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Is Arminianism a damnable heresy?
Having been condemned by the Synod of Dordrecht (Dort) in 1618-1619, Arminianism is indeed a heresy, a serious departure from the historic faith of the Christian church. "Arminius, a theological professor at the University of Leyden, departed from the Reformed faith in his teaching concerning five important points. He taught conditional election on the ground of foreseen faith, universal atonement, partial depravity, resistible grace, and the possibility of a lapse from grace. These views were rejected by the Synod ..." (from the introduction to the Canons of Dort in the Psalter Hymnal, 1959 ed.).
The Bible teaches that God elected his people in Christ before time began. "According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world ..." (Eph. 1:4). This election was out of God's mere free grace and love, with nothing in the creature as a condition or cause inducing him to do this. "(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) ... So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy" (Rom. 9:11, 16).
The Bible teaches that Christ did his atoning work on behalf of his elect people, and no others. "Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it" (Eph. 5:25). "I lay down my life for the sheep" (John 10:15). "I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine" (John 17:9).
The Bible teaches total depravity, that is, that man, in every part of his nature (intellect, emotions and will) is hopelessly ruined by the fall. Fallen man is dead in trespasses and sins and cannot give himself spiritual birth. Regeneration is entirely the working of our gracious, sovereign God. "And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins" (Eph. 2:1). "Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God" (John 1:13).
The Bible teaches that God is absolutely sovereign and all-powerful. "... the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will ... and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?" (Dan. 4:32, 35). "The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power ..." (Ps. 110:2-3). "For who hath resisted his will?" (Rom. 9:19). "Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth" (Rev. 19:6). If God's will cannot be resisted, then his grace cannot be resisted either; his grace is irresistible.
The Bible teaches that Christ's true sheep have eternal life and shall never perish. "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand" (John 10:27-29).
Since the teachings of Arminianism are contrary to Scripture, they are manifestly false. They are serious perversions of the gospel of Jesus Christ. There is only one gospel, not two. Anyone who preaches any other gospel is preaching a false gospel and is accursed. "But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed" (Gal. 1:8-9).
Jesus Christ is the true and faithful witness (Rev. 3:14). Since he has chosen that his gospel be preached by fallible men (Acts 9:15; Eph. 4:11), it is evident that there is no perfect preacher among the sons of men, born by ordinary generation. A true preacher might make an honest mistake, but he will not intentionally deceive or distort the gospel of Jesus Christ. Only the Lord Jesus Christ is the unerring discerner of men's hearts who will infallibly judge the motivations of all his ministers at the final day. "If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire" (1 Cor. 3:15).
The Oxford English Dictionary defines "damnable" as "worthy of condemnation" or "subject to divine condemnation." Surely all false doctrine, including Arminianism, is both worthy of condemnation and will ultimately be subject to divine condemnation at the final judgment. Since the Arminian doctrines of conditional election, universal atonement, partial depravity, resistible grace, and the possibility of a lapse from grace are contrary to Scripture, they are false and worthy of condemnation: therefore damnable.
Is Arminianism a heresy? Yes. Are Arminian preachers heretics? In a sense, yes, though most have not been condemned as such by a church council having the authority to make such a determination.
Can an Arminian preacher be a "damnable heretic" who preaches a false gospel of man's free will instead of the true gospel of God's sovereign grace? Yes, surely.
Is it possible for an Arminian preacher to preach the false doctrines of conditional election, universal atonement, partial depravity, resistible grace, and the possibility of a lapse from grace, while still (inconsistently) calling upon his hearers to trust in Jesus Christ alone, to the saving of their souls? I believe so.
Is it possible to believe the false doctrines of conditional election, universal atonement, partial depravity, resistible grace, and the possibility of a lapse from grace, while still (inconsistently) trusting in Jesus Christ alone for one's salvation. Perhaps, but ultimately this is up to God to judge.
Is Arminianism a damnable heresy? Yes. The false doctrines of conditional election, universal atonement, partial depravity, resistible grace, and the possibility of a lapse from grace originate in the pit of hell with the father of lies (John 8:44). They are contrary to Scripture and worthy of condemnation. This is a serious matter. "But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction" (2 Pet. 2:1).
Are pastors who teach Arminianism damnable heretics who are not Christians and who will certainly go to hell? Ultimately, this is up to God to decide, and he surely will decideon a case-by-case basis. The only ones who go to heaven are those who trust in Jesus Christ alone for their salvation. It would seem to be very difficult, if not impossible, to be trusting in Jesus Christ alone if you hold to conditional election on the ground of foreseen faith, universal atonement, partial depravity, resistible grace, and the possibility of a lapse from grace. Those who hold to these false doctrines consistently must believe that their salvation depends, in part, on their own merit, and persons who are depending on their own merit instead of the merit of Christ are on their way to perdition.
If you hold, for example, that God elected you because he foresaw that you would have faith, then why do you have faith, while someone else does not? Don't you really believe that your faith is meritorious, that you merited salvation by your faith, while your neighbor did not have faith, and thus did not merit salvation? If you hold this consistently you are not trusting on the merit of Christ alone but upon your own merit, and you are lost. The biblical Christian believes that salvation is all of grace; otherwise all men are lost. "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast" (Eph. 2:8-9).
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Burn Ban Removed for Upper and Lower Yakima Counties
Effective: 9:00 a.m. PST today, Tuesday, January 08, 2013:
From the YRCAA-
The Burn Ban for both Upper and Lower Yakima County areas has been REMOVED for all areas in YRCAA's jurisdiction due to an improvement in ventilation and weather projections.
- Burn Ban stage 2 is lifted today due to the lifting of the low inversion and the projected improvements in ventilation and dispersion conditions today and tomorrow.
- Dispersion and ventilation predictions are currently: poor to fair
- PM2.5 Monitor values are currently Good (Green) in both the Upper and Lower County areas
- No Agricultural Burn allocations will be resumed by contacting the YRCAA office.
- Please note that the Residential Burn Permit period has ended and will not resume until April 15, 2013.
Note: Burn Ban conditions are re-evaluated daily – for your convenience you can also sign up for our Burn Ban E-mail Updates at http://www.yakimacleanair.org .

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Vinyasa flow teacher Natasha Rizopolous counts Bakasana (Crane Pose) as one of her favorites. "I love arm balances, because they bring you to that place of one-pointed focus that is yoga," she says. But when she first encountered the pose, her naturally flexible frame struggled to find the stability to balance. As a teacher, she often notices the opposite, but equally frustrating, problem for strong, stiff students—they have the strength to muscle into the pose but lack the openness to complete the desired shape, which leaves their bottoms sticking up high in the air. Fortunately, Rizopolous has found a way to overcome both of these challenges—she encourages students to let go of the result and focus on the actions that make up the pose. "Once you master the actions, the pose will unfold naturally," she says.
In the sequence that follows, Rizopolous teaches a dual action for Bakasana. First, draw your belly up and round your entire spine. From there, extend your breastbone away from your navel. Balancing these two actions will help you achieve Bakasana—without butt-in-the-air syndrome.
Before You Begin
Sit in a simple cross-legged position with your torso and arms extended forward and a block beneath your forehead. Establish steady Ujjayi Pranayama (Victorious Breath). Stay for a minute or two, and then switch the cross of your legs. Fold forward again, sending your breath to your hips to help them warm up and open. Turn your attention inward by focusing on your breath and the point of contact between the block and your forehead.
