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Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said two miners were still thought to be in the collapsed mine, based on information from families, while 485 have either escaped or been rescued since Tuesday's explosion in the western town of Soma.
"We have identified their locations and will end the rescue operation after retrieving them," Yildiz told reporters in Soma.
A fire in a nearby part of the mine complex had hampered rescue operations earlier in the day but had been brought under control, he said.
The nationwide trauma over the incident has turned to rage, fuelled by claims of negligence against mine operators and what many see as a heartless response from the government.
A preliminary expert report on the accident, obtained by the Milliyet newspaper, pointed to several safety violations in the mine, including a shortage of carbon monoxide detectors used to alert authorities, and ceilings made of wooden planks instead of metal, which caused the fire to spread quickly.
The report's authenticity could not be immediately verified.
Mine operator Soma Komur on Friday vehemently denied any negligence.
"We have all worked very hard. I have not seen such an incident in 20 years," said general director Akin Celik.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been the focus of mounting anger for his response, starting with an apparent attempt to downplay the incident by comparing it to mining disasters from 19th century Britain.
There was further outrage on social media after a video emerged of him shouting an anti-Israel slur at a crowd of angry protesters -- and apparently hitting one of them.
"Why are you running away, Israeli spawn?" Erdogan is heard yelling at a protester in the footage, which surfaced after one of his advisors was photographed kicking a grieving demonstrator.
Erdogan's popularity -- particularly among poorer, rural communities -- has proved largely impervious both to waves of anti-government protests last year and recent allegations of high-level corruption, with his Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) winning a landslide victory in local elections in March.
But the response to the mining disaster may shock even his more loyal supporters, analysts say.
"This time even many of Erdogan's supporters are feeling sceptical and confused about his response. That's a new feeling for them. The image of a government advisor kicking a protestor is bound to evoke a sense of revulsion," Rasit Kaya, professor of political science at Ankara's Middle East Technical University, told AFP.
"It is not something he can easily turn to his advantage. But how much damage will be caused is anyone's guess," he said.
Mine explosions and cave-ins are frequent in Turkey, but both the scale and the handling of Tuesday's disaster stand to weaken Erdogan's hand ahead of an expected run for the presidency in August.
Turkish police used tear gas, water cannon and plastic bullets to disperse demonstrators chanting anti-government slogans in Soma on Friday.
In Istanbul, police broke up a demonstration by about 150 people who lit candles and lined up mining helmets on the ground to pay tribute to the dead miners.
Students occupied university buildings in the city, holding an all-night vigil in protest at the official response.
Erdogan's government stands accused of failing to heed warnings about Soma, a key centre for lignite coal mining that has suffered accidents in the past.
Ozgur Ozel, a local lawmaker from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), said his request to investigate work-related accidents at coalmines in Soma had been turned down by the ruling party in parliament.
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For weeks now there have been reports coming out of the UK that Kate Moss and Jamie Hince are done. And then he was papped with Stam all over him in LA – click here for a refresher. Kate's kept a pretty low profile during this time. But she stepped out in London today with her ex Jefferson Hack and their daughter Lila and British gossips have noted that she's still wearing her ring. Full Story
Kate Moss's model rival
For a few weeks now, British gossips have been reporting that there's trouble between Kate Moss and her husband Jamie Hince. Something about not spending time together and she hates a few of his friends. They've not been seen together in months. And now, these photos of Jamie in LA with model Jessica Stam. Full Story
Kate Moss's wedding styling
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Mona Lydon-Rochelle, Holt, Victoria L., Easterling,
Thomas R., Martin, Diane P. "Risk of Uterine Rupture during Labor
among Women with a Prior Cesarean Delivery" New England Journal of Medicine, Vl 345, No. 1, July 5, 2001.
A new study that looks at the risk of uterine rupture
during labor for VBACs (vaginal birth after cesarean-section) was
picked up by newspapers across the country, but many headlines
announced that VBACs are dangerous, a gross distortion of the study's
findings. National organizations including the ACNM and the
International Cesarean Awareness Network issued press releases, and
through the Grassroots Network CfM urged people to respond with letters
to the editor of their local newspapers.
The most important finding was that for hospital VBACs
(after one c-section) induction of labor significantly increases the
risk of uterine rupture, and the use of protoglandins greatly increases
the risk of rupture (15 times higher than those who had second
cesaraeans). In other words, the real problem is the first c-section
(which accounts for 2/3 of the US c-section rate of 22% in 1999), with
the risks greatly increased when labor is induced especially with
Data for women who had a first (single) baby by
c-section from 1987-1996, and subsequently gave birth to a second live
single infant during the same period of time (20,095 women, based on
Washington State records for hospital births), were analyzed in this
study. The study found:
The study did not address many significant issues. For
example, uterine rupture can include anything from relatively minor
separations at the scar site, to sudden and catastrophic multiple large
tears of the uterus. However, accuracy of reported uterine rupture was
barely touched upon, and degrees of severity were not discussed.
Because the study focused only on the risk of uterine rupture, the
risks associated with the cesarean delivery procedure itself were not
discussed, even though these would be very relevant for informed
decision-making. There was no mention of other interventions that could
possibly affect outcomes, such as augmentation of labor (can cause
abnormally strong contractions) or the use of epidurals during labor
(can mask early symptoms of uterine rupture). The authors did
acknowledge that they lacked information regarding specific types and
dosages of prostaglandins used, although the controversial use of
Cytotec was not known to be used prior to the last year of the study.
Finally, there was no discussion or information regarding the timing
(number of weeks of gestation) or reasons for induction.
The study included only hospital births, and did not
distinguish between natural childbirth (no interventions) and standard
hospital-managed birth.
The study actually confirms what the midwifery
community has been saying for years: outcomes for VBACs that are
allowed to labor normally, without induction or augmentation, are good.
And women who have had a previous c-section are definitely not
candidates for labor inducing drugs, which exert added stress to a
uterine wall that is already weakened or at least changed by the scar
Women who are making decisions about attempting a VBAC
should understand the results of this study (and its limitations). In
addition, this information is essential for any woman who is "offered"
an elective c-section, or whose caregiver recommends a
c-section, so she can be aware that a c-section today significantly
increases risks associated with any future pregnancy. Of course, she
should also have full information on the relative risks of any
c-section for herself and her baby.
As ICAN states in their press release (see below),
"the risk of uterine rupture [for a VBAC] remains low when labor
is allowed to start on its own."
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From the ICAN Press Release:"In fact,the
risk of rupture for women who begin labor spontaneously was shown to be
0.5%, lower than many other recent studies have shown and consistent
with the body of medical literature on VBAC. Women planning VBAC should
be encouraged that the risk of uterine rupture remains low when labor
is allowed to start on its own."
"In any discussion about VBAC, women must also be
provided with unbiased, evidence-based information about the known
risks of elective cesarean section. Babies delivered by elective
cesarean section are cut during surgery 2-6% of the time, have a 9%
chance of being born prematurely, and risk a 0.4% chance of developing
respiratory distress syndrome, a potentially fatal complication. They
spend more time in neonatal intensive care units and have more
breastfeeding difficulties than babies born vaginally."
"Cesareans also increase the risks to both mother and
baby in subsequent pregnancies. Incidences of life-threatening
placental abnormalities increase with each cesarean. When all short-
and long-term consequences are considered, VBAC has been shown to be
less risky for both mother and baby than elective repeat cesarean
Dear Editor,
Birth is the leading reason for hospital admission in
this country. Cesarean delivery is the most common surgery performed in
the United States. The most common cause of death in postpartum women
is complications from cesarean delivery.
