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A potpourri of interesting reviews in Books & Culture :
1) Gerald McDermott reviews several recent evangelical books on Christianity's relation to non-Christian religions. He is critical of attempts (Paul Heim, e.g.) to root a pluralist or inclusivist view of other religions in the doctrine of the Trinity, and also criticizes the tendency to shift from sin/alientation to knowledge as the crucial problem of humanity. McDermott is also aware, however, that the church's confrontation in mission with non-Christian cultures is always a process of expansion and growth for the church as well.
2) Bruce Ellis Benson reviews Stanislas Breton's The Word and the Cross . Breton is among a number of French phenomenologists who have turned toward theological and religious concerns in their philosophical work (Jean-Luc Marion is the best known of these). Breton's book explores the connections of word, folly, and power in Christian faith, starting from Paul's statements on the folly of the cross in 1 Cor. As Benson puts it, Paul's words show that the "logic of the cross transcends BOTH Jerusalem and Athens, both the demand of a sign and the demand of giving reasons." Pushing a rather radical kenotic Christology, Brenton claims that Christ has emptied Himself in a way that is never reversed, so that "Christ's very identity" is "nothing." That is to say, Christ is "nothing" with respect to the "empire of being" of this world; the "idol of power" is thus destroyed. As Benson points out, this is difficult to square with a strong doctrine of resurrection (though Benson suggests some ways Breton might work in an exaltation). And, I would add, I have my doubts that "kenosis" in Phil 2 is specifically about the incarnation anyway.
4) Irving Hexham reviews a book on modern paganism by Ronald Hutton, which debunks myths of a witch-burning craze in medieval or early modern history, shows that the church frequently protected accused witches against, and shows that modern paganism is just that, modern. "Hutton shows, neopaganism is far more deeply rooted in MODERN culture than most people realize. According to his research, modern paganism began its complex development with the reaction of German romantics to the spiritually barren rationalism of the Enlightenment. From Germany the Romantic vision quickly spread to England, where numerous writers embraced it by idealizing either ancient Greece or the Middle ages in poetry and fiction." In short, it all starts with Goethe.


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-1950 Ray Villmer & Billy Stack
This photo of Ray Villmer and Billy Stack is from 1950 as they teamed
several times vs the The Masked Marvel and partner The Unknown.
A youthful Pat Milosh is on the left, the young fellow on the right
is Chuck McDermaid as per the back of the photo, unsure of his role.
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'The Force of Nature' Sculpture Series by Lorenzo QuinnApril 17, 2013
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Artist Lorenzo Quinn has installed various versions of his sculpture, The Force of Nature, all over the world. Depicting a woman (presumably Mother Nature) pswinging the world around with a piece of cloth in the wind. (via)


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Monkey: Journey to the West
30 Sep 2008 // 6:00 PM
A musical, circus stage show based on a 16th century Chinese novel about a monkey who dreamed of being a god? Damon Albarn must have something to do with it. But stripped of the fancy visuals, the music is left wanting.


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The world has an insatiable appetite for data with no slow down in sight. Mobile Network operators can't upgrade to LTE fast enough and 5G technologies are right around the corner. And with the upgrade to these next generation networks, comes even more data intensive applications and services, further fueling the need to strategically plan network expansion and deploy assets wisely based on market conditions.
Network Capacity and Planning divisions are responsible for network expansion and optimization, while being expected to efficiently manage CapEx spend and deferral in a time of stagnating revenues. Guavus Network Planning™ analytics applications use predictive analytics to quickly detect network problems such as bandwidth issues, traffic congestion, new device introduction & service outages before they impact subscribers and enable operators to scale networks dynamically with more control.
Guavus Network Planning™ analytics applications present a holistic view of a CSP's distributed network, including characteristics across a wide range of mobile and fixed network elements, with views into network, device, and content provider, and deliver a continuous analysis down to individual network elements for complete, end-to-end visibility.
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Global IP Network Planning– Analyze network traffic to identify optimal peering points and hot-potato routing. Execute bit-mile based fair peering SLAs. Analyze geographic traffic distribution to identify and make internal business case for new POPs, peering relationships and backhaul links. Using Netflow and BGP data, get a complete end-to-end view of traffic AS PATHS, Port based Applications, Traffic Matrices and more
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possibly buying new handgun
I'm looking to purchase a cheaper handgun. Don't really much much preference on caliber other than something that is cheaper then .45 ACP. The whole purpose of the firearm is for plinking and target practice and possibly home self-defense if ever needed. I will not be carrying this firearm with me unless going to or from a friends house to shoot on his rural property or at the gun range, the only way I will start to carry a firearm with me is if the laws in Illinois changes and they allow concealed carry. The only gun I have right now is a Hi-Point .45 ACP pistol, which is a great weapon, however I'm wanting something that has a little cheaper ammo and less weight. I have found 3 different firearms to consider in my price range. 1st one being a used Glock 22 full size .40 caliber. 2nd being a new Taurus TCP compact .380 caliber. 3rd being a new Rugur LCP compact .380 caliber. I have heard good things about all 3 brands and I know that the Taurus and Rugur both are the lighting and smallest of the 3. Research shows me the .380 auto ammo is just a dollar or two cheaper then the .40 S&W ammo. I can probably pick up the Glock for $350 which research shows me is a fair price and is at an Illinois gun dealer, while the other 2 guns are $300-$310 and are a Missouri dealer, so I would have to get it transferred to an Illinois dealer and pay their transfer fee. Which gun should I go for? Also keep in mind that I do weigh 350 pounds so I have bigger hands, and since I haven't ever held a compact gun, I'm not sure how comfortable one would be in my big hands.
I would try a glock 19. Those .380's wont feel right in a larger hand. The glock 22 is a great pistol, but ammo isnt much cheaper than the .45 or much less weight.
Signing out, Alpha1victor.
4" new at Bud's, $486 http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/21_49_76/products_id/70255 I think you could find one for less, especially used.
