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Just a little amendment....
Rachel Jones is my Claim Handler - not solicitor (sorry)...
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I use ZoneAlarm Extreme Security (presently version: 13.1.211.000) and I have the problem that it some times block downloads. One example is trying to download Payload 1 or 2 from http://community.eveonline.com/suppo...ine-installer/ where it simply stalls Untitled.jpg - the browser is just waiting for the download source to respond. I've had the same problem with various other downloads/programs (e.g. when the program EVE Online tries to update).
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Husband breaking up with GF, shift in poly-situation
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Husband breaking up with GF, shift in poly-situation
I've written about it in other threads, but here's the background:
My husband has been with his GF for about a year. I had issues with her from the very beginning because she has another BF in another city who does not know about her relationship with my husband. Basically, she was / is living 2 seperate lives.
This has been the source of many heated and emotional arguments between me and my husband. I had big problems accepting her into my life because she was not open and honest, and I had problems accepting the fact that my husband seemed to be accepting of all this.
There were some safe sex rules broken recently. My husband was sorry and apologized, but also said: but I trust her completely!
Turns out she was not to be trusted.. he found out this week that she was lying to him about being with another guy (initially just lying about spending time with him, and then lying about the fact that she did have sex with him). BTW this was not the other BF, but a completely different guy.
Husband and GF had the explicit agreement that for both, it was ok to date / sleep with others, but that they would always be open and honest about it. Husband has told GF numerous times that he does not want to be treated like she treats her other BF. And now, this is exactly what happened.. the difference being, that my husband found out.
He is hurt and sad and confused. They have been emailing back and forth and she's coming up with the stupidest excuses for her cheating. I can see that my husband is angry about being lied to, but I know he also still loves her, and I am worried that when they meet in person to talk things over he will come under her spell again. He's a very smart and sensible man but he's done some weird things when in NRE with her before, and she's a very strange, complex, crazy woman who seems to be able to get away with a LOT. (He's been attracted to women like that all his life. Both his exes before me were like that: taking no responsibilities, crazy, impulsive, lying. I'm a completely different person, and I think it makes perfect sense that in our poly life, he picked someone like that to be his GF - its what he's drawn to).
So far, I've managed not to say "I told you so". I'm trying to be supportive, and just comfort him when he's sad, and listen to his rants. He has already said that maybe, he can forgive her, and that they can find a new way of being in a relationship - much more casual, not as committed on his part, but still a warm and possibly even sexual relationship.
When he said this I told him that while it's not my business how he chooses to manage his relationships, I don't want her sleeping in my bed anymore. (She was spending a lot of time in our house while I was spending time with my boyfriend). Was that a very unreasonable thing to ask for?
The other thing is.. and this is really confusing.. while I think that this is, in the end, a toxic relationship for him and not healthy, part of me does not want him to break up with her for some very selfish reasons that I'm ashamed to admit.
I have two lovers (my BF who I see very often, and another lover I see about once every 4-6 weeks). If my husband breaks up with GF the balance in our poly marriage will be completely gone. I'm worried he's ging to resent me spending time with my other partners, that he will need more of me now that he no longer has his other partner.
Yeah like I said this feels incredibly selfish. But still...
anyway, just venting I guess...
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Let's face it. Interest in science will continue to decrease because the current intellectual atmosphere in the overall community turns off the majority of candidates for scientific study.
You can thank people like Richard Dawkins for this. The man is an enigma. His caustic attitude toward all but his inner circle of friends leaves him with only a small number interested in similar studies, so he goes on publishing sprees, preaching to an increasing ignorant and superstitious population.


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Identifying factors influencing Moroccan SMEs internationalization
With the unpredictable business environment, unstable economic conditions and worldwide integration of markets, internationalization activities have become an important way to Moroccan SMEs development and a big challenge for the national agency for SMEs promotion (NAPSME). Despite the implementation of policies aimed at increasing the internationalization capacity of these companies prior to the entry of new players in the domestic market, obstacles remain. By using a data of 64 recognized people working in the field and considered as experts because of their qualifications, experience and positions, we examines the factors influencing Moroccan SMEs internationalization. The results show that various factors including contingency, networking, information and external factors are critical for these organizations internationalization. They also reveal that government support, manager's motivational aspects,industry, geographic proximity, language similarity with other Maghreb countries and their impact on the completion of a transaction have influence on Moroccan SMEs internationalization process.
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Catalina's iconic Casino theater will offer a free holiday concert on Friday by an ensemble of the Stanford Symphony Orchestra.
The 7 p.m. concert, presented by Catalina Island Museum, will be one of the first classical events staged in Avalon's landmark Art Deco theater, the site of thousands of Big Band concerts since it opened 84 years ago,
The concert will be open to Avalon visitors as well as islanders.
"Due to our remote location, there is little opportunity for people on Catalina Island to experience something like classical music," said Michael De Marsche, executive director of the museum. "As the island's only institution dedicated to art and culture, the museum is proud to provide our community the opportunity to experience a live symphony orchestra."
Members of the Stanford Symphony Orchestra and Stanford Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of Anna Wittstruck, the assistant conductor of Stanford University's orchestral studies program, will perform.
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Alrighty, this is a long one, please bear with me!
I'll be flying to PEI, Canada at the end of June alone with my 18mth old and about to turn 4 year old.
We will be flying AUS to ORD to YUL to YYG! (Yes, I know this is insane.) The first flight is at 6am. The connections are both about 90 mins.
The flights are Air Canada (some are code share with United, I think). AC has a very restrictive stroller policy. The stroller must collapse like an umbrella stroller (not just fold over) and have a collapsed diameter of 10 inches or less and a length not exceeding 36'' in order to be gate checked. So no piling my crap on a huge double and wheeling it through the airport.
I will be staying at my mothers house when we get there (no hotel). My husband will be with us on the return flights so I'm don't need help with those
Here is my super duper plan to survive this:
- I'm going to buy this stroller http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B009H5B1HK/ref=ox_sc_act_image_4?ie=UTF8&m=A1D793VGWZIR4D
It meets everything except the length requirement, and I haven't found any stories of AC actually measuring the strollers, so I think I will be okay (if you've heard otherwise please tell me) I really need a double
- I'm packing everything we need for the flight in a back back. Everything else will go in a small duffel bag (like 18" long max) that I can hang on the stroller or sling over my shoulder.
- I'm not checking any bags. My mother can purchase toiletries and such on her end before I get there. In theory I could mail some things but I don't think I'll need to. Hopefully this will save time in customs in YUL as well as make life easier if we miss a connection and have to change flights.
- I'm renting a Cares harness for my youngest because there's no way I can carry a car seat through the airports
(Yes, she has her own seat booked)
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Please critique my plan for flying w/2 kids!
Alrighty, this is a long one, please bear with me!
