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The downloading and installation process was very straightforward. I downloaded an ISO from the main download page and used the Windows Disc Image Burner on Windows 7 to create the install DVD. I am using Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" 64-bit. There is a release page that has the common download options available if you want to see the other choices. During the installation process there is an option to install restricted extras, which I selected, giving you the ability to playback some media formats without having to install additional software later.
Below, I am listing the different additional software I installed after getting the computer up and running. I may add to this in the future, and this is mostly a log for myself in case I have to do this again later.
The Unity desktop that comes standard on Ubuntu 12.10 is going to take some getting used to. I may stick with it, but I decided to download a few other desktop environments to try out as well before settling. These command will install the classic Gnome desktop, the KDE desktop, and the LUbuntu desktop (which is supposed to be lighter weight).
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sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
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Ubuntu installs with open source graphics drivers that worked fine with the APU I have, but AMD releases a proprietary driver that I installed instead. There is an unofficial wiki from AMD that contains installation instructions. Make sure you find the page for your specific distribution. I initially followed the directions for Ubuntu 12.04 and things did not go well. I followed the manual installation instructions, which are listed below. You could also download the zip file from the AMD website instead of the wget line below.
sudo apt-get install build-essential cdbs dh-make dkms execstack dh-modaliases linux-headers-generic fakeroot
sudo apt-get install lib32gcc1
wget http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13.1-linux-x86.x86_64.zip
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sudo dpkg -i fglrx*.deb
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After all of these steps, reboot the computer. Then run the following commands to test out the installation and make sure everything works. The first one should print some information about your GPU, and the second should start a spinning box graphic and report out some information.
I have Amazon Prime, which gives you access to stream a lot of TV shows and movies, and when I went to check if it worked....it didn't. I was using Firefox and my Flash player was up-to-date, but it kept saying I needed to update the player. I did some searching, and eventually found a solution.
sudo apt-get install libhal1 hal
That worked for a couple weeks, but soon after I did an update in the Ubuntu Software Center...and Amazon Instant Video stopped working. Apparently there was an update to the flash plug-in that broke it. A post on the Ubuntu forums describes the fix.
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I don't play computer games, so I don't have anything to compare it to, but I went to Steam, which recently started putting out some Linux games, and downloaded Team Fortress 2 (free to play) to see how it runs on the APU. It looked like it was working fine to me, and I didn't notice any slowing down or anything.
This one makes me feel a little dumb. After leaving my computer running for a while, I would check "top" in the terminal and it looked like all of my RAM was being used when the computer was basically idling. I got pretty frustrated trying to figure out what was going on until I found this site that explains it. Linux uses unused memory for caching but it gives it right back to applications when its needed. My computer is really idling at about 1GB of RAM used, not 3GB+, which is what had me worried. The "free" command shows how much memory is being used for caching and home much you really have used.
Now, on to the software I really care about. I mostly want to use this computer to work on my microcontroller projects and C++/Python projects. GCC and Python came pre-installed, so there's nothing needed to use those. There are several IDE's available in the Ubuntu Software Center, but for now I plan on just using a text editor and terminal.
Some microcontroller vendors release their tools for Windows only, but there are several officially supported Linux tools.
I use Cadsoft Eagle for PCB layout, and they offer a Linux version. It comes as a .run file that opens an installer and was very straightforward to install. I opened up some of their sample project files and it seemed like everything was working correctly.
Microchip's relatively new MPLAB-X IDE is available for Linux and it also comes as a .run file that is easy to install. It looks like debugging in Linux is only supported on the PICKIT3, not the PICKIT2, so I'll probably end up getting on of those before I pick back on up one of my stalled PIC18 projects. I have a storybook reader project and a RC/drone controller project that are both PIC based that haven't made much progress in a while, but hopefully I'll get back to them at some point and transition them over to my Linux development box.
I downloaded the version of the Arduino IDE that is in the Ubuntu repository. It installed version 1.0.1, while the download page for Arduino is at 1.0.4 for a zipped tar file for Linux. I'll see once I start working with it if I need to upgrade. My next/current project will likely use Arduino because I'm helping out a friend with a homebrewing controller who doesn't really have any background in programming/electronics and want to learn through the project and it seemed like the best choice for that.
sudo apt-get install arduino
Atmel also releases an AVR Toolchain for Linux that includes a compiler, assembler, linker and Standard C & math libraries for AVR microcontrollers. I would imagine that the Arduino installation includes some (or all) of this, but it seemed like a useful link to keep track of as well.
Texas Instruments has also provided Linux support for their MSP430 series of microcontrollers with CSS version 5. The free version is limited to 16kB, but that is larger than most of the low end MSP430's anyway.


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The Reign of Antiochus Epiphanes; Cruelty and Impiety of Antiochus; The Death of Antiochus. B. C. 534. 21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. 22 And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant. 23 And … [Read more...]
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The iconic and classic style that screams Americana is heading toward yet another renaissance. The style never really goes "out of style" because it is not a fad. It fades slightly due to being over marketed when it is "hot" but always comes back with a vengeance.
Western clothes have an attitude. Putting your feet up while wearing some well broken in Cowboy boots is symbolic of the American sense of liberty and thus saying "we bow to no one." As America struggles through some rough patches Americans are brought back to their legendary roots of which Western wear was born. Americans are growing tired of trendy and hipster. Western clothing not only is masculine it is feminine at the same time. It straddles economic and social barriers. It is equally modest and brash. Boots and shirts can be classic and subdued or stage ready in satin and snakeskin. Whether in the boardroom, barn or on stage at the Grand Ol' Opry, Western wear has something for everyone. Check out my video bar for upcoming reviews on excellent Western wear.
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Benedict Mar Gregorios is a man who hurries in a heat of hope!
The Syro-Malankara Archbishop of Trivandrum is an elegant, thin man in perpetual motion. When introduced, he mocked his wispy beard by telling us that children often asked why he never cut it. He laughingly responded, Would you trim a flower?
