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I'd like clarity on the issues of jewelry and artificial hair. Is it a sin to wear them? Please give Bible references. Thanks.
There are two passages to which people often turn in order to argue that the wearing of jewelry and wigs is prohibited in the Bible. The first is 1 Timothy 2:8-9 where Paul says:
I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling; likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works.
The second is 1 Peter 3:3-4 where Peter says, speaking to wives:
Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing your wear—but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.
Taken out of context, these verses may seem to prohibit any wearing of jewelry or fixing one's hair in a stylish fashion. In other words, some hold that outward adornment is, in and of itself, sinful vanity and thus prohibited by God. However, the Scriptures celebrate the Lord's salvation of his people in ways like this:
I will rejoice greatly in the Lord, my soul will exult in my God; for he has clothed me with garments of salvation, he has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels (Is. 61:10).
In the Song of Songs, the husband rejoices in the beauty of his wife as he says, "Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels" (Song 1:10). Even the High Priest of Israel was arrayed in beautiful garments, with gemstones on the breastplate he wore (Exodus 28). From these few passages we can see that it is not outward beauty or the wearing of jewelry, in and of itself, that the Lord forbids. Rather, as we look at the Scriptures, and study the culture in which Peter and Paul wrote, we realize that what is forbidden is an infatuation and obsession with outward appearance with the goal of impressing those around us and exalting ourselves.
There were those in Paul and Peter's day who wore their hair in enormously elaborate arrangements with braids and curls piled high! These women would decorate their hair with gems to make their hair shimmer in the light. They would then go to church to show off for everyone to see. This was the mark of vanity. Even more, there is evidence to suggest that the temple prostitutes in Ephesus (the city where Timothy ministered) dressed in similar ways to attract men. And so Paul and Peter are calling the women of the church to firmly stand against everything that has to do with immodesty and vanity.
Paul and Peter are both saying that women are to be marked, first and foremost, by their good works, not their good shoes, or their good looks; by their godliness and not their gaudiness. To this end, John Stott said, "The church is to be a veritable beauty parlor because it encourages women members to adorn themselves with good deeds. Women need to remember that if nature made them plain, grace can make them beautiful, and if nature has made them beautiful, good deeds can add to their beauty."
As you can see, the Bible warns us against an idolatrous view of outward beauty and adornment, while approving of the right use of both.
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Beautiful Czech town preserves historical reform movement
Born to a poor farming family in Husinec in what is now the southern Czech Republic almost 650 years ago, Jan Hus remains a revered figure among his countrymen.
The Jan Hus Museum sits at the end of the town's central street, which is lined with attractive buildings. Locals say the museum stands on the site where the house Hus was born in once stood.
"His strength of will in sticking to what he believed was right impresses us," said museum curator Jana Maunova, 30, while standing before a panel depicting Hus being burned at the stake for heresy.
The portraits and statues at the museum show Hus with different visages. Some depict a round face, while others show him with a long visage.
"When the Czech [region] was ruled by the Hapsburg family of Austria, all pictures and books related to Hus were burned. Nobody knows what he really looked like," Maunova said.
Hus grew up in Husinec, which sat on a salt trade route. Locals said he left to study theology at Charles University in Prague because he yearned for the quiet life of a priest.
It is doubtful if he had any idea of the stormy life that awaited him.
Hus became a professor and then rector of Charles University. During this period, he began to sympathize with British preacher John Wycliffe's critiques of the Roman Catholic Church, and he hoped to reform the church.
Hus harshly criticized the church's practice of selling pardons and trading benefices.
The church did not respond favorably to Hus' criticisms. The pope excommunicated him and he was put on trial for heresy in Konstanz, Germany.
Hus refused to recant his views and was burned at the stake in 1415. His last words are said to have been, "Truth prevails."
In his sermons at a chapel in Prague, Hus used simple language, which won him the support of the common people, as well as many aristocrats.
After his execution, Hus' followers launched a rebellion that lasted about 20 years, and became known as the Hussite Wars. The pope organized a number of crusades to subjugate the Hussites, but the church's forces were defeated every time.
This period is remembered by the Czech people as a glorious period in their history, when they defeated foreign interlopers.
However, when the Hapsburg family gained power over the region in the 17th century, Hussites were persecuted and people were forced to strictly obey the Roman Catholic Church. Hus and his reforms were largely forgotten.
But when nationalist movements gained steam in the 19th century, Hus was resurrected as a symbol of resistance against foreign rule. At the beginning of the 20th century, Tomas Masaryk, the first president of Czechoslovakia, made "Truth prevails" the national slogan.
Husinec Mayor Ludvik Friedberger, 62, said, "Hus would likely have had complex feelings about the communist governments."
A large bronze statue of Hus stands in the center of the town. It was erected by the communist government during the Cold War. "The Communist Party called Hus a revolutionary who fought against the church's power and promoted him as a comrade," Friedberger said.
More than 20 years have passed since the communist regime fell to a democratic revolution.
"I'm happy that Hus was from our hometown," said Blanca Chermakova, 34, who runs a pet food shop near where the statue stands.
Hus, who left Husinec seeking a quiet life, seems to have finally found a place to rest.


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Snowden Says He Isn't Hiding From Justice
Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old former government contractor behind one of the biggest national-security leaks in U.S. history, has told a local newspaper he has no plans to leave Hong Kong and intends to challenge the U.S. government in the city's courts. Devlin Barrett reports.
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Kipp Bradford and I are out at Mini Maker Faire North Carolina all day, and it's less than an hour away from opening its doors. Come by and check it out:
Makers, Crafters, Inventors, Evil Geniuses, Scientists and Artists will come together for a day of family-friendly fun and inspiration. From home-made cookies to home-made robots, Maker faire NC promises something for everyone in a showcase of the American creative spirit.
Bring the whole family out to Maker Faire NC at the NC State Fairgrounds, Saturday June 18th from 10am-5pm, and get your creative juices flowing.
Maker Faire: NC is fully sanctioned by O'Reilly Media but it is an independent event planned and coordinated by Raleigh/Durham locals. Our goal is to bring together Makers, Crafters, Inventors, Evil Geniuses, Scientists, Artists, and everyone else for a day of fun and inspiration.


