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Bobby Beck: When I first started in the industry, I went to a four-year animation school. I went through the whole program, but I wasn't really learning animation, and I got a little frustrated. So I decided to find someone in the industry who animated for a living and start learning from them. My best friends at the time were Shawn Kelly and Carlos Baena. Shawn Kelly had a mentor from ILM, Wayne Gilbert, so I kind of tagged along with him from time to time. It was cool. I felt like I was learning so much more from that dynamic than from anything else I'd done.
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Seraphim of Sarov
Saint Seraphim of Sarov | |
Saint Seraphim of Sarov
Wonderworker | |
Born | Kursk, Russian Empire |
1 August 1754
Died | 14 January 1833 Sarov, Russian Empire |
(aged 73)
Honored in | Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Catholicism |
Canonized | 19 July 1903, Sarov Monastery by Holy Governing Synod, Russian Orthodox Church |
Major shrine | Diveevo convent, Russia |
Feast | 2/15 January (Repose) 19 July/1 August (Opening of relics) |
Attributes | Wearing peasant clothing, often kneeling with his hands upraised in prayer; crucifix worn about his neck; hands crossed over chest |
Saint Seraphim of Sarov (Russian: Серафим Саровский) (1 August [O.S. 19 July] 1754 (or 1759) – 14 January [O.S. 2 January] 1833), born Prokhor Moshnin (Прохор Мошнин), is one of the most renowned Russian monks and mystics in the Orthodox Church. He is generally considered the greatest of the 19th century startsy (elders) and, arguably, the first. He is remembered for extending the monastic teachings of contemplation, theoria and self-denial to the layperson, and taught that the purpose of the Christian life was to acquire the Holy Spirit.
Seraphim was glorified (canonized) by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1903. The date of his death is his major feast day. Reverence for him is not limited to the Orthodox; Pope John Paul II referred to him as a saint in his book, Crossing the Threshold of Hope.[1][2]
One of his "spiritual children", Nicholas Motovilov, wrote most of what we know about him today.
Perhaps Seraphim's most popular quotation amongst Orthodox believers is "Acquire a peaceful spirit, and thousands around you will be saved."
Born 19 July (new style 1 Aug) 1754, he was baptized with the name of Prochor, after Saint Prochorus, one of the first Seven Deacons of the Early Church and the disciple of John the Evangelist. His parents, Isidore and Agathia Moshnin, lived in Kursk, Russia. His father was a merchant, but Seraphim had little interest in business. Instead, he began a life that was very devout to the Orthodox Church at a young age. According to Orthodox tradition, as a small boy he was healed by a wonderworking icon of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary), Our Lady of Kursk. It is claimed that during his life he experienced a number of visions.
In 1775, at the age of 17, he visited Saint Dorothea in Kiev.
In 1777, at the age of 19, he joined the Sarov monastery as a novice (poslushnik). In 1786 he was officially tonsured (took his monastic vows) and was given the religious name of Seraphim, which means "fiery" or "burning" in Hebrew. Shortly afterwards, he was ordained a hierodeacon (monastic deacon). In 1793 he was ordained as a hieromonk (monastic priest) and became the spiritual leader of the Diveyevo convent, which has since come to be known as the Seraphim-Diveyevo Convent. Soon after this, he retreated to a log cabin in the woods outside Sarov monastery and led a solitary lifestyle as a hermit for 25 years. During this time his feet became swollen to the point that he had trouble walking.
One day, while chopping wood, Seraphim was attacked by a gang of thieves who beat him mercilessly until they thought he was dead. He never resisted and was beaten with the handle of his own axe. The thieves were looking for money, but all they found in his hut was an icon of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary). The incident left Seraphim with a hunched back for the rest of his life. However, at the thieves' trial he pleaded to the judge for mercy on their behalf.
After this incident Seraphim spent 1,000 successive nights on a rock in continuous prayer with his arms raised to the sky, an almost super-human feat of asceticism, especially considering the pain he was already in from his injuries.
In 1815, in obedience to a reputed spiritual experience that he attributed to the Virgin Mary, Seraphim began admitting pilgrims to his hermitage as a confessor. He soon became immensely popular due to his reputation for healing powers and gift of prophecy. He was often visited by hundreds of pilgrims per day and was reputed to have the ability to answer his guests' questions before they could ask.
As extraordinarily harsh as Seraphim often was to himself, he was kind and gentle toward others — always greeting his guests with a prostration, a kiss, and exclaiming "Christ is risen!", and calling everyone "My joy." He died while kneeling before an icon of the Theotokos at the age of 74. This icon is currently in the house of the catholic Community of Beatitudes in Bad Driburg, Germany.
