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The Federal Communications Commission today authorized the maker of an enhanced 911 technology to begin commercial operations despite claims that the system will interfere with wireless Internet Service Providers and smart grid applications.
A company called NextNav and its subsidiary, Progeny, makes a system designed to more accurately locate people inside buildings. This is important because the trend of cell phones replacing landlines makes it more difficult to identify the location of a person calling 911. If someone had a heart attack on the 30th floor of a giant building and is able to call 911 but not speak their location, NextNav's system would theoretically find them with a network of transmitters placed throughout cities and towns. Cell phones would also require software upgrades to communicate with the NextNav network.
The proposal was controversial because NextNav's enhanced 911 location service operates on the same chunk of spectrum as wireless Internet Service Providers, smart meters, toll readers like EZ-Pass, baby monitors, and more. In March, we detailed the proposal and concerns raised by makers of systems who believe NextNav technology will cause too much interference in this band, stretching from 902-928MHz.
Extensive testing showed that there was interference, but the FCC had not defined what an "unacceptable" level of interference would be. Despite approving NextNav's proposal, the FCC once again declined to define unacceptable interference, saying "no uniform field testing method is appropriate considering the great array of devices that the Part 15 industry deploys in the 902-928 MHz, which are designed to address different needs and thus have no common design."
Part 15 refers to FCC rules regarding unlicensed wireless transmissions. NextNav is a licensed service, but would co-exist with unlicensed ones in the 902-928MHz band.
The FCC further stated that "[w]e recognize that the potential exists for interference to certain devices or systems, but also are cognizant that the potential for interference to these devices already exists because a variety of different users operate in this spectrum. Based on the evidence before us, we find that the potential for increased interference within the 902-928 MHz band that could result from commercial operation of Progeny's M-LMS (Multilateration Location and Monitoring Service) system will not create a significant detrimental effect overall on unlicensed operations in the band, and that the band therefore can continue to be used for such unlicensed operations consistent with their Part 15 status. We therefore conclude that Progeny has satisfied the field test requirement so that it may commence commercial operations."
The FCC didn't impose any limitations on NextNav's operations but said it has to keep track of interference concerns and report back to the FCC. NextNav must establish a website and toll-free help desk to let users of unlicensed devices "seek assistance in investigating and mitigating potential interference issues." NextNav must also file three reports with the FCC from December 2013 to December 2014 detailing any interference complaints received.


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Post subject: Changing project tokens is cumbersome
I am testing RoboImport v.188.8.131.52 and have a question.
If I have several days of images, with several subjects on my camera and select group by day on source files I get the appropriate list of daily folders. If I want to add a unique %project to each folder, it seems I have to select each folder - right click - transfer selected - confirm transfer - enter %project token - OK - close transfer report - repeat for other folders. If I try to transfer the root folder and get the Set tokens values window, the %project token gets applied to all the folders.
Why cant the %project tokens be applied individually to folders in the Set tokens window? It would be much faster.
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Post subject: Re: Changing project tokens is cumbersome
Thank you for interesting RoboImport. If you split your destination folder by days I recommend you to append %project to the sub-folders template.
For example:
[%yyyy-%mm-%dd] - %project
If you wish to describe each day differently according the events please check "Promt for new value every time project token appears" option on the Destination page. Overwise hold this option unchecked - the same %project value will be used for all new folders.
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Thanks Wizard:
Here's what I did. I was using " %yyyy\%yyyy-%mm-%dd %project " for the subfolder template, but I also tried the one you suggested.
I used a source folder with 3 days of images, the destination box showed each day's folder labeled properly, I also checked the "prompt for new value . . " box. WHen I hit transfer, I go to the "set token values" box where I see the same folder tree along with the thumbnails. This part is great because I can see each subject and enter the proper value for %project. THe problem is here. I select a folder and provide a %project value but that value gets applied to all the folders, not just the selected one.
The only way I can make it work for me is to select each folder from the destination box, right click it to "transfer selected" and go through that process for each folder. It works, but there are so many steps it is easier to do it the old-fashioned way, just dragging and dropping thumbnails into folders. I only move the keepers when I do that and that save a step later.
If it matters I have the "Invoke set custom token . . " box checked in source files, although I tried it both ways. So I'm not sure if this is a bug or a design, or if I'm doing something wrong.. This is probably not an issue for somwone that shoots only one event at a time, which I do a lot, but I also do a lot of multiple events. If this can be fixed, plus, have the abiltiy to select only the files you want to keep before transferring, this could be a nice little program.
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Fox Chapel Area School District superintendent retiring as degree questioned
Anne Stephens has doctoral degree from LaSalle University in Louisiana
The superintendent of an affluent Pittsburgh-area school district has announced she'll retire Dec. 31 as questions about her doctoral degree have been raised.
Fox Chapel Area superintendent Anne Stephens announced her plans Monday and school board president Joel Weinstein says she's been considering the move for about six months.
He says it's not related to community concerns being raised that Stephens' doctoral degree is from LaSalle University in Mandeville, La., which is defunct and was not accredited when Stephens received her degree.
The district requires its superintendent to have a doctorate although that's not required by state regulators.
Stephens has said the district's requirements never said the degree had to be from an "accredited" school.
The school shut down in 2001 after Louisiana and federal regulators questioned whether it was a diploma mill that swindled students.


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Cheese and mushroom casserole with chicken
This casserole is simple and delicious, and makes a perfect snack during a picnic (bento anyone?)—you should use it as a basic idea for a casserole, since the pasta sauce is the stable and the most important piece of the meal. It's also a very tweak-able recipe! :-)
When you make your own pasta, you will always end up with some scraps, even more if you make ravioli. You can easily recycle this leftover pasta to make maltagliati, meaning "poorly cut" in Italian, which was traditionally meant as food for the poor. We are way past that, and today you can enjoy rich texture and amazing flavor of your pasta without the social stigma ;-)
Creamy scrambled eggs
I love the creamy texture of scrambled eggs, but I strongly dislike the idea of eating eggs raw, so I hacked a scrambled eggs recipe to be both completely set, creamy, and pack a crunchy punch as an extra. It's so delicious with fresh bread or toast, and the consistency makes it spreadable like a cottage cheese! I come back to this recipe quite often, because it's simple, fast and feels luxurious ;-)
Sweet potato quiche
Quiche is that one recipe that I love coming back to — it's easy to make, looks delicious and tastes heavenly :-) Plus, it allows me to come up with new fillings, which makes it very versatile!
Sweet potatoes are very smooth and creamy when boiled, then baked, and shallots add a crunchy texture. The combination of them is very mild and aromatic, so make sure you spice it up to your liking!
Tuna and egg bento
The bare tuna-paste bento was a great success, but with the arrival of my new bento container, I was left with some extra unused space. I decided to fill the space with easy to make and very tasty iri tamago, which is basically a Japanese kind of scrambled eggs! You can definitely use iri tamago in onigiri, or as a small side dish.


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Public vs. Private: This category denotes whether institutions are privately run or part of the University of North Carolina system—the public university system for the state of North Carolina. There are 16 universities in this system.
Average High School GPA: The college finder shows the average high school GPA of students enrolled at each college (The College Board).
SAT Score: The college finder compares students' own SAT scores to the scores of the middle 50 percent of students currently enrolled at each college (The College Board).
Six-Year Graduation Rate: Bachelor's degree graduation rates measure the percentage of entering students beginning their studies full-time and are planning to get a bachelor's degree and who complete their degree program within six years. Data are from 2009 (2003 cohort), the latest available from the U.S. Department of Education's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System's Data Center.
Acceptance Rate: This is the percentage of applicants who are admitted, regardless of whether they enrolled. Data are from the U.S. Department of Education's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.
