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The Comforter
"But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you." John 14:26
Suggested Further Reading: 1 Peter 1:10-12, 22-25
I have heard many fanatical persons say that the Holy Spirit revealed this and that to them. Now that is very generally revealed nonsense. The Holy Spirit does not reveal anything fresh now. He brings old things to our remembrance. "He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance whatsoever I have told you." The canon of revelation is closed; there is no more to be added. God does not give a fresh revelation, but he rivets the old one. When it has been forgotten, and laid in the dusty chamber of our memory, he brings it out and cleans the picture, but does not paint a new one. There are no new doctrines, but the old ones are often revived. It is not, I say, by any new revelation that the Spirit comforts. He does so by telling us old things over again; he brings a fresh lamp to manifest the treasures hidden in Scripture; he unlocks the strong chests in which the truth has long lain, and he points to secret chambers filled with untold riches; but he creates no more, for enough is done. Believer! There is enough in the Bible for thee to live upon for ever. If thou shouldst outnumber the years of Methuselah, there would be no need for a fresh revelation; if thou shouldst live till Christ should come upon the earth, there would be no necessity for the addition of a single word; if thou shouldst go down as deep as Jonah, or even descend as David envisaged into the belly of hell, still there would be enough in the Bible to comfort thee without a supplementary sentence. But Christ says, "He shall take of mine and shall show it unto you."
For meditation: The Spirit of truth who guides into all the truth (John 16:13) does not work independently of Jesus the truth (John 14:6), the only true God (John 17:3) and the word of truth (John 17:17). Otherwise "What is truth?" (John 18:38).
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17 October (Preached 21 January 1855)365 Days with C.H. Spurgeon, Vol. 1: A Unique Collection of 365 Daily Readings from Sermons Preached by Charles Haddon Spurgeon from His New Park Street Pulpit (365 Days With Series); edited by Terence Peter Crosby; (c) Day One Publications, 1998.


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Ron Brown Stands by Convictions in Light of Media Storm Over Homosexuality Remarks
University of Nebraska Assistant Football Coach: to Be Fired for My Faith Would Be a Great Honor
Ron Brown Stands by Convictions in Light of Media Storm Over Homosexuality Remarks
University of Nebraska's assistant football coach, Ron Brown, a committed evangelical Christian, has been under public scrutiny and is facing calls for his dismissal after he expressed his beliefs on homosexuality during an Omaha City Council meeting in March.
The late March meeting was held by seven board members to discuss a proposed anti-discrimination ordinance that protects homosexual and transgender students attending the university – an ordinance which Brown argued against.
In his three-minute address to the council, Brown questioned the "discernment" of the board members, insisting that trying to protect one group would mean another group has to lose protection.
The assistant football coach then shared that he believes the Bible says homosexuality is a sin. He added, however, "No matter which way you go, it's going to be an unprotection [sic] because it's man's opinion. So the real question I guess I have for you all is – what does God say?"
Brown added, "The question I have for you all is, like Pontius Pilate, what are you going to do with Jesus? Ultimately, if you don't have a relationship with him, and you don't really have a Bible-believing mentality, really, anything goes... At the end of the day it matters what God thinks most.
"For those of you on this council who have a relationship with Christ, and you know if you do, you will be held to great accountability for the decision you make."
"I admire your stamina, but it's your discernment, right now, that's under tremendous question," he concluded.
Many are seeing Brown's comments as controversial, as he is a football coach at a public university that receives 42 percent of its funding from the federal government and state appropriations, according to ESPN.
In addition, observers claim coach Brown's remarks violate the university's Office of Equity, Access and Diversity Programs non-discriminatory policy.
"[…] if he continues to confuse faith with a person's fundamental right not to be discriminated against, then [Chancellor Harvey] Perlman and [head football coach Tom] Osborne should fire him," suggests an ESPN writer. "Because while his religious beliefs are his own – and his opinions protected under the First Amendment – Brown remains a representative of a university whose core values stress the 'diversity of ideas and people.'"
Shortly after his speech, Barbara Baier of the Lincoln Board of Education reportedly wrote to administrators at University of Nebraska requesting that they fire Brown for his comments.
The university's leadership has tried to distanced itself from Brown's comments, with Chancellor Perlman telling The Associated Press that the coach's statements do not reflect the beliefs of the university.
Brown, 55, continues to stand by his Christian convictions in spite of criticism over his remarks.
"To be fired for my faith would be a greater honor than to be fired because we didn't win enough games," Brown told The Associated Press.
"I haven't lost any sleep over it. I realize at some point, we live in a politically correct enough culture where that very well could happen," he added.
Brown gained popularity in Fall 2011 for his how of faith on the field in the wake of the Penn State sex scandal, in which assistant football Coach Jerry Sandusky was accused of molesting at least eight underage boys from 1994-2009.
Nebraska played Penn State at the Penn State stadium only a week after Sandusky's case was made public, and Brown led a short prayer for healing and hope with players, coaches, and officials at midfield.
Tim Shatel, a journalist for the Omaha World-Herald, wrote that such public displays of conviction should not be unexpected from Brown, who, according to Shatel, has voiced his moral opinion several times in the past.
"I'm a Ron Brown fan. I don't agree with everything he says. But I respect the man and I cherish his convictions, in a day and age when morals blow with the wind and too many folks have the backbone of a jellyfish and the courage of an anonymous comment on the blog," Shatel wrote in his blog.
"Brown has been consistent in his convictions and beliefs for the 20-some years I've covered him, and gotten to know him," he added.
The assistant football coach told the AP that he is not "picking on" homosexuals, but rather remaining constant with his Christian faith and the belief that homosexuality is a sin.
"I have simply said that based on the Bible, homosexuality, the lifestyle of homosexuality, is a sin," he told the AP. "That has created a flame within itself. But I've decided I'm not going to be afraid of people calling me a bigot or a homophobic or narrow-minded out of a simple, gentle, compassionate expression of the truth of God's word. I'm not going to be bought off by that."