Take two or three rounds each of Surya Namaskar A and B. Follow this with Virabhadrasana II (Warrior Pose II), holding for 10 to 12 breaths on each side; then come into Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward-Facing Dog).
1. Parsvakonasana (Side Angle Pose)
Stand with your legs wide apart—right foot turned out, left foot turned slightly in—and your right leg bent at a 90-degree angle. Place a block behind your right foot and press down on it firmly with your whole hand. Reach your left arm toward the ceiling. Broaden across your collarbones and shoulder blades equally, releasing your shoulders away from your ears. Hold for 8 to10 breaths, and then come to Downward Dog and switch sides.
2. Plank Pose
From Downward Dog, come into Plank Pose with your hands shoulder-width apart and your wrist creases parallel to the front of your mat. Press your heels back and extend the breastbone forward. Firm the tops of your thighs as you release your tailbone toward your heels. Feel how the belly engages and supports your lower back.
3. Vasisthasana (Side Plank Pose)
From Plank Pose, roll onto the outer edge of your right foot and take your left arm toward the ceiling, stacking it directly above your right arm and releasing the shoulders away from the ears as you did in Parsvakonasana. Maintain the actions of Plank by firming your thighs and releasing your tailbone toward your heels. Hold for 5 breaths, and then return to Plank and switch sides. Rest in Downward Dog for a few breaths.
4. Plank with Knee to Chin
Come forward to Plank and, keeping your shoulders stacked over your wrists, bring your right knee toward your chin. Press the left heel back, lifting the top of the left thigh as you release your tailbone toward your heels. Notice the dual action: Your lower belly engages, and your back rounds as you extend your breastbone forward. Do each side for 5 breaths. Return to Downward Dog.
5. Chaturanga Dandasana (Four-Limbed Staff Pose)
Set up in Plank Pose. Then bend your elbows, extending your breastbone forward and keeping the heads of the shoulders lifted so the essential action of the pose is forward rather than down. Stay for 1 to 3 breaths, then release all the way to the floor.
6. Sphinx Pose
Stay on your belly with your elbows on the floor and your forearms parallel to each other. Keep your feet hip-width apart and release your tailbone toward your heels to lengthen the lower back. Draw your breastbone forward and keep your shoulder blades wide as you bring heat and energy into your upper back. Hold for 5 to 8 breaths.
7. Cat-Cow Combination
Combine Cat and Cow Poses to find the dual action for Bakasana. Set up in a tabletop position with your hands and knees closer to each other than usual. Come into Cat Pose by rounding your spine and directing your tailbone down as you lift and spread your shoulder blades. Without losing the breadth across the upper back, extend your breastbone forward as you would in Cow Pose. Hold for 5 to 8 breaths and then come into Downward Dog.
8. Garudasana (Eagle Pose)
Step or hop into Uttanasana (Standing Forward Bend), inhale to come up, and exhale into Tadasana (Mountain Pose). Come into Garudasana, with the left leg and right arm on top. Find a steady gazing point and then drop your tailbone as you lift your elbows up and away from your chest. Broaden across your shoulder blades and extend your sternum away from your navel. Hold for 5 breaths on both sides. Then stand in Tadasana for a few breaths.
9. Malasana (Garland Pose), variation
From Tadasana, bend your knees and come into a squat with your feet hip-width apart and your toes turned slightly out, knees aligned with your second toes. Place a blanket beneath your heels if they don't reach the floor. Release your tailbone down. Reach your sternum up and away from your navel as you spread across your collarbones so that your outer upper arms and knees press against each other. Hold for 8 to 10 breaths.
10. Bakasana (Crane Pose)
Begin in a squat, high on your toes, with the inner edges of your feet together, and place your hands on the floor, shoulder-width apart. Bend your elbows and hug your outer upper arms with your knees. Find a steady gazing point about a foot in front of your hands on the floor, and then shift your weight and reach your breastbone forward with so much energy that your feet float up toward your buttocks. Inflate between your shoulder blades as you release your tailbone toward your heels, and continue extending your breastbone forward. Hold for 5 breaths.
After You Finish
After Bakasana, take Pada Hastasana (Foot-to-Hand Pose) to release your wrists, then Balasana (Child's Pose) to quiet your mind. Finish with a calming pose like Baddha Konasana (Bound Angle Pose) or Janu Sirsasana (Head-to-Knee Pose), and then a gentle twist before Savasana (Corpse Pose).


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Masterworks from Budapest. From the Renaissance to the Avant-Garde
From 18 February to 28 May 2017
The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum offers a number of thematic tours. These are interesting and stimulating routes around the collection that invite participants to discover the works of art from new viewpoints.
With this chronological tour, the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza aims to gives us a closer look at the world of jewellery and allows us to learn about its styles, techniques and uses. Through a selection of works spanning from the 15th to the 20th century, we examine the importance and evolution of the art of jewellery and its relationship with painting.
This tour examines different aspects of the history of wine while following an enjoyable, very special route through the Museum's permanent collection. Linked both to religious rituals and everyday life, the prerogative of the rich and powerful and consolation of the ill-fated, a vehicle for social interaction, an object of economic exchange, stimulation for the senses, a wellspring of good health... wine has always been an important source of artistic inspiration.
Kenneth Clark: "We owe much of our pleasure in looking at the world to the great artists who have looked at it before us"
Momentarily removed from the hustle and bustle of everyday life, we are transported by our thematic route through the Museo Thyssen Bornemisza rooms to a land (as in Baudelaire's dream in Invitation to the Voyage) where "all is order and beauty, luxury, peace and pleasure". Here there are countless surprises in store for the visitor and we hope that, like the inveterate traveller, he or she will want to come back to see more of the unusual routes and revelations awaiting those who return. The gaze of the traveller — like that of the visitor to a museum — is curious and inquisitive. It is eager to discover new things of beauty and riddles to solve, and be enriched by views of unknown territories, the memories of which will last forever. Each new journey, each new artist discovered helps to open the doors of our perception, prompts new adventures, allows us to witness the diversity of human experience and helps to expand our awareness of our own identity
Fashion is a way of differentiating ourselves. It allows us to exhibit our different attitudes to life; it can show off or hide our bodies; it can challenge or innovate; it can be modern or traditional. Fashion reflects the evolution of society over time. It is an integral part of our culture and therefore has a place in our museums. The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum invites you on a journey through the world of fashion.
Since antiquity, painting has made use of flowers in order to convey a
wide range of meanings through their scent, vivid colours, endless variety
of shapes and forms, cultivation methods and therapeutic properties.
The present tour of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection offers a survey of Western art from the end of the Middle Ages to the present with the aim of analysing the numerous functions of floral symbols as indicators of heightened spirituality or extravagant display, conjugal fidelity or dynastic allegiance, and saintly innocence or exotic sensuality.
