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A Good HDTV Shows You Everything
Updated on October 24, 2014
If you purchased a gallon of gas and it measured 5% less than advertised, would you still call it a gallon? When it comes to viewing high definition (HD) video on a high definition television (HDTV), many HDTVs have a nasty habit of hiding (literally destroying) visual information along the border of the video image reducing the detail and clarity of the remaining visible picture that fills the screen. The excessive scaling of video beyond the edge of a TV's screen is referred to as overscan and it is often expressed as a percentage of the sacrificed video picture - a TV that exhibits 5% overscan fails to display the outermost 5% of the video border.
Examples of Overscan
The following pictures show the lower right corner of a 1080p flat panel HDTV's screen including a bit of its black bezel. This HDTV has a default overscan of about 6% as well as an underscan display mode that reveals every pixel of the incoming video signal. The left half of each picture shows the TV screen with its default overscan setting, and the right half shows the exact same portion of the TV's screen and the same frame of video but with overscan disabled - an underscanned picture. In each picture I've highlighted the details concealed by TV's default overscan mode in yellow.
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Why Overscan is Bad
The relatively small percentages of video overscan I've mentioned may not sound like much, but the losses incurred scale with screen size. A 65 inch 1080p RPTV with 6% overscan (a typical amount) is missing 1.7 inches of video data from the left and right sides of an HD image - a total of 3.4 inches of lost visual information along the horizontal axis. With full-frame 1080p video, a 6% overscan equals a loss of over 124,000 video pixels - regardless of screen size. Any amount of video overscan introduced by a display device can soften the picture and it always results in significant loss of detail.
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Eliminating Overscan
Common picture size settings that eliminate overscan are labeled as Just Scan, Dot-by-Dot, Screen Fit, and sometimes simply Overscan with a related on/off setting. Many new TVs default to a picture size setting labeled 16:9 that unintuitively produces an overscanned image. Also, overscan controls are often configured per video format. So turning off overscan for 1080i/p video sources doesn't automatically turn off overscan for 720p or standard definition sources.
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It doesn't matter if the video source is a favorite HD channel, a next-generation game console, upconverted DVD, or Blu-ray movies, a good HDTV doesn't waste a single pixel - you should see everything as the content creator intended! Of course a HDTV can degrade image quality in any number of other ways, but video overscan shouldn't be one of them.

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In business consultations I always look at the general direction of the building and/or office and whether this matches your core business. Example: if you are a carpenter, your core business is working with wood. You work with metal (saw, axe, hammer, nails, screws etc.) to shape the wood.
The energy of the metal is anchored in the west and also northwest, the energy of wood is anchored in the east and southeast. So having a carpenter business on the buildings axis east (façade, facing, door, front, action) and west (site, backing, the rear, stable) can be really good.
If the location is not perfect - which is often the case - a good Feng Shui consultant will know what to do to improve it. In most cases there is no such thing as "bad Feng Shui" - just Feng Shui that fits the intended purpose, or not. It is my job to get the Feng Shui right for your business.


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15 Inspiring Octavia Butler Quotes, In Honor Of The Sci-Fi Queen's Birthday
As a voracious reader and professional book reviewer, it probably comes as no surprise that there are a lot of different authors I idolize, but few compare to my love of Octavia E. Butler. The grande dame of science fiction has been an idol of mine since I first read Kindred in my early twenties, and although I didn't discover her work until years after her death, I am still in awe of all of the inspiring Octavia Butler quotes that I have found.
Born June 22, 1947, in Pasadena, CA, Octavia Butler was reportedly a shy, bookish child who started writing at a young age and didn't stop until her death in 2006. A true trailblazer, Butler was one of the first black women to join the mostly white, male ranks of science fiction writers. Her novels, which range from racially charged vampire novels to time-travel slave narratives, are centered around what Butler knew best: the lives of black women.
A truly prolific writer — she even "predicted" Donald Trump's campaign slogan — who gave a voice to some of the most marginalized communities through her diverse characters, Butler didn't shy away from the ugliest truths about humanity, past and present, including our penchant for cruelty, violence, racism, discrimination, greed, lust, and power. Her body of work was, and still is, one of the most important and culturally significant contributions to modern science fiction.
And today, in honor of the 70th anniversary of her birth, here are 15 of the most inspiring Octavia Butler quotes of all time.
1. "I'm trying to speak — to write — the truth. I'm trying to be clear. I'm not interested in being fancy, or even original. Clarity and truth will be plenty, if I can only achieve them."
2. "So I preached from Luke, chapter eighteen, verses one through eight: the parable of the importunate widow. It's one I've always liked. A widow is so persistent in her demands for justice that she overcomes the resistance of a judge who fears neither God nor man. She wears him down. Moral: The weak can overcome the strong if the weak persist. Persisting isn't always safe, but it's often necessary."
3. "Freedom is dangerous but it's precious, too. You can't just throw it away or let it slip away. You can't sell it for bread and pottage."
4. "In my years, I have seen that people must be their own gods and make their own good fortune. The bad will come or not come anyway."
— Wild Seed
5. "All that you touch, You Change. All that you Change, Changes You. The only lasting truth is Change."
6. "A partner must be biologically interesting, attractive to us, and you are fascinating. You are horror and beauty in rare combination. In a very real way, you've captured us, and we can't escape. But you're more than only the composition and the workings of your bodies. You are your personalities, your cultures."
— Dawn
7. "We go on having stupid wars that we justify and get passionate about, but in the end, all they do is kill huge numbers of people, maim others, impoverish still more, spread disease and hunger, and set the stage for the next war. And when we look at all of that in history, we just shrug our shoulders and say, well, that's the way things are. That's the way things always have been."
— Parable of the Talents
8. "If you want a thing — truly want it, want it so badly that you need it as you need air to breathe, then unless you die, you will have it. Why not? It has you. There is no escape. What a cruel and terrible thing escape would be if escape were possible"
— Parable of the Talents
9. "In order to rise / From its own ashes / A phoenix First / Must / Burn."
