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In recent parts of this series (which starts back here), I've been looking at how various subtle problems around the empty tomb in the Gospel narratives, just don't mesh well with the idea that GosMark's author invented the empty tomb. I've passed by the topic of today's entry a couple of times already, but now I'm going to focus a squinty eye on it more closely.
(If I sound not that reverent to some parts of the topic, that's because per Part 1 I'm talking about why I would think GosMark's author did not invent the empty tomb even if I was an atheist.)
6.) The canonicals, including GosMark, jump through hoops to make the blundering apostles relevant authorities to their readers, especially thanks to being eyewitnesses to the risen Jesus who posthumously reaffirms their authority, gives them spiritual power, etc.
But in none of the accounts, including GosMark, and even including the preaching reports in Acts, are the apostles and their meetings with Jesus connected with the empty tomb. For that matter, there's only one part of one story where an appearance from Jesus is connected directly to the empty tomb at all, and that's Mary Magdalene in GosJohn. Not any of the authoritative disciples or twelve apostles, including Peter and the Beloved Disciple in GosJohn, who are the only Christian authorities (of some kind) ever shown in any proximity to the tomb.
Moreover, none of the first meetings with Jesus in any canonical Gospel involve the apostles or other chief disciples. Granted, GosMark (setting aside any discussion of a lost ending) doesn't feature any meetings at all, but that hardly helps the problem! GosMark does admittedly imply, as far as it goes, an expectation that the apostles will be the first. Which would fit better with a theory that a belief in the risen Jesus started with dreams or visions of Jesus by group authorities (whether they parlayed those visions into authority or not) -- if Mark had actually shown something like that, instead of non-authorities (and women at that) discovering the empty tomb and meeting a young man.
But the other three Gospels don't follow up on GosMark's implied expectation at all! -- not even GosMatt, which has a verbally identical implication from the angel at the tomb! Even GosMark's eventual longer ending doesn't follow up on that implied expectation at all! Mary Magdalene is explicitly said to be the first person to see Jesus, and the disciples still regard her reports as nonsense. Two unnamed disciples on the road, as in GosLuke's Emmaus story, are next; unlike in GosLuke, they also aren't believed, but also unlike GosLuke there is no attempt to interject a prior visit to Peter even at secondhand. When Jesus does appear, he harshly reprimands the apostles for their unbelief.
(Since it might be mentioned, there does exist a super-minority variation of GosMark's longer ending, only a sentence or two in its total length, which suggests briefly that Jesus did appear to the disciples first, but only in a broadly vague and undetailed fashion. This super-minority version doesn't feature any of the details of the traditional longer Mark ending.)
And yet the first appearances narrated in each Gospel (beyond the non-appearance in GosMark) do have topical connections to the tomb: Jesus appears to the women in GosMatt as they're fleeing the tomb area. Jesus appears to the disciples returning to Emmaus while they're "tossing back and forth" among themselves the empty tomb (and the shining men) reported by the women. (A few traditions, if I recall correctly, regard the other disciple here as the wife of Clopas, thus by a slightly differently spelled name in another account, one of the women at the tomb. I happen to like this idea a lot, but I know better than to hang anything on it.) Mary Magdalene is looking into the tomb when Jesus appears behind her (and she's still not expecting him, notably, but rather the groundskeeper).
Whatever else this weird disjunction does or doesn't imply, it means the tomb is constantly treated, including in GosMark, as being completely or (for GosJohn perhaps) almost completely irrelevant to the authority of the apostles -- an authority which is being promoted by the same texts.
Theories where Mark invents the empty tomb, necessarily involve roughly 40 years (maybe a lot more depending on when whoever-it-was wrote GosMark) of authoritative emphasis on the importance of the visions of the apostles, perhaps having developed by legendary accretion from mere dreams, which of course have nothing to do with an empty tomb or Mark wouldn't be inventing (per theory) the empty tomb but instead passing along received tradition about the empty tomb.
This was (up to 2010), and maybe still is, essentially Crossan's sceptical argument, remember, as someone who thought Jesus was just buried as a common criminal to be dug up by wild dogs and vultures: no empty tomb historically, but sometime between then and Mark the tomb developed as a detail out of poetic imagery for consoling the earliest communities about what happened to him -- and Mark is passing those two details along (tomb and emptiness) and making up others.
One would logically expect the resulting Gospels, then, to not even have a tomb; or if the tomb had developed out of authoritative dreams or visions, to focus on the importance of the tomb in the authorities' visions of Jesus. But none of the Gospels do, not even GosMark where, on the theory under examination, the tomb was supposed to be invented! Not even GosPete, which features ludicrous crowds of enemies to witness the Resurrection! -- the women are still the first allies to find the empty tomb.
Even on an account like Crossan's, the empty tomb stories as they actually exist, don't make sense as extensions of non-tomb original visions. (Although to be fair, Crossan's mature theory doesn't exactly involve dreams or visions or hallucinations. It's about poetic language mistaken for actual history. But a tomb and its emptiness, figuratively speaking, shows up originally with that poetic image.) GosJohn, for example, ought to be about Peter and/or the Beloved Disciple waking up after a dream of Jesus (narrated in detail as such) and saying, hey, let's go see the tomb (if any such detail was even wanted or needed), and then finding Jesus' body gone, and then meeting Jesus there (perhaps), and going off to tell everyone that Jesus is risen and they've seen him, and he told them they're the ones to be in charge now for sure, and if anyone doesn't believe it they can go look at the empty tomb!
But that isn't what happens. At all. Maybe because that would be indistinguishable from a stupidly transparent attempt, among disciples reportedly (in the same texts) sniping at one another over who's the most special and awesomest snowflake, at faking a resurrection to get power over the group! -- meaning it isn't very likely such a story would have survived until now, against huge competitive pressure from other super-special snowflakes.
