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Release Date: 2006.04.26
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HYDE of L'Arc~en~Ciel releases his third solo album "FAITH" followed by a five-month tour in Japan with 4 stops in California, USA. HYDE has been extremely busy with the making of this album, doing an incredible amount of research to make this album a reality. The cover of the album features an oil painting of Jesus Christ, the Christian Messiah, by Kuniyoshi KANEKO and it contains songs with titles such as "JESUS CHRIST", "MADE IN HEAVEN", and "MISSION".


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The gun shop owner who sold him the Glock 9 mm, one of the guns used at Norris Hall, said Cho easily passed a background check last month before buying the weapon.
it is a non issue. to ban guns would take a repeal of 2nd amendment. This could never happen. Think of all the states that would never vote for it (I think 2/3 are needed to repeal an amendment or maybe 3/4) TX, FL, all the southern states, all the western states, VT, AK, etc etc.
The 2nd Amendment has not been incorporated into the 14th Amendment, so it only applies to the federal government and not the States. It isn't even held inviolate at the federal level.

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35 years ago, on September 13th 1978 in Marseilles, Jacques R. Saadé founded CMA, Compagnie maritime d'affrètement, and launched the first service linking Marseilles, Livourne, Beirut and Latakia. His vision and intuition subsequently led him to extend the company's activities in Asia and the rest of the world. Today, the CMA CGM Group present on every continent through its 650 agencies, employs 18,000 people worldwide and is ranked the third largest container shipping company in the world.
1978: the birth of a world leader
Jacques R. Saadé witnessed the beginnings of container transport in the United States in the early 1960s whilst attending an internship, and he became convinced that containers were the future of international sea cargo transport. It was as a result of this realization that CMA was founded on September 13th 1978 in Marseilles.
Operating at the beginning between Marseilles in France, Livourne in Italy, Beirut in Lebanon and Latakia in Syria, the Group rapidly expanded its activities to the whole of the Mediterranean Basin. Following again his intuition, Jacques R. Saadés and CMA conquer markets in Asia, which was to become the future epicenter of worldwide trade, in the 1980s. Precursor, the company opened agencies all over the region, especially in China from 1992.
The acquisition of CGM in 1996 represented a major step in the Group's development which was followed by the acquisition of several regional shippers (ANL, CNC Line, Comanav, DELMAS, Mac Andrews and US Lines) offering the Group a global coverage. Culmination of its development strategy, the Group opened its capital to the Yildirim Group in 2010 and to the French Fonds Stratégique d'investissement (FSI) in 2013, in mandatory convertible bonds.
2013: 35 years of passion serving more than 150,000 clients a month
In just 35 years the CMA CGM Group has become a major player of international shipping. The company employs over 18,000 people through its 650 agencies spread over 150 countries. Operating a fleet of429 vessels the Group is present on every continent and serves more than 400 of the world's 521 commercial ports. As a responsible leader, the Group is engaged since 2003 in an ambitious environmental policy and has created a corporate foundation dedicated to weakened children.
Marking the Group's 35th birthday, the CMA CGM JULES VERNE, the company's flagship displaying exceptional dimensions, deviated from its route to make a call in Marseilles, where she has been inaugurated by François Hollande, President of the French Republic, on June 4th 2013. At this occasion, the French President congratulated Jacques R. Saadé and the CMA CGM Group on their success.
Passion, initiative, boldness, imagination and integrity are as much values that guided the CMA CGM Group's development. After 35 years of existence the Group remains faithful to its founding ambitions, and is now looking to the future. As all great human and entrepreneurial adventure deserves to be immortalized, a book retracing the 35 years of the company's existence and achievements will be published in fall.