— Parable of the Talents
10. "There seem to be solid biological reasons why we are the way we are. If there weren't, the cycles wouldn't keep replaying. The human species is a kind of animal, of course. But we can do something no other animal species has ever had the option to do. We can choose: We can go on building and destroying until we either destroy ourselves or destroy the ability of our world to sustain us. Or we can make something more of ourselves."
— Parable of the Talents
11. "Sometimes when I'm interviewed, the interviewer either compliments me on my 'talent', my 'gift' or asks me how I discovered it. [...] I used to struggle to answer this politely, to explain that I didn't believe much in writing talent. People who want to write either do it or they don't. At last I began to say that my most important talent — or habit — was persistence. Without it, I would have given up writing long before I finished my first novel. It's amazing what we can do if we simply refuse to give up."
— Bloodchild and Other Stories
12. "I was attracted to science fiction because it was so wide open. I was able to do anything and there were no walls to hem you in and there was no human condition that you were stopped from examining."
— Interview, The Indypendent
13. "I can change myself, but it's an effort. And it doesn't last. It's easier to do as water does: allow myself to be contained, and take on the shape of my containers."
— Imago
14. "Tolerance like any aspect of peace, is forever a work in progress, never completed and, if we're as intelligent as we like to think we are, never abandoned."
15. ""Your people contain incredible potential, but they die without using much of it."
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The man. The movies. The life. The legend. He's played a deranged groundskeeper, a bellowing lounge singer, a paranormal exterminator, and a grouchy weatherman. He is William James "Bill" Murray, America's greatest national treasure. Part biography, part critical appreciation, part love letter, and all fun, this enormous full-color volume, packed with color film stills and behind-the-scenes photography, chronicles every Murray performance in loving detail, recounting all the milestones, legendary "Murray stories," and controversies in the life of this enigmatic performer.
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Hiring process information for an interview at Circle K
Where to Apply and How to Begin the Hiring Process
One of the top gas station and convenience store conglomerates in the industry, Circle K looks to hire job seekers into a variety of positions. Interested individuals may apply either online or in-person at a local store. Interviewers often conduct phone interviews, one-to-one interviews, and panel interviews to screen for new associates, with one-on-one interviews most used for entry-level applicants and panel interviews typically reserved for managerial roles in addition to 1:1 sessions. The hiring process often spans less than a week for entry-level positions and up to four weeks for managerial positions.
Skills Assessments and Interview Questions
Customer service representatives usually pass basic skills tests assessing general math and computer expertise relative to everyday job duties before attending face-to-face interviews. Common inquiries applicants encounter during 1:1 interviews include, "Do you work well in a team-oriented environment?" and "Do you consider yourself a people-person?" Candidates may meet with several different hiring personnel on different occasions before the hiring process is complete. Circle K generally conducts drug testing and background checks as part of the interview process, as well.
Special Considerations for Managers
For managerial applicants, the interview process may take three or four weeks to complete. Ranging in format from 1:1 conversations to panel sessions, candidates should expect to attend multiple interviews during the hiring process. Typical interview questions include, "Have you worked multiple shifts before?" and "How does your previous management experience inform the way you conduct yourself as a leader today?" Applicants should dress appropriately for the interview, wearing business attire like shirts and ties or professional dresses.
Do I Need Experience?
While entry-level positions do not usually necessitate previous experience in the retail industry, applicants who demonstrate knowledge of customer care techniques, retail sales, and marketing may impress hiring personnel and garner additional hiring review. Speak to relevant work experiences when responding to interview questions. Job seekers may need to check back frequently with the company to ensure confirmation of employment if the gas station and convenience industry firm does not tender an offer at the final interview.
Circle K Customer Service Representative Interview Video
Video Transcript
Interviewer: Please describe your job title and primary duties.
Circle K Customer Service Representative: I am currently a customer service representative at Circle K. I work the cash register, maintain and keep the store clean and also I provide great customer service.
Interviewer: What was the work environment like?
Circle K Customer Service Representative: Very fast and fast paced.
Interviewer: How would you describe the application and interview process?
Circle K Customer Service Representative: The application and interview process was pretty much you go online, you go on their website, fill out an application. Then once you do that, then you get a number to call for the store that you apply for and you speak to the store manager. Once you do that, then he sets up the interview. He or she will set up the interview with you. If you do good with that then you go onto a second interview with another manager. If you pass that interview then they run a background check and make sure your background is good. After that, they'll let you know to come in for orientation or slash training. You do the first day training at their own corporate office which is mostly online training. Then after that, once you finish that, they go to an actual, your training store which you'll work there for three days before you go to your home store. Once you complete the three-day training, you come back to your home store and then you start working there.
Interviewer: What questions did the interviewer ask during the job interview?
Circle K Customer Service Representative: He described the situation as to how I'll do with a angry customer.
Interviewer: How were you notified that you received the job?
Circle K Customer Service Representative: It was through phone. I mean, I called a few times but then finally they called me back to let me know if it's clear to come into my training.
Interviewer: What other advice would you give to a job seeker looking to gain employment?
Circle K Customer Service Representative: Make sure you have good communication skills, good work ethic and be hard working.


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I happened once to spend two weeks in a Cossack village on the left flank. A battalion of infantry was stationed there, and the officers used to meet at each other's quarters in turn, playing cards in the evenings.
One time at Major S----'s, having tired of boston, we threw the cards under the table and sat on talking until late, for this time the conversation was interesting. We were discussing the Moslem belief that the fate of man is preordained in heaven, which was said to find many adherents among us, Christians, too. Each of us had some unusual occurrences to relate pro or contra.
"All you have been saying, gentlemen, proves nothing," said the old major. "After all, none of you witnessed any of the strange happenings which you try to use to support your views, did you?"