Picture his residence in Trivandrum, Kerala, India a wooden building with breeze-collecting porches surrounded by exotic plants and flowers, gardens bursting with crops (some unknown and untried throughout his country), rubber trees, animal shelters, chemical laboratories, distilleries for making honey syrup and wine, quail and chicken coops, hybrid-seed-processing areas, libraries and research rooms
picture this, and you will see just a small portion of his world.
Our first meeting with Mar Gregorios was at a luncheon. Msgr. Robert L. Stern, Sister Kathryn Callahan, C.S.C., Kamini Desai Sanghvi and I were served quail (grown on his farm), fresh pineapple (grown on his farm), cashew nuts (grown on his farm), honey spread on sweet bread (credit bees with the honey but the bread was home-baked), and coconut milk (you guessed it).
During the meal, Mar Gregorios quoted literature from half the writers of the Western world. He quoted Horaces poetry in the original Latin. He is fluent in Malayalam and Tamil, the languages of his archdiocese. He also speaks fluent Italian, French, Portuguese and English.
He maintains correspondence with scientific societies and academic associations throughout the world; collects the latest research on plant life, agricultural techniques, fast-growing trees, mushrooms, small game; breeds dairy cows, anthurium flowers, cacti and roses, spices. You name it, this 76-year-old priest has studied and knows it.
He charmed our group with tales of his travels and exemplified the concept that cheerfulness is the most visible sign of wisdom. Most of all, he made us think.
Mar Gregorios is the major archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, a community that achieved full communion with the Church of Rome in 1930. Ordained a bishop in 1955, his efforts to renew the Syriac liturgy within a truly Indian context has led to the Churchs tremendous growth. Today more than 300,000 people are baptized members. When the archbishop was ordained in 1955, the Syro-Malankara Church numbered just over 70,000 members.
Mar Gregorios has initiated programs with the Tamils in the south, and with the dispossessed the so-called untouchables in his own state of Kerala.
We met the archbishop on several of his visits to New York and were certainly familiar with his projects funded by the benefactors of Catholic Near East Welfare Association. Now we were seeing him for the first time on his own turf.
We came to see what we might do. We left feeling he had done much for us.
This simple priest/erudite scholar insists, Our Lord didnt come to save souls alone, but to save people! We must realize that the God who gave us a body and who himself assumed a body, cannot be thought of as indifferent to our material needs, for he made us to live in human dignity dignity that presupposes a certain material well-being.


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So why do some houses sell faster than others? What should you do for selling a house quickly? Same house, same number of bedrooms, same size garden, same street. The difference? The house down the road is presented properly for a quick sale.
You MUST present your property in the best possible light. That means present it as you would wish to see it for the very first time. Okay, let's start at the first thing a potential buyer will see - the front of the house. Is the gate hanging of the hinges? Is the path/driveway covered in weeds? Does the front door need a lick of paint? Do the windows need cleaning? Whatever the season for fast selling home, there's always stuff to do, so get them done, first impressions count, don't put off your potential buyer before they've even got through the front door!
Next, the hallway - don't answer the door with all the kids cramming at the doorway to see who it is, or the dog barking at the door bell ringing… get rid of them! Harsh I know, but pack them off to your Mothers' or a friendly neighbour for half an hour. So that done you answer the door with a big beaming smile, looking smart/casual and smelling nice... "Hi how are you, nice to meet you, please come in". Wow now that's a welcome. I like this house!
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After the kitchen, take them outside to view the back garden - make sure all the toys and bikes are hidden away in the garage or shed, have the grass freshly cut and again all weeds removed, make sure the garden furniture is clean and well presented. And hide any gnomes!
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Wednesday, December 22, 2004
Happy Holidays
Mikaela says:
A pastor in Raleigh, N.C. (Hi, Maggie!) has spearheaded a campaign to target stores who greet customers with "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas," threatening to take away their business. The church has taken out a full-page ad in the local newspaper urging Christians to boycott these stores.
This from the L.A. Times:
"Our position is, if they want the gold, frankincense and myrrh, they should acknowledge the birth of the child," said Wooden, pastor of the Upper Room Church of God in Christ.
Emboldened by their victories in November's elections, conservative Christians nationwide have converged around the topic of Christmas, contending that secularists and nonbelievers have tried to obliterate the holiday's religious meaning.
Conservative Americans feel ready to push back against what they deem "the secularists or the humanists or the elitists" who dominate popular culture, said the Rev. Mark Creech of the Christian Action League of North Carolina, which is based in Raleigh.
"It's a cultural war. We are in the thick of it,"Creech said. "It's not so much an attack on us. It's an attack on Christ."
Wooden and his church - which has a cherry-red "Merry Christmas" banner hanging across its front, looking for all the world like a political slogan - aim to push back against that spirit of caution.
The paper ran a series of passionate letters, many critical of the advertisement. An Episcopal priest wrote to compare the campaign to the Nazi policy requiring Jews to identify themselves with yellow stars.
Wooden, 43, considers the campaign such a success that he has set aside money in the church budget - full-page ads cost about $7,600 - to buy a similar advertisement next year. Fresh off the fierce debate over same-sex marriage, which he opposes, condemnation from the left does not trouble him. On the contrary, he said: "It seems to me the greater the persecution, the stronger the church."
Monday, December 20, 2004
Sound and the Fury
Mikaela says:
This latest news from Democracy Now reframes all of the war protesting as so much tempest in a teapot, signifying nothing. No wonder Bush didn't sweat the small stuff (like evidence or non-lying rhetoric).
Justice Dept. Okd Bush Having Unlimited War Power
Newsweek has obtained a secret Justice Department memo from 2001 that claims there are effectively "no limits" on presidential power to wage war -- with or without Congressional approval. The memo written two weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks reads in part "The President may deploy military force preemptively against terrorist organizations or the states that harbor or support them, whether or not they can be linked to the specific terrorist incidents of Sept. 11." Newsweek's Michael Isikoff reports the memo seems to lay out a legal groundwork for the president to invade Iraq-without approval of Congress-long before the White House had publicly expressed any intent to do so. In regards to war, the memo claims "the president's decisions are for him alone and are unreviewable."
Fury, anyone?
Bringing down the House
Mikaela says:
I hate to bring the mood down again, but I feel pressed to introduce what should remain an underscore throughout this joyous holiday season.