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I just want to add that I don't want to check the duffel because I think it's likely we could miss a connection and I think a backpack and the small duffel are the minimum I would need to stay in a hotel overnight with the kids (diapers, formula, bottles, extra clothes, plus toys and food for the plane).
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What are you seeking input on?? The stroller?
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I am from the US, so not sure what the car seat restrictions are in Canada.. but does your mother have a car seat and is picking you all up from the airport? Here in the US, you cannot get into a cab, even, without a car seat. Just wondering how you are planning on getting to the airport from your home and to your mother's from the airport.
If you have never traveled with your children before.. I highly recommend buying new toys for them to use.. things like coloring books/activity pads for your 4 year old and a doodle pad or even stickers for your 18 month old. Just dollar items are fine, as long as they are something they have not seen before and can hold their interest.
If you baby wear, I would recommend bringing your carrier for your youngest in case she refuses to sit in the stroller or wants to be held while in tr
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I believe your kids needs passport - hope you have considered that into the mix. and when flying internationally with kids you may be asked to present a notarized letter from absent parent granting permission to take them out of the country. Assuming you are US citizen, both parents need to present themselves when applying for passport of young kids - at least that was the case a short time ago and you should check Dept of State website.
I might reconsider checking a piece of luggage thru - can't imagine how you would fit all that the 3 of you would need, even for a short visit, into that duffle.
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Sorry for not having any clear questions. I'm just sort of feeling out the general feasibility if my ideas. Thanks for bring up different concerns! This kind of brainstorming could help me think of something I've overlooked
Yes, my mother is picking us up and has carseats.
My kids both have passports already and I know I need the notarized letter from my husband.
I don't baby wear (Both my kids got too big too fast!) but I'm thinking about getting a leash for the younger one. That will give her an alternative to the stroller.
My older one will be no prob, She'll just want to sit in the stroller or on the plane and play games on my iPhone.
I'll definitely bring new toys for the little one. I have a few things picked out on amazon already.
I know it seems like not a lot of stuff to take for a 3 week trip, but I can mail some things and have my mother pick up lots of things before we get there (diapers, formula, etc). She has already bought tons of toys and clothes for the kids (in true grandma style).
If I were to check a bag - say, a big rolling suitcase - I would have people to help me at both ends of the trip, but no one to help me in Montreal when I have to collect my bags to go through customs. It would suck to try and pull a big suitcase while pushing the double umbrella stroller. Plus it might help me get through customs faster if I don't have to wait for my bags to appear (it's only a 82 min connection)
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Although I never used one, and honestly often cringe when I see them, you might consider a "leash" (I just wish there were a better word for it ) for your older one too, just so you can keep ahold of her while you're moving through the airport. The worst would be having to chase one while keeping ahold of the other one.
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Oh, and carry snacks in addition to activities. If you have an ipad, download some movies for them to watch.
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Bring more diapers than you think you will need.
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Thanks for the advise everyone! I don't have an iPad but I can put movies and games on the iPhone.
I'm not worried about the 3 year old running away, she's super laid back/lazy/weird lol. That's why I need the double stroller. I'm more worried about her laying on the floor and refusing to get up than running away.
Yes, snacks, diapers, I've got them on the list. I'm going to bring enough diapers for at least 24 hours in case we miss a connection.
By the way, I bought this backpack off amazon. Should be here tomorrow!
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A leash is a very good idea.. Always travelled with one and was never sorry..they are not uncomfortable, unsightly or unloving!!!Just a safety precaution and should the occasion arise that one child takes off you'll be glad to have one on that child.Even 2 would be a wise move!!!
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Another thought.. Ask and see if you can get a ride on the carts that carry people around the airport..Air Canada is not known for it's helping hands but I have always found them ok..If you don't ask you don't get!!!
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When my son was little, I always wrapped up little gifts that could be opened while delayed in the airport waiting to board, right after take off, midway through a long flight, extra in case of unforeseen delays .... 1 or 2 for the way back. When real tiny, he loved the plastic disney chararcters or a plastic dinosaur, books, little cars, etc. as he got older, a gameboy game was guaranteed to make the whole flight so easy.
Also, remember that little ones ears can get pressured so easily and it is excruciatingly painful. If there is even a hint of a sniffle prior to the plane trip, talk to your doctor about antihistimane to take prior to the plane ride. Sometimes that will make them sleepy which isn't a bad thing either. Not that I am advocating the antihistimanes for anything but avoiding ear pain.
I also packed tons of little snacks. Be careful of the sugary ones - once they are hyped up on sugar, but confined to the seatbelt, it's not a pretty combo. I would pack goldfish, little crackers, graham cracker bears, chewy fruit things, etc. They become little presents, too.
As far as the leash goes, we briefly lost sight of our 2 yr old in a packed airport while he was on a toy horse and we both looked down to try to fit some little crackers into his plastic treat cup prior to take off. We looked up and he was gone. We was directly in front of us, 2 ft. away at most. One thing he loved to do was run down the ramp to the plane-- this was pre-911 so fairly easy to slip onto any boarding ramp and running on board...or on the escalator which he loved, but was too little to ride alone....Total panic... scariest moment of my life (until he started driving, that's another story) so a leash, if it makes you more comfortable, sure.
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I'm somewhat concerned about having 2 carry-on items (and not checking anything) in addition to 2 kids, a stroller, and yourself. That's a LOT of carry-on!
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When my two boys were much younger, I tried to carry on the least that I could because of the kids and I didn't want my carry on to be too heavy in case one was asleep and I had to carry him, and the other one got too tired to walk.
In your back pack which I think is fabulous, take what you need in case of a misconnect, but have a little pulley bag that your 4yr old can take. Put an extra set of clothing in her bag (ie/ underwear, singlet, long sleeve T/shirt and long pants) just make sure they're light cotton so its not to heavy for her, and put in a couple of toys and an empty drink bottle - that way you can always either fill it up with water on the plane or at the drink fountains at the gate). Then you'll only have to worry about clothes for the baby.
Ring the airline direct - even if you used a travel agent or booked on line - that you are travelling out of Australia on and order Baby Meals, Diapers, Childs Meal (these are free) and anything else that you can order that is for free for all of the flights - even your return flights. That way, you don't really need to use what's in your back pack. Maybe just the wipes & formula. Make sure you get the name of the person you spoke to in case on your arrival at the airport your requests have not been actioned, and ask them to email you your itinerary and ensure it lists on it what you have requested.
Ask if they can insert a SSR (Special Services Requirement) into your booking for assistance with your transfers between ORD and YUL as your are travelling alone with young children, hopefully the last leg wouldn't be too much trouble for you.
