouldn't use the subjunctive and has a method to his madness. And that is my point, dear reader. Style is not there simply as a ruler to rap your knuckles.
So back to amateur night. I respect a passion for perfection. But this comment reflects a point of view that I have largely abandoned, and that is that writing can be perfect. Writing can be perfect in the same way my daughter is perfect–as a living, breathing, beautiful organic lifeform. While I am quite competent at following a style guide and crossing all my Ts, I don't subscribe to the notion that a piece of writing can always be made just right by following one set of rules. Writing needs to breathe like its author, needs to reflect his tone and at least some of the idiosyncrasies of his speech. And don't forget the audience. All writing has an intended audience, even if it is the author himself, so the form of a piece of writing must also follow the function. And that requires flexibility in style rules to accomplish the objective.
I am adamant about consistency, so don't think this is an excuse to throw all rules out the window or be lazy. It can be quite challenging to determine the right approach to editing a piece of writing, as I imagine it must be difficult to figure out the right approach to disciplining a child whose temperament is the polar opposite of her sibling. When there is no one-size-fits-all, you have to think.
This is what it boils down to: I believe that writing has a soul–the soul of the author–and needs to be treated with respect and a little flexibility. These are couture garments we are creating; this is not an assembly line. Just thought you might like to know… your editor might have a soul after all, too.😉


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The Underground Railroad Suitcase program from the Sutliff Museum was designed originally to be taken to fourth grade classrooms in Trumbull County schools. Students are exposed to the story of the Railroad in textbooks that only give a general description of one of the most dramatic eras of our country's history. Sutliff Museum historians wanted students in Trumbull County to learn how our ancestors helped escaping slaves to move safely through Ohio and especially through Trumbull County, according to local historians.
Ward Thomas Museum Docents, Diana Bauman, Anna Mae Cuchna and Nancy Iezzi-Dom, all former teachers at Jackson Elementary School, will use slides, artifacts, stories and narrative, to show how Trumbull County residents worked for freedom and justice through the Railroad.
Bauman, Cuchna and Iezzi-Dom have have presented the Suitcase program from second grade through high schools and colleges for the past five years. The presenters dress in period costume for the presentation. Along with Sally Thomas, curator of the Sutliff Museum, the docents also have given their presentation to adult organizations that include church groups, clubs, and historical societies.
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- Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
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Powersports market is bifurcated into off-road vehicles (ATVs & side-by-side vehicles), heavy-weight motorcycles, snowmobiles, and personal watercrafts. ATV (All-Terrain Vehicle) is designed to handle a wide variety of terrain, for the purpose of sports and is also used for camping or hunting. The Side-by-Side is a small 2 or 4 person four-wheel off-road vehicle. There are six main categories of motorcycles including: cruiser, sport, touring, standard, dual purpose and dirt bike. A snowmobile is a land vehicle designed for winter travel on snow. There are mainly five types of snowmobiles: entry level, performance, touring, mountain and utility. A personal water craft (PWC), also called water scooter, is a recreational watercraft that the rider rides or stands on, rather than inside of, as in a boat. On the basis of their method of operation and seating capacity, the personal watercrafts are of the following three types: stand-up models, sit-down models and multi-person models.
The key factors driving growth of the global power sports industry include improving economic conditions such as rising GDP and GNI, rising urban population apart from others. This enables individuals to spend more on the recreational activities in their day to day life. Some of the noteworthy trends and developments of this industry include increasing use of snowmobiles in North America, rising cost of personal watercrafts in the US and age and income of the snowmobilers. Major challenges faced by this market include the increasing number of deaths and injuries taking place due to ATVs and rising environmental concerns.
North America is the largest market for ATVs representing more than two-thirds of the market. In North America, the US accounts for the largest share followed by Canada. Also, in snowmobile segment, the US and Canada are the major regions globally accounting for more two-thirds of the market share. In motorcycle segment, the sales in North America improved after the global economic recession. The sales of PWC in the US have showed improvement after undergoing a huge loss due to global economic recession.
