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By Nate Adcock on Wed, 07/25/2012
Was able to check out 3 new handy utilities this week, and the new so-called Chrome for iOS browser, which is the Safari engine in a Chrome-like wrapper with a few added features that help if you are already drinking the Goog kool-aid. I have come to rely heavily on Safari, and IMO, Chrome mobile did not impress at all. About the only thing I liked was being able to get to my bookmarks, but it performed too chaotically to be useful. Also in this post, I cover some handy lightweight remote control apps (PC HUD and OFF) that let you monitor, stop or restart a PC or Mac from your iDevice, and a really decent calc/notepad app (CalcTape) for running accounting tallies and similar number-crunching tasks. As a bonus, I'll round up 3 of my fav free utilities at the end! Perfect end to a review roundup...
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I am a die-hard Chrome on PC lover. I do not use hardly any other browser ever. I sign-in with my account, and use it to check mail, upload and share documents, check weather and latest tech blog headlines, go to my favorite sites and much more. On Android, I love the synergy that Google bakes into the OS for their users. If you are a total Google fanboy or girl, and you have Android, I envy the level of coolness that you enjoy through both mobile and desktop. I am however an iOS user. I do not get to share in that coolness, because well frankly Apple hates Google and would like to see it die... Ok, well that's not the only reason, but let's say that without that supporting framework, it is unlikely Google apps on iOS will ever rival the Android equivalent. So, apps like GMail and Chrome while offering a few of the great features that compel users to sign up for the Goog services, leave the Google power user a bit frustrated (though the GMail app was recently updated with notifications). Anyhoo, I digress... Chrome on iOS suffers from the same lack of integrated features that Gmail does.
First I'm a big multi-tab user, and I often have tabs doing things at the same time even loading several pages simultaneously while waiting for them to load. For example, I love the free Magnatune on-line music services. You can quickly browse and play indie artists in the Safari browser plug-in, and you can have one tab playing your favorite artist while, in another for example, typing up this post. Not only did Chrome mobile not reliably play the stream, it would not continue to play it once I selected other tabs. It seemingly updates every tab you return to. This also means sporadic results with on-line WYSIWYG editors, as I often navigate away from my post to search or veerify some piece of information. The constant reloads meant losing my edits (unless I save every change, which would be stupid). Page loads were erratic, form entry and text field selection was equally difficult to manipulate or control, often requiring multiple selects to get the js to respond and caused me to feel like I was experiencing a much slower load time for sites on average. Other than getting to my fav Google sites and bookmarks, and looking like it's PC big brother, the iOS form of Chrome has little compelling to make me switch. You can't set it as the "default" browser in iOS, and get no tab sand-boxing... You do get to enter search words into the single center omnibox, but not sure that's enough for me to recommend it yet.
Off and PC HUD are both tiny apps from app developer Mark Bridges, each for $1.99. Neither one does anything mind-blowing, and in fact would be better suited being folded into one single utility IMO (which at most should be 99 cents). OFF allows you to shutdown, or restart (immediately, or delayed for 1 hour) your Mac or PC... It would be nice to be able to use hibernate or sleep modes as well, or to scroll through a list of running processes/services and potentially stop or restart some of them (which might be better suited for PC HUD).
PC HUD is similarly minimalist; pretty much a graph of current CPU and memory utilzation much like you would see using the task manager. You can change the backgrounds, and though these utils only do one thing, they worked very well in my testing. Could be a handy way for testers to remotely monitor basic performance characteristics, or just a cool use for your iPod touch or iPhone when at work (looks really technical in front of the boss). Off could be handy to stop a number of computers (say a classroom). Both require Bonjour services and Java runtime to be installed.
CalcTape is a novel app idea (though the pen and paper version has been around for ages) and only 99 cents! Cross the simplicity of the iPad notepad with an accounting style calculator function and you have... CalcPad! No, er actually, "CalcTape" (guess CalcPad was taken)! Any small business, tax service, real-estate or retail sales business could benefit a lot from this app. You can quickly run a calculation or two or keep a running tally of expenses, balance a checkbook, or figure out your interest on a loan. Coolest thing is that at the end of a long string of calcs, you can go back, change a value, and CalcTape updates the whole result set! You can also share your calcs via email. A handful of options are available to tweak the look (fonts, margins, etc.), but it's a calculation pad... I mean what is there to tweak, really? You can adjust the tax rate percentage, though it would be beneficial for more advanced users to create a table of similar rates along with a selector for switching between them.
Wanted to wrap by mentioning 3 more free utilities that I can't live without:
1. iTools: Always forget for a minute I have this one installed, but if you need to level anything, it comes in very handy. Has a protractor, a ruler, gyro-style and carpenter level, and no ads either...
2. TeamViewer: Bring this RC freebie up every chance I get. Easy to use way--run from a mem stick--to hit any computer from just about anywhere in the world from your phone or pad. Lot's of great features, no ads.
3. TouchMouse: Have a bunch of the Logitech mice around. Install a small utility on your computer, and bam! Instant remote touchpad control, even one-handed (great for a presentation). Free, easy and no ads...works really well with the new Metro UI in Windows 8.
Grab all these new apps at the links in the above, and stay tuned to iPhoneLife for all things iOS--news, reviews, tips, promotions and more!


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You have such a wonderful eye and are a great photographer. This is so beautiful.
love the apparent contradiction of a modern city scene with a touch of antique sepia! Enjoy your weekend!
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The work of the State Ethics Commission has received good press in recent weeks and deservedly so.
In late May, the Georgia Association of Realtors was fined for failing to report over a half-million dollars in campaign contributions, including $200,000 to an independent committee supporting Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle.
Augusta businessman Tim Shelnut agreed to a consent order admitting he had made more than $25,000 in illegal contributions over several years. Recipients included former Gov. Roy Barnes and two now-imprisoned former public officials, Charles Walker and Linda Schrenko.
One of the best ways to increase confidence in our political process is effective enforcement of existing laws. The Ethics Commission is catching more gross violators today than in previous years, and it must be commended.
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The Ethics in Government Act of 2001 was a controversial update to a statute originally passed in 1986. The Barnes administration agreed to make electronic filing mandatory.
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Good government advocates swallowed hard seven years ago as higher contribution limits became the price paid for electronic disclosure. The benefit of electronic disclosure in deterring illegal behavior is clear. But, what is also clear is the development of new parallel channels of campaign giving, allowing the influence of money in the political process to grow to new heights.
The new adjusted-for-inflation limits allow candidates in statewide partisan races who face runoffs to amass up to $18,800 from one source. Any individual can now give this amount, as well as their spouse, and their business. Any candidate for the General Assembly, even with no opposition (and over half of them this year have none), can receive up to $4,600 from any one source.
Such maximum contributions are routinely sought and obtained, especially by holders of leadership positions.
Meanwhile, Gov. Sonny Perdue petitioned the commission in 2007 to allow him to take almost $800,000 left over from his 2006 re-election campaign and place it into a political action committee directed by him. They agreed, reversing prior policy which had allowed leftover funds to only be given to charitable non-profits.