Water, the archetypal and essential human resource par excellence, has
been depicted in all cultures since the dawn of humanity up to the present
day. Its wide range of symbolic, sociological, literary and aesthetic
connotations within the history of Western painting means that it can be
approached from the viewpoint of numerous different issues. These include
man's relationship with nature and conquest of it, our vulnerable position
midway between the fertility and destruction that give rise to natural
resources, spirituality and ancestral rites associated with the elements, the
relationship between water and the female, and pure enjoyment of its
The present tour of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection spans the 14th to the 20th centuries through a selection of "images of water" that will introduce us to a wide range of expressive landscapes. We will be seeing lakes, with their reflections that so fascinated painters, springs and rivers associated with biblical and mythological stories, unknown seas or ones whose raging waters have tested the courage of seafarers to the limit, majestic winter landscapes, ports and scenes of leisure activities. These are just a few of the themes that the painters in question have bequeathed to us, inviting us to reflect on and look at water in the context of our daily surroundings in a new way.
The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection offers a step by step history of the
evolution of painting in the Low Countries from the 15th to the 20th centuries,
including an outstanding group of works from the 17th century, which is a
school of painting poorly represented in other Spanish collections.
In order to pursue this subject, the present route will introduce the artists in question through fourteen selected paintings. It starts with works from the 15th century when the spread of the use of the oil technique offered painters a new way of representing reality and one in which detail and precision were fundamental. This is evident in the works by Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden, Hans Memling, Joachim Patinir and others.
From the late 16th century and throughout the 17th century a range of subjects began to be depicted by artists working in both the Southern Provinces (Flanders) and the Northern Provinces. The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection has paintings by the leading Flemish artists of this period — Rubens, Van Dyck and Anthonis Mor — as well as a notably comprehensive collection of paintings by Dutch artists — Frans Hals, Rembrandt, Nicolas Maes, Jacob van Ruisdael and Willem Kalf — who worked in genres such as portraiture, scenes of daily life, landscape and still life. These themes were all particularly popular with middle-class mercantile clients who were interested in decorating their houses with works of this type, resulting in a flourishing art market in Dutch cities.
Our survey ends with Dutch and Belgian artists of the 19th and 20th centuries, represented in the Collection by names of the stature of Vincent van Gogh, Anton Mauve, James Ensor, Piet Mondrian and René Magritte.
The guiding thread of this survey is that of inventions, in the sense of
machines or mechanical devices to be seen in the selected paintings. They
are frequently not the principal subject of the painting: on the contrary,
they are secondary objects that illustrate the numerous inventions that
have made our lives easier and more comfortable.
In the ancient world art, science and technology were not separated as they are today. In their original sense the words art (ars in Latin) and technology (from the Greek tecné) meant the same, i.e. man's capacity to create. Leonardo da Vinci represents the remarkable culmination of the synthesis of the two concepts. From Newton onwards and subsequently with Romanticism, art and science became separated into two different and contrasting disciplines: objectivity, reality and logic as opposed to subjectivity, imagination and emotion. In the 20th century and even more so in the 21st century, these boundaries have once again become less precise with art being enriched by science and vice versa.
In addition to being an essential source of nourishment, food is also an
object used in cult worship, a sign of wealth, a social ritual and a source
of shared pleasure that involves all the senses and feeds the spirit. Given
that, as the well known saying has it, "we eat more with our eyes than
with our mouths", the art of cookery, which involves creativity and colour
in a way comparable to painting, has enormous visual appeal. As in an
alchemist's laboratory and surrounded by flasks, jars, paintbrushes and
spatulas, both the cook and the artist transform their primary materials
— saffron, berries, walnut and linseed oil, casein, fish tail, vinegar and egg
white — into a creation that marks the transition from nature to culture
through the opposition of the raw and the cooked.
Through this gastronomic survey the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection aims to satisfy visitors' appetites, tempting your palate and feasting your eye.
© 2009 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
Paseo del Prado 8, 28014 Madrid, España
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Hashirama basically bitched his brother for that silence crack earlier, all without moving a muscle! That's badass! He is that ninja. And I get the feeling if he wanted to leave not even Orochimaru could stop him! I mean, look at what Madara did to Kabuto's Edo Tensei. And his was better than Orochimaru's. The First Hokage is OP at his normal level, it's scary to think how strong he'd be as a Jinchuriki.
http://www.mangapanda.com/93-403-18/...apter-398.html). Unfortunatelly, we don't see the reaction of Sarutobi and Minato when Tobirama mentions, that Uchiha value love highly. But Hashirama seems to know what story is about to come (http://www.mangapanda.com/naruto/619/15). Bottom line: I think the better-informed early Konoha-generations knew about this Uchiha-trait, and it wasn't such a secret, after all.
Last week we saw Tobirama telling Hashirama to be silent, now this week it is interestingly telling how Tobirama quickly Backed down after Hashirama released his chakra. There is clearly a huge difference in power between the two, although I'd have to say that absent of Hashirama, Tobirama would certainly dominate.
Seems that for now Kishi wants to straighten out the History between Uchiha and Senju, probably the Elder brother vs Younger brother, along with maybe the purpose of the SO6P's creation of the Bijuus (beyond just dismantling the Juubi). To me, if there is a special purpose for the creation of the Village, it must have to do with carrying forward The SO6P's Will, and this might involve the Bijuus too, as the SO6P really cared for and loved them and probably wished for his Sons to work with them (I could be stretching it a little).
Anyway, we've seen/heard Tobi/Madara's version, now let's hear the other side. It should be very enlightening.
I am not perfect and I defy you to prove otherwise
Growing Old Gracefully is an Oxymoron ... Mostly Moron !
As someone already mentioned, Sasuke's words really make you think. Personaly, i'm wondering what is it that Kishi want's to do with Sasuke.
"Either crush Konoha, or perhaps...." Perhaps crush the entire shinobi system?
At this point, Sauske has made it clear that he doesn't really have doubts as to his revenge. What he may however be wondering, is who or what exactly should be the target of his revenge. In other words i think that Sasuke is asking all those fundamental questions, because he want's to know. Is Konoha really to blame for the tradegy of his clan? Or is it the entire shinobi system that was at fault. (which would explain why Itachi never gave up on Konoha).
In my opininon no matter how hard Hashirama will try. All he will manage to do, is make Sasuke into a distored version of Madara. Sasuke could very well become an even bigger threat than Madara and Obito combined. Because he will blaime the very foundations of shinobi: the existence of SO6P and his teachings. For the tradegy that has befallen him and his kin. Thus he could become the ultimate counter to Naruto. Who on the other hand, is on his way to becoming the next SO6P.
Amataresu is not all powerful it can be countered by speed or intercepted by a type of barrier. Like Gaara's sand armor there may be a mokutan armor that has similar effect.
To those that don't know Madara has not used Amaterasu mainly because that's going to be Sasuke's specialty. Kishi likes each character to have a distinctive fighting style. This is also why you don't see Madara spamming Shinra tensei & Tobi used the 6 paths but relied on their special Jinchuurki based abilities. Nagato already showed us all the Rinnegan's main abilities and he used them well so that's his fighting style Madara & Tobi have their own.
Sasuke's specialty as we saw in the Raikage battle is his manipulation of Amaterasu a branching off of his advancement in shape manipulation he learned from chidori and all the variations he created from them. We say him hit multiple Zetsu's with manipulated flames so I think he will also use Lightning manipulation on his Susanoo arrows to increase their piercing power.