In a recent interview with the Gospel Coalition, Brown said he seeks to have a fulfilled faith in Jesus.
"Jesus said, 'Whoever desires to save his life shall lose it. If you deny me before me then I will deny you before my Father.' My greatest burden is not losing my job or what people might say about me. My greatest burden is faithfulness. I want to be faithful. I want to see the body of Christ be faithful. I want to see unbelievers come to Christ," he told the Gospel Coalition.
According to the AP, a Lincoln city councilman has said he plans to propose a similar anti-discrimination ordinance next week. Brown said that he is "praying about" speaking again at the next public hearing regarding the ordinance.


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Test yesterday was negative. So we now have a patient with symptoms of a respiratory tract infection, a negative-positive-negative test constellation and nobody seems to really know how to proceed further from there and referred to the public health department.· 3 replies
Antigen/Antibody testing available?
Yes, PH department was just like "Well, no quarantine for you, go back to work!" - yeah, the hell I won't with an infection of the respiratory tract. I'm on sick leave until the end of the week per my GP (waiting for the paper to arrive with mail as they don't want you to come in in person if possible).
Hospital is a bit more cautious than PHD and didn't press me to come back tomorrow. They suspect recent unnoticed infection and wanted me to come in today for drawing blood for antibody testing. So now I'm stalking my labs for the results from home via VPN-client.
So sorry to hear this ..... i'll keep you in my thoughts and prays for a speedy recovery. Praying that all goes well
The vacation was great and lovely and I stayed very active while still getting to sample foods I hadn't yet tried since surgery. After getting back, I decided to stay off of social media for a little while, which also included these forums. I had a lot of work in the office to catch up on and needed to focus on that. Of course, the past week or so I have been struggling a lot mentally and emotionally. I've desperately wanted comfort food and have done well not giving into that temptation. This week doesn't feel like it'll go much better, but October always seems to be the worst month for me.· 1 reply
Had an anxiety dream last night involving a substantial weight gain in the past week. Absolutely no basis in reality since I've stayed on plan. I think it stems from Saturday when I ate some extra calories due to a 2 hour hike earlier in the day that burned 900 calories. The extra calories brought my total intake up for 1025, as opposed to 700-800. And my extra calories were from curry egg salad, so it was a protein packed choice. And yet, my brain some how decided that would lead me to gain 10 pounds in one week and threw that are me while I slept. Brains can be jerks.
Glad to hear you are doing ok. I noticed you missing from here and was a bit concerned as it sounded like you were dealing with some stuff.
Great work with staying on plan on vacation! Always a tougher than the routine at home.
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I'm getting a little impatient waiting for my final consult with my doctor (December 1st). I know it's right around the bend, really, but I'm ready already. If they called me tomorrow and told me to begin the pre-op diet I'd be like "Yes what is the protocol," and BAM, started. But I'm just waiting...patiently.· 0 replies
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Hi everyone, for those of you that have their surgery from today to Nov. 11 please post if possible how you are doing and feeling, and your experiences. I am excited for all of you and can't wait to hear and learn and get any tips you may have.· 0 replies
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I am in the starting stages of this my first dr appointment is not until Jan I am in constant pain with my back and joints Im leaning towards surgery but its a big decision and change I basically have 9 months to figure it out I guess Im most worried about if I can deal with the pain after surgery· 2 replies
Hi there - like any surgery, there will be some pain after WLS; however, you should not suffer from uncontrolled or unbearable pain. Talk to your surgeon before-hand about what the plan will be for pain-control and what the fallback will be if that doesn't work. In my case, I had a lot of post-op pain and my surgeon had to increase my dose of pain meds to get it under control. Runaway pain hinders healing, so don't try to tough it out, work with your doctor to reduce it to a reasonable level. Good luck, whatever you decide!
i had the lapband placed in 2009 i was back at in 5 days, that was 2009. In 2017 band slipped and had it removed on a thursday and was back at work on Monday. Sleeved 8/28/19 at 51 y/o on a wednesday and was back at work on monday.
As long as you do your preop diet correctly and you get walking you should be fine.


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I have some Ordnance Survey Address Base data files which have a .gml extension. I have imported them to GGIS as vector layers along with some mapping data but would like to explore them with PostgreSQL. I see that QGIS comes with SpatiaLite installed. Can I import the gml files into SpatiaLite or for that matter PostgreSQL?
I suspect the format and content of my question says more about what I don't know so any comments or even answers would be appreciated.


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Falkland Palace
Over the last three months I have been researching the history of Falkland Palace, situated in Fife while on placement there as a Skills for the Future education trainee. It is surrounded by a wealth of history, not only from the surrounding village of Falkland but also in the very grounds of the palace. Under the Palace garden, remains of earlier structures have been found and others have completely vanished.
The earliest known structure on the site was a 12th century hunting lodge owned by the Clan McDuff, the Earls of Fife. It is not known whether the lodge was either destroyed or whether it was incorporated into the later Falkland Castle which was levelled in 1371.The 3rd Marquess of Bute who was the Keeper of the Palace in the 1800s carried out several archaeological digs to look for evidence of the medieval site of Falkland Castle but only found a pile of medieval rubble. However, foundations of a 14th century Well Tower and the Palace's destroyed North Range were discovered at this time which are thought to be either part of a Great Hall or a Chapel. The Marquess placed stones over these foundations to enhance the structures of both these sites and reformed the 'upper garden' to express the shape of the ruined buildings. Medieval remains of the castle were also found buried in the 17th century bowling green which the Marquess removed when digging, the rest of the stone was probably reused to build Falkland Palace in the 1500s.
In the 17th century Sir David Murray and his brother built a mansion house in the northern part of the Palace garden. This has been referred to as the Low Palace, the Castlestead, the Rangers House and the Netherplace of Falkland. During this period the Palace lay empty and fell into ruin so by 1757 no effort had been made to repair it.