In the face of these facts, it is shameful that the
media response to the New England Journal of Medicine study (July 5,
2001) has been to focus on the risks of vaginal birth, and not the
risks of routine medical interventions, such as prostaglandin induction
and elective repeat cesarean.
The study points to a 0.5% risk of rupture among
post-cesarean women who labor without induction. Other studies have
produced similar numbers that were used to support the practice of
VBAC. Why? Because even with this risk, the mother is still twice as
likely to die from complications of elective repeat cesarean birth
compared to vaginal birth.
Every maternity care provider has an ethical obligation
to honestly describe both options to the mother as part of her informed
decision-making process. Apparently there is no such obligation in the
public dialogue of this issue - there is no patient, only a large and
suggestible audience.
Sincerely,Susan Hodges, President, Citizens for MidwiferyWilla Powell, Board Member, Citizens for MidwiferyCitizens for Midwifery is the only national consumer organization advocating the Midwives Model of Care


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Google's Nexus 7 Tablets Land in India
Internet giant Google first branded tablet computer, the Nexus 7, is launching in India.
Infiniti Retail Ltd., the privately-held retail unit of India's salt-to-software conglomerate Tata Group, will start selling the tablet from Sunday. They will be priced at about 19,990 rupees ($365) and sold through the company's Croma multi-brand electronics stores and through its online shopping portal, according to Infiniti's chief executive, Ajit Joshi.
The Nexus 7 retails in the U.S., for about $199.
The tablet was initially to be sold at Croma stores from Thursday, but it has been deferred until Sunday, Mr. Joshi said.
The 7-inch Nexus 7 operates on Google's latest Android Jelly Bean software and comes with a storage capacity of 16 gigabytes.
The computer is powered by NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L Quad-Core 1.3Ghz processor. The tablet can be connected to the internet both through wireless and high-speed telecommunications networks.
The Nexus 7 to be sold through Croma stores is co-manufactured by Taiwan's electronics maker ASUSTeK Computer
Executives at the Indian units of the two companies weren't immediately available for comment.
The India launch comes days ahead of the Hindu festival of Diwali - celebrated this year on Nov. 13 - when many Indians consider it an auspicious time to buy consumer durables.
India's tablet computer market is still nascent compared to other parts of the world. But it's growing as telecommunications companies have started rolling out high-speed Internet networks using third-generation and fourth-generation communications technology.
These networks allow consumers to browse the Internet faster, listen to music, watch videos and play games. Telecom companies have also slashed their data tariffs in recent months.
About 550,000 consumers bought tablets during the three months through June, according to the technology research unit of Cyber Media (India).
Privately-held Indian technology products manufacturer Micromax Informatics Ltd.'s Funtab computer led the pack with a market share of 18.4% followed closely by Samsung Electronics Galaxy with a 13.3% share Apple iconic iPad tablets gained a 12.3% share of the market in that period, said a recent study by Cyber Media Research.
Micromax's Funtab, and Samsung's Galaxy tablets also run on Google's Android software.


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Oct. 13, 2005
By Jeremy Herb
The Santa Clara
Santa Clara tennis fans have left their country club attire in the clubhouse.
The Hecklers on the Hill, the official fan club of Santa Clara tennis, are changing the image of the typical tennis fan. Reserved, quiet crowds no longer line the courts at Santa Clara matches. Instead, heckling has become the fans' biggest objective.
"Tennis is widely thought of as a quiet sport, but we like making it as loud as possible," said men's head coach George Husack. "We take great pride in having home-court advantage.
Husack, who founded the Hecklers just two years ago, was also involved with the creation of the Ruff Riders in 1999, when he was the director of marketing for athletics.
"I was at a wedding for former player Lars Nelson (class of 2000)," Husack said. "I struck up a conversation with another former player, Rick Ruso (2004), and discussed the crowds we had over the years -- especially the one that witnessed Lars clinch a thrilling five-hour match against USD in the 2000 WCC Championships. So we continued reminiscing and thought that we should work on getting more students out to our matches."
Husack put his plan in motion and the Hecklers were created in the 2003-2004 season. The Broncos are delighted that the loud crowds and the energy the Hecklers bring to the court can give them an extra boost in close matches.
"It makes me more excited when I have someone cheering for me," said junior Kelly Leathers. "It makes me want to hit a better shot. It makes me want to go for a winner to get the crowd to cheer."
The name Hecklers on the Hill came from the hill that's adjacent to court three at the Degheri Tennis Center, the Broncos' home. Husack explained that the hill earned the nickname "the grassy knoll" before the Hecklers were created.
"We spoke about our grassy knoll at the courts because this was a place students hung out. I referred to it as the hill and then heckling came up in our discussion. We put the two together and came up with Hecklers on the Hill," Husack said.
The Degheri Tennis Center is suited for fan interaction. The hill puts the fans right on top of the action and the fencing between the hill and the court is at waist level. There isn't a barrier to keep fans out of earshot, which can distract the Broncos' opponents.
"You have to be so focused in tennis that things outside the court start to distract you and to affect your play," said redshirt sophomore Kevin McQuaid.
Women's head coach Damon Coupe explained that the fans' proximity to the players gives the Broncos an even bigger home-court advantage.
"Normally, if the player misses the shot, you wouldn't cheer because that's an error. You'd cheer if our guy hits a winner," Coupe said. "But now, in college tennis -- if he misses that, you're all over him, trying to put the pressure on him as a crowd, kind of like a missed free throw."
While Broncos fans are able to make considerable noise at tennis matches, there can be consequences for heckling too much. Judges have the ability to award point penalties against players if the crowd gets too rowdy, which they did many times against the Broncos last season, according to Coupe. However, Coupe wasn't concerned with the points the Broncos lost because of their fans.
"I support it 100% because I'll bet you my fans have caused that player to miss more balls than the one point that we're getting penalized for," he said.
The hecklers do a good job of getting to the Broncos' opponents, but when they get the judges annoyed too, the traditional and modern tennis cultures can clash.
"It's not too bad," said junior A.J. Perry, "but sometimes it can still be enough to get the officials' attention and warn (the hecklers), 'if I hear you one more time, then I'm throwing you out.' "
While the Bronco coaches enjoy the hecklers distracting opposing players, they make it clear to fans that personal attacks are not acceptable.
"We encourage all the cheering and intensity as possible, as long as it's not directed at one person," said Husack.
Husack and Coupe hope that the Hecklers presence on campus will help change Santa Clara's image of tennis. They want students to know that tennis can be as exciting as some of the more popular Bronco sports are.
"It'd be great to let people know it's not the boring sport you're used to seeing where everybody's saying 'shh' and be quiet," Coupe said. "It's rowdy and it certainly helps our players. College athletics thrive on emotion and that's what our players need."
The hecklers encourage a friendly atmosphere during matches by barbecuing or providing some other kind of food to its members. On most weekend matches, tennis boosters can be found close to the grill.
To join the Hecklers, it costs five dollars. Included with a membership is an official Hecklers on the Hill t-shirt and free food at all of the matches. The tennis team will begin selling the shirts and memberships in January.


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Women have made great advances at home and in the workplace over the last few decades, yet their struggle to achieve economic parity with men continues–even at tax time.
Thursday is International Women's Day, and as Nada Zohdy notes in a comment for online news site PolicyMic, the poverty gap between American men and women is the highest of any Western country.
"For a woman, considerations of her compensation expand to touch on many aspects of her family life, which is all the more reason to be concerned when we know that a woman is still paid 70 cents for every dollar by a man," said Aditi Mohapatra, a senior sustainability analyst at Calvert Investments, in a phone interview on Monday with AdvisorOne.
At tax time, that means women must educate themselves about how to find every credit and deduction that can help them stretch their income, according to Peggy Cabaniss, president of HC Financial Advisors, based in Lafayette, Calif.