I went to my liberal religious service yesterday morning where peace was the theme. Peace and goodwill toward men, right? That's supposed to be the moral of Christmas, even for us left-wing religiosos. Even though, I admit, I am especially emotional this week, I was surprised by my own teariness throughout the service. Every time she mentioned peace -- peace for the embattled Fallujians -- peace for entrenched politicians -- peace for angry Americans -- and reminded us that goodness is here, with us and in us, all the time -- that our sole responsibility is to recognize and appreciate the goodness here, in the people next to us in the long line at the malls, here in this Christmas season even when materialism seems to be the rule of the day -- here in this country where half of us support this President and his war and half of us stew in fury and despair -- I found myself struggling to quiet a rising panic at the vision of all the people in Iraq and elsewhere in the world that are drowning in fear of U.S. attack. Every day. Every day.
All I could pray for was one day of respite from fear of us. One day -- too much to hope for a whole holiday week -- where it would never cross their minds to fear for their lives if they leave their homes to buy food. Just one day where the love of their families and neighbors was more real to them, more present, than their fear and hatred of everything the U.S. has come to mean to the threats and dangers of their everyday lives. One day for the children growing up hungry and scared to be able to laugh as loud as they want and not be ashamed at their joy when so many around them are suffering. Just one day without fear for those we seek to "free" and a whole week of remembering for those of us here that our privilege and our distance and our ability to forget their suffering is bought at a much higer price than our global position and personal credit can sustain.
It wasn't until this morning that I learned 70 people lost their lives yesterday in Iraq. Seventy people. The tears that so embarrassed me at church, tears that seemingly came from nowhere, now seem piteously few and negligently inadequate. I am going to take the time today to write our fair Mr. W. Bush and his Pentagon and ask them for one day of peace. To do whatever we have to do not to shoot anyone or bomb anyone or scare anyone for one full day. It doesn't seem too much to ask. It's probably inhuman of me to ask for so little. May I be forgiven and my intentions understood.
Thursday, December 16, 2004
"The Library" and the decline of genuine places
Maggie says:
Last night a group of us went downtown and were confronted by a line of hundreds of people trying to get into the opening night festivities of this new bar "The Library." Downtown Albuquerque has been straddling a tenuous balance of coolness and Disneyland status for the last couple of years, and unfortunately I think The Library will cement downtown's status as a fake place built for college kids and young professionals with cash, much to the delight of developers and shady groups like the Downtown Action Team. Never mind that some of the country's most historic and culturally rich neighborhoods straddle downtown and their residents are still without a local grocery store or bookstore…
I may have to take a picture of this place and post it for non-locals. It's a huge bar right on Central Ave. with gaudy paintings of books above the entrance with embarrassing titles such as "Tequila Mockingbird" and "Lord of the Onion Rings." Talk about running a theme into the ground. And I haven't even mentioned the half-naked "librarian" waitstaff yet. Here's a brilliant quote from the manager regarding his scantily-clad table-dancing waitresses: "We actually really just want to appeal to women. We don't want girls to feel put off or intimidated by the all-female staff."
Give me a break. Places like this are exactly what sucks about so many bars and downtowns today. That this Las Vegas/Disneyland approach works while genuine bars like O'Neil's in Nob Hill have to close their doors is terrible. I can't help but feel suckered in places like this, like I'm selling out just by walking in the door and pretending to be a part of a fabricated experience.
Look for me at Pearl's Dive down the street instead.
People, not mannequins
Maggie says:
In the last two weeks I've seen "Closer" and "Sideways," both movies I was really looking forward to seeing. And both of them I liked. But "Sideways" in particular has a rare quality for movies these days, one that's even more striking when you see it right after "Closer." The thing is, the characters in "Sideways" look like regular people, like we look and like people we know. What a refreshing concept.
The coldness of "Closer" (which again, I did like) was exacerbated by the remarkable beauty of everyone in it. The distance that Mike Nichols purposely creates between the audience and the characters' experiences is even more pronounced because, simply put, the people in that movie don't look like anyone I've ever seen in real life. We're not supposed to really like the characters – and we don't. But it seems to me that we especially don't like them because they look plastic, untouchable, and again… unreal.
Enter "Sideways." Okay, the women are beautiful. But they have an authentic beauty, not an untouchable one. The men look like guys you see every day. Even the "handsome" one channels that guy everyone liked in high school more than, say, the leading men in vanity projects like "Alexander" and "Troy."
And I swear that their realness is what makes the movie. We care about the characters, even when they're screwing up and/or screwing people over. There's a sympathy there, an understanding, a connection that never happens in "Closer." And come to think of it, my favorite recent movies besides "Sideways" – "Garden State," "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," and "American Splendor" – all have normal-looking people in them, too.
So what do you think? Is this a new trend? Is it a coincidence that lots of recent acclaimed performances came with a drastic change in a star's appearance, often through weight gain? Should beautiful movie stars be scared for their jobs? Is Paul Giamatti the new Brad Pitt?
Monday, December 13, 2004
It's Xmas -- aagh!
marjorie says...
Hi folks. We need to lighten up around here. So, in the spirit of Xmas, I thought I would post this Maureen Dowd commentary. Wow, various sisters certainly come to mind, on both sides of this sentiment. Sisters (and bro)...I am so looking forward to seeing y'all in just a few short days.
Jingle Bell Schlock (Dowd hates Christmas)
Maureen Dowd, in the NYT, 12/05/04
If I hear "Frosty the Snowman" one more time, I'll rip his frozen face off.
It's a scientific fact, or should be, that Christmas music can turn you into a fruitcake. It either sends you into a Pavlovian shopping trance, buying stupid things like the Robosapien, or, if you hear repeated Clockwork-Orange choruses of "Ring, Christmas Bells" drilling into your brain with that slasher-movie staccato, makes you feel as possessed with Christmas spirit as Norman Bates.
I've never said this out loud before, but I can't stand Christmas.
Everyone in my family loves it except me, and they can't fathom why I get the mullygrubs, as a Southern friend of mine used to call a low-level depression, from Thanksgiving straight through New Year.
"You're weird," my mom says. This from a woman who once left up our Christmas tree until April 3, and who listens to a radio station that plays carols 24/7 all month.