"in my last that I was at Falkland which I found in very ill cause both as to the glasses and window cases and floorings, and besides it will be very inconvenient and chargeable living there since I have no interest in it, nor near it so that I think any charges I will be at will be better bestowed at Huntingtower…"
Lord Murray writing to his father-in-law the Duke of Hamilton on Falkland Palace, 1684
Ironically, the structures built during this period no longer exist and little is known about them. However the 3rd Marquess of Bute ensured that Falkland Palace itself was preserved for future generations. Unfortunately he died in 1900 before he could complete all his plans for the palace. One of these was to put a roof over the ruined East Range which is still a shell, it is however constantly monitored and conserved by the Deputy Keeper, National Trust for Scotland and partly funded by Historic Scotland through the Annual Maintenance Grant Scheme.
This is what I've chosen for Day of Archaeology, but why not tell us your favourite archaeological sites in Scotland on Twitter using #MyArchaeology.
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Tax preparation help in the BVI's
I spent 7 years in BVI and to my knowledge I am unaware of anyone in the BVI's that know US IRS regulations. Check with the clearing houses in Road Town, Charterport, Regency, or even the Charter Yacht Society. If anyone knows they would. There are financial planners there I am just not aware of them.
You should be able to find someone in St. Thomas. Again, I would ask someone at Flagship, the clearinghouse on St. Thomas in Frenchtown or let your fingers do the walking through the yellow pages.
Your income in BVI is earned income with regard to the IRS and does qualify as Foreign Earned Income Exclusion (look at http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/international/article/0,,id=97130,00.html) and is tax exempt up to a certain level, somewhere over $87,600 per year as long as you meet the requirements. The limit has increased over the years. You are still required to prepare and submit a tax return. This is just what I have experienced, I am not a CPA.
Now that you bring the question up, there might be a little business opportunity in preparing returns for US citizens in BVI. Just don't prepare them while you are on a BVI island or in BVI waters since that would be a violation of your work permit. US IRS is not the only ones with convoluted legal structure and challenges.
P.S. remember that even though you are a US citizen your employer should be contributing to the Social Security system in BVI and if you stay long enough does afford you certain benefits later.


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Can someone tell me; I'm listening to the podcast of episode 62. I find myself mildly confused by the lack of video accompaniment. Is that just how a podcast works? I can understand why it would...I guess...
Also, Gunner is one of the children.
That quote is actualy very witty, Celdur. I suggest you use that in your signature.
It also has something to do with iPods, and I'm completely ignorant about those.
Sam is basically right, he's just cranky.
Quote from: Quantum BurritoMary Poppins was hot. Full of golden ratio goodness. I'd be the derivative of her function any day of the week.We'll hold that against you until you leave these forums you know
Mary Poppins was hot. Full of golden ratio goodness. I'd be the derivative of her function any day of the week.
I hardly ever listen to podcast, but when ever I do I usally come here and read post. I wouldn't recremind doing it, I allways get the words messed up. I started hearing Gaming Steve talk about how Spore was going to have Cavemen banished in the desert by the new totem god feature spore will have.
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'Critically Ill' author Frederick Southwick on what ails our healthcare system
Mary Southwick was 34 when she developed pain on the bottom of one foot. After seeing a neurologist who said she had a nerve injury caused by dancing, she developed thrombophlebitis and was admitted to the hospital. An intern underdosed her heparin (blood thinner), and she suffered a large blood clot in a lung. This was soon followed by a heart attack, then respiratory failure, renal failure and shock.
Her physician husband interceded and transferred her care to a trusted cardiologist. Because her lungs filled with fluid, she had to be intubated and placed on a respirator. She also suffered kidney failure. While a tube was being placed to filter her blood to remove fluid, Southwick had two cardiac arrests. Remarkably, she made a full recovery.
Frederick Southwick, chief of infectious diseases at the University of Florida in Gainesville, says his wife's trauma motivated him to write the book "Critically Ill: A 5-Point Plan to Cure Healthcare Delivery." Here he offers some guidance to negotiate the healthcare system.
What is the major problem in our healthcare system?
Healthcare today is a "push business model." By that I mean expensive procedures are pushed on patients. Too often, procedures are performed when the benefit is unclear. For example, if a new cardiac catheterization laboratory is opened, the cardiologist may be motivated to recommend this procedure even though an exercise stress test would be sufficient for many patients. So you need to ask, "Is this procedure indicated based on guidelines from your subspecialty society? Are there simpler, less expensive and less invasive tests that could be performed first?"
When is it time to dig in your heels and say, "I want a second opinion. I don't understand this (test, procedure). Is it really necessary?"
When the doctor is recommending a costly and potentially dangerous diagnostic or treatment procedure, you need to ask, "Doctor, what is the likelihood that this procedure will be of benefit to me? Please give me a percentage, i.e. 20% chance of benefit. If the doctor can't give you an estimate, dig your heels in and strongly consider a second opinion.
Do you need the physician to prove, with statistics and data, the benefits of your diagnosis/prognosis and his/her plan of action?
Yes, you should be shown the scientific data that support their recommendation. In healthcare, you do not necessarily get what you pay for. Studies have revealed that in certain areas of the country — New York City, Los Angeles and Miami being some of the most notorious regions — the cost of medical care is three times higher than other areas. Not only are these unnecessary extra tests and treatments more expensive, they also increase the risk of an unanticipated complication that can result in permanent injury or even death. Furthermore, this increased cost does not result in improved outcomes. Despite expending more money than any other industrialized country, the U.S. ranks 37th, based on commonly accepted health indicators.
Should hospitalized patients have someone with them 24/7?
