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SOUTHBRIDGE - Mark H. Morin, 56, of Columbus Ave., passed away surrounded by his family on Saturday, March 15th, in the Vibra Hospital of Central MA, Rochdale, after a courageous battle with stomach cancer.
He leaves his partner and best friend of 34 years, Joseph A. Stanick, Jr.; his parents, Henri R. and Ruth T. (Collins) Morin of Southbridge; three brothers, Roger E. Morin and his wife Karen of Southbridge, Wayne S. Morin and his wife Theresa of Brooklyn, CT, and Kevin J. Morin and his long time companion Kelly Lynch of Charlton; and several nieces and nephews. He also leaves his four legged friends, his dog Ritzi and his two greyhounds, Bullet and Bopper. He was born in Southbridge and was a graduate of Southbridge High School.
Mark was a florist, starting his career with Franks Flower Shop in Worcester, he went on to own and operate Butler's Flower Shop in Southbridge. He later was the manager for the former Basketville in Sturbridge for 10 years. Recently he worked as a banquet server at the Host Hotel in Sturbridge. Mark enjoyed traveling to the Caribbean and to Mexico. He also enjoyed his fish pond.
His funeral Mass will be held on Friday, March 21st, at 10:00am in St. Mary's Church of the Blessed John Paul II Parish, 263 Hamilton St., Southbridge. Burial will be private. There are no calling hours.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Greyhound Options Inc., 43 Sczygiel Rd., Ware, MA 01082 or the Cancer Center at Harrington, 55 Sayles St., Southbridge, MA 01550.
The Daniel T. Morrill Funeral Home, 130 Hamilton St., Southbridge, is directing arrangements.


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Manchester United have extended the deal with Jesse Lingard.
The club and the player's rep agreed to a four-year deal with an option of an extra year. The new deal will see Lingard earn three times his wages in the range of £100,000 a week.
Lingard had a year on his former deal before both parties agreed to extend it. The home-grown talent joined the club's academy when he was seven years. He developed with the youth team, getting his first pro deal in 2011.
The 24-year old established himself in the first team under former manager Louis van Gaal. His previous experiences at Leicester City, Birmingham City, Brighton and Derby County helped him grow. He had his debut in the senior team against the Swans on the opening day of the 2014/15 season. Since then he has gone on to play 70 times and scoring 11 goals.
"Manchester United has always been a big part of my life. I have been with the club since the age of seven and I feel great pride every time I pull the shirt on. Read Full Post…

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Martin Keown has been impressed by the Tottenham Hotspur man.....for the most part.
Speaking to The Mail, Martin Keown has hailed Eric Dier's seamless transition to life with England, but believes the Tottenham Hotspur midfielder does not pass forward enough.
The 22-year-old was one of Tottenham's players of the season in an excellent 2015-16 campaign which saw Mauricio Pochettino experiment by using him in a defensive midfield role - and it paid off.
The former Sporting Lisbon man has been used there by Roy Hodgson in both of England's games in Euro 2016 so far - a 1-1 draw with a Russia and a 2-1 win over Wales - and looks set to start against Slovakia tonight.
Obviously, it is Dier's first major tournament with England, but Keown says it looks like the Spurs machine has been competing at this level for years.
However, the ex Arsenal man says that Dier - who scored a wonderful free kick in the opener against Russia - is not as adventurous with his passing as he ought to be.
"Dier has slotted into the side as if he's been playing for England for years and, given his two fine displays already, he is more than capable of dealing with Hamsik's threat," he told The Mail.
"What I'd like to see now is for Dier to start making more forward passes."
If England do go on to win the competition then Tottenham will played a big role in that, with Dier one of five Lilywhites figures in the first XI from the first two games, with Kyle Walker, Danny Rose, Dele Alli and Harry Kane also involved.


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If you need further evidence that Google has a slip-shod approach to policing the official Android app store, then take a look at this.
As Android Police reports, a new Android app called "Virus Shield" and costing $3.99 has become a big hit, managing to reach the highly-prized position of #1 new paid app in the Google Play store, after little more than a week.
During that short period of time "Virus Shield" has managed to get over 10,000 downloads and achieved an impressive 4.7 out of 5 rating from its users.
That, normally, would probably be enough to make you think that the app was legitimate - and you might well feel tempted to install the product which claims to prevent "harmful apps from being installed on your device", "protects your information", and "scans apps, settings, files, and media in real time."
However, there's a problem.
According to Android Police, who disassembled Virus Shield's code, it doesn't do any of the things it claims.
It doesn't scan for or remove any malware. Instead, the app simply changes a red "X" graphic to a red tick mark.
And that's it.
I hope you got your money's worth.
Google has now removed the app from the Google Play store. It's unclear whether they have also refunded any of the 10,000+ users who downloaded the app.
The final words go to Android Police who highlighted this issue in the first place:
Let's not mince words here. This is fraud, pure and simple, and the developer "Deviant Solutions" potentially made considerable amounts of money based on a complete lie. We assume that a lot of the initial reviews were fake, but now that it's on the top of the charts, at least a few people will be buying it in the belief that it will protect them.
I strongly believe that Android smartphone and tablet users should use an anti-virus product. But bogus apps like this reaching the heady heights of the Google Play store's top charts does the security industry no favours at all.
It's hard enough getting our message of online safety out there, without Google allowing dodgy apps like this to be distributed.


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I love this pasta dish because it includes fresh ingredients and takes little time to prepare. Let's face it, it's a bit challenging to cook up labor-intensive, gourmet dinner when there is a 2-year-old attached to your leg. The less time spent cookin', the more time I can spend playing with the little one. Instead of surrendering to the "just order in" voices in your head, check out this option.
This recipe comes from the "Stove-Top Success" section in Paula Deen's March/April 2010 issue of Cooking with Paula Deen Magazine (page 37). It is simple, fresh and delicious. In less than 30 minutes, you can have a healthy, well-balanced dinner the whole family will enjoy. Here's all it takes...