My equally demonic sister has a whole collection of rodents dressed in holiday clothes that she puts up around her house. There's a mouse Santa Claus and mouse Mrs. Claus and mice elves and a miniature Christmas village with mice, and some rat Cinderella coachmen in pink waistcoats and rats in red velvet vests and more rats, wearing frilly red-and-white nightshirts and nightcaps and holding little candles, leading you up the steps to bed. It's beyond creepy. I keep fretting that it's going to be like "Willard" meets "The Nutcracker," where they come alive and eat her like a Christmas pudding.
My mom and sister both blissfully sat through "It's a Wonderful Life" again on Thanksgiving weekend, while even hearing a mere snatch of that movie makes me want to scarf down a fistful of antidepressants - and join all the other women in America who are on a holiday high - except our family doctor is a Scrooge about designer drugs, leaving me to self-medicate as Clarence gets his wings with extra brandy in the eggnog.
I've given a lot of thought to why others' season of joy is my season of doom - besides the obvious fact that yuppies have drenched the holidays in ever more absurd levels of consumerism.
I think it has to do with how stressed out my mom and sister would get on Christmas Day when I was little. I remember them snapping at me; they seemed tense because of all the aprons to be sashed and potatoes to be mashed. (In our traditional Irish household, women slaved and men were waited on.)
It might be exacerbated by the stress I feel when I think of all the money I've spent on lavishing boyfriends with presents over the years, guys who are now living with other women who are enjoying my lovingly picked out presents which I'm no doubt still paying for in credit card interest charges.
I was embracing my Christmas black dog the other day when I read a Times article so scary it made my hair - and my genes - curl.
It was about how severe stress can make a woman age very rapidly and prematurely, looking years older than her chronological age, because the stress causes the DNA in our cells to shrink, and sort of curl down on itself, until the cells can no longer replicate. "When people are under stress they look haggard, it's like they age before your eyes, and here's something going on at a molecular level" that reflects that impression, said one of the researchers, Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn of the University of California at San Francisco.
So now, on top of all the stress related to having a president and vice president who scared us to death about terrorists to get re-elected, I have to be stressed about the fact that my holiday stress might cause me to turn into an old bat - instantly, just like it happened in Grimm's fairy tales, when a girl would be cursed and suddenly become a crone. Or just like this Christmas doll my sister brought home once that had an apple for a head; her face looked all juicy and white at the start of the week and then by the end of the week, it was all discolored and puckered.
I flipped through the hot new self-help book by Gordon Livingston, a psychiatrist from Columbia, Md., "Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now."
One of them is the cardinal rule of anxiety: Avoidance makes it worse; confrontation gradually improves it.
Yep. I definitely need to rip Frosty's face off.
But where will the kids play??
Friday, December 10, 2004
Our Mental Malady
marjorie says...
"The U.S. population has a great mental failing. It is greater than its ignorance, which on many counts is profound. It is greater than its racism, which is often substantial. It is greater than its homophobia and sexism, which are substantial as well. This mental malady is that our population believes that nothing better than the corporate capitalist system is possible; that efforts at reform are largely fruitless—either these efforts are defeated or they are rapidly rolled back." – Michael Albert, Z Magazine
This is a quote from Michael Albert's election analysis article, which you can find on Znet's top page. He suggests that what we often refer to as apathy is in fact this malady. I think he is right. And think about it – look back to the Clinton years, when large numbers of people voted for him in 1992 because they believed him when he said he would ensure that all people were provided with health care. And where were we at the end of his eight years? This malady was bolstered on lots of fronts by the Clinton years.
In order to transform a world that celebrates poverty, disenfranchisement, and environmental degradation, we have to change this belief that this is the only system that works. We have to get to the root. We have to be radical. This doesn't mean we have to know what the next system is. It simply means that we believe that there are other, better ways of ordering our social, political, and economic lives. That another world is possible. If we don't believe it, how can we possibly hope to affect just social change?
Albert also talks about elections as being only a small part of political life, and yet so many focus on them as their outlet for political expression. Being that he can be so articulate, I will quote him again: "Elections are not the whole of politics, only a tiny part. The whole is, or should be, the most widespread possible development of consciousness and commitment, the exercising of social pressure, the development of counter institutions, and finally, the winning of fundamental changes in defining structures."
This is a theme I harp on a lot. The question I often have about the Greens is this: Why should folks vote green when the party itself is not present in day-to-day political and economic life, and is largely run by middleclass white enviro's? Because on paper there are some nice platform issues? Where is the trust? And how do you build trust? Have any of the historic movements in this country ever been built through political parties alone, or were they under-girded by organizing on the ground for real, substantial change?
Since the election I have certainly been swept up right along with the talk about where we went wrong, the talk about how screwed the American people are, what is wrong with the Democratic party, etc. etc. And, of course, I wanted Kerry to win. Very much so.
But, really, a lot of this has to do with thinking of elections as the epitome of our political work. We have to look beyond the parties. Only with a solid, organized, progressive movement will we be able to really sway the Democratic Party to act in a progressive manner. Otherwise, that party will simply look to its moneybags for direction, which, let's not forget, are generally the same moneybags as the Republicans. This is a clear lesson from the Clinton years.
Our actions in 2004 were only movement building in so far as all of those engaged people stay engaged during the next four years. It's only real power if it is harnessed for ongoing battles, and built upon. The only way we can reach more people is to keep in touch with the folks we already know. We need ongoing organization. And we also need to look and think outside the box. We need to get past our labels. Maybe there is some real progressivism right beneath our noses…that exists in the rural areas, that is possibly being distorted and exploited by the Republicans. Food for thought.
Tuesday, December 07, 2004
Seven ways we can win
Maggie says:
This David Sirota article "The Democrat's DaVinci Code" is THE BEST analysis I've seen of how Democrats can reconnect with voters whose interests are Democratic ones but who voted for Bush. He uses progressive victories in Republican areas as examples of how some winning progressive candidates are connecting with conservative voters beyond the Democratic leadership party line. I cannot recommend this article enough. Here's a recap of his seven lessons.