Today, we have a landscape permitting diversion of money collected from one campaign to another political purpose.
Most Georgians would shake their heads in disgust if they saw the way money floods into and through the political system - not to help their candidate get elected, but to buy access and influence.
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Frank Donovan wrote: > > Anyone out there interested in high performance monoband Yagis??? > I'll prime the pump by sharing the YO file for my 6 element 15M beam on a > 48 foot boom. Of course, I have YO files for all of my Yagis, and if > there is sufficient interest, I'll post the YO files for my 40, 20 and > 10M Yagis. (If there is a YO reflector where this thread would be more appropriate I do not know of it and I apologise for the bandwidth.) Frank, I would certainly be interested in your YO designs. I have worked with 10 meter beams in YO and then built them with spectacular results. In Texas, the prevailing school of thought was to build them for max gain forgetting the front to back because we have no one behind us. However, after talking to some big gun VHFers out at Field Day, I have decided that on 10 meters this is the wrong approach. I believe there are many times that the noise level is 10 to 20 db higher off the back of the beam over the desired direction. With a 10 db or less F to B weak signals in the desired direction could be masked. Now I shoot for more than 20 db F to B. This has had an added benefit of making the beam designs look more "normal" to me. I guess after 40 years I have developed a "feel" for how an antenna should look, much the same as being able to tell a friend where to tap a tower for a gamma match by what "looks right." I think that when you set a YO parameter to "0" you can run the risk of having the program reach a result that is an extreme and will not work. I have also found that, with close to optimum boom lengths for the number of elements, designs with good front to back sometimes exhibit gain peaks at the same frequency as the F to B peak. Well, I could go on and on... 73, Chuck, KE5FI -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: email@example.com Administrative requests: email@example.com Problems: email@example.com Sponsored by Akorn Access, Inc & KM9P
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According to the AU PlayStation Blog, the PlayStation Store will receive its long-awaited redesign in a couple short weeks.
"To tie in with the launch, PlayStation Store for PS3 is set to get a new look from October 2012 too, making it even easier for you to find and download the content you love from the comfort of your sofa."
As mentioned in the quote, the makeover is tied with the upcoming release of the slimmer PS3 model, which is coming to North America on September 25 in a bundle with Uncharted 3: Game of the Year Edition. The bundle model will feature a 250 GB HDD, while a 500 GB version will debut on October 30. The bundle and 500 GB model will cost $269.99 and $299.99, respectively.
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You can make amazingly delicious BBQ using a conventional oven. Are they Texas Roadhouse amazing? Of course not. But that's a really high standard to live up to. If you want the absolute best ribs (Or, the best steak) you have to go to the best steakhouse. But if you can't get here, you can cook ribs on par with your average dinner restaurant, right from your very own, warm cozy kitchen. Just follow these tips from the Texas Roadhouse chefs.
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Fire crews were called to a van blaze on the M23.
Two crews were dispatched to the northbound carriageway just south of junction 10a at Maidenbower at 2.50pm today (Monday June 2).
Simon Constable, green watch commander at Crawley Fire Station, said the Ford Connect van was "totally destroyed" by the fire, which was caused by a fault in the vehicle.
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The density profile in the polar direction every 0.4 s as a function of radius. (a), (b) and (c) correspond to 0.4, 0.8 and 2.8 s, respectively. The horizontal blue lines show approximately density of the H-resonance for different neutrino energies which are 5 (above) and 60 MeV (below), respectively. The green line is an original density profile for 2.0 s. Same as the left panel, but for 1.2 s (d), 2.0 s (e), and 3.2 s (f), respectively. Note that a sharpness of the shock along the polar direction is modified from the one in the MHD simulations (green line showing an original density profile for 2.0 s), which is made to be inevitably blunt due to the employed numerical scheme using an artificial viscosity to capture shocks (taken from [


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Treatment of Consumption in Islamic Economics: An Appraisal
This paper attempts a broad appraisal of the literature on macro consumption function in Islamic economics. It starts with a brief look at the microelements of the concept and clears several cobwebs concerning wants and needs, scarcity of resources, the basket of goods, and the efficacy of utility and its maximization for consumer equilibrium. The explanations narrow down the conceptual gaps between the micro and macro level articulations of the subject. Next, the paper reviews some selected macro models resting on division of income on the basis of nisab between the upper (rich) and the lower (poor) classes of society for analyzing the impact of zakah-moderation mechanism on economic growth via the saving-investment route. It is demonstrated that, contrary to the claim based on models, the positive impact of Islamic scheme on the variables studied is uncertain, to put it mildly. Finally, attention is drawn to some recent developments in the treatment of consumption in economics as also to interest being shown in the subject in other social sciences. This inter-disciplinary approach seeks to detach consumption from income and links it to wealth. It also brings in environmental and ethical concerns into the picture. The effort promises to bring the treatment of consumption closer in the two economic disciplines, secular and Islamic: it is a welcome development.
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Three Women Walking, 2009
Photographic Negative, Archival Pigment Print, Dimensions Variable
In Annabelle, Annabelle women stand transfixed in severe everyday landscapes, connected to the world by the objects surrounding them. Each frame is carefully constructed but what lies just beyond is uncertain, perhaps threatening and ultimately left for wonder. These women, with strength and wisdom in the depth of their age, stand boldly and carefully alone, and offer us the opportunity to create stories about life and death, power and vulnerability, magnificence and uncertainty.


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Build thread... well kinda...
So, I'm starting my build.
This weekend while on a trip to go visit my brother down in North Carolina after he graduated the Marine Corps boot camp, I was talking to a guy that had a HP D44 and Ford 9" for sale for $350. Well, on the way back, I picked up the axles and brought them back up with me.
Does anyone know where to find the trusses for the 9"? I've heard that there was a truss that included upper control arm brackets and spring perches. If anyone knows where I can order these, I'd appreciate it greatly.
The plan:
Chromolly shafts for HP44 and 9"
Custom Long Arm
Custom Tube Fenders - Complete, just need to be painted
4.88 gearing
Aussie in the HP44
ARB in the 9"
38x13.5x16 IROK's
On-Board Air- ViAir constant Duty
Chop the BL down to 1"
MML and TT
I've ditched the idea of swapping in a V8 for now, as I think it would be a little too costly. I know the building of these axles is going to be a huge fabrication process, but I'm not too worried about it.
I hope you guys have a lot of patience, as this build could take quite a while.
Sounds like a sweet build. Be sure to take some pics
I will get some pictures of the axles as they are now this weekend. Also this weekend will be when I take them down to bare housings. Grinders and cut-off wheels are going to be my friends for a while.
Here is a link to those trusses...
Got some work done on the axles. Cut off a few brackets, and took some pictures, now it's just time to start grinding like crazy to get it all rolling along nicely.
After working on the axles went and picked up my buddy, his girlfriend, and a co-worker and we all headed down to the Monster Jam at Ford Field. I have to say, it was a hell of a show. Nothing like listening to 1,500 HP ripping through the air, especially in a dome.
