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No way do I count Tiger out but the game he brings this weekend has to be his A game. B game won't do.
Phil also has a shot, he's at +5 and is gonna need to bring it back a couple to +3 and he could factor in. Always seems to play well on Saturdays.
Vijay is looking good. But the weakest part of his game is his putting and these greens are gonna get faster and crustier.
This may be the time a youngin busts onto the scene. Like Brett W or Zach J. But it'll be an American not a foreigner. Again. They should pretend its Ryder Cup competition!


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It's Time for a Year-end Refresh to Your Favorite Zone
It has been nearly a year since we had our last site design overhaul, but being the largest online tech portal in this region, we're continuously on the lookout to improve ourselves. This time round, we've a number of smaller site enhancements and we share some of the more notable improvements.
Happy New Year from the HardwareZone Team!
As we usher in 2012, we round up the year with the best products to remember for 2011, memorable moments of working in HardwareZone with a short video reel, and a few nifty updates to our new revamped HardwareZone portal. Happy New Year folks!
Welcome to Our Refreshed Zone
Santa has come earlier to unveil the refreshed HardwareZone.com. We share with you what the updated site brings to the table and the functional enhancements that have been integrated since the last revamp.

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April 12, 2012
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""The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of beauty is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, but indifference between life and death." "
Sikorsky Aircraft's Jeff Pino
The large lawn in front of the Sikorsky Aircraft headquarters building just north of the Merritt Parkway in Stratford, Conn., contains a not-unexpected windsock and helipad. When his destination calls for it, Jeff Pino, Sikorsky's president, walks out of his office to a waiting S-76 helicopter, climbs into the cockpit and flies away, often to Keystone Helicopter in Coatesville, Pa., or Schweizer Aircraft in Elmira, N.Y. Both are owned by Sikorsky and are easy half-day roundtrips by helicopter. By car, they could absorb an entire day and maybe even require an overnight.
For longer journeys-for example, to visit Sikorsky's primary military customers in Huntsville, Ala., or the Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland-Pino will fly on one of parent company United Technologies' business jets. "You can't go to either place commercially and be back in one day," he explained. "In fact, most of our customers are based where there isn't a great deal of airline infrastructure."
This travel could be a metaphor for Sikorsky today and its current president's biggest challenge. The builder of both civil and military helicopters is growing. Last year alone, it added 650 engineers to work on seven ongoing development programs. Production is at an all-time high, as is employment, now nearly 13,000. Revenues were $3.2 billion in 2006, up from $2.8 billion in 2005, and are expected to reach $4 billion by next year. But the company's main facility in Stratford is blocked on all sides from further expansion. So in addition to needing to increase the flow of materials and parts into its supply chain, Sikorsky must also find and sometimes acquire new places to build components and assemble its helicopters.
How Pino is leading Sikorsky to handle this growth, what he has learned about management and his views on success are the main subjects of this interview.
How would you describe your management style?
I learned leadership in the U.S. Army, but I think my style is more consensus building than what you may consider military-style leadership. That said, I do think military-style leadership often gets a bad rap. Also, as much as I try to do the standard things-like empowering people and pushing decision-making down to the appropriate level-I'm not afraid to step in with my opinion when I see something going slowly or off track.
Who or what most influenced that management style?
The Army formed the core. It taught me intense, rigorous planning, attention to detail and taking care of your soldiers slash employees. I've been lucky. At Bell Helicopter, I worked for Jack Horner, Webb Joiner and Terry Stinson. When I came to Sikorsky, Dean Borgman was president, and of course, George David was and still is chairman and CEO of United Technologies. So my management style has been molded by a lot of really great industry leaders.
Mr. David has an impressive reputation. What have you learned from him?
One thing George does is boil things down to their essence-into a one-sentence understanding that allows him to place it in context. The second thing he does is to listen for the "Aha!" When we're pushing technology or the state of the art, he looks for the difference, not what he calls "the normal, customary and ordinary." You can't help but learn the higher executive thinking he illustrates.
Can you give an example of an aha experience you have had?