"My advice to women with regard to taxes is that they understand not only their own tax return but that of their spouse," says Cabaniss, who has worked for more than 25 years as an investment advisor and financial planner.
"I don't ever want a woman to sign a tax return without knowing what the numbers are and where they come from," Cabaniss says. "There have been way too many cases in the past where the man gets the tax return done, brings it home, and says, 'Here, honey, sign here.' I've met innumerable women who simply have no idea of what they signed or why."
Fear prevents women from understanding what makes up a tax return, Cabaniss says, adding that the best way advisors can help their women clients fight fear is to give them a basic education on what the Internal Revenue Service expects to see when a tax return gets filed.
Tax returns are simpler than they seem, she says. So while a completed tax return may total as many as 50 pages, there are just five pages on an individual 1040 IRS tax form that Cabaniss considers really important:
- Page 1, the statement of income, which includes salaries, IRA distributions and dividends. The bottom of this page totals up adjusted gross income.
- Page 2, the summary of deductions as well as any credits a taxpayer is entitled to. Subtracting deductions and credits from AGI results in an item called taxable income, "and that's where your accountant looks up on a tax table to see how much tax is due," Cabaniss says.
- Schedule A, the "itemized deductions" page. This sums up interest deduction on a home mortgage, property tax, charitable contributions and medical expenses above a certain level including long-term-care insurance. Note: This total also is listed on Page 2.
- Schedule B, the "interest and ordinary dividends" page. This totals income from investments such as CDs, stock dividends and bond interest. Note: This total also is listed on Page 1.
- Schedule D, "capital gains and losses." This form–one of the most complicated schedules in the IRS' broad array of schedules–indicates whether the taxpayer must pay taxes on long-term and short-term gains from the sales of assets. Sales on losses listed here reduce taxable income. Note: The summary of gains or losses can be found on Page 1.
"Knowledge helps makes you a better taxpayer," Cabaniss says. "When it comes down to it, it's not really a 50-page return. People should understand those five important pages. Then when they sign their tax return, they know the numbers that were filled in by the tax preparer are correct and they don't need to be afraid and blindly doing what people tell them. Women need to understand, especially if someone else came up with the numbers, how they came up with them."
How Women Can Bring Home More Bacon
For women in the workplace, a few tax credits and deductions can make a big difference in how much money they take home, according to Barbara Kogen, a lawyer and certified public accountant at Miller, Kaplan, Arase & Co., a Los Angeles area accounting firm.
"In this changing economy, people are looking for new positions and going back to work, and there are a few items that are especially pertinent to women, because even if we have full-time jobs, women are still looked on as the primary caretaker of family and kids," says Kogen (above).
She notes that taxpayers should keep an eye out for tax credits even more than deductions: credits offer a dollar-for-dollar benefit versus deductions, which offer only a fraction of that. "This applies to any credit I'm talking about," Kogen says. "A credit is much more valuable than a tax deduction."
For example, for a taxpayer in the 20% tax bracket, a $1,000 deductible item will save her only $200 in taxes. But with a $1,000 credit, the dollar-for-dollar benefit means a savings of $1,000 in taxes.
For higher income earners, the downside of credits is that a phase-out will kick in once adjusted gross income reaches a certain level, Kogen notes.
"They generally tend not to get the full benefit of any of these credits," she says. "There are often percentage limitations, so you can deduct items only if you exceed a certain amount, so that's why it's important to accumulate everything you can. Still, every little bit helps."
More tax tips for women from Kogen include:
1) The IRS' often overlooked tax credit for child care and dependent care. This applies to the cost of care for a qualified child under the age of 13 or for adult relatives, such as an aging parent living with the taxpayer, who can't physically or mentally take care of themselves. The credit is a maximum of $1,050 for one dependent and $2,100 for two or more dependents. There is a phase-out based on adjustable gross income, starting at $75,000 for single women and $110,000 for those who are married and filing a joint return.
2) The child tax credit. This $1,000 child credit applies through 2012 for kids under 17. For married taxpayers filing a joint return, the phase-out begins at $110,000.
3) The adoption credit. This refundable credit covers all expenses directly related to a legal adoption, including adoption fees, court costs and attorney fees. The maximum allowed equals $13,360, and the credit is a direct offset for the taxpayer. The AGI phase-out starts at $185,000.
4) Deductions for tuition as well as interest on higher education student loans. These are "above the line deductions" that actually reduce adjusted gross income. "You start with all of your income, then items are deducted to get you to your AGI. So student loan interest is great because the lower you can make your AGI go, the better the chance you will not be limited in another area, like the child dependent care credit or the adoption credit."
5) And finally, here's a boon for working moms. "Another exciting thing that definitely benefits new mothers started in 2011, when the Internal Revenue Service finally agreed that the rental expense for breast pumps and all other related costs for supplies are now deductible medical expenses," Kogen says. "It created a big brouhaha because prior to that, they weren't considered a deductible cost, and these things can get quite pricey."
See AdvisorOne's Special Report, 22 Days of Tax Planning Advice for 2012, throughout the month of March.
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Laser photocoagulation and cryopexy are used to fix tears in the retina and prevent a retinal detachment. These methods work well to treat certain retinal tears. But some people will need future treatment for a tear in another part of the retina.
You can usually receive these treatments in a doctor's office or an outpatient surgery center. They do not require a hospital stay or general anesthesia. You may need to limit your activity for a couple of weeks after treatment.
In laser photocoagulation, an intense beam of light travels through the eye and makes tiny burns around the tear in the retina. Over several weeks the burns form scars that prevent fluid from getting under the retina.
Cryopexyachieves the same result by using a probe to freeze and seal the retina around the tear.
Both methods keep fluid in the middle of the eye from passing through the retinal tear. If fluid gets under the retina, the retina can detach from the wall of the eye.
If you need retinal detachment surgery and you have a torn retina, these same methods are used to seal the tear in the retina.
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Many teachers have shown an interest in using the power of wiki in the classroom. But the learning curve in using wikis can be a little steep. I like to have video tutorials when I am learning new software. I like being able to go through the steps at your own space you'd like to view some video tutorials on how to use a wiki these may be of use.
If you are using a free Wikispace for educators there are some how-to videos here for perusal at your leisure here. This video takes you through the Wikispaces "history" function.
PBWiki have some free wikis for education too. These PBWiki video tutorials at Atomic Learning which are free until Sept 30th and should be very useful in helping you and your students develop skills and understanding of the use of Wikis in education.
When talking about wiki I always like to refer colleagues to the Terry The Tennisball Wiki by students of Grade 3-4 in Geelong run by John Pearce. To my mind many wiki are in essence like a mini Choose Your Own Adventure story. The CYOB format for storytelling is an engaging writing and reading literacy tool at teachers disposal. Students with iPods may be interested in downloading a free version of a story called 'The Abominable Snowman' from this website. At my last school I set up an Instiki Wiki and it really helped engage students in a collaborative writing project for a Year 4 English class. As a read/write 'web' and functional literacy experience the students built a wiki around their hobbies and tried to add to each others writing - we developed a diverse range of expertise and communication of opinions. To set the wiki up I hosted it on my iBook NB4T which meant the wiki was portable.
Other ways we can use wikis in our teaching?:
1. A list of articles and resources that describe how to use wikis in education
2. A comprehensive list of existing educational wikis that we can learn from
Some other wiki services:
* WetPaint - http://www.wetpaint.com/
* Stikipad - http://stikipad.com/
* OttoWiki - http://www.ottowiki.com/
If you are interested in a first had account from a teacher using a wiki in the classroom you try this podcast from Vicki Davis. "She is known for her award winning class wiki, wiki-centric classroom structure, and use of broad scope of Web 2.0 tools to improve student performance." The podcast (audio recording) link is add the bottom this page.