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1. Overview
1.1 Off-Road Vehicles (ORV)
1.2 Snowmobiles
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1.4 Motorcycles
2. Global Power Sports Market
2.1 Off-Road Vehicles Market
-Global Market Volume
-Market Segmentation
-North American Market Volume
2.1.1 All-Terrain Vehicles (ATV) Market
-Global Market Volume
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-North American Market Volume
2.1.2 Side-by-Side Market
-Global Market Volume
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2.2.1 Global Snowmobiles Market
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2.3 Heavyweight Motorcycles
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2.3.2 Europe
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2.4 Personal Watercrafts (PWC)
2.4.1 Global PWC Market
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2.4.2 The US Personal Watercraft Market
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3. Market Dynamics
3.1 Key Trends and Developments
3.1.1 Value-Priced ATVs and Bigger Side-by-Side UTVs Coming Up
3.1.2 Consumer Trends in US Motorcycle Market
3.1.3 Snowmobilers' Trends
3.1.4 Slingshot by Polaris: Next-Great Innovation
3.2 Growth Drivers
3.2.1 Economic Development
3.2.2 Growing Urban Population
3.2.3 Emergence of Electric and Hybrid Power Sports Vehicles
3.3 Challenges
3.3.1 Unfavorable Weather Conditions
3.3.2 Environmental Issues
3.3.3 Rise in Number of ATV-Related Injuries and Deaths
4. Competitive Landscape
4.1 ATV Market
4.2 Side-by-Side Market
4.3 Snowmobile
4.4 Motorcycles
5. Company Profiles
5.1 Yamaha Motor Co, Ltd.
5.1.1 Business Overview
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5.1.3 Business strategies
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-Launch of Medium-Term Management Plan
5.2 Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
5.2.1 Business Overview
5.2.2 Financial Overview
5.2.3 Business Strategies
-Augmented Research & Development
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5.3 Harley Davidson
5.3.1 Business Overview
5.3.2 Financial Highlights
5.3.3 Business Strategies
-Investment in Product Development
-Expanding International Sales
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5.4.1 Business Overview
5.4.2 Financial Highlights
5.4.3 Business Strategies
-Expansion through Acquisitions
-Focus on Research & Development
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Power Sports Vehicle Industry – Segments
Worldwide ORV Retail Sales by Units (2007-2013)
Global Off-Road Vehicles by Segments (2013)
North American ORV Sales by Units (2004-2013)
Global ATV Retail Sales by Units (2004-2013)
Global ATV Unit Sales – Share Breakdown by Region (2013)
North American (US and Canada) ATV Unit Sales (2004-2013)
The US ATV Retail Sales by Units (2004-2013)
Global Side-by-Side Sales by Units (2007-2013E)
North American (US and Canada) SxS Unit Sales (2004-2013)
Worldwide Snowmobiles Sales – by Volume (2007-2014)
Snowmobile Unit Sales – Share Breakdown by Region (2014)
Economic Impact of Snowmobiling-by Region (2006-2014)
Snowmobiles Sales in the US – by Volume (2008-2014)
Snowmobiles Sales in Canada – by Volume (2008-2014)
Number of Jobs Generated by Snowmobiling Industry (2006-2013)
Snowmobiles Sales in Rest of World – By Volume (2008-2014)
US Motorcycle Market 651cc+ Unit Sales (2004-2014E)
US Motorcycle Market 601cc+ Registrations (2011-2013)
European Motorcycle 651cc+ Registrations (2000-2013E)
European Motorcycle 601cc+ Registrations (2008-2013)
Global PWC Industry Size – By Volume (2008-2013E)
PWC Retail Sales in the US – By Volume (2005-2013)
PWC Retail Sales in the US - By Value (2005-2013)
Motorcycle Population by Gender (1990-2013)
Age Distribution of Motorcycle Ownership (1990-2013E)
Average Age of the Snowmobilers (2006-2013)
Average Income of the Snowmobilers (2006-2013)