Fire type
What chakra type are you?
the "shinobi system" as it exists now is not the problem itself but merely a step for society over more barbarous culture prior to the great nations and village structure. i think sasuke will need to learn that. otherwise, destroying the system, as is a running possibility for what we guess he will do with himself (besides any cheap emo joke you wish to insert here) will be pointless. i am not sure what it is hashirama and madara disagreed on exactly. we have impressions of senju vs uchiha history and the older brother/ younger brother basic ideals simplified but the actual conflict between madara and hashirama is a mystery. it was deeper than leading jut konaha, was probably about bigger picture of the world given they were the two strongest.
i think the conflict will be a take on absolute power (madara) or sharing/trust (hashirama). so destruction of the shinobi system will instead be regression into a style of dictatorship or if naruto can impose his ideal, a step forward from the nation/village system to a new era with less means or reason to hurt each other. there are all kinds of hints whenever a silly style of justice is uttered by an unsure or half witted uber pawn (obito) but nothing very assuring or definitive when it comes to the political landscape past the basic structure of government. with the remarks between oro and tobirama and questioning identity of village, maybe we can have a political revelation or development so that motivations will feel more practical and believable beyond impressionable youth succumbing to a whim or romantic ideal.
sasuke, imo, has been redeeming uchiha first before himself or the farce of his brother. as emo as he has been, he doesn't add up to what tobieama described. there is a big difference between losing an individual of deep meaning to you and going nuts with sharingan, it's a whole other ordeal entirely when you must learn to exist as the line survivor of your clan you witnessed murdered in brutal fashion by your brother. it's wholly and exponentially beyond the curse tobirama referred. and yet even then, we have sasuke seemingly and symptomatically begin to desire power, for his professed need for revenge but on his own terms. sasuke's determination and choices appeared to be the typical uchiha curse tobirama described but in reality, itachi, having destroyed the uchiha image as the uchiha image himself, has actually pushed sasuke away from that curse and has been betraying the essence of his dead clan by the the nature of his indictments he carries against the village.
in simple terms, his initial hatred for itachi drove him to seek power, sure, but power according to his terms, which is not according to the "curse". he calculated his movements and very seldom acted on maniacal lust or power trip
he wanted to obtain the power of his clan, mangekyo, but bevause of his disgust with itachi, swore to obtain it differently.
his fight to death with itachi was peppered with verbal assaults on itachi's eyes which amount to mockery of the uchiha system and way of life whether he recognizes that or not.
sasuke is more sasuke than he is uchiha. the parallels between his path of darkness and the uchiha curse are not the big picture and beginning with itachi and continued through sasuke, they have overcome the uchiha curse and sasuke stands to regrow his clan in a new light or bring upon himself a new curse and be the new madara. it's because of sasuke's path of darkness is deceivingly suggestive of the uchiha curse yet remains wholly unique and personal to sasuke that i can appreciate and totally enjoy him as a character and not always have to roll my eyes at the cliche people mistake him as or feel disappointment with a one-sided predictable cardboard villain he could have been. he has showed surprising control and restraint even when goaded or pushed into the uchiha way by tobi or oro.
Obito is Tobirama's great grandson. The proof is in the pudding.
OK, based on the assumption that the four Hokages won't just disappear once their done with their talk, it is safe to assume that they will all meet Naruto (one way of the other). Although, that might take a couple of chapters. Obito used up at least seven chapters for all of his history-lessons, and Minato hasn't even started, yet. By the way, it's gonna be nice to see Sasuke's reaction, once he learns that Minato is Naruto's father, and that Naruto's parents died because of Obito, and not because of a natural desaster.
I have, however, another question: I've been rereading the first three chapters of Naruto. Sarutobi made everything about Naruto a secret: The new generation new neither who his parents were, nor that he inherited the Uzumaki family-tradition of being Kurama's Jinchuriki. And he knew exactly, what Naruto was going through:
However, he didn't place any restrictions on Naruto, on the contrary. He even didn't intervene when he had a talk with his grandson. Actually, Naruto even put Konohamaru on the right track. Plus he watched him start to control Kurama's power.
Seeing, how Naruto has developped and - more importantly - how highly he has been valued by the village to the point that they accept him handing over Kurama's chakra to them... I am really looking forward to seeing his reaction. Maybe I am exaggerating this, but I am convinced if it wasn't for Sarutobi, Naruto would never has got this far.
What do you think?
with hashirama's answer to sasuke i hope we see madara and izuna's personal techniques. i have looked for evidence of a clear ms ability in the quick shred of flashbacks already shown but i cannot find an ember of amaterasu anywhere
with as grand as hashirama's forest techniques are, it would be almost silly if madara didn't indeed have an epic amaterasu to use against it! it wouldn't fit as well if his ms/ems power was a giant garden sheer, of course it holds that as a susanoo equipped weapon it would be absolutely fitting.
hiruzen has a definite mystical bent in his character and asuma's choices reflect the same (just don't watch the anime filler overlapping asuma's history).
you have me interested in what the third knows or why he could act so wisely in his treatment of naruto (but sasuke is questioned and how the third handled that). it's a compelling situation to be charged with protecting the lone surviving uchiha (practically) who has a supposed destiny driven by a curse yet was given the honor of having his name bestowed as your own father. the third seems to have as much to.answer for, if not more than hashirama.
Last edited by knife eater; 02-16-2013 at 06:01 PM.
Obito is Tobirama's great grandson. The proof is in the pudding.


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A.L. Van Den Bergen Statue " Abraham Lincoln"
This bronze statue was originally dedicated in 1931 to commemorate Lincoln's "Fool the People" speech.
Located at the Atlanta Museum, these three exhibits and 20 other prints depict a variety of Lincoln and Logan County events. It is located at the site of an early political rally during Abraham Lincoln's campaign for President.
Atlanta Inn is the only hotel located in Atlanta, Illinois. You can explore the historic town of Atlanta in central Illinois with the last great frontier of the modern world through exit No 140 off I-55 and save the memories for life. Pass through Logan County and see the rise of Abraham Lincoln from surveyor to legendary lawyer by traveling through historic Route 66 which crosses 8 states and 3 time zones.
Exhibits focused on Abraham Lincoln, Route 66, and other aspects of Atlanta's history are featured. The Museum's Local History Resource Center provides extensive genealogy materials accessible to the public. Housed in a beautifully restored 1867 building, the Atlanta Museum presents both permanent and new, rotating exhibits. Open Monday through Saturday 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed Sundays.
Built in 1908, this National Register Property is one of Illinois' few octagonal-shaped public libraries. Its gilded rotunda and interior rooms, filled with solid-oak woodwork, reflect its classic architecture. Local volunteers who comprise the "Keepers of the Clock" take turns on a weekly basis hand-winding the 1909 Seth Thomas clock housed in the library's clock tower.
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Located across from Route 66 Park in historic downtown Atlanta, Illinois, the Atlanta Public Library is a hub of community activity and an attraction for tourists who are making the Route 66 pilgrimage. Throughout the year, the Library offers a wide range of programs for children, teens and adults. From reading, arts, and crafts activities for children to outdoor family programming, adult book clubs, writing workshops, programs for seniors, informational programs, and special events, the Library has something for everyone. Built in 1908, this octagon-shaped building is one of the few of its kind in the state. The museum in the basement of the library houses pieces of local history. The library and museum are both on the National Register of Historic Places.
Atlanta's Abraham Lincoln Interpretation Site
The site of an early political rally during Abraham Lincoln's campaign for President, now showcasing an interpretive sign explaining the historic significance.
