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Zak McLamb, left, and Jeff Ferber haul a Coke machine up the stairs at the Whichard Building Annex Dec. 20 on East Carolina University's campus. McLamb said he and Ferber, both Coca-Cola Bottling Company employees, were placing an average of 10 machines a day on campus. ECU News photo by Cliff Hollis.
ECU awards exclusive beverage contract to Coke
GREENVILLE (Dec. 22, 2010) —
East Carolina University officials have awarded exclusive pouring rights to Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated, after reviewing request for proposal responses submitted to the university.
The contract gives Coke the exclusive right to sell its products on campus for a period of 10 years beginning January 1, 2011. This replaces the previous contract with Minges Bottling Group, a Pepsi-Cola company, which had been in place since 1998. The East Carolina University Board of Trustees was advised of the award at their November meeting.
ECU Associate Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance–Business Services Scott Buck said the bidding process was more complex due to state requirements to separately request proposals for soft drinks, juice, and bottled water. Coca-Cola's combined bids totaled $10.5 million for the 10-year period.
"We have enjoyed a positive working relationship with Pepsi and the Minges Bottling Group and have a tremendous respect for the Minges family and their ties to East Carolina and the region," said Buck. "This new contract represents the beginning of a new relationship, and we are extremely pleased with the generous commitment that Coke has made to ECU."
ECU followed the trend of most other universities in the 1990s of awarding an exclusive contract to a beverage provider in order to generate revenue for the school. Canned, bottled, and fountain drinks sold or distributed on campus, in university dining halls, cafes and convenience shops, as well as at all athletic concessions, special events, and vending machines are covered under the contract.
The university will allocate the revenue from the new contract to academic merit scholarships, athletic scholarships, and leadership and educational projects. The Athletics Department will receive funding for capital projects. A percentage will go to an endowment fund for academic scholarships, an endowment fund for grants-in-aid to student-athletes. And a portion will go to continue funding a staff/faculty textbook loan program and faculty/student leadership programs.
A request for proposals was distributed in September and bids were opened October 18. Auxiliary Services Director Willie Lee coordinated the bid process and is the contract administrator.
"We expect a smooth transition as campus facilities and equipment are changed from one provider to the other," said Lee. "Students, staff, and faculty will see the changes when they return for the spring semester after the holidays."
One thing that will not immediately change is the price. Under the new contract, vending prices will remain the same for most products for at least three years. After that time, pricing will be evaluated, and any decisions to adjust prices will be made jointly.
Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated carries a number of different popular brands in almost every category. Coke's lineup includes traditional soft drinks such as Coke, Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Cherry Coke, Sprite, Sprite Zero, Mello Yello, Dr. Pepper, Diet Dr. Pepper, Fanta Orange and Grape, Seagram's Ginger Ale, Nestea, Hi-C, and Sundrop. Additionally, Coke will be offering juice products, such as Minute Maid, Fuze, V8 Splash and V8 Fusion blends, as well as bottled water products that include Dasani, Vitaminwater, and Smartwater. Coke will also carry Powerade, Full Throttle and NOS in the isotonic and energy drink categories. While not all types of beverages will be offered at every venue, the product assortment will be adjusted based on product sales and customer preference in specific areas.
Representatives of the local Coca-Cola bottler said they are excited to be back on ECU's campus. Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated has their corporate offices in Charlotte and is very familiar with having exclusive rights on college campuses, including similar relationships with universities including N.C. State, West Virginia, Clemson, and the University of South Carolina.
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The Muslim Brotherhood has urged Egyptians to rally behind their presidential candidate in an almost certain run-off with rival Ahmed Shafiq, warning the country would be in danger if fallen dictator Hosni Mubarak's premier wins.world Updated: May 26, 2012 08:09 IST
The Muslim Brotherhood has urged Egyptians to rally behind their presidential candidate in an almost certain run-off with rival Ahmed Shafiq, warning the country would be in danger if fallen dictator Hosni Mubarak's premier wins.
The Brotherhood on Friday declared its candidate Mohammed Mursi the front-runner in the May 23-24 election after all the votes had been counted, with Shafiq in second place.
Several newspaper websites also put Mursi and shafiq out in front after the voting on Wednesday and Thursday.
A run-off between Shafiq and Mursi will further polarise a nation that rose up against the authoritarian Mubarak 15 months ago but has since suffered a spike in violence and a declining economy.
The electoral commission is expected to declare the official results on Tuesday, but tallies of the vote counting provided by the official MENA news agency and Al-Ahram newspaper showed Mursi in first place and Shafiq in second.
"We have complete numbers now. Complete, after adding expatriate votes," said Essam al-Erian, the deputy head of the Brotherhood's political arm.
Erian told a press conference it was "completely clear" that Mursi and Shafiq had topped the presidential vote and would compete in the run-off on June 16-17.
He said Mursi won 25.3% of the vote, and Shafiq 24%. Pan-Arab socialist Hamdeen Sabahi won 22%, Erian said.
Both Mursi and Shafiq had been written off as long shots just weeks before the historic election in which the country freely voted for the first time to elect a president after Mubarak's ouster in a democratic uprising.
Shafiq's success appears to have shaken the influential Islamist movement, which won parliamentary and senate elections held last winter.
"The slogan now is: 'the nation is in danger,'" Erian said. He said Mursi himself was calling losing candidates for a meeting on Saturday to ensure Shafiq would not win the election.
"The revolution is in danger, we need to have a democratic country, Shafiq is against democracy," he told AFP after the press conference.
Another Brotherhood official told AFP that Mursi would personally call the movement's bitter rival Abdel Moneim Abul Fotouh, a former Brotherhood leader who ran independently of the movement.
"We call on all sincere political and national forces to unite to protect the revolution and to achieve the pledges we took before our great nation," a Brotherhood statement said.
"Today we face desperate attempts to reproduce the old regime," it said.