Average Distance Travelled by Snowmobilers in the North America (2011-2013)
Global GDP (2007-2013)
Global Urban Population (2007-2013)
Power Sports Industry Market Share – By Units (2013E)
Worldwide ATV Market – Share by Companies (2014E)
Worldwide Side-by-Side Market Share (2014E)
Worldwide Snowmobiles Market Share – By Volume (2014E)
US Motorcycle Market Share (2013E)
Yamaha Revenue Breakdown by Segments (2013)
Yamaha Revenue Breakdown by Region (2013)
Yamaha Motors Revenue and Net Income (2009-2013)
Honda Revenue Breakdown by Segments (2014)
Honda Revenue Breakdown by Region (2014)
Honda Motor Revenue and Net Income (2008-2014)
Harley Davidson Share Breakdown by Segments (2013)
Harley Davidson Revenue and Net Income (2009-2013)
Polaris Revenue-Share by Segments (2013)
Polaris Revenue-Share by Region (2013)
Polaris Revenue and Net Income (2009-2013)
List of Tables
Total Snowmobile Registrations in the US-by State (2014)
Snowmobile Registrations in Canada-by Provinces (2014)
New Product Outlook
Global ATV Market Share (2000-2013)
Global Side-by-Sides Market Share (2009-2013)
Global Snowmobile Market Share (2000-2013)
Model Types as a Percentage of Respective Portfolios
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James Marshall-Cornwall
|Sir James Marshall-Cornwall
|27 May 1887
|United Kingdom
|British Army
|Years of service
|1907 - 1943
|Royal Artillery
|Commands held
|III Corps
British troops in Egypt
Western Command
|World War I
World War II
|Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
Military Cross
General Sir James Handyside Marshall-Cornwall KCB, CBE, DSO, MC (27 May 1887 – 1985) was a British Army officer and linguist.
Early life[edit]
James Cornwall was born in India, only son of James Cornwall, the Postmaster General of United Provinces and his wife, Agnes Hunter.[citation needed]
Cornwall went to Rugby School and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery in 1907, during his first spell of annual leave he travelled to Germany to study German. He later passed the Civil Service Commission examination as a first-class German interpreter, the first of the eleven interpreterships he was to gain. He passed as first-class interpreter in French, Norwegian, Swedish, Hollander Dutch, and Italian.
On the outbreak of World War I Cornwall joined the Intelligence Corps at Le Havre. In 1915 he was appointed to the rank of Captain at 2nd corps headquarters in the Second Army. In 1916 he was promoted to temporary major at the general headquarters of the British expeditionary force, under Sir Douglas Haig. In 1918, Cornwall was posted to the War Office as head of the MI3 section of the military intelligence directorate, where he remained until the armistice.
He was decorated with the Military Cross in 1915,[1] the Distinguished Service Order and the French Legion d'Honneur, both in 1917,[2] the Belgian Ordre de la Couronne and Croix de Guerre in 1918[3] and the American Distinguished Service Medal in 1919.[4]
In 1919, Cornwall was sent to the peace conference in Paris, where he worked with Reginald Leeper and Harold Nicolson on the new boundaries of Europe. Several jobs in the Middle East in the 1920s gave him the opportunity to study Turkish and modern Greek.
In 1927, Cornwall was sent to China with the Royal Artillery (Shanghai Defence Force), to protect British life and property in the Shanghai International Settlement. This enabled him to learn Chinese and to travel extensively in the Far East with his wife.
From 1928 to 1932 he held the post of military attaché in Berlin.[5] In 1934, after two years as commander of the 51st Highland division,[5] Royal Artillery, based at Perth, Scotland, Marshall-Cornwall was promoted major-general. He spent the next four years travelling in Europe, India, and the United States, then two years in Cairo as head of the British military mission to Egypt.[5] Here he qualified as an interpreter in colloquial Arabic.
