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Books about monsters can be useful tools for parents while delighting children. These aren't just books about silly and sometimes scary monsters they are about fear and conquering it. Just like how children use pretend play to test out adult situations and roles books offer kids a chance to test out scary things in a safe place. Most of these monsters aren't scary but even the cute ones help your child feel bigger and braver. If you have a favorite monster book that you don't see here please take a second and leave a comment with the title and why you love it.
Monster Mess! by Margery Cuyler is a silly rhyming book about a monster who isn't interested in scaring you, but rather cleaning up your messes. Readers follow along as the monster creeps through the house finding messes and tidying up. I personally loved it when the monster stepped on blocks, who reading this with kids hasn't stepped on toys like Lego and screamed in pain?! I know I do, a lot so that part resonated with me . The illustrations by S.D. Schindler are done at funky angles and perspectives and adds a lot to the text. It's not scary at all and a great monster choice for more fearful kids.
Twelve Terrible Things by Marty Kelley is horrifying to me, yet my son loves this book. He must have slipped it in our library bag because I have no recollection of choosing this book, and I didn't pre read it when we got home. By then it was too late, my son was hooked on the dark humor this book delivers. The book offers up 12 terrible things, like a scary clown, a goldfish on it's way down the toilet and monsters under the bed. The illustrations are all from the reader's view point so the scary things are looking right at you! I am easily scared , I can't watch horror film trailers without getting nightmares. I screamed twice reading this , my son just wanted "more more!". I really don't recommend this book for young kids although some older ones who like scary things will love it.
My Monster Mama Loves Me So by Laura Leuck is more my kind of monster book for kids. Imaginative illustrations by Mark Buehner kept my little man pointing out spiders, bats and owls and he loved counting the extra eyes and arms on the monsters. The story is really sweet too. It's all the things a mama monster does throughout the day with her little monster. It's got a good message about how love can be an action as well as a feeling!
The Monster Princess by D.J. McHale is a story about a monster Lala who so wished she could be a princess only to discover in the end that being herself is even better. As I was reading this book I was really hoping that the three real princesses that befriend Lala would have more depth and not be the stereotypical mean girls that they are . Even after the mean princesses humiliate Lala she does the right thing and saves them when they are in danger. This book had a very predictable feel to it but I am 35 and have lived through mean girls on film many times and been on both sides of it in real life . To a young child this story is fresh and filled with good messages about doing what is right even when we are angry and hurt, discovering that what we dream about being may not be all it's cracked up to be as well as my favorite message that there are "All kinds of special."
The Book That Eats People by John Perry makes me laugh hysterically , so hard it was hard at times to read the words but it's really really gruesome. This is not a book for kids that are squeamish, prone to imaginative nightmares or anxiety about death. That said if your child can handle a little funny horror, they will love this book. The story follows this human eating book as it wreaks havoc and gobbles people up! I beg parents to pre read this because it may be hilarious to me and my macabre little man but it may seriously frighten your child.
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak is one of those books that makes me cry just when I think of it. If you aren't familiar with this book it's not sad. It's about a little boy who is acting up and gets sent to his room. While in his room his imagination runs wild and he is transported to a world where there are no rules , no parents and no consequences for bad behavior. Ultimately though Max's heart pulls him back home where he is loved most of all, even when he's wild. I think this is an amazing love story about parents and children and unconditional love.
Molly's Monsters by Teddy Slater is a counting book in monster's clothes. The book is about a little girl named Molly who is just trying to sleep when her room is flooded with monsters. They come in progressively larger groups and my son liked counting to make sure the text was correct. My favorite part was that the first monster to arrive and the last to leave , never does leave and instead snuggles into bed with Molly. I also like that to get these pesky visitors to leave she turns on the light and makes a scary face and scares them. Clever.
When a Monster Is Born by Sean Taylor is funny, my son didn't find it as funny as I did but he still laughed and didn't seem scared any of it. The story is about a monster and all the life changing choices he faces every day like whether to eat a principal or run through a wall of a school. This book feels like a choose your own adventure book, it's fun , repetitive and silly. There is quite a bit of talk about monsters eating people , though nothing too gory.
Monster Math by Anne Miranda is a math lesson turned into a fun and entertaining storybook. You can simply read the book or you can have your little mathematician help you guess how many new monsters arrive and leave on each page. The illustrations are adorable and even if the math skills are above your toddler or preschoolers heads they will still enjoy the book.
Goodnight Goon: A Petrifying Parody by Michael Rex. We loved this book, as big Goodnight Moon fans we were all laughing reading this before bed. My almost 3 year old thought that this was the funniest book ever made and would correct the book often with the original text .
My Friend the Monster by Elanor Taylor is a sweet and not at all scary look at a friendship between a little fox and the monster who lives under his bed. The monster was left behind by a previous owner of the house that the little fox moves into. This is a sad monster but with a little time and patience the monster and the little fox make new friends and all is well. The monster even gets his own bed in the little fox's bedroom so he doesn't have to live under the bed anymore.
Go to Bed, Monster! by Natasha Wing is a book anyone who's ever struggled with bedtime will instantly relate to. The little girl in the book Lucy isn't sleepy so she draws a monster but soon his refusal to go to bed even after she is sleepy backfires. I like this book, and despite his refusal to believe the monster was a monster not a dinosaur my son really likes this book and it got read 5 times today!
Creepy Monsters, Sleepy Monsters by Jane Yolen is a sweet monster book with minimal text and very rich illustrations by Kelly Murphy. The story is really about the daily wind down and bedtime for two monsters. You and your child will absolutely relate to them on one page or another ( or all). These little monsters are just like our little monsters resisting bedtime, trying to avoid baths – well you know the daily struggle. My daughter was not into the book but my son liked it even though I'd gear it towards the 2-4 crowd. We chose our favorite monsters on each page and found interesting details like the recipe for tentacle soup on the page where the mom is making dinner . Cute, your child will relate to it and it's not at all scary!
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Clastic Rocks
Clastic sedimentary rocks are made up of little pieces of other rocks called sediment. Mineral crystals called cement hold the sediment together.
There are many different types of clastic sedimentary rocks. To figure out which type of rock you have, you will need to figure out the answers to these three questions:
- How big are the sediments?
- Are all of the sediments about the same size?
- Are the sediments rounded or angular in shape?
You will probably need to use a magnifying glass to see the little sediment grains.
Different types of sedimentary rocks form in different environments. For instance, sandstone, a sedimentary rock made of sand grains, may form in a beach or desert sand dunes. Shale, a sedimentary rock made of mud and clay, may form in a swamp, the bottom of a lake, or some other muddy environment. Conglomerate, a sedimentary rock make of gravel and sand, may form from the sediments at the bottom of a stream.
Making a clastic sedimentary rock is a four-step process.
- Step 1: Breaking Rocks Apart
- Step 2: Sediments on the Move!
- Step 3: Sediments Settling Down
- Step 4: Turning a Pile of Sediment into Solid Rock

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A district government in the eastern city of Wuxi said in an online statement that investigators concluded that the director of "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers" and his wife, Chen Ting, flouted family planning policies by having the children without approval and before they got married in 2011.
China limits most urban couples to one child and rural families to two if the first-born is a girl. Zhang, who has a daughter with his first wife, could legally have one child with Chen, but the two were not married when their first child was born and did not have a birth permit, in violation of China's rules.
The fines are based in part on the couple's annual income. The government of Wuxi's Binhu district said they earned a total of about $580,000 in the years before each of the children was born.
Reports that Zhang had violated the country's one-child rule started to circulate in May. Binhu authorities said they were put in charge of the investigation in July because Chen is a registered resident of the district even though she lives in Beijing.
By late last year, Wuxi family planning officials publicly complained they could not get in touch with Zhang, who eventually issued an apology for the "negative social impact" he had created and promised cooperation with investigators.
Zhang's studio confirmed in a statement that Zhang, 63, has fathered two sons and one daughter with Chen, 32, but denied reports of other children Zhang allegedly has fathered with other women.
The case raised questions among members of the public about whether Zhang's social status had allowed him to dodge the family planning rules for years.
The district government said it adopted more severe standards in levying the fines against Zhang and Chen because their violations were particularly flagrant.
Zhang and Chen have 30 days to pay the fines. They may also seek an administrative review or file a court petition if they object to the fines.
Zhang could not immediately be reached Thursday for a response, although he said in December that he would willingly accept any punishment meted out in accordance with state rules.
