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Project Management Infrastructure/Project Metadata
What is Project Metadata?
- Relatively static structural information such as the project description and scope, the names of the project's mailing lists and newsgroups, the bugzilla products, source code repositories, etc.
- Historical information such as previous release downloads, release review slides and IP logs, etc.
- Status and future looking information such as the project and milestone plans, the features scheduled for the current release, release dates, etc.
Who maintains it?
Eclipse committers and project leads are responsible for maintaining their project's metadata. This information is an important part of being an Eclipse project.
Viewing and Editing Project Metadata
The complete listing of all current Eclipse projects provides one starting point for viewing projects. From here, you can link directly to a project information page. Navigation options are provided to help you move from one project to another.
Here is an example of a project page (visit the live project page).
If you are a project committer, you can authenticate with the system by clicking the "Login" link. Once logged in, you will have the ability to edit the information being displayed.
There are several sections on the page. When you switch the page into "Edit" mode, you will be provided with lots of help regarding the contents of each of the fields (note that the help text is currently rendered below the fields).
Description and Scope
At the top are the description and the scope. The description should be suitable for display with a collection of other projects (e.g. Use of Maven Build Technology). A single paragraph is generally appropriate for the description.
If you feel that more than a single simple paragraph is required, you can provide a single paragraph summary. Note that providing a summary gives you control over what will get rendered. In views where we are displaying more than one project (e.g. Maven), the system will artifically cut short descriptions that are too long, potentially resulting in a description that looks weird.
The scope is intended for a more select audience; generally speaking the scope should be taken directly from the project's proposal. Project members have the ability to change the text of the project scope, but should be careful to avoid changing the meaning. If the meaning of the scope needs to change, consult your PMC regarding a restructuring review.
Source Repositories
The project can specify zero or more source repositories. These are displayed in the "Contribute to this Project" section.
The values specified are used to query against a database of known existing repositories. Only those repositories that actually exist are displayed.
The name that is displayed for the repository is extracted from the last segment of the URL.
If a description file exists in the Git repository, the contents are displayed under the repository name.
The script that we us to identify repositories attempts to identify a corresponding Gerrit interface for the repository. If it exists, the Gerrit URL is used in place of the Git one. If the repository uses Gerrit, then only the Gerrit URL is displayed. Otherwise, the "git://" and "ssh://" URLs are displayed.
The script also searches for GitHub and Google Source mirrors. If they exist, they are displayed in this section. The "clipboard" icon will, when clicked, copy the URL to the clipboard.
You can use wildcards to match multiple repositories, e.g. '/gitroot/virgo/*'.
Repositories are displayed in the order they are specified. The order can be changed in the edit screen by dragging entries into the desired order. All wildcard matches are sorted alphabetically by name at the end of the list.
Company Logos
Company logos sometimes appear under the project members on the right. Here's what you need in order to get your company's logo to show up in this pane:
- The company must be a member of the Eclipse Foundation;
- The company needs to have their logo uploaded to the Portal;
- At least one committer has to be listed as an employee of the company in question;
- The committer must be on this project; and
- The committer must be active (must have made at least one commit in the last three months)
If all of those conditions are met and the logo is still not showing up, then it's possible that the project meta-data doesn't have the correct version control paths specified–this affects whether the committer is considered active by the dashboard.
There is a lot more information displayed on this page. We'll fill in these details over the coming days and weeks.
Use the Generated Content for Your Project Home Page
If you want to use this page as your project home page, change the contents of your project's index.php file to:
<?php header("Location: http://projects.eclipse.org/projects/your.project.id"); ?>
(with an appropriate substitution of your.project.id, e.g. technology.egit, of course).
Note that the automatically-generated pages will continue to grow, change, and be updated.


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Nelson disappointed not chosen Ryder Cup captain
Larry Nelson thinks it was a great idea for the PGA of America to pick someone older to be Ryder Cup captain.
He's just disappointed it wasn't him.
Nelson, a three-time major champion with a 9-3-1 record in three Ryder Cup appearances, said Wednesday on Golf Channel's "Morning Drive" show that no one from the PGA of American contacted him about being the captain.
"And I do not have a ticket to New York, so apparently it's not going to be me," Nelson said.
Golf Digest reported on its website that the PGA of America planned to make Tom Watson the next U.S. captain. It would be the second time that Watson, who will be 65 when the Ryder Cup is played in 2014 at Gleneagles in Scotland, has been a captain. The other time was in 1993, and Watson hasn't been to a Ryder Cup since then.
"It's disappointing, certainly not devastating," Nelson said. "We don't quite know how the decisions are made and what goes into those. We just to have to react to what they are."
Nelson, a two-time PGA Championship winner, was in line to be Ryder Cup captain until being passed over for Lanny Wadkins in 1995 and Tom Kite in 1997. Nelson was thought to be too far removed from the game to be considered, though there has been a recent push for the 64-year-old Nelson to finally get his chance.
The PGA of America broke from its conventional pick and went with a veteran, but it wasn't Nelson.
"I think it's tough because it's kind of the third time this has happened," Nelson said. "It seemed to gather more momentum this year than in the past, and I'm certainly appreciative of the thousands of people who tweeted or sent me emails that were hoping this might be the time. I'm flattered by all that stuff, certainly disappointed. I don't know why the decision was made the way it was, but you just have to honor that."
Nelson is a quiet man from Georgia, though his career is remarkable beyond his three majors. He didn't take up golf until after he returned from the Vietnam War, and he turned in a career worthy of being voted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Watson is celebrated worldwide for his eight majors and epic duels with Jack Nicklaus. He is particularly popular in Scotland, where he won his first major at Carnoustie in 1975. Watson won the British Open five times, four of them in Scotland.
Nelson thought it was a "great decision" for the PGA of America to go away from its mold of picking past major champions in their late 40s who still played on the PGA Tour. It's just that Watson already had his chance as captain in 1993, the last time the Americans won a Ryder Cup in Europe. Watson is the first repeat captain since Jack Nicklaus in 1987 at his home course of Muirfield Village.
"Tom will be a two-time captain. That I don't quite understand," Nelson said. "Other than that, I think it's a great way to go."
Nelson said he wouldn't be interested in being an assistant captain.
"There are a lot of people who probably have less credentials that have been captain, and a lot of people that have more credentials that haven't been," Nelson said. "That puts me in area that it's not a decision I can make. It's a decision people I haven't even talked to made. They make the best decision they possibly can and what they think will help the Ryder Cup. You just have to go with it.
"I'm not totally surprised, just disappointed."

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At the tender age of six, Lori Anne Madison just became the youngest person ever to qualify for the Scripps National Nerd Olympics, otherwise known as the Spelling Bee. But despite the media attention and mounting pressure, Lori Anne says she's not nervous at all. "I've been in competitions with older kids before." Her mother confirms: "She's like a teenager in a 6-year-old body."
A likely story! But how many teenagers do you know that would want to be seen in a room full of A-list nerds in oversized polo shirts? That's what I thought.
I suggest we consider that a less, uh, terrestrial being inhabits this six-year-old's body. Lori Anne apparently began showing signs of otherworldliness when she started reading Dr. Seuss books before her second birthday and won her first spelling bee at age three and a half. Other warning signs include the fact that she was rejected from a Virginia "private school for the gifted" on account of being "too smart to accommodate," and can spell "sprachgefühl"—which sounds like E.T. trying to say "Spock, a fool!" when you say it out loud—without even thinking about it.
And what exactly does the precocious six-year-old want to be when she grows up? An astrobiologist, obviously. "I'm going to sort of find life forms. And, plus, alien planets are new. But I need some slugs," says Lori Anne of her career aspirations. Need I say more?


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Dr. Amanda Witmer recently wrote up a rather interesting response to the question of the historicity of Jesus; her conclusion, pointedly stated, "As it turns out, historical information about Jesus can be found, but sifting through the data requires some work" and "[The gospels-ed.]…reflect the impact the historical figure, Jesus, had on those who were marked by his life." These conclusions, stated with such conviction in most New Testament circles, betrays the confidence—perhaps misplaced—in the available evidence of the figure of Jesus. This is quite problematic, as many of the arguments Dr. Witmer raises are quite dated and, with some critical eyes, seem rather superficial.
