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It is worth noting that Philo already sees the creation of the heavenly beings on the fourth day as related to the holiness of the tetrad. In his explanation of this part of Genesis, in particular the fourth day of creation, Philo explicitly lays bear the importance of the number four within the context of the Hellenic philosophical tradition, a tradition marked quite clearly:
But the heaven was afterwards duly decked in a perfect number, namely four. This number it would be no error to call the base and source of ten, the complete number; for what ten is actually, this, as is evident, ten is potentially; that is to say that, if the numbers from one to four be added together, they will produce ten, and this is the limit set to the otherwise unlimited succession of numbers; round this as a turning-point they wheel and retrace their steps.Philo describes the underlying perfection, or completeness, inherent in the number four. The tetrad was a Pythagorean numerical understanding related to the number four (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10). In Aristotelian terms the number four potentiality ten.
Philo also describes the sense of motion, or cyclical nature implied by this number four, which actuates to the number ten, as a "turning point" and "wheel", alluding to the base ten that was used by the Greeks for counting and within which after the number ten one begins to "count again", starting with eleven, twelve and so on. Philo also describes the number four as embedding within it three dimensional space, making it the perfect day (symbolically speaking of course) within which God should establish the foundations of the heavens within which the world of man was thought to be governed in antiquity, and speaking to the importance the field of geometry held to the ancients, a tradition that became the hallmark of the West.
Philo writes:
There is also another property of the number four very marvelous to state and to contemplate with the mind. For this number was the first to show the nature of the solid, the numbers before it referring to things without actual substance. For under the head of one what is called in geometry a point falls, under that of two a line. For if one extend itself, two is formed, and if a point extend itself, a line is formed: and a line is length without breadth; if breadth be added, there results a surface, which comes under the category of three: to bring it to a solid surface needs one thing, depth, and the addition of this to three produces four. The result of all this is that this number is a thing of vast importance. It was this number that has led us out of the realm of incorporeal existence patent only to the intellect, and has introduced us to the conception of a body of three dimensions, which by its nature first comes within the range of our senses.And lastly, in reference to the four elements, and four seasons upon which the ground and order of human existence ultimately rests, Philo concludes with the following summation:
There are several other powers of which four has the command, which we shall have to point out in fuller detail in the special treatise devoted to it. Suffice it to add just this, that four was made the starting-point of the creation of heaven and the world; for the four elements, out of which this universe was fashioned, issued, as it were from a fountain, from the numeral four; and, beside this, so also did the four seasons of the year, which are responsible for the coming into being of animals and plants, the year having a fourfold division into winter and spring and summer and autumn.The point of course is that it is unmistakable that the Gospel of John, the fourth gospel, is very different from the three that proceed it in the canon. The other three have the same basic order and verbatim linguistic features shared in common. John stands almost completely outside the other three. Could it be that it was designed that way? Could it be that as the fourth gospel it was designed with a specific 'spiritual' purpose in mind?


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Etsy Party
I attended a craft party last Friday in honor of Etsy's birthday. I know many people around the country hosted or attended similar events and it was awesome to mingle with some creative folk. Some friends and I headed down to Pearl in Fort Lauderdale for the event hosted by the Hollywood Craft Mafia. I had never attended an event quite like this before! Out of the various craft options, I decided to make a stamp which you can see its purpley majesty above. It came out pretty cool, but I was feeling rather uninspired. During the event, we were also given special discounts to Pearl so I took advantage and stocked up on a few things I needed for TMB.
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The March meeting of MIFDI will be held on Wednesday, March 22, 2017 which is our annual visit to the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services and the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy courtesy of State Fire Marshal Peter Ostroskey. We will meet in the Boards & Commissions Conference Room, (Check the welcome screen in the lobby in the event of a room location change).
Our presentation will be offered by David DiGregorio, Acting Director of the DFS Haz-Mat Division. Dave will provide an overview and update on the Statewide Haz-Mat Operations which offers support, technical advice and mitigation of hazardous material incidents throughout the Commonwealth. We expect to also have State Fire Marshal Peter Ostroskey stop in and offer greetings on behalf of the Department of Fire Services.
0900: Coffee (Available in the cafeteria), 1000: Presentation, 1130: Business meeting,
1200: Lunch (On our own in the facility cafeteria on site).
FROM RT.128/I 95: Take Rt. 20 West to Rt. 27 in Wayland. Turn right on Rt. 27 and continue until Rt. 27 makes a right towards Maynard, DO NOT TURN RIGHT, continue straight for aprox 3-miles and the Academy will be on the right.
FROM RT. 495 North: Take Rt. 85 (Exit 25) towards Hudson. At the traffic light turn left onto Rt.85. Turn right on Broad St. (First traffic light), and at the second traffic light turn right on Rt.62. Continue straight until Rt. 62 takes a left towards Stow, DO NOT TURN LEFT, continue straight for aprox 4-miles and the Academy will be on your left.
FROM RT. 495 South: Take Rt.62 (Exit 26) into Hudson Center. Continue halfway around the rotary and continue on Rt.62 East. Continue straight until Rt.62 turns left
towards Stow, DO NOT TURN LEFT, continue straight for aprox 4-miles and the
Academy will be on your left.
Ample parking is available in the upper-lot on the "D-Side" of the MFA campus.


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And let us not be
weary in well doing: for in due season we
shall reap, IF we faint not. Galatians
6:9.I have fought a good fight, I
have finished my course, I have kept the
faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a
crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the
righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and
not to me only, but unto all them also that love
his appearing. II Timothy
Be Not
WearyOne of the easiest things
for any of us to do when it seems like nothing
is "going our way", is for us to just give up
and QUIT. That's right: just "throw up our
hands" and walk away. At the time, it seems the
easiest way out, I know. And all the while, we'll
be telling ourselves, "It's the thing to
do. I've all the reason in the world to
quit. I'm justified in my
actions."Moreover, the enemy of our soul
will be there, ever ready to pat us on the back
and "console" us with, "You have good excuse to
quit. There's already enough hypocrites in the
world. You don't want to be one, too!" Or he'll
try with, "Look at all those prospering
around you--they aren't living right, but they
aren't doing without all that you are. So
you must be doing something wrong. You've
tried and tried and just can't live it--you
can't make the standard. Just give it up and
have some peace."The one thing
"giving up" will NOT give you is peace.
The decision to "quit" or "give up" will gnaw at
you and haunt you for many long years to come.
You'll be plagued with "what might have been".
Certainly there are those times in our lives
when we truly have given our best effort, and
still don't attain that which we sought, but
there's a world of difference in having done
our ALL and in having simply lost by
default, giving up!Nearly all of us have
seen someone training for a race, or some other
"olympic" event. One doesn't simply "walk off
the street" and into such competition: it takes
years and years of dedicated commitment to train
the mind and body for such a trial of endurance.
It takes struggle, self-discipline, restraint
and bodily pain to even qualify for entrance.
