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Friday, February 22, 2008
A Good Wife
The sad thing is.....this IS a good example of what a GOOD WIFE should be and do. Not every detail of it is what I think should be done but for the most part it is. Scripture was added thanks to Bible Believer's and I have added my own "inserts" to some of the items.
1. Get your work done. Plan tasks with an eye on the clock. Finish or interrupt them an hour before your husband is expected home. Your anguished cry "are you home already?" is not exactly a warm welcome.
"She...worketh willingly with her hands." ~ Proverbs 31:13
2. Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal on time. This is a way of letting him know you have been thinking of him and are concerned for his needs. Most men are hungry when they come home and the prospects of a good meal are part of the warm welcome needed. (my insert - would you like to work for 8 hours a day and come home to no food? Come on WOMEN get in that kitchen and whip him up something good to eat and have it hot and ready when he comes home!)
"...She bringeth her food from afar. She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens." ~ Proverbs 31:14,15
3. Prepare yourself. Take 15 min. to rest so that you will be refreshed when he arrives. Touch up your make-up (my insert - you don't need to "paint" your face, you are fine the way you are!), put a ribbon in your hair and be fresh looking. He has just been with a lot of work weary people. Be a little gay and a little more interesting. His boring day may need a lift.
"She maketh herself covering of tapestry; he clothing is silk and purple. Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come." ~ Proverbs 31:22,25
4. Clear away the children. Make one last trip through the main part of the house just before your husband arrives, then run a dust cloth over the tables. Your husband will feel he has reached a haven of rest and order and it will give you a lift too.
"She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness." ~ Proverbs 31:27
5. Prepare the children. Take just a few minutes to wash the children's hands and faces if they are small, comb their hair and if necessary change their clothes. They are little treasures and he would like to see them playing the part.
"Her children arise up, and call her blessed..." Proverbs 31:28
6. Minimize all noise. At the time of his arrival, eliminate noise of washer dryer, dishwasher, vacuum. Try to encourage the children to be quiet.
"And that ye study to be quiet..." ~ I Thessalonians 4:11
7. Be happy to see him. Greet him with a smile and act glad to see him. (my insert - Let him know he is wanted, loved, and appreciated for what he does! A man needs this!! He wants admiration, you should give it to him or he may go elsewhere to meet these needs.)
"...Her husband also, and he praiseth her." ~ Proverbs 31:28
8. Some dont's, don't greet him with a problem or complaint. Don't complain if he's late for dinner. Count this minor compared with what he might have gone through during the day. (my insert - a good way to drive away your husband is to greet him each day he comes home with a list of to-do's and complaints. He will dread coming through that door! What we do, is when my husband comes home I scream "Daddy's HOME!!!!!!" Then me and my daughter race to the door to greet him, hug him and kiss him! He says he looks forward to that moment of walking through the door!)
"The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her..." ~ Proverbs 31:11
9. Make him feel comfortable. Have him lean back into a comfortable chair or suggest he lie down in the bedroom. Have a cool or warm drink ready for him. Arrange his pillows and offer to massage his neck and shoulders and take off his shoes. Speak in a soft, soothing, pleasant voice. Allow him to relax to unwind. (my insert - he has worked and slayed dragons so to speak for you to stay home and raise the children! Let him have his moment of solitude and relaxation, he has faced the "world" all day and wants to come home to some peace and quiet!)
"Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all." ~ Proverbs 31:29
10. Listen to him. You may have a dozen things to tell him, but the moment of his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first.
"She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness." ~ Proverbs 31:26
11. Make the evening his. Never complain if he does not take you out to dinner or to other places of entertainment. Instead try to understand his world of strain and pressure, his need to be home and relax. (my insert - a Godly husband and wife will work together to make sure BOTH parties are happy, this includes nights when husband is tired to put aside your wants and stay home and then also nights when you want to go out, he agrees and takes you. You should prefer one another)
"Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates." ~ Proverbs 31:31
12. The goal, try to make your home a place of peace and order where your husband can renew himself in body and spirit. (my insert - it should be his "castle")
"She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life." ~ Proverbs 31:12
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51 comments:
- Anonymous said...
This is a very nice reminder of what every wife should strive to be.Thanks for the wisdom:)mom211911
- Anonymous said...
Your welcome and thanks for your comment mom211911! ; )
- Dawn said...
I have had this tapes to my kitchen cabinet for awhile now. :) It's a humble reminder of my duty before the Lord.
I have seen this article online where it was so criticized and laughed at by many women.
I wonder how many of these women are still married today?
God Bless,
- Anonymous said...
Good question Dawn! You know a lot of people talk about this "sterotypical" 1950's housewife as a bad thing, but really it isn't! Look back to the 1950's there were less divorce rates......gee I wonder why!? Could it be, because more women back then did their role and men did theirs? lol
Thanks for your comment Dawn! ; )
- ~~Deby said...
so good Bev....and I love the ending verse
Proverbs 31:12
Actually would love to memorize those proverbs 31 verses..I will have to find this blog to show you how this one lady is doing it.
- Anonymous said...
Ok sounds great! Thanks for your comment Deby! ; )
- Farmhouse Blessings said...
Wow ~ this has just brought tears to my eyes. It is so counter-culture even in "Christian" circles. But is Biblical and true. It is such a blessing to read that others still hold these truths close to heart.
Thank you. May I post this on my blog in the future? I will gladly link back to your post as well.
- Anonymous said...
Sure you can Lea, thanks for the comment! ; )
- Anonymous said...
Does anyone know the name of this book? I heard the title on Wife Swap, but my little brain forgot it...LOL.
- Anonymous said...
Hey Anonymous, I have no idea of the name of the book, sorry!
- Anonymous said...
Thank you so much for posting this .... I have been searching everywhere for advice on being a Good Christian wife and what always seems to be showing up first is people saying rude things about it... Some of these wounderful tips are proving very challenging for me and I am praying to the lord to help me overcome them... I have health problems and sometimes im so tired i feel like i just cant get the cleaning done... I really want to become a good wife and fall into the role that the Lord made me...so thank you for the guidence i will use it to remind me often of my own shortcommings and as a motivation to try harder...
- Anonymous said...
Thank you anonymous for your comment! You sound as though you have the right attitude as far as wanting to be that good wife that God would have you to be and with that humble spirit, you will! We all have shortcomings and the important thing is to keep striving to be our best! ; )
- Anonymous said...
My husband does not work and I are the sole support of the family? Should I give this list to my husband to follow?
- Anonymous said...
ALL of that was very great advice and I love the biblical backing (who can argue with the bible?)!! Unfortunately, I am not a homemaker at this time. We have two (7 and 2) children, and we both work full-time. I feel like I have been lacking in my home-keeping. Do you have any suggestions for the working wife so that I might be able to fulfill my duties?
- Anonymous said...
Thank you Anonymous for your comment! It is great that you want to fulfill your duties even though you are working full time. It's no secret that this blog is about the Homemaker and centers primarily on the women staying at home and not working. You asked suggestions for the working wife so I will try and answer it the best way that I can.
At the beginning of our marriage, I was a working wife. I was in the Air Force and it wasn't something I could just "quit" lol. I didn't have any children at this time so I could not give you my experience in that area.