Student-Faculty Ratio: Student-Faulty Ratio is the number of full-time faculty employed per full-time student enrolled in the university. The average for all NC universities and colleges is 14:1. Data are from the U.S. Department of Education's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.
Undergraduate Enrollment: Undergraduate Enrollment is divided into 4 categories: Small, Medium, Large, and Very Large. Universities with enrollment under 1000 are considered Small; from 1001 to 2000 are considered Medium; from 2001 to 5000 are considered Large; and universities with more than 5000 students are considered Very Large. Roughly one quarter of the listed schools fall into each category. Data are from the U.S. Department of Education's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.
HBCU: Historically Black Colleges and Universities are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before 1964 with the intention of serving the black community.
Women's College: Women's colleges in higher education are undergraduate, bachelor's degree-granting institutions whose student populations are composed exclusively or almost exclusively of women. Data are from individual universities' websites.
Religious Affiliation: Religious affiliation denotes whether each school is officially affiliated with a recognized church or other religious institution. Data are from individual universities' websites.
Location: The Pope Center uses data from the College Board. The three categories are Urban, Suburban, and Rural.
General Education Rating: The Pope Center's general education rating is based on the American Council of Trustees and Alumni's "What Will They Learn?SM" tool, which "rates each college on whether the institution (or, in many cases, the Arts & Sciences or Liberal Arts divisions) requires seven core subjects: Composition, Literature, Foreign Language, U.S. Government or History, Economics, Mathematics, or Natural or Physical Science. The grade is based on a detailed review of the latest publicly-available online course catalogs." The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) is an independent, non-profit organization committed to academic freedom, excellence, and accountability at America's colleges and universities. A detailed list of North Carolina universities' general education ratings can be found here.
Shakespeare: This denotes whether students are required to take a course on Shakespeare in order to complete an English degree. You can find more on this topic here.
Academic Transparency: Transparency measures the degree to which universities publicly share the results of eight standardized assessments of student learning outcomes and student attitudes and engagement: College Learning Assessment, Measure of Academic Proficiency and Progress, Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency, Your First Year College, College Senior Survey, National Survey of Student Engagement, the College Student Experiences Questionnaire, and the University of California Undergraduate Experiences Survey.
Tuition and Fees: The prices used in the college finder represent tuition and fees for the 2009-2010 academic year. Other costs, such as room and board, are not included.
Average Starting Salary of Graduates: Starting salary is defined as the salary of full-time employees with 4 or fewer years of experience who hold a bachelor's degree and no higher degrees. Data are from Payscale.com. (Updated March 2011.)
Average Student Debt of Graduates: Data are from the Project on Student Debt (2008, 2009). The Project on Student Debt is an initiative of the Institute for College Access & Success, a nonprofit independent research and policy organization dedicated to making college more available and affordable to people of all backgrounds.
Economic Value: This measure is the ratio of the average graduate's student debt (from Project on Student Debt) to the average graduate's starting salary (from Payscale.com). If one of these figures is not available, the economic value cannot be estimated.
Percentage of Funding Provided by Taxpayers: This figure is the percent of each university's revenues that comes from state and federal taxes. It does not include government revenue that comes through student aid. Data are from the U.S. Department of Education's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.
Percentage of Alumni Who Give: The average percentage of "undergraduate alumni of record" who donated money to the college or university. Alumni of record are former students who received an undergraduate degree and for whom the college or university has a current address. Data are from U.S. News & World Report's rankings of the best U.S. colleges.
Free Speech: Free Speech ratings are based on the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education's speech code rating system. The scores range from green (no impediments to students' first amendment rights) to red (considerable impediments to students' First Amendment rights). A full report on free speech on North Carolina's college and university campuses is available here. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education works to protect fundamental rights on campus in four areas: freedom of speech and expression; religious liberty and freedom of association; freedom of conscience; and due process and legal equality on campus.
Alternative Newspaper: An alternative newspaper is defined as any school newspaper other than the official school newspaper covering university policy or political topics. The Pope Center gathered data from universities' websites and the Collegiate Network.
Student Political Involvement: Student political involvement measures the total number of student groups on campus dedicated to political or "activist" purposes—both on the left and on the right. Schools with two or fewer political organizations are considered "non-political." Schools with three to five groups are considered "somewhat political." Schools with six or more groups are considered "very political." Data come from individual colleges' websites.
Faculty Political Balance: This category measures the number of professors in the economics and political science departments who are registered Democrats versus the number who are registered Republicans. Ratios of greater than 5:1 are considered "Very Unbalanced." Ratios between 5:1 and 1.5:1 are considered "Unbalanced." A ratio of 1.5:1 or less is considered "Balanced." Data were gathered from the North Carolina State Board of Elections.
Trustee Political Bias: This category measures the number of trustees at each university who are registered Democrats versus the number who are registered Republicans. Ratios of greater than 5:1 are considered "Very Unbalanced." Ratios between 5:1 and 1.5:1 are considered "Unbalanced." A ratio of 1.5:1 or less is considered "Balanced." Data for trustees living in North Carolina were gathered from the North Carolina State Board of Elections.
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There's a saying among Zell Miller's staff, that whenever the Georgia governor leaves town on business, they hate to see him go. It's not so much that they miss having him around. It's that he usually comes back with so many ideas in his head — and so many questions about how Georgia does things — that they know they'll have tons of work to do when he returns.
Although this is meant as a joke — usually — it reflects the productive imagination of a governor who has a lifetime supply of light bulbs to shine over his head. And while many leaders tout innovative ideas, Zell Miller, who is retiring this year, has seen a stunning number of them become reality.
That's not by accident. Miller, a former Marine, is as persistent as he is creative. The lack of available funding is never an excuse. Good examples are his two proudest achievements, creating a college scholarship program known as HOPE and establishing pre-kindergarten education for Georgia's 4-year-olds. He began pushing both ideas soon after taking office in 1991, in the midst of a sour economy. "These things I wanted to do cost money," Miller says, "and I knew that nobody would want to raise taxes to pay for them. That's when I came up with the idea of a lottery."
Miller persuaded Georgia voters to support creating a state lottery, promising that all of its proceeds would go to specific education programs. In five years, the scholarship program has grown into a beloved Georgia institution that has paid full tuition for 300,000 students at public universities and technical schools. The pre-K program is the nation's most comprehensive, having sent 250,000 4-year-olds to school early.
But while most Georgians will remember Miller for education, in state government circles he is known for whipping the state bureaucracy into something that thinks and acts more like a business. In 1996, Georgia became the first state to begin phasing out its merit system, that antiquated set of civil service rules that made it all but impossible to fire bad workers. Miller also forced agencies into a process he called "budget redirection," meant to cut down the wish lists that agencies usually include in their budget requests. Now, agencies must find 5 percent reductions in their operating budgets, from which they can fund their wish lists themselves.
A 38-year veteran of state government, Miller admits that he couldn't have achieved so much without a long warm-up in the bullpen. In 16 years leading the Senate as lieutenant governor, he learned how to work the legislature and spun a web of contacts that helped him as governor. And as a Democrat in a state that is quickly becoming more Republican, he showed that pragmatism is more effective than partisanship. In 1996, for example, it became clear that the mostly Democratic state school board could not work effectively with the elected school superintendent, a Republican. Miller fired the board and appointed a Republican as chairman with the authority to choose his own board members. Miller's pick for chairman: Johnny Isakson, the governor's 1990 election opponent.
For Miller, a former history teacher, history will bend back on itself when he returns to his hometown of Young Harris next year to teach at Young Harris College, his alma matter. And for Georgia, the final historical judgment of Zell Miller lies further in the future. "I tried to take the long view, to ask, `What will this mean for my grandchildren?'" Miller says, citing the pre-K program as an example. "It'll be years before those kids graduate from high school and go on to college. I'll be dead and gone before we see the results of that."