When patients are hospitalized, it is helpful to have a family member present during the day. At night, few therapies are instituted unless there is an emergency; therefore, it usually is not as valuable to have someone with you at night. Whenever possible, a family member should be present when the physician team makes its rounds in the morning in order to ask questions and to help you to understand the team's management plans. Your family should stay in close contact with the bedside nurses, who can help to relay your concerns to your physicians. A journal may prove helpful in assuring continuity and coordination of care. However, most hospitals now have electronic records that document who did what and when, obviating the need for a journal. You as a patient have the right to review your records at any time.
What are your tips for navigating the healthcare system?
There are websites that may be helpful in deciding what healthcare institution to go to. The Dartmouth Atlas rates each hospital on the cost per patient, as well as expenditures in the last two years of life. Consumer Reports Health now rates all hospitals just as it rates cars. You should look at https://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov. The Medicare website is very objective and uses the latest Medicare reimbursement data. Unfortunately, you almost need an accounting degree to understand what is going on.
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finally! someone who seems to have a grip on plating... especially when they're going to post pics of it.. thank you!That risotto sounds great, you can definately put that recipe down too!
Peking Roast Duck...I took a duckling, halved it by removing the backbone, and dried it overnight on a rack in the refrigerator. Tonight I took it out, applied a coating of sesame oil and a rub of salt, sugar, pepper, and five spice powder. I roasted this in a very hot kettle grill around 475-500 degrees until it was 180 degrees internally. To serve, my wife made the mandarin pancakes out of hot water dough and sesame oil, and I made a sauce with hoisin, green onions, honey, ginger, garlic, rice vinegar, wine, and soy sauce, accompanied with some green onion and cucumber slices. It was great!
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Before you do that to the whole batch, have you just added your spices to the stuff out of the jar to make sure they play nice together? And the blender will probably make it too much of a mush - or even soup depending on what blender you have. We always used a meat grinder on coarse for the peppers and eggplant.I am interested to hear about how it turns out, but I don't think I can do that to ajvar. One last thing, saute garlic in olive oil and then dump ajvar on top of it and just cook it until it turns a much darker red, stirring occasionally. Eat it warm on fresh bread.


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Nearly 70 percent of Americans will be exposed to a traumatic event in their lifetime, and an estimated 20 percent of those will develop post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, according to the PTSD Alliance.
Such traumas could include combat, sexual or physical abuse, a terrorist attack, a serious accident or a natural disaster, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD.
Developing PTSD depends on many factors, including the intensity and length of the trauma, if someone close was killed or injured, how near one was to the event, the intensity of the person's reaction, how much control the person had of events, and how much support the person received after the event.
Symptoms of PTSD -- such as anxiety, feeling "on edge," feeling numb or avoidance behaviors -- disrupt life and make it hard to continue with daily activities, the National Center for PTSD reports.
The National Center identifies four types of PTSD symptoms:
Reliving the event. Intense memories of the trauma return in the form of nightmares or flashbacks, triggering the original feelings of fear and horror.
Avoiding situations that are reminders of the event. Some people actively avoid situations or people that trigger memories of the trauma. They stay very busy and do not seek help.
Feeling numb. PTSD sufferers can have difficulty expressing feelings, cultivating relationships, enjoying activities previously liked, or even remembering the trauma itself.
Feeling keyed up. People with PTSD may feel jittery or as though they are always on the lookout for danger. They may be angry or irritable or have trouble concentrating or sleeping.
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Trailer for Going My Way.
Parish life at Saint Dominic's includes gossip, youth mischief, and a rather shady landlord, but new curate Father Charles "Chuck" O'Malley (Bing Crosby) seems to land on his feet. As older Father Fitzgibbon (Barry Fitzgerald) watches Father O'Malley in action, he feels his days as pastor of his flock may be numbered. The two priests must find "modern" ways to deal with an age-old problem — ministering to the people in an economically disadvantaged neighborhood. O'Malley, for his part, must deal with an interrupted romantic relationship from his past with opera star Genevieve Linden (Rise Stevens) and Carol James (Jean Heather), a "wayward" aspiring singer. Father O'Malley and his friend Father Timothy O'Dowd (Frank McHugh) take the elderly Fitzgibbon to play golf. The old priest calls a golf course "a pool room outdoors." Father Fitzgibbon goes to ask the bishop if he is being replaced. He becomes ill and speaks to Chuck of the 45 years since he was in the "old country." Father Fitzgibbon says his mother in Ireland is over 90. O'Malley makes the neighborhood boys into a choir. He gives the youth leader, Tony Scaponi, (Stanley Clements) his St. Louis Browns baseball jacket. Just as all the pieces of the plot seem to have fallen into place, the parish church is damaged in a massive fire. On Christmas Eve the people gather in a temporary church. Father O'Malley transferred to a new assignment, the new assistant is Father O'Dowd. Prior to the Mass, Mrs. Fitzgibbon totters in the embrace her beloved son. Father O'Malley quietly slips away.
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I admit I've never had much interest in the Monster Hunter series over the years. It's on the level of a Call of Duty or Grand Theft Auto in Japan, but three things kept me from picking up any of the previous games: I didn't have a PSP; I didn't have anyone to play co-op with; and when Monster Hunter Tri landed on the Wii with online multiplayer in 2010, I no longer had a Wii to play it on.
But with millions of fans supporting the franchise in Japan, I've always had Monster Hunter on the brain in some capacity or another. How could a franchise with such a huge base be so unappealing to me and much of the Western market? In the process of reviewing Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, a port of Tri for 3DS and Wii U, I tried to look for the elements that make the series so compelling for so many, and why it took me until now to jump on board and love Monster Hunter.
As in Tri, players call a small fishing village home. There, adventurers can upgrade equipment, shop for new items, trade in quests, and accept new ones from the Guild Sweetheart. Eventually you'll use the Guild to accept the missions that pit you against the massive beasts in Monster Hunter, but for the first two or three hours, you'll be running errands for the Chief and his son, Junior. This opening sequence may prove too excruciating for many players, as it almost was for me.