Fotouh's campaign earlier issued a statement calling on Egyptians to confront "the corrupt regime" in the run-offs, in a veiled reference to Shafiq.
A spokesman from Shafiq's campaign, Karim Salem, denied that his candidate would represent a retreat from the goals of the uprising.
"No, (the Mubarak) era is finished, politics have changed. Egypt is entering democracy," Salem said.
In Cairo, voters were thrilled by the free, contested election, whose results were not predetermined, but conceded that many challenges lay ahead.
"It's our first year of democracy, like a baby that is still learning to crawl," said Mustafa Abdo, a bank employee.
The election, which saw 50 million eligible voters given the chance to choose among 12 candidates, was hailed by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who congratulated Egypt on its "historic" presidential election, and said Washington was ready to work with a new government in Cairo.
Electoral commission officials said turnout was around 50% over the two days of voting.
Contenders included former foreign minister and Arab League chief Amr Mussa, who touted his experience but was hammered for his ties to the old regime.
The election seals a tumultuous military-led transition from autocratic rule marked by political upheaval and bloodshed, but which also witnessed parliamentary elections that saw Islamist groups score a crushing victory.
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, in power since Mubarak's ouster, has vowed to restore civilian rule by the end of June, after a president is elected, but many fear its withdrawal from politics will be just an illusion.
The army, with its vast and opaque economic power, wants to keep its budget a secret by remaining exempt from parliamentary scrutiny, maintain control of military-related legislation and secure immunity from prosecution.
Mubarak, 84 and ailing, is being held in a military hospital on the outskirts of Cairo where he awaits the verdict of his murder trial on June 2 over the deaths of protesters during the uprising.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Women may hold the key in Virginia's slash-and-burn race for governor, rendering a final judgment on a campaign marked by fights over social issues.
Democrats have not relented in their criticism of Republican Ken Cuccinelli's positions on abortion, women's reproductive health and even divorce, and it's taken a toll, especially among female voters. Polls show Cuccinelli consistently struggling to connect with women in his race against Democratic Terry McAuliffe.
Heading into Tuesday's election, the cash-poor Cuccinelli campaign is trying to set the record straight at every stop, with the state attorney general telling allies, "The truth is our friend here."
The timeline is not.
In the race's waning days, Cuccinelli is essentially silent in paid television ads.
He plans to urge supporters to tell their neighbors, especially women, that he's a better candidate for them. The former state senator talks about his wife and daughters at every chance, and how he formed the first sexual assault-prevention group when he was an undergraduate at the University of Virginia, after his roommate was a victim.
But time is running out. He's facing a massive deficit on campaign advertising, and he was outspent by a margin of 25-to-1 for most of the week. A late-week ad buy cut in that, making it a 10-1 margin.
Polls show major hurdles with female voters. A Quinnipiac University poll last week found women backing McAuliffe by 50 percent to 37 percent. An earlier Washington Post poll showed Cuccinelli trailing among women, 34 percent to 58 percent.
McAuliffe has seized upon Cuccinelli's legislative record involving issues closely watched by women, from reproductive health and abortion to Cuccinelli's opposition to no-fault divorce. In advertising, McAuliffe has used these issues to argue that Cuccinelli would try to interfere in the private lives of voters.
Cuccinelli has opposed abortion unless a mother's life is at risk. As attorney general, he forced the state's Board of Health to reverse a decision last year to exempt existing abortion clinics from a new law that required them to meet the same architectural standards as new hospitals.
McAuliffe has aired advertising highlighting Cuccinelli's support for the "personhood" bill, a 2007 measure that would have added to the state's constitution that "life begins at the moment of fertilization." Medical organizations said the legislation could limit a woman's ability to access contraception, including birth control.
Another ad focused attention on a Cuccinelli bill that would make it more difficult for couples with minor children to get a divorce.
Democratic strategists who have worked in Virginia said the context has been important. The campaign followed high-profile legislation in 2012 that would have forced women to undergo vaginally invasive ultrasound exams before having abortions.
Cuccinelli opposed making the procedure mandatory but supported a requirement that if the procedure were performed, the results would be shared with the patient. The procedure was deleted from the bill in favor of a mandated external ultrasonic exam and became law, but it remains unpopular with many voters.
"That made a lot of the Cuccinelli background and a lot of the Cuccinelli positions a lot more relevant to voters," said Pete Brodnitz, a Democratic pollster who has worked for U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va.
That's opened the door for McAuliffe to borrow a page out of the Barack Obama playbook.
Running up strong margins among women has turned into the template for Democrats in competitive states such as Virginia. Obama won among female voters in Virginia by 9 percentage points in the 2012 presidential race and 7 percentage points in 2008, driving him to victory in the swing voter state.
Obama won double-digit majorities among female voters in Iowa, Wisconsin, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Ohio in 2012, compensating for losing the male vote in those states. In each of these competitive states, women comprised more than 50 percent.
Turnout this year could be as low as 30 percent, although both campaigns are anticipating it to be closer to 40 percent. The lower the turnout, the better the chances for Cuccinelli because his loyal conservative base is more likely to show up on Election Day, while Democrats could be complacent given McAuliffe's lead in most public polling.
That's why McAuliffe, even Friday, was reminding voters of Cuccinelli's positions on women's health issues.
"I will be a brick wall," McAuliffe pledged during a conference call. "I trust women to make their own choices."
By contrast, in 2009 Republican Bob McDonnell placed less emphasis on his social views and presented himself as a job-focused centrist. During that campaign, the Republican was tripped up by reports of a master's thesis he wrote in the 1980s that argued working women and feminism was "detrimental" to the family.
McDonnell's campaign helped defend his record by airing ads that featured McDonnell's three daughters, and he got help from women who worked with McDonnell. The Republican scored a sweeping victory against Democrat Creigh Deeds, winning among female voters.
Cuccinelli is hoping for the same and casts the health care overhaul as a worry for women.