I can tell how I, as a working wife, managed my home at that time until I was discharged from the military. I would clean on Mondays and since both us worked and we had no children, the home did not get really dirty. I would make dinner and usually back then it was things that were fast: Hamburger helper, frozen lasagna, etc. My husband pitched in because I was working and had no choice of being able to stay home.
I'm in no way over you in the Lord, I'm not your Pastor or even a teacher over you. So I'm limited in what I can say and can only encourage you to seek Godly counsel in your situation over those that God has placed as your spiritual leaders. However, I did share my experience, which is to show you how I did it, although our circumstances were different (children, etc).
Thanks for stopping by! :)
- Anonymous said...
julieandcj - in reply to your comment, you can do whatever you want to do with the list. It is evident from your comment that it wouldn't be useful to you.
- Anonymous said...
My question is this: If a husband has worked all day and a wife has worked at home all day(both of equal value), why is it then that the husband and wife should not cater to "one another" during the evenings? I feel that it is just as much the husbands duties to do all these things for his wife as it is the wife's duties to try and do these things for her husband.
- Anonymous said...
It is the women that keeps the home, she doesn't get to clock out. You will notice in Proverbs the virtuous woman it said: "she riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household" and "her candle goeth not out by night" and we all know a woman's work is never done! Notice how in Proverbs 31 it talks of HER home: "She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet." and "She looketh well to the ways of her household"
Also, not sure where you got the husband is to never do anything for or cater to his wife. Mine does all the time because he is treated like a King, so he treats me like a Queen and as the woman in Proverbs 31 "Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her."
There is a good post I posted a long time ago about how if you will treat your husband like you are supposed to, you will never have to worry about him doing the same for you! ;) Here it is:
A Man's Needs
Thank you and hoped that answered your question.
- Anonymous said...
P.S. I wanted to add that my husband doesn't just come home and do nothing in the "evenings". He spends time with God (whereas I had got to during the day at home, he didn't), he works outside and makes sure the yard is mowed, weeds gone, washes the cars, etc. He also spends time reading to and playing with our daughter. So in reality, his work day doesn't end when he leaves his job. ~Bev
- Anonymous said...
Thanks for the Tips and the virtues! I am a 22 year old Wife, and I am trying to be the perfect Wife that My Husband decerves! I know that I am young, but eventually with practice I will do wonders and become better!
If Anyone Has More tips Please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com
God Bless!
- Anonymous said...
Your welcome and thanks for the comment! :) ~Bev
- Mommy Carmel said...
What a good reminder of how a wife should do her role in the family! Can I post this on my blog? I'd link back to your blog for sure.
- Anonymous said...
Thanks Agnes for your comment. I would prefer that my writings stay here. However, you can link to this post if you would like.
- Geography 5 said...
Wow.....thank you so much for this. This is so nice to read in the midst of a world of "me! me! me!". I was searching for some faith-based guidance, thank you so much for putting this on the net.
- Anonymous said...
Your welcome J!
- Anonymous said...
Thank you so much for posting this! I myself am very "old fashioned" when it comes to doing for my man...And so many women I speak to think I'm absolutely crazy for doing all I do for my husband and twist it around to make it appear as if you are just slaving away for him, but in all honesty, it is done out of love and he does the exact same for me. The Proverbs 31 woman is blessed with a Psalm 112 man when she follows closely the guidelines placed there for her (and vice versa)
May God bless you all today and everyday!
- Anonymous said...
I agree, thanks Tay! :)
- Jessica said...
I know this post is old, but I love that whether you agree or disagree with the message, something, even just ONE can be useful and make the man of the house feel like a KING. I don't think anyone should discount the advice of women who were stong and maintained home, children and happiness of the partner whom they claim to love and cherish.
Though, my opinion was not the reason I wrote this, I felt inclined, sorry for stepping on any toes.
My purpose was to answer a question someone had asked. The original text is from a book called Fascinating Womanhood. Author (cant remember the full 1st name, sorry) H. Andelin.
anyways thanks for your time,
- Anonymous said...
What a great site! I came across it while searching or I guess I should say hoping I would find Godly men searching for a Godly wife. I'm not married yet but have learned that a mans home should be a place of rest and I truly look forward to sharing a home with my future spouse wherever he might be. I've been blogging about my journey. Check it out, lookingforachristianhusband.com
- Hannah Marie said...
I am only seventeen and not married yet, but I want to know ways to be a good Christian wife when I'm married, and I think this is great! Thanks for sharing, and I pray that your marriage will be blessed!
- Anonymous said...
That is great Hannah Marie! We will be celebrating 12 years tomorrow! :)
- Anonymous said...
I want to thank you for your blogs! I'm getting married next week and I want to be a good wife and mom. I will be saving this to my favorites! Thank you so much!
- Unknown said...
ThankYou. So glad I found this. It is definately going on my fridge. I have been married for 3 months, my husband and I have old fashioned values and knowing that this will put a smile on his face each time he opens the fridge makes me so happy and proud. society has forgotten that men and women were created and born with very different roles and duties. I as a woman am physically created to bear children, be a mother and a wife. Men were created bigger and stronger to protect us and to labour for us. Just because ecomonic conditions demand that both work, it doesn't change what we were born to do. I feel so sorry for those who have lost sight of this and pray that Our Father will show them the way.
May you all be truely blessed.
Justyna Milat
Ps: Besides the wonderful bible quotes as a guide line, God has given us an even better one - Our Mother Mary. Can you think of a better role model than Mary that God chose himself to bear his only Son?
- Unknown said...
I am a 22 year old stay at home wife/mom. i was not raised to be christian or anything for that matter, however my husband was. we married when we were 18 and now have three little ones, he is army and our kids are ages 1, 2, and 3. im trying to learn how to be a good woman, wife, mother, and to become a christian woman. But at times I just dont know how to mannage it all. i dont have any family at our new duty station and our kids are so young baby sitters arnt exactly all for watching our little ones. where to get the energy or time for it all seems impossible. (please dont judge me for my kids being so close in age i get it all the time, my body doesnt react correctly to birth control i had a stroke in april and last augets because of it, and i do not believe in altering my body so i will not tie my tubes)
if there is any advice out there let me know how to not become bitter at the end of the day or in the mornings, how to come up with the energy and how to juggle everything.
i love the article, and the list came from a home economics book that was taught in some schools in either the 1940's or 50's, it was also published in a magazine clipping in 50's , i think it was Good house Keeping or something like that.
thanks again!
- Anonymous said...
Krystal - The best advice I could give is to pray and believe in God that He can enable you to do what He has called you to do. Give your all to your husband, children and home and make sure you hang around positive influences. Every night, write down all your blessings - from that day or whatever you can think of and concentrate on that. Thinking on good things, relying on God for your strength and casting all your care upon Him, is the secret to success!
- Anonymous said...
THANK YOU! I need a push to make my man happier than ever! I want to be a wife that he's proud of. ♥
- Amy said...
I love this. Thank you!
- Unknown said...
God bless you for helping us women realize our mistakes! He has surely spoken to me through you Bev. I am a reader from Nairobi, Kenya in Africa. God is using you to touch the hearts of wives all over the world! You are blessed. Thank you.
*mama to wayne*
- Anonymous said...
Thank you Wandia, so glad to hear!
- AmberBeyleryan said...
Last fall my church had a women's conference and I went to a class on hospitality. The ladies that taught that class read this. It came from Good Housekeeping long ago. I don't think there were the bible references originally.
