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So tonight I will be going to the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts to see S.A.R.A. (Sounds and Rhythms of Afghanistan). This show will be exciting as I've spent so much time the past couple of years learning about the Uzbek doira through the career of Abbos Kosimov and he is actually a member of this ensemble!
Four of Asia's most acclaimed musicians come together for a fusion of cultures and art forms to create SARA, featuring Salar Nader, who thrilled local audiences in Actors Theatre's production of The Kite Runner, and Homayoun Sakhi, master of the rubâb (the national lute of Afghanistan). Drawing on centuries' old heritages from throughout Central and South Asia, SARA explores musical styles both ancient and completely modern.
I had no idea this group existed until seeing some of the advertisements for this show recently. This is going to be a nice prelude to my show tomorrow night with Raks Makam where I'll be playing a doira solo with dancers. This is a part of a tour with members of the Bellydance Superstars called Club Bellydance which features local acts in the first half of the show.
I never thought I would get a chance to Kosimov so soon–this will definitely be a treat, as will the show tomorrow night. And just getting a chance to hear classical Afghani music will be a pleasure as there are so many similarities to South Asian classical music but I've never had a chance to hear the former live.
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The McSweeney's archive arrived at the Ransom Center in excellent condition, and sorting through the contents of nearly 60 bankers-sized boxes elicited curiosity and delight among our staff. I wasn't entirely surprised by the rich material that filled the boxes. I had my first glimpse of the archive in September 2007 in the crowded basement of the publishing house's headquarters in the Mission District of San Francisco. The Ransom Center had first inquired about the McSweeney's archive in late 2006. Several conversations followed, but the publishing house wasn't ready to part with its files at the time. I had been an enthusiastic fan of the publishing house for years. I believed then, and still do, that McSweeney's—with its taste for experimental and new talents, its innovative approach to design, and its willingness to take risks with each volume—brought a new vision to publishing and introduced something different and significant to twenty-first-century literature. The publications coming out of McSweeney's are unlike anything you'll find elsewhere. We were thrilled to hear from the publishers at McSweeney's years later, when their files had grown to overtake their basement, and they wanted to find their archive a home where it would be cataloged, preserved, and made available for study.
The archive is filled with manuscript submissions, letters from authors, illuminating editorial notes, and design renderings that trace the 15-year history of this publishing house. These materials will ignite the interest of students and scholars who will study this archive in the years to come. Equally fascinating are the published volumes themselves. Each book, each issue of the Quarterly and The Believer is utterly unique. Taking them out of boxes, one by one, and seeing them all together, one is immediately struck by the legacy McSweeney's has already left on the world of publishing.
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(The Root) — Thankfully, it's no secret that Barack Obama is a good father. More than other presidents in my recent memory, Obama — though never adopting the title "dad in chief" as his wife, Michelle, did with "mom in chief" — has become the poster child for working dads the world over. The proof, of course, is in the national captivation with first daughters Malia and Sasha Obama, two budding young women the country is almost as glad to have around for another four years as they are to have the girls' dad.
"The night belonged to their father, but when Malia and Sasha stepped onto the stage in Grant Park election night, it was hard not to marvel at how much they had matured," said NBC White House correspondent Kristen Welker in a segment that aired the night before the inauguration.
On Monday the crowds that packed onto the National Mall to witness history spared no applause for Malia and Sasha as they glided down the Capitol steps in purple J. Crew coats. They looked to be the closet thing a democracy can get to princesses. And precocious princesses at that. When Sasha very noticeably yawned during the president's address, instead of chiding her, the mass of people surrounding me on the mall laughed and shook their heads as if she were one of them — tired, cold and ready to get this show on the road.
In "23 Reasons Sasha and Malia Stole the Inauguration," BuzzFeed called the first daughters "America's awesome kid sisters," and if more than 30,000 Facebook likes on a post are any indication, many agreed. While the entire country was celebrating the peaceful transfer of power in a ceremony rife with America's version of pomp and circumstance, "the girls" (as fans have taken to calling them) reminded everyone of the fact that the man taking the oath is a father and husband first.
The president has claimed in interviews that as the girls get older, they don't want to hang out with poor ol' dad as much. He joked during a press conference, "It's getting kind of lonely in this big house." But who can forget that image of both girls snuggled into their dad while watching their mother give her seminal speech at the Democratic National Convention in September?
Those weren't girls embarrassed by dear ol' Dad. You could clearly see the happiness that comes with being physically and metaphorically surrounded by love and security on their faces. The girls are good, first and foremost, because their parents are — and more specifically because their father is.
In his new book Raising Girls, child psychologist Steve Biddulph says that girls with strong and involved fathers will grow up with higher self-esteem and make smarter choices later in life. Modern fatherhood, according to Biddulph, allows many men more time to spend with their young daughters, but not necessarily the tools to make that time count.
He advises fathers to ask for and listen to their daughter's opinions early on so that "she'll develop the sense that she's both intelligent and worthwhile." Biddulph also encourages dads to show their daughter how to be "happy, exuberant and even silly at times" in order to "increase her capacity to be happy as she grows up."
As I was reading Biddulph's advice, I couldn't help being reminded of the Obama girls — how at once they were mature and graceful standing on the Capitol steps as their dad took the oath of office, and then just a few short hours later at the inaugural parade, they were kids again — snapping "selfies" with their smartphones and making faces at their friends. They are girls who know how to have fun with themselves and their parents. And they are also girls who seem grounded and aware.
The first daughters seem to have been taught by a first-rate dad. More than any other presidential daughters — Caroline Kennedy, for example — Malia and Sasha represent an almost Rockwellian depiction of the archetypal girl: sugar, spice, et cetera. Although this isn't the mid-20th century, the Obama girls, as their dad pointed out in his speech Monday, could graduate from the White House into an unequal working world in which women are still only earning 78 cents to every dollar a man makes.
"Modern womanhood is tough," writes Biddulph. "All too soon, your daughter will need to become self-reliant, clear-thinking, emotionally strong, good with people and responsible for her own life. A good dad gives her a head-start that lasts forever."
Malia and Sasha (and the rest of the country) are lucky. Not only do they have a "good dad" who has clearly already begun planting the seeds they'll need to grow into modern women, but he also leads the free world, making sure those crops yield results for years to come for the rest of us.
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lol 250 familiars is like the first 2 generations of pokemon combined, don't know if I have the patience to get all of them.
Before I got the game I was considering trying to platinum it but now that I've seen how long it can take to get some familiars I honrstly won't even try.If there is one thing I can't put myself throught (for too long) is those infamous drop rates some games have. Luckily you don't need to care about it at all to enjoy the game, I'm just going out of my way to get 2 familiars from the beginning which are considered good for the end game since I learned Mitey gets pret bad pretty soon.
I used Mitey all the way through the end of the regular game with no issues at all. Mitey is a pretty solid familiar, especially for one that is given to you from the get go.
On a related note, I'm doing post-game content and trying to get the trophy for unlocking all the merit awards. It's just not worth it. So much grinding it's ridiculous. The alchemy quest is by far the worst and I ran around for 20-30 minutes and fought 3-4 of the required enemy, but never was able to steal the correct item. It's just bad luck, but annoying none the less.