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From Afghanistan to Eritrea and Kuwait to Laos, many regions play host to these mechanical reminders of war: huge cemeteries filled with decaying tanks, witnessing the slow destruction of machines that have outlived their own destructive purposes.
Environmental Graffiti has collected photos of these tank graveyards from around the world. Be sure to check out their site for even more images of post-war decay. [via Presurfer]
Top photo taken in Afghanistan by Kenny Holston.
Photos from Kuwait, taken by John Out and About
Photo from Asmara, Eritrea, by ghhart2000
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Gabe: No Negatives Naked
It was appropriate that we tested the new Aprilia Tuono V4R with the complaints typically leveled at japanese nakeds (often inheriting severely detuned superbike motors in overweight chassis suspended by budget forks and shocks) firmly in mind…so as to appreciate the new Tuono all the more:
1.Top-spec naked sportbike.
2.167-horsepower V-Four engine.
3.Comfortable, upright handlebar.
4.Priced it under $15,000.
5.Quick-shifter, electronically controlled slipper clutch, wheelie control for racetrack starts and adjustable traction control at no extra charge.
6.Re-tuned powerplant for more midrange while actually adding power to the top of the rev range compared to last year's model.
You get the picture—this is a kick-ass, highly entertaining machine. In fact, it may represent the high-water mark of the gasoline-powered motorcycle.
It's based—heavily—on Aprilia's World Superbike-winning RSV4R. We rode that bike not too long ago ("Viffer Swiffer?", January, 2010), and though we liked it—a lot—it had limited utility as a street ride. The seating position is race-oriented, gearing is tall, and the powerband is weighted toward very illegal speeds, even in first gear.
What to do? As we have already pointed out, a Japanese manufacturer might take the motor, castrate it to about 110 hp and stick it in a cheaper, heavier chassis with low-spec suspension and brakes and slice an 'R' or two off the name. That's not how Aprilia rolls, though: to create the Tuono V4R APRC, Aprilia designer Miguel Galluzzi (who also penned the original Ducati Monster, if the name sounds familiar) left the frame, suspension and brakes alone, but street-o-rized the 65-degree liquid-cooled, four-valve, dohc V-Four by extending the inlet tracts, changing valve timing, increasing flywheel inertia and shortening gear ratios in the first three gears. He lopped about 12 hp off the top end compared to the (also retuned for 2012) RSV4R motor, but also moved power and torque peaks 1000 rpm down from the 12,500-rpm redline.
There are other changes from the RSV4R. Chassis geometry is more relaxed than the sportbike's: steering-head angle is a half degree more, to 25, the wheelbase is 20mm longer, yielding 2.5mm more trail. The bodywork is unique, but has an interesting continuity with the RSV4R's aggressive shapes. There's a tiny passenger seat and shrunken windscreen, and the minimal bodywork lets you eye-hump all the sexy details—that compact V-Four, the vast aluminum radiator, giant, braced swingarm, deep, angled oil sump. Plenty of internet-forum haters unimaginatively typed "fugly!" when they first saw photos, but in person—especially with the glittery gold-painted example we had—the bike triggers desire.
Nobody will use "fugly" to describe the riding experience. Actually, there aren't a lot of words to describe it—it's that good. The motor is unbelievable: smooth, packed with torque, and strong-like-bull in any gear. In fact, the Aprilia "In Any Gear" is what they should have called this bike, as the brilliant ride-by-wire throttle makes it so smooth and tractable that trolling around town in first gear is very practical. Second or third is fine for tight, twisty roads, and in smooth, high-speed sweepers, fourth or fifth is fine—just roll on and off the gas to go as fast as you want. Just be careful—it goes really fast, and it's so smooth and refined it doesn't feel like 160 hp is getting fed into that fat 190 behind you. The electronic wheelie thing does its job keeping things under control, but this bike is still a wheelie machine. No surprises there.
Handling, brakes and suspension are as you'd expect: good. The chassis is balanced, and I'm sure the frame is as rigid as you need, if Max Biaggi can win SBK races on it, and he can. As delivered, the springs and damping felt stiff but they're fully adjustable, and what setup is perfect out of the box? A cheap fix if it isn't. The high, wide bars help the bike steer as quick as any standard (though Al's DR-Z supermoto felt like a bicycle after the Tuono), but Galuzzi's tweaking of the chassis numbers keep things feeling natural and stable—no mean feat in a streetfighter. The brakes are plenty strong, but they're not the Brembo Racing monoblocs we know and love so much around here—but hey, Aprilia has to do something to make the inevitable high-spec Factory version worth buying, right?
The electronics package is also remarkable. Bang multiple up and downshifts like a superbike racer without damaging anything all morning and you'll want a quickshifter and slipper clutch for your everyday ride, too. The traction control and wheelie control are also nice to have, and easy to adjust as well—kudos for Aprilia for not being too Italian about user-friendliness. I've heard Lifetime Network has signed up for five seasons of a new series based on the Ducati Multistrada 1200 owner's manual, starring Téa Leoni and David Duchovny, but you won't need basic cable to adjust the eight-level traction control on the Aprilia—just thumb the paddle by your left handgrip.
Before I took this screaming yellow zonker out, Scuderia's Don Lemelin said something that stuck in my mind: bikes are getting so good it's almost as if the factories are forced to engineer in character, as the electronics—traction control, ride-by-wire, digital fuel injection, selectable fuel-mapping modes—make the riding experience so seamless. If that's so, has the gasoline-engined bike reached its developmental zenith? How much better can things get? If they don't get any better, that's okay—this bike is far better than I will ever be as a rider.
Okay, now the not-so-good things about the new Tuono. First: No ABS? WTF? This is nonsensical. The electronics and wheel-spin sensors are all there—isn't ABS sort of traction control in reverse? We get it that it's fun to not have it, but sometimes you really wish you did—just give us an off switch. There's also that awful seat-shaped thing behind the gas tank which, combined with the very high footpegs, makes the bike not-so-great for longer rides. The bike is also pretty heavy—Cycle World's scales registered 480 pounds for its test bike. That's not such a problem, as the bike is so balanced and easy to steer that it doesn't feel big, but you don't doubt that you're on a big bike, though it feels small physically.
Maybe the biggest fly in the Italian ointment is the horrendous fuel economy. A full tank—about 3.5 gallons without reserve—got us just over 87 miles before the 'low-fuel' odometer kicked on. Seriously? I'm guessing you could ride like an old lady—maybe even an old Italian lady—and coax 35 mpg out of a tank, but 25 mpg? You will get better economy with a '97 Cadillac Fleetwood, and I'm not even kidding. We have tested this.
Still, most of those negatives can be fixed—or willingly lived with as the price of riding such a sex machine. This bike isn't for some drudge seeking maximum value and economy so he can commute for pennies a day. It's for an expert rider who wants uncompromised ability and performance with some measure of riding comfort. If those are your criteria, this new Tuono V4R meets it, with a dollar change from your $15,000.
Alan Lapp: The paper shredder you can't buy at Costco.
The Tuono is less a motorcycle than it is a piece of office equipment, a paper shredder, in fact. Specifically, a driving privilege shredder. Just feed it your driving license, which will promptly be sliced, diced and spat out the exhaust pipe. If you buy this bike, while you're getting title and tags at DMV, you might as well just hand over your license to save a trip later.
Yes, it's that much fun. Stupid giggling, gasping, eye-popping, OHMYGAWD-shouting-inside-your-helmet fun. That's with the electronics-package features set to mid ranges. Lower the values just two clicks, and you'd better be on your A-game.
The unmistakable first impression is that this bike makes incredible power and torque. The amount of low- and mid-range torque is just amazing and lovely to ride. I am told that the Tuono has been detuned for more mid-range and less top-end from the sport version, the RSV4, which surely must require genetic testing for super-human riding skill prior to ownership. Not that the Tuono is slow on the top end. Everything in life is relative, right? Right.
In fact, it reminds me of my first ride on the legendary CR500 in the mid '80s. Then, as now, I expected it to be fast. The Tuono will wheelie more or less anywhere, anytime, in any gear. There is so much thrust available that clutch-dropping is a thing of the past, it's roll-on wheelies from here on out.
Gabe suggested not dwelling too much on the technology, but it's impossible to separate it completely from the riding experience. The mere mortal rider, such as myself, positively needs the assistance of the electronics because without them, like Siegfried and Roy's tiger, it would be a sexy, exotic beast that would surely savage its rider in a moment of inattention. The electronics render the bike useful to a much wider audience than would otherwise be possible.
And, I must say, those electronics interfere skillfully. My daily driver car, a 10-year-old GM sports car, has traction control that is as subtle as a red rubber kickball to the face… it chops the throttle abruptly and holds it closed for a fraction of a second. Aprilia's TC is so smooth and unobtrusive that you think it was your idea. The same with the quick shifter – I have ridden for 35 years, and can't shift as quickly and smoothly as it does. The TC, quick shifter and launch control modulate the throttle and clutch to execute their respective tasks flawlessly.
The only thing the electronics can't fix is bad judgment—for example, whacking the throttle open mid-corner to explore the lean-angle-sensor-equipped traction control, while your boss is slowing down to pick out photo locations. Good thing the brakes are excellent, with crisp, linear feel.
I consider the Tuono V4R a good value, especially considering how much technology there is and how well it is integrated. However, it's only for a small pool of riders. Clearly, it's not a beginner bike. Heck, it's not even suitable for average riders, though they could ride it safely. Despite the hard, slippery seat, the ergonomics are comfortable, and the chassis and suspension are extraordinarily competent. Even with the stock exhaust, the V-Four makes a luscious soundtrack, icing on the cake. It's the equivalent of a Giorgio Armani suit: it's Italian, it's stylish, it makes you feel like a million bucks, but you just don't wear it to Costco. I see it as an indulgence for experienced track-day junkies or former road racers. I could see one in my garage. Yellow please. Now, if I could just get my license back . . .
Editor's note: yes, we know Roy's tiger (Mantecore) was trying to "protect" Roy by biting his head and dragging him offstage. We were just making a point.


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Recipe: Carciofi alla Romana
Artichokes are an odd ingredient; you either love them or you hate them. They make virtually all types of wine taste water-like or bitter. They take an age to prepare and are not easy to cook well. They're pokey. However, when prepared correctly and served to a prime audience, they are Details


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Activists from Bangladesh's largest Islamic party clashed with security forces for a fifth day Monday during a nationwide strike called to denounce war crimes trials, leaving at least three people dead and dozens injured, police and media reports said.
The casualties raised the death toll to 61 from rioting triggered by a death sentence given last Thursday to Delwar Hossain Sayedee, 73, a top leader of Jamaat-e-Islami, for alleged crimes linked to the nation's 1971 independence war against Pakistan.
Rampaging supporters of Sayedee attacked police and government offices, uprooted railroad tracks, and set fire to trains and houses belonging to government supporters. Police responded with bullets and tear gas.
The opposition party says the war crime trials are politically motivated and are aimed at destroying the political opposition. The government has denied the allegation.
Police fired on protesters in Satkhira district, killing two people, a local police official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. Satkhira is 175 kilometers (110 miles) west of Dhaka.
A teenage protester was killed in a similar clash in Sirajganj district, 105 kilometers (65 miles) northwest of Dhaka, the Daily Star newspaper reported.
In Dhaka, a small homemade bomb exploded outside a hotel where visiting Indian President Pranab Mukherjee was staying. Police official Biplab Sarker said no one was hurt and Pranab was not in the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel when the explosion occurred.
The Indian president arrived in Dhaka on Sunday for a three-day visit.
Also on Monday, protesters set fire to two coaches of a train parked at Dhaka's main railway station, junior railway minister Mujibul Haq said. The coaches were empty and no one was hurt.
The rioting underlines Bangladesh's history of political violence. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government initiated the war crimes trials in 2010. Prosecutors have put 12 people on trial, including 11 opposition politicians belonging to Jamaat-e-Islami and its main ally, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
Bangladesh says its nine-month war of independence left 3 million people dead, 200,000 women raped and forced millions to flee to neighboring India.
Jamaat campaigned against independence, but denies committing atrocities.