Yet such events are earthly and there can only
be one winner. Our spiritual race is one in
which we're running for an incorruptible
prize and it's not limited to only
ONE winner.However, just as in
earthly events, those who "quit" or "throw up
their hands and quit" don't have a chance to
win. If we're going to make it, we must
ENDURE to the END. It takes GREAT effort to
be a winner. As our scripture text said, And
let's not be weary in well doing: for in due
season we shall reap, IF we faint
not. Paul wanted those he was addressing in
his letter to the Galatians to know he realized
the struggles they'd sometimes face--they
might even get tired of "living right". However,
he wanted to admonish them to "keep on keeping
on" for God: he wanted them to "stick with it"
and keep on sowing the precious Word that they
might reap spiritual
blessings.Heroes Of
FaithThere are
several who easily come to mind when we think of
those who "stuck it out", stayed with God. They're
all members of the Who's Who of
Faith: Noah, Abraham, Moses, Job,
Daniel, Stephen, Peter, John, Paul and Jesus.
Yes, even Jesus--the Word of God records how He,
Himself, said, Thinkest thou that I cannot
now pray to my Father, and he shall presently
give me more than twelve legions of angels? But
how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that
thus it must be? Despite the indescribeable
agony He suffered, He "stuck it out", He
"followed through" so that our Heavenly Father
might be glorified and God's perfect plan of
salvation might be completed for all who will
accept it!And look at ole' Noah. Don't
you know he was the "laughingstock of the
community"? There'd never been any such thing
as a "flood", but there he was, building a great
ark on DRY land. Who had ever heard of
such a thing? And God saw that the
wickedness of man was great in the earth,
and that every imagination of the thoughts of
his heart was only evil continually.
And it repented the Lord that he had made man on
the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And
the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have
created from the face of the earth; both man,
and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls
of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made
them. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the
Lord. ...Noah was a just man and perfect in
his generations, and Noah walked with God.
Genesis 6:5-9.Jesus, Himself, spoke of
Noah: But of that day and hour knoweth no
man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father
only. But as the days of Noe were, so shall also
the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the
days that were before the flood they were eating
and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage,
until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And
knew not until the flood came, and took them all
away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man
be. Matthew 24:36-39. Is that not similar to
our own world of today? People are eating and
drinking, marrying and giving in marriage with
far too little, if any at all, regard for God.
We live in such a deceptive age: folks see no
need for God in their lives. We're so caught up
in providing ourselves with material
securities that we've neglected, left off
or totally abandoned, our ETERNAL
security!One In A
often, there's only one time when people can
serve God: when they're in trouble. Oh oh! That
will get stuck in our "craw" for sure, won't it?
But it's a fact: we live from "crisis to
crisis"--we treat God as a lawyer or santa
claus: "Well, God, if you'll get
me out of this _______________ , I'll do such
and such." And for a time, we keep our word, but
only for a time. We ask God to help us get a
good job, or a nice home. Then when we are
established, we get independent: we don't
need God any more, that is, until
the next crisis rolls through!From the
very "git go", we've got it all
backwards: ALL through the Word of God,
it is If You, THEN God. But no, we don't
want it that way: we want it OUR way. But
our way is WRONG! Oh folks don't like
that, let me tell you. "Why that's attaching
conditions to God's Love!" The
WORLD talks about "unconditional love"
and yet it doesn't even have a clue. How
foolish! God's Love IS conditional: sure,
it's there for everyone, but we must personally,
individually, accept it in order for it
to work in our lives! We need to get back to the
Voice of God through His Written Word to
us and STOP listening to the voices of
this world! We want the promises without
the precepts!Those who serve God only in
the good times, or only when they need
something from Him, will NOT endure. The
Word of God tells us in Matthew 24:11-13,
...Many false prophets shall rise, and shall
deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound,
the love of many shall wax cold. But he that
shall endure unto the end, the same shall be
saved. Instead of us letting God be our
"steering wheel", we use Him as a "spare
tire".Unlike those who "quit", "drop
out", "give up", Noah served God through all the
adversity he faced. By faith Noah, being
warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved
with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his
house; by the which he condemned the world, and
became heir of the righteousness which is by
faith. Hebrews 11:7. The warning from God
stirred Noah, awakening him to the terrible
destruction that was imminent. II Peter 2:5
tells us that Noah was a "preacher of
righteousness". Noah stood against "the world":
he'd never seen a flood, either, but God said
there was going to be one and by faith, Noah
believed the Word of God. No one gave him any
encouragement--there were no preachers or
deacons or presbyters or superintendents to come
by and give him an old "atta boy" on the
shoulder! Had there been newspapers in those
days, can't you just see the headlines: "Village
Idiot Builds Ark On Dry Land".We think
we have it so bad when the pastor doesn't call
or come by every time we miss a service. We
think it's terrible that we have to pay a bill
(of our own making) and can't buy that new dress
to top the one Sister So and So had on last
Sunday. Oh the burdens we have to bear when our
children get in trouble at school (because we
didn't apply any discipline at home). No wonder
we cave in when we hit a bit of corduroy road!
Just let someone ridicule us a bit and there we
are, hands in the air: "I quit!" Just let God
not give us that new car we wanted and there we
are: "God, You don't love me any more! I quit!"
Genesis 6:22 tells us, Thus did Noah;
according to ALL that God commanded him, so
did he. Noah followed the Lord's
leading, despite what the sky looked like,
despite what those about him said, despite what
he'd experienced (or not--he had never seen a
flood before) in his lifetime.


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There are many ways to have fun with wine tasting, and playing a game of "guess the price" fits right in. In a blind tasting, can you and your guests distinguish between very inexpensive, moderately-priced, and somewhat expensive wines (or even "very expensive", if your budget permits!) Here's how to throw a "guess the price" wine tasting party.
Select a price range for the wines, perhaps $5 - $25.
Invite six to eight friends. Ask each couple or person to bring an appetizer and a bottle of wine wrapped in a paper bag. Any wine they want, from anywhere in the selected price range. The host will provide one (or two) also. Aim for six bottles of wine.
Ask everyone also to bring information about the type of wine, the name of the winery, and the price - on a note card would be fine.
Before the guests arrive, set up the tables, line up the wine glasses, lay out the plates, napkins, and utensils, get the pens and the score sheets ready, turn on the music, and wait for the happy guests to arrive.
As the guests arrive and hand over their bottle(s) of wine, the host should bag the bottle, remove the corks and mask any other labeling that might appear at the top of the bottle, then use a rubber band around the top to keep the bag from falling off.
Randomly number the bags and shuffle the information cards (for later reference).After the wine has been tasted and scored, you will use these to see how everyone did.
When all the wine bottles have been "masked", and while your guests are enjoying some of the great appetizers they've brought, pour a taste (1-2 oz.) of wine from bottle #1 into each guest's glass.
Encourage them to explore the wine. How does it look? How does it smell? How does it taste?
Oh - and what do they think it cost?
The conversation should be lively and the score sheets will help to keep track.
Repeat the process which each bottle of wine until all have been tasted.
Now that everyone has expressed their opinions it's time to learn more.
Take the bottles out of their bags, find the corresponding note cards, and share the information. How well did people guess the price? Were there any surprises?
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The Chief Executive, Mr C Y Leung, has met key British political leaders during the first day (October 15, London time) of his official visit to the United Kingdom (UK).
Mr Leung started his day by witnessing the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on health co-operation between Hong Kong and the UK by the Secretary for Food and Health, Dr Ko Wing-man, and the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health of the UK, Ms Jane Ellison.
Under the MOU, Hong Kong and the UK aim to boost co-operation and exchanges in the areas of healthcare policy and health protection through various means such as sharing research and experience as well as exchanges and visits of healthcare professionals.