Pictures of the axles:
High Pinion 44:
Ford 9":
Grinding away:
On our way to the Monster Jam, we decided to stop and have a quick lunch. We chose a lunch of champions, hot dogs and a big ol' 24oz. beer.
We were sitting in the 15th row at the 50 yard line, the seats were absolutely amazing, you could see everything. It was cool watching Gravedigger roll during the freestyle, and damn cool watching Taz win the whole race section. Our seats:
Pre-Qualifying line up:
All in all it was a hell of a day. Sorry I couldn't get more pictures. Hope you enjoy.
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Hotdogs with ketchup? :nono:
monster jam... Last time they were in this area a part flew off of a truck and killed a kid... I still want to go tho..
Oh and nothing wrong with ketchup on a hotdog...
Ketchup, mustard and relish, AND franks redhot :laugh:;)
A rough inventory list of parts:
Price Sheet for Axle and Suspension Build
Suspension Parts:
Blue Torch FabWorks Rear Axle Relocation TJ Kit $299.99
Blue Torch FabWorks 1-1/4" RH Thread Insert$19.99
Blue Torch FabWorks 1-1/4" LH Thread Insert$19.99
Blue Torch FabWorks 1-1/4"-12 LH Thread Jam Nut$6.99
Blue Torch FabWorks 1-1/4"-12 RH Thread Jam Nut$4.99
Blue Torch FabWorks 1-1/4"-12 RH Rod End$59.99
Blue Torch FabWorks 1-1/4"-12 LH Rod End$59.99
Total Suspension:$643.87
Axle Parts (High Pinion Dana 44):
Axle Truss High44$159.95
Currie Bracket Kit$399.95
Total Axle (HP 44):$559.90
Axle Parts (Ford 9"):
Blue Torch FabWorks Leaf Spring Brackets $39.99
Blue Torch FabWorks Shock Brackets $3.99
Currie 4.86 Ring and Pinion Set $439.95
Currie Ring and Pinion Master Install Kit $129.95
Total Axle (Ford 9"):$625.85
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I recorded an evening of light rain out my window overlooking a street. From time to time there is some traffic and other city sounds, but mostly quiet rain. Recorded with AT2020 mic into a Zoom H4.
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Carlos_Nine: Flac is a free, open lossless format. It's the same quality as a WAV file, but at a smaller filesize. If you have to have wav, it should be an easy task to download and convert it.
You have the PERFECT rain that I need to use and you have it in Flac..... what is that by the way... I needed WAV so bad! haha
Perfect for noisy office conditions, I can just shut out the babble of those around me and focus on getting stuff done :)
Don't get these sounds that often in Alaska. Very relaxing.
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Property Location
With a stay at Hilton Dallas/Park Cities, you'll be centrally located in Dallas, convenient to Plaza at Preston Center and Frontiers of Flight Museum. This hotel is within close proximity of Highland Park Shopping Village and Museum of Biblical Art.
Make yourself at home in one of the 224 air-conditioned guestrooms. Cable programming and video-game consoles are provided for your entertainment, with wired and wireless Internet access available for a surcharge. Bathrooms have complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as desks and complimentary weekday newspapers.
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Take advantage of recreation opportunities including an outdoor pool and a fitness center. This hotel also features complimentary wireless Internet access, gift shops/newsstands, and wedding services.
Satisfy your appetite at the hotel's restaurant, which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, or stay in and take advantage of 24-hour room service. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.
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Featured amenities include a business center, express check-out, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Event facilities at this hotel consist of conference space and meeting rooms.
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Written on: 14/06/2013 by Vivigeoff (1 review written)
I purchased some goods on wiggles for my husband as his birthday present about 4weeks ago.
Hoping that it would arrive in time ( it says 10workind days from dispatch)
It has been almost 4weeks. Still no sign of the delivery.
And there is no tracking details which I can't follow up with any courier company.
I have tried sending a couple of emails to wiggles ask them for the details.
But no one has ever respond to my emails.
His birthday is tomorrow. Really disappointed with the experience.
If someone can get in touch with me from wiggles. That would be much appreciated!


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Orlando Cruz has big plans when he steps in the ring Saturday night besides winning the vacant WBO featherweight belt.
Boxing's first openly gay fighter will sport pink gloves and a pink-trimmed ring jacket in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Cruz will also wear rainbow-coloured trunks to support the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) social movements for his fight against Orlando Salido in Las Vegas as part of the undercard of the Timothy Bradley-Juan Manuel Marquez pay-per-view.
Boxing manufacturer Everlast, in collaboration with Cruz, made the trunks and gloves.
Cruz enters Saturday's fight with a 20-2-1 record with 10 knockouts while Salido is 39-12-2 with 27 knockouts.
Cruz has won back-to-back fights since he revealed to the world on Oct. 4, 2012 that he is gay.
With a great burden lifted from his shoulders, Cruz proposed to his boyfriend, Jose Manuel, earlier this year and they will marry next month in New York.
There were times when Cruz feared about what a fan might say from the stands in an attempt to demean him.
"I was scared," Cruz, a member of the 2000 Puerto Rican Olympic boxing team, told Yahoo! Sports earlier this month, adding he saw a psychologist in New York to help work through his feelings. "I was worried about other boxers. I was worried about the fans. I would cry many, many nights thinking about it."
Now, Cruz can focus on what it will take to defeat Salido. He said he'd have to be "intelligent all the time, very smart, and give him [a lot of lateral] movement" to win.
On June 18, Cruz was part of the first class of the National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame, inducted in Chicago alongside tennis stars Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova, diver Greg Louganis and NBA player Jason Collins.
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Salem, VA, February, 2014 – In honor of heart month, LewisGale Regional Health System is on a mission to educate the public about heart disease through its dinner/lunch with a doc series and a television campaign featuring its physicians.
For both men and women nationwide, heart disease is the leading cause of death. Approximately 600,000 people die from heart disease annually and more than 700,000 Americans have a heart attack. Education about heart disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment is an important first step in fighting this disease, which is why LewisGale is offering the following free educational events.
Dinner with a Doc
- February 18, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m., Holiday Inn-Christiansburg
Cardiovascular Disease, Treatment, and the Importance of Calling 911
Speakers: Michael Cantor, D.O. & Daniel Osimani, M.D., FACC
- February 19, 6 – 7 p.m., LewisGale Hospital Pulaski- Education Building
Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Cardiovascular Care
Speaker: Ajaykumar Archarya, M.D.
- February 19, 6 -8 p.m., LewisGale Medical Center – Education Center
AHA Guidelines: Hypertension & Cholesterol Management
Speaker: Richard Prokopchak, M.D.
Lunch with a Doc
- February 28, 12- 1 p.m., LewisGale Hospital Alleghany – Conference Rm. B
Current Treatment Options for Heart Attack
Speaker: Steven Goldstein, D.O.
Every Tuesday in February, LewisGale physicians will also be featured on WSLS' Daytime Blue Ridge discussing a range of heart health topics.