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Why I am blogging about the past
I dipped my toes into genealogy a few years ago with little success. Then a question from my Welsh cousin triggered my interest again earlier this year. Spent my Easter holidays squelching around damp chilly Northumbrian cemeteries with my camera and playing with the microfilm readers at Woodhorn Archives. At the end of the week I was totally hooked.
Now find I need an effective method of sharing my finds with the rest of the clan without losing control of my mailbox. Have 6 months of intriguing research to structure and have not seriously blogged before, so bear with me as I try to figure out what to put where for maximum readability.
Cracketts by the dozen
Crackett is a fairly unusual name with early censuses showing a pre-dominance in North Northumberland and Scotland. My theory is that if we can get far enough back we will be able to tie together all the current lines which stretch around the globe. The slightly fuzzy picture in my blog heading shows Leonard Cracket and Mary Parkinson with their 10 offspring. The handsome young chap on the right is my grandfather George. Len had at least 6 brothers and a sister, so just tracking down and sideways from the folks in this photo gave me a kick-start on the Crackett tree.


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The following interview is what I intend to be the first in a series. As a swing artist myself, I thought it would be fun to interview some of the popular swing musicians that punk the genre in their own special way - the "Bad Boys of Swing."
Modern swing artists have different ways of "punking" the basic sound of swing and making it their very own, blending it with everything from jump blues to ska to rockabilly. And then there's Lee Presson and the Nails.…Continue
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SRD:Wound Enemy (Divine Ability)
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Wound Enemy
Prerequisites: Base attack bonus +20.
Benefit: The affected weapon deals damage to a creature such that a wound it causes deals 1d6 points of damage per round thereafter in addition to the normal damage from the weapon. Multiple wounds from the weapon result in cumulative bleeding loss (two wounds for 2d6 points of damage per round, and so on). The bleeding can only be stopped by a successful Heal check (DC 15 + the deity's rank) or the application of any cure spell or other healing spell (heal, healing circle, and so on).
Notes: The ability functions only when the deity personally attacks with a physical weapon. The ability works with a ranged weapon, but not if someone else uses the weapon. The deity can apply to the ability to any weapon or natural weapon, but not to a spell, spell-like ability, supernatural ability, or divine ability. A deity can have this ability multiple times, and its effects stack.
Suggested Portfolio Elements: Death, pain, war.
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Security: Nobody knows you're a dog - on the internet
(Ben Brumfield CNN) A dog tapping away at a computer keyboard turns to another dog and says, "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog."
The cartoon by Peter Steiner, which first appeared in The New Yorker in July 1993, perfectly encapsulates the world we live in today.
How do you trust someone to be who they say they are on the Internet?
The question has bubbled up again after news broke that Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o fell for a "catfish," someone who fakes an identity online to finagle his or her way into a fraudulent romantic relationship.
Notre Dame stands behind Te'o
Notre Dame: Te'o caught in 'Catfish' scam
Notre Dame: Manti Te'o victim of hoax
We do our best to avoid being duped. But it's not always easy.
"This is so sad, this has happened to me a couple of times in the past when I first started dealing with internet dating," posted Ronnie Williams in a CNN story on the hoax. "I got my heart broken just like this, so trust me, this is a creepy, deceptive low life way of either playing with someones emotions or getting money or information out of them."
Twitter offers verified accounts to help us discern public figures from their imitators. Even President Barack Obama in a Reddit chat posted a picture of himself to verify his identity.
At CNN, we Skype with eyewitnesses on the scene of breaking news or have them stream live video of themselves and landmarks to verify that they really are where they say they are. At iReport, we call people on the phone to confirm their submissions.
Doubters wonder if Heisman Trophy a factor in hoax
Still, people fall for tricks by the droves and some of them have become iconic, if not old and dusty.
The classic e-mail scam known as the "Nigerian Letter" or "419" asks for money and your bank data to help out someone who claims to be in a pinch. The person promises to repay your kindness bountifully. Right.
Help! A Facebook friend is stuck in a foreign country and needs you to wire him money right away.
Or you sell something on Craigslist, and the buyer asks if she can overpay by money order and have you refund the difference in cash. Then the money order turns out to be fake.
Online identity scams have multiplied in form and name, phishing via e-mail spread to text messages, prompting the term "SMShing."
Vishing is the low-tech version, when someone simply lies to you over the phone ("V" stands for voice) to dupe you into handing over your identity.
Timeline: How the story unfolded
Te'o, for instance, says he was scammed digitally and over the phone .
As naive as someone who falls for a fake online girlfriend may seem, it's not hard to do, even for a sports superstar, said Nev Schulman, who hosts the MTV reality show "Catfish."
"When you make a connection with someone online, oftentimes it feels a little limited, but also safe," Schulman told MTV News. "Then people open up and get very close without scrutinizing the other person."
Still, we take steps. Step one: We Google. Relentlessly.
Before a blind date. Before picking up a concert ticket we bought off someone. Before hiring someone to rake our yard.
Because on the Internet, we the dog catchers have our work cut out for us.
Social media jump all over hoax story
What steps do you take? What are the signs you look for to verify someone's real? Were you still duped? Let us know in the comments section below.
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Raymond James' independent advisor conference attracted about half of FAs affiliated with the St. Petersburg, Fla.-based broker-dealer: Roughly 1,600 advisors and 1,800 guests came to the greater Dallas area in late April for the four-day event. For many attendees, the highlight of the event was a talk by former President George W. Bush, who lives in the area and just opened his presidential library.
"Unlike many other firms that seem obsessed with the number of advisors affiliated with their firm, we're much more focused on the quality of advisors and helping those advisors, like you, increase their client assets," said Scott Curtis, president of Raymond James Financial Services in his opening remarks.
Still, Curtis acknowledged the presence of 65 prospective advisors who are attending the event to check out the broker-dealer. He also pointed out that in 2008 RJFS included 3,150 affiliated advisors with nearly $110 billion in client assets. As of April 19, it had 3,240 advisors with close to $175 billion in client assets. "So in five years, the advisor count is up roughly 3%, while client assets have increased 60%," Curtis said.
Vin Campagnoli, chief information officer for RJFS' parent firm, says the firm spends over $200 million a year on technology and is getting strong results from this effort. "We have increased our spending 30% over the past two years," Campagnoli said. "No one else [in the industry] can say that."
Right before the conference, Raymond James received the Bank Insurance and Securities Association's 2013 Technology Innovation Award for the firm's commitment to technology-based industry solutions and the rollout of its financial planning software, Goal Planning & Monitoring (GPM).
As for the company's overall growth plans, "Don't overcomplicate your strategy and your focus," said Raymond James (RJF) CEO Paul Reilly, when asked whether the company planned to expand organically or through additional acquisitions, like its purchase of Morgan Keegan (which wrapped up in April 2012 and was followed by its platform integration in February 2013). "With Morgan Keegan, we had such a good experience," he said, "but that's because the cultures were nearly identical."
Citing the average age of advisors, 58, Reilly said further that broker-dealers "can't just go on stealing from each other." Thus, one of the alternative paths to growth for Raymond James will come in training prospective advisors, using the "good training group" that Morgan Keegan had and that Raymond James kept intact as part of the Morgan Keegan acquisition.
Raymond James' revenues for the quarter ending March 31 were $1.14 billion, a jump of 31% from the year-ago period and 3% from the earlier quarter. The sales results topped analysts' expectations and reflect, in part, the addition of results produced by some 900 advisors and other employees with Morgan Keegan, which the company acquired last year.
Net income for the quarter was $80 million, or $0.56 per share—up from $69 million, or $0.52 per share in the year-ago period, but slightly below the results of the prior quarter, when it had net income of $85 million, or $0.61 per share. Excluding special items, earnings were $0.68 per share (on net income of $96.5 million), up 6% over its EPS last year and down about 1% from EPS in the quarter ending Dec. 31. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected earnings of $0.68 after special items.
Financial assets under management grew to a record $51 billion, up 30% from last year and 10% from the earlier quarter. Assets under administration reached a record for the company: $407 billion, up 39% from a year ago and 5% from the quarter ended Dec. 31.
The Private Client Group reported fees-and-commissions growth of about 31% over last year and 2% over the preceding quarter to $615.2 million. Sales for the group were $726.8 million, an increase of 28% from last year and 2% from last quarter.
The headcount for advisors in PCG worldwide was 6,297—up from 6,289 as of Dec. 31 and 5,396 a year before. In the United States, the unit includes 5,431 independent and employee reps, a slight increase from 5,427 in the earlier quarter and a jump of about 900 from 4,532 in March 2012 (before the Morgan Keegan purchase).
James J. Green contributed to this report.