Relation to Old Believers[edit]
The available information about relations between Seraphim of Sarov and Russian Old Believers tradition is somewhat contradictory. From one hand, in all the memoirs and biographies, and in the collections of his sayings, he is undoubtedly portrayed as a convinced supporter of the Reformed Church and official hierarchy.[3] From the other hand, on icons of St. Seraphim he is usually depicted with a lestovka in his left hand,[4] and in some cases even in old Russian, Old-Believers-style monastic garments (with a peculiar klobuk, and an old-fashioned cast bronze cross), as it is with these objects that he is depicted on the only lifetime portrait of him.[5] The lestovka used by St. Seraphim is preserved up to this time among his personal belongings.[6]
According to some sources, the known problems with the beatification of Seraphim of Sarov did happen exactly due to his general support and sympathy towards the Old Believers tradition,[7][8] in which case the negative assessment of the old rite, ascribed to him, would have been interpreted as inventions of his followers, who tried to put their teacher in the most favorable light in the eyes of the official church functionaries.[9] It was also suggested that St. Seraphim could have descended from a family of Edinovertsy (old-rite uniates),[7] or from a family of secret, cryptic Old Believers (that were widespread in northern and eastern areas of Russia),[5] possibly with consequent gradual shift towards edinoverie.[6]
Despite of some (alleged) controversy, St. Seraphim was known, at least at the level of official hagiography, for his rejection of the Russian old rites.[10] The majority of old believers authors doubt virtually all the facts known about St. Seraphim, as well as the very legitimacy of his beatification,[11][12] and his name is invariably used in interdenominational polemics.[5]
Transfiguration of Father Seraphim of Sarov as accounted by Nicholas Motovilov (1809-1832):
'Then Father Seraphim gripped me firmly by the shoulders and said: "My friend, both of us, at this moment are in the Holy Spirit, you and I. Why won't you look at me?"
"I can't look at you, Father, because the light flashing from your eyes and face is brighter than the sun and I'm dazzled!"
"Don't be afraid, friend of God, you yourself are shining just like I am; you too are now in the fullness of grace of the Holy Spirit, otherwise you wouldn't be able to see me as you do."[13]
In 1903, Seraphim of Sarov was glorified (canonized as a saint) by the Russian Orthodox Church. As part of this process, on 3 July 1903, his relics were translated (removed) from their original burial place to the church of Saints Zosimus and Sabbatius, where they had remained until the day of the glorification. Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra provided a new cypress coffin to receive the relics.
On 18 July 1903, Metropolitan Anthony officiated at the Last Pannikhida (Memorial Service) in the Dormition Cathedral at Sarov, with the royal family in attendance. These would be the last prayers offered for Seraphim as a departed servant of God; from that time forward, prayers would instead be addressed to him as a saint.
At 6.00 pm the bells rang for All-Night Vigil, the first service with hymns honoring Seraphim as a saint, during which his relics would be exposed for public veneration. This occasion is celebrated to this day as the feast day of the Uncovering of the Relics of St. Seraphim. Since in Orthodox liturgical practice the day begins at sunset, the feast is celebrated on 19 July (the Russian Orthodox Church follows the traditional Julian Calendar, so 19 July corresponds to 1 August on the modern Gregorian Calendar). At the time of the Litia during vespers, Seraphim's coffin was carried from the church of Saints Zosimus and Sabbatius and into the Dormition Cathedral. During Matins, as the Polyeleos "Praise ye the Name of the Lord..." was sung, the coffin was opened. After the Matins Gospel, Metropolitan Anthony and the other hierarchs venerated the relics. They were followed by the royal family, the officiating clergy, and all the people in the cathedral.
On 19 July, Seraphim's birthday, the late liturgy began at 8 o'clock. At the Little Entrance, twelve archimandrites lifted the coffin from the middle of the church and carried it around the Holy Table (altar), then placed it into a special shrine which had been constructed for them.
The festivities at Sarov came to an end with the consecration of the first two churches dedicated to St. Seraphim. The first such church had been constructed over his monastic cell in the wilderness of Sarov. The second church was consecrated on 22 July at the Diveyevo convent.
Following the Bolshevik Revolution the Soviet authorities severely persecuted all religious groups. As part of their persecution of Christians, they confiscated many relics of the saints, including St. Seraphim, and the whereabouts of his relics became forgotten. In 1991, St. Seraphim's relics were rediscovered after being hidden in a Soviet anti-religious museum for seventy years. This caused a sensation in post-Soviet Russia, and indeed throughout the Orthodox world. A crucession (religious procession) formed to escort the relics, on foot, all the way from Moscow to Diveyevo Convent, where they remain to this day.
"Acquire a peaceful spirit, and around you thousands will be saved."
"It is necessary that the Holy Spirit enter our heart. Everything good that we do, that we do for Christ, is given to us by the Holy Spirit, but prayer most of all, which is always available to us."[14]
See also[edit]
- Starets
- Monasticism
- Hesychasm
- Eastern Orthodox Church
- Diveevo convent
- Sarov
- Kursk
- Thaumaturgy
- Tabor light
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- ^ Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center, "Saint Gregory Palamas" Pope John Paul II
- ^ Pope John Paul II, Crossing the Threshold of Hope, (Knopf, 1995), ISBN 978-0-679-76561-5, page 18.
- ^ "Преподобный Серафим Саровский и старообрядцы" - an article at serafimushka.ru
- ^ Iconography of St. Seraphim of Sarov at diveevo.ru (in Russian)
- ^ a b c Discussion at a religious history forum kuraev.ru
- ^ a b Сергей Чесноков. От отступничества к единоверию
- ^ a b Кутузов Б.П. Церковная «реформа» XVII века. М., 2003.
- ^ В.А. Степашкин. Преподобный Серафим Саровский: предания и факты
- ^ Преподобный старообрядец Серафим Саровский - a chapter from a book of В.В. Смирнов "Падение III Рима"
- ^ Православные святые об еретичестве старообрядцев - in a journal "Меч и трость. Православный монархический журнал"
- ^ Никонианское «старчество» - Андрей Езеров, as published atstaropomor.ru
- ^ В отсутствие святых - Павел де Рико, Александр Духов, as published at staropomor.ru
- ^ Sander, V., Roger Pooley and Phillip Seddon (1986). St. Seraphim of Sarov. Quoted in The Lord of the Journey: London: SPCK, 1975. pp. 15–16.