My last bit of advice, if the kids are running around the gates, screaming and making lots of noise... let them... regardless of the looks and comments your get from other passengers... it is better they do all that yahooing in the gate than on the plane where they're in a confined space for over 12hrs. Honestly, by the time the kids get on board, they'll be tired... ooops... yeah, and the other thing that I do is if there is a McDonalds after I've cleared immigration, is buy a 10pk nuggets box and some fries.. and a juice... to give them part way through the flight when they got fidgety...not the healthiest choice.. but it kept them happy and quiet (the juice was for them to suck on to unblock their ears).... All the best..
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Quennell..Sounds like you are the role model that must be followed..All your suggestions make alot of sense and all the others ones are also.. I'd still get a leash..Get help to make connections..Special requests via phone call....especially for ORD!!! It may not be easy but give it a serious try..ask pre- flight or at least at the gate on arrival.. Plead your case with air crew..Cry "long, long flight and longer still to come" Maybe you will be lucky..Why wasn't your ticket AUS to VANC to PEI..?? Makes one wonder who these agents are??
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I believe AUS = Austin Texas airport code
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From the onseT of this posting I thought the AUS stated was Australia..Who am I to know the call letters of airports??? If Ausrin then to ORD and onward seems appropriate..If Australia the I wonder about the routing!!
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Just wanted to stop in and say the trip went amazingly well and thanks for all the input!
On the flights the kids were great. The little one slept or watched Toy Story on her DVD player (a last minute purchase when I found out there would be no in flight entertainment on any of the flights) and the older one played games on my iPhone and slept some too.
The first connection at OHare was great. We had half an hour to play in the playground and then our flight was ready to board (at the gate right next door!)
The connection in Montreal was tight. Lots of walking, customs, and then back through security, and then a ton more walking, and our flight was ready to board moments after we got to the gate. If I had checked bags I would have had to wait for the bags and then recheck them at the Air Canada desk (which I saw had about 30 people on line). So it definitely save me time to not check bags.
The Cares harness was an excellent alternative to a car seat but the leash was a total flop (my kid hated it, lol). Pushing a double stroller with two kids and a duffel on it, plus a big backback was tiring but not exhausting. Although next time I'll know not to pack so many toys as they never got used!
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Oh, and I fit everything into the duffel bag by not bring any toiletries (bought them when I arrived), packing a small capsule wardrobe for myself, and only a couple outfits each for the kids because I knew grandma had already bought them tons of clothes!
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Ugh, sorry, one more addendum for anyone reading this in the future. Bring loads of snacks if you have tight connections! I never had time to buy food at any of the airports! Even at the first airport (Austin, not Australia, thank goodness!) our flight was so early that nothing was open until just before boarding!
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It appeared in the UK on the album Pious Bird of Good Omen, and in the States on English Rose, both albums compilations of singles, B-sides, and tracks from previously released Mac albums.
When "Albatross" was released as a single in Britain in early 1969, it went to #1. Four years later, it was re-released in Britain and it was a smash again, reaching #2.
In the States, "Albatross" bubbled under the American charts in the spring of 1969, reaching #104 in a four-week run. The early Fleetwood Mac would chart again in America a year later with "Oh Well," but their domination of the singles charts wouldn't begin until 1975, when the band's identity was far different than it had been in the days of "Albatross."
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Warning over risks to B&Q despite expected profit boost for Kingfisher
B&Q owner Kingfisher is expected to report a healthy rise in half year profits next week, but experts are warning that the retailer faces a number of risks over the coming months.
Analysts at Jefferies have pencilled in a 14% rise in underlying profits to £436 million for the first six months of the year as the chain, which also owns Screwfix, continues its turnaround under chief executive Veronique Laury.
However, the broker's analyst James Grzinic flagged that the DIY specialist could be hit by worsening economic conditions in the UK.
"Our concerns are that the wider industry context could deteriorate in the UK in the months ahead. Macro risks have worsened.
"Our view is that a hit to job creation and disposable incomes - via accelerating inflation - are risks to the UK consumption outlook."
In August, Kingfisher said there had been "no clear evidence" of falling demand following the Brexit vote after it notched up a 3% rise in like-for-like sales to £3 billion in the second quarter.
But Mr Grzinic added that the prospect of a resurgent Homebase could also hurt B&Q's prospects.
Wesfarmers, the Australian firm that acquired Homebase earlier this year, has embarked on a rebrand and revamped the chain's online strategy as it attempts to gain market share.
Homebase will be rebranded Bunnings, and Mr Grzinic said the firm's renaissance poses a threat to B&Q.
"Bunnings is more of a concern. Bunnings recently reported a 7.5% increase in like-for-like transactions at Homebase since March."
Kingfisher has also flagged challenging times in France, where it trades as Castorama and has been hit by industrial action and wet weather.
Like-for-like sales fell 3.2% in the country in the second quarter and Graham Spooner, investment research analyst at the Share Centre, said: "Sales in France remain a concern and there were some signs of pressure on profit margins.
"Investors will be hoping to hear from the company that building trade retailer Screwfix is still enjoying strong growth, and there will also be a focus on any comments about the outlook for the second half given the fairly cautious tone struck by management in recent updates. A progress report on the longer term unification strategy is also expected."


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Palmer appeared in the postseason eight times and was a vital member of three World Series Champions, six AL pennant winners and seven Eastern Division titleholders. He is the only pitcher in the history of the Fall Classic with a win in each of three decades. He was also the youngest to pitch a shutout in a World Series at age 20 in 1966. He was one of the starters on the last rotation to feature four 20-game winners in a single season in 1971.
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Unable to get pig 0.12.0 to run single node pseudo distributed hadoop 2.2 cluster using the jar from mvnrepository.com
this is the error
"org.apache.pig.impl.logicalLayer.FrontendException: ERROR 1066: Unable to open iterator for alias"
if I download the jar from
and then recompile the src with "ant clean jar -Dhadoopversion=23"
when I install the recompiled jar in .m2 everything works
If it is the case that the Apache hadoop 2.2.0 jars are backwardly compatible then could some one comment on what could be the issue?
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Yes, document are definitely desired. Reopen the ticket for that.
It is a developer document, feel like a new entry in https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/PIG/Developer+Documentation
I think this is a still an open documentation issue.
The use of this particular maven dependency hook:
<groupId>org.apache.pig</groupId> <artifactId>pig</artifactId> <classifier>h2</classifier> <version>0.12.0</version> <scope>provided</scope>
Doesnt seem to be explained anywhere.
What is the right place in the Pig documentation for it? Then someone can put it in as a wiki update or patch.
Nezih, my application works finally. The only difference that I did is to add a slash to the end of my classpath in my pom.xml.
It should be "$HADOOP_HOME/etc/hadoop/", not "$HADOOP_HOME/etc/hadoop".
Can you use -secretDebugCmd to see what gets into the classpath (pig -secretDebugCmd)?
BTW, I tried using hadoop 1.2.1 + Pig 0.12.0 for my case, it is working......