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The Home Office will today impose new police standards to encourage better use of surveillance footage, after its own research revealed that most of the millions of CCTV cameras watching the UK have no impact on crime.
Ministers will also appoint a "CCTV regulator", according to The Daily Telegraph. The job will fall to Andy Rennison, it's reported, the head of the Forensic Science Regulator.
He'll be tasked with implementing the two-year-old National CCTV Strategy, which recommends technical standards, police training and the creation of a central store for digital footage. It also calls for "evidence-based business cases" for investment in CCTV.
Little wonder. In summer a Met report found that for every 1,000 cameras in London, only one crime is solved with the help of CCTV.
Civil liberties groups suggested the government should rethink its CCTV strategy as a result. Today's news however seemingly indicates officals believe police are not making best use of surveillance cameras, which account for three-quarters of the Home Office crime prevention budget.
The Telegraph cites one unnamed source involved in the announcement saying: "Police need to make better use of CCTV evidence - they need a more systematic approach to ID suspects." ®
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By Ward Quarles - Oracle JD Edwards Product Strategy Director
Are your internal and external constituents demanding
instantaneous information? With the
availability of Oracle Database 12c In-Memory, world-class technologies are
available for JD Edwards's users. Leverage optimized in-memory capabilities
across applications, middleware, databases, and systems to transform your
hyper-connected, mobile and social business into a "real time enterprise" and revolutionize business insight, communications and
collaborative business processes.
Oracle Database In-Memory transparently extends the
power of Oracle Database 12c to enable
organizations to discover business insights and analytics in real-time while
simultaneously increasing transactional performance. With Oracle Database In-Memory, users can get
immediate answers to business questions that previously took hours to obtain and
business insight never before possible.
Can every JD Edwards customer benefit from
in-memory? Your enterprises will quickly make data-driven decisions, respond
instantly to customer demands, and continuously optimize business processes to
maximize profitability. JD Edwards
customers who have deployed
applications on Oracle database technology can dramatically expand the value of
these applications by delivering instant answers to any business question. Consumers expect immediate response and an
"always online" style of interaction. Oracle Database In-Memory, an option to Oracle Database, makes these
desires a reality.
What changes are required to adopt the new technology? Oracle Database In-Memory delivers leading-edge
performance without restricted functionality, and without increasing complexity
or risk. Deploying Oracle Database
In-Memory with virtually any existing Oracle Database-compatible application is
as easy as flipping a switch—no application changes are required.
Benefits for JD Edwards
customers include:
1. Faster
Decision-Making – Oracle Database In-Memory
implements leading-edge columnar data processing to accelerate analytics,
increasing the number of data values analyzed per second while providing
answers instantly that would take minutes or hours to obtain.
2. Easily Adopted – Existing Oracle database applications simply need to identify
the data to place in-memory to run dramatically faster. It couldn't be easier. Your JD Edwards application developers don't
need to change the application or learn new programming techniques to adopt
Oracle Database In-Memory.
in-memory solutions, you will run your business differently, ask more questions
and change your business processes resulting in a quicker understanding of real
time data. Iterative analysis that would
historically take hours now takes minutes or seconds to process. JD Edwards applications can access strategic data
instantaneously. And it is Cloud ready.
soon as Oracle Database 12c In-Memory becomes generally available, we will post
again with links to specific JD Edwards and Oracle Database 12c In-Memory documents.
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So says the crisp air in the morning, fall is upon us, and with it, Halloween. Being a mother of young children and also a teacher of the same, I always get a furrowed brow when I see some of the displays in the stores or hear of some of the students' ideas for their costumes.
My own son included. He asked me this year to be a "man with a skeleton showing, all his bones and a black mask on." He's 6.
Enough already, I say. What happened to the days when kids were made up in homemade costumes that consisted of mom's old clothing and a shawl to make an old lady or dad's old suit and fake mustache to make an old man?
I know, I know. Times are-a-changing but really, do we need yet another aspect of children's lives that accelerates too fast and lets them grow up earlier than we did? I'm cringing at the thought of what some of the kids will be wearing this year: 8-year-old zombies and inappropriate pop stars come to mind from last year's trick-or-treaters.
Also, it appears as if those days of making a costume for little or nothing are behind us. Even if I find a cute, neutral, age-appropriate costume for my three kids I will spend upward of $30 on each of them and that's not counting the accessories. I could go online and find an awesome, crafty costume to make but I'd have to do that times three and the time ... I just don't have it.
So in the end, my three little darlings will be wearing store-bought or hand-me-downed costumes but will all be age-appropriate and nonthreatening to other youngsters who will be out and about on Halloween.
I'm hoping that most parents will do the same. So, in regards to your child's Halloween costume of choice, here's some unsolicited advice: say no. When Junior asks to be made up like the living dead or your little lady asks to please be a high-heeled diva, just say no. Find a more appropriate compromise that you both can live with and that other people will not frown at.
I promise you, when you look back at your old photos you'll much rather revel at how cute your 8-year-old cardboard Lego was more likely than you will say "awe, how cute" at how you let your little one dress like a dead person.
Traci Cutler of Roscoe is a kindergarten teacher


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DOVER — The 27th Annual Living Christmas Tree Lighting on Friday night was the last time the city would see the current tree in Henry Law Park lit for the holiday season.
"Someone very special has noticed me when he flies over Dover on Christmas Eve. Santa Claus," the tree said, adding that he cannot believe he has been in the same spot in the park for 27 years. "He has watched me grow so big and tall over these years and a special thing has happened. He called the City of Dover and asked if I could come up to the North Pole."
The crowd gasped and children could be heard whispering to their parents, "Did they really?"
The tree continued, "I am so excited to have the chance. I'm going to be Santa's official Christmas tree."
After this Christmas season, the tree said he'll be sent on a trip up north and that one of his younger cousins would be taking his spot in the park.
"He is from a different branch of the family," he said.
Mayor Dean Trefethen read the proclamation on Wednesday at City Council, reaffirming that the tree would be sent to the North Pole.
"Whereas the living Christmas tree in Henry Law Park was donated to the children of Dover and to the city in 1985 to be part of the holiday festivities and whereas the tree has served faithfully for 27 years," he read, saying it is true that Santa has asked if the tree could be donated to him and taken to the North Pole where many more people from around the world can see it.
Hundreds gathered in the park, despite the chills, to hear the tree's announcement. Dover Main Street started a bonfire at this year's ceremony to help keep everyone warm.
Woodman Park School PTO set up a bake sale and offered free hot chocolate.
"Cold?" Gary Bannon, Dover's Recreation Director, asked. "No, I am perfect. It's supposed to be like this, a nice wintry feel to it. I've done this in the snow and in the rain. This isn't too bad."
Carols were sung by the Joyful Voices, with the crowd chiming in to sing "Holly Jolly Christmas," "Jingle Bells" and "Oh, Christmas Tree." Mounted patrol were at the ceremony, as well, and Mr. and Mrs. Claus made an appearance later in the evening.
"It's great to see a great crowd," Trefethen said. "I know it is cold with a bit of wind, but if you filter between here and the Festival of Trees, you'll be great. I saw a lot of people here on the sidewalks tonight so I think it will be a great night for Dover and a special night for the tree as well."
Shortly after, the tree said, "Here we go, one more time, making the holidays bright for everyone in Dover."
With that, the lights came on, twinkling and shining bright 40 feet tall in the downtown area.
"Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree, how lovely are thy branches!" sung the crowd.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas: Living Christmas tree lit in Dover
DOVER — The 27th Annual Living Christmas Tree Lighting on Friday night was the last time the city would see the current tree in Henry Law Park lit for the holiday season.