Let me emphasize, if it isn't obvious enough already, that any theory about the return of Jesus being based on dream/visions or hallucinations of the apostles, has to deal with any such visions being absolutely ignored, not only in regard to the tomb and its emptiness, but in regard to the first appearances of Jesus which in the canonicals are never to anyone in the group authority promoted by the canonicals. Regardless of any theories about the narrated appearances to the apostles and other major disciples (up to and including Saul of Tarsus eventually) being based on consolation hallucinations extrapolated to group visions, or on dream visions extrapolated to a group experience (mass delusions of belief being one thing, but group hallucinations about the same event being something else unknown to medical science) -- those theories all crash up against the rock of the tomb jutting out by itself in stark disregard of being the product of such fancies. Theories about those special snowflakes swirling around themselves waaaaay over there in the distance, just shatter in collision on that rock.
I find it hard to overestimate the importance of this for our topic: this total disjunction between the authority of the disciples (even from the authority of St. Paul, whom we'll be getting to soon), and the empty tomb, would be enough by itself to convince me, not only that whoever wrote GosMark didn't invent the empty tomb, but that no one else invented it either at any time prior. Whatever might or might not have been invented, the empty tomb was not invented, including by GosMark.
Dovetailing with point (1), not even counting anything else, just makes this purported invention more impossible as a historical fact (even if as a proposition taken by itself it isn't metaphysically impossible). Crossan's Cross Gospel theory is admittedly ingenious about avoiding a need to transition from authoritative visions about a risen Jesus to stories about an empty tomb (the women being the first allies to find the empty tomb would be later on his account, as inventions by GosMark long after the tomb imagery had become mistaken for a historical reality) -- because on his theory, there are no authoritative visions or dreams or hallucinations, just a poetic figure about an eschatological hope. The absence of the apostles from the scene doesn't run against the purpose of that figure, even though it's still weird that they wouldn't be represented at the validation of their own hope (even in a poetic figure).
But his theory doesn't at all explain the hind end of polemic preserved at the end of GosMatt, where rival communities both appeal back to guard testimony that the body went missing shortly after death. On Crossan's account, those guards (inflated through legendary accretion to ridiculous numbers by the time his hypothetical "Cross Gospel" gets incorporated into the Gospel of Peter in the late 2nd century) are only a sort of poetic wishful thinking by the very first Christians about how someday their enemies will realize that Jesus was innocent after all. But there's no way to get from that to Jewish anti-Christian opponents appealing to a weak explanation provided by the guards themselves with enough authoritative clout to make the weak explanation seem feasible enough to use against the Christians.
Counting everything else from point (2) onward so far, only locks Mark's non-invention of the empty tomb ever-tighter in my judgment.
But I'm not done.
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One related effort in the US is Microsoft's Software Factory for HL7 compliant EMR transfer among providers. 2 The Problem Rise in mature population – – – New types of technology – – – Electronic Patient Records Telemedicine Remote Patient Monitoring Table compiled by the U.S. Administration on Aging based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau. 2050 Empower patients: – – – Population of age 65 and older with Medicare was 35 million for 2003 and 35.4 million for 2004 Access to own medical records Control the information Monitor access to medical data Regulatory compliance Percentage of Population over 60 years old Global Average = 21% United Nations ▪ "Population Aging ▪ 2002" 3 Challenges Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) – HIPAA Privacy Rule (2003): gives US citizens – HIPAA Security Rule (2005): requires healthcare organizations to Protect for person-identifiable health data that is in electronic format Complexity of privacy – – Right to access their medical records Right to request amendments, accounting of disclosures, etc. Variable levels of sensitivity; "sensitive" in the eye of multiple beholders No bright line between person-identifiable and "anonymous" data Complexity of access rights and policies – – Simple role-based access control is insufficient Governing principles: "need-to-know" and "minimum disclosure" 4 Research Platform: Patient Portal MyHealthAtVanderbilt is a web portal for an increasing number of services for patients. Current capabilities include – – – – appointment management, secure messaging, access to EMR and billing Future services will/may include medication management, patient data uploads, real-time data links and others.. 5 Overall Research Objective Satisfying high-level requirements stated for – – – – privacy, confidentiality, integrity, non-repudiation and access control properties of information flows in the PP system. 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Live chat with Sounders legend Bobby Howe
Update: The chat is over. You can still read a transcript below.
The Seattle Times will be hosting a live chat at noon Wednesday with Bobby Howe, a former player and coach for the Sounders of the old North American Soccer League from 1977 to 1983. Howe, following a decorated and traveled career, has stayed a part of the local soccer community and is currently the coaching director for Emerald City FC.
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New data demonstrates daclizumab's positive cognitive outcomes, targeted and reversible mechanism of action (MOA), and safety profile in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS).
Data presented from the Phase III DECIDE study highlight the positive, sustained impact that Biogen's daclizumab may have on cognitive function for patients with RRMS, in particular processing speed and attention. Cognitive impairment is a common symptom of MS affecting 43–70% of patients and causes significant functional disability, as well as decreased quality of life. Cognitive decline in MS can involve memory impairment, slowed information-processing speed (including difficulty following conversations or multi-tasking), impaired executive function (including difficulty with organisation or planning), and visual / spatial-processing (including difficulty with right-left orientation or navigation).
In the Phase III study of 1,841 patients, cognitive improvements were measured using the Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT – a measure of information-processing speed and attention), across a daclizumab group and an intramuscular (IM) interferon beta-1a group. Improvements in SDMT ≥3 points or ≥4 points are deemed to be clinically meaningful.
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Clinically meaningful improvements in SDMT scores were observed in a higher percentage of patients receiving daclizumab vs. interferon beta-1a IM at week 96. These improvements were sustained at week 144. Mean improvements from baseline at week 144 as measured using the SDMT were +6.30 for daclizumab-treated patients vs +3.09 for interferon beta-1a IM-treated patients.