- Anonymous said...
I need some advice.......back story, my husband is/was a Rescue Swimmer in the Navy, he recently broke his back on a rescue, because of the break he has no control of bladder functions, sexual things, he has to walk with a walker....I am a stay at home mother of four, 4, 3, 2, and 6months...So I now have all the chores of both man and wife... my question is, how do I still make him feel manly and like he is the man of the house, I am worried about his self esteem and overall emotional state. I want him to still like he is the man of the house even though I do everything....any words of wisdom?
- Anonymous said...
Anonymous - I do have a friend who has a similar situation as you as her husband is disabled from the military and can't work and is at home. She has 5 children all close in age and under 10.
The ways I see her help him and also my advice would be to always honor him before the children as the head of the house AND to let him make the decisions (with your input of course). Speak positive and encourage him in his recovery. Be that flower, feminine and womanly so that his manhood can shine through even more.
- Anonymous said...
Anonymous - I did ask my friend for advice for you and although her situation is a bit different as her husband can still do a lot, here is what she suggested:
One things for sure is not to make him feel like any less of a man because of his injury or inability to function as a man. One way to make him feel manly is by NOT making him feel like he's incapable of running his house because of his limitations. If he's not uh hum functioning like normal then I suggest doing what she can in the mean time and reassure him that it's okay if her own needs are not being met. I am not sure what else to say other then to PRAY. It really takes a lot to run a house all by herself with four kids and a disabled husband. Lord willing he will recover soon but in the mean time I'd definitely encourage her to pray because it's easy to become disheartened when circumstances aren't quite what we expect them to be especially when things aren't accelerating at the rate we anticipate.
- mike said...
Tell my wife this, she watches tv all day and night. :(
- Unknown said...
As a working christian wife, I honestly feel like a slave!
- Anonymous said...
Unknown - we are called, as Christians, to serve one another. Doing it with love is servant-hood, not slavery. If the job is making you feel like a slave - you have to choose your priorities.
- Heather Lane said...
I agree with most of this. As a active duty soldier, a believer, a mom and a wife...it is super hard to do most of these. Especially the cooking thing. As i get home much after he does.
- Anonymous said...
Heather - I was active duty Air Force and married, so I do know how hard that is. My schedule was 12-hour night shifts, so I could not always do everything and my husband did NOT expect me to because I was working outside of the home. He pitched in and he still does from time to time even though I'm home now. He didn't know how to cook, so I did all the cooking but mostly convenience type foods. I would clean once a week on my days off and then run errands when I could.
When you are in the military, you really don't have a choice of quitting your job and being a homekeeper......until your enlistment is up. So I believe in that situation, you just do the best you can with what you have until you can make that move to be home and serve your family.
- Colleen said...
Thank you so much for posting this! I have not been the best wife over the years..not even close and I was searching the internet for ways I can be a better wife and I found this. The Lord spoke to me through you. I look forward to reading your other posts as well.
- Anonymous said...
I love this! I am a young wife and my mom has always supported our family both financially and physically even though my father has been in the home so I didn't have much to go on once I got married. Right now my husband and I are both working and he keeps making comments about me quitting my job because with God he can provide for his family. He makes about 25,000 a year but he got this job recently and we still aren't very strong on our feet. I am scared it would be hard for me to trust the outcome if I am not helping financially to get us where we want to be. Would it be reasonable for us if I did what he asked and focused on making sure I complete this list daily?
- Anonymous said...
Hello Anonymous - The biblical answer is that it isn't your problem to worry about the provision, that is your husband's responsibility to provide for his own. 1 Timothy 5:8 Your responsibility is to be content with what your husband provides and keep your home. If both do their part, this list will come about from love, not just following a list of rules.
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ORRINGTON, Maine—A pre-dawn fire that killed a 30-year-old man and his three children and hospitalized the mother was caused by empty cardboard pizza boxes stored too close to a wood-burning stove, Maine fire officials said Monday.
The family likely used the boxes to help start the fire in the stove after they returned to their Orrington home from bowling late Friday night, fire investigators said. A container of lighter fluid found nearby probably accelerated the spread of the fire once the boxes stored outside the stove ignited and family members had gone to bed.
Fire Marshal Joe Thomas called the fire a tragedy. It was the deadliest fire in Maine in 20 years.
"It was purely accidental," Thomas said.
Neighbors reported the fire about 2:30 a.m. Saturday after hearing Christine Johnson, 31, screaming from atop a roof above a breezeway between the house and a garage.
Johnson remained hospitalized for smoke inhalation on Monday. The fire killed her husband, Benjamin Johnson III, along with their children: two boys, 9-year-old Ben and 4-year-old Ryan, and one girl, 8-year-old Leslie.
The children were found in a second-story bedroom, and their father was found at the head of the stairs. They all died from smoke inhalation, according to the medical examiner's office.
The home's furnace was not working, so the residence was heated with the wood stove and a propane heater placed inside a fireplace, officials said.
The home had smoke detectors, but neighbors who rushed to the scene didn't hear them and investigators haven't determined if they were in working order, Thomas said.
The town of Orrington has about 3,900 residents and serves as a bedroom community to Bangor, six miles to the north. The family moved from Bangor and into the rental house about six months ago.
Benjamin Johnson worked at a Wal-Mart and as a part-time dealer at a casino in Bangor, neighbors said. Christine Johnson is an author who worked from home, Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said.
The fire was the deadliest in Maine since December 1992, when an 18-year-old man set fire to an apartment house in Portland, killing a baby and three adults.
Virgil Smith, now 38, was convicted of four counts of murder and one count of arson. He is serving a 58-year sentence. Smith started the fire to get back at his ex-girlfriend, who lived in the building, but said he didn't intend to hurt anyone.
With heating season upon Maine, Thomas said combustible items should be kept at least 3 feet from wood stoves and flammable liquids should never be used to start wood-stove fires.
"The point we're trying to make is this type of thing doesn't have to happen," he said.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Daniel Fitzpatrick, Kadeem Edwards and Anthony Bass of the Tennessee State football team were named to the 2013 Sports Network Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) All-American Team.
Fitzpatrick was selected to the Second Team following a season in which he picked off six passes during the regular season and added two more in the team's first round FCS Playoff victory over Butler. The eight total interceptions currently leads all Division I players (FBS or FCS). Of those eight interceptions the junior returned three for touchdowns, scoring a 50-yarder against Jackson State in the Southern Heritage Classic in Memphis, returning what proved to be the game-winner 20 yards at UT Martin and a 26-yarder at Butler. He added a season-high nine tackles twice during the season, in a victory at nationally-ranked Jacksonville State and against nationally-ranked Eastern Illinois in the playoffs.
Edwards made the Third Team and has already been invited to the Senior Bowl. He was the top offensive lineman for the Tigers who finished the season 10-4 overall, 6-2 and second place in the OVC and earned an at-large berth to the FCS Playoffs. Edwards helped block for Tim Broughton who rushed for 1,146 yards (25th-most nationally) and six touchdowns and for a quarterback duo that combined for 26 passes touchdowns and also four interceptions in 14 games.
Bass, the OVC Defensive Player of the Year, also earned Third Team honors after helping anchor a defense that ranked sixth nationally in total defense (296.9 yards/game) and seventh in scoring defense (18.1 points/game). Bass ranked 29th nationally in sacks/game (0.7) and overall on the season had 34 tackles, 14.5 tackles-for-loss, 10.0 sacks, two forced fumbles and recoveries, six quarterback hurries, four pass breakups, a blocked kick and a safety.