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Parents charged with locking up girl in basement
Authorities investigate possible Middletown abuse
Police are investigating whether a girl might have been locked by her parents in the basement of their home.
Butler County Children's Services were sent July 3 to a home in the 1600 block of Philadelphia Avenue after they were told that the girl was regularly locked in the home's basement.
Child welfare workers said they saw the girl's father, Shawn Blackston, unlock a basement area to retrieve the girl after they asked to see her.
After speaking with the girl, authorities opened an investigation into possible abuse and neglect.
Shawn Blackston and the girl's stepmother, Johanna Blackston, are due Monday in Middletown Municipal Court in connection with the case.
Each of them was charged with kidnapping and unlawful restraint.
Police said the girl had been locked in the basement since June 18 and had eaten only cereal the day authorities arrived.
The family had other children, who had sheets on their beds and access to televisions and video games in their bedrooms, police said.
All the children have been removed from the home and placed in foster care.
The girl was locked in the basement for the way she'd treated the other children, police said.
She communicated with her siblings through floodboards while locked in the basement, where she had no bathroom or sheets on her bed, police said.


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Michael Pineda, SLAP Tears, Forcing a Change-Up, and Pitching Mechanics
As most of you know by now, Michael Pineda (RHP, NYY) is out for the season due to a shoulder injury. Pineda reportedly suffered an anterior labrum tear and his velocity was significantly diminished in Spring Training for the Yankees. GM Brian Cashman reportedly subjected the young hurler to an MRI before agreeing to complete the trade that sent Jesus Montero and Hector Noesi to Seattle, but saw nothing negative on the MRI.
Allegedly, the second MRI done to diagnose the labrum tear (better known as a "SLAP" – superior labral tear from anterior to posterior) showed significantly increased structural damage in the shoulder when compared to the first MRI.
Both Yankees' and Mariners' fans want to know: What happened here?
Forcing a Change-Up: Mechanical Problems
All anyone could talk about from 2011 to 2012 was the "fact" that Pineda needed to develop a change-up, because… well, you know. You just need to have one of those to be succeessful, and Pineda's change-up sucked. You gotta have one of those to get lefties out.
Except… that's not true. Pineda's L/R splits were not completely out of line with the league average, and in fact may have been better than most RHP. (source: Fangraphs)
There is no law that states that starting pitchers must have three pitches to succeed. The number of pitchers out there that can reliably command and control three above-average pitches are all superstars. Most are lucky to command two pitches that are above-average with regards to "stuff," and I don't think anyone would make the argument that Pineda's fastball and slider were below-average.
So what's the big deal? How could Pineda's shoulder injuries be related to developing a change-up? Well, as I've stated before, forcing someone to develop a better change-up often kills a pitcher's fastball velocity. I said it on the Pro Ball NW podcast about training, and I said it in a previous article about teaching youth pitchers how to throw a change-up.
Paul Nyman made this observation many years ago, and I agree with him wholeheartedly. Youth pitchers who rely on a changeup and throw it often in their bullpen sessions will often change their throwing mechanics to get better sink and velocity separation off their fastball. As a result, their pitching mechanics become highly linear and their arm speed decreases due to poor use of rotational force, and this loss of velocity creeps into all of their pitches, including their fastball.
Repeatable mechanics play a role when it comes to reducing shoulder/elbow injuries, so it could very well have been the constant forcing of the change-up that helped Pineda along the path to shoulder surgery – to say nothing of the fact that sinkerballers tend to have shoulder issues in the first place!
Much of this could have been detected if only the Yankees and/or Mariners had an on-field system that analyzed the biomechanics of a pitcher in real-time to see if pitchers appreciably changed how they threw their pitches after making tweaks to their deliveries. Even multiple high-speed cameras installed with constant video review would have been helpful. This type of system would be inexpensive to develop (we have one in our Seattle facility) and could produce a huge edge for any MLB team willing to deploy it. (I've been beating this drum for some time now, and while I've had some interest from pro teams, there's a general lack of motivation on this particular subject – why this is, I can't figure out.)
Damaged Goods? Previous Shoulder Issues?
Pineda's effectiveness went down as 2011 wore on, and while his velocity ticked down a bit, no one was really worried about his health except for the somewhat-large workload he accumulated as a rookie. (For the record, I don't think it was unreasonably large at all.) Many are wondering if Pineda was "damaged goods" when he was sent over to the Yankees, but if this had been true, shouldn't the Yankees have seen something on the initial MRI they did?
The problem is that people view an MRI as a diagnostic panacea, when it's barely a baseline tool for analysis. When you consider the torque about the shoulder that's required to throw a baseball 90+ MPH and how often it's done, there's no way you wouldn't expect massive structural changes in the connective tissue in the glenohumeral and acromioclavicular joints – and this is exactly what you see. Consider that MRIs of the shoulder in asymptomatic (completely healthy) pitchers are really screwed up (source 1, source 2), and you'll begin to understand that the initial MRI is more of a formality than anything else. Unless the Yankees had seen a complete tearing of the labrum off the bone, they wouldn't fail Pineda based on a wonky MRI.
The Lowdown on the Situation
As with most things injury-related, this is a highly complex and multivariate problem. You can't just force a pitcher to learn a pitch that was previously pretty bad without expecting a lot of secondary and tertiary changes. It's not as simple as developing a change-up (one of the hardest pitches to master) and leaving everything else the same. Athletes who struggle with throwing a particular type of pitch will change their pitching mechanics to accommodate the new pitch, and these changes will creep into their other pitches. Occasionally, this leads to great results – especially if you're re-learning how to throw a fastball harder – but usually it leads to velocity-killing issues and/or and increased risk of injuries in the pitching arm.
MRIs aren't perfect; they're diagnostic tools. As I said above on my Twitter feed (@drivelinebases), you get a basic diagnostic with the MRI, pain levels, and crappy velocities – you can only confirm the extent of the damage if you insert an arthroscope.
The Yankees didn't act negligently when it came to acquiring Michael Pineda. They may have acted negligently when it came to developing him.


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NYRR Open Run: Shore Road Park **temporarily suspended due to COVID-19**
Open Run is a community-based, volunteer-led running initiative bringing free weekly runs and walks to local neighborhood parks, across all five boroughs of NYC. All runs are directed by volunteers and are free to all participants. The finish line is open until the last person is done. The courses vary based on the park, but the courses are between 2.5 and 3 miles long.
Participants are encouraged to arrive 15 minutes before the start of the run and to leave their valuables at home – bag check is not provided. No need to do anything before the run, just show up. Open to all ages, experience levels, walkers, strollers, dogs: All are welcome!


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You know, beloved sirs, friends and brethren, that every where much is written, preached and said concerning the Lord's Supper. But with what knowledge, with what faith, love, peace, unity, and after what manner and ordinance they celebrate it, is plainly evident. It is true, the Lord commanded, in the New Testament, the breaking of bread, or the last Supper, but not in the manner in which you celebrate it. Your Lord's Supper is common to all, no matter who, or what they are; to the avaricious, proud, gay, drunkards, haters, idolators, debauchees, adulterers, whoremongers, and rogues. It is also celebrated, as may be seen, with abominable pomp and splendor, with hypocrisy and idolatry; and besides, it is dispensed by such ministers who only seek worldly honor, ease and the satisfaction of the cravings of their flesh and bodies.
Since so many of you are so zealous about the Lord's Supper, but not according to the Scripture, as you shall hear; for your table may more properly be called the devil's table than the Lord's table, 1 Cor. 10:21, 40I desire for Jesus' sake, that you would in the true fear of God, reflect to whom, why and wherefore the Lord instituted, ordained and left, this his last Supper, to his church, so that it may prove to you a living and an affecting sign; that it might bring to your minds, and set forth the Lord's great and abundant kindness, true peace, the love and union of his church, the communion of his flesh and blood; and that you may die to unrighteousness, and every ungodly work; live to righteousness and godliness; renounce the devil's table; and that you may sit down at the Lord's holy table, in the church of Christ, with true faith, a pious, penitent and regenerated life, and with unfeigned, brotherly love.