In 1938, he was promoted to lieutenant-general, in charge of the air defence of Great Britain.[5] In May 1940 he went to France to help evacuate British troops from Cherbourg, boarding the last ship to leave the port. He took over command of III Corps in England in June 1940 holding the post until November 1940.[5]
In April 1941 Marshall-Cornwall became General Officer Commanding the British troops in Egypt.[5] Later that year he was sent by Winston Churchill to Turkey in an attempt to persuade the Turks to join the war, a mission which failed.[5]
Marshall-Cornwall took over Western Command in November 1941,[5] but was dismissed in the autumn of 1942 for going outside the proper channels to secure the safety of the Liverpool docks. He spent the rest of the war with the Special Operations Executive and MI6, attempting to promote better relations between them.[6] He retired from the army in 1943.[5]
Between 1948 and 1951, he was editor-in-chief of captured German archives at the Foreign Office, and wrote military history. He was president of the Royal Geographical Society (1954–8).[7]
Personal life[edit]
Cornwall met Marjorie Coralie Scott Owen, who was driving an ambulance for a Red Cross mission to White Russian refugees, while encamped in the Izmit peninsula. They were married in Wales in April 1921. In 1927 he inherited a small estate in Scotland from his uncle William Marshall, on condition that he should assume the surname of Marshall. As Marshall was one of his forenames, this was achieved by the insertion of a hyphen. The Marshall-Cornwalls had a son and two daughters. Their elder daughter died aged fourteen in 1938 after an operation for appendicitis in Switzerland. Their son was killed in France in 1944. He is buried on the spot where he fell, in an orchard near Cahaignes, Normandy. After the war, the landowner presented the site of the grave to the casualty's father, who in turn, requested that the grave remain undisturbed. His other daughter Janet married Michael Willoughby, 12th Baron Middleton on 14 October 1947.[8]
- ^ The Edinburgh Gazette (23 February 1915), p. 307.
- ^ The Edinburgh Gazette (4 June 1917), p. 1061 and (5 June 1917), p. 1093.
- ^ The Edinburgh Gazette (15 March 1918), p. 1022.
- ^ The Edinburgh Gazette (18 July 1919), p. 2427.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Generals.dk
- ^ "General Sir James Marshall-Cornwall". The Times. 31 December 1985.
- ^ Leo Cooper and T. R. Hartman (2004). "Cornwall, Sir James Handyside Marshall- (1887–1985)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2 Aug 2009.
- ^ "Person Page - 4655". thePeerage.com. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
|Military offices
|Preceded by
Ronald Adam
|GOC, III Corps
June 1940–November 1940
|Succeeded by
Desmond Anderson
|Preceded by
Sir Richard O'Connor
|GOC the British Troops in Egypt
April 1941–November 1941
|Succeeded by
William Holmes
|Preceded by
Sir Robert Gordon-Finlayson
|GOC-in-C Western Command
|Succeeded by
Sir Edmond Schreiber
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On Feb. 15 at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Showtime, three-division titlewinner Abner Mares could get his requested rematch with Jhonny Gonzalez, against whom he suffered a shocking first-round knockout loss that dethroned him as WBC featherweight titleholder in August.
That is, if Gonzalez (55-8, 47 knockouts) honors the rematch clause of their first bout, according to Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer. With or without Gonzalez, Mares (26-1-1, 14 KOs) will return on Feb. 15 at Staples Center.
Schaefer said he is also working on having the Mares card be supported by WBC junior featherweight beltholder Leo Santa Cruz, who will first have to get beyond his first defense on Dec. 14 against Cesar Seda. Another co-feature consideration is heavyweight Chris Arreola, who is coming off a first-round stoppage of Seth Mitchell in September.
Schaefer said Mares might still fight for his old 126-pound title if Gonzalez does not agree to fight him on Feb. 15.
"The thing is that with Abner Mares, he will be fighting for the WBC world title," he said. "As you know, there was a rematch provision in his fight with Jhonny Gonzalez. And if Jhonny Gonzalez is not going to honor the rematch provision, then we have asked that the WBC strip Jhonny Gonzalez and to declare that the title is vacant against the next highest-ranked opponent, which is Robinson Castellanos."
Ranked No. 2 behind Mares by the WBC, Castellanos owns a split-decision victory over ex-beltholder Celestino Caballero in April, and is coming off a sixth-round stoppage of Derrick Wilson in September.
"Abner would be happy to fight Robinson Castellanos, although, of course, his first priority would be to get the remath with Jhonny Gonzalez. But it seems like Jhonny's not interested or does not want to honor the rematch. Therefore, we have asked that the WBC strip Jhonny Gonzalez. We have put the relevant parties on notice," said Schaefer.
"I don't know if that's Jhonny or his promoter, but we didn't have to do that fight against Jhonny Gonzalez, but we did it, and we have a rematch option, as is common in boxing, and those terms were agreed upon. Now, they don't want to honor them. That's not going to fly. If that happens, then rematch options become worthless, and you're not going to have the best fighting the best."
Mares is ready.