"Of course not," several said. "But we have it on reliable authority!"
"Nonsense!" someone said. "Where is the reliable authority who has seen the scroll on which the hour of our death is appointed? And if there is such a thing as predestination, why have we been given will and reason? Why are we held accountable for our actions?"
At this point an officer who had been sitting in a corner of the room stood up, walked slowly over to the table, and surveyed us all with a calm, solemn look. He was a Serb by birth, as you could tell from his name.
Lieutenant Vulic's appearance was in keeping with his character. His tall stature and the swarthiness of his complexion, black hair, black, piercing eyes, and the large but regular nose typical of his nation, the cold, melancholy smile that eternally played on his lips--all this was as if designed to endow him with the appearance of an unusual person, incapable of sharing his thoughts and emotions with those whom fate had made his comrades.
He was brave, he spoke little but bluntly. He confided his intimate and family secrets to no one. He scarcely ever drank any wine, and he never paid court to the young Cossack women, whose charms must be seen to be appreciated. It was said nevertheless that the colonel's wife was not indifferent to his expressive eyes, but he was always angered by hints to that effect.
There was only one passion that he didn't conceal--his passion for gambling. At a green-topped table he was oblivious to the world. He usually lost, but persistent bad luck only fed his obstinacy. It was said that one night, during an expedition, when he was keeping the bank on a pillow and having a terrific run of luck, shots suddenly rang out, the alarm was given, and everyone sprang up and rushed for their weapons. "Stake the pool!" cried Vulic, who had not moved, to one of the most involved players. "Seven!" replied the latter as he dashed off. In spite of the general confusion, Vulic dealt to the end; he turned up a seven for the player.
When he reached the skirmish line, the firing was already heavy. Vulic paid no attention either to the bullets or the Chechen sabers. He was searching for his lucky player.
"It was a seven!" Vulic shouted, catching sight of him at last in the firing line, that was beginning to dislodge the enemy from a wood. Going up to him, he pulled out his wallet and gave it to the winner, in spite of the latter's objections to this ill-timed settlement. Having performed this unpleasant duty, Vulic dashed forward at the head of the soldiers and with the utmost calm exchanged fire with the Chechens to the very end of the engagement.
When Lieutenant Vulic walked up to the table everybody fell silent, expecting something original from him.
"Gentlemen!" he said (his voice was calm though it was pitched lower than usual). "Gentlemen, why this idle argument? You wish for proof: I propose we test it out on ourselves whether a man can do what he wants with his own life, or whether the fateful moment has been preordained for each of us . . . Who wants to try?"
"Not I, not I!" was the response from all sides. "What a card! Of all the things to think of!"
"I suggest a wager," I said in jest.
"What sort of a wager?"
"I maintain there is no such thing as predestination," I said, emptying some twenty gold pieces on the table from my pockets--all that I happened to have on me.
"Done!" replied Vulic in a low voice. "Major, you be the umpire--here are fifteen gold pieces. You owe me five, so will you do me the favor of making up the difference?"
"Very well," said the major. "Though I haven't the slightest idea what it's all about, or how you propose to settle the matter."
Without a word Vulic went into the major's bedroom, we following him. Going over to a wall hung with weapons, he took down at random from its nail one of the pistols, of which there were several of different calibers. We didn't realize what he was up to at first, but when he cocked the weapon and primed it, several of us involuntarily stepped up and grabbed him by the arms.
"What are you going to do? Are you mad?" we shouted at him.
"Gentlemen!" he said with deliberation, disengaging his arms. "Which of you would care to pay twenty gold pieces for me?"
Everyone fell silent and drew back.
Vulic went into the next room and sat down at the table. The rest of us followed him. He motioned us to take our seats around the table. We obeyed him in silence, for at this moment he had acquired some mysterious power over us. I looked intently into his eyes, but they met my searching gaze calmly and unwaveringly, and his pale lips smiled; yet in spite of his composure I thought I could read the seal of death on his dull white face. I have observed, and many old soldiers have confirmed the observation, that frequently the face of a person who is to die in a few hours' time bears some strange mark of his inevitable fate, which an experienced eye can hardly fail to detect.
"You will die today," I said to him. He turned sharply to me, but replied with calm deliberation: "I may, and then again I may not . . ."
Then, turning to the major, he asked whether the pistol was loaded. In his confusion, the major couldn't remember exactly.
"That's enough, Vulic!" someone cried. "It must be loaded since it hung at the head of the bed. What sort of a joke is this!"
"A stupid joke!" threw in another.
"I'll wager fifty rubles to five that the pistol is not loaded!" a third shouted.
Fresh bets were made.
I got tired of this endless ceremony. "Look here," I said, "either fire or hang the pistol back in its place and let's go to bed."
"That's right," many exclaimed. "Let's go to bed."
"Gentlemen, I beg of you not to move!" said Vulic, pressing the muzzle of the pistol to his forehead. We were all petrified.
"Mr Pechorin," he went on, "will you take a card and throw it up in the air."
As I recall now, I picked up an ace of hearts from the table and threw it up. We watched with bated breath, our eyes, wide with fear and an indefinable curiosity, shifting back and forth between the pistol and the fateful ace which was now slowly fluttering downwards. The moment it touched the table, Vulic pulled the trigger--but the pistol didn't go off.
"Thank God!" several voices cried. "It wasn't loaded . . ."
"We'll see about that," said Vulic. Again he cocked the weapon and aimed at a cap hanging above the window. A shot rang out and smoke filled the room, and when it dispersed the cap was taken down--there was the hole in the very center of it and the bullet had imbedded itself deep in the wall.
For a good three minutes no one could utter a word. Vulic calmly poured my money into his purse.
Speculation began as to why the pistol did not go off the first time. Some claimed that the pan must have been clogged, others whispered that the powder was damp at first, and that Vulic had afterwards sprinkled some fresh powder on it. I, however, assured them that the latter supposition was incorrect, for I had not taken my eyes off the pistol for a moment.