I think Taurus isn't that great of a company and I don't like ruger (but my uncle loves). So I'm of no help in that category. But maybe I can persuade you on the ammunition sizes.
If you want a .40, your right about the ammo being a little cheaper. Plus it will be easier to shoot. It's a great round and the whole reason why it was invented was to have the advantages of both 9mm and .45 put together. Most all police departments have this as their standard issue round.
But honestly I wouldn't even bother with a .380. That's a chicks round (no offense :D). I would go with a 9mm if you want one of the smaller sizes. It takes all the benefits of it's "little brother" and then injects itself with steroids. lol
9 is super easy to shoot (most of the time), pretty cheap, and would work very well as a self defense handgun if need be. You can get 500 rounds of good metal in 9 mill for $100 and that's in Cali! .380 is the step up for kids from a .22, don't even waste your time.
Remember this though when you finally decide on a piece to pack heat: when it comes to guns, most of the time, you get what you pay for.
I have shot a .38 revolver before and honestly it was alright but didn't really like it that much. For some reason I get more thrill out of a semi-auto then I do a revolver. I'd have no problem getting a Glock 19 as it would be the cheapest probably for ammo, but I don't want to spend $500 on a hangun and I have checked every locally and the best price I found on a used Glock was that G22.
If you're looking for a cheap pistol for plinking only.and You already have a hi-point .45 and happy with it... just pick up a hi-point 9mm or .380. You cant go wrong.
Half of these people now hate me lol
If you want the glock 22, then get it. If it the price and caliber you want then go for it. It sounds like you already made the decision before you asked for our input.
Signing out, Alpha1victor.
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Kiran Kumar, U-stir the butt of ridicule at Telangana bheri
By S Guru Srikanth | ENS | Published: 30th September 2013 07:49 AM |
Last Updated: 30th September 2013 11:16 AM | A+A A- |
The massive turnout at Nizam College grounds in the heart of the city stood testimony to the deep-set desire among the people of the region for a separate Telangana state.
The nearly six-hour-long Sakala Jana Bheri was attended by people from all parts of Telangana and all sections of society. The songs of Telangana Dhoom Dham set the tone for the meeting. Most of the songs were aimed at criticising chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy for his Samaikya stance. However, the highlight of the cultural programmes was rendering of a song for Telangana by a little girl from Warangal.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao's comment that there is a psychological divide now between Andhra and Telangana peoples seemed true, at least among the crowd, as they lustily cheered whenever the ongoing agitation in Andhra and Rayalaseema regions was ridiculed. Even the announcement of the High Court rejecting the DGP's plea for term extension was also received with wild applause.
In his presidential address, Telangana Joint Action Committee chairman M Kodandaram said the massive turnout should be an eye-opener to those fighting in vain for keeping the state united .
"The demand for a Telangana state is a demand for freedom from the clutches of oppression, from the constant exploitation of its resources in every sense, from the resultant backwardness," he said and added that the Telangana region had borne the burnt of underdevelopment in the integrated state and 75 percent of farmers' suicides in the state were in Telangana.
Stating that division of the state was the only solution to the ills, he said it would help both sides prosper. Claiming that the fears of Andhra people that they would lose jobs and educational opportunities were baseless. He said the real worry of Andhra leaders was that they would lose the lands they had encroached and an opportunity to use their political clout to amass wealth as evident from the Jagan's case and the allegations made against TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu.
He said the silence of Telangana Congress leaders over the delay in Telangana state formation process was shameful. The speeches of other leaders were more or less on similar lines. Nagam Janardhan Reddy and Y Lakshminarayan of BJP focused on criticising the chief minister. Describing Kiran as Kiri Kiri Reddy, Nagam alleged that the linguistic fanaticism of Andhras had led to deterioration of Telangana in every sense.
TRS leaders E Rajender and K Kesava Rao, CPI's G Mallesh, CPI-ML (New Democracy) leaders Goverdhan and Suryam and others demanded a special session of Parliament before the winter session to pass Telangana bill.
Minority leader Hamid Md Khan emphasied that Telangana Assembly should ensure equality, equal opportunity, rightfull share of Muslims who make up 15 percent of Telangana population. Telangana Electricity Employees JAC leader Raghu said Hyderabad had electrification 20 years before the first bulb glowed in Andhra region.


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I had a chemical peel (TCA 30%) about two years ago. The results were good/fair. There was about 4-5 days of downtime (e.g., redness, excessive peeling...) which was difficult to deal with (I hate staying indoors!!). My acne did clear up and my skin appeared tighter and healthier. I would like to emphasize the importance of wearing sunscreen daily especially after a chemical which i did comply with after my treatment. After a couple of months my skin appeared to return to the way it looked prior to treatment. Recently, I wanted to touch up some fine lines and wrinkles. So I ordered the product (TCA 30%) and got started when i had some time off from work. For some reason this time, may skin changed color in some of the areas i treated. I am lucky i did not do a full face peel. It is not a severe discoloration but it is still apparent to me (pink/red color). Makeup does a bad job of concealing it. It has been two months and I still notice the discoloration. This is disappointing. If i had to do it over again I would definitely go with a lower concentration of tca.
I started using low strengths of Salicylic and Glycolic Acid because your skin needs to get used to it first. You don't want to damage your skin so always start with low strengths first. I currently use 40% Glycolic and 30% Salicylic Acid. I use them once every other month just to keep my skin clear. What did work for my acne is the combination of regular exfoliation and Spironolactone.
I think if you only have minimal scarring you should try it. My skin had very little pit marks and was mostly discolored. It seemed to improve my skin but I am also very fair skinned so depigmentation works differently for me than for other people.
My acne is now completely gone, and I'm currently using the Jan Marini line and Jane Iredale mineral make up which were both introduced to me by skin specialist. I'm asian, so I was worried about doing these peels especially at 70% but there weren't any complications. For those who are planning to do a peel. make sure you're specialist is either a trained nurse or doctor who specialises in acne. Also, if your acne is infected (you'll know when pus comes out of your pimple when you pop it), you should have laser treatment done on top of your extraction and peel.