Thus saith Paul, "I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread; and when he had given thanks, he brake it and said, Take, eat; this is my body, which is broken for you; this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the New Testament in my blood, this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me." 1 Cor. 11:23‑25.
Here you have Paul's explanation of the words of the Holy Supper, instituted by Jesus Christ, Luke 22:19, 20, concerning which words, the learned have disputed much; and alas, some of them, through their idolatrous misunderstanding (if we may call it such, and not pride), have disputed at the expense of much innocent blood; and what holy Paul says concerning them is fulfilled, "Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools," Rom. 1:22. For they disputed most about the sign, which avails little, but the thing signified for which the sign was instituted, which avails, much, they touch not. In my opinion, they also pay little attention as to what the qualification of the guests or communicants should be, in order to sit with Christ at his table, and to celebrate this Holy Sacrament.
There is not a single word commanded in the Scriptures, that should give cause for dispute concerning the visible and tangible sign, or what it signifies. The spiritual, judge all things spiritually. For whatever that maybe in substance, it can be handled, seen and tasted. But this we should most consider, that we in our weakness ought to follow, and as much as possible conform ourselves to the signification, that is, that which is set forth, represented and taught by this sign to all true christian believers.
On this account, we will not trouble the well meaning and pious reader, with jarring, fruitless disputing, concerning the outward sign, as the learned do; but we only desire, by the help and grace of the Lord, by the power of the divine word, to point out correctly, for whom, and why Christ Jesus left and ordained this Supper; so that we may not esteem the visible sign above the reality, and depart from the truth to images.
To come to a right, profitable and christian understanding of the Lord's Holy Supper, what it is, to whom, why, and wherefore it was enjoined, four things in particular should be observed and well considered.
In the first place, we must take heed that we do not, as some, who make the visible, perishable bread and wine, the Lord's real flesh and blood. To believe this, is contrary to nature, reason and Scripture; yea, it is open blasphemy of the Son of God, abomination and idolatry. But as Israel had to hold the passover annually, at the appointed time according to the command of Moses, to commemorate that the Almighty God, the God of Abraham, of Isaac and Jacob, did graciously preserve his people from the punishment and plagues, when he slew the first born of the Egyptians; and by his strong hand and outstretched arm, so gloriously and wonderfully led them out, and redeemed them from the iron furnace of Egypt and the dread tyranny and dominion of Pharaoh, according to the word of his promise, and hence the paschal lamb is called the Lord's passah, that is, Passover; the sign for the reality; for the lamb was not the Passover although so called, but it only typified the Passover, as said. So in the Holy Supper, the bread is called the body, and the wine the blood of the Lord, Matt. 26:26‑28. I say the sign is put for the reality,1212Reality, the thing signified or typified. not that 41it actually is the real flesh and blood of Christ; for with that he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of his Father, immortal, and unchangeable, in eternal majesty and glory; but it is an admonishing type and memorial that Jesus Christ the Son of God has redeemed us from the power of the devil, from the dominion of hell and eternal death, by offering up an immaculate sacrifice, his innocent flesh and blood, and has triumphantly led us into the kingdom of his grace, as he himself says, "This do in remembrance of me," Luke 22:19.
In the second place, it is to be observed, that there is no greater evidence of love, than that one suffers death for another, as Christ says, "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends," John 15:13. Since this holy sign is only a memorial of the Lord's death, and since death is the greatest evidence of love, as said, we are therefore reminded, when we are at the Lord's table, to eat his bread and to drink his cup, that we not only earnestly show forth and remember his death, but also all the glorious fruits of divine love, manifested towards us, in Christ; namely, that God, in the beginning, made man after his image, incorruptible, placed him in Paradise, and made all creatures subject to him. When he was beguiled of the serpent, he was cheered and comforted with the promise of a coming Conqueror and Savior, Jesus Christ. God sent Moses and the prophets, who sedulously practiced the law, and pointed to the promised Christ and his kingdom. Christ Jesus, according to the promise of the Scriptures, finally appeared in this world, a true man, born of the Virgin Mary, and in much misery, affliction and labor, preached the saving and gracious word to the house of Israel; sought the lost sheep, and brought them to their true Shepherd; appeased and reconciled us before the Father, through his painful death and precious blood, Rom. 8:3. As he himself says, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only, begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have everlasting life," John 3:16.
Oh, wonderful, unsearchable and incomprehensible love of God! He did not send into this unfriendly world an angel, a patriarch, or a prophet, but his eternal ALMIGHTY WORD, his ETERNAL WISDOM, the brightness of his glory, in the form of sinful flesh, and "made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him," 2 Cor. 5:21.
My good reader, do not understand this as if Christ had been a sinner; by no means. The Scriptures acquit him of all sin. He was the spotless lamb. He knew not sin, neither was guile found in his mouth. But Paul calls him sin, according to the Hebrew manner of expression; that is, an offering for sin, as the prophet says, "He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes were we healed, Isa. 53:5. He gave his life as an offering for sin.
Behold, worthy reader, all those who sincerely believe in this glorious love of God, this abundant, great blessing of grace in Christ Jesus, manifested toward us, are more and more renewed through such a faith; their hearts overflow with joy and peace; they break forth with joyful hearts, in all manner of thanksgiving; they praise and glorify God with all their hearts, because they, with a good conscience have received the Spirit; they believe and know that the Father loved us, so that he gave us poor, wretched sinners, his own and Eternal Son, with his merits, as a gift and an eternal ransom, as Paul says, The grace and love of God, our Savior, appeared not on account of the works of righteousness, which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and the renewing of the Holy Ghost; which he shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Savior, "'That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life," Tit. 3:7.
Here it is proper to observe, how the Righteous died for the unrighteous, when we were yet sinners and enemies; how the spotless Lamb was prepared for us, in the fire of affliction, suffered upon the cross, and was offered an eternal propitiation for our sins; how the Creator of all things was bruised for our sakes, and he, who was above all the children of men, became the 42most unworthy, and was counted with evil doers; how the Innocent bore the sins of the whole world, blotted out all our transgressions, and redeemed us with his crimson blood, as the Scriptures declare, "I restored that which I took not away," Ps. 69:4. In short, how that Jesus Christ through his obedience, delivered Adam and all his seed from the consequences of disobedience, and by his painful death, again restored life.
The apostle Paul acknowledged this great and glorious work of divine love, broke forth and said, "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword, as it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord," Rom. 8:35‑39.
And this is what John says, Let us love him for he first loved us. Nature teaches us to love those who love us. And this is the first fruit of the Holy Sacrament, if rightly celebrated.
In the third place we have to observe, that by the Lord's Supper we are reminded of, and admonished to christian unity, love, and peace, after which all true christians should seek and strive. " For we being many," says Paul, "are one bread, and one body; for we are all partakers of that one bread," 1 Cor. 10:1'7.
Like as natural bread is made of many grains, broken by the mill, and kneaded together with water, and baked by the heat of the fire; so is the church of Christ made up of many true believers, broken in their hearts, with the hammer of the divine word, and are baptized with the water of the Holy Ghost, and with the fire of pure, unfeigned love, into one body, 1 Cor. 12:13. And as the natural body is in harmony and peace with all its members, and as each member naturally discharges its duty to promote the good of the whole body; thus it also becomes the true and living members of the body of Christ, to be in harmony, of one heart, one mind and one soul; not quarrelsome and unpeaceable, not spiteful and envious, not cruel and hateful, not malicious, not obstinate or rancorous, one toward another, like the ambitious, covetous, and the proud of this world; but in all things, one toward another, be long suffering, friendly, peaceable, ever ready in true christian love to serve his neighbor in all things possible; by exhortation; by reproof, by comforting, by assisting, by counseling, with deed and with possessions, yea, with bitter and hard labor, with body and life. Ready to forgive one another, as Christ forgives and serves us with his word, life and death, as Paul says, "Put on, therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any; even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye; and above all things, put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness; and let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be thankful," Col. 3:1215.