Mr Leung said, "The signing of the MOU signifies that the bilateral relationships between Hong Kong and the UK scale new height. I look forward to even closer co-operation between the two communities in various aspects."
The Chief Executive then met with the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Mr Philip Hammond, to exchange views on bilateral links between Hong Kong and the UK.
Mr Leung said that Hong Kong-UK relations had been flourishing and he was looking forward to more British businesses to explore the Mainland and Asia markets through Hong Kong.
During a meeting with members of the All-Party Parliamentary China Group of the UK Parliament, Mr Leung updated the group on Hong Kong's latest developments.
He said "one country, two systems", "Hong Kong people administering Hong Kong" and the high degree of autonomy under the Basic law had been successfully implemented since Hong Kong's return to the Motherland in 1997.
Mr Leung also met the Secretary of State for Transport, Mr Patrick McLoughlin, for an exchange of views on transport management issues.
Mr Leung explained how a series of major transport infrastructure projects in Hong Kong would enhance connectivity with neighbouring regions and the world. He added that the "Belt and Road" initiative of China would induce infrastructural development in the region, and Hong Kong's talented and experienced professionals could contribute in development of infrastructure of "Belt and Road" countries.
In the evening, Mr Leung delivered the keynote speech at the Hong Kong Trade Development Council's annual London dinner.
"Our institutional strengths work hand-in-hand with the 'one country, two systems' arrangement that Hong Kong enjoys," Mr Leung told more than 400 guests.
"Together, they have shaped an economy without precedent, a people powered by the twin engines of China and the world.
"We are blessed with a pool of multilingual, multicultural and multitalented professionals in a wide spectrum of industries.
"All these make Hong Kong the most desirable headquarters backup hub and global operational support centre, as well as an ideal training centre, for the 'Belt and Road'".
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Wai King Wong – Hong Kong SAR
Linked with .
She is one of the 1000 women proposed for the Nobel Peace Price 2005.
She says: "To preserve culture, the human being is the prime factor. If people in a community do not see the importance of safeguarding it, development is an empty word".
Wai King Wong – Hong Kong SAR
She works as founding member for the Tai O Cultural Workshop.
A Hong Kong native, Wong Wai King is a housewife living in Tai O, a small fishing village on western Lantau Island, the largest outlying island of Hong Kong. She began her community services for the elderly and people with different abilities in her home village in the early 1980s. From 1990 onward, she has actively engaged in safeguarding the ecological environment of Tai O, challenging government- corporation collusion and patriarchal ideologies.
In 2001, she founded the Tai O Cultural Workshop, which keeps historical archives and objects from the small fishing village. Wong Wai King has been living in Tai O for more than 40 years. A mother of two sons, she was once a kindergarten teacher. In 1982, she began her community services, in particular, providing care to underprivileged elderly and people with different abilities.
The economy of Tai O began to slide in the early 90s, partly because of its remote location. Many young people left their hometown for new adventures. Wai King has attempted to boost the local economy by launching ecological tourism. In doing so, she hopes that the public will better appreciate the treasures of Tai O and nature.
Meanwhile, the Hong Kong government set its sights on the potential of Tai O and planned to bring in property companies. It turned out to be a battle, and a long one, for Wai King. With her love and passion for this small village, she has been fighting against the government to safeguard the natural environment of Tai O over the last decade, trying her best to conserve Tai O and prevent it from falling into the trap of urbanization.
In 1993, Wai King started the "A Fool Moving the Mountain Campaign"(meaning an almost impossible mission), mobilizing university students and volunteers to repair the dykes along the coast with their bare hands. These dykes are highly symbolic in the life of Tai O. She organized the ?Economic Development Plan of Tai O which aimed to encourage the local economy. Since 1994 , she collects cultural relics and oral history from villagers as a cultural heritage and oral history collection. Her proposal to the government to set up a Tai O Museum was rejected. But she secured a one-year sponsorship from an overseas foundation, and established the Tai O Cultural Workshop.
In 2000, she published her first book, My Love Stories with Tai O, a collection of oral history on Tai O and its cultural heritage. She covered the cost with her own savings. Her second book, The Spiritual Mountain and Water of Tai O, was published in November 2004. Through these publications, Wai King promotes the spirit of loving one?s community. She devotes all her efforts to educating the public, lobbying the government and politicians, and organizing ecological tours on a voluntary basis to let the public understand the importance of saving Tai O, and also how urbanization works against nature and our life. So far, she has been able to reach more than 200,000 people.
Tai O is a community where indigenous male villagers are privileged over the others by historical, traditional and patriarchal circumstances. The government approached male villagers with lucrative terms. Wai King?s efforts in conservation met with oppositions from these villagers who weighed business opportunities over ecology and conservation of nature. Her elder son was attacked when some indigenous male villagers got into the Tai O Cultural Workshop and humiliated Wai King with foul words because she opposed the government?s plan relating to fishing vessel anchorage.
The awareness of the Hong Kong public on the importance of conservation has been enhanced by the efforts of Wai King. They see that protection of environment is not an individual responsibility. Neither would they accept the market reality as an excuse to cause damage to the ecology. To Wai King, the Government?s plan to re-develop Tai O and the island as a whole is commercially based. It is just an open invitation to the corporations to destroy the environment, ignoring the genuine needs of the local villagers, the natural and the ecological balance. It will turn the unique fishing village into a commercial gimmick. Among all others, the environmental destruction brought by the construction of Disneyland in Lantau worries her most.
Feminism puts much emphasis on peace. Wai King participates in conservation and cultural heritage work in Tai O. She is a living example of what she advocates, conserving the natural environment of the community through internal and external means to bring about peace and harmony between humans and nature. Wai King is ?an advocate of peace ecology and a good friend of the many city dwellers who have been enlightened by her. She is a woman who is willing to contribute to the community. She has great faith in equality and possesses the amazing willpower to protect her own home village. (Read all on 1000peacewomen 2005).
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For hackers, it is all about automation.
More than 60 percent of SQL injection attacks and as many as 70 percent of Remote File Inclusion attacks (the two most common attack types) are automated, according to a new report from Imperva,. Remote File Inclusion attacks allows hackers to plant back doors on PHP-based websites.
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Attackers use tools like Havij and SQLMap to probe for vulnerabilities and execute SQL injection attacks. These tools also employ techniques to evade detection, such as periodically changing headers or splitting attacks through controlled hosts to avoid black-listing. In the past, using attack tools was purely for script kiddies but these attitudes are changing, said Rob Rachwald, director of security strategy at Imperva.
Automatic attack tools aren't just for the clueless anymore, he said. These tools can attack more applications and exploit more vulnerabilities than any manual method possibly could, making them a useful adjunct for even skilled attackers.
"Automated tools are becoming better quality. Both experienced and inexperienced hackers use them but experienced hackers use them with more finesse," Rachwald said.
By contrast, organizations still struggle to embrace automatic defenses, often deploying technologies such as intrusion prevention systems in "alert only" mode. Rachwald said too much focus was on attacks based on spear-phishing and malware at the expense of overlooking more commonplace assaults, such as SQL injection attacks.
Automated attacks have specific traffic characteristics such as rate, rate change and volume, all factors that act as a fingerprint and block automated attacks. For example, it is possible to block IP addresses associated with automated attacks.