I had a Laser Genesis Treatment in Phila. The "sales person" thats bascially what they are they dont care. she told me its a wonderful treatment my skin will glow i will look younger so i had 1 treatment 2 days later i was breaking out like a mad women i never had acne before 3 months later my face is cover with large and tiny underground pimples. i have dark ugly spot all over. i been using a salicylic acid peel its my 4th peel but my skin has not improve im so depress i look like sh*t. if anyone tried any product and it work please recommend.
My surgeon did microdermabrasion first and then a 60% glycolic peel........Go for a glycolic 75%/TCA 35%....Dont go above that....This is a safe limit...
Went in for a light TCA peel in hopes of reducing pore size and removing dark spots/preg. mask. I was told down time would be about 5 to 7 days. About day 5 my entire face broke out in acne(had never had acne) there were at least 200 spots on my face. Unsure of what was happening, called dr. office. They said I must be allergic to the antibiotic ointment and discontinue use. Another week passes and it is not anybetter, go to my dermatologist. Prescribed medication to dry up the spots. It is about 1 month later and I'm still not 100%. I don't think my skin will ever be the same. It is very red, sensitive, and still breaking out.
For me it works.
I had a Chemical peel (TCA/30%) last year. After four to five days of downtime, my skin did look younger and healthier. Acne, acne scars, and fine lines were reduced. However, my results were temporary. I believe this is because skin is swollen and plump after a chemical peel which visible reduces some skin imperfections. After some time, my skin returned to its original state. Would recommend this treatment if you can deal with the down time and want to temporary improve your skin for an upcoming event (party, event, etc.)
skin wil look very nice for 3-4 days aftr treatment,but after sumdays it wil becum d same lyk before.its beter 2use any cream rather than doing such treatments,even laser treatment isnt effective.d best treatment is to use any ayurvedic cream,Dr's jst know hw 2 mint money,they dnt care whther ur skin is sensitive,hard,soft,etc,they wil jst run their machines n treatment on ur face lyk a butcher does 2 slaughter goats.trust me,its beter using any cream for scars rather than takin apointments n visiting Dr's n wasting money


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The Dog School Identity Materials
Studio A, Alexandria, Virginia, 1995
Purpose: To create an identity for a new company whose primary business is training dogs.
Creative strategy: We use positive dog commands to reinforce the activity involved in each item.
Why we value this project: It's fun! It has a sense of humor!
Why we believe it demonstrates excellence in communication graphics: Ask your judges. They picked it. (Or see question above).
Collections: Communication Graphics: 17 (1996)
Repository: Denver Art Museum
Discipline: Brand and identity systems design
Format: Brand identity, Logo
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text: In our story about retail sales for the 2011 holiday season which aired Sunday, December 18, we mentioned a special offer by Sears for a free pair of diamond earrings with jewelry purchases of $199 or more. That offer was in effect for December 16 and 17, the special shopping day known as "Super Saturday." That offer ended on December 17th and should not have been included in the roundup of ongoing sales. We regret this error.


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When the Eagle Flies
|When the Eagle Flies
|Studio album by Traffic
|September 1974
|July 1973 – June 1974
|Progressive rock
|Chris Blackwell
|Traffic chronology
When the Eagle Flies is the seventh studio album released by English rock band Traffic, in 1974. It was the final album released by the band until their 1994 reunion Far from Home. The album featured Jim Capaldi on drums, keyboards and vocals; Rosko Gee on bass guitar; Steve Winwood on guitar, keyboards, and vocals; and Chris Wood on flute and saxophone. (Percussionist Rebop Kwaku Baah was fired prior to the album's completion, but his contributions are heard on two of its tracks.) The album uses a broader variety of keyboard instruments than previous Traffic albums, adding Moog to their repertoire.
When the Eagle Flies was the band's fourth consecutive studio album to reach the American Top Ten[1] and have gold album status. It was far less successful in the United Kingdom, where it entered the charts at number 31 only to drop off the following week.[2] Traffic toured to support the release, but they disbanded in the middle of the tour in 1974.
The Chris Wood composition "Moonchild Vulcan" was recorded for the album, but ultimately left out in favour of "Memories of a Rock N' Rolla".[3] The song was played on the supporting tour for the album, however, and a live recording by Traffic was later released on Wood's posthumous 2008 solo album Vulcan.
|Professional ratings
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Rolling Stone called the album uneven, saying that its bleak tone works superbly on "Graveyard People" and "Walking in the Wind", but elsewhere it often "turns anemic as a result of either a poorly conceived arrangement or inadequate production." However, they regarded the use of tighter and more concise songs as a promising change in direction for the band, and recommended the album based on the renewed strength of Winwood/Capaldi's songwriting and Winwood's work with the keyboards.[5] Allmusic's retrospective review asserted the opposite: that the album indulged in long and meandering instrumentation more than any other work by Traffic, with even the vocals doing no more than "improvising his melodies over the music, paying little heed to the meaning of the words".[4]
Track listing[edit]
All songs by Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi unless otherwise noted.
Side One[edit]
- "Something New" – 3:15
- "Dream Gerrard" (Steve Winwood, Vivian Stanshall) – 11:03
- "Graveyard People" – 6:05
Side Two[edit]
- "Walking in the Wind" – 6:48
- "Memories of a Rock N' Rolla" – 4:50
- "Love" – 3:20
- "When the Eagle Flies" – 4:24[6]
- Steve Winwood – guitar, vocals, keyboards
- Chris Wood – flute, saxophone
- Jim Capaldi – drums, percussion, backing vocal (5), keyboards
- Rosko Gee – bass
- Rebop Kwaku Baah (uncredited) – percussion (3, 7)
Production notes:
- Chris Blackwell – producer
- Nobby Clark – engineer
- Brian Humphries – engineer
- Jeff Willens – mastering
- Bill DeYoung – liner notes
- Martin Hughes – cover design
- Bill Levenson – reissue supervisor
- Monique McGuffin – reissue production coordination
- Vartan – reissue art director
Chart positions[edit]
|UK Albums Chart
|Billboard Pop Albums
- ^ a b Traffic in the USA Charts, Allmusic. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
- ^ a b Traffic in the UK Charts, The Official Charts. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
- ^ Ropek, Dan (2008). In Vulcan (pp.4-10) [CD booklet]. Cherry Red Records Ltd.