Getting 250 familiars is far easier than those damn scrolls of truth...
any trophies that rely on purely on odds... and in this case, bad odds... without any degree of real challenge beyond having the patience to deal with the tedium are a real turn off for me too...
A big part of it is getting the damn enemy to spawn, and then I couldn't get the gold glibs to pop either.
Got my scrolls finally last night. Spent almost 2 hours and go 0. Took a break and came back later and got 4 in about 45 minutes.I have 190 familars captured right now, and enough in reserve that I can morph up to 250, it'll just take a while to level them all.


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Chemo number four was very different. This time I was sat in a hospital ward with a lively group of chatty women. All of us with various stages of hair loss.
My friend Tamsin joined me for some chemo coffee. It made me realise that maybe it's not my confidence that's been effected by all this treatment. It could be that I just spend so much time on my own.
With gossip, cake and fancy chocolates, I was soon feeling like myself.
The wig-man did keep his promise even though he was almost two hours late. I'd never normally wait that long for a man but this was no ordinary date. Besides I had a needle in my hand and a toxic cocktail on ice.
By the time he arrived we were ready for some fun.
I had the fittings in a side room that's mostly used for private consultations. The kind you never want to have. If there's something that a doctor can't say to you on the ward then it's likely to be horrific news. I was so glad to be in there for a happy occasion.
I've finally come to terms with my falling out hair although I'm going to hold off getting it shaved off. Hopefully not until the chemo is over. I like still having hair while I'm so ill. Somehow it makes me feel not quite so bad.
It's crazy that it's been so difficult. When I last had cancer I wasn't nearly so worried. Perhaps because it was another sign that I really did have cancer again.
I was determined to have long light brown hair, similar to how I used to look. I wanted to be able to hide behind my old hairstyle.
But as I was feeling much more like me and a whole lot braver, it didn't quite work out like that. I may soon be bald but I'm also going to be blonde and bold.
But not like this one below. Woah, I'm back in 1980s.
Tamsin had difficulty taking the photos as she was laughing so much. But not at the next wig.
Wag-tastic, I had to have this one too!
It's almost like my Barbarella wig, only a bit less of a bouffant. It's something that could be straight out of the TV show, The Only Way is Essex with a touch of Kate.
This will be my going out wig.
And it won't stop there; I'm going to get a whole wardrobe of wigs. When I'm bored of being blonde, I may go red, blue or black. Whatever takes my fancy. So much for fading into the background.
But before I could do any of that it was time for my chemo to start.
The treatment is getting tougher. After a couple of hours, the drugs made me so dizzy that I had to get into a hospital bed and sleep for the rest of the day.
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The path to "Epic Mickey" and this year's "Epic Mickey 2" was far from your typical Disney adventure, ultimately involving the trade of a legendary sportscaster for an obscure cartoon character.
Disney knew their video game franchises needed a splash of color, and so to refresh their palette they went back to their black-and-white roots. In 2004, a couple of interns had a far-fetched idea: bring together one of Walt Disney's first creations, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, with his most iconic.
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Decades later, when ABC, a parent company of Disney, lost the rights to "Monday Night Football" and NBC was getting their "Sunday Night Football" underway, a top-flight announcer was a must. ABC had one in Al Michaels, and NBC had the rabbit that hadn't been used in more than 80 years. The trade was made.
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"People still care about the Disney properties," said Warren Spector, the producer for both Epic Mickey titles. "They know how to rest their properties and when to bring them back. They have a great think tank. They came up with a great idea here."
It was a gamble for Spector too, who made a living for nearly 30 years on cool RPGs such as "Ultima" and cyber-punk shooters the likes of "Deus Ex." His fans weren't the Disney type, but he saw a golden opportunity to do something he'd never done before.
"In 2005, I pitched Disney this fantasy and science fiction game that they weren't interested in. They said, 'Nah, we don't want that stuff,'" Spector, said. "Then they asked me how I would feel about working on a new Mickey Mouse game and bringing Oswald the Lucky Rabbit back? As a Disney fan and an animation geek, I was in."
Behind Spector's vision, "Epic Mickey" was a resounding success, as it sold nearly 3 million copies worldwide. It not only reintroduced Oswald's character, but it proved he was still marketable.
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Spector got his wish in the recently released "Epic Mickey 2," where, this time, Oswald isn't the villain. Instead, he's alongside Mickey the entire journey.
A different experience from the single-player experience of the first title, Oswald and Mickey work together to solve the game's plethora of puzzles. With Mickey using his brush to "rebuild" the Wasteland, he needs the flying and electrical abilities of Oswald to get through many obstacles and enemies he encounters. Only together can they save Oswald's home from a new group of baddies. Powered by an original Disney soundtrack and clever design, Spector is happy with the end product.
"I'm still honored and thrilled to be a part of this," Spector said. "For the past 40 years I've been trying to get myself back to the feeling I had playing 'Dungeons & Dragons' for the first time with my friends and the power we had getting to tell our story. This is the first multi-player game I've done and hopefully the beginning of many more. My games were always about having someone tell their story, but this game is the first where people get to tell their story together."
Spector knows that "Epic Mickey 2" isn't for the same crowd that's enjoyed his previous games or those who fancy "Halo 4." He especially knows those who watch Michaels on Sunday Night Football won't fall in love with his newest creation, but said it's an experience many gamers will enjoy. If they give it a chance.
"We made a game that connects to a broad audience," Spector said. "We want to see older brothers playing with their younger brothers and parents playing with kids. At the same time, we don't expect gamers to give up their 'Call of Duty' or 'Grand Theft Auto' for Mickey either, but we want all gamers to give Mickey Mouse a weekend. We think they'll enjoy the change of pace."


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When Should Kids Switch to Skim Milk?
I know that at some point kids should drink skim milk as part of a low-fat
diet. But what's the right age to switch kids from whole milk to skim milk?
– Sheila
Breast milk is the food of choice for at least the first year or beyond. Cow's milk should be avoided until after kids reach their first birthday.
Babies and toddlers need fat in their diets for a variety of reasons, including neurological development. So it's usually recommended that kids 1 to 2 years old drink whole milk (although the American Academy of Pediatrics [AAP] says that kids at risk of becoming overweight can be switched to lower-fat milk before turning 2). Then, if their growth is steady, it's safe to switch to low-fat or skim milk.
Talk to your doctor if you have any concerns about your child's growth or nutritional needs.


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The end of the analogue world
This week sees a momentous step in the march to an all-digital world, with the final switch off of the analogue TV signal in the UK. Retro lovers are already mourning the end of Ceefax's blocky graphics and the need to replace portable TV aerials with coat hangers when they went walkabout.
However for me the fact that everyone now has access to a huge array of digital TV channels is more interesting in what it does to society. In a pre-satellite/cable era there were a very limited number of channels (three when I was a boy, rising to the dizzy heights of five with the launch of the imaginatively named Channel 5). Essentially this means that when you went into work, school or the pub the next day there was a good chance that you'd have watched the same programmes as your mates/colleagues the night before. So you had a plentiful source of conversation, aside from the weather and football, to bind you together into a community. 'Must watch TV' was exactly that, otherwise you'd be left out of the water cooler banter.