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The food processing industry is the largest industry in the world. As the food supply chain grows in complexity along with consumer and retailer demands, processors are under more pressure than ever to stay competitive and remain profitable.
Most companies today have integrated some type of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies into their products. They actively promote the benefits and value in using their systems. However, how do cleaning companies really realize profits from the fleet management connectivity choices on the market?
In order to achieve true profitability, cleaning executives should look for three things when considering IoT technologies:
In the total cost of floor care machines, battery costs alone account for a double digit percentage. Add in premature battery failure and the additional labor costs when the machine is inoperable and the total cost of ownership can skyrocket. According to BatteryStuff.com, "A battery is like a piggy bank. If you keep taking out and putting nothing back you soon will have nothing."
By now we know that proper cleaning requires more than the appropriate products, tools and equipment. At Diversey Care, we're focused on sharing our expertise in order to help customers continually achieve the highest levels of cleanliness.
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I was on television the other day. Watching the recording afterwards was weird, like watching a ghost.
The human gaze assesses you. Addressing "the public" can be euphoric or horrible. The public doesn't have to fill a huge lecture hall. We've all been there in the school playground. It's the configuration that counts. It's you at the focus, and - it need only be three - the public arranged around you in that imprisoning curve, facing in. With rapt attention. Or excited anticipation of violence upon your person. Or active indifference, their stony gazes all slightly elsewhere.
This is the prototype public gaze. Anybody who has addressed the class, or the lecture hall, or the hobby or lobby or pressure group, and failed to make contact with a single pair of eyes, failed to elicit a personal response, even if it's only a puzzled frown directed into the inside of your head - but hopefully it's a nod and smile - will know the cold sweat, sinking horror, barely controllable urge to flee. Experienced mass communicators single out individuals for that reason, not just to display the human touch, but to be welcomed by another human being, to fend off the terror of isolation. Because our evolutionary group instincts are strong. We know that if we are isolated like this for long, they are going to kill us.
I hate being looked at. I am sitting at a meal, or standing at a party, and suddenly somebody will ask the question, whatever it is, that amounts to "Who are you?" "What are you? "How do you define yourself?" And because there is a lull in interest elsewhere, eyes turn towards you. And my top lip instantaneously bubbles sweat, and I panic, and gabble something along the lines of, "Nothing, really. Oh my goodness, just look over there."
But put me on a stage, or even give me my head in a bit of political street theatre, and I'm away. I can perform, but I cannot merely be, not in any open or transparent sense, in public.
Nevertheless situations arise. J, the other half of Ogo Press, has been writing round to friends, many from the middle reaches of the past, to publicise Torc. My god, what distinction so many of them have achieved, as writers, professors, directors, even a successful global investment fund manager. While I, well here am I, perfectly undistinguished, lacking the slightest blip of emininence.
Such as I am, like most people this side of the manic I guess, I spend time being quite depressed about myself and time feeling quite pleased. I brood on the fact that I am an idle waster, and then on the fact that I am brooding on my idle waste rather than getting on with the kind of energetic and in their own way world-conquering things that other people do. Then I have a cup of coffee, re-read a review, look at a bit of work, and feel quite self-assured. So it goes on, up and down and round and round until, I guess, we are run over by a bus or too old to care.
But now, on Amazon, in order to encourage people to buy this book - the commercial imperative - and to read it - the egotistical imperative - I have to write about myself, because Amazon suggests the publisher do that, and I am the half of the the publisher who is meant to have imagination. I have to make myself sound attrative, and dynamic, and exciting, and as close as decently possible to being a genius while still keeping the slight contact with "objective reality" that we politely refer to as the truth.
The post below is what I wrote - it's not on Amazon yet because they say it takes five business days; and maybe they have some sort of decency filter which vapourises hyperbole.
Was it hard to do? Did I quail and sweat and want to flee the page. Certainly not. I enjoyed it. You should try it. Write your own three line eulogy. It's pure performance, exhibitionism, a virtuoso act. Do it. Share my shame. Don't miss the opportunity. It'll become just another part of you, and one that's worth having.
But I still hate people looking at me.
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George Bush isn't so bad after all. Friday August 16th, 2002
Well it is starting to appear that George Bush the second is not as much like his dad as I had first feared. His dad added gun ownership restrictions, this President Bush, through his Attorney General and Solicitor General have, rightfully, rul ed that Article Two of the Bill of Rights (A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.) is an individual right, not a corporate right. While the bureaucrats at the state level are still throwing road blocks in our way, we now have reason to belief that if we appeal, based upon Constitutional grounds, all the way to the US Supreme Court, we would win. And, as a matter of fact, I and a few others, are laying the ground work to do just that, through, what we think will be a forced 80C action here in Maine.
But, back to the President. A quick check of the news and the porno sites, shows that the prosecutions coming out of the Justice department against pornographers and pornography web sites is taking it's toll. Just about every pornographic web site is now insisting that one get a password to visit their pornography. And it seems the only way one can get a password is by giving the pornographer a valid credit card number to verify age. Guess what, junior uses your card, you see it as a no charge, if the pornographer is to be trusted, on your next statement. Parents and wives are making frequent calls to their credit card holders wanting to know what this no charge to an obvious smut company is. The kids and husbands are starting to know this and as a result are refusing to give any credit card info and as a result, are not able to view pornography as easily and readily as they were during the clinton/reno baal worshiping years.
The President has signed legislation giving any baby who takes his or her first breath outside the womb, full Constitutional rights to life. This, while seemingly to be a small step, is in fact a huge step towards ending abortion. Let me give you a little insight into why I say that. Now that a baby who was meant to be aborted, but was born alive, has full Constitutional protection to Life, it means that any person can use what ever force, including deadly force, to prevent anyone from killing that baby. But, you ask, who will be in the abortion mill slaughter room to defend this baby? Well, I would remind you that abortion mills have been infiltrated in the past, the Lord has given some men and women the strength to be in those halls of satan to get info, pictures, and videos of abortions and verification of the selling of body parts, the use of life babies for experimentation, and the leaving of life born babies to slow death in cold metal trays. Jesus will give others the strength to be in there to protect babies. Won't be long before the cowards who do abortions realize that doing abortions can cause them serious harm if the try to leave a baby to die, or try to cut up a baby after he or she has taken her first breath.
The President has also stopped the funding of abortions with US Tax dollars by the UN. And now, God willing, he is prepared to sign into law, a full ban on partial birth abortions. As soon as you and I force the US Senate to act and approve the House version.
So, yes, George Bush the second is not as much like his dad as I and many others feared. But, we must not let him down, we must continue to pray individually and corporately for him.
Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way: (1 Samuel 12:23)
Let us not sin against the Lord, let us pray for each other and the president Bush.
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Applied Materials Ships 5,000th Producer Platform
- Virtually every computer chip in the world is now made using the Producer® platform
- 1.9 billion square meters of silicon processed by the Producer platform since its launch 20 years ago
- Today's Producer platform can be specially configured to address growing Moore's Law challenges
SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 02, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Applied Materials today celebrated the 20th anniversary and 5,000th shipment of the Producer® platform, a manufacturing system that helps make virtually every chip in the world.