Thanks for your reply! And sorry for the mistyping PIG_CLASS_PATH, I export PIG_CLASSPATH and HADOOP_CONF_DIR (which is equal to $HADOOP_HOME/etc/hadoop in hadoop 2.2.0), I and tried to add $HADOOP_HOME/etc/hadoop (which is not /conf anymore in hadoop 2.2.0) to the classpath, but it is still not working...
Ashlee, seems like your classpath doesn't contain $HADOOP_HOME/conf so Pig can't find them. Can you try exporting PIG_CLASSPATH (no underscores between CLASS and PATH) with $HADOOP_HOME/conf and try again (assuming HADOOP_HOME is set properly)?
Different situation for me. I tried both pig-0.12.0.jar in mvnrepository and my recomplied pig jar, but when I run my jar which use PigServer to run pigscripts, it failed with ERROR 4010: Cannot find hadoop configurations in classpath (neither hadoop-site.xml nor core-site.xml was found in the classpath). I have PIG_CLASS_PATH and HADOOP_CONF_DIR setted.
Then I tried above h2 version dependency, it comes error>java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/pig/PigServer.
My jar is working fine with Pig 0.11.0 and Hadoop 1.2.0, but now I want to run in Pig 0.12.0 and Hadoop 2.2.0.......I need help!
Yes....... thanks Cheolsoo Park !!!
Next step : I think there is some confusoin on this : Maybe this JIRA still has an active component, which is to clarify in the pig docs, somewhere, how pig depends on hadoop, and what the pig 0.12.0 artifact is actually designed to be used?
Here I do it-
<dependency> <groupId>org.apache.pig</groupId> <artifactId>pig</artifactId> <classifier>h2</classifier> <version>0.12.0</version> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency>
thank you very much for your prompt and very helpful response, I was hoping that I could find a dependency for the pom that would work, I have searched around for a dependency like this for the pig-h2 jar, searching thru this jira I think I need something like
however this does not work
does anyone know the correct for for the maven dependency tag
Nigel Savage, did you try pig-0.12.0-h2.jar? The -h2 jar is compiled with hadoopversion=23.


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Savage Fallout: Pacific Northwest
War. War never changes.
Over 200 years ago, the world was consumed with atomic fire. Eventually, the survivors pulled themselves out of their underground Vaults and began life again. In what was once known as the American Pacific Northwest, a small town was settled over an amazing phenomenon. A small spring of pure, radiation free water.
Cleanwater is now a major trade source for most settlements north of NCR territory. Protected by the remnants of a once powerful mercenary company known as the Gray Geese, it's also the only true oasis of safety in the Northwest.
The ruins of Corvallis are stalked by power-armored paladins of the Brotherhood of Steel. Nuclear silos deep in the Cascade Mountains hold a large community of super mutants with their own, unknown agenda. And far to the north, in the once great city of Portland, the rhythm of power-armored footsteps mixes with sound of vertibird engines, heralding the arrival of a deadly enemy intent on total control of the Waste.
So welcome to Savage Fallout: Pacific Northwest! Keep your stimpaks and ammo handy, watch your geiger counter, and don't feed the Yao Guai!


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Once declared the "largest record store in the nation," the iconic Tower Records on Sunset Boulevard will now just be a fond memory for music lovers in SoCal. It was decided Monday that the now-vacant building will not be preserved as a historic landmark.
Last spring, a unanimous vote by West Hollywood's Historic Preservation Commission deemed the iconic music store didn't meet the criteria for cultural preservation. According to CBS LA, city council voted unanimously to let the historic preservation commission's decision stand, not allowing the building to be deemed a cultural resource.
WeHo resident Jerome Cleary attempted to save the building by appealing the Historic Preservation Commission's vote and gathering 1,800 signatures from music lovers on an online petition, but city council made their final decision Monday to let the vote stand.
Tower Records opened in November 1970 and was located along the Sunset Strip at 625 North San Vicente Boulevard between Melrose Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard. During its glory days, dozens of legendary artists and local musicians often frequented the store in person and for promotional events and live in-store performances.
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5Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, "Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting. Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
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"Restore the Shore," the one-hour fundraising special to help rebuild Seaside Heights, New Jersey post-Sandy, will be webcast live by Yahoo! TV tonight (Thursday, November 15).
The star-studded event, also being dubbed as MTV's first ever crowdfunding campaign, will feature live performances from Gym Class Heroes (with special guest Oh Land) performing the comeback anthem "The Fighter," as well as "American Idol" Season 11 winner Phillip Phillips performing his stirring hit "Home." One Direction, Alicia Keys, Mac Miller, Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj, Britney Spears, Pharrell, P!nk, Demi Lovato, Kim Kardashian, Ne-Yo, Kelly Clarkson, Bruno Mars, No Doubt, fun., Carly Rae Jepsen, Swizz Beats, the Jonas Brothers, Ludacris, All Time Low, Sean Kingston, Christina Aguilera, CeeLo Green, Adam Levine, Blake Shelton and Carson Daly of "The Voice," Ashley Greene, Dakota Fanning, Nikki Reed, Peter Facinelli and Elizabeth Reaser of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2," Jay Leno, the cast of "The View," Simon Cowell, L.A. Reid, Wendy Williams, and many more will all be contributing messages of support on-air.
Unlike other telethons, "Restore the Shore" will have the stars of "Jersey Shore," "Awkward," "Teen Wolf," "The Challenge, and "The Real World" personally calling individuals live from MTV's Times Square studio to thank them for giving. And in true crowdfunding fashion, people donating will receive the following MTV tailored perks:
- $25 will get you an exclusive MTV "Restore the Shore" song bundle, which includes 30 songs from the past six seasons of "Jersey Shore"
- $250 will get you a shout out during a "Jersey Shore" marathon
- $500 will get your initials officially carved on the rebuilt Seaside Heights boardwalk, plus all the above
This televised fundraising event will be broadcast live at 11 PM ET (tape-delayed PT) on MTV, MTV.com, MTV mobile, MTV radio, and, of course, on Yahoo! TV.
All donations collected will go to Architecture for Humanity. To donate, visit RestoretheShore.MTV.com or text "SHORE" to 85944 to make a $10 donation.


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35 days – David Rogers: House leaders urge Senate to go first on Bailout II
Futures indicate Dow set to open UP 166. Politico's Tim Grieve in "The Huddle": "Dow plunges, but a bounceback may be coming."
Senator Obama this morning proposes increasing FDIC insurance from $100,000 to $250,000 as "a step that would boost small businesses, make our banking system more secure, and help restore public confidence in our financial system": "I will be talking to leaders and members of Congress later today to offer this idea and urge them to act without delay to pass a rescue plan."
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ABC's George Stephanopoulos says on "Good Morning America" that this idea has "gotten the most currency in the last 24 hours" as a small change that could bring the 12 additional votes needed in the House. Some Republicans are calling for extending it even more widely" than the Obama proposal.