Nowadays this simply doesn't happen. We've all got potentially hundreds of TV channels to be watching – and that's before you add in catchup services, YouTube, cable and satellite. So the chances of bonding with someone due to a shared experience of watching an obscure German documentary on BBC2 are incredibly slight – in fact nowadays you probably didn't even know it was on.
However after tearing us apart, technology is now providing the ability to bring us back together. We still have 'must see' TV but now we're discussing it in real time through social media on our iPads while we watch. Disagree with the judges on Strictly or bemused by the choice of topics covered on Have I Got News for You, then you can comment as it happens. In many cases the Twitter commentary is better than the programme itself. This is great, as far as it goes, but it is an instant reaction as things happen. And as behavioural economics show, it is likely to help us form our opinions before we've actually had chance to think them through independently. Which can't be good if we go into work the next day parroting other people's thoughts.
And in case people think this is trivial, just replace Strictly Come Dancing with a Prime Ministerial Election Debate and see what I mean. So what we need is a way of mixing the instant and the reasoned, otherwise we'll make snap judgements with potentially calamitous results (and I don't mean voting for the wrong person on The X Factor). Time to encourage more longer term, analogue thinking rather than instant digital responses.
October 24, 2012 Posted by Chris Measures | Creative, Social Media | analogue, David Cameron, digital switchover, social media, Strictly Come Dancing, twitter | 1 Comment
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On July 1 and 2, 2019, Northeast Theological Seminary held the 2019 entrance examination. 191 candidates from three northeast provinces sat for the examinations for undergraduate program, transferred student class, Sacred Music program, and technical secondary school program.
The Office of the seminary made arrangements for examine invigilation and candidates' accommodation. To ensure the favorable conditions, drinking water, fans and air-conditioners were provided in each examination room.
The interview part of the exam this year fell on July 1, and the writing test was on the following day. Test subjects included Chinese, English, politics, history and basic Christian knowledge. Candidates for sacred music were required to take an extra exam of general music theory.
The seminary invited staff members from Liaoning CC&TSPM as exam invigilators. Elder Shi Aijun, chairman of Liaoning TSPM and president of Northeast Theological Seminary, was in charge of the enrollment team, participating in the interview, invigilation, inspection, etc.
The examination was finished at 15:30 of the second exam day. The test paper was sealed up.


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TWRY Video Of The Week: Bleu / How Blue
March 14, 2011 by TWRY Staff
Filed under Daily Music News, TWRY Video of the Week
Monday morning got ya feeling Bleu? We've got the cure. Check out the latest video from the man himself for his song "How Blue". Oh, and if you're a Weeds fan this should double your pleasure – Justin Kirk is in the video. Dreamy!
For all the latest on Bleu head over to his official website here.


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There is a lot of bad stuff that happens in Ether 13-15, and it is not very fun to read about. The prophet Ether told the Jaredite king, Coriantumr, that his people would be destroyed because of their wickedness, and he admonished Coriantumr and his people to repent. When they refused to repent, war and wickedness escalated for many years until the entire Jaredite nation was destroyed. Only Ether and Coriantumr survived to witness the fulfillment of Ether's prophecy.
The Last of the Jaredites: Coriantumr and Shiz
If you watch this short film about the last battle of Coriantumr and Shiz, you will notice a scriptural content error at the end. Understandably, it was most likely an intentional artistic edit to increase the drama of the already dramatic battle.
The prophet Ether's record of the Jaredite civilization serves as a witness that those who reject the Lord and His prophets will never prosper. These chapters are also a fulfillment of God's decree that "whatsoever nation shall possess [the land of promise] shall serve God, or they shall be swept off" (Ether 2:9).
However, what I would like to focus on in these chapters is something that is great to learn about–NEW JERUSALEM (Ether 13:1-12). I love to learn and teach about New Jerusalem!
The Guide to the Scriptures, one of the study helps of the LDS scriptures, teaches the following about New Jerusalem:
The place where the Saints will gather and Christ will personally reign with them during the Millennium. Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent, and the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory (A of F 1:10). It also refers to a holy city that will come down out of heaven at the beginning of the Millennium.
New Jerusalem is mentioned in each of the books of scripture used by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints–Old Testament, New Testament, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price. In order to get a good understanding of New Jerusalem it is important to see what each book teaches about this holy city.
- The law shall go forth out of Zion: Micah 4:2;
- The name of the city of my God is New Jerusalem: Rev. 3:12;
- John saw the holy city, New Jerusalem: Rev. 21:1–5;
- This people will I establish in this land, and it shall be a New Jerusalem: 3 Ne. 20:22;
- A New Jerusalem will be built in America: Ether 13:3–6, 10;
- The city of the New Jerusalem shall be prepared: D&C 42:9, 35, 62–69;
- Saints are to gather and build the New Jerusalem: D&C 45:63–75;
- The New Jerusalem is to be built in Missouri: D&C 84:1–5; ( D&C 57:1–3; )
- The Lamb shall stand upon Mount Zion and upon the holy city, the New Jerusalem: D&C 133:56;
- My tabernacle shall be called Zion, a New Jerusalem: Moses 7:62;
Where I find real relevance and personal application for New Jerusalem–the City of Zion–is in the plat (plan) that was created by Joseph Smith for the organization of the holy city (see History of the Church, Vol. 1 Chapter 26 [June 1833- July 1833]).
This plat became the model for the early Saints as they built their first settlements. At the center of the original plat of Zion for New Jerusalem there were 24 temples! Everything in the planned city was to be built around and focused on the temple. To help understand the relevance of this in one's life it is important to remember that the temple is a symbol of the Savior. So if I am patterning my life after the plat of Zion, I am not just creating a temple-centered life, but rather a temple-centered life is a Christ-centered life.
I live in Salt Lake County, Utah. Salt Lake was surveyed and laid out according to the Zion plat pattern. The base and meridian of Salt Lake City are found at Temple Square. When I give people my home address I am actually telling them how far my home is from the Salt Lake City Temple. For those who are not familiar with Salt Lake City, I will use the words of a visiting tourist who posted the following on his website:
When the Mormon pioneers arrived in the Salt Lake Valley after their epic journey across the continent, and Brigham Young proclaimed that, "Here we will build a temple to our God," in 1847, it was at this exact spot [Base & Meridian stone]. A stake was placed into the ground immediately and it became the anchor for the LDS headquarters and all of their activities thereafter.
This same method also allows me to find my way to the temple by simply reversing the cardinal directions of most local addresses. If I am at Rice-Eccles Stadium, I am 4 blocks South and 14 blocks East of the Salt Lake City Temple, so the address is 451 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City. Once I know the address where I am , all I have to do is reverse the directions and I will arrive at the temple by traveling four-and-a-half blocks North and then 14 blocks West. In a Zion-like city, all roads lead to the Temple!
Have you ever noticed what is on the cover of each of the booklets prepared for latter-day youth? The temple is on the cover of the For the Strength of Youth, Personal Progress, and Duty to God booklets. Again, remember that the temple is a symbol of the Savior.
ZION, the City of New Jerusalem, not only "sets forth an orderly pattern intended as an earthly reflection of the ideal religious community" (Far West Plat Reflects Inspired City Plan) but also a pattern for a Christ-centered lifestyle. THE SAVIOR IS AT THE CENTER!