Barn quilts of DeWitt County is a project designed to celebrate Clinton and DeWitt County's rich agricultural history, showcase our rural areas, promote agritourism, the arts, and create a sense of community pride. Throughout the county, vibrant, hand-painted 8'X8' quilt blocks on 'wooden canvases' adorn numerous barns, making a drive through the countryside all the more enjoyable. Barn quilts are on display June through August.
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Bloomington, Illinois is the only city in the world where beer nuts are made! A video presentation on the making of beer nuts can be viewed in the gift shop, and nuts are available to sample in the Company Store.
Behind the Curtain Tour - Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts
The fascinating history of the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts comes to life in the Behind the Curtain historic tour program. Led by a group of specially trained docents, you'll not only see the beautiful neo-Classical interior design of the BCPA, but also learn all about the many technical and patron service updates achieved in the building's significant renovation. You won't want to miss this surprising, fascinating, and fun-filled look at one of Bloomington's historic and most thriving buildings. Bring your stories, your questions, and, above all, your curiosity. Behind the Curtain tours are one hour in length and can accommodate a wide variety of group sizes.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this restored mansion and grounds whisk visitors back to the Victorian era. Once home to Clinton attorney Clifton H. Moore, visitors will enjoy tours and stories of the friend and law partner of Abraham Lincoln who one resided there. Home of the DeWitt County Museum.
The Challenger Learning Center at Heartland Community College offers interactive, simulated space and science experiences through scheduled team missions for students and the public.
Come experience three floors of unique, hands-on, larger-than-life exhibits! This museum is designed to create a sense of wonder that excites the love of learning in children of all ages. Be sure to discover the new Children's Discovery Museum.
Located next to the Atlanta Public Library and Museum the clock tower was added in the 70s. The clock itself is the original 1909 hand-would clock from the Atlanta High School.
The main source for information about McLean County's historic and modern attractions in the Bloomington-Normal area is the "Cruisin' with Lincoln on 66" Visitors Center. Located in Downtown Bloomington, the Visitors Center provides information on all of the wonderful attractions, events, dining and lodging available in McLean County. Their exhibits highlight two types of heritage tourism that is integral to Central Illinois: Historic Route 66 and Abraham Lincoln. The gift shop is filled with local products, memorabilia and more!
Cruisin' with Lincoln on 66 Visitors Center
Located in the heart of Downtown Bloomington on Historic Route 66, the Cruisin with Lincoln on 66 Visitor Center exhibits cover stories about dining, lodging and travel, which were experienced by both Abraham Lincoln and Route 66 travelers. These are supplemented by local items, books, cards, maps and more!
A self guided tour of places in Bloomington-Normal was developed with a map and description of the sites to explore the life of David Foster Wallace who was an American author of novels, short stories and essays, as well as a professor of English and creative writing. Wallace is widely known for his 1996 novel Infinite Jest, which was cited by Time magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. Infinite Jest was completed while Wallace was living in Bloomington and employed in the Illinois State University English Department. In 2013, Illinois State created an annual David Foster Wallace Conference to celebrate his life and review his works.
Deskin's Tavern & Postville Well
Abe Lincoln often stayed at Deskin's Tavern when he traveled to Postville. A well where he is said to have quenched his thirst is also located on this site.
Established in 1928 at the intersection of U.S. Route 66 and Route 136 in McLean, Illinois, Dixie Truckers Home is the oldest truck stop in America. It is still in operation today and although it has been restored after a fire in 1965 the original signs are still in place.
The McLean County Courthouse, capped by a stately dome, serves as a landmark to identify the historic core of the city. Turn-of-the century buildings, many with interesting historical pasts, flank the courthouse square. A visitor can find museums, banks, a legal and governmental center, residential living, a large artists' community, plus an assortment of specialty retail businesses and supportive services in Downtown Bloomington. There is an abundance of restaurants and a lively night scene. Discover all that downtown Bloomington has to offer by shopping, dining, working and playing in this great historical district!
Located on the wooded Sunset Hill estate of the late Hazle Buck Ewing, the Ewing Cultural Center encompasses the open-air Theatre at Ewing (summer home of the Illinois Shakespeare Festival), the elegant Ewing Manor (which is open for tours) and the beautiful Genevieve Green Gardens.
Blacksmithing, as well as artistic and functional iron work, is performed in this smithy that was erected in 1928.
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Located at the Funk Prairie Home, this museum houses the largest single-owner display of rare gems, minerals, fossils and lapidary art in the state. Also view the agriculture exhibit, along with several antique sleighs and carriages.
The Heritage in Flight Museum is dedicated to the preservation of aviation history. The museum displays memorabilia and artifacts from all the military conflicts dating back to WWI. These mementos have been donated by both veterans and their families. The museum also offers tours and hosts flying events at the airport.


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Originally posted by Dyner
MMO's are a dying genre. What you think WoW's now 9-million sub is just because the game is old? Wrong, the Genre is old.
The genre isn't old. The genre is simply evolving like everything else does.
That's like saying video games are going out of style. MMOs are just video games with more people. What's old is the subscription plans that have lasted the last 10 years. The models are changing, but MMOs aren't going anywhere.
I was planning on subscribing to Tera in the not-so-distant future to try out the new "True Action Combat" system which a lot of people seem to praise and the graphics look pretty as well.
But I guess I should wait a little before subscribing to this game since it's already laying off a pretty large % of it's total employees so soon after their launch. As many others... I guess it'll go F2P and the fact about the dispute of Bluehole Studio's stealing NC's Lineage 3 code(true or not to be true, dunno, a settlement has been agreed on so I consider it to be true) kinda keep me off the bay for now.
It's always sad to to hear how companies "toss" people away in the gaming business if a certain game doesn't meet their (sometimes very, very high) expectations, but guess that's how it goes there.
TERA is one of the most aesthetically beautiful mmorpg games I have played recently. Not to mention, the fun true action combat it offered. However, I got to max level within the first month of it's launch and there was not much to do. It was a well made game if you don't mind the grind at higher levels (quest grind / mob grind) and the dungeon death runs. The game ultimately failed due to the fact that it didn't have much to offer at higher levels. There was nothing to do but grind the same few dungeons repeatedly for gear drops to enchant your own gear.
For players who don't care for the latest high-end enchanted gear, there was aboslutely nothing to do. Even if I were interested in going for the best enchanted gear, the % chance of success was really ridiculous (another time sink). The game just wasn't fun at that point and there was nothing else to do but kill and farm level 50-55 BAMs for their drops.
I've been waiting for the battlegrounds and hopefully, I'll check it out when it launches.
I betaed Tera. What I played initially wasn't that bad. Unfortunately, when the game went live, it suffered from major issues that affected gameplay in negative ways. Some of the issues I encountered were graphics related, control issues, and even the game client crashing due to memory issues.
The game suffers from major failed optimization in all aspects. if they would fix that glaring issue, it would be better. Although, considering this most recent batch of news from EnMasse, I would not be surprised if the game went Free-To-Play.
This is what happen when you get your gear in a loot istead of making one, loot and crafting is what I don't like in tera.
Raiderz is my favorite.