Dr. Witmer starts off muddying the water, categorizing the argument that Jesus did not exist as 'fashionable'. The type of denialism which is latent in some wings of the secular community is indeed problematic, and I would agree that some members of the mythicist camp fall prey to that "tendency to insist on absolutes".[1] But I would not call the position, as a whole, 'fashionable', as if it were some fad or trend, as none of these positions are necessarily new, nor have they ever fallen 'out of style'. Some of the earliest German critical scholars of the Bible that we learn about in our introductory New Testament classes—Bruno Bauer, Ludwig Feuerbach, and David Strauss—all produced mythic figures of Jesus, arguing that the historical Jesus is simply unknowable. As the minimalists of their day, they were more than capable of pointing out the fact that the Christian Jesus—that Jesus which wears the collar of a protestant or catholic—had been a product of their contemporary society. On this latter point, I am certain Dr. Witmer would agree.[2]
Where we disagree, it seems, is on the level of certainty one can place on the available arguments for the historicity of the figure of Jesus and in the reliability of gospels themselves, especially as works of historiography. Dr. Witmer insists on using the argument that the gospels represent ancient biographies. But she does not address, even in passing, the many studies which have raised issue with Charles Talbert's conclusions, initially published in 1977. Michael Vines, Mary Ann Tolbert, Thomas L. Thompson, and Marianne Palmer Bonz have all voiced opposition to the concept that the gospels represent the genre of Greco-Roman biography;[3] the attempts by Richard A. Burridge, Craig Keener, and others to revive Talbert's conclusions have not been successful—in this author's opinion—towards producing any solid argument which might contradict the modern literary critical studies that suggest that the gospels fit more in line with ancient Jewish fictional literature (as Vines argues, contra Burridge and Aune specifically). Anyone with a strong Classics background can immediately see the flaws of comparing the gospels with Philostratus' work on Apollonius. That is to say, to put it bluntly, they are not at all comparable.[4]
Even under the presumption that the gospels do fit into the mould of Greco-Roman biography, that does not ipso facto mean that they are based on historical individuals. Plutarch dedicates whole biographies to fictional figures like Romulus, Lycurgus, and so on. Is the reader to presume that in the writing of Plutarch there exists the impact of a historical figure, Romulus? His works are Greco-Roman biographies, after all; by the very logic of Dr. Witmer, we should expect to locate a historical kernel of figure of Lycurgus. Though I highly doubt Dr. Witmer would be rushing to defend that conclusion! And I don't blame her as it is a silly conclusion. Marianne Palmer Bonz was absolutely correct when she wrote that the genre of a text will ultimate influence how a text is interpreted. Leaning rather apologetically on Greco-Roman biography as if Vines, Tolbert, Thompson, Bonz, Brodie, and others haven't challenged it since the publication of Talbert's book in the late 70's is rather unfortunate.
Still, Dr. Witmer does ask some good questions which should be taken seriously. She remarks on the relationship between John and Jesus that, "Reading between the lines, or against the text, we learn from these two passages that John had perhaps initially been viewed as the more important of the two men, and that this perception gradually shifted. Again, why invent this issue?" Indeed, why invent it? It's a really fantastic question and one that deserves some serious consideration and study. But one cannot just assume that there is no other viable answer than "because it happened" or "because it indicates a historical memory." By what evidence does one judge one narrative event to another historically? Is this event any more or less authentic of an event than Mark's portrayal of the disciples? Of course not; that sort of thinking is narrowed and uncritical.
It is also speculative and it presumes the very case in dispute, while ignoring the broader categories of literary genres by Greco-Roman Jewish authors. Why would the authors of Matthew or Luke invent anything not found in Mark? Why would John include elaborate scenes that don't appear in any other gospel? Why do Jesus' actions in Mark reflect so clearly the Elijah-Elisha narratives? Why does Mark portray Jesus as running off into the wilderness to be attended to by angels while being temped? Why does he have John wearing the same outfit as Elijah? Why does Matthew imitate various narrative elements from Exodus about Moses? Why would any author, at any given point in history, fabricate anything? With careful research, one might locate the answers to these questions. But one should not just make the leap in logic that "I don't know, therefore it must be a historical kernel." That requires a whole level of biased rationalizing from which one should just stay away. Reading "between the lines" is just as dangerous as looking down Schweitzer's well; when the spaces between the lines are empty, a blank canvas is the only thing that exists. Anybody can inscribe whatever they want there. Most likely what comes from that exercise looks more like the Jesus we want, not the Jesus that was once.[5]
Dr. Witmer then follows with the same old argument that Jesus' name occurs in extrabiblical source material, therefore she concludes that these references are useful in dating events in Jesus' life. The trouble with this claim is that it has been handled so often by scholars (not mythicists) that it should cease to be of any value to any discussion on historicity. Case in point, Tacitus' use of Jesus is so clearly modeled upon Christian interpretations that it cannot be considered independent. Some scholars (again, not mythicists) have even postulated the case that the passage is an interpolation, but as this author has not spent the time necessary to evaluate this argument, it won't be used here. It is more than likely this reference is authentic and comes from his friend Pliny who, as Dr. Witmer probably knows, was a great and dear friend to Tacitus,[6] who had come face to face with Christians and was at a complete loss for how to handle them. It seems probable that Tacitus and Pliny communicated about these strange Christians who followed a 'superstition' about a dying savior figure named Christus. Another option is that Tacitus had access to a gospel. Either way, this is dubious evidence at best, as it is not independent.
Dr. Witmer also utilizes Josephus' reference, but it is also problematic. Aside from the fact that our earliest Josephan manuscripts comes from the middle of Medieval Period, more than one version has been highly interpolated with Christian references to Jesus which are quite specious. In this regard, Ken Olson has taken the Testimonium Flavianum to task quite recently, demonstrating definitively, in this author's humble opinion, that it was an interpolation. This author's opinion aside, the reader is encouraged to examine his arguments and judge for themselves their value.[7] Even if one were to accept the authenticity of Josephus, it would not necessarily tip the scales in favor of historicity (though it couldn't hurt).
The reference to the logically invalid criterion of embarrassment is something else. This is again where a strong Classics background helps one understand the social world of the Romans. It doesn't get more embarrassing for a Roman than following a castrated deity. Yet somehow the Cult of Attis not only thrived, but continued to thrive for some time—despite the fact that many of the most elite in Roman society saw it as a bizarre religion and an embarrassing and emasculating one. Priests would castrate themselves in honor of Attis. This doesn't make Attis any more real, does it? Should scholars start using the criterion of embarrassment to prove the historical Attis? Neither should the embarrassment of crucifixion or that of the death of John somehow make Jesus any more historical.
Additionally, the criterion of embarrassment presumes that the crucifixion or the death of John the Baptist was embarrassing for everyone. Certainly early Christians did not find this embarrassing at all. On the crucifixion, Paul even writes that this is a stumbling block for Jews, but interestingly he does not consider this an embarrassment.[8] He saw Jesus' death as a point of jubilation with his resurrection in the same way that followers of Attis saw the glory and appreciated the message of his castration.[9] Likewise, the death of John seems to be a prime example of a righteous martyrdom, wherein his death—a necessary thing—occurs as an echo towards Jesus' own fate. Whether the elite found anything wrong with Christianity seems to have not bothered the Christian at all. It certainly doesn't bother many Christians today.[10]
There is the additional problem, one found in many studies from the past few decades on the figure of Jesus, with the many bizarre claims that run through her article. The conclusion that the sources we have for Jesus's life "were actually written closer to his lifetime than were those on Alexander the Great" is just wrong and echoes of E.P. Sanders own thoughts on the figure of Jesus which, even at the time when they were written, were tiringly old.[11] For the sake of argument alone, if one takes into account all the evidence for Alexander the Great, actually a very well-documented and attested figure in history, Dr. Witmer's case falls apart. Take any one gospel (or all four, if one would prefer) and examine it next to Arrian's history of Alexander's campaigns. Even as late as he is, Arrian uses methods that surpass those (if any at all) used by the gospel authors. Arrian compares his sources which consisted of eyewitness (actual contemporary written) accounts from Alexander's generals (he explicitly cites his sources, even if they are now lost) and tells us why he is choosing one account of an event over the other, or why one seems to hold more weight.[12] These sources (primarily the eyewitness accounts of Ptolemy, a general in Alexander's army, and Aristoboulos who traveled with him as an engineer) are also attested to elsewhere as well, which indicate that Arrian didn't simply invent them ex nihilo.[13] In addition to Arrian's work, there are still perhaps hundreds of extant contemporary attestations of Alexander the Great from manuscripts,[14] artwork (busts), coins, and inscriptions.[15] If we had this sort of evidence for Jesus' life and ministry, there would be no need to write this paper, and that is precisely the point.[16]
Now, one may make the argument that we cannot expect this sort of evidence for a historical Jesus, as he'd be relatively insignificant compared to a figure such as Alexander the Great—indeed, this is precisely the argument that Dr. Witmer seems to be making. That's very astute, assuming a historical, itinerant, impoverished Jesus as laid out by some historical Jesus scholars. Granting this objection's validity, there is an obvious contradiction: Why would any scholar so desire to suggest, erroneously, that the evidence for a historical Jesus is somehow greater than that of Alexander when the fact is, quite clearly (and demonstrably), the evidence for Alexander is so superior to that of any provided for Jesus? Not only is it superior, but it is improbable—near impossible perhaps—that a historian should expect anything similar between Alexander and an insignificant historical Jesus as far as evidence goes. This is just an example of how false confidence in the state of evidence can lead good scholars to make claims that overestimate the value of said evidence.