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The U.S. economy will have to do better than this.
After a surge of new jobs that coincided with a massive flow of federal spending, the pace of job creation has fallen back to levels that aren't even keeping up with population growth.
With government stimulus fading, the economy shed 131,000 jobs in July , partly because thousands of temporary Census workers were laid off. Private employers added 71,000 jobs last month, fewer than forecasters had expected.
"The good news here is we are not falling off a cliff; we're getting job growth," Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, told CNBC. "But obviously this is not enough. If we don't see better job growth this year and next the recovery is in jeopardy."
Unless the economy's sluggish pace of growth picks up, some 15 million Americans sidelined by the recession will remain without a steady paycheck. Without those paychecks to boost consumer spending, the already weak recovery will be difficult to sustain.
The unemployment rate held steady at 9.5 percent in July, down from its recession peak of 10.1 percent. But that number may not fully reflect the portion of the population who want a job.
"We've seen the unemployment rate drift down because people dropped out of the labor force in recent months rather than join it," said Diane Swonk, chief economist at Mesirow Financial. "That's the opposite of what you'd be seeing a year into the recovery when people you hope are rejoining the labor force because the job prospects are getting better."
Manufacturing continued to offer signs of hope for job growth in July , especially among hard-hit automakers, who emerged from a wrenching restructuring smaller but in better financial shape.
Pent-up demand from owners with older cars and a gradual improvement in the availability of credit has also revived car sales, according to Mike Jackson, CEO of AutoNation, one of the nation's largest chains of car dealers. But the industry is still operating well below the pace of the boom years earlier in the decade.
"We're simply rising to an annual selling rate of 11.5 million, which is still a depression-level number overall," he said. "So to really see the industry get back to recessionary levels and normal levels, we need jobs and we need healing in housing."
After a spurt of home sales this spring as buyers rushed to take advantage of the second round of federal tax credits, the housing market slumped again after the program expired in April. The pace of new home construction has fallen close to the lowest levels on record. After more than two years of public and private efforts to halt foreclosures, millions of Americans are still struggling to pay their mortgages.
"That's one reason the housing market is still very weak and we'll probably see more house price declines," said Zandi. "It's another reason to be nervous on the economic recovery in the next six, 12 months. We're not home free yet."
Friday's jobs data confirmed a series of economic reports showing that, after a surge in late 2009 and early this year, the economy is slowing. Gross domestic product grew at a sluggish 2.4 percent pace in the second quarter, down from 3.7 percent in the first three months of the year. Retail sales remain weak, and the pace of weekly jobless claims remains high . In surveys, consumers report they have grown increasingly wary of general economic conditions and their own personal finances.
Readers, are you working more than one job?
That's not what should be happening at this point in a sustained economic recovery. Since World War II, U.S. recessions generall have been followed within a year by annual growth rates of about 6 percent, according to David Rosenberg, chief economist at Gluskin-Sheff.
Thirty months into typical post-War recovery, GDP would be 8 percent higher than pre-recession levels and payrolls would be up 721,000, according to Rosenberg. Thirty months into this recovery, there are 7.8 million fewer jobs, and GDP is still 1 percent lower.
The government's unprecedented infusion of cash into the economy was supposed to revive demand in the private sector. But so far that hasn't happened. Rosenberg notes that real final sales — a broad measure of demand from both consumers and businesses — is growing at about a 1.2 percent pace, well below the 4 percent levels seen after a "normal" recession ends.
"The fact that it is averaging at around one-third the typical pace in the face of unprecedented policy stimulus is rather telling, and frightening," he wrote in a note to clients this week.
The fear is that the government's massive $825 billion spending program provided only a short reprieve from the recession — and that the economy could headed for another contraction. Most economic forecasters say the odds of a so-called "double-dip" are less than 50-50. But those odds have been rising as forecasters pare back their growth estimates.
Government's response
The mounting evidence of a slowdown has revived debate about the government's response. Congress, facing an electorate frustrated and worried about rising budget deficits, has been reluctant to offer more stimulus spending. A relatively small bill to continue jobless benefits for sidelined workers became mired in months of debate.
The Senate this week passed a $26 billion package of aid to cash-strapped states. But states face an estimated $100 billion budget hole, making further cuts in government jobs all but certain.
The government's second main weapon, the Federal Reserve's monetary policy, is also the subject of heated debate. The Fed's Open Market Committee, which meets next week, will consider whether to resume buying government bonds to free up cash and drive long-term interest rates even lower. The central issue: whether to act now to try to head off a further slowdown or wait until the economic data present a clearer picture of the growth outlook.
"I think one of the fears they have is that if things were to turn down, and we look back and they did nothing, they want to at least look like they tried," said Swonk. "And I think that's one of the issues that are tugging on them right now."
Fed policymakers have an even thornier problem on their hands: the risk that continued weak demand pulls the economy into a period of sustained, falling prices — or deflation. Though not seen in the U.S. since the Great Depression, deflation has ravaged the Japanese economy for more than a decade, despite numerous efforts by policymakers there to reverse the trend.
Last week, St. Louis Federal Reserve president James Bullard warned that, though he thinks such an outcome unlikely, he believes Fed officials need to put measures in place now to prevent deflation from taking hold.
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Increasingly intelligent devices and more natural user interfaces using voice, touch, and gesture are starting to emerge in mobile applications and technologies such as Xbox Kinect. Soon wall-sized displays, powered by ultrafast processors and advanced software, will enable the next generation of immersive computing experiences — all part of the emergence of Natural User Interface (NUI) technology. Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer at Microsoft, gave a glimpse of more NUI technologies during speeches to students at Duke University and MIT
According to Steve Clayton's recent entry in the Official Microsoft Blog, Mundie's demonstration showcased a large stereoscopic 3D display that highlighted immersive human-scale computer interaction.
"Craig was able to walk into a 3D world where he could shop and play games, interacting with people in both the physical and virtual environment in a very natural way...What happens when the computer no longer fits in the palm of our hand? When tables, walls, mirrors and other objects are connected and have the ability to respond to our voice and touch, or interpret our gestures and motives? We'll be able to interact with technology in much the same way we interact with each other, according to Clayton.