Those who will build their lives around the temple will find that they have centered their lives on the Savior. They will become citizens of New Jerusalem before it is even built, and they will receive the wages of the "laborer in Zion".
There is a simple symbol that is found in the Kirtland Temple that uses a similar theme to convey this same lesson of Savior-centered living.
The concentric squares that are found on the interior decor of the arched windows of the Kirtland Temple are a simple and significant symbol that are said to represent sacred space with increasing zones of holiness.
The squares represent the temple as a sanctuary from the world with areas in the temple being holier and holier, similar to the ancient temple's outer court, Holy Place, and Holy of Holies. The following diagram of the layout of the Tabernacle of the Congregation is a good illustration of this.
The Tabernacle (Exodus 25-30)
A video explaining the Tabernacle and its importance.
Even the order of the Camp of Israel in the wilderness is an illustration of this symbol of sacred space with it's increasing zones of holiness. The Tabernacle was at the center of the camp and was surrounded by the priesthood-bearing Levites, and the Levites were surrounded by the other Tribes of Israel.
These simple squares that symbolize sacred space should also represent our lives and serve as a pattern of priorities for this life. I invite you to discover how this symbol of concentric squares can help you to improve your life by placing Christ at the center. Elder Dallin H. Oaks gave a talk entitled, "Good, Better, Best" that may be helpful for you to study and how each of the three concentric squares can represent those things in your life that are, "good, better, best" and ponder how to prioritized the the many aspect of your life using this pattern of the plat of Zion. If New Jerusalem is a pattern for you, then what do you need to do to become "NEW"?
Good, Better, Best
Most of us have more things expected of us than we can possibly do. As breadwinners, as parents, as Church workers and members, we face many choices on what we will do with our time and other resources.
We should begin by recognizing the reality that just because something is good is not a sufficient reason for doing it. The number of good things we can do far exceeds the time available to accomplish them. Some things are better than good, and these are the things that should command priority attention in our lives.
Jesus taught this principle in the home of Martha. While she was "cumbered about much serving" (Luke 10:40), her sister, Mary, "sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word" (v. 39). When Martha complained that her sister had left her to serve alone, Jesus commended Martha for what she was doing (v. 41) but taught her that "one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her" (v. 42). It was praiseworthy for Martha to be "careful and troubled about many things" (v. 41), but learning the gospel from the Master Teacher was more "needful." The scriptures contain other teachings that some things are more blessed than others (see Acts 20:35; Alma 32:14–15).
A childhood experience introduced me to the idea that some choices are good but others are better. I lived for two years on a farm. We rarely went to town. Our Christmas shopping was done in the Sears, Roebuck catalog. I spent hours poring over its pages. For the rural families of that day, catalog pages were like the shopping mall or the Internet of our time.
Something about some displays of merchandise in the catalog fixed itself in my mind. There were three degrees of quality: good, better, and best. For example, some men's shoes were labeled good ($1.84), some better ($2.98), and some best ($3.45).1
As we consider various choices, we should remember that it is not enough that something is good. Other choices are better, and still others are best. Even though a particular choice is more costly, its far greater value may make it the best choice of all.
Consider how we use our time in the choices we make in viewing television, playing video games, surfing the Internet, or reading books or magazines. Of course it is good to view wholesome entertainment or to obtain interesting information. But not everything of that sort is worth the portion of our life we give to obtain it. Some things are better, and others are best. When the Lord told us to seek learning, He said, "Seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom" (D&C 88:118; emphasis added).
Some of our most important choices concern family activities. Many breadwinners worry that their occupations leave too little time for their families. There is no easy formula for that contest of priorities. However, I have never known of a man who looked back on his working life and said, "I just didn't spend enough time with my job."
In choosing how we spend time as a family, we should be careful not to exhaust our available time on things that are merely good and leave little time for that which is better or best. A friend took his young family on a series of summer vacation trips, including visits to memorable historic sites. At the end of the summer he asked his teenage son which of these good summer activities he enjoyed most. The father learned from the reply, and so did those he told of it. "The thing I liked best this summer," the boy replied, "was the night you and I laid on the lawn and looked at the stars and talked." Super family activities may be good for children, but they are not always better than one-on-one time with a loving parent.
The amount of children-and-parent time absorbed in the good activities of private lessons, team sports, and other school and club activities also needs to be carefully regulated. Otherwise, children will be overscheduled, and parents will be frazzled and frustrated. Parents should act to preserve time for family prayer, family scripture study, family home evening, and the other precious togetherness and individual one-on-one time that binds a family together and fixes children's values on things of eternal worth. Parents should teach gospel priorities through what they do with their children.
Family experts have warned against what they call "the overscheduling of children." In the last generation children are far busier and families spend far less time together. Among many measures of this disturbing trend are the reports that structured sports time has doubled, but children's free time has declined by 12 hours per week, and unstructured outdoor activities have fallen by 50 percent.2
The number of those who report that their "whole family usually eats dinner together" has declined 33 percent. This is most concerning because the time a family spends together "eating meals at home [is] the strongest predictor of children's academic achievement and psychological adjustment."3 Family mealtimes have also been shown to be a strong bulwark against children's smoking, drinking, or using drugs.4 There is inspired wisdom in this advice to parents: what your children really want for dinner is you.
President Gordon B. Hinckley has pleaded that we "work at our responsibility as parents as if everything in life counted on it, because in fact everything in life does count on it."
He continued: "I ask you men, particularly, to pause and take stock of yourselves as husbands and fathers and heads of households. Pray for guidance, for help, for direction, and then follow the whisperings of the Spirit to guide you in the most serious of all responsibilities, for the consequences of your leadership in your home will be eternal and everlasting."5
The First Presidency has called on parents "to devote their best efforts to the teaching and rearing of their children in gospel principles. … The home is the basis of a righteous life, and no other instrumentality can take its place … in … this God-given responsibility." The First Presidency has declared that "however worthy and appropriate other demands or activities may be, they must not be permitted to displace the divinely-appointed duties that only parents and families can adequately perform."6
Church leaders should be aware that Church meetings and activities can become too complex and burdensome if a ward or a stake tries to have the membership do everything that is good and possible in our numerous Church programs. Priorities are needed there also.
Members of the Quorum of the Twelve have stressed the importance of exercising inspired judgment in Church programs and activities. Elder L. Tom Perry taught this principle in our first worldwide leadership training meeting in 2003. Counseling the same leaders in 2004, Elder Richard G. Scott said: "Adjust your activities to be consistent with your local conditions and resources. … Make sure that the essential needs are met, but do not go overboard in creating so many good things to do that the essential ones are not accomplished. … Remember, don't magnify the work to be done—simplify it."7
In general conference last year, Elder M. Russell Ballard warned against the deterioration of family relationships that can result when we spend excess time on ineffective activities that yield little spiritual sustenance. He cautioned against complicating our Church service "with needless frills and embellishments that occupy too much time, cost too much money, and sap too much energy. … The instruction to magnify our callings is not a command to embellish and complicate them. To innovate does not necessarily mean to expand; very often it means to simplify. … What is most important in our Church responsibilities," he said, "is not the statistics that are reported or the meetings that are held but whether or not individual people—ministered to one at a time just as the Savior did—have been lifted and encouraged and ultimately changed."8
Stake presidencies and bishoprics need to exercise their authority to weed out the excessive and ineffective busyness that is sometimes required of the members of their stakes or wards. Church programs should focus on what is best (most effective) in achieving their assigned purposes without unduly infringing on the time families need for their "divinely appointed duties."