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3218.0 - Regional Population Growth, Australia, 1998-99
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Capital cities dominate regional population growth The Australian Bureau of Statistics estimates that 60% of Australia's 627 Local Government Areas (LGAs) gained in population in the year to June 1999. Australia's centre of population in June 1999 was situated just inside the LGA of Central Darling in western NSW. It has moved 10 km northward since 1994 as a result of Queensland's population growing faster than that of the southern States. Most (72%) of Australia's population growth occurred in the State and Territory capital cities. At June 1999, 64% of Australians resided in capital cities compared to 63% in 1994. Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth were each home to 73% of their respective State populations compared to 63% for Sydney, 46% each for Brisbane and Darwin and 41% for Hobart. The two most populous LGAs in Australia - the cities of Brisbane and Gold Coast - had the two largest increases, up by 15,700 and 12,800 people respectively. Population growth occurred in a number of regional centres such as the cities of Maitland, Queanbeyan, Tamworth and Griffith in New South Wales, the cities of Greater Geelong, Ballarat and Mildura in Victoria and the cities of Townsville and Toowoomba in Queensland. Numerous coastal regions continued to make population gains in 1998-99. In New South Wales, these included Lake Macquarie, Hastings, Wollongong, Tweed, and Shoalhaven. In Victoria, Surf Coast was the fastest growing Victorian LGA outside of Melbourne. Queensland examples include Gold Coast, Maroochy and Hervey Bay, while in South Australia Victor Harbour was the second fastest growing LGA in that State. The West Australian coastal LGAs of Busselton, Bunbury, Broome and Augusta-Margaret River all had considerable population gains in 1998-99. In Tasmania, a fringe area near Launceston - Meander Valley - experienced the largest increase in population while in the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory the largest population gains were made in Palmerston and Nicholls, respectively. Both of these areas contain new residential developments. Details are in Regional Population Growth, Australia (cat. no. 3218.0) available from ABS bookshops. If you wish to purchase a copy of the publication telephone 02 6252 5249. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window. |


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Experiences of Capitalism in India and Pakistan
The objective of this study is to examine the economic policies and socio-economic changes which have taken place in South Asia for the last six decades. However, my focus will be mainly on India and Pakistan to try to examine how capitalism has been developing differently in these two countries. It seems to me that this study is important because the proponent of free-market polices (i.e. mainstream economists) ignore the poverty issues and emphasise mainly growth rates and unquestionably assume that 'trickle down' would solve poverty problems. We should also not forget that India is home to the largest number of poor in the world, and as such is an obvious test case for whether pro-market reforms work or not. The ruling elites cite high GDP (gross domestic products) growth rates as indicative of economic development and consequently the well-being of the people.
Growth is seen as a panacea and in order to achieve higher economic growth rates both countries had earlier adopted import-substitution-industrialization (ISI) and later on neo-liberal (i.e. 'free market') economic policies. The study will also analyse the impact of neo-liberal economic reforms on socio-economic situation both in India and Pakistan and its impact on reducing poverty. In Pakistan these reforms were launched in 1988, while in India in 1991 under the IMF supervision. As a result both economies have witnessed an upsurge in GDP growth rates (especially in India). Despite the high GDP growth rates for the last two decades in India, for example, over all employment has not been growing. The service sector, which witnessed a rapid economic growth, accounts for a much smaller share in employment relative to their contribution to GDP. The study finds that capitalism has failed to remove poverty and inequality despite its long history of penetration in South Asia under colonial and neo-colonial regimes and in spite of being backed by the new technology and increased amounts of credits. The experience of Pakistan clearly illustrated this fact. There is a lack of discussion about the presence of a large proportion of people living in sub-human conditions and lack of overall and holistic development of human being.
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Last weekend I had a mission to go get some feeder shrimps from an aquarium shop to serve as some sort of living filter cleaner for the newly christened water planter/pond filter for our garden. After that mission was completed, it was of course, time for breakfast.
char kuih teow stall at the food court opposite Sei Ngan Chai BKT, Klang
I went around Klang town a bit and ended up at the food court right across the road from Sei Ngan Chai BKT and the "Hilton" wantan mee place looking for something to eat, and this is when I realised I should give this char kuih teow stall a try, mainly just by looking at how many trays of eggs they have right next to the wok.
I took a seat next to the stall and ordered a plate without any specific instructions. About 20 odd minutes later, the plate of char kuih teow arrived, and it looked pretty legit I must say. There's chives, bean sprouts, cockles, prawns, egg, and properly fried kuih teow that's ever so slightly charred on certain pieces, indicative of good wok-hei.
certainly a respectable plate of char kuih teow
And yep, this is one char kuih teow worth eating if you're tired of bak kut teh at Klang. The banner outside says "Jalan Batai" char kuih teow, which would suggest that perhaps it was from Seng Lee kopitiam which has since closed down after the revamp of the whole area. I did not ask the proprietor, but this version certainly tastes as good.
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The Augsburg College office of Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity (URGO) today announced that Colin Irvine, associate professor of English, will serve as the URGO 2012 summer research coordinator, taking over most of the responsibilities previously performed by Dixie Shafer, URGO director.
With Irvine serving in this role, Shafer will be able to concentrate on assisting students with applications for fellowships and pre-health science positions. She will also be able to attend more national and international fellowship conferences to stay abreast of current issues and trends in the area. She will also continue to coordinate Zyzzogeton, Augsburg's annual celebration of student research and creativity and work with graduate and off-campus summer research applicants. In collaboration with the URGO Advisory Council, she will continue to manage academic-year research and student travel opportunities.
Shafer said, "Colin is a logical and inspired choice on many levels. By building capacity for him to coordinate summer research, the College will ensure that I reserve enough energy for the full range of URGO offerings."
Irvine boasts an active scholarly record, including publication of a book, several book chapters and numerous journal articles, along with too-many-to-list conference and invited presentations, many with intriguing titles, such as "Teaching like a Mountain: The Aldo Leopold Papers Project" or "Hollywood's Response to Climate Change: Starring Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Al Gore," and more with conventional titles, such as "Wallace Stegner's Novelization of the American West and Western" or "Problems with Peer Review and What These Indicate About the Status of the Workshop and How Well These Work in College Composition Courses."
Irvine has a distinguished record of successfully mentoring groups of students in the classroom through the research process, via his Aldo Leopold project, and with "The Honors Review."
He has successfully shepherded several URGO summer researchers who have gone on to top-tier graduate programs and won Fulbright awards. Through scholarship and practice, he has exhibited a zest, verging on zaniness, for building strong learning communities, an important goal for the URGO summer research program.
In 2010, he was awarded a Fulbright Roving Scholar award and spent the 2010-11 academic year in Norway, making him a role model for students considering national fellowship competitions.
And perhaps most notably, he won the MN Father of the Year Award, suggesting that he has solid (or at least unique) parenting skills which he can employ as needed when mentoring a summer research cohort.
Congratulations to Professor Irvine.


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December 11, 2009
According to an obscure report in the European Union Times (EUTimes.net), "Russian Military Analysts are reporting to Prime Minister Putin that US President Barack Obama has issued an order to his Northern Command's (USNORTHCOM) top leader, US Air Force General Gene Renuart, to 'begin immediately' increasing his military forces to 1 million troops by January 30, 2010, in what these reports warn is an expected outbreak of civil war within the United States before the end of winter.
"According to these reports, Obama has had over these past weeks 'numerous' meetings with his war council abut how best to manage the expected implosion of his Nation's banking system while at the same time attempting to keep the United States military hegemony over the World in what Russian Military Analysts state is a 'last ditch gambit' whose success is 'far from certain.'"
The EU Times article continues by saying, "To the fears of Obama over the United States erupting into civil war once the full extent of the rape and pillaging of these peoples by their banks and government becomes known to them, grim evidence now shows the likelihood of this occurring much sooner than later."
The Times story goes on to say that there are "over 220 million American people armed to the teeth and ready to explode."
The Times article concludes by saying, "Though the coming civil war in the United States is being virtually ignored by their propaganda media, the same cannot be said of Russia, where leading Russian political analyst, Professor Igor Panarin has long warned that the economic turmoil in the United States has confirmed his long-held view that the US is heading for collapse."