When you first set out, you do so to gather enough resources for your base camp. Any monsters you see die with a few slashes and the objectives will melt your brain with boredom. Gather plants and mushrooms? If I wanted to do that, I'd play "Outside U", where the entirety of nature is my peripheral. It doesn't help that the textures in some of MH3U's environments look worse than a PS2-era licensed game. However, if players can invest the time required by this meddlesome tutorial section, they'll find that Monster Hunter opens into a varied and deep adventure with a measured grind.
Most of Capcom's work in upscaling the game for the Wii U went into the monsters themselves. When you first see your target, it inspires awe. This is aided by the fact that you can't see the monster's health or stats before you start the fight. Players have to watch for its animations to change or work together with others to cleave limbs off to know how much damage they have left to deal. It turns the otherwise digital victims of your furious button-mashing into mythical, mysterious beasts of the unknown. Such a subtle break in communication with the player adds so much to the experience as a whole.
Of course most of your time interacting with the beasts will be whittling away at their health, tagging them with paintballs to track their movement from zone to zone and ultimately landing the killing blow on a weakened enemy. It can feel like hours between an initial strike and the final cry of pain, and for that I'm not sure the experience can hold up without the aid of a few friends.
Somewhere around hour fifteen, I decided to hop online and get a group together for a few quests. Playing with other people over the internet is only possible on the Wii U version of the game. Friends can get together and play over ad-hoc Wi-Fi on the 3DS version of MH3U, but online is limited to the console. You can also tie three 3DS units to a single Wii U and play multiplayer with a grand total of eight screens in your living room. Partnering up with fellow hunters made a drastic difference in the hunting experience, turning a combat grind into a group effort, enriched by the aid I was offered by another player. It felt like I served a special role in bringing down a monster.
It was the moments immediately following a big kill that enraptured me to the experience I had failed to understand or even try my hand at in the past. When you've killed your target and its lying there in front of your party, there's a moment's hesitation before everyone starts to shave off the spoils of their work. Holding the A button and listening to the noise of the blade and the jingle that plays when your reward is revealed is like that moment when you open the cap on a soda bottle just enough so that the pressure hisses in reply.
It's quaint and it's antithetical to the not-so-subtle carrot-and-stick program Call of Duty hooks gamers with. Shaving off the resources from a big monster is like making it to the bathroom in the nick of time. All the pressure and worry in the midst of a fight is released and all you feel is relief.
I realized then that the best parts of Monster Hunter couldn't really be shared by word of mouth. You just had to try it for yourself. Despite how great it felt to rely on a cooperative partner for a much-needed first aid, despite how awestruck I was at MH3U's biggest enemies, it was the ultimately relaxing and reliable rhythm of search, fight, and reap that hooked me.
That doesn't mean this MH3U isn't without a few issues. Many of the environments, models, and textures have no business in HD. A few nagging control issues make for awkward offensive and defensive maneuvers in the field. Ultimate can feel like a portable game, even when you're playing on the Wii U, but the overall presentation is passable. Both versions struggle with underwater battles (of which there are many), but the 3DS version of Ultimate nearly collapses in on itself thanks to one input oversight.
Many 3DS owners will find themselves in desperate need of a Circle Pad Pro attachment for Monster Hunter on the go. There's a directional input on the 3DS touchscreen, but it's impossible to use it while actively engaging in combat. That'd be true even if the 3DS had a second circle pad, but at least you wouldn't have to clumsily switch between stylus and thumb. I'd excuse this quickly, but the 3DS XL completely lacks a second circle pad option. It's an failure on the part of both Capcom and Nintendo, and I couldn't let it go throughout my time with the portable version of the game.
Despite the handheld port's shortcomings, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate proves itself entertaining to anyone willing to put in the time. You'll get out of it what you put in and with a little patience, a little determination, and a suspended sense of cynicism, days of entertainment can be reaped. I've abandoned the 3DS version of the game, but Capcom gives the Wii U another shot in the arm in MH3U.
Whether you're playing online or solo in your home village, Monster Hunter exhilarates and excites with the same kind of thrill you'd get from climbing a mountain or conquering a fear you never knew you had. It might not be the prettiest game, but it succeeds in tying your emotions to the action on screen, whether that means dashing your excitement in a narrow defeat or encouraging you to pick a bigger fight after an illustrious victory.
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In a Polish household, the holidays arrive in a flurry of flour and frenzied dumpling making
BY MY PERSONAL calendar, the start of the Christmas season isn't heralded by Bing Crosby crooning on the radio or fresh-cut pines perfuming the sidewalks. Instead, for as long as I can remember, my family's holiday has begun in the kitchen, with the piles of flour and the steaming pots of water that go into the making of pierogi—the plump, crescent-shaped dumplings that are centerpiece of our Wigilia, the meatless Polish Catholic Christmas Eve feast.
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Arena confirmed to the LA Galaxy Insider after training today that the LA Galaxy Homegrown player underwent the surgery on Monday and will be out "like eight weeks" as he recovers from a similar injury that midfielder Kenney Walker suffered on his right foot last month.
Zardes made two preseason starts for the Galaxy against the U.S. U-17's and Los Angeles Blues, but did not appear in their 1-0 defeat to Real Salt Lake last Friday.


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How to Make a Pizzarito
Reviews of frozen pizza.
"Did you know you can roll up those Totino's and eat them like a burrito?" asked Greenolivemedia in response to an earlier post on Slice.
My response, the ever-so-calm "NO! WTF! THAT IS AWESOME."
You know I had to try it, so I did. Step-by-step photos, after the jump.
The package suggests cooking the pizza directly on the rack at 450°F. Don't. I'd suggest cooking it on a baking sheet at 425°F instead. This will keep the crust from getting too crisp to roll. (I didn't have a baking sheet on hand in the office, so I used doubled-up aluminum foil. Avoid this, if you can. My pizza stuck a bit.)
The crust will be hot. You might want to roll with some paper towels or a clean kitchen towel--or just work quickly. You sort of want the intense heat, though, so that the molten cheese seals the pizzarito together at the end.