But here is a caution for families. Suppose Church leaders reduce the time required by Church meetings and activities in order to increase the time available for families to be together. This will not achieve its intended purpose unless individual family members—especially parents—vigorously act to increase family togetherness and one-on-one time. Team sports and technology toys like video games and the Internet are already winning away the time of our children and youth. Surfing the Internet is not better than serving the Lord or strengthening the family. Some young men and women are skipping Church youth activities or cutting family time in order to participate in soccer leagues or to pursue various entertainments. Some young people are amusing themselves to death—spiritual death.
Some uses of individual and family time are better, and others are best. We have to forego some good things in order to choose others that are better or best because they develop faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and strengthen our families.
Here are some other illustrations of good, better, and best:
It is good to belong to our Father in Heaven's true Church and to keep all of His commandments and fulfill all of our duties. But if this is to qualify as "best," it should be done with love and without arrogance. We should, as we sing in a great hymn, "crown [our] good with brotherhood,"9 showing love and concern for all whom our lives affect.
To our hundreds of thousands of home teachers and visiting teachers, I suggest that it is good to visit our assigned families; it is better to have a brief visit in which we teach doctrine and principle; and it is best of all to make a difference in the lives of some of those we visit. That same challenge applies to the many meetings we hold—good to hold a meeting, better to teach a principle, but best to actually improve lives as a result of the meeting.
As we approach 2008 and a new course of study in our Melchizedek Priesthood quorums and Relief Societies, I renew our caution about how we use the Teachings of Presidents of the Church manuals. Many years of inspired work have produced our 2008 volume of the teachings of Joseph Smith, the founding prophet of this dispensation. This is a landmark among Church books. In the past, some teachers have given a chapter of the Teachings manuals no more than a brief mention and then substituted a lesson of their own choice. It may have been a good lesson, but this is not an acceptable practice. A gospel teacher is called to teach the subject specified from the inspired materials provided. The best thing a teacher can do with Teachings: Joseph Smith is to select and quote from the words of the Prophet on principles specially suited to the needs of class members and then direct a class discussion on how to apply those principles in the circumstances of their lives.
I testify of our Heavenly Father, whose children we are and whose plan is designed to qualify us for "eternal life … the greatest of all the gifts of God" (D&C 14:7; see also D&C 76:51–59). I testify of Jesus Christ, whose Atonement makes it possible. And I testify that we are led by prophets, our President Gordon B. Hinckley and his counselors, in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
1. Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog, Fall and Winter 1944–45, 316E.
2. See Jared R. Anderson and William J. Doherty, "Democratic Community Initiatives: The Case of Overscheduled Children," Family Relations, vol. 54 (Dec. 2005): 655.
3. Anderson and Doherty, Family Relations, 54:655.
4. See Nancy Gibbs, "The Magic of the Family Meal," Time, June 12, 2006, 51–52; see also Sarah Jane Weaver, "Family Dinner," Church News, Sept. 8, 2007, 5.
5. "Each a Better Person," Liahona and Ensign, Nov. 2002, 100.
6. First Presidency letter, Feb. 11, 1999; printed in Church News, Feb. 27, 1999, 3.
7. "The Doctrinal Foundation of the Auxiliaries," Worldwide Leadership Training Meeting, Jan. 10, 2004, 5, 7–8; see also Ensign, Aug. 2005, 62, 67.
8. "O Be Wise," Liahona and Ensign, Nov. 2006, 18–20.
9. "America the Beautiful," Hymns, no. 338.
If what I have written has either confused your or left you wanting to learn more, then I would encourage you to review the following sites. They are some of my favorites (just a few of my favorites on this that have not been mentioned yet). Please feel free to leave a link to one of your favorites, or one that you feel is informative on this topic, in the comments section.
- Questions and Answers about the Temple Lot in Independence, Missouri
- The Joseph Smith Papers: Explanation of the Plat of the City of Zion Circa June 1833
- The Joseph Smith Papers: Revised Plat of the City of Zion, circa Early August 1833
- The Joseph Smith Papers: Proposal for Zion's City Center from Edward Partridge, circa Late September 1833
- Revised Plan of the House of the Lord, circa 10 August–circa 4 September 1833
- History of the Church, Vol. 1 Chapter 26 [June 1833- July 1833]: The Plat of the City of Zion—Its Temples (PDF version)
- The Temple Lot: Visions and Realities
- Google's Current view of the Temple Lot
- Salt Lake City: City Stake of Zion
- 99 Percent Invisible: Plat of Zion
- Image Search: "plat of zion joseph smith papers"
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Please check out my new book now on sale at Blurb– EVIDENCE OF LOVE ON PLANET EARTH: PHOTOGRAPHS 1978 – 2010 | By Doug Menuez | Category: Arts & Photography | Blurb — our first book from Menuez Archive Projects. An edit of the archive for a show we did to launch and is on the them of love. Don't we all want to find true love? Edited by famed Picture Editor Karen Mullarkey (Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, Rolling Stone). Hope you enjoy. Artist's statement below…
We all want to be loved––it's built into our DNA. Along with the need for food and shelter, love, or the lack thereof, is clearly the main driving wheel of civilization and the arts. No matter how cool or important you are, how hip your clothing, friends or hang-outs, deep down you want to find and connect with that one person who will make life worth living. You just do.
Some say that every film is a variation on one of only six or seven themes from life. Most of these themes center on love––the loss of love, the triumph of love, the betrayal and deceit of false lovers, and so on. We need love so badly that we often trivialize that need until it becomes a trite subject, masking the pain of such a profound and crucial component of our human psyches.
These images were pulled from my work going back 30 years and show moments that reflect a fundamental aspect of being alive: the act of loving another human being. Love and lust are intertwined, and there are consequences to both, of course. Selecting photographs around this theme from my archive was a wonderful revelation in that I found I've been particularly alert to love in its various manifestations over the years. I guess that makes me a voyeur.


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Miami computational biologist Iddo Friedberg, helps channel the flood of data from genome research to deduce the function of proteins
Miami computational biologist Iddo Friedberg, helps channel the flood of data from genome research to deduce the function of proteins
We live in the post-genomic era, when DNA sequence data is growing exponentially. Soon, having your entire genome sequenced will be an affordable and possibly routine biomedical diagnostic tool. However, says Iddo Friedberg, Miami University computational biologist, "for most of the genes that we identify, we have no idea of their biological functions. They are like words in a foreign language, waiting to be deciphered."
Friedberg works in the new bioinformatics research field of computational prediction of protein and gene function. He and colleagues Predrag Radivojac, associate professor of computer science and informatics, Indiana University, Bloomington, and Sean Mooney, associate professor, Buck Institute for Research on Aging, are the leaders of CAFA (Critical Assessment of Function Annotation).
CAFA is a new community-wide experiment to assess the performance of the multitude of methodologies developed by research groups worldwide to "help channel the flood of data from genome research to deduce the function of proteins," Friedberg explained.