This author wholeheartedly disagrees with Dr. Witmer when she writes that, "To sum up, it is important to interpret the evidence about Jesus' existence in a balanced way that neither dismisses all biblical evidence as worthless, nor assumes that every aspect of the biblical account should be read as pure history." No, Dr. Witmer, the evidence should be examined in the manner that it exists—to the extent that it is not examined to prove preconceived notions, whether by secularists or fundamentalists. To start from a balanced approach is to make presumptions about the text that are simply unknown and possibly unknowable. After all, "Jesus existed" and "Jesus didn't exist" are both conclusions that do not follow from the evidence—they are both is simply taken for granted by two opposing parties, and then the evidence is examined in light of this presumption. Instead, one needs to first follow the evidence and see where it leads.
To be clear, one should not discount the biblical narratives; the bible can provide a lot of inspiration, but it can also be very dangerous when used as an instrument to reinforce an individual's own prejudices against others. Because of this, the bible is far from worthless. In fact, it should be respected. But one should not just accept the biblical narratives as evidence. Evidence is the raw data—it holds no notion of one conclusion or another. One draws conclusions from the evidence, one should never use the evidence to support a conclusion.
This last bit is quite important. The biblical narratives are, in and of themselves, making certain historical claims that require validation. One does not simply accept the historicity of the Telemachia based upon the narratives in the Odyssey. The historical claims made in the biblical narrative—and all ancient texts—need to be evaluated for their accuracy prior to the point when one puts their trust in them. If none exists, where does that leave us? One should not simply draw a conclusion that Jesus didn't exist. There is no evidence to that fact. But neither is there any solid evidence that such a figure lived. The available data is not conclusive nor does it portray any sense of probability. Maybe using dated arguments, like those used here by Dr. Witmer, is enough to convince those reading this paper. This author prefers to follow the words of Stephen Prothero in his review of Reza Aslan's recent book:
But the real problem is that Aslan, like thousands of "historical Jesus" experts before him, refuses to say "I don't know" with anything near the frequency required for the task. He, too, purports to be an intrepid archaeologist for historical truth, excavating the "real" Jesus out of the "propagandistic legend" that has grown up around him. But he, too, remakes Jesus in his own image.
In conclusion, Dr. Witmer makes a lot of claims in her article. Unfortunately, most of these claims have either been dealt with by more recent scholarship or fail a secunda facie analysis of the arguments. This does not mean Jesus was not a historical person. Maybe he was! I just don't know. That is what Dr. Witmer's article was missing: some acceptance, some humility, that the evidence we have is generally just too inconclusive for any sort of certainty. Dr. Witmer may believe the evidence situates Jesus in a historical setting, a Sitz im Leben, but she has not made a case for it here. I recognize that old arguments die hard. It is difficult for rebuttals to make the rounds in academia, especially when most scholars don't have the time, due to faculty commitments and publishing requirements; but that doesn't mean that scholarship can continue to move forward as if rebuttals to our most sacred arguments don't exist. These arguments, and other arguments from many historical Jesus scholars, need to be revised. They need to be reexamined in a new way that takes into account rebuttals, new scholarship. It is always possible that the rebuttals are wrong, but one cannot simply continue to proceed in confidence that they just are wrong without ever taking the time to deal with them.[17]
[1] I would note that the real false dichotomy here isn't between fundamentalists and mythicists, but between historicists and mythicists. In fact, both have tendencies to insist on absolutes; the mythicist would say, "Jesus never existed" and the historicity would say "Jesus definitely existed." The conclusions drawn by Dr. Witmer here are in the latter category.
[2] On this subject, the reader is directed to read Roland Boer's very fine treatment of the so-called 'German Pestilence'; "The German Pestilence: Re-assessing Feuerbach, Strauss and Bauer" in T.L. Thompson and T.S. Verenna, eds, 'Is This Not the Carpenter?' The Question of the Historicity of the Figure of Jesus (CIS; London/Sheffield: Equinox/Acumen, 2012/2013), 33-56.
[3] M.E. Vines, The Problem of Markan Genre: The Gospel of Mark and the Jewish Novel (Academia Biblica 3; Atlanta: SBL, 2002); M.A. Tolbert, Sowing the Gospel: Mark's World in Literary-Historical Perspective (Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1989); T.L. Thompson, The Messiah Myth: The Near Eastern Roots of Jesus and David (New York: Basic Books, 2005); M.P. Bonz, The Past as Legacy: Luke-Acts and Ancient Epic (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2000); but also by T.L. Brodie, The Birthing of the New Testament: The Intertextual Development of the New Testament Writings (NTM 1; Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix, 2004).
[4] It helps that we in fact have additional attestation to both Philostratus and Apollonius; e.g., the inscriptions at Athens and Olympia to Philostratus and the Adana inscription to Apollonius. Philostratus' work is also very different from the work produced by the gospel authors. Philostratus not only gives us his sources (personal letters and the will of Apollonius himself—whether real or not, reports about him located at shrines, Damis of Hierapolis, Maximus of Aegeae, and so forth), he analyzes his sources (why he chose not to use Moeragenes), debates points of Apollonius' life against his sources (cf. 1.23-24), inserts anecdotes; there is no question that the story is being recounted by Philostratus using multiple known sources. Most important, perhaps, is that Philostratus is not just telling us the story to explain a theological point (though, as any piece of ancient literature, it is designed and rhetorically structured), but he is engaging the source material for the purpose of writing about the life of Apollonius. The same could not be said for the gospels. The gospels, however, present a continuous story line with no pause, no discussion of method, no discussion of sources, no anecdotes, and make appeals to theological nuances like Jesus' divine mission (Mark 1:1-3, for example). These sorts of traits go against the grain of Greco-Roman biography. As dubious as the historicity of Apollonius may be, his biography is actually sounder and more credible than that of the gospels precisely because (a) we know who wrote it and (b) our narrator discusses his sources, allowing us to analyze his methods. The gospels do not belong to this genre; they are the antithesis of it. All that is needed is a critical eye and careful evaluation of the two sources to see that.
[5] Dr. Witmer places strong emphasis on the Johanine tradition, specifically that from the Gospel of John. She would want to consider James Crossley's recent discussion on the value (or lack thereof) of John's gospel on the reconstruction of the historical figure of Jesus in his contribution to 'Is This Not the Carpenter?', entitled "Can John's Gospel Really Be Used to Reconstruct a Life of Jesus? An Assessment of Recent Trends and a Defence of a Traditional View?", 163-184.
[6] This friendship is well established in their correspondence (i.e., Letters 1.6, 20; 4.13; 7.20; 8.7; 9.10; and so on).