- ^ a b When the Eagle Flies at AllMusic
- ^ Emerson, Ken. (November 7, 1974). Album review, Rolling Stone.
- ^ https://www.discogs.com/master/view/69045


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Hello, if you write the following command in postgresql: SELECT * FROM pg_user; You see a list of users and in the field with the users password 'passwd' you only see '********'. It is not important how long the password is, you only see 8 '*'. So every user only see stars in that field. It does not matter what Data Type the field is. But I do not know how to do that. Heinrich Retzlaw -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: pgsql-novice-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org [mailto:pgsql-novice-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org]Im Auftrag von Nick Sayer Gesendet: Freitag, 8. November 2002 18:21 An: hretzlaw(at)prj1(dot)etm-ag(dot)com Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org Betreff: Re: [NOVICE] creating table with an encrypted filed It sort of begs the question: Who is it you're protecting the field from? Clearly some classes of user need to access the data and some don't. You can use encryption as a means of access control, certainly, but typically it's better to just use access control (GRANT and DENY). Apart from database access, the only way to get access to the tables is through the filesystem, and if an attacker is in a position to rape your filesystem, you've probably got much bigger problems. Passwords are a special case - typically the question you ask about passwords is 'did the user supply the correct one?' not 'what is the user's password?' In this circumstance, it is safer to store a hash of the user's password. My prefered method is to use the MD5 hash of the user's login name, a ':' (or some other separator) and the user's password. The addition of the username means that two users who have the same password won't *look* like they do if someone somehow gets ahold of the list and tries an offline dictionary attack. This fails for situations like IMAP non-plaintext authentications where the server actually has to know the user's plaintext password, but that sort of thing is beyond the scope of this e-mail. :-) Retzlaw Heinrich wrote: > Hello, > I want to create a table with an encrypted field for a password entry, so > that you can see only ********. > And can I encrypt fields which datatype is an integer or a timestamp? > > Thank you > Best regards Heinrich > > Heinrich Retzlaw - Software Developer > ETM Deutschland GmbH > Adenauerstraße 20-A1, D-52146 Aachen > Tel. +49/2405/483-0, Fax -707 > E-Mail: hretzlaw(at)etm(dot)at > Web: http://www.etm.at http://www.praedico.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to majordomo(at)postgresql(dot)org
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Adama was established in 2000 when Liat Dror and Nir Ben Gal moved their activities from the center of Israel (Tel Aviv) to Mitzpe Ramon.
From a world view that art is not only dedicated the people of the center. To find out what art is, how it's connected and how you can build an independent center in the heart of the desert without reliance on the demographic or the social location. The chosen location was a deserted industrial hangar that slowly and gradually turned into an enchanted palace of dance and harmony, surrounded by greenery. It became a home base of the Liat Dror NirBen Gal Dance Company, a Dance Art Healing Center. Currently the dance company consists of 5 dancers. Next to the Dance Company there is a Dance School operating four days a week, attracting people from all over the world in order to learn Movement and Dance, Breathing Technique and Art. Throughout the week we host various groups for whom we build appropriate activities.
The skills acquired here at Adama is the recognition of the natural movement of each one of us, dancer or not and the understanding of the strength and the intensity of the body, physical and emotional. Development of the ability to express yourself in a non-verbal manner will open a completely different way of quieting the mind.
Therefore, the groups that come here are very diverse, all from arty culture lovers to employers at high-tech are coming to a place that enables complete freedom to deep learning. Three times a year Hangar Adama is opening it's doors completely; organizing festivals that mirrors their continuous activity only in a very big scale.A space is created for free movement and everyone can find his own way to experience it - as a participant or a spectator.
Everyone can find their match in a broad spectrum of classes.
The silence and serenity of the desert, the space, the movement and simply being, creates magic and allows us to celebrate and dance and bring more joy to our lives.
The choreographer duo Liat Dror and Nir Ben Gal moved their activity from Tel Aviv to Mitzpe Ramon in the belief that this will create a connection between the therapy of dance and the wilderness. In the spacey quietness they found their way of dancing, managing, teaching, creating and listening to your body."
Their road together began with the work "Two room apartment" which game them the "Shades of Dance" price in 1987. Later on they received several international awards. One of those was the French "Bianola". Other productions that also received a lot of attention were "Inta Omri" and "Dance of Nothing".
The Adama Dance School
The school emphasizes the difference between qualities and the understanding that they are one of the same circle. Some classes focus on creating the heavens and expanding the boundaries and freedom of natural movement in all of us. Other lessons are dealing with preciseness, unity, learning balance and boundary. There are lessons that teach the cyclic degradation of nature, when one of the main ways is to understand the weight, how we get it between us and ourselves and connection to the other.Parallel there are lessons aimed at building and creating, as the nature of our construction is created from scratch, to feelings, emotions, experiences and desires to be solid in the construction. A major theme is breathing and how we build the strength and resilience of the body. Learning that comes from different directions, whether through relaxation classes that teaches the body to reach deep breathing without grasping, sitting meditation and quieting of the mind.These exercises are helping us to learn about our inside breathing and its acceleration so we can recognize the movements and changes.
