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These days there are so many ways to share your photos and videos—via email, on Facebook, on photo-sharing sites like Flickr and Picasa—but none are truly ideal for sharing photos privately with your family. Familio aims to solve this problem with a new app for Android, iOS and the web that makes it easy to share family photos and videos in a safe, private environment.
The company elaborates on the problem of photo-sharing in a press release, saying, "Today's popular social networks make it very difficult to share specific content with only specific people. The content you post is shown to a very small percentage of your friends, and most people don't know how to use, or don't bother to use, lists and filters. If you want to post your funny baby photo, you can't be sure your family will be the ones Facebook displays it to – instead it may go to your colleagues, and baseball buddies. Facebook just isn't suited to family photo sharing needs."
With Familio, all your family members have to do is install the app and/or browser extension and they will receive notifications each time a new family photo or video is added to your private family group. Family members can share high res pictures and videos from their phones, email, Facebook, or any other online sources and family members can "love" or comment on shared media.
What's great about Familio is that it's "Always On." It doesn't require users to login to check for new photos. Rather, it offers a "hands-off experience," so even the least tech-savvy members of your family will see your photos.
Check out the screenshots below and grab the app for yourself on the App Store or Google Play and let us know what you think!
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Brewers to add three players as rosters expand
Brewers to add three players as rosters expand
MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers said their list of Sept. 1 callups would be short, and they weren't kidding. The team announced that only three extra players would be in uniform when rosters expand Thursday -- outfielders Carlos Gomez and Logan Schafer and catcher Martin Maldonado. All three will be in uniform for Thursday's afternoon series finale against the Cardinals. The Brewers will probably promote more players in the days to come, either as need dictates or after Triple-A Nashville's season ends on Monday. Gomez is coming off the 15-day disabled list, recovered from the fractured left collarbone that had sidelined him since July 20. Maldonado was to be recalled from Nashville and Schafer's contract purchased, meaning he will join the team's 40-man roster for the first time. The Brewers would have had to add Schafer this winter anyway to avoid exposing him to December's Rule 5 Draft.
Schafer, 24, will also participate in the prospect-rich Arizona Fall League, a way to make up time he lost earlier this season to a fractured thumb. He was 2-for-4 with a triple in the Sounds' 1-0 win on Wednesday, and batted .331 with five home runs and 23 RBIs at Nashville. Maldonado, who turned 25 in August, was regarded as a defensive catcher until this season. He hit .321 with eight homers and 25 RBIs in 39 games at Nashville, and belted 11 homers with 59 RBIs in 103 games in the Minors this season.

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SYDNEY, Sept 20 (AFP) Sep 20, 2007
Global warming is occurring at a faster rate than the worst-case scenario envisaged by experts just six years ago, Australia's top climate change scientist said Thursday.
Tim Flannery, named the 2007 Australian of the Year for his work in alerting the public to the dangers of global warming, said the issue was the greatest challenge facing humanity in the 21st century.
Flannery said predictions in a 2001 UN report, warning the atmosphere was likely to warm by 1.4 to 5.8 degrees Celsius (2.5-10.4 Fahrenheit) from 1990 to 2100 now appeared conservative.
"In the six years since then, we've collected enough data to (check) whether those projections are valid or not," he said.
"It turns out they're not valid, but in the most horrible way -- because for the key performance indicators about climate, change is occurring far in advance of the worst-case scenario," he said.
"Carbon dioxide's increasing more rapidly, sea levels are rising more rapidly (and) the Arctic ice cap is melting away more quickly than were projected in 2001."
Flannery said the world needed an international organisation similar to the United Nations dedicated solely to climate change.
"The 21st century is going to be about environmental limits," he said.
"There's six billion of us on the planet, there will soon be nine billion, the atmosphere is tiny as a pollution receptacle, clearly that's going to be where the action is.
"But we haven't yet built the structures, the new version of the UN that helps us deal with the global pollution crisis as a species."
Flannery said nations needed to "de-carbonise" their economies by 2050, increasing reliance on geo-thermal, nuclear and renewable energy.All rights reserved. © 2005 Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse.


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ALCS Game 1 Odds
(TheSpread) – The 2013 American League Championship Series begins on Saturday night. Here is a look at the odds for the opening game in the series.
Game 1 of the ALCS features the Boston Red Sox hosting the Detroit Tigers at 8PM ET (View Matchup). The Tigers are sending Anibal Sanchez to the mound to face Jon Lester of the Red Sox. According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, the Red Sox are the favorite at home, as they have odds of -135 to win Game 1, while Detroit has a money line of +125 to win the contest. The over/under total for the game has been set at 7.5 runs.
Boston is now 100-66 overall and 55-28 at home while Detroit is 96-71 overall and 44-40 on the road. These two teams faced off seven times during the regular season, with Detroit winning four of the seven matchups. The home team won five of the seven games and Boston won the last two encounters. These two also hit the over in four of their last six games.
For odds and run totals for Saturday's game, see below.
2013 ALCS Game 1 Odds & Over/Under Totals for Saturday, October 12
905 Detroit Tigers (Sanchez) +125 (7.5)
906 Boston Red Sox (Lester) -135
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863 Detroit Tigers +105
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When Dallas Fire rescue responded to an apartment fire on Sunday afternoon they found a man's body inside one of the units.
The building caught fire just before 5pm in the 14100 block of Montfort Drive in Far North Dallas.
When crews arrived they saw flames shooting out of a front window on the first floor unit. They had to break down the door to fight the fire and that is when they found the body.
The victim's identity has not been released or cause of death. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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- Interested in getting federal funding to help pay for college? You'll need to annually submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
- Direct Loan information
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May 21 2009 - Thursday
Topic: "Dick Cheney won?!" Thom mixes it up with Reagan biographer Craig Shirley, President of Shirley & Bannister Public Affairs www.sbpublicaffairs.com
Topic: "News Under the Radar" Christy Harvey of the Center for American Progress visits with Thom www.americanprogress.org
Topic: "Geeky Science Rocks" our weekly update from the world of science
May 14th 2009 Thursday
Hour One: Has Dick Cheney won?
Hour Two: Should the photos be released or not?
Hour Three: "Torture...prosecute or pardon?" Thom speaks with constitutional law expert, Bruce Fein, an associate deputy attorney general under Reagan www.thelichfieldgroup.com
May 6-8 2009 Thursday
Peter B Collins (Wed & Fri) and Portland KPOJ's Morning Crew "Carl Wolfson with Christine Alexander"(Thu) will be filling in Wed - Fri while Thom is home for his mother's funeral and to be with family.
April 30th 2009 Thursday
Hour 1 - Should we regulate the hedge fund and financial services industries like the Europeans are doing?
April 23 2009 Thursday
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Hour 2 - "Everything you Know is Wrong" Phil Chalmers www.philchalmers.com Topic: Inside the Mind of a Teen Killer
Topic - Geeky Science Rocks!
Hour 3 - Is it time to end the prohibition of Pot? with Norm Stamper, former Chief of Police Seattle www.normstamper.com
April 16th 2009
Hour 1 - Thom asks Ibrahim Hooper (www.cair.com) "How can we help Islam purge violence?"
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April 9th 2009
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Gov. Rick Perry gave Texas a black eye with his handling of an investigation into a controversial death penalty case. When serious questions began to emerge about whether junk arson science sent Cameron Todd Willingham to his death, the governor didn't seem eager for the answers.
Perry derailed - at least temporarily - the Texas Forensic Science Commission's inquiry by replacing his appointees. The move was transparent and ham-handed.
Critics nationwide pounced, asking: Did Texas execute an innocent man? And perhaps more important: Why doesn't Rick Perry want to know?
As our state was roundly drubbed, tempers flared. Critics called it Perry's Saturday Night Massacre. The governor called Willingham a monster.
But as this melodrama unfolded, one straight-shooting, even-keeled player emerged.
Sam Bassett, the Austin attorney who was unceremoniously removed from the Forensic Science Commission, could have leapt into the political fray when the governor took his position away. Instead, the commission's former chairman stuck to the facts.
Bassett didn't lash out at Perry. But he didn't shy from answering questions about the derailed investigation. Bassett revealed that Perry's lawyers had been hard at work, trying to thwart the inquiry months before any of this spilled into public view.
They had summoned Bassett to meetings and suggested that perhaps this was not the kind of case the new commission should investigate. The lawyers asserted that bringing in a nationally known fire expert to assess the Willingham arson conviction was a waste of state money.
Although Bassett was a Perry appointee, he didn't flinch. Bassett provided the governor's lawyers with copies of the law creating the commission and explained that all regulations for soliciting bids had been followed when the arson expert was hired.
Then Bassett went back to work. He sought a fair-minded look at whether science supported Willingham's conviction in the fire that killed his three children in Corsicana.