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A. We have heard that before, actually. But it's a little more complicated than that.
Q. I'm still confused — you want me to believe hating fat people is a bad thing?
A. Only if you're a decent human being. If you're not, no worries.
Q. Why don't you just put down the fork and get off the couch and lose some weight, fatass?
A. Can't hear you, there's a donut in my ear.
Q. Why do you think BMI is horseshit?
Oh, lots of reasons. If you're more of a visual type, try this.
Q. OK, I'm mostly with you. It's not nice to hate fat people, BMI is flawed, it's possible to be fat and healthy — but come on, isn't there a limit? I mean, when it comes to really fat people, isn't it our duty to remind them of the health risks and encourage them to lose weight?
A. No.
Q. Why should I take you seriously when none of you SP bloggers are even fat?
A. Two of us are clinically obese, two of us are clinically overweight, and we're all quite smart. Also, you might want to think about what you really mean when you say, "You're not fat."
Q. What's HAES?
A. Health at Every Size.
Q. What's FoBT?
A. The Fantasy of Being Thin.
Q. What the hell is a baby-flavored donut?
A. The typical fatty's snack of choice, on account of how we all love donuts more than anything in the world, and also, we're evil. Obvs.
Q. Don't you think your message would reach more people if you didn't swear so much?
A. Probably. *shrug*
Q. OK, listen, it's fine for YOU to be happy with how you look, but you cannot even fathom what it's like to live in MY disgusting body — so it's perfectly fine for me to cut my objectively hideous self down and talk about how I clearly need to lose weight, right?
A. No, it's really not.
Q. I think what you're doing is great, but personally, I still want to lose weight — why won't you allow diet talk here?
A. Because it's a fat acceptance blog.
Q. Does that mean I can't be involved in the fat acceptance movement if I still want to lose weight?
A. Not necessarily, but you still can't talk about your weight loss efforts here.
Q. But don't you want to encourage an open debate about the health risks of fat/the merits of fat-shaming/whether fat people are indeed fully human?
A. Not really, no.
Q. But if you don't allow comments saying fat people are disgusting and unhealthy or that losing weight is just as simple as burning more calories than you take in, aren't you depriving your readers of important health information?
A. We're pretty sure there are other places on the internet where our readers can find those arguments.
Q. I lost a lot of weight and have kept it off for longer than 5 years — doesn't that mean anyone can do it?
A. No, it means you're a statistical outlier. Which is swell for you, but not really relevant to the average fat person.
Q. When you say "Diets don't work," don't you mean fad diets, as opposed to permanent lifestyle changes?
A. No.
Q. Seriously, if you want to lose weight, you just need to —
A. No.
Q. So wait, this whole FAQ is about fat, but your last 10 posts have nothing to do with fat!
A. Oddly enough, we have some other interests. But feminism and fat acceptance have always been, and will always be at the heart of this blog.
Q. God, why are you all such bitches?
A. Long story.


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VSE Awarded $99M Contract to Support the U.S. Coast Guard's FMS Program Contract
VSE will provide management and technical services support to the U.S. Coast Guard
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-- VSE Corporation (Nasdaq: VSEC) reported today that its International Group has been awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide program and technical support services for Security Assistance Projects administered by the U.S. Coast Guard Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Program. This single-award contract has a five-year period of performance (base year plus four one-year options) and a ceiling in excess of $99 million.
Under this contract, VSE's International Group will provide comprehensive program support, financial analysis, engineering, industrial, technical, logistics and transportation, warehouse and supply, and training support services for the purpose of acquiring, storing, reactivating, repairing, overhauling, refitting, modifying, transporting and transferring Ex-USCG Cutters, boats and related materials to foreign maritime services.
"We are very pleased to have been selected by Headquarters U.S. Coast Guard to provide support for the maintenance, modification and transfer of USCG maritime assets around the world," said International Group President Harry Flammang. "From 1999-2007, VSE worked side-by-side with the USCG to successfully transfer cutters and craft and provide follow-on support services. In that time, we successfully transferred 13 USCG Cutters and 68 craft."
VSE CEO Maurice "Mo" Gauthier commented, "The trust the Coast Guard has placed in our ability to perform this complex work reflects across all of VSE and demonstrates the spirit, focus and collaboration we practice every day with our customers. We are extremely proud to be selected for this important Coast Guard program and to further expand our presence in the FMS market place."
About VSE
Established in 1959, VSE is a diversified federal services company focused on solving issues of global significance with integrity, agility and value. VSE is dedicated to making our clients successful by delivering talented people and innovative solutions for logistics, engineering, IT services, and supply chain management. For additional information on VSE services and products, please see the Company's web site at www.vsecorp.com or contact Randy Hollstein, VSE Corporate Vice President of Sales and Marketing, at (703) 329-3206.
VSE News Contact:
Christine Kaineg, 703-329-3263
Source: VSE Corporation
Released February 5, 2013


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I published this column in the Deseret News back in 2012:
Beginning with my mission to Switzerland, I've sometimes encountered a response to Latter-day Saint claims of additional scripture that asks, rhetorically, "We're unable to live up to what we already have in the Bible, so what good would it do us to have more?"
But this seems a pretty flimsy reason for dismissing the possibility, at least, of further revelation. After all, most of us haven't yet fully mastered even Matthew 5-7, the three chapters of Christ's Sermon on the Mount. (Perhaps, of course, you're an exception.)
In fact, strictly speaking, I can't live up to Matthew 5:48 ("Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect"). But this scarcely means that all of the other verses of the Bible, to say nothing of the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, the Pearl of Great Price, and, for that matter, the teachings of modern prophets and apostles, are superfluous.
Nevertheless, Matthew 5:48 remains an extraordinarily important verse. We are, it says, supposed to become "perfect." And this seems to suggest something more than mere (!) moral flawlessness or being error-free.
The Greek word translated into English as "perfect" is "teleoi," which can mean both "initiated"—in that sense, the term was applied to those who had experienced the ancient Greek "mystery" rituals—and "mature" or "fully grown."
I'll concentrate on the second meaning: A related Greek word is "telos," which refers to the natural end, goal, or purpose of a thing. Thus, for example, the "telos" of an acorn is to become an oak.
Grammarians speak of "perfect" verbs, which refer to actions that are done, completed, finished. It's in that sense, I think, that we should understand the King James Version's "perfect" at the end of Matthew 5. German translations of the passage commonly use "vollkommen"—which means, roughly, "fully come"—to render it; Arabic translations tend to use "kaamil," which means "complete." We're to become "perfect and entire, wanting nothing" (James 1:4)It seems to me that the Lord's command in Matthew 5:48 is suggesting that we should strive to grow up so as to be like our Father in Heaven. That's our natural "telos." We are to God, potentially at least, as an acorn is to an oak. Which is, when you think about it, a stunningly powerful doctrine.
We are God's "offspring," says the apostle Paul in Acts 17:28-29. He uses the Greek word "genos," which—closely related to our words "genus" and "kin"—can be translated as "offspring," "lineage," or "race." "The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit," he also says, "that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ." (See Romans 8:16-17; compare Galatians 4:7.)
Of course, a quest for perfection can easily lead to discouragement, and, in some cases, even to depression and despair. We're all aware—and if we aren't yet, we'll eventually be made aware, sometimes quite painfully—of how far short of perfection we fall. Fundamental change is slow and often very difficult, and, for some of us, at least, it often seems that we've made distressingly little progress over the years.