And again; as in the natural body, the more honorable members, such as the eye, the ear, the mouth, &c., do not despise the less honorable members, on account of their inferiority; and as the inferior members do not envy the superior members, on account of their superiority, but as every member in its place, is peaceable, and contributes to the good of the whole body, be its functions high or low; so it is also in the church of the Lord. Paul says, Some he appointed apostles; some prophets; some evangelists; some pastors and teachers. Let every one be mindful that he boasts not of what he is, has, or possesses, for it is all the grace and gift of God. Let every one attend to his duty, "for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ; till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ," Eph. 4:12, 13.
This is also set forth in the Holy Supper; 43but how the world, calling themselves christians, live up to this, is shown by their fruits and actions.
In the fourth place, we have to observe, that the Holy Supper is the communion of the body and blood of Christ, as Paul says, "The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ" 1 Cor. 10:16.
Since then it is a communion, as said, we would fraternally exhort all of you, that you would earnestly examine yourselves, whether you have been made partakers of Christ? Whether you are flesh of his flesh, and bone of his bone? Whether you are in Christ, and Christ in you? For all who would worthily eat of this bread, and drink of this cup, must be changed in the inner man, and converted and renewed in their minds, through the power of the divine word and the operation of faith; become new creatures, born of God, and translated from Adam into Christ; be of a christian disposition, long suffering, peaceable, merciful, affectionate, truly humble, and obedient to the word of the Lord. The proud, ambitious, selfish and carnal heart must be circumcised; the evil eye must be plucked out; the ear that delights to hear evil, must be dosed; the unprofitable, backbiting tongue must be bridled; the unclean, bloody hand must be cleansed; the impure, unchaste flesh must be restrained, &c.; they must lead a crusade against the world, the flesh and the devil; their loins must be girded about with truth; having on the breast‑plate of righteousness; their feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace. They must be armed with the shield of faith; with the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit. They must be led by the Spirit of God, that they may become sincere christians; and strive with all their powers, that they, in their weakness, may be like‑minded with Christ Jesus, Rom. 8:14.
When Christ instituted and celebrated the Holy Supper with his beloved disciples, he said, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer. Then he took the bread, and brake it, and said, Take, eat this is my body which is broken for you. Likewise also the wine, This cup is the New Testament in my blood, &c.; this do in remembrance of me, 1 Cor. 11:24, 25, as if he had said, Behold, dear children, so far has that love which I have had for you and the whole human family, and ever shall have for you, constrained me, that I left the glory of my Father, came into this world of affliction, and am as a poor, miserable servant, to serve you, for I beheld that you all belonged to Satan, and there was none to redeem you; that you had all gone astray, like erring sheep, and there was none who cared for you; that you were a prey to devouring wolves, and there was none to ransom you; that you were wounded with death, and there was none that could heal you. Therefore, did I come from heaven, and became a poor, weak, and dying man, in all things like unto you, sin excepted. In my great love I zealously sought you, and I found you helpless, loathsome, and miserable, yea, half dead, the services of my love I have so cordially manifested toward you; your sores I bound up; your blood I wiped off; I poured wine and oil into your putrid wounds; set you free from the jaws of the bears and lions of the pit; I laid you upon my shoulders, and led you into the tabernacles of peace; your nakedness I covered; had compassion on you in your misery; I fulfilled the law for you; your sins I took away; I proclaimed to you the peace, the grace and favor of my Father; I made known to you his good will; I pointed out the way of truth; and I have powerfully testified to you, by my unheard‑of signs and great miracles, that I am the true Messiah, the promised Prince and Savior.
Behold, beloved children, so long have I been with you, taught my Father's word, admonished, reproved and comforted in his name; but now my hour is at hand; this night I shall be betrayed. All that the prophet said of me has come to an end. But since I can serve you no longer with my doctrine and life, I will, at last, serve you with my painful sufferings, body, blood, cross, and death.
And this is the reason why I called you to this Supper, so that I might institute a memorial for you in the use of bread and wine, that you might occasionally come to 44gether after my death, and commemorate the gracious favors of my ardent love, so abundantly manifested towards you; and especially, that I loved you so dearly, that I offered my body; and shed my blood for you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. I have by my death obtained for you everlasting reconciliation, grace, mercy, favor and peace with my Father, as I told you, namely, "Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many," Matt. 20:28.
Beloved reader, take notice of the word of the Lord and this institution. For where this Holy Supper is celebrated with such faith, love, devotion, peace, harmony, and so much sincerity of heart, there Jesus Christ is present with his grace, Spirit, and promise, and with the merits of his sufferings, misery, flesh, blood, cross and death; as he himself says, "Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them;" Matt. 18:20. But where the pure knowledge of Christ, living faith, the new life, christian love, peace and harmony do not exist, there is not the Lord's Supper, but a despising and mocking of the blood and death of Christ, a consolation of the impenitent, a seducing hypocrisy, and open blasphemy and idolatry; as, alas! we know and see by the world.
Oh! delightful assembly and christian banquet, commanded and ordained of the Lord himself, where there are no carnal pleasures to gratify the flesh and appetites, but where are set forth, sought for, and desired by all true christian believers, the glorious and holy mysteries, by the visible signs of bread and wine.
Oh! delightful assembly and christian banquet, where there is no unseasonable, slanderous mockery, and where no trivial songs are sung; but where the pious christian life, peace, and harmony among all the brethren; besides the joyful word of divine grace, his gracious kindness, favor, love, service, tears, prayers, cross and death are set forth, and taught with cordial thanksgiving and devout joy.
Oh! delightful assembly and christian banquet, to which the impenitent and proud despisers, according to Scripture, are not invited; such as whore‑mongers, rogues, adulterers, debauchees, the giddy, robbers, liars, defrauders, tyrants, shedders of blood, idolators, slanderers, &c., for such are not the people of the Lord; but those, who are born of God, the true christians, who have buried their sins, and walk with Christ in a new and godly life; those who crucify their flesh; who are led by the Holy Spirit; who sincerely believe in God; who seek, fear, and love him, and in their weakness, willingly serve and obey him; such are members of his body; flesh of his flesh, and bone of his bone.
Oh! delightful assembly and christian banquet, where neither gluttonous eating and drinking is practiced, nor the impious vanity of piping and drumming is heard; but where the hungry consciences are filled with the heavenly bread of the divine word, and with the wine of the Holy Ghost; and where the peaceful, joyful souls are singing melodies before the Lord.
Awaken, O you, who sit in darkness and walk in the region and shadow of death. Awaken, I say, and observe that the supper, which you have held to the present, is not the supper of Christ, but of antichrist; not the table of the Lord, but the table of the devil. For it is generally dispensed only by open deceivers, and worshippers of idols; and received by a people who are as yet entirely obstinate and carnally minded, disbelieving and rebellious against the word of God. And moreover, they believe it to be the real body and blood of the Lord, and celebrate it with such unbecoming, heathenish pomp and splendor. O! abomination and idolatry!!