1. Fight the Class War. Sirota writes, "If patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels, crying 'class warfare' is the last refuge of wealthy elitists. Yet, inexplicably, this red herring emasculates Democrats in Washington." He's right. Democrats need to be connecting with voters in small towns whose economies have been destroyed by free trade policies that wiped out homegrown industries. This hits close to home for me and other North Carolinians, where the state's textile industry has been decimated in the last few years. In a Senate race debate, Democratic candidate Erskine Bowles was silenced by Republican opponent Richard Burr with this line: "You negotiated the China trade agreement for President Clinton, which is the largest exporter of jobs not just in North Carolina but in this country." Any surprise that Burr won the Senate race?
2. Champion Small Business Over Big Business. Sirota argues that although it's assumed Republicans have the small business vote tied up, the tide has been turning as the conservative courting of corporations has become more obvious and more extreme. Lost jobs figure in here, as does Wal-mart and its tax breaks at the expense of local business. Sirota uses the Democratic gubernatorial campaign in Montana to show that this tactic can win.
3. Protect Tom Joad. I'm so happy that Sirota included family farming in his analysis. To me, this is an obvious area where progressives can connect with "values" voters. Modern politics have just obliterated family farming, and some key progressive voices are fighting back by protesting agribusiness mergers and not buying into the party line that bills such as the "Freedom to Farm Act" do anything at all to actually help family farmers. Farmers already know this, they live it every day. Imagine the difference if some candidates started really hearing them, and then actually fought for their interests. Pointing out that Republicans are the architects of agribusiness is a start, fighting against it will win us the farming vote.
4. Turn the Hunters and the Exurbs Green. This is Sirota's weakest point, that the environment is something everyone cares about. I agree, but am less sure of how much people care in the voting booth. But anyway, food for thought.
5. Become a Teddy Roosevelt Clone. This is a great point, that fighting white-collar crime is something working class people love to see. Enron outraged the American public, and the perception that those folks are tied up with Republicans is there. So go after Enron types, take on Wall Street – middle America will cheer it on.
6. Clean up Government. The line that Democrats are big spenders doesn't work anymore. Keep talking about how devastating Republican policies have been to our economy. Everyone appreciates good financial sense – make it clear that Republicans don't have any.
7. Use the Values Prism. Moral values are really about cultural solidarity, about being "one of us." Our candidates need to be real. This doesn't mean selling out as Republican Lite – it means having local candidates connect with local values and local concerns, to being true to what they believe in. People can smell phoniness a mile away, and will usually vote against it.
Saturday, December 04, 2004
It's Bush's Economy, Stupid
Mikaela says:
While the article explaining Bush's glee at the decline of the dollar mentioned in my post below gives credit where credit is due -- acknowledging the strategy apparent in the Bush administration's recent policy decisions -- another article on the same website glaringly and naively does not. Check out the article with the already-suspicious title, "Fiscal Responsibility & Budget Discipline."
The author exclaims with some alarm and indignation:
"If you look out beyond the next 10 years or so, there will be virtually no money for anything other than national defense, Social Security, Medicare and interest payments. So, unless you think that national parks are a waste, that we don't need interstate highways, that student loans should be eliminated, that we should shut down the Department of Education, and close NASA, there will indeed be some pain. And this pain will show up in our nation's economic performance as our national human and physical infrastructure goes into decline."
But I read it as a shopping list for the most conservative Republicans, who want to privatize everything and get the government out of everything but the military business (and even they are being privatized -- just look at all the mercenary "soldiers" in Iraq -- not to mention the Iraqi soldiers being trained to take over for American soldiers).
The author goes on to chastise the President's budget approach:
"If the administration ever takes off their rosy glasses, we will likely be told that we need to make 'tough choices' with the budget. However, the choices they offer will certainly not include any revenue increases – and thus not everyone will be asked to sacrifice equally.
To make their choices explicit, it's OK to cut research funding for the National Science Foundation, while just a couple months ago Congress managed to find over $100 billion worth of new tax breaks for corporations. We're being told to sacrifice student loans, and we do not have money for low-income heating assistance, but we can still phase in tax cuts that favor multimillionaires."
Again, the author makes the dangerous mistake of "misunderestimating" the President's policy approaches. It's not that his glasses are rosy; they're like night-vision goggles allowing him to see the future that his policy will conjure.
The rest of the article seems to miss the point entirely:
"And somehow we're expected to buy the line that we now need to sacrifice, that we now need to exert some budget discipline?
The current budget and deficit situation did not occur accidentally. Tax changes that provided cuts for the wealthy and little to nothing for everyone else have caused revenue to decline and the deficit to explode. At just 16.2 percent of gross domestic product, federal revenue is at its lowest level since the 1950s.
If there are sacrifices that need to be made, let us share them together – not increase the tax giveaways for some while asking the rest of us to pick up the slack. Already, those at the very top of the income distribution got the bulk of benefit from recent tax changes – do they really need more? Budget discipline means discipline on all sides, on spending and on taxes – not partisan politics using 'discipline' as an excuse to roll back society's gains."
It's not that those at the top need more tax cuts; the point is that there's nothing to stop them from getting them. They have the power; they have the money; they frame the issues.
Let's wake up. Leave off the incredulousness and call a spade a spade. If federal revenue is at its lowest level, it's because Bush wants it that way. We can trust that it plays into his hands in a dire and malicious way. What progressives laud as society's gains are Bush's first priority for budget cuts.
It's as if this author (and in a larger sense, most of the Left) is expecting Bush to change his policies when we point out the consequences of their enactment. "Mr. Bush, did you realize that your budget practices are leaving less money for the government and will lead to the end of social programs? You might want to do something about that."
How Karl Rove must laugh at us!
Out-strategized Yet Again
Mikaela says:
Little tidbit on NPR Friday morning that the Bush Whitehouse secretly wants the dollar to be de-valued to manipulate the price of imports & exports and counter inflation. That's one reason Bush has blithely rung up trillions in national deficit. Central banks in other countries have already begun to shift their holdings from the dollar to Euros. In the meantime, the plan is to continue to borrow from other countries, despite (and because of) the undermining of their belief in the dollar's value. While many would see this as a dire warning, Bush & Co. believe the resulting weakening of the dollar will help bring trade deficits down by making US exports cheaper and imports more expensive. Maybe Bush thinks this trend is enough to counter the price of outsourcing industry and manufacturing to other countries.