- ^ St. Seraphim of Sarov on OrthodoxWiki
Further reading[edit]
- Dmitri Mereschkowski et al. Der letzte Heilige - Seraphim von Sarow und die russische Religiosität. Stuttgart 1994
- Archimandrite Lazarus Moore: St. Seraphim of Sarov - a Spiritual Biography. Blanco (Texas) 1994.
- Michaela-Josefa Hutt: Der heilige Seraphim von Sarow, Jestetten 2002, Miriam-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-87449-312-3
- Igor Smolitsch: Leben und Lehre der Starzen. Freiburg 2004
- Metropolit Seraphim: Die Ostkirche. Stuttgart 1950, pp. 282 ff.
- Paul Evdokimov: "Saint Seraphim of Sarow", in: The Ecumenical Review, April 1963
- Iwan Tschetwerikow: "Das Starzentum", in: Ev. Jahresbriefe; 1951/52, pp. 190 ff.
- Claire Louise Claus: "Die russischen Frauenklöster um die Wende des 18. Jahrhunderts", in: Kirche im Osten, Band IV, 1961.
- Bezirksrichter Nikolai Alexandrowitsch Motowilow: Die Unterweisungen des Seraphim von Sarow. Sergijew Possad 1914 (in Russian)
- Bishop Alexander (Mileant), "Saint Seraphim of Sarov", Orthodoxy and the world, December 2007.
External links[edit]
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- St. Seraphim article on OrthodoxWiki
- St. Seraphim of Sarov life, writings and icons on Kursk Root (Korennaya) Icon Hermitage of the Birth of the Holy Theotokos site
- On the Acquisition of the Holy Spirit Spiritual conversation of Saint Seraphim
- A wonderful revelation to the world, www.stseraphim.org
- Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Seraphim of Sarov Orthodox icon and synaxarion
- Glorification of Saint Seraphim. Sarov, 1903
- Photos of St. Seraphim glorification solemnity in Sarov (1903), Martha and Mary Convent site
- Photos of St. Seraphim glorification in Sarov (high res images), sarov.net
- St. Seraphim's biography by Archimandrite Nektarios Serfes
- Portal devoted to 100-th anniversary of St. Seraphim of Sarov glorification (in Russian)
- English page on Sarov monastery web-site
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"Will you please step on it, Mr. Cabbie? This guy is, like, staying up late waiting for me."
If the woman sitting beside me was so hot to get to Drew Street, I wondered, why were we first dropping off her two friends in the Mayfair Park district, all the way out by the airport?
"Don't listen to her," instructed one of the two women in the back. "Rachel is moving to San Diego tomorrow, flying out in the morning, and we got dibs on her, at least for this cab ride."
"Rachel," I said, smiling as I glanced over at her, "there's two of them and one of you, and democracy rules in this cab. Besides, let the Drew Street guy cool his heels a little bit. Guys love it when you keep 'em waiting."
"You got that right," came from the backseat, the two seatmates laughing together.
Rachel, though, sat quietly contemplating the situation. She had long, soft brown hair framing her heart-shaped face, and a peaceful, almost subdued look about her eyes and mouth. Something was at stake for her tonight; that much was evident.
We took the righthand turn before the Ethan Allen Motel. I have a penchant for telling tourists about the standard naming protocol for new Vermont businesses. "It works like this," I say. "The first one is, say, Vermont Hot Tubs; the next is dubbed Green Mountain Hot Tubs; the third to set up shop will be Ethan Allen Hot Tubs." The tourists chuckle and say, "How very charming and folksy," which only encourages me to continue making up vaguely authentic-sounding Vermont folklore.
We stopped at a single-family home typical of this relaxed South Burlington neighborhood, one of the first "suburban" developments — though by now it feels more urban than the true suburbs that have encircled Burlington over the past few decades. All three girls got out and commenced a heartfelt round of hugging and well wishing. Normally, this would engender great antsiness on my part; if I'm not rolling, I'm not making money, is the way I see it. But goodbyes take time, and even a harried hackie like me was moved to honor the sacredness of the moment.
Taking in the world outside my cab, I noticed the street was lush with full, leafy trees, befitting the early-'50s vintage of the Mayfair Park neighborhood. Though we had only just passed Labor Day, some of the lower branches revealed early red and yellow streaks. A Steely Dan lyric drifted through my brain: Your everlasting summer, I can see it fading fast.
Why taxi customers are wont to share intimate information with their drivers remains one of life's great mysteries. But, sure enough, once we were en route to Drew Street, Rachel opened up — unprompted by me — about the boy she was going to meet.
"This guy, Steve," she began, "we lived next door on Drew Street for a couple years. It was kind of a funky neighborhood, but, oh, boy, we had, like, the greatest time."
"So you were boyfriend and girlfriend?" I asked.
"No — and that's the thing. We did have a brief fling when we first met, but realized that we were better suited as good buddies. Then, this past spring, he started seeing this much younger girl and she got him into, like, this hard partying — drugs, alcohol, you get the idea. It was not good.