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"Sneaky Logos and Such"
a LOLaday (April 26, 2008)
"Sometimes things just slip by us and we don't even catch them, until a friend points them out then you can't help but notice it every time you look at it. So with That in mind I present to you
"Logos That Can't Be Unseen ...."
Good observations, good fun.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Hidden Images in Logos - Have Fun
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Hardee's Heats Things Up With New Spicy BBQ Thickburger With Texas Toothpicks
Jun 13, 2005
Spicy Paris Hilton Ad Will Debut in Hardee's Markets June 27
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – June 13, 2005 – Hardee's, widely known for bringing sit-down restaurant quality burgers to fast-food customers, introduces yet another example today with the launch of The Spicy BBQ Thickburger, topped with Tabasco-spiked BBQ sauce and Texas Toothpicks. Texas Toothpicks are spicy batter-fried slivers of onions and jalapeñs. They add heat and a nice crunch to The Spicy BBQ Thickburger, and will also be offered as a side item on their own.
Hardee's Spicy BBQ Thickburger will be advertised with a spicy TV commercial starring celebrity-socialite Paris Hilton. The commercial, featuring Paris washing a Bentley in a swimsuit, will begin airing in Hardee's markets the week of June 27 – and, just like the latest Thickburger, it's "hot."


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9th Annual PIM Meeting Renews Commitment to Innovation
The KDE PIM community gathered at Osnabrück, Northern Germany for a weekend in February. The discussions covered recent achievements in KDE PIM, the current state of the community and applications, and brainstorming about the future and new cohesive and social applications. The meeting as usual had many attendees and was hosted, as in each of the previous 8 years, by Intevation GmbH. The agenda reflects the breadth and scope of this year's meeting, ranging from website maintenance to release engineering to features and tools.
Entering new ecosystems
Part of the advantage of an annual technically focused meeting is that it brings an opportunity for a retrospective on the year gone by. One of the topics on the agenda was a demonstration of the Kontact Touch application suite. The Kontact Touch initiative was announced as an ambitious plan at the last KDE PIM meeting in Osnabrück; we have been following its development here on the dot and in other technical media outlets. Kontact Touch, primarily suitable for personal handheld devices, was demonstrated on the N900 (MeeGo mobile UX), Lenovo IdeaPad (MeeGo netbook UX), HTC Touch Pro2 (Windows CE), the Aava Mobile Smartphone and the Wepad. The touch-orientated user interface uses much of the same technology and code as the equivalent desktop applications so it is possible to port them to any target where Qt and D-Bus are available.
Fresh ideas
Friday evening, meeting participants had an opporunity to set out an agenda for the rest of the weekend, and to start "community building" (read: dinner and drinks :) ). Dinner for the weekend was sponsored by Intevation, KDAB and Kolab Systems. One of the goals identified at the last Osnabrück meeting was to grow the KDE PIM community. This has been a success in many ways as demonstrated by the fact that some of the new community members attended the meeting.
Christian Mollekopf demonstrated notetaker, a new application under development which combines the notes data available through KJots with TODOs available through KOrganizer. It allows the user a quick area for jotting a note, which can later be converted to a TODO or vice-versa. Christian's application does not depend on KJots or KOrganizer, but instead all three applications access the common data through Akonadi. The application also relies on Nepomuk for tagging, rating and search capabilities. These kinds of applications--combining data in different ways through multiple applications--are likely to be the future direction of innovation in KDE PIM. We spent some time discussing concepts and ideas for how we can combine and (locally) aggregate data in useful ways.
Cornelius Schumacher also demonstrated Polka, an application written during the recent openSUSE hackweek for managing addressbook entries. The most visible innovation in Polka is the arrangements of contacts not in the traditional form of a list or tree, but in free-form and radial arrangements and groupings. The user can group different contacts together using drag and drop depending on context (such as family, university etc) and add notes directly in any way desired. Another nice, modern feature of Polka is version control. Even when data on a contact is changed (such as phone number or email address), it is possible to traverse backwards through history to find the old data. All attendees were excited to think of how we can build innovations like this into existing KDE PIM applications.


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Some familiarity with linear algebra and the notion of quantum states as objects in Hilbert spaces is necessary if you want to follow the logic as it's presented. That's a question of obtaining competence with a mathematical toolkit, which isn't going to be everyone's cup of tea, but it's available to anyone who takes it on.
It's easier, of course, to keep it mysterious by not fully taking that step, and there's nothing wrong with that. But keep a beady eye out for those who assert that quantum mechanics is fundamentally mystical or paradoxical or incoherent, and perhaps aren't sufficiently imaginative to recognise that there are subjects for which far more clarity exists than they may experience themselves. Especially those who make a living by doing so.
There are a lot of them about.
So here we have a public lecture on quantum mechanics by Sidney Coleman of Harvard University, given in 1994. In it, he explains how quantum mechanics is not at all reliant on:
- anything special about the measurement process
- the collapse of the wavefunction
- indeterminacy
- anything inherently probabilistic or random
- non-locality or spooky action at a distance


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Rich210 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 25 diseños de 6 diseñadores freelance.
Lettings Direct is a successful letings agent based in the UK and the site is something we created ourselves on a homestead package.
The business has 2 branches and also has a newly formed property sales division.
We need to have a design that is appealling to tenants, landlords and students. Properties are exported to the site via an Iframe.
people looking to rent property generally 20 - 40 year olds, although Landlords will generally be 25 - 70
We are looking to give the website a facelift, keeping the same "house" logo and main wording (including the same font) etc, but to move away from the current feel - our corporate colour is a black background, but currently we use white on the web, so will look at both. Due to the homestead package, we would need the design images / components and to be JPEG's or GIF format.
The over-all layout is what we are currently looking for, that we can duplicate and adapt for other pages etc.
Something that looks modern and professional and easy to navigate around, but equally easy to optimise.
We'd like to have a quick property search frame on the home page that would link to the main sales or rentals pages. As well as a regional interactivve map which could link to pages - perhaps divided into say 6 / 8 sections.
We'd also like to say that we are a UK based company, so any additional images would have to have be more English than American.