But we have time. We have millions of years, if need be. And, even more importantly, we have the atoning grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. When we arrive at the judgment bar of God, we won't be expected to be flawless; we won't be asked to enter heaven on our own merits, as if we could somehow place our Heavenly Father in our debt. If we've accepted the redemptive sacrifice of the Savior, his unique flawlessness will be ascribed to us. "It is by grace that we are saved," testified Nephi, "after all we can do" (2 Nephi 25:23).
In the meantime, while we should absolutely be moving, or at least trying very seriously to move, along the path that leads to perfection, we shouldn't despair at our slow rate of forward travel. "And see that all these things are done in wisdom and order," said King Benjamin, "for it is not requisite that a man should run faster than he has strength. And again, it is expedient that he should be diligent, that thereby he might win the prize; therefore, all things must be done in order" (Mosiah 4:27).
Acorns don't become oaks overnight. Long distance races require . . . long distances.


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BROOMFIELD, CO - January 28, 2008
Webroot Software, Inc., a leading security provider for the consumer, enterprise and SMB markets, today announced that it is reinforcing its position in the security Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) market by appointing one of the leading innovators in the category to its Board. Quentin Gallivan, the most recent CEO of Postini, grew the company to over 10-million users before its sale to search-engine giant Google.
"Quentin possesses unique expertise in the security SaaS market," said Peter Watkins, CEO, Webroot. "With his addition to our Board and the success of Webroot® Email Security SaaS, we are well-positioned to continue delivering channel-friendly perimeter security SaaS solutions to keep SMBs safe from Internet threats."
As CEO, Gallivan built Postini into a SaaS powerhouse, with over 35,000 companies using its service globally. Gallivan has also led efforts to build sales, marketing and distribution strategies across multiple geographies for VeriSign's Security Services division, Netscape Communications and General Electric Information Services. Gallivan previously sat on the Board of Directors for companies including Postini, VeriSign Japan and Information Services Dentsu, a publicly held technology company in Japan.
According to Gallivan, "The security SaaS market continues to see strong growth. SMBs need easy-to-manage, affordable security, which SaaS provides. I firmly believe that Webroot's strategy and solutions in this category will quickly establish them as the leader in this high-growth market."


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Victoria's corruption watchdog could be beefed up after complaining it can't investigate some claims.
The Victorian government says it will consider changes to the integrity regime after the year-old watchdog called for stronger investigative powers.
The Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) says there are cases where it has felt unable to investigate corruption claims because the allegations do not meet a high enough threshold under the legislation.
The IBAC also wants parliament to consider making it mandatory for heads of public sector bodies and local councils to notify it of corrupt conduct, as is already the case in other states.
The change should apply at the very least for more serious matters within the public sector, IBAC says.
Victorian Attorney-General Robert Clark said the government would carefully consider the various recommendations and suggestions made by IBAC.
In its report on its first year of operation, IBAC says it has been hamstrung by restrictions in the legislation which set it up.
"There have been corrupt conduct allegations where IBAC has not felt able to commence investigations because of threshold restrictions in the IBAC Act," IBAC says in the report released Tuesday.
Not all the cases were suitable to be referred elsewhere and this may have undermined its objectives, it says.
IBAC also wants powers to investigate misconduct in public office, as is the case under other Australian integrity regimes.
In addition, it flagged the need for stronger protection for whistleblowers.
The watchdog says there are cases where people who have disclosed information appear not to qualify for whistleblower protection and this may deter whistleblowers coming forward with valuable information.
Mr Clark said the government has made clear it will monitor the IBAC legislation and take into account feedback from the IBAC commissioner about amendments.
"The government will now carefully consider the various recommendations and suggestions made by IBAC," he said.


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Mysteries of God
(Dedicated to the Honor and the Glory of God)
God is the ultimate reality. He has spun the universes into existence and has created all other beings. As humans, we too had our beginning from God. Like Plato and Socrates, I believe that we pre-existed in a spiritual realm prior to being born into this world. Unfortunately the church fathers, with the exceptions of Origen and Augustine, rejected this view as an overreaction to the heresies of gnosticism and neoplatonism that threatened to subvert the Gospel. How do I know of this pre-existence? I have very faint memories of a spiritual existence before being born into this world. My children spoke of this of this existence when they were small. I have heard of other 2-4 year old children being able to talk of their own pre-existence in the spiritual realm prior to their earthly birth, when carefully questioned about it. One couple I know of had three boys who each spoke of having been with God and the angels prior to birth without any prompting from their parents when they were small. Evidently as people age and develop, these memories are overlaid with countless earthly memories and are largely forgotten. This pre-existence is at the purely spiritual level. The soul is not created until physical conception.
One may ask why are we here and forced to leave that spiritual realm. I believe that the answer lies in the fall of Lucifer from Heaven along with a third of the angels. It is my own belief that human spirits were originally intended to be part of Lucifer's cadre in the spiritual realm. Once Lucifer fell, there was no further need for our existence in the spiritual realm, since we had been created to serve Lucifer in carrying out his heavenly responsibilities. Lucifer's disobedience led to our own eventual banishment from Heaven, even though we were not involved in his revolt against God. God in His infinite mercy has brought us to this world to perfect our redemption. He is bound by His own spiritual laws in the eternal realm, but at the temporal level, He can rewrite our destiny through His plan for our redemption. Had not Adam and Eve disobeyed God, this plan would have been much simpler and salvation would have been universal for all mankind. When that couple listened to Lucifer rather than obey God, suddenly salvation became much more difficult. Man had chosen sides and was no longer just an innocent bystander thus bringing condemnation on all mankind who was to be born on earth from that time forward.
Man himself had sinned against God and lost his opportunity for an easier salvation. To put it in the vernacular, man really blew it. Now man's disobedience had to dealt with in a manner satisfying God, fulfilling the new parameters now required for our salvation and permit our return to the spiritual realm (Heaven) after leaving this earthly sojourn. Christ, the second person of the Godhead, came to earth in the form of a man to die a sacrificial death for our redemption so that by believing in Him and on His death, we can be redeemed and made new spiritual beings fit for His kingdom. Through Christ, the Holy Spirit creates us anew and we are reshaped into His image, no longer designed to follow after Lucifer and his entourage.
Praise be to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit for their gift of salvation through the Son's loving sacrifice of Himself on the cross, the Father's willingness to send Him and the Spirit's perseverance in causing us to believe.
Some have a difficult time grasping the concept of the Trinity. The Trinity is the three distinct, separate, yet simultaneously occurring dynamic states in which God exists and through which He expresses Himself. It may be easier to understand the Trinity by the functions they perform. The Father is the Creator of His creation. The Son controls the interface relationship between the Creator and His creation. The Holy Spirit permeates the creation carrying out the will of the Father and the Son.
Others may ask how does God create worlds and universes, i.e. this temporal existence. I believe the new physics gives us an insight into God's methods. The big bang which began our universe was caused by a large quantum fluctuation. These fluctuations are believed by some cosmologists to be power spikes in a tremendous quantum field of incredible intensity. Since there are undoubtedly many of these power spikes, and at the top of each powerful enough spike is a created universe, there are probably many overlapping sister universes to our universe in existence at this very moment. They are separated from each other only by the different quantum time value that each universe possesses. Thus we can not see or sense them nor can they see or sense us. You may ask how does God fit into the overall scheme of these things. I truly believe that the energy that creates and drives this quantum field issues forth from the mind of God even as He speaks the Word. All quantum phenomena is created by God. The physical is the result of an outpouring of the spiritual, though not in a pantheistic way. The beauty of God and His methods is that while we may seem far removed from where God is, He is only a prayer away. He loves us and cares for us, who believe on His dear Son, and longs that all mankind will come to a saving faith in His beloved Son; but God wants our love freely given and not given through coercion. He gives us His Holy Spirit to guide us and lead us into paths of righteousness for His namesake. All that is required of us is simple faith in our living Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
I look forward to the day that I return to the spiritual realm from which we have come and can worship, adore, praise and glorify Him forever. Our Lord made a way back where there was no way, so that we may dwell with Him and enjoy Him forever. Praise be to God that He has not left us nor forsaken us, but through His death established His plan for our salvation when we come to believe on His shed blood. Hallelujah, God is truly great and greatly to be worshiped in spirit and truth.