Many of us would be inclined to pooh-pooh such a story, but then there is this column from Bloomberg.com entitled "Arming Goldman With Pistols Against Public," written by Alice Schroeder. According to Ms Schroeder:
"'I just wrote my first reference for a gun permit,' said a friend, who told me of swearing to the good character of a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker who applied to the local police for a permit to buy a pistol. The banker had told this friend of mine that senior Goldman people have loaded up on firearms and are now equipped to defend themselves if there is a populist uprising against the bank."
There is no doubt that the American people have good reason to despise these international banksters epitomized by Goldman Sachs. Even one of Goldman's poster-boys, Henry Paulson, US Treasury secretary and former Goldman CEO, admitted that the American people were fed up. Schroeder quotes Paulson as saying, during testimony to Congress last summer, "[People] were unhappy with the big discrepancies in wealth, but they at least believed in the system and in some form of market-driven capitalism. But if we had a complete meltdown, it could lead to people questioning the basis of the system."
Schroeder correctly opines, "There you have it. The bailout was meant to keep the curtain drawn on the way the rich make money, not from the free market, but from the lack of one. Goldman Sachs blew its cover when the firm's revenue from trading reached a record $27 billion in the first nine months of this year, and a public that was writhing in financial agony caught on that the profits earned on taxpayer capital were going to pay employee bonuses."
Schroeder concludes her column by saying, "And if the proles [proletariat: plebs, working class, peasants] really do appear brandishing pitchforks at the doors of Park Avenue and the gates of Round Hill Road, you can be sure that the Goldman guys and their families will be holed up in their safe rooms with their firearms."
So, do Wall Street and Russian analysts know something that we don't know? Is this why George W. Bush initiated USNORTHCOM to begin with? Is this why Barack Obama is beefing up USNORTHCOM? This would help explain the reports of all those potential detention camps that have been constructed (including the abandoned military installations that have refurbished security fences, guard towers, etc., around them). Has the American people's disgust with these crooks and thieves within the federal government and Wall Street reached a boiling point?
There is no question that people are angry, and for good reason.
The fraudulent financial policies of the Federal Reserve and its lackeys in the White House and Congress have literally bankrupted the country. Real unemployment is most likely over 20%. Taxes (along with costly fees, regulations, restrictions, penalties, mandates, etc.) at every level are going through the ceiling. America's jobs have been outsourced. Barack Obama continues G.W. Bush's irresponsibility, digging America deeper and deeper into foreign entanglements, at the cost of trillions of dollars and thousands of lives. The IRS continues to harass and harangue honest citizens, squeezing them like the proverbial turnip. And now, add the insanity of a global climate treaty being hammered out in Copenhagen, and a universal health care bill being rammed through Congress, and the outlook is even gloomier.
I feel very comfortable in saying that the usurpations of power, the encroachments upon liberty, and the arrogant tax-and-spend policies emanating from Washington, D.C., and Wall Street these days are far more egregious than what George Washington and the boys were enduring in 1775-76 at the hands of the British Crown. There is no doubt in my mind that if Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, and Sam Adams were alive today, they would have given cause for the Goldman Sachs banksters to retreat to their bunkers years ago!
The fact is, we do need a revolution! But not a revolution of anarchy and pitchforks. (The history of France should be ample evidence of the futility of this strategy.) We need a revolution of the individual states: to reclaim their sovereignty and fight for the liberties of their sovereigns (We the People). That is exactly what our forefathers did in '76.
America's founding document (the Declaration of Independence) declares that our states are "free and independent." And so they are. We are not "one nation" with one all-powerful central government. We are a confederation of nation-states, united in a voluntary union, with each State reserving to itself the power and authority of self-determination, and ceding to the federal government limited, specifically delineated duties and limitations--limitations that have been totally ignored to the point that, for all intents and purposes, our once-great constitutional republic has been thoroughly expunged. Therefore, it is NOW time for the states to stand up to this meddlesome, every-growing tyranny that is known as Washington, D.C., and defend the rights and liberties of their citizens!
What Dr. Ed Vieira (an attorney with 4 earned degrees from Harvard, who has successfully argued cases before the US Supreme Court) wrote a few weeks ago should serve as a template for every State governor and legislature that truly cares about liberty. See Ed's column here.
As Vieira says, the states should resurrect their militias. Many--if not all--states have the legal authority for such entities in their constitutions. In some states they are called the State Guard. Some plainly use the word "militia." Whatever they are called, they need to be activated. And all that is necessary for this to be accomplished is the order of the governor. It's that simple!
And as Vieira said, states need to adopt an alternative currency--including, and most especially, gold and silver. In other words, they need to develop their own private economies, complete with their own banks and exchange mediums. They also need to reject the multinational agribusiness and develop their own in-State agricultural and energy businesses.
I would dare say that the first State that determines to follow Vieira's sagacious counsel (and rumblings of this have already begun in states such as Alaska, Oklahoma, Texas, Montana, New Hampshire, Indiana, Tennessee, South Carolina, etc.) would have so many liberty-loving patriots flock there that its economy would explode with prosperity--resulting in a domino effect of many other states following suit--and the revolution that this country so desperately needs would indeed take place. Furthermore, such a revolution would be constitutional, lawful, moral, and, yes, in compliance with the laws of Nature and of Nature's God.
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In the meantime, is Barack Obama really worried about civil war? He might be. It is my observation that Washington politicians and bureaucrats are the most paranoid people on the planet. The problem is--as with most power-hungry Machiavellians--their paranoia often translates into more oppression and less liberty for the citizenry. And if this is true, it simply means that the states need to hurry up and do what needs to be done!
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Chicago man sentenced to 5 years for stealing more than $1M in phones, gear from Verizon
A Chicago man who admitted he stole more than $1 million worth of iPhones and iPads from Verizon Wireless has been sentenced to more than five years in prison.
A federal judge in Newark, New Jersey, sentenced Stephen Gunn on Thursday and ordered him to pay $2 million in restitution.
Gunn pleaded guilty in April to one count of wire fraud conspiracy.
Federal prosecutors say Gunn accessed online accounts of dozens of Verizon's customers in New Jersey and elsewhere and placed unauthorized orders for smartphones, accessories and other electronic products.
At Gunn's direction, two FedEx drivers intercepted the shipments, removed the contents and reshipped the contents to Illinois addresses Gunn provided. Gunn paid each driver thousands of dollars.
The drivers have been sentenced to prison.


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I went to the Houston Family History Expo last weekend. The words I would use to describe my experience are informative, expert knowledge, fun, friendly, exciting, and down-home. I met people I know on twitter, and blogs. It was wonderful.
If you have not gone to an Expo, you need to. Notice the word I used was Need to. If you are a LDS Family History Consultant, it is a wonderful tool to increase your knowledge and skills.
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Marilyn Jane Stott Musselman
December 6, 1942 ~ August 23, 2011
Marilyn Jane Stott Musselman, 68, died at her home at Roughlock, UT on Tuesday, August 23 after a battle with cancer.
Jane was born on December 6, 1942 to Grant Edwin Stott and Helen Chloe Greenhalgh in Salt Lake City, UT.
Jane was the oldest of five children, and is survived by her brothers Glen Stott, Gerald Stott, Wayne Stott and her sister Shirley Pappin. Jane graduated from South High School in 1961, and earned a degree from LDS Business College. Jane was married to Robert William Musselman on December 11, 1976 at Roughlock, UT.
Jane was a devout member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. In 1979, Marilyn Jane became employed as a Federal Magistrate Court Clerk. She worked for Bennion Redd for 28 years before retiring on March 29, 2007.
In addition to her brothers and sister, Jane is survived by her husband Bob Musselman; mother Helen Stott; and her children, Stacy (Kevin) Johnson, Sherry Musselman (Brian Sherman), David (Pamela) Musselman, Shane (Melody) Musselman, JR (Christine) Musselman and BobbyJane (Jerrod) Gregory.
Jane was very proud of her six children, 30 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and was eagerly expecting the arrival of the seventh.
Services were held at Monticello North LDS Chapel for Jane. Interment at the Roughlock Cemetery on Monday, August 29.
Jane was a woman of remarkable talents, She was a gifted seamstress and had a passion for scrapbooking, gardening, and photography.
She always had a camera in her hand and saw opportunity for a scrapbook page in everything around her.
Jane was commonly known to all children as "Grandma Jane", which title she bore with love and affection and was manifested by frequent sleep overs on the trampoline, treasure hunts, long long walks, and hours of board games. She was a magnet for children.