From the start, Bassett's job was a steep challenge. The forensic science commission was newly created. Bassett and his colleagues did not have the benefit of precedent to guide them. And after being appointed to the post by Texas' pro-death-penalty governor, Bassett was asked to investigate a case that ended with a controversial execution on Perry's watch.
This quickly became a political mire. But Bassett remained relatively impervious to the pressure and focused on identifying potential flaws in the process.
The governor gracelessly removed Bassett just days before a pivotal hearing in the investigation.
Afterward, the former chairman chose his words carefully, matter-of-factly recounting the events that preceded his forced exit. Bassett also urged his successor to get on with the investigation - solid advice that should be taken seriously.
Bassett's efforts to maintain the integrity of this important inquiry make him a finalist for Dallas Morning News Texan of the Year for 2009.
His good work got us a little closer to the truth in the Willingham case. Pity Bassett wasn't permitted to finish the job.Finalist countdown
10. John Carona
Senate transportation crusader
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Music -- Monk Rock
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- My teenaged children enjoy listening to contemporary Christian music. At
our library, the Christian music is mixed in with the secular music. For this
reason, I don't let the children browse through the selections -- too many
inappropriate selections for their eyes to view. However, this can work in the
opposite way. Wouldn't it be lovely for a teen searching for the latest rock
album to stumble across a Christian title to check out?
Title: Monk Rock
Artist: John Michael Talbot
Date CD Released: August 2005
Label: Troubadour for Lord
Price: $17.98
Comments: http://www.johnmichaeltalbot.com/
Reviews from amazon.com
Rock Music with Simple but Inspiring Lyrics,
This latest offering is very good, but more in the tradition of CAVE OF THE
HEART than either Mason Proffit or other Talbot Brothers material, with one
or two exceptions. "Spread the Good News" sounds a lot like material on John
Michael Talbot's early, self-titled Sparrow LP, while there are moments
reminiscent of the Grateful Dead. This CD may or may not be for those who prefer
the softer side of his music, but it will do for those of us who enjoy Terry
and John Talbot's earlier style and don't mind variety. The ministry value here
is quite high, as the simple yet profound message continues to be
proclaimed, and the musical quality is appealing.
John Michael Proffit
The Mass has been set to numerous musical styles throughout history. As John
Michael Talbot writes in the liner notes to "Agnus Dei," "The challenge was
in finding an electric setting that did not do violence to the meaning of the
text." Whether he succeeds the listener can decide, but note that he does
not consider rock music per se inappropriate. Since the text consists of
Scripture and the Mass (itself mostly Scripture), the unique approach lies in the
The latin song titles at first seem inaccessible, but they are sung in
English (with some Spanish), and in the English versions are quite well known:
"Kyrie": "Lord have mercy;" "Sanctus:" "Holy, holy, holy;" "Credo:" "I believe;"
"Agnus Dei:" "Lamb of God." One reason for this familiarity was Talbot's
1978 album, The Lord's Supper, which put parts of the Mass in a folk-rock
setting, became a best-seller, and was one influence of the contemporary praise
One of the best things about this album is the booklet. Talbot is very much
a musician's musician, and the liner notes let the rest of us in on the
process of creating. The genesis of this album came when John's brother, Terry
Talbot, brainstormed putting Mason Proffit back together. As the "silent
partner" in a monastic community, John was showing him a few licks and just got
hooked. When John told Phil Keaggy his idea, Phil wanted to play, and who doesn't
know that Keaggy's best stuff is rock? (What about his seven minute plus
rock epic, "Time"?) John wrote a song in the style of the Jesus Movement of the
'70s, "people said it sounded 'fresh' or 'anointed' and it was all downhill
from there."
John has a long songwriting history, from the country rock group, Mason
Proffit to the present, and he could have penned original lyrics. His early
Sparrow album, The New Earth, is as radical as Keith Green. Before forming the
Little Portion hermitage, he was a third order Franciscan lay brother. Arlo
Guthrie was also briefly a member, and Guthrie wrote one of his best albums,
Outlasting the Blues, at that time. As a worship leader, the texts of the Mass
were a natural choice for John, but the liner notes hint that there may be
more rock records, and I hope some will include original songs. Could monk rock,
like punk rock, be the thing that brings music back to the streets and to
the people? Can it derail the current overproduction that makes rock, pop and
country all sound the same? O brother, where art thou?
"Monk Rock" Joins Classic Riffs, Timeless Truths, August 21, 2005
(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/14279681/pop-up/ref=cm_rn_bdg_help/103-6839038-0667039#RN) The good news is
John Michael Talbot, Catholic's music top-selling and highest profile artist,
hasn't pulled a Pat Boone, donned leather and covered Metallica and AC/DC.
Nor, as the title might suggest, has he donned a wool cap and joined Mickey,
Peter and Davey (or for that matter, Alvin and Theodore) on their next reunion
The better news is this founding member of the country-rock and Christian
rock genres (in his words, "for better or worse") has rediscovered his love of
electric guitars, classic rock riffs and the singalong anthems of the
late-60s Jesus movement. Those familiar with contemplative Talbot works like "For
The Bride" and "Simple Heart" will be pleasantly surprised by the sharp rock
he plays here.
Musically and throughout his exhaustive liner notes, Talbot name-checks
classic rock influences from CSN and the Byrds to the Stones, Who, Hendrix and
Clapton. Traditional Catholic Mass music rocks here as it hasn't since folk and
rock masses dominated the first post-Vatican II years. (Talbot cites the
Lifeteen movement as a strong musical influence on "Monk Rock"'s songs and
"Kyrie" (not Mr. Mister's 1985 hit) finds Talbot floating smoky, vintage
acoustic/electric riffs solo around his "psuedo choir" multi-tracked vocals.
"Gloria" recalls "Captain and Me"-era Doobie Brothers. "Credo," (the Apostle's
Creed), comes alive with a reggae beat and some sharp 12-string playing.
"Jesus Prayer Swing" cuts a deep groove thanks to veteran bassist Leland "Funk
Monk" Sklar and drummer Neil "Thump Monk" Wilkinson. The only three lines the
faithful speak during the Eucharist Prayer are turned into a fist-pumping
anthem in "Proclaim the Mystery."
From "One Body In Christ's" anthemic chorus and swift tempo changes to the
vocal blast opening of "Walk With Jesus" ("All...life...long!") JMT uses his
chance to plug in to deliver his sharpest guitar playing and catchiest
melodies in years. Musically, "Monk Rock" doesn't recall the blues rockers Talbot
mentions so much as it does John Mellencamp. He, like Talbot in Mason Profitt
and solo, successfully incorporated country-flavored instruments into the
heartland rock he loved. "Monk Rock" is John Michael Talbot not only sharing the
joy of his Gospel-based lyrical message but his sheer musical fun delivering
it. It's an exuberant CD, unique to his long career, and well worth owning.
Jesus Music lives again as John Michael Talbot goes electric on his 48th
"There were two things I wanted to do musically as I move a bit past middle
age: Really learn some classical guitar, and dig out my old electric guitars
and learn to play pretty well again," said John Michael Talbot. "Monk Rock
is the initial fruit from this effort."
I never thought I would hear John Michael jamming 70's style on electric
guitar on "One Body in Christ." Who would have guessed he would be playing blues
licks on "Kyrie"?
With vocal harmonies reminiscent of the Talbot Brothers, and lyrics written
in the simple and innocent style of the early Jesus movement music, these
songs fit that genre but have the advantage of modern production.
Some of the songs have Latin titles and include background chants, which
gives them a slight otherworldly feel. A few are built around just a line or two
of verse and are carried by the music.
One of the highlights is "Gloria," which is built on a catchy guitar riff
and a chorus that could go on forever. The "Jesus Prayer Swing" features some
rollicking, country rock guitar playing. "Spread the Good News," the first
song written for the recording, is dedicated to the late John Paul II.
Though banjo is used effectively on several cuts, and "Sanctus" starts off
with flute reminiscent of Jethro Tull, the acoustic takes a back seat on this
Aside from the semi-humorous title, this is a serious and unique effort-one
that uses the best elements from an earlier era to make a recording that is
fun and relevant for today.
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About the Book
Paradise Wild
A well-born Boston beauty, Corinne Barrows has traveled halfway around the world in search of Jared Burkett -- a dashing rogue and a devil; a honey-tongued charmer who seduced and despoiled her. . .and then abandoned the impetuous lady after awakening a need that only he could satisfy.
She has found him on the lush and lovely island of Hawaii. And now Corinne will have the revenge she craves: the total ruin of the blackguard who brought shame and scandal into her life. But Jared still possesses the power to excite her as no man has ever done--even as his own reckless heart is taken captive in their blistering war of wits and will--igniting a fire that could consume them both unless they surrender to it with wild abandon in the heat of the tropic night.