The Producer platform was launched in July of 1998 to help enable chips to run faster by changing their wiring from aluminum to copper, which is a better conductor. The transition was needed by the industry to drive the performance and power improvements associated with Moore's Law, but it also required many additional steps that could have made the progress unaffordable. To help, Applied Materials designed every element of the Producer platform to give customers the highest performance at the lowest possible operating cost.
As a result, the Producer platform became an industry workhorse that has since taken on more tasks to help drive Moore's Law and enable mass adoption of electronic products including notebook PCs, smartphones and wearable electronics.
"With the landmark Producer platform, Applied achieved something that had never been done before on this scale: create a highly flexible architecture that can support multiple technology generations and still remain incredibly productive," said G. Dan Hutcheson, CEO of VLSIresearch. "Today, the Producer platform continues to allow chipmakers to imagine and build chips in entirely new ways. Congratulations to Applied Materials on this impressive milestone for one of the most important process systems in the semiconductor industry."
Integrated Process Platform
The Producer platform was originally conceived as a single process system focused on chemical vapor deposition, and it became an industry benchmark. Over the years, Applied expanded the capabilities of the platform to include etch, selective removal and treatment technologies. Today, more materials are reaching the physical limits of classic Moore's Law scaling. In response, Applied is pioneering development of new materials beyond the periodic table that are more difficult to use but enable continued improvements in chip performance and power efficiency. The Producer platform is rising to the challenge as it can now be used as an integrated process platform, offering various combinations of deposition and treatment, deposition and etch, or deposition and selective removal, in the same system and under vacuum.
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- 20 years enabling industry inflections including copper, strain engineering, high-k metal gate, FinFETs and 3D NAND
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1 – DT Albert Haynesworth, Washington Redskins
OLD TEAM: Titans ... CONTRACT: 7 years, $100 million ... YEAR: 2009 ... SKINNY: In hindsight, it's laughable that a number of NFL teams whispered the word tampering regarding Haynesworth's landmark deal with the Redskins (first $100 million contract for D-linemen), just hours into NFL free agency.
(NOTE: Unlike today's rules, the NFL didn't provide clubs with a three-day negotiating window for free agents.)
From the outset, Haynesworth (two-time All-Pro with the Titans in 2007-08) was an unqualified bust in Washington, collecting only 6.5 sacks and 43 total tackles in two seasons with the Redskins.
Even worse, Haynesworth was routinely chided by head coach Mike Shanahan for his lack of conditioning, discipline and/or laziness throughout out his D.C. tenure.
The real kicker: Despite only two years in Washington, Haynesworth still walked away with $41 million in guarantees.
2 – QB Jeff Garcia, Cleveland Browns
OLD TEAM: 49ers ... CONTRACT: 5 years, $25 million ... YEAR: 2004 ... SKINNY: From 2000-03, Garcia accounted for 13,854 yards passing and 121 total TDs (102 passing).
So, it made sense – on paper – for the Browns to reward Garcia with a sizable contract, entering his age-34 campaign.
For his Cleveland debut that September, Garcia tallied two TDs and helped the Browns put a 20-3 smackdown on the hated Ravens. So far, so good ... huh?
However, for the following week vs. Dallas, Garcia completed just eight passes (on 27 attempts) and appeared lost throwing to a receiving corps of Andre' Davis, Quincy Morgan and Dennis Northcutt. Ouch.
In his only season with Cleveland, Garcia merely collected three victories, 10 TD passes and 144 completions in 11 games.
3 – CB Deion Sanders, Washington Redskins
OLD TEAM: Cowboys ... CONTRACT: 7 years, $55 million ... YEAR: 2000 ... SKINNY: Sanders might be a Hall of Famer and one of the NFL's greatest players of the 1990s. But in 2000, the 33-year-old had reached the point of no return, in terms of remaining a dominant player.
And yet, this didn't preclude new Redskins owner Daniel Snyder from tossing a fat contract at Sanders (including an $8 million signing bonus), thinking the balance of power in the NFC East would instantly shift from Dallas to Washington.
But that's not how things worked out for Prime Time. After one mortal season with the Redskins, Sanders retired to The NFL Today on CBS set, although he would make another comeback with the Ravens in 2004-05 ... as a nickel cornerback and safety.
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4 – QB Elvis Grbac, Baltimore Ravens
OLD TEAM: Chiefs ... CONTRACT: 5 years, $30 million ... YEAR: 2001 ... SKINNY: In the Super Bowl era, the Ravens are the only franchise to forsake their Lombardi Trophy-winning quarterback for a new opening-day starter the following season.
In 2001, Baltimore dropped Trent Dilfer and inked Grbac to a high-end deal, which included an $11 million signing bonus.
For that season in Baltimore, Grbac's last in professional football, the 31-year-old passed for a respectable 3,033 yards, but floundered with a below-average TD/INT ratio of 15/18.
Making matters worse, Grbac tossed three interceptions (and zero TDs) in the Ravens' divisional-round playoff loss to the hated Steelers (January 2002).
Soon after that, the presumably healthy Grbac abruptly retired from the game.
5 – CB Nate Odomes, Seattle Seahawks
OLD TEAM: Bills ... CONTRACT: 4 years, $8.4 million ... YEAR: 1994 ... SKINNY: It's impossible to find a live-action shot of Odomes playing a regular-season game with the Seahawks ... for one simple reason:
He never played a down for Seattle.
A two-time Pro Bowler with the Bills (1992-93), Odomes cashed in with Seattle after going to four straight Super Bowls with Buffalo (1990-93).
However, a knee injury sidelned Odomes for the 1994 and '95 campaigns, forcing the Seahawks to waive him after two nonexistent seasons.
6 – LG Carl Nicks, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
OLD TEAM: Saints ... CONTRACT: 5 years, $47.5 million ... YEAR: 2012 ... SKINNY: Nicks was among the league's best O-linemen in his first four pro seasons, collecting two Pro Bowl trips (2010-11) and one spot on the NFL All-Pro Team (2011).
During that span, the Nebraska product was also a durable linchpin for the Saints and QB Drew Brees, starting in 61 regular-season outings from 2008-11. But everything unraveled once Nicks inked a lucrative deal with Tampa Bay.
Nicks started in only nine combined games for 2012-13; a year later, he would contract MRSA – a potentially life-threatening staph infection which can greatly harm surgical wounds, the bloodstream, the lungs and/or urinary tract.
As a result, the tough-luck Nicks never played another down in the NFL.
7 – Jake Delhomme, Cleveland Browns
OLD TEAM: Panthers ... CONTRACT: 5 years, $42 million ... YEAR: 2010 ... SKINNY: The Browns rarely, if ever, strike gold during free agency.
For this particular absurdity, Cleveland officials doled out $42 million to a 35-year-old passer with the following meager averages for 2006-09: 2,183 yards passing, 12 TDs.
Which brings us to Delhomme's only campaign with the Browns: Of the five games played, he meekly tossed for 872 yards, two TDs ... and seven interceptions.
For what it's worth, Delhomme's best season in the pros (2004 – 3,886 yards passing, 29 TDs) contrasts well with Jeff Garcia's most forgettable NFL campaign (2004 with the Browns).
8 – WR Javon Walker, Oakland Raiders
OLD TEAM: Raiders ... CONTRACT: 6 years, $55 million ... YEAR: 2008 ... SKINNY: If the Raiders had lavished Walker with a $55 million contract after his sterling 2006 season with the Broncos (69 catches, 1.084 yards, eight TDs), no one might have said boo.