Women, he said, "don't like it when they're threatened with the federal government taking their doctor away, taking their health insurance away, taking their choices away."
Thomas reported from Washington.
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Visitors to the Las Vegas Balloon Festival will be able to learn how the balloons get off the ground, and even take a ride in one at the Oct. 25-27 event.
Amid a colorful multitude of tethered balloons, the Las Vegas Balloon Festival will also feature food stalls and a carnival. A specially equipped balloon will be available to take people with disabilities aloft.
The event begins at 7 a.m. each day on the grounds of Southern Hills Hospital in the southwest Las Vegas Valley, about 20 minutes from the Strip. It's a fundraiser for the volunteers who help staff the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's Search and Rescue unit.
Admission is free, but there is a charge for sunrise balloon rides starting at $250. A "Reach for the Stars" balloon will offer trips in its handicapped-accessible basket.
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Addictive Drums used on Avril Lavigne's award-winning album!
Avril Lavigne's mutli-platinum album, 'The Best Damn Thing', features XLN Audio's Addictive Drums.
Drummer and programmer Stephen Wolf (aka 'Wolf', above) says, "I think it's one of the best products of its kind on the market: great user interface, cool effects, etc, but my favorite thing about it is the fact that it comes with a great library of drum sounds."
Wolf has done live drumming and programming on albums by artists such as Pink, Britney Spears, Sugababes, and Annie Lennox, to name just a few.
"The Best Damn Thing" has sold 5 million copies worldwide by the end of 2007 according to the IFPI and globally it was the fourth biggest selling album for 2007...so hats off to XLN's Addictive Drums! Lavigne and Wolf liked it so much they gave it a credit in the album sleeve.
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XLN Addictive Drums has everything you need to make a professional drumtrack production. It's flexible, yet very quick to learn and use. Addictive Drums is built on three major, and equally important, building blocks. You really need ALL three of them to get a complete drum production: Samples of the best brands available, in a studio with great acoustics, with a multi-mic setup. Stored in a multichannel format. Mixing, insert Effects, reverbs - the Know-How of a sound technician / producer. And last but not least, the grooves, beats and fills of a good dummer! Addictive Drums offers all this, in ONE easy-to-use plugin, compatible with all the major host softwares out there!
With one click, you can load up a complete drum production. The settings for the Kit, the Insert Effects and the 2 built in Reverbs are recalled in a split second. Save your own presets, and organize them in folders for quick access in any project. They appear automatically in the preset menu. So many production styles are covered that you are bound to find something that works with your music production. Even if this is not the case you can easily start out with a preset that is close to what you want, and then tweak your way to a drum production that suits your music perfectly. When you are done, just save the preset, and it will be there for you to recall instantly in your other projects.
Addictive Drums is very easy to learn and use, and it works for just about anybody. The User Interface is straight-forward and gives you lots of flexibility. All settings can be tweaked and changed to perfection, and Addictive Drums introduces some very neat features that haven't even been seen or heard until now!
Addictive Drums ships with 3 complete kits, and lots of extra drums and cymbals. The samples include every nuance from the softest to the hardest hits, many stroke variations (hihat has 12 variations, snare has 6 for example) Alternating samples through-out bring unparalleled realism. All sampled drum/cymbal sounds are recorded with a multi channel mic setup, just as you would record a real drum kit.


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When most people buy a STIHL tool, they have a specific task in mind. But your STIHL can do more. We've put together a list of recommended uses for STIHL tools that help you get even more versatility out of your quality equipment.
While this list contains some lesser-known applications for your equipment, they still fall within proper operation guidelines set forth by STIHL. STIHL equipment should only be used as directed in your product's instruction manual. Please refer to your product's full instruction manual for more information.
1. Clean the gutters
Clogged gutters may become a thing of the past with a gutter kit for your STIHL blower. A series of plastic tubes attach to your handheld blower and can extend to more than ten feet, providing the additional extension needed to reach most residential gutters. Great for removing dry leaves and debris. For use with BG 55, BG 56 C-E, BG 66 L, BG 86, BG 86 C-E and BGE 61 models.
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Did you know that some select STIHL trimmers, pole pruners, hedge trimmers and edgers feature an interchangeable gearbox? These models allow you to detach the cutting head of the tool and replace it with a wide range of compatible attachments. Attachments include a cultivator, edger, power scythe, pole pruner, hedge trimmer, sweeper and more! For more information, download our Interchangeable Gearbox Compatibility Chart.
3. Clear a hunting path
Set up your hunting area with STIHL woodcutting tools. With our powerful and lightweight chainsaws and pole pruners, you can remove fallen limbs from trails, take down obscuring branches and clear dense brush from just about anywhere. Please refer to your product's full instruction manual for more information on approved product applications.
4. Remove light snow
Forget the broom. With your STIHL blower, you can remove light snow from your walkways, patio, car and more. STIHL blowers make quick work of snow - even in those smaller, hard-to-reach areas.
5. Show off your artistic side
For those with an artistic flair, STIHL offers lightweight tools that feature great control for delicate cutting. For wood carvers, STIHL recommends the MS 193 C-E chainsaw for its lightweight design, low vibration levels and consistent power output, thanks to its IntelliCarb™ technology. For hedge sculptors, STIHL recommends the HS 87 T hedge trimmer. Its single-sided blade is specially designed to give sculpting professionals ultimate cutting control. The hedge trimmer is also lightweight and includes low vibration technology. Please refer to your product's full instruction manual for more information on approved product applications.


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BAM! Body and Mind
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Pulmonary Fibrosis
Life Expectancy
My uncle has been placed in a home hospice program due to the severity of PF. He is currently on oxygen (6 liters setting). He also takes prednisone, some vitamins,a fluid pill and a heart med. He is 77 years. He is easily fatigued, especially when moving about the house or even dressing. He was advised that he had approximately 6 - 8 months of life left. What do we need to look for and/or be aware of concerning his condition both physically and mentally in the comming weeks? Is it possible with good care that his life to be extended?