Daclizumab selectively modulates interleukin-2 receptor signalling, leading to selective antagonism of pro-inflammatory effector T-cell activity and increased numbers of immune-regulatory CD56 natural killer (NK) cells. Data from the SELECT and SELECTION studies demonstrated that decreases in total, and differential, lymphocyte counts during treatment were modest and reversible upon treatment discontinuation. The CD4+/CD8+ ratio remained stable in SELECT and SELECTION. The absence of profound depletion of total lymphocytes, CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, and CD56 NK cells during treatment, and the reversibility of the changes in cell counts, provide further evidence of the targeted immunomodulatory MOA of daclizumab in RRMS.
The DECIDE study assessed cutaneous adverse events (AEs) associated with daclizumab. The majority (94%) of AEs observed were mild or moderate. The rate of serious AEs remained low at 2%, and were resolved following topical and/or systemic steroids, antihistamines, other therapies or treatment discontinuation. These data highlight that although serious AEs were infrequent, physicians should be aware that these events can occur and may need to be managed with multiple therapies.


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The Stealth Incident: The PlotMature
"He didn't do it."
The folder that had been in my hand hit my superior's desk with a thunk, making the papers around him billow up with the minor breeze it had caused.
David Carter did not look up from his legal pad but kept writing in that spider scrawl that characterizes all the memos that cross my desk. I think he does it just to irritates me to no end. I know he knows how to send email. The man can crawl through the computer without making a blip of even the best hacker's screen.
"I know."
Still he didn't look up and I refused to sit down and wait patiently. Everything with David was a game of who could out wait who. It wasn't that he had a measure of patience that a saint would envy, he just enjoyed the other person squirming and being uncomfortable. It was a power thing with him. It's always a power thing with David Carter.
I bit back a sigh and forced myself to keep a relaxed-looking pose. I may not have been fooling David but it made me feel alot better.
"Okay, than why, exactly, are we pulling in a guy who has nothing to do with stealth tech disappearing from our intel banks and into the intel banks of our 'competitor'?"
Competitor in this business is lingo for whoever we are mad at most at the time. Right now the middel east was high on the list though they were not, by far, the only ones on that list.
Finally David looked up and gave me a look with those cold, ice-blue eyes of his.
"Do I have to spell everything out for you, Kearns?"
I did squirm a bit then. And then I got angry. The fact that my boss kept everything close to his chest and expected us to worm it out of him because it made him feel superior to us was not my fault. It was, however, my problem. An every day problem.
"Okay, let me work this out then. A week ago we get notice that the Halo Scramble Stealth stats has been hijacked from our computers."
"Computers," David pointed out,"That have the best national security programs wired into them. Computers that should be uncrackable."
I snorted. An unladylike thing to do but it made me feel better.
"Come on, David. We both know that if one person can make security software, another can crack it. It's the human factor. It's why new software is created all the time."
"So," I continued. "The Halo goes missing and, weeks later, we get a call from one of our agents detailing a factory in the mid east producing what appears to be a prototype of the Halo."
"Now you are roping in the second half of Halo's creative team because you can't find the first half, one Steven Keller who seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth."
"Go on." David's tone had a challenging edge to it and I could tell I was getting close to where he wanted me to be.
"My guess is that Hutton not only doesnt know what happened to his brain child but doesn't care. His wife has been admitted into the hospital and, right now, is being induced due to medical reasons. I've checked the records, Hutton is a family man. One of a dying breed I might say."
David didn't even blink at my dig about his own many affairs, me being one of them. Damn the man.
"So, if you are dragging an innocent man into this it means you think he can be used for some purpose. Something that would get the Halo back."
David raised an eyebrow at me, encouraging me to continue.
I paused for a moment, letting my mind shift around to try and follow the thought process that was David's mind. After eight years of working under the man, I had a good idea where this was going.
"What am I missing, David," I narrowed my eyes at him. "What are you keeping from me."
David gave me a cat-ate-the-canary grin and leaned back in his chair, a smugness about him that made my hand itch to slap it from his face.
"Our agent was able to send pictures of the prototype."
"There are...things missing. Vital things. And, from what we can gather, they don't have that part of the blueprints."
My brow furrowed. "So...that means that either the data from our banks were wiped out or lost before they could get all of the data or they were getting the data from Keller or someone close to the project and he has either stopped cooperating, has escaped or is dead depending on whether he was a willing participant or not."
My mind made a lightning fast jump to the conclusion David wanted me to make.
"Meaning you need to dangle a bit of carrot in front of whoever has the prototype. Your going to use Hutton as bait."
"Exactly," David was now grinning ear to ear and I had to ball my hand into a fist not to wipe that grin from his face.
"He could get killed."
"I'll make sure that doesn't happen. At least not until we have whoever stole Halo."
"You are such a bast......"
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Simulation VIDEO issue in v9.3
I recently upgraded to version 9.3 and I have the following problem:
When I am creating the video of the simulation, I can watch it being created frame by frame, but when I play the .avi file, the simulation starts from an intermediate frame. So, in .avi file I lose the whole process before this frame.
Have you noticed it, is there a setting that I have to do, or it is a bug?
How about using "img2avi"?
Hi, Nikolaos.
I didn't upgrade to version 9.3 yet. But I will do it soon. (I'm using version 9.2.)
At once, delete these files.
C:\FLOW3D\gui\pref.f3d C:\FLOW3D\gui\flowvurespref.ini C:\FLOW3D\gui\flowvupref.ini
If possible, when you make the animation of simulation results, finish the solving and close any other windows(process). Because it required much memory.
If you want make the animation of simulation results as you, how about using "img2avi"? It's a freeware.
When you make the animation in FLOW-3D, off the option "delete source bitmap files", and don't make AVI file. Then you can find flame shots of the simulation results as BMP files.