Serves 4
3 cups uncooked WHOLE WHEAT rotini pastaFAT FREE Olive Oil spray
1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts; cut into bite-size pieces
1 shallot, sliced1/4 cup finely chopped red bell pepper
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes
1/4 cup light cream
1 tablespoon Italian seasoning2 cups packed fresh baby spinach
Parmesan cheese
Spray a large Dutch oven or large stovetop pan with Olive Oil spray. Heat over medium-high heat. Add chicken, shallot, bell pepper and garlic; saute for 7 minutes or until the chicken is cooked completely. Add the crushed tomatoes, cream and Italian seasoning. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and slowly stir in the pasta and spinach. Serve right away. If you want, add some shredded Parmesan cheese on top!
It was a hit! If you and your family like pasta with tomato sauce, then this is a dish to try. This pasta dish has the familiar taste that we love, but it is full of vitamin rich spinach and protein packed chicken. Usually we have left overs, but with my "little" brother joining us for dinner (who may be younger but is a good six inches taller than me), there was nothin' left to pack away. I need to have him over for dinner more often!
I hope you decide to give this recipe a try. If you are a busy person, this is definitely a recipe to bookmark.


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+2 e-Evaluation: 40% Teachers apply for Leave
Bhubaneswar, April 06: The e-evaluation papers of plus two science began on Saturday. However, the question was raised on the error-free evaluation as 40% examiners have applied for leave on medical ground.
The Higher Education department called a meeting on Sunday to sort out the issue and decided to take action against the examiners if they would not resume their work on Monday.
The department ordered the principals of the concerned colleges to reject the leave applications of the examiners and asked them to join in the evaluation process and strong action will be taken if found them absent at the evaluation centres.
A total of 4,000 teachers were shortlisted for the e-evaluation of the papers.


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Last week I had my first visit to Guerra Meats out on Taraval. My mission was to pick up corned beef for St. Patrick's Day. Three types here: point cut of brisket, flat or center cut of brisket, or round. Guerra says they're the last practitioner in the City of old-fashioned artery pumped brining. Roberts actually popularized this, but now uses another injection system. Fully cooked corned beef dinners are also available.
Artery Brinded Corned Beef
The brisket is USDA prime, and the 7.5 pound point cut ($4.99/lb) hunk I bought might be the most marbled I've run across. The counter man separated three different whole briskets to find the size I requested and trimmed it down pretty well. A pack of pickling spices was $1.50. Then he carried my purchase out to the car for me. The atmosphere of the shop and the cute Italian butchers reminded me of Petrini's back in the day.
I cooked the corned beef yesterday in diluted Guinness Draught. I'd split it into two pieces. The part attached to the flat was done in 2 hours and 45 minutes, the second piece with the rest of the point took an additional hour to reach tenderness and soften up some hard streaks of connective tissue. The flavor's richly beefy. More interesting is how the salt levels varies through the meat, making each bite taste a little different than the last. The overall salt level is rather low for me, enough so that I added salt to the cooking water after tasting a test piece midway through cooking.
For smoking and barbecue afficionados, Guerra could be a good source for packer briskets. It makes corned beef year-round, starting a new batch every other week. The butcher said that it has briskets on hand almost all the time, but to call ahead.
I also bought some of the ready-to-cook marinated Korean short ribs. The seasoning tended toward fruity and was fairly mild. The meat was very beefy but much too chewy.
The deli was doing a brisk business in sandwiches. How are they?
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So I finally bit the bullet and updated the look and feel of the blog. I must say, it was a big royal PITA. I use typepad, and although it served me rather well over the last few years, the template availability and the ability to easily utilize these custom templates is a big downside. Typepad makes available quite a few templates, but they all look like web -1.0 design. They do provide custom advanced templating, but that basically means you have to do it all yourself. You have to create and/or get a template and then customize it by augmenting it with typepad tags, etc… At the end of the day, you basically utilize their API to build a blog. I'm sure some folks don't mind, but I really don't want to waste days on doing this. Actually, I'd rather not spend more that 30 minutes on any of this. This is what took me so long to update. I also contemplated moving over to wordpress, which has thousands of attractive templates out of the box and available all over the web free and premium. The only thing that stopped me is the ability be able to import my current blog entries. My understanding is that it's not that straightforward and rather time consuming, especially if you want to keep the same URLs.
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Shearer still critical after horror smash
Former Queensland State of Origin player Dale Shearer is still critically ill in hospital.
Shearer crashed his Porsche at Weyba on the Sunshine Coast on Saturday evening.
The Royal Brisbane Hospital says he is in a critical but stable condition in the intensive care unit.
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Reviews: Berserk
The best fantasy manga.
Berserk is a series that is close to my heart. I read it at probably the best time I could have possibly done so; I had never read something so violent, horrific and relentless, but also had barely read anything that also had the depth and substance to back that up and make all that edge mean something. I'd probably have been more judging of it but still found it good had I read the series now, but as it stands, I can fully understand why people have become so invested in the series and hail it as a great story regardless of the medium. Guts, by himself, could carry the entire series on his back and frequently does so anyways. He's one of the best manga and anime protagonists of all time, without question. He is a rare breed, a person we see grow from boy to man, a legitimately complex character with many different traits and emotions, who is always changing and growing, there is never a lull in his development for long. We first see him as a grimdark Nineties Anti-Hero, but unlike most of those characters he isn't just a cardboard cutout meant to be superficially cool, we actually get to see the meticulous development of WHY he becomes that person and see that there are so many more layers to him than it first seems, he completely transcends any archetype associated with him. Fortunately, Guts does not have to carry the story on his own. Many of the other characters, while obviously not quite as complex, are still firmly above-average and merit your investment, especially Griffith (before certain events in the story), Caska, and some of Guts' new companions later in the story like Farnese and Serpico. The series does have some flaws, to be sure; while I don't especially mind the "edgy" content as I feel the series is partly horror anyways, I feel that sometimes a bit more restraint might have served the story better. Certain characters I feel have regressed or just feel unnecessary (Puck and Evarella mostly). And of course, Miura frequently takes breaks which is probably because he's been working on the story for like over 2 decades and is trying to stave off burnout. Which brings me to the other big part of the manga that had me entranced and invested, the art. While it doesn't start off excellent you can see a lot of ambition and promise in Miura's early art, even if it is a bit rough and 80's. But with every single volume, he pushes the level of craftsmanship further and further, with more detail, more ambitious panels, and a continuous refinement of the characters' designs. Today he is probably one of the most skilled mangaka in Japan and the art is on a level that you rarely see in any comic east or west. When you combine that with the good story it becomes a great reading experience. If you can stomach the edge, the experience is well worth it. Even if it's never over, the experience I got from reading Berserk was meaningful enough that I wouldn't regret reading it or getting invested.