N.Y. Post says Mayor Bloomberg to seek third term – deets below.
Katie Couric interviews Senator McCain and Gov. Palin together. McCain: "This is not the first time that I've seen a governor being questioned by some quote, 'expert.' I remember that Ronald Reagan was a 'cowboy.'"
Mary Hart to Senator Obama on "Entertainment Tonight": "If you don't get elected, you could be my co-host."
The DNC buys ads on The Drudge Report (!) and Beliefnet -- " BETTING on John McCain?" – highlights gaming ties.
Don Graham and The Washington Post Company bought Foreign Policy magazine and named Susan Glasser its new executive editor.
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AP: "The debate between John McCain and Barack Obama on Friday was seen by an estimated 52.4 million viewers. According to Nielsen Media Research, the audience was 10 million less than the first debate between President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry in 2004."
Good Tuesday morning. CNBC's "Squawk Box Europe" asks: "Credit Credit: A SECOND GREAT DEPRESSION?"
Bloomberg News: "U.S. stock-index futures and European shares climbed following the biggest global rout in 21 years on speculation the bank rescue package will be revived."
Financial Times christens "Meltdown Monday."
White House Deputy Press Secretary Tony Fratto, on CNN: "Remember that the crisis that we were facing, that we were trying to fix, still remains."
A financial services industry official: "Given the state of our credit markets, if this doesn't get done, we will all soon be using shiny beads as currency."
8:45 a.m. -- THE PRESIDENT makes a Statement on Economic Rescue Plan for the second morning in a row. Diplomatic Reception Room, The White House.
End of the month, end of the quarter, a Jewish holiday, the House gone until Thursday. CNBC's Joe Kernan this morning as he opened a special edition of "Squawk Box": "A perfect time for a volatile move. … I feel like I'm in the beginning of a Shakespearean play: … Will there be an eclipse?"
Wall Street Journal editorial – "The Beltway Crash": "The vote is … a rebuke for Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, who could barely explain how his securities auctions would work even as he showed disdain for House Republicans. … Before it leaves town to campaign, Congress needs to act to defend and restabilize the financial system."
ZEITGEIST -- AP, "McCain-Dead End -- Analysis: With bailout, McCain reaches dead end," By Steven R. Hurst: "Republican John McCain has maneuvered himself into a political dead end and has five weeks to find his way out."
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann at the start of "Countdown": "John McCain takes credit for the bailout, which is kind of embarrassing when the bailout then turns into a washout."
Doug Holtz-Eakin, McCain's senior policy adviser, told reporters on a conference call that McCain "dedicated the past week" to addressing the problem and "made dozens of calls," but made "a conscious decision not to attract attention to John McCain."
On MSNBC, Holtz-Eakin told David Shuster that Obama was "phoning it in" and that McCain deliberately "kept a low profile": "John McCain understands that had he looked like he was going to be the key to the success, that Democrats would attack him and kill the deal."
Earlier, McCain had said to cheers and applause in Columbus, Ohio: "Senator Obama took a very different approach to the crisis our country faced. At first he didn't want to get involved. Then he was monitoring the situation. [Made air quotes for 'monitoring the situation.' Then grinned and flashed a sarcastic thumbs-up.] That's not leadership. That's watching from the sidelines."
MSNBC's Chris Matthews: "He's like a cavalry commander who said 'Charge!' and the Republicans went into retreat."
SHOT -- Rush LIMBAUGH, shortly before the vote: "This absurdity is better known as socialism."
CHASER -- Maureen DOWD, on Sunday: "Who would have dreamed that when socialism finally came to the U.S.A. it would be brought not by Bolsheviks in blue jeans but Wall Street bankers in Gucci loafers?"
Politico print edition banner – "SQUARE ONE."
THE WAY OUT -- Politico's David Rogers, "Hill looks to recover from bailout blow": "Senate Republicans are more supportive of Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and the massive $700 billion government intervention than are their House counterparts. And leading House Democrats believe that a strong Senate vote — coupled with turmoil in financial markets — will create enough pressure for the House to relent. 'The Senate should go first: Act on this bill, attach it to another and send it back to the House,' Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, told Politico. The same Senate route is an option Treasury is looking at as well. With Rosh Hashanah beginning at sundown Monday, little activity was expected before Wednesday." The House adjourned till Thursday.
NBC's Andrea Mitchell: "What many are calling a historic failure of leadership in Washington."
Politico's Patrick O'Connor and John Bresnahan, "Boehner's gamble: Could it cost him his job?": House Republican leader John A. Boehner of Ohio "went all in" for the package -- 133 of Boehner's 199 Republicans went the other way: "The bruising tally — coming on the heels of a weeklong revolt — had some GOP members asking privately whether Boehner can hold on to his leadership post. Boehner said he's confident of his job … From the beginning, Boehner has let his members do what they want. He campaigned for the top job by telling Republicans he would not lean on them as his predecessor, former Texas Rep. Tom DeLay, was wont to do. But that long leash has been problematic at times — never, though, like it was on Monday. …
"Boehner and [Republican Whip Roy] Blunt … were able to work with the White House to persuade Virginia Rep. Eric Cantor — a potential Boehner rival — and Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan to support the measure and speak in favor of it at a three-hour meeting Sunday night, despite the fact that the two had taken the lead in crafting a Republican alternative that solidified opposition to the underlying bill. One member called it a 'master stroke' on Boehner's part — but it wasn't enough … 'Given the unpopularity of this whole concept, it's amazing that we got as many votes as we did,' Boehner said.
Politico graphs THE HOUSE FLOOR INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE, tracking the Dow minute by minute as the bailout vote went south.
NBC's "Today" show: "a humbled President Bush."
In the lead of the WashPost's lead story, Jonathan Weisman calls this President Bush's "worst legislative defeat."
WashTimes lead story subhead: "Rank and file buck leaders."
Matt Lauer calls a "no" vote "a cover-your-butt vote."
NBC's Chuck Todd, on "Today": "If you look at who's got tough election fights in November, Matt, I counted maybe five 'yes' votes that were profiles in courage. Anybody else who had a tough election fight -- either a congressman running for the U.S. Senate ... or any Republican that thought they could get challenged in a primary, they voted 'no.' 'No' was the SAFE vote, because that's what constituents were calling in to say."
The N.Y. Times goes with its biggest hed since the crisis began, a two-line, all-cap, italic banner: "DEFIANT HOUSE REJECTS HUGE BAILOUT; STOCKS PLUNGE; NEXT STEP IS UNCERTAIN." The inside page stripes are: "A CRISIS IN FINANCE."