[7] While valiantly defended by Lester Grabbe in his "'Jesus Who Is Called Christ': References to Jesus outside Christian Sources" in 'Is This Not the Carpenter?', 57-70, the authenticity of the TF has been taken to task. G.J. Goldberg argues that the TF is a mish-mosh of Lukan-style passages in his "The Coincidences of the Testimonium of Josephus and the Emmaus Narrative of Luke," in the Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha (Vol. 13, 1995), 59-77 and more recently Ken Olson, "Eusebius and the Testimonium Flavianum," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 61 (1999) 305-322, and "A Eusebian Reading of the Testimonium Flavianum," in Aaron Johnson & Jeremy Schott, eds., Eusebius of Caesarea: Tradition and Innovations (Hellenic Studies 60; Cambridge: Harvard University Press/Center for Hellenic Studies, 2013), 97-114. Also, his guest post on Anthony Le Donne and Chris Keith's blog, "The Testimonium Flavianum, Eusebius, and Consensus (Guest Post) – Olson" (Accessed Online 8/16/2013). He concludes, "In summary, the six arguments against Christian authorship of some elements of the Testimonium that Van Voorst has culled from the scholarly literature do not hold with respect to Eusebius. At the very least, this should remind us to be wary of arguments from authority. The fact that one or more scholars has endorsed a particular argument does not mean it is sound." Richard Carrier takes down the Minor TF in his paper, "Origen, Eusebius, and the Accidental Interpolation in Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 20.200." Journal of Early Christian Studies 20.4 (Winter 2012): 489-514.
[8] 1 Cor. 1.23-5.
[9] 1 Cor. 1.27.
[10] This criterion has been dealt with more recently by Rafael Rodriguez, "Truth about Jesus: The Demise of the Criterion of Embarrassment" in, C. Keith & A. Le Donne, eds., Jesus, Criteria, and the Demise of Authenticity (New York: Blumsbury, 2012), 132-151.
[11] E.P. Sanders wrote, for example, that "we know more about Jesus than about Alexander [the Great]" and "The sources for Jesus are better…than those that deal with Alexander." The Historical Figure of Jesus (London and New York: Penguin Books, 1993), 3-4. These claims are made often and are absolutely not true. Not in the slightest bit. Ironically, I see these claims made by historical Jesus scholars when, instead, I expect this sort of line to follow from a Christian apologist like Josh McDowell. That troubles me greatly. If I, an undergrad, can point out the error in logic and content in such an argument, what does that say about the argument?
[12] He also compares conflicting accounts for the reader; e.g. Anabasis Alexandri 3.30.4-6.
[13] Pseudo-Lucian and Plutarch both appear to have access to Aristoboulos and Ptolemy, for example.
[14] The authors preserved who were contemporaries of Alexander and mention him or facts about him include: Isocrates, Demosthenes, Aeschines, Hyperides, Dinarchus, Theocritus, Theophrastus, and Menander.
[15] Not only are there inscriptions dedicated to Alexander the Great and his victories which are contemporaneous to him, several inscriptions commissioned by Alexander himself still exist; e.g., there is one at the British Museum from Priene in Asia Minor, dedicated to Athena Polias. See B.F. Cook, Greek Inscriptions (Berkeley: UCP, 1987), 21-22.
[16] While Arrian's methods are exceptional, they fall short of modern standards. Even though he is a step above the typical ancient historian, his work is not perfect. He openly equates "interesting" stories with "probable" stories and, as one of his reasons for choosing Ptolemy as a source, states that it is because he was a King and "it is more disgraceful for a king to tell lies than anyone else." (Anabasis Alexandri, Preface 1-3) Still, if a good historian like Arrian, whose methods are far superior to those of his contemporaries, those before him, and many after, can succumb to these sorts of biases, one should be more concerned with how much bias and error effects those writers of lesser quality—especially the anonymous ones.
[17] For a fuller treatment of the common fallacies of historical Jesus scholarship, of which many pertain to Dr. Witmer's article, see my review of Bart Ehrman's recent book Did Jesus Exist; "Did Jesus Exist? The Trouble with Certainty in Historical Jesus Scholarship", Bible and Interpretation, May 2012.
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Funeral service for Augustine Hessenius will be held at 11 a.m. today, Tuesday, Jan. 8, at Zion Lutheran Church in Ayrshire. The Rev. Neil Hayen will officiate.
Inurnment will be in Washington Cemetery, Havelock. The?Martin-Mattice Funeral Home in Emmetsburg is in charge of arrangements.
Augustine Hessenius was born Sept. 8, 1919 in Frontenhausen, Germany. Her parents were Sebastian and Berta (Koch) Hobmeier. Augustine received her education in Germany.
On Jan. 7, 1955, Augustine was united in marriage to Arnold Hessenius in Nurnberg, Germany. Arnold and Augustine made their home on a farm near Curlew. On April 7,1961, Augustine became a United States citizen.
Augustine was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Ayrshire, where she was active in church circle.
In May 2004, Augustine moved to an apartment in Emmetsburg and in October 2011 to Hillside Terrace in Spencer. She passed away Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2013 at St. Luke Lutheran Home in Spencer at the age of 93.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Arnold in 2000.
Augustine is survived by her children, Manfred (Sharon) Hobmeier of Kiel, WI, Ingrid (Dale) Studer of West Bend, Harry (Mary) Hobmeier of Estherville, Frank Hobmeier of Cherokee, Richard (Martie) Hobmeier of Des Moines, and Kenneth (Cheryl) Hessenius of Spencer; 20 grandchildren; several great- grandchildren; many other relatives and friends.
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Barack Obama freezes salaries of some White House aides
President Barack Obama announced on his first day in office Wednesday that he is freezing the pay of the about a hundred White House employees who make over $100,000 a year, AP reported.
The freeze would hold salaries at their current levels. It is part of a presidential memorandum being issued Wednesday when Obama attends a swearing-in for staff at the White House.
In a statement, Obama said "families are tightening their belts, and so should Washington."
Aides making above $100,00 include the high-profile jobs of White House chief of staff, national security adviser and press secretary. Other aides who work in relative anonymity also fit into that cap, if Obama follows a structure similar to the one George W. Bush set up.
"They deserve a government that truly is of, and by, the American people," Obama said.
He also announced a change in policy that will require each federal agency and department to give full attention to Freedom of Information requests and said he expects members of his administration to be responsive to such pleas.
And Obama also revealed what he called a "clean break" from existing rules spelling out when and under what circumstances administration officials could work on issues on which they lobbied governmental agencies before.
He said there would be a two-year, rather than a one-year, waiting period for government officials to be able to work on such issues and said they would "not be able to work on matters you lobbied on or White House agencies you lobbied during the last two years."
"Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this administration," Obama said in a statement to reporters.
He said the orders he was issuing Wednesday do not go as far as he would like, but that they do go a long way toward "marking a new era" in America.
Vice President Joe Biden swore in several senior White House aides at Obama's announcement event.


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most influential leaders and thinkers. Click on the videos below to watch the interviews:
This episode of Investor Insight weighs the pros and cons of joining forces with other investors for JV deals. It's about more than sharing finances, reports CREW reporter Jemima Codrington.
Video transcript below:
Jemima Codrington: The recent changes to the mortgage laws has seen banks curb their lending. But do investors need to hold their spending. Hi, I am Jemima Codrington and welcome to Investor Insight on Crew TV.
Joint Ventures are increasingly popular in our city as investors find ways around the new lending rules. Partnering up means investors can avoid going to the bank for the loans, but still to see new huge investment opportunities.
Steve Arruda, Century 21 Best Sellers
Steve Arruda: Well the mortgage rules have definitely made buying more difficult for the average investor. Joint ventures allows the individual to actually be a fractional owner in a property. So if you have limited resources, say only a small amount of cash to invest in, using the option to buy a fractional ownership of one property and invest either in large groups or in smaller groups as well. It's a good way to diversify and also it minimises your risk as well.
Marcel Greaux, Toronto Real Estate Club
Marcel Greaux: The new mortgage rules have primarily affected first time buyers who are actually purchasing with insured mortgages. So that's why the amortisation has dropped to a 25 year amortisation. As far as investors are concerned, it's pretty much business as per usual. We still have the 30 year amortisation available, if you are purchasing conventionally.
That being said, the financial climate has changed somewhat and joint ventures are actually a great strategy for mature investors who are looking to grow their portfolio past what current lenders allow you to have within your portfolio.
Jemima Codrington: Doing your due diligence when selecting a JV partner is crucial to the successful partnership. There are some things to consider when choosing a candidate.