Saw it coming. The battle system wasn't half bad (not as good as I'd hoped it would be as a caster, but not bad) but the actual gameplay was just terrible. I would have rathered they spend less time on the graphics and make the game itself interesting and immersive, rather than just one giant grind. Grinding BAMs nonstop to cap isn't much more fun than grinding KTX quests to cap, just to grind raids for gear. Blah. The only thing worse than a huge waste of time is being ~aware~ that what you're doing is a waste of time.
But don't cry for them, they'll be just fine. The models, the textures, the animations, the programming...basically everything that went into the game besides the actual design is high quality and will look superb on a resume. Now the people that wrote and designed the gameplay...eh...
"Forums aren't for intelligent discussion; they're for blow-hards with unwavering opinions."
Had it been buy 2 play only it would have been quite big I think. I tried the beta and had a lot of fun but I wasn't prepared to buy it and have to sub so I thought 'oh well I'll wait for it to go free 2 play'. In the end En Masse get nothing out of me. If it had been buy 2 play I would have snapped it up without thought. Even if I played for one month it would have been money well spent and I wouldn't have felt shut out of my purchase for not subbing. Buy 2 sub is a dead model and no longer works because we all have more than one MMO we are actively playing and the vast majority of us aren't prepared to sub to more than one game. GW2 will change that. Anyone currently making an MMO needs to adapt now or die.
The model needs to be sell as many copies as possible at launch to recoup dev costs and profit, then have microtransactions to keep servers running and make a modest ongoing profit + paid expansions for more profit. It's not much different to how most games work these days with game + DLC.
MMOs also need to scale better, seperate servers/worlds suffer because the player base is split and during low "season" the world feels empty. A dynamic system would be much better where we have one world and multiple instances of that world to control population and ability to move instances to play with friends/guild mates. Although multiple worlds are needs in GW2 for WvWvW they can merge PvE worlds if need because names are unique across all worlds.
Originally posted by quikmixx
You can tell this site is infested with guild wars 2 fanboys. Such distasteful bashing. Tera was by no means perfect, but it wasn't a bad game either. The game suffers from a lack of updates and misplaced priorities from the developers who seem to be spending more time on the cash shop than the content in the game. GW2 will be no different. The game plays the same as any other themepark game and it will only appease most mmo players for a short time before they move on. As far as the community goes, i feel the gw2 community is the worst community i have seen in a long time in mmos. They get so defensive over every little thing and for some odd reason think gw2 does something different than other mmos have done before it. WvW is the same concept as RvR from DAoC. The same upscaling lvl for pvp was done for gw1, and nobody thought highly of it then. This game is going to dissapoint alot when it comes out. The only real positive about gw2 is its model. And thats all i have to say about that Only real decent mmo being developed at the moment is Archeage. Most ambitious MMO i have seen in a long time
How do you know it's GW2 fanboys? What no WOW, RIFT, AION, EQ2, Tera...
Tera is a bad game, let's be honest with ourselves. At first glance it seems really nice, but there are far to many issues or rather the game is very shallow to overlook that. The combat was the selling point and when the allure of combat wears off then what did you have in game? Not much of anything. Other's can tell you better on what Tera is lacking and anyone not seeing it go F2P is really not looking at the bigger picture. At this juncture it's the only viable option.
Also you bashing GW2 to go on and say Arch Age is goign to be the be all end all isn't that kind of like the same thing?
Originally posted by cronius77
they are just the publisher here in the states and being their flagship was for tera of course they are a subsidie company. They planned to continue publishing other games in the states , they are absolutely no different then G potato or any of the other zillion publishers trying to make a buck off the asian market. Tera was dying way before even coming to the states , anyone going to work for them without doing the research first can only blame themselves for the layoffs. Its just like if I go work for some store or business , their lots are empty they are not doing any business and I just listen to their hype about how they are going to blow things off the roof in sales when there is no one even in the store , I have no one to blame but myself for going to work there and then a few weeks later getting laid off. There is tons of people in north america getting laid off all the time for actual valid reasons like outsourcing and cutting employees to make more profit , then a medeocre game at best coming to the states and expecting it to do so well. I can tell anyone out in the world that im going to make a million bucks in a week to come work for me and if they do not bother doing the research themselves and come expecting that , they have no one to blame but themselves. This game was dead in the water well before it released outside of korea , if you want to look up history just look to these forums over a year ago when people were showing the numbers in korea dropping worse then SWTOR was here and they never recovered. So how will this game exactly do differently if they are bombing in korea? Also trends alone here show that most asian games do not do well here in the states except L2 and GW , the rest have bombdived like aion and all the other free to play garbage that litters this site and others.
Thank You. Valid points are made. I keep wondering why people pretend this is not happending. Heck even people knew TOR was going to go F2P. Tera is Aion and vice versa and it will go F2P as well. It's the only avenue it can take. Tera is a bad game, granted it's okay if you want to play it but stand outside and look objectively at it and you will see that it indeed is bad. It could be worked on yes...it could be expanded on and the devs might see the light..yes...who knows maybe a slew of people will suddenly wake up and realize how great this game is. However that is not what will happen.
So I agree 100% with your post but I do see why people are angry about it. Kind of reminds me of FF14...they had to pretty much fire the entire staff, employ new ones and redo the game from the ground up. Look how long that's taken them. I don't see Tera moving in that direction so no I could not give them the same credibility. Heck I even bought the game..played for what 1-2 weeks and in some of the Betas. Got my mystic to around 25-30 and just one day while I was logged in couldnt' do it any more. Game is just shallow. Coupled with the fact that you have the pvp players waiting right outside a safe zone to just kill you while your going past them..stuff gets annoying.
Loosing a job however sucks and hopefully these guys find a better place to work as we can all hope. The game however I'm sorry is garbage. (My Opinion of Course)
Originally posted by DAOWAce
I am waiting for TERA to go free to play. I expect it to follow SWTOR shortly after.
If they are smart they will. I don't think it will retain that many subs even if it did. if I may make a comparison. Tera vs GW2. so if Tera goes F2P and you still have to buy somet things, and GW2 is B2P and you don'treally have to buy anything and the game plays better I don't see people sticking with Tera..actually even if they did B2P I don't think people would stick with Tera. It really isn't that good. I can even admit when I bought a crap game..."Damnation" anyone...(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damnation_(video_game))


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This example shows how to use the Coordinate Rotation Digital Computer (CORDIC) algorithm to generate HDL code. The CORDIC algorithm can be used to compute trigonometric functions. The algorithm uses vector rotation to compute the sine, cosine, tangent, arcsine, arccosine, and arctangent functions. Vector rotation can also be used for polar to Cartesian, Cartesian to polar, vector magnitude, or (as a building block) DFT and DCT computations. The CORDIC algorithm is an iterative method for performing vector rotation by an arbitrary angle using shift and add techniques. Therefore it is suitable for hardware implementation. The implementation in this example is used for HDL code generation and test bench generation.
The algorithm used in this example is presented in a number of published papers. See References below.
The basic equations for vector rotation are:
Equation 1
where x and y are the original coordinates before rotation, and x' and y' are the coordinates after rotation. This equation can be simplified by assuming that the tangent is a power of 2.
Equation 2
Then any angle of rotation can be obtained by performing successive smaller rotations. This assumption helps us to write equation 1 in the form of an iterative operation.
Equation 3
where the third equation is the angle accumulator.
These equations can be used in two different modes: rotation mode and vector mode. In rotation mode, the input vector rotates by a specific angle. In vector mode, the input vector rotates to the x axis.