Other examples of classes that are held is yoga that we all know strengthens the sense of movement, growth and stability and aerial acrobatics that enables us to move without touching land and teaches us to stabilize ourselves in constant motion which introduces our bodies to a physical external dimension. Practically there is a lot of dancing taking place, enabling us to move freely both emotionally and physically. We are challenging ourselves with stability and loss of control. Trust and love of the space. Every day is a new challenge.
How to get to Adama
The easiest way to get here is to take the train from Tel Aviv till Beersheba. Then across the street you have the central bus station. You take the bus number 60 (Metropolin) till Mitzpe Ramon. Almost every hour you have a bus.
It's a 1H 30 trip and the sight is beautiful. Ask the driver to get off at the first stop in Mitzpe Ramon, after you get off take the first turn to the left
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With a car drive on road 40. The first entrance to Mitzpe Ramon
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We are a Frosty the Snowman obsessed house. My kids walk around singing Frosty all day, every day, and I was happy to have the chance to add some Frosty fun into our collection. In Frosty's Winter Wonderland, we pick up the story of Frosty and watch as he finds the love of his life- and experience the magic of Frosty plus one!! I love that this keeps so true to the original holiday classic, and doesn't modernize or update much. Frosty needs no modernization nor updating. He's wonderful as he is. This is, in my opinion, one of the "must have" DVDs to add to your holiday viewing collection.
From beloved song to animated holiday classic: Frosty meets his match in a glistening Remastered Deluxe Edition! Andy Griffith, Shelley Winters and Jackie Vernon lend their voices to this captivating cartoon about the Snowman's winter return to the children of a small town for a winter season of fun and games. But he's lonely at night when left by himself. So the grateful kids build him a beautiful snowlady companion. Jealous of the attention given Frosty, Jack Frost blows up a blizzard and swipes Frosty's magical, life-giving hat. Only true love can bring Frosty back to his old fun-loving self. Two songs that have proven to be enduring seasonal favorites highlight the soundtrack: Frosty the Snowman and Winter Wonderland.
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From the candle-lit bastion of Freehold Games, hello! As we enter the high holy days of Ut yara Ux, as the sun approaches its high salt zenith, we have some news to share about Sproggiwood.
Sproggiwood has been out on iOS and Android for over a year now. Shortly after we released, I wrote a blog post reviewing our first 14 days of sales and explaining our decision to launch at $9.99. Our experience over the past year has reaffirmed the decision to go premium. Sproggiwood wasn't a breakout hit, but it did well enough to support the argument that players are willing to pay a fair price for quality games.
Of course, whether we hit the right price point is up for debate. Over the past several weeks, we've been experimenting with a temporary price reduction to $4.99. Looking at the data, it turns out that we're selling about twice as many units at half the original price. Given that it's a wash from a revenue perspective, we decided to fall back on our mission statement as a studio and go with the option that gets twice as many people playing Sproggiwood.
So, we're permanently dropping the price on iOS and Android to $4.99. AND… for the duration of the Steam Summer Sale, we're dropping the price to $2.99, the lowest it's ever been! Here's the price breakdown (USD) for Sproggiwood and Caves of Qud on all platforms over the next few weeks.
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So if you haven't played Sproggiwood, the time is now, friend. Thanks to everyone who's already supported the game and shared it with their friends. Be on the lookout for our weekly Caves of Qud patches while we're in Early Access on Steam.


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I haven't blogged in a while, so please allow me to return with a harrowing story of fear and betrayal. My friend Jane* and I recently had a brush with grizly, painful, serial-type death. But let me begin where all great horror stories do—at a fairly run of the mill mall in an average city in North America.
Jane and I were walking through the mall when a pleasant-looking woman in her forties approached us, and with an accent that placed her origins distinctly in some country that ends in 'akia,' asked us if we'd like to take a survey, and promised to give us five dollars if we did. I glanced quickly at Jane, whose eyes revealed no strong opposition, and then, seeing the word Chocolate on the top of the paper she was holding, agreed to be surveyed.
"First we have to make sure you're eligible," she said with her Akian accent, and she proceeded to ask a series of personal questions that I found rather intrusive, but I kept my eyes on the word chocolate, so it all felt pretty worth it to be a cog in the great candy machine.
We qualified to take the survey, and were ready to begin.
"Now you'll have to go with my colleague," the woman said to Jane, "and you'll come with me," she added, to me. "We're just going to go over here."
I began to follow her, assuming that we were just going to go a few steps away so that Jane and I couldn't cheat by consulting on answers through a series of glances and hand gestures.
We walked a few steps away.
We kept walking.
We walked a little further.
"Follow me," the Akian woman repeated repeatedly, as I began to slow down and glance back at Jane, a little concerned whether I'd see her again soon.
But I didn't want to be rude. So we walked a little further. Soon we approached a door that led out of the mall's main drag and, as I could see through it's window, into a long, sterile hallway which appeared to be an area prepped for internal probing.
"Uh, where are we going?" I asked.
"Our office is back here," the Akian woman told me. "Come on."
And again, I didn't want to be rude, so I followed her through the doors, down the hallway, through another set of doors, down an aisle, and into a cubicle that seemed innocuous enough aside from the fact that the path to it had been designed by Daedalus.
Despite its innocuousness and the more or less pleasant manner of the woman, I couldn't help but wonder, "What the hell kind of survey is this? A survey is when you answer questions. What in the name of Q is going on here?"
The Akian woman left the cubicle, then returned with a jug of what appeared to be water, poured me a glass, and set it in front of me. I had what I assume is the normal response to being handed a beverage from a complete stranger who has just led you through a labyrinth on what were beginning to look more and more like false pretenses: "Well, I'm not fucking drinking that."
She left the room. I heard her whisper something. She came back. She pulled out a manila envelope. She left again. She said to someone, "There's only one in here... Oh, that's okay? We'll just use one for this one?"
ONE WHAT?? I thought, and I debated whether I should pull my phone out and call for help now, or if I'd be risking getting caught and having it taken away, and I should wait until I'm moved to the second location and possibly left alone for a while and then call 911. But they say never let them take you to the second location, don't they? Oh, shit, this IS the second location. What now? What is a girl about to be sold into white slavery in Akia to do??