"You have gambler's luck!" I said to Vulic.
"For the first time in my life," he replied, smiling complacently. "This is better than faro or shtoss."
"But slightly more dangerous."
"Well? Have you begun to believe in predestination?"
"I do believe in it. Only I don't understand why it seemed to me that you were doomed to die today ..."
The very same man, who so short a time before had with supreme indifference aimed a pistol at his own forehead, now suddenly flared up and looked disconcerted.
"That will do!" he said, rising. "Our bet's finished and now your remarks seem out of place to me . . ." He picked up his cap and walked out. His behavior struck me as strange--and rightly so.
Soon everyone left, each giving his own interpretation of Vulic's eccentric behavior on the way home, and, probably, unanimously branding me an egoist for having wagered against a man who wanted to shoot himself--as if he could not have found a convenient opportunity without my help!
I returned home through the deserted side streets of the settlement. The full moon, red as the lurid glow of a fire, was just coming up over the jagged skyline of the housetops. The stars shone placidly in the dark-blue firmament, and I was amused at the thought that there once were sages who believed the heavenly bodies have a share in our wretched squabbles over a tiny territory or some other imaginary rights. Yet these lamps, which they thought had been lighted only to illuminate their battles and triumphs, still burn with undiminished brilliance, while their passions and hopes have long since died out together with them like a campfire left burning on the fringe of a forest by a careless wayfarer. But what strength of will they drew from the certainty that all the heavens with their numberless inhabitants looked down on them with constant though mute sympathy! Whereas we, their wretched descendents, who roam the earth without convictions or pride, without joys or fear other than the nameless dread that constricts the heart at the thought of the inevitable end, we are no longer capable of great sacrifices either for the good of mankind or even for our personal happiness, since we know that happiness is impossible; and we pass indifferently from one doubt to another just as our forebears floundered from one delusion to another, without the hopes they had and without even that vague but potent sense of joy the soul derives from any struggle with man or destiny . . .
Many similar thoughts passed through my mind. I did not hold back their passage, because I don't care to dwell upon abstract ideas--for what can they lead to? In my early youth I was a dreamer. I liked to toy with the images, now gloomy, now radiant, which my restless, eager imagination drew for me. But what have I derived from it all? Only weariness, like the aftermath of a nighttime battle with a phantom, and dim memories filled with regrets. In this futile struggle, I exhausted the fervor of spirit and the constancy of will which are essential to real life. When I embarked on that life, I had already lived it in my mind, and therefore it has become as boring and repulsive to me as a poor imitation of a long-familiar book.
The evening's events had made a rather deep impression on me and worked on my nerves. I'm not certain whether I now believe in predestination or not, but that night I firmly believed in it. The proof had been striking, and regardless of the fact that I had ridiculed our forebears and their complacent astrology, I found myself thinking as they did--but I caught myself in time on this dangerous road, and having made it a rule never to reject anything categorically and never to believe in anything blindly, I cast metaphysics aside and began to watch the ground under my feet. Such caution was timely, for I nearly stumbled over something thick and soft but apparently dead. I bent down--the moon now lit up the road--and what did I see lying in front of me, but a pig sliced into two with a saber . . . I had hardly had time to look at it when I heard footsteps: two Cossacks came running from a side street. One of them came up to me and asked whether I had seen a drunken Cossack pursuing a pig. I told them that I had not met the Cossack, but showed them the unlucky victim of his ferocious skill.
"The bandit!" said the second Cossack. "As soon as he drinks his fill of wine, he's out to cut up everything that comes his way. Let's go after him, Yeremeich; we've got to tie him up, or else . . ."
They went off and I continued on my way more warily than before, at last reaching my quarters safe and sound.
I was staying with an old Cossack non-commissioned officer, whom I liked because of his kindly nature and particularly because of his pretty daughter, Nastya.
She was waiting for me as usual at the gate, wrapped in a fur coat; the moon shone on her sweet lips now blue from the cold of the night. Seeing me, she smiled, but I had other things on my mind. "Good night, Nastya," I said, passing by. She was about to say something in reply, but sighed instead.
I locked the door of my room, lit a candle and flung myself on the bed. Tonight, however, sleep eluded me for longer than usual. The east was already beginning to grow pale when I fell asleep, but evidently the heavens had ordained that I was not to sleep this night. At four o'clock in the morning two fists banged at my window. I sprang up--what was the matter? "Wake up and get dressed!" several voices shouted. I dressed hastily and went out. "Do you know what's happened?" the three officers who had come for me said to me in chorus; they were as white as death.
"What?" "Vulic has been killed." I was stupefied. "Yes, killed!" they went on. "Let's go, quick." "Where to?" "We'll tell you on the way."
We set off. They told me everything that had happened, adding to the story various observations concerning the strange predestination that had saved him from certain death half an hour before he died. Vulic had been walking alone along a dark street, when the drunken Cossack who had slashed up the pig bumped into him, and might perhaps have gone on without paying any attention to him had Vulic not stopped suddenly and said: "Who you looking for, boy?"
"You!" the Cossack answered, striking him with his saber and splitting him from the shoulder nearly to the heart . . . The two Cossacks whom I had seen and who were pursuing the murderer reached the spot, and picked up the wounded man, but he was already breathing his last and mouthed only the words: "He was right!" I alone understood the dark meaning of these words--they referred to me. I had involuntarily predicted the poor man's fate. My instinct had not failed me--I had indeed read on his altered features the stamp of death coming soon.
The murderer had locked himself in a vacant hut at the far end of the settlement, and that's where we went. A large number of women were running in the same direction, wailing as they went. Every now and then a Cossack sprang belatedly out into the street, hurriedly buckling on a dagger, and ran past us. There was a fearful commotion.