Instead, Oakland surrendered top-market compensation ($16 million guaranteed) to Walker after a deflating, injury-riddled campaign the following year (26 catches, 287 yards, zero touchdowns).
In his final four games in 2007, Walker tallied seven catches for 57 yards ... and yet, he still got crazy money from Raiders patriarch Al Davis.
Predictably, Walker was a bust with Oakland, catching only 15 balls for 296 yards and one touchdown in '08 (with quarterback JaMarcus Russell) — and then playing just three games in '09 (his final NFL season) without a single catch.
9 – DE Ray Edwards, Atlanta Falcons
OLD TEAM: Vikings ... CONTRACT: 5 years, $30 million ... YEAR: 2011 ... SKINNY: It's easy to endorse the Falcons' rationale for bringing Edwards to Atlanta: From ages 22-25 (playing alongside the Vikings' Jared Allen), Edwards had wrapped four straight seasons of five-plus sacks — including 16.5 total for 2009-10.
But alas, after a decent first campaign with the Falcons in 2011 (two fumble recoveries, 3.5 sacks, 26 tackles), Edwards fell off the map the following year, registering zero sacks in nine games (four starts) before getting released during the season.
As a postscript, the 20-something Edwards ($11 million guaranteed upon signing) didn't play again after the 2012 campaign.
10 – QB Brock Osweiler, Houston Texans
OLD TEAM: Broncos ... CONTRACT: 6 years, $72 million ... YEAR: 2016 ... SKINNY: Osweiler's one-and-done debacle with Houston (circa 2016) should serve as fair warning to all future free agents at quarterback, in search of a monster payday:
Don't sign with any team until meeting the head coach first (in this case, Bill O'Brien), especially when he's the guy designing the offense and calling plays.
11 – WR Alvin Harper, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
OLD TEAM: Cowboys ... CONTRACT: 4 years, $10.5 million ... YEAR: 1995 ... SKINNY: With the Cowboys, Harper played an integral role on two championship teams, averaging an NFL-best 25 yards per catch and racking up eight TDs (1994).
The Bucs, however, would learn that Harper was more suited to be a balanced offense's third or fourth option and didn't possess the chops to carry a middling group in Tampa Bay.
For example, tight end Jackie Harris tallied more catches and receiving yards (62/751) than Harper in 1995 (46 catches/633 yards). The following season, his last with Tampa Bay, Harper caught just 19 balls for 289 yards and one TD.
That year, according to Sports Illustrated, Harper infamously lost a piece of the tip of his left middle finger when a trainer inadvertently cut it with scissors, while applying athletic tape.
12 – WR Laurent Robinson, Jacksonville Jaguars
OLD TEAM: Cowboys ... CONTRACT: 5 years, $32 million ... YEAR: 2012 ... SKINNY: Give Robinson (originally drafted by the Falcons) credit.
He certainly earned this bank heist. In 2011, with the Cowboys in desperate need of a No. 2 receiver (behind Dez Bryant and subbing for the injured Miles Austin), Robinson emerged out of nowhere to collect 54 catches and 858 yards ... along with a Dez/Calvin Johnson-esque run of 11 touchdowns in a 10-game spurt.
Upon moving to Jacksonville, though, Robinson was an instant flop, catching just 24 balls (with zero scores) in 2012 – his lone season with the Jaguars.
Adding to the misery, the 20-something receiver never logged another down in the NFL.
13 – QB Matt Flynn, Seattle Seahawks
OLD TEAM: Packers ... CONTRACT: 3 years, $26 million ... YEAR: 2012 ... SKINNY: Flynn ($10 million in guarantees with Seattle) might be the unluckiest asset here, citing two reasons:
a) An injury precluded Flynn (tied for Packers' single-game passing-TDs record: 6) from fully participating in his first training camp with the Seahawks.
b) That absence enabled rookie QB Russell Wilson (Round 3 pick) to earn a full-time starting gig for the regular season.
(Roughly 18 months later, Wilson and Co. would claim the Lombardi Trophy.)
Of course, it's not like Flynn – who was released by Seattle the next season -- fared better in other locales:
In 2013, he spent time with the Raiders, Bills and Packers, ultimately serving as Aaron Rodgers' understudy in Green Bay. Again.
14 – WR Joe Horn, Atlanta Falcons
OLD TEAM: Saints ... CONTRACT: 4 years, $19 million ... YEAR: 2007 ... SKINNY: Horn was a flop bet in his lone season with Atlanta (27 catches, 243 yards, one TD). He was 35 and at the end of his professional rope.
That aside, the Falcons were crazy to think Horn (2005-06 averages: 43 catches and 2.5 TDs) would magically recapture his under-30 form, even if Michael Vick hadn't received a two-year prison term for dogfighting.
Horn's biggest faux pas with Atlanta, however, didn't occur on the field. In the early stages of the Vick-dogfighting scandal, Horn erroneously spoke on the club's behalf, saying the team fully supported Vick – even though the Falcons organization had been distancing itself from the quarterback.
It was a debacle, even bigger than Horn's inflated contract.
15 – WR Andre Rison, Cleveland Browns
OLD TEAM: Falcons ... CONTRACT: 5 years, $17 million ... YEAR: 1995 ... SKINNY: It's scary to think Jerry Rice was not the league's highest-paid receiver in 1995.
That honor went to Rison, who enjoyed five rock-solid seasons with the Falcons from 1990-94 (423 catches, 5,633 yards, 56 TDs – including four straight years of double-digit TDs) before cashing in with Cleveland.
In fact, legend has it Browns owner Art Modell had to secure a loan to cover Rison's signing bonus ... which explains why Modell was secretly hatching a deal to move the franchise to Baltimore (minus the colors and "Browns" name).
In his lone year with Cleveland, Rison – who would score a Super Bowl TD with Green Bay in January 1997 – caught 47 balls for 701 yards and three TDs.
16 – WR Jerry Porter, Jacksonville Jaguars
OLD TEAM: Raiders ... CONTRACT: 6 years, $30 million ... YEAR: 2008 ... SKINNY: In fairness to Jacksonville, Porter had developed into a reasonable bet for 60 catches, 800 yards and six touchdowns with the Raiders from 2004-07 (when healthy).
So, it's not like the Jaguars were throwing a boatload of money at an unproven or untapped talent.
Porter also had the elite-level speed to boot, making him more attractive in free agency. The main undoing: Jacksonville tried to shoehorn Porter into the lead-dog role at receiver, even though he was seldom more than a No. 2 or 3 wideout with Oakland.
As a result, Porter caught only 11 balls for 181 yards and one touchdown in his lone season with QB David Garrard and the Jacksonville offense. It would also be his last NFL campaign.
17 – CB Nnamdi Asomugha, Philadelphia Eagles
OLD TEAM: Raiders ... CONTRACT: 5 years, $60 million ... YEAR: 2011 ... SKINNY: With the Raiders from 2006-10, Asomugha was a two-time All-Pro, three-time Pro Bowler and four-time member of Pro Football Reference's double-digit-point Approximate Value Club.
In the summer of 2011, soon after the NFL lockout ended, the Cowboys and Eagles fought for Nnamdi. Dallas even tossed out a national media leak, characterizing Asomugha's signing as imminent.