A depressing, ultraviolent, and surprisingly mature masterpiece.
I was recommended the Berserk manga series by a friend of mine. I'm typically not the biggest fan of manga or anime in general so I went in with low expectations. It's probably not saying much to say that this series blew my expectations clear out of the water, considering they were low to begin with, but what is saying something is that personally, I think this is one of, if not the very best examples of the dark fantasy genre. Up there with the Song of Ice and Fire and Witcher book series'. Let me get this out of the way early. I think Berserk is a masterpiece. I would not, however recommend it to just anyone. This series gets pretty disturbing at times and anyone with a weak constitution should stay far, far away from Berserk. Putting it bluntly, I'm not easily shaken by things. But Berserk is the only work of fiction to ever be a direct cause of a nightmare for me. If that's okay with you, then read on. That out of the way? Great. When praising Berserk, there are many, many aspects that can be highlighted. The gorgeous art, the near flawless blend of realistic and fantasy elements, the incredibly layered and well written characters, or the boobs! Lot's of boobies in Berserk... But the thing that stands out most to me are the characters. Our main hero, Guts (Yes, that's literally his name. "Guts.") is a tragic, but sympathetic badass who can be argued to be the most deadly thing on two legs. I won't go too much into the story and characters beyond saying that they're amazing but I will say that... remember when I said "those with a weak constitution should stay away from Berserk?" Well, there's a point in this story, that if you're not prepared for, can leave even the most seasoned readers devastated. This part is around the middle to the end of the manga's 12th volume, the last episode of the anime, or the end of the 3rd movie. Prepare yourself. It get's DARK. Speaking of, there is a 25 episode anime series, another one coming in early July of 2016, and 3 movies for Berserk, but, in my opinion, they just don't stack up to the manga series. If you really hate reading manga that much, the anime and movies are serviceable but not quite on the same level as the manga. In summary, if you're caught up on Game of Thrones, finished The Witcher 3 and Dark Souls 3, and are still hankering for some good old dark fantasy, Berserk is exactly what you're looking for. The going is a little rough in the first 3 volumes, as Guts does some things very out of character and the art is a little rough compared to later volumes, but don't let that deter you. Berserk is a masterpiece. Plain and simple. Read it.
Like watching a car crash
Morbidly fascinated, but at the same time giving me the desire to cry and curl up and curse that world and this one and evil... Well hello there idealist please leave those preconceived notion of humanity and good by the door. Humanity isn't at its base good, neither is it evil. There. I can't say much, just read it or watch it and don't turn off your brain (though I wouldn't blame you if you want to during many of the gory scenes). Berserk will make you appreciate this world, regardless its wars and darkness, all the more. Comparing what is read to your life you'll say thank you for not being as unfortunate as being part of that world.
The definitive Seinen
I must admit that this series never ceases to impress me, especially with the quality of the artwork. As said in the main entry, Berserk possesses by far the best art of the industry hands down. Miura also pans out his plot by playing with Heroic Fantasy and Shonen clichés only for subversion and deconstruction purposes. Guts himself subverts some tropes of the expected heroism of a protagonist. Hence the characterization is almost flawless. This gray morality each and every character display makes them even more realistic and easy to relate to. In fact, I personally don't remember finding a "bad" character, except when said "badness" is done on purpose. The story line itself hardly ever flounders and "filler" arcs are pretty scarce, which makes the rhythm steady. Plot twists are sufficient to keep us hanging on and the whole story brims with philosophical undertones, yet anvils are never dropped. The tone of the series is always very dark, almost depressing due to its position on the scale and a happy ending is anything but certain . Extremely graphic violence, rape, sleazy sex, sadism, graphic torture, betrayal, hurt... All of these negative themes simply highlight the more happy, peaceful moments that are so rare they immediately stand out. The short-lived anime is pretty worthy by itself but doesn't feature some of the goriest moments of the manga for obvious censorship reasons. Hence it stops dead upon the Eclipse but a new anime is on its way as of late 2010. The only thing that I (and many fans) find pretty annoying about Berserk is the sloppy release of each issues. But then again, Miura works the old-fashioned way and never uses CG for his drawings so we can't really blame him. Bottomline, the series flows and goes around naturally, never out of surprising twists, never out of fuel, despite the sometimes awkward first 3 volumes. However, it is not intended for children and even less for Moral Guardians since the graphic violence and uncensored sex scenes might give their squeamish little hearts a stroke.
Constant source of morbid fascination
Recently, a friend advised me to watch this series without knowing that it had a manga associated with it. The anime in and of itself was interesting and dramatic but like any good anime, left you hungry for more after it ended. The manga has the two main qualities that I need in the fiction is immerse myself in: -Excellent characters -Gripping storyline I read chapters 1 to 300 within 3 days. Berserk prevents itself from falling into a repetitive pattern of Monster/Villain-of-the-week fights. In fact, in close to 316 chapters, the protagonist, Guts, has had perhaps 6 or 7 major fights. What I really appreciated about this series was how it took the time to build up its villains, giving many of them elaborate back-stories and actual lives outside villainy. While the back-stories don't really make them more sympathetic, it does make the battles more memorable. Up until the 250th chapter or so, the plot maintain great pace, with a steady stream of characterization, world building and plot advancement. However, I feel that some of that momentum was lost at around this point and what I really like about these characters (their cold-bloodness, their anger/hatred) was lost and replaced with a (relative) candy coating. The series can really fall under different genres at different points in time - at the beginning, it was generally a dark fantasy manga. Then for 10 volumes it read almost like a historical battle/war manga with some hints of romance. Since then its back to dark fantasy and action. Worth a read for sure, but not for the sensitive.