"Future interfaces will go beyond touch-based interaction, adding and combining voice, vision, gestures and immersive experiences, and leveraging technology that is contextually aware," Clayton added. "Computer systems will understand things like our preferences, the environment we're in, and what we are trying to achieve. Our devices will know where we are and what nearby technology can helps us achieve what we're trying to do."
At this week's ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology in New York, Microsoft demonstrated it's NUI LightSpace project, which combines elements of surface computing and augmented reality research to create a highly interactive space where any surface — indeed, an entire room — can be fully interactive.
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A brilliant illustrator, his ambition was to put the world's literary classics into images, from the Bible to Dante, Ariosto and Cervantes. Fairy tales, fables, poetry, novels, nothing escaped his craving for images, and just before he died he was planning to illustrate Hoffmann and Shakespeare.
It is this aspect of his work that the concerts will reflect. Just as 19th century musicians turned to literature for inspiration for a new musical discourse, lovers of fairy tales and of ancient and modern literature will find something here to enjoy.
It is also a genre which, produced in a small, fragmented and fragmentary form, results in a great work: the song cycle, just like the engravings which, page after page, recreate the world of a writer or a poet. Schubert, Schumann, Brahms and Mahler would illustrate a genre that was to blossom through Romanticism. The fact that composers chose the poetry of landscape echoes the place of nature in Doré's engravings, a reminder that it is above all through landscape that music finds common ground with Romantic painting and literature.


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Loved number 1 & 2 of this movie the rest were ridiculous.
Home Alone 1
Home Alone 2
I always keep saying to myself that 3 and 4 never existed...
And so, as Tiny Tim observed, "God Bless us!! Everyone!!''
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens (1843)
I love home alone 1&2 but won't watch 3&4 because they are just not funny.
Wishing you many hot cocoa mornings and firesky nights throughout the new year!
(((((((((((((HUGS)))))))))))) Everybody Needs a Hug
It changes your metabolism ((((((((((HUGS))))))))))!!!
I never even knew there was a 4th. The first two were definitely the best. the 3rd wasn't that good, but it didn't bother me that much, either. But, I generally don't like it when they completely change the main characters or all the characters.
I own them all as i always collect sets i enjoyed them but,1&2 i like a little more.That's like the santa claus 1,2 and 3 as i own those but,i like all three of them.
Two of the best Xmas Movies - but I might be biased as they were released in my childhood and so I'll always have fond memories.
(And yes, I agree the further sequels should have never been made - ICK!)
I didn't know there was a #4. From what you guys say, I don't think I'll bother looking for it. The first was the best. I didn't think 3 was as bad as most of you guys. I saw it once. It filled the time, but it's hardly a classic. It shouldn't have been called "Home Alone" because it had nothing to do with the first two. The studio was just trying to cash in on the name.


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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Warner Bros. Records (148156-2)
Release Date: July 10, 2007
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Review: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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Nicholas Hooper\'s involvement with the Harry Potter feature film franchise makes him the fourth composer to work on the series. John Williams\' score to the first film, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer\'s Stone established a few themes, including the primary "Hedwig\'s Theme" (though what Hedwig has to do with the main theme is still a mystery). The second film saw Williams\' return, along with some additional help by William Ross. The third film, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was arguably one of the best films in the series, and the score was equally just as wonderful - once again, by John Williams. However, he was not to return, and Patrick Doyle took over the reigns for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Eschewing all of the themes - except for "Hedwig\'s Theme" - in lieu of his own, Doyle composed a love theme for Harry Potter ("Harry in Winter"), as well as a dark theme for Lord Voldermort.
Now for the fifth outing, director David Yates brought along his long-time composer, Nicholas Hooper. Primarily known for his work on British television, Hooper had a formidable challenge ahead of him: would a relatively unknown composer be able to pick up where a master like John Williams and an A-list composer like Patrick Doyle had left off? Would he be able to hold his own against these film music superstars? The answer is not as easy as a simple "yes" or "no. Rather, while Hooper strives to achieve thematic and stylistic congruence with the palette that Williams had created, the end result is mixed, with the effort being noteworthy, but the album ultimately leaving the listener unsatisfied.
The primary purpose of a score is, first and foremost, to work with the film that it\'s composed for. In that respect, Hooper\'s score to Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is successful, but not a standout. While there was over two hours of score in the film, the album (which runs about 52 minutes long) contains all of the cues that stood out as worth listening to in the film. New themes are presented - a slightly quirky, playful theme for Professor Umbridge, a very subtle "possession theme", and a theme for Dumbledore\'s Army. They maintain a Williams "sensibility", especially in the orchestration and development, but never seem to hit that level of musical satisfaction that Williams has been able to effortlessly achieve.
There are nods (whether intentional or otherwise) to Williams\' Dementors music in "Dementors in the Underpass", and even a few times that I felt the "Window to the Past" theme from Azkaban was going to be used. The opening album track is a fun jig-type number called "Fireworks", which takes place in the last third of the film. There\'s an electric guitar here, which seems out of place given the rest of the Harry Potter scores, but it only shows up once (and is buried in the film, if it was there at all). It\'s a fun track and gives the listener hope for what will follow. The big new theme for the film is presented in "Professor Umbridge", a playful ditty that builds in intensity - reminding me a little bit of Williams\' score to Hook - but not in a bad way. Another Williams-inspired melody is heard in "Dumbledore\'s Army", as a slowly building melody takes shape. It\'s uplifting and well done, but it doesn\'t really show up again on the disc. "The Ministry of Magic" is a solid track, with playful glockenspiel and descending strings that remind me of the beginning of the Les Miserables musical. And of course "Hedwig\'s Theme" shows up a few times, mainly at key moments, and it\'s nicely used ("Another Story", "A Journey to Hogwarts")
The music that Hooper wrote is pleasant, and works fine in the film for the most part, but a cue like the "Hall of Prophecies", which underscores a life-threatening action sequence, is diminished to a steady fugue-like string run with occasional timpani rolls. Yes, it\'s Williamsesque, but it didn\'t add to the sense of danger in the film. Similarly, with a track called "The Kiss", you would hope for a more romantic melody than slowly swelling chords.