At last we arrived on the scene to find a crowd gathered around the hut, whose doors and shutters had been fastened from the inside. Officers and Cossacks were holding a hot argument and the women kept howling and lamenting. Among them I noticed an old woman whose imposing face expressed frantic despair. She was seated on a thick log, her elbows on her knees and her hands supporting her head. She was the murderer's mother. At times her lips moved . . . was it with a prayer or a curse?
In the meantime, some decision had to be made and the perpetrator arrested. But no one was anxious to go in first.
I went up to the window and looked in through a crack in a shutter. The man lay on the floor, holding a pistol in his right hand. A bloodstained saber lay beside him. His face was pale, and his expressive eyes rolled fearfully. At times he shuddered and clutched at his head, as if hazily recollecting the happenings of the previous day. There did not seem to be much resolve in his uneasy glance and I told the major that there was no reason why he shouldn't order the Cossacks to break down the door and rush him, for it would be better to do so now rather than later when the man would've fully recovered his senses.
Just then an old captain of the Cossacks went up to the door and called to the man inside by name. The latter responded.
"You've sinned, brother Yefimych," said the Cossack captain. "So there's nothing you can do but give yourself up!"
"I won't!" replied the Cossack.
"You should fear God's anger! You are not a heathen Chechen, you're an honest Christian. You've gone astray and it can't be helped. You can't escape your fate!"
"I won't give myself up!" the Cossack shouted menacingly, and we could hear the click of the pistol as he cocked it.
"Hey, missus!" the Cossack captain said to the old woman. "You speak to your son--maybe he'll listen to you . . . After all, this sort of thing is only defying God. Look, the gentlemen have been waiting for two hours now."
The old woman looked at him intently and shook her head.
"Vasiliy Petrovich," said the Cossack captain, walking over to the major, "he won't give himself up--I know him. And if we break in the door, he'll kill many of our men. Wouldn't it be better if you ordered him to be shot? There is a wide crack in the shutter."
At that moment, a strange thought flashed through my mind; like Vulic, I thought of putting fate to a test.
"Wait," I said to the major, "I'll take him alive." Telling the Cossack captain to keep him talking and stationing three Cossacks at the entrance with instructions to break in the door and to rush to help me as soon as the signal was given, I walked around the hut and approached the fateful window, my heart pounding.
"Hey there, you donkey!" shouted the Cossack captain. "Are you making fun of us or what? Or maybe you think we won't be able to capture you?" He began hammering at the door with all his strength, while I, pressing my eye to the hole, followed the movements of the Cossack inside, who did not expect an attack from this side. Then I suddenly broke off the shutter and threw myself through the window, head first. The pistol went off next to my ear and the bullet tore off an epaulet. The smoke that filled the room, however, prevented my adversary from finding his saber, which lay beside him. I hugged him in my arms--the Cossacks broke in, and in less than three minutes the criminal was tied up and led off under guard. The people left for home and the officers congratulated me--and indeed they had reason to do so.
After all this, one might think, how could one help becoming a fatalist? But who knows for certain whether he is convinced of anything or not? And how often we mistake a deception of the senses or an error of reason for conviction!
I prefer to doubt everything. Such a disposition does not preclude a resolute character. On the contrary, as far as I am concerned, I always advance more boldly when I don't know what is waiting me for me. After all, nothing worse than death can happen--and death you can't escape!
After returning to the fort, I told Maksim Maksimich everything I had seen and experienced, and wanted to hear his opinion about predestination. At first he didn't understand the word, but I explained it to him as best I could, whereupon he said, wisely shaking his head: "Yes, sir! It's a funny business that! By the way, these Asiatic pistol cocks often miss fire if they are poorly oiled, or if you don't press hard enough with your finger. I must admit I don't like those Circassian rifles either. They are a bit inconvenient for the likes of us--the butt is so small that unless you watch out you can get your nose scorched . . . Their sabers, now, are a different matter--I take my cap off to them!"
Then he added after thinking a little more: "Yes, I'm sorry for that poor man . . . Why the hell did he stop to talk to a drunk at night! I suppose, though, that all that happened to him was already written in that big book when he was born!"
I could get nothing more out of him. In general he doesn't like metaphysical talk.


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Article: A Warning Against a Weak Hadeeth About the Merits of the First Ten Days of Dhul-Hijjah by Shaykh Khalid al-Dhafeeree
The following is the translation of a Facebook post by Shaykh Khālid Ibn Ḍaḥwī al-Ẓafīrī (حفظه الله) where he warns against a fabricated ḥadīth regarding the merits of the first ten days of Dhū al-Ḥijjah that is being circulated. This article was translated by our brother Musa Shaleem Mohammed (حفظه الله).
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"This ḥadīth has no basis and it was fabricated against the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم). Therefore, it is necessary to be cautious of it and to prevent its spread, since it is from lying upon Allāh's Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم)."


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According to the Bible, Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Palestine. A country where people are called Mohammed, Abdul, Mounir, Aziz, Ahmed, Farid, Omar, Youssef, Mouhoud, etc.
Yet he managed to find 12 friends called Andy, Bart, Jim (two of them), John, Jude, Judas, Matt, Pete, Phil, Simon and Tom….. who all liked getting pissed on wine!
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Via Think Progress: Liz Cheney argued today that the attack ad put out by her group Keep America Safe, which dubs Justice Department lawyers who represented Gitmo detainees "the Al Qaeda Seven," does not "question anybody's loyalty."
The Cheney ad also asks of the DOJ lawyers, "Whose values do they share?" while flashing a picture of Osama bin Laden.Here's the audio of Cheney's comments on Washington Times radio today that the ad "actually … doesn't question anybody's loyalty":
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It's also worth noting that other lawyers who have represented detainees include a member of Rudy Giuliani's firm, and at least three lawyers hired by the Bush Administration.
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A new survey from Matalan has found that men and women aged 55 and over are the most charitable in the UK.