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text: Monday, December 23, 2013, 8:25 a.m. – As I was waking up this morning, the Lord Jesus put the song "Songs in the Night" in my mind. Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Revelation 11 (NIV). Preface: I am no Biblical scholar when it comes to deciphering the symbology contained within this book. I have studied it many times, and have found there are numerous and varied interpretations of what God/Jesus Christ meant when he gave these words to John to write. So, I must rely upon the witness of the Holy Spirit within me, as should we all, to give me what understanding he wants me to have from these writings, and to trust the Lord Jesus, by his Spirit, to teach me what he wants me to learn and to share with others. I will say upfront that my understanding of the timing of these events, although I make no claims here to having all the answers, is of a post-tribulation rapture belief. Yet, I see no value in debating that particular subject, because Christ will come when he will come, and I'm ok with whatever he has planned. The reality is that he will do what he has planned no matter how good our arguments may be to the contrary. A Measuring Rod I see no Biblical basis for the teaching that says that before these events take place, that the church will be raptured, and that God will go back to the old covenant relationship with his people, or that he will institute a third covenant, and/or that he will once again inhabit a physical temple in a singular physical location. I see total congruity in scripture from the birth of Christ to his second coming, meaning that Jesus Christ is the temple of God, and as his followers we are his body, so we are his temple, and the Spirit of God dwells within us. All people must be born of the Spirit of God if they want to have eternal life, so the saints of God living at this time must also be born of the Spirit and have the Spirit of God dwelling within them, and thus the temple existing at this time, which is also the Holy City, the city of God (the city on a hill), is the true church, the body of Christ. The physical city of Jerusalem is no longer the Holy City, but is of Hagar, the slave woman (See Gal. 4:22-31). Those who are of the promise, i.e. those who are true followers of Christ, are the New Jerusalem. This also fits with chapter 12 where it says that the Dragon (Satan) is after "those who keep God's commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus." So, I believe John was to measure (examine) the true church, the body of Christ. We are given a picture, perhaps, of that examination (measurement) in Revelation 2-3 in the letters to the seven churches (or to the complete church – the church as a whole for all generations). He was to exclude the outer court, because that was given over to the Gentiles. Now, since Jesus Christ died, rose, and ascended to heaven and sent his Holy Spirit to indwell his followers, the temple of God has been a spiritual temple, not a physical one, so the outer court thus must represent the world, which includes the institutional church, i.e. that of man and not of God, i.e. the outer court represents all those who do not have true faith in Jesus Christ, which includes both Jew and Gentile. Jesus made Jew and Gentile one in Christ. He thus incorporated Gentile believers into true (spiritual) Israel along with believing Jews. All others are of Hagar, the slave woman, which includes Jews who have not accepted Jesus Christ as their Messiah and Lord, and thus they are the ones in the outer court, and the ones trampling on God's holy people, the bride of Christ. Concerning the two witnesses, I definitely see the Old and New Testaments as strong possibilities here. Yet, I will make no attempt to try to identify who these two witnesses are, or will be, yet what I do understand is that they represent God's Holy Word, for truly it is the Word of God that is hated, and thus the messengers are only hated because they speak the words of God. These two witnesses represent the gospel of Jesus Christ; of salvation. They most certainly confront and address sin in sinful man, and call for repentance and holy living via faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. They apparently also speak words of judgment against all who refuse Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior of their lives and against all those who would come against Christ, his messages and his messengers. The people will hate these witnesses, because they hate the truth and they don't want to be confronted with their sins or told they must turn from their sin and follow Jesus Christ in surrender to his will. This is, thus, why they trample on (crush; squash; walk or tread on) God's holy people, because their goal is to stop the spreading of the gospel message, which is their true object of hate. They want the gospel to be snuffed out so they are no longer confronted with their sins and thus can live how they want. And, this is happening in our world today. The Seventh Angel I don't know the chronology of all this, but what I do know is that in chapter 10 it said that in the days when the 7th angel is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be accomplished (fulfilled; completed). We do know that when Jesus Christ returns for his bride that our salvation will be complete. Scripture says that a trumpet will sound, that those who have died in Christ will be raised first, and then all those of us who are alive and remaining will be caught up with our Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord (See 1 Thess. 4:13-18). This, I believe, takes place at the end of the tribulation. This fits with what it says next here in chapter 11, as well, for when the 7th angel sounded his trumpet, the loud voices in heaven proclaimed that the kingdom of the world has now become the kingdom of our Lord and he will reign for ever and ever. This, I believe, takes place at the end of the tribulation period, because next it says that God has taken his great power and he has begun to reign, and that now it was time to judge the dead and to reward the Lord's servants, the prophets, and the Lord's people who revere his name. As well, the time had come for destroying those who destroy the earth. Again, I will make no attempt here to try to analyze all of this and to try to determine what happens when, only to say, at a high level, that we know scripture teaches that we, as Christ's followers and witnesses, will be hated and persecuted and even killed for our testimony for Jesus Christ. This trampling of the "Holy City" has been going on since Jesus Christ's ascension into heaven and his sending of the Holy Spirit to indwell his followers. And, it is still going on today, only I believe it is much stronger now, and that we are seeing a global effort now to squash the gospel of Jesus Christ and to bring those who hold to the testimony of Christ and his gospel into disrepute, or to try to force them into compliance with the one-world ecumenical movement, or else to persecute, blaspheme and kill them. And, this is beginning to work its way into America, too. As well, we do know from scripture that a time of tribulation is coming (or has already come) on the earth at which time the saints of God will be severely persecuted, imprisoned and even killed for their testimony for Christ, and that they will no longer be able to buy and to sell unless they take the mark of the beast. Many of us believe the beast is already forming and is in the process of conquering nations across the globe by the use of intimidation and military force (both private and public); through the use of false flag