I was very disappointed in myself for not having planned for this. Years of horror movies and crime dramas should have left me better equipped to deal with the situation. Or for that matter, the Stranger Danger program should have. When someone approaches you in a mall and offers you candy and money, RUN AWAY AND TELL A GROWN UP. Why didn't I tell a grown up?
The Akian woman returned, carrying the manila envelope containing only ONE THING. Maybe that was good. Maybe it was only one razor blade that I'd be forced to swallow. But maybe it was only one injection of morphine and I'd spend the rest of this ordeal semi-conscious and painfully aware.
"Your friend will be here soon," she promised, with a tone that I thought I recognized as the smug satisfaction of a serial killer. And I wept a little on the inside, because they got Jane, too.
She put a container of soda crackers beside the still-untouched 'water' glass.
"The like you to have a clear pallette," she said.
THEY WHO? my eyes pleaded. CLEAR FOR WHAT????
"This is your first survey, isn't it?" the Akian woman asked.
"Yes," I replied in my terrified, weak voice.
She looked me in the eye, and reaching into that manila envelope, declared, in her thick accent and with an ominous tone, "Make a wish."
I peed myself a little.
This is the end, I said to myself, and I thought of all the things I'd never had the chance to do in my lifetime. And how glad I was that I'd spent that money on that concert that I shouldn't have spent, because you can't take money with you, neither to the afterlife nor to the Far East to be someone's unwilling caged concubine.
I stared at her.
She stared at me.
My hands trembled.
Hers pulled something wrapped in paper towel out of the manila envelope.
My heart pounded.
My palms sweated.
My eyes darted.
I wished.
Just like she told me to. I wished to live. I wished it so hard that I peed myself again.
"My mother always said that when it's your first time doing something, you're entitled to make a wish," she said with a warm smile, and she unwrapped the paper towel and there were two chocolate candies, and then she pulled out a whole bag of chocolate candies.
And then she explained that we were doing taste-testing for these new chocolates about to go on the market from a certain company I can't name because eventually I had to sign a non-disclosure agreement regarding the top secret new chocolate.
And this story's pretty anti-climactic, huh? Well, hey, they can't all be winners. If it helps, the top secret new chocolate was pretty damn amazing, and it should be available soon for what I personally 'Strongly Agreed' was a fair price.
Also, I lived. And I did get $5.
No pants were actually soiled in the making of this blog post. Any event of pant soiling is purely exaggerative and does not represent any other pant soiling, real or fictional.
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New Delhi: The fate of Swedish furniture maker Ikea's proposed investment in India will now be known on 24 January, with the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) rescheduling a meeting to decide whether to allow the retailer to open stores with cafeterias and a full range of its products.
FIPB, the agency that clears such proposals, was due to meet on Friday to consider for a second time Ikea's plan to invest an initial €600 million (around Rs.4,330 crore today) to open 10 stores in India. In November, the agency pruned the list of items Ikea can sell in India and barred it from opening the cafes, famous for their signature meatballs.
Ikea's proposed investment, which has become a test case for the entry of single-brand foreign retailers into Asia's third largest economy, has been the subject of a tussle between the finance ministry and the commerce ministry. Commerce minister Anand Sharma has pushed Ikea's case, but the finance ministry has been re luctant to clear it in its original form.
Foreign investors and retailers will be closely watching the outcome of Ikea's application, said Gaurav Gupta, senior director at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu's India unit.
"This is the largest proposal to be made by a foreign retailer... So the government needs to send out a positive message to foreign investors, policymakers and multiple stakeholders across the globe," Gupta said.
FIPB, which comprises the secretaries of various government departments, comes under the finance ministry and is chaired by the economic affairs secretary in the ministry. Foreign direct investment (FDI) policy, however, is overseen by the department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP), an arm of the commerce ministry.
"DIPP's job is to formulate FDI policy. Our job is to clear individual proposals based on the policy given by them. Let them do their duty and let us do our duty," a finance ministry official said about the Ikea proposal.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the finance ministry had expressed concerns about allowing Ikea to sell products reserved for small-scale industries ranging from wax candles to wooden furniture.
Sharma has expressed confidence that FIPB will allow Ikea to follow its global model.
"The government has taken a view, sensitively so, on the presentation that Ikea has made in this regard and a favourable view has been taken. So we accept their global model," he told reporters on 26 December.
FIPB on 20 November referred the proposal to the cabinet committee on economic affairs as the proposal involves an investment of more than Rs.1,200 crore, the threshold for the agency. Ikea then made a presentation to the government, seeking approval of its original proposal.
FIPB first listed the proposal for reconsideration for 31 December at the request of DIPP. It deferred the meeting at the last minute, citing lack of enough time to discuss it. The 186th meeting of FIPB had been scheduled for Friday (18 January); this has now been shifted to the following Thursday, or 24 January.
In June, the Swedish company said it would, through its subsidiary Ingka Holding Overseas BV, invest €1.5 billion to open 25 stores in India. After investing €600 million initially, it plans to pump in an additional €900 million to open 15 stores in the next phase of its operations.
"We expect to have Ikea restaurants and cafes inside the Ikea stores in India as every other store worldwide," an Ikea spokesperson had said last month in an email response to queries from Mint. "The Ikea cafe/restaurant is a mandatory and integral part of the Ikea concept and offer to our customers. The Ikea group is confident that the Indian government will support Ikea's application as per the Ikea concept, and Ikea respects the Indian government's efforts in this process."
In January 2012, the government allowed 100% FDI in single-brand retail, but the response from overseas retailers was tepid because of conditions such as a requirement to source 30% of content from the small-scale sector. However, the government made this optional in September, while opening the multi-brand retail sector to foreign supermarket chains.