Gook luck!
Re: How about using "img2avi"?
Nikolaos, I believe this is bug with v9.3 as i also experienced the same problem.
Regards CK
Re: How about using "img2avi"?
Byongjun Park,
Thank you very much for the hint, I downloaded the software, I will try asap and give my feedback here.
I think we are right about the bug, because when I move the flsgrf file to another computer with v9.2 it works fine. So, I am going to post this at the Flow3D official site.
Re: How about using "img2avi"?
Yes, this is a known problem in the 9.3 release and will be resolved in the upcoming patch. For now, the workaround is to create the bmp images and save them to the disk (from 2d or 3d plots), then open a DOS window and in the directory where the bmp files are run bmp2avi, which is located in the Utilities folder of the 9.2 installation:
> bmp2avi -c msvc -f 15
This will use the MS Video 1 compression and 15 frames per second, which can obviously be changed. Type
> bmp2avi -help
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Lovells has scooped its first acquisition finance mandate for Société Générale (SocGen) since the bank put together its global panel earlier this year.
SocGen, with Fortis Bank and ING Bank, provided senior facilities of e198m (£118.3m) and e30m (£17.9m) of mezzanine funding for 3i's secondary buyout of Dutch soft drinks company Refresco. 3i bought e240m (£143.4m) of shares from original funders Hay Hill Capital, NESBiC, ISIS Equity Partners, CBG Commerzbank and Capiton.
An increasing number of banks are content to run pan-European deals from the City, and the Refresco transaction was no exception.
Lovells finance partner Adam Freeman managed the majority of the deal from London for a SocGen team led by Michael Lynch.
"We've got to know the SocGen team in London well over the last few months from a number of potential instructions and it was good to be able to close this deal for them, especially in light of our appointment to the panel," said Freeman.
3i retained Allen & Overy (A&O) Amsterdam for Anglo-Dutch advice rather than Nauta Dutilh, its other preferred external adviser in the Netherlands, after A&O acted for Fortis on the original buyout.
Corporate partner Karine Kodde and banking partner Julian Harris acted for 3i on the transaction – one of the biggest undertaken by the private equity house on the Continent. ABN Amro gave financial advice.
Refresco's management was represented on the deal by Simmons & Simmons corporate partner Leo Verhoeff.
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Adding a electric brake controller
Hi I' new here from the Challengerz forum and I just got a 09 Ram 2500 4x4 and am adding an electric trailer brake controller. I bought the truck used with 14,000 mi. It came with a harness (pn56045795AB REV:A1) for under the dash for my brake controller. When I plug that in under my dash I have a ground circuit (Dk grn/black tracer), Brake light input/output? (Lt blue/white tracer) Trailer tow electric brake feed (light Blue), and +12V Battery feed (white/red tracer). When I plug this in under the dash I am showing no 12+ even with the key on. Is there a fuse in the Tipm that I also need to plug in? Or do I add a wire out to the battery with a circuit breaker. I haven't pinned out the rest of the wires so I really don't know If I am on the right track yet. My Brake controller is out of my old truck and I cant find the wiring diagram but it is a Tekonsha and it has 4 wires that say Black is battery, white is ground, red is brake lights/switch and blue to my trailer brakes. Any help would be appreciated
If you are not getting anything on to with the battery, You may have a blown fuse that is located on the Power to the battery, there was a 30 AMP fuse on mine that I installed on my Dakota.
I now have a 06 1500 and I bought a Curt Discovery Brake controller that you can buy the Quick connect harness.
It was a quick plug and play for me.
If you have all wires connected correctly and it sound like you do, try flowing the power 12+ wire and there should be a fuse on that circuit leading to the power supply under the hood, see if it is blown.
Check and make sure there is a 30A fuse in J09 in the TIPMCGW.
2006 Dodge Ram 1500 - electronic brake wire
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After much reading and searching - I was misled, and you most likely are too if your trying to find the "BLUE" wire that leads to the electronic brake controller.
It isn't blue - it's green. If you have a 4 - pole flat pre-wired by mfg. Then make life simple, no matter if you buy a Hoyle or Reese electronic brake connect, get the Hoyle connector (it connects directly to the 4 pole, long flat, connector under the dashboard by the parking brake to the left of the junction box), but if you buy the Reese electronic connector you'll have to clip the plastic clip off that would connect to the Hoyle brake controller so you can wire the Reese to it.
If you have 4 pole flat wire installed like I did, then the GREEN wire will stop at a connection just behind the mudflap, in the driver side front fender well. I used a wire clip, tied in, and ran it to the back inside the same cable channel that carries the other wires on the driver side of the frame. It got a little tricky going over the fuel tank. But it's possible. On my truck is was just above my volt-meter probe. In the middle. Remember, trust but verify. Check yours voltage there while somebody depresses the peddle.
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We are more influenced by our culture than we think.
Subtle changes.
Small erosions in the landscape. And like a meandering river cuts it's way through the valley and discards those bits that are superfluous so our culture discards those bits that are not relevant. Over time you notice the landscape change and wonder how it got there.
We are in a consumer culture. From the onset of Sunday trading to the 24hour stores. I remember as a child having to drive to a local petrol station to buy milk on a Sunday, the station owner had a small shop on the premises but he was viewed dimly by the local community for being open on Sunday, you now wouldn't think twice and you would expect a shop to be open on Sunday.
The internet has grown in the last 15 years into a a stable and acceptable shopping destination. Now the choice is infinite, you choose. You find the right price from the right place. Everyone competing against each other to offer the right price and present what they have in the right way. Marketing is massive and if you don't market your products you will be shutting up shop. The … Read More »


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The first time I used ITZ Computers was to buy CIS ink & have the files etc from the computer tower hard drive transferred to the laptop I'd bought.