However, Philly swooped in with a mega-contract ($25M in guarantees) – prompting backup QB Vince Young to hail the new-look Eagles as a "Dream Team" – a comment which indirectly set the course for a 4-12 implosion that fall.
In two seasons with Philly (2011-12), Asomugha collected four total INTs.
18 – WR Robert Meachem, San Diego Chargers
OLD TEAM: Saints ... CONTRACT: 4 years, $25.9 million ... YEAR: 2012 ... SKINNY: From 2009-11, Meachem notched a respectable 20 TDs with the pass-happy Saints.
However, when digging deeper, the Chargers might have opened up the checkbook here, based on one prolific five-game spurt from 2009: 21 catches, 346 yards, six TDs.
Since Drew Brees and Philip Rivers were once teammates with San Diego (2004-05), perhaps the Chargers' brass thought Meachem would be an easy fit in their offense.
But the former first-round pick (2007) was a washout with the Bolts, catching just 14 balls for 207 yards and two TDs in his lone campaign with San Diego (three starts).
Postscript: Meachem eventually returned to the Saints, but tallied only 23 catches/2 TDs for 2013-14.
19 – WR Peerless Price, Atlanta Falcons
OLD TEAM: Bills ... CONTRACT: 7 years, $37.5 million ... YEAR: 2003 ... SKINNY: In 2002, his fourth season with the Bills, Price finally exhibited the traits of a No. 1 wideout in real-world and fantasy circles, catching 94 balls for 1,252 yards and nine TDs.
It was the first supposed step in a career full of unlimited promise. But things took a turn for the worse the following winter, soon after Price inked a big-money contract with the Falcons.
On paper, Price seemed like a perfect fit for quarterback Michael Vick, and perhaps the final piece to Atlanta's championship puzzle.
Instead, Price's two-year production with Atlanta (109 catches, 1,413, six TDs), although adequate, wasn't commensurate with the NFL's highest-paid receivers.
Atlanta waived him before the 2005 season.
20 – DT Sean Gilbert, Carolina Panthers
OLD TEAM: Rams ... CONTRACT: 7 years, $46.5 million ... YEAR: 1998... SKINNY: This case straddles the line separating free-agent bust and disappointment.
In 1998, the Panthers signed Gilbert to a then-unprecedented deal for a restricted free agent (among D-linemen), while also surrendering first-round picks in 1999 and 2000.
For that inaugural season, Gilbert registered six sacks – the second-highest tally of his career. But injuries and age would become the major knocks against Gilbert from 1999-2002, while impacting the Panthers' 1-15 season of 2001.
In fact, Gilbert (the uncle to NFL star Darrelle Revis) may be the poster boy for the Panthers' bottoming out, paving the way for George Seifert's firing and John Fox's subsequent hire as head coach.
BONUS – QB Scott Mitchell, Detroit Lions
OLD TEAM: Dolphins ... CONTRACT: 3 years, $11 million ... YEAR: 1994 ... SKINNY: Mitchell's '94 campaign (1,456 yards, 10 TDs, 11 INTs) was a lost cause, just months after signing a record-breaking contract (at the time).
To be fair, though, O-tackle Lomas Brown wasn't exactly stonewalling opponents (must-watch link), prior to his passer getting injured.
In 1995, Mitchell became the first Lions QB in history to break the hallowed 4,000 mark (4,338 yards passing, 32 TDs), while leading Detroit to seven straight closing wins and a wild-card berth.
Two years later, he rolled for 3,484 yards passing/19 TDs, again guiding the Lions to the playoffs.
Bottom line: Detroit fans never warmed to the brooding southpaw, even though he stands out in the 51-year gap of the Lions trading away Bobby Layne (1958) ... and drafting Matthew Stafford.


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They were from Liverpool.
I came to Liverpool by chance.
The previous owners of our house moved to Liverpool.
I fancy Liverpool in the final, but my friends are all betting on Manchester.
Manchester has beaten Liverpool three times this season, with an aggregate score of 7 – 3.
The Beatles were four lads from Liverpool who became the most famous pop band in the world.
Musician John Lennon was born in Liverpool, England during an air raid by the Germans in World War Two.
In March of 1961, the Beatles debuted at Liverpool's Cavern Club, where they would soon become regulars.
This year's football final looks to be a replay of last year's match-up between Liverpool and Manchester.
In August of 1961, the Beatles began their contract as the regular headliners at Liverpool's Cavern Club, where they performed about 300 times over the next two years.
Arsenal players celebrate Hector Bellerin's opener against Liverpool.
They are due to go on trial at Liverpool Crown Court later this year.
Liverpool defeated Crystal Palace 2-1 and West Brom beat West Ham 4-0.
Until then, it's all eyes on Stamford Bridge and Chelsea vs. Liverpool.
Lee Rowlands, Liverpool: The view of it from the dock road is imposing.
"They have their games against Liverpool, which are very important to them.
Liverpool are ninth in the league – four places and a point behind Everton.
More from Sport – Football Liverpool: How well does Ian Rush know Ian Rush?
For gone are the days of the charge that Liverpool is merely a one-man team.
I'll never forget them and I know the Liverpool fans will never forget them."
Even QPR striker Charlie Austin tweeted: "How can Liverpool let this man go?"
In "Liverpool 8," he sang of leaving his hometown, "but I never let you down."
One thing is for sure: Those Liverpool fans wouldn't mind seeing Sterling flop.
She was a lovely lady who I've known since our early days together in Liverpool.
In Saturday's late game Liverpool drew 0-0 with Everton in the Merseyside derby.


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1 When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him. 2 Very early on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen. 3 They were saying among themselves, "Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?" 4 for it was very big. Looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back.
5 Entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were amazed. 6 He said to them, "Don't be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen. He is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him! 7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He goes before you into Galilee. There you will see him, as he said to you.'"
8 They went out, and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had come on them. They said nothing to anyone; for they were afraid.
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The Colne Valley Tree Society
If you have land in the Colne Valley and want some trees, talk to us.
Last winter we planted over 5000 trees!
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The phantom tree strangler of Butterley
So, I went up to Butterley to replace some failed trees this morning, putting in 15 Scots Pine and 15 Rowan on a patch we planted with Emma and John Gray. I looked over in the next clough to see how our trees were doing there and discovered a dozen or so trees had had their tubes "strangled". The tubes had been bent, twisted and scrunched, presumably to stop the trees growing out. It is quite a remote spot, and mostly hidden from public view. So someone has deliberately and surreptitiously gone in there and done this. A Twite loving twitcher? Fighting back against the dreaded trees?
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Five Ways to Save on Beach Vacations
My family LOVES the beach! We travel to the beach several times a year, especially since we are so close to Florida. It only takes us about five hours to get to the Gulf Coast, which is our most frequent travel destination. Florida's Gulf Coast includes Destin, Pensacola Beach, Panama City Beach, St. Pete Beach, Sanibel Island, St. George Island, Cape San Blas, Siesta Key, Naples, Captiva Island, and South Walton. We love the white sand beaches and the blue waters. The Gulf Coast has some of the most beautiful sunsets I've ever seen. With traveling to the beach often, I've learned several ways to cut costs when we go. I mean, who doesn't want to take an affordable vacation?!