In rotation mode the following equations are used:
Equation 4
The result after n rotations can be represented as:
Equation 5
where G is a constant and approaches to 1.647 when n approaches infinity.
In vector mode the following equations are used:
Equation 6
The result after n rotation can be represented as:
Equation 7
In the following five examples, equation 4 is implemented. To switch to vector mode, we just switch the condition (value of d) for clockwise or counterclockwise rotation.
To calculate the sine and cosine functions, the CORDIC algorithm in rotational mode is used. The initial conditions are:
Using these initial conditions, equation 5 reduces to:
To calculate the arcsine function, the CORDIC algorithm is used in vector mode. The condition for d is:
Rotation produces the following equations:
Start with a vector on the x axis and rotate it so that its y component is c. The algorithm has good precision when
As the input approaches +/- 1, the error increases rapidly. The loss of accuracy is due to the gain of the rotation. When the vector is close to the y axis, the vector is shorter than the reference.
For the arccosine, we can use the same equation as we used for arcsine and replace the condition for d:
or simply calculate arcsine and use the following equality
Polar to Cartesian conversion is an extension to the sine and cosine calculation. In equation 5 let:
After n iterations the resultant x and y represents the Cartesian coordinate.
If we start with vector mode and let the initial angle be zero, then the angle accumulator and the x component of the result is:
Jack E. Volder, The CORDIC Trigonometric Computing Technique, IRE Transactions on Electronic Computers, September, 1959, pp. 330-334
Ray Andraka, A Survey of CORDIC Algorithms for FPGA Based Computers, 1998, ACM 0-89791-978-5/98/01
Gene H. Golub and Charles F. Van Loan, MATRIX Computations, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, section 5.2.3, "Givens QR Methods"


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Topic: Favorite Chinese food?
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My favorite is General Tsos chicken.
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Seriously, GLOP, these topics you keep making have nothing to do with Star Wars, and you've made like 6 today. I think some people are getting annoyed by them. (btw chinese food is awesome )
While I agree with CA about the relevance of your topics, I too love the Chinese food; over 1 billion people eat it a day so it has to be good right?
I love Beef and Peppers, Beef Kow, and Orange Chicken.
Bad thing about it is that it doesn't stick with you very long. It's sure good though
Chicken balls (dont be immature), ginger beef, and rice drenched in sweet and sour sauce! zomg i got a craving now!
Chinese food seems heavy in fat and sugar most of the time.
At the risk of being borderline with the topic, for other asian foods I gotta admit I love Thai, Vietnamese and Japanese foods. Nothing like a super-spicy Thai soup to let go of a cold, I love the veggies on a nest of crispy noodles and I really love sushi.
I had this really good Vietnamese beef soup before, it was delicious! I don't recall the name of it however..
I had this really good Vietnamese beef soup before, it was delicious! I don't recall the name of it however..
In french we call it a "Soupe Tonkinoise" but in english, I really don't know...
Looks like I'm the first one who HATES chinese food. We were with my family today in chinese restaurant... I will not go there again!!
And, as Commander Appo said, some people think that topics like this are really, really annoying... AND I'M ONE OF THEM!!!!!
same. I like some Japanese food as Terra stated before.
Squid is one of them.
Plus those tiny cooked ready to eat shrimps or tiny fish. tasty. Though I've never eaten them. They look nice though.
sheesh...these pointless topics are really tiresome...just throwin' it out there...
i like japanese food better, but sesame chicken is delicious
Yeah Totally Fett_II! Japanese food looks tasty and IS tasty! Yum!
My favourite food that is possibly Japanese ( not that it is but oh well. ) prawns and Uncle Ben's Basmati Rice.
Kung Pao tofu for me! Nest in line would be eggplant with garlic sauce.
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First Drop of Crimson by Jeaniene Frost. Her first spin off from the Night Huntress series.
The night is not safe for mortals. Denise MacGregor knows all too well what lurks in the shadows—her best friend is half-vampire Cat Crawfield—and she has already lost more than the average human could bear. But her family's past is wrapped in secrets and shrouded in darkness—and a demon shapeshifter has marked Denise as prey. Now her survival depends on an immortal who lusts for a taste of her.
He is Spade, a powerful, mysterious vampire who has walked the earth for centuries and is now duty-bound to protect this endangered, alluring human—even if it means destroying his own kind. Denise may arouse his deepest hungers, but Spade knows he must fight his urge to have her as they face the nightmare together . . .
Because once the first crimson drop falls, they will both be lost.
This is the third book in the Night Huntress series by Jeaniene Frost
Some things won't stay buried . . . at grave's end
It should be the best time of half-vampire Cat Crawfield's life. With her undead lover Bones at her side, she's successfully protected mortals from the rogue undead. But though Cat's worn disguise after disguise to keep her true identity a secret from the brazen bloodsuckers, her cover's finally been blown, placing her in terrible danger.
As if that wasn't enough, a woman from Bones's past is determined to bury him once and for all. Caught in the crosshairs of a vengeful vamp, yet determined to help Bones stop a lethal magic from being unleashed, Cat's about to learn the true meaning of bad blood. And the tricks she's learned as a special agent won't help her. She will need to fully embrace her vampire instincts in order to save herself—and Bones—from a fate worse than the grave.
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Any Given Doomsday by Lori Handeland. This is the first book in the Phoenix Chronicles.
Handeland (Thunder Moon) launches the intriguing Phoenix Chronicles urban fantasy series with a strong story that's only missing one thing: a glossary of the multitude of paranormal creatures tied to biblical lore. Psychic ex-cop Elizabeth Phoenix reluctantly takes the case after her foster mother, Ruthie, is murdered by monsters. Soon she's pointing out demons to her ex-boyfriend Jimmy, a half-vampire battling an army of Nephilim who plan to enslave and destroy humanity. They fight their way from Wisconsin to the southwest, where Jimmy leaves Elizabeth with Sawyer, a powerful Navajo shape-changer who awakens her libido as well as her psychic powers. Elizabeth's wry demeanor and complex relationships with Sawyer and Jimmy share center stage with the dramatic story line. The biblical component, while often confusing, adds dramatic dimension, and the demons' evil plans and vividly described handiwork create immense suspense for the final battle.