To register for one of the upcoming events, call 1-877-2HCA DOCS (877-242-2362). For more information on heart health topics and services offered at LewisGale, visit lewisgale.com/heart. LewisGale Regional Health System's hospitals consistently rank among the top in the nation for heart care. LewisGale is also the only health system in Southwest Virginia with fully accredited chest pain centers at all its hospitals.


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Los Angeles Times, July 15, 2013
The 2010 healthcare law was supposed to be fully implemented on Jan. 1, 2014, but the Obama administration has pushed back several of the law's requirements to give regulators and the public more time to prepare. Some critics have seized on the delays as a sign that the law is collapsing under its own weight, but that's wishful thinking on their part. Though the implementation challenges are real, there's no compelling reason at this point to think the reforms slated to begin next year can't be made to work. The most significant rollback was announced last week, when the Treasury Department said it would not enforce until 2015 the requirement that employers with at least 50 full-time workers provide them with affordable coverage.


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A light for Seek Memorial
Coaldale's VFW and American Legion joined forces to buy a solar-powered light for the Seek memorial. The American flag at the memorial, at Route 209 and Bull Run Street, was removed several weeks ago after borough officials received complaints that it was left up after nightfall with no illumination. The flag has flown at the memorial since the 1930s. Borough council on Sept. 15 agreed to remove the flag, except for special occasions, until a light could be installed. Council on Tuesday voted to send letters of thanks to the organizations.


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Mrs. Obama as Cat Woman -- Exclusives from books out Tuesday: Plouffe on 'Punjabgate' … Gore on 2009 as 'turning point' … Gasparino on Paulson's tin ear -- McDonnell has 12-point lead in two polls
FALL BACK. YOU GOT AN EXTRA HOUR OF SLEEP. The Nation's @arimelber could use it after dressing for Halloween as Twitter, wrapped in whiteboards for guest tweets. His brother was TwitPic, brandishing a Polaroid camera so he could paste on live photos. Liza Harris dressed as a pirate. Mo Elleithee was a very scary Joker. Tali Stein, due in January, was a pregnant cat. Charlie Watkins dressed as Charlie Brown. Ron Bonjean was a pimp. (Really.) Sara Bonjean was a whoopee cushion. Blair Latoff was strawberry shortcake. Josh Holmes was "Maverick" from "Top Gun." (What else?) CNN's Brianna Keilar was a dark angel. Teddy Downey came as the flu, accompanied by a "naughty nurse." Here's a TwitPic of SEIU's Lori Lodes and AFL-CIO's Eddie Vale in costume.
SPOTTED at Mo and Tali's party: Jessica Yellin as JonBenet, Mary Street at Bat Girl, Michael Feldman as a Gitmo detainee, Daryl Judy as a Hare Krishna, JMart in a wig of some sort, Ben Chang as a keg of beer, Nikolai Wenzel as a St. Pauli Girl. Alexandra Traber, of the First Lady's staff, came from the White House party as a White House M&M. Taylor West, in an orange shirt, was a tiger. Hari Sevugan and his girlfriend were Kanye West and Taylor Swift. Mark Murray and Sasha Johnson were UT fans.
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POLITICO CLICK: "POTUS, FLOTUS – as Cat Woman! – first grandma Marian Robinson and some 2,000 children and a few hundred adults are trick-or-treating at the White House for Halloween. Pool reports Obama dressed in casual slacks, checked shirt and a black sweater, while FLOTUS got into the spirit of things with an orange-and-black leopard-type top and cat ears, black eye shadow, her hair in a bun and lots of gold bracelets on one arm. POTUS deemed FLOTUS to be 'a very nice-looking Cat Woman.' The north front of the White House is tinted orange for the holiday, and three 1,000 pound pumpkins are at the White House, along with "skeleton" brass players and kettle drummers in black leotards.
"The first family members took to the front steps for about half an hour, passing out treats including White House M&Ms, a sweet dough butter cookie from the White House pastry shop and dried fruit (cherries, apricots, pears, apples and papayas). The children aged 6 to 14, some with younger siblings in tow, came from 11 area schools — five in the District, three in Maryland and three in Virginia chosen by the Department of Education. One toddle burst into tears upon seeing the president, who said "happy Halloween" to each child as they passed." PIC, STORY
Good Sunday morning. Mr. Meacham reminds us that it's All Saints Sunday.
BREAKING -- Reuters/Kabul: "Afghanistan's run-off election would go ahead with President Hamid Karzai as the only candidate after his rival Abdullah Abdullah withdrew on Sunday, the country's top chief electoral officer said. 'Based on election laws and based on the constitution there should be a second round. The constitution is clear,' Daoud Ali Najafi, chief electoral officer of the government-appointed Independent Election Commission, told Reuters."
THE BIG IDEA -- "Base sends GOP warning shot in NY-23," by POLITICO's Jonathan Martin and Alex Isenstadt: "Republican Dede Scozzafava's decision Saturday to drop out of the New York special congressional election gave conservatives a big win, but may present a challenge for Republicans heading into next year's mid-term elections. … This was an angry, energized base telling the national party that an anything-for-a-majority approach by GOP leaders is unacceptable. … While the Empire State's unique ballot rules and a Republican candidate to the left of the GOP mainstream helped open the door for [Conservative Party candidate Doug] Hoffman's unlikely run, the national effect of this race may be to embolden more conservatives to take on party establishment-approved candidates who don't toe the ideological line. …
"Karl Rove said the local process in which the Republican was chosen and New York's uniquely powerful Conservative Party made for an aberrant set of circumstances that would not likely be repeated around the country. 'When 11 people in a backroom pick among nine candidates, there are going to be hard feelings,' Rove said in a telephone interview … 'Hmmm, I thought the Era of Reagan was over?' wrote Rush Limbaugh in an email to POLITICO. 'Who was it that said that? Oh yeah, the smart people on our side who told us the only way we could win was with moderate-liberal candidates like Scozzafava.' … DCCC Chair Chris Van Hollen told POLITICO in a phone interview, 'The far-right, tea-bag party is leading there Republican Party around by the nose.'"
PROFILES IN COURAGE -- POLITICO's Alex Isenstadt: "The much-watched off-year special election in upstate New York's 23rd Congressional District that had Republicans scrambling to pick the right side turned into a stampede rightward Saturday, as stragglers rushed to endorse Hoffman … Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who'd previously warned that backing Hoffman in the NY-23 House race amounted to a 'purge' of the GOP, told POLITICO Saturday morning that he was now endorsing the conservative … The National Republican Congressional Committee, which had slammed the Conservative contender in a seemingly endless series of press releases, declared that they too now 'look forward to welcoming Doug Hoffman into the House Republican Conference as we work together for the good of our nation.' … 'It is every man for themselves,' lamented [a] Republican operative. 'There is clearly no cohesion.'"
HUFFPOST BANNER yesterday (later replaced by one on Goldman Sachs -- see "Business Burst" below): "GOP BLOODLETTING: Moderate GOP Candidate Targeted By Sarah Palin Pulls Out Of NY Race."