Roll it tightly, like you're rolling a big doobie. You've never rolled a doobie? Don't lie to me--you're eating Totino's Party Pizza, aren't you?
Finish so that the seam side is down, and let pizzarito rest for a few minutes. This accomplishes two things: The cheese will cool a bit and seal the roll and the crust will become cool enough to handle.
Eat with caution. Even if the crust is within the barely touchable range, the insides remain piping hot.
Eating the Totino's in this manner really did seem to change the Totino's experience. Cooked as it was, the crust was hot, moist, and a bit greasy--almost like a kati roll. A pizza-flavored kati roll.
Making the Party Pizza into a pizzarito put much more focus on the crust--and you can take that as you like, depending on how you view Totino's crust. I happen to like its weird flakiness, so I was happy to get what amounted to a full-frontal crust assault. The roll also helps you avoid the dreaded pizza mouth-burn.
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This is, oddly I think, not that big a news story in Kansas City right now. It appears that in the course of a legitimate police raid on a problem night club, ICE officers requested identification and cited persons for immigration violations who were not themselves suspects in a crime. Here we see an "approach" by law enforcement that seems to go even beyond the Arizona statute, ie., Hispanics merely in proximity to people suspected of other offenses are asked for their papers. This in a city whose Council officially rejected the Arizona statute and whose police force has previously rejected such tactics.
The presence of ICE raises a lot of questions and I'm grateful to our associate editor for putting together this story quickly on our production day. He gets a lot of information that's been ignored elsewhere. We'll certainly have follow-up. From the upcoming edition of The Catholic Key:
Nightclub raid raises question about police policy on immigration
By Kevin Kelly
Catholic Key Associate Editor
KANSAS CITY — A joint raid at a trouble spot nightclub on the city's West Side has threatened efforts to build trust between the Latino community and the Kansas City Police Department.
The raid, which occurred shortly before midnight Oct. 24 at the Club Oasis, 2845 Southwest Blvd., was conducted jointly between officers of the police department's vice squad and agents of the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
According to police, at least 100 persons were inside the club. Police arrested or cited at least 20 people, including a security guard allegedly in possession of cocaine, and three minors under the legal drinking age.
News reports said that ICE agents arrested 15 people for being in the United States in violation of U.S. immigration codes. But the number of people cited at the club may be much higher.
Jude Huntz, director of the Diocesan Human Rights Office, said that attorneys for Legal Aid of Western Missouri told him that 20 people cited by ICE at the club had sought their help on Oct. 25, the day after the raid.
Private immigration attorney Angela Ferguson told the Catholic Key about 10 people cited in the raid had sought her help.
Ferguson said that those cited were ordered to report to U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Custom and Immigration Services office near Kansas City International Airport on Oct. 26.
"Those are just the people seeking legal help," Huntz said. "How many more didn't seek help or are choosing to flee the area? That's what we don't know."
Club Oasis has been the source of numerous complaints to police concerning alleged drug trafficking, underage drinking and shootings, including a reported Oct. 10 parking lot gun battle involving a vehicle theft.
Ferguson said the people she spoke with told her that ICE agents and Kansas City police entered the club together shortly before midnight and ordered all people inside to divide themselves in two groups.
"They announced that people with documents (proving legal residency) should go to one side of the room, and people without documents should go to the other side," she said.
Ferguson said she had no issues with police raiding Club Oasis when they have probable cause to believe that criminal activity is taking place. But she also noted that the vast majority of citations and arrests at the raid were not for violations of criminal law, but for violations of civil immigration code.
"There is a real concern with that club, and we want police to catch criminals," Ferguson said. "But there were many people there who were detained and apprehended for not having papers."
Ferguson also questioned why Kansas City police were accompanied by ICE agents on this particular raid.
"I'm guessing it was because it was a Latino joint. Why else would Immigration be there?" she said.
That raised concerns for her of what other places that draw crowds of Latino people might be targeted.
"What if they started going to churches after Mass? What if Immigration started showing up at soccer games? What kind of community do we want to live in?" she said.
Christian Brother Jim Krause, pastoral associate at St. Anthony Parish in Kansas City's northeast neighborhood which also has a large Latino population, said that the parish's Communities Creating Opportunity (CCO) organizing network has worked for several years to build trust between the community and the Kansas City Police Department, particularly the East Patrol Division.
Brother Jim noted that the Club Oasis raid occurred in the department's West Patrol Division, but that CCO would be collecting more information in meetings with top police officials.
He also noted that Police Chief James Corwin said at a CCO action in June that it is the policy of his department not to detain people solely on immigration charges unless there was a felony crime involved.
Brother Jim said that assurance was important as a way to encourage victims to report crimes, regardless of the victims' immigration status.
"People who come from the Third World do not have a good record of cooperation with police," Brother Jim said. "They are the victims of all kinds of crime because they are afraid to talk to police for fear that they will be reported to Immigration. The criminals know that, and they are emboldened by it."
Brother Jim said CCO will be working to prevent the Club Oasis raid from destroying the trust that has been building with the department's East Patrol Division, which he said has been exemplary.
"They have said they will not call ICE on people unless there is criminal activity involved," he said. "If that is the policy, then that is the policy. What we would like to see in the West Patrol Division is if they would like to follow the lead of the East Patrol Division."
Huntz, however, also questioned the presence of ICE agents in the Club Oasis raid.
"The club in question has had lots of trouble and those are legitimate police matters," Huntz said. "Why ICE had to be brought in is not clear to me."
Huntz also said that the raid underscores how broken the U.S. immigration system is and why the U.S. bishops are pressing hard for comprehensive reform.
"The larger issue is that most people enter the country legally and they are still here on expired visas because they lost their jobs or they couldn't keep up with the expense of keeping up their visas," he said.
"We need to find a way to keep them in the process (toward legal residency and citizenship) without the threat of deportation hanging over their heads," he said.


