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Fuloong 2E
The Fulong Miniature Computer is equipped with a Loongson microprocessor (manufactured by STMicroelectronics and developed by the Chinese Institute of Computing Technologies), manufactured by Lemote Technologies.
Model 2EA2RA has a Loongson 2E at 660MHz, 256M DDR333 SDRAM and 40GB Hitachi harddisk.
Motherboard Details
Motherboard of 2EA2RA
- Chips
- (1) ALTERA Cyclone II EP2C20F484C8, FPGA, North-bridge, similar to Bonito64. webpage
- (2) Winbond W39L040AP70Z, 512K x 8 PLCC package Flash memory. datasheet
- (3) ATI Mobility Radeon 215R6MBAEA12, Display Controller.
- (4) Loongson STLS2E02, CPU.
- (5) NEC D720101GJ 0632PPA31, USB2.0 Controller.
- (6) Hynix KHM666D3204T, 256M DDR333 SDRAM SODIMM module.
- I/O Ports
- (一) PS/2 keyboard port to South-bridge
- (二) Ethernet cable port to RTL8139D
- (三) 15-pin VGA port to ATI Mobility Radeon
- (å››) S-Video output attached to ATI Mobility Radeon
- (五) 9-pin RS-232 Serial port to South-bridge
- (å…) Power input with DC12V, 4.16A
- (七) Power switch
- (å…«) Reset switch
- (ä¹) Power indicator LED
- (å) HDD activity LED
- (å一) Infrared sensor attached to South-bridge
- (å二) Line Out attached to AC'97 codec
- (å三) Speaker audio output attached to AC'97 codec
- (åå››) Microphone input to AC'97 codec
- (å五) & (åå…) USB 2.0 ports that were attached to NEC USB Controller.
- Chips
- (1) Realtek ALC203, AC'97 Audio Codec. web page, data sheet
- (2) IDE slot of South-Bridge
- (3) VIA VT82C686B, South-Bridge
- (4) Realtek RTL8139D, Ethernet Controller
- I/O Ports
- (一) & (二) USB 1.1 ports that were attached to South-Bridge.
Hardware Specification
The CPU on it is a Loongson 2E, which is 95% compatible with MIPS64. It works at frequency 660MHz, and up to 800MHz, with FSB at 66MHz.
It comes with a Hynix 256M DDR SDRAM on the DDR SDRAM SODIMM slot. With 32bit mode, the maximum of SDRAM will be 256M. More memory requires a 64bit Operating System.
The display controller is an ATI Radeon 7000 with 16M display buffer onboard, attached to PCI bus internally. It exports a VGA port and a S-Video port.
A mini-IDE port is on the back side of the motherboard, supports UDMA100 mode and LBA48, provided by VIA VT82C686B sourth bridge.
A Hitachi 40GB harddisk is attached on it.
A RS-232 Serial Port provided by south bridge.
An infrared sensor provided by south bridge.
A 10/100Mbps ethernet port based RTL8139D controller.
- PMON 2000 (Revision 2.x modified by Fulong for loongson)
Linux supports
debian(etch,lenny) gentoo


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BERLIN (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping presided over the signing of a string of deals with automakers and others as he started a visit to Germany on Friday, while Chancellor Angela Merkel prodded him on the importance of free speech.
Xi was making his first visit as president to Germany, Europe's biggest economy, as part of a wider European tour that also has taken him to neighboring France.
Business ties took center stage at Xi's meeting with Merkel. The two leaders oversaw the signing of deals including agreements for automakers Daimler and BMW to deepen ties with their Chinese partners, and a deal between the countries' central banks that will allow yuan-denominated payments to be cleared and settled in Germany's financial center, Frankfurt.
China and Germany, two of the world's leading exporters, had a bilateral trade volume last year of 140.4 billion euros ($193 billion) — making China Germany's No. 3 trade partner.
Merkel said Germany would push for the quick conclusion of an investment agreement between China and the European Union "which could also be a precursor for a future free trade agreement."
Merkel also touched on human rights and said she had made clear that "broad and free expression of opinion is of course a very important element to advance a society's creativity." Xi didn't respond to that.
Xi's visit comes as the EU has imposed sanctions against Russia over its annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. China, Russia's usual ally on the U.N. Security Council, earlier this month abstained on a resolution declaring a Russian-backed referendum on Crimea's status illegal rather than joining Moscow in using its veto.