The album is presented out of film order. In fact, it\'s so "random" that I have to wonder if someone accidentally hit the shuffle button before burning the album master! The flow is not entirely bad, but when the big album climax is a rousing cue ("Flight of the Order of the Phoenix") that actually takes place ten minutes into the film, it certainly begs the question of whether or not there was a solid climax in the film at all. What would have been the climax is planted in the center of the album ("The Death of Sirius"), and the album ends on a somewhat neutral note ("Loved Ones and Leaving").
Nicholas Hooper undoubtedly faced a lot of pressure when writing the score to this film, and it\'s unfair in many respects to hold his feet to the fire for not hitting the ball out of the park on his first try. It\'s a decent and somewhat enjoyable score, but it just doesn\'t really grab hold, even after multiple listens. With David Yates supposed to direct Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, it stands to reason that Hooper will be back for a second go. While I hope that his next chance wows me, I am still holding my fingers crossed that Alfonso Cuaron and John Williams will return for the final film in the series.
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Scotty McCreery Gets Accepted to College
It's been a whirlwind and well-documented year for Scotty McCreery with his 'American Idol' win, his No. 1 hit album 'Clear As Day,' his busy touring and interview schedule and the time he reserves for family and friends. He's also going to continue to mix work with school, as he has applied to several colleges — and has just revealed that he's been accepted to East Carolina. Must be fun to fill out those tedious applications and write those corresponding essays all the while being pranked while on tour with notorious jokester Brad Paisley.
In a recent chat with Blogcritics Music, McCreery shared that he has already been accepted to college, but isn't sure which school he will attend yet. He said, "I've gotten into East Carolina. That's the first place that I've heard back from today. I've applied to North Carolina State as well. Also, Belmont University and Tennessee State. We'll see where I end up, but we're not certain yet."
Even while he awaits responses from the other colleges he applied to, McCreery remains at work and on the road, touring with Paisley, who is famous for having a little fun at his tourmates' expense. McCreery has already fallen victim to Paisley's warped sense of humor. "Yeah, he got me once," he admitted.
So what did Paisley do? It involved some computer skills. McCreery said, "He just kind of Photoshopped my head on a big, muscular Speedo body at the beach. That was funny. He put it on the screen during the last song of the night, kind of got a big roar from the crowd. It was all fun and games, so we'll have to find something that we can retaliate with."
You know what they say about paybacks, right?
Life on tour can take its toll, and McCreery admitted that he sacrificed eating healthily in favor of snacking on sweets while on the 'Idol' tour last summer. He is aiming to get back in shape since baseball season is on the horizon. He admits he is not too demanding with tour requests — no removing of colored M&Ms or to needs to be provided with only black towels in the dressing room, like some diva musicians ask for — and that he is happy with an Xbox and his iPod.
Despite his desire to go to college and be as regular of kid as possible, McCreery still has nothing but love for his fans. He gushed about them, saying, "The fans are incredible. They never cease to amaze me. They're always at the shows with their signs and stuff."
That doesn't mean that the unusual, oddball request doesn't land in front of him, though. He tends to oblige them, too. He revealed the strangest thing a fan has said to him, saying, "The funniest thing that's happened to me is a big guy came up to me and said, 'Scotty, sign my belly!' and lifted his shirt up. I had to commend the fella, so I signed his belly for him. He walked away and said, 'I'm never washing it again.' And I said, 'You better wash that [laughs].' It was funny.


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Today, January 7, is Christmas in Ethiopia. Ethiopia (and especially the Ethiopian Orthodox Church) still use the old Julian calendar, so they celebrate Christmas on January 7th, not December 25th! The Christmas celebration in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church is called Ganna. Most people go to Church on Christmas day.
Many people fast (don't eat anything) on Christmas Eve (January 6th). At dawn on the morning of Ganna, people get dressed in white. Most people wear a traditional garment called a shamma. It's a thin white cotton piece of cloth with brightly colored stripes across the ends. It's worn like a toga. If you live in a big town or city you might wear 'western' clothes. The early Ganna mass starts at 4.00am!
The Ethiopian capital city is Addis Ababa. It's a modern city. Most people who live outside big cities live in round house made of mud-plastered walls which have thatched cone-shaped roofs. Sometimes houses in the country are rectangular and made of stone.
The design of Ethiopian Church is similar to the houses. In the country, they are often very old and have been carved out of rock. In cities, modern churches are built in three circles, each within the others.
The choir sings from the outer circle. Everyone who goes to church for the Ganna celebrations is given a candle. The people walk around the church three times in a solemn procession, holding the candles. They then go to the second circle to stand during the service. The men and boys are separated from the women and girls. The center circle is the most important and holy place in the church and is where the priest serves the Holy Communion or mass.
It's also a tradition that one of the Wise Men who visited Jesus came from Ethiopia.
Around the time of Ganna, the men and boys play a game that is also called ganna. It's played with a curved stick and a round wooden ball, a bit like hockey.
Traditional Christmas foods in Ethiopia include wat which is a thick and spicy stew that contains meat, vegetables and sometimes eggs (sounds yummy!). Wat is eaten on a 'plate of injera' – a flat bread. Pieces of the injera are used as an edible spoon to scoop up the wat.
Twelve days after Ganna, on 19th January, Ethiopians start the three day celebration of Timkat. It celebrated the baptism of Jesus. Children walk to church services in a procession. They wear the crowns and robes of the church youth groups that they belong to. Adults wear the shamma. The priests wear red and white robes and carry embroidered fringed umbrellas.
Musical instruments are played during the Timkat procession. The sistrum is a percussion instrument with tinkling metal disks a bit like a vertical tambourine. A makamiya, a long T-shaped prayer stick is used to keep the rhythm and is also used by the priests and a stick to lean on during the long Timkat church service!
Ethiopian men also play a sport called yeferas guks. It's played on horseback and the men throw ceremonial lances at each other (sounds rather dangerous!).