The research has been carried out to support the family retailers 'Get Your Stripes' Christmas fundraising campaign which supports Alder Hey children's hospital. The results found that 93% of people in this age bracket regularly do charitable acts throughout the year as they feel that people always need help and 2 out of 3 people feel that the festive season in particular is a time for giving.
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During the festive season 2 out of 3 people over 55 said that their preferred way to be charitable is by purchasing products where the proceeds go to charity.
These findings come after Matalan launched this year's 'Get Your Stripes' campaign which sees celebrities such as Alesha Dixon, Anna Friel and George and Larry Lamb wearing festive striped Alder Hey pyjamas, which are being sold in order to raise vital funds for the children's hospital.
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Bankruptcy is a legal process which allows a consumer or business to eliminate, reduce, or reschedule their debts. It may prevent creditors from taking further actions to collect debts.
There are some debts, such as student loans and child support payments, which generally cannot be eliminated or reduced by bankruptcy.
There are three primary types of bankruptcy available to consumers: Chapter 7, Chapter 13, and Chapter 11.
Chapter 7: Liquidation. In order to apply for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, your household income must be below the median income for a family of your size in your state. Some of your possessions will be sold to pay your creditors. However, you will be allowed to keep some of your possessions, including clothes, household furnishings, and possible equity in your car and home. The specific items you can keep, called exempt property, are determined by state laws. If you owe money on personal property (such as a car), you may be given a choice of paying off the loan or allowing the property to be repossessed.
After a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, your remaining debts are eliminated, and you do not need to repay them. (Some debts, such as income taxes, student loans, or child support, generally cannot be eliminated.)
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Although consumers can file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, it is complicated and expensive, so it's generally not a good option. It may be worthwhile if you own substantial real estate or other property that would otherwise be liquidated.
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The magazine aims to shed light on the successful national industrial models especially modern industry in Egypt such as manufacturing of LED products, in particular, and the tasks of energy rationalization in general. In this course, the international Arab company for electrical tools comes on top of the most important com-panies producing LED units at the size of huge investments and large production capacities.
In our second meeting with managing director of the company, Mr / Kareem, we shed more light on the productivity and technological capabilities of the company .we also asked him and answered in the following dialogue.
In our second meeting with you, we want to talk more about the size of "E & M" and its industrial and investment potential?
"E & M" is characterized by its huge potentials, which enables it to manufac-ture from A to Z .this makes us expect a huge increase of the sales volume, which could be up to 350 million pounds. As for rolling out the new products in the market, we have to add 10 new products in the market. For example, "E & M" is unique, on the level of companies located in Egypt, with manufactur-ing (P C P) in spite of the high costs.
"E & M" has technical cadres who are trained on how to maintain and operate the machines. Besides, we witnessed an increase in sales volume of the last period due to the rising price of the dollar.
On the occasion of middle east exhibition in Dubai, we would like to talk about the company's products especially lighting units of LED with lighting of their competitive in terms of quality and price therefore it can compete in Gulf market?
As for the policy of pricing products "E & M", they are competing for the available products in the market appropriately according on the quality of the raw materials used in manufacturing.
speaking of quality, we would like to know more about the importance of quality tests and certificates of credit owned by "E & M" products which enables them to acquire tracts of the internal market?
The company "E & M" has gotten ISO certifications in Egypt. The policy of quality for us depends in their products on the international standers "I C" especially in the (key – albaraizh) manufacturing.
companies are always keen on providing services to their customers whether before or after the sale to gain the confidence of their custom-ers. In this way, we hope to shed light on the services provided by "E & M" for its customers?
Of course, there are services provided for big companies and private banks so the company owns the technological flexibility needed in order to produce according to the customer's own requests. For example, we manufactured amount that works on the current (D C) in one of the banks in order to reduce the proportion of fires. Besides, our selling policy is characterized by printing factory name and address to provide and facilitate communication with the customer in case of any problem.
As for the agents (distributors) , the company's management always held meetings with the agents to identify their purchasing abilities which are determined by the pricing policy .
As for the part of advertising, we distribute gifts to agents to create a direct relationship with the electricians because we think that their has to be an a circle of benefits for the factory, the trader, the technical and the end user.
In addition, we have the advantage that there is a huge marketing team who is able to achieve benefit both agents and customers on the gulf and Dubai level.
"E & M" company is concerned with guarantee on the private part of their products in order to gain customers trust: lifetime warranty on products (key, albraizh) . Particularly 25- year warranty on the product, because our principle is" the customer back and not the product "in order to gain the confidence of the customer.
"E & M" Company has always characterized by keeping up with the latest designs and that according to their response to the wishes of their customers and following up the opinion polls regarding the market and its products.
This does not mean that it dispenses with old products on the contrary, it manufacturers in order to provide a replacement service at any moment.
Under current market conditions, big companies are seeking to open new markets for its products. Can you talk more about IM marketing plans outside Egypt? What are the countries where the company products are found?
Our products already exist in Jordan and several other African and Arab coun-tries.
Moreover, we plan during the coming period to increase our presence through our future and exporting plans such as "next Kenya conference," as well as traveling to Dubai and Eastern Europe by dealing with the agent to communicate directly with the company.
a lot of investors hope that the country will help them to open new market for the Egyptian products. Does the state help in pushing the industry? What are these aids? What is the investor hope from the government?
Any investor hopes not in any physical support but hopes that the country will pump investments in basic materials industry. So as to provide its presence in the domestic market and does not import from abroad and thus it enables the investor to produce a product capable of price competition, whether at home or abroad. For example we import capacitors, resistors and transistors.
Second: in the case of fighting control over the markets, according to the prior plan…) that would provide and validate an opportunity for honest investors in clean market. That means that "providing maximum amount of products in the market at prices even closer and more competitive.
The market suffers from weak control to a large extent which contribut-ed to the existence of cheated products or non conformity with the specifications and related with an anonymous sources. in your opinion how can you resist the phenomenon of commercial fraud?