Sikorsky has been focused on growth this last year and part of this is reorganization of the supply chain. My first aha was the amazing amount of work you have to do prior to making a major change in the supply chain. The second was the X-2 [Sikorsky's high-speed helicopter project]. I like what we're seeing in the analysis of its [expected] performance and the assembly of the demonstrator.
You mentioned Sikorsky's growth and one of your development programs. How is the company handling these strategically?
We have a strong executive committee that runs the company day to day. Each June we take these committee members and one high-performing individual from each of their organizations to a two-day, off-site meeting where we don't decide anything but rather gather data about the internal and external environment. Then, for another couple of days, we go through a strategy-alignment phase, trying to align the goals and objectives of the company with that environment. Later in the year, we apply financial realities to the plan, which sets up the goals and objectives. And, finally, we check signals at the end of the year to be sure our five-year plan is still in line with our 10-year plan. All told, the executive committee is together about 10 to 12 days a year. Every three years, we revise our five-year plan.
What do you consider the main role of the CEO or president?
You have to help guide the vision. In my view, everybody doesn't have to be going exactly zero-nine-zero [degrees], but they have to be going in an easterly direction.
Second, you've got to create the environment so that everybody can work toward that vision. This involves the physical places you work, setting up the supply chain and the cultural environment of the company.
Third, you have to do some management of the business: the typical boardroom metrics, program reviews and so on.
The first two are more in the leadership category. I think many of us tend to manage too much and have to force ourselves to lead. To check myself, I literally go through my schedule at the end of each week and mark an "L" or an "M" next to every meeting or block of time to see if I was leading or managing.
What are the three worst mistakes a company leader can make?
Number one is failure to communicate. I don't know how long I can do this, but right now I speak personally to every employee every six months. I don't mean in my office, but at town hall meetings. I spend a lot of time communicating. I answer every e-mail employees send me. They know if they can get eight or more of them together in one place and they want to chat with me, I'll chat with them.
Number two is failure to lead. I know my responsibilities as a leader are to make the hard calls and to assist in the debate.
And the third is not involving the workforce in the decisions you're trying to make. When we have to redesign a production line, we ask our workers to do it now.
Does Sikorsky use Six Sigma or another such program?
United Technologies has a proprietary operating system called Achieving Competitive Excellence, or ACE. I was in Six Sigma at Bell and I think ACE is more robust because it uses the statistical analysis that Six Sigma uses, but it really pushes down the operating tools to every person on the floor.
What is your typical workweek like?
I don't have one. But I do try to accomplish the managing part of my job-the standard reports, staff meetings, operations meeting and so forth-in the first day and a half of each week. This leaves the rest of the week for leading. And I travel quite a bit-about 30 percent of the time.
I know you're an active pilot and that you also have access to UTC's flight department.
That's correct. In fact, probably 95 percent of my travel is on corporate aircraft. I could not do what I do without it.
What's your routine when you fly on the jets?
I spend 60 to 70 percent of my time working. It's so convenient. The phone's right there and I have Internet hookup. The rest of the time I spend relaxing or catching a movie. Also, I ask people to come with me on the aircraft if possible and we use the time for business. If I travel alone, I feel I'm losing efficiency.
What advice do you have for middle managers with their sights set on the head office?
I tell people, "Everybody is in charge of something. Don't worry about the other employees on your right and left, or whether or not you're going to get promoted. Make the thing you're in charge of the best it could ever possibly be. And you will be seen."
Secondly, while you're doing this, it doesn't hurt to act like you can do the next job. A good amount of operational excellence and a presence that commands attention are important as well.
What challenges wake you up at night?
Actually, nothing does. But if I understand your question, I think it's harder to efficiently manage growth than it is to manage a mature business or a down cycle. That's what I think about the most.
What do you do to relax?
I fly an Extra 300 [single-engine, aerobatic airplane] about 75 to 100 hours a year. I still fly a lot of aerobatics but I've opted out of air shows and competitions. I'm also a member of Airshares Elite, so I fly a Cirrus SR20 to keep my IFR [instrument flying] skills current. And I fly an S-76 whenever I can.