Beloved reader, I bear witness to the truth in Christ and lie not, that the Holy Supper of Christ is not to be dispensed by a deceiver, nor to be received by an impenitent and obstinate sinner. It does not require such a gorgeous and splendid array, as that in which the world is wont to celebrate it; neither golden vessels, nor hypocritical semblance of confessions, absolution, bowing, and smiting upon the breast, &c., but it must be celebrated with a broken heart, true penitence, a humble mind, with unfeigned, ardent love, with peace and joy in the Holy 45Ghost. Again I say, awaken, and reflect upon what I write. God's work is not imitating a dead letter; it is not trifling; nor is it the sounding of many bells and organs, and of singing; but it is a heavenly power, a living, moving of the Holy Ghost, which warms the heart and mind of the believers; pervades, comforts, anoints, encourages, awakens and enlivens them; makes them joyful and happy in God. For this is the true nature and power of the Lord's word, if it be rightly preached, and of his Holy Sacraments, if rightly used.
It is, therefore, high time, to take heed to the word of the Lord; for all who are earthly and carnally minded, are not born of God and his word; are obstinately averse to the Lord's word; love not their neighbors, nor are ready to help them; and are not in the communion of God, therefore they cannot be members of his body, or guests at his table. For Paul says, To be carnally minded, is death. Christ says, Those who are not born from above, cannot see the kingdom of God. Samuel says, Disobedience is as iniquity and idolatry. John says, He that loveth not his brother (neighbor), abideth in death. Again, He that loveth not, knows not God, for God is love. In short, without love, all preaching, all faith, baptizing, celebrating the Lord's Supper, prophesying and suffering are vain.
We do, therefore, admonish all those desiring to celebrate this Supper, that they would rightly learn to know what the true Supper is, what it signifies, how and wherefore it is to be used, and who are to be partakers of it. And then also to examine themselves well, as Paul teaches, before they eat of this bread and drink of this cup; that they do not comfort themselves with the visible sign, and err in regard to the reality represented by the signs; for they who know not Christ and his righteousness, believe not him and his word, and walk not according thereto; but according to the superstitious doctrines and commands of men, and partake of the Lord's table, eat and drink damnation to themselves.
All who have received the word of the Lord through faith, acknowledged it to be true, and have again transgressed it, and have not continued to walk in the acknowledged truth, but are walking again in the broad way, have returned to the love of the world, and are rejecting Christ and his word, and depending upon the seducing doctrines, the interpretations and false promises of the learned; such have no part at the Lord's table, for they are without God, as John says, "Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God," 2 John 1:9.
All who walk in the pride of their hearts, despise their neighbor on account of poverty, distress and affliction, and know not that they themselves are poor mortals, seed of Adam, food for worms, and a wilting flower; yea, dust and earth, whether they are emperor, king, rich, or learned, and all who thus sit at the Lord's table with a proud heart, eat and drink damnation themselves.
All who boast of the Lord's Spirit, name, covenant, word, knowledge, merits, grace, blood and death, yet reject his holy counsel, doctrine, command, ordinance and his unblamable example, despise and grieve his Holy Spirit, hate, defraud and speak falsely against their neighbor, and sit at the Lord's table, eat and drink damnation to themselves.
All who love houses, lands, possessions, friends, children, the world, favor, ease of the body, honor and this life, more than they do Christ and his word, and attend the Lord's table, eat and drink damnation to themselves. Christ says, He that loveth any thing more than me, is not worthy of me, and cannot be my disciple, Matt. 10:37; Luke 14:26.
And this is the sum of the whole matter, that all those who would sit at the Lord's table, with the disciples and guests of Christ, whether rich or poor, high or low, must be sound in the faith, and unblamable in conduct and life. None are excepted; neither emperor nor king, prince nor earl, knight or nobleman. Yea, as long as they err in doctrine and faith, and are in their lives carnal and blamable, they are by no means to be permitted, with the pious to partake of the communion of the Holy Supper; for they are not in Christ, and therefore must remain without, till they are truly converted to Christ; walk in the ways of the Lord, are 46of one spirit and one faith with Christ and his church. For the Lord's Supper is a communion of the flesh and blood of Christ, which is not to be given to the ungodly and obdurate, but to the sincere, penitent, christian believers, as a pledge of reconciliation.
If any one has a good appearance before men, and is inwardly proud, avaricious, carnal and without the Spirit of God, he is not judged of the church, but of the Lord himself, the Searcher and Trier of men's hearts and reins, as the Scripture says. We do, therefore, admonish all those who would go to the Lord's table; to examine themselves before they partake of it; for all who eat unworthily of this bread, and drink of this wine, eat and drink damnation to themselves, 1 Cor. 11:29.
Thus, beloved sirs, friends and brethren, does the Holy Supper instruct and admonish us: First, The bread, as the body of Christ, which he offered for us, and the cup, the blood of Christ which he shed in great love, for the remission of our sins.
In the second place, we are admonished to union, love, and peace, which must be among all true christians, according to the spirit, doctrine and example of Christ; for Paul says, "We being many are one bread, and one body," fisc. &c.
In the third place, we are admonished to a pious and unblamable life, to true regeneration, which is of God; to all righteousness, thanksgiving, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. For it is a communion of the blood and body of Christ, of which no one is a partaker, nor can be, unless he becomes a humble, peaceable, pious christian, dead unto sin, and born of God according to his word; one who is in Christ, and Christ in him; flesh of his flesh, and bone of his bone, is a true partaker of the body and blood of Christ; as Paul says, "We are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end," Heb. 3:14.
Behold, beloved readers, here you have the true instructions concerning the Lord's Holy Supper, with its significations, fruit, power, nature, and the guests, as the mouth of the Lord has ordained, and the holy apostles have left and taught us; and with what knowledge, faith, love, unity, peace, piety, and according to what usage and ordinance it should be celebrated in the church of God.
Herewith compare the supper of the world, and you will learn to know which is the true one; what an abomination anti‑christ has made of it, what enchantments he practiced with it, and how we poor sinners, with all our forefathers, have, as idolatrous Israel of old, for hundreds of years, offered incense unto the brazen serpent, and danced before the golden calf. O! My faithful reader, fear God, with sincerity examine the Scriptures, and believe the truth.
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Chargers won't get late-season bailout against Denver this time
All through last November and into December, a strand of the thread of hope the Chargers hung onto was the thought that they would get another shot at the Denver Broncos at season's end.
Not this year.
There will likely be no chance at a December miracle in 2009, and the Chargers know it.
Their next game, on Oct. 19 against the AFC West-leading Broncos, begins a run of three straight games against division opponents and a span of seven weeks in which the Chargers will play five AFC West games and wrap up division play Nov. 29.
"This is the bulk of our season coming up," tight end Antonio Gates said yesterday. " . . . That's it. At that point, there is no way we're going to play them again and make nothing up like we did last year."
The Chargers' epic comeback from three games down to win the West in 2008 featured three December victories over their pathetic AFC West counterparts.
Well, not only do the Broncos appear anything but pathetic — at 4-0, they have the league's ninth-ranked offense and second-ranked defense — but the Chargers will play them this month and then Nov. 22 at Denver.
"Our window is a lot smaller than it was last year based on how the opportunity presents itself," Gates said. "It presents itself early in the year. We don't have a chance to make it up late in the year."
So while it is only the season's fourth week, Chargers players acknowledge there is a sense of urgency brought on by the schedule.
"We have this stretch with the next three against division opponents, and we're done with the division early," running back LaDainian Tomlinson said. "We know this stretch is critical for us. We're going to have to play good football. We're going to have to get at our peak in a hurry."
For now, the Chargers are just two games back and play Denver twice. While the Chargers are off Sunday, the Broncos will be hosting the New England Patriots.
"If the Patriots take care of business and win, we can be playing for first place again," Gates said. "That's what I'm looking forward to. Even if Denver beats the Patriots, we're playing for first place, because we beat Denver once and we get a chance to play them again and beat them again.
"At this point you can control your own destiny."
Just not for as long this year.
Defense meets longer
Two days after looking lost much of the night and allowing the Steelers 497 yards and 38 points, the Chargers defense met — as a whole and by position — for almost three hours yesterday.