Jane would leave this world having truly lived. She dabbled in sky diving, race car driving, skiing, scuba diving, and modeling, but she will be remembered most for her "giving".
She gave all she had, all the time, to all in need. Jane made all people she came in contact with desire to be better. She will be greatly missed by family and friends.
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As you know, traditional linking of object code is no longer necessary in .NET. A .NET program will usually consist of multiple parts. A typical .NET application consists of an executable assembly, a few assemblies in the program directory, and a few assemblies in the global assembly cache. When the program is run, the runtime combines all these parts to a program. Linking at compile time is no longer necessary.
But sometimes, it is nevertheless useful to combine all parts a program needs to execute into a single assembly. For example, you might want to simplify the deployment of your application by combining the program, all required libraries, and all resources, into a single .exe file.
If all parts of your program are written by yourself in the same language, you can obviously just add all source files to a single project. The result will be a single DLL or EXE containing all dependencies.
csc /target:winexe /out:Program.exe MainProgram.cs ClassLibrary1.cs ClassLibrary2.cs
However, if your program is written in multiple languages or if you are using binary third party libraries, you are out of luck.
The .NET compilers already contain options for exactly this. If you compile a project, there is an option to create a module, which is similar to an assembly but without a manifest file. You can then use the al.exe tool to combine some of these modules to a single assembly. This feature makes it possible to create a single assembly that contains multiple languages.
First, you would compile the program and the class libraries to netmodules using the module target. Then you can use the assembly linker al.exe to combine these modules to a single assembly.
csc /target:module /out:ClassLibrary1.netmodule ClassLibrary1.cs vbc /target:module /out:ClassLibrary2.netmodule ClassLibrary2.vb vbc /target:module /out:Program.netmodule Program.vb al /target:winexe /out:Program.exe ClassLibrary1.netmodule ClassLibrary2.netmodule Program.netmodule
But unfortunately, this method only works if you have all the required parts of your program either as source code or as .NET modules. If you are useing a third party class library in assembly form, you are again out of luck.
Since a .NET module is basically just an assembly without an assembly manifest, it should be possible to convert an assembly to a .NET module, at least that is what I thought. When researching this on Google, I found a tremendously useful tool on Microsoft research called ILMerge. This little gem makes it possible to link multiple assemblies to a single one.
First, you would compile your libraries to DLLs and your program to an EXE referencing the DLLs. This is exactly what Visual Studio would do if you had multiple libraries and a program referencing these libraries, so there is no need to do this on the command line.
csc /target:library /out:ClassLibrary1.dll ClassLibrary1.cs vbc /target:library /out:ClassLibrary2.dll ClassLibrary2.vb vbc /target:winexe /out:Program.exe /reference:ClassLibrary1.dll,ClassLibrary2.dll Program.vb
This will produce a normal .exe that requires the two DLLs in the program directory or in the global assembly cache to run.
Now you can link these parts to a single self-contained EXE, using ILMerge:
ilmerge /target:winexe /out:SelfContainedProgram.exe Program.exe ClassLibrary1.dll ClassLibrary2.dll
The nice thing about this is that you can also merge third party assemblies like commercial class libraries into your program. And you do not have to modify your build process. All you have to do is to merge the assemblies to a single EXE before deploying.
I found ILMerge tremendously useful, and I think that something like this should be a part of the .NET framework SDK. Maybe just enhance al.exe so that it can also link DLLs.
I have only scratched the surface of the .NET build process and the capabilities of ILMerge, and this article might contain many inaccuracies or even errors. But I found ilmerge.exe so useful that I just had to write about it.
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Support: WinTV-HVR-1900 and WinTV-HVR-1975
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- Drivers
- Windows Media Center
- Linux
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- IR Blaster
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- Manuals
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Latest WinTV application and driver for Windows
WinTV version 8.5 application and Windows drivers
Note: If you have run HCWCLEAR, you must reboot your PC and leave the WinTV-HVR-1950 installed. After a reboot you will see the Found New Hardware Wizard installation message, hit Cancel. then continue below.
Note: to use the WinTV-HVR-1950 with Microsoft's Windows Media Center application (DVB-T only), you only need the WinTV-HVR driver.
WinTV v8.5 application and Windows driver package
This download is a complete WinTV v8.5 application, including Windows drivers for supported WinTV products plus utilities.
Installation notes for WinTV v8.5:
A WinTV v8.5 Activation Code will be needed to install this WinTV v8.5 version.
You must use WinTV v8 if you have a Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-930C (16xxx), the original Colossus, HD PVR model 1212, WinTV-HVR-1100, WinTV-HVR-1300, WinTV-HVR-1400, WinTV-HVR-3000, WinTV-HVR-4000 or WinTV-NOVA-HD-S2. WinTV v8.5 does not support these products.
If you do not have an Activation Code, but you have a WinTV v7 CD, you can install the WinTV v8 application.
If you have neither a WinTV Activation Code or your original WinTV v7 CD-ROM, you can purchase a new WinTV Activation Code on the Hauppauge webstore. This can then be used to activate WinTV v8.5 or WinTV v8.
If you have an Activation Code for WinTV Extend, the latest version of WinTV v8.5 with Extend will be installed.
WinTV v8.5 installer
For Windows 10, 8, and 7
File name: wintv85setup_37352.exe | File size: 101 MB | Date: Dec 27, 2019 Release notes | Backup download site | Previous version
To install the WinTV v8.5 application
- Step 1: Download the WinTV v8.5 installer by clicking the download button above. The WinTV v8.5 Installer is normally saved in the Download folder on your PC
- Step 2: Run wintv85setup from the Download folder on your PC. Halfway through the installation, a message will pop up asking for you to enter the Activation Code.
- Step 3: At the Activation required screen, click on Enter Activation code and enter the activation code which was emailed to you, is printed on the WinTV v8 activation card or printed on your WinTV v8 CD. You do not need to enter the dashes, and you can use upper or lower case characters.
- Step 4: When the installation is complete, you will find the WinTV icon on your Windows desktop. Double click on this icon and the WinTV application will run. On the first run of WinTV, it will automatically go through the TV source selection and will scan for channels.
Windows driver
Name: Driver73_3_2_34313
Version: 3.2.34313
Size: 4.4 MB
Updated: 07/12/2017
To install the latest Windows driver only:
Leave your WinTV-HVR plugged into your PC. Follow the following steps:
- Download the Windows driver above.
- Double click the downloaded driver. This will install the WinTV-HVR-19xx Windows driver.
- At the completion of the driver install, you should see a message which says Drivers have been updated successfully.
- At this point, the Windows driver will be installed.
Windows Media Center
Note to Windows Media Center users:
If you want to use WinTV-HVR-195x to watch and record analog cable TV with Microsoft's Media Center application, do the following:When you run Media Center, go to Tasks / Settings / TV / Set Up TV signal
At 'Set Up your TV signal', click Next
At "Regional settings', make sure your region is correct and click Next
At 'Download TV options', click Next.
At "TV Signal', click 'I will configure my TV signal manually' and click Next
You will then see: Cable / Satellite / Antenna. Chose the source of your TV signal (Cable for use with analog cable TV) and click Next.
Click through the rest of the settings, set up your Guide listings and click Finish. Then return to the main menu.
Go to TV + Movies and then live TV to watch and record TV.
Setting up your TV tuner in Windows 7 Media Center
Here is a screen by screen view of the setup of Windows Media Center. It was based on the WinTV-HVR-1600, but the setup with other WinTV-HVR products will be similar.
Windows Media Center remote control receiver/blaster configuration utility
Use this utility to enable or disable the built-in IR receiver/blaster hardware on the WinTV-HVR-1850 and WinTV-HVR-2250 for use with Windows Media Center. You would disable the built-in IR receiver/blaster if you are using an external USB attached Windows Media Center remote control.
To use this tool:
- Download, unzip and install the Hcwcirconfig tool
- After installing the Hcwcirconfig tool, run the program. The tool will be located in Start / All Programs / Hauppauge WinTV / HCWCIRConfig Tool
- To configure as a Windows Media Center remote control, put a check in the box labeled Hauppauge Consumer Infrared Receiver click OK – Save Changes.
- Your computer must be restarted for the changes to take effect.
Name: hcw_circonfig_tool_1.2.28165.zip
Name: 322KB
Name: 6/16/2010
Bug fixes for the Windows Media Center "Low bit rate" error message
Microsoft has released Windows Media Center patches for the "Low bit rate" error message.
Click to view the information from Microsoft.