People don't give and receive present during Ganna and Timkat. Sometimes children might be given a small gift of some clothes from their family members. It's more a time for going to church, eating lots and playing games!
In Ethiopia, in the Amharic language, Father Christmas or Santa Claus is called 'Yágena Abãt' which means 'Christmas Father'.
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The Insight book test was a huge success in the world of mentalism when it was first released back in the 90's. The limited run quickly sold out and it has been unavailable for many years. Now re-released with a new cover design and a new title, but inside it is identical to the original.
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The reviews below should tell you all you need to know.
When considering this item you may like to look at another Keith Fields book trick 'Running The Numbers' an excellent stand alone piece and a clever partner product. All the 'secret information' that you need for Insight is hidden in plain view on the back cover of Running The Numbers.
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'This is a very interesting book test, with an approach which is different from any others I've seen... The book you get looks like a standard soft cover trade publication. It is 199 pages long and appears completely innocent. The nature of the method requires a different approach to the picking of the words in the text, but this has a very jazzy, freeform feel to it, and although I have absolutely no experience doing book tests, I fell into it right away. And I'll tell you that everyone I've performed this for has been completely blown away by it... Highly recommended'
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It's been said when Southerners come across something odd their jaws drop, and they begin to stare.
It's been said when Southerners come across something odd their jaws drop, and they begin to stare.
For certain, we become a little wide-eyed and anxious when we see snow or sleet or even hear of such in the forecast.
The grocery, auto body and towing-service magnates must love us. When there's a threat of weather of this ilk, we slam the supermarkets and buy all their bread and every last drop of milk for fear we won't be able to travel again for days. And our vehicles are prone to meander here and yon and wind up in various unexpected places, as we've seen in recent days.
The weather in this region of the South is fickle, as you know. The forecasters struggle to get it right. Even Fox 8's Van Denton misses his three-degree guarantee once in a while — well, it's actually a six-degree guarantee (high or low), but three-degree sounds more accurate.
Undoubtedly, Southerners talk more about the weather than in any region of the country. It is, however, more than just an ice-breaker here, no pun intended. When we talk about the weather, it's not idle banter to us.
Those who are old enough will recall the blizzard of 1960 that sent North Carolina reeling.
The first snows began to fall sporadically in November and December of 1959. Then more fell in January and February. Then came the memorable March when it snowed every Wednesday, and there were five Wednesdays in that month. Temperatures were well below normal, which allowed it to hang around for the next week. Snow accumulation came to about 20 inches that month, according to the National Weather Service.
We stumbled across an interesting YouTube video that shows Lexington — downtown and surrounding areas — as local folks go about their daily tasks in the snow-covered landscape in March of 1960. It can be viewed at www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmRbjXXT1PE. It is unknown who filmed it or posted the video.
While that March was a playful wonderland beyond expectations of any child born south of the border, it was a crippling event for western North Carolina, which received 112 inches by the end of the month.
During the course of a winter, we usually see more ice than snow, at least the fluffy, powdery kind is rare in bulk.
We even feel the need to write stories to inform about how to drive on treacherous roads and warn people to be cautious when such an event materializes.
Southerners, despite our idiosyncrasies, are generally common sense people. We may be prone to stare at the rare, but we wouldn't trade our weather or our winters for anywhere else. At least we have a variety.


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Nearly 60% of affluent Americans view the prospect of living to the very ripe old age of 100 positively, though three-quarters would approach financial planning differently if they knew today they were going to live that long, according to a the results of a Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey released Wednesday. The majority of those surveyed (59%) also believe the age at which Americans are eligible to collect Social Security should be raised.
In terms of adjusting for longevity, affluent investors say they would continue to work at least part-time in retirement (39%), work with their financial advisor to re-evaluate savings and investment strategies (37%), invest in a lifetime income product (32%), contribute more to retirement savings (32%), buy long-term care insurance (29%) and retire closer to age 85 than 65 (25%).
Plus, only 14% of respondents over 50 cite "hitting a certain age" as the factor that would most lead them to retire. Factors more likely to lead them to retire include feeling confident that their assets will pay for the lifestyle they want (25%) and a possible health condition affecting them or a family member (18%).
"We hear from our clients that retiring isn't about their age or a magic number, but rather an ongoing assessment of the lifestyle, goals and assets they desire for their later years," said Andy Sieg, head of global wealth & retirement solutions for Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAC), in a statement. "And most don't view this life stage as a straight stretch of highway so much as a winding road that requires close attention and frequent course corrections."
The Merrill Lynch survey, which began in 2009 and is conducted every six months, focuses on the financial priorities and concerns of Americans with $250,000 and up in investable assets; the latest results were gathered in December.
More than half (55%) say they are concerned about being able to afford the lifestyle they want in retirement. And, if given the choice, half of affluent Americans (51%) not yet retired would rather retire later than make tradeoffs to their current lifestyle.
Advisors' Role
Nearly half (47%) of affluent Americans say that conversations with their advisor regularly go much further than general investing to focus on broader aspects of retirement.
Retirement topics clients would like to discuss more often with their financial advisor include:
- How to financially plan for the possibility of living to be 100 (30%)
- Managing cash flow and liquidity in retirement (29%)
- Balancing competing near- and long-term financial demands (26%)
- How they hope to live their life during retirement (25%)
- The impact of rising health care costs on retirement income (25%)
- Making lifestyle choices today to improve long-term financial security (21%)
- Choosing the right Medicare coverage and other health-care decisions (17%)
According to survey respondents, these types of discussions, along with such core qualities as understanding their current financial situation (58%) as well as their goals, dreams and personal values (51%) are what keep investors loyal to their financial advisor.
"The survey says that affluent investors are demanding a much broader relationship with their advisors," said David Tyrie, head of personal wealth & retirement for Bank of America Merrill Lynch, in an interview with AdvisorOne. "We hear all the time and thus are giving our advisors the support and resources they need for technical and other contingencies, such as planning for health-care issues."