Whatever the details, the point for me is another clear indication that the Bush Whitehouse is nothing if not intentional. What I have taken to be mistakes or oversights in policy over the past four years are emerging as step-by-step strategies toward desired ends. I've heard so much about the hypocrisy of Bush as a conservative Republican wracking up debt; now it seems his advisors knew all along that debt could help them achieve their ends and aid US exporters.
What's the use in helping US exporters if the country's broke? Oh yeah, that's right. The only ones that matter are industrialists. The rest of us are just cannon fodder. And like all good Republicans want, the federal government will eventually only get enough money to support the military, and all social programs will have long since gone the way of the dodo bird.
So my question is, what's to stop them, and what's next?
More detail can be found on problems with the White House's intentional approach to the falling dollar at Center for American Progress.
Friday, December 03, 2004
Screw you, Barry
Maggie says:
So now Barry Bonds is officially implicated in this BALCO mess. And again, most people aren't surprised. But at least Giambi admitted fully to what he was doing, saying that while he and Anderson didn't specifically call the "clear" and "cream" steroids, they both knew what they were. Bonds' lame excuse that he thought they were nutritional supplements and an arthritis cream is a bunch of crap. It's embarrassing just to listen to.
So what to do? An ESPN analyst this morning made the point that at spring training last year lots of players were significantly smaller than the previous year in order to comply with the tougher MLB restrictions and punishments regarding steroids. So I guess some improvement is being made, but clearly not enough. I'd like to see Bud Selig come out strong on this and say it's completely unacceptable. His statements released so far have been more reminicient of a nervous schoolboy than commissioner of baseball.
What should be done about Bonds' records? There's no way any baseball fan can honestly applaud Bonds for breaking several MLB records - and probably breaking Hank Aaron's all-time home run record next season - when he's on steroids. I almost wonder if Bonds will go ahead and retire now. It'd be a shocker, but I'd be surprised if his immense ego could withstand the upcoming scrutiny and criticism. I can see him getting out early in hopes of preserving his legacy while he can. The thing is, I think it's already too late.
Thursday, December 02, 2004
Juiced-up Giambi
Maggie says:
In just-released grand jury testimony for the ongoing BALCO case, Yankees player Jason Giambi has admitted to using steroids for three seasons and to injecting himself with human growth hormone. This admission comes despite his repeated denials to skeptics that his magical body transformation was completely natural.
To me, the significance of this admission isn't really the steroid use - I can't imagine anyone being too surprised, because Giambi was a pretty obvious suspect. And I don't think anyone really believes steroid use in baseball isn't a problem. What's signficant to me is that Giambi actually admitted his crime. In an era when middle-aged Barry Bonds can suddenly take on the body of a 20-year old and break countless Major League Baseball records while owners and fans look the other way, Giambi's admission could be a rallying cry for major steroid investigations and major baseball reform.
The noose seems to be tightening around the neck of Greg Anderson, Barry Bonds' personal trainer and the man accused of providing steroids to several high-profile players (including Giambi). Not to mention Bonds himself. We'll see how this story plays out, but I think Bonds' records will increasingly be seen as suspect in light of his connections to drug use (not to mention the way his body changed so dramatically late in his baseball career).
Something's gotta change here. I'm sure the players' union would pitch a fit, but I see public shame as one of the only ways to recapture some of baseball's integrity. When players are discovered of using steroids, I think their names should be released to the public. Why should their privacy be protected when they're the ones destroying the game?
And I love the fact that my team is a bunch of short, skinny, overweight, and basically less-than-perfect athletic specimens. Here's to beer guts and lack of muscle tone! Who says you need a six-pack to win the World Series, anyway?
Wednesday, December 01, 2004
Protesting cigarettes instead of an unjust war
Maggie says:
Naomi Klein has an interesting piece in The Nation this week looking at Americans' psychological distance from the bloodshed in Iraq. Her symbolic example is James Blake Miller, the Marine now known as "The Marlboro Man" or, if you're Robert Novak, "The Face of Fallujah."
This famous photograph shows Miller fresh from battle with a cigarette dangling from his lip. Instead of being celebrated as an iconic image (which it was clearly intended to be), this photograph has instead infuriated much of the American public because he was photographed smoking. According to Klein, a Texas woman asked her local newspaper why the photo couldn't have been taken of a non-smoking soldier. A man from New York suggested that the correct photo for the Post to carry would be one of "a Marine in a tank, helping another GI, or drinking water" because "it would have a more positive impact on your readers."
What's clear here is that much of this country is unable to accept or process anything but a benign cheerleading stance when it comes to our military in Iraq. The fact that Miller's smoking habits have garnered more attention than that other Marine in Fallujah – you know, the one caught on tape killing a wounded and unarmed Iraqi – is a perfect example of how sometimes Americans would rather not know the truth, would rather not hear the details, and would rather not think too hard about what's actually happening versus what they're being told.
Here are my questions to those folks: What, exactly, do you think Bush&Co were sending troops off to Iraq to do? And if you'd rather just rah-rah the effort and not think about the dirty details, what about at least acknowledging that war has a horrific effect on soldiers – seen today in Iraq through record-high suicide rates, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder?
Personally, I think that after asking James Blake Miller to go to Iraq on a lie, getting him stuck in an un-winnable war, and pretty much guaranteeing him depression if not a full-blown moral crisis, a cigarette is the least we can offer him.


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There's something that has been bothering me about my previous post. It has to do with the part where I said that Nancy and I removed the back seat of the Camaro through the trunk of the car. It didn't make any sense to me.
The incident happened long ago, when we were teens. My memory has since been clouded by booze and hard living. After I posted the story on my blog I kept thinking about it.
Then! Suddenly! Last night at around 3:00 a.m. I remembered!
My cousin Nancy didn't lock her keys in the car. She locked them in the trunk! We removed the back seat to get into the trunk.
Note: I just revised Wild Ride and made the correction.