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Chicago, IL – February 6, 2012 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include Alkermes plc ( (ALKS - Free Report) , Elan Corporation ( , Johnson & Johnson ( (JNJ - Free Report) , Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ( and Eli Lilly & Company ( (LLY - Free Report) .
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Here are highlights from Friday's Analyst Blog:
Revenues Skyrocket at Merged Alkermes
Alkermes plc ( (ALKS - Free Report) reported earnings of 1 cent per share (excluding merger related costs and amortization of acquired intangible assets) in the third quarter of fiscal 2012 (ending March 31, 2012). The Zacks Consensus loss estimate hinted at a loss of 21 cents per share.
This was the first full quarter following the purchase of Elan Corporation's ( drug delivery unit, Elan Drug Technologies (EDT). We remind investors that Alkermes purchased the EDT unit in September 2011.
Alkermes suffered a loss of 12 cents per share in the year-ago quarter. However, results of the year-ago quarter only comprised figures from the standalone Alkermes. The company, prior to the purchase of the EDT unit, was headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. However, the company shifted its base to Dublin, Ireland, post-merger.
Total revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2012 jumped 185.7% to $125.6 million. The massive jump was attributable to the 214% rise in manufacturing and royalty revenues due to the expanded product portfolio following the purchase of the EDT unit. Revenues blew past the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $113.0 million.
In the reported quarter, Alkermes recorded $47.6 million as manufacturing and royalty revenues from its long-acting atypical antipsychotic franchise comprising of Risperdal Consta and Invega Sustenna/Xeplion. These schizophrenia drugs are marketed by Johnson & Johnson ( (JNJ - Free Report) . Alkermes recorded manufacturing and royalty revenues from Ampyra/Fampyra, marketed for improving walking ability in multiple sclerosis patients,to the tune of $10.2 million in the reported quarter.
Alkermes earned $0.3 million in royalty revenues from type II diabetes treatment Bydureon, whose launch is underway in the EU following its approval in June 2011. The drug was cleared in the US last month. On the conference call, Alkermes announced that Bydureon is currently cleared in 31 nations and commercial launches are in progress in 10.
We remind investors that Alkermes initially co-developed the drug with Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ( and Eli Lilly & Company ( (LLY - Free Report) . However, in November 2011, Amylin and Eli Lilly terminated their agreement.
Vivitrol, a legacy product of Alkermes, originally approved for the treatment of alcohol dependence, also performed well in the reported quarter. The label of the drug was expanded in 2010 to prevent the relapse to opioid dependence, following opioid detoxification. Sales of the product climbed approximately 38% year over year to $10.6 million in the reported quarter.
Research and development (R&D) revenue from collaborations went up to $2.3 million in the reported quarter from $0.3 million a year ago. Total expenses at Alkermes (excluding the merger related costs included and amortization of acquired intangible assets) climbed 104.5% to $114.27 million. The massive increase was primarily attributable to the rise in the cost of goods sold and research and development expenses following the merger.
Fiscal 2012 Projection
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Christian voices wanted
The Western Wall is not, and never has been, Jewish. So says the western-backed Palestinian Authority.
Last month, the Palestinian Ministry of Information published an Arabic-language document on its website supposedly proving that Jewish attachment to the Western Wall is a new phenomenon, that the site is owned by a Muslim family, and that it is actually part of the Al-Aksa Mosque.
Denial of the Wall's Jewish heritage by PA leaders is part of a broader undermining of Jerusalem's Jewish history. The Wall is the last remnant of the complex of the Second Temple. Ever since Yasser Arafat insisted during the 2000 Camp David Summit that the Temple had never existed, it has become commonplace for PA leaders to echo this.
In releasing its new document, however, the PA for the first time employed purportedly "scientific" research to promote the so-called Temple denial. Its report claims to be based upon proper academic research and the author has significant clout. He is Al-Mutawakel Taha, the PA's Deputy Minister of Information and also a popular poet. He has headed the General Union of Palestinian Writers and Scholars for two stints totalling 15 years, and is a respected intellectual.
The furious response of Israel and numerous Jewish organisations around the world is well-founded. Apart from the disingenuous nature of the claims made, there are quite enough obstacles on the road to peace, and Palestinians ramping up denial of Jewish history can only hold back the process.
The latest PA Temple denial cites 'scientific' research
Israel asked America to condemn the document which it duly did. State Department spokesman P J Crowley told journalists that the US deems the claims "factually incorrect, insensitive and highly provocative". Shortly after this declaration, the document was removed from the PA's website - only to resurface later on the portal of its news agency Wafa.
But why is it only Israel and its allies in the Jewish world and the White House who are speaking out on this?
In virtually every discussion about Jerusalem, the same mantra is heard - it is a holy city to three faiths: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It is clear that Temple denial is a reflection of contemporary political struggles over Jerusalem in which attempts are being made to erase the most important element of the city's Jewish history. Less than 100 years ago, the Supreme Muslim Council included in a guidebook to Haram al-Sharif or the Noble Sanctuary - the Muslim name for Temple Mount - that "its identity with the site of Solomon's Temple is beyond dispute".
Yet Temple denial also erases Jerusalem's Christian history. Large parts of the New Testament narrative focus on Jesus's activities around the Jerusalem Temple, which he is said to have called "My Father's house." It was there that he supposedly sat without his parents studying for days as a 12-year-old boy, and later overturned the tables of moneychangers and taught his followers. The Book of Acts indicates that the formation of the Church actually began in the Temple, where Jesus's followers met in the period after his death.
Denying the Temple's existence is not simply a rejection of Christian dogma; it is to claim that the very world in which the New Testament is set and in which Christian history is anchored never existed. This is a far bigger affront on Christian tradition than denying such doctrinal details as the Virgin Birth or Resurrection. Rejecting such details makes you a heretic in Christian eyes, but Temple denial renders the whole setting of the New Testament as artificial as the elaborate world created by J R R Tolkien in The Lord of the Rings.
Much is said about the shared "Judeo-Christian" heritage - a lot of it based on tenuous connections between the faiths. But the Jerusalem Temple is a central part of our shared heritage, and Temple denial is a way of wiping both faiths' histories from Jerusalem in one fell swoop. It transforms Jerusalem, the city of three religions in to the city of just one - Islam. Why should Jews fight it alone?
Christian leaders worldwide, including the Pope, who visited the Western Wall last year, and Christian Palestinians, should condemn the PA's recent Western Wall document and the Temple denial phenomenon of which it is part. They owe this not just to their Jewish brethren; they owe it to themselves.
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What Are The Kent Wedding Awards?
These awards are unique to Kent, and focus totally on the couples, venues, services and suppliers involved in organising weddings within our county.
Each year over 7000 couples choose Kent - the Garden of England as the perfect place to get married in and almost every couple will select local venues & suppliers to ensure that their special day runs smoothly.
We are inviting wedding businesses, who operate in Kent to enter the awards, giving you a platform to really demonstrate why you are the best in Kent. Winners will receive a stunning award trophy, presented by a celebrity host at our Gala dinner on Thursday 9th November 2017 and benefit from an extensive campaign of PR and advertising across Kent.
Because we know you cant have a wedding without a couple, we are also inviting entries from Kent couples who are planning their big day to enter our special awards to find the countys most romantic couple - A Kentish Romance award.
The winning couple will receive an award at the Gala Dinner and enjoy the opportunity to have their own love story published in Kents best bridal magazines, local newspaper and KMFM - so what are you waiting for?


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San Diego Chargers owner Alex Spanos first spoke publicly about his desire for a new stadium nearly a dozen years ago, in March 2000. His organization hired powerhouse attorney Mark Fabiani to lead the stadium project two years later and has since then studied sites from the existing Qualcomm Stadium property in Mission Valley, south to Chula Vista and National City, north to Escondido and Oceanside and back to Downtown San Diego. But as the stadium issue nears what could well be the endgame, the obstacles to keeping the team in San Diego appear higher than ever.
There is a proposed stadium site, in the East Village. But the preferred source for the largest chunk of needed public subsidy – downtown redevelopment money – is hung up in a statewide court fight over redevelopment. In lieu of that, a new or increased tax would require a two-thirds public vote, and Proposition 26, approved by California voters last November, extended that supermajority requirement to most local fees as well.
And now the Chargers organization and City Hall appear headed in different directions on how to get a stadium built.
In a meeting with the U-T Community Editorial Board last month, Fabiani made a case for halting the city's long-planned expansion of the downtown Convention Center and instead using those revenues – still only partially defined – to build a stadium that would also serve the Convention Center's expansion needs.
It was an intriguing idea, but immediately rejected by virtually everyone involved in the Convention Center project.