I enjoy motorcycle riding and anything that involves a ball and a stick. And really strange for me, after buying a home here in Connecticut, I enjoy working around the house.
To what do you attribute your personal success?
That there were people who were willing to give me the next job when I was maybe 70 percent ready to do it. I suppose there's some luck in this. But also, I didn't have to get my second degree and I didn't have to take the risk of going from program management to sales, which I did at Bell. If you combine these with my goal to make whatever I do really good, I have to believe that's part of it. Finally, if you're not passionate about what you do for work, don't do it.
CEO Files Résumé: Jeffrey P. Pino
Position: President, Sikorsky Aircraft
Previous positions: Spent 17 years in various roles with Bell Helicopter Textron, last serving as senior vice president. Joined Sikorsky in February 2002 as senior vice president of marketing and commercial programs. Was named president in March 2006.
Military service: Retired as a master U.S. Army aviator after 26 years of service, 10 of them on active duty and the rest in the Reserve and National Guard. Last position was as a development test pilot/project officer at the Yuma [Ariz.] Proving Ground.
Education: Graduated from the University of Arizona in 1976 with a bachelor's degree in psychology. Obtained a master's degree in business administration (via distance learning while in the Army) from Webster University, St. Louis, in 1985.
Personal: Age 52. Born in Aberdeen, Md., into a military family. Single.
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SCSU Now
"Avatar" designer to present
Monday, February 7, 2011
Leading Hollywood designer TyRuben Ellingson '81 '82 returns to his alma mater to present "Art School to Avatar" 7 p.m. March 2, in Atwood Memorial Ballroom.
Parking for the public event is free on streets adjacent to campus. Parking in the 4th Avenue Parking Ramp is $1 per hour.
One of the earliest conceptual designers handpicked for creator/director James Cameron's elite art department, Ellingson helped create the human presence on the alien world of Pandora in the 2009 film blockbuster "Avatar."
As a lead vehicle designer, Ellingson was a major player in helping Cameron carry out his legendary vision for the interstellar 3-D adventure, designing all but two of the vehicles that were so prevalent in the film.
Two upcoming movies featuring Ellingson's designs are "Battle: Los Angeles," set for March 11 release and "Priest," due out in May. He designed the alien space craft and weaponry for "Battle: Los Angeles" and a number of elements of transportation and weaponry for "Priest."
View the event poster (PDF).
Ellingson will speak to graphic design and creative writing classes during his return to campus.
He received from St. Cloud State a bachelor of elective studies degree in 1981 and a master of arts degree in 1982.
Ellingson earned a master of fine arts degree in 1987 from Southern Methodist University, Dallas.
He joined George Lucas' Industrial, Light and Magic in 1989, and his first major contribution to a blockbuster movie was visual effects art director on Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" in 1993.
His father, the late Bill Ellingson, was a prolific and well-known artist, printmaker and longtime professor of art at St. Cloud State.
This event is made possible through a grant from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and is presented by KVSC 88.1FM, St. Cloud State's educational radio station.
For more information, contact Jo McMullen-Boyer, email@example.com; 320-308-3053.
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Amity Observer, June 18, 2012
Amity Observer, June 18, 2012: The Whitlock family of Orange is profiled as an American host family for international students studying in the area. A French student will spend part of the summer with the Whitlocks as part of EF Educational Homestay Program. The program's course center will be at UNH and the students will be from France, Spain, Hong Kong and China.


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Best Pendant Necklaces 2011
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I bought the CD the day it came out and i can't stop playing it. This may be the best album he's ever released. The strong songs and the brave lyrics give a glimpse into his psyche prior to his death. Inspirational in it's honesty - read these lyrics. The album finds him in top form as a singer and musician. Kudos to jeff lynne and Dhani for the sparse production , thus creating an intimate experence. Here he is, in your living room, whispering in your ear. Check it out. * The box set contains a very special DVD documentary featuring lots of george
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O'Connor, Edwin
O'Connor, Edwin 1918–1968
An American novelist, O'Connor drew many of his fictional settings and characterizations from his Irish-American Catholic background, creating novels that both entertain and contain important sociopolitical themes. Although his characters are at times reduced to caricature, his novels have been praised for their realistic dialogue and sensitive description. O'Connor won the 1962 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for The Edge of Sadness. An earlier novel, The Last Hurrah, was subsequently made into a motion picture. (See also Contemporary Authors, Vols. 25-28, rev. ed.)