I happened to stop over at Nancy's house today and she mentioned my blog and confirmed the back seat incident. She also said that the guy who worked at the stables helped us with our effort to remove the seat.
I've always kept very detailed diaries, and I also wrote down all of my youthful adventures with Nancy in a notebook. Unfortunately, these were all lost by the movers when I came to Tennessee. Now I only have my rapidly deteriorating memory to rely on.
The past few days have been gorgeous - - but rain is predicted for the weekend, Independence Day (Monday), and most of next week. It's no exaggeration when I always say that Tennessee is the most rainy place I've ever been. That's why I've given up on maintaining the weeds. They would have to be cut at least three times a week. My feeble efforts are constantly thwarted by torrential downpours.
I drove into town today to buy some necessities before the chaos of the upcoming holiday weekend. Everything went alarmingly smoothly, which makes me suspicious. As an avowed pessimist, I always worry when things go well. It's not normal.
But, as usual, I did forget one thing on my list of supplies. I got beer and cat food, toilet paper and cat litter, milk, bread, even a watermelon.....
.....but I forgot to get lemon juice, which I desperately need.
Why don't you just use fresh lemons, Jon?
Hey, Pancho - - did you ever try to find a fresh lemon in rural Tennessee? It's easier to find a Gay Pride Parade. Besides, I'm not in the mood to cut and squeeze anything. Who do you think I am - Julia Child?
My entire life revolves around a large bottle of lemon juice, reconstituted (whatever that means).
Well, that and a keg of beer.
I drank a few beers today to mellow out.
My cousin Nancy's daughter moved back in with her for awhile. Nancy's daughter is a parrot connoisseur. I'm not joking. She moved her entire pandemonium of parrots into my cousin's house.
I'm almost positive that a group of parrots is called a pandemonium of parrots. In any case, any large number of parrots can definitely cause pandemonium.....
Anyway, I counted about seven parrots - all beautiful birds in huge, gorgeous cages: cockatoos, cockatiels, a macaw, a Senegal.
I recognized the Senegal immediately because I used to have one. It lived twenty years....and then had a tragic, accidental death. It still upsets me to think of it. Someday, I might write about it.
The parrots are all fantastic - - but my cousin Nancy is a much more tolerant soul than I am. My three cats are enough to drive me to the brink of bonkers.
Living with a pandemonium of parrots could turn a vegetarian into a killer and a meat eater.
Ponder that for awhile. It might get funny. Then again, maybe it won't.
Farewell to June??
Yup. Tomorrow is July.


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In 2003, Glenn Albrecht, an Australian academic, coined the phrase 'solastalgia' to describe the personal distress caused by negative environmental change. A pioneer in studying the relationship between ecosystems and human health, his research in drought-blighted communities identified 'Earth-related' mental illness, caused by the severing of healthy links between individuals and their home territory.
Many consider climate change the defining issue of our age because of the damage inflicted on the planet. Far fewer, however, are considering sustainability in terms of human health. As far back as 1946, the fledgling World Health Organisation redefined health as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity". At the time, the definition was controversial for its broadness. Today, with increasing evidence that many factors influence a person's health, it resonates more than ever.
Yet an influential 2009 report by The Lancet, the UK medical journal, and University College London, said that even though climate change was "the biggest global health threat", there was ignorance and apathy about its impact. "Health professionals have barely begun to engage with an issue that should be a major focal point for their research, preparedness planning, and advocacy", the report said.
Well before widespread awareness of climate change, concern about the environment fuelled a move to organic produce in western societies. Consumers sought to protect both the planet and their health by eating food that had been less intensively farmed, and subject to fewer chemicals. This, in turn, gave rise to other 'environmentally friendly' products, such as detergents.
"People would go into these [health food] stores to buy food and see our detergent," says Tom Domen, an innovation manager at Ecover, the Belgian company that pioneered plant-based cleaning products. "They opened up the market for us."
The link is not tenuous.Protect waterways, and you protect lives
Formed in 1979, Ecover's mission was avowedly green: it aimed to reduce the amount of phosphates flowing into the water ways. Only later did it emphasise hygiene and the efficacy of its products. Last year it restated its mission as 'making a healthy and sustainable lifestyle easy'. The link is not tenuous. Protect waterways, and you protect lives.
The link between health and sustainability is beginning to resonate in the mainstream, too. Unilever, the consumer goods giant, for example, has called its 10-year corporate strategy the Sustainable Living Plan. In it, 'health and well-being' sit alongside 'reducing environmental impact' and 'enhancing livelihoods'
Nonetheless, for consumers, the most compelling argument for using green products remains concern over the environmental legacy, says Professor Simon Knox, a branding expert at the UK's Cranfield School of Management: "They are not yet making the connection that green products are good for us as an instrument of health." A key issue is the dearth of research. According to the European Centre for the Environment and Human Health, there are approximately 100,000 industrial chemicals in use worldwide, only 3,000–4,000 of which have been evaluated for their human and environmental toxicity. This multidisciplinary centre, established last year within Exeter University's medical school, claims to be the first to have a research focus on the relationship between the environment and human health.
It seems likely that the next generation will accept the concept of 'healthy planet, healthy people' more easily – thanks to education programmes. Take Eco-schools, which operates in more than 50 countries, teaching youngsters about healthy living, alongside issues such as biodiversity and litter. Some new brands, such as Innocent Drinks, owe their success to these savvy youngsters. Its colourful labels tell children how to reach their 'five a day', while also promising to plant trees in developing countries, if they convince their parents to buy more of its products…
"People want to do the right thing", says Andy Redfern, founder of the online retailer ethicalsuperstore.com. "The feeling that you have gone the extra mile and shown commitment can be very positive from a mental health point of view." – Virginia Marsh
Ecover is a Forum for the Future partner.
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text: Bryce Matson has been in the Radio Business since 2006. He started his career in Cleveland and has worked as far away as Montana. He moved back to Ohio and started working with I Heart Media in 2010.Since moving back to the area he has worn many hats within the company. Now as well as being the host of the morning show he also is the lead play by play man for Buckeye Country 105.5. Sports have always been a major part of Bryce's life going to back to his High School and College days, where he played baseball at Unioto High School before moving on to play at Tiffin University. He then went on to the Ohio Center for Broadcasting, where his radio career began.


