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1 Praise the Lord.[a]
Praise the name of the Lord;
praise him, you servants of the Lord,
2 you who minister in the house of the Lord,
in the courts of the house of our God.
3 Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good;
sing praise to his name, for that is pleasant.
4 For the Lord has chosen Jacob to be his own,
Israel to be his treasured possession.
5 I know that the Lord is great,
that our Lord is greater than all gods.
6 The Lord does whatever pleases him,
in the heavens and on the earth,
in the seas and all their depths.
7 He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth;
he sends lightning with the rain
and brings out the wind from his storehouses.
8 He struck down the firstborn of Egypt,
the firstborn of people and animals.
9 He sent his signs and wonders into your midst, Egypt,
against Pharaoh and all his servants.
10 He struck down many nations
and killed mighty kings—
11 Sihon king of the Amorites,
Og king of Bashan,
and all the kings of Canaan—
12 and he gave their land as an inheritance,
an inheritance to his people Israel.
13 Your name, Lord, endures forever,
your renown, Lord, through all generations.
14 For the Lord will vindicate his people
and have compassion on his servants.
15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
made by human hands.
16 They have mouths, but cannot speak,
eyes, but cannot see.
17 They have ears, but cannot hear,
nor is there breath in their mouths.
18 Those who make them will be like them,
and so will all who trust in them.
19 All you Israelites, praise the Lord;
house of Aaron, praise the Lord;
20 house of Levi, praise the Lord;
you who fear him, praise the Lord.
21 Praise be to the Lord from Zion,
to him who dwells in Jerusalem.
Praise the Lord.
1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.
His love endures forever.
2 Give thanks to the God of gods.
His love endures forever.
3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords:
His love endures forever.
4 to him who alone does great wonders,
His love endures forever.
5 who by his understanding made the heavens,
His love endures forever.
6 who spread out the earth upon the waters,
His love endures forever.
7 who made the great lights—
His love endures forever.
8 the sun to govern the day,
His love endures forever.
9 the moon and stars to govern the night;
His love endures forever.
10 to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt
His love endures forever.
11 and brought Israel out from among them
His love endures forever.
12 with a mighty hand and outstretched arm;
His love endures forever.
13 to him who divided the Red Sea[b] asunder
His love endures forever.
14 and brought Israel through the midst of it,
His love endures forever.
15 but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea;
His love endures forever.
16 to him who led his people through the wilderness;
His love endures forever.
17 to him who struck down great kings,
His love endures forever.
18 and killed mighty kings—
His love endures forever.
19 Sihon king of the Amorites
His love endures forever.
20 and Og king of Bashan—
His love endures forever.
21 and gave their land as an inheritance,
His love endures forever.
22 an inheritance to his servant Israel.
His love endures forever.
23 He remembered us in our low estate
His love endures forever.
24 and freed us from our enemies.
His love endures forever.
25 He gives food to every creature.
His love endures forever.
26 Give thanks to the God of heaven.
His love endures forever.
1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept
when we remembered Zion.
2 There on the poplars
we hung our harps,
3 for there our captors asked us for songs,
our tormentors demanded songs of joy;
they said, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"
4 How can we sing the songs of the Lord
while in a foreign land?
5 If I forget you, Jerusalem,
may my right hand forget its skill.
6 May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth
if I do not remember you,
if I do not consider Jerusalem
my highest joy.
7 Remember, Lord, what the Edomites did
on the day Jerusalem fell.
"Tear it down," they cried,
"tear it down to its foundations!"
8 Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,
happy is the one who repays you
according to what you have done to us.
9 Happy is the one who seizes your infants
and dashes them against the rocks.
1 I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart;
before the "gods" I will sing your praise.
2 I will bow down toward your holy temple
and will praise your name
for your unfailing love and your faithfulness,
for you have so exalted your solemn decree
that it surpasses your fame.
3 When I called, you answered me;
you greatly emboldened me.
4 May all the kings of the earth praise you, Lord,
when they hear what you have decreed.
5 May they sing of the ways of the Lord,
for the glory of the Lord is great.
6 Though the Lord is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly;
though lofty, he sees them from afar.
7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
you preserve my life.
You stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes;
with your right hand you save me.
8 The Lord will vindicate me;
your love, Lord, endures forever—
do not abandon the works of your hands.
1 You have searched me, Lord,
and you know me.
2 You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
4 Before a word is on my tongue
you, Lord, know it completely.
5 You hem me in behind and before,
and you lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.
7 Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.
11 If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,"
12 even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.
13 For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts,[c] God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand—
when I awake, I am still with you.
19 If only you, God, would slay the wicked!
Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty!
20 They speak of you with evil intent;
your adversaries misuse your name.
21 Do I not hate those who hate you, Lord,
and abhor those who are in rebellion against you?
22 I have nothing but hatred for them;
I count them my enemies.
23 Search me, God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.
1 Rescue me, Lord, from evildoers;
protect me from the violent,
2 who devise evil plans in their hearts
and stir up war every day.
3 They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent's;
the poison of vipers is on their lips.[e]
4 Keep me safe, Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
protect me from the violent,
who devise ways to trip my feet.
5 The arrogant have hidden a snare for me;
they have spread out the cords of their net
and have set traps for me along my path.
6 I say to the Lord, "You are my God."
Hear, Lord, my cry for mercy.
7 Sovereign Lord, my strong deliverer,
you shield my head in the day of battle.
8 Do not grant the wicked their desires, Lord;
do not let their plans succeed.
9 Those who surround me proudly rear their heads;
may the mischief of their lips engulf them.
10 May burning coals fall on them;
may they be thrown into the fire,
into miry pits, never to rise.
11 May slanderers not be established in the land;
may disaster hunt down the violent.
12 I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor
and upholds the cause of the needy.
13 Surely the righteous will praise your name,
and the upright will live in your presence.
1 I call to you, Lord, come quickly to me;
hear me when I call to you.
2 May my prayer be set before you like incense;
may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.
3 Set a guard over my mouth, Lord;
keep watch over the door of my lips.
4 Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil
so that I take part in wicked deeds
along with those who are evildoers;
do not let me eat their delicacies.
5 Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness;
let him rebuke me—that is oil on my head.
My head will not refuse it,
for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.
6 Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,
and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.
7 They will say, "As one plows and breaks up the earth,
so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave."
8 But my eyes are fixed on you, Sovereign Lord;
in you I take refuge—do not give me over to death.
9 Keep me safe from the traps set by evildoers,
from the snares they have laid for me.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
while I pass by in safety.
1 I cry aloud to the Lord;
I lift up my voice to the Lord for mercy.
2 I pour out before him my complaint;
before him I tell my trouble.
3 When my spirit grows faint within me,
it is you who watch over my way.
In the path where I walk
people have hidden a snare for me.
4 Look and see, there is no one at my right hand;
no one is concerned for me.
I have no refuge;
no one cares for my life.
5 I cry to you, Lord;
I say, "You are my refuge,
my portion in the land of the living."
6 Listen to my cry,
for I am in desperate need;
rescue me from those who pursue me,
for they are too strong for me.
7 Set me free from my prison,
that I may praise your name.
Then the righteous will gather about me
because of your goodness to me.
1 Lord, hear my prayer,
listen to my cry for mercy;
in your faithfulness and righteousness
come to my relief.
2 Do not bring your servant into judgment,
for no one living is righteous before you.
3 The enemy pursues me,
he crushes me to the ground;
he makes me dwell in the darkness
like those long dead.
4 So my spirit grows faint within me;
my heart within me is dismayed.
5 I remember the days of long ago;
I meditate on all your works
and consider what your hands have done.
6 I spread out my hands to you;
I thirst for you like a parched land.[h]
7 Answer me quickly, Lord;
my spirit fails.
Do not hide your face from me
or I will be like those who go down to the pit.
8 Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,
for I have put my trust in you.
Show me the way I should go,
for to you I entrust my life.
9 Rescue me from my enemies, Lord,
for I hide myself in you.
10 Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God;
may your good Spirit
lead me on level ground.
11 For your name's sake, Lord, preserve my life;
in your righteousness, bring me out of trouble.
12 In your unfailing love, silence my enemies;
destroy all my foes,
for I am your servant.
1 Praise be to the Lord my Rock,
who trains my hands for war,
my fingers for battle.
2 He is my loving God and my fortress,
my stronghold and my deliverer,
my shield, in whom I take refuge,
who subdues peoples[i] under me.
3 Lord, what are human beings that you care for them,
mere mortals that you think of them?
4 They are like a breath;
their days are like a fleeting shadow.
5 Part your heavens, Lord, and come down;
touch the mountains, so that they smoke.
6 Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy;
shoot your arrows and rout them.
7 Reach down your hand from on high;
deliver me and rescue me
from the mighty waters,
from the hands of foreigners
8 whose mouths are full of lies,
whose right hands are deceitful.
9 I will sing a new song to you, my God;
on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you,
10 to the One who gives victory to kings,
who delivers his servant David.
From the deadly sword 11 deliver me;
rescue me from the hands of foreigners
whose mouths are full of lies,
whose right hands are deceitful.
12 Then our sons in their youth
will be like well-nurtured plants,
and our daughters will be like pillars
carved to adorn a palace.
13 Our barns will be filled
with every kind of provision.
Our sheep will increase by thousands,
by tens of thousands in our fields;
14 our oxen will draw heavy loads.[j]
There will be no breaching of walls,
no going into captivity,
no cry of distress in our streets.
15 Blessed is the people of whom this is true;
blessed is the people whose God is the Lord.
1 I will exalt you, my God the King;
I will praise your name for ever and ever.
2 Every day I will praise you
and extol your name for ever and ever.
3 Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise;
his greatness no one can fathom.
4 One generation commends your works to another;
they tell of your mighty acts.
5 They speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty—
and I will meditate on your wonderful works.[l]
6 They tell of the power of your awesome works—
and I will proclaim your great deeds.
7 They celebrate your abundant goodness
and joyfully sing of your righteousness.
8 The Lord is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and rich in love.
9 The Lord is good to all;
he has compassion on all he has made.
10 All your works praise you, Lord;
your faithful people extol you.
11 They tell of the glory of your kingdom
and speak of your might,
12 so that all people may know of your mighty acts
and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.
13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
and your dominion endures through all generations.
The Lord is trustworthy in all he promises
and faithful in all he does.[m]
14 The Lord upholds all who fall
and lifts up all who are bowed down.
15 The eyes of all look to you,
and you give them their food at the proper time.
16 You open your hand
and satisfy the desires of every living thing.
17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways
and faithful in all he does.
18 The Lord is near to all who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth.
19 He fulfills the desires of those who fear him;
he hears their cry and saves them.
20 The Lord watches over all who love him,
but all the wicked he will destroy.
21 My mouth will speak in praise of the Lord.
Let every creature praise his holy name
for ever and ever.
1 Praise the Lord.[n]
Praise the Lord, my soul.
2 I will praise the Lord all my life;
I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
3 Do not put your trust in princes,
in human beings, who cannot save.
4 When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;
on that very day their plans come to nothing.
5 Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the Lord their God.
6 He is the Maker of heaven and earth,
the sea, and everything in them—
he remains faithful forever.
7 He upholds the cause of the oppressed
and gives food to the hungry.
The Lord sets prisoners free,
8 the Lord gives sight to the blind,
the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down,
the Lord loves the righteous.
9 The Lord watches over the foreigner
and sustains the fatherless and the widow,
but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
10 The Lord reigns forever,
your God, O Zion, for all generations.
Praise the Lord.
1 Praise the Lord.[o]
How good it is to sing praises to our God,
how pleasant and fitting to praise him!
2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem;
he gathers the exiles of Israel.
3 He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.
4 He determines the number of the stars
and calls them each by name.
5 Great is our Lord and mighty in power;
his understanding has no limit.
6 The Lord sustains the humble
but casts the wicked to the ground.
7 Sing to the Lord with grateful praise;
make music to our God on the harp.
8 He covers the sky with clouds;
he supplies the earth with rain
and makes grass grow on the hills.
9 He provides food for the cattle
and for the young ravens when they call.
10 His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse,
nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;
11 the Lord delights in those who fear him,
who put their hope in his unfailing love.
12 Extol the Lord, Jerusalem;
praise your God, Zion.
13 He strengthens the bars of your gates
and blesses your people within you.
14 He grants peace to your borders
and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.
15 He sends his command to the earth;
his word runs swiftly.
16 He spreads the snow like wool
and scatters the frost like ashes.
17 He hurls down his hail like pebbles.
Who can withstand his icy blast?
18 He sends his word and melts them;
he stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow.
19 He has revealed his word to Jacob,
his laws and decrees to Israel.
20 He has done this for no other nation;
they do not know his laws.[p]
Praise the Lord.
1 Praise the Lord.[q]
Praise the Lord from the heavens;
praise him in the heights above.
2 Praise him, all his angels;
praise him, all his heavenly hosts.
3 Praise him, sun and moon;
praise him, all you shining stars.
4 Praise him, you highest heavens
and you waters above the skies.
5 Let them praise the name of the Lord,
for at his command they were created,
6 and he established them for ever and ever—
he issued a decree that will never pass away.
7 Praise the Lord from the earth,
you great sea creatures and all ocean depths,
8 lightning and hail, snow and clouds,
stormy winds that do his bidding,
9 you mountains and all hills,
fruit trees and all cedars,
10 wild animals and all cattle,
small creatures and flying birds,
11 kings of the earth and all nations,
you princes and all rulers on earth,
12 young men and women,
old men and children.
13 Let them praise the name of the Lord,
for his name alone is exalted;
his splendor is above the earth and the heavens.
14 And he has raised up for his people a horn,[r]
the praise of all his faithful servants,
of Israel, the people close to his heart.
Praise the Lord.
1 Praise the Lord.[s]
Sing to the Lord a new song,
his praise in the assembly of his faithful people.
2 Let Israel rejoice in their Maker;
let the people of Zion be glad in their King.
3 Let them praise his name with dancing
and make music to him with timbrel and harp.
4 For the Lord takes delight in his people;
he crowns the humble with victory.
5 Let his faithful people rejoice in this honor
and sing for joy on their beds.
6 May the praise of God be in their mouths
and a double-edged sword in their hands,
7 to inflict vengeance on the nations
and punishment on the peoples,
8 to bind their kings with fetters,
their nobles with shackles of iron,
9 to carry out the sentence written against them—
this is the glory of all his faithful people.
Praise the Lord.
1 Praise the Lord.[t]
Praise God in his sanctuary;
praise him in his mighty heavens.
2 Praise him for his acts of power;
praise him for his surpassing greatness.
3 Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,
praise him with the harp and lyre,
4 praise him with timbrel and dancing,
praise him with the strings and pipe,
5 praise him with the clash of cymbals,
praise him with resounding cymbals.
6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord.
1 The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
2 for gaining wisdom and instruction;
for understanding words of insight;
3 for receiving instruction in prudent behavior,
doing what is right and just and fair;
4 for giving prudence to those who are simple,[u]
knowledge and discretion to the young—
5 let the wise listen and add to their learning,
and let the discerning get guidance—
6 for understanding proverbs and parables,
the sayings and riddles of the wise.[v]
7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
but fools[w] despise wisdom and instruction.
8 Listen, my son, to your father's instruction
and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
9 They are a garland to grace your head
and a chain to adorn your neck.
10 My son, if sinful men entice you,
do not give in to them.
11 If they say, "Come along with us;
let's lie in wait for innocent blood,
let's ambush some harmless soul;
12 let's swallow them alive, like the grave,
and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
13 we will get all sorts of valuable things
and fill our houses with plunder;
14 cast lots with us;
we will all share the loot"—
15 my son, do not go along with them,
do not set foot on their paths;
16 for their feet rush into evil,
they are swift to shed blood.
17 How useless to spread a net
where every bird can see it!
18 These men lie in wait for their own blood;
they ambush only themselves!
19 Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain;
it takes away the life of those who get it.
20 Out in the open wisdom calls aloud,
she raises her voice in the public square;
21 on top of the wall[x] she cries out,
at the city gate she makes her speech:
22 "How long will you who are simple love your simple ways?
How long will mockers delight in mockery
and fools hate knowledge?
23 Repent at my rebuke!
Then I will pour out my thoughts to you,
I will make known to you my teachings.
24 But since you refuse to listen when I call
and no one pays attention when I stretch out my hand,
25 since you disregard all my advice
and do not accept my rebuke,
26 I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you;
I will mock when calamity overtakes you—
27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm,
when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind,
when distress and trouble overwhelm you.
28 "Then they will call to me but I will not answer;
they will look for me but will not find me,
29 since they hated knowledge
and did not choose to fear the Lord.
30 Since they would not accept my advice
and spurned my rebuke,
31 they will eat the fruit of their ways
and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.
32 For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,
and the complacency of fools will destroy them;
33 but whoever listens to me will live in safety
and be at ease, without fear of harm."
2 My son, if you accept my words
and store up my commands within you,
2 turning your ear to wisdom
and applying your heart to understanding—
3 indeed, if you call out for insight
and cry aloud for understanding,
4 and if you look for it as for silver
and search for it as for hidden treasure,
5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.
6 For the Lord gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7 He holds success in store for the upright,
he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
8 for he guards the course of the just
and protects the way of his faithful ones.
9 Then you will understand what is right and just
and fair—every good path.
10 For wisdom will enter your heart,
and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11 Discretion will protect you,
and understanding will guard you.
12 Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men,
from men whose words are perverse,
13 who have left the straight paths
to walk in dark ways,
14 who delight in doing wrong
and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
15 whose paths are crooked
and who are devious in their ways.
16 Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman,
from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
17 who has left the partner of her youth
and ignored the covenant she made before God.[y]
18 Surely her house leads down to death
and her paths to the spirits of the dead.
19 None who go to her return
or attain the paths of life.
20 Thus you will walk in the ways of the good
and keep to the paths of the righteous.
21 For the upright will live in the land,
and the blameless will remain in it;
22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land,
and the unfaithful will be torn from it.
3 My son, do not forget my teaching,
but keep my commands in your heart,
2 for they will prolong your life many years
and bring you peace and prosperity.
3 Let love and faithfulness never leave you;
bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Then you will win favor and a good name
in the sight of God and man.
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.[z]
7 Do not be wise in your own eyes;
fear the Lord and shun evil.
8 This will bring health to your body
and nourishment to your bones.
9 Honor the Lord with your wealth,
with the firstfruits of all your crops;
10 then your barns will be filled to overflowing,
and your vats will brim over with new wine.
11 My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline,
and do not resent his rebuke,
12 because the Lord disciplines those he loves,
as a father the son he delights in.[aa]
13 Blessed are those who find wisdom,
those who gain understanding,
14 for she is more profitable than silver
and yields better returns than gold.
15 She is more precious than rubies;
nothing you desire can compare with her.
16 Long life is in her right hand;
in her left hand are riches and honor.
17 Her ways are pleasant ways,
and all her paths are peace.
18 She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her;
those who hold her fast will be blessed.
19 By wisdom the Lord laid the earth's foundations,
by understanding he set the heavens in place;
20 by his knowledge the watery depths were divided,
and the clouds let drop the dew.
21 My son, do not let wisdom and understanding out of your sight,
preserve sound judgment and discretion;
22 they will be life for you,
an ornament to grace your neck.
23 Then you will go on your way in safety,
and your foot will not stumble.
24 When you lie down, you will not be afraid;
when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
25 Have no fear of sudden disaster
or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
26 for the Lord will be at your side
and will keep your foot from being snared.
27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
when it is in your power to act.
28 Do not say to your neighbor,
"Come back tomorrow and I'll give it to you"—
when you already have it with you.
29 Do not plot harm against your neighbor,
who lives trustfully near you.
30 Do not accuse anyone for no reason—
when they have done you no harm.
31 Do not envy the violent
or choose any of their ways.
32 For the Lord detests the perverse
but takes the upright into his confidence.
33 The Lord's curse is on the house of the wicked,
but he blesses the home of the righteous.
34 He mocks proud mockers
but shows favor to the humble and oppressed.
35 The wise inherit honor,
but fools get only shame.
4 Listen, my sons, to a father's instruction;
pay attention and gain understanding.
2 I give you sound learning,
so do not forsake my teaching.
3 For I too was a son to my father,
still tender, and cherished by my mother.
4 Then he taught me, and he said to me,
"Take hold of my words with all your heart;
keep my commands, and you will live.
5 Get wisdom, get understanding;
do not forget my words or turn away from them.
6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you;
love her, and she will watch over you.
7 The beginning of wisdom is this: Get[ab] wisdom.
Though it cost all you have,[ac] get understanding.
8 Cherish her, and she will exalt you;
embrace her, and she will honor you.
9 She will give you a garland to grace your head
and present you with a glorious crown."
10 Listen, my son, accept what I say,
and the years of your life will be many.
11 I instruct you in the way of wisdom
and lead you along straight paths.
12 When you walk, your steps will not be hampered;
when you run, you will not stumble.
13 Hold on to instruction, do not let it go;
guard it well, for it is your life.
14 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked
or walk in the way of evildoers.
15 Avoid it, do not travel on it;
turn from it and go on your way.
16 For they cannot rest until they do evil;
they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.
17 They eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.
18 The path of the righteous is like the morning sun,
shining ever brighter till the full light of day.
19 But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness;
they do not know what makes them stumble.
20 My son, pay attention to what I say;
turn your ear to my words.
21 Do not let them out of your sight,
keep them within your heart;
22 for they are life to those who find them
and health to one's whole body.
23 Above all else, guard your heart,
for everything you do flows from it.
24 Keep your mouth free of perversity;
keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
25 Let your eyes look straight ahead;
fix your gaze directly before you.
26 Give careful thought to the[ad] paths for your feet
and be steadfast in all your ways.
27 Do not turn to the right or the left;
keep your foot from evil.
5 My son, pay attention to my wisdom,
turn your ear to my words of insight,
2 that you may maintain discretion
and your lips may preserve knowledge.
3 For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey,
and her speech is smoother than oil;
4 but in the end she is bitter as gall,
sharp as a double-edged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death;
her steps lead straight to the grave.
6 She gives no thought to the way of life;
her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.
7 Now then, my sons, listen to me;
do not turn aside from what I say.
8 Keep to a path far from her,
do not go near the door of her house,
9 lest you lose your honor to others
and your dignity[ae] to one who is cruel,
10 lest strangers feast on your wealth
and your toil enrich the house of another.
11 At the end of your life you will groan,
when your flesh and body are spent.
12 You will say, "How I hated discipline!
How my heart spurned correction!
13 I would not obey my teachers
or turn my ear to my instructors.
14 And I was soon in serious trouble
in the assembly of God's people."
15 Drink water from your own cistern,
running water from your own well.
16 Should your springs overflow in the streets,
your streams of water in the public squares?
17 Let them be yours alone,
never to be shared with strangers.
18 May your fountain be blessed,
and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
19 A loving doe, a graceful deer—
may her breasts satisfy you always,
may you ever be intoxicated with her love.
20 Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man's wife?
Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?
21 For your ways are in full view of the Lord,
and he examines all your paths.
22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them;
the cords of their sins hold them fast.
23 For lack of discipline they will die,
led astray by their own great folly.
6 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor,
if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,
2 you have been trapped by what you said,
ensnared by the words of your mouth.
3 So do this, my son, to free yourself,
since you have fallen into your neighbor's hands:
Go—to the point of exhaustion—[af]
and give your neighbor no rest!
4 Allow no sleep to your eyes,
no slumber to your eyelids.
5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
6 Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
9 How long will you lie there, you sluggard?
When will you get up from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest—
11 and poverty will come on you like a thief
and scarcity like an armed man.
12 A troublemaker and a villain,
who goes about with a corrupt mouth,
13 who winks maliciously with his eye,
signals with his feet
and motions with his fingers,
14 who plots evil with deceit in his heart—
he always stirs up conflict.
15 Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant;
he will suddenly be destroyed—without remedy.
16 There are six things the Lord hates,
seven that are detestable to him:
17 haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
18 a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are quick to rush into evil,
19 a false witness who pours out lies
and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
20 My son, keep your father's command
and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
21 Bind them always on your heart;
fasten them around your neck.
22 When you walk, they will guide you;
when you sleep, they will watch over you;
when you awake, they will speak to you.
23 For this command is a lamp,
this teaching is a light,
and correction and instruction
are the way to life,
24 keeping you from your neighbor's wife,
from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.
25 Do not lust in your heart after her beauty
or let her captivate you with her eyes.
26 For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread,
but another man's wife preys on your very life.
27 Can a man scoop fire into his lap
without his clothes being burned?
28 Can a man walk on hot coals
without his feet being scorched?
29 So is he who sleeps with another man's wife;
no one who touches her will go unpunished.
30 People do not despise a thief if he steals
to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
31 Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold,
though it costs him all the wealth of his house.
32 But a man who commits adultery has no sense;
whoever does so destroys himself.
33 Blows and disgrace are his lot,
and his shame will never be wiped away.
34 For jealousy arouses a husband's fury,
and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
35 He will not accept any compensation;
he will refuse a bribe, however great it is.
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.