DRIVING THE DAY -- AP: "President Barack Obama is making a last-minute campaign appearance for New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine's re-election bid. Obama's scheduled to appear Sunday at a pair of rallies for the only incumbent governor seeking re-election…. [T]he White House is aware Democratic losses would be spun as a referendum on Obama. … The president plans to appear with Corzine at two New Jersey campaign stops, in Camden and Newark, before returning to the White House."
DOUBLE BIRTHDAY PARTY LAST NIGHT at Stetsons' for Lauren Thorbjornsen, the most important person in the White House Communications office, and John Oxtoby, who works for Valerie Jarrett. Lauren's real b'day is in a week and a half, but she's going to China to advance POTUS.
BIRTHDAYS: Bo Harmon ... Rep. Darrell Issa, who already got his b-'ay wish - a subpoena for Countrywide VIP docs.
SPOTTED by Amie Parnes at the Kennedy Center last night during opening night of "A Streetcar Named Desire," with Cate Blanchett: Hilda Solis, Reggie Love, Maureen Dowd, Gen. Michael Hayden, William Webster, AP's Ken Thomas and Kim Hefling, and Jason Kello of General Dynamics.
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TREASURY SECRETARY TIM GEITHNER pre-taped an interview with NBC's David Gregory for "Meet the Press":
GREGORY: [D]o you need more stimulus?
GEITHNER: I don't think we can make that judgment yet, David. … You're not gonna get real recovery until it's led by the private sector, by businesses.
GREGORY: So, I want to be clear. Additional stimulus, you don't think is needed right now?
GEITHNER: Not yet. Now Congress is looking at extending unemployment insurance, some other targeted programs that would expire without additional action. …
GREGORY: How can you justify a company like Goldman Sachs making so much money … [a]fter it was saved by taxpayers?
GEITHNER: We're not gonna let the system go back to the way it was. …
GREGORY: Is it not back the way it was?
GEITHNER: No, it's not. And it's not gonna go back to the way it was. Barney Frank and Chris Dodd are moving comprehensive financial reform through both houses of Congress now. …
GREGORY: Final question. Away from the policy, let's make it a little bit more personal. To a family out there that's struggling to save. Wants to send their kid to college, but doesn't, frankly, know what to do with what money they may have left. What should they be doing with their money? …
GEITHNER: You're seeing Americans start to save again. After a long period where people were not putting enough aside against the risk of a recession or a job loss. You're seeing people start to save again. And that's a healthy, necessary adjustment.
--DAVID PLOUFFE, campaign manager of Obama for America, " The Audacity to Win : The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory" -- $15.09 on Amazon
"The remarkable Obama for President campaign, led by a once-in-a-generation candidate, had the audacity to win -- and not just to win, but to do so with guts, defying conventional wisdom again and again. We talked to voters like adults and organized a grassroots movement of average citizens the likes of which American politics had never seen." (p. 3)
JUNE 2007: "Our research team had put together a document that highlighted the voluminous examples of Hillary Clintons' expressing tacit support for outsourcing. We knew this could cause huge problems in Iowa with blue-collar voters … The document on outsourcing was titled 'Hillary Clinton, D-Punjab,' after an incident when Hillary Clinton was in India and she jokingly told a local official that should be her title because of her ongoing political interest in many things Indian. It was stupid and snarky; these research documents historically do not see the light of day, so communications staff doesn't treat them as though their language will be repeated. They are considered off-the-record and rarely get sourced. As a result, we were sloppy. But we got burned, and the New York Times broke the story that we were moving the D-Punjab document around the press world. [Jeff Zeleny's "Political Memo," at the bottom of A10 on Saturday, June 16, 2007, was headlined, "A New Kind of Politics Closely Resembles the Old."]
"As soon as we got the first call from the Times we knew we were in deep shit. Our press secretary, Bill Burton, called me with the news as I was landing in Chicago, and my stomach sank. My first reaction was, 'How on earth could they write a story off a paper that was clearly research, a background document?' But that was blame-shifting and rationalization. We had clearly screwed up, and in a way that could be uniquely damaging. For other campaigns this would be a blip on the radar. But we had promised a different standard … Obama was predictably furious when I talked to him after getting off the phone with Burton. Worse than that, he was disappointed. 'This is the first time I was embarrassed by my campaign,' he said. 'How could this happen? Is staff going renegade? … I never want this to happen again. … I want controls in place and I want you to take personal responsibility for it. I don't care what the other campaigns are doing. We can't use that as a standard. Get control of it or I won't allow us to send anything but our schedule out to the press.' …
"He was as short and upset as I had ever seen him. … Poor Gibbs was traveling with Obama and said that Punjabgate put Barack in the foulest mood he'd seen him in three years. … We changed course after this incident and sent out very few research documents; when we did, they were straightforward and fact-based." (pp. 72-4)
"Acknowledgments: When I sat down to write this book, my experience as a writer was limited to campaign memos and television advertisements. … Bob Barnett, my agent, provided, wise counsel and great advice throughout. … I want to single out David Axelrod and Katie Johnson for additional thanks. We simply would not have been the Obama campaign, or won, without David Axelrod. … David Axelrod and Anita Dunn somehow found the time to read the manuscript and provide incisive guidance … There is no index following these acknowledgments as a recognition that our campaign was not a collection of individuals, no matter how talented, but a tight unit of staff and volunteers." (pp. 388-9)
--AL GORE, " Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis " -- fancy trade paperback with thick covers -- $17.81 on Amazon
"We can solve the climate crisis. It will be hard, to be sure, but if we choose to solve it, I have no doubt whatsoever that we can and will succeed. … The key first step toward a solution is this: we must make a choice. By WE, I mean our global civilization. … This book is focused on the collective decision that we now face: to make the rescue of civilization the central organizing principle of our politics, economics, and social action. We have arrived at a moment unlike any other in all of human history. Our home is in grave danger. What is at risk of being destroyed is not the earth itself, of course, but the conditions that have made it hospitable for human beings. … [W]e must recognize the necessary of concerted global action. … [W]e must change more than our lightbulbs and windows. We have to change our laws and policies." (pp. 15-8)
Gore hopes we will be able to look back and say: "The turning point came in 2009. The year began well, with the inauguration of a new president of the United States, who immediately shifted priorities to focus on building the foundation for a new low-carbon economy. The resistance to these changes -- especially by corporations that were making a lot of money from producing, selling and burning coal, oil, and gas -- was ferocious. … Our public debates were confusing to most for a while. … At the end of 2009, two things happened to decisively turn the tide. First, the United States of America passed legislation that changed the way business and civic leaders made plans for the future.