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The upcoming Mac OS X 10.5.7 has been in beta testing for a while now. For the last several months, Apple has been releasing new builds on a weekly basis, suggesting that work on the update was wrapping up. AppleInsider says that more recent test builds of 10.5.7 have been arriving as frequently as every few days. When combined with earlier reports of an April release, this new information is a pretty good indication that Apple is preparing to release the update in the next week or two.
When we checked in on 10.5.7 two weeks ago, Apple has just released build 9J39, which contained 99 fixes. Early last week, build 9J44 appeared, and was followed by version 9J47 on Friday, and build 9J50 on Tuesday. Each of the builds has only addressed a handful of issues, bringing the total number of fixes to 108. At this point, it appears that Apple is nailing down the last few issues as it polishes 10.5.7 for release.
Whenever it arrives, the 10.5.7 update looks to be quite a hefty one. The version of the update for users running 10.5.6 supposedly weighs in at over 440MB. Users running earlier versions of Leopard will need the 730MB version. Both versions include updates to a number of components, including Safari and Mail, so at least the update won't be a waste of bandwidth.


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Beyond Being (Transparent Corporation) is a EEG Meditation Audio Collection. Beyond Being is an audio collection based on EEG research into meditation and altered state phenomena. Each one hour track is designed to stimulate brainwave patterns which facilitate meditation, mental imagery and transcendent experiences. You can try Beyond Being (Transparent Corporation) and get a discount.
Here are some of the experiences reported by users of Beyond Being:
Vivid, realistic mental imagery
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EEG Meditation Research
"A Study of the Physiological Variables Associated with Out-of-Body Experiences" J. Hartwell, J. Janis, and S. B. Harary, Research in Parapsychology 1974, Scarecrow Press 1975, 127-129
"A Theory of lucid dreams and OBEs" J. Gackenbach, and S. LaBerge, Conscious Mind, Sleeping Brain.1988
"Out of the Body Down Under: Some Cognitive Characteristics of Australian Students Reporting OOBEs" H. J. Irwin., Journal of the Society for Physical Research, 1980, 50, pp. 448-459
"Lucid Dreams: An Electrophysiological and Psychological Study" Hearne, K. M. T. University of Liverpool, 1978
"Accessing Anomalous States of Consciousness with a Binaural Beat Technology" F. Holmes Atwater, Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol. 11. No. 3, pp. 263-274, 1997
"Master Zhu" John F. Gilbert, Ph.D. and Robert Moroney, D.A., CPPS, Journal Of NeuroTherapy
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NBA TV Continues to Set Record Ratings During the 2011-12 Regular Season
2011-12 Regular-Season Games Outpacing Last Season's Viewership
NBA TV continues to set record ratings just over a month into the 2011-12 regular season. Through the first 34 games of the regular season, NBA TV is averaging 391,000 total viewers and 306,000 total households, up 74% and 78% respectively, compared to the same time last year. In addition, NBA TV has also shown the largest universe growth of any cable network since the start of the year with an increase of over 3.3 million households.
To date, the 2011-12 regular season has delivered three of the top five most-watched games ever on the network. The following are NBA TV's Top 5 most-watched games in total viewers (newly charted games in bold):
· Memphis Grizzlies at San Antonio Spurs: 835,000 viewers (4/27/11, Playoffs)
· LA Lakers at LA Clippers: 756,000 viewers (1/14/12, Regular Season)
· Chicago Bulls at LA Clippers: 722,000 viewers (12/30/11, Regular Season)
· LA Clippers at LA Lakers: 686,000 viewers (1/25/12, Regular Season)
· Portland Trailblazers at Miami Heat: 681,000 viewers (3/8/11, Regular Season)
NBA TV's popular Fan Night games - where fans vote for the games they want to see via NBA.com, NBA's Facebook page and Yahoo.com - are also up compared to the same time a year ago. The Jan. 17 Fan Night match-up between the San Antonio Spurs and Miami Heat delivered the most-watched Fan Night game of 2011-12 regular season on NBA TV with 675,000 total viewers. The first seven Fan Night games of the regular season averaged 502,000 viewers and 400,000 households, up 35% and 45%, respectively, compared to the same time period last year.
NBA TV continues to average the youngest median age (34.4) of any sports network. NBA TV's key demographics are also up double and triple digits compared to the same time period of the 2010-11 regular season:
· A18-34: 133,000 vs. 65,000 +105%
· A18-49: 221,000 vs. 124,000 +78%
· A25-54: 207,000 vs. 120,000 +74%
· M18-34: 96,000 vs. 49,000 +96%
· M18-49: 166,000 vs. 93,000 +78%
· M25-54: 160,000 vs. 92,000 +74%
Highlights from the first month of the 2011-12 regular season include:
· The Jan. 14 match-up between the Lakers and Clippers delivered the most-watched regular season game in the network's history, with 756,000 total viewers. The contest eclipsed the network's previous record of 722,000 total viewers for the Dec 30, 2011, contest between the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Clippers.
· NBA TV's broadcast of the Clippers and Lakers game on Jan. 25 delivered 686,000 total viewers; 532,000 households; and 198,000 men 18-34. The match-up was the third most-watched 2011-12 regular-season game on NBA TV.
· NBA TV's Jan. 24 Fan Night match-up, featuring the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Heat, delivered 547,000 total viewers; 424,000 households; and 132,000 men 18-34. The match-up was the second most-watched Fan Night game of the 2011-12 regular season-to-dates for households and total viewers.
· NBA TV's Jan. 30 broadcast of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Clippers regular season game delivered 552,000 total households and 625,000 viewers and 174,000 Men 18-34. This game garnered the highest deliveries on households of any regular season game ever on NBA TV.