Thirty research groups participated in the first CAFA, presenting a total of 54 methods. The results are published in an article in Nature Methods co-authored by all the participating groups, with Friedberg and Radivojac as lead authors.
The paper was published Jan. 28 in Nature Methods.
Concurrently, 15 articles edited by Friedberg and Radivojac were published in BMC Bioinformatics. These articles are companions to the Nature Methods article, and describe the top-ranking methods in-depth.
Why CAFA? "The accurate annotation of protein function is key to understanding life at the molecular level and has great biochemical and pharmaceutical implications."
The essential cell protein PNPASE shuttles RNA into mitochondria, the energy-producing "power plant" of the cell. Human PNPASE, the function of which was discovered in 2010 by researchers from UCLA, was a case study for the CAFA experiment.
Image courtesy Maureen Heaster, UCLA
The accurate annotation of protein function is key to understanding life at the molecular level and has great biochemical and pharmaceutical implications, explain the study authors; however, with its inherent difficulty and expense, experimental characterization of function cannot scale up to accommodate the vast amount of sequence data already available.
Friedberg and Radivojac explain:
The computational annotation of protein function has therefore emerged as a problem at the forefront of computational and molecular biology.
Recently, the availability of genomic-level sequence information for thousands of species, coupled with massive high-throughput experimental data, has created new opportunities as well as challenges for function prediction.
Many methodologies have been developed by research groups worldwide, many based in comparing unsolved sequences with databases of proteins whose functions are known. Other methods aim at mining the scientific literature associated with some of these proteins, yet others combine sophisticated machine-learning algorithms with an understanding of biological processes to decipher what these proteins do, said Friedberg.
"Indeed, we may have already identified a protein that is an ideal drug target for cancer, but it is lost in the myriad of data labeled as 'function unknown.'"
In CAFA, researchers participated in blind-test experiments in which they predicted the function of protein sequences for which the functions are already known but haven't yet been made publicly available. Independent assessors then judged their performance.
The participating groups came from leading universities in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
"Only by a group effort can we move the field forward and learn to harness the deluge of genomic data, turning it into useful information."
The growth of biological databases (through 2009 – growth has increased even more).The red line is the growth of protein sequences deposited in TrEMBL, a comprehensive protein sequence database. The blue line illustrates the growth proteins in TrEMBL whose function is known, or at least can be predicted with some reasonable accuracy. The green line is the growth in the proteins whose 3D structure has been solved. Note the logarithmically increasing gap between what we know (blue) and what we do not know (red).
Image courtesy of Predrag Radivojac
We have discovered a great enthusiasm and community spirit", said Friedberg, who since 2005 has been organizing Automated Function Prediction (AFP) meetings internationally.
"This is despite the competitive environment in which research groups want their methods to perform better than their peers' methods. Overall, throughout CAFA there was a highly collegial spirit, and a willingness to share information and science.
Everyone recognized that this is an important endeavor, and that only by a group effort can we move the field forward and learn to harness the deluge of genomic data, turning it into useful information."
"We will continue running CAFA in the future."
"For the fist time we have broad insight into what works, where improvement is needed, and how we should move the field forward.
We will continue running CAFA in the future, as we are confident it will only help generate better methods to understand the information locked in our genomes, and those of other organisms," Friedberg said.
CAFA was funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health and by the Department of Energy, section of Biological and Environmental Research.
Written by Susan Meikle with contributions from Iddo Friedberg.


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Do not try this at home
There are over 82,000 residents in Trenton, as of a 2008 census.
According to latest CBS news report a 15 year old girl took her sister of 7 and she sold them for sex to as many as seven. Trenton is the capital of New Jersey.
Police say the teenager, who stayed behind, also took money to have sex with others at a party in a Trenton apartment Sunday.
The older girl is charged with aggravated sexual assault, promoting prostitution and other crimes. Her name was not released because of her age.
Police are trying to track down the men and boys who were at the party.
The girl must have followed the spirit of free trade as dished out by politicians and capitalists alike in her own small way. Think what she set out to achieve at a tender age of 15 ! Only the manner in which she set out went wrong. She made moneyin the best tradition of capitalism on whoever she could get hold of: it happened to be her sister of seven.
The older sister apparently believed in the bromide we have heard so often,' Catch'em young,' and do not believe in anymore. We have become cynical as she has, and know the best trick to turn up a dollar or two is to have one fall guy on hand. Of course she had set up her sister and knew if she played her cards well she could have had the custom of the entire Trenton. Well almost.


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Been a busy week for finding nice utilities. Here are quite a few worth looking into:
Malwarebytes - Anti-Malware
Some time ago I made mention of Malwarebytes' announcement that they were working on a new anti-malware product.
This is the same group that has produced these very finely crafted tools:
RogueRemover FREE - (freeware) - removes rouge antispyware, antivirus and hard-drive utilities.
FileASSASSIN - (freeware) - deletes files locked by malware processes.
RegASSASSIN - (freeware) - deletes registry keys locked by malware processes.
StartUpLite - (freeware) - tool to locate and disable/remove startup entries from system.
Unfortunately, their blog hasn't leaked any new clues to the status or design of the new anti-malware product they are cooking.
Luckily, gHacks has spilled the beans!
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware - gHacks review of an early beta-release version was overall fairly positive. Like most of us, we don't really keep "malware-infested" systems lying around to test the efficacy of these scanners. My own test mirrored gHacks results closely. The scan ran well and was pretty fast.
Once installed the mail application presents eight tabs.
- Scanner - chose a quick scan for common malware, or a full scan for all hard-drives/partitions.
- Monitor - offers "real-time" protection of your system. Only available in the paid (Pro) version.
- Update - checks for new signatures.
- Quarantine - shows any infected files that have been made safe by the application.
- Ignore List - shows any "skip" files the user has set to "ignore".
- Settings - Various user configuration options for scanning and action.
- More Tools - Bug reporting for the program and FileAssassin (locked file killer).
- About - version information.
Still in beta status, but worth keeping an eye on. Like many anti-malware programs, they seem to be only as effective as their definitions are current or their heuristics abilities are well designed. Malwarebytes previous products have a good and trusted reputation and lots of community support so I hope a final version delivers.
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Beta test - Download link to sign up for public testing. Log in and get the download link.
FileForum | Malwarebytes Anti-Malware - Download link to version 0.84 beta, if you don't want to register.
Universal Extractor
Universal Extractor - (freeware) - is one of my most-favorite unpacker utilities in the entire universe. I have quite a few file compression utilities I like, but when it comes to mucking around and unpacking application setup files, Universal Extractor simply can't be beat. This application is in my "pending posts" pile to do a full and worthy writeup one day.
It can unpack over 40 compression formats, automatically. Amazing.
The one thing it seems to have problems with is keeping up the the latest versions of Inno Setup.
Luckily, the program's forum page is rife with fans and a developer who is quick to provide the latest version of an unpacker module. Just download the latest one, unpack it, and replace the program's old file with the newer one.
It it is a packed file or setup file, chances are Universal Extractor can open it.
RunScanner - (freeware) - This is a very new single exe file startup and hijack analyzer utility. I am very impressed with it. It doesn't require installation, seems quite USB drive portable, and packs a wallop with finding and researching system processes and startup entries.