Accessory software for the WinTV-HVR-19xx
WinTV Digital Signal Strength Indicator
The WinTV Digital Signal Strength indicator displays information about the quality of the digital TV channel you are watching. This application is used with the WinTV v7 and WinTV v8 applications.
Click here for instructions on using this application.
IR Remote control application
Remote control applet. After you run this applet, an icon will appear in your Windows device tray showing that the Hauppauge remote control is active.
Name: 2.71.33113_IR32.exe
Size: 450KB
Updated: April /2015
IR Blaster Configuration program
This program configures the IR blaster for use with the WinTV v7 application. Included is the selection of the set top box and the learn mode.
Name: irblast_28025.exe
Size: 414KB
Updated: 2/3/2010
IR Remote/Blaster Hardware Installation Guide
WinTV-Scheduler update for WinTV version 6
This TV program scheduler for WinTV version 6 allows 'background recording' on dual tuner WinTV products.
Name: sched25_26071.exe
Size: 3.8 MB
Updated: March 11, 2008
WinTV Radio application for use with WinTV version 6
- this application runs with WinTV version 6 on WinTV boards equipped with FM radio
- WinTV v7 has a built-in FM radio application
To install, download to a temporary directory and run RADIO32.EXE
New features include 30 presets and local/distance reception. Also, name radio stations by creating a preset and then clicking on the freq display and typing in the string you want.
Click here to see instructions on using the new WinTV Radio32 application.
Name: radio32_154_26154.exe
Version: 1.54
Size: 340 KB
Updated: June 3, 2008
Prodinfo: get information on your Hauppauge TV tuner
Prodinfo.exe is a program you can run which will extract information about the WinTV product you have installed such as model and serial number, MAC address, revision, and features which can be used to identify the exact model of your product. The driver for the device must be installed in order to run Prodinfo.exe
HCWClear: remove all driver and files that were installed
HCWCLEAR.exe is a program you run to remove all driver and files that were installed with the installation of the WinTV application.
None at this time.
IR Blaster installation and configuration
IR Blaster Configuration program
This program configures the IR blaster for use with the WinTV v7 application. Included is the selection of the set top box and the learn mode.
Name: irblast_28025.exe
Size: 414KB
Updated: 2/3/2010
IR Remote/Blaster Hardware Installation Guide
IR Remote control application
Remote control applet for use with WinTV 7. After you run this applet, an icon will appear in your Windows device tray showing that the Hauppauge remote control is active.
Name: ir32_28015.exe
Name: 442KB
Name: 2/3/2010
3rd Party Applications
Is a free Personal Video Recorder (PVR) and Media Centre application for Microsoft Windows.
SnapStream Beyond TV™ 4 : "Proving that a PC can rival TIVO" !
- Supports the latest Hauppauge TV tuners.
- Record more than one show at the same time or watch one while recording another with multi-tuner support
- Record an entire TV series Record one show, every episodes, or only new episodes of your favorite show
- Enjoy the full screen interface Choose shows and setup recordings from the comfort of your couch
- Easily find shows using the integrated Electronic Program Guide (EPG)
- Record and watch HDTV shows with over-the-air HD support on the WinTV-HVR-1250
- Skip commercials with SmartSkip™
- Find shows faster with the new browse by category feature, or search by title or keyword
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WinTV-HVR-1950 installation guides
WinTV-HVR-1950 QuickInstall version 3
Updated: December 2010Making a TV connection to your WinTV
What Operating Systems are supported by the WinTV-HVR-1950?
- Microsoft Windows 8 and 7 -32 and 64 bit
- Windows Vista (all versions), 32 and 64-bit
- Windows® XP, XP Pro or Windows XP Media Center Edition, with Service Pack 2 (or greater)
System Requirements
- Processor Requirements (minimum):
- 1.0 GHz Intel P4 or equivalent (for cable TV)
- 2.2 GHz Intel P4 or equivalent (for ATSC digital TV)
- Microsoft® Windows 7®, Vista or Windows XP with Service Pack 2.
- WinTV-HVR-1950 is Windows Vista Premium certified*
- Available USB 2.0 port (does not work with a USB 1.1 port)
- Graphics with 64MB memory (or greater)
- Sound card for TV audio
Specifications of the WinTV-HVR-1950
- Antenna input for analog cable TV, over-the-air ATSC digital TV and clear QAM digital cable TV
- FM radio input
- Audio/Video inputs:
- S-Video, composite video
- Left and right audio via RCA jacks
- MPEG-2 hardware encoder: Conexant -417 chip
- Size: 10cm wide x 10.4 cm deep x 2.8cm high
- Power: 5V to 12V at 2 amps
- Weight: 6.5 oz
Can I use the WinTV-HVR-1950 with Media Center?
Please note: you will only be able to configure WinTV-HVR-1950 as either a Digital tuner or an Analog tuner. You will not be able to switch between Digital and Analog channels.
What type of channels will I receive with the WinTV-HVR-1950?
NTSC Analog CableTV or over-the-air analog TV: You can use your cable TV from the wall to connect to the WinTV-HVR-1950 and receive all of your basic Cable TV channels. You can also use a roof top antenna to receive "over-the-air" TV.
Note: After June 2009, most areas in the United States no longer broadcast over-the-air analog signals.
ATSC over-the-air digital TV: Supports all ATSC formats, up to the high definition 1080i format!
Note: For ATSC digital TV, a rooftop/out door antenna is recommended for optimal results/signal strength.
ClearQAM cable TV Channels: Clear QAM digital cable TV channels are unencrypted digital cable TV channels. Clear QAM allows users to watch unencrypted digital TV channels from their cable TV provider without a set-top box.
Note: WinTV v7, WinTV v6, Microsoft Windows 7 or Windows TV Pack 2008 for Vista are required for clear QAM reception
Note: Check your local cable TV provider for clear QAM reception over your cable TV network
Can I get HD with the WinTV-HVR-1950 through my Cable or Satellite box?
What type of recordings can I make with the WinTV-HVR-1950?
Using the WinTV 7 application the WinTV-HVR-1950 will record in a transport stream (TS)
For ATSC and Clear QAM digital TV recordings, the recording format and bit rate is exactly the same as the broadcast format (i.e. ATSC 1080i is recorded at 1080i).
For NTSC analog cable TV recordings, our HardPVR is used to create Transport Stream files (TS)
Note: TS files can be converted to MPEG files using options in the WinTV 7 configuration menu.
Note: The WinTV 6 application recording are in MPEG format for both digital and analog.
Note: Not all recordings made with ATSC/QAM signals are DVD compliant.
Can I Record One Channel while watching another with the WinTV-HVR-1950?
Black video window or choppy video when watching a digital TV channel
If you are watching a digital TV channel and you see choppy video, no audio or a black screen, then it is possible your PC is not fast enough to decode and play the digital TV channel you are watching. Please verify that your system meets the minimum requirements for using the HVR-1950
Digital TV, especially ATSC high definition digital TV, is very CPU intensive. Many graphics cards have special built-in hardware to speed up decoding of high definition TV channels.
On graphics cards without special video decoding features, you can often improve the playback performance by using the Video Renderer settings located in the settings menu of WinTV 7. To open the setting menu click on the "gear" button located in the lower left of the WinTV 7 screen.
The default mode is EVR. The other modes are VMR9, VMR7 and Overlay. Each mode uses a different process to render video. Try each mode and use the one which gives you the best results. To use hardware acceleration put a check in the box "use hardware acceleration when possible. This will allow your graphics system to use hardware acceleration for video decode. Note: graphics hardware acceleration does not work on all systems. After making a change in video rendering settings Wintv must be restarted to take effect.
If you are using WinTV 6 then the render options are part of a separate program called Primary. Changes in the Primary applet must be made with the WinTV application closed. Open the Primary program by going to Start – All Programs – Hauppauge WinTV – Primary. After making changes close the Primary applet and open the WinTV application.
I receive a "Low bit rate" error message when using Windows Media Center in Windows 7.
Click to view the information from Microsoft.
What file size will the recorded videos be?
Digital Broadcasts (ATSC or QAM)
The file size of a digital signal capture depends on the bitrate of the digital signal. The bitrate is set by the broadcaster and cannot be user configured. Bitrates for digital signals can range anywhere from about 1.2 Mbits/sec up to 19.3 Mbits/sec. Most of the time these bitrates are variable and not constant. Capture sizes for ATSC & QAM recordings are approximately 1.7 Gigabytes per hour up to 8.3 Gigabytes per hour.