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a fatal disease with an average life expectancy of 3-5 years after diagnosis. This is an average, however, and many patients will live either longer or shorter depending on their individual circumstances. Hospice is usually started when the physician believes that a patient has less then 6 months of life.
It is not possible to predict the exact number of months (or years) that a patient will live. However, as IPF enters advanced stages, patients become tired easily and often sleep more. It becomes hard to move about the house and many patients live on one floor so that they do not need to go up and down stairs. As shortness of breath and oxygen levels worsen, patients often need higher amounts of supplemental oxygen to control shortness of breath. In addition to shortness of breath, patients can have a cough. If severe shortness of breath or cough develops, then physicians often add opioid medications such as morphine to help with the symptoms; hospice is usually well-equipped to administer these types of medications.
James N Allen, Jr, MD
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College of Medicine
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GR - "The latest patch for Skyrim adds Legendary difficulty and skills."
Honestly I don't like the idea of the new Legendary difficulty, why would I want to waste my time with resetting my skill tree after all the hard work I put into it...
I enjoyed and played this game more than any other game...but with every great adventure comes an end. I am satisfied with my experience with Skyrim.
Just too many games out where it's tough to put so much time in just one game.


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Intel wants to thank all of the researchers who participated in the Many-Core Application Research Community. Intel's support for the Many-core Application Research Program ended in December, 2013. The information on this site is now read-only. There are no longer any active posts.
Intel announces Intel® Parallel Computing Centers
Intel is committed to making the journey to parallel computing together with you – beginning with a new program of Intel® Parallel Computing Centers. Intel Parallel Computing Centers are universities, institutions, and labs that are leaders in their field. The centers are focusing on modernizing applications to increase parallelism and scalability through optimizations that leverage cores, caches, threads, and vector capabilities of microprocessors and coprocessors. Code modernization is expected to enable large performance increases while maintaining the code portability users expect. Training engineers on modernizing their code is also necessary. To meet this need, the centers are developing a curriculum to equip students, scientists, partners and computer scientists with the skills to fully realize the capabilities of parallel computing resources. By enabling the advancement of parallelism, the Intel® Parallel Computing Centers will accelerate discovery in the fields of energy, finance, manufacturing, life sciences, weather, and beyond.
For more information go to http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-parallel-computing-centers. The Intel® Academic Program is accepting collaboration proposals until December 1st, 2013.
Many-Core Application Research Community Extended Through December 2013
The Many-Core Application Research Community includes more than 100 Institutions and 150 research projects with hundreds of participants world-wide. The MARC Program has exceeded Intel's expectations with broad participation, software contributions and research results on the Single-chip Cloud Computer.
Software research has explored Barrelfish, X10, Bare Metal, Software Managed Coherence, Comm libraries, Message Passing Interfaces and more. The MARC Community has hosted numerous events and published nearly 100 papers on power and thermals, comms, memory management, programming languages, algorithms, and applications. More than a dozen institutions have active SCC-based curriculum to broaden Many-Core understanding and pursue research goals.
The MARC Program has built a world-wide research community and enhanced our understanding of many-core architecture and usage. Most MARC researchers have published papers or plan to do so soon. Intel has achieved a key many-core milestone with the announcement of Intel's Xeon Phi™ product! Intel's extending the MARC Program for a third year to help many-core researchers transition to the Intel® Xeon Phi™ product. Early in 2012 Intel closed the MARC Program to new participants. As announced in November 2012 at the MARC Symposium, Intel will end support for the MARC Program in December 2013. Research teams should focus on completing your research. As Intel works through the transition planning more details will be communicated.
Please see the April 2013 MARC Newsletter for more information or contact email@example.com
Based on interest from MARC community members, we are offering the option to have your name and contact information added to a MARC Researchers address book. This will only be available to registered MARC community members - not to the general public - through the MARC website. Please note that this is completely optional. We encourage interactions between researchers, this looks like a quick and easy way to make introductions.
Note: Access to address book is restricted to registered users only. Registration is now closed.
A special "Thank you" from The MARC Community to these individuals for their contributions to the MARC program.
· Jan-Arne Sobania of HPI has been a cornerstone of the MARC Community. His insights and carefully researched recommendations enabled other researchers to overcome problems and move forward quickly. Jan-Arne has been a key resource who resolved many complex technical challenges, and he has actively managed SCC Linux for the benefit of the MARC Community.
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- Bring appropriate materials.
- Textbook(s)
- Notes
- Pencils, pens, paper
- Class syllabus
- Past quizzes or tests
- A good attitude!
- Be familiar with the material you will be working on.
- Read you syllabus and understand the requirements for your class.
- Attend each scheduled tutoring session!
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The Hymn of St. Patrick, Teacher of the Irish
by Secundinus, his bishop
The poem is an accrostic (each stanza begins with a successive letter of the alphabet).
It was found in a book called "The Wisdom of St. Patrick".
Audite (Listen)
Hear all ye who love God, the holy merits
Of the Bishop Patrick, a man blessed in Christ;
How, on account of his good actions, he is likened unto the angels,
And for his perfect life, is counted equal to the Apostles.
Beati (O You Blessed)
He keepeth the commandments of the blessed Christ in all things,–
His works shine brightly before men,
Who follow his holy and admirable example,
Whence also they glorify the Lord his Father which is in heaven.
Constans (Perseverance)
Steadfast in the fear of the Lord, and immovable in faith
On whom, as on Peter, the Church is built;
Who received his Apostleship from God.
The gates of hell shall not prevail against him.