Asked whether China should stand up more assertively against Russia's actions in Ukraine, Xi said that "China has no private interests" on the matter and added that Beijing always insists on non-interference in other countries' internal affairs, as well as respecting nations' territorial integrity.
China has "an open position toward all concepts that serve to calm the situation and bring about a political solution," Xi said through an interpreter.


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Military programs are governed by federal law, Department of Defense policy and additional policies specific to the branches of service. These are excerpts from federal law that govern casualty assistance programs in the military.
Public Law 110-207, "Purple Heart Family Equity Act of 2007," April 30, 2008 This law revised the congressional charter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart of the United States of America Inc. to allow inclusion of spouses and siblings of Purple Heart recipients as members of the order.
Title 10 United States Code §985, "Persons convicted of capital crimes; certain other persons: denial of specified burial-related benefits," Jan. 3, 2012 This legislation provides information on the circumstances under which the military prohibits the performance of military funeral honors for service members.
Title 10 USC §1126, "Gold star lapel button: eligibility and distribution," Jan. 3, 2012 This law provides for the eligibility and distribution of the gold star lapel button.
Section 633 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-66), "Improved assistance for Gold Star spouses and other dependents," Dec. 23, 2013 This law requires each of the military departments to designate an advocate for Gold Star spouses and other dependents to address complaints regarding casualty assistance or receipt of benefits authorized by law and for the Department of Defense to implement a standardized comprehensive training program on casualty assistance.
Section 651 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-66), "Authority to provide certain expenses for care and disposition of human remains that were retained by the Department of Defense for forensic pathology investigation," Dec. 23, 2013 This law authorizes expenses relating to the care and disposition of remains or partial remains that have been retained by the Armed Forces Medical Examiner for the purposes of a forensic pathology investigation.
Title 10 USC §1032, "Disability and death compensation: dependents of members held as captives," Jan. 3, 2012 This legislation allows the military to pay compensation for the disability or death of a dependent of a service member if the disability or death was caused by hostile action and was a result of the relationship of the dependent to the service member.
Title 10 USC §1036, "Escorts for dependents of members: transportation and travel allowances," Jan. 3, 2012 This legislation allows the military to pay round-trip transportation and travel allowances to any person serving as an escort for dependents of a service member who has died, is missing or is otherwise unable to accompany his/her dependents and the dependent is unable to travel alone.
Title 10 USC §1061, "Survivors of certain reserve and Guard members," Jan. 3, 2012 This legislation grants commissary and exchange benefits to family members of reserve component service members who die on active duty or while traveling to or from active duty.
Title 10 USC Chapter 73, Subchapter II, "Survivor Benefit Plan," Jan. 3, 2012 This legislation details the military's Survivor Benefit Plan. Included in Subchapter II are sections describing definitions (§1447), application of the plan (§1448), election to discontinue participation (§1448a), mental incompetency of service members (§1449), payment of annuity (§1450), amount of annuity (§1451), reduction in retired pay (§1452), recovery of amounts erroneously paid (§1453), correction of administrative errors (§1454) and regulations (§1455).
Title 10 USC Chapter 75, Subchapter II, "Death Benefits," Jan. 3, 2012 This legislation provides laws concerning the military death gratuity. Included in Subchapter II are sections describing the death gratuity for service members on active duty (§1475), for service members who have been discharged (§1476), eligibility requirements (§1477), amount of death gratuity (§1478), delegation of determinations and payments (§1479), miscellaneous provisions for death gratuity (§1480), recovery, care, and disposition of remains (§1481), expenses incident to death (§1482), expenses incident to death for civilian employees (§1482a), prisoners of war and interned enemy aliens (§1483), pensioners, indigent patients and persons who die on military reservations (§1484), dependents of service members (§1485), other citizens outside the United States (§1486), temporary interment (§1487), removal of remains (§1488), death gratuity for service members and civilians dying outside the United States while assigned to intelligence missions (§1489), transportation of remains (§1490) and funeral honors functions at funerals for veterans (§1491).
Title 26 USC §692, "Income taxes of members of armed forces, astronauts and victims of certain terrorist attacks on death," Jan. 3, 2012 This legislation states that if a service member dies in a combat zone or as a result of wounds, disease or injury incurred while serving in a combat zone, income taxes will not apply with respect to the taxable year in which the service member dies.