In awe of the Living God
Richard E. Franing
I've decided to take a shot at this one, so you folks need to get the stake ready along with the rope, wood and matches because I'm about to reveal my pet theory concerning the first chapter of Genesis. In second Peter 3:8, we find the following in the RSV version: "But do not ignore this fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years and a thousand years is as one day." This is a way of saying that God is the creator and ruler of time as well as every thing else in this universe and beyond. So even a million or a billion years can be as one day or one nanosecond to Him as He chooses it to be, since He is beyond time. With that in mind, lets move into Genesis. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. I think that this represents the start of our universe. The heavens representing space and the earth representing matter.The Earth without form and void and the Spirit of God hovered above the waters. The matter had not coalesced together sufficiently to form large physical bodies in space, but had coalesced enough that internal heat within the matter was driving off water vapor that may have condensed on the surface of that matter. Then God said let there be light. This was beginning of nuclear fusion in our universe, along with planet building. Where the light hit these protoplanets, there was day and on the backside of these bodies was night just as God had commanded. Obviously it took billions of our years for our universe to reach this stage, but to God that is little more than a blink of the eye. God called this time the first day. The morning and the evening being whatever time that God wishes it to be or when He wishes it to be. I think it highly unlikely He is saying an earthday at this point because our solar system had not been created yet, that did not occur until the fourth day. On the second day God separated the waters into the seas and the sky. Evidently certain planets in scattered solar systems had cooled enough for their atmospheres to start clearing instead of one big shroud of clouds enveloping these planets from their surfaces. During this day God formed the land surfaces upon these planets. Again in God's time there could have been another blink of His spiritual eyes. Evening could be when He closes His eyes and the morning when He opens them again. So ended the second day. (I can see that you folks have erected the stake and gathered the firewood. You're having a cookout! Right?). On the third day, God brought forth vegetation. There have probably been many planets within our universe in times past and yet today that have some forms of life upon them. This is God's universe, along with any others, and He can do with them whatever He so desires. Who are we to limit Him to only caring about what happens on our dinky little planet, as important as it is to us? Don't get me wrong, God does care about us and this Earth, but We are not His only responsibility. Again God blinks His eyes and another day is over in His book, even though more millions of earth type years may have elapsed.
On the fourth day God created our sun, the moon and obviously the planets in our solar system. From this point on, I think that God is referring to our planet when He speaks of the earth, although He is not yet talking in earth days when He speaks. We tend to limit God into our way of thinking, not realizing that He is far greater than we could ever imagine. God also created the land and plants on our Earth in this time frame. This "day" must have been several billion earth years long. It is wonderful that God never gets tired doing all this creating, because if He did He would probably get worn out just trying to keep up with all the petitions I offer up to His throne, let alone those that everyone else bring to Him in prayer.
On the fifth day, God created the animals. Plants were already in existence on the Earth, being part of his previous day's work. This time frame probably lasted hundreds of millions of Earth years. As you can tell by now, I think that God used an evolutionary process to bring this to past. Not a random type of evolution, but a God inspired and God driven evolutionary process that only He is capable of doing. Truly we have a great and awe inspiring God.
On the sixth day, we arrive at the place where the rubber meets the road so to speak. Did God create man? You bet He did. Did God use an evolutionary process to create man from the higher mammal animals? You bet He did. (GASP!) You say what about Adam? I think He came along later. This day probably lasted several million years. God looked at all of this creation and declared it good. Who are we to argue with God about something like that. If He says it is good, then it must be good. Anyway God decided He needed a little vacation after all that work of creating. I'll bet my bottom dollar that the seventh day did not last even two earth seconds, because God loves what He is doing so much that He won't ever give it up and keeps on keeping on. Getting back to Adam, I believe that Adam was the first human with a spirit bearing soul. God created him from the dust of the Earth and breathed life into Him because God had created him for a special purpose. Adam was a perfect man. He could not say that bad genes had caused him to sin. Likewise Eve whom God created from Adam was perfect. These two were to be the first of mankind to enter into this world with a God created spirit. All men existing before Adam had a soul, but no spirit indwelling that soul. This leads me to think that the fall of Lucifer from Heaven occurred sometime after the sixth day. This I have reason to believe: that spirits of men are leftover remnants from the old order that existed in Heaven before Lucifer launched his revolt against God. As beings who did not take part in that revolt, but nevertheless of suspect loyalty to God, we could not remain in Heaven in our old form. We have to be transformed into new creatures before we are acceptable to God again. This is the purpose of our earthly existence. God knew that Lucifer and a third of the angels were going to revolt against him. He also had originally created us as subangelic beings to assist Lucifer in carrying out his heavenly responsibilities, before Lucifer got the big head and decided to try to take over God's position. I wonder if that happened while God was on vacation during the seventh day. It would be just like old Lucifer to try something like that.
Anyway, once God decided that we subangelic spiritual beings (see Hebrews 2:7) could no longer dwell in His heavenly kingdom in our then spiritual form and He began thinking of ways to change us. He could not do this at the eternal level because He is constrained by His own eternal laws at that level. He had to bring us to a temporal level to accomplish that. Since a suitable vehicle (man) was already in place to accomplish this objective, God decided to piggyback these spirits into men's souls. This is why our soul also contains a God created spirit (see Hebrews 4:12). Enspiritment of the human soul occurs in the first two months of pregnancy, but it is unlikely that this happens in the first few weeks after conception.
Adam was the first of these spirit souled men. Had he not disobeyed God, he would have been permitted to eventually eat of the tree of life and been transformed into an eternal creature, with rights to dwell with God forever. Adam and Eve were a special test case. God knew that if they failed the test, then all men from that point on would fail this test. They were cast out of the Garden and forced to live among the other existing humans. From that time on all human beings have had a spirit bearing soul. How long will this go on? Probably until heaven is emptied of its condemned subangelic spirits or until the church on Earth becomes so decadent that so few are getting saved and transformed thru faith in the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, that there is no purpose in continuing the process. This why spirit bearing souls should not be aborted and the Gospel must be preached with great fervor everywhere on Earth. This is our one and only chance to be able to dwell with God forever. We pass this way but once and each spirit bearing soul gets only one chance. There is no reincarnation. We must not rob ourselves or future generations of this sole opportunity for salvation. Once Adam failed, only thenew Adam (Jesus Christ) could salvage the situation for us. He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. He who has Christ has eternal life and this life is in God's only begotten Son.
I have presented this theory, not as an absolute truth, but as an attempt to bridge the difference between fact and faith. Many people choose to ignore the physical facts around us or to twist them to agree with their particular interpretation of God's Word. Likewise too many people ignore the Scriptures in a vain attempt to arrive at the facts. God does not lie nor do the facts lie, and ultimately they are saying the same thing. (So why are you folks grabbing me, not the stake. Oh well, let the flames begin. (Arrrgh!!!)
Thoughtfully yours in Christ Jesus,
Dick Franing
The Lord God took man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, "You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die." But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." .....she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, and he ate. Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. .....