"By putting a price on the pollution that had been previously ignored, the United States established powerful incentives to begin the historic shift away from burning coal without trapping and sequestering the CO2 it contains. The new incentives to shift our energy production from fossil fuels to solar, wind and geothermal sources unleashed a wave of improvements in those technologies … [I]n December, all the nations of the world gathered … The agreement in Copenhagen, though criticized at the time for the timidity of what was approved there, turned out to be only the first step. … In 2010, all over the world, an idealistic young generation took the initiative." (pp. 394-402)
"ACKNOWLEDGMENTS [which run, Woodward-style, four pages of tiny type]… Kalee Kreider (who has been of invaluable assistance in all of my climate work) … my friend Mike Feldman for important advice." (pp. 411-4)
"ABOUT THIS BOOK … The North American editions of 'Our Choice' are printed on a 100 percent recycled paper …. 'Our Choice' is a CarbonNeutral publication. … When you're finished reading 'Our Choice,' please don't throw it away; rather, pass it along to a friend, to a library, or to someone that you feel needs to read it." (p. 416)
--CHARLES GASPARINO, an on-air editor for CNBC, " The Sellout : How Three Decades of Wall Street Greed and Government Mismanagement Destroyed the Global Financial System" -- $18.47 on Amazon
In negotiations on bailout legislation, Treasury Secretary Hank "Paulson didn't help matters. He brought a Wall Street banker's attitude to a job that demands politics. On Wall Street you're discarded the moment you're deemed unnecessary, and Paulson deemed the conservative Republican congressional leadership, now in the minority, as unnecessary. As a result, he spent most of his time with Democrats, such as his longtime friend House Finance Committee Chairman Barney Frank, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senator Harry Reid, whom he referred to in conversation as 'Nancy' and 'Harry.'" (p. 368)
"One of the great media fallacies is that Wall Street is a bastion of right-wing politics. In fact, over the course of 2007 and 2008, much of the Wall Street leadership, from Lloyd Blankfein to Jamie Dimon to Larry Fink and John Mack openly sided with the Democrats and were now supporting Obama for president." (p 471)
"For all the Obama administration's attacks on the corporate greed that had flourished during the free-market reign of the Republicans … Obama's policies in dealing with the financial crisis appeared remarkably similar to those of his predecessor. … In the ultimate sign of consistency, Obama named former New York Fed president Tim Geithner to replace Hank Paulson as Treasury secretary." (p. 494)
Gasparino writes that the title came from "Wall Street and the financial system having to 'sell out' to survive after its three-decade binge on risk and leverage, by being bailed out first with capital coming from foreign sovereign wealth funds (thus diluting existing shareholders' investments and giving foreign governments a greater say in our financial system) and then ultimately by the federal government." (p. 499)
NEW JERSEY GOV. -- "WHY RACE TO LEAD N.J. IS SO TIGHT" -- Philly Inquirer lead story, by Cynthia Burton: "New Jersey's gubernatorial race, winding down to Tuesday's election after a consistently brutal campaign, is a dead heat between Democratic Gov. Corzine and Republican Christopher J. Christie, in a state where no Republican has won a statewide race in a dozen years. … Corzine has the advantages of incumbency and vast personal wealth; he might pump in $30 million before the campaign is over. He also enjoys an almost 2-1 Democratic registration edge over Republicans. But Christie has given Corzine a vigorous challenge, fighting him in urban, Democratic strongholds and at kitchen tables in middle-class suburbia. … Corzine has had trouble convincing voters that things could have been a lot worse if he hadn't trimmed spending and bucked up social services. And Christie decided to stick to a plan of not giving sound-bite answers to complex problems, promising instead to pick apart the government and make informed choices. … Though Christie had led in the polls for almost a year, Corzine tripped up his momentum with relentless television ads criticizing the Republican's support of no-frills health-insurance policies."
--"Corzine, the Democratic incumbent, was joined yesterday by former U.S. senator Bill Bradley as he bounced from Bergen County to Middlesex County, then back to Hudson County. … The final push of the 2009 gubernatorial race was as mean-spirited and hostile as the rest of the campaign. Corzine continued to criticize Christie for using his former office as U.S. attorney to further his political ambitions and said the Republican's budget plans would lead to skyrocketing property taxes. Christie continued to tell people Corzine has been a failure and he hammered the governor for considering yet again a sale or lease of state assets that could lead to toll hikes."
--AP, "Scorn for property taxes drives NJ governor's race": "For the privilege of living in perhaps the nation's most-maligned state, New Jerseyans pay the highest property taxes in America. That overriding issue — not President Barack Obama, health care or the economy — could cost Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine his job on Election Day. … New Jersey's crushing tax burden is blamed largely on its profusion of hundreds of cities, towns, townships, boroughs and school districts, all with their own bureaucracies, … Last year, the average bill for a homeowner was more than $7,000 — about twice the national average."
VIRGINIA GOV. -- "McDONNELL EXTENDS ADVANTAGE IN TIMES-DISPATCH POLL -- Richmond Times Dispatch, by Jeff E. Schapiro: "Republican Bob McDonnell appears poised to win the governorship and lead a GOP sweep Tuesday, ending nearly a decade of reverses for his party, according to The Richmond Times-Dispatch Poll. McDonnell is favored by 53 percent, while Democrat R. Creigh Deeds is preferred by 41 percent -- a widened lead from an early October … McDonnell's comfortable lead, along with those of his running mates for lieutenant governor and attorney general, points to a dramatic comeback for Republicans that could include a heftier majority in the House of Delegates. Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling is ahead of Jody Wagner by 13 percentage points. For attorney general, Republican Ken Cuccinelli is up 14 percentage points over Steve Shannon. McDonnell could become the first Republican elected governor since Jim Gilmore in 1997."
--MASON-DIXON -- The (Norfolk) Virginian-Pilot: "[L]arge numbers of previously undecided voters say they're supporting Bob McDonnell for governor, giving the Republican a 12-percentage-point lead over Democrat Creigh Deeds."
--WHY WE BET NAGOURNEY'S TUESDAY-NIGHT DATELINE WILL BE RICHMOND -- THE VIRGINIA NARRATIVE -- AP, "Year after Obama's romp, GOP set for Va. comeback," by Bob Lewis: "A year after Barack Obama handed the Republicans their first presidential defeat in Virginia in 44 years with a pledge to restore jobs, the Democrats appear to have squandered the party's advances. … National trends certainly hampered Deeds. Unrest about health reform, stimulus spending and the energy bill manifested itself in vehement 'tea party' rallies by conservatives and angry confrontations when members of Congress, particularly Democrats, held public meetings. … Not since 1973 have Virginians elected a governor of the same party as the sitting president. … Deeds …broke with Obama on several key policies, even saying that he would consider opting Virginia out of any federal health care plan that includes the public option. That alienated the committed liberals who were the tireless, meticulously organized force behind last year's Democratic sweep."
NYC MAYOR -- AP: "How much does Michael Bloomberg want a third term as mayor of New York? The billionaire is spending $35,000 an hour out of his own pocket and could burn through more than $100 million on what is already the most expensive self-financed campaign in American history. The rub is that he's never been seriously challenged and is leading by a wide margin in the polls."
AP's TOP BALLOT MEASURES -- "GAY MARRIAGE-MAINE -- PORTLAND, Maine — In every single state where gay marriage has been put to a popular vote, it has lost. Gay rights activists in Maine hope to buck that trend on Election Day in a vote that is being watched closely around the country. … [V]oters can let stand or repeal legislatively passed gay marriage law. … Also [on the ballot:] 'everything but marriage' domestic partnership measure in Washington state and various tax-cutting measures around the nation."