On this occasion the staff were very helpful.
Since then I have been amazed by their honesty (appear to sell only what's necessary & that they have a knowledge of) & good customer service.
After my old Iphone 3GS took a dip and became water damaged, I feared it had taken its last breath. However, these guys managed to resurect it and repaired other issues it had as well (useless touchpad, slow camera, wouldnt turn off) at a very reasonable price. I planned on buying a new phone that was to be released in a month and I just needed to have a phone until then. They understood it was an old phone that wasn't worth spending lots of money on so they were quite creative in getting in functioning again. Now its working better than it has in a year and I wonder if I even need a new phone now! Thanks for working your magic guys.
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These guys fixed my iPhone 4 screen in under an hour, while i visited a friend. Im very happy with the quality of the repair, the price, and the WARRANTY! thanks guys!
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Excellent! Same place i buy my computer parts, but the other half of there business, had my Nokia repaired here and my mums iPhone, iPhone was done in under an hour! I called around and they were the best price from an actual shop i could find. The Nokia took a few days but it was explained they part had to be ordered in. All in all pretty happy after dealing with the main business ITZ Computers for computer stuff for years.
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Very good, buy all my computer parts here, great with Laptops (they repaired my sisters), price is always competitive, but the advise is always spot on, if they cant help you'll be directed where (Tends to send me to Jaycar alot ;) ) Otherwise if i had a gripe, the repairs can get a little delayed, allow at least 3-4 days for most repairs (it was explained there were 20 or so jobs ahead of mine) but cant complain about the price.
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Tetris Party Deluxe Wii
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- Alorica (Kennesaw Ga) (Kennesaw / United States)20.Nov 2015
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Some of the supervisors were extremely rude and incompetent. The ADs(associate directors) and Oms (operations managers) were even worse. Many of them talked to people as if they were less than human.
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The Mini Moke, a charming little runabout based on the original Mini and designed for BMC by none other than Sir Alex Issigonis himself. Seen here, an interesting Moke application as a promotional vehicle for a Hot Yoga Studio. The moke has design origins as a light duty military vehicle. That mission didn't come to fruition thanks to the absurdly low ground clearance and tiny wheels so it became better known instead as a beach buggy. Perfect inspiration for this oceanside Yoga practitioner.
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"Come on Charlie! I know you can do quality, but can you do quantity?" Sous-Chef Michael then bellowed a few more orders to the already stressed out teen. Charlie Curtis grabbed two more heated bowls and filled them with his signature soup, added a few clumps of fresh coriander, breadcrumbs and peppercorns before handing them to Andy the waiter.
As he leant against the counter to heave a huge sigh of relief, Julie burst through the doors.
"Charlie! Are you ready? Mr. Bellerman is here to review you."
"Oh shit! My pudding's not ready yet!"
"Calm down. You'll be fine. I'll um… don't worry I'll stall him okay?" She walked over to Charlie and placed her hands on his shoulders, like a mother confronting her stressed out teen.
"You can taste food like nobody else. Never has anyone gotten so many compliments from customers in this restaurant before. I mean you're sixteen for goodness sake! Here I am, having to talk some confidence into a cooking prodigy who has the potential to give this place a Michelin star!" She grinned. "I never thought I'd see the day."
"You really think so, Julie?" And she beamed. She beamed with even more pride than a mother could have for her son.
"I know so kiddo."
At that moment the oven rather conveniently pinged, allowing Charlie to finally finish his secret recipe: treacle sponge pudding with a signature sauce. As the waves of vanilla essence wafted up into the whole kitchen, every single cook made their own individual sigh of pleasure. Charlie blushed.
Andy burst through the doors.
"Charlie, have you got your pudding ready?" The wrinkles on Andy's head were more prominent on his face than anyone else's. He looked like a younger version of Gordon Ramsay.
"Here it is." The teen's hands wavered as he handed over the plate. "Tell me if he likes it okay?"
"Better still, he wants you to stand by while he tries it."
"Go on." Julie said. She made that shooing motion with her hand while they were crossed in her arms, as you might do to a son who's moving out of the house.
"You'll be fine." She reassured. Charlie gulped dramatically as he followed Andy through the polished double-doors to the centre table.
The scene out in the dining hall of the L'Enfenterie was starkly contrasting to the casual chaos back inside the kitchen. Here the lights were dimmed on the chocolate brown stone walls. A jazzy French song from the forties was being played in the background by a traditional four-piece band. Everyone was chatting away at a tolerable noise level. That, or they were making the various noises of clinking glasses or gently scraping cutlery.
And there sat up-and-coming guru food critic Nigel Bellerman. He sat at a table for two on his own with a notepad and a glass of pink Chardonnay. His dark blond hair was slicked back in a surprisingly non-repulsive manner, and his blue eyes sparkled amongst the many wrinkles on his face. He was the perfect person to ruin Charlie's life.


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- 1a supply of bullets, etc. to be fired from guns The bandits escaped with a rifle and 120 rounds of ammunition.
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Story of a UWC House Parent & Trainee Art Therapist
Nicky Shaw is a House Parent at UWC Robert Bosch College, where she also volunteers as a trainee Art Therapist. She is currently completing her training with CATA (Canadian Art Therapy Association). Nicky has also been an IB DP Visual Arts teacher, is a new IB examiner and has a BA degree in Photography.
"I am new to UWC: my wife and I joined as a family last year. She is the Chemistry teacher here at UWC Robert Bosch College. We have tracked UWC's movements over the past year and the opportunity to work and live here was too good to let go. UWC is unique and the community spirit is definitely felt on campus. We are grateful that UWC Robert Bosch College is open and welcoming to the LGBTQ community and continues to explore how to host and action this love on a daily basis. Our daughter is 16 months old and is one of two campus babies. It is delightful to see her grow up in this environment, mixing and being with people from all over the world!