Then the Lord God said, "Behold the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil; and now lest he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever"---therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he as taken. He drove out the man: and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life. (excerpts from the Book of Genesis, Chapters 2 and 3)
How often has man pondered these words throughout the ensuing centuries and speculated as to their exact meaning. Some say that it was an actual fruit such as an apple, some look at it as being an abstract historical event, some think of it as a crisis of the spirit that man experienced, while others think that these verses represent a supernatural experience that Adam and Eve had. Some people think that it represents some form or type of superior knowledge. Still others think of it as a mythical story told to explain how sin began. None of these concepts are comprehensive enough to adequately explain the true nature of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
I fear that I now know the meaning of these verses. The tree of this knowledge lies deep within the soul of man. It is what the Christian teacher Watchman Nee refers to as "the latent power of the soul". So what is this latent power that lies hidden deep within the inner recesses of man's soul? I believe that it is a type of angelic power, which might be better thought of as Adamic power.
Man is a sub-angelic being who is endowed with a certain degree of latent angelic capability. Man is not an angel, but man may be distantly related to the angels in some manner. Under certain circumstances, the latent angelic capability of a relatively few number of people can become momentarily activated for short periods of time. Probably at least 99% of the human race never experiences any of this activation and thus are totally oblivious to the existence of the latent angelic capability within themselves.
Activation of this capability primarily occurs during spiritual dreams while asleep. The person begins a troubled dream while in a deep sleep, then slips into a state of spiritual dreaming through which the person can temporarily enter into the angelic mode. While in this temporary angelic mode, the person is able to direct the course of future events, depending what the subject of spiritual dream is. If the person exercises his angelic powers in concert with the direction of the Holy Spirit of God, the results will be good and beneficial. If the person exercises his angelic powers in a unilateral manner, then the results will inevitably be evil. The person acting in a unilateral way is trying to play God by usurping God's authority in total disregard to God's will. This is the reason why Adam and Eve fell in the garden. As a result, they were stripped of their innocence and left naked before the Lord. It appears that the ability to be activated runs in certain families. It may also be that this ability may skip generations within a family, as well as individuals within an active generation. My father's mother was an angelically active person, but my father never experienced activation as I have.
In honesty, I must admit that I have exercised this angelic power both ways in the past, for the good of mankind when exercised in concert with the Holy Spirit and to the detriment of man when I exercised it unilaterally. This was largely done in ignorance before I realized what the exact nature of this power was and how capricious
this Adamic power can be. It has a Jekyll and Hyde quality about it and must be exercised with extreme caution and then only under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Adam was warned about this danger, but he chose to disregard God's warning. When God told Adam not to eat of that tree, He was telling him not to exercise his angelic capability because it would cause him fail the test and all future mankind with him. After man's fall in the Garden, this capability became latent. Because Adam sinned, he was not permitted to eat of the tree of life. The way of the tree of life would have to be personified in the Way, the Truth and the Life in order for man to have that opportunity again to gain eternal life and that life is in God's only begotten son, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
My experience with this phenomenon is that it begins in earnest during the early teen years, reaches its peak about 30-35 years of age and then slowly declines until it reaches a point of near cessation during one's lower fifties. The time of greatest power during a person's early thirties is also the time of greatest danger because it when the greatest extremes of good and evil are possible. Momentary angelity can a potent stealth weapon if used unwisely. Following one's spiritual instincts can indeed be dangerous, thus the person must stay close to God and be clothed in His righteousness. The old testament and book of Acts states that the young men shall see visions and the old men shall dream dreams. In those days, an old man could be any man past the age of thirty because life expectancy was not very long in those days. I have experienced these visions and dreams in the past. The visions are basically learning experiences while the dreams are basically doing experiences.
Adam lost any chance to gain access to the tree of life in the garden when he disobeyed God, thereby losing the opportunity for eternal life with God in heaven. As children of Adam, we also share that lost opportunity, but God in his great mercy has created another way for us to obtain eternal life with Him. God sent his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to die and shed his blood to free us from the first Adam's curse and our own sin. Through faith in the Lord Jesus we are born anew into God's family and receive the promise of the Father that we will stand faultless before the throne at the day of judgement. We are no longer children of disobedience, but we are now children of God fit for His kingdom. All that is required of us is simple faith in the Lord Jesus and His sacrificial death on the cross, and to open our hearts and minds to the working of the Holy Spirit of God.
Man tries his own methods of attempting to tap into this latent angelic capability that some are vaguely aware of within themselves. Some gnostics, certain psychics, many new agers, kundalini yogis, certain mediums and supernaturalists of various kinds are trying in their own way to regain the power that Adam and Eve possessed, abused and subsequently lost during the fall. Little do they realize that they are playing with spiritual dynamite.
A few people may try to regain this Adamic power with an intent of somehow attaining angelic status which they think might give them access to the tree of life. God has blocked this route with his cherubim and flaming sword. They would be far better off to seek the Lord Jesus Christ and His righteousness as the path to eternal life. Having experienced this Adamic power first hand, I am well acquainted with good and evil even as Adam was. I thank God that Christ is my refuge, that in Him I find forgiveness through faith in His shed blood and that He sets my feet on the path of righteousness for His name's sake. Truly He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. Praise be to God for His everlasting grace, love and mercy.
Under the Blood of Jesus,


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New York, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/03/2014 -- Capture His Heart is a step-by-step program that aims to help women to better understand the male psyche with the intention of being able to find and keep Mr. Right. Done through easy and relatable relationship principles and tips that a person can apply in his or her everyday life, the program contains not only the tips of getting Mr. Right, but also advice on enhancing herself overall self-confidence. Developing y self-confidence, in turn, "dresses" you with the sexiest thing any woman can wear.
The program is authored by Claire Casey and produced by Michael Fiore. Claire Casey is a lifelong writer and adviser in the realm of relationships but doesn't have much celebrity to her relationship guru name; nor does she have that many, if any, media exposure. She is an ordinary mom of three and a kickboxing aficionado.
On the other hand, Michael Fiore is a relationship and romance media baby. He has been seen along the major media outlets and shows, the most notable of which is his appearance in the Rachael Ray Show. He has also been a New York Times and Amazon.com bestselling author for a couple of his products. Those are undeniably impressive credentials.
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-Suitable only for women. Men are better off looking for relationship advice elsewhere.
-The main author, Claire Casey, is a relative unknown as a relationship guru. However, a strong endorsement by internationally-recognized relationship expert Michael Fiore helps remove majority of the doubts.
-Some ladies might find certain sections of the program manipulative. That is, depending on women's perspective, some of them might feel that they are playing with men's emotional triggers to get what they want.
-The program is broken into many different and separate parts. It can be a tedious process shifting from one module to another.
Capture His Heart is a great program to have. It's easy to relate to while being very enjoyable to read and watch. Even if any women aren't able to find Mr. Right, she would be equipped with a newfound self-confidence and relationship knowhow that would benefit her for the rest of her life.
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Photographer's Note
This church on top of the hill is part of the small community of Enslev (ca 3 km from Grenaa) situated just behind the church and the trees and not visible. As I saw this church from a distance from the main road I decided to take a look. I had to be quick to take this photo or I would loose the light as it was fading fast.
The landscape is very typical for this part of Denmark, slightly hilly terrain with many farms and large fields of crops. Villages in this area are usually small, sometimes with beautiful old houses in the center. The larger towns in this part of Denmark are Aarhus which is the capital of the province and Randers.
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wishlist (4133) 2008-02-03 3:32
Hello Harko,
The church and its bright colours white and red are very nice to look at sorrounded by the green of the vegetation. The light you managed to catch is beautiful and allowed you to deliver a charming final result; quality is excellent, the compo works well and it's well balanced.