operations, falsely accusing the governments of the world of what our government and their allies are doing, so that we can go into these countries to conquer them (not to save them); and also is conquering them via man-made disasters, including financial disasters. And, I believe, and many others believe, and there appears to be evidence to support this, that our government in the US and their allies in the New World Order Beast are also targeting those followers of Christ who do hold strong to their faith and beliefs and who do speak out concerning the gospel of salvation, and that this N.W.O. beast is persecuting and murdering Christ's followers across the globe – U.S. sanctioned and supported. No one knows the exact timing of when the actual reign of this beast will take place, but we can know that it is near by the signs, and there are many, many signs. I believe it won't be long now before we see this reign of the beast truly take hold globally and the church of Christ across the globe trampled upon by those in the "outer court," i.e. by those outside of true faith in Jesus Christ. Much of this persecution will come, I believe, through the institutional ecumenical church, and we can definitely see this happening even now. Remember that Jesus' greatest opposition and persecutors did not come from the people out in the world, per se, but from those within institutional religion, and especially from those in positions of religious and political power. Yet, it is during these times of persecution, imprisonment, or pressures from the outside world (or the worldly church) to conform to the norms of society that we, like Paul and Silas, can sing praises to God. Songs in the Night / An Original Work / December 18, 2013 "About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, And the other prisoners were listening to them." Acts 16:25 NIV '84 Lord, I praise You forevermore. You, my Savior, I now adore. Hope in heaven awaiting me, Because You died at Calvary. I have been forgiven, And I'm bound for heaven. Jesus set me free from All my sin, I say. I will praise Him always! Lord, I love You for all You've done: Overcame death, my vict'ry won! Jesus saved me, and now I'm free! I rejoice in His love for me. I will walk in vict'ry! My sin is but hist'ry! I am free to please Him With my life today. I will love Him always! Lord, I thank You for giving me A new life bought at Calvary. Loving Jesus, I meet with Him. Tender mercies now flow within. Lord, I am so thankful; Through my Lord, I'm able To sit at His table; Fellowship with Him. I will thank Him always! http://originalworks.info/songs-in-the-night/


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Taken in one evening on the road to Hassela, Sweden. About 350km (217 miles) north of Stockholm. If you look at the little house in the right down corner you can imagine how big this cloud was.Taken with my Canon 350D. A touch of HDR
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Thank you David :) It was a little of both. It had been there for awhile when I show up. And it last a long time after I left.
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Thank you Carol :) Yes it was special. It made me feel very very small.
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It´s very dramatic! Did you have thunder and heavy rains also?The capture is beautiful!
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This 3000 sq. ft home sits on an acre of property. Crafted with mountain modern taste, Bosch appliances with luxury beds and plush spa towels. Located within minutes of three resorts, Pineview Reservoir, fishing, boating and hiking. Very close to 3 Ski Resorts, two of which are world-class (Snowbasin & Powder Mountain). Views of both Snowbasin and Nordic Valley from W and S view windows of the house.
We have the fastest wifi you can get in Ogden Valley.
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There are 2 thermostats in the house. One for upstairs and one for downstairs, set up as separate zones (with independent heating and cooling). Please use as needed, but also be respectful (not wasteful) that it's expensive to heat and cool a house this size in the hot summers and cold winters. Please turn them both off when you leave.
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We have Direct TV throughout the house, with tons of channels, and each TV has an Apple TV. Apple TV's are logged in as us, so you are welcome to watch the movies we have purchased. If you want to rent a movie however, please log us out, and log in with your own Apple ID (make sure to log out when you're finished). Remotes for all TV, Satellite and Apple TV are located conveniently in each room. They are labeled for the room they belong to (please try to keep them in the appropriate room). There is also Sonos in the house (downstairs; kitchen and great room). Download the Sonos Controller and App for both your computer and smartphone:
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There are 4 official bedrooms in the house, with 7 beds. There's also a futon in the downstairs den/study that can be used. There is one bedding set for each bed, and blankets on the futon if needed.
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You are welcome to use any of the kitchen utensils and appliances, and please help yourself to all of the spices and other basic food items you may find in the cupboard; fridge too.
Out back on the deck. The ignitor should work, but in case it doesn't there's an extra lighter in the drawer in the kitchen.
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This home offers the best of Summer and Winter.. Just 6 miles down the road from Powder Mountain(10 min), a short drive to Snowbasin (15 min), SLC Airport is only 50 miles south, and Pineview Reservoir is less than a mile away. Everything you need is very close: ski resorts, a local market, bank, gas station, etc. and if you need to really shop, Ogden is a 20 min drive away, and Salt Lake City is only 40 mins further.
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A group of 8 of us enjoyed this wonderful home for a week. Layout of the home was great. We all had our own private space to escape. Everything was provided in the house to make our stay comfortable and enjoyable. Easy drive to Snowbasin and/or Powder Mountain. House is new with awesome beds and amazing linens. So nice to sleep in a comfortable bed after a long day of snowboarding. Made steaks one night on the provided grill outdoors on the deck. Overall a 5 star experience.
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Very interesting game, I can spend a whole day to play, it is worth downloading, it is strongly recommended.


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Though its name alone may evoke some salacious and/or puzzled thoughts, Air Sex is actually fairly innocent – well, as innocent as pretending to have sex with an imaginary someone (or someones, or something) on stage in front a large and boisterous crowd can be. It is, admittedly, a bit odd.
"It's weird for some people, but I kind of just got it immediately," explains Jonathan Evans, director of Air Sex: The Movie, a comedy-tour documentary about its namesake event. "It just sounded so fascinating. It's not something that you need to overthink too much. It's just a really delightful little thing.
Above all else, Air Sex is meant to be fun, good-natured, and hilarious – and yes, at times, even a bit naughty. Following the annual Air Sex National Tour (around 30 live shows around the country) leading up to the World Championships held in New Orleans, the film does a phenomenal job of getting this positive message across.