"The survey results help guide advisors in their practice-management capabilities–in differentiating themselves in their day-to-day practices," Tyrie explained. "We are trying to use these statistics and say, 'Here's what these investors are interesting in and here's how you can go support them.' Investors are striving to work with the right advisor to help with them with complexity" of retirement-planning issues.
Top Financial Concerns
Merrill says that for the third year in a row, survey respondents cite rising health care costs as their top financial concern (79%). One-third of respondents say they are more concerned about the financial strain associated with a significant health issue than they are about how it may compromise their quality of life. Despite these concerns, though, 62% of respondents over the age of 50 have not yet estimated what their health care costs could amount to during retirement.
Investors surveyed believe future health care costs (26%) and life expectancy (25%) to be the most difficult unknowns when planning for future financial needs.
"Rising health care costs must become part of a holistic planning process that can lead to greater confidence and an improved sense of financial security throughout one's lifetime," added Tyrie.
Affluent women (66%) are more concerned than men (54%) about their retirement assets lasting throughout their lifetime. They are also more concerned (76%) about the future of Social Security benefits than men (59%) and about what the prospect of caring for an aging parent could do to their own financial security (37% of women vs. 25% of men).


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MONTREAL — Back in the days of annual Maine beach vacations with girlfriends, I'd invariably be up with the sun the day we set out. We were usually on the road by 6 and in White River Junction by 9; by noon, I was burying my feet in the fine warm sands of Ogunquit Beach, the afternoon still ahead.
I loved getting a jump on the day that way, loved not writing it off as a travel day. It was a small but delightful triumph.
That was back before we worried about things like getting too much sun — indeed, our goal was to get as much sun as we could — or work responsibilities. We were at university and usually we took those trips in the few weeks of downtime between the end of summer jobs and the start of the school year; we stayed in roominghouses, old wooden places with shared bathrooms and white wicker furniture and double-digit weekly rates.
It was with reluctance that we set out for home — usually in the afternoon, having delayed the inevitable as long as we could. And the 300-mile drive home always seemed longer than the 300-mile drive to the beach. It still does.
There are no more wooden roominghouses — to get them up to code would have cost so much that they were torn down — and we have grown so wary of the sun these days that we scurry for shade the way we run for cover during sudden downpours.
But the salt air is as bracing and clean as ever, the beach as pristine, the ocean as awesome. If anything, I love the beach more than I used to. I appreciate it more than I did when I was younger — appreciate the simple fact of being there, of being well and hale enough to make the annual trip. Usually we go in late April or early May: we're just back. It was lovely.
In a perfect world, I'd still be on the road by 6. And I'd still delay leaving for home for as long as was reasonable, and then some.
Although I rise early on departure day, more often than not it's to finish packing because I didn't find — or make — the time to get it done before. So we're rarely on the road much before 9, my beloved and I.
Happily, the vacation begins for me as soon as I settle into the car; the drive is always filled with anticipatory delight as I recognize landmarks: Concord, Portsmouth, the Piscataqua River Bridge into Maine.
The first few days are bliss, spent walking and reading. We both need the downtime. I always sleep soundly at the beach.
But as the time to head back home nears, my thoughts turn to a campfire song I learned years ago, with a chorus that goes, "Mm-mm I want to linger, mm-mm-mm a little longer, mm-mm-mm, a little longer here with you."
For me, there was always something melancholy about the last night of summer camp — it represented an ending of sorts, for one: I wouldn't see some friends until the following summer. And another thing: so much can happen in a year. I knew that even as a kid.
I feel the same way about that Ogunquit vacation — indeed, about most vacations; it's part of why I've always wanted to wring from them as much time as I can. The person with whom I travel most often, however, feels quite differently: as compatible as we are when it comes to many things, my beloved and I do not see eye to eye about when to start the drive home.
Once, years ago at the beach, I watched as the couple who had been staying in the room next door loaded the car for the trip home. They were, it happens, also Montrealers. It was barely 8 a.m. on a Sunday morning. "What's the rush?" I asked. The woman pointed a thumb at her husband. "Ask him," she said, almost imperceptibly (but definitely) rolling her eyes.
I didn't ask, but he replied anyway, sounding smug. "I don't consider the day we leave a vacation day. It's a travel day."
I don't get that kind of accounting: I remember thinking it sounded like an artificial distinction — and a specious one. Couldn't the day be both?
My beloved is ready, I know, to leave for home first thing in the morning — right after breakfast. And he knows that I am not. So he stews quietly, in an anticipatory way. In response, I feel myself growing defensive. Over the years, he has mellowed slightly — and I have stopped trying to push the envelope so far.
Still, we both know that whenever we leave will be too late for him. And too early for me.
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FILGUEIRAS, Fernando de Barros. Guerreiro Ramos, the sociological reduction and the post colonial imagination. Cad. CRH [online]. 2012, vol.25, n.65, pp.347-363. ISSN 0103-4979. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0103-49792012000200011.
The recent improvement of Latin-American sociology moves towards reinforcing and giving value to its own scientific production. This enables the consolidation of the self interpretation of its social reality, capable of promoting the development of several potentialities in Latin-American societies. The objective of this text is to recover the practical and epistemological positions of Alberto Guerreiro Ramos published in different media and recognized as a "sociological reduction". Based on Guerreiro Ramos' standpoints presented in the 2nd Latin-American Conference in Sociology, this paper aims at relating the terms of sociological reduction to the post-colonialist imagination, observing methodological proximities and distances from the craft of sociology and the innovations provided by the author, bearing in mind the sociological reduction.
Keywords : sociological theory; Brazilian social thought; social sciences epistemology; nationalism; post-colonialism.


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These Comfe Grips were supposedly created to give you a more secure grip on your iPad, but the product shot clearly reveals the real reason they exist. Like that Fleshlight case, it's obviously all about getting intimate with your hardware.
Why else would "soft, irresistible touch," "skin-like feel," and "use one-handed or two-handed" be listed as technical features? The Comfe Grips' creator obviously knows who their target market is, knows how people will be really using these, and knows how to market it to them.