Anthony West
Edwin O'Connor's "The Last Hurrah" … arrives festooned with pre-publication laurels…. In view of all this, one is tempted to raise one's hat silently to the cortege and to let it pass on its way to oblivion with the best possible grace. The temptation is all the greater because it is difficult to discuss the book without infringing on a number of taboos that can be indicated by saying that its main subjects are the nature of city government in the New England states of the Union, the role of the Irish in municipal politics, and the relations between city machines and the Catholic Church. The approach chosen is to bring two clean-cut young persons, Adam and Maeve (get it? Innocents), into this thorny area by having them taken under the wing of the boy's uncle, old Frank Skeffington, as he launches his campaign for reelection to the mayoralty of a big Eastern-seaboard city. He loses the election, because he is an old-fashioned kind of political boss and times have changed, but in the course of his campaign Adam and Maeve discover what a charming, lovable, and heart-warming boss he is, what kindly, simple chaps—great-hearted, too, in their small way—his ward bosses and heelers are, and what a little thing peculation from the public funds really is, after all. (p. 121)
[From] the starting thesis—that a kindly thief is better than a plain greedy one—the line of thought advances to the conclusion that because some...
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John Kenneth Galbraith
Currently, the leading prophet of the acculturation of the Irish, to give the phenomenon its technical name, is Edwin O'Connor. In my view, he is an excellent novelist and a master at showing how much can be made of moth-eaten material. His "The Last Hurrah," published in 1956, was a classic in one sense of the word: Frank Skeffington, the hero, was politically and sociologically a completely standardized phenomenon….
There is evidence that when he began ["The Edge of Sadness"] …, O'Connor intended to leave the acculturation of the Irish for good and all, and deal with the simple but delicate problem of a priest who in his middle years turns to alcohol. The advance billing of the book made much of this theme. In fact, it forms only a small and not wholly plausible part of the story. The causes of the descent into drunkenness are not fully developed or entirely convincing. The lost weekdays are deliberately and mercifully left unchronicled. The cure, as recovery from alcoholism goes, seems to have been rather easy…. There being no story here, the author turns back to the struggles and torments of the Irish. But he has to find a new twist. (pp. 88, 90)
Because the author is not able to talk of the struggle between the Irish and their precursors, his solution is a struggle between the Irish and the Irish. He finds, or invents, a formidable tension between those who are fully acculturated and those who are not. It is a remarkably ingenious solution, for it keeps a maximum of these fragile souls in torment for some little time longer. And it makes a very good story. (p. 90)
O'Connor is unquestionably one of the most skillful writers of the day. He has a gift for quick description and a singular purity of style. Moreover, in his own venue he has John O'Hara's ear for speech, and a gift for just the amount of exaggeration that provides contrast without loss of plausibility…. I do not think O'Connor's theme is excessively important. But out of his slender material I do think he has written a very good novel. (p. 94)
John Kenneth Galbraith, "Sadness in Boston," in The New Yorker (© 1961 by The New Yorker Magazine, Inc.), Vol. XXXVII, No. 19, June 24, 1961, pp. 87-94.
Hugh Rank
The extent of Edwin O'Connor's achievement in The Edge of Sadness has been concealed, ironically, by his own subtlety in craftsmanship. Although the novel was recognized by some as a major achievement in the realistic portrayal of a priest, there were just as many readers who found it merely an entertaining "re-hash" of the Irish-Catholic world of The Last Hurrah: Frank Skeffington had metamorphosed into Charlie Carmody and that was that. (p. 3)
[For] the reader (who has learned not to believe everything that the first-person narrator tells about himself) focusing on Father Hugh Kennedy as the protagonist, a subtle and highly dramatic conflict emerges as the priest reaches a crisis in his life.