At launch it offers three modes, "Beginner" which scans only and provides a log for upload to forums, "Classic" which a simplified and fairly safe method to scan and fix potential problems, and "Expert" which is the full deal with no training wheels.
Scans are pretty fast, and options are very easy to save the log file or send it for online analysis
Results are listed in sections that are clearly named. Each item contains a description, path/info details, the company name (if available) and who the security certificate issuer was.
Tabs are available to look at common hi-jack area, a process killer, loaded modules, and even a HOSTS file editor. All very handy.
You can select items for action, (disable/delete), but right-clicking allows you to kill running processes, delete or rename on reboot, upload to VirusTotal for scanning, or even Google search. A bottom window pane can be opened which allows easy copy/paste of item details.
Having a number of handy resources to research and deal with the items is very useful.
I'm really impressed with this tool so far.
Drawbacks? Might not be quite as thorough as some other "focused" utilities listed below, and it doesn't seem to present the running processes in a "tree" view like Process Explorer so it isn't as easy to see dependencies.
a-squared HiJackFree - Very similar program, with other options.
Process Explorer v11.04 - The Godfather of Process tools.
AutoRuns for Windows - The Godfather of AutoRun entry tools.
TrendMicro HijackThis - Oldie but still a goodie on dealing with malware auto-start items.
I'll not be discarding any of these because of RunScanner, but it will be added to my USB sysadmin utility stick to help support them.
mst IsUsedBy - Ugly name, clever tool
Obviously the developers at mst software decided they weren't going with the Web 2.0 naming game when they released their handy little freeware product. Taking a more NirSoft-like approach with practical naming, IsUsedBy does what it says.
mst IsUsedBy - (freeware) - This handy little program helps you figure out what process on your system has a particular file open. Great when fighting malware and you are trying to delete a file but it keeps reporting it is unable to do so because the file is locked and in use.
Run the application, and a small window opens. Drag and drop the target file from Windows Explorer on it and it will rat-out the process that has it locked down.
A few curiosities; first it comes in either an .msi or exe installer format. Second, for such a nice little program, it must be "installed" on your system. However, copy the single program file to your USB and uninstall the program and it seems (so far) to work Ok. Finally, it requires administrative privileges to work. EULA says it is for private and non-commercial use only.
Spotted via 4sysops.
OpenedFilesView - (freeware) - NirSoft's wondermous little gem. Run this baby and it will provide a listing of all the files that are open on your system, in a handy table format view. No drag-n-drop needed. Find the one you are looking for, find the process using it, right-click on the item and attempt to close the open handles or kill the process using it. All-in one.
UNLOCKER - (freeware) - Probably one of my all-time favorite file-in-use killing tool right now. This marvelous tool has some of the most comprehensive methods for shutting down a file, and not only can you try to kill it, but you can also set a file to be moved, renamed, or deleted after reboot. Definitely a must-have for any malware hunter or sysadmin. Not really "portable" and should be installed on a system to work effectively.
Locked Files Wizard - (freeware) - Handy tool that lets you pick out a target file that is locked (manually), the view the processes locking it. From there you can attempt to stop the locked process or flag the file to be deleted/renamed at reboot.
WhoLockMe Explorer Extension v1.04 beta - (freeware) - I used to use this one a lot on my Windows 2000 systems I had to support. It did have some drawbacks. First it needed to be installed so it could appear in the right-click context menu. Kinda messy when you are hunting malware. Second, it was released in 2002 and doesn't seem to have been updated since. However, if you have a Windows 2000/XP system and want a resident locked-file research tool, it is nice to have on right-click demand.
For a full list of locked file finders and process/file killers see this previous GSD post: I will kill thee a hundred and fifty ways...freely.
Zenmap/Nmap Duo
I've not yet had the opportunity to really work with Nmap, but it keeps coming up over and over again. Most of my network scans are simply to find used/unused IP's or network printers on our networks when they get shuffled around.
So the other day I found a note that Nmap has a really great GUI called Zenmap.
The screenshots look quite nice.
I'll be downloading it at work and giving it a workout to see just how useful it could be in our network environment.
Nmap - (freeware) - Insecure.org. Free and open source utility for network exploration or security auditing.
Zenmap - (freeware) - Insecure.org's official cross-platform Nmap Security Scanner GUI.
Download Link - distributed as a combined pair.
Reference Guide - Getting started guide.
Documentation - Going deep.
One More Duplicate File Finder
In my early December post Seeing Double I listed five (plus one hybrid) applications I love for hunting down duplicate files on a system. In order of preference; DupKiller, Easy Duplicate File Finder, Duplicate File Finder (DupFinder), DoubleKiller, Duplicate File Finder (DupFiles), and Easy Cleaner. All but DupFiles are freeware.
So when TinyApps posted a recommendation for a duplicate file finder, I paid notice.
Duplicate Files Searcher (DFS) - (freeware) - Quickly and powerfully finds duplicate files. Also can calculate MD5 and SHA hashes...if you need.
What are the key features of the Duplicate Files Searcher?
The most important features are:
- Easy to use graphical user interface,
- No limitations on number of files, file size, folders or drives,
- Works with all removable media devices such as floppy disk, CD/DVD ROM, USB devices, etc.
- Manual files selection which gives a user the full control over files to be deleted,
- Byte for byte files comparison. It ensures 100% accuracy.
- Files preview,
- Improved (faster) searching engine,
- Several files comparison methods,
- New report files format.
It runs on Windows, Linux or MacOS. How rare is that?!
The program is actually written in Java. So download the zip file, then unpack it. Make a directory and put the dfsfull.jar file in there. Assuming you have Java SE installed, execute the jar file and you are good to go. There are actually two versions; free and full. The "free" version is a bit more stripped down in the options and capability. The "full" version has more features. Both are (for end-user's sake) free to use.
Clever and tiny. Good find, TinyApps!


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Vendy Finalist: El Rey del Sabor
The best food from the street.
The 2010 Vendy Awards, a celebration of New York street food, will be held on September 25 at Governors Island. All proceeds will benefit the Street Vendor Project, an arm of the Urban Justice Center, advocating for the interests of New York street vendors. This year's five finalists will all be on hand to feed the masses and compete for the city's ultimate title in street food. Each day this week, we'll be profiling one of them. Up first, El Rey del Sabor! —The Mgmt.
Anyone who doesn't believe "real" Mexican food exists in Midtown (I'm looking at you California transplants) please do yourself a favor and get to one of El Rey del Sabor's three carts in Midtown (49th Street and Park Avenue, 60th Street and Third Avenue, 43rd Street and 6th Avenue). They're open on weekdays between 11:30 a.m. and 3 p.m., and usually pretty slammed with the chalupa-ravenous Midtown office crowd.
Look for Ofelia "Rosa" Cardoso behind the window. She's the one smiling. As in, always smiling. As in, I'm pretty sure her face is incapable of anything but smiling, even if she did wake up at 5 a.m. to lug over the cart and make sure the ingredients are the freshest. She and her brother Vilio, who also helps out and actually named the cart (which means "The King of Flavor") are originally from Puebla, Mexico. For the past five years they've been making the food they grew up on, fresh to order.