Dominus (The Lord)
The Lord chose him to teach the barbarous nation
TO fish (for men) with the nets of doctrine,
To draw believers from the world unto grace,
That they might follow the Lord to the heavenly se
Electa (The Chosen)
He trades with the choice Gospel talents of Christ,
Which he puts out at usury amongst the Hibernian nations,
Destined hereafter, along with Christ, to possess the of the heavenly kingdom,
As a recompense for this labor.
Fidelis (The Faithful)
A faithful messenger and distinguished messenger of God,
He shows to the good an apostolic example and pattern;
Who preaches to the people of God, as well by deeds by words,
So that by good works he may provoke those to imitation, whom he does not convert by his word
Gloriam (Glory [to God])
He has glory with Christ, and honor in this world,
Being venerated by all as the angel of God;
Whom God sent, even as Paul, to be an Apostle to the Gentiles,
To guide men unto the kingdom of God.
Humilis (Humility)
Humble, through fear of God, both in spirit and behavior,
Upon whom an account of his good actions rests the Spirit of the Lord:
Who beareth in his righteous flesh the marks of Christ,
In whose cross alone he glories and sustains himself
Impiger (The Deprived)
He diligently feedeth believers with heavenly food
Lest those who are seen with Christ should faint by the way:
To whom he distributes the words of the Gospel like the loaves
In whose hands they are multiplied like the manna.
Kastam (Purity)
Who, through the love of God, keepeth his flesh pure,
Having prepared it to be a temple for the Holy Spirit,
By whom it is constantly possessed with good motions;
And who offers up his body a living sacrifice, well pleasing to the Lord.
Lumen (The Light)
He is a great and burning evangelical light of the world,
Set upon a candlestick, shining unto the whole world;
A strong city of the king, set upon a hill,
In which is much store of the riches of the Lord.
Maximus (Greatness)
He shall be called the greatest in the kingdom of heaven
Who fulfills, by good works, what he teaches in his holy discourses.
He goes before with a good example, and a pattern to the faithful;
And in a pure heart has faith towards God.
Nomen (The Name)
He boldly preaches the name of the Lord to the Gentiles,
To whom he gives the eternal grace of the laver of salvation;
For whose offenses he daily prays to God:
For whom also he offers up sacrifices worthy of God.
Omnem (Christ is All)
He despises all the glory of the world, in comparison with the Divine law,
Counting all things as but chaff, compared with Christ's table;
Nor is he disturbed by the violence of the thunder of this world
But rejoices in tribulation when he suffers for Christ.
Pastor (The Shepherd)
A good and faithful shepherd of the Gospel-Rock,
Chosen by God, to watch the people of God,
And to feed, with Divine doctrines, the nation;
For which, after the example of Christ, he is giving his life.
Quem (Whom)
Whom the Savior advanced for his merits, to be a Bishop,
That he might exhort the clergy in the heavenly warfare-
To whom he distributes the bread from heaven, along with garments,
Which is fulfilled in his divine and holy discourses.
Regis (The King)
A messenger of the king, inviting believers to the marriage,
Who is arrayed in the wedding garment;
Who draws the heavenly wine in heavenly vessels,
Pledging the people of God in the spiritual cup.
Sacrum (Blessed [or Sacred] Things)
He finds in the sacred volume a sacred treasure,
Which he purchases with his holy and perfect merits.
He discerns also the Godhead of the Savior in the flesh.
He is named Israel, beholding God in his spirit.
Testis (Witness)
A faithful witness of God in the Catholic doctrine,
Whose words are seasoned with the Divine oracles,
So that they are not corrupted, like human flesh, and eaten of worms;
But are salted with a heavenly savor for the sacrifice.
Verus (The Gospel or Truth)
A true and excellent cultivator of the Gospel field,
Whose seeds are seen to be the Gospels of Christ,
Which he sows from his divine mouth in the ears of the wise,
And tills their hearts and minds with the Holy Spirit.
Xristus (The Christ)
Christ chose him to be his vicar on the earth,
Who liberates captives from a two-fold bondage;
And of the many whom he has redeemed from the bondage of men,
Releases numberless persons from the dominion of the devil.
Ymnos (Hymn)
He sings Hymns, with the Apocalypse, and the Psalms of God,
On which also he discourses, for the edification of the people of God;
Which Scripture he believes in the Trinity of the sacred Name,
And teaches the One substance in Three Persons.
Zona (The Lord's Territory)
Girt with the girdle of the Lord, by day and night,
He prays without ceasing to the Lord God,
Receiving the reward of which great labor,
He shall reign with the Holy Apostles over Israel.


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Abrams is also credited with being the driving force behind the hit TV show "Lost", which he executive produced and co-directed during its run from 2004-2010.


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And the patent and lawsuit related news just keeps on coming. Sorry. Anywho, this one's a doozy. As we all know, Oracle - led by Larry Elison, who just so happens to be one of Steve Jobs' best friends, but this is of course entirely coincidental - is suing the crap out of Google over the use of Java in Android, claiming not only patent but also copyright infringement. Well, when Sun was still on its own, its CEO, Jonathan Schwarz, publicly and explicitly endorsed Android's use of Java in a blog post - a post that has since been removed by Oracle. But, as we all know, the internet never forgets.
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Chapter 6 - South to Saerloon
With their numbers now significantly bolstered, the group sets it sights on Saerloon, one of the largest trading ports in Sembia. It is there that the Order had originally meant for them to go, their outpost there under attack by Sigphan's rival group. Fate had provided a different path for the party, however, and though they had found, interrogated, and eliminated Sigphan, their mission to support the Order's efforts in Saerloon had been set aside.
Now, they were back on the right path, with additional strength, knowledge, and information to help in their efforts. Sigphan's former employers were a group of Bane-worshippers, led by a man named Jon, headquartered somewhere in Saerloon. As well, numerous signs suggest that the Wizard's Council, of which Andrej and Zetroc were a part, also has interests in Saerloon, such that visiting the city might prove useful in a number of ways.