And in their own meeting with the Editorial Board last week, Mayor Jerry Sanders repeated his support for keeping the stadium and Convention Center projects separate, while mayoral consultants Steve Cushman and Charles Black made a compelling case that the new addition to the Convention Center must be contiguous to the existing center – not six blocks away at the stadium site.
Sanders also said the city had hired a New York financial firm to draft a plan to finance the stadium as a separate project. But, as reported by the U-T's Matt Hall on Thursday, Fabiani reacted coolly to that news and said he would continue to push for a stadium/Convention Center joint project.
That is troubling.
There is a huge amount of work to be done if Sanders is to get a stadium proposal before voters in November 2012 – a month before he leaves office – as he and Fabiani have long set as their goal. A financing plan that is workable and legal must be cobbled together. Hopefully, the county government and perhaps other cities can be recruited to the cause. And there is a heck of a sales job to be made to a skeptical and recession-weary electorate.
It will not happen if the team and the city do not start driving in the same direction.


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Review for Ymca Of Greater Omaha, Omaha, NE, USA
I have been donating to charities for most of my adult life. Not life changing amounts, but a good support level. I have donated to the strong kids campaign for many recent years, but I found out this year some disturbing information. I guess I never looked at it this way before, but this campaign and how it's run in Omaha seems very fishy. They get general citizens like me to donate to them, so that they can "provide" a membership to someone of less means. On the surface that appears charitable. However, when you look closer, aren't they really just getting more memberships paid by people other than the person using it? This would be the equivalent of a clothing manufacturer saying that they will provide clothes to the needy as long as I pay for them at the full cost. Shouldn't the YMCA be donating something? I know the easy answer is that they are a non profit, but the reality is that their management is very highly paid for this area and nearly 10% of each donation goes right to management expenses, not to mention the extra expenses that are associated with the membership. Shouldn't we be giving to charities that provide basic life needs. Last time I checked, a family membership to a gym was not a basic life need. I admit they had me fooled for a while with the name, but more money is spent on family "scholarships" which are nothing more than memberships than any other program. Check out their 990 for yourself. Oh. That's right, they don't break out this major campaign so you can't follow the breadcrumbs. If it were a good program, they wouldn't be afraid to be transparent about how the money is used.
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|Sherri Martel
|Dale Gagne (Dale Gagner) has supposedly purchased the rights to the AWA name (not the promotion itself) in 96 and starts his own promotion; Martel is awarded by president Dale Gagne (Dale Gagner) but refuses his terms and instead defeats Gagne's hand-picked opponent, Ms. Manners (Adrian Lync) to win the title on 99/06/17 in Fargo, ND; vacant in 2006; the promoters claims the lineage linked to Verne Gagne's AWA World Women's Title.
|Nanae Takahashi
|Tokyo, JPN
|Defeats Africa 55.
|Amazing Kong
|Tokyo, JPN
|Also wins NWA World Title, winning a double-title match against MsChif on 07/05/05 in Streamwood, IL.
|Nanae Takahashi [2]
|Los Angeles, CA
|Wins AWA Title only; declared vacant on 07/05/14 because of a controversy in the match.
|Nanae Takahashi [3]
|Tokyo, JPN
|Defeats Wesna Busic and Amazing Kong in a 3-way match; AWA officially announces that the title is retired upon the death of the former champion Sherri Martel and Takahashi's title is recognized as "AWA Japan Women's Title"; however, in Japan, Takahashi continues to be billed as a world champion.
|Jamie D.
|Tokyo, JPN
|Saki Maemura
|Osaka, JPN
|Hikaru defeats Maemura on 07/12/16 in Honolulu, HI to become the first HCW World champion with the stipulation that Hikaru is awarded the HCW title if she wins or must have her head shaved.
* See HCW World Women's Title.


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Anneliese Snider owns many Santas.
There's a bicycling Santa, a chef Santa and a drunk Santa. There's a bear Santa, an elf Santa and a Santa holding doves.
Santa Fe Santa sports fringes and beadwork, and jolly old Saint Nick — an old-fashioned-looking fellow — stands an impressive 4 feet tall.
At Snider's house, everyone gets into the spirit of Christmas. Even the serene Buddhist statue out front dresses like the Claus.
The interior designer has gone bonkers over Christmas for years, though this is her first year to fully decorate her SaddleBrooke home. For her, the joy is in the decorating process.
"I like to create," she said. "When I get those creative juices flowing, I feel such fulfillment."
Snider's love of holly wreaths and Christmas dolls goes back to celebratory childhood memories during wintertime in Colombia. As a young girl, she woke up on the morning of Jan. 6 to find a stocking full of goodies by her bed — nuts, apples, raisins and all kinds of enticing sweets.
Her parents both hailed from Europe, and family tradition called for tree decorating on Christmas Eve. The tree always held real candles, flickering gently and clipped in place.
When her own children reached their teenage years, Snider decided to use her newly secured free time to transform her California home into a holiday museum. The mantel, alone, took an entire day. The tree could eat up a week.
In the late 1980s, the country club in Snider's community hired her to do the holiday decorations.
Later, a bed and breakfast in San Rafael, Calif., asked her to deck the entire place. This became an annual Christmas tradition, which she carried out with a friend.
"It took us four days to decorate, and we stayed for a week," Snider said. "We did our Christmas shopping, visited the wine country and went antiquing."
Over years of attentiveness to seasonal décor, the interior designer picked up hundreds of Christmas items at wholesale costs.
She picked up nutcrackers as tall as 5-year-old children and a motorized seesaw for two decked-out bears. She picked up one elegant angel for her mantel, though she really wanted two. A friend bought the second one, though, and now they have this tie at Christmas-time — matching angel dolls.
When Snider's son and daughter moved away from home and started visiting for holidays, she had more incentive each winter to throw her heart into decorations.
"When you know someone's coming, you go all out," she said.
This year, her second in SaddleBrooke, Snider had a different motive.
"This year, I did it because I wanted to see how it all would look here," she said.
Although Snider has been known to leave her decorations up through July — "People kept saying they were going to come by and see them" — she said this year they probably won't last long past the New Year.
For New Year's Eve, she plans to pull out her Santa Fe Santa and create a table centerpiece around it. She'll make it bright and cheerful, and she'll serve corn tamales.
People milling around will see the 22 Christmas dolls in her kitchen — many tucked into little nooks — and her ceiling-high Christmas tree covered with electrical candles.
They probably won't see the floor-to-ceiling boxes in the garage that store all the magic at holiday's end. And they probably won't be around on Nov. 1 of next year when all the boxes will likely come out.
"This place was just a battlefield," Snider said, describing its condition this past Nov. 1.
But if you're aiming to create great things, you have to be willing to sometimes make a mess.


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The NASDAQ is Peaking
There is a major Bearish Divergence occurring between the NASDAQ 100's price trend and the trend of its 10 day average Advance/Decline line, warning of a significant decline once this topping pattern completes. We believe the topping pattern is ending a 39 month rally from October 2002 that was merely a correction up of a major decline that started in 2000. The decline from 2000 is taking shape as a down-up-down move, correcting the incredibly long and powerful Bull market from 1971 through 2000. The down move from 2000 to 2002 was the "(A)" down move. The rally since is the "(B)" up move. Coming next - and probably starting in the next few months is the "(C)" down wave.
The Elliott Wave Long-term Big Picture in the NASDAQ Composite 1978 to 2006
If you've been trying to get your bearings on the long-term picture for the NASDAQ, here's an annotated chart of the Composite index, which is similar to the NASDAQ 100. The NASDAQ began trading on February 8th, 1971. The 29 year rally to the NASDAQ Composite's March 10th, 2000 top at 5,132.52 (March 24th, 2000 at 4,816.35 for the NASDAQ 100) completed Cycle degree wave I up, and since has been the start of a primary degree wave (A)-down, (B)-up, and (C)-down. The Composite's (A) down completed on October 10th, 2002 at 1,108.49. Primary degree wave (B) up is nearing completion now. Next is a nasty primary degree wave (C) down to complete Cycle degree II down.
The next chart of the NASDAQ 100 shows that prices have risen to the top boundary of the Intermediate- term Rising Bearish Wedge pattern. The NASDAQ 100 finished up Micro degree wave c of Minuette c up, of Minor degree wave c up, with waves d down and e up left. The alternate count suggests the NDX is completing the final wave c of c of e to a major primary degree wave (B) top. We give this alternate labeling a near equal weighting to the top count. We will lift it to our top count if the next decline generates a "sell" signal from both our key trend-finder indicators.
The top chart on the next page shows a five-wave small degree impulse rally completed with a small Rising Bearish Wedge. That is either a completed Micro degree wave c, or is the first wave {a} of a three-wave {a}-up, {b}-down, {c}-up of Micro c. Once this pattern finishes, the third leg of the corrective Bear market that started in March of 2000 will begin, primary degree wave (C).