The responsibility of resistance spread and preventing commercial fraud is based on the industrial control authority; customs control body, bank, supply and traders themselves. Especially if the regulatory authorities do their role, the cheated product will be confiscated and taking from the shelves of the traders' shops unless they are informed about the sources of the product or showed the receipt. To protect and control the market, we should strongly resist the parallel market by the state. Consequently, all industrial and sales operations are under the concerned authorities to prevent leakage of cheated products or fake or anonymous.


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I awakened this morning to realize that yesterday's horror was not a nightmare. The murders at Sandy Hook Elementary School are real. Twenty little girls and boys are dead, as well as adult educators. My morning prayers have centered upon the victims' families and upon the ridding of the evil that is in this land.
There is an evil in this land that preys on the innocent.
Every year three times as many people are murdered with guns in the United States as were murdered on Sept. 11, 2001. ~ The Washington Post
We may never know the why of atrocious murders such as those yesterday at
; however, we can
identify the means of the evil. Like so much of what in wicked in the Sandy Hook Elementary School ,
it relates to money and greed. Specifically it centers in the greed of the firearms industry gun
lobby and the politicians who accept their bribe money. United States
Guns are big business in the
big business. The U.S. manufacture and sale of firearms is a multi-billion dollar business in the United States and that doesn't include the U.S. weapons exported, legally and illegally, to foreign lands. United States
In 2012, prior to yesterday's murders in
Connecticut, the United States has witnessed multiple mass
shootings—at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, at a Sikh
Temple in Wisconsin
and at a mall in .
Existing gun-control laws did nothing to prevent any of them. Oregon
Last month a study of
control legislation, prepared by a specialist in domestic security and crime
policy at the Congressional Research Service., was presented to Congress. The report noted that, since the
Republicans gained control of the House of Representatives… U.S.
much of the gun control debate in the 112th Congress has swirled around allegations (regarding the failure of) …the Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives mishandled a Phoenix, Ariz.-based gun-trafficking investigation known as Operation Fast and Furious.
In other words, the GOP ignored
the murders in
Colorado, Wisconsin
in favor of meaningless accusations against government agencies. No new
legislation restricting the firearms will come about as long the gun control
lobby has the political right wing in its very large and wealthy pockets. Oregon
I end by addressing this question to politicians who accept contributions from the gun lobby: 'How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? (Psalms 82.2)
For further reading:
- The Washington Post: Why killing is a profitable enterprise By Michael F. McNulty
- ABC News: Gun Control Laws in America
- Congressional Research Service: Gun Control Legislation
- The New York Times: Republicans and the Gun Lobby
The following appeared on FaceBook a few moments ago:
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
Forever untouched, for no one was there.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
Forever untouched, for no one was there.
The tree was unlit, the presents lay scattered,
Forgotten by families whose lives were just shattered.
One nation, one wail, rose into the night,
Echoed by God, for children reft of life.
Then a candle was lit, then another and another.
And a whisper was heard mixed in the sobs of the mothers -
"Clasp hands with me, Neighbor.
Share with me this grief.
Let us comfort each other
Until we find peace."
The whisper grew louder,
Transformed to a roar -
One Nation, undivided, could take no more.


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I feel like a great many people have been concerned this week, primarily about the future. I'm one of those people.
The concerns of men often get in the way of living, have a way of creeping up and consuming our minds, therefore consuming our lives.
I can't be sure if fear is justified or not. I can't conclude that my concerns are great ones. I can't know anything for certain, as none of us can.
I can know that tomorrow I will go fishing, simply because I love it.


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Radiohead are giving fans the chance to host an exclusive microsite through their own websites.
Ahead of the release of the band's new album 'Kid A', the site can be hosted by any other website, simply by clicking on an option to link the sites together.
It contains pictures, blips and e-cards – it can be accessed through nme.com. The new album will be streamed in full on Monday along with an interview – later on there will be a download of a live version of a 'Permanent Daylight' (originally included on the 'My Iron Lung' EP).
Click on the icon below to see the site.
Next week sees the launch of nme.com's Radiohead site featuring exclusive interviews, reviews, a full history of the band, e-cards and much more. It will be the definitive guide to Radiohead's fourth album.
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Click here for the first live review – posted as the band left the stage in Arles.
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'Kid A' is released on October 2 through Parlophone.


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There seems to be a lot of confusion with regards to creating a pure counter attacking tactic on Football Manager. I'm not sure why it seems a big issue, especially in the past week, the amount of articles, threads or posts all discussing it they all seem to follow a theme were the people discussing it are confused. So hopefully this article will go a long way to fixing that and teach you the basics of using a pure counter attacking tactic. When thinking about counter attacking football I always think of this quote; Continue reading The Art of Counter Attacking Football
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Counter attacking football can produce some sexy football! First of all we have to understand how this works in Football Manager, especially because there are some differences.


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Gove: Lying or DeludedPosted: October 1, 2013 Filed under: Politics | Tags: England, Gove, Massachusetts, Merseyside, Michael Gove, Ofsted, Robert Gordon's College, Teacher 1 Comment
This article was brought to brought to my attention this morning. In it Michael Gove some of the most self-deluded nonsense i have ever read (he also fails somewhat by spelling Massachusetts wrong!).
Gove tries to compare his private school education to that of high school children in Merseyside. He complains the type of education he got at the fee paying, selection by exam Robert Gordon College is not what England's state schools offer. Of course if he means that they do not offer an elite few an advantage over poorer or less able students, he's right. The concept of Equality of Opportunity for all regardless of background is the foundation of state education and a total anathema to the private schools industry that Gove loves so much.
The Minister paints a picture that education in state schools is blighted by teachers, unions and local authorities that are striving to deprive state pupils of a good education. He states that his government is ensuring that, "Every child can succeed" whilst at the same time setting up inflexible processes that will ensure that every child will not succeed.