Tarik Gidamy, The RedPin.com
Just like with anything else, partnership is one of those things where I believe that mimicking what the other person does is not the proper strength. It should be something where the other person doesn't have access to whether that be experience in building, financing needs or carry on [home warranty ] reputation or anything else that would kind of differentiate themselves from the other partner and of course you have to be very compatible in terms of your intended goals and outcomes when it comes to partnership [at all.]
Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Devin P. McComb has joined the firm's Seattle office as a partner in the Real Estate & Land Use practice
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Connect Asset Management Challenges the Financial Community to Invest in Downtown Toronto Real Estate for a Good Cause


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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday named General Electric's CEO Jeffrey Immelt as the chair of the White House's new Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, restructuring his economic team to place an emphasis on job creation.
Speaking after touring a future GE battery manufacturing plant in Schenectady, N.Y., Obama called Immelt "one of the nation's most respected and admired business leaders," adding that in the days ahead he will announce more economists and business leaders who will join Immelt on the new jobs-focused panel.
Obama said that "putting the economy into overdrive" is a top priority for his administration, recommitting himself to spending the next two years trying to speed up the economic recovery. His success or failure there is likely to be the central issue of the coming 2012 presidential campaign.
"Our job is to do everything we can to ensure that businesses can take root, and folks can find good jobs," the president said. "We're going to build stuff, and invent stuff," he added, emphasizing the need to boost American exports to countries around the world, an issue that was a focus during the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to the White House earlier this week.
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"That's where the customers are. It's that simple," Obama said.
In appointing GE's Immelt — who for the past decade has run the diversified technology, media and financial services company — the president is solidifying his administration's efforts to improve its relationship with the business community, with whom the White House has had strained ties for the last two years.
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The move was quickly welcomed by business, with whom Obama is trying to thaw relations that chilled over his healthcare and financial regulatory reforms.
The "President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness" replaces an economic recovery advisory panel led by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, who is stepping down when his group dissolves next month.
Bringing Immelt on board is the latest sign from Obama that he is serious about building better ties with business.
Obama, a Democrat, recently named JPMorgan Chase executive William Daley to be his chief of staff, drawing praise from the corporate world.
The president promised to rejuvenate relations with business in the aftermath of last year's congressional elections, which gave Republicans a majority in the House and greater strength in the Senate.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, who fought Obama's reforms, called the appointment "a promising step toward a renewed focus on creating jobs, boosting economic growth, and enhancing America's global competitiveness."
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said he hoped the new panel would remind Obama of other steps the United States could take to aid the economy, citing the need to increase free trade and avoid smothering business through regulation.
In an article entitled "White House reboots on economic advice," Politico.com's Abby Philip writes that the appointment "signaled a shift to a new phase of the administration's response to the nation's economic woes."Story: So who's at the state dinner? Here's a list
Immelt, a member of the board of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, has been a frequent visitor to the White House and attended a CEOs meeting with Obama and visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday.
He has been a White House ally since the start of Obama's presidency, though his political contributions tend to be bipartisan and he financially supported Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republicans John McCain, Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney during the 2008 presidential elections.
Increasing employment
The change also signals Obama's intention to shift from policies that were designed to stabilize the economy after the 2008 financial meltdown to a renewed focus on increasing employment, a vexing task that could affect his re-election prospects.
The White House says the board's mission will be to help generate ideas from the private sector to speed up economic growth and promote American competitiveness.
The advisory board has included past government officials and representatives from labor and the corporate world. Volcker has been a regular White House adviser, though the board itself has met infrequently with the president.
"Since my campaign for president, I have relied on Paul Volcker's counsel as we worked to recover from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression," Obama said in a statement late Thursday. "Paul Volcker is not only one of the wisest economic minds in our country, he's an individual who has for decades fought for policies that help American families and strengthen our economy."
"I have valued his friendship and skill over the years, and I will rely on his counsel for years to come," Obama said.
The former central banker was the driving force behind the "Volcker Rule," a provision in last year's financial reform bill that puts limits on proprietary trading by U.S. banks.
Many on Wall Street vigorously fought the Volcker Rule and some sought to portray Volcker as out of touch with the modern financial system. But he has also received credit for reining in financial industry excesses that helped prompt the global economic crisis.
'In service of our country'
Immelt, in an opinion column in Friday's Washington Post, said he looked forward "to leading the next phase of this effort as we transition from recovery to long-term growth."
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"Business leaders should provide expertise in service of our country. My predecessors at GE have done so, as have leaders of many other great American companies," Immelt wrote.
"There is always a healthy tension between the public and private sectors. However, we all share a responsibility to drive national competitiveness, particularly during economic unrest. This is one of those times."
Immelt added: "My hope is that the council will be a sounding board for ideas and a catalyst for action on jobs and competitiveness."
The executive also signalled that he would be breaking with past assumptions about what would help revitalize the American economy.
"The assumption made by many that the United States could transition from a technology-based, export-oriented economic powerhouse to a services-led, consumption-based economy without any serious loss of jobs, prosperity or prestige was fundamentally wrong," he wrote.
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this story.


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Green is soothing, a quality much appreciated in a child's bedroom. Green is purifying, which makes it an ideal colour for the bathroom and the kitchen; but, especially the bathroom where blue and white, combined with the green, create a natural and fresh look. Green also evokes health, spring freshness and good living.[caption id="attachment_15406" align="aligncenter" width="600"] iStock[/caption]
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NEW YORK -- What do such disparate cultural icons as the Chrysler Building, the Dunkin' Donuts logo and Big Bird have in common?
They were all created by alumni of New York's Pratt Institute. To mark its 125th birthday, the renowned college of art, design and architecture is showing off 125 world-famous designs by its students and faculty throughout the years. The private Brooklyn institution is kicking off the celebration with a gala Oct. 15 at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, designed in 1929 by _ who else _ another Pratt alumnus.
The school was founded on Oct. 17, 1887, by businessman and philanthropist Charles Pratt, whose petroleum refinery merged with Standard Oil. Fifteen hundred students were enrolled at the end of the first year. Today, 4,700 undergraduate and graduate students studying painting, print-making, sculpture, illustration, architecture and industrial, interior and graphic designs attend the 25-acre campus that has grown to include 27 buildings in Brooklyn and one in Manhattan.
Pratt's vision was to create an "institution that would broadly educate people to be producers and creators in society," who could also make a living at their professions, said Pratt President Thomas F. Schutte, who has led the school for nearly 20 years.
The 125 designs will be on public view Nov. 30-Jan. 19 at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery. Among the visionaries they represent are leading American painters Ellsworth Kelly and Arthur Wesley Dow, writer and satirical cartoonist Jules Feiffer, Heisman Memorial Trophy sculptor Frank Eliscu and Scrabble inventor Alfred Mosher Butts.
Below are 10 of the designs that have become part of our cultural psyche:
_ 1955 Two-seater Ford Motor Thunderbird. Industrial design alumnus William Boyer was the lead designer on this car, the first luxury car to be manufactured in the United States. More than two million models have been sold.
_ The Dunkin' Donuts logo. Lucia DeRespinis, an alumna and faculty member of the school's industrial design department, came up with the logo in 1980 using her 5-year-old daughter's favorite colors _ pink and orange. She suggested the cushy-looking font to evoke a doughnut.
_ The Waldorf-Astoria hotel. The New York City art deco landmark was designed in 1929 by Lloyd Morgan.
_ Betsy Johnson. The fashion designer was a fine arts major at Pratt. She is celebrated for her sexy and whimsical silhouettes.
_ The Glass House. The national historic landmark was designed by architect and Pratt faculty member Philip Johnson., known for his innovative use of materials and seamless integration into the landscape. The Glass House, built in 1949, was Johnson's residence in New Canaan, Conn. It's considered one of the most famous houses in the country.
_ Big Bird. Kermit Love, a fine arts faculty member, was a costume designer who designed, developed and constructed the Sesame Street character in 1969. He also helped design several of the television show's other lovable characters including Mr. Snuffleupagus, Oscar the Grouch and Cookie Monster.
_ The Chrysler Building. The art deco landmark was designed by architect William Van Alen. Built in 1930, it's lauded for its tapering spire and curvilinear lines. It's considered one of New York City's most beautiful skyscrapers.
_ RCA television. David Sarnoff, an engineering alumnus, was president of RCA and an early investor in the development of television when this set was designed. It was first introduced at the 1939 World's Fair.