The three Tigers played a pivotal role in leading TSU to its first playoff berth since 1999 and its first playoff victory since 1986.


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It seems like it took Lego an unnaturally long time to realize the potential of its miniature building blocks to replicate famous buildings. But in 2010 the company got its act together and started releasing its Lego Architecture series. It's running through the greats, including the Empire State Building and Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater. But the one element missing was a creative one: You could make models of these things but once you did they were done. Architecture Studio, the newest addition to the Lego Architecture line, solves that.
For $150 you basically get a kit full of 1,200 all-white slopes, planes, blocks, and windows, accompanied not by instructions but, as Cool Hunting describes it, "a 250-page book of Lego experiments conceived by the leading contemporary architecture firms like SOM, REX and Sou Fujimoto." Not bad. You can get a full rundown of what's in the box and how it works over at The Brick Blogger. And Architizer has a preview of that book of concepts.
Anyway, I'm not really in the business of reviewing toys but this one is right up our street. Worth filing away for the holidays. And seriously, if anybody buids an Eichler, Streng, Alexander, or any other mid-century modern home out of Legos, send me a photo so I can run it here.
Meanwhile, here's a 20-minute(!) video of someone fiddling around with this new set. Skip to the last third or so to see some of the completed projects.


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U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, CO -- According to an Air Force report, the U.S. Air Force Academy's athletics automatic external defibrillator training (AED) program may have been a contributing factor in the death of Cadet 4th Class Edward Schmeltz earlier this year.
The Ground Accident Investigation Board report suggests that deficiencies in the academy's athletics automatic external defibrillator training program were a contributing factor to Cadet Schmeltz's death. The device was inadvertently misconfigured in an unintended mode of operation, which resulted in confusion for the academy personnel who lacked the knowledge and training of that operation mode.
The cause of death was natural, resulting from a fatal cardiac arrhythmia from pre-existing structural abnormalities of the arteries of the heart, which resulted in sudden cardiovascular collapse following strenuous exercise.
Cadet Schmeltz collapsed Jan. 31, following a 600-yard run as part of a physical fitness test, and could not be resuscitated. He received immediate medical treatment on the scene from academy employees who initiated CPR and used an automatic external defibrillator.
An ambulance team continued resuscitation efforts during transport to the academy hospital where he received further treatment from hospital emergency staff. Despite their efforts, he died at the medical facility.
Academy officials have instituted several changes since the incident occurred, including purchasing new, easier to operate defibrillators, reconfiguring those still in existence until replacement by the new systems, and retraining people on operation of the defibrillators. In addition, appropriate Air Force agencies and the Food and Drug Administration were advised of the investigation board's findings.


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Award-winning novelist Jonathan Franzen has an admittedly uncomfortable reason for why he doesn't expect to write a book about racial relations: He doesn't know many blacks.
In an interview that appeared last weekend on Slate.com, the author of "The Corrections" said he had few black friends and had "never been in love" with a black woman. He called his comments "an embarrassing confession."
Franzen's remarks were widely criticized, with National Book Award finalist Angela Flournoy tweeting that Franzen's books were indeed "about race," if only because they expressed a white perspective.
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Workshop in Egypt (14 November 2009): Global ICT services sourcing post crisis - trends and developments
The OECD's Working Party on the Information Economy (WPIE) has undertaken analysis of various aspects of restructuring global value chains underpinned by the use of ICT. A major part of this work focuses on ICT-enabled international sourcing of services in recognition of the potential to transform OECD economies.
The WPIE's work includes reports and workshops analysing ICT-enabled trade in services, outsourcing and offshoring of ICT-enabled services, and the potential impacts on employment.
Rapid technological developments in ICTs are having a profound impact on the way economic activity is organised in general, and in particular on how the ICT sector and ICT-related activities are organised.
Many ICT-enabled services are increasingly tradable as a result of technological advances in ICTs, combined with ongoing liberalisation of trade and investment in services, and services activities are globalising rapidly. These increasingly globalised service activities not only contribute to the development of the ICT sector but also more broadly to other business and service activities. India in particular has received much attention in the context of the ICT-enabled outsourcing and offshoring of services, especially since there appears to be a movement up the value chain. Other countries are also emerging as new players.
Various editions of the OECD Information Technology Outlook describe ICT outsourcing and offshoring issues. See www.oecd.org/sti/ito.
- OECD Information Technology Outlook 2004
- Offshoring and Employment: Trends and Impacts
- Studies of business services, distribution and logistics, and travel and tourism services and online payment systems
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Post subject: I have an astral parasite
I have discovered that there's at least one astral entity attached to me. And this is not something that I just suspect, or that I know by mere intuition. I know it for sure, just as I know that I have two legs and two arms, because I saw it myself, and I even heard it screaming.
Let me tell you how I caught it. It was at night, while sleeping. Suddenly I became very conscious, but my physical body was completely at rest, I guess it was my astral self that got activated. Then I saw my arm pulling something that looked like a dog tail off my head. But it was not my physical arm, as my physical body remained quiet all the time. Also, I did not see it with my physical eyes, as they were closed. But the vision was very clear.
As my arm tried to get the tail out of my head, the entity that the tail belong to, resisted it, holding my head forcefully, and it screamed with a very high pitched sound, like that of a rat, but it sound more "electric". Then I woke up and all the scene fade out.
Though I was very impressed, I did not feel any fear and just continued sleeping normally. But two days later I developed severe otitis on my left ear, precisely the side of my head were all the astral fight took place.
Thanks to this experience, I have been putting many pieces together. I won't bother you with all the details, but I wanted to point out something related to food and addictions, which are issues of interest in this forum.
The high, electric like sound that I heard during the experience, I have heard it for years, and it has been causing me much anxiety and a feeling of frustration, as I were not able to know where it came from, what was its meaning, and how to get rid of it. But after the experience, I have observed it very carrefully, and I have seen that everytime I hear it, I feel very strong desires for food, smoking, and tendencies to retire from any social relationship. It also triggers many spurious thoughts and mental noise that prevents me to concentrate on anything, and even prevents me to meditate properly.
Thanks to this experience, I am finally starting to understand the origin and nature of a problem that has been disturbing me for more than ten years. Now I know that it's not me who craves for food like a crazy, but it's this etheric or astral parasite that uses my body to incarnate and experience the feeling of eating, smoking or drinking that it can't experience for itself.
Now it's time to me to get rid of this unwanted neighbour, so I have started an exhaustive research on the internet on the subjects of subtle bodies, astral entities, entity clearing, and so on, and I am dealing with it already, but this would the subject of a further post. Any advice or comment would be very appreciated. Thanks everybody for reading and may peace be with all of you.
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hm... interesting...
I had read in this post
yesterday the following:
?Change your system. Clean it up. Balancing
is cleaning it. Cleaning it is balancing it.
Most people have parasites. If you clean up
your system, you clean up the parasites. The
parasites are a symbiotic relationship. You
don?t get cravings for certain foods, your
parasites get cravings for certain foods and
you feed the parasites when you satisfy your
?So why feed your parasites? It?s all
There was nothing about, that he meant astral parasites, but I think, he meant them...