"I find that when comedies do sex, they tend to make it really tawdry or juvenile," Evans explains. "What I like about Air Sex is that you have a little bit of everything – every interpretation of comedy and sex. And at the end of the day, it's just a fun show."
With a number of different directions he could have gone in with the film, Evans decided to make Air Sex: The Movie more akin to a comedy show. "To prepare, I didn't sit down and watch a lot of documentaries, instead I watched Religulous and (Dave Chappelle's) Block Party. They were my inspiration."
For a film like that to succeed, an outgoing guide is needed, someone to explain how this all works and to fill in the gaps between shows with a bit of irreverent humor – and for this movie, and Air Sex in general, that man is Chris Trew. Gloriously bearded and a multi-faceted entertainer, the New Orleans-based comedian is the Godfather of Air Sex, having launched the competition in 2006 when his The New Movement Theater was headquartered in Austin, TX.
"Chris is the face of Air Sex; he's the first and last thing you see at a show. So, it just made sense that he be the lead of the movie,' explains Evans. "I kind of just kept the camera in my hands at all times. He's always being funny. And together, we set out to make more of a comedy concert film than a traditional documentary."
The film is able to accomplish that unique spirit and feel they started the project looking for. "I wanted the structure of the movie to almost exactly mirror the show itself," Evans elaborates. "If you go to a show, Chris gets on the mic, he explains the show, and does his routine. Then he calls up the competitors until they crown a champion. So, I thought it would be awesome if the movie was like one long show and it all leads to a final round where a champion is crowned."
Like the show, the performances are the main attraction. The film gives a quick rundown of the good, bad, and the ugly (and the down n' dirty) of performing Air Sex. Playing remarkably like a sports movie, the second half of the film introduces the champions, those narrowed down from bars all across America and picked to compete against one another at the Air Sex World Championship.
"Overall, people were pretty cool with the camera, and everyone has a unique reaction to it," reveals Evans. "I think some people are worried that it's shameful, but more so, that we're going to exploit or make them look dumb – which, of course, isn't our intention. I wanted to respect the anonymity of it. You come onstage and you put on a name and a character and do your show."
The performances themselves are great, but caused a bit of trouble for the film: not for their raciness, but for the music. Most performers dance to hugely popular songs, everything from Ginuwine's "Pony" to Psy's "Gangnam Style." Thankfully, the filmmakers had a creative solution to circumvent the costly copyright issues this could create – and what they came up may have been even better in the end.
"I knew that we'd never have enough money to get these songs. So, I thought, what if we delete it all and record our own music?" Evans says. "We already had someone who could do that in Michael Felton, who was the sound guy and had come on the road with us. He wrote everything and composed all the music. We kind of mirrored the real songs at first to recreate the spirit, but ultimately, the songs mutated over time and became representative of the people. I was just super impressed with what Mikey accomplished."
That is indicative of the film as whole. Like the collaborative nature of The New Movement, Air Sex: The Movie took the same approach. "Chris has a style and he knows himself so thoroughly. He knows what he believes in and what he is opposed to, and with that, he has a lot of confidence and the trust in the people he works with."
And it all works. The film – and Air Sex – is hilarious. The film is a terrific introduction into the delightfully weird world of imaginary sex. Do yourself a favor and check out the film and a live show – coming soon to a bar all across America.
The film is now available for rent and purchase online at VHX (along with the soundtrack).


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38 comments found.
please replace the sheeps via dogs :)))
thanks for interested i will create for next project
Hi there, I am trying to follow your notes on how to change the background to paper and I cannot make it work. Do you have any instructions for dummy's on how to do that?
Also how can I remove one of the sheep from the movie clip? Thanks
bank508 hello.
Men, i need your help. Look, i have bought this project, and in the file folder i see an autodesk 3DS max file, i want to rotate the sheep to see the face in front, but when i want to render the video with the new configuration, i can't see anything. Do you know how to do this, work with autodesk 3DS max?
Thank you!
hi hunterepik in project "happy sheep" no related file autodesk 3DS max
Can you tell what files are in the project? I see in the right panel that the file size is 614 MB, but i have a file of 7 MB app
I only see a rar file named Sheep_Max2011
Sheep is 3d file in 3docean (now it free file this month) it not happy sheep project and I think in sheep_max2011 it want vray plug-in for render
:/ ups, do you know the plug-in bank? thank you for your help
Really you can use version obj or fbx
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Public hearings held by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation will kick off across the state Monday Jan. 7, 2008, to collect input on a slate of proposed hunting and fishing regulation changes. Hearings will be held through Jan. 10.
Sportsmen are encouraged to attend and voice their opinions on proposals, which range from certain deer hunting regulation changes to changes in size and daily limits on some fish.
Several of the proposals involve adjustments to deer seasons and deer bag limits both statewide and in designated areas. Specifically, one proposal would allow deer archery hunters to harvest a deer of either sex during the period from Jan. 1-15. Currently, only antlerless deer may be taken during that time period. Also involving deer archery season is a proposal to increase the number of deer that can be harvested by archers from four deer to six deer. Another proposal would open deer gun season to the same as statewide season dates on Broken Bow, Honobia Creek, Three Rivers and Ouachita wildlife management areas.
Among the fishing-related proposals is one to exempt spotted bass from length limits and to remove the bag limit on spotted bass statewide, except in certain streams. Another proposal would limit the harvest of alligator gar to one fish per angler per day statewide, except from April 1 - June 15, when fishing for alligator gar would be catch and release only.
Other fishing-related items are on the public hearing agenda as well, such as tightening restrictions on dealing with invasive aquatic species, adjusting definitions related to limbline angling and making permanent a currently established emergency rule requiring paddlefish anglers to carry a free paddlefish permit.
Other hunting-related proposals include the following:
- * Changing the deer gun season limits and muzzleloader season limits on Keystone and Skiatook WMAs so that the limit on each season would be one antlered and one antlerless deer.