"We took a good look at some things," defensive end Luis Castillo said.
Coordinator Ron Rivera addressed the entire defense, showing certain plays and making players accountable. Then they split into position groups.
The defensive line, then linebackers and then defensive backs emerged from those meetings an hour or more after the offensive groups had finished.
"It was long," safety Clinton Hart said. "But we needed it. It was definitely worth it."
The Chargers defense continues to talk about not having played within the plays that were called as their main problem Sunday. They talked yesterday about being accountable and trusting one another on the field.
"When you give up 500 yards you've got to regroup and then you've got to have a wake-up call," linebacker Kevin Burnett said.
The Chargers had only meetings yesterday. They have short practices today and tomorrow before taking the rest of the week off.
Nuts 'n' Bolts
•Linebacker Antwan Applewhite, out the past three games with a hamstring injury, said yesterday he hopes to be back in time for the Denver game.
•The Chargers' average time of possession is 26:44, 28th in the league.
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Anamanaguchi: The Band That Plays Nintendo
Anamanaguchi: The Band That Plays Nintendo
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Anamanaguchi is a punk band that's part of an underground music scene known as "chiptune," an emerging form of electronic music that creates a layered sound from limited technology: video-game systems from the '80s. The group's music got its name because it combines the sound chips of old Nintendos and Game Boys with the guitars and drums of rock; it uses software designed for writing songs, then installs those songs on chips into old game machines. On stage, its members play traditional instruments like guitars and drums along with the video-game console, chirping a digital melody.
"Eight-bit music and working with it is pretty much like the punk-rock world of electronic music," says Peter Berkman, who composes and programs most of the songs and also plays guitar in the band. When he says "8-bit," he's talking about the low-tech quality of the music and the video games from which it came. "It's taking something that's superorchestrated, like most of the electronic music you hear today, and breaking it down to its most basic principles."
Berkman says that even though it's a challenge to create music that can fill a club using the small "sound palette" of an old Nintendo game system, those sounds have the power to evoke a Technicolor world.
"Whenever you use those 8-bit sounds," Berkman says, "you associate them with these fantasy places, and that aesthetic of these worlds that exist nowhere else but your imagination is tapped in supereasily by using these sounds that were considered for a long time to be off-limits to artists."
Anamanaguchi's music grew out of video games, and its members were asked to create the soundtrack for one — their song "Leave the Past Behind" was featured in last summer's video game Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.
Drummer Luke Silas says he doesn't want Anamanaguchi to be simplistically stereotyped as a "video-game band."
"It is an instrument the same way that someone would use a guitar for a million, billion purposes," he says. "It has nothing to do with genre. It's a medium."


text: Travel around the Viking Triangle of counties Waterford, Wexford and Kilkenny in Ireland's Ancient East and you'll see the legacy of the Vikings everywhere, from the place names to the buildings to the treasures they left behind. The Vikings came to Ireland to plunder, drawn by rich monasteries filled with gold. But as time went on, they settled, forged alliances, established trading routes with Europe and became a vital part of Ireland's story. Waterford Rich in history and folklore, Waterford is one of Ireland's oldest cities – a bustling mix of narrow streets, medieval walls and charming cafés. Founded in 914 by Viking settlers, the city gets its name from the Norse word "Veðrafjorðr", meaning "windy fjord". From these humble beginnings, Waterford grew to become a flourishing medieval port, which dominated trade between Ireland and its European neighbours for centuries. Waterford's Reginald's Tower is the oldest civic building in Ireland and has been in continuous use for over 800 years. Waterford Treasures Museum While Waterford may be a small city, it has a big reputation as one of Ireland's most important centers of Viking history. It even has its very own Viking Triangle, which contains a trio of museums known as Waterford Treasures. In the Medieval Museum, you'll find the Waterford Kite Brooch, one of the finest surviving examples of Viking jewellery. Close by is Reginald's Tower: a stone fortress said to be named for the Viking who founded the city. And then there's the gracious Georgian Bishop's Palace: where you can explore Waterford's later history and see the oldest surviving piece of Waterford Crystal (dating from 1789). Wexford Sea tales, stormy characters and centuries of history are imprinted in Wexford. And the Vikings played a starring role in that history from the early 9th century when they established a small settlement at the mouth of the River Slaney, which they called "Ueigsfjord", meaning "the ford of the waterlogged island". Today, you can see their legacy in less obvious way, as many of their names are still carried on by the local population, including surnames such as including MacAuliffe (Son of Olaf) and MacManus (Son of Magnus). The Vikings spent 300 years making Wexford a true Viking town. They worked as traders, became allies to the local Gaelic kings, and hired themselves out as mercenaries. You can still see their influence as you walk through the winding streets of the town centre, and follow the narrow lanes that slope down towards the quay. Because in a Viking town, all roads lead to the water. If you want to experience Wexford at its bustling best, make sure you visit during the annual Wexford Festival Opera, a fixture in the town's cultural life since 1951. Kilkenny Kilkenny's history stretches back into the early 6th century, but its Viking legacy is buried deep below the earth. The city itself has no reports of Viking attacks, likely because it was a part of the mighty kingdom of Ossory, which gained strength in the Viking Age. Even Kilkenny's church, now St Canice's Cathedral on the city's Medieval Mile, was left untouched by the Norsemen. But not everywhere was so fortunate. According to ancient annals, the Dunmore Caves in Castlecomer have a sinister tale to tell. It's said they were the scene of a massacre of 1,000 people – mostly women and children of a local tribe – by Vikings in 928. This Kilkenny spot became even more rooted in Viking legacy when a treasure hoard of silver and bronze was discovered by a tour guide in 1990s. It included buttons from a cloak – described by some as an expensive Viking fashion item of the period. Continue your Viking Triangle journey The medieval marvelWhere in Ireland has a castle that was bought for only £50, the world's fastest ball game, and Ireland's oldest ale? Where else but Kilkenny? Love The Vikings?If you love The History Channel's show "The Vikings", you can find out more about how Ragnar, Lagertha and Floki might have lived in Ireland. Wander through timeDiscover over 5,000 years of history in Ireland's Ancient East, a touring region filled with epic sights, hidden gems and thrilling tales.


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Once upon a time, oh, say 20 years ago, the talk was that the Pacific would be in a constant state of El Nino. Though this was an admission that the antics of the tropical Pacific control a large part of the global temperature, the idea of the El Nino and a forever warming planet was a global warming proponent's dream come true. Because they ignored climate cycles and did not understand what Weatherbell.com meteorologist Joe D'Aleo, who also runs the climate blog "ICECAP," showed plainly – that in the colder cycles of the Pacific, the La Ninas outdo El Ninos and vice versa – they assumed this would continue forever.
As the earth adjusted to the warmth supplied by this natural cycle, the warmth that was occurring, combined with the change of the Atlantic cycle to warmer, lead to a marked decrease in Arctic sea ice. It reached a crescendo in 2007, the year of the death spiral along with forecasts of no summer ice in 2014. Through it all, our side of the AGW argument said this is a natural phenomena, and once the AMO flipped, the summer sea ice, which is the most obvious talking point for those advocating the Arctic death spiral, would come back. As always, the Southern Hemisphere ice, because it was above normal, was ignored.
So here we are, with the summer of 2014 approaching. Much is being made of the coming El Nino, including for the fifth time since 1997, the dream of many of a "Super Nino" to get the badly busting global temp forecast back on track. We believe strongly this a classic Multivariate ENSO (MEI) bounce back event that spikes quickly then retreats, as we are back in the period that favors this. We can plainly see this cycle by looking at the MEI chart below.
The theory is not rocket science. It simply says the strongest events are after prolonged warm run ups, which happen when the Pacific in the overall sense is cool. You can plainly see the cyclical nature of the overall MEI and the spikes that occur, both when it's been warm and cold. As I have said a thousand times, the explanation for the behavior of the oceans lies with Dr. William Gray's ideas.