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Lianna wrote:
?Most people have parasites. If you clean up
your system, you clean up the parasites. The
parasites are a symbiotic relationship. You
don?t get cravings for certain foods, your
parasites get cravings for certain foods and
you feed the parasites when you satisfy your
?So why feed your parasites? It?s all
That's exactly what I am trying to do for now: I just starve my astral pet by not giving it what it needs, so it would die or get away from my body.
Some links:
", by Ethan Vorlay (http://www.alchemyrealm.com/metaphysicsebook.htm)
An amazing and very profound book on the multidimensional reality of the universe and the human body. You have to subscribe to the newsletter to download the pdf, but it's free.
Entities, Parasites of the Body of Energy
", by Samuel Sagan of the Clairvision School in Australia (http://www.clairvision.org/books/entities/entities-parasites-of-the-body-of-energy-excerpts.html)
A very clear presentation of astral and etheric entities. The author seems to have a very solid and profound knowledge and experience on the topic. He says that once the entity is detected, they are able to clear it in minutes! The problem is that they live on the other side of the world
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Though mainstream science only recognizes the physical parasites of the human body, there are parasites on every level of existence: physical, etheric and astral.
On the physical level, parasites take the form of virus, bacteria, worms, and the like.
The etheric body has its own bugs, sometimes referred to as "bad energies". The clearing and balancing of these etheric energies is what acupuncture is all about, for instance.
And then there are the astral parasites, which attach to the astral body of living beings. As I have said, I have no clue as how to remove these ones in a simple and effective way, and so any insight on this would be very welcome.
A complete cleansing of the human body involves the removal of parasites at all three levels of existence. But as all three bodies are interconnected (in fact they may be considered as the same body in different dimensions), removing the parasites on a particular body should clean up the other bodies too. An astral parasite cannot live in an astral body whose physical counterpart is free from any parasite.
So aside from trying to strave my astral parasite, I am also dealing with the physical parasites, by using a zapper, and of course by following a proper diet.
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"Doll dress" with lace collar: UNIF via Shopbop || Fedora hat: Pimkie (old) get similar on ASOS || Rings: Dixi & Regalrose || Platform Boots: The Whitepepper UK
HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE! Yay, it's that time of the year again when all scary and weird kids can be found in the streets! To be honest I've been looking forward to my Halloween special post every year, those outfits are usually all black everything and goth inspired. I remember my first post 2 years ago (see it here) when I was wearing a studded leather jacket, spikes/studs as necklaces, rings and bracelets and a skeleton ribcage printed dress. One year ago (see the post here) I was wearing a black velvet dress, spiked headband and my favorite lace long sleeve top underneath and somehow those looks show that my style has really developed itself to a chicer, but still edgy version within the years. I think once you've found your very own style, you won't change it, but you're constantly improving it. This outfit is not only my beloved halloween special, it's also definitely one of my Top 5 favorite looks this year. It's not like I wouldn't wear exact the same combination on other days of the year (you all know me and my outfits. :-D) I immediately fell in love with the dress when I saw the fall lookbook by UNIF. I had been searching for the perfect collar dress before, but most of the dresses I saw on the internet looked cheap or quite boring. This one is made of an amazing cozy fabric, so you can wear it when it's around 15°C degrees outside without freezing, so it's probably the most perfect dress you can wear in fall. When my Mum saw the pictures she immediately said "Hey, you look like one of the salem witches!" in a way she's probably right, they were dressed quite similar. I would lie if I wouldn't admit that I got inspired by American Horror Story's 'Coven' (season 3) and the Addams Family. You remember my inspiration/shopping ideas post called "witchy vibes" (click here) a couple of days ago? Even though here in Germany the people don't celebrate Halloween that much as the people do in the US, I still enjoy getting dressed up, being all dark and witchy without being looked at in a weird way as the people usually does on other days of the year haha (nah just kidding, maybe only the old ladies/men!). Wish you all an awesome Halloween! AND don't forget: party as hard as you can when you have the possibilities to do that! Trick or treat, gimme something sweet to eat, you know. :b


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reading the new OpenMP 4.0 API specifications, and focusing on the additions for accelerators, the behavior of the device clause in the constructs target and target data was not very clear to me.
I suppose that the number inside the device clause corresponds to a device ID.
It is specified in the specification that "If there is no device clause, the default device is determined by the default-device-var ICV."
But what if the number does not correspond to any device? Say that you have only two devices available, and you give to the clause the number '6'. What happens?
The code in the target region is executed on the host? On the device specified by the default-device-var ICV? or is it not executed at all?
I didn't find in the specification where this is addressed.
Additionally, here is one typo I detected in section1.3: at line 26, target devce is written instead of target device.


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Gun violence is affecting every community around the nation, and many big names are supporting major initiatives to curb this epidemic. Snoop has joined forces with some big names in sports, technology, and politics to support The League of Young Voter's #NoGunsAllowed Project to preach responsibly gun ownership and violence awareness. They hosted a benefit auction last night in San Francisco to raise money for the campaign.
When Snoop Lion visited Jamaica to record his album Reincarnated with Diplo and Vice, he mentioned in the accompanying documentary that he has always wanted to perform at the White House, and that he wanted to make music suitable for The President. Well last month, it all came true, as he was a guest performer at the Kennedy Center Honors in DC. See behind-the-scenes footage of Snoop's visit to the White House with his wife and daughter, as well as the footage of his performance. The album Reincarnated was also recently nominated for a Grammy.
Snoop Lion's homage to old school video games in his latest visual "Get Away," from his Grammy-nominated album REINCARNATED: http://smarturl.it/ReincarnatedDX
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Snoop and Dam-Funk, aka 7 Days of Funk, released the official video today for their single "Faden Away" from the self-titled album, due out 12/10.
Read more about the album coming out on Stones Throw Records.
Pre-order your copy of the album on iTunes today! http://smarturl.it/7DaysiTunes
See an inside preview of Snoop Lion's REINCARNATED Photo Book, and get a hard copy of the book on the Snoopermarket!
Today, Snoop Lion released his REINCARNATED Photo Book, a collection of behind-the-scenes photos and untold stories from his transformational journey to Jamaica. These never before seen photos were all captured by famed LA photographer Willie T. It also includes the limited edition vinyl only given to a select few musical insiders before the album's release. Get your copy of the book today on the Snoopermarket!
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Quick Take for Wednesday, February 27, 2013
(Fast Affiliate Live + Same Day Ratings)
ABC is Up Week to Week to Match a 5-Week High on the Night in Adults 18-49
"The Middle" Beats CBS' "Survivor" for the 3rd Straight Week in Adults 18-34
ABC's "The Neighbors" Towers Over its Freshman Comedy Competition on NBC
ABC's "Modern Family" Beats Fox's "Idol" for the First Time Ever
to Finish as Wednesday's No. 1 TV Show in Adults 18-49
With Double-Digit Gains, "Suburgatory" Soars to its Best Numbers in 5 Weeks
ABC's "Nashville" Returns to Win the 10 O'clock Hour in Adults 18-34
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ABC's "Modern Family" finished as Wednesday's No. 1 TV show in Adults 18-49, outdelivering Fox's "American Idol" on the night for the first time ever. ABC was up week to week on Wednesday (+5% - 2.2/6 vs. 2.1/6) to match a 5-week high on the night - since 1/23/13.