It is extremely important to establish who the protagonist is in this novel. For if one [selects] Charlie as the main character, as some critics have, the book can be seen as [escapist literature]…. (p. 4)
But the book is Father Hugh Kennedy's story, whether he, as narrator, denies it or not. It is the story of the regeneration of a priest, a story of sanctity in the modern world, of a man coming to terms with himself and with God.
Part of O'Connor's widespread appeal is his ability to recreate the atmosphere of the New England Irish-Catholic environment through a mass of details, anecdotes, and informed commentary, which some critics have labeled sheer nostalgia…. It is true that O'Connor is a perceptive observer of the changing status of the Irish immigrant children, but he is more than a local colorist; the apparently rambling side-comments not only contribute to the versimilitude of the story, but also serve in The Edge of Sadness as necessary functional devices. If a writer is to describe accurately the world of Charlie Carmody and his octogenarian friends, he must concern himself with Johnny Corrigan's stroke, Rose Gormley's death, Albert's gallstones, and Sebastiano's blood poisoning because, in fact, the obituary page is the most popular reading for the aged, and medical case histories are the choice topics of conversation.
The Last Hurrah, for instance, is filled with memories of quaint and picturesque "characters" of the immigrant generation; however, The Edge of Sadness has very few nonfunctional anecdotes. The unity and coherence in the novel are frequently unrecognized by critics who may be distracted by the seemingly rambling episodes. The "death" scene of Mrs. Sanchez, for instance, early in the novel, allows O'Connor to establish some necessary material foreshadowing Charlie Carmody's "deathbed confession" later; random conversations in the early pages frequently become meaningful as the story progresses, thus indicating the structural design and control of the author.
O'Connor's basic technique is the use of a dialogue between the narrator and one other character. Even in crowded scenes, such as the dinner party or the wake, there are seldom any conversations in which more than two people are talking. O'Connor focuses sharply on one character for several pages, then, using the narrator's analysis as a transition, shifts to another character. In spite of the crowded stage, the reader never gets lost because of this device.
Structurally the novel is centered upon a few scenes rendered in depth. The dinner party, the rectory, the flashback to the Cenacle rest home, and the wake constitute the bulk of the novel. The forward motion is sustained by two suspense devices introduced early in the novel as O'Connor plants subtle foreshadowings concerning Father Hugh Kennedy's "problem" and Charlie Carmody's motive for friendship. By the end of the first section …, the priest's alcoholism has been revealed, establishing another suspense here as to whether or not he will be a backslider. The question of Charlie's motives for seeking Hugh's friendship is resolved in the "deathbed" scene…. [With] this suspense removed, the center of attention shifts to Father Kennedy's priestly life and the novel reaches its climax in the bitter invectives of Father John Carmody's denunciation of Father Kennedy's lethargy and egocentricity.
Realism takes time and space, sharp attention to detail and a relatively slow pace in order to be convincing. Characterization is a subtle thing and the failure of most "realistic" novels is a preoccupation of the author with action or idea. If we demand that a novelist present a realistic treatment of a character, then we must recognize the achievement of O'Connor in capturing the essence of Father Kennedy's situation and in exhibiting it in its seemingly rambling appearance which disguises the structure underneath.
O'Connor deals also with ideas. Among other things in this novel, he is concerned with the present status of the Catholic Church in America…. Satire, expressed through the narrator's analysis or through the dialogue of other characters, appear frequently; but although O'Connor and [J. F. Powers] often share the same targets for their barbs, O'Connor lacks the...
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Denis Donoghue
There is a passage in All in the Family where the narrator, Jack Kinsella, something of a novelist, is thinking of his books:
I think they were all good books of their kind: they were honest, decently plotted, with believable characters, and were reasonably well written. I was proud of writing them, in fact; I knew that not everyone could have written them, and indeed that many writers who were better than I could not have written them, either.