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Small-business owners and those interested in starting a business are invited to attend the Small Business Expo on Thursday, November 7, 5:00-8:00 p.m. at the Waterloo Center for the Arts, 225 Commercial Street.
The Cedar Valley Dream Big Grow Here/ Small Business Expo is a networking event with opportunity for small-business owners and entrepreneurs to gather information needed to move forward with their business or start-up idea. Attendees can speak directly to UNI business consultants to receive information and referrals for assistance with obtaining financing, increasing sales, doing business on the Web, performing market research, and other business services.
As part of this celebration of entrepreneurship, the Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber is hosting the Dream Big Grow Here grant contest finale. $5,000 will be awarded to help a local business take their firm to the next level. Five contest finalists will be 'pitching off' to a panel of local judges. The five businesses taking the stage will include: Eat Cakes, Genuine Faux Farm, Strong Estate LLC, KT's Indoor Inflatable Park, and Young G's Barbeque Sauce. The pitch-off will be held at 6:00 at the Waterloo Center for the Arts, and the public is encouraged to attend. The winner will advance to a statewide pitch-off for an opportunity to win an additional $10,000, as part of Entrefest! 2014 to be held in April.
The regional Dream Big Grow Here winner will also receive a one year investor status in the Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber with access to all investor benefits including networking events, business services, marketing opportunities, and more.
This is the Alliance & Chamber's third year hosting the MyEntre.Net's award winning Dream Big Grow Here contest. Alliance & Chamber board member and Cedar Falls entrepreneur Washut Far Reach emceed last year's event, "Any time an entrepreneur has the opportunity to tell their story, it's a good thing. Even better is when they have the chance to tell it to a room full of people and get direct feedback from others who've been down the same road. That experience is invaluable. Dream Big Grow Here offers just such an opportunity to those willing to step out of their comfort zones and put their ideas out there. But not only is it good for the entrepreneur, it's good for the community because it builds awareness of, engagement with, and support for local businesses."
The Technology Association of Iowa will also be hosting their popular monthly TechBrew networking event at the Expo to show their support of the start-up and innovation community. TechBrew is regularly supported and attended by local technology based companies such as Banno, DISTek Integration Inc, Far Reach, Spinutech, Inc., VGM Forbin, and Vital Support Systems.
Community members are encouraged to attend this free event to meet and support Cedar Valley businesses. Free exhibitor booths are available, for details contact Patrick Luensman at 319-273-4335 or firstname.lastname@example.com. For more information about the Cedar Valley Dream Big Grow Here contest contact Taylor King at the Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber by calling 319-232-1156 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Cedar Valley Dream Big Grow Here/Small Business Expo event is hosted by Waterloo Neighborhood Economic Development Corporation, University of Northern Iowa Business & Community Services, University of Northern Iowa MyEntre.Net, the Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber, ReNew Waterloo, and the Technology Association of Iowa.
Dream Big Grow Here is an initiative of UNI MyEntre.Net & UNI Business & Community Services. Statewide sponsors for Dream Big Grow Here include: Iowa Banker's Association; Renew Rural Iowa; Delta Dental of Iowa; Iowa Economic Development Authority; Technology Association of Iowa; VentureNet Iowa.