AP updated its main FINANCIAL MELTDOWN story 52 times yesterday. The final lead, By Julie Hirschfeld Davis: "In a vote that shook the government, Wall Street and markets around the world, the House on Monday defeated a $700 billion emergency rescue for the nation's financial system, leaving both parties' lawmakers and the Bush administration scrambling to pick up the pieces. Dismayed investors sent the Dow Jones industrials plunging 777 points, the most ever for a single day."
THE WINNER – Each evening, Politico's FINAL SCORE features declares which presidential candidate won the day, and Alexander Burns writes (with a wink) that yesterday's winner was … BOB BARR: The "bailout vote in the House embarrassed President Bush, the congressional leaders of both parties – and, to some extent, both major-party presidential candidates. Obama and McCain both endorsed the bailout proposal, and its failure to pass the House puts the two men in an awkward position as negotiations start all over again. There was, however, one presidential 'contender' who got on the right side of this issue: former Georgia Congressman Bob Barr. Barr called [the] bill 'the bailout from hell' and warned it would make Henry Paulson 'an economic dictator, empowered to reengineer the economy as he sees fit.'"
DJIA – Biggest point drop ever, but only 17th-worst single-day point drop. Off 27 percent from record close in 2007. Lowest close since 2005. DOWN 10% THIS MONTH TO DATE.
AP: "[F]ar less severe than the 20-plus-percent drops seen on Black Monday in 1987 and before the Great Depression."
WSJ: "Losses to shares on the broader Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 index amounted, on paper, to $1.2 trillion."
S&P 500 – first triple-digit decline ever.
DARWIN, MELLON – L.A. Times A1, "As risk grows, resources strained at Fed, FDIC," By Peter G. Gosselin and James Puzzanghera: "If the House vote against the $700-billion financial rescue proposal stands, Americans may be in for a test of free-market economics the likes of which the country hasn't seen since the early 1930s. With the Treasury Department hobbled by the rejection of its plan, the Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. are the chief government institutions standing between the nation and the brutally Darwinian process that could unfold if the panicky financial markets are left to sort their problems out alone. It's an open question whether those two institutions acting alone have the resources and power to avert such a debacle -- the cascading failure of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of financial institutions and paralysis spreading across the whole economy. …
"That's something the United States last experienced in the early 1930s, when Herbert Hoover was in the White House. Some conservatives believe that's still the best long-term solution to the problem, though none has gone so far as Hoover's Treasury secretary, Andrew Mellon, who said: 'Liquidate labor, liquidate stocks, liquidate the farmers, liquidate real estate. . . . It will purge the rottenness out of the system.' But House members and their supporters who insisted Monday that the government had no business staging a massive intervention in the financial marketplace were essentially making a modern-day argument for the laissez-faire economic policies of the Mellon era."
REP. ERIC CANTOR HAS HIS PHOTO ABOVE THE FOLD ON USA TODAY's cover, brandishing House Speaker Pelosi's text – "Republicans blame Pelosi: GOP says partisan speech by House leader 'poisoned' debate, caused vote switches."
THE VOTE --- 2:07 p.m. – Total: 205 yes, 228, 1 did not vote
Democrats: 140-95
Republicans: 65-133, 1 did not vote (Rep. Jerry Weller of Ill.)
Bloomberg's Nicholas Johnston and Dawn Kopecki: "For too many lawmakers, five weeks before Election Day, the threat of market calamity and arm-twisting from party leaders couldn't overcome impassioned opposition back home, where the rescue plan is drawing fire as a bailout for rich Wall Street bankers."
WashPost A1, "How the Numbers Failed the Leaders," By Paul Kane and Lori Montgomery: "Just 65 House Republicans -- less than one-third of Boehner's members -- and 140 Democrats supported the bill. The vote was 12 shy of a majority, even after it was held open almost an additional 30 minutes for an effort at tepid arm-twisting. … Democrats said yesterday that they told Boehner they would need 80 to 100 Republicans to pass the bill."
AP's Jim Kuhnhenn: "GOP leaders say they thought they had 12 more votes - exactly the margin needed to pass the $700 billion rescue of financial markets. But standing in the way were re-election fears on the part of some House members and a fierce devotion on the part of others to free-market ideology."
***Reuters on NEXT STEPS: "Proponents of the plan will aim to sway moderate Republicans who might flip after winning minor concessions in the legislation. Targets might be Rep. Judy Biggert of Illinois and Rep. Steven LaTourette of Ohio, both members of the House Financial Services Committee who may be feeling pressure from Wall Street. Republican Reps. Lincoln Diaz-Balart and his brother Mario Diaz-Balart might be under pressure as they represent South Florida which has been badly hit by the housing downturn. Republicans in California and the Southwest could feel pressure to back the government aid plan since their constituents are facing a downturn in the housing market."
FOX BUSINESS NEWS takes ads in the NYT and WSJ, tweaking CNBC and boasting, "WE OWN THIS STORY." The early-Sunday-morning announcement of a Capitol Hill leadership deal is referred to as "THE SETTLEMENT," as in "brought you the settlement LIVE as it happened." – TVNewser.com
N.Y. Daily News cover is a RED DOWN ARROW labeled "777," below "WALL ST. IN CRISIS" written in green as if it were a ticker.
The Boston Globe: "CRASHING DOWN"
The (London) Daily Telegraph: "Staring into the abyss"
The (British) Guardian: "Panic grips world's markets"
The (London) Times shows the Capitol dome against dark clouds: "The eye of the storm: World faces a new phase in the financial crisis after US Congress rejects $700 billion plan to rescue the banks"
Cincinnati Enquirer: "BAILOUT VOTE FAILS; WALL STREET QUAKES" ("All local lawmakers except House Republican Leader John Boehner voted against the $700 billion emergency rescue plan")
The Hill: "The bailout implodes"
Newsday: Jagged red down arrow – "WELL, THAT DIDN'T WORK: Bailout Nixed, Dow Dives 777 – The hunt for options amid DC bickering – Lending crunch hits LI businesses"
The (Raleigh) News & Observer: "Bailout sinks, and Dow follows"
Dallas Morning News: "$1.1 trillion lost"
Miami Herald: "NO DEAL – NOW WHAT?" ("The Page" homage)
The Charlotte Observer: "STUNNINGLY SWIFT FALL FOR WACHOVIA: A city proud of the prestige
and prosperity that its two brawling banks bestowed now worries what will happen when one goes away."
-- WashTimes' Jerry Seper, "Palins' finances unusual for Alaska: Family owns plane, two boats"
--More on Katie Couric's McCain-Palin exclusive on the "CBS Evening News" -- Politico's Jonathan Martin: "The GOP nominee chalked up Palin's comments [about Pakistan that conflicted with his policy]--- which took place in conversation with a grad student at a Philadelphia restaurant -- as a 'gotcha sound bite.' 'Is that a pizza place?' McCain asked with incredulity (Tony Luke's actually is a cheesesteak joint, but they do serve pizza steaks)" Two Pinocchios.