Analog Broadcast.
The WinTV application has to convert analog signals to digital in order to record. There are four recording profiles. The following list shows recording file sizes for burning to 4.3Gb DVD:
Best - Approx 1 Hour+
Better - Approx 1 1/2 Hours
Good - Approx 2 Hours
Fair - Approx 3 Hours
WinTV v7 does not open or opens and then disappears?
This can be caused by a corrupt Channel database so you will need to uninstall and reinstall. First you need to go to start, all programs, Hauppauge Wintv and in that folder run
"uninstall Wintv7" (or remove Wintv7 using control panel "add/remove programs) then you need to remove the backup channel database.
Windows Vista, 7 and 8 go to C:\program data ( this folder is a hidden folder so if you do not see it you need to "show hidden folders " in your search
Options) once you can get to this folder you will see a folder label "Hauppauge" delete this folder.
Windows XP go to C:\documents and settings\all users\shared documents\application data ( this folder is a hidden folder so if you do not see it you need to "show hidden folders " in your search Options) once you can get to this folder you will see a folder label "Hauppauge" delete this folder.
Then download the latest version of Wintv7 located in the support section of the website and reinstall (note: you must have your original CD to validate the download.)
Making connections to your WinTV
Here is a chart which shows some of the things you need to know about each type of connection.
Antenna | Cable or satellite TV set top box RF output |
Cable or satellite TV set top box A/V output |
Cable TV wire from the wall | |
Which type of TV can this connection be used with? | Over-the-air TV | Cable or satellite TV box | Cable or satellite TV box | Cable TV |
What types of video do I select when scanning for channels in the WinTV application (Device Setup Wizard)? | Digital ATSC | Analog TV | External inputs (S-Video or Composite video) | Digital QAM plus Analog TV (if available in your WinTV tuner) |
What remote control do I use to change channels? | WinTV remote control | Remote control from your set top box | Remote control from your set top box |
WinTV remote control |
Notes | You can use a roof top antenna for best reception. | Most set top boxes allow you to switch to Channel 3 or 4. When you scan with WinTV, it will pick up the TV signal on the correct channel. Some satellite receivers use channels 60, 70 or 73. But when you scan for Analog TV channels, WinTV will pick up whatever channel is being used by your set top box. |
Most set top boxes have A/V connections on the back, which can go into the WinTV's A/V input. | Some cable TV networks transmit analog TV channels, so we recommend scanning for both Clear QAM and analog TV. Not all cable TV networks transmit clear QAM. Check with your local cable TV operator for the availability of clear QAM in your area. |
WinTV v7 error messages and what they mean
First time installation of Wintv 7 or reinstall: "WinTV board not found" or "No TV tuner available"
Step 1: Check the status of the drivers in Device Manager
- Click Windows Start, click on Control Panel and click on Device Manager In Device Manager, click on Sound, video game Controllers
- You should see your Hauppauge product
- If the Hauppauge device has a yellow exclamation mark, click on the device to open it
- If you see the following:
"Windows cannot verify the digital signature for the drivers required for this device. A recent hardware or software change might have installed a file that is signed incorrectly or damaged, or that might be malicious software from an unknown source. (Code 52)"
This appears to be a bug in windows 64 bit OS. The Hauppauge drivers are signed.
The following is probably the easiest fix to Error Code 52 on Windows 7 or Windows 8 64bit.- In Device Manager, right click the Hauppauge product under Sound Video and Game Controllers with the exclamation mark and select Uninstall. If you have a USB product you might see multiple listings, please right click the first one on the list. (For this example we will use the WinTV-HVR-950Q. )
- On the Confirm window please check the box for "Delete the driver software for this device" and click OK
- Repeat the uninstall for the other two WinTV-HVR-950Q entries. (note you won't be asked to 'confirm device uninstall' again)
- Once the drivers are removed, right click on Sound, Video, Game controllers and click Scan for Hardware Changes
- Windows should now look online automatically for the 950Q drivers
- Take a look after a few minutes if the drivers are installed automatically properly under Sound Video and Game Controllers.
- If they still come back as "unsigned" try the procedure again
ERRORS when running WinTV 7: "TVserver cannot Start" or ".NET framework errors
This can be caused by a corrupt WinTV v7 Channel DatabaseM. You will need to uninstall and reinstall the WinTV v7 application to fix this.<
Click Windows Start, click on All Programs -> Hauppauge WinTV and in that folder run Uninstall Wintv7 (or remove Wintv7 using control panel "add/remove programs) then you need to remove the backup channel database.
- Windows Vista, 7 and 8 go to C:\program data ( this folder is a hidden folder so if you do not see it you need to "show hidden folders " in your search Options) once you can get to this folder you will see a folder label "Hauppauge" delete this folder.
- Windows XP go to C:\documents and settings\all users\shared documents\application data ( this folder is a hidden folder so if you do not see it you need to "show hidden folders " in your search Options) once you can get to this folder you will see a folder label "Hauppauge" delete this folder.
Then download the latest version of Wintv7 located in the support section of the website and reinstall (note: you must have your original CD to validate the download.)
Settings.xml file is corrupt or missing"
Uninstall WinTV v7 using control panel Add/remove programs under programs and features and then reinstall WinTV 7
Linux for the WinTV-HVR-1975
Linux for the WinTV-HVR-1975
For the Linux driver, please send an e-mail message to: email@example.com


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Peace in the Parish by Anthony S. Bashir and Fr. John Mefrige
by Anthony S. Bashir and Fr. John Mefrige
Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar, and there recall that your brother has anything against you, leave your gift at the altar, go first and be reconciled with your brother, and then come and offer your gift (Matthew 5:23–24).
Pastors, parishioners and parish councils often find themselves in conflict with each other—conflicts that arise from misunderstandings, differences in interests and values, competition for position and power, and sinful actions. St. James teaches that conflict and quarrels are caused by the preeminence of our desires and passions. When left unfilled, these demands and passions lead us to resent and accuse one another; conflict arises, and the result is enmity and our separation from Christ.
Inordinate attachment to our differences and demands often leads us into conflict with one another. The desires for control that fire these differences are self-centered and divisive, seeking their own satisfaction, often at any cost. When they are not satisfied, disappointments arise, leading us to make more unreasonable demands of others, to judge others for not fulfilling our desires or doing what we think is right. We act in divisive ways, and finally punish others or retaliate through our actions, with accusations, arguments, gossip, hatred, and more. Conflict has painful effects on us, wounding and tearing the fabric of our oneness in Christ Jesus.
When conflict in a parish is not addressed in a skillful and spiritual manner, it can become corrosive, with grave consequences for pastors and parishioners alike. The more prolonged and contentious the conflict, the more harm done. Conflict, how-ever, offers us an important opportunity to serve other people as stewards, to grow through these practices toward a union with Christ (theosis) and to give glory to God.
In resolving a conflict, we trust in God's compassion and mercy, taking responsi-bility for the role we have had in it, allowing ourselves to be restored, genuinely seeking peace and reconciliation, and forgiving each other as Christ has forgiven us. We consider the words of the Prophet Isaiah, who says, "O Lord, you will ordain peace for us, for indeed, all that we have done, you have done for us" (Is. 26:12).
God loved us so much that we were reconciled with him through Christ Jesus and redeemed from our estrangement. St. Paul in his Letter to the Romans states, "We also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation" (Rom. 5:11). Consequently, there is an urgent need for peacemaking efforts and reconciliation within our everyday lives and within the life of the Church. In fact, peacemaking and reconciliation are essential ministries of the Church. A ministry of peacemaking and reconciliation and its practices are committed to building up the body of Christ and His Church. The mission of this peacemaking ministry focuses on teaching practices that bring about the resolution of conflict through reconciliation. This resolution allows movement through forgiveness to communion, where once there was conflict and enmity.
In June 2010, Metropolitan Philip (Antiochian Archdiocese of North America) approved the creation of a ministry for peacemaking and reconciliation within the Department of Lay Ministry of the Archdiocese. Since then, several of us (Frs. John Mefrige and Timothy Ferguson, Dr. John Dalack, Anthony Bashir) have sought professional training in peacemaking and reconciliation within spiritual com-munities. Our approach is grounded in the teachings of the Orthodox Church and incorporates scriptural and patristic teachings. With the approval of the Metro-politan, we have begun to work with a few parishes, focusing on their desire once again to be reconciled one to the other and to let their "light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven" (Matt. 5:16).