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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Josh Zoellmer (Jr./Richfield, Minn./Richfield) delivered a game-tying, two-run double in extra innings then later scored the winning tally as the Carleton College baseball team defeated Bethany Lutheran College, 6-5 in 12 innings.
The victory keeps the Knights (3-0) undefeated on the season and continues their Metrodome magic. A week ago, Carleton opened its season with a sweep of Crown College including a no-hitter in game two. Tonight, an early pitcher's duel led to a fantastic finish.
Kevin Johnson (Jr./St. Anthony, Minn./DeLaSalle) scored the game's first run, racing home on a grounder. Senior Henry Rownd (Rochester, Minn./Lourdes) got the starting nod and retired the first 11 batters. Ultimately he fanned four over 5.2 frames of 5-hit, 1-run ball.
The Vikings' Cory Ferm was equally effective, striking out six and scattering four hits while yielding an unearned run over his 5.0 innings on the bump.
Still knotted 1-1 after seven innings, the offenses came alive early in the extra stanzas. Bethany Lutheran (0-1) plated a pair of two-out runs in the top of the eighth, but Zoellmer answered with his clutch two-bagger that chased home Hayden Tsutsui (Fy./Northridge, Calif./Chatsworth) and Stillerman to tie things back up at 3-3.
The Vikings pushed across two more runs in the top of the ninth, but Tsutsui delivered a RBI double and later scored on a wild pitch to extend the game. Reliever Jukie Tsai (Jr./New York, N.Y./Friends Seminary) inherited a bases-loaded jam in the 10th but escaped unscathed.
Finally in the 12th inning, back to back singes by Zoellmer and Hikaru Mizuno (Fy./Tigard, Ore./Tigard) got the Carleton rally started. Later with the bases loaded and one out, Zoellmer beat the throw home on Nolan Baker's (So./Appleton, Wis./Appleton North) sacrifice fly.
Tsai was the winner, pitching 2.1 scoreless frames of 1-hit relief. Mizuno and Tsutsui had three hits apiece to pace the Knights. Due to the length of game one and time constraints at the Metrodome, the nightcap was canceled.
Carleton puts its perfect record on the line on Friday, March 8 when the Knights battle University of Minnesota-Morris. Game one from the Metrodome is slated to begin at 11:30 a.m. Knights Online hopes to once again provide live audio coverage as well as live stats.