BUSINESS BURST -- HuffPost banner, "Toxic Trickery" links to McClatchy Newspapers, "How Goldman secretly bet on the U.S. housing crash," by Greg Gordon: "In 2006 and 2007, Goldman Sachs Group peddled more than $40 billion in securities backed by at least 200,000 risky home mortgages, but never told the buyers it was secretly betting that a sharp drop in U.S. housing prices would send the value of those securities plummeting. Goldman's sales and its clandestine wagers, completed at the brink of the housing market meltdown, enabled the nation's premier investment bank to pass most of its potential losses to others before a flood of mortgage defaults staggered the U.S. and global economies. … A Goldman spokesman, Michael DuVally, said that … Goldman 'had no obligation to disclose how it was managing its risk, nor would investors have expected us to do so ... other market participants had access to the same information we did.'"
--The (London ) Sunday Telegraph lead story, "Break-up of the big banks": "THREE new banks are to appear on Britain's high streets as part of a major break-up of the sector to be announced by the Government this week, The Sunday Telegraph has learnt. Alistair Darling, the Chancellor, will confirm over the next few days that Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Lloyds Banking Group, both of which are majority-owned by the taxpayer, will be split up. Many of their assets will be sold in deals that ministers will present as fulfilling Gordon Brown's promise that the taxpayer would get 'payback' for the multi-billion pound Government bail-out of the sector last year."
SPORTS BLINK -- Yankees 8, Phillies 5 -- Yankees lead series, 2-1 -- Game 4 tonight in Philly. N.Y. Post cover: "CRUSHED! Bombers roll over pitiful Frillies."
--JERRY IS SMILING -- FRED, NOT SO MUCH -- EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Jeremiah Masoli and Oregon trampled the Southern California Trojans, leaving the kings of the Pac-10 in serious danger of relinquishing the throne they've held for the last seven seasons. … Oregon remained alone in first and undefeated in the Pac-10. USC will need a small miracle to extend its run of seven consecutive Pac-10 titles.
** The financial costs associated with chronic diseases are high and rising. But many diseases -- including heart disease, lung diseases, and some cancers -- can be prevented. The Triple Solution for a Healthier America advocates a 3-part approach to improve health and lower costs:
Prevention: Empower Americans to prevent chronic diseases by making healthy choices. http://www.forahealthieramerica.com/ts/prevention.html
Intervention: Help Americans with chronic diseases. http://www.forahealthieramerica.com/ts/intervention.html
Innovation: Encourage investment in medical research. http://www.forahealthieramerica.com/ts/innovation.html
http://www.forahealthieramerica.com/ **
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The project targets the chemical engg. students and industry as an aid to the design of heat exchanger. It will be a study aid and shall be able to give te relimnary dessign to an expert before he starts and puts his expertise into it. Design,Rating and
This project is web based,basically its a company website with lot of cool features to manage user accounts and email.
NT/Win2k Hosting Controller
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Trillian Developer's Resource
A resource for all developers working with the Trillian Messenger API. Our goal is to be a repository for any source code / libraries that may be of use to programmers working with Trillian. It is also a place to find community written documentation.
We are developing a suite of software to control USB I/O devices. Initially the support will be for Windows and Linux hosted Human Interface Devices (HID) although hopefully this will extend to virtual comms. port control in the future. API coming...
WinBot Source Archive
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Kazmo - A New Day
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- Nov 11, 2008 | 3:45 PM EST
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- 3 min 7 sec
- Score
- 4.35 / 5.00
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- Rated 4.35 / 5 stars
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Rated 5 / 5 stars
wow this song is crazy
the bass and the synth melody 8sryx ma poor english again ^^)
love your music, don't find any better
Rated 5 / 5 stars
Relaxing and energetic. I love the leads you made and the feel of it. I cant really find trance songs like this nowadays.... Great Job.
Thanks, glad you found it relaxing!
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This is amazing, if anything, there is absolutely nothing I would want to change about this song!
Keep up the good work.
(P.S.) Great job on the fluctuations!
Rated 5 / 5 stars
Oh boy!
More music! Man... i dont know about you or anyone else on here... but your songs are alot of fun to play on Audiosurf. All of your songs i can actually dance to... and all of them sound very professional! You sir, are possibly the greatest Trance artist on Newgrounds period!
Lol Audiosurf... :P
Glad you like my stuff!
Thank you for the HUGE compliment, it means a lot! :D
Rated 5 / 5 stars
this is pure blood pumping music 10/10 keep it up nice work


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Described by World Magazine as Africa 's Charles Spurgeon, Conrad Mbewe is a man of God characterized by his love for preaching, writing and controversy. Twenty years ago, he gave up a successful career as a mining engineer to follow God's call on his life. Having faithfully served as Senior Pastor of the Kabwata Baptist Church in Lusaka , Zambia for the last twenty years, his ministry has flourished and his congregation has grown numerically and spiritually. Mr. Mbewe and his wife have three children, while fostering several other young people in their home. Mr. Mbewe is the author of The Holy Spirit: His Person and Work and is a contributor to The Founders Journal. Mbewe is currently serving with Heartcry Missionary Society.
Text: Ephesians 2:4-8
If we lose sight of the backdrop of man's deadness in sin, we will develop a superficial understanding of the gospel. We are not seeing Christ's sheep but the Devil's goats filling our churches today.
It is the opposite "but" that should explode in our lives. The power of God is at work in the salvation of souls. Indeed, we have seen how Paul likened it to the power of God which raised Jesus from the dead. Romans 1:4 "and through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power . . ." In that moment- when all the powers of hell have fought, they were clearly be shown to be off the mark. Omnipotence came into play, the tomb was rolled away, and Jesus rose–all through the almighty power of God. This is the same power we speak of in conversion.
Paul asks in Romans 6:1-4, "Should we go on sinning that grace may increase?" Paul offers the rest of the story. The work that God has done in conversion is such a powerful work that it cannot be reversed. God has transferred the Christian from the domain of darkness into the kingdom of His beloved Son. It is a realm where the power of God rules, the grace of God reigns and God is extending and expressing His will through His Spirit. There has been an actual work of God. We have been taken from the realm of sin and we are dead to that world. We are raised to newness of life (Romans 6:4). He is saying, "What happened to Jesus has happened to you." The Christian is "in Christ." So in the same way, count yourselves dead to sin, and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Let's break that down a little more and understand what it is that God does by His Spirit. First, God gives us sight and knowledge while making us aware of spiritual realities that at one time we were completely oblivious to. But when God, by His power and His Spirit, comes to do a work of saving grace, life is diffused into our soul. We begin to see what we never saw before. To borrow the words of the Apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians, the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers (2 Corinthians 4:4-6). Exactly what happened at the beginning of creation when God said, "Let there be light" and there was light is what happens to us in conversion. It is as though God has singled you out in the midst of an entire crowd, your entire past is brought before you and you cannot shake it off. It is as though it was staring at you in the mirror.