Due to being a full-time mummy until recently I have got involved mainly in the school's Focus Days. Last year there was the Conflict & Resolution Day and this year there was a Sustainability Focus Day. In both occasions, I provided all day art workshops. I enjoy seeing the staff and students grapple with real life issues and explore them through the medium of visual arts. Often my workshops use textiles or 3D materials, becoming installations and artworks in their own right. The main focus is the process, but often the end product is of value too. At RBC there is no music teacher and only two visual arts classes. Therefore, providing opportunities for the community to express and explore their opinions through art is so important.
With the Visual Arts class last year I facilitated the first years through a unit of Photography learning. Most of their ideas blew me away; a lot of the kids here really think deeply about so many matters. Here, art and photography as non-verbal medias give a voice to emotions that the students cannot put into words.
What makes me passionate? I am passionate about people understanding each other for a better world and for humans to not default to operating through fears but to operate through understanding and hope. I also love photography, especially documentary photography. I'm interested in how photographic images can be used with clients in art therapy".
Environmental Sustainability Day
The art workshop on Environmental Sustainability Day was a chance for students to work through visual arts (specifically through installation and sculpture), to comment on sustainability matters through the issues of transitional living spaces also known as 'semi permanent dwellings'. Prompts were used with participants to create a discussion on the impact of transition to those involved. Prompts were looking at positive and negative aspects. It was a dynamic workshop: those that participated got to shape the installation and commentary, bearing in mind the larger concept of sustainability.
"I was moved throughout the day about how engaged the RBC students were. Some had never done any visual art exercise for years. The mature discussions that came from the community interacting with the artists and artworks later on in the afternoon was fabulous. A real sense of the cycle of the communication between the art, artist and viewer. Artworks had been created about the Syrian Refugee crisis, climate refugees, the resilience of being in nomadic situations, moving continuously and only taking essential items (in the end only yourself), the turmoil of moving, the trash people can leave behind… The ideas had breadth and depth", Nicky said.
Conflict Resolution Day
The art workshop on Conflict Resolution Day invited participants to create a conflict resolution dreamcatcher. Weaving in groups crosses so many cultures, and during these gatherings stories are often shared. During the workshop participants created the conflict catchers (akin to the Native American dream catchers) and used beads to represent any conflicts in their personal lives, past or present. These conflicts were not verbally shared, but the artwork and space held and acknowledged the conflicts. As participants were weaving in silence, stories from around the world were narrated, sharing the voice of men and women who had endured conflict and were now able to share their stories as survivors on the other side.


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Anyone of these Members of Parliament who would have been inside the Parliament when it was attacked would have known what the situation was back then. There was tension, panic and fear and when it was over there was a sigh of relief.
Today it just does not add up when some of those very members who faced that horrific situation stand up in support of Afzal Guru who was convicted by none other than the Supreme Court.
C D Sahay, the former chief of the Research and Analysis Wing who was involved in the gathering of intelligence and piecing together the evidence relating to the Parliament attack says that there is something very wrong here.
In this interview with OneIndia, Sahay says it is sad that people in our country are celebrating the martyrdom of a man who attacked the fundamental pillar of democracy- The Parliament of India.
What do you make of the JNU protests?
I will not get into the politics of it. I would also not want to comment on the incident at the Hyderabad university either. However I would specifically like to point out here is why are people celebrating the martyrdom of Afzal Guru.
These people say it is a judicial killing
What do they mean by that? There is a lot of misconception these people have about both Afzal Guru and S A R Geelani. The fundamental pillar of our democracy was attacked and the ones convicted in this case are being treated as martyrs? There is something very wrong here.
These people say it is their freedom of speech and expression
If that is so then let it be a two way street. If they chant pro Afzal Guru slogans, then it amounts to freedom of speech. However if someone questions it, it becomes intolerance? How is that even fair?
What was Afzal Guru's real intention?
These people wanted to demolish the Parliament. They wanted to attack democracy.
There are political parties too which have supported those protesting the hanging of Afzal Guru. What is your take on this sir?
Very unfortunate. In fact what is most unfortunate is that political parties are supporting this cause as well. These people know exactly what had happened when they were inside Parliament. I feel that the Afzal Guru issue should go beyond the realm of politics.
This is an issue in Kashmir today too
Yes it is an issue. There are many who will try and make an hero out of him. Kashmir is moving on and will continue to move on. The situation there can be handled. What people need to understand that there are many persons nurtured by Pakistan who raise this bogey.
Many locals in Kashmir want a change, but there will this small minority who want to ensure that change does not happen.
Lastly what are your views on the pro Afzal Guru protest at the JNU?
JNU is in the heart of Delhi. Celebrating the martyrdom of Afzal Guru in JNU is something terrible. People around the world have started making comments about democratic values. The incident at JNU has brought India a bad name in the world.


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June 12, 2011
John David Norman Gave A Dog A Bone - Mayor's Son Charged With Bestiality And Child Exploitation
Doralville, GA (The Weekly Vice) - John David Norman, a 56-year-old son of an Atlanta area mayor, was jailed last week after officers allegedly found photographs of naked children in his home and a videotape that showed him having sex with two dogs.
According to police, officers were dispatched to Norman's home after receiving a call that he was acting in a suspicious manner.
When police arrived, officers entered the home and discovered a videotape that contained footage of Norman having sex with two German Shepherds. Officers also found a computer disc that contained images of naked children.
Norman was booked into the DeKalb County Jail on charges of sexual exploitation of children, cruelty to animals and bestiality. His bail has been set at $110,000.
During his arraignment hearing, Norman was ordered to stay away from all children under 18, animals and livestock.