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Make a minimum donation to support Truthout and receive a copy of the book - and you'll also get Palast's "Why We Occupy" DVD free, which includes a Palast talk, a rant by Lee Camp, and a variety of other video segments.Greg Palast is back with a timely new book, "Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps." In the book, which is illustrated by Ted Rall and with an introduction by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Palast warns of more than a decade of Republican elections theft - and explains how they do it.
Mark Karlin: The Republicans don't just aim to steal elections in one way. They have a variety of methods to mug democracy. Can you explain a few of them?
Greg Palast: Karl Rove - "Turdblossom" as Bush called him - has a computer-data-mining system called DataTrust, which he's joining up with a data-mining computer system set up the Koch brothers called Themis. These are voter-eating machines, designed to juice the attack on voter rolls by GOP secretaries of state. Ready for this? Over 22 million names were purged from voter rolls in the last two years. Those figures are from the US Election Assistance Commission - hidden in plain sight. And who gets purged?
Black voters, Latinos, Native Americans. In Colorado, the Republican secretary of state purged 19.4 percent of voters - that's one in five! In the book, she's the Purge'n General. Obama took Colorado in '08. He can kiss it goodbye.
My co-investigator and I, Bobby Kennedy, called the secretary of state of California, a Dem, who told us her GOP predecessor blocked 42 percent of new voter registrations because they had "suspicious" names - like Mohammed. For this reason, despite massive voter drives and the increase in Latino citizenship, Hispanic registration has dropped by 1 million since 2008. Caramba!
In all, 5,901,814 legitimate votes and voters were tossed out of the count in 2008. In '12 it will be worse. Way worse.
Mark Karlin: Why do you think there isn't more public outrage about the GOP attempting to crush democracy?
Greg Palast: Because Democrats are in on it, too, and that's the sick, sad truth. In New Mexico, a solid Democratic state where Latinos are half the citizenry, Bush carried the state and the GOP has the governor's mansion. Why?
Because the Hispanic Democratic elite of that state don't want no poor folk voting - or jackasses like Bill Richardson would never win a primary. When I called the secretary of state, Becky Vigil-Giron, to ask why, in one poor Hispanic precinct, there was not a single vote for president recorded, she told me that, "Those people can't make up their minds."
"Those people." I'm glad to say she's on her way to prison. But she's a Democrat.
So, Republicans and Democrats steal votes from the same people: the poor and voters of color.
But on a strict numerical scale, 90 percent of the victims are Democrats, though they are victimized by both parties.
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Mark Karlin: I've known you since you single-handedly exposed the caging strategy of Jeb Bush, Katherine Harris and a company then called ChoicePoint. Without that voter suppression in 2000, Gore would have won the popular vote in Florida as he did nationally. Yet, the mass media ignored your findings of a stolen election. Has anything changed? The mass corporate media still seems uninterested, or clueless - or both - when it comes to ratcheting down voting rights.
Greg Palast: Yeah, it's changed. For the worse.
In the book, I've got a chapter, "De-Pressed," on how the US mainstream media simply refuses to cover the story or does so in a dumbass "he-said/she-said" way.
Example: NPR, what I call National Petroleum Radio, said of the Florida purge of over a quarter million citizens from voter rolls: "State elections officials began an investigation that appears to give that argument some credence." So NPR has concluded there's "credence" in the purge. That would mean that NPR found some illegal voters. After all, there's a list of a quarter million. They didn't find any - but they effectively endorse the idea because the Republicans said so. That's not reporting; that's repeating.
My team actually went through the lists. We found, for example, that a "Bobbi Moore" (black female) was removed as a felon because of a conviction of a "Robert Moore" (white male). It wasn't a random mistake - every name was a phony.
And NPR is the best in America. At least they put the story on air - even if they didn't get one fact right.
I report these stories on the top of the nightly news on BBC TV, so it goes out worldwide - except in the USA. Here I report on Truthout (bless you), which has the no-poop facts.
There's also this: No one inside the Great American Circus Tent likes to believe they're being fooled. America likes to think of itself as a democracy. No one really wants to know their ballot has gotten hijacked, boosted, deep-sixed, caged, purged, stuck inside a robot's pocket, fiddled, filched, flimmed or flammed.
Mark Karlin: Of course, this is the first presidential election since the infamous Citizens United decision. That's like a fat cat license to buy the election, isn't it? They won't need to steal the vote if they can create an alternative reality with all that money going toward ads and other propaganda. They can just brainwash the vote.
Greg Palast: Yes, they're buying your brain, not just your ballot. But who are these guys, and why do they need a president? The point of the book is to tell you about the billion-dollar donor babies: Ice Man Simmons, Singer the Vulture, Snake Paulson - I didn't give them these nicknames, their bankers did. You should know what they have in mind for you. And I've got stuff on the Kochs you've never heard - from my files from years back when, alongside the FBI, I was investigating "Target 67C" - Charles Koch, for felony theft. No kidding. The indictment's in the book - and why Koch was never cuffed and jailed.
Mark Karlin: Isn't it amazing that since 2000, Karl Rove has played a key role in GOP election theft strategies - and is still going strong in 2012?
Greg Palast: Turdblossom has over a quarter billion dollars in his "social service charity," Crossroads. Over $20 million from Ice Man. Unlike McCain, who wouldn't touch Rove because of Turdblossom's racist operations, the Republican National Committee has actually contracted with Rove to use his Jim Crow machine, DataTrust. Rove is straight-up, at least: I quote his line that the GOP can win swing states like North Carolina by "reducing black turnout by one-quarter of one." He knows how to do it: he invented voter caging. RFK says for that, he "should be in jail." But Bobby gets all upset about people committing felony violations of the Voting Rights Act. Runs in his family.
Mark Karlin: You state that in the 2008 presidential election, 2,706,275 votes were cast and never counted. How did that happen?
Greg Palast: Here's the facts, my friend, calculated from the raw data of the US Election Assistance Commission:
No less than
- 767,023 provisional ballots were cast and not counted;
- 1,451,116 ballots were "spoiled," not counted;
- 488,136 absentee ballots were mailed in, but not counted.
How? Well, I could write a book. And I did: "Billionaires & Ballot Bandits."
Mark Karlin: In the chapter "The Hysteria Factor," you quote the former chairperson of the US Commission on Civil Rights, Mary Frances Berry, as telling you: "Elections aren't stolen in the vote count - they're stolen in the no count." Isn't that the essence of what the Republican Party is trying to do?
Greg Palast: Yep, that's the Rove-arian cancer on our body politic. There are no swing voters left. If you can't tell the difference between the candidates, you probably can't work a doorknob to get out to vote anyway.
The trick is this: Take 1.45 million ballots "spoiled" (cast and not counted for technical reasons, mostly errors in machine readers). The chance your vote will spoil if you're black is seven times the likelihood your ballot will be ruined by a machine if you're white. Whose vote is that? Who gave black people the crap voting machines? The same ones that gave them the crap schools. And Rove knows how to keep it that way.
Mark Karlin: Yet, watchdogs such as Mark Crispin Miller, Brad Friedman and many others do contend that the electronic voting machines do allow for the theft of elections through electronic manipulation of election outcomes.
Greg Palast: That's why I'm including Friedman's analysis on my associated web site, BallotBandits.org. I, though, don't want folks to forget the easiest way to steal votes by computer: unplug the computer. That's right. One of the key ways black votes are gone is the miraculous way that computers have glitches in Hispanic precincts, which suffer a loss of votes five times the loss in white precincts. So the votes aren't changed, they simply disappear. Oops! A "glitch" - no nasty software tricks to explain. Details? You'll have to read the book.
Mark Karlin: You point out that Bill Clinton was beholden to big money, as is Barack Obama. Yet, the efforts at voter suppression tend to be almost all Republican - and as your book points out, they are pretty unrelenting. Why does big money play a role in both parties, but restricting voting rights tends to be confined to just one of them?
Greg Palast: Democrats used to be the vote suppression champs: Jim Crow laws were written by Democrats. Democrats wore white sheets; Republicans use spreadsheets. I was in Chicago when Boss Daley would fire city workers who didn't pull the A Lever (you could vote party line with a single pull).
Vote theft has always targeted the poor and minorities. Today, that benefits (mostly) the GOP, so they've got the incentive to bleach the voter rolls white.
Mark Karlin: I've asked you this before, but let me take your temperature on this again. In the United States, you continue to be shunned by the mainstream corporate media, which means the audience for your intrepid investigations is limited. Does this discourage you? Does the fact that election theft appears to be getting more brazen instead of more transparent cause you to be cynical?
Greg Palast: Yes, it does. I have a Pulitzer Prize in Despair. But with the love of a wonderful woman, my children and Felipe II in liter size, I can make it. And as long as I have Truthout, I know I can lob my investigations for the Guardian and BBC over the electronic Berlin Wall to be read in my home country.
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Apple announced iPhone firmware 2.0 (which is just marketing, btw - its 1.2, not 2.0. Unless they plan on going from 1.2 to 2.0 between now and June) Thursday, which will be released in June. Specific dates have not been made available yet, I'm sure it will depend on how fast they can get it finished (my Time Capsule shipped "in February" - which meant Feb 29th, heh).
We posted it yesterday in the SDK quasi-liveblog thread, but I'd like to have a thread specifically for the new firmware, not for the SDK.
Some highlights:
- Native support for Microsoft Exchange and ActiveSync.
- Ability to store web apps locally. This is a big deal - the SDK will allow for building of web apps which can be saved offline and ran when not connected to the net.
- AppStore, of course, allows you to download and install 3rd party apps straight from your iPhone. (Installer, Cydia).
- Major code differences compared to previous firmware versions. Erica took a look at the SDK, and said the headers/frameworks are very different, which many of the DRP guys have also confirmed. What does this mean to you? Existing 3rd party applications will have to be rewritten a bit to get them working on the new firmware, so when it initially comes out, and is jailbroken, we'll be waiting a bit for unofficial apps to come back out.
Since I know you'll all ask even though there's no way of telling yet - WHO KNOWS how long the jailbreak and unlock will take. Not I. This isn't to say it will take long, just that we don't have any way of knowing right now until it gets in the hands of the proper dev's and hackers. The firmware IS being released as a beta according to Apple, which has gone out to "thousands of developers," so that's a possible headstart.
There's still a huge international community of iPhoners, so don't expect jailbreak and unlocking to go anywhere. Also no word yet on whether AppStore will work on non-ATT iPhone's, such as all us T-Mobile iPhone owners. Members of the DRP Dev Team have found that the new XCode release knows if your iPhone has been activated on ATT or not, so that may speak ill for non-ATT folk wanting to access AppStore. Just another hurdle to jump.