Source: Nielsen Media Research, StarTrak. Based on Live +Same Day data stream. NBA TV 2011-12 Regular Season 12/26/11-1/30/12. Same year ago period 12/27/10-1/31/11. NBA TV vs. NBC Sports Network Rebranding 1/1/12-1/29/12. Total Day, M-Sun 6A-6A. Prime, M-Sat 8-11P, Sun 7-11P.


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Taiwan's official status is complicated. Some view it as a region of China, others as the sole legitimate government of the mainland. Still others believe it to be an island with a unique history stretching back thousands of years and with a distinct culture made up of Austronesian, Han, Japanese and other influences ...and then there are those that think it's the same thing as Thailand, or as the mysterious origin of all our stuff.
Taiwanese Film Under the Japanese
The first films shown in Taiwan were brought by the Japanese, as early as 1901. As with Japanese films, they relied on a narrator (rather than intertitles) by figures known in Taiwan as benzi. The first Taiwanese benzi was also a musician and composer, Wang Yung-feng.
In 1903, Japanese director 高松豐次郎 (Takamatsu Toyojiro) began exhibiting films from Europe and Japan and built eight theaters. In February 1907, he filmed 台灣實況の紹介 (Introducing Taiwan today), a documentary shot in over a hundred villages and meant to showcase Japan's civilizing influence on Taiwan. The first Taiwanese feature film was Tanaka King's Da fo de tong kong (The eyes of Buddha), a 1922 film that starred Liu Xiyang, the country's first film actor.


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As the world's largest economy and second largest emitter, policy leadership from the United States will be critical in the transition to a Clean Revolution. The Climate Group's Head of US Policy, Evan Juska analyzes the latest US climate policy developments and trends, here focusing on Obama's upcoming State of the Union Address.
By Evan Juska, Head of US Policy, The Climate Group.
Climate policy advocates, who received President Obama's inauguration speech with cautious optimism, will no doubt be looking towards his State of the Union (SOTU) address for more details on how he intends to "respond to the threat of climate change."
Rightly so, since Presidents have traditionally used the SOTU speech to outline their legislative agenda and exercise the power of their bully pulpit.
But with so much attention placed on the big speech, it's worth considering how effective the SOTU has been historically in advancing the President's legislative goals.
According to research by political scientists Donna Hoffman and Alison Howard, policies proposed in the SOTU, dating back to 1965, have been enacted by Congress an average of 43% of the time – with a slightly lower success rate for second-term addresses (38%) and addresses during years of divided government (40%). In his first-term, President Obama was no exception, with a SOTU success rate of 45%.
The significant variation between SOTU success rates in a given year (as shown in the graph below from the Congressional Research Service) means that we shouldn't read too much into this data.
But for climate policy advocates, it does serve as a reminder that, when it comes to new legislation, getting on the President's agenda is only part of the battle.
And in some cases (such as Lyndon Johnson in 1967, Richard Nixon in 1971, Gerald Ford in 1975, Jimmy Carter in 1979, Ronald Reagan in 1983, 1985, and 1987, and George Bush in 1992), not even the most important one.
Read more by Evan Juska in The Climate Group's Blogs.


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5 Digital Skills Every Journalist Should Have
"[Journalists] are increasingly being required to take away from time doing actual reporting to do a million other things," said Menachem Wecker, education reporter for U.S. News & World Report. Which is why, if you want to succeed in the world of new media, having certain digital skills is a requirement. In the latest Mediabistro feature, seasoned journos tell which skills are the most important for journos to have, and give tips on how to boost your social media presence and resume. Below, an excerpt:
1. Social Media Management
Once you've written the perfect post, monitor how well it does through platforms like Chartbeat and Google Analytics. Find out how many shares you're getting through Facebook posts or whether Twitter fans are actually reading your stories or just retweeting them. Then, take it a step further and promote your stories during the times of day when your audience is the largest. Tweetdeck will let you "future post" updates, as will other apps like Twuffer or twitmessenger. Now that social media is no longer just a fad, your goal should be to familiarize yourself with any and all platforms that will bolster the efficacy of your accounts.
For the full list, read 5 Digital Skills Every Journalist Should Have. [subscription required]


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The Central Connecticut baseball team dropped a 3-0 decision to top seed Bryant in the winner's bracket game of the Northeast Conference Tournament on Friday night in Norwich, CT. The Bulldogs advance to the championship game on Saturday at 4:15 p.m. and will need just one win to win the title.
The Blue Devils will face third-seed Sacred Heart for the second time in the tournament on Saturday at 12 noon in an elimination game. Central beat Sacred Heart 4-3 on Thursday in each team's first game of the tournament. The Pioneers beat Wagner on Friday, 13-8, in the first elimination game of the tournament.
With the victory Bryant is now 41-14 overall. CCSU is now 27-21 with the loss.
Senior Tom Coughlin was spectacular for the Blue Devils in the loss. He is now 5-5 on the season. He went eight innings and allowed just two earned runs and only three hits while striking out five batters.
Central's best chance to score came in the fourth inning. Senior J.P. Sportman recorded a one-out single and then went to third on a failed pick off attempt by Bryant starting pitcher Craig Schlitter. Schlitter, the league's Pitcher of the Year, recorded a strikeout and a groundout to end the threat.
Coughlin cruised through the first seven innings of play before Bryant struck first in the top of the eighth inning. Bryant catcher Buck McCarthy hit his fourth home run of the season to lead off the inning and give Bryant the 1-0 lead. The hit was just the third of the game for Bryant. With the bases loaded and one out a sacrifice fly from A.J. Zarozny made it 2-0.
The Bulldogs added a run in the ninth inning to push the lead to 3-0. Central managed just three hits in the game off of Schlitter, who improves to 10-1 with the win. It's his second shutout vs. the Blue Devils this season and his fourth of the season.
Bryant advances to Saturday's second game (4:15 p.m.) and will need only one win to secure the NEC title. The Blue Devil will play Sacred Heart in an elimination game at 12 p.m. on Saturday, and will need to win three straight to win the title.