- * Changing the muzzleloader season at Lexington WMA to allow for the harvest of antlerless deer the second Saturday and Sunday of the season. Currently, deer muzzleloader season on Lexington WMA is limited to antlered deer only.
- * Allowing those persons certified to use a crossbow to use a device that permits a bow to be held mechanically at full or partial draw for archery hunting.
- * Clarifying that persons with disabilities and youth hunters are eligible to draw more than one controlled hunt per year and clarifying permit requirements (nonambulatory or motor vehicle permits) for those applying for the Deer Hunts for Persons with Disabilities category of the Controlled Hunts program.
A slate of other wildlife, hunting and fishing-related items will be open for discussion during the public hearings across the state, including allowing the use of poison to control prairie dogs on public land, establishing rules regarding the nuisance control programs for beaver and coyote and the Feral Hog Depredation Program and others. To view the complete agenda for the public hearings, log on to wildlifedepartment.com.
Those unable to attend the hearings are encouraged to send their comments by mail to: Attn: Proposed hunting and fishing regulation changes – Wildlife Department, P.O. Box 53465, Oklahoma City, OK 73152. All comments are weighted equally whether received in writing or delivered at the public hearings. Comments will be accepted at this address until 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 25.
The following is a list of public hearing dates, times and locations. The public is encouraged to attend.
- Date: Jan. 7, 2008 Time: 7 p.m.
Ada – Pontotoc County Technology Center, 601 W. 33rd
Jenks – Tulsa Technology Center, 801 E. 91st St.
Lawton – Lawton Public Library, 110 SW 4th
Oklahoma City – Oklahoma DWC Auditorium – 1801 N. Lincoln Blvd.
- Date: Jan. 8, 2008 Time: 7 p.m.
Clinton – City Hall, 415 Gary Blvd.
Durant – Durant Fish Hatchery Meeting Room, 2021 Caddo Hwy
Enid – Central Fire Station, 410 W. Garriot
- Date: Jan. 9, 2008 Time: 7 p.m.
Miami – Miami Civic Center, 129 5th Ave NW
- Date: Jan. 10, 2008 Time: 7 p.m.
Guymon – OSU Extension Center, 301 N. Main
Hugo – Kiamichi Tech Center, 107 South 15th St.
Okmulgee – East Central Electric Co-op, 2001 S. Wood Dr. (U.S. Hwy 75)


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Yesterday, HALC launched a petition to the International Olympic Committee asking it explore the idea of making Greece a permanent home for the Summer Olympics.
Paul Glastis made the case the idea this summer in The Washington Monthly:
The IOC fancies itself not just the trustee of the modern Olympics but as a player in global governance. Its power derives from its ability to choose which countries will get to host the games—a prize that nations covet and compete for almost as hard as they do the games themselves. The IOC wields that power to ends it deems worthy. It bestowed the 2008 summer games on Beijing to incentivize China's peaceful integration into the world community. The 1998 games went to Seoul to encourage an emerging civilian government. Brazil won in large part because no South American country had ever hosted before.
The problem is that hosting the Olympic games in a different city every year is unnecessary and, as a matter of basic management, moronic. For one thing, it's incredibly expensive. A host city must build billions of dollars worth of infrastructure to accommodate the games, much of which later sits around unused or gets torn down. Part the reason for Greece's debt crisis—and the continuing Depression-level economic hardships Greece is suffering under the jackboot of its European lenders, especially Germany–is the billions it borrowed to host the 2004 Olympics. Greece's dilemma was not lost on the UK voters who supported Brexit.
Glastris isn't the only one calling for a chance in the Olympics. For years, commentators, economists and pundits have called on making Greece the permanent home (or one of the permanent homes) for the Olympics. This year alone, there's been a flood of editorials and op-eds on the matter. Here's just a sampling…
Jonathan Zimmerman at Salon:
The international community has providedseveral bailouts in exchange for austerity measures, which have only made matters worse. But here's one thing that might make them better: moving the Summer Olympics to Greece. Permanently.
There's no good reason to keep rotating the games every four years to a different country, which must then expend billions of dollars on new infrastructure. […]
So the IOC should take charge of creating a permanent home for the Olympics in Greece, which could ease its debt burden by selling land for the facility. Meanwhile, the IOC could pay for construction by floating bonds based on future revenues. […]
With the assistance of the international community, however, Greece could surely serve as the permanent home for today's Olympics. Some observers have suggested that the IOC build a new facility on a deserted Greek island or on the Peloponnesian peninsula, site of the ancient Games. Others say that the buildings erected in Athens in 2004 could be upgraded and expanded for future Olympics. […]
Now that the Rio games have concluded, then, let's resolve to make a permanent home for the Summer Olympics in their original one. We have the strength to achieve anything, as the triumphant Eleftherios Petrounias proclaimed last week. But we have to do it together.
Amotz Asa-El, writing in MarketWatch:
[H]olding the Games in one place will discontinue the bidding process that breeds bribery; it will deprive rich countries of the opportunity to taunt their wealth; it will rob despots of the opportunity to masquerade as entertainers; and it will save developing countries the kind of embarrassments that now await Brazil.
As for the permanent host's identity, it should be a no-brainer: Greece.
Greece already built everything the Games require, and in fact will be able to use its new task to rehabilitate economically, though that national benefit is marginal in what should be a global benefit.
The global benefit, besides tempering the Games' financial contamination, will be in the political realm, because a permanently Greek Olympics will lift them above the world's political struggles; just like they did, for two weeks, every four years, for nearly a thousand years, in ancient Greece.
Matt Hickman at Mother Nature Network:
Why not completely do away with the host city selection process, a process deemed by Bloomberg as a "perverse form of auction," and erect — or better yet, repurpose — two permanent, dedicated Olympic venues in two different cities? Or how about a single permanent venue that could feasibly host both the winter and summer games and be used for smaller sporting and cultural events in the interim?