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It is almost time to dye the eggs, put on the new Easter clothes and sit down for a wonderful meal with family and friends in the Linwood area celebrating the holiday of true renewal of life. The Linwood area is offering everyone an opportunity to attend many activities of celebration for the Easter holiday so mark the calendar for the ones you want to attend.
It is almost time to dye the eggs, put on the new Easter clothes and sit down for a wonderful meal with family and friends in the Linwood area celebrating the holiday of true renewal of life. The Linwood area is offering everyone an opportunity to attend many activities of celebration for the Easter holiday so mark the calendar for the ones you want to attend.
Food orders to be taken on April 11
Calvary Family Worship Center will be accepting One Harvest Food Orders from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. April 11 and online orders will be accepted through 11:59 p.m. April 14 at www.oneharvest.com with a credit or debit card.
One Harvest distribution for food will be from noon to 1 p.m. April 20 at the church.
Cotton Grove plans many special events
Cotton Grove United Methodist Church will host a Maundy Thursday Service beginning at 7 p.m. Thursday as well as a Good Friday Service (Service of Tennebrae) beginning at 7 p.m. .
Cotton Grove will participate in a community sunrise service along with the host church Linwood United Methodist Church, Greer's Chapel and Jersey Baptist Church beginning at 6:30 a.m. Sunday.
Once again it's time for Cotton Grove's poor man's supper from 4 to 7 p.m. April 2. If you are looking for good food and great fellowship then come join us.
Help give the gift of life during the American Red Cross Blood Drive on April 9. Call the church office at 357-5262 to schedule an appointment.
Cotton Grove and Applebee's will team up for a Flapjack fundraiser from 8 to 10 a.m. April 20.
Once again it is time for those delicious chicken pies at Cotton Grove on April 27. So call the church office at 357-5262 to place your orders.
Jersey egg hunt will entertain children
Jersey Baptist Church will hold its annual Easter egg hunt at 10 a.m. March 30 for children through fifth grade.
Once again it's time for Jerseys spring clothing give-away from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. March 30 at the church.
Jersey will participate in a community sunrise service along with Cotton Grove, Linwood United Methodist Church, the host church, and Greer's Chapel. There will be a sunrise breakfast after the service at Jersey Baptist.
Jersey Baptist will participate in the Love Davidson County/ In As Much Day on April 13. There will be projects for every age group available. Anyone who wants to volunteer please call the church office at 357-2721.
Sunrise service set for 6:30 a.m. March 31
Linwood United Methodist Church will hold a Good Friday Service beginning at 6:30 p.m. March 29.
Linwood United Methodist Church will host a community sunrise service along with Cotton Grove, Greer's Chapel and Jersey Baptist Church. Pastor Mike Collier from Jersey Baptist will deliver the message beginning at 6:30 a.m. March 31.
There will be a sunrise breakfast following the service.
Children can seek eggs at New Testament
New Testament Baptist Church will have its annual Easter egg hunt from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Saturday for children 12 and under.
Join New Testament for their sunrise service beginning at 8 a.m. March 31 for a sunrise breakfast immediately following the service.
Boosters are thankful
Southwood /Southmont Boosters would like to thank all the boosters clubs for participating in its tournament along with all the volunteers that worked during the tournament. We would also like to thank Jarrett Cope from Davis-Townsend Booster Club, who put the tournament together and Principal Coley for her help. The community owes both of you a big thank you for all you did.
In the community an county leagues for Southwood/ Southmont the following basketball programs placed. Little League: Lakers, with coach Lisa Kearns were county champs; Ducks ,with Coach Dru Carrick were runner up: K-1 Gold: Coach BJ Daniels of the Tar Heels were runner up; K-1 silver, Coach Chad Young of the Lightning were runner up; and the 2-3 Division Silver, Coach Jason Rabon of the Heat were champions. Congratulations to all players and coaches.
Prayers are needed
Prayers and concerns for Wes Sutton and the family of Wes Sutton as he suffered a stroke and is on a road to recovering. Please keep him in and his family in your thoughts and prayers.
Thoughts and prayers to the Peterson family on the death of their son, Paul. May each of you be blessed beyond words.
Parting thought
Life is not a gift of convenience, a stroke of good luck or misguided fortunes, but merely a soul of a borrowed body at unrest until needed by a higher power. Until next time keep the news coming. Call 409-8671.


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Update 1: Rockstar co-founder Sam Houser has responded, claiming that the company never encountered any problems while testing Bully: Scholarship Edition on the Xbox 360 and is working to solve the issues as soon as possible. nope
"It appears that some older 360s are experiencing framerate issues, freezes and other problems," he told Kotaku. "I am horrified, and we are now working around the clock to rectify this situation."
"We apologise to everyone affected for the inconvenience," Houser continued. "We would never shove anything out the door--we never have and never will."
Original Story: Reports are surfacing across the internet of freezing glitches and other technical issues in the just-released Xbox 360 edition of Rockstar Vancouver's Bully: Scholarship Edition.
Numerous users on the gaming forum NeoGAF have complained of audio sync issues, achievement glitches and lockups in the revamped port Xbox 360. Complaints have also surfaced on the official Xbox forums as well as within the Shacknews community. The Wii edition does not appear to be afflicted by the above problems.
Though failure rates of the Xbox 360 hardware may account for some woes, widespread reports of the same issues particular to Bully: Scholarship Edition have led many gamers to attribute the errors to the game itself.
Shacknews has reached Rockstar for comment, but the publisher has not yet responded at the time of this writing.


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Rails makes it very easy to rapidly develop web applications, but doesn't always make it so simple to deploy or secure them.
This talk is going to focus on best practices to secure your rails application, learnt through multiple high profile projects and penetration tests. The talk will be practical and show that this isn't necessarily hard if thought about from the start.
We'll also touch on getting the right balance of security without it getting in the way of the users.
by Aaron Bedra
Building safe web applications isn't always easy. The good news is that Rails provides a lot of features that will help you along the way. Aaron will walk you through the common mistakes made by web developers, and how to account for them while working with Rails. He will also walk you through some tools you can use to make securing your applications much much easier.
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Originally published on October 11, 2012 12:25 pm
Dr. Victoria Sweet began working at an almshouse more than 20 years ago. She found that the missing component of today's health care system is time — for doctors to care for patients, and for patients to heal. Host Michel Martin speaks with the doctor about her memoir, God's Hotel: A Doctor, A Hospital, And A Pilgrimage To The Heart Of Medicine.