Glancing around, you wonder how your new companions will fare in the coming days. They came with a message from the sorceress Ara, detailing their recent arrival at the Order's compound in Hlaungadath and their directives to assist your dwindling group, but beyond that you know little about them. And though the message seemed authentic enough, with the sorts of people they had crossed recently, anything was possible...


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During the busy festive period, Roberto Mancini's side slipped seven points behind their title rivals Manchester United but Kompany believes that the champions have more than enough confidence within the camp to retain their crown.
"What I would say is that a couple of years ago, had we fallen seven points behind, we would all have said to ourselves that it would be very difficult," Kompany told the Daily Mirror.
"But now we've done it, nobody panics. Everything is still possible. We have proved what we can do and everybody is very calm.
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"We've set our standards high and worked hard for a long time to bring ourselves into this position. We're not going to let it slip now.
"When you've won the title, you aim for another one. That's not just the ambition for 2013, but for the future of the club.
"You have to consider that all the other big teams are on a hot streak as well," said the City captain.
"The pressure is on everyone because if you lose even a single point you might have two or three teams catching you up or going away from you.
"The reason we're not closer to United is not that we've been playing badly. We've only lost two games, which is not a bad record at this stage of the season.
"But United are doing extremely well and, if they continue to play like they have been doing, it will be difficult.
"But we're perfectly capable of having a long, long winning streak that will bring us very close. So it's a good challenge."The side will now be without key midfielder Yaya Toure and his brother Kolo for up to six weeks now as both players have left for Africa Cup of Nations duty with the Ivory Coast, leaving Kompany attempting to play down their absences.
He added: "Yaya has played every game and that shows you how important he is for the team.
"But that's something we'll have to deal with. It is like having an injury, it happens. We believe we have enough players to step up and make the difference."


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if I take an Undead, Mech and Flying to counter, he will just swap to the puffer to soak the undead damage, i swap to flying, he will swap to his panda etc etc, slowly eroding me down with pump/healing wave from the puffer.
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Midyear Awards Report: Disney/DreamWorks/Pixar (Analysis)
NOTE: Throughout July and August, The Hollywood Reporter's lead awards analyst and blogger Scott Feinberg will analyze each studio's 2012 awards outlook. He will then post his first "Feinberg Forecast" of the season -- featuring ranked projections for every major Oscar category -- on Sunday, Aug. 12.
The studios that we have covered, thus far: (1) Warner Bros., (2) Fox Searchlight, (3) Focus Features
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Disney, Pixar (which Disney acquired in 2006) and DreamWorks (whose films are released by Disney's Touchstone Pictures banner, which handles all of the studio's more mature fare) collectively account for a considerable number of awards contenders season after season. Last year, the Academy strongly embraced two DreamWorks films (The Help and War Horse, which both earned best picture noms and received a total of 10 noms), two very different sorts of Disney films (Reel Steel was nominated for best visual effects, and The Muppets was nominated for and won best original song) and one Pixar film (not the studio's big feature Cars 2 but rather its short La Luna, which was nominated for best animated short). Even if the studio's 13 collective noms produced only one Oscar, virtually all of the films on their slates were well-reviewed and performed very strongly at the box office.
PHOTOS: Behind the Scenes of Marvel's 'The Avengers'
Speaking of the box office, these guys all but owned it during the first half of the new season -- save for the expensive bump in the road that was March's John Carter -- with two of the top five highest grossers.
Things got off to a historic start with the May 4 release of Joss Whedon's The Avengers, the culmination of Marvel's series of comic book films over the last five years. The earlier installments -- Iron Man (2008), The Incredible Hulk (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), Thor (2011) and Captain America (2011) -- set the stage for this final piece of the puzzle. The unprecedented rollout for this 3D film about a diverse group of superheroes who unite to try to save the world from disaster -- played by Oscar nominees Robert Downey Jr., Jeremy Renner, and Mark Ruffalo, plus Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, and Scarlett Johansson, with support from Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow and Oscar nominee Samuel L. Jackson -- paid off in spades: it scored the biggest opening weekend in history ($207.3 million), reached $500 million domestically faster than any other film, and has now grossed $612 million domestially and $1.5 billion worldwide, more than any other film save for Titanic (1997) and Avatar (2009). More importantly, in terms of awards, it has been widely cheered by critics and the public (scoring 92% and 96%, respectively, on RottenTomatoes.com).
Then, in mid-June, Pixar released its big awards hopeful -- it always puts out one feature a year, the release of which is always a hotly anticipated event -- Brave, directed by Brenda Chapman (Pixar's first female director) and Mark Andrews (who replaced Chapman following creative disagreements). The studio's first fairy tale and first film centered around a female protagonist, it is set in ancient Scotland and focuses on Merida (voiced by Boardwalk Empire's Kelly Macdonald), a young princess and tomboy who refuses to be told whom she should marry, causing a falling-out between her and her mother that leads her to take an action that she spends the rest of the film trying to rectify. It's certainly not Pixar's most ambitious or entertaining effort, but it is, like all of their films, a profitable one: it cost $185 million, but has already grossed $211 million domestically and more than $281 million overall.
VIDEO: 'The Avengers' Premiere Red Carpet Interviews
One week later on June 29, Disney released a live-action drama, People Like Us, the directorial debut of Alex Kurtzman, who co-wrote the recent reboot of Star Trek. It features that film's star, Chris Pine, as a slick businessman whose professional life is falling into disarray (the FTC is on to him) when he learns that his long-estranged father has passed away, prompting him to return home to visit his mother (Oscar nominee Michelle Pfeiffer) and learn about his father's estate -- which, it turns out, has bequeathed him virtually nothing but left a considerable amount to a half-sister that he never even knew he had (Elizabeth Banks). The tear-jerker, which cost $16 million to make, has received mixed reviews and grossed less than $12 million, thus far.