Kinsella is not O'Connor, but this seems to me a fair account of O'Connor's novels. Except for The Oracle, which is merely a caricature, the novels are serious studies of the relation between...
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Edward R. F. Sheehan
The "Boy" fragment, at the very end of [The Best and the Last of Edwin O'Connor], is 40 pages of the novel that O'Connor was writing when he [died]…. It is a charming account of a boy growing up in a small, ugly mill city of New England; his friends … felt that in finished form it might have become his best book. The much shorter, and less polished, 16-page fragment of his "Cardinal" novel, however, seemed to me more ambitious of its intent and therefore more interesting for its unconsummated purpose.
The "Cardinal" of O'Connor's fragment is an eighty-year-old prelate, presumably of a New England see, staring death in the face. O'Connor's opening shafts are exceedingly veracious and...
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David Dillon
Except for Benjy (1957) and his first novel, The Oracle (1951), a jejune satire on radio commentators, [Edwin O'Connor] wrote exclusively about Eastern, urban (Boston), Irish-American Catholics, and primarily about the effects of acculturation on their politics, religious beliefs, and family life. He concentrates on a late period of Irish-American history, approximately 1948–1968, with few immigrants or ghettos, when the battles against poverty, discrimination, and the Yankee establishment had already been won, and when, as a result, "nobody felt very Irish any more, or had much reason to." The dominant theme in his novels is the death of Irishness. Many of his characters have made it in America at the...
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I'm a kick Stephen Johnson's ass if there is no tour
I'm a kick Stephen Johnson's ass if there is no tour
Beyonce * Kendrick Lamar * The XX * Future
*Schoolboy Q * Hans Zimmer* Gucci Mane* Little Dragon * Bonobo
*Thundercat * Travis Scott * Sampha * Empire of the Sun * Tycho
did you see 7 posts before this?
New songs from the score streaming here:
wow. yeah sounds like them.
My day is now complete, and I thank you!
"Who is this doing this synthetic type of Alpha Beta psychedelic funkin'?"
I think these are fake. At least, that's what Pitchfork says and what I think.
I dunno if the tracks are fake, but they do sound like someone intentionally trying to sound like old DP tracks. Not very good. Even for a movie score.
if you couldnt tell those were fake you clearly know nothing about daft punk or electronic music production
dunno. it sounds like daft punk to me.
though you are right that I do not know about music production.
I believe they stuck in a sped up version of the remake of the music playing at ComicCon last year.
fair enough. I'll leave the detective work to you in future.
8/7/16 - Sufjan Stevens @ Hollywood Bowl // 8/8/16 - Radiohead @ Shrine // 8/8/16 - Boris @ Regent
9/14/16 - Wilco @ Theatre at Ace Hotel // 9/18/16 - Kraftwerk @ Hollywood Bowl
So I work for Disney and at California Adventure starting sometime in September they are changing the Hollywood Backlot into a Tron inspired area everynight. The event is called ElecTRONica and it will feature Flynn's Arcade, a short Tron movie, and props that they used for the movie and at Comic-Con. The best part about it is it will feature music from Daft Punk and other dance music. There will be bars and lounges and should be pretty cool. If you are in the area I would suggest checking it out.
perfect timing, we will be renewing our passes in september!
Daft Punk surprise appearance @ Phoenix concert last night during encore...
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[[ Labeo ]]
Four species of Labeo have been reported so far from the Nile basin, excluding Lake Victoria, i.e. Labeo niloticus ( Forskal , 1775) , L. horie Heckel, 1847 , L. coubie Rueppel , 1832 and L. forskalii Rueppel , 1835 (Heckel, 1847; Sandon, 1950; Abu-Gideiri, 1984; Bailey, 1994). In January 2006 during an ichthyological investigation on the River Nile in the Republic of Sudan a small Labeo species was found, similar in general appearance to L. ogunensis Boulenger, 1910 from West Africa. Morphometrics and meristics, however, soon revealed differences from every Labeo species described until know. Herein the new species L. meroensis is described using meristics, morphometrics and live coloration.