Title 37 USC §411f [renumbered §481f], "Travel and transportation allowances: transportation for survivors of deceased member to attend member's burial ceremonies," Jan. 3, 2012 This legislation allows individual service branches to provide travel and transportation allowances for eligible relatives, and attendants if deemed necessary, of a member of the uniformed services who dies while on active duty or inactive duty in order that the eligible relatives may attend the burial ceremony.
Title 37 USC §411h [renumbered §481h], "Travel and transportation allowances: transportation of designated individuals incident to hospitalization of members for treatment of wounds, illness or injury," Jan. 3, 2012 This legislation allows the individual service branches to provide travel and transportation allowances for up to three family members of ill or injured service members if the attending physician or surgeon and commander or head of the military medical facility determine that their presence may contribute to the service member's health and welfare.
Title 38 USC Chapter 11, "Compensation for Service-Connected Disability or Death," Jan. 3, 2012 This legislation describes benefits available to surviving family members of veterans with service-connected disabilities or deaths. Chapter 11 contains six subchapters detailing eligibility and amounts for disabilities and deaths connected to wartime and peacetime situations.
Title 38 USC Chapter 13, "Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Deaths," Jan. 3, 2012 This legislation details the dependency and indemnity compensation to survivors of veterans who die as result of their service in the military.
Title 38 USC Chapter 15, "Pension for Non-Service-Connected Disability or Death or for Service," Jan. 3, 2012 This legislation outlines pensions available to certain veterans and surviving family members to include non-service-connected disability pensions and pensions to surviving spouses and children.
Title 38 USC Chapter 19, Subchapter III, "Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance," Jan. 3, 2012 This legislation details Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance to include eligibility requirements, persons insured, duration of coverage, deduction and expenses, benefits and payment of premiums. Included in Subchapter III is §1977 detailing Veterans' Group Life Insurance.
Title 38 USC Chapter 23, "Burial Benefits," Jan. 3, 2012 This legislation provides the laws concerning burial benefits available to eligible service members and veterans to include ceremonial flags (§2301), funeral expenses (§2302), death in department facility/plot allowances (§2303), claims for reimbursement (§2304), persons eligible under prior law (§2305), headstones, markers and burial receptacles (§2306), death from a service-connected disability (§2307) and transportation of deceased veterans to a national cemetery (§2308).
Title 38 USC Chapter 35, "Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance," Jan. 3, 2012 This legislation codifies the Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance program offered through the Department of Veterans Affairs. Chapter 35 provides detail on the program, eligibility and entitlement requirements, acceptable programs of education and payments to eligible persons.


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Man Sues Airline Over Soda Spat
His name may mean "Wine Drinker" in Italian, but it wasn't alcohol that got Salvatore Bevivino into trouble on a Virgin American flight.
According to a lawsuit filed in the Northern District of California on April 28, 2012, Bevivino, 52, a business manager for Genentech, boarded a flight from Philadelphia to San Francisco, where he now lives.
According to the suit, which seeks $500,000 in damages, Bevivino had pressed the call button and asked a male flight attendant for a soda. The flight attendant told him that he had to order by using the touch screen on the back of the seat before him. "He just pointed to me, pointed to the screen and said, 'Use the console, sir'," Bevivino told ABC News. "I said, 'I don't want to turn this thing on.' He said, 'I don't have time for your attitude' and left.'"
A minute later, a female flight attendant approached Bevivino and told him to use the seatback ordering system. Once again, he refused, and said that he would complain to Virgin America. A third attendant finally brought him the soft drink.
There were no further interactions between him and the flight attendants, the suit maintains. Instead, Bevivino spent the remainder of the flight working on his computer.
Once the plane landed, Bevivino gathered his belongings to disembark. But the captain stopped him, he claims, and told him to follow a group of police officers waiting in the jetway corridor. "I see all these cops there and I said, 'Sure,'" Bevivino recalls.
Bevivino followed the group, which consisted of about six airport police officers and TSA agents, to the gate area, "in full view of all the exiting passengers," he said.
Bevivino was subsequently questioned by the police, who asked him if he knew why he was being detained. He said he did not, and recounted what had transpired during the flight. The officer then asked Bevivino to wait while he got a statement from the flight crew. While the officer was taking the crew's statement, the pilot sat down next to Bevivino, he says, and asked why he had been yelling obscenities at his crew
Bevivino replied that he never used any obscenity during his interactions with the crew.