"Was I jealous?" she went on, raising the obvious question. "Maybe. I don't know." She paused, brushing a stray strand of hair behind an ear. It seemed this was an issue she had seriously pondered. "But," she continued, "Steve is, like, this awesome guy, and I couldn't stand watching his life go down the tubes. So I confronted him, and probably not in, like, the best way, and we had this awful, awful parting."
"Gee, that's tough," I commiserated. "And now you're moving — what did your friends say? — to San Diego?"
"Yup, that's why I'm, like, so happy we're getting together tonight. I really love this person. I just couldn't bear to fly out of town tomorrow with things the way they were."
"So, you called him?" I asked.
"Nope," she replied with a wistful sigh, "he called me."
We cruised along North Street through the heart of the Old North End, and took the right onto Drew just before the intersection with North Avenue. Halfway up the street, we pulled to a stop at a double-decker home with a porch light burning. Illuminated at the far end of the driveway stood a young man — 6 feet tall in a dark T-shirt and baggy shorts, with sunglasses perched atop his close-cropped black hair. His flip-flops were neon green.
Seeing him, Rachel exhaled audibly. "Thanks," she said to me, paying the fare as her eyes began to mist up. "That's my guy."
She got out of the cab, and, for a moment, the two of them faced each other in silence.
"Hey, you," Steve said, extending his two inviting arms as Rachel broke into a trot up the driveway.


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Sure, I can hear you bad mouthing me already and I haven't even gotten what I wanted to say spit out of my mouth. Perhaps you can give me a moment to finish my thoughts before you pass judgement. At the risk of sounding absurd, while Dr. Ryan's death is certainly very tragic, it could have been, beyond the shadow of a doubt, prevented. For those who may not know, Dr. Ryan, while driving and tweeting, managed to miss a very important curve in the road and drove off a cliff in Malibu CA, plunging to his death.
We managed to master walking and chewing gum why can we not do the same with driving and tweeting? Let me hit you with some knowledge – they don't go together. In this equation 1+1 does not equal 2! I am overwhelmed at the idea that our addiction to social media streams and the need to be 'in the know' may cost us our lives literally, figuratively and however else you want to look at it. Who would have thought that the grim reaper would trade in his cloke and sythe for a pair of coke bottle bottom glasses and a handheld device – what a nerd! C'mon folks, let's get real. Is it really worth it? Can we not go more than a few minutes without getting the information at our fingertips at the speed of light, all news all the time, hit me up with a tweet or did you see the latest status update for your best friend on FB type of lifestyle even when death is parked just around the corner maybe not even parked anymore but zooming straight up your tailpipe. I suppose a few minute lull in texting or streaming would be a God send for some. I appreciate life far too much to risk death by tweet (yeah I will tell myself that while I write this article . . the next time I am on 76 though . . ) I have this discussion with my wife all of the time – that common sense, as much as we would like to believe it is a real thing, does not and cannot exist, especially after reading about the unfortunate and untimely demise of Dr. Ryan. Surely he had to think that what he was doing was not the 'best' possible combination – driving and tweeting – surely he had to think that. We will never know.
The next time you get behind the wheel you need to ask yourself or reaffirm the fact that life is worth living, that the information will still be available to you when you reach your destination, that you can tweet responsibly – when the time is write (sounds like a Cialis commercial) and the right time is not while you are speeding down the highway, or for that matter when you are stuck in traffic. I offer to you, if you want to tweet and drive, play the lottery – win a boat load of money – and hire a car service to tote your technologically superior lifestyle around. If your life is not worth it, I assure you mine is!
I did a quick Google search on 'People who have died by tweeting and driving' – I thought the results would come back with just 1 Result, Dr. Ryan. I was humbled to read 1 thread posted through Wiki that suggests over 100,000 souls lost their lives to this deadly combo. 1 life lost to this phenomenon is tragic but 100,000, c'mon what are we doing wrong? We may not be far off from car manufacturers needing to install an Interlock device in our automobiles that will force us to dock our handhelds before the engine can turn over. Not such a bad idea considering – don't ya think?


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Wed, Jun 25, 2008 | 09:52 BST
Crave left ESA because of company sale factors, says boss
Speaking to GI, Crave chief Michael Mass has admitted that the company's decision to leave ESA had nothing to do with the organisation itself, but was rather motivated by an upcoming company sale.
"Crave's departure from ESA at this juncture is not a statement against the value provided by our longstanding membership, but rather was motivated by our need to focus on the impending sale of our company," he said.
"We will be re-evaluating our decision, hopefully in the near future. Crave still supports the goals and aims of ESA."
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Tue, Jun 24, 2008 | 20:54 BST
ESA: Crave's definitely out
ESA's issued a statement confirming Crave's exit from the body, saying the publisher still believes in its goals. Not enough to keep paying membership fees, clearly.
"We can confirm that Crave has decided not to renew its membership in the ESA," said Rich Taylor, the ESA's senior VP of communications and research. "We value each member of our association, but respect their decision. In conversations with Crave, representatives stated that they value their longstanding membership with the ESA and remain committed to the values and goals of the association."
Thanks, Kotaku.
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Crave leaves ESA, brings tally up to five
What's big and powerful, yet small and vulnerable? Sadly, we're talking about the ESA.
Joining the likes of id Software and Activision, Crave Entertainment is now politely excusing itself from the ESA's table, GamePolitics reports.