_ Shrek animation characters. Tim Cheung, a computer graphics alumnus, led the computer-animation team in 2001 that earned "Shrek" an Academy Award for best animated feature. Former digital arts department faculty member Rob O'Neill worked on the digital character development of the film's hit sequel, "Shrek 2."
_ U.S. Department of Transportation Symbol Signs, 1974. The American Institute of Graphic Arts asked graphic design alumnus Roger Cook and his partner Don Shanosky to design a set of 34 internationally recognizable pictograms that were ultimately adopted by the U.S. Department of Transportation to guide users of public spaces. Cook received the Presidential Award for Design Excellence in 1984 for the signage. It part of the permanent collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum.
Pratt Institute: http://125.pratt.edu


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You can use Firebase Authentication to allow users to sign in to your app using one or more sign-in methods, including email address and password sign-in, and federated identity providers such as Google Sign-in and Facebook Login. This tutorial gets you started with Firebase Authentication by showing you how to add email address and password sign-in to your app.
Connect your app to Firebase
Install the Firebase SDK. Be sure to paste the configuration code into your web page as described.
Sign up new users
Create a form that allows new users to register with your app using their email
address and a password. When a user completes the form, validate the email
address and password provided by the user, then pass them to the
createUserWithEmailAndPassword method:
firebase.auth().createUserWithEmailAndPassword(email, password).catch(function(error) {
// Handle Errors here.
var errorCode = error.code;
var errorMessage = error.message;
// ...
Sign in existing users
Create a form that allows existing users to sign in using their email address
and password. When a user completes the form, call the
signInWithEmailAndPassword method:
firebase.auth().signInWithEmailAndPassword(email, password).catch(function(error) {
// Handle Errors here.
var errorCode = error.code;
var errorMessage = error.message;
// ...
Set an authentication state observer and get user data
For each of your app's pages that need information about the signed-in user, attach an observer to the global authentication object. This observer gets called whenever the user's sign-in state changes.
Attach the observer using the
onAuthStateChanged method. When a user
successfully signs in, you can get information about the user in the observer.
firebase.auth().onAuthStateChanged(function(user) {
if (user) {
// User is signed in.
var displayName = user.displayName;
var email = user.email;
var emailVerified = user.emailVerified;
var photoURL = user.photoURL;
var isAnonymous = user.isAnonymous;
var uid = user.uid;
var providerData = user.providerData;
// ...
} else {
// User is signed out.
// ...
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Learn how to add support for other identity providers and anonymous guest accounts:


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Welcome to Manchester's all time top 200 songs. There is a rather long list of songs by a variety of bands and artists from the Greater Manchester area stretching back over 50 years. As far as I know this is the first time anything like this has been put together and it's been a lot more time consuming than I imagined. Records (is it only me who still says that) are coming out almost every week somewhere in Manchester and in the long shortlist I've tried to include most of the ones that caused a splash. However this isn't a final shortlist, the idea is that you now remind me of songs that should be in the list and aren't, and I'm sure there are plenty.
Back in May 2003 along with Conrad Murray who now works for SJM managing various bands including Courteeners and The Stone Roses, I put together a Manchester top 100 for BBC Radio Manchester's Manchester Music show. We applied a rule that no band could have more than 3 songs in the top 100 and we more or less did it as an exercise in creating a top 100 that we thought fairly reflected the breadth and diversity in the music that had come from Manchester. Of course back then we were attempted it with a limited technology and so although we created some entertaining shows from it, we weren't able to reflect the views of the Manchester music audience in a fair manner, so it felt a bit hollow.
Ever since the band explosion in the late 1980′s which lead to a scene rather brutally knocked into shape and marketed as 'Madchester', there's been recognition of Manchester as being a music hub. The reality about Madchester is that despite great sales and headlining gigs by The Stone Roses, The Charlatans, Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets, those bands weren't as successful worldwide at the time as New Order or Simply Red and even the success of those bands in terms of sales was swamped by the trans Atlantic successes of 10CC, Herman's Hermits, The Hollies and probably the biggest band ever from Manchester ' The Bee Gees'. In fact back in 1965 Manchester bands spent an incredible six consecutive weeks topping the US Billboard charts, with one particular week at the end of April 1965; Manchester bands occupied the 1, 2 and 3 slots in the US Billboard charts. Unfortunately for us Mancunians, the Bee Gees never really invested their money in Manchester, but Graham Gouldman of the Mockingbirds and later 10cc and Eric Stewart of The Mindbenders put the money they made writing and performing chart hits in the 1960′s into building a world class recording studio on Waterloo Road in Stockport. Strawberry studios became the reason we were able to build a self sustaining independent music scene up in Manchester. A state of the art recording studio where Joy Division would record Unknown Pleasures for Factory records, thanks to the Late Tony Wilson inheriting some money from his mother and Rob Gretton, Joy Division manager's dislike of dealing with the people at London record companies. Not only did Tony and Rob see how important Strawberry studios were, they understood that the investment by successful musicians from Manchester in their hometown paid dividends for future generations. Put something back into where you came from became the philosophy in Manchester and its helped build The Hacienda club and feed our scene for 35 years now.
Manchester is not an 'Indie' music City, it was only ever seen that way by outsiders because the late John Peel had a fondness for the sounds that emerged from our somewhat leftfield interpretation of Pop. John Peel didn't just give sessions and support to Joy Division/New Order, The Smiths, Happy Mondays, James, Inspiral Carpets and his favourite The Fall, he also gave sessions to hip hop artists like The Ruthless rap Assassins from Moss Side and MC Buzz B – described in the NME headline at the time as 'The Morrissey Of rap' . The irony is that the most indie and left field of bands you'd associate with the Manchester Music scene since 1977 – The Fall, have appeared on Top Of The Pops several times and were as happy to do so as Oasis and probably more so than Simply Red . So here's a long list of Manchester artists and bands and it's up to you to use the 200 votes you have wisely to help create that all time top 200 for posterity and also add to this list as an archive of what's happened musically in Manchester over the past 50 years. Artists like Sweet Sensation in their day were huge amongst us inner city kids south of the City centre, as well as becoming the first all British black group to top the UK chart with their hit 'Sad Sweet Dreamer'. Sylvia Tella , emerged from the Lovers Rock scene in the 80s to become something of a star, yet because it was on the reggae scene , she never really got the wider recognition her abilities deserved, although her Soul II Soul style 1993 song, 'In A Special Way' was played everywhere.
So try and listen, enjoy the variety, do feel free to get annoyed and inform us of songs that have been left out that you feel should be in, it's all about passion and inclusiveness and do try and use your full number of votes – this is a world -wide vote and the response so far has been fantastic and I'm really looking forward to putting together the radio series and podcasts covering Manchester's all time top 200 as voted by you, it may well be a list that needs updating every year or two , but at least it'll be a start and something that will be there as a template forever .
All previous polls and votes have been stored away so don't worry about previous as your vote still counts and now So you have 200 fresh votes, scroll down the full list of songs – try and listen to those you don't know many of which are on the Manchester Spotify list, there are some real gems in there and remember only one vote will be allowed per song, use them all wisely and imaginatively and think legacy, this is quite a responsibility. Have a happy geek fest
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Dems work to push banking overhaul quickly
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama's plan to transform the Federal Reserve into a super-regulator ran into skepticism Thursday from lawmakers who worry that the central bank is not the best suited to keep an eye on firms deemed so big and influential that their demise could hurt the economy.
Members of Congress voiced misgivings as Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner began a marathon day of selling Obama's financial regulatory plan to give the Fed more authority, create a new consumer protection agency and bring unregulated sectors of the financial markets under government oversight.
"I do not believe that we can reasonably expect the Fed or any other agency to effectively play so many roles," said Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., noting that it also sets monetary policy, regulates banks and handles an array of other functions.
Some lawmakers have proposed that the job of overseeing large institutions be left to a council of regulators, not a single agency.
Geithner anticipated that point in his testimony before the Senate Banking Committee, saying in his opening remarks: "You cannot convene a committee to put out a fire."
Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., also raised questions about the use of the Fed for such an overarching task over the financial system. But he applauded the administration for including a new agency to protect consumers in their banking transactions.
Dodd said regulators must be empowered and that gaps in oversight should be eliminated. Financial institutions that pose a threat to the economy shouldn't go unchecked, he said, and there should be more transparency in certain markets.