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text: MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Mater Dei ( Santa Ana, Calif.), Duncanville (Texas) and St. Mary's (Phoenix) once again hold the top three positions in the USA TODAY High School Sports Super 25 national editorial rankings for girls basketball for the week of Feb. 11, 2013. The USA TODAY High School Sports Super 25 rankings appear in today's print edition of USA TODAY Sports, and are also available online at USA TODAY High School Sports ( www.usatodayhss.com). The USA TODAY High School Sports Super 25 is now in its 30 th year as the most prestigious high school ranking platform in the nation. Gatorade is the Official Fuel of the Super 25 rankings platform, which includes computer rankings of every major high school football, baseball, boys and girls basketball and boys and girls lacrosse team in the nation. Windward (Los Angeles) added two wins to its record and stays at No. 4, while Riverdale ( Murfreesboro, Tenn.) finished the regular season with three wins and keeps its No. 5 spot in this week's Super 25. No. 6 Marion County ( Lebanon, Ky.) and No. 7 Dutch Fork ( Irmo. S.C.) remain undefeated and retain their positions in the current rankings. Good Counsel ( Olney, Md.)—ranked as high as No. 11 earlier this season—rejoins the Super 25 this week as No. 13 after defeating then-No. 10 Paul VI ( Fairfax, Va.) 73-58. Paul VI's loss knocks the team out of this week's Super 25 completely. Columbus North ( Columbus, Ind.), last week's No. 11 team, advances to No. 8 in this week's rankings, while then-No. 12 Hopkins ( Minnetonka, Minn.) jumps to No. 9 after adding two wins to its 20-1 record. St. Mary's ( Stockton, Calif.), previously ranked No. 18, falls to the No. 21 position in this week's rankings after losing to then-No. 17 Bishop O'Dowd ( Oakland, Calif). Bishop O'Dowd advances to No. 16 in this week's Super 25. Following is the complete listing of this week's USA TODAY High School Sports girls basketball rankings.


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let her soul drift away
a little daughter
in the ICU,
and she stays by her bed
as her skin grays
and her eyes don't shine anymore
because cancer
is an illness that destroys your body
but it also destroys your hope
and without hope,
what are we truly?
are we even really human?
and the mother clutches
her child's hand,
because no matter how old she is,
this girl is a child in the eyes of her mother,
and a parent should never
have to bury her kid's body.
but she stays at her bedside
until the girl is weak
and so clearly dying,
and at the very last moment,
a raspy voice pushes a last sentence
through cracked lips:
I'm scared to go."


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Cosy Apt in Garden Close to Centre
Apartment, Entire place - Prague, Czech Republic
**WELCOME! Have a nice stay in the lovely city of Prague, the Heart of Europe!**
This new two-room apartment forms part of a family house in the middle of a beautiful big garden. Thanks to its independency of the house it offers absolute privacy and calmness.
We have combined comfort, tranquillity and a family atmosphere while guaranteeing you privacy.
The apartment is within easy and comfortable reach of the city centre by car or public transport – approximately 20 minutes – while being surrounded by forests and parks.
WiFi, parking and final cleaning included in the price.
Children up to 2 years old FREE! Children's bed available.
We are looking forward for your short-term or long-term stay.
The TWO-ROOM apartment consists of a cosy bedroom with a double bed and a living-room with two more single beds. It is also possible to add an extra real bed so the apartment accommodates 5 visitors. We put stress on comfort and healthy sleeping. The windows have a view of the garden and a calm side road.
A separate kitchen is newly equipped with a fridge, an electric cooker with oven, a microwave oven, a coffee machine, an ovenware pot and basic kitchen utensils. There is also a TV in the living room.
There is a bathroom with a bath, a shower and a toilet in the apartment.
The apartment is situated in the middle of a big garden with a pergola which is at your disposal at anytime. Included in the price we also provide you with car-parking in the garage or on our parcel.
In addition, you can order meal as well (Czech cuisine available). Meals are not included and price is to be agreed.
The price includes all bills, bed linen, bed clothes, bath towels, dishcloth, final cleaning and all municipal charges.
Please note that after the booking we prefer to be contacted by email rather than telephone.
The apartment is located in a neighbourhood of villas in Prague 4 – Kunratice. For its attractiveness, this part of Prague is often visited by tourists and local inhabitants.
As to the transport, there is a bus station 3 minutes away from the apartment. The bus will take you to the metro station Kacerov (line C). The way to the city centre takes about 20 minutes in total.
*Sports activities*
Even though the suit is not situated far from the centre, it also offers a wide range of sports activities.
* An extensive web of cyclist paths connects both banks of the river Vltava and Vyšehrad and allows you to go safely around the whole city and surrounding parks.
* Aquapalace Cestlice with its water attractions – artificial waves, children's padding pool, three water chutes, six helter-skelters and an indoor and an outdoor swimming pool.
* It is also possible to hire four-wheel drives.
* During the summer you can enjoy swimming in surrounding ponds.
*Social life*
Kunratice on its own has rich history and is an attractive location for a walk. A big enticement is St. Jacob´s Senior church (built in the Baroque style) with a vast park. You can also visit a reconstructed cloister where you can sit down for a while in a calm restaurant, café or patisserie.
NOTE: Due to a reconstruction of the street our apartment is located at from 23/02/2017 to 23/03/2017, access with car will be very limited during that period of time. Thank you for understanding
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|Bed type
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|Bathroom type
|40.0 m2
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- Cot available
- Family-friendly
- Fridge/freezer
- Garden
- Gay-friendly
- Heating
- Internet
- Kitchen
- Free parking
- Shower/bath
- Smoking allowed
- WiFi
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Place reviews
(13 reviews)
- Cleanliness 5.0
- Facilities 4.0
- Location 4.0
- Value for money 5.0
- Accuracy of description 5.0
Veneta 5.0 09-08-2015
The place was like you see it in the pictures, it was really comfy, clean and we didn't miss anything while we were there. There were a lot of plants and the garden was really beautiful.