He claims that he is recruiting more highly qualified teachers by which he means he is freeing up academies and free schools to employ non-qualified staff as teachers.
As far as the exam system is concerned Gove tells us he has restored "rigour" when in actual fact he means he's rigged them, He's devalued subjects like technology, drama, art and music. He has really show his ignorance over the new OFSTED inspection regime. In order to be graded better than "requires improvement" schools must now be above the national average. Now Mr Gove, I know I'm a maths teacher and you are, well an idiot really, but surely you understand that at anytime half of schools will be below average because that's the nature of an average! Nothing will change that never, it's a mathematical fact. Imagine if driving tests were judged in the same way. A student would take their test then wait until the end of the year to find out if they passed by being in the top half of candidates. Lunacy. Gove says he wants all schools to be good or outstanding but then sets up a system to ensure that can never happen. Why?
Gove complains about our country being held back internationally by low marks while at the same time his government has withdrawn from international competition in everything except the financial sector. The very sector that destroyed our economy!
Performance-related pay is one of the biggest obstacles to improving standards yet. Teaching improves when teachers identify areas they need to develop and work with other to improve. That results in an improvement across a school.
Gove has built himself a legacy of destruction of education. He spouts on about liberty and cites Blair who talked about freeing schools from political interference. The truth is he interferes constantly for political gain and harks back to an old system that failed the many and advanced the few.
At the start of this article I asked whether Michael Gove was Lying or Deluded, I think he's both.
Bob Blizzard, Labour Candidate for Waveney Open Letter on Lowestoft GridlockPosted: February 2, 2012 Filed under: Politics | Tags: Beccles, Bob Blizzard, England, Lowestoft, lowestoft journal, Oulton Broad, Suffolk, Suffolk County Council, Waveney Leave a comment
Labour Candidate for Waveney, Bob Blizzard has spoken out about the ridiculous traffic situation in Lowestoft that is harming businesses and making residents lives a misery. Bob's comments were made in an an open letter to The Lowestoft Journal, which is reproduced in full here from www.backbob.org with kind permission from Bob.
Dear Sir
Once again, everyday life in Lowestoft is being heavily disrupted by road works causing traffic chaos.
Business suffers and people are put off from coming to the town. We already know that many
residents of south Lowestoft shop in Beccles instead.
However, I can't see the point in blaming Anglian water. We need and want our sewers to be
repaired so that people don't suffer from flooding and foul sewage overflows. I remember, as
Waveney's MP, on more than one occasion, pressing for work to be done to help residents in central
Lowestoft whose homes were regularly affected.
The gridlock caused by the current road works is further evidence of Lowestoft's hopelessly
inadequate road network. Because traffic from all over town has to funnel into the harbour bridge,
any road works anywhere near it will bring the town to a standstill, when the only alternative bridge
is three miles away. It doesn't have to be a bridge breakdown for us all to suffer.
The problem is that there is ONLY one place in Lowestoft to cross the river, except for the Oulton
Broad alternative with its railway gates. It's not that there's too much traffic wanting to get into the
town centre. If that were the case the shops wouldn't be struggling. It's simply that it's all too often
a pain to get into town. That's why fewer people are bothering and shops are suffering.
During my time as MP, the road infrastructure was improved by the South Lowestoft Relief Road
and the Northern Spine Road. A feasibility study was completed which showed that a third crossing
would meet the government's benefit cost criteria and it designated the best location. But our
representative on the region's transport prioritisation committee (Suffolk County Council) never put
the scheme forward.
Now we hear little about a third crossing. Instead, we are being fobbed off with a £6 million
footbridge. I fail to see how such a folly would help us overcome the disruption we are currently
suffering. Lowestoft will continue to struggle unless we get a third crossing.
Gove Accuses Schools Of Being, "Happy With Failure"Posted: January 4, 2012 Filed under: Politics | Tags: Academies Act 2010, Academy, England, Michael Gove, National Union of Teachers Leave a comment
Education Secretary Michael Gove has stepped up the Tory's attack on teachers and state schools today by accusing anybody who opposes his academies programme of being, "enemies of promise" who are, "happy with failure".
The government wants all schools to become academies saying that it will cut bureaucracy, free-up Head Teachers and improve standards. England's worst performing 200 schools are set to be forced into academy status under powers granted the government in The Academies Act 2010.
At a speech at a London academy Mr Gove said: "The same ideologues who are happy with failure – the enemies of promise – also say you can't get the same results in the inner cities as the leafy suburbs so it's wrong to stigmatise these schools.
"Let's be clear what these people mean. Let's hold their prejudices up to the light. What are they saying?
"If you're poor, if you're Turkish, if you're Somali, then we don't expect you to succeed. You will always be second class and it's no surprise your schools are second class.
"I utterly reject that attitude."
Union Response
One union leader has described his comments as insult to teachers.
Another, Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said: "The assertion that the opponents of the government's forced academy programme are 'happy with failure' is an insult to all the hard-working and dedicated teachers, school leaders, support staff and governors in our schools.
"If academy status brought the benefits claimed by the government why have so few of England's schools opted to convert?
"The forced academy programme is about bullying schools into academy status against the wishes of school communities and their local authorities who are best placed to judge what support any particular school may need, not an external sponsor with an eye to the future profits to be made out of the government's programme of privatising England's schools."
While Brian Lightman, the general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: "It is not the act of academy conversion which raises standards in schools and ASCL strongly refutes the suggestion that all those who have not opted for conversion are 'ideologues who are happy with failure'.
"There are many highly successful schools working with their local authority and partner schools; they are not the "enemies of promise" but professionals dedicated to improving the lives of young people.
"The keys to school improvement are excellent teaching and leadership and a relentless determination to stamp out failure."
Related articles
- Gove broadside at academies critics (mirror.co.uk)
- National News: Gove broadside at academies critics (coventrytelegraph.net)
- Letters: Stop this bullying over academy status (guardian.co.uk)


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