The site also notes that Crave will still be attending E3 next month, meaning that Crave and the ESA are still friends… with benefits.
As of now, neither Crave nor the ESA has commented on the situation, so allow us to fill in the blanks with a highly likely prediction. ESA: "We're not angry with Crave and will continue to support them. Also, E3 is going to be awesome this year!" Crave: We're not angry with the ESA and will continue to support their mission. Also, we're going to be at E3!"


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After being burned by a series of high-profile failures, Chinese companies are learning to navigate the delicate political and regulatory landscape for takeovers in the U.S.
Major U.S. companies remain essentially unattainable to Chinese buyers. So are many firms that can be tied to national security or critical technologies. Still, Chinese firms are stepping up their investments in the U.S. by targeting smaller companies, going after minority stakes and avoiding the most sensitive acquisition targets.
Wanxiang America, a unit of China's Wanxiang Group, is paying $257 million to buy A123 Systems, a U.S. government-backed maker of lithium-ion batteries, after an early attempt at a purchase collapsed. Reuters
China hasn't given up on big deals. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., a government group that reviews foreign acquisitions, is expected to decide in coming weeks whether to approve two multibillion-dollar deals by Chinese firms. A Cfius spokeswoman declined to comment.
The deals getting the green light so far are smaller. Last week, U.S. regulators approved the Chinese acquisition of a U.S. battery maker despite political resistance and an initially icy reception. Wanxiang America Corp., a unit of China's Wanxiang Group, is paying $257 million to buy A123 Systems, a U.S. government-backed maker of lithium-ion batteries, after an early attempt at a purchase collapsed.
"You just need to understand the rules, follow the rules, be very transparent and let them make the decision," says Pin Ni, president of Wanxiang America, who started the U.S. offshoot out of a home office in Chicago.
Last year, Chinese buyers agreed to spend more than $10 billion in 46 deals to acquire U.S. companies or stakes in U.S. firms, according to Dealogic. The volume was higher than the Chinese total from 2009 through 2011 combined. The tally included the sale of Kansas City, Mo.-based movie-theater chain AMC Entertainment Holdings to Wanda Group for $700 million.
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In a 2005 deal that became a symbol of anti-Chinese sentiment, Cnooc abandoned its $18.5 billion attempt to buy U.S. oil producer Unocal Corp. amid what Cnooc called "unprecedented political opposition." Congress at the time inserted a provision into an energy bill that would have delayed the takeover for months. Unocal was later acquired by Chevron Corp. CVX -0.91% Chevron Corp. U.S.: NYSE $120.99 -1.11 -0.91% Dec. 12, 2013 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 7.17M AFTER HOURS $120.68 -0.31 -0.26% Dec. 12, 2013 7:01 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): P/E Ratio 9.83 Market Cap $234.82 Billion Dividend Yield 3.31% Rev. per Employee $3,588,150 12/06/13 Shell Cleared to Expand Canada... 12/04/13 Iran Wants U.S. Companies to D... 11/26/13 Attorneys Defend Donziger in C... More quote details and news »
Some big Chinese acquisitions still are being stymied.
Superior Aviation Beijing Co. abandoned in October its $1.79 billion bid to buy the corporate-jet and propeller-plane operations of Hawker Beechcraft Inc. because it was too complicated to separate those businesses from the Wichita, Kan., company's defense business, which would have been off limits, people familiar with the deal said at the time.
A congressional report published in October warned U.S. business against working with Chinese telecommunications firms Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp. 000063.SZ -0.40% ZTE Corp. China: Shenzhen ¥15.00 -0.06 -0.40% Dec. 13, 2013 9:25 am Volume : 290,400 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap ¥49.96 Billion Dividend Yield 1.33% Rev. per Employee ¥983,449 12/05/13 ZTE Expects 4G Boost in China 12/05/13 ZTE Expects 4G Boost in China 11/29/13 ZTE Aims to double its revenue... More quote details and news » , saying their equipment could become a vehicle for Chinese spying in the U.S. Both companies have rejected the allegations, and Huawei called the findings politically motivated.
Despite those stumbles, Chinese companies are pressing ahead.
"With the dollar being so cheap, the North American market stable, the richness of natural resources here and the large amount of Chinese capital, a significant amount of that capital is headed this way," said Robert Profusek, a partner at Jones Day who heads the law firm's mergers-and-acquisitions practice.
To avoid clashing with U.S. regulators, many Chinese companies are going after investments of less than $500 million, focusing mostly on closely held companies. Chinese firms sometimes aim for joint ventures or less-formal partnerships rather than all-out acquisitions.
But Chinese firms are getting more ambitious. Cfius signed off last month on the $118 million takeover of Complete Genomics Inc., a Mountain View, Calif., DNA sequencer by China's BGI-Shenzhen. That was the first acquisition of a publicly traded U.S. company by a Chinese firm.
A123 Systems was an especially sensitive deal because the Waltham, Mass., company got nearly $250 million in grants from the Department of Energy in 2009 to build a factory in Michigan. A123 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October, but Wanxiang America's first try at buying the battery maker flopped because of regulatory concerns.
On Wanxiang's second try, more than two dozen members of Congress wrote to Cfius to urge careful scrutiny of the deal. They argued that taxpayer-funded technology would land in the hands of a Chinese buyer.