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Course Descriptions for the Marketing Department
MARK4270 - Advanced Marketing Research
Summer 2014
This course allows the student to apply problem-oriented, triangulated research methods learned in Marketing Research (MARK3700), to a consumer research problem. Students will finalize and submit for approval, a project proposal. Once approved, the student will precede with the initial research, such as problem identification, proposition development, determination of methodology, analysis and report writing. Students will present research at SBUS Spring Poster Conference. Completion and presentation of research will qualify for SET credit under the Undergraduate Research category. Student, in consultation with professor will also identify outlets for publication of research if deemed appropriate.
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text: anyone else think goldenvoice is selling out big time and in turn hurting west coast Coachella. I mean come on, its called Coachella cause its in the Coachella valley. You can almost tell from the line up that they are trying to save money to put both of these's shows on. Look goldenvoice, If you going to try and copy Coachella at least have the decency to call it something else. I hope your east coast venture is a flop


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 27th Apr 2013 01:24 UTC
Some cool new stuff about Google Glass. Jay Lee has confirmed it runs Android 4.0.4, and that it runs on an OMAP 4430 processor, with an unknown core configuration and speed. It's got 628MB RAM, but Lee thinks it's actually 1GB of which the remainder is reserved for something else. Also, and this is good news, Suarik has already jailbroken his Google Glass. He details what he had to do - and the limitations of his work so far - in a comment.


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Would appreciate some input on the Ground Wire Kits that are advertised on Ebay. Are they any help for a smooth running engine? mtm.man1
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Ground wire kits
Started by mtn.man1 , May 17 2004 06:32 PM
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Posted 17 May 2004 - 06:32 PM
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Posted 17 May 2004 - 06:44 PM
Its kinda like snake oil salesmen back in the 1700's. Supposedly a fix all cure for anything wrong with your car. Get real, quicker throttle response, higher top end power all from ground straps.
If you have a grounding problem then save your $50-$80 bucks on that kit and make your own straps from 4 guage wire you can buy from a sterio shop.
If you have a grounding problem then save your $50-$80 bucks on that kit and make your own straps from 4 guage wire you can buy from a sterio shop.
Posted 17 May 2004 - 07:50 PM
I agree with taprackready. It can help though...I noticed smoother idle and less dimming lights on my old civic, have not tried it on the sube yet
Make sure you at least run a wire from each head to the chassis and a couple off the battery to the chassis too
Make sure you at least run a wire from each head to the chassis and a couple off the battery to the chassis too
Posted 17 May 2004 - 08:24 PM
Maybe so, but the cool neon colors they come in can really class up an old, greasy engine compartment.
Posted 17 May 2004 - 08:59 PM
so can a bottle of simple green
Posted 18 May 2004 - 08:56 AM
I'm in pretty bad need of good ground wires. I still wouldnt buy this 'kit'. You can go get perfectly good ground wiresat lots of different stores. I'l be getting some from Fleet Farm
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Syria crisis: Rebels raid Lebanese border town, capture soldiers
Gunmen demand to trade captured security forces for 'most dangerous detainees'
Rebels fighting in Syria's civil war crossed into Lebanon and raided a border town Saturday, killing and capturing security force members in the most serious incursion into the tiny country during its neighbour's 3-year-old conflict.
The rebels, who included foreign fighters, demanded to trade soldiers and police officers it captured in Arsal for some of the "most dangerous detainees," the Lebanese army said in a statement. Masked gunmen roamed the streets as Lebanese helicopter gunships flew over the town, some 88 kilometres from the capital, Beirut.
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A Lebanese army general told The Associated Press that the gunmen attacked army positions near Arsal and troops returned fire. Another official said the gunmen also took control of the main police station in the town, without elaborating.
Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported that Arsal residents later freed police officers at the station, though rebels captured some weapons and released several detainees. It said gunmen killed two residents near the police station. A picture posted online by militant sympathizers allegedly showed gunmen in Arsal driving away with a dozen men, two in police uniforms. The photograph corresponded to other AP reporting about the attack.
The National News Agency said that gunmen killed two soldiers and wounded several others.
"What is happening today is among the most dangerous of what Lebanon and the Lebanese are being subjected to," the army statement said. "The gunmen kidnapped several soldiers and policemen who were spending the weekend with their families ... and demanded the release of some of the most dangerous detainees held by the army.
"The Lebanese army will not accept that its members be hostages and will not stay silent about targeting the army and Arsal residents."
The statement said the Lebanese army "will not allow any side to move the battle from Syria" into Lebanon. It added that the army "will not allow any foreign gunman to endanger the security of Lebanon or to harm its soldiers or policemen."
The Lebanese army general said earlier in the day that gunmen took two soldiers who were driving an army tanker truck. The army's later statement said the two soldiers were later freed in an army operation.
The general and the official spoke on condition of anonymity as they weren't authorized to speak publicly.
Rebel attacks deeper into Lebanese territory
Saturday's attacks came hours after the army said troops detained Syrian citizen Imad Ahmad Jomaa, who identified himself as a member of Syria's al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front. The National News Agency said Jomaa was detained as he was being brought to a hospital in Lebanon after being wounded while fighting Syrian troops.
Syria's civil war has spilled over into Lebanon on multiple occasions and inflamed sectarian tensions leaving scores dead. However, previous rebel attacks never went so deeply into Lebanese territory.
Arsal is home to tens of thousands of Syrian refugees and rebels enjoy wide support among its population. Lebanese Sunnis, such as the residents of Arsal, often back the Sunni rebels fighting against Syrian President Bashar Assad. Shias typically back Assad.
The violence in Arsal also came after an ambush near Syria's border with Lebanon killed dozens of opposition fighters, activists said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human rights said Syrian troops and members of Lebanon's Hezbollah group ambushed opposition fighters in the Qalamoun region near the Lebanese border, killing at least 50 of them. It said seven troops and Hezbollah fighters were killed in the fighting.
Syrian state television reported clashes in Qalamoun that killed "tens of terrorists." Syrian media refers to all opposition fighters as terrorists.
Government troops backed by Hezbollah fighters have seized nearly all the strategic Qalamoun region since launching an offensive there last November, severing rebel supply lines from neighbouring Lebanon.
The Syrian uprising began in the form of peaceful protests against President Bashar Assad in March 2011, but escalated into an insurgency when government forces violently cracked down on dissent.
The country is now in the grip of a complex civil war pitting several rebel and Islamic extremist groups against the government and each other. Over 170,000 people have been killed in Syria in more than three years of fighting, activists say.


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Jetting dives,
they skim the water
then away.
An intricate play
of circles and spirals
Each time they touch
upon the pond
an unseen life
is snatched away.
Spider riding
its own tension,
a fly, a gnat,
some larval form
of buzzing thing
or unpleasant to us
and better gone,
at this distance.
The swallow
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red head, white breast
blue across its back,
and the elegant
forked tail.
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Lin & Goodrich at Brigham Young are working on Bayesian motion models for generating probability maps. They have an interesting model, but need GPS tracks to train it. It's a nice complement to our approach, and it will be interesting to see how they compare.
~Originally a very cool review published in the first half of 2010. The review led to phone calls and a very productive collaboration on MapScore and other work.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Freshman Kailyn Kugler scored the first goal of her career early in the second half and a tight UC Santa Barbara defense held visiting Loyola Marymount to just six shots as the Gauchos won their season-opener on Friday night, 1-0.
The teams battled through a scoreless first half, combining for just seven shots. The Lions, however, put all four of their shots on-frame and UCSB goalkeeper Katie Wright recorded four saves.
In the second half, the Gauchos went on the offensive early. Sophomore midfielder Sarah Stoltz had a solid opportunity at the 46:02 mark, but her shot on goal was deflected wide right by LMU goalkeeper Joslyn Slovek. Exactly one minute later, UCSB struck for the only goal of the match.
Senior defender Katrina Wright carried the ball in from the left sideline. She knocked the ball across the box to junior midfielder Linda Allen. Allen one-touched a pass to Kugler who was situated about 10 yards out in front of the goal. Kugler shoved one just inside the right post, out of Slovek's reach.
Katie Wright did not record a save in the second half, but with the Lions swarming in front of the goal in the final minute, she had a nice punch out and one key collection.
UCSB finished the match with a 9-6 shot advantage. Junior midfielder Sami Svrcek had a team-high four shots for the Gauchos. LMU was paced by Jaime Bell who had four of its six shots.
With the victory, the Gauchos end a six-match winless streak to the Lions and open the season with a 1-0 record. LMU drops to 0-1.
UCSB will host 14th-ranked USC on Sunday evening at Harder Stadium in a match that will kickoff at 6:00 p.m.


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Minnesota's Brandt Among Patty Kaz Top 3 FinalistsMinnesota sophomore forward Hannah Brandt is among three finalists for the 2014 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. Brandt joins Clarkson senior forward Jamie Lee Rattray and Cornell junior forward Jillian Saulnier as finalists for the top honor in college women's hockey. Brandt leads the nation in points (61), assists (40) and assists per game (1.11).