There are already thousands of iPad cases out there for butterfingers afraid of dropping their tablets, but none of them provide quite the same experience that the Comfe Grips appear to offer. I mean, how else could you charge $50 for something that could be easily made with modeling clay? [Amazon via Ubergizmo]


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Buffy Season 7 is shaping up to a good one. I've really enjoyed the first two discs, the Gnarl notwithstanding (and they put the Gnarl in the opening credits...). I still don't like Spike as a character, at least not without Drusilla, but the whole set up for the slow introduction of the Big Bad and the hints that this time something truly big is going down...it's great. I loved that moment earlier in this season where the Big Bad changed shapes into all of the Big Bads throughout the show, starting with Warren and ending with the Master (and Glory! Glory was a fun character). It sets up that everything that came before was only prologue. And while I know a little bit of what goes down this season (Xander losing an eye, for example), and a little bit about the ending, I don't know it all. So...I think that what has been going on is that there is this cult killing potential slayers, and picked off a watcher in the latest episode. That's my call. Of course, I only know this because I know later on in the season Buffy gathers potential slayers to her as her little army.
What I don't understand, however, is how Season 7's ending and all the potentials get put together with Joss Whedon's comic book Fray. Fray is set hundreds of years in the future and there are no more Slayers called until Fray is called...and there is no memory of what happened except a hint that at one point the last Slayer was killed and it was a blond girl (Buffy, presumably). Hopefully Joss's new Buffy comics will clear that up, or maybe some of the Spike DVD movies that are rumored...and how does this all fit with Angel, another show I need to finish up? The new Buffy comic is rumored to be Joss's Buffy Season 8, so I'm interested. I'll give it a go when it is released in Trade Paper.
Back to Buffy 7. I'm so glad Joss gave Kristine Sutherland a chance to come back one more time as Buffy's mother, Joyce. It was only in a short period, and I get that killing off Joyce made a lot of sense (and maybe Kristine wanted out) in the storyline, but I miss the character. So, seeing her again, for a moment or two was great.
What I didn't expect was Aimee Mann playing at the Bronze. Really? Maybe she's a fan of the show, but that was fun. And then she actually got to interact when she and the band stopped when a vamp was dusted, and then started again with a shrug...and even had a line of dialogue later saying "I hate playing Vampire towns".


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Heidi Klum and boyfriend Martin Kristen took her daughters, Leni, 9, and Lou, 3, to Starbucks in Brentwood, CA on Thursday (August 8). So cute that the girls wore matching outfits!
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Slyvester Stallone and family
Actor Slyvester Stallone and his wife Jennifer Flavin were seen with their daughters Sophia, 17, Sistine, 15, and Scartlet, 11, at Club 55 in Saint Tropez, France on Sunday (August 4).
Vince Vaughn and Kyla Weber welcome their second child!
Actor Vince Vaughn and his wife Kyla Weber have welcomed their second child together, a son, Vernon Lindsay Vaughn. Vernon was born on August 7 People magazine reports and joins Vince and Kyla's daughter Locklyn, 2.
Jennifer Garner's beautiful ballerina!
Actress Jennifer Garner was spotted taking her daughter Seraphina,4, to ballet class in Pacific Palisades, CA on Friday (August 9). The busy mommy was later seen taking her daughter Violet,7, to grab a bite to eat in Brentwood,CA.


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ldexp, ldexpf, ldexpl - multiply floating-point number by integral power of 2
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#include <math.h> double ldexp(double x, int exp);
float ldexpf(float x, int exp);
long double ldexpl(long double x, int exp);
Link with -lm.
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
ldexpf(), ldexpl():
or cc -std=c99
The ldexp() function returns the result of multiplying the floating-point number x by 2 raised to the power exp.
Return Value
On success, these functions return x * (2^exp).
If exp is zero, then x is returned.
If x is a NaN, a NaN is returned.
If x is positive infinity (negative infinity), positive infinity (negative infinity) is returned.
If the result underflows, a range error occurs, and zero is returned.
If the result overflows, a range error occurs, and the functions return HUGE_VAL, HUGE_VALF, or HUGE_VALL, respectively, with a sign the same as x.
See math_error(7) for information on how to determine whether an error has occurred when calling these functions.
The following errors can occur:
- Range error, overflow
- errno is set to ERANGE. An overflow floating-point exception (FE_OVERFLOW) is raised.
- Range error, underflow
- errno is set to ERANGE. An underflow floating-point exception (FE_UNDERFLOW) is raised.
Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
The ldexp(), ldexpf(), and ldexpl() functions are thread-safe.
Conforming To
C99, POSIX.1-2001. The variant returning double also conforms to SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89.
This page is part of release 3.80 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, information about reporting bugs, and the latest version of this page, can be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (firstname.lastname@example.com) and Copyright 2008, Linux Foundation, written by Michael Kerrisk
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If your organization has Chatter Free User or Chatter External users, they don't see influence information on their own profiles or anyone else's, for them it will look like below screenshot
Tip #2 – Chatter Coworker Invitations
Salesforce.com allows organization users to invite their coworkers into Chatter using Chatter Free license. To enable this service follow the below steps
1) Click on Name | Setup | App Setup | Customize | Chatter | Settings
2) Click on Edit and navigate to the Coworker Invitations section
3) Select the check-box Allow Coworker Invitations and add domains, Click on Add More link to add as many as domains you want to add
4) Click on Save.
Note:- Administrator can add up to 200 email domains to define who can join Chatter for their organization.
Salesforce.com Winter'15 Sandbox Preview Instructions
The Sandbox Preview window for Winter'15 is scheduled to start on the September 5, 2014. If you would like your Sandbox organization to take part in the Winter'15 Preview, your Sandbox must be active on a preview instance by September 5, 2014 to take part in an overall instance upgrade. Gaining early access to Winter'15 is a great way to test out new features and settings before the GA release and upgrade of your production org. It's also important to be aware of the sandbox preview window should you wish to retain the current release in your sandbox org (to effectively opt-out of the preview)
Preview Windows Refresh Schedule
Use the graphic below to assist in understanding and planning around the preview window refresh schedule. For example, if your Sandbox is on CS3 and you refresh it after 12 AM PST on August 30, 2014, it will be moved to a non-preview Instance, It means to test new features of Winter'15 release your organization has to wait until your production Org will be upgraded to Winter'15 release. To participate in Winter'15 early preview make sure your Sandbox organization is refreshed/Created before 11:59 PM PST on August 29, 2014.