Things will kick off in August with Disney's The Odd Life of Timothy Green (Aug. 15), a fantasy dramedy written and directed by Peter Hedges, who received a best adapted screenplay Oscar nom a decade ago for co-writing About a Boy (2002). The film revolves around a couple who, realizing they are unable to have a child together, write down and then bury a boxful of wishes about what their child would be like and then awaken the next morning to discover a 10-year-old boy (C.J. Adams) who fits that very description and claims them as his parents. Naturally, they are thrilled, but complications ensue. The film also features Oscar winner Dianne Wiest, Oscar nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo and Rosemarie Dewitt.
PHOTOS: 'The Odd Life Of Timothy Green' Hamptons Screening
Then, the fall will bring two very different sorts of animated films from the studio.
First up is Frankenweenie (Oct. 5), Tim Burton's adaptation of his own 1984 sci-fi/comedy short, which has been made into a feature using stop-motion animation, is in black-and-white and will be released in 3D and IMAX cinemas (making it the first stop-motion and/or black-and-white film to appear on their supersized screens). Owing a great deal to the horror classic Frankenstein (1931), it revolves around a young boy whose beloved dog is killed by a car but who manages to bring the charismatic pet back to life through a scientific invention, inadvertently creating a "monster" that he can no longer control and that causes a panic in the community. Among those voicing characters in the film: Oscar winner Martin Landau, two-time Oscar nominee Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short and Christopher Lee.
Then, just under a month later, comes Wreck-It Ralph (Nov. 2), a computer-animated film directed by Rich Moore (one of the principal creative forces behind television's The Simpsons and Futurama) from a truly original screenplay by Phil Johnston and Jennifer Lee. Set in a video game arcade, the film revolves around Wreck-It-Ralph (voiced by Oscar nominee John C. Reilly), who for more than 30 years has played the bad guy in a video game titled Fix-It Felix Jr., in which the good guy is Fix-It Felix (voiced by Emmy nominee Jack McBrayer). Ralph, tired of doing the same thing year after year and envious of Felix's popularity, decides to escape from his video game and seek another in which he can make a better life for himself. What he discovers, though, is that life outside of Fix-It Felix Jr. isn't necessarily better -- modern games feature meaner characters and greater violence than anything he has encountered before -- and it is only with the help of one of the many strange characters that he encounters (voiced by Sarah Silverman) that he manages to navigate the new terrain and mount an effort to save the arcade. (This terrific concept for an animated film is being promoted with a trailer that is as good as any that I've seen for an animated film in quite some time.)
PHOTOS: From 'Toy Story' to 'Brave': Your Essential Guide to Pixar's Movies
Finally, a week later (and, not coincidentally, three days after the U.S. presidential election), DreamWorks will unload its big gun, which -- on paper, at least -- looks to be the one to beat: Steven Spielberg's Lincoln (Nov. 9), which stars two-time best actor Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis as the man who is widely regarded as the greatest American President, Abraham Lincoln. The film, which was shot from a script by Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Kushner that was derived from the later chapters of Doris Kearns Goodwin's acclaimed book Team of Rivals (2005), will focus on how Lincoln, during the latter part of the Civil War, masterfully interacted with his Cabinet and the U.S. Congress to build support for the abolition of slavery, a cause that not even he had fully embraced just years earlier. I have been forcefully told that this is not a traditional biopic -- in other words, it doesn't feature a highlight reel of the subject's defining moments -- but is, instead, a study of the nature and character of a man who changed history, for a race and a nation, forever. The film's supporting cast -- which includes two-time Oscar winner Sally Field, Oscar winner Tommy Lee Jones and Oscar nominees Jackie Earle Haley, John Hawkes, Hal Holbrook and David Strathairn, plus Joseph Gordon-Levitt -- is hard to beat. Of Day-Lewis, Jones has said: "He's read his history, he's read his books -- Daniel has -- and his Lincoln is a country boy who also happens to be a brilliant lawyer and a poet. This is not a Lincoln that's just stepped off the dollar bill or just arisen from the Lincoln Monument. This is not the icon or the hero and he's not the joke of the old 'Honest Abe' nonsense. This is a real man, and I don't think Lincoln has ever been done as well."
Lincoln, on paper, is unquestionably one of the year's most promising contenders. Just think about its source material (the most celebrated book by one of the most venerated living historians, adapted for the screen by one of the most venerated living playwrights), subject matter (a drama about one of the most influential politicians and some of the most consequential events in history), director (a legendary two-time best director Oscar winner), below-the-line talent (Spielberg's unequaled regulars) and onscreen talent (which collectively accounts for 12 Oscar nominations and five Oscar wins)! But, while it might seem helpful to be labeled the presumptive "frontrunner," history has shown that it really isn't, since it raises expectations so high, for so long, that they become almost impossible to meet. This is something that Spielberg himself has experienced, as a director and/or producer, several times in recent years -- with Amistad (1997), The Terminal (2004), Munich (2005), Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), The Lovely Bones (2009) and, most recently, War Horse (2011) -- which is, at least in part, why DreamWorks has been relatively quiet about the film thus far. Whether or not the film wins best picture, it's very hard to imagine it not being nominated for it, and even harder to imagine Day-Lewis not being nominated for best actor. (Some are already quibbling about a Brit playing an iconic American, but they shouldn't forget who American Meryl Streep played en route to winning her third Oscar, or the fact that Day-Lewis has literally never been bad.) What will be most interesting, in a way, will be to see which members of the huge ensemble, if any, score supporting noms. I've heard that Field (as Lincoln's wife Mary) and Jones (as a powerful Pennsylvania congressman) will be in the mix, and based on my reading of the book, suspect that Strathairn will as well for his performance as William Seward, Lincoln's presidential rival-turned Secretary of State-turned confidante-turned fellow assassination target.