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Tuesday, June 28, 2005
A creamy rhubarb pie
A creamy rhubarb pie
(Kreemjas rabarbripirukas)
A recipe adapted from June 2003 issue of Pereköök
The crumbly crust:
250 ml of plain flour
0.5 tsp baking powder
2 Tbsp brown sugar
100 g butter
Sieve the flour and baking powder, mix with sugar and melted butter. Press the mixture into Ø 26 cm loose-bottomed cake tin and put into the fridge for half an hour.
Pre-bake for 10 minutes in 200˚C oven.
The aromatic & tart filling:
500 g of rhubarb
100 ml brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ground cardamom
1.5 Tbsp plain flour
Peel the rhubarb, if necessary, and chop into 1-2 cm pieces. Mix rhubarb, sugar, cinnamon, cardamom and flour in a bowl and dip into the half-baked crust.
The creamy topping:
2 egg yolks
300 ml whipping or double cream
Whisk the egg yolks, add the cream and pour over the rhubarb filling.
Put the pie back into the oven and bake for another 30 minutes or so.
The pie filling should be slightly soft and creamy – but if you prefer it firmer, let the pie cool a little. Add a touch of whipped cream or good vanilla ice cream, if you wish, grab a spoon and enjoy. Mmmmm.
4 comments:
Hi Pille - that looks really good. Can you believe I haven't made anything with rhubarb this year? Where do you buy it - is it still available at the farmer's market?
- 2:48 pm, June 29, 2005
- Pille said...
Hi Melissa - thanks for the compliment! This is probably my 5th rhubarb cake/pie since early May - I really like them (all versions, rhubarb muffins are my other favourite), as it reminds me of home. I didn't have a chance to go to the farmers market last weekend, so these are from my local veggie shop in Marchmont, but I did spot some late rhubarb 2 weeks ago.
Have you seen the lovely large green gooseberries that have appeared in the shops here recently? I'm hoping to use them in a gooseberry cheesecake this weekend, as I spotted a really tasty-looking recipe a short while ago..
- 3:20 pm, June 29, 2005
Ah, now I know what to do with the rhubarb which I bought yesterday. Thanks Pille!!! Your pie looks amazing and it will be a pleasure baking and eating it :-)
- 12:27 pm, May 15, 2007
- Mijo said...
We ate this amazing pie yesterday night with friends.
Even those who did not really like rhubarb finished their part !!
- 1:02 pm, May 02, 2010


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January 10, 2017
Teen Perspectives: Shorts! A Mobile Teen Film Festival
Entirely curated by PTAC's quirky bunch, SHORTS! Was by no means, a short process.
The idea began as an opportunity to share visions by teens to as many viewers as we could reach. What more convenient way to showcase the vast talent of our youth than by driving to our audience directly. How so? On a trolley.
It's opening night of Art Basel weekend. Crowds of people from all over the nation: Art enthusiasts, creators, or those who just happened to stumble by. PTAC was right in the middle of it all with their "reels on wheels"! It was a fully teen curated show with the best of the best filmmakers aged 13-19. PTAC premiered shorts stretching from New York to Honolulu and we even got a hold of some local creators.
The event, to say the least, was a success under the streetlights next to our hosts at Superfine!


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Your Wave® radio III comes from the factory ready to operate as a second-room device (room code B) when connected to a Bose® link-enabled Lifestyle® system. If you want to use your Wave® radio with your Lifestyle® system beyond a second room, you will need to change the room code to match that of the remote control you are using for that room.
Setting the room code
Applies to:
Refer to your Lifestyle® system owner's guide for more information on room codes.
On the remote, press and hold ALARM SETUP/MENU until "SETUP MENU" is displayed
Alarm Setup/Menu
Press TUNE/PLAYLIST > six times until "ROOM- B" is displayed. The dashes following the room letter indicate how the microswitches should be set on the Lifestyle® system remote control
Tune/Playlist >
Press TIME - or TIME + to select a room code other than room B
Time –
Time +
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By David Colman
Hypes: Runs and Handles like a 370Z
Gripes: Sharp-Edged Steering Wheel Pad, Poor Rear Vision
You can call the Infiniti G37 the Special Effects model, because of its special engine, gearbox and suspension. Although the FX37 may look like just another SUV, it's really a Nissan 370Z twice removed. Why twice? Because Infiniti's G37 sedan is directly descended from the 370Z, while the FX37 is the SUV version of the G37. The fact that Infiniti has applied the numerical designation "37" to rename what was formerly called the FX35 stresses its 370Z/G37-derived engine displacement of 3.7 liters. Virtually the same V-6 powers all 3 vehicles. In FX37 trim, the engine produces 325hp and 267lb.-ft. of torque driving the rear wheels only through a 7-speed automatic gearbox. This sweet gearbox features automatic engine blipping on downshifts to synch rpm with road speed. Although our test FX37 was not equipped with magnesium paddles for steering wheel shifting, they are included in the $2,866 optional "Sport Package" which also provides adjustable shock damping and sport-styled seats.
Even without the fingertip convenience of alloy paddles, the FX37 is still a pleasure to operate in sporting style. The engine is extremely responsive. The gearbox ratios are perfectly calibrated to keep the V-6 in its ample powerband. The suspension and steering remain taut and informative. Helping perfect the responsiveness are a set of 20 inch alloys mounting 265/50VR20 Bridgestone Dueler radials calibrated to maximize traction on pavement. This alloy wheel upgrade is part of a $3,300 optional "Touring Package" that also includes nifty looking quilted leather front and rear seats that are heated and ventilated, plus maple interior trim and aluminum pedals.
One addition you can do without is the $2,950 "Technology Package" which burdens the FX with an annoying set of nanny alerts like "Lane Departure Warning and Prevention" and "Forward Collision Warning" that chirp a concerto of beeps that will drive you to distraction. The problem with the FX37 is that rear vision is abysmally poor thanks to its sloping roof, minuscule rear window, and huge rear C-pillars, and no amount of technology will ever overcome that genetic malady. So do yourself a favor, pass on the Technology package, and vow to turn your head and check your mirrors every time you make a lane change. Luckily, a "Rear View Monitor" is standard fitment, so you can always check the dash displayed image when reversing the FX.
The lines of the FX37 aren't so much handsome as bulbous. If SUVs could bench press barbells, the FX would be good for 300 pounds easy. Its mega-chrome grill confronts slower traffic like a schoolyard bully. Every stylistic sweep is calculated to emphasize aggression and road dominance. I was amazed at the number of people who meekly surrendered lane position when they saw the FX looming in their mirror. While this Infiniti isn't quite as intimidating as a police cruiser, its stance renders other motorists submissive.
Once you're ensconced in its finely detailed cabin, however, you're hardly aware of that bully pulpit profile. Rather, your every travel need is catered to by this well mannered concierge of the highway. Those box-quilted front seats fit like a throne, while the button festooned dashboard offers so many comfort and entertainment preferences that you'll spend hours poring over the owner's manual to learn them all. Of course, the addition of the $4,300 optional "Premium Package" to our test FX's window sticker added a lot of extra content to an already well-equipped vehicle. This grouping includes an upsized 8 inch VGA color screen on the dash, Hard-Drive Navigation, Voice Recognition, Streaming Audio via Bluetooth, in-dash single CD/DVD player, and slick looking aluminum roof rails. About the only thing not included in the Premium Package is a graduate level seminar in how to make all this technology work for you.
2013 Infiniti FX37
- Engine: 3.7 liter DOHC, 24 Valve V-6
- Horsepower: 325hp
- Torque: 267lb.-ft.
- Fuel Consumption: 17 MPG City/24 MPG Highway
- Price as Tested: $55,800
- Star Rating: 8.5 out of 10 Stars