Note:- To learn more about Salesforce.com Winter'15 Sandbox Preview Instructions click on the link. If you want to know about Winter'15 release dates for your org take a look of http://trust.salesforce.com/trust/maintenance/


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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Fleeing the Flea
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It's refreshing to see y'all express this opinion. The prices are out of control for the products that they're selling and the won't get off this workwear/Americana trend. The people who wear this kind of stuff to do actual work would have a heart attack if they wandered into the pop up flea market. The pre-tied velvet bowties and tie with "F$#k You" on it courtesy of Mister Mort were incredibly tawdry. At least we have you and Giusseppe to keep things sane and classy.
- November 24, 2009 at 12:48 PM
- Giuseppe said...
Thanks for the vote of confidence, Enzo. It is a shame we didn't cross paths.
If you like my business cards that much, email me. I'd be glad to send you a copy of the new "Affordable Wardrobe" press kit I'm thinking of putting together.
- November 24, 2009 at 1:35 PM
I couldn't agree more. The level of hypocrisy at the PUF was overwhelminging - and spurred, in no small part, by the people behind the counter - particularly in the back room!
- November 24, 2009 at 2:24 PM


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Monday, April 29, 2013
That speaks to something very Canadian: The sense we
can count on each other to do the right thing for the wider community,
that we are all in this together. The Via Rail passenger trains that the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police say the alleged plotters had in their
sights might just as easily have been carrying innocent Muslim
passengers as anyone else. The imam who spoke up was motivated by a
sense of civic duty and a concern for human life -- values the vast
majority of Canada's 650,000 Muslims share with their neighbours, but
for which they are not always given credit.
Recently, much attention has focused on radicalism among
Muslim youth, following reports the RCMP is investigating Canadians at
the forefront of terror attacks in Algeria and Somalia that left scores
dead. And the "Toronto 18" also planned carnage here. The problem is
undeniably a real one. But it's far from being the entire story.
"Since 9/11 the Muslim community has been working very
closely with government agencies, including the RCMP and police
forces," says Yusuf Badat, an imam and director of religious affairs for
the Islamic Foundation of Toronto. "We share the same concerns that
Canadians share in the safety and the prosperity of our beautiful
country," the young Toronto-born cleric told CBC News. After all, he
added, "we are equally affected by any terrorism threats."
Or as another Toronto Muslim leader, Muhammad Robert
Heft, put it, Canada is "our country and our tribe. We want safety for
all Canadians regardless of their religion."
Despite this good faith, some feared an angry backlash
and demonization of the community after reports that Raed Jaser of
Toronto and Chiheb Esseghaier of Montreal had been caught plotting to
derail a Via Rail train between Toronto and New York. If the RCMP is
right, this would be the first known al-Qaida-directed attack in this
country, although Canada has long been on the group's hit list. They
have been charged with conspiracy to murder for the benefit of a
terrorist group, and other crimes. One expressed "shock and disbelief"
at the charges; the other called the allegations unfair.
Much about this case has been sealed by the court and
will only come out at trial. Until then we won't know how the two men
came to be connected or the extent to which this may prove a case of
homegrown radicalization, or imported extremism. Jaser is reportedly a
Palestinian who lived in the United Arab Emirates before coming here,
and is a permanent resident. Esseghaier was born in Tunisia. Neither is a
citizen. But they have been in Canada for years, and at least one
allegedly approached young people seeking to radicalize them. If true,
this won't be the last attempt to turn young people to violence.
But since the 9/11 attacks, many Canadian Muslim
leaders have exposed jihadist violence not only as a crime but also as a
repudiation of the values that Islam holds dear. Muslim clerics have
denounced terror, challenged Internet-fed extremism as irreligious,
barred radicals from mosques and alerted police. And they have rebuffed
efforts by al-Qaida and its ilk to whitewash their crimes by claiming
Islam is at war with the world.
In announcing the arrests, the RCMP rightly briefed
Muslim leaders, thanked them for their help and publicly credited them
with bringing a suspect to their attention.
Tough laws, good policing and vigilant courts all have
their role in thwarting jihadist violence. But as the Via Rail case
reminds us, an alert Muslim community and raised voices are the key. If
the police have it right, a Toronto cleric's concern saved the day.


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Rule #1 - Be Patient - Rule #2 - Don't ask when, if you don't contribute - Rule #3 - You have coding skills - LinuxMCE's small brother is available: http://www.agocontrol.com
Ugh, rhis is all so very confusing, getting these to work on linux is one thing, getting them to work on lmce is something completely different!Anyone having any thoughts about this?
Quote from: skerit on February 05, 2008, 09:06:23 pmUgh, rhis is all so very confusing, getting these to work on linux is one thing, getting them to work on lmce is something completely different!Anyone having any thoughts about this?It's exactly the same thing to install LIRC and VFD under Linux and under LMCE. Note if you add "Infrared remote controls you will use" on the media director page and this remote is LIRC based then LIRC will install automatically and the file /etc/lircd/lircd.conf will be created with content from remote's property 'Configuration'. So, in that case you should just add proper remote. In case of iMON you have to:- create a new device template in category Peripherals --> Remote Control --> LIRC;- add a new property - #59 Configuration for that template and copy there iMON LIRC.conf;- add iMON remote to your MD;- reload router.If you don't see /dev/lirc0 this means:- your IR receiver is disconnected (for example, it doesn't fit good in the USB port);- you have some error in the lircd.conf (check /var/log/message or /var/log/syslog);- kernel module for your IR receiver is not loaded (check sudo lsmod|grep <name_of_your_ir_module>. If you don't find it then try to load - sudo modprobe -v <name_of_your_ir_module>).To verify that your remote works correctly you can use utility irw which displays everything you send from the remote.In any case, please, see system logs and dmesg output of your core. It gives you the reason why your remote doesn't work. If everything works fine you can configure remote for MythTV or VDR.