I'd bet some of their Vendys votes came from the $7 chalupas deal. You get three with your choice of pork, chicken, or steak (they'll happily do one of each, but three of just the pork wouldn't be a mistake) and it's served with rice and beans. They're basically the tacos except the corn tortillas are fried on the griddle for a bit, then folded with all the goods. The chalupas aren't too overstuffed, but once you have all three, you're plenty full. And there's something great about getting three of something, no?
The tortas ($6) win for the most splurty-all-over-the-place food. Maybe don't eat this before a big meeting. The roll isn't sturdy enough to keep all the meat, and fixin's (pickled jalapenos, onions, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole) inside, and if you wait a subway ride to eat it, the bread will soggify. But it's definitely tasty, especially the al pastor we got, and a mondo sandwich for $6.
The chicken tamale ($1.50) has a soft and thick exoskeleton that flakes apart into a center of pulled chicken mixed with salsa verde.
The huaraches ($7) aren't the monstrosities they sell at the Country Boys truck in Red Hook (last year's Vendy cup winner) but they're still big to boot (they still have to crouch in a styrofoam clamshell). What makes huaraches special is their sandal-shaped base made with masa, or cornmeal dough, that's thicker than a normal taco tortilla and griddled until crispy around the edges. When you're hungry for more than a taco but still want the folded experience, this is the answer.
Rosa also makes her own mole sauce, which you can try on the enchiladas ($8, comes with three, plus a side of beans and rice). It's nicely spiced with a bit of a a roasted, dark chocolate bite, but not too intense.
And finally, the tacos ($2.50). Doubled-up tortillas topped with any meat (carne asada, chicken, al pastor, lengua, and chorizo) and chopped cilantro onion bits with salsa, rojas or verde, both of which Vilio makes fresh.
"Ha, I'm not nervous about the Vendys. Because I'm gonna win," said Rosa when asked about the big V-Day. Even though she later admitted that she hasn't really tried the competing vendors' food. She just knows hers is the best. All of this was said with the hugest smile, obviously. She plans to serve a smattering of the menu at the Vendys, so people can try a bit of everything. (Good call, Rosa!)
Where to find El Rey del Sabor
49th Street and Park Avenue (map) 60th Street and Third Avenue (map) 43rd Street and 6th Avenue (map)
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September 11, 2011
Anthrax, Ten Years After
October 28, 2010
Anthrax Revisited
This article is preceded by two others, American Anthrax and Anthrax Addendum, and supplemented by the blog www.thirdring.wordpress.com
On the seventh day after September 11, 2001, two letters filled with an unusual powder were mailed in central New Jersey, bound for the New York City offices of NBC, addressed to Tom Brokaw and an Editor at the New York Post. At that time, only the perpetrator(s) knew that the second wave of domestic horror begun on 9-11 was underway. Public attention to the "anthrax attacks" did not accrue for another two weeks when a Florida photo-editor, working for American Media Incorporated in Boca Raton, collapsed into a coma and died within 3 days after his admission to the hospital (Oct. 2-5).


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This is my first skate on skateboard wheels (ACS430 truck). Didn't notice any bite, but then I didn't get that much air...
It was a still a little damp so I found myself losing grip as I tried to build any momentum up. Think I'll take the abec 7's from my kryptos and put them in the bullets. The ABEC 3's I tried today were poor at best, but then that was their first outing, so they might be better once ran in.
I will go for tracker trucks eventually, but for now I can still skate them...
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|May 4th, 2012, 05:32 PM
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quad vert trucks
Hi guys
Yes, stronger axles and jump bars with a good soft wheel are highly recommended 4 quad vert.
However, I fail to see a need for wider trucks.....just what advantage does anyone see here?
"If the good Lord wanted us to walk he wouldn't have invented roller skates." ~Willie Wonka 1971
60 secs of Quad Vert Fun http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYJgY2PJ_vk
|May 4th, 2012, 05:56 PM
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Was thinking of wider trucks for grinding, opens up a bit more of the park...
Eventually I want to try some side stance as well. I used to skate with acs 651s when I was younger, and liked the added stability. I did get tangled up a few times when I first got them though... not sure if I want that as I'm dropping in. Guess it all adds to the fun...
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|May 11th, 2012, 04:13 AM
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There is a thread on the Adinfintum forum posted HERE. I have details and photos of my last skate build. (Click on the thread tree at the bottom of that linked page for the whole discussion)
All prices are in USD.
I bought Ace '00' trucks new - $110. Wider trucks allow grinds and stability.
I found slightly used cross country ski boots at a resale shop for $30.
Snow skis that I cut for plates, which only cost me $2 from another resale shop (so far I have cut 2 sets of plates out of 1 pair of skis).
Got a great deal on 8 B.D.S. skateboard wheels (from Claudine - another vert skater)- $50.
New $20 bearings from Academy Sporting goods store.
Special UHMW & HDPE plastics I bought for sliders / grind blocks - $25.
Various hardware / bolts & nuts - $30
If you want more sources for ideas and/or products for vert, let me know.
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|May 11th, 2012, 07:40 AM
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Many thanks for the info, I'm hoping to build a set very similar...
At the moment though, work is on and off so cash isn't something I have loads of. When I do get a decent run (of work), I'll start slowly picking parts and tools up to do a pair. http://www.strickywear.net say on their facebook page that they have plates and sliders for sale soon, they look really smart as well.
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So, our first game for the Year of Blue Fire campaign is coming up this Friday. Ive got the basic concept together for the first adventure, but I still need to sit down and stat out potential encounters and spend some time jotting down key locations and information. I usually work well under pressure and it is a first level game, so Im not too worried about it.
Ive decided to try out logging the campaign on Obsidian Portal. I created a campaign there last night. So far, Ive only
I am starting up another campaign soon. I may be a little crazy for trying to run two games simulateously and "assist-DM" in a third, but I just couldn't resist when my buddy asked me to run a game for a group he was putting together.
Unlike most games I have run in the past, I'm not coming to the table with a campaign idea already in hand. Instead, I am working with the players to create their backgrounds and then I am going to build the campaign organically from their
Getting the Worms Out
The 49th day of Agony, 25306
After a fitful rest filled with the frustrated wailing of wights who press themselves futilely against the bars of the portcullis securing the makeshift throne room of the wight known as Darius, the party readies itself to head deeper into Mentiri.
Lore reveals her plan to remove whatever affliction or curse their unnamed "benefactor," placed upon them. Here in Mentiri, they cannot be observed by any sort
Unintended Consequences
The 46th day of Agony, 25306
After her discussion with Mason and the realization that he will betray any or all of them given the right motivation, Lore leaves the Crown of Iron where Mason has been staying. After she makes her way out of the front door, she makes a quick change into common clothes and then transforms herself into an exact duplicate of Mason.
As Mason, she sneaks back into the Crown of Iron and up to the proprietor's bed
The Damned:
Donaar (played by Alan) is a dragonborn and was initially only known as "Red," for the color of his eyes. He remembers nothing of his past prior to waking up vomiting forth the feted waters of the River Styx. However, he is also the one we know the most about. Meliphisus revealed early on that Red was actually a Legendary General known in life as Donaar Hammerwing. Apparently, Donaar made some sort of agreement with Bel, the Lord of Avernus, which damned his