"The Middle" (8:00-8:30 p.m.)
Opposite the opening half-hours of "Idol" and CBS' "Survivor" at 8:00 p.m., ABC's "The Middle" outdelivered NBC's "Whitney" by 4.5 million viewers (8.0 million vs. 3.5 million) and nearly a full rating point in Adults 18-49 (2.1/6 vs. 1.2/4). The ABC comedy beat out "Survivor" for the 3rd week in a row in Adults 18-34 (+8%) and Women 18-34 (+21%).
"The Neighbors" (8:30-9:00 p.m.)
Like its lead-in at 8:30 p.m., ABC's "The Neighbors" dominated its comedy competition, defeating NBC's season finale of "Guys With Kids" by 3.0 million viewers (6.1 million vs. 3.1 million) and by 55% in Adults 18-49 (1.7/5 vs. 1.1/3).
"Modern Family" (9:00-9:30 p.m.)
More than doubling its Adult 18-49 lead-in at 9:00 p.m. (+129%) and holding even with its week-ago Fast Affiliate rating (3.9/10), ABC's "Modern Family" finished No. 1 in its half-hour with a 50% advantage over its nearest scripted competition (CBS' "Criminal Minds" = 2.6/7).
"Suburgatory" (9:30 -10:00 p.m.)
At 9:30 p.m., ABC's "Suburgatory" defeated NBC's "Law & Order" in the half-hour among Total Viewers (+7% - 6.3 million vs. 5.9 million) and Adults 18-49 (+28% - 2.3/6 vs. 1.8/5).
· The sophomore ABC sitcom surged week to week in viewers (+11%) and young adults (+15%) to its best numbers since January 9, 2013. Improving its slot year to year for the 3rd straight week, "Suburgatory" drew 7% more viewers for ABC to the half-hour this year.
"Nashville" (10:00-11:00 p.m.)
Returning after the prior week's preemption for an Oscars special, ABC's "Nashville" came back to rank No. 1 in the 10 o'clock hour with Adults 18-34 (1.4/4) and, for its 6th straight broadcast, in Women 18-34 (2.1/6).
· Jumping 71% over its L+SD rating in the most recent week of L+7 data (w/o 2/4/13), ABC's "Nashville" stood as the biggest percentage gainer of any freshman series during the week, building to a 2.9 Adult 18-49 rating in the final playback numbers.
A note about increasing DVR penetration and year-to-year rating comparisons: Year-to-year rating comparisons based on the Live + Same Day data stream are distorted by the level of DVR penetration in the Nielsen sample, which has jumped up to 47% currently, from 43% at the same point in 2012. More viewers are watching shows on their own timetables, which may not be reflected in the overnight next day numbers. The only truly valid year-to-year comparison would be one based on the Live + 7 Day metric, once those stats are released by Nielsen.
Source: The Nielsen Company (Fast Affiliate Live + Same Day Ratings), 02/27/13.


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WASHINGTON, DC -- Last week, Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) introduced the Healthy Choices Act in the U.S. House of Representatives as H.R. 5209. The act includes both the Personal Health Investment Today (PHIT) Act and the Workforce Health Improvement Program (WHIP) Act, two exercise promotion bills that provide tax benefits for certain fitness expenses.
"Making the healthy choice the easy choice for our families is essential to ensuring our quality of life," Kind said at the announcement of the bill's introduction. "Easier access to the tools and education to prevent and treat obesity; affordable, nutritious food to promote a balanced diet; and an increased emphasis on physical activity to maintain our overall health is critical to achieving a healthy lifestyle. I am pleased to work on legislation that helps provide the opportunities that meet the needs of busy American families."
On hand with Kind were Reps. Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Marcia Fudge (D-OH); Audrey Tayse Haynes, senior vice president of YMCA of the USA; Nancy Brown, CEO of the American Heart Association; Pam Bailey, CEO of the Grocery Manufacturers Association; Richard Wolford, chairman, president and CEO of Del Monte Foods and chairman of GMA; and Penny Lee, executive director of the Campaign to End Obesity.
"Strong action at the community level is critical to building environments rich in support of healthy living and helping to make the healthy choice the easy choice," Haynes said in a release. "The Healthy Choices Act will provide essential resources, tools and opportunities to so many communities to do just that. YMCAs are committed to improving our nation's health and well-being, and we look forward to working with Rep. Kind and his colleagues to empower individuals of all ages to live healthy, active lives."
The Healthy Choices Act establishes body mass index as a vital sign, expands obesity treatment and preventive services and coverage of medical nutrition therapy, provides grants to promote health in underserved communities and to train health professionals and health profession students, improves and increases access to nutrition and wellness programs, improves access to and opportunity for physical activity for adults and children, improves access to nutritional information and healthy foods, realigns transportation policy to help promote healthy lifestyles, and expands research and assessment tools on obesity.
Just hours after the introduction of the Healthy Choices Act, the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) and leaders from the fitness industry gathered on Capitol Hill as part of the 8th Annual Summit for a Healthier America. Industry leaders met with members of Congress to share their vision for a healthier future, urge Congress to address the physical and fiscal costs of physical inactivity, and advocate for passage of the Healthy Choices Act, according to IHRSA.
"We commend Congressman Ron Kind and his fellow co-sponsors for introducing this precedent-setting legislation that provides a comprehensive approach to treating obesity," says Joe Moore, president and CEO of IHRSA. "With the introduction of this legislation, and the release of our country's first-ever National Physical Activity Plan, a unifying vision for a healthier future has been laid out—a future wherein engaging in regular physical activity and healthy lifestyles can be an easy choice for all Americans. The legislation that IHRSA is promoting fits into that vision. The inclusion of PHIT and WHIP in the Healthy Choices Act demonstrates the importance of these bills in helping to remove financial barriers to exercise and to making regular physical activity possible for more Americans."
The PHIT Act allows Americans to use up to $1,000 annually from pre-tax health spending accounts to make expenditures related to organized individual and team sports, fitness and exercise, recreation and other physical activities. Currently, Americans can use pre-tax accounts to pay for prescriptions, doctor visits and other expenses related to the treatment of illness and medical conditions. The PHIT Act would not increase the total contribution limits to those pre-tax accounts.
The WHIP Act would help small businesses provide wellness benefits to their workers. The WHIP Act allows employers to deduct the cost of providing off-site fitness center benefits to their workers and allows employees to exclude up to $900 of the off-site wellness benefit they receive from being considered taxable income. Under current tax law, businesses are permitted to deduct the cost of onsite exercise facilities and employees are not taxed on the benefit. However, if an employer provides this same benefit at an offsite facility, employees who take advantage of the benefit must pay income tax on the value of the subsidy.


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What is Screenplayology?
While the screenplay, in some form, has been the foundation of most narrative cinema in the U.S. for nearly 100 years, it has been all but entirely neglected by academia as an object of study or a literary work in its own right. In recent years, a few scholars have begun to beat the drum for recognition of the American screenplay as literature, and this site aims to support that movement.
Succinctly put: Screenplayology exists to promote the reading and enjoyment of American screenplays as literature, particularly among college students, and to advance the cause of screenplay studies as an academic discipline in its own right.
To put a finer point on it, this is a site about READING screenplays, not writing them. While to be sure, screenwriters will find much of interest and benefit here, this is not a how-to guide for writing screenplays. Indeed, the majority of books published about screenplays are, in fact, just such how-to guides, something we hope to change.