This ministry is an initiative in support of our Hierarchy, our clergy, and our churches. The goal is to implement a healthy and spiritual process that focuses on conflict resolution and reconciliation. At this time, the Department is preparing to offer professionally trained crisis-intervention teams to help local parishes embroiled in destructive conflict. It is our belief that the Orthodox Christian mediator is an unbiased person who serves many functions, including convening, facilitating communication and understanding, building trust, modeling behavior, generating alternatives, and bearing witness.
When our department is invited to a parish and given permission to intervene by the Metropolitan, we will follow a specific process that includes an assessment of the current conflict and a determination of readiness for intervention. Our mediation efforts follow a specific process: ground rules are established, opening statements are made, stories are heard, problems identified and clarified, solutions explored, and agreements made. Conflict coaching and conflict mediation have distinct phases that incorporate the Scriptures as well as the Church Fathers in an open, fair, and honest dialogue directed to reconciliation and forgiveness.
As this ministry grows, we will want to recruit and train qualified individuals within each of the dioceses so as to build a team of well-prepared Orthodox Christian mediators who will be available, as needed, for peacemaking and reconciliation initiatives. Specific information and qualifications concerning team membership will be made available upon request. We will work through the Metropolitan's office so that we might be in contact with local bishops, who could assist us in identifying potential members for this department. Our goal is to create a department that works in harmony with diocesan representatives who are prepared and trained in this ministry to the glory of God. IC
For information regarding this ministry or for answers to specific questions, please contact Fr. John or Anthony Bashir at one of the following e-mail addresses: [email protected], [email protected]. IC published an article by Fr. John titled "Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution in the Church" in issue 57, Summer 2010.
In Communion / Winter 2013


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Mindful of approach, A's plan to make Tigers work
OAKLAND -- Though it'd be nice, the A's are hardly expecting a repeat performance against Detroit's formidable foursome, bringing into question their approach against them when the American League Division Series begins Friday (6:30 p.m. PT, TBS).
The last time Oakland hitters faced Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander, Anibal Sanchez and Doug Fister in a four-game set, they outscored Detroit, 34-20.
Scherzer, who starts Game 1 against Bartolo Colon on Friday, was knocked out by the A's after just five innings on Aug. 29, having previously completed at least six in every start after April 24. The A's tagged him for a season-high six runs on a season high-tying eight hits, two of them homers.
"That doesn't always happen off him," said A's manager Bob Melvin. "We just had a good series where we swung the bats very well no matter who we were facing, and it just carried over and we had some momentum at the time. It ended up being a very good offensive series for us. I don't think we can expect to have the same kind of results, even though we'll try to have the same type of game plan."
"That was big," said Brandon Moss. "I think it's kind of what got us on an offensive role. The knock against our offense last year is that we always struggled against really good starters. We'd face an ace and get shut down. They've got four or five aces over there. Obviously, you're not going to go out and do what we did every single night, but to have success against them and get on a roll like we did really did a lot for our confidence."
Much of that success stemmed from the A's ability to force Detroit's starters to labor in the first few innings, particularly the opening one. Oakland made them throw a total of 117 pitches in the first inning, including 29 by Scherzer.
"We did, but we're also aware, too, that the next time we see teams they'll try to get strike one, and we can be aggressive early in the count, too," Melvin said. "It's a bit of a chess game as far as that goes. We have the ability to be aggressive early, and we have the ability to work counts. You have to look for a ball that you want, and if it's not there early, then you move on and try to wait for that pitch."
The A's ranked fourth in the Majors in pitches per plate appearance this season, averaging 3.94. Only the Indians (3.95), the Twins and Red Sox (both finishing at 4.02) saw more pitches. Yet the A's also swung at the first pitch 24.5 percent of the time, the seventh-highest mark of any team.
"We're up there looking for pitches that we can handle," said hitting coach Chili Davis. "Our main objective is to get pitches we can hit. We're going to be as aggressive early as they force us to be. They're going to nibble or they're not. I think the more you make a pitcher pitch, the more chances are there they're going to make a mistake.
"We have to balance being aggressive and waiting for that pitch. They've done it all year. That's why we're here, in the position we're in now."


text: Google is human, earnings missWorld's top search engine reports better than expected sales but lower than anticipated earnings for second quarter; stock tumbles.NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Internet search leader Google reported a strong increase in revenue and earnings for the second quarter Thursday thanks to explosive demand for online advertising. But profits fell slightly short of expectations, disappointing investors that have grown accustomed to Google easily surpassing consensus estimates. Shares of Google plunged more than 7 percent after hours following a slight drop in regular trading on the Nasdaq. Google (Charts, Fortune 500), based in Mountain View, Calif., posted sales of $3.87 billion, up 58 percent from a year ago. Excluding advertising revenue shared with partners, a figure known as traffic acquisition costs or TAC, sales came in at $2.72 billion, ahead of the $2.68 billion in sales analysts were expecting on this basis. The company reported a net profit of $925 million, or $2.93 per share, an increase of 28 percent from last year. So-called pro forma earnings, which don't include stock-based compensation, tax benefits and other items, were $3.56 per share, missing analysts' forecasts of $3.59 per share. Shares of Google have surged nearly 20 percent so far this year and are currently less than 2 percent below their all-time high. Investors have been bullish on Google since it continues to enjoy a wide market share lead in search over Yahoo (Charts, Fortune 500), which reported sluggish sales growth and a decline in profits for the second quarter Tuesday, Microsoft's (Charts, Fortune 500) MSN and IAC (Charts, Fortune 500)-owned Ask.com. Wall Street is also optimistic that Google's recent merger spree will pay dividends as the company seeks to expand in areas beyond keyword search. The company bought online video kingpin YouTube last year and is in the process of buying Internet ad placement firm DoubleClick and security software service Postini. But the earnings miss, only the second since Google went public in August 2004, may be spooking some investors, who had believed that the company would once again blow away Wall Street forecasts. One analyst said investors may be overreacting since Google is still, far and away, the dominant player in Internet advertising. "These numbers are really strong. Whatever weakness you are seeing today in the stock is temporary. The fundamentals are phenomenal," said Steve Weinstein, an analyst with Pacific Crest Securities. But Jordan Rohan, an analyst with RBC Capital Markets, said investors should not be surprised that Google's earnings missed estimates and that sales did not come in substantially higher than projections. For one, the second quarter is typically not as strong for Internet advertising as the first quarter and fourth quarter since it corresponds with the end of spring and beginning of summer, a time when online traffic tends to dip in the United States. During a conference call with analysts, Google chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt said that seasonality was not a problem during the quarter though, with traffic at Google's site being higher than the company had expected. He also said Google did not see an impact from a temporary boycott of ads from eBay (Charts, Fortune 500) in the quarter. The online auction giant, Google's biggest customer, allegedly pulled some business from Google to protest a party Google was planning to hold to promote its Google Checkout product, which competes with eBay's PayPal. Still, sales weren't the reason investors were upset. Google has been spending aggressively in order to boost future growth prospects. This may be a wise move strategically but it does hurt short-term profits, helping to explain why earnings were only up 28 percent despite a nearly 60 percent increase in revenue. Schmidt said that the company did expect to see meaningful growth in the future from newer businesses that it has invested in such as video advertising on YouTube as well as so-called display advertising, which includes various forms of graphical ads. But he declined to give any specifics about what percentage of revenue was currently coming from businesses beyond search. Research and development expenses increased nearly 90 percent in the quarter while sales and marketing costs surged more than 80 percent. Schmidt said bonuses to employees also contributed to increased costs in the quarter. "Google did exactly what they told us they would, they spent as much as they possibly could to fund future growth. This earnings miss wasn't that hard to figure out," Rohan said, adding that Google might want to rein in some of its spending. Schmidt conceded during the call that Google will keep a closer eye on its rapidly expanding headcount in the future. Google finished the quarter with 13,786 employees worldwide, up from 12,238 employees at the end of the first quarter in March. Another analyst suggested that profit estimates may have been too high for Google, which does not give sales or earnings guidance and is pretty tight-lipped about other financial measures, since analysts were caught off guard by the increase in bonus payments. Absent this increase however, Google did not appear to be spending out of control. "The quarter was so much better on the top line than we expected thanks to the strength of international expansion but expenses were much higher than we thought they should be because of the bonuses," said Marianne Wolk, an analyst with Susquehanna Financial Group. "There wasn't one unusual item that made a big difference. Google could have handily beat forecasts if not for the adjustments in bonus accruals. When investors examine that, they'll feel comfort and it won't appear as if investments are running amok," she added. And chief financial officer George Reyes said Google will continue to invest heavily in the future, particularly in more rapidly growing international markets. Google's international sales surged 78 percent in the quarter from a year ago and accounted for 48 percent of Google's total revenue. Schmidt said Google has invested heavily in China in particular in order to compete against top Chinese Internet companies like Baidu (Charts) and Sina (Charts). But Reyes added that Google will be more discerning with its cash in the future. "We are taking a careful look at investments and how we allocate resources around the world," Reyes said during the call. Google finished the quarter with more than $12.5 billion in cash and marketable securities on its balance sheet. Analysts quoted in this story do not own shares of Google and their firms have no investment banking ties to the company. |


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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
School girl Crushes and Blushes
Guest post by: Jennifer Slattery
Do you remember those dances held during junior high and high school? How you and your friends would spend hours pre-dance talking about what you'd wear, how you'd do your hair, and...giggle, blush, giggle...who might ask you to dance? Only those dances never quite ended up how we envisioned, at least not in my school. Inevitably, the guys huddled near the far, heavily-shadowed wall while the girls spent their time crying in the bathroom or trying to comfort their near hysterical friend hiding in the stall.