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Troparion (also tropar; plural troparia) is a type of hymn in Byzantine music, in the Orthodox Church and other Eastern Christian churches. It is a short hymn of one stanza, or one of a series of stanzas; this may carry the further connotation of a hymn interpolated between psalm verses.
The term most often refers to the apolytikion, the thematic hymn which closes Vespers. (In Greek churches, the apolytikion troparion is known simply as the apolytikion; in most other churches, it is known simply as the troparion.) This troparion serves as a thematic hymn and is repeated at every service of the day.
Troparia are also found as the stanzas of canons. Such troparia are modeled on the irmoi of the ode.
Troparia are also sometimes used as refrains for chanted psalm verses, though stichera more often serve this function.
Troparia to the Mother of God (Theotokos) are called theotokia.
A famous example, whose existence is attested as early as the 4th century, is the Vespers hymn, Phos Hilaron, "Gladsome Light"; another, O Monogenes Yios, "Only Begotten Son," ascribed to Justinian I (527-565), figures in the introductory portion of the Divine Liturgy. Perhaps the earliest set of troparia of known authorship are those of the monk Auxentios (first half of the 5th century), attested in his biography but not preserved in any later Byzantine order of service.
Famous Troparia
Paschal Troparion, Tone V:
- Christ is risen from the dead,
- trampling down death by death,
- and upon those in the tombs bestowing life.
Because of the importance of Pascha in Orthodox liturgical life, this is probably the best-known of all the hymns of the Church.
Troparion of the Holy Cross, Tone I:
- O Lord, save your people,
- and bless your inheritance!
- Grant victory to the Orthodox Christians
- over their adversaries,
- and by virtue of your cross,
- preserve your habitation.
This is literally the fight song of Orthodox Christians. Often used in battle, the phrase "the Orthodox Christians" (or often, "thy people") has come to replace "the righteous and God-fearing Emperor (or Tsar) N.." The Tone I melody used in many Russian churches can be heard in the background of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. Today the hymn is typically understood to have a primarily spiritual meaning.
Additionally, parishes, monasteries and other institutions will often know and love the troparia to their patron saints.
- It is truly right to bless you, O Theotokos,
- ever blessed, and most pure, and the Mother of our God:
- more honorable than the cherubim, beyond compare more glorious than the seraphim —
- without corruption you gave birth to God, the Word.
- True Theotokos, we magnify you!
This theotokion is sung at nearly every service of the Church and privately by many Orthodox Christians.


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For serious construction projects a nailgun connected to a compressor is a vastly superior alternative to a hammer and nails. They're unfortunately a little expensive for home carpentry projects, but once again we can look to slingshot master Joerg Sprave for a solution to another of life's little problems. This time around he's created a pistol version of his nine-inch nail firing pump shotgun that can handle tamer three-inch carpentry nails.
On one hand it vastly reduces the risk of destroying your thumb with a misguided hammer blow, but on the other it doesn't look like the most accurate of carpentry tools. However, there's no denying it will finally get you excited for finishing those long-ignored deck repairs. [YouTube]


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With the glut of off-brand HDTVs from Vizio, Insignia, Dynex, and more flooding the market, HDGuru did a little legwork and found the real price of these sets lies in their often inadequate extended service.
The major brands, like Samsung, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic, may have higher prices, but they back it up with service, especially in warranty and repair. After all, they've got the integrity of their name to protect. But the lesser-known brands (often just rebadged, unidentifiable Chinese models) often have repair options to match their low prices. Almost all of these brands researched require the customer to ship the HDTV out, which usually costs a few hundred dollars. If any warranty is included, it's invariably meager (90 days), but many simply have no option for repair.
Considering a certain flammable Insignia set, extended warranties seem more pressing now than ever. Maybe spending a few more bucks now isn't such a bad idea. [HDGuru]


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A dedicated Frederick Ashton exhibition that celebrates the pastoral links of the famous choreographer and his career with The Royal Ballet opens in Ipswich Museum today.
Organised by the Royal Opera House, the exhibition focuses on the influence of the Suffolk countryside on Ashton's work, most evident in his reworking of the great French ballet La Fille mal gardèe.
Exhibits include a photographic collection recalling Ashton's long career with The Royal Ballet and costumes from a selection of Ashton works, including The Tales of Beatrix Potter and Cinderella.
Though Ashton is widely considered to be with most English of choreographers, he was actually born in Ecuador and spent much of his childhood in Peru. He didn't come to the UK until he was 15, when he started boarding school. He later settled in Suffolk near the village of Yaxley, his mother's birth place, and wrote fondly of the bucolic countryside of the county.
There has always been a cosy side to my nature which is reflected in the kind of decors I make for myself in my home life and in the objects around me. There exists in my imagination a life in the country of eternally late spring, a leafy pastorale of perpetual sunshine and the humming of bees – the suspended stillness of a Constable landscape of my beloved Suffolk, luminous and calm. - Ashton
The exhibition is spread across two venues in Ipswich, the Town Hall Gallery 3 and Christchurch Mansion, with associated material and events being presented at the nearby Jerwood DanceHouse. It is open until 9 Oct.
Ashton's Scènes de Ballet opens on 28 May and will run until 11 June.