"It's not confirmed yet, but that's what it looks like. Yes sir. I feel excited, and I can't wait for this fight to come through. I'm more than ready, I'm excited to showcase myself in the fight that people didn't see. Now, I think that I'm over that last fight," said Mares.
"I just really want to fight this guy, because I know that I can beat him. I want to prove to people that it was just not my night that night. I know that I have other fighters that I could face, and different options that I could take, and people are saying that I shouldn't take this fight, but I just want to prove myself to everyone."
A 27-year-old who entered the Gonzalez bout as THE RING's No. 5-rated pound-for-pound fighter, Mares was floored twice by Mexican veteran during the first defense of the belt he won in his 126-pound debut, a ninth-round knockout of Daniel Ponce de Leon.
Ponce de Leon was the last man to defeat Gonzalez in an eighth-round technical decision in September of 2012, that ended Gonzalez's 12-fight winning streak which included 11 knockouts.
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Quoting Oleg Nesterov (firstname.lastname@example.com):
> zap_pid_ns_processes() sets pid_ns->child_reaper = NULL, this is wrong.
> Yes, we have already killed all tasks in this namespace, and sys_wait4()
> doesn't see any child. But this doesn't mean ->children list is empty,
> we may have EXIT_DEAD tasks which are not visible to do_wait(). In that
> case the subsequent forget_original_parent() will crash the kernel because
> it will try to re-parent these tasks to the NULL reaper.
> Even if there are no childs, it is not good that forget_original_parent()
> uses reaper == NULL.
> Change the code to set ->child_reaper = init_pid_ns.child_reaper instead.
> We could use pid_ns->parent->child_reaper as well, I think this does not
> really matter. These EXIT_DEAD tasks are not visible to the new ->parent
> after re-parenting, they will silently do release_task() eventually.
> Note that we must change ->child_reaper, otherwise forget_original_parent()
> will use reaper == father, and in that case we will hit the (correct)
> BUG_ON(!list_empty(&father->children)).
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov
Well while it looked correct to me all along, I couldn't get the
testcase to cause an oops. But I see where do_exit() calls
zap_pid_ns_processes() (through group_exit()) before
forget_original_parent(), which can/should end up dereferencing
the null pid_ns, so clearly this is needed and correct.
Acked-by: Serge Hallyn
Thanks, Oleg.
> --- 2.6.27-rc4/kernel/pid_namespace.c~1_ZAP_DONT_CLEAR_REAPER 2008-07-30 13:12:49.000000000 +0400
> +++ 2.6.27-rc4/kernel/pid_namespace.c 2008-08-24 17:22:59.000000000 +0400
> @@ -179,9 +179,12 @@ void zap_pid_ns_processes(struct pid_nam
> rc = sys_wait4(-1, NULL, __WALL, NULL);
> } while (rc != -ECHILD);
> -
> - /* Child reaper for the pid namespace is going away */
> - pid_ns->child_reaper = NULL;
> + /*
> + * We can not clear ->child_reaper or leave it alone.
> + * There may by stealth EXIT_DEAD tasks on ->children,
> + * forget_original_parent() must move them somewhere.
Actually this comment is a little bit misleading - the null
deref will happen regardless of whether there are children,
> + */
> + pid_ns->child_reaper = init_pid_ns.child_reaper;
> acct_exit_ns(pid_ns);
> return;
> }
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Notorious Former Coal Chief Makes His Case for Vindication
Whatever else you might say about Don Blankenship, the union-busting former chief executive of Massey Energy, a coal company notorious for putting workers at risk, grant the man this: He's got chutzpah.
To mark the four-year anniversary on Saturday of the explosion at Massey's Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia's Raleigh County—a disaster that killed 29 men in the worst coal accident in nearly 40 years—Blankenship has released a documentary absolving himself of blame and spewing venom toward regulators and political enemies. The 51-minute video, Upper Big Branch: Never Again, became available this week, and Blankenship visited Bloomberg Businessweek this morning to promote it.
Back in 2011, West Virginia—a state notably sympathetic toward the coal business—placed primary responsibility for the Upper Big Branch conflagration on a Massey corporate "culture in which wrongdoing became acceptable, where deviation was the norm." Speaking so softly he was difficult to hear, Blankenship, 64, called that conclusion baloney.