At least in Junior High. High School got a little better and people actually danced, and the bathrooms were far less crowded with splotchy-faced, sniffling girls.
But reading this week's excerpts actually brought me back even further...to sixth grade.
We didn't have dances--instead, our school hosted skating parties. Do you remember those? "Elvirah" blaring from those gigantic speakers while a disco ball lit up the room, making that feather pinned in your hair really stand out. (Those have come back, btw. Seriously.) We'd do the hokey-pokey, skate on one foot, then backward...but what the girls waited for, holding their breath and scanning the glittering room for their short, waif-thin and equally shy hero, was when the DJ announced, "Find a partner!"
Now here's where it gets really fun, and extremely embarrassing, but remember I was a stupid kid with absolutely no life....
Who knew come skating party time, a boy--maybe even the boy--might hold my hand. Oh, the very thought made my stomach twirl.
In preparation, I slathered lotion on my hands the week leading up the event--and I mean slathered. Then, I'd rub it in and hold my hand out to my mom. "Are my hands soft? Feel them."
She'd laugh and feel my hand. Then I'd slather on more. "Feel them now."
She remained patient for about three or four applications.
What about you? Any stupid, cheek-burning stories to share?
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Strange days at Arturia: first it launches an analogue hardware synth (having previously spent a great deal of time emulating analogue synths in software) and now Spark, its hardware-controlled drum machine, has arrived in a software-only guise.
Spark Vintage Drum Machines is designed to put 30 legendary hardware drum machines at your fingertips, and creates its sounds via samples and virtual analogue synthesis.
All the usual suspects from the likes of Roland, Korg, Yamaha and Linn are present and correct, and you've also got effects, live performance features and a step sequencer to consider.
We're not sure what kind of compatibility the new software has with the original Spark drum machine; curiously, the video above shows it being played with a Korg nanoKey rather than Arturia's hardware.
A list of the main features is below: Spark Vintage Drum Machines costs €99 as a Mac/PC download and €119 in a box (shipping 20 March).
Main Features:
- 30 different drum machines: Roland TR-808, TR-707, CR-78, Korg KPR 77, Mini Pops 7, LinnDrum, Yamaha RX5, Maestro Rhythm King MRK2, Simmons SDS,…
- Easy workflow: one interface to learn, thirty drum machines to play
- Made for live performance: XY Touch Pad, Beat Looper, Slicer, Real-time automation on all parameters
- 14 high quality Effects : Multiband Compressor, Reverb, Bit crusher, Multiband EQ, Chorus, Delay, Distortion, Phaser, Plate Reverb, Destroyer, Flanger, Space Pan, Limiter, Sub Generator
- Spark's Step Sequencer makes track creation a breeze
- Perfect integration: 16 independant audio outputs, midi I/O
- Unparalleled sound quality based on virtual analog synthesis (TAE®) and high resolution sampling
- 64 patterns pre-programmed for each drum machine
Drum machine engines :
TAE ® engine: Roland CR-78, Roland TR-808, Roland TR-606, Korg Mini Pops 7, Korg KPR-77, Ace Tone Rhythm Ace FR-2L, Yamaha MR10, Maestro Rhythm King MRK2, Boss DR-55, Casio VL-Tone and SK-1, Simmons SDS, Phatwerk, Micromatix.
Sample based and Hybrids: E-mu SP-12, Roland TR-909, Roland TR-707, Roland TR-727, Roland TR-626, Roland R8, E-mu Drumulator, Oberheim DMX, Sequential Circuits DrumTraks, Kawai R-100, LinnDrum, Linn 9000, Casio RZ-1, Yamaha RX5, Pulsator, Dirty-909.


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A former Director of Mobilisation at the National Youth Service Corps, Anthony Ani, says the certificate of exemption purportedly issued by the NYSC to the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, is fake.
Ani said this during an interview on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme, on Wednesday.
He said, "The NYSC cannot issue that kind of certificate. Yes, the one reported by Premium Times. We could not have issued that type."
The former NYSC director, who was in charge of deployment of corps members, said Brig. Gen. M. I Tsiga was the Director-General of the NYSC in September 2009 but curiously, it was Brig. Gen. Yusuf Bomoi, who purportedly signed the one belonging to the minister.
Ani added, "The certificate that I saw, that one that I saw if it is the one that they are talking about, the one I saw online, it was not issued by NYSC. I don't know who issued it. It was not issued by NYSC because what I saw there, the signatory to that certificate was our DG (Gen. Bomoi) who left in January and Gen. Tsiga took over from Gen Bomoi.
"Tsiga was a sitting DG even as of that September 2009. So, I don't know where her certificate came from but NYSC cannot make that kind of mistake. The NYSC that I served, I know can never make that kind of mistake."
He said it was impossible for the NYSC to have issued a certificate of exemption to someone who graduated below the age of 30.
Ani maintained that the only persons exempted from service were those who had served in the police, military or graduated above the age of 30.
The former NYSC director said a person who was 60 years of age would be made to serve if he or she graduated below the age of 30.
He added, "If you are above 30 even by one day, you will be exempted but if you are below 30 or you are 30 at the time of graduation, you will be deployed.
"It is not possible to be exempted if you graduated below 30 because it is against the NYSC Act."
Responding to a question, he said, "So, even if you graduate at the age of 20 and you are in the United States and you have not made yourself available to be mobilised, whenever you come back even if you are 60 years, you have to undergo the NYSC."
Ani noted that it was a crime for anyone to present a forged NYSC certificate to an employer.
He said all employers were mandated to demand NYSC certificates before hiring graduates.
Ani added, "If you read Section 13 of the NYSC Act, it says not making yourself available for service is a criminal offence. However, whenever you want the NYSC certificate, whether you delay it until you are 60 years old, you must come to serve because you graduated when you were below 30.
"According to Section 13 of the NYSC Act, if you give false information concerning your NYSC, you are liable (sic). If you present a certificate that was not issued by the NYSC, you are liable (sic). It is a criminal offence.
"Whoever is employing anybody in this country, whether private or government, once you are coming in to accept that appointment, you are to present your NYSC certificate and it is also the responsibility of your employer to request it."
Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party has cautioned the leadership of the NYSC not to allow the Presidency to coerce it into covering the alleged NYSC Exemption certificate forgery allegation against Adeosun, with a purported investigation.
The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, said, "The NYSC must, therefore, know that its reputation is highly at stake as Nigerians are already agitated over the questionable delay by the agency in coming out with an answer on a direct issue that requires a simple computer or even manual file check at its headquarters.
"NYSC is advised to have it in mind that in this age of global Information Communication Technology, there is nothing anybody can do to suppress or distort facts, even in the public service. Any attempt to cover up will invoke the wrath of Nigerians and irredeemably rubbish the integrity and respect the Corps has earned over the years."
However, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday, said it was wrong to say that the Federal Government had not spoken out on the alleged certificate forgery involving Adeosun.
"The government has spoken. NYSC is part of the government and I have nothing to add to what the NYSC has said," the minister added.
(The Punch)


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