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KUVO continues to present our community's finest musical talent throughout the summer, and here's what to expect through the month of June! Tune to jazz89 via your preferred listening method and listen for these live broadcasts. Better yet, become a member of the KUVO Studio Club and receive invitation to come down and enjoy in person!
Swing Je T'aime: Friday, June 6th @ 5:00 PM
This swingin' Colorado Gypsy Jazz group is a favorite for both dancers and Jazz cognoscenti, specializing in Paris-style swing. Aaron Walker - guitar, Laura Gerhard - vocals, Anthony Salvo - violin, Jeremy Wendelin - reeds, Brian Dean - piano, Jason Malmberg - bass.
The Denver Jazz Club Youth All Stars: Tuesday, June 10th @ 7:00 PM
Ed Cannava directs the Youth All Stars from the Denver Jazz Club on this month's edition of KUVO's High School Collegiate Series. The group's repertoire features traditional standards and spirituals, instrumentals and vocals. Catch the stars of tomorrow today!
The Freddy Rodriguez Quintet:Tuesday, June 17th @ 1:00 PM
An honest-to-goodness Denver Jazz legend, saxophonist Freddy Rodriguez Sr. has lead bands at the storied El Chapultepec club for over thirty years. He will be honored with a tribute at City Park Jazz later this month. Freddy Sr. - tenor sax, Andre - trumpet, Freddy Jr. - piano & vocals, Andrew Hudson - bass, Tony Black - drums.
The Tenia Nelson Quartet: Wednesday, June 18th @ 1:00 PM
Among the better-kept secrets on the Colorado scene, composer and DPS schoolteacher Tenia Nelson has a piano voice that is unique and soulful. Her band features some some of the standouts from her generation of young music professionals: Gabriel Mervine - trumpet, Tenia Nelson - piano, Dave Solzberg - bass, Manuel Lopez - drums.
Venus Cruz with Greg Tanner Harris: Thursday, June 26th at 10:30 PM
In addition to being a fine improvisational singer Venus Cruz also hosts KUVO's Jazz Odyssey Wednesdays from 10 PM until midnight. Her friendship with Greg Harris goes back years, and musical chemistry between the two is readiuly apparent. Venus Cruz - vocals, Greg T. Harris - piano, keys, vibes, Jonathan Lee Stewart - tenor sax, John Grigsby - bass, Daniel Hogans - drums
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I have a 96 Kombat & my current big sail is a 6.4 2003 North Drive. It is getting to it's end. I would like to stay as close to the max sail size for the board as possible. I do not have a 460 mast. I have a 430 '05 North mast (XC65 wave mast, very tapered with standard base diameter 65% carbon, IMCS 21CC). North has a 6.4 Duke designed for the mast but this is probably a bit too freestyly for me. I notice Severne has 3 sails in the 6.5 range designed around the 430 mast. These are the S-2, Gator & NCX. The Severene 430 Blue line mast for these sails has the same IMCS as my North mast. My North mast works very well with my North Sails. Is this north mast compatable with these Severne sails?? I'm looking for an all round 6.5 sail good for freeride blasting, jumping & maybe beginning freestyle that works ideally on my 430. Thanks!


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Candidates needed to fill positions in Petersburg
25 Elected positions will expire this year and will be voted on at the regular municipal election Oct. 2.
There are three positions of the Petersburg City Council held by Susan Flint, Nancy Strand and John Jensen that are up for grabs in October.
Two positions on the School Board held by Jim Schwartz and Sarah Holmgrain, which are three year terms are open for candidates.
The Petersburg Hospital Board has three positions held by Timothy Koeneman and Jeanette Ness which are three year terms and Rocia Tejera will give up a one year term, that can be found on the October ballot.
The Planning Commission has two vacant positions, one with a one year term and the other holds a two year term. In addition to the vacant positions, the two, three year seats held by Otis Marsh and Ronn Buschmann will also be on the ballot.
The Library Advisory Board which includes three, three year terms, held by Mary Ellen Anderson, Karen Quitsland and Marilyn Menish-Meucci will also expire this year.
The Harbor and Ports Advisory Board includes two, three year terms held by Bob Martin and Kurt Wohlhueter which are up for grabs in October.
Two, three year terms held by Jim Engell and Stan Hjort of the Public Safety Advisory Board will expire and will be found on the ballot.
Positions that will expire on the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board are two, three year terms held by Angel Worhatch and Summer Baxter.
The Utility Advisory Board has two vacant positions of two, two year terms and two, three year terms held by Charles Martinez and Rocky Flint.
The first day to file for City candidacy was July 24 and the last day to file is Aug. 21 at 5 p.m.
To be eligible to run for a city position a candidate must be a permanent resident of Petersburg for a year and registered to vote for at least 30 days with the exception of the School Board.
"We have only five candidates filed to run in the October election," Petersburg City Clerk Kathy O'Rear said.
Nancy Strand will seek reelection for her City Council seat. Mary Ellen Anderson and Marilyn Menish-Meucci will be running for reelection to the Library Board. Bob Martin will seek reelection to the Harbor Board and Otis Marsh will run for his Planning Commission position.
"Encourage your friends or family members to run for office," O'Rear said.


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Royal Bank of Scotland has paved the way to resume dividend payments once its financial health improves.
The bank has negotiated the removal of a barrier to dividend payments, the FT reported. The deal agreed with the Treasury to buy out the so-called dividend access share (DAS) could allow the part-nationalised lender to resume payouts when its finances improve. DAS was a financial agreement that gave the government preferential dividend rights and made it prohibitively expensive for the bank to resume payouts to ordinary investors.
The bank also secured an extension to 2016 to sell Williams & Glyn's, which was built from the 316 branches it has to dispose of as a condition of its bailout.
RBS is still lossmaking, so dividends could still be some way off as it rebuilds capital.
The bank said it had agreed to buy out the DAS for £1.5 billion which will not all be paid upfront. It will initially pay £320 million to the Treasury, with the remainder paid in flexible instalments to the Treasury. Any unpaid amount will increase 5 per cent per year from 2016.


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"Reconciliation" and "Looking Forward Not Backward:" Code for No Justice? February 19, 2009Posted by rogerhollander in About Barack Obama, About Justice, Barack Obama, Criminal Justice, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush.
Tags: congress, constitution, crimes against humanity, Criminal Justice, cynthia boaz, Dick Cheney, extraordinary rendition, ford, George Bush, george stephanopoulos, gonzales, high crimes, International law, Iraq invasion, justice, justice committee, nixon, nuremberg, nuremberg principle, nuremberg trial, ollie north, president obama, reagan, reconciliation, retribution, roger hollander, rule of law, rumsfeld, special prosecutor, torture, truth commission, us attorney, War Crimes, weinberger, wiretapping, wolfowitz
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The President of the Tribunal, Lord Chief Justice Lawrence, pronounces the sentences and reads the dissenting Russian opinion
by Roger Hollander
www.rogerhollander.wordpress.com, February 19, 2009
An essay entitled "Obama's Justice: Reconciliation Not Retribution" appeared recently in the progressive online journal, Truthout.com (http://www.truthout.org/021809J). Its author is Cynthia Boaz, assistant professor of political science at Sonoma State University, who is described as a specialist "in political development, quality of democracy and nonviolent struggle."
Professor Boaz's approach was most annoying in that she felt the need to set up a straw man (the notion that those who want justice want it for purposes of retribution) and resort to the ad hominem by characterizing those who are pushing for investigations and prosecution of the Bush era crimes as "disgruntled, self-identified progressives" and comparing them to "villagers wielding torches and pitchforks."
But such annoyances pale in light of the implication of her thesis in support of Obama as a "unifier," and his mission of "reconciliation, not retribution" in an attempt to justify Obama's oxymoronic and disingenuous statement that he believes in the rule of law but would rather look forward rather than backward.
(To her credit Professor Boaz acknowledges that the Bush administration may have committed misdeeds "which in some cases, rise to the level of crimes against humanity" and does not argue that they should not be brought to justice. Her point is that justice should not be politicized, that the president should not seek "retribution" for his predecessor)
In the real world justice in fact usually occurs in a political context – especially when crimes occur at the higher levels of government. Obama recognizes this and his remarks to George Stephanopoulos were in response to overwhelming public sentiment for him to appoint a special prosecutor as reflected in his transition sounding exercise. Presidents do appoint Special Prosecutors and the United States Attorney General. Presidents grant pardons, often controversial and often of a political nature (Ford/Nixon; Reagan/Weinberger, North, Irangate). The political and the judicial are indeed intertwined.
Talking about "reconciliation" and "looking forward rather than backward" is in itself a blatant political intrusion in the world of justice. If Obama were not signaling to the heads of the Justice Committees in both houses of Congress (and the American people) that he would prefer for them to back off, then he simply would have affirmed his commitment to the rule of law and left it at that.
The evidence that is already in the public domain with respect to the knowingly false pretense for the invasion of Iraq, the high level authorization of torture, the extraordinary renditions, the wiretapping, the U.S. Attorney firings, etc. is so overwhelming that – in spite of the sacred principle of "innocent until proven guilty" – the American and world public cannot be faulted for demanding that the Nuremberg principles be applied to the neo-fascist Bush clique. That former Vice President Cheney, who is universally considered to have been the Bush administration Godfather, has been making the rounds boasting about his role in committing in effect what are crimes against humanity, constitutes an open challenge to anyone who takes the rule of law seriously. Given the literally millions of human beings whose lives have been destroyed or seriously debilitated by the actions of the Bush administration and the gross violations of constitutional and international law, the imperative for speedy justice within the context of due process is overwhelming.
What I fear is some kind of Truth Commission based on the premise of giving immunity for the sake of getting the truth out. This, I believe, is what Obama was getting at with his "looking forward" remark and what Professor Boaz would like to see. Such a notion mocks the concept and dignity of Justice. It gives no closure to those who have suffered at the hands of high level war criminals and it has little or no deterrent effect. What it is is politically expedient.
Do I expect to ever see Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Gonzales, Wolfowitz et. al. in a United States court of law charged with high crimes? Honestly I do not (but I didn't ever expect to see the election of an Afro-American president in my lifetime either). But genuine truth, reconciliation and justice demand that such high crimes be investigated and prosecuted; those who suffered deserve justice; and the future of what is left of constitutional democracy is worth fighting for.
What is more, if President Barak Obama or anyone else acts in any way to impede or frustrate the carrying out of justice, they become to some extent complicit with the principal perpetuators.
UPDATE (May 1, 2009)
There has been a lot of -pardon the pun – wate(boarding) under the bridge since I wrote this piece in mid February. If you surf around my Blog or the many Blogs I post on it, you will find dozens if not hundreds of articles on the issue of torture and criminal responsibility for it. Just today, for example, I posted an excellent article by Glenn Greenwald that appeared in salon.com which documented the words of, of all people, Ronald Reagan, who, in introducing the law that made torture a serious crime in the United States, states that torture is a crime, with no exception for extraordinary circumstances (including, presumably, the phony "ticking time bomb" scenario). Ronald Reagan!
Professor Boaz, who is the target of my criticism in the original article above, had argued that those of us demanding that now President Obama take criminal action against the Torturers were misunderstanding the role of the presidency. Investigation and criminal prosecution in the bailiwick of the Judicial System, not the presidency she tells us. I wonder what she is thinking now that President Obama has heard, tried and exonerated the CIA agents who carried out the war crime known as torture.
During the longest eight years in history that we lived through under Bush/Cheney, one felt that what was happening as if it were in the realm of the surreal. Anti-war election results, and the war escalates (excuse me, surges). Torture with impunity. Habeas Corpus out the window. Warrantless wiretapping. An ideologically politicized Justice Department. Signing Statements allowing the President to ignore laws passed by Congress. Dr. Strangeglove figures such as Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Rice, Gonzales; and Darth Vader himself disguised as Dick Cheney, bunker and all.
May the goddess help me, I am having the same surrealistic dizziness all over again. The Attorney General declares that waterboarding is torture. Torture is a crime. Therefore … do nothing about it. The President releases evidence in the form of the infamous torture memos that, that along with photographic and other (International Red Cross, for example) evidence, leaves no doubt about the nature and extent of the torture; and then he proceeds to grant amnesty to those who committed the crimes. They were only following orders, he says, as the Nuremburg amnesia sets in alongside the swine flu. Pelosi and Reid want investigations … in secret (!). The mainstream media, as it did under Bush/Cheney, plays along with the Alice in Wonderland fantasies, and the maniacs on the neo-Fascist Right have convinced a signficant percentage of Americans that torture is not a crime under "certain circumstances." The torture memos written by John Yoo and Jay Bybee are so patently phony and Kafkesque that Yoo is invited to teach law in Orange County and Bybee is made a Federal Judge.
It has been suggested that President Obama doesn't feel there is the political will to prosecute the war criminals, which is why he has been so wishy-washy, but that he has released the tortue memos and is soon to release more photos as a way to achieve that will. I don't believe this, but that doesn't matter. Only by latching on to the the issue like a pit bull and refusing to let go can we who believe in Decency and Justice bring the American War Criminals to justice.