KATIE, from downtown: "It wasn't a "gotcha." She was talking to a voter."
--Adam NAGOURNEY: "Concerns About Palin's Readiness Emerge As Major Test Nears: After a rough stretch, some Republicans have second thoughts."
--MAUREEN DOWD HAS BEEN BANNED FROM BOTH THE McCAIN and PALIN PLANES.
-- Mark J. PENN on Politico, "Obama has advantage on economy: "The financial crisis has redefined the presidential race, bringing into stark relief the candidate who can deal with the complexities of the global markets and return the country to prosperity over the next four years. The race is no longer about change, experience, Iraq, tax cuts or universal health care. The job posting has been fundamentally altered. … [A]bsent other game-changers, this election is now a referendum on economic leadership, and that is giving the edge to Obama, who is seen as having the intellect to solve this crisis.
--Zev Chafets, who's writing a book about Rush Limbaugh, writes in the N.Y. Post: "IF John McCain is elected president, he will have a lot of people to thank. Improbably, first on the list will be a man who didn't want him in the White House, Rush Limbaugh. … Limbaugh's influence is greater than ever. No single Republican has his reach and clout."
--N.Y. Post cover, "MIKE THE III" – "Exclusive: Mayor Bloomberg geared up to seek a third term after the path to four more years was cleared yesterday when billionaire term-limits advocate Ron Lauder vowed to support a change in the law that would allow Hizzoner to run again, The Post has learned. In a surprise move, Lauder said in an exclusive interview with The Post that he would back a one-time extension from eight years to 12 years because he feels the city needs Bloomberg to help steer it through these perilous fiscal times. Lauder's stunning move comes at a time when Bloomberg, according to sources, has told top aides he intends to seek a third term."
--N.Y. Times, "Defense Chief Criticizes Bureaucracy at the Pentagon ," By Thom Shanker: "In a far-reaching critique of the way the Pentagon fights wars and buys weapons, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Monday that the military must understand the limits of combat power and its leaders must be skeptical that technology can bring order to the violent battlefield. Mr. Gates criticized the Pentagon bureaucracy for what he called a narrow commitment to buying new generations of conventional weapons, which he said kept it from rapidly developing equipment that would save lives in Iraq and Afghanistan. … Without citing his predecessor, Donald H. Rumsfeld, by name, Mr. Gates also cautioned against efforts at reorganizing the Pentagon around buzzwords like 'transformation.'" Spoke to "an audience of midcareer military, Pentagon, State Department and intelligence officials at the National Defense University" in Washington.
--GROUNDHOG DAY – Politico's Josh Kraushaar, "Dem campaigns turn to Social Security: Ads accuse GOP candidates of supporting Bush's past proposal to allow workers to invest in markets."
--EXPECTING A SHRINKING PENTAGON BUDGET under the next president, Air Force argues for more jets – AP's Richard Lardner, from Langley Air Force Base, Va.: "The next president, John McCain or Barack Obama, is expected to be a penny-pinching commander in chief when it comes to buying new military weapons. And that's bad news for the Air Force's push to buy scores more F-22 Raptors, a supersonic jet fighter built to dominate enemy airspace. At $191 million apiece, extra Raptors will be a hard fit in a defense budget expected to begin shrinking after eight years of steady growth under President Bush. … The Raptor hasn't been used to fight Islamic terrorism, another factor working against it. In the aircraft's corner is Congress, which may find the cash if the White House won't. … The conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, mostly battles fought on the ground, aren't matters of national survival, [Air Force officials] say. Wars against heavyweights like Russia and China, or a nuclear-armed Iran, would be."
--BBC, "Militants in Pakistan pose a threat to the country's existence, according to the American General, David Petraeus. Speaking in London after meeting the UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, the commander of US Central Command … 'You have heard the newly elected President Zadari. You've heard the army chief and others all recognise that this is in a sense an existentialist threat, this is a threat to Pakistan's very existence.'"
PRESSWATCH: NYT: "The New York Sun, the six-year-old newspaper with a conservative mind-set, announced on Monday that it would close after publishing Tuesday's issue. The Sun's president and editor, Seth Lipsky, said a three-week search for new financial backers had failed."
SLIDE SHOW --- "Seven Years of The Sun."
DESSERT – AP, "Jesse Ventura working on new series for truTV: Jesse Ventura will be working on a new conspiracy-theory series for truTV. Production of a pilot featuring Ventura begins next month. The project comes from A. Smith & Co. Productions, which also produces 'Hell's Kitchen' and 'Trading Spaces.' Ventura will travel the country, investigating cases and getting input from believers and skeptics before passing judgment on a theory's validity. … Ventura, a former pro wrestler and Minnesota governor, hosted a weekly talk show that lasted two months on MSNBC in 2003. He was also a TV commentator for the XFL, an alternative football league that folded after airing for one season on NBC in 2000. Elected governor in 1998, he did not run for re-election in 2002."
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The Beliefnet Guide to Gnosticism and Other Vanished Christianities…
by Richard Valantasis, Beliefnet Inc.
No current Talk conversations about this book.
A light book, much more an overview of the varieties of Christian belief in the first few centuries. Sethians and Valentinians were gnostic because of their focus on secret knowledge. Other Christianities may have had elements of gnostic thought, but Valantasis doesn't categorize them as Gnostic, merely alternative strands of thought. He does a fairly good job of showing how diverse thought about the Christ was in those first few 100 years, going right back to disagreements between Paul and Peter. I appreciated the albeit brief discussions of Marcion, the Manicheans, the Hermetic tradition, Plotinus and the NeoPlatonists.
The book loses points for me because it far too frequently states something definitively, when in fact it there remains a lot of ambiguity concerning the subject. I first noticed this in the dating of the books of the bible - instead of giving a range of possible dates for their creation, he gives a single year and never indicates that there is often wide disagreement amongst scholars (even excluding the fundagelicals, who want everything to be way earlier than they probably are). As a fer instance: Acts was most likely written after 94 CE, as "Luke" is almost definitely cribbing from Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews, but the date given in the text is 115, and no reason given as to why it's that late. This is somewhat sloppy, and if I can find problems like this in the stuff I know, what sort of wrong impressions am I getting in the stuff I don't?
Still, it's a handy guide to have, and a good place to get an overview for further research.
2.5 stars oc.
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This authoritative, fully accessible guide to early Christian movements sheds light on the hidden histories and intriguing mysteries that fueled the extraordinary success of books ranging from Dan Brown's blockbuster The Da Vinci Code to Elaine Pagels's critically acclaimed Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas.
From its earliest days, Christianity has been marked by a rich diversity of beliefs and practices. Different interpretations of Jesus' life and mission, as well as conflicting views about worship and rituals, gave rise to numerous sects in the first centuries C.E. Condemned as heretical by the official Church, these early movements were lost to history until the twentieth century, when the discovery of ancient documents opened a new perspective on the evolution of Christianity.