PHOTOS: Steven Spielberg on Set
The Avengers has a lot going for it. It not only was very entertaining and made a fortune at the box office, but also features a ton of respected actors from across the spectrum (age, race, gender, experience, etc.), and, as we've seen time and again over the years, films with large casts of this sort benefit from their actors having a lot of friends who are voters. Still, I think it's ultimately unlikely that the film will crack into the best picture race, since the Academy is still dominated by older folks who, by and large, dismiss summer popcorn movies as unworthy of such an honor. Even if such a film is somehow able to crack into the category this year, I would put my money on it being the culmination of another franchise, The Dark Knight Rises, which comes from a more widely revered director and series of films (although the Academy has not deemed it fit to recognize either in the past with best picture or best director noms).
It's too early to make much of a guess about the prospects of the three animated films. Brave is the best-made and most entertaining animated film released so far this year, but its competition has been minimal, and a horde of animated films have yet to be seen. For Pixar, the good news is that the number of animated releases will almost certainly trigger the category to expand to five slots, but the bad news is that there could very well be five other films that go over better -- quite possibly including one or both of the two from Disney. Burton has shown up in the category before, scoring a nom seven years ago for Corpse Bride (2005), of which Frankenweenie reminds me quite a lot. And, frankly, Wreck-It-Ralph looks even better than Frankenweenie. So only time will tell.
Meanwhile, People Like Us and The Odd Life of Timothy Green will both face uphill climbs due to their early release dates and lack of scale/gravitas -- they're basically entertaining, escapist films -- but the studio has expressed some hope that People's Banks might contend for a best supporting actress nom, even if that has to be considered a long shot.
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Palm Coast man strips at 7-Eleven store, police say
Palm Coast man strips at 7-Eleven store, police say
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. —
A Palm Coast man is accused of stripping naked in front of customers at a Daytona Beach 7-Eleven store.
Daylen Holloman, 20, was arrested early Wednesday and charged with indecent exposure after the incident at the store on North Oleander Avenue.
Police said they responded to the store after Holloman called them using a store phone, but when they arrived, Holloman stepped outside and said he didn't know why he called.
He then allegedly said he only knew he was a monkey, according to officials.
When the officer told Holloman he was human because humans wear clothes, Holloman proceeded to strip, despite warnings not to take off his clothes.
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When it comes to completing my day-to-day activities there's nothing like rocking out to my favorite tunes to bring some much needed motivation. What I love about the BlackBerry PlayBook is not only its portability but the quality of the sound from those tiny speakers. I'm a random playlist type of girl and if there is one feature I miss having it's the ability to see what's coming up next (the carousel view) from my BlackBerry device. LaurentCie looks to fill in the viewing gap and more with their latest application simply titled Next Songs.
Next Songs is an easy to use application with a clean interface that performs only one basic function, and that is to shuffle all of your music. As there are no unnecessary clicks this means from the moment you fire up the application your music is automatically randomized and starts playing the media stored on your PlayBook. Playlists are created with each session and are not saved upon exit as a new random list is generated each time Next Songs launches.
Viewing and managing media is also simplified in this application. It allows you to view seven songs at a time with the next page loading when the last song starts playing. By tapping on the album art or info, this action brings up the player controls on the same line. Here you can pause, change the song order with the arrows, fast forward (30 seconds), and even add/remove songs from the current playlist by tapping on the trash can. The only minor flaws I noticed were that sometimes there is a delay when you press any of the controls or try to switch songs and that you cannot go back to the beginning of the list.
Now there is one catch to this entire process. In order for this application to function properly you must sync your media using the BlackBerry Desktop Software. Next Songs will only play items located in the media sync folder. Also, album art is generated from either the Discogs website, when recognized, or from the album art transferred from your library onto the PlayBook.
Now while the PlayBook already has a built-in media player with shuffle mode, Next Songs offers instant shuffling and playback from the moment it opens. The only thing you have to do is sit back, relax, and listen to all of your favorite tunes. Next Songs is available in BlackBerry App World for $.99.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. - A public defender says 18-year-old Pedro Bravo will plead not guilty to a first-degree murder charge in the death of University of Florida student and South Florida native Christian Aguilar.
Court records show that Bravo's family has requested a public defender to represent him.
Aguilar was last seen in a Gainesville Best Buy with Bravo. Aguilar's remains were found Oct. 12 in rural Levy County.
Police say Bravo originally told them that he beat Aguilar unconscious and then left him somewhere.
Aguilar's family is now preparing to hold his funeral Tuesday, Oct. 23rd, in Miami. The funeral mass will be held at 1 p.m. in St. Dominic's Catholic Church at 5909 NW 7th St. Following the funeral mass, the burial will be held at 3 p.m. in Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery at 11411 NW 25th St.
The funeral will be open to the public. Carlos Aguilar, Christian's father, says the public and media helped bring his son home for a proper burial.
Copyright 2012 by Post Newsweek. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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I wanted to show the latest addition to my fleet arsenal so here it is: A new module for the Falcon.
Introducing the Long Range Falcon! One of the fastest ship available in the sector.
The ship carry a crew of two units and is armed with four MkII lasers.
Front storage
The back seat include a second set of control for the ship.
The actual crew is my current Sig-Fig with and without his armor.
Bottom of the ship.
Another storage compartment under the module.
The ship is rather small but as you can see here, there is a lot of space to carry equipment. (from left to right: Bladed Assault Rifle, Scope, Harpoons, Portable computer, Medi-Kit, Healing Injectors, Pistol, Knife and Personal Shield Generator).
The module can also be used to expand an Escort into a Long Range Escort.
The Long Range Escort can still deploy into an outpost and launch the Falcon.
Thanks for reading!


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Welcome to Oceanside Prefab, a modern prefab cabin in lovely Oceanside, on the coast of Oregon.
We've decided to make our home selectively available for rent to people who are passionate or curious about design, modern architecture and prefab. This site explains how it will work and what you can expect.
You can always send us email at [email protected].