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Old Age, Disability, and Survivors Insurance
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Dream of the Moment – A Trans-Eire Run
February 27, 2007 by Bryon Powell · 6 Comments
About half an hour ago, I was looking at Klas Eklof's pictures of Hardrock and dreaming of running Hardrock next year. Oh, but how fickle a man's mind. Right now, I am dreaming of a trans-Ireland crossing next year. I don't know how far it is, but a run from Galway Bay to Dublin Bay […]
The Week of February 19 – 25, 2007
February 26, 2007 by Bryon Powell · 5 Comments
Synopsis of Week's Training:Easy Monday run, felt a bit tired. On Tuesday pre-pre-WUS (4 miles) and pre-WUS (9 miles with Keith and Sean) tired me out and I proceeded to go – as Greg Loomis would say – bonkety-bonk-bonk. It as ugly. Felt like I was going to pass out. Ran/walked to the bar for […]
Miles and Miles
February 26, 2007 by Bryon Powell · 2 Comments
Quick update, since I've been bad about updating. Last week I logged 86 miles and I've run 127 miles in the previous nine days. Each of the past two weekends I've logged 20+ miles on both Saturday and Sunday. I even got a faster run in last week. Feeling good entering the new week, which […]
Daring to Dream, Daring to Fail
February 21, 2007 by Bryon Powell · 3 Comments
Those who know me, know that I've been fortunate enough to run (and finish) the Western States Endurance Run in each of the past three years. In 2006, I qualified for and later entered the WS lottery with hopes of once again running from Squaw Valley to Auburn in June 2007. Alas, despite my presence […]
The Scoop
February 20, 2007 by Bryon Powell · Leave a Comment
Ok, folks. Here it is, the first breaking scoop on I Run Far. Recently, during one of my frequent trips to the Montrail website, I came across a shoe I hadn't seen there (or anywhere else for that matter) – the Slipstream. Low and behold, as of today it's no longer on the website. Briefly […]
February 19, 2007 by Bryon Powell · Leave a Comment
Over the weekend, I Run Far had its 1,000 page impression since I started it up back in December. Thanks to everyone who has stopped by and read what I'm up to. I hope to have some new stuff up in the next couple days, so be sure to check back soon.
Buried Seed
February 8, 2007 by Bryon Powell · 3 Comments
(1) I'm buried. Buried in a back load of posts, that is. I owe myself and anyone who read this posts on my run in Hawaii, my training of late, a synopsis of last year's training, my training plans for this year, and this past weekend's race at the Uwharrie 40 miler in North Carolina. […]


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Flames 2012 RFA Profiles: Paul Byron
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It's usually quite hard for a player to grow out of the shadow of a guy they were traded for or replaced. When Theoren Fleury was shipped out in 1999, Robyn Regehr quickly became known as the major player the club acquired. Then he made himself known as a very good, very tough hockey player. Playing the majority of an NHL season after breaking both of your legs in the summer will do that for your reputation.
Paul Byron is one of two Flames with the tough job of replacing Regehr. In many ways, Byron's everything that Regehr was not: small, fast and a forward. Heck, he played in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. And as Regehr's first year with the Flames organization had one major set-back followed by a season of consistency, Byron sort of went the opposite way.
Peaks And Valleys
The former Sabre yo-yoed up and down between Calgary and Abbotsford for the entire season. He was recalled three separate times during the year and was alternately very good and very average, depending on the circumstances.
Byron had five points in 22 games with Calgary and 21 points in 39 games with Abbotsford. His pro-rated NHLE is in the vicinity of between 13 and 18 points for a full season. He was very good in spurts, particularly during his first recall stint when he played with Roman Horak and Lee Stempniak on a good third line that made a lot of trouble for the opposition. However, throughout the season, Byron was the most shielded player on the team, based on corsi quality of competition numbers and zone start figures.
He was also the streakiest player on the club.
- Abbotsford: 9 games, 3 goals, 1 assist, minus-1 (Oct. 7 - Nov. 5)
- CALGARY: 6 games, 2 goals, 0 assists, plus-4 (Nov. 10 - Nov. 25)
- Abbotsford: 9 games, 1 goal, 2 assists, minus-1 (Nov. 27 - Dec. 18)
- CALGARY: 12 games, 0 goals, 1 assist, minus-2 (Dec. 19 - Jan. 20)
- Abbotsford: 8 games, 0 goals, 4 assists, minus-4 (Jan. 21 - Feb. 11)
- CALGARY: 4 games, 1 goal, 1 assist, plus-1 (Feb. 12 - Feb. 23)
- Abbotsford: 13 games, 3 goals, 7 assists, plus-6 (Feb. 24 - end of regular season)
- Abbotsford: 8 games, 4 goals, 3 assists, plus-1 (playoffs)
If you're wondering why Byron kept getting recalled considering his lackluster offensive numbers in Abbotsford, it's likely because he's young, he has NHL experience and he had already been up early in the season and wouldn't have to adjust to the NHL. At least, that's my theory.
As you can see, Byron was perfectly fine in two of his recalls and largely invisible in his second, longest, recall. I'm not sure what to make of this. He was very good in the AHL in spurts, particularly near the end of the season when he seemed to get settled into a nice groove.
What's Next?
Byron has been qualified by the Flames, so he's most likely returning to the organization. His qualifying offer was worth just over $600,000 at the NHL level and it sounds like a acceptable value for Byron. I'm unsure as to if Byron has more than third/fourth line upside at this point, but if he can adjust to the speed and physicality of the bigs, Byron may be able to put up better offensive totals than he has.
For now, based on how shielded he was by the Flames (and the fact he didn't consistently excel in those circumstances), he's got some work to do.
June 27 2012, 10:34AM
I like Byron, I think he could play in the NHL, he's young and small, and as he acclimatizes more and more to the NHL he will figure out better how use his speed.
Kid has jam for such a little guy. And I will always be supportive for "tiny lord Byron".
gotta love the fight in the little dog, surely is an energy guy. has some skills and at a rock bottom price you cant go wrong. worst case scenario you have a capable minor pro, best case a guy who is willing to bust a nut in the bigs. my concern is that the nhl seems to be adjusting the rulebook back to the bigman to alleviate the concussion issues.
June 27 2012, 11:07AM
I always suspected he was picked up to be the Big Dog for Abbotsford, where he would make them competitive and give other prospects the chance to grow in a winning organization, while also serving as an easy call-up in the event of injuries.
Guys like that can be invaluable to the farm system, and often get streamed into coaching (Boudreau) when they finish.
June 27 2012, 11:12AM
It's an uphill battle for Byron. Undersized players don't tend to stick around the NHL long if they can't score at a top-six rate. NHL managers and coaches prefer beef in the bottom-six (unless you are particularly defensively capable) which is why a decent player like Nigel Dawes just couldn't stick.
@Kent Wilson
hey kent I figured I would post over here so you see it but you guys should remove or update the "News" section if it isn't going to get used :)
both oilers and flames stuff hasn't been updated since last summer.
June 27 2012, 11:47AM
Kent's assessment of Byron is the right one. I like him, too. He's got some grit. But he's tiny, really. Can't put much more meat on his bones, not to mention muscle.
June 27 2012, 11:50AM
True. I will look into it.
Feaster traded for Bryon, so he is likely to get every opportunity to make the big club.
The Flames are flush with smaller centers, so Bryon really needs to stand out to have any chance of playing regularly in the NHL. So far, he looks like a decent AHL player, with marginal NHL potential.
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IntroductionByzantine art and architecture, works of art and structures works produced in the city of Byzantium after Constantine made it the capital of the Roman Empire (A.D. 330) and the work done under Byzantine influence, as in Venice, Ravenna, Norman Sicily, as well as in Syria, Greece, Russia, and other Eastern countries.
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This standard has been revised by: ISO/IEC 19770-1:2012
ISO/IEC 19770-1:2006 has been developed to enable an organization to prove that it is performing software asset management (SAM) to a standard sufficient to satisfy corporate governance requirements and ensure effective support for IT service management overall. ISO/IEC 19770-1:2006 is intended to align closely to, and to support, ISO/IEC 20000. Good practice in SAM should result in several benefits, and certifiable good practice should allow management and other organizations to place reliance on the adequacy of these processes. The expected benefits should be achieved with a high degree of confidence:
SAM should facilitate the management of business risks, cost control and give competitive advantages.
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