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text: During my time at the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) I studied the effects of macroalge mats on understory corals in the Great Barrier Reef. I measured pH, dissolved oxygen, alkalinity, dissolved inorganic and organic carbon, silicic acid, phosphorous and irradiance underneath and above macroalgae assemblages to quantify the influence of macroalge on the microenvironment of understorey corals. With controlled aquarium experiments and RNA/DNA analysis of coral nubbins exposed to different concentrations of macroalgae incubated water I tested the response of corals to conditions found underneath macroalgae assemblages. This study was published in PLoS ONE and is available here: doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012685.


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The messages I'm most likely delete are the canned form emails — messages that have clearly been sent to every single person on the marketer's list with no discernible difference.
When the message is personalized, I'm more likely to take notice. I'm not just talking about adding my name to the subject line or addressing the email to me personally (though that should be the very least you do). I'm talking about personalized marketing messages that address my needs directly.
Case in point: I order heartworm prevention medication for my dog, Howie, through 1-800-PetMeds every 6 months. Their successful use of email marketing is one of the reasons I continue to refill his prescription through them.
Every 6 months, I receive an email reminding me that it's time to order Howie's medication. The email message isn't just a reminder, though. It's a refill link. The details for my completed order are listed, including my subtotal, shipping address, and last four digits of my credit card. All I have to do is click the link, and my refill order is placed. Click through to enlarge the image:
The email isn't just a reminder that 1-800-PetMeds wants me to order from them — it's a useful reminder that it's time for me to reorder for my dog, Howie. Because it's personalized and useful to me, I'm less likely to delete and more likely to take action.
They don't stop there, though. Periodically, I receive messages that offer solutions to common health problems for pets. The most recent asked in the subject line, "Does Howie have bad breath? If so, it could mean poor health." Thankfully, that's not a big problem for me, but seeing my dog's name in the subject line linked to possible health problems sure gets my attention.
Bottom line: don't just use email marketing to remind your customers that you exist. Use it to offer your products or services to solve their problems. Be creative with personalization, and you'll see more conversions and fewer deleted email messages.


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I had tears running down my cheeks, almost sobbing. Really.
It's based on the book of the same name by John Grogan, which I read a couple years ago.
Marley and Me is about Marley, a Labrador Retriever, and his affect on the family who raise him. It's laugh-out-loud funny, interesting, and sad.
You might have to be a "dog person" to appreciate its sentiment; my wife and I enjoyed it.


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Team Foundation Server (TFS) has always had work item customization power as one if it's strengths. However, the work was done in XML and was relatively complex. Although much could be accomplished, including relatively complex rules, it took experience and was fraught with complexity.
Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) changed all that when they released work item customization in December of 2015. Instead of power and complexity, VSTS customization was simple and restrictive. Microsoft traded in flexibility for simplicity, and provided a clean user experience, process inheritance and a new extensibility model based on web standards.
Fast forward to today, and Microsoft has continued to add power and flexibility to VSTS work item and process customization. Not only can you add new work item types, states and custom fields, you can build or install complex extensions that extend the user experience in powerful ways.
For instance, a recently added extension in the VSTS marketplace by Mohit Bagra includes a wide variety of custom controls. My favorites include the date-time control with a pleasant UI for selecting dates, a multivalue autocomplete control (that operates much like the tags feature in VSTS and TFS), and regex based text control that enforces correct formatting. (You can find more at https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=mohitbagra.vsts-wit-control-library.)
The community is rapidly contributing more, and providing options. In addition to the multivalue control mentioned above, you can also select from one built by Microsoft DevLabs (with excellent reviews, I might add), and another one built by Otto Streifel that provides a multiselect that gets its values from a standard REST API call.
Northwest Cadence has also gotten into the action with a cascading fields control that an arbitrary number of child picklist controls whose values are driven by selections at higher level controls. This lets organizations create custom hierarchies in addition to the Area Path and Iteration Path fields. It's currently in private release, let us know if you'd like an invite and we'll happily get you into the beta!
Bottom line: VSTS is now sufficiently customizable and extensible to handle nearly any organizational need, as long as you're willing to install a custom control or do a little work. And for simple changes to work items, like adding custom fields and the like, the experience is so simple that a beginning user can get changes in place in only a few minutes of research and work.
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This final episode of Today is the Day of Your Salvation has Rabbi Hadassah Ryklin leading the viewer through a profound and very deep understanding of the necessary prayers for genuine salvation.
Have you ever heard about a circumcision of the heart? Have you wondered what it is all about? Watch this episode to find out about this spiritual principle and its connection with "being born from above/being born again."
The Jewish people are familiar with the Book of Life. The Christians know about the Book of the Lamb. Are these two different books or one and the same?
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What is salvation? What do you need to be saved from? Why do I need to be saved? I am ok. I don't hurt anybody. God doesn't send people to hell. I give to charities. I help at making the world a better place. I am successful. I have a good family and I raise good children. I constantly pray to God, I read my Bible and my prayers are answered.
Messianic Judaism defines salvation as the process of redeeming every human being (Jew and Gentile) into a personal relationship with the Creator by the atoning blood of Yeshua HaMashiach.
Just asking Elohim to forgive your sins is not enough. Acknowledging your sins and repenting before Elohim is not enough. Fasting and praying on Yom Kippur is not enough. Why? For it is written: Vayikra/Leviticus 17:11,
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Ivrim/Hebrews 9:22 "And, according to the Torah, almost all is cleansed with blood, and without shedding of blood there is NO forgiveness."
But whose blood should be shed for my forgiveness? The answer is - the blood of a lamb of Elohim.
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Have you experienced difficulties with your cordless phone? Who was your carrier? Was it Time Warner? Comcast? Vonage? AT&T U-verse? Verizon FiOS?
Green Festival LA: Join Us! [#FollowFriday]
Make sure to catch a talk from our very own AudioAcrobat, Brian Ball, this weekend at the Los Angeles Green Festival! Brian will be speaking at 5PM on Saturday, Oct. 29th in the Green Pavilion!