Thanks for sharing and regards
mortijo (12828) 2008-02-03 5:05
Hallo Harko,
Ik zie dat we het zelfde toestel hebben. Een hele mooie foto heb je hier, met prachtige kleuren. Fotografeer je in RAW?Hartelijke groeten uit een ijskoud Luxemburg,
gary91 (15348) 2008-02-03 23:28
Hello Harko,
This is a nice composition. This nearly panoramic format is well chosen and the small white church is very well placed here. The light is very soft and gives these delicate colors in the sky. I love this quiet mood.
Have a nice day.
Regards, Christian
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- Date Taken: 2007-05-31
- Categories: Nature, Architecture
- Camera: Sony Alfa DSLR A100, SONY 3/5-5.6/18-70
- Exposition: f/11, 1/40 secondes
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searching with Google our sources is it's some sort of environmental initiative between the two companies. We've included that AP brief in all it's brevity below the jump. What we've determined, AP notwithstanding, is Branson's new fleet of 787's will get Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines. Yes, those are the 75,000 lb thrust models. What does this have to do with GM? Well — something to do with fuel cells. We'll have more as it develops. UPDATE: It's all one big PR stunt — Virgin will use the Chevy Equinox Fuel Cell Car as their VIP car at LAX. It's all about reducing our carbon footprint. Lame. We were totally hoping Branson was buying GM. As commenter graverobber put it, "Virgin Vauxhall any one?"
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Ransomware doesn't need any introduction anymore: we've all come to know (and unfortunately in some cases, experience) what it does and how it works. In short: this specific malware will encrypt your (personal) files and requires you to pay a certain monetary amount (hence the name 'ransom'ware) to regain access to your files. Nowadays, most ransomware will ask you to pay in Bitcoin.
Other names: CryptoLocker, cryptoware, encrypting ransomware.
This blog post is split up in two parts: 1 for users, 1 for companies/businesses. Most tips however are interchangeable and can be applied on most environments (we're talking Windows here).
Finally, some tools are proposed as well as additional resources.
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- Use, depending on the mailclient, a robust anti-spam filter. In all online services (Outlook.com, Gmail, ...) an anti-spam filter is offered by default.
- Never open attachments from an unknown sender.
- Disable the execution of macros in Office.
- Disable Windows Script Host. You can use option D in my tool for example.
- Disable Powershell. You can do this via Control Panel > Programs > Turn Windows features on or off.
- Use a robust antivirus/antimalware and firewall solution and keep it up-to-date and running.
- Always install all relevant Windows updates.
- Remove all outdated Java versions, or remove Java completely if possible.
- Remove SilverLight if possible.
- Remove Flash if possible. If not:
Activate click-to-play for Flash in your browser. This depends on your browser.
(see Resources section)
- Install an adblocker in your browser, for example uBlock Origin.
- A freeware program called CryptoPrevent is available as well. This will automatically improve protection for ransomware by, for example, monitoring known locations where ransomware will execute from.
Last but not least, the two most important rules are:
- Always think twice before clicking on a link or opening an attachment.
- Create backups on a regular basis! Don't forget to disconnect your external hard drive afterwards. A word of warning: be careful when backing up to the cloud - once you notice you are infected, immediately terminate the network/internet connection or shut down the machine to prevent further encryption of your files. Note that in some cases it is better to simply disconnect from the network, as some decryption keys can be salvaged from memory or network traffic.
Also test if your backup is functional by restoring some (test)files. A backup is always the best option for restoring your files, but you have to know the backup has succeeded and as such is functional.
In companies, the same tips as mentioned above are applicable as well. Most of those tips can be applied without too much hassle using Group Policies (GPO).
- Always use strong passwords for your servers (regardless if it's a domain controller, fileserver, etc...).
- Always install all relevant Windows updates.
- If possible, disable RDP. If not possible, use a robust firewall solution (hardware) which has VPN. Use strong passwords/authentication for those as well.
- Disable administrator-rights for normal users. Most of users with a company laptop shouldn't be able to install programs anyway (at least in theory).
- Disable, via GPO, the use of macro's in Office if possible. If not possible, only allow digitally signed macro's. Disable Windows Script Host and make the use of antivirus mandatory.
- Install antivirus on all machines in the network and especially for those users with a company laptop which they can/may take home as well.
- If present, activate the option to also scan archives (ZIP, RAR, ...) by the antivirus.
- Install a robust anti-spam solution and prohibit the use of attachments with dangerous extensions such as .exe, .scr, .... However, also block scriptlets, such as JavaScript files (.js).
- Verify the file sharing permissions of your users. Try to be as efficient as possible - a user belonging to group X is not related to group Y or its share at all? Prohibit or restrict access - use ACLs for example.
- Inform users about the dangers of opening attachments from unknown senders, or clicking on links randomly everywhere. Education is important as well. Also, have a plan of action ready (procedures) when a malware-infection (ransomware or otherwise) would happen.
- Consider changing the default action of potentially malicious scripts and their associated extensions, to notepad for example. This is rather trivial to implement with GPO. More information on changing a default action is here and here.
Example of extensions to change are:
.js, .jse, .wsc, .wsh, .wsf, .sct, .vbe, .cmd and .hta.
You may additionally add: .ps1, .vbs and .bat, granted you don't use these scriptlets.
Always test on one or several machine first, before deploying on your whole network.
- Use policies to prohibit executable files running from specific locations. See here.
- Consider restricting the use of WMI. See here.
Last but not least, the two most important rules are:
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Prevention is more important than removal/disinfection.
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Avoid using Internet Explorer or Edge - other browser are more 'customazible', which means you can have some extra protection with an add-on or extension. (however, don't forget to keep these up-to-date as well)
Activate click-to-play for plugins (such as Flash or Silverlight)
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Script Defender
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Paris. Roland Garros. Where Rafa has ruled for a decade. Rafa is King. Was king? No one knows yet if that moment will become THE moment, the kind of moment when everything changes. And he's certainly not talking like he wants it to become that particular moment. But it's hard not to think that way. So this is where I'm starting today because I would have gotten yelled at for ending the day with it yesterday, his birthday.
Rafa was gracious afterwards. He's been kicking Novak's ass for almost 10 years on red clay. Following Novak's convincing victory though, he declared that his opponent is "probably in the best moment of his career". So that's what Andy Murray's dealing with tomorrow. A note on Andy Murray though – and something to read for everyone, not just those of you who follow tennis.
Andy is the first superstar male athlete to work with a female coach, Amelie Mauresmo. He has endured ridicule for it. He has been criticised for it. He has had to defend it. Click here to read about his partnership with Mauresmo…and what a Mauresmo-Murray championship would mean.
Yours in gossip,
Rafa at a wedding
Rafael Nadal and girlfriend Xisca Perello were at a wedding this weekend in Spain. Cuuuuuute! I love him! I love them! Rafa is enjoying some down time before he prepares for the final slam of the season, the US Open. Mostly they care about the title, but he and Novak Djokovic are #2 and #1 on the tour and the tournament will likely also determine who's on top to end 2014. Full Story
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On clay. This is for my cousin Cat who loves Rafa so much, with a lot of stress, and probably didn't sleep well last night thinking about this morning. It turns out the rain delay helped him. He came out hard today, finishing off Novak Djokovic in the fourth set, despite being down a break when they suspended the match yesterday. Full Story
Setting up the first final
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I have been up for way too long. Why is Australia so far away? Was watching the Murray-Djokovic semi-final at the Australian open, a sick 5 setter that resulted, ultimately, in a Novak win just about an hour ago. And he will meet Rafael Nadal who defeated Roger Federer yesterday. Well that's not a bad first Slam final of the year, non? You know me - I am for Rafa, always. Full Story