But here we are with the talk of a Super Nino, yet the far bigger event climate-wise is the increasingly positive summer sea ice anomaly being forecast that's getting more impressive by the week. When combined with the major positive anomaly in the Southern Hemisphere, this offers a chance, in the summer of Al Gore's no Arctic ice cap, for a record high global ice anomaly.
Heck of a way to run a global warm up, eh? There's a chance of a record high global ice anomaly because of an above average summer sea ice anomaly in the north and what appears to be a a Southern Hemispheric sea ice that is heading for a record high itself. As of this writing, the Southern Hemisphere looks like this:
The north, as you can see, is below average, and you see the two summer sea ice minimums that lead to the hysteria. But while they were happening there was robust sea ice in the south (and I am all for thinking globally).
Average all this out, and here's what you get.
Again, this is not rocket science. Given where we are globally now with the Arctic still below average, a forecast for the winter around Antarctica as depicted on the graph below would mean it's likely each anomaly in their winter would remain well above average.
Should the northern ice cap expand to above average, the global average would have to go up, perhaps breaking the record. And you have to love all this, as it would occur in the summer touted by Al Gore to perhaps see the Arctic ice cap disappear. Ouch, that is going to leave a mark. If only someone would actually watch it!
The reason for the increase in the Arctic ice is because the north Atlantic, at least for the time being, has cooled. Most of the reason for the decrease in ice is not because of the warmth of the winters but because the warm cycle in the north Atlantic attacks the ice cap at the warm time of the year – both with warmer air temperatures and the warmer current below! But what happens when that changes for good? There were times in the 1950s when Arctic sea ice was very low, and though I have no satellite measurements, we do have panic reports like this from 1957.
20 years ago the idea of a constant El Nino warming the planet was a big deal, which is why we see the current fervor about the threat of a Super Nino. But the other, greater story is this canary in the coal mine; that the AMO will flip to cold for good by 2020, as Dr. Gray has opined, because of the cyclical nature of the oceans. This means that the darling of the warming crowd a few years ago – sea ice – will be the lipstick on a pig it always has been.
Think about it.
Super Ninos galore – NOT.
Ice caps decreasing. How did that work out given the Southern Hemisphere?
And now this?
Yet what are we hearing about? A likely overhyped event to get attention and whip up fervor, while the event that actually means something is ignored.
Now let me ask you this question. If we have a world with less than average global sea ice meaning all this warmth, what should be the natural progression of thought to the same person that pushed this missive as to what two above normal caps mean?
A question they probably do not want to answer.
Joe Bastardi is chief forecaster at WeatherBELL Analytics, a meteorological consulting firm.
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Cheese and mushroom casserole with chicken
This casserole is simple and delicious, and makes a perfect snack during a picnic (bento anyone?)—you should use it as a basic idea for a casserole, since the pasta sauce is the stable and the most important piece of the meal. It's also a very tweak-able recipe! :-)
Easy: 6 steps, about 1 hour
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Orange cheese-tart
I didn't plan to make this cake at all, what I did plan was apple tart with apricot jelly... Well, sometimes I just change my mind, especially while experimenting in the kitchen :-) The result is interesting, refreshing and citrusy! :-) If you don't like the strong orange aroma, you can replace them with any soft and sweet fruit: peaches, pears, and apricots should do fine!
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Since then many others have used the same marketing strategy: make it simpler and easier to get, find, learn about, try, buy, use and evangelize.
It's still the best marketing strategy"Simple and Easy to Buy" is still the key to marketing success. But exactly how do you make decisions easier for customers? That's what you will learn on this web site and in The Market Navigators' Briefings.
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Abstract: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Ahanlish (school) (Aghanlish, Co. Leitrim), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Pádraig Ó Gallchobhair.
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Debtors Prison
According to the Research Guide "Bankrupts and Insolvent Debtors:1710-1869" on the website of The National Archives (UK):
Until 1841, the legal status of being a bankrupt was confined to traders owing more than 100 pounds (reduced to 50 pounds in 1842). Debtors who were not traders did not qualify to become bankrupt, but stayed as insolvent debtors. Responsible for their debts but unable to pay them, they remained subject to common law proceedings and indefinite imprisonment, if their creditors so wished. … Insolvent debtors were held in local prisons, and often spent the rest of their lives there: imprisonment for debt did not stop until 1869.
Another ancestor of mine, Abraham WOOLF was imprisoned in the Debtors Prison, as this entry from the London Gazette of 1841 shows:
Shortly afterwards he came to trial, and fortunately his petition for release was granted. The following entry in the London Gazette gives more background about him – that he was currently a "General Dealer and Cigar Maker" and formerly a "Cigar Dealer and Ladies' Shoe Maker", as well as recent addresses:
In the documents at the National Archives in Kew, London, I could follow the progress of his imprisonment, petitions and release, however even the information available online on websites like The National Archives (UK) and The London Gazette tell me more about the life of this ancestor.


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Rahm pushes background checks
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to change the national gun conversation from lawful gun owners to criminals who far too often get their hands on deadly weapons.
"There are sportsmen who don't have Uzis [and are] not interested in having an AK-47," said Emanuel at a panel discussion at the Center for American Progress on Monday. "The Brady Bill was about five-day waiting period to do a background check on criminal access. It wasn't about the five days; it was about the criminal access. The Assault Weapons Ban then and today [focus on] the gun of choice of gangbangers. They weren't purchasing this stuff for a Mother's Day gift."
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Emanuel, who was President Bill Clinton's senior advisor during the passage of the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban, said that if the type of guns and gun magazines most often used by criminals are targeted, everyone, from parents to policemen, will generally agree to the restriction.
Emanuel has previously called for an assault weapons ban and on Monday called for city pension plans to divest from gun makers. At the panel, he also advocated for universal background checks.
"When you got 40 percent of the guns [unaccounted for] that's not a loophole; that's an exemption," said Emanuel, referring to the percentage of guns that are sold without a proper background check, through private, online or illegal sales.
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In doing so, he pointed out the importance of having national legislation to regulate the checks. As the mayor of a city gripped by gun violence, Emanuel knows all too well about how easy it is to have guns slip through the cracks.
"If you deal with [this loophole] the city of Chicago…the state of Illinois is only going to be as good as given what goes on in Indiana. So therefore we're going to need places where you have national legislation because I can't have Indiana…their laws undercutting what we're trying to do in the city of Chicago," he said.
According to Emanuel, a considerable amount of gun purchases happen in Indiana, but the guns themselves are found in Chicago. This phenomenon also occurs from rural/suburban to urban areas. That is why, he agreed, there is a need for a baseline on data collection.
"You are only as effective as you are comprehensive," he added.


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When asked who she would prefer to play her in film ocassionaly clothed Indy driver Danica Patrick responded she'd prefer Angelina Jolie over Jennifer Aniston. The reason? Aniston is too old.
To be fair to Patrick, her choice of creepy seductress Jolie is really just an extension of Patrick's bizarre level of self/brand-awareness. Angelina is an action star and more age appropriate for the role of a 26-year-old than the 40-year-old Aniston. For marketing purposes it would be a much better fit. And what about America's sweetheart Mandy Moore? Too tall. We're imagining a similar sequence passed through Pitt's mind when he ditched the former "Friends" star for the one-woman African baby kidnapping gang.
Watch the video, shot by a group of Canadian bloggers, and you can see Patrick has already figured all of this out. The success of Danica Patrick has a lot to do with her being a really good driver wrapped in a fantastic marketing strategy. Fortunately, all of this is just hypothetical. Unless she dies in a horrible crash Patrick is only at made-for-TV movie level. For a feature studio film with a big star she'll have to win the Indy 500 or get killed by terrorists.


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