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It would make sense to announce the birth of the Messiah to students of His coming. It would make sense to proclaim His arrival to those who had the ability and authority to spread the news throughout the world. But God didn't do that. He chose to entrust this magnificent news to a group of shepherds with no social standing and no voice in the community. Why?
God revealed Jesus' birth to the shepherds to shame the religious leaders. God, revealing such news to the shepherds is consistent with Paul's teaching it in 1 Corinthians 1:27-28. He says, "But God chose what is foolish to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are." You might say, but the religious leaders didn't know they were being put to shame! That's right, and the wise, strong, and favored in the world don't know it either. They are not put to shame in their own eyes, but in God's eyes.
God revealed Jesus' birth to the shepherds to bring them joy (Luke 2:10). What brought the shepherds joy was not the birth of a baby per se, but birth of the Messiah in particular. The angel said this news is "great joy for all people" (Luke 2:10), but then narrowed it by saying, "For unto you is born this day . . ." (Luke 2:11). This announcement was specifically for them. Even though only the shepherds received this announcement that night, God directed Luke to record the event so every believer can share in the joy of their Messiah's birth.
Does it bring you joy to know the Son of God became flesh for you? Do you realize you did not deserve to hear the gospel and receive eternal life? God sent His Son to be the Savior of the world and yet many people were ignorant of His birth. The same is true today. If you're a recipient of His gracious salvation, it's for your joy. You did not deserve to be saved, but God revealed Himself to you for your joy.
God revealed Jesus' birth to the shepherds for the sake of Mary and Joseph. Recall that both Mary and Joseph received the news via angelic messengers. They were young, and angelic appearances were rare—to say the least. Joseph could have divorced Mary. Mary could have rejected her divine appointment. They both could have passed the visions off as wild dreams. But they both accepted the angel's message and obeyed the Lord. When the shepherds described their experience, Mary "treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart" (Luke 2:19). The shepherds' testimony confirmed to Mary and Joseph what they had experienced themselves.
Think about the grace of God in this. Have you made a significant decision—a large purchase, a job opportunity, or which school to attend—and afterward experienced an affirming sign? If we are following God's will, we don't need those signs of affirmation; but we find comfort in those gifts of grace from God.
God revealed Jesus' birth to the shepherds for His own sake. What did God accomplish by making this announcement? By sharing the joy of His Son's birth with a few shepherds and confirming to Mary and Joseph what they already knew, God received glory and praise from everyone involved. Those who heard the testimony marveled at it (Luke 2:18) and "the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God . . ." (Luke 2:20). Think of it this way: it brought God joy to give joy to the shepherds.
When God acts, while it is for your joy and your benefit, ultimately it is for Himself. Hebrews 12:2 says, ". . . for the joy set before him [Jesus] endured the cross…" Paul explains in Ephesians that God's work in salvation is "to the praise of his glorious grace" (Ephesians 1:6), and "to the praise of his glory" (Ephesians 1:12), and again "to the praise of his glory" (Ephesians 1:14). How much glory and praise are you giving to God this Christmas season?
As you look forward to a new year full of opportunity, remember that whatever God does, He does for your joy, your benefit and ultimately His glory.
Merry Christmas and have a blessed New Year!
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It's the right thing for the angels to go to the shepherds
to tell of Jesus' birth in Bethlehem. Clue is that we are
sheep and Jesus is the Shepherd. Like wise, the Pharisees
don't have an understanding of compassion and hearts of
stone. They really don't care why cause they themselves
think they are righteousness and without sin. It shows
how God planned all this before time began. He knew He had
to do what He had to do and His promises are revealing true
and awesome. I read a scripture that God's ways are not our
ways and God's thoughts are not our thoughts. The Pharisees
expected a king but God is already is King and came to preach,heal,teach,suffer,die,and etc. God rose and death can't
hold God. Remember the pharisees did a strange thing to seal the tomb. They don't want the truth and they don't know everything
about Jesus why, cause they don't glorify Jesus and care either.
Praise God cause God is King!!!!
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