To salvage the acquisition, Wanxiang agreed to sell off A123's business that sells batteries to the government while keeping the unit that sells commercial batteries. The Chinese company has said it intends to keep the Michigan factory in operation.
The Chinese company did extensive legwork to size up parts of the business that could be sensitive to U.S. officials and hired U.S.-based law firm Sidley Austin LLP to help manage the process, Mr. Pin says.
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Download it from the main page again.. I had a little change I needed to make after I pushed the update. I didn't know anyone would update so soon. Sorry~
Im getting this problem with AOE RI. All others are working fine though
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It's still saying it is outdated or incompatible. Even when it is the only one enabled.
I'm using the All-In HoN ModManager if that helps.
It was just a coincidence that I updated nearly as soon as you finished. I was going to reactive one of my mods and see if it had been updated and it updated yours lol.
I've made it version 184.108.40.206 instead so try updating now.
humm look what i found in ui/game.interface right at the start of it
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"CreateBool('ui_showRangeIndicators', false);"
Can anybody help me?
I cant find the Spell range indicator that works and i need it on hon mod manager..
How do i place that file you have changed today so it works with hon mod manager? :S
Just download and install from the front page (auto-update in the future).
@Tankie; There's nothing to fix on my end.
Reveal RI doesn't work for me either. Using the java mod manager.
But that file u got on the frontpage cannot be used in the hon mod manager.
Never mind. Got it working. Java mod manager is bugged. Ran old mod manager and it worked fine.
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Sunday, July 18, 2010
"Cold and Heartless"
What is clear, however, is the fact that Obama had every intention of using our hard-earned dollars to fund abortion. And he dared to say that we were "bearing false witness" when we initially accused him of doing so.
This is a great article, which I could not pass up, from the American Thinker:
Obama lied, babies died
Jeannie DeAngelis
"It's hard to comprehend that intelligent people believe Obama speaks the truth. A simple question: If an individual encourages coldly tossing a barely breathing infant into a laundry room to die and uses the upholding of the original intent to kill the baby as an excuse, is it logical to assume such a person has a high regard for truth?
Barack Obama supports killing the unborn and if by chance the infant should happen to 'burden the original decision of the woman and the physician to induce labor and perform an abortion' by refusing to die, Barry disagrees with providing a helpless being medical care. Plain and simple, Obama is cold and heartless.
If lying were an art, Barack would be its master. Liberal pro-choice advocate Barack Obama 'successfully opposed including language in the [health care reform] bill to prevent federal subsidies for abortions.' The President intended to quietly advance an 'abortion-expanding agenda through administrative decisions.'
When it appeared a few sentimental pro-lifers jeopardized Obamacare, it didn't take much to sway the easily fleeced Bart Stupak and seven left-leaning lackeys. In order to pass health care reform the President lied to gullible pro-life Democrats, signed a phony executive order, and swore health care would not fund abortion.
Obama might as well have pulled a dirty tissue out of his pocket, called it an executive order and after getting the credulous to agree, crumpled it up and filed it in the 'easily deceived' category.
After health care reform passed, taxpayer monies are now going directly to abortionists in Pennsylvania to make sure murder is amply funded. Under the new national government-run health care program, 'the Obama administration will give Pennsylvania $160 million to set up a new 'high risk' insurance program." Named after pro-choice champions Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, the program is called the Rendell-Sebelius plan, which is Obama-speak for taxpayer-subsidized abortions.
The Rendell-Sebelius federally-funded insurance program is being presented as monies to cover 'preventative care, physician services, diagnostic testing, hospitalization, mental health services, prescription medications and much more.' Get out a yellow highlighter and underline the words 'much more.'
Let's do the math. If all of the $160 million dollars go to fund first trimester abortions, which run about $350.00, it calculates to be 457,143 human beings successfully sluiced from society. If a meager $40 million dollars were spent to cover 'any legal abortion...except sex selection,' that would assure nationalized health care 114, 286 fewer sick people to worry about, which would ultimately benefit the Obamanomic bottom line.
Besides the lies, Barry has, under duress, legally bound pro-life Americans to tax-tithe to the First Church of Obama's most highly esteemed charity, government funded abortions. If Barry gets his way, which he always does, regardless of religious affiliation or moral conviction Americans will fund feticide.
Obama claims when it comes to ending a pregnancy, 'The decision generally is one that a woman should make.' Yet, the President's dictatorial decrees deny choice to those who don't support abortion. Obama is intolerant toward conscientious objection and denies religious exemption. Barry's policies force the resistant to hand the abortionist the suction and scalpel by financially aiding and abetting the executioner.
If America is in search of an apropos motto, here's one that fits: Obama lied and babies died. The next time Barack finishes speaking and turns to walk from the podium, look closely, his pants are on fire."
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- Diogenes said...
"Let's do the math. If all of the $160 million dollars go to fund first trimester abortions, which run about $350.00, it calculates to be 457,143 human beings successfully sluiced from society."
Yeah, that's it... you Religious Rightwingnuts finally figured out the plan, even without a Super-Double-Secret Decoder ring from your Cheerios box.
The entire $160 million allocated by the federal government to Pennsylvania will be used exclusively to fund abortions. But not just "any" abortions, mind you, but the partial-borth abortions for which you vilify Obama. But you missed the fine print, didn't you? The money will also fund what are being called "full birth abortions", too. There will be a special joint federal-state government subcommittee set up, co-chaired by Kathleen Sebelius and Ed Rendell (imaginatively called the Sebelius-Rendell Subcommittee) that will identify all Religious Rightwingnuts, who will then be post-natally aborted, until all funds are expended. And then, taxes will be raised to fund the elimination of the rest of you.