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Over the years I've linked to articles at The Wartburg Watch (TWW) but only in the last few weeks am I developing a deeper appreciation for the site itself. This article constitutes some highlights from things I looked at this week.
The earliest post from March 2009, sets out the purpose:
Are you sitting in your church thinking that something is amiss? Do you think you are the only one who feels this way? Did you try to express your concerns to your pastor? Did he claim you are the only one who has come to him regarding this matter? Did he seem annoyed that you are questioning him? Did he make you feel like you had done something unbiblical by speaking with him?
Well, join the club! You are not alone. There are HUGE changes occurring in evangelical circles, and they are drawing national media attention. Time magazine just published an article on "The New Calvinism" in its March 23, 2009 issue. There are new websites and blogs written by average churchgoers who are very deeply troubled by these trends. A rise in authoritarianism and far reaching church discipline are having a detrimental impact on many congregations. When a little old lady is perp-walked out of her church for simply asking why the church she has attended for 50 years no longer has deacons, you can rest assured that something is terribly wrong in Christendom. We'll link to the 911 call in an upcoming post.
Wartburg Watch is primarily the work of two people, Darlene Parsons and Wanda Martin, or as they're known at TWW, Dee and Deb. They define their goal "is to shine a light into the darkness, exposing hypocrisy, heresy, and arrogance while also examining trends that affect the faith in the public square. Truth and transparency are of utmost importance to us."
And the name?
"Remember where Prince Frederick hid Martin Luther when Pope Leo wanted him killed? It was Wartburg Castle. It was here that Luther translated the New Testament into German. This coincided with the invention of the Gutenberg Press. Luther's writings dominated most of the publications from this press. We believe the Internet is today's Gutenberg Press."
I suppose if you're going to reference Luther, references to the Wittenberg Door (spelled rightly or wrongly) were already taken.
TWW has a huge following. It's not unusual for an individual article to generate 300 or even 400 comments. (Thinking Out Loud readers, please take note!)
A look at TWW's home page on Wednesday yielded some interesting stories…
When Sherwood Pictures emerged as a powerhouse in Christian film, my wife lamented that the role of women in these pictures was secondary if not tertiary. There's always the aspect of men being strong leaders in their homes and not allowing other things to distract from their commitment to spouse and children, but the films (Facing the Giants, Courageous, Fireproof) are about men (police, firefighter, football players) and the popularity of the movies with women is largely due to the opportunity of being able to go to a Christian film with their husbands knowing the men will enjoy the (sports, suspense, law enforcement) content.
TWW connects the dots between the Kendrick brothers of Sherwood Pictures to an independent film festival, and the Vision Forum, part of Vision Forum Ministries, a conservative, fundamentalist organization which, according to TWW advances: militant fecundity (no birth control of any kind), patriarchy, what's called 'the Quiverfull movment' (large families), homeschooling, stay at home daughters, no college education for daughters, hyper-Calvinism, young earth creationism. TWW documents the Kendrick brothers as having an association with the Vision Forum going back to 2009.
It would explain some things, wouldn't it?
In between the articles about Bill Gothard, Rob Bell, Mark Driscoll, Calvary Chapel and even Michael W. Smith (don't worry it reflects on him positively), is this a little gem of a piece which shows that TWW isn't just about hard-hitting Christian scandal stories.
The title sums it up: Why a Father and Daughter Changed Their Opinions About Abortion. Not your average Wartburg Watch article; but I'm so glad I read it.
C. J. Mahaney and Larry Tomczak, together again after all these years, but not for the best of reasons. In the 1970s, the two were frequent speakers at the early Jesus Music outdoor youth festivals, founded Take and Give Ministries and a church in Washington, DC known as Gathering of Believers. The church would go on to become the genesis of Sovereign Grace Ministries (SGM). For whatever other reasons they parted, doctrinally, Mahaney embraced — and was embraced by — the New Reformed movement, while Tomczak is decidedly charismatic.
But they share the home page links on TWW because of lawsuits and accusations. Mahaney is central to stories of the entire SGM movement unraveling, while Tomczak is accused of spanking and depriving a female of food.
In a world where everybody vents their anger issues and doctrinal preferences online, TWW is a balanced and thoughtful look at the things that take place in the life of the (capital C) Church. It offers original reporting and commentary on a variety of topics such as you do not see elsewhere.
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Minnesota Vikings Attempting to "April Fool" Rest of the NFL with Johnny Manziel
The NFL Draft is still a month away but we are already hearing about different teams interest and dislikes heading into it. Now, the Minnesota Vikings Head Coach Mike Zimmer is jumping in on the action.
I've been seeing a lot of my friends on social media talking about these "flags" that Zimmer referenced towards future NFL QB Johnny Manziel. Zimmer made comment about how Manziel's Pro-Day was nothing more than a "sideshow" to the Houston Chronicle, and according to the Star Tribune in Minneapolis, made comments on a Texas radio station about not knowing if Manziel will take the next step to being an NFL quarterback with all the distractions that surround him.
While I think the points that Zimmer made can easily be true, I also think there is a ploy of mind games going on here.
As much as the Vikings are known for letting the clock expire during the draft, they are also known for trying to get other teams to jump while getting what they want.
In the 2012 NFL Draft, Minnesota was sitting at pick three and Rick Spielman convinced Cleveland to jump up one spot in order to get Trent Richardson. Spielman used Tampa Bay as a decoy to make the Browns believe that they were trading. In return, the Vikings still received offensive linemen Matt Kalil, plus they were able to draft Jarius Wright, and Robert Blanton with the extra picks.
Now sitting with the eighth pick, making those types of moves up won't be as easy without giving up a good chunk of their draft picks. Knowing this, the "devalue comments" of Johnny Manziel in the open might be the Vikings way to trying to fool the rest of the league and make him less valuable for the seven teams in front of them.
Why? Easy enough, so they can get him without giving up picks.
It might not actually be the case, but with the comments going PUBLIC and Johnny Manziel being a "top grab" in this draft, it really makes this appear to be more mind games than it does actual thoughts. The Vikings will look to draft a quarterback sometime in the draft, and these comments might just be setting them up to get their guy.
The NFL Draft takes place May 8-10th.
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Eating Your Way Through BangkokKevin (เควิน) Khaosan
Whether you are visiting Thailand for the first time or have been living there for longer than you can remember, there is always something new, interesting and exotic to experience. What has always been the most dear to me is the multitude and availability of local dishes and cuisines (both traditional and fusion style) that really express Thailand's culture and the Thais flavor and attitude towards life.
The Misnomer of Street Food: So often when I host an overseas visitor they are amazed at the sheer number of people eating on the street asking me "How safe is it really and do people get sick?" If you've been to India, then eating fresh fruits, noodles, grilled chickens and other curiously looking meats from the street vendors in Bangkok is nothing. I've been eating from food stalls/street vendors/push carts for years and find that dining in this manner is no more dangerous than eating in a restaurant except for the fact that you are eating in plastic chairs, perhaps share a table with another hungry patron or breath a little exhaust from passing cars here and there; but generally the food is fresh, well prepared, very tasty and overall fairly safe to eat-street vendors don't like to carry a lot of over-head; most cannot afford to so everyday they go to the fresh markets buying only the amount of ingredients that they anticipate using in a given day; very seldom do they store meats and vegetables like a restaurant.
When trying to decide which food stall to eat from (as there are many to choose from) it's best to observe where the locals eat (of course using your judgment to a certain extent) and if there is a line, a lot of chaos, and definitive smells that draw a curious sense and hunger; then you are probably at the right place.
Sukhumvit Soi 38 has a plethora of street vendors hawking various dishes such as Moo Grob (crispy pork belly with Chinese broccoli, chili and oyster sauce), Ca Pow Gai (Thai Basil Chicken Fried Rice), and Kuaytiaw Raat Naa (Fried Noodles with Pork & Vegetable Gravy) among others-my favorite is Ba Mee Puu (Egg Noodles with Crab) served from a push cart about 20 meters on the right hand side of Sukhumvit Soi 38 when coming from Thonglor BTS. At the corner of Soi Convent and Silom road (Friday and Saturday nights only) P' Uan (meaning fat in Thai; not to be construed in a negative sense as in the western culture) serves up the best Moo Ping (Pork Thai Barbecue) in Bangkok-the pork is grilled and caramelized to perfection where the robustness of each bite intensifies leaving you not just tasting the Moo Ping, but experiencing it.
My Pad Thai and Noodles: The first meal that many Bangkok "first timers" order is either Pad Thai or Fried Rice as they want to compare these dishes to the familiar dishes that they get in their own home country (an normally associate these dishes as not being too spicy). Pad Thai is made up of stir-fried rice noodles with eggs, fish sauce, tamarind juice, and a combination of bean sprouts, shrimp, chicken, or tofu; for a slight variation of Pad Thai from the traditional sense, I recommend Pad Thai Thip Samai (Salaya, Puthamonthon, Nakornpathom, Bangkok, (0) 81630 6444); established in 1966 that serves two definitive dishes such as the Pad Thai with large prawns enclosed in an egg omelet (Pad Thai Kai Ho) or the Pad Thai Song-Krueng where the Sen Chan or grass noodle can be laced with crab meat, ground cuttlefish and/or sliced mango.
Located in Pranakorn, Somsrong Pochana's kitchen creations originate from the Sukhothai Province serving Sukhothai noodle consisting of BBQ pork with green sprouts in the noodles and delicately sprinkled with dried chili's for taste and intensity—for a less spicy flare the Thai Spaghetti with coconut milk, pineapple, & dried shrimp (Kanom Jeen Sao Nam) is a safe bet. Soi Watt Sangwej (Opposite Sangwej Temple), Pra Atit Rd., Pranakorn Bangkok, (0) 2 282 0972.
If you like Duck and happen to be in the Phaholyothin area, a must try is the Steamed Duck Noodles at Yothin Duck Noodles food stall (#1301 Soi Paholyothin 11 (beginning of the Soi), Paholyothin Rd., Bangkhen, Bangkok, (0) 2 278 1738) where the duck meat effortlessly falls off the bone releasing the succulent juices and natural ripeness of the duck.
Don't Be Scared – Just Eat it!: Bangkok has lots of hidden delicacies and interesting cuisines that are often overlooked as newcomers and veterans of Bangkok tend to stick to the same restaurants over and over again. There is so much great food out there to be eaten that I encourage everyone to venture away from the more touristy areas into the more unknown or 'less frequented by foreigner ones.' Talk to locals, people watch, read online reviews, get yourself lost in China town. Whether you have a strong passion for food or just like to enjoy a good meal, get out and do a little exploring. You won't like everything you taste as you'll have good meals and bad meals, but who cares-it is all part of the experience! The main thing is that you have fun and learn a lot about the Thai culture, people and food along the way.
The above are just a few examples of some places to enjoy while dining in Bangkok. For more information visit www.PekoPiko.com featuring Bangkok's Best Restaurants, Street Food and Hidden Cuisines along with restaurant information, user reviews, and saver promotions-everything you need to guide you on Where to Eat and What to Eat in Bangkok. If you like what you've read above I recommend PekoPiko's 'Old Bangkok Eateries' section for other similar restaurants.
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- Once again, I am looking for a good color scheme, bold design, simple screens, obvious features and a professional look.


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