Under his leadership, he said, Massey stressed miner safety above all else. The 2010 explosion resulted from a previously unprecedented natural gas "inundation" of the mine that could not have been anticipated, he added. "Don Blankenship, the man directly blamed for this tragic accident, believes he has always done his best to live up to his responsibility to miners' safety," the narrator of Blankenship's film says.
Judging from his unruffled demeanor and unwavering refusal to concede any culpability, Blankenship does indeed believe what his self-funded video declares. His challenge is that a lot of other people will continue to view Upper Big Branch in the context of the rest of his industry career. He retired in 2011 after Alpha Natural Resources acquired Massey.
For evidence of the resistance Blankenship faces, one need look no further than U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat whose enthusiasm for his home state's coal industry knows no rivals on Capitol Hill. The Blankenship film includes numerous excerpts of an interview with Manchin, who appears to support the documentary's point of view. On Monday, however, Manchin called the video "propaganda" and said he was tricked into participating. "Had I known the film was in any way associated with Don Blankenship, I would have never agreed to the interview," the senator said in a statement.
Asked about Manchin's objection, Blankenship said mildly that he didn't understand what the senator is so upset about. Why, Blankenship asked, would knowing the purpose or financing of the film have affected what Manchin had to say? Blankenship said he had hired a Virginia company called Adroit Films to interview Manchin and others depicted in the video and said he was not involved in Adroit's production. Blankenship said he viewed only the finished product.
Multiple government and independent investigations concluded that the Upper Big Branch disaster grew out of a pattern of company violations of official safety standards for mine ventilation and the control of explosive coal dust. Those failures contributed to ignition of methane gas and a massive explosion, according to the official findings.
In contrast, Blankenship and various experts interviewed in his film say the forensic evidence points to an accidental release of natural gas that Massey couldn't have expected. "I don't think any coal company had ever focused on a natural gas release," Blankenship said in the interview. He stressed that the purpose of his video is to warn the industry about the dangers of such natural gas debacles and to prod federal regulators to help advance industry changes that would make mines safer.
The retired executive, who now lives in Las Vegas, first gained public attention in 1984 when he led a successful antiunion campaign at Massey marked by violence on both sides. The victory over the United Mine Workers of America contributed to a broader erosion of the union's influence throughout Appalachia. Blankenship argued in his interview that hostility from the UMW and its Democratic political allies explains most, if not all, of the controversy that has dogged him for decades.
As Massey's chief executive officer, Blankenship pushed relentlessly for increased production and lower costs. Worker safety suffered as a result, according to a May 2011 investigative report commissioned by the West Virginia governor's office. From 2000 through 2010 no U.S. coal company compiled a worse fatality record than Massey, which reported 54 deaths in its mines, including Upper Big Branch, the state report said. Blankenship says there have been 120 miner fatalities in the industry since he retired.
When Alpha acquired Massey in 2011, it emphasized that it put all former Massey employees through a program called "Running Right," which stressed that protecting miners and producing coal are mutually reinforcing goals. In 2005, Blankenship had circulated an internal memo at Massey widely interpreted as embracing an either-or perspective on safety and productivity. "If any of you have been asked by your group presidents, your supervisors, engineers or anyone else to do anything other than run coal," Blankenship wrote, "you need to ignore them and run coal. This memo is necessary only because we seem not to understand that coal pays the bills."
The 2005 memo seems to have escaped the attention of the documentary makers at Adroit Films whom Blankenship hired to repair his legacy.


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Martin Rogers runs the company. He says: "I've always had a passion for helping people to develop and enjoy working with businesses, so I've put the two together to form Success Academy. I work with other people to develop their business ideas and help them grow, and earn money at the end of the day.


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The US
Headline: Exclusive: Congress delaying U.S. aid to Syrian rebels - sources
To Read: Political scientist Eric Grynaviski takes a look at some evidence from the Nixon era which makes him reconsider the 'Israel Lobby influence' theory-
Now, Nixon and Kissinger were crazy, and often overestimated the political forces set against them, in particular because of Nixon's anti-Semitism. Although in this case they may have been right to be concerned about pro-Israeli sentiment, and Nixon's 'personal' relationship with Israel was always more complicated than simple accusations of anti-Semitism really allow. But, I think these archival documents pretty clearly provide direct evidence that Nixon and Kissinger were influenced by at least their perception of the Lobby's influence. And, at least for Nixon and Kissinger, I am unaware (after reading quite a bit about the administration) of another lobby exercising the same inordinate influence.