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text: Status: New Owner: ---- New issue 542 by alexandr.romanyuk: MultiToggle.hs Illegal datatype context http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=542 Hi guys, Don't know if its the right place to commit issues for xmonad-contrib. If not - please point a link to a right bug-tracker. What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. cabal install xmonad-contrib What is the expected output? What do you see instead? Building xmonad-contrib-0.11.1... [ 10 of 226] Compiling XMonad.Layout.MultiToggle ( XMonad/Layout/MultiToggle.hs, dist/build/XMonad/Layout/MultiToggle.o ) XMonad/Layout/MultiToggle.hs:102:6: Illegal datatype context (use -XDatatypeContexts): LayoutClass l a => cabal: Error: some packages failed to install: What version of the product are you using? On what operating system? - Debian Squeeze - GHC 7.2.1 - xmonad 0.11 Are you using an xmonad.hs? Please attach it and the output of "xmonad --recompile". Please provide any additional information below. -- You received this message because this project is configured to send all issue notifications to this address. You may adjust your notification preferences at: https://code.google.com/hosting/settings


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COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – For Christians across the globe, Christmas is a time to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.
Tuesday night, some Columbus singers lifted their voices for the real reason for the season. The 11th annual production of "The Messiah" was presented at Annuciation Catholic Church.
Handel's composition has been performed for centuries, after it was composed in 1741.
It depicts the incarnation, passion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.


text: On Sat, 17 Feb 2007, Brent Fulgham wrote: > Gary, > > Thanks for the explanation, but I'm still confused by the first part of your > response: > > On Feb 17, 2007, at 5:07 PM, Gary Byers wrote: > >> (defclass foo () >> ((a :type (member 12 17 21)))) >> >> (defclass bar (foo) >> ((a :type (member 9 17 23)))) >> >> (slot-definition-type (car (class-direct-slots (find-class 'bar)))) >> => (member 9 17 23) >> >> (slot-definition-type (car (class-slots (find-class 'bar)))) >> => (integer 17 17) >> >> The (effective) type of a slot is the intersection of its direct type >> and the direct types it inherits from its ancestors. There are >> several (an infinite number of ...) equivalent ways of specifying this >> type in the example: >> >> (and (member 12 17 21) (member 9 17 23)) >> >> (eql 17) >> >> (satisfies 17p) >> >> etc. >> >> but it's a computed value that may or may not be EQL to the >> direct-slot-definition's TYPE. > > Coming from my admittedly rudimentary Lisp background, I am somewhat > surprised that this: > > ? (defclass b () > ((foo :type boolean))) > #<STANDARD-CLASS B> > > ... reports itself as this: > > ? (slot-definition-type (first (class-slots (find-class 'b)))) > (MEMBER T NIL) > > ... even though the '"type" was explicitly declared as 'boolean'. > > Consider a type enclosing a larger set: > > ? (defclass a () > ((foo :type integer))) > #<STANDARD-CLASS A> > ? (slot-definition-type (first (class-slots (find-class 'a)))) > INTEGER > > This makes sense to me, because the type 'integer is what I stipulated for > the slot; I don't expect to see a return type defining the list of values, > for example > > (MEMBER 0 1 2 3 4 ... ) > > Is it just BOOLEAN that is defined as its two potential values, or are there > other types that work this way? I'm not sure if there are good tutorials on the CL type system available online or elsewhere. (The presentation in CLtL[1|2] is probably less dry than that in CLHS.) Consider the case (like your original example) of: (defclass foo () ((a :type boolean))) There are several different but equivalent ways of referring to "the built-in type that contains T and NIL, exactly". BOOLEAN is one way of referring to that type. (MEMBER T NIL) is another way. (OR (EQL T) (EQL NIL)) is yet another way. (AND BOOLEAN) and (AND (MEMBER T NIL)) are still other ways. Since classes are type-specifiers, the builtin class BOOLEAN (the value returned by (FIND-CLASS 'BOOLEAN)) can also be used to refer to this type. In general, the type of a slot in an EFFECTIVE-SLOT-DEFINITION is the intersection of the type specified in the DIRECT-SLOT-DEFINITION (or the DEFCLASS form) and the types of any inherited slots with the same name. (See the AMOP entry for COMPUTE-EFFECTIVE-SLOT-DEFINITION and CLHS 7.5.3) That intersection is a -computed- value; in the case where there are no inherited slot definitions, it's equivalent to (AND <type>) , or (AND BOOLEAN) in the original example. As we saw above, (AND BOOLEAN) is equivalent to BOOLEAN, so BOOLEAN would be a correct result. (AND BOOLEAN) is also equivalent to (MEMBER T NIL), so that's also a correct result. I don't think that there's any reason to think that any correct result is more correct than any other correct result, or that the type of the effective slot has to be specified in exactly the same way that it was specified in the DEFCLASS form/direct slot definition; there's neither any reason for COMPUTE-EFFECTIVE-SLOT-DEFINITION to to do this nor any reason not to in the case where there are no inherited slots.


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MarkMS wrote:
I'm torn between both Feedbin (or other newly formed RSS web services) and Fever. Either I pay $20/year and let Feedbin do everything for me or buy Fever for $30 + $35/year hosting but own/control everything except Fever updates from the developer. Feedbin could close anytime they want, but Fever only stops working when I stop paying my hosting bill. Decisions, decisions ...
I debated this as well, and I ultimately decided that Feedbin is the better choice.
First, it's $20 a year to outsource the effort associated with Fever. And yes, that effort isn't too tasking, but it is time and effort I'd rather not spend on managing a personal RSS syncing service.
Second, more Feedbin subscriptions equals more time and resources for the developer to invest in the stability and reliability of the service. It feels good to "take a flyer" on Feedbin . . . I hope he manages to turn this into a solid business.
Third, Feedbin allows you to export your feeds . . . if this fails, I guess I can turn to another service or set-up Fever.


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WCNP HR opens Preekstoel Information Centre
16 August 2011
The centre was built by the Honorary Rangers who have been working on this project, among a number of others, since the inception of the park's Honorary Rangers.
Special thanks go to:
- Clive von Groningen - West Coast Community Trust
- Delani de Waal - graphic design
- Riaan Steenkamp – builder
- The various professionals who lent their time, expertise and copyright material to the project.
- WCNP Staff who checked the poster information for technical correctness and applicability.
- Honorary Rangers team led by Elbeth le Roux who researched & produced the posters.
- Colin Codner who designed and oversaw the building of structure as well as producing two posters.
- Honorary Rangers of the region who organised and manned the various fund-raising events and their sponsors, to provide the fund necessary to cover the costs of the poster production.
The Preekstoel Information Centre is open and a great tool for those visiting the park and lagoon. Be sure to give this stop a visit when you next visit the park.


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Stage summary07.03.2013 in 16:37Swiss Albasini right on time in stage 4
Swiss Michael Albasini (OGE) timed his move perfectly to surge in the final stretch of the 199.5-kms 4th stage of Paris-Nice in St Vallier and take the day's laurels on one of the trickiest courses of this edition. The Orica-Greenedge rider, one of his country's greatest cycling talents, outwitted Kazakh Maxim Iglinskyi and Slovak Peter Velits on the line to add another prestigious line to a personal record already including stage wins in the Vuelta and the Tour de Suisse.
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interview07.03.2013 in 17:20 Talansky: "I was smart"
Yellow Jersey holder Andrew Talansky (GRS) told www.letour.fr how he thought he outwitted his main rivals in today's finale to St Vallier. And the American is now looking forward to jauge himself in the Montagne de Lure.read more
interview07.03.2013 in 16:54 Albasini: "A stage win was my goal"
Joint leader of the Orica Greenedge team with Simon Gerrans, Michale Albasini was above all looking for a stage win in this Paris- Nice. Mission accomplished.read more
Sporting stakes06.03.2013 in 17:41A carbon copy?
First rain and first climbs were merciless to many riders in the Paris-Nice peloton and those expecting a reprieve on the 199.5 kms between Brioude and St Vallier are in for a bitter disappointment.read more
|Talansky retains Yellow Jersey
American Andrew Talansky (GRS) retained the race leader's Yellow Jersey.
|Top 5 results in stage 4
Top 5 results in the 199.5-kms 4th stage between Brioude and St Vallier:
2. Maxim Iglinskiy (Kazakhstan, AST)
3. Peter Velits (Slovakia, OPQ)
4. Enrico Gasparotto (Italy, AST)
5. Robert Gesink (Netherlands, BLA)
|Albasini wins stage 4
Swiss Michael Albasini (OGE) wins the 199.5-kms 4th stage of Paris-Nice.
|Gesink in the lead
Robert Gesink (BLA) who lost a minute in stage 3, is now alone in the lead.
|2 kms to go...