I guess it just doesn't get through to you Religious Rightwingnuts that these high-risk pools are designed to provide MEDICAL CARE to people who desperately need medical care. You're soooooo focused on stopping any abortions that you fail to recognize all the people who may not die because of this healthcare coverage. Once again, you show that you're all about misperceived causes, not actual PEOPLE.
"No abortions! But once they're born, we don't give a crap what happens to them!" - July 19, 2010 at 12:31 PM
Yea, another idiot liberal plan. Kill most of the people paying for all this madness. Then you liberals can sit around and starve to death. Other than the part about killing me, i could stand to see some liberal freeloaders have to make it on their own. Why would you, as a supposed christian, so staunchly defend killing an unborn child, or letting it lay and die if it somehow survives the attempted abortion. You sir are a spineless jackass and i would love to slap the nose off your face. At least you can attempt to defend yourself, a baby can't. Call it third grade all you want. You are an evil person, just like your idol, the skinny kenyan who smokes cigarettes. Though i'm sure when he develops lung cancer, he will spare no expense to save his own life while denying millions of babies the same opportunity to a life. I hope you are leading the charge when they come to post-natally abort me. You will immediately find out whether your beliefs were true or not.
- July 19, 2010 at 11:11 PM
- Diogenes said...
That "post natal abortion" commment wasn't meant to be specific to you, Justa Dumbass. In fact, in your case, it would be a waste of resources.
So direct your self-righteous wrath elsewhere; empty threats from empty-headed people aren't all that impressive.
But, I have to admit,I laughed out loud at your "skinny kenyan who smokes cigarettes" comment. I can just picture you delivering that line with all the venom you could muster... and it landed like a two-year-old's tantrum over refusing to go to bed at bedtime!
Do you actually believe that only conservatives work, and only liberals sit back and vegitate? I mean, it's all well and good if you're using a lame line like that for rhetorical purposes, but if you actually BELIEVE your own BS, that just makes me so sad for you.
Not really. - July 20, 2010 at 3:12 PM
Threats can only be empty as long as a spineless jellyfish hides behind his computer. Working for the gov't produces little more than a paycheck for that person. Just check out the public employees up north protesting to keep all benefits and wages while millions are out of work. Many are the same people who pay these idiots salaries. Sure liberals work. Many work for the gov't at some level. The rest are just plain too stupid to see the path we are on. If you have any kids(i hope your seed hasn't spread) then you care nothing of their future if you condone this loonacy. Oh yea, and you didn't mention abortion again in your comment. Why? Because there is no defense for it. And he is in fact a skinny kenyan who smokes cigarettes.
- July 20, 2010 at 9:01 PM
- Diogenes said...
Abortion is the law of the land. If you don't like it, maybe you need to find a holier land that will take your sorry ass.
And how would you like to live in a country that has "termination committees" that decide if a woman may have an abortion or not? With the guidelines being the woman has to be under the age of 17 or older than 40, the pregnancy was a result of illegal action (i.e. rape) or incest, the fetus may have a physical or mental defect, and/or the woman MAY be damaged physically or emotionally if the pregnancy is continued to term.
WOW! Sounds sort of like Sarah Palin's "death panels", doesn't it?
Is it America after Obamacare? Nope.
England? Nope.
Some other commie fascist country? Nope.
ISRAEL, Ms. MoreLies.
ISRAEL, AnonyMouse.
ISRAEL, Justa Dumbass.
You want to spout more drivel about the Old Testament?
I thought not.
And, by the way, Justa Dumbass, for decades, tecahers and other public servants were paid below market rates on the pretense that the lost wages were offset by good retirement and health insurance benefits. Now, they want to take those away, too.
What do you do with your life, loudmouth, that makes society a better place? Whatever it is, I'll stack it up against educating America's youth. Although, to be fair to you, sewer systems that back up DO need attention. - July 21, 2010 at 12:29 AM
DiogenASS: you said: "Is it America after Obamacare? Nope."
exactly, mandating and socializing medicine is not American and is also unconstitutional!
When exactly does a fetus stop being a fetus and become a baby?
According to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, Tenth Edition, an organism is "an individual constituted to carry on the activities of life by means of organs separate in function but mutually dependent: a living being".
Once a baby is born, he's a citizen of the United States, right? He's protected under the Constitution, right?
The liberal democrats have abused the rights of 50 million unborn babies since Roe vs Wade.
The Declaration of Independence states:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness".
The Preamble of the Constitution states a purpose of the Constitution to be to:
"Secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity".
I declare the unalienable right of Life to be secured by our Constitution "to ourselves and our Posterity". Our posterity includes children born and future generations yet unborn. Any legalization of the termination of innocent life of the born or unborn is a direct violation of our unalienable right to life.
25.5% want to postpone childbearing
21.3% cannot afford a baby
14.1% has relationship problem or partner does not want pregnancy
12.2% too young; parent(s) or other(s) object to pregnancy
10.8% having a child will disrupt education or job
7.9% want no (more) children
3.3% Risk to fetal health
2.8% Risk to maternal health
2.1% Other
Less than .06 percent of the abortions performed are related to rape or incest
.06% of 50 million = 30 000 with
50 million minus 30,000= 49,970,000
49,970,000 babies tossed in the garbage!