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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan street children are packed into classrooms, raising their hands to answer math questions and bending their heads over art projects as part of a program funded by the European Union.
But the money is about to disappear after a four-year grant expires next month, and the Afghan government isn't ready to fill the gap. That leaves thousands of poor children who spend most of their days hawking goods on the street poised to lose their only access to an education.
The impending withdrawal of U.S. and other foreign combat forces means more than a loss of firepower. International aid is also on the decline because of donor fatigue and fears of deteriorating security after nearly 12 years of war.
The pullout of most international troops by the end of 2014 will leave many areas without the protection required for foreign aid workers. Even those workers who have more freedom of movement are concerned violence will increase as Afghan troops take over and the Taliban push to regain control.Comment on this story
Worried about losing hard-won gains, many Afghan and international aid organizations are racing to finish projects or find new sources of funding to provide basic services such as health care, education and electricity that the weak central government has been unable to deliver.
"The situation in Afghanistan is day by day becoming critical, but the international community is less interested," said Mohammad Yousef, founder of the children's program Aschiana.
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- Gosford City Council
Say No To Exotic Animal Circuses on The Central Coast, NSW
This is important as animals deserve to be kept free from being caged, ill-treated, performing cruel stunts & tricks, being kept from their natural enviroment where they belong and because long transportation is crippling to animals mental and physical health. It is wrong and needs banning.
The Gold Coast City Council of Queensland have a similiar petition, lets get Gosford City Council on board and let the world know we were as courageous enough to say NO to animals in circuses in Gosford.
- Gosford City Council
Dear Gosford City Councillors and Mayor Lawrie McKinna
As a resident in your constituency I call on you to support a state-wide ban on circuses that unnecessarily use exotic animals to perform tricks for 'entertainment'.
Performing circus animals, such as lions, tigers and monkeys, are kept for prolonged periods in close confinement, in artificial social groups; they are continually being transported between circus venues for the duration of their performing lives and are often subjected to cruel training techniques - all for the purpose of entertainment. Scientific studies have shown that the life of a circus animal leads to stress and boredom, and often results in abnormal behaviours such as repetitive pacing or swaying.
In 2009, a review of the suitability of wild animals to live in a travelling circus was published in the journal Animal Welfare (Iossa G, Soulsbury CD Harris S. (2009) Are wild animals suited to a travelling circus life? Animal Welfare 18: 129-140). This review found that for non-domesticated (exotic) animals to be suitable for circus life, circus animals would need to exhibit low space requirements, simple social structures, low cognitive function, non-specialist ecological requirements and an ability to be transported without adverse welfare effects. None of the commonest species exhibited by circuses, such as elephants and lions, currently meet these essential animal welfare criteria.
In addition, the use of exotic animals in circuses offers absolutely no value in terms of conservation, nor serves any educational purpose; especially in relation to educating children and the general public about the proper way to treat and respect animals.
I ask you to support a ban on circuses with exotic animal performances in New South Wales and look forward to hearing of your support in a reply to this correspondence.
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|The Jolly Fellows
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The Jolly Fellows were a possible mercenary company. They were led by Nine Eyes who was a member of the Band of Nine.[1]
They took part in the War of the Ninepenny Kings.
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Spencer Stuart's Annual CFO Index Notes Significant Boost in CFO Tenure
Aug 12, 2013, 10:33 ET from Spencer Stuart
NEW YORK, Aug. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- According to executive search consulting firm Spencer Stuart, CFO tenure is on the rise among Fortune 500 CFOs. Average tenure is 5.9 years, up from 4.9 years since 2008. The increase in tenure is one of the trends highlighted in Spencer Stuart's annual CFO Index. The CFO Index looks at trends related to chief financial officers of Fortune 500 companies over an eight-year period.
While CFO tenure is climbing, there is also significant turnover taking place among the Fortune 500 CFOs. There were 16 more CFO transitions in 2012 (15%), compared to 2011 (11%). The consumer goods sector has seen the highest increase in turnover in the past four years with 18 transitions in 2012, while there has been less volatility in the financial services sector, which had the lowest number of CFO transitions in 2012 (6) since the CFO Index began tracking the data eight years ago.
"A number of CFOs, particularly in financial services companies, have been committed to seeing their companies through and past the financial crisis," said Joel von Ranson, leader of Spencer Stuart's North American Financial Officer Practice. "Now as markets continue to stabilize, it's likely CFO tenure will gradually return to its long-term average."
Along with an increase in tenure, there have also been modest gains for female CFOs. 11.4% of the Fortune 500 CFOs are women, compared to a CFO index low of 6.7% in 2006.
"The news for women aspiring to CFO roles is positive, but there still is considerable work to be done," said von Ranson. "The story is similar for people of color, who represent just 3.4% of CFOs today, which is down from a high of 4.0% in 2010."
About Spencer Stuart
Spencer Stuart is one of the world's leading executive search consulting firms. Privately held since 1956, Spencer Stuart applies its extensive knowledge of industries, functions and talent to advise select clients — ranging from major multinationals to emerging companies to nonprofit organizations — and address their leadership requirements. Through 54 offices in 29 countries and a broad range of practice groups, Spencer Stuart consultants focus on senior-level executive search, board director appointments, succession planning and in-depth senior executive management assessments. For more information on Spencer Stuart, please visit www.spencerstuart.com.
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The Junior League of Athens will host a jazz concert and dinner on the lawn at the Taylor-Grady House on Oct. 18 to raise money for Athens Food 2 Kids, its partnership with the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia to feed hungry schoolchildren in Athens.
The band has not yet been booked for the "Will Rock 4 Food" concert, which will run from 5 to 7 p.m. Tickets, which include dinner, will go on sale Sept. 1 at $25 for adults and $12.50 children 10 and younger. Reserved tables for eight cost $350.
In the Athens Food 2 Kids program, children in need are identified by school officials and, with parental permission, a free sack of food that contains about six meals of kid-friendly, easy-to-prepare food is delivered to the child every week at his or her school.
For more information about the concert or ways to support the Athens Food 2 Kids program, visit the Junior League Web site, www.juniorleagueofathens.org, or e-mail Susan Dodson at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Using a project or theme create an instructional strategies web that identifies all of the instructional strategies that you will use to teach the theme. For example if you were teaching about farm animals some of the information you would want to present through direct instruction and other information would be presented through exploration or centers.
You can create your web in Microsoft Word or PowerPoint. For some examples to get your thinking started.
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Main Theme (Center of the web)
- Each concept or subject area to be covered with the theme
- What information will be covered within each concept and/or subject area
- What teaching strategies will you use to teach each concept (tip: you may list more than one teaching strategy for a single concept)
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