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JUST ANNOUNCED: WhiteWater Ramble @ The Fox Theatre | 5/3/12
Z2 Entertainment is proud to present WhiteWater Ramble at the Fox Theatre on Thursday, May 3rd. Tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday, April 13th for $8.00 in advance and $10.00 day of show.
Self-described as "High-Octane Rocky Mountain DanceGrass", WhiteWater Ramble uses a simple recipe to craft it's sound - bluegrass instrumentation, add drums, and a boundary-less approach to grassing-up everything from disco house grooves to roots Americana. The Colorado-bred quintet combines the elements of Mandolin, Fiddle, Acoustic Guitar, Upright Bass, Drums and Vocals to explore the musical boundaries of multiple genres to fuel their own mixture of original music and innovative cover song interpretations. Whether playing an intimate encore, acoustic and unplugged in the crowd, or surfing on top of the upright bass, WhiteWater Ramble delivers a powerful and memorable live performance.
A diverse festival resume has helped bring WWR to stages at events like Wakarusa, Grand Targhee Bluegrass Festival, Nedfest, Bohemian Nights NewWestFest, Copper Mountain Sunsation, Desert Rocks, Keystone Bluegrass and Brews, The Denver People's Fair, South Park Music Festival, Westword's Music Showcase, numerous Brew Festivals, and their own annual two day music and camping festival, Ramble on the River.
Their debut studio alblum, All Night Drive features 12 genre-jumping original tracks complimented by a who's who of guest artists that showcases this formula. Produced by Tim Carbone of Railroad Earth fresh off projects with Greensky Bluegrass and Great American Taxi, the album leverages 6 years of touring, writing and arranging the very best of WWR's original pieces.
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He's been accused of pretty much everything that could destroy a religious leader: financial misdealing, heresy, lying, insubordination, sexual sin. Angry mobs have burnt chili and salt in a ritual effort to curse his name. Lurid "docudramas" featuring "dramatic re-enactments" of his alleged visits to Australian brothels have been broadcast again and again to millions. Headlines have called him "vile beast," "persistently stubborn," and "son of a bitch." The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Thai government have called him a "rogue monk" and "one of the most wanted men in Thailand."
Given everything that's been said about 46-year-old Venerable Winai Amaro, in person he's something of a disappointment. Sitting cross-legged on the floor, daubing at a dog's muddy paws with a Kleenex, Winai doesn't seem like a cunning, smooth-talking sex machine. He seems sweet and cheerful and docile -- he seems like, well, what you'd expect a Buddhist monk to be. Harmless.
If he's misspending his followers' donations, he's not lavishing them on the Escondido monastery where he's lived for the past three years. The monastery's setting is beautiful, however. Off a two-lane road a mile or so east of I-15, the monastery's 13 acres overlook the Pala mountains and are lush with bergamot, pomelo, and kumquat trees heavy with fruit and shiny with rain. The monastery itself is a lackluster, two-story stucco structure built sometime in the 1970s. The upstairs area where Winai and six monks live and work looks more like a college dorm than an international criminal's hideout. Dusty boxes of books and Buddhist tchochkes fill the main room. The carpet could use shampooing. Two dogs, Tiger and Lion, trot in and out at will, daubing the carpet with muddy paw prints. From the windows and sliding-glass doors behind the small area where Winai sits when he receives guests, you can see the Pala mountains and, in the foreground, among the fruit trees, a few of the blue-tarpaulin tents -- the klot -- in which Winai and his monks sleep. This rustic touch is intentional; Winai was a "forest" monk.
Monks are revered in Thailand, which is 95 percent Buddhist and a country where the division between church and state authority is not always clear. Thai monks can be divided into roughly two categories: urban monks, whose lives revolve mostly around study; and forest monks, whose lives are centered around Buddhist practice. From the beginning of his religious journey, Winai sought peace and nonattachment in Thailand's rural areas -- lonely islands, jungles, forests -- on long, soggy treks across mountain trails. A devoted student of life's transience, he camped in cemeteries and at one point lived for six months with the corpses of ten men and women in a cave, where he contemplated their decay. His biography says of this sojourn, "These rotten corpses became bloated, and blood and bodily fluids exuded. The smell of the rotten flesh pervaded the cave. To expose and search for the internal organs for contemplation, he cut open the rotten bodies, removed some organs and preserved them in liquid. Living side by side with these corpses and practicing the recommended contemplations enabled Winai to make good progress in the way of [Dharma]."
Living side-by-side with these corpses no doubt prepared Winai to serenely confront corruption of a more mundane variety.
As he evolved from searcher to ordained monk -- crisscrossing Thailand on foot, stopping only to study or meditate or teach Buddhist principles -- Winai developed a following. By the mid-1980s he was a somewhat popular personality in Thailand, known for his sincerity and his ability to communicate esoteric Buddhist teaching in practical, everyday terms. By the early 1990s his name was known to virtually everyone in Thailand, he had established 15 meditation centers around the country and abroad, had tens of thousands of followers, and had attracted the attention of Thailand's military and bureaucratic elite.
Religion and authority have long been intertwined in Thailand. In the early 1800s, for example, Prince Mongkut, of The King and I fame, spent 14 years as the abbot of a Bangkok monastery before becoming the king of Siam. Even Western-educated Bhumipol Adulyadej, the present king of Thailand, spent several weeks as a monk in the mid-1950s. The Thai king is considered the protector of Buddhism -- and the Thai government keeps an administrative hand in spiritual matters through the Ministry of Education's Department of Religious Affairs. The term "Thai government," however, is an ambiguous one, because for many decades Thai political life has consisted of a long series of coups d'état. In 1991, the Thai military once again seized power from yet another government, and by the spring of 1992 the Thai people had had enough and demanded an end to military control. The military didn't agree: in May 1992, soldiers killed at least 50 pro-democracy demonstrators.
If you ask Winai now why he decided to speak out against the killings, he says he doesn't remember. He says he doesn't think it was an exceptional or brave thing to do.