This is one accomplishment that solely belongs to thumbsucking leftwingloons and the democrats. - July 22, 2010 at 6:53 AM
- Diogenes said...
Gee, AnonyMouse, you're all over the place today. Did you forget your meds again?
It's nice you're trying to educate yourself by reading a dictionary, but what does the definition of "organism" have to do with anything? None of the statutes or case law relating to abortion use that term. But it's nice to know you've learned something today.
Now, once a fetus is born, it becomes a person and, if born within the U.S., a citizen. CORRECT!! You're on a roll !!
But, sadly, that's where it ends. If that "organism" (feel better?) becomes a person and a citizen AFTER birth, that means that that "organism" is something OTHER than a person and a citizen BEFORE birth. Get it?
Now, you're free to "declare" whatever rights you want to spout. Your problem is that the rest of us can choose to ignore your drivel all we want; you have no power, no authority, and no support to declare rights on your own.
Since your "statistics" are without any reference (meaning, you may have pulled them out of your ass, like most of everything else you say) it's not worth addressing, except to note that it's not "babies" being tossed in the garbage; it's fetuses being legally terminated.
Now, do America a favor and go toss yourself out in the garbage. - July 22, 2010 at 2:25 PM
DiogenASS: Here's the link to the statistics that I pulled out of your whiki-ass.
How is it possible the Supreme Court decided not to decide when life begins and then turned around and overturned the laws of 50 different states in Roe v.Wade?
Then the Supreme Court's verdict rested upon two sentences. "We need not resolve the difficult question of when life begins. When those trained in the respective disciplines of medicine, philosophy, and theology are unable to arrive at any consensus, the judiciary, at this point in the
development of man's knowledge, is not in a position to speculate as to an answer."
Although the sentences sounded both innocuous and unpretentious, they were neither. The Supreme Court's non-decision was not innocuous. It overturned state laws that protected the unborn and has resulted in over 50 million abortions in the United States.
The decision also seems unpretentious by acknowledging that it did not know when life begins.
The Supreme Court clearly stated that it does not know when life begins and then violated the very spirit of this legal principle by acting as if it just proved that no life existed in the womb.
If you don't know when life begins then how can you rule that there is no life?
That alone proves that the SCOTUS is as dumb as you and the rest of the thumbsucking leftwingloons! - July 23, 2010 at 6:43 AM
- Diogenes said...
Pretty good stuff, AnonyMouse! Once again, you head straight to Wikipedia for knowledge -- just as you claim I do, which I do on occasion, but not as often as you, apparently.
But when I do quote Wikipedia -- or any other source -- I know it's only right to give them the credit for the idea. That's the way honest writers deal with it.
As for the rest of your argument, I have to hand it to you: it's one of the more thoughtful analyses you've ever offered on this Religious Rightwingnut blog. You even snuck in a few fifty-cent words, like "innocuous" and "unpretentious", showing you're working on higher-order word choice, like a good high school student should.
But, again like a high school student, your plagiarism stuck out like a sore thumb. It was too easy to see that those were not words that came out of YOUR mouth. And, in 0.46 seconds, I found the source of your brilliance... the words you stole from somebody else, and tried to pretend they were yours:
Some evangelist preacher, Kerby Anderson, wrote an essay over a decade ago that provided, in his opinion, the Biblical, medical, legal, and philosophical arguments against abortion. Good stuff: I know when I need medical or legal advice, my first thought is to visit my local evangelical preacher. And, when I need spiritual guidance, I turn to Glenn Beck.
The REALLY funny thing is that Anderson's essay was also plagiarized on seve ral websites that specialize in selling research papers to high school and college students, to pass off as their own. Is that where you found Anderson's essay?
You've been a very naughty student, AnonyMouse. Sadly, you earned an "F" on this assignment, and now you have to go sit in the corner and write "Never again will I try to seem intelligent when I know I'm not" 1000 times. - July 23, 2010 at 3:46 PM
DiogenASS: Everybody's opinion on any subject comes from the knowledge and research of others: books, internet and videos.
It's a process called learning.
you do know what that means, don't you moron?
If I believe what's in the bible, then why wouldn't I repeat what I've read to others?
did you know how to finger-paint before learning and mastering your craft from someone else?
I rest my case! - July 24, 2010 at 5:25 AM
- Diogenes said...
It's called "plagiarism", moron, not "learning". You rightwingnnuts think that all you have to do to be "smart" is to cut and paste someone else's ideas. they're not your own... it's what's been spoon-fed to you. You're a walking breathing parrot.
Education is all about taking what you've previously picked up from various other sources and putting it together, on your own, to express your own opinion. If you want to quote another source to lend credibility to your pronouncements, that's fine, but you have to credit your sources. It takes thinking and learning... something you're obviously not capable of yourself. So you make do by stealing someone else's education.
You're a failure, AnonyMouse. In school and in life. - July 25, 2010 at 2:57 PM
Take your stupid self over to one of these arab countries you constantly defend, then let your views on abortion and homosexuality be known. And illegal immigration is also against the law, but your commie friends turn a blind eye to this particular law. That's the problem with liberals, they viciously defend some laws and ignore others, all for political gain of course.
- August 1, 2010 at 5:40 PM