After all, holding massive, once-a-year sporting event in the same location instead of moving it around isn't all that rare. It has worked well for tennis — and it also worked well for the ancient Olympic Games, which were held in the same exact spot every four years on Greece's Peloponnese for hundreds of years beginning in 776 B.C. Why not apply this model to large-scale biennial and quadrennial events?
Sure, the prestige and multicultural appeal of a globetrotting games would be all but lost along with the glory of competing — and winning — in one's home country. But when looking at the pros and cons of the Olympics host city model, a model increasingly associated with corruption and financial ruin, the argument for a permanent home for the Olympics becomes stronger.
Derek Boosey at InsideTheGames:
My suggestion would be to have countries bid to "theme host" the Games near Olympia with the IOC and Greece. To explain further, let me use an example – India. Assume that India is chosen to "theme host" the 2028 inaugural new home Olympic Games.
Here we have a civilization which is distinctive for its antiquity and continuity. The continuity of Indian civilization is largely due to its ability to adapt to alien ideas. India has a population of over a billion mostly young people and is expected to be in the top three countries in the financial world within the next 20 years.
India could be responsible for the Opening and Closing Ceremony. You'd have many years to prepare in India and then could move the cast of people and equipment to Olympia in time for some rehearsals in the Olympic Stadium and then the historic Opening and later the Closing Ceremony.
They should also be allocated a sufficient number of positions in each of the different organisational divisions in Olympia from 2024 to 2028 which will provide a learning experience which goes with hosting the Games.
The Olympic Torch would be lit in Olympia and then flown to New Delhi. Following an extravagant ceremony the Torch could then be carried by tens of thousands of runners, walkers and wheelchair users to every corner of India over several months. Then the Torch would be flown back to the Peloponnese peninsula, and run through the nine cities, or maybe ten by 2028, before finally entering the new Olympic Stadium during the Opening Ceremony.
Greece can provide the main stadium and other venue decorations as well as the security, with assistance from specialists from around the world, including Greek and United Nations military personnel.
Uri Friedman at The Atlantic runs down the many, many proposals for revamping the Olympics:
But wouldn't installing the Olympics in one country tarnish the global nature of the Games? The author Roger Howard offers one potential solution: What if the IOC granted long-term hosting rights to one city, which in turn could sell rights to host each Olympic Games to a different country? The city would essentially be renting out its Olympics infrastructure. Imagine, for instance, Kenya organizing the opening and closing ceremonies in London. Howard continues:
Of course the choice of a permanent home for the Games would be highly contentious. But such a responsibility could be exercised imaginatively, and even used as a form of developmental aid. So the IOC could offer this exclusive right to a developing country that desperately needs foreign investment. …
Alternatively, the Games could be based on Western soil but the hosting rights perhaps sold to a developing country at a heavily subsidised price.
Some propose rotating the Olympics among several cities that recently hosted the Olympics—perhaps choosing five to represent the five interlocking rings of the Olympic symbol—or cycling them through one permanent venue on each continent.
Here's more from Christina Larson at The Washington Monthly:
We may be looking at a future in which the games bounce between a dozen large countries–each inventing more creative ways to bribe the IOC, but none capturing the experience to perfect the art of hosting. One can only pray that the Olympics this summer in Athens don't go horribly awry. But if the city manages to carry it off with only an average number of snafus, there's an argument to be made that we keep the Olympics there forever–and give the Greeks a chance to perfect their invention.
Norman Chad at The Times Union:
it makes abundant sense to abandon the cash-pit carousel and give the Olympics a permanent home. That's the way it used to work — the ancient Games were held in Olympia, Greece for nearly 12 centuries starting in 776 B.C. and nobody on social media complained about any of it back then.
So why not reestablish Olympia as the permanent site? It's Olympia, for goodness sakes — if you're called Olympia, nobody expects you to host the Grammy Awards, but it's somewhat obvious you should be home to the Olympics.
Amanda Vanstone at The Sydney Morning Herald:
Being the permanent host for the Olympics would give [Greece] a great lift. Basic infrastructure would improve, which, aside from servicing the Olympics, would help people who wanted to work and make money do just that.
Tourism would increase, providing jobs. There are other reasons why it's a good idea. For a start it would end the ridiculous competition associated with countries vying to win the hearts and minds of the IOC.
The Bloomberg editorial board:
Olympia in Greece, which hosted the games for almost 12 centuries from 776 BC, is often proposed for the Summer Games — indeed the Greek government offered 1,250 acres near Olympia in 1980. The Winter Games could take place in Japan, say, or Switzerland. At these permanent locations, the investment in state-of-the-art facilities would make financial sense. The venues could be carved out on neutral soil, much like the United Nations in New York, and operated using revenue from tickets, TV rights and merchandise.
Another reason to find the games a permanent home is politics. Sochi has attracted controversy for Russia's laws against promoting homosexuality. The Beijing Games in 2008 were a concern for many because of China's poor human-rights record. And the tit-for-tat U.S. and Soviet boycotts of the games, in Moscow in 1980 and Los Angeles four years later, did huge damage to those as sporting events. (In 1984, the U.S. Congress debated a resolution in favor of a fixed Olympic home, precisely to end such boycotts. It passed, both Congress and into oblivion.)
The self-interest of the cities and countries wanting their turn in the Olympic sun has so far prevented change. To meet the criticism that grounding the games would favor one part of the world over others, maybe there could be five permanent venues, in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North and South America, and the games would rotate among them. That could work, too.
Which solution is used to end Olympics inflation, and the corruption it encourages, is less important. What matters is that one is chosen — and that the selection merry-go-round is stopped.
Athens as a permanent home would mean that an infrastructure already would be in place, as well as trained personnel, and there would never be any question about whether the host city could follow through with its commitment, as was the case this year. (Which city ought to host the winter games is a knottier question.) Athens also would be a permanently neutral place, presumably free of the regional conflicts and sectarian disputes that have roiled the games in the past.
Tokyo is the 2020 host city. Beyond Tokyo, the Olympic flame should return to Greece – and never leave.
That's enough Olympic crankiness for one day. Let the games begin.
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