But Dodd blamed the Fed for "dropping the ball" on consumer protections.
Geithner said that in creating the consumer protection agency, the administration was taking power away from the Fed even as it was adding to its authority.
"That is a substantial diminishment of authority, preoccupation and distraction," he said.
Geithner also was scheduled to testify before the House Financial Services Committee Thursday afternoon.
Besides empowering the Federal Reserve to oversee the largest and most influential financial firms, Obama wants to create a council of federal regulators, chaired by the treasury secretary, to monitor risk across the broader market but not have authority over large financial institutions. The new consumer protection agency would be created to prevent deceptive practices by such companies as credit card lenders and mortgage brokers.
The plan comes amid public skepticism about the way Obama's handling some aspects of the economic crisis. Sixty percent of Americans don't believe the president has a strategy for dealing with the budget deficit, and almost half disapprove of his handling of problems facing the auto industry, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll published Thursday.
Still, 57 percent approve of the president's overall handling of the economy, according to the telephone survey of 895 adults contacted Friday through Tuesday.
Obama's lofty job approval rating slipped a bit in a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. The poll found 56 percent approved of the job Obama was doing, down from 61 percent in April.
Obama's financial overhaul proposal was well-received among Democrats on Capitol Hill, who said it would prevent another round of bank bailouts and protect consumers from predatory lending practices.
"We regard this as very pro-market," said Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., who chairs the House Financial Services Committee. "Unless you have investors that are well-protected, you don't have a market."
But a swift legislative endorsement of the plan could be difficult. Dodd is leading a major overhaul of the nation's health care system and the Senate also faces a debate on whether to confirm Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. In addition to the Senate's packed schedule, several lawmakers, including Dodd, have questioned whether Obama's proposal relies too heavily on the Federal Reserve and expressed concern that the Fed, as an independent agency, doesn't answer to Congress.
"It's certainly worthy of a thorough and full-throated debate and discussion as to whether or not that's a better alternative than vesting the Fed," Dodd told reporters after Obama's speech on Wednesday. "There's not a lot of confidence in the Fed at this point."
Geithner told reporters at a briefing that the administration had looked at a range of alternatives to giving the Fed expanded powers and had come to the conclusion that "we do not believe there is a plausible alternative."
House Republicans said Obama's plan would go too far and bury the market in unnecessary regulation.
Senate Republicans were less dismissive but stopped far short of endorsing the proposal. Shelby and Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., questioned aspects of the plan but said they hoped to work with Democrats to make it stronger.
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Passersby rush to thank 'cowboy-hat hero' Carlos Arredondo on Boylston
Arredondo says Jeff Bauman is true hero
Reluctant to be considered a hero in the Boston Marathon bombings, Carlos Arredondo, most recognizable as the man with a cowboy hat who immediately started caring for the injured, returned to Boylston Street Thursday night.
A picture of Arredondo, 52, clearing the way for a wheelchair carrying Jeff Bauman, a bloodied man who lost both legs, is among the most poignant and disturbing of the aftermath of the terror attack.
Within moments of his quiet arrival on Boylston Street Thursday, passersby recognized Arredondo as "the guy with the cowboy hat" and rushed over to shake his hand and thank him, NewsCenter 5's Mary Saladna said.
"I just wanted to thank you," one woman said as she took his hand in hers.
She was not alone.
Some passersby paused to introduce themselves, some offered hugs and some offered their own stories from that afternoon. But everyone took a moment to thank him.
Arredondo maintains he is not a hero and Bauman, 27, is the true hero in that picture.
"He was hurt," he said. "He was in pain -- but he was willing to live."
Melida Arredondo said they had hardly been out of their Roslindale home since the bombing, so her husband had not expected the reception from strangers.
Bauman lost both legs in the blast. He was moved from Boston Medical Center to the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital nine days after the bombings.


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We Try Every Flavor of Amy's Candy Bars
Amy's Kitchen has made a name for itself with organic frozen meals, soups, desserts, and more—all made with no additives, preservatives, or GMOs. So when the company recently decided to tackle candy bars for the first time, they used the same approach. The limited-edition line, called Andy's Dandy Candy after Amy's father, the son of a candy maker, is available online and comes in four flavors: Creamy, Crispy, Crunchy, and Chewy. Here, we put them to the test.
It's important to note that each Andy's Dandy Candy bar is broken into two servings, so the nutritional information on the package is technically for half a bar. When making comparisons to "real" candy bar counterparts (Milky Way, Nestle Crunch, etc.), I doubled this single serving nutritional information because, really, who eats just one piece? As you'll see, the Amy's bars are actually pretty similar when it comes to calorie count, though they have less saturated fat and sugar.
I'm a big fan of Krackel and Nestle Crunch bars, so I had a feeling this one, which is described as "rice crisps, almonds and caramel covered in chocolate", would be my favorite. And it was. The caramel layer was much thinner than in the Creamy bar, and completely overshadowed by the crispy middle. I didn't really find it a problem as there were bits of almond and crisps in every bite, and it made that wonderful crunch sound that echoes in your ear. There was also a welcome hint of salt that the other flavors lacked, and dark chocolate is always a plus (though for some reason, it's not touted on the wrapper the way it is on Crunchy).
Crispy: 200 calories, 12 g total fat (5 g saturated), 16 g sugar Nestle Crunch: 220 calories, 11 g total fat (7 g saturated), 24 g sugar
If this has been a blind taste test, I would have put money on it being a Skor bar based on both the flavor and size (this was the thinnest bar in the bunch). It's described as "English toffee with almonds in dark chocolate"—the only one to tout dark chocolate on the wrapper. The toffee was crunchy, buttery, and got stuck in my teeth the way that it should. My only complaint is that the top, thicker layer of chocolate tends to separate from the toffee when you bite into it.
Crunchy: 220 calories, 14 g total fat (3.5 g saturated), 20 g of sugar Skor: serving size one bar, 200 calories, 12 g total fat (7 g saturated), 24 g sugar
This flavor's description is a mouthful: "Whipped creamy center layered with caramel and covered in chocolate." It looks like a Milky Way, but that's pretty much where the comparison ends. The caramel was incredibly sugary (albeit organic cane sugar) and granular; I wanted it to be denser. The nougat was chewy, but I was not a fan of the flavor (it sort of reminded me of honeycomb). Overall, this one was too sweet for me. I found myself taking large gulps of water after every bite.
Creamy: 240 calories, 10 g total fat (5 g saturated), 20 g sugar Milky Way: 240 calories, 9 g total fat (7 g saturated), 31 g sugar
The last one I tried was "soft caramel with pecans covered in chocolate." Compared to the Creamy, this caramel was darker in color, thicker, and chewier—superior by far. The sizable bits of pecan added more flavor than crunch, not surprising since it's a relatively soft nut. This one was really satisfying, and I liked it despite being made with milk chocolate (I usually prefer dark). I couldn't pin point it to a comparable candy bar; the closest thing I could think of was Rolo caramels, despite their lack of pecans.
Chewy: 200 calories, 12 g total fat (4 g saturated), 18 g sugar Rolo Caramels (one package): 220 calories, 10 g total fat (7 g saturated), 29 g sugar
The Verdict
Put simply: I'm a fan. My favorite is a tie between Crunchy and Crispy, although Chewy isn't far behind. The Creamy was just too sweet for me, though my co-workers seemed to like it. Even after finishing the reporting for this story, I continued to eat every last chocolate bar. And despite what I said before, one piece was actually enough. They were rich and perfectly satisfying. Though I'm not someone who feels guilty after indulging (what kind of Serious Sweets writer would that make me?), I would definitely recommend these for someone who is looking for an organic, preservative-free alternative to "real" candy bars.
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Here are my predictions for 2016.
1. Swift everywhere
Swift 2 built on Swift's popularity and it's clear this language will fly far beyond the confines of iOS. It's more open than anyone could have expected from Apple and unambiguously the future as they see it, it interops well with the giant legacy of Objective C components, and developers genuinely dig it without a whiff of reality distortion.
Swift is Apple's answer to Node - app developers will use it to make their first move from client to server. More than that, it has the promise of a "write once, run many" framework. Sure, these frequently lead to mediocre apps, but a lot of developers already have mediocre apps on the web, Android, and (if they have an app at all) Windows. It's not hard to see the attraction of a turnkey solution that will crank out half-decent apps for platforms that aren't running in the CEO's pocket.