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Press Releases - 12/4/06
Washington, D.C. (December 4, 2006)—
Local health departments in Houston, Los Angeles, and rural Nebraska will launch innovative flu vaccine services within two weeks, the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) announced today. The departments aim to improve local flu vaccination, especially for high-risk groups.
The three programs will provide vaccinations well into the winter months, instead of only during the traditional October–November flu vaccination period. Vaccination will be available in new settings, such as Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program sites and even livestock sale barns.
Services will be targeted to poor families, farm families, pregnant women, mothers, and young children.
During the past two years, NACCHO and other public health organizations have shown heightened concern about the risks of a major flu outbreak.
About 36,000 Americans die of influenza every year. Health experts agree that vaccination is the most effective form of prevention. Ninety percent of the nation's 2,800 local health departments regularly provide vaccinations to children and adults against diseases like flu.
NACCHO is funding the new services through a competitive grant program sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline. "These exciting new services will point the way toward the goal of vaccinating everyone at risk, everywhere in America, every year," said NACCHO President Poki Stewart Namkung, MD, MPH.
The Houston effort centers on an education campaign for WIC program clients. Run by the city's Health and Human Services Department, the program will compare immunization rates of clients who receive the education services with rates of clients who do not receive them. The target group in Houston includes mothers and babies less than one year old.
Los Angeles' program, directed by that city's Department of Public Health, also focuses on WIC clients, in this case pregnant women and children between 6 months and 5 years old. An intensive education campaign is the centerpiece of the Los Angeles initiative.In Nebraska, the Public Health Solutions District Health Department for Fillmore, Gage, Jefferson, Saline, and Thayer Counties is launching a "Beef Up Immunization" campaign. Based in the town of Crete, the department will bring vaccination services to livestock barns on sale days in order to reach more residents of rural areas.
NACCHO is the national organization representing the nation's nearly 3,000 local health departments. These agencies work every day on the front lines to protect and promote the health of their communities. NACCHO develops resources and programs and promotes national policies that support effective local public health practice.


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Since the debut of the diminutive Asus Eee PC, netbooks have grown tremendously in popularity, and somewhat in size as well. From the original Eee's 7-inch screen came a flood of 9-inch models from the likes of Acer, Dell, and HP. They were followed by 10-inch models, which have become the most popular of all.
A 10-inch screen can generally handle the full Windows interface for most applications, and retains the portability for which netbooks have become known.
But what about going higher? Acer has been among the companies to break past the 10-inch barrier -- where companies like Intel and Microsoft would rather see netbooks stay so they do not impede sales of more expensive PCs.
'Ultrathins' Provide 'Full PC' Experience
In fact, Intel has unveiled a new line of PCs called "ultrathins" that offer more powerful processors than netbooks. The argument is that these new PCs really provide a "full PC" experience whereas netbooks don't.
But the line is blurry. The Acer Aspire One 11.6-inch ($300 to $330 online) represents a major improvement over the stocky design that characterized Acer's first netbooks. It weighs less than 3 lbs. and is less than an inch thick. Its profile is so slim that the bulky Ethernet and video ports have been moved to the rear corners of the machine.
Its full-sized keyboard is roomy and comfortable, and while its trackpad is much smaller than that of, say the 13-inch MacBook Pro, it is up to its task and can take advantage of multi-touch gestures such as "pinching" to zoom out on a photo.
And yet, while the enlarged Aspire One's size may be too large for some netbook carrying cases, the low profile of the display makes it a convenient fit for an airline tray. In fact, the dipping extended battery (which Acer rates at 8.5 hours of battery life) lets it lie flat on some trays.
A Computer Road Warriors Will Relish
What will you give up? The answer is performance, particularly on high-quality high-definition video and 3D. To make up for these gaps, more companies are pairing the Atom processor in most notebooks with a new graphics chipset called Ion, but the new Aspire doesn't have it.
Another change coming to netbooks is Windows 7, the latest version of Microsoft's operating system. Many netbooks, particularly the least expensive ones, ship with Windows 7 Starter Edition, which lacks many of the features of the Home Premium edition, but still offers advantages over Windows XP.
Overall, the Acer Aspire One 11.6-inch is a great fit for road warriors who are primarily interested in the productivity of a larger screen and full-sized keyboard and long battery life in a stylish package. It's slim enough to fit through the gap between the value of netbooks and the higher prices of new, more powerful ultra-thin PCs.
Ross Rubin (@rossrubin on Twitter) is director of industry analysis at The NPD Group (@npdtech on Twitter). He blogs at The NPD Group Blog as well as his own blog, Out of the Box.


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Political junkies may get their fill of debates tonight. Following the Vice Presidential debate, Senator Dean Heller and Congresswoman Shelley Berkley will also square off.
Their debate, staged in Las Vegas and televised throughout the state, is their second meeting.
For months now the two candidates have blasted each other in a series of mostly negative ads. And with the possible control of the U-S Senate riding in the balance, they've been joined by the national parties and outside groups, none of whom have raised the level of discourse.
Heller appears to be getting something of a coat tail effect from the post debate bump the Romney candidacy has received and appeared to have picked up a point or two from their first debate.
Berkley has been hitting Heller on his votes both as a congressman and Senator for a plan to turn Medicare into a voucher program.
Heller and others have hit Berkley over ethics allegations concerning her support for medical legislation which may or may not have benefited her physician husband.
At the end of it all, we've been left with recent polls showing Heller holding onto a lead over the congresswoman. The margin has varied, but it has been consistent.
Those polls also show some movement in the favorable-unfavorable impressions voters have of the two, though the numbers for either leave little to brag about.
That and the percentage of voters who say they are inclined to vote "none of these candidates", eight percent in one recent poll, may say something about the effect of the mostly negative tenor of the campaign.
Heller appears to be getting a point or two of coat tail effect from the recent surge in the Romney campaign. It's not as clear the congresswoman has the same level of support in her party as they president.
Then there's the geographical element. Heller is much better known in the north. Berkley is a seven term congresswoman from Clark County.
It's unclear what effect the recent surge in registrations may have.
The fact that both sides are still spending heavily indicates with less than a month to go, this race is still in play.
The Heller-Berkley debate begins at 8 pm and will be carried live on KOLO 8.
We've invited three local voters to watch the debate with us and share their impressions in the special edition of KOLO 8 News Now following the debate at 9.