In order to outline the parameters of this project, we will steal from Kevin Alexander Boon's Script Culture and the American Screenplay, in which he writes:
Three characteristics distinguish screenplay studies from traditional film studies. First and foremost, the primary object under examination in screenplay studies should be the written text. [. . .] Second, screenplay studies posit the writer (or writers) as the author of the work (i.e., the screenplay), and, at least, an author of the film [. . .] Third, screenplay studies, like literary studies, should illuminate a reader's understanding of a text, and thereby differentiate itself from pedagogy. The primary objective of screenplay studies should not be to help readers write screenplays any more than the primary objective of Hemingway scholarship is to help the reader write novels and short stories."1
How does this site work?
Screenplayology is organized around a blog and three primary content sections, each of which contains individual topic pages. Each topic page, in turn, begins with an overview of the topic, followed by a hyper-linked list of subtopics covered, a section for each subtopic, and finally a list of key terms and suggested discussions for educators and students to review after reading.
The first content section, Screenplay Style & Use, explores the unique stylistic evolution of the screenplay in light of its function in the process of film production. The second section, Paths & Problems in Screenplay Studies, addresses some of the impediments to screenplay studies and strategies that some have used to successfully analyze screenplays. The third section, Elements of Screenplay Form, addresses the specific narrative properties of the screenplay text, such as structure, time & space, character, etc. At this time, some of these areas are still under construction, and the site is always evolving. If a topic of interest is not yet covered (or covered inadequately), please come back at a later date.
Finally, the site also has a Resources tab, with suggested books and links to screenplay sources, and a detailed Glossary of vocabulary terms that appear throughout the site.
About the Author.
Andrew Kenneth Gay is an independent filmmaker and a visiting assistant professor of convergent media at Southern Oregon University. He is an award-winning writer/director whose films have played over 50 film festivals around the world, and he is the director of the StarLite Film Festival. He has an MFA in Film & Digital Media, a BFA in Film Production, and a BA in English Lit and Philosophy/Religion.
- Boon, Kevin Alexander. Script Culture and the American Screenplay. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2008. Pg. ix-x. ↩


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International Science and Engineering Fair held in Pittsburgh
More than 1,500 students from Pittsburgh and around the world came to the 2012 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair this week.
It's the world's biggest high school science research competition -- an event where students share ideas and try to win awards and scholarships in various areas of science, technology, engineering and math.
Weather Watch 4 meteorologist Mike Harvey hosted the Grand Awards ceremony Friday morning at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.
Awards ranging from $3,000 to $500 were given to the first-through-fourth place winners in each category.
Jack Andraka, 15, of Crownsville, Md., took highest honors with the Gordon E. Moore Award and a $75,000 prize. He created a simple dipstick sensor to test blood or urine to determine if a patient has early-stage pancreatic cancer.
Nicholas Schiefer, 17, of Pickering, Ontario, and Ari Dyckovsky, 18, of Leesburg, Va., each won the Young Scientist Award and $50,000.
Young studied "microsearch" -- the ability to search small amounts of information like tweets and Facebook status updates -- and Dyckovsky investigated the science of quantum teleportation.


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At least 42 Syrian soldiers were killed in a well-coordinated ambush Monday after seeking refuge across the border in Iraq following clashes with rebels in their home country, officials said. The attack in Iraq's restive western province of Anbar is likely to significantly raise concerns that Iraq could be drawn into the Syrian civil war.
Iraqi officials said the Syrians had sought refuge through the Rabiya border crossing in northern Iraq during recent clashes with rebels and were being escorted back to Syria through a different border crossing farther south when the ambush occurred. The gunmen struck near the area of Akashat, not far from the Syrian border, although the identity of the attackers was not known.
A senior military intelligence official said the attackers appeared to have been tipped off about the soldiers' movements and prepared a well-coordinated attack involving roadside bombs and rocket-propelled grenades. They finished off the attack by spraying the vehicles with bullets.
He and another official accused al-Qaida in Iraq of organizing the attack because the militant group is known to have a presence in the area where the ambush occurred. They said it was unlikely that Syrian rebels had managed to cross the border from Syria into Iraq to carry out the attack.
At least seven Iraqi soldiers who were escorting the Syrians were also killed, officials said.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to release the information to reporters.
Sporadic clashes between the Syrian army and rebels fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad have been reported near the Rabiya border crossing in recent days. Officials have previously said a number of Syrians, including some who were wounded, had crossed into Iraqi territory to escape the fighting.
On Friday, Iraqi officials said a Russian-made rocket fired from Syria slammed into Iraqi territory, though no casualties were reported.
Iraqi officials have repeatedly warned that violence from Syria's civil war could spill into Iraq.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told The Associated Press last week that he feared a victory for rebels in the Syrian civil war would create a new extremist haven and destabilize the wider Middle East, sparking sectarian wars in his own country and in Lebanon.
His comments reflect fears by many Shiite Muslims in Iraq and elsewhere that Sunni Muslims would come to dominate Syria should Assad be toppled.
The war in Syria has sharp sectarian overtones, with predominantly Sunni rebels fighting a regime dominated by Alawites, an offshoot of Shiite Islam. Rebel groups have increasingly embraced radical Islamic ideologies, and some of their greatest battlefield successes have been carried out by Jabhat al-Nusra, an al-Qaida-affiliated group which the U.S. has designated as a terrorist organization.
Iraq's Shiite-led government has faced more than two months of protests from Sunni Muslims angry over perceived discrimination. The rallies began in Anbar, the vast desert province where Monday's attacks occurred.
Associated Press writers Adam Schreck and Sameer N. Yacoub contributed to this report.


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Barack Obama Pulls A Chess Move On McCain! [New Ad On How McCain Is Like Bush]
Huffingtonpost reports: "Barack Obama is out with the first post-debate campaign ad. He goes directly after what was perceived to be one of John McCain's best lines from Wednesday night -- his proclamation that he is "not President Bush" -- and, in the process, highlights some of the more peculiar facial expressions made by the Arizona Republican."
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Google search ad results can be racially biased because of one's name, a new report said.
Latanya Sweeney, a professor of computer science at Harvard University, found that there was discrimination when comparing ads given with online searches when users had names that were commonly associated with blacks and those with whites, according to Agence France Presse.
The study contrasted online searches using names such as "Ebony" and "DeShawn," with those such as "Jill" and "Geoffrey." . . . Ads posted alongside search results for names likely to belong to blacks tended to suggest criminal activity with offers along the lines of background checks for arrests, according to the study.
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Sweeney's research, partially funded by the National Science Foundation and a grant from Google, seemed to indicate that white-sounding names produced neutral and inoffensive ads. She also said that it exposes a "racial bias" and technology companies should come up with a way to make ads and search results more fair.
But because advertisers bid on key words, they are the ones driving search results ads. Google said the process is race-neutral because advertisers create how their ad is tagged.
Unfortunately we don't live in a race-neutral society, so the idea that Google's ads will be is a bit of a stretch even for its amazing algorithm. The reality is that Google has to make a larger effort to get rid of this perception that its search or ads associated with it are racially-tinged.


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ArtPrize 2012 Spotlight – Grandpa Morgan Tuskegee Airmen
Just a few nights ago, Faith and I walked around ArtPrize and saw some amazing art.