... and the restless Chavanel tries again. Coppel attacks in turn, followed by Robert Gesink (BLA).
|Westra back
3 kms to go and Lieuwe Westra (VCD) is back in the front bunch. It is not the case of David Malacarne (EUC), third overall, who is 25 seconds off the pace.
|5 kms to go...
... and Amael Moinard (BMC) has taken his turn at the front of he peloton behind Chavanel. Jerome Coppel (COF) makes a brave attempt, but to no avail.
|Westra dropped
Lieuwe Westra (VCD), second overall last year, missed a corner and is now slightly dropped by the leading bunch.
|Chavanel leads the way
Sylvain Chavanel (OPQ) leads the way in tjhe descent, followed by Scarponi and Porte. But race leader Andrew Talansky (GRS) is not far.
|Results on Cote de la Sizeranne
Results at the top of the 2nd category Cote de la Sizeranne (Km 191):
1. Michele Scarponi (LAM) 7 points
2. Richie Porte (SKY) 5 pts
3. Andreas Kloeden (RLT) 3 pts
4. Andryi Grivko (AST) 2 pts
|Monfort atacks
Maxime Monfort (RLT), who lost vital time when he crashed in the prologue, attacked. But he was quickly reined in.
|Santaromita leads the way
Ivan Santaromita (BMC) is working hard at the front of the bunch as the race tackles the last climb, Cote de la Sizeranne.
|A few riders lose touch
Philippe Gilbert (BMC), Ivan Basso (CAN), Thomas De Gendt (VCD) and Nairo Quintana (MOV) are among riders now dropped by the main pack.
|Break over
Voeckler, Dupont, Tschopp and Meersman have been reined in with 14 kms to go by the main pack, led by BMC riders.
|Gap goes down
The peloton is only 10 seconds adrift with 15 kms to go.
|Viviani in the grupetto
Only some 30 riders are left in the Yellow Jersey group while a strong grupetto, including green jersey holder Elia Viviani (CAN) are 2:40 adrift with 20 kms to go.
|BMC lead the chase
BMC riders and especially Amael Moinard are leading the chase, some 25 seconds behind the four escapees.
|Tschopp and Meersman back
20 kms to go and in the descent, Johann Tschopp (IAM) and Gianni Meersman (OPQ) have made up their gap with Thomas Voeckler (EUC) and Hubert Dupont (ALM). The peloton is 25 seconds adrift.
|Results on Cote de Talencieux
Results at the top of the 2nd category Cote de Talencieux (Km 176.5):
1. Voeckler 7 points
2. Dupont 5 pts
3. Tschopp 3 pts
4. Meersman 2 pts
5. Amael Moinard (BMC) 1 pt
The peloton 35 seconds behind.
|Meersman and Tschopp resist
Gianni Meersman (OPQ) and Johann Tschopp (IAM) are still between Voceckler and Dupont and the peloton.
|Escapees caught
The former escapees are now being caught one after the other, except for Voeckler and Dupont. Movistar and Euskaltel riders are leading the bunch.
|Latest gaps
Voeckler and Dupont lead their former breakaway companions by 15 seconds. The peloton is 30 seconds adrift.
|Voeckler surges
25 kms to go and Voeckler attacks, followed by Dupont.
|In the penultimate climb
The seven are tackling the penultimate climb, Cote de Talencieux, with a 45 seconds lead over the main bunch.
|Evans last season
In a similar finale to St Vallier on the Dauphine last year, Cadel Evans had broken clear to win ahead of Jerome Coppel and Andrey Kashechkin.
|One minute gap
The lead of Voeckler, Dupont, Tschopp, Morkov, Sicard, Meersman and Barguil is now down to the minute (km 167).
|Lampre riders lead the peloton
Two riders from the Italian outfit are at the front of the bunch in the descent towards the river Rhone.
|Nations in the race
Thirty nations were left in the race at the start from Brioude.
39 - France (42 at the start and abandons by Fedrigo -FDJ- in stage 1, Bouhanni -FDJ- and Pichot -EUC- in stage 2).
21 - Belgium (22 at the start and abandon by Seeldrayers -AST- DNS stage 2)
19 - Spain (20 at the start, and abandon by Gutierrez -MOV- in stage 3)
18 - Italy
13 - Netherlands
10 - Australia
7 - Denmark, U.S. (8 at start and abandon by Rathe -GRS- in...
|Average speed
The average speed after four hours in the stage was 39.1 kph.
|Latest gap
On the sprint line (Km 157), the peloton was 1:20 behind the break.
|Sprint result
Result of the second intermediate sprint in St Romain d'Ay (Km 157):
1. Voeckler 3 points, 3 secs
2. Sicard 2 pts, 2 secs
3. Dupont 1 pt, 1 sec
|Sicard back in the leading group
The Euskaltel rider is back with his fellow escapees. The peloton lies 1:30 adrift.
|Sicard held by a mechanical
Romain Sicard (EUS) has been dropped by his six breakaway companions. Six men in the lead.
|Result on Col du Rouvey
Results at the top of the 3rd category Col du Rouvey (Km 136):
2. Voeckler 2 pts
3. Sicard 1pt
The peloton 1:45 behind.
|Sky and Astana lead the bunch
The two most active teams in stage 3 have seized the reins of the pack again in the ascent of the Col du Rouvey. The peloton is now two minutes adrift.
|Puncture for Barguil
Warren Barguil (ARG) punctured and is now 20 seconds behind his breakaway companions.
|Fuglsang out
Astana team leader Jakob Fuglsang of Denmark has given up.
|The peloton at km 125
and the bunch trails the seven escapees by exatly three minutes.
|Two former stage winners in the break
Thomas Voeckler (EUC) and Gianni Meersman (OPQ) previously won stages on Paris Nice. The Frenchman won two stages in 2011, in Belleville and Nice, while the Belgian won a stage last year in Rodez.
|Sunny weather
Rain was forecast for today but the weather on the race is actually rather sunny with a few clouds and a temperature of 14 degrees.
|Latest gap
Km 116 - Voeckler, Dupont, Meersman, Sicard, Morkov, Barguil and Tschopp lead the peloton by 3:20.
|Average speed
The average speed in the third hour of the stage was 33.6 kph. The overall average speed was 38.2 kph.
|Flickinger (EUC): "Thomas is out for revenge"
Europcar team director Andy Flickinger told www.letour.fr that Thomas Voeckler was out to avenge his disappointing showing in Brioude: "Thomas is out for revenge after yesterday when he didn't have such a good day. The terrain today was ideal for attacks and for him. We're not there yet as the leaders' team is defending the Yellow Jersey. Thomas's objective is a stage win but we're coming into a section favouring the chase with a long descent and straight lines. We'll se where we are in the...
|Latest gap
Km 105.5 - At the top of Cote de Laprat, the peloton trails the seven escapees by 3:40.
|Results on Cote de Laprat
Results at the top of the 3rd category Cote de Laprat (Km 105.5):
2. Barguil 2 pts
3. Dupont 1pt
|Seigneur (IAM): "It looks good for the polka-dot"
IAM team director Eddy Seigneur told www.letour.fr that Johan Tschopp had made a great step towards taking the polka-dot jersey, which was not a real objective at the start: "Our plan at the start was to have a man in a break today. Since it was Johann, he went for the polka-dot because he's a good climber. It looks good as far as the polka-dot is concerned but for the stage win, it'll be difficult because Thomas Voeckler is in the break and he is only a minute behind in the GC. For the rest...
|The peloton at km 100
Km 100 - The peloton trails the seven escapees by 3:05.
|In the press today
In Le Dauphine Libere, Philippe Court suggests that AG2R's Guillaume Bonnafond could draw inspiration from his team-mate Romain Bardet, who shone on his home turf yesterday. "Guillaume Bonnafond sees himself playing leading roles as the race enters his home roads," he writes. Bonnafond was born in Valence, which is close to the finish town of St Vallier.
|Latest gap
Km 85 - The seven lead the escapees by 2:40.
|Results on Cote de la Chomasse
Results at the top of the 3rd category Cote de La Chomasse (Km 87.5):
1. Tschopp 4 points
2. Barguil 2 pts
3. Meersman 1pt
|Average speed
The average speed in the second hour of the stage was 44.3 kph for an overall average speed of 40.5 kph.
|The peloton at kilometre 66
Km 66 - The seven escapees lead the peloton by 3:20.
|The peloton at Craponne-sur-Arzon
The peloton is in Craponne-sur-Arzon, which was used as a last minute start stage in the 2005 Paris-Nice for a stage won in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon by Vicente Reynes.