Quote: "I think it would not be in the best interest of the United States to immediately change our assistance programs to Egypt. We are reviewing our obligations under the law, and we will be consulting with Congress about the way forward", White House press secretary Jay Carney voicing the White House's decision not to call the coup in Egypt a coup (at least at this point).
Number: $8b, the amount of assistance in loans and investments which Qatar has provided the Morsi government with (putting the US' $1.5b in perspective)
Headline: 'We won't forgive Netanyahu for haredi conscription law'
To Read: TNR's Ben Birenbaum writes about PM Netanyahu's radical change of mind-
It could be his new coalition. Or maybe it's his long heart-to-hearts with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. Perhaps it's the realization, given recent polls and the far-right mutiny in his party, that the current term will likely be his last.
Whatever the case, Benjamin Netanyahu is finally embracing the two-state solution. The shift has been quiet, but its consequences could be monumental.
Quote: "NSA and Israel co-wrote it", Edward Snowden telling Der Spiegel that the US and Israel cooperated to create the Stuxnet computer virus that destroyed nuclear centrifuges in Iran.
Number: 8, the number of months in prison one of the teens who attacked an east Jerusalem Palestinian received.
The Middle East
Headline: Car bomb rocks Shia suburb in Beirut
To Read: According to Bruce Riedel, Saudi Arabia hopes to see a strong autocratic leader in Egypt-
While most of the world is ambivalent about the overthrow of a democratically elected president in Egypt by the Army this week, the Saudi royal family is enthusiastically endorsing the generals' move. The kingdom hopes the coup marks the beginning of the end of the Arab awakening and a return to stability and autocracy across the Arab world.
Quote: "There has been a lot of criticism from within the base towards the leadership, which has been accused of being inflexible, both before and since the crisis", Bassam Abu Abdullah, director of the Damascus Centre for Strategic Studies, commenting on the Syrian government's shuffle.
Number: 51, Yesterday's death-toll in Egypt.
The Jewish World
Headline: Former students sue Yeshiva University for $380 million
To Read: History professor Kenneth Sacks tells the story of Ralph Waldo Emerson's trip to London, in which he fell in love with the Jewish people-
Emerson went on to be a great supporter of Jews and Judaism in his country. As a result, he influenced the development of American Reform Judaism, and many Jewish American intellectuals still look to him for inspiration. Part of that important relationship occurred because of his trip to Great Britain where he met British Jews and learned of their struggles for equality.
Quote: "France is not an anti-Semitic country", Richard Prasquier, the outgoing political chief of French Jewish community, in an interview.
Number: 9,000, the number of athletes who are going to participate in the Maccabiah games, starting next week in Jerusalem.
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#Seawolves strong all summer long
Aug. 15, 2014
Stony Brook, N.Y. – Under new Stony Brook women's basketball head coach Caroline McCombs, the #Seawolves are looking to win today so they can win in March.
This summer, SBU has been hard at work in the weight room getting stronger and bonding as a team. In this video, McCombs, senior guard Jessica Ogunnorin, junior forward Brittany Snow and assistant director of speed, strength and conditioning Bill DeLongis discuss the squad's progress.


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Plus Richie Rich, Irina Shayk, Joe Jonas, and more.
At Monday night's Jeffrey Fashion Cares 2012 gala, Chloë Sevigny said she's about to start her next project for Opening Ceremony. "They've been so busy in Paris with Kenzo that we haven't really talked about it," she said of Carol Lim and Humberto Leon. "But they're back in town this week, and we're going to have a real sitdown and decide what's our next move." In the meantime, she's filmed an upcoming episode of Law & Order: SVU. "They asked me if I wanted to play a victim or a perp, and I said I wanted to play a perp — but she's kind of both," she said of her character, who orchestrates her own kidnapping. Also in attendance: Anne V., Irina Shayk, Joe Jonas, and Phillip Bloch, who told us a disturbing story about pajamas.