It is God the Holy Spirit opening the eyes and making spiritual realities as real as anything he has ever known. He realizes that God who is holy and just has given His own Son so that we might know mercy, grace, and love. The Holy Spirit also literally liberates us from the bondage to sin, which we see in Romans 6. The Christian cannot go on sinning. Why? He has been set free from sin. It is not a second experience. It was primarily because he responded to the gospel. Let's go back to Romans 6, for the better we understand these realities, the better we will be. We must be willing to tell such persons in our church, "You are not saved."
(Romans 6:15-19) You have gone from one enslavement to another, from sinfulness to righteousness and this is all a work of the Holy Spirit. You whole-heartedly obey the teaching which you have heard because God has opened our eyes, liberated us from sin and given us a new life. We can then say, "I once was lost, but now am found; once dead, but now alive."
(Ephesians 2:6) Let us all admit that when you come to passages like this, there is a depth that you cannot fully comprehend. Paul is saying, "Conrad, even now, you are seated in the heavenly realms." It blows my mind! One truth that comes to me is the reality that I am in the hands of Omnipotence. What God has begun, he will bring to completion until the day of Christ. He will indeed complete the work He has begun (Romans 8:29-30). Paul didn't skip something when he went from justification to glorification. He is saying that glorification is sanctification in full-flower. That is why Paul can speak in terms of praying for the Ephesians that they may know the "riches of God's glorious inheritance in the saints." It is because you are seeing the work being done by divine Omnipotence. Have you seen the footprints of God the Holy Spirit in your conversion experience? Can you say, "I am not what I used to be. Something drastic has happened to me." Paul is saying to you, "That work is not going to be aborted. Potentially you are already there in Christ, seated in the heavenlies. God is simply putting in the final screws. Already you ought to be standing in amazement of what God is doing."
What is man's workmanship? It is when you go into the room of a well-known artist who has been doing his job. You notice at his masterpieces and realize that this artist has gifts and a genius at work here. What Paul is saying here is we are not dealing with a human artist but a divine hand and every single Christian is a product of that divine power-every single one of them. Here on earth the work of God is not complete, but you wait until we hear the final blast of the angel's trumpet. You wait until you see the ransomed throng marching into heaven. You wait until you see that glory shining brighter than the sun. Then you will see what otherwise cannot be apart from sovereign grace. What is it? It is God doing His work. We are His workmanship.
How does that come through on a day-to-day basis? I think it is important to look for it, because we can be caught up in the heavenly picture that we forget the practicality of it all. There are two immediate signs to enable you to see whether you are dealing with those who are being made alive. First, we see that of ongoing repentance. You see, when God makes us alive, together with Christ, we are genuinely sorry for sin. We change sides in the spiritual and moral warfare. Men and women that do not move from being slaves to sin to becoming slaves of righteousness are not converted. They may have repeated our prayers and have been sincere in doing so, but they are not converted. It is not enough that they have wept buckets; the question is whether they are still repenting today. It is whether they still see sin as an offense to God- a breach of God's holiness. Not because sin upsets people, but because it is breaking the law of God. This is an extremely important sign. The true convert bows to the Word of God the way the seas bow to a moving ship. God's will is supreme. We must refuse to content ourselves than anything less than an act of God.
The other is that of true faith in the living God. Faith is seeing Jesus for all that He is for us and savoring Him with our lives. It is seeing the holiness of God, the sinfulness of sin, the cost of following Christ and committing ones life to Him. The people of God should not reduce the pastor to a headmaster! I'm concerned about the fact that we are dealing here not with our work or our product, but the work of God the Holy Spirit. He has made us alive. Our eyes are opened. We can see and now our greatest desire in life is to know God, to love God, to serve God, to worship God and to be with Him forever.
May I plead with us to be conscious of this great power and plead for it in our preaching. God forgive us for every drop of self-confidence that remains in our being as we make our way up the pulpit steps! Oh that God would enable us to cry to Him, that He might work through an unworthy vessel such as I. Familiarity breeds contempt. Many go out from Bible colleges trembling and wondering if God could ever use him. We may have the right books, the right prayers, the right techniques and become familiar with the holy things of God. Let us not choose the kind of sinners we want. The work of conversion is not my work. If it was, I would limit it to my children, before their teenage years. Because I know it is the work of God, I can go to the city's worst sinner and share with that person, knowing that if God is pleased that person will be in the Kingdom before long. Preaching the gospel is like placing fishing hooks into the lips of sinners.
There are men and women in the far country who are sworn enemies of the gospel- who are the filth of the earth- and we keep away from them because we are too dignified. Let us not leave out anyone from the sound of the gospel. Let us share with them again and again and pray that God would use this feeble vessel to bring these souls to God.
May I end on this note. Never, never get over the surprise that you are in God's kingdom. Never! If you know your own heart, how prone to wonder it is, prone to leave the God you love, you should never get over the fact that you shouldn't be here.


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Mr Clegg and his wife Miriam have decided to send their son Antonio, 11, to the London Oratory state Catholic school from September.
Despite Mr Clegg being an atheist and his party's view that faith schools are discriminatory, the Deputy Prime Minister had previously said he would consider sending his children to the school because his wife is Catholic.
The Cleggs live with their three sons in Putney, South-West London, around two miles away from the Oratory.
The London Oratory is already among the most sought-after faith schools in England and regularly sends talented pupils to Oxford and Cambridge.
Mr Blair, the former Prime Minister, was famously criticised after bypassing dozens of nearby schools to send his sons across London to the Oratory.
Speaking in 2011 Mr Clegg said: "In reference to the Oratory … My wife is Catholic, I married in the Catholic Church and my children have been brought up by Catholics and go to a Catholic state primary school.
"It therefore shouldn't be entirely surprising that maybe, maybe just maybe, my wife might consider, we might consider as parents sending our children on to a state-funded Catholic secondary school."
In the party's last manifesto, the Lib Dems pledged to "ensure that all faith schools develop an inclusive admissions policy and end unfair discrimination".
A spokesman for the Deputy Prime Minister said: "In response to media inquiries, Nick and Miriam can confirm that they have decided to send their oldest son, Antonio, from September onwards to the London Oratory School, a state Catholic secondary school.
"He is currently a pupil at a state Catholic primary school, Our Lady of the Victories in Putney, where he has been going for the last six years.
"Now that their decision has been made public, they hope that the privacy of their son will be respected."
The Oratory does not have a catchment area and is attended by children from across London.
There are schools - including a Catholic one - closer to Mr Clegg's home in London.
However, a source close to the Deputy Prime Minister said the Cleggs chose the Oratory because "they think it is the best school for Antonio".
"Nick and Miriam chose the Oratory for a very simple reason - they think it is the best school for Antonio. He goes to a Catholic primary school in South West London. It is not unusual for pupils from that school to go on to the Oratory.
"They looked at options for schools but they decided that the Oratory was the best school."


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