But the one piece that is *still* my favorite is one I've been seeing since before ArtPrize began last week. The drawing is phenomenal and moving, not only in its difficulty but its sentiment as well.
It's done by a seemingly humble and understated man named Richard Mitchell. Last year, he did an all-ballpoint-pen drawing of an Indian Chief for ArtPrize 2011.
For ArtPrize 2012, Richard's entry is called "Grandpa Morgan Tuskegee Airmen" and it's located in the lobby of the Huntington Bank building downtown (the building with TGI Friday's in the front).
From the ArtPrize website, he writes:
My work for this year is a commemorative piece about my grandfather who was a Tuskegee airmen in WWII. I have researched his war record, images of the P-51 Mustang airplane he flew and even located an audio recording he made of his "memorable experiences in WWII." (link below). From this research I created a large ink-on-fabric drawing of him in uniform next to his airplane the P-51 Mustang. It is 9ft x 5ft. Completed entirely freehand this is a ballpoint pen drawing on stretched cotton. I hope to celebrate his memory and tell his story through the exhibition of this piece in the ArtPrize event.
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It's strange to think that the winding roads of life can lead to an evening at the Ventura Theater with Portugal. The Man. Yet effectively, that's what's happening next week. Paths intersect. Circumstance and time coincide and it is hoped that the experience is, on some level, vaguely life-altering. Your time and Portugal. The Man's are for this brief moment fated to be mated, a bit like the fortuitously circuitous life of frontman and founder John Gourley. He spent time building houses in Alaska with his dad before settling in Oregon. The new album Evil Friends was aided and abetted in New York by producer Danger Mouse and bassist Zach Carothers, guitarist/percussionist Noah Gersh, keyboardist Kyle O'Quin and drummer Kane Ritchotte, the current lineup.
But time travels least of all in straight lines, and neither does the hazy psychedelia of Evil Friends, shuddering outward in lush patterns of mysticism and forbearance, summoning a sound both supernal and supernatural in scope. It's hard to believe that those are just guitars and drums and that keening wail, and yet Portugal. The Man does its damnedest to transcend expectations. There's been a long time to do that. It's up to you to determine what to do with the pieces left in its wake.
Carothers spoke recently about life as a valued cog in the creative machine that is Portugal. The Man and how skilled he's become at handling his ego as an artist over time. "It's not been a problem," he laughs, "When it comes to those kinds of things, we're all very much grounded. We feel very lucky that we get to do this for a living, we work extremely hard, we never take days off. We deal with things with our songs and our records while we're recording them."
So how do they stay centered? "We live pretty much the same life that we've always had. We all live together in the same house. We don't get a lot of alone time. We travel together, we work together . . . it's not hard to stay centered."
Is the band critical now, upon reflection, about the previous Portugal. The Man albums? At this he is surprisingly candid. "Of course. We're critical of absolutely everything we do. It's important. The band is pretty much all we do. We definitely take notice of every little detail we have, especially our singer-songwriter John Gourley. We're trying to do the best things we can. That's all you can do."
Are there previous albums that they've changed their minds about, critically speaking? It's an underrated temptation for an artist to go over past creations and re-evaluate the work, and some don't fare too well, upon re-examination. "We generally think that the last thing we did is the best thing we did," he reveals. "We're always trying to push ourselves to evolve. Every record we make, we try to make a better one. I'm still very proud of everything we've done. We record so often that every time we make a record, it's kind of a snapshot of our lives at that moment."
Photo albums and camaraderie aside, what's the furthest out of his comfort zone that he's ever gone with the band? "We get out of our comfort zones quite often," Carothers chuckles. "We're not used to this [level of attention] in general. Even though we've been doing this for a long time, traveling around the world and seeing things that we've never seen before is pretty amazing. We're constantly in situations where it's a little weird for us. We just flew to Japan for our first concert and that was insane. That was the very first time there were people waiting at the airport to take pictures of us and have us sign CDs. I never thought something like that would ever happen! It's pretty nuts. We get thrown out of our comfort zones quite often, but that's where we like to live. It's a good way to better yourself," he says.
So is that more about excitement or is it more about fear? "A little bit of both," Carothers admits, after a lengthy pause. "You have to have a level of confidence, but it's definitely about being uneasy. Not being comfortable with the situation you're in. That's what generally drives us at all times."
Portugal. The Man will appear with Crystal Fingers on Wednesday, Oct. 23, at the Ventura Theater.


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what's the point of bringing this pointless topic over and over again?
Rename this thread to "the E-peen thread" this is just silly.
I finally managed to get hold of my main's PC settings (don't usually use it much)
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According to the GFX Chart I should be able to run the game at Very High settings but was wondering if its possible to maybe increase the RAM Memory to improve further the performance. Or is it just a matter of needing a better GFX card??
Kinda offtopic but still kinda related...
How much would GW2 benefit from SSD?
I've been thinking of buying one for GW2 and Diablo 3.
Ok, another question for u guys then... Should I keep my existing system and downgrade to a 32-bit OS or get more RAM and keep the 64-bit OS?? I'm talking from a gaming point of view. Since anything over 4gb is useless on a 32-bit OS, but don't think guild wars 2 requires more than 4gb to play at max performance, or am I wrong??
Windows 7 ultimate, ATI radeon 5770, AMD phenom 2 x4 965 8gb ram
Does anyone have a clue if i could run it properly? Umbra technology sound promising though.
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
i5 760 2.8GHZ
EVGA GTX 550ti
Why am I back here, I don't even play these games anymore
The problem with the internet is parallel to its greatest achievement: it has given the little man an outlet where he can be heard. Most of the time however, the little man is a little man because he is not worth hearing.
i will have my new pc next week or few days more...
hope will run gw2 at best settings
cost a bit but it's definitely an insane upgrade on a mid-high comp
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won something?
Nobody posts their resolution so everything someone says is just a random guess even more than usual.


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Hey. . .yeah. . .finally, I got a message board for Hero High. Not sure if anyone even comes to my website anymore, but I'm hoping to start the comic up again, so I guess I'll have this open for when that happens. . .
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CBS has now unveiled the cast of the best reality show ever hit reality show Big Brother. The 13 houseguests that will be taking part in the 12th season of what CBS is dubbing the "Summer of Sabotage," include a model, a bartender, and a chemistry graduate student who is also a VIP cocktail waitress.
But what everyone wants to know is what is the big twist this season? Well according to executive producer Allison Grodner, a mole has been planted among the houseguests to do the viewers' bidding and disrupt the players' lives during this season which debuts July 8 at 8 p.m. ET.
The mole, who will be revealed to viewers during the July 15 episode, is being called the Saboteur and isn't eligible to win the $500,000 grand prize.
"For the first time ever, we have someone in the house who, in a way, is playing their own game," said Grodner, who stressed that the operative is not an actor but a real person who was picked alongside everyone else. "They're playing for a cash prize, if they make it a certain amount of time in the house. If they don't last, they're out, and their cover is blown."
The Saboteur is similar to season 8's introduction of "America's Player," which allowed one contestant, Eric Stein, to complete viewer-voted tasks for cash, unbeknownst to his house mates. The main difference this time however is that the cast will be made aware of the saboteur's existence beforehand.
Julie Chen returns as the show's host.
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