Ulrich 3.0 04-30-2017
Ganz gemütliches Apartment. Heizung ging leider nur morgends und abends. Sehr ruhige Lage, etwas außerhalb, aber die Innenstadt ist gut mit Bus und Metro zu erreichen. Für meinen Geschmack ein bißchen viel Dekoration auf Kosten von Ablagefläche, aber wer's mag, den stört es vielleicht nicht. Pastafans werden das Nudelsieb vermissen, Brotmesser ist auch Fehlanzeige und die Pfannen haben auch schon bessere Tage gesehen. Ansonsten Mikrowelle, Kaffeemaschine, Toaster, alles da.
Man kann sich dort wohlfühlen, auch sein Auto kann man sicher abstellen.
Sukki 5.0 02-29-2016
Sehr saubere, kleine, gemütliche Wohnung, ruhig gelegen und separater Eingang und parkmöglichkeit. Für ein Pärchen genau richtig. Alles da..was man zum leben braucht. Nächste kleine Einkaufspassage zu Fuß super zu erreichen in ca 10 min. Auch BusAnbindung. Mit dem Auto ca 20 -30 Minuten zum stadt Zentrum.
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Veneta 5.0 09-08-2015
My family and I really liked the place. The people who welcomed us were really nice, friendly and helpful. They helped us with the way to the center and answered all of our questions. We really liked our stay there and we'd love to go back there.
Ulrich 4.0 04-30-2017
Pavel war sehr freundlich und hilfsbereit.
Sukki 5.0 02-29-2016
Pavel spricht sehr gut deutsch und ist sehr freundlich und zuvorkommend. Er ist sehr um das Wohl seiner Gäste bemüht und gibt sehr gute und nötige Informationen rund um prag. Auch spät abends ist eine anreise kein Problem.


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Fishing Women of Assam
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In Assam, fishing is not only a source of food, but also a source of income. The state is gifted with vast aquatic resources apart from the major river systems of the mighty Brahmaputra and the Barak with their numerous tributaries. Assam is rich in fish diversity and boasts being home to almost all freshwater species available in the North Eastern region. Polo, Khaloi, Jakoi, Chepa, Boa are few fishing equipments used by the people of Assam. But unfortunately, due to lack of proper planning and proper conservation measures fish species are depleting very rapidly in the state.
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Affair-Proofing Your Marriage (5 of 7) by Jeff Schreve
This content is part of a series.Affair-Proofing Your Marriage (5 of 7)
Series: Desperate Households
Pastor Jeff Schreve
Hebrews 13:4
I've performed, as a pastor, many weddings. And in every wedding that I perform, I always include that vow - that you'd leave all others and you'd be true to your partner and faithful until death. Now I imagine every married person in this room has made that vow. That's just what we do. That's just standard fare at a wedding. You vow before God to be faithful. But so many people break that vow.
I was looking at statistics for marital unfaithfulness. And one of the statistic said 36% of married couple, sometime in their marriage, one or both, are going to be unfaithful. That's a high, high percentage - 22% for the men and 14% for the women. At that, in that same study, they said that immorality starts so young. Unmarried people between the ages of 14 and 21, 63% of them are sexually active, 63%. And, you know, people look at sexual immorality, fornication, having sex before you're married, adultery, having sex outside of your marriage, and they say, "Well, you know, everybody's doing it. Hey, it can't be wrong" as Debbie Boone sings, "if it feels so right." But it is so very, very wrong.
God says in Hebrews chapter 13 and verse 4, "Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for fornicators and adulterers God will judge." God will condemn. That's what the Scripture says. God is very clear. He doesn't mince words. Now, if you want to save yourself a tremendous amount of grief and guilt and shame and pain and devastation, obey Hebrews 13 and verse 4. Don't commit fornication, and don't commit adultery.
Now tonight, we want to look at very practical ways to safeguard our lives and safeguard, especially our marriages and our homes, because there's nothing that destroys a home like an affair. So notice with me tonight 6 critical steps needed to affair-proof your marriage."
Step number 1: Make a commitment to God' ...
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Evansville Christian School
With 680+ students (PK-9), Evansville Christian School is a multi-campus school system, with campuses in partnership with churches, which integrates faith and learning. Founded in 1975, ECS is fully accredited and is an A-Rated, Four-Star School per the Indiana Department of Education.
In the 16-17 school year, ECS started a high school and will move in to a new, freestanding campus/ facility for the 17-18 school year (we will also add 10th grade).
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Immediately after her performance in Thursday night's first Fox News debate, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina faced off with MSNBC's Chris Matthews in a contentious debate over her use of the word "liar" to describe Hillary Clinton.
"You called Hillary Clinton a liar tonight on a number of occasions. Do you want to explain why you would use such a, almost end of conversation term for your possible opponent next year?"
"Because it's true." Fiorina replied. "You know, one of the things that I think people are tired of in politics, and Republicans do it as well, is we don't use common-sense language. We talk in sanitized sound bites. I don't, but most politicians do."
She went on to add, "By any standard common-sense measure, Hillary Clinton has lied, about Benghazi, about her emails and about her server."
Matthews, looking a little stunned, pressed: "You really think that's a way to engage in a debate, to call your opponent a liar? I'm astounded by that judgment of yours."
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1314Tree Decoration at Scottish Rite Children's Hospital, 11/29/2011, 5:30 pm
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Reminder from: North_Texas_Peace_Corps Yahoo! Group Title: Tree Decoration at Scottish Rite Children's Hospital Date: Tuesday November 29, 2011 Time: 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Repeats: This event repeats annually on the last Tuesday. Location: Scottish Rite Hospital, 2222 Welborn Street, Dallas Notes: We are limited to ten volunteers at this annual NTPCA event; we have five but need five more.
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Film Photography Podcast - Episode 157 – January 1, 2017
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