|The peloton at kilometre 50
Km 50 - Led by seven Garmin Sharp riders, the peloton trails the seven escapees by 3:50.
|Favilli quits
Elia Favilli (LAM) has given up.
|Voeckler the best placed
Thomas Voeckler (EUS) is the best placed rider in the break. He lies 49th in the GC, 1:32 behind Andrew Talansky.
|Seven in the lead
The chasers just caught the three breakaways. Seven men in the lead: Thomas Voeckler (EUC), Johann Tschopp (IAM), Gianni Meersman (OPQ), Hubert Dupont (ALM), Romain Sicard (EUS), Michael Morkov (TST) and Warren Barguil (ARG).
|Latest gap
The peloton was four minutes adrift on the sprint line (km 40.5) while the four chasers were 1:15 behind the break.
|Sprint result
Result of the first intermediate sprint in La Chaise-Dieu (km 40.5):
|Situation of the race
Km 35 - Three men in the lead: Thomas Voeckler (EUC), Gianni Meessman (OPQ) and Johann Tschopp (IAM).
|Average speed
The average speed in the first hour of the stage was 36.7 kph.
|Another chasing duo
Km 31.5 - Behind the three escapees - Voeckler, Meersman, Tschopp - are to chasing duets. Hubert Dupont (ALM) and Romain Sicard (EUS) and Michael Morkov (TST) with Warren Barguil (ARG).
|Two chasers
The two chasers are Hubert Dupont (ALM) and Romain Sicard (EUS).
|Results on Cote de Condat
Results at the top of the 2nd category Cote de Condat (Km 27.5):
|The peloton at kilometre 25
Km 25 - Meersman, Voeckler and Tschopp lead the peloton by 45 seconds.Two riders are trying to counter.
|In the press today:
|Latest gap
Km 19.5 - Tschopp, Meersman and Voeckler lead the peloton by 25 seconds. But the bunch is speeding in the descent.
|Results on Cote de Lachaud
Results at the top of the 2nd category Cote de Lachaud (Km 11.5):
|Moreno dropped
Javier Moreno (MOV) has been dropped by the leading group. Three men in the lead: Voeckler, Meersman and Tschopp.
|Tweets of the day
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|Voeckler joins the break
France's Thomas Voeckler (EUC) has joined the three escapees. Four men are in the front, with a 20 seconds lead over the main pack.
|Dropped in the climb
A few riders are dropped in the first climb of the day, including green jersey holder Elia Viviani (CAN) and David Millar (GRS).
|Three on the move
Km 8 - Three riders attacked: Javier Moreno (MOV), Gianni Meersman (OPQ) and Johan Tschopp (IAM).
|Tulik gives up
Angelo Tulik (EUC) just gave up.
|Keizer tries his luck
Km 7 - An attempt took place including polka-dot jersey holder Martijn Keizer, but it was reined in.
|Morkov attacks
Dane Michael Morkov (TST) was the first rider on the move today. But he was reeled in straightaway.
|Start given
The actual start was given to 176 riders.
|Sprints of the day
Km 40.5 : La Chaise-Dieu
|Climbs of the day
Km 11.5: Cote de Lachaud (2nd cat.)
|Team classification
Astana earned a just reward for their great teamwork in the finale of stage 3 by seizing the lead of the team classification ahead of AG2R La Mondiale and Omega Pharma Quick Step.
|Polka-dot jersey
Dutchman Martijn Keizer (VCD) took advantage of yesterday's breakaway to seize the polka dot jersey on 8 points. But the tall Vacansoleil rider is closely followed by some of the GC contenders - Andriy Grivko and David Lopez Garcia - who should be again in sight on the last climbs of the day. Keizer will need to make the best of the first climbs on the stage menu to retain his garment.
|White jersey
The white jersey classification would make a decent final result to this edition with Andrew Talansky leading compatriot Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) by 16 seconds while gifted Colombian climber Nairo Quintana (MOV) is third, 17 seconds behind.
|Green jersey
The points jersey remained on the back of Italy's Elia Viviani (CAN), who lost ground in the first climbs of the Race to the Sun but still holds a solid 12 points lead over Slovenia's Borut Bozic (AST) while France's Sylvain Chavanel is third, 17 points behind the Cannondale sprinter.
|Yellow jersey
Andrew Talansky (GRS) became the fourth Yellow Jersey holder in four days on this edition of Paris-Nice thanks to his swashbuckling victory in Brioude in stage 3. The young American leads two of his breakaways companions in yesterday's finale, Ukraine's Andriy Grivko and Italy's David Malacarne, by three seconds. Once again, the race lead hangs by a thread and another change of hands is not to be ruled out.
|They all start
176 riders signed the start list this morning as the peloton is heading towards kilometre 0.
|Le Mevel crashes on way to real start
Christophe Le Mevel (COF) crashed as the peloton are leading towards the real start. Nothing serious.
|Welcome on Stage 4
Weclome on th 4th stage of Paris - Nice between Brioude and St Vallier (199.5 kms).
Jersey wearers after the stage 7
- green jerseyCHAVANEL S.OPQ
- polka-dot jerseyTSCHOPP J.IAM
- white jerseyTALANSKY A.GRS
- teamKATUSHA TEAMKAT
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When I listened to Dust To Dust for the very first time, I was not impressed at all. It seemed like another mediocre song by another mediocre band. After few months I gave it a try again, and I realized I was dead wrong. I guess rough vocals with melodic color and fast, heavy and powerful riffs were too raw for the very first listen. Then I checked out Newborn Tomorrow, because these two songs have music videos. I was blown away with its nicely done acoustic guitar intro, aggressive riffs, face-melting tempo, kick-ass refrains and rough-melodic vocals. That was enough to check out the rest of the album. Book Of Life continues with like these two, with fast tempo, massive drum work, enjoyable rhythms, solid guitar solo, killer vocals and heavy riffs. It seemed this is one of those keyboard-free power metal bands, but things are different with When Worlds Collide. It is slower than these three songs I mentioned above, it has solid riffs basically power chords, enjoyable vocals, tempo and rhythm, and suddenly keyboards appeared in refrain as a backing instrument, just to make more pleasant ambient.
That keyboard touch really nice. I hoped there won't be more, but then came Through The Dark with keyboard intro, Enemy Lines which has keyboard solo without a note from electric guitar, besides power chords, Arise has some keyboard backing intro and jump in some other places, and Ride On contains notable amount of them. First of all, this band doesn't need keyboards at all. Each of these songs still could have been excellent without them. Instead of that keyboard solo in Enemy Lines, Flo Laurin was supposed to make a goddamn guitar solo. Keyboards choke lead guitar sound in Arise, not much, but it's notable. Riffs supposed to make even bigger killer combination with crunchy lead guitar work, but I guess they wanted to make it sound smooth. So, why I don't support keyboards here is because they were not necessary at all, and since they don't have keyboardist as a permanent band member, they will have to play keyboard parts on playback, right? I totally approve them for making masterpiece like Salvation. It's faster song with lesser tempo changes, full of enjoyable melodies done with keyboards, intense riffs, well-written lyrics etc. Drummer Frederik Ehmke really made amazing work, which is technical, creative and he uses double bass pedal to make things even better, Salvation proves that.
Other band members are great too. Singer Herbie Langhans took the whole thing to a higher level because of his melodic-rough color, bass guitar player Alex Schulz was not remarkable, but he played some really fast notes, 'cause was following the drums whole the time. Band members are not outstanding as individuals, but as a team they did amazing job, and they can make more great songs in the future. They have skill, talent and creativity, but maybe sometimes they lack inspiration. Probably Flo invited keyboardist as guests due to lack of inspiration for guitar work. Their weaker efforts are Room 101 and Arise. Arise relies on refrains which are rather weak. I has some hooky melodic parts, enjoyable tempo, but that's not good song. Room 101 has good amount of solid and memorable riffs, and guitar solo, but song doesn't leave good impression at all. There's also Japanese edition with bonus song Ride On. Don't even try to get that edition since Ride On is mediocrity at its best. Constantly the same drum beats, barely memorable, not well-inspired riffs, short, solid and technical guitar solo, lyrics are crap, but vocals make the song sound better than it really is.
Good sides of this release:
They made lots of excellent songs. Songs have really strong structure, from well made heavy riffs, nice lead guitars, creative drums with interesting technical work and double bass pedals played excellent role. Interesting thing is there are no ballads here, but some mid tempo songs, while most of them are fast. Lyrics are great, well-written and full of wisdom, vocals fit the band well, and Sinbreed as a whole is really refreshing and original band. It would be foolish to compare them with any other band, since connection between heavy metal bands is quite obvious, regardless of the sub-genre whom they belong to. This is very good debut album, and recommended for every metalhead.