"I've spent my life teaching Buddhism, teaching the truth. I don't think it was unusual for a Buddhist to say that killing people was wrong."
But it was unusual for a Thai Buddhist to say that killing was wrong during an interview taped by a 60 Minutes TV crew, especially when the Thai military was responsible for the killing in question.
To the American ear, Winai's remarks on 60 Minutes, and ones he later made to his followers, sound inconsequential. Moreover, they sound like precisely the sort of thing you'd expect a Buddhist monk to say. Winai encouraged the military government to cooperate with pro-democracy demonstrators. Winai said the main problems in Thailand were "greed and hatred." Winai criticized government corruption, government involvement in liquor, gambling, and prostitution. He said Buddhists shouldn't be involved in liquor, gambling, and prostitution. He encouraged government officials to be honest. He suggested that all Thais practice nonviolence.
Instead of ignoring him, the Thai government took a very active interest in what Winai had to say. In 1994-1995, Winai was inundated with all sorts of accusations, most having to do with his allegedly having broken his vow of celibacy and with a criminal charge of having "defamed unnamed government officials and the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand." The Thai media, which are operated by the government and the military, had a field day. The ensuing national hysteria was so violent and prolonged that it could only have occurred in a country where, as the U.S. State Department reports, politicians routinely bribe journalists, police routinely take bribes, and radio stations are required by law to broadcast government-produced newscasts four times daily.


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Hosts USA only qualified in second place from Group C in the CONCACAF Gold Cup after suffering a shock 2-1 reverse against Panama in Tampa but Bob Bradley's men are nevertheless odds-on favourites at 4/7 with Stan James to book their place in the semi finals of the competition by beating Group B winners, Jamaica.
However, Theodore Whitmore's men, Paddy Power's 11/2 underdogs, won all three of their group matches without conceding a goal so they are no pushovers and as the States have shown their vulnerability, they simply don't appeal in the match betting at such a short price.
Instead, given Jamaica's defensive resilience and the fact that USA kept a couple of clean sheets in the group stage as well, it could be worth considering Betdaq's 2.0 (even money) for the contest in Washington DC to produce fewer than 2.5 goals.
By contrast, in the remaining last eight encounter Panama and El Salvador should generate plenty of goals. The former, at 4/6 courtesy of 888Sport are worthy favourites and should have too much for their leaky opponents but they've conceded in every game themselves and so this looks like a clash in which both teams will find the net (11/10, bet365). Alternatively, chalk odds of 21/20 against a match tally of at least three goals.
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Former COPE candidate launches new Vancouver party
RJ Aquino says his new civic political party One City aims to tackle the affordable housing issue in Vancouver. (JEREMY NUTTALL/24 HOURS)
A new municipal party that says it's made up of former members of Vision Vancouver and the Coalition of Progressive Electors is looking to wade into the city's political sea.
Called OneCity, the party launched itself with a press conference Monday at Vancouver City Hall.
Current sole candidate — and former COPE candidate — R.J. Aquino said the party's former members from both Vision and COPE were unhappy with the political parties.
"It's just a growing dissatisfaction with how politics is done," Aquino said. "We feel it could be done in a way that's more engaging and more accessible and more focused on growing a movement than focusing specifically on politics."
He said affordable housing in the city has taken a backseat to condominium development, suggesting the issue is creating a divide within Vancouver between low- and high-income residents.
That will be a focus of the party.
"The goal of building a life here is getting further out of our reach," he said, stressing he wants the city to be a place in which future generations of current residents can afford to live.
OneCity said it will release its official platform in the future, but did not give a firm date.
Though Aquino is the only candidate, he said more are in the works and Park Board candidates would also be accepted by the party.


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Here at IOL Motoring we live by the credo "If lots is good, more is better and too much is just about right."
Lots, in this case, refers to the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Black Series, with Affalterbach's superlative naturally-aspirated 6208cc V8 delivering 380kW and a tar-wrinkling 620Nm.
More is German tuning haus Väth, who are now offering what they call the V63 Coupé Supercharged Black Series, with belt-driven supercharger, air-to-water intercooler, fuel cooler, revised engine mapping and a very authoritative low-optimised sports auspuff (exhaust system) with crossover tailpipe and stright-through flaps, either operated by gas-flow sensors or by a button on the centre console - and which is not street-legal in Germany!
The result is literally breathtaking: Väth quotes 556kW and 800Nm, 0-100 in 3.6 seconds (that's superbike country!) and, with the right tyres, a limited top speed of 350km/h.
But power, of course is useless without control, so the Väth conversion includes a chassis upgrade, starting with special dampers, adjustable for preload, ride height (between 25mm and 65mm lower than the standard C63) and compression and rebound damping.
High-performance brakes with 405mm discs and braided stainless-steel hoses sit inside Väth's own 20" three-piece, forged-alloy rims, shod with 265/30 rubber in front and 305/25 at the back.
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nickel vs gold plate crimp pins in dsub connectors
anyone got an opinion on nickel vs gold plate crimp contacts in dsub25 and hd26 connectors? they all have gold plated tips, but the crimp tabs are either gold plated or bare nickel. i'm using it for aes/ebu and analog audio multichannel cables. i don't know if the anti corrosion properties of gold matter if:
a. the crimp tabs and cable conductor are mashed together in the crimp
b. the cable conductor isn't plated with gold.
c. the cable isn't going to move around much.
also, should i flux the parts before crimping them?
If you are going to solder the wire-to-connector junction then does it matter what the plating is?
I would not flux first.
I've heard that soldering is not recommended when crimping
You can solder after crimping if you really want to, but don't pre-tin the wires as the solder creeps under the pressure of the crimp and after a while it's no longer a gas tight joint.
that makes more sense.
would the same reason we flux before soldering, getting non-conductive oxidation out of the way, not apply to crimping?
You can do one or the other or both but if you do both then dry crimp first.
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