2. Microsoft open sources Edge #MoarSatya
There is an additional reason to open source Edge: it will help to unlock what must be one of the major strategic goals for Edge - to run on platforms beyond Windows. MS has been busy buying and building apps compatible with iOS, Android, and OSX. Browsers are no longer dumb clients - they sync user settings and data across devices, and MS wants Edge users to remain Edge users when they move away from their PC. Furthermore, much of the web is developed on OSX, and MS will make it easier for developers to build first-class Edge experiences if they can ensure Edge is running there without making developers jump through hoops.
3. Google helps users discover mobile web apps
Google has been pushing the progressive web app mantra for a couple of years now, and there's a huge amount of problems that can now be solved using a web app. While the "install to home page" prompts are helpful if you're already using an app, how do you discover the app in the first place? Serendipity only gets you so far. Maybe you can use Google Search? Hardly. You'll see several native apps first (if searching on Android), followed by some crap web page which has top place because it's been online since 2003 (before its developer had heard of JavaScript, and it shows). Meanwhile, you have Chrome Web Store exclusively for desktop and Play Store not showing web apps.
It's clear Google cares about the web and making web apps thrive, and its search business depends on this. So how will it bring the app store experience to the mobile web? I won't be so bold as to predict web apps in the Play store - the last thing Android team wants is millions of "glorified bookmarks" contaminating the listings. Chrome Store for mobile? Maybe. Better mobile web app search? Very likely. However it happens, I believe it will be a lot easier to find the best "timezone web app", "calculator web app" etc for your phone by the end of 2016.
4. Netflix produces daily news/entertainment show
Netflix will create a new daily show in the mould of The Daily Show and The Late Show. This would be a big departure from their typical evergreen model, which has certainly been vital in building a diverse catalogue under their full control. But there is good reason to expand in this way - ongoing shows mean users can always log in and expect to see something fresh and topical. No more frustrating moments hunting around for something decent when you've finished a multi-season binge. Additionally, they benefit from viral clips circulating with that Netflix watermark. (Also, the distinction between evergreen and topical shows is not entirely cleancut; old talk show interviews can still generate giant numbers on YouTube, while series such as House Of Cards will look aged before long.)
The 2016 election is sure to be a perfect backdrop to launch this onto their captive audience, probably with a companion podcast.
5. Podcasting as an art form
Just as TV has become something of an art form in recent years, we will see podcasting viewed in the same light, and as something with distinct properties from radio. Needless to say, the bingeworthy nature of Serial is a big part of this, but it's also a result of business serials like Startup and fiction like Night Vale, Limetown, and The Message using the medium to its fullest.
6. All-You-Can-Eat video streaming from Google
Google already has all-you-can-eat music streaming subscriptions and also released YouTube Red as an ad-free version of YouTube with offline capability. A natural next step for Google Play would be all-you-can-eat video. It would be similar to Amazon, which still has premium videos for purchase or rental, but has all-you-can-eat on Prime. Indeed, Amazon is part of the reason Google should be doing this - thus far, they have made it all but impossible to consume Prime videos on Android (it requires sideloading Amazon's marketplace app, and even then, a lot of videos aren't compatible). This leaves just Netflix as the only viable all-you-can-eat platform in most markets, and Google therefore stands to bolster Android itself as well as generating revenues from such a service.
[Updated - Bit about browsers being open-source. Stuart pointed out Safari, which certainly qualifies here, isn't.]


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Binaural beats stimulates your delta, theta, alpha, beta, gamma brainwaves, based on the binaural beats protocol you choose for your brainwave entrainment session.
How do binaural beats work?
Binaural beats are made by two tones close in frequency, generating a beat frequency at the difference of the frequencies, which is generally subsonic. For example: 495 Hz tone and 505 Hz tone will produce a subsonic (difference) 10 Hz beat, roughly in the middle of the alpha range. This effect is achieved without either ear hearing the pulse when headphones are used. Instead, the brain produces the pulse by combining the two tones. Each ear hears only a steady tone.
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Neuro-Programmer changes your brainwaves through a neurological process known as brainwave entrainment. Let's explain. If light and sound stimuli are precisely timed to the electrical activity of the brain, brainwave patterns can be altered. In turn, the mental state of a person can reliably be changed. As an example, someone who is wide awake may start to feel relaxed and drowsy when given a stimulus corresponding to a relaxed brainwave pattern. In short, that's how brainwave entrainment works, and 70 years after its discovery it is being widely used for a huge variety of purposes. Neuro-Programmer 3 takes advantage of the latest research in this field to deliver the most effective neural stimulation experience.
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The frequencies of the tones must be below 1,000 hertz for the beating to be noticeable. The difference between the two frequencies must be small (max: 30 Hz) for the effect to occur; otherwise, the two tones will be heard separately and no beat will be perceived.
When the perceived beat frequency corresponds to the delta, theta, alpha, beta, or gamma range of brainwave frequencies, the brainwaves entrain to or move towards the beat frequency. For example, if a 315 Hz sine wave is played into the right ear and a 325 Hz one into the left ear, the brain is entrained towards the beat frequency 10 Hz, in the alpha range. Since alpha range is associated with relaxation, this has a relaxing effect or if in the beta range, more alertness. An experiment with binaural sound stimulation using beat frequencies in the Beta range on some participants and Delta/Theta range in other participants, found better vigilance performance and mood in those on the awake alert state of Beta range stimulation.
Brain waves frequencies
|Frequency range
|Usually associated with:
|> 40 Hz
|Gamma waves
|Higher mental activity, including perception, problem solving, fear, and consciousness
|13–39 Hz
|Beta waves
|Active, busy or anxious thinking and active concentration, arousal, cognition, and or paranoia
|7–13 Hz
|Alpha waves
|Relaxation (while awake), pre-sleep and pre-wake drowsiness, REM sleep, Dreams<
|4–7 Hz
|Theta waves
|deep meditation/relaxation, NREM sleep
|< 4 Hz
|Delta waves
|Deep dreamless sleep, loss of body awareness
The brain entraining is more effective if the entraining frequency is close to the user's starting dominant frequency. Therefore, it is suggested to start with a frequency near to one's current dominant frequency (likely to be about 20 Hz or less for a waking person), and then slowly decreasing/increasing it towards the desired frequency.
Some people find pure sine waves unpleasant, so a background (e.g. natural sounds such as river noises) can be mixed with them. In addition to that, as long as the beat is audible, increasing the volume should not necessarily improve the effectiveness, therefore using a low volume is usually suggested.


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Handsfree In Maryland | News
LAUREL, Md. (WUSA) - - The first time you're caught driving in Maryland with your cell phone to your ear it will cost you $40.00 every violation after that carries a penalty of $100 and a point on your driving record.
"People really get distracted when they're on their phone," said Tia Goodwater.
MORE: 9NEWS NOW's Great Hang Up Campaign
But admit it. We've all done it before.
Roger Sullivan said, "I feel a need to see what's happening in my other world when i'm driving so it is a temptation."
"Yes, I have and it's dangerous because i have a kid and i shouldn't be doing it," admitted Sherreen Tolliver.
"It's going to be difficult to enforce."
Maryland's State Police Superintendent said people often hide their phones. A recent study said that's the cause of a number of car crashes. However, another challenge in Maryland is that the new law is a secondary offense. That means an officer can only pull you over if you're caught violating another law.
"A law enforcement officer may see someone driving in a reckless manner, speeding, or doing something that is in violation of the law and then when they get into traffic stop itself they see that the driver was operating a cell phone," explained Col. Terrance Sheridan.
Police said the law is about changing people's behaviors but it takes time. They have, however, seen some success after last year's ban on texting.
MORE: Hands Free Devices: Decoding The Technology
New highway signs will help drill home the message, but according to AAA Mid-Atlantic there's still a risk. "Reality is, you are 3 times more likely to be involved in a crash if you are driving and talking on a cell phone," said Ragina Averella.
Driver Bill Edwards agreed saying, "People just have no concern I don't care about them but they have no concern for other people. So no phones...outlawed - no problem. If you have an emergency pull over."
There are exceptions to the new law: dialing 911 and initiating or hanging up on a phone call.
Written by Delia Gonçalves
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