Bad sides of this release:
Except for Salvation, keyboards weren't necessary at all. Standard version of this studio album has weak songs Arise and Room 101. If you get Japanese edition, you will get mediocre song Ride On for the same price, so don't spend time looking for it.
Newborn Tomorrow, Book Of Life, When Worlds Collide, Dust To Dust, Infinity's Call, Through The Dark, Enemy Lines and Salvation.
There has scarcely been a day over the past 3-4 years where I haven't caught myself on the verge of regurgitating that tired yet timeless idiom "they don't make them like they used to" when encountering newer power metal bands. Having been an avid consumer of this style since my late teens, I've generally regarded the 1997-2003 era to have been the style's zenith, at least since the break up of Kiske era Helloween. While many complain about bands not evolving enough, I wonder what the hell happened to the good old days when playing orthodox German speed metal wasn't frowned upon. Sinbreed, formerly known as Neoshine, becomes an inevitable saving grace in light of all this, as under their previous namesake they started out in the midst of the style's renaissance, though they didn't get a finished product out until just recently.
The best way to describe this highly polished and impressive debut is as a beautifully nuanced meeting place between two fairly different sounds. The bulk of the guitar work, the gritty and hard as steel vocal work of Herbie Langhans (picture a Chris Boltendahl with a stronger high range and a slight Bruce Dickinson edge), and the streamlined songwriting definitely hint at a very German oriented band, which obviously makes sense given their location. But there are also subtle melodic guitar and keyboard elements that hint a tiny bit at a Swedish character at times, not all that far off from the stuff Sabaton and Stormwind were doing around the time that this band was still toiling in the underground under the Neoshine moniker. Everybody in this outfit pulls their weight in the technique department, but the songwriting is king here, and his rule is quite regal indeed.
Perhaps the best way to sum up the whole of "When Worlds Collide" is somewhere along the lines of a celebration of metal, but without paying lyrical tribute to the genre. When hearing the pretty straightforward metal fanfares with a double bass happy drummer that are "Salvation", "Enemy Lines" and "Book Of Life", one can't help but be reminded of the Iron Maiden meets speed metal brilliance of Cryonic Temple (before the deviation that occurred on "Immortal"), but with a focus on the more lyrically relevant songs that said Swedish act put forth such as "Rivers Of Pain". It's the sort of music that you know has been done many times before, and yet you can't help but smile and sing along. In fact, take away the galloping riff work and raucous drums, and the fairly mid-tempo title song "Two Worlds Collide" could pass for an Accept reinterpretation of an AC/DC song.
It's difficult to go wrong with a band like this, particularly if catchy is your poison. It reminds of those glorious days when leather clad impresarios with microphone in hand would lead an ensemble of metal maniacs into a celebration of epic proportions, perhaps even occasionally imparting some lyrical wisdom in the process (though that varied depending on the sub-genre persuasion of the band at times). Fans of olden heavy metal glory, from the early days of the German scene in Accept and Scorpions, all the way up through the revival of the late 90s embodied in Iron Savior, Paragon and many others, this is yet another satisfying slice of bread and butter, no additional spice required.
From out of Wiesbaden, Germany comes a fairly new European melodic power metal band called Sinbreed. Initially called Neoshine way back in 2000, the band went nowhere and released nothing except for a couple of demo's in 2005 and 2007. For legal reasons, Neoshine had to change their name due to a conflict with another band, hence Sinbreed was born in 2008. After another demo released in 2009, Sinbreed jumped on board the little known (but definitely going places) label Ulterium Records. And so in March of 2010, Sinbreed released their debut album, entitled 'When Worlds Collide'.
Now fans of melodic power metal band Seventh Avenue and also Symphony X and Vanden Plas should take note and have a closer look at Sinbreed. The reason, Sinbreed is led by Seventh Avenue vocalist Herbie Langhans, while the album was mixed and mastered by Markus Teske, who has previously worked with Symphony X and Vanden Plas. Now, if you're asking who Herbie Langhans is, firstly check out Seventh Avenue to get an idea, but secondly Langhans has that same raspy type of voice that is very similar to Running Wild's Rockin' Rolf. However Langhans can be much more melodic in his delivery. Rounding out the band is drummer Frederik Ehmke (Blind Guardian), bassist Alex Schulz and guitarist/keyboardist Florian Laurin.
Sinbreed cover quite a few metal genres within their album 'When Worlds Collide', including melodic metal, power metal and also speed metal. Whilst Sinbreed's metal style has been done by other bands thousands of times before, you can hear, however, a moderately high level of professionalism and creativity by all involved. Adding further depth to the release is the involvement of guest musicians. The guests include keyboardists Morten Sandager (Pretty Maids) and Joost van den Broek (ex-After Forever, ex-Ayreon, Star One) and also vocalist Thomas Rettke (ex-Heavens Gate).
For fans of bands such as Grave Digger, Firewind, Seventh Avenue, Blind Guardian, Running Wild, Savage Circus and all the rest, 'When Worlds Collide' contains fiery and speedy guitar riffs throughout, with Herbie's vocals giving just that right amount of grunt and melody. Despite the song-writing being fairly standard and the majority of the speedy tracks all following the same structure (drumming and guitar leads), they do give off a powerful and emotional vibe and are quite enjoyable in the moment. The disc is never short on blistering and exuberant solos, which is one of the main factors why 'When Worlds Collide' is a solid melodic power metal release.
I would say that the first half of the disc convincingly out-weights the second, with song highlights including CD opener "Newborn Tomorrow", "Book of Life", "Through the Dark" and the title track "When Worlds Collide". The best of the ferocious speedy tracks, however, is "Dust to Dust". The track is a winner from start to finish, with kick ass guitar riffs and a brilliant solo to boot. The chorus is very memorable and there is enough aggression from Herbie's raspy vocals to keep your head banging. The top pick from the slower mid-paced tracks (there aren't that many) is "Enemy Lines". Again boasting a catchy chorus, the track is probably the most diverse out of all the tracks on the album. Lastly, there is another killer solo to seal the deal of its greatness.
There seems to be a slight over-use of the keyboards, no doubt the guest keyboardists on the album wanted to make their mark while they had the chance. It's just a small piece of criticism in the scale of things aside from the fact that the song-writing is very safe are rarely changes from its core structure. Once the dust has settled, however, 'When Worlds Collide' is overall a fairly solid melodic power metal release and worth looking out for if you are a fan of the above-mentioned bands, particularly Seventh Avenue.
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Sinbreed was a band once known as Neoshine a few years back, but have changed their name...for the better, and with a pair of heavy hitters in tow from other, well-known bands, they've put together a fine sounding debut of aggressive power metal that should satisfy fans of Grave Digger, Persuader, Blind Guardian, Iron Savior, Paragon and the lot of them. By heavy hitters I am referring to Frederick Ehmke, the latest Blind Guardian drummer, and Herbie Langhans, the frontman for Seventh Avenue, who are joined by the core of of Alex Schulz on bass and Florian Laurin on guitars. Though Sinbreed's style is nothing new, the band do put a strong emphasis on their songwriting, incorporating savage riffs that evoke memories of mid-to-later Running Wild, Grave Digger and the like, with strong chorus vocals and eager harmonies.
"Newborn Tomorrow" is a good example of the band's entire range, and a strong starter, opening with the glint of dual acoustic melodies and Langhans' passionate delivery over a solid barrage of driving chords that keep the piece moving ever forward. When it breaks for the lead, the notes soar gracefully atop the chords, and weave through an impressive display around 3:30. With "Book of Life", the band continues to hammer away, with a pretty similar structure. Other fun and upbeat numbers include the raging "Dust to Dust", "Infinity's Call" and "Through the Dark". None of the writing will exactly blow you away, but the riffs remain tight and well composed, and the vocal performance is steady. To the band's credit, there is no whiny power ballad here to try and shake you out of your pure power metal fixation, it's a very level album, and I speculate that regardless of how you queue it up, you'll probably enjoy 2-3 songs and then move along to something else, since most of the tracks simply lack that extra 'something' to hook you in further.
As if power metal were the new rap music, this is yet another album to incorporate a few guest appearances: Morten Sandager of Pretty Maids, Joost van den Broek of Ayreon/Star One, and Thomas Rettke of Heaven's Gate are the veterans lending their stamp of approval to When Worlds Collide, but nothing to tip the favor of the album any further than just 'good'. A lot of patience and caution went into the mix, it's a professional sounding studio job that places it at the forefront of German power metal alongside the bands that have inspired it, but the great sound only makes the album's lack of being able to truly capitalize on all the involved talent that much more glaring. Sinbreed is solid, and might appeal to the German fanatic who wants more meat on the block to carve through, whether it's the likes of Blind Guardian or At Vance. But the songs written here are not truly memorable enough to last long after the interaction.