Here's How To Save:
Drive – If you're in Georgia, make it a road trip! When we drive to the Gulf Coast, it's a little over 300 miles to get there. That means only one tank of gas in our car. One tank of gas runs us around $30 right now, and when we travel I normally use my Kroger fuel points and save .30 cents off of the gallon. So I can get a full tank for around $19 and we make it all the way to our destination. This means we spend less than $60 round trip to drive to the beach and back home.
Rent a Vacation Home – Five star hotels are nice, but vacation homes are great when you're looking to save! You can utilize properties like Wyndham Vacation Rentals or AirBNB. I prefer to stay in a vacation home because you can cook all of your meals where you are staying. There are also washers & dryers, so you can wash & dry your beach clothes, as well as do laundry before you head back home.
Buy Groceries – When my family travels to the beach, we rarely eat out. Yes, eating at restaurants are fun, but I also have a child that has food sensitivities, so he can't each much from restaurants. I prefer to shop at the grocery store once we've arrived at our destination and cook all of our meals. It's so much cheaper! Depending on how many days you are staying, you stand to save quite a bit of money on food.
Do Your Research – Find free things to do at your destination! Many beach destinations have a few free or low cost attractions available if you do a little bit of research. One of my favorites is the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida. You can watch the Blue Angels Flight Practice for free several times a week. National Parks & Landmarks are also good to look up as free destinations.
Enjoy the Beach – One of the main reasons why travel to the beach……..is to enjoy the beach! The beach is always free! You can wake up early, take a cooler or basket filled with food, and enjoy the day at the ocean. It costs nothing, and you can make countless memories with your family.
Travel doesn't have to be expensive! Hopefully with these tips you can find ways to minimize costs to take more vacations with your family.


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This update is long overdue, and honestly, so is my heart in this adoption process. I feel like a pregnant woman about 2 years past her due date at this point. Who knew it takes til kingdom come, to get all the stuff done???
Things were moving along so quickly at the beginning, I gotta admit I thought perhaps we would be one of those lucky ones that gets their adoption processed quickly and we would have a child in our arms by now.
Not so.
Granted, we weren't in a rush to begin with, and we knew we would need some time to prepare ourselves, mentally and emotionally for another child, so we didn't push. We just kept at it, filling out papers and sending in money, little by little.
Until now the process has been pretty uneventful and monotonous which is probably why I haven't written much about it. There wasn't that much to report.
Until a few weeks ago.
We were in the middle of filling out forms and scheduling trainings for our adoption in Nicarauga, when were told by our agency that they were having some glitches with the system there. Supposedly there had been some fraud, and a major problem with one of their recent adoptions and they wanted us to know they were working hard to resolve it and to make sure that doesn't happen again in the future.
And while this was concerning to us, it probably wouldn't have fazed us, but it came on the heels of a major business deal falling through, and us not having the financing that we thought we did, to live and adopt overseas. We had had a deal on the table with a big flooring company, but when they realized it would include their top field guy, my husband, to be gone out of the country for a few months, they backed out of the contract.
We understood and so, we let it go. We knew this is what we're supposed to do, so when it came down to it, we chose this. Adoption still felt better, so we didn't push it, even when that became the reason our proposed plan/sale of the business fell through.
We were still standing strong on our decision to adopt, and that for whatever reason, it was supposed to be Nicarauga. Even after much conflict of opinions and solutions from others, and our own moments of wondering, it still felt right and peaceful to keep going.
Until now.
The reality is that somewhere in all of that, business slowed down, and the jobs stopped coming in. In the past several weeks, J has had to pour all of his efforts into recouping and re-building the business, and trying to make up for lost time. He's been working like a hound dog night and day, and I'm getting tired…
tired of the waiting.
I told a friend the other day, it feels like my foot has been hanging in mid-air for weeks, waiting to take the next step. A two-year OVERDUE PREGNANT WOMAN with her foot in the air, to be exact.
Yeah, not pretty.
So here's where we're at.
We both feel a shift, we're just not sure where that is leading us. We agree that there has been (and needs to be) a change, but we don't know for sure what that looks like.
And so, we're asking the questions.
"Do we continue on this international adoption path, and trust that our physical and family needs will be provided, for that?
Do we start looking at another country that's easier/less taxing on a family?
Do we pursue a domestic adoption, instead?
Or, and this is a big OR,
Do we let it go for now, and wait for better timing?
We both feel confident that there is still plenty of good to be found in this journey, we just need a little direction. We still believe that God is leading us into something wonderful and amazing, just not sure what that is, at the moment.
Would you pray and believe with us? Pray that we find our answers, and that we have peace with them. And also that I don't panic or keel over, while my pregnant swollen foot is suspended in mid air.
Thank YOU.


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Kjackson necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 37 diseños de 10 diseñadores freelance.
We are a search firm that specializes in placing "difficult to find" talent globally. We have a niche market in the oil and gas industry placing procurement and supply chain professionals.
I named my my firm JacksonSIMON because Simon is the "fishermen of men" in the Bible.
I thought about a gray and white image of a boston type scene... a professional fisherman on a boat as a image in the backdrop at one time, which is much more complex.
I am open to all ideas. I just want something distinct and memorable that reflects an executive image, but is edgy and will be attractive to clients/candidates rather they are from Europe or the US. At the same time, I want to it to be different and unique.
I find that people have a hard time remembering the name of the company, so maybe if the name is pronounced as well.
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Select Series – Chronograph – Wenge/Padouk
Dark enough. Red but not too pushy. The original, eye-catching and elegant look: The Select Chronograph Wenge-Padouk.
A milder option than Select Chronograph Padouk-Wenge. Still red, still dark, but … with different accents. Because it is good to have more choices, right? That's why you can also choose the size of the dial: 47 mm or 54 mm.
The Wenge-Padouk Select Chronograph wooden watch has of course a chronograph mechanism, a stopwatch function, a 24-hour time format, a date display, a wooden bracelet and a dial with many hand-crafted elements.
You want more? You'll find a brighter model here, dark classic here, something "right in the middle" here and another model with red accents. The choice is yours!
Designed and made by hand in Europe.
Case & Dial – Padouk & Wenge
Strap – Wooden Bracelet | Silver Hands | Mineral Glass
Movement – Citizen Miyota OS21-6
Dimensions (47mm):
Glass diameter: 35mm Case diameter: 47mm
Case thickness: 10.5mm Strap width: 20mm
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PHOENIX, AZ--(Marketwired - Feb 19, 2015) - The Arizona Lottery is pleased to share the news of the appointment of Tony V. Bouie as the new executive director. Governor Doug A. Ducey announced the appointment on January 30, 2015.
"I'm thankful for the legacy Jeff Hatch-Miller left behind and appreciate the impressive sales results that were achieved under his leadership," said Tony V. Bouie. "I'm honored to have responsibility for ensuring the maximization of net revenue to support great causes in the beautiful state of Arizona."
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In addition to being a former professional football player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Bouie worked as a precinct committeeman and an elected state council member. He has served on the National Football League Players Association Board of Directors; Arizona Alumni Board, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society National Board of Representatives; and Ridgeline Academy Charter School Board.
Bouie holds a Bachelor of Arts in media arts and a Master of Arts in language, reading and culture from the University of Arizona; a Master of Business Administration from Arizona State University and a Master of Sports Administration from the University of Akron, in Ohio.
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