According to a police incident report, a flight attendant told an investigator that Bevivino had gone to the bathroom, and "came back out with a smile on his face and began using profanities. [Name redacted] passed by the restroom and saw that Bevivino left the door open and did not flush the toilet."
The police report adds that the captain did not believe he or his crew were in danger.
According to Bevivino, he told police that he had not left the toilet unflushed.
After about twenty minutes, Bevivino was released, he said.
Not long after, Bevivino said he called Virgin Customer Service and asked for their ordering policy on flights. "I was told that if I elect not to use the console, the flight attendant has to provide you with one-on-one service," he said.
A month later, he hired an attorney.
He and his lawyer sent Virgin a Letter of Demand, noting that he has since experienced, "depression, worry, and anxiety surrounding his detention by law enforcement." He asked for $50,000 and an apology; the company offered $3,000 to settle, he said, but no apology. He refused, and Virgin then offered $5,000. He again declined, and subsequently filed suit.
"I'm going to have some kind of record because of a flight attendant fabricating events?" says Bevivino. "They're being given too much power. That's what concerns me. The only thing I have is my reputation. Lies just irk me. And it's such a weird one."
In an email to ABC News, Jennifer Thomas, a spokesperson for Virgin America, said that she could not comment on ongoing litigation. However, "We do take all guest issues seriously and we take great pride in our award-winning service; and after reviewing the facts of this particular case, we believe our team handled the matter appropriately."


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The projected increase in client capacity over ten years was 100%.
Facing the challenges of megaprojects to support rapid growth, a global mining company calls on BCG to make sure large investments pay off.
MiningInc, a rapidly growing global mining operation that had doubled its capacity over the past ten years and aimed to double it again in the next decade, called on BCG experts to help the firm optimize capital spending and ensure that the major expenses involved in building the assets for growth would return the projected revenue.
BCG applied its proprietary LESS capital expense framework—lean design, effective project management, standardized processes, and structured decision-making. BCG used a three-phase approach that diagnosed existing shortcomings, ranked fixes, and applied new processes that integrated the knowledge of employees, contractors, and suppliers.
BCG's work focused on several major components of MiningInc's organization. One part of the work plan involved one of the largest single components of the client's planned capital spending: an integrated port, stockyards, and rail megaproject that would represent about 35% of the total capex portfolio.
BCG worked with a small team of senior MiningInc executives to design a full suite of LESS initiatives and conduct more than 100 cross-functional workshops to identify and address capital inefficiencies. The team enabled the broader group of engineering, procurement, and construction managers to adopt LESS principles throughout their operations.
The result was a reduction in capital intensity of 35%, representing a significant increase in revenues compared to the amount of capital spending involved. The groundwork was laid for continued improvements with established new procedures and strategies that were thoroughly documented for future reference.
The full scope of BCG's work with MiningInc had an important impact on the entire organization. Its expected reduction in overall capex spending translated to billions of dollars in savings.
BCG also helped MiningInc's team integrate the useful knowledge that existed throughout the organization into the LESS process. Mining executives know how to run mines, but when it comes to capital spending, it takes a particular set of skills to be able to draw widely dispersed players together in a way that effectively transforms the process.
The projected increase in client capacity over ten years was 100%.
As MiningInc's head of Development put it, "Lean was such a success because we gave the engineers a voice, we got the right people in the room, and we cleaned up who got to make decisions and made them."
That's the essence of the LESS approach.
I'd choose an integrated team time and time again. There was just the right tension between working through challenges together and making the tough calls.
—VP of Projects
Lean was such a success because we gave the engineers a voice and got the right people in the room.
—Head of Department
We learned quickly how important driving absolute accountability for capital efficiency was to LESS's success.
—VP of Projects
The rigorous approach to program management, the intellectual insights into where we could extract more value was a breakthrough moment for us.
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This is Ashley. We wanted to let everybody know a little bit about us and why we started a nail polish blog before we continued with the posts. I'm 21 and work at the Tulsa City-County Library.
I've always enjoyed wearing nail polish and a few months ago I started making my older sister (April) wear it. April never thought she'd wear anything other than conservative colors. Now she wants the craziest nail polish available!
We also wanted to tell you about our new business. We recently started 4BrooksDesign, making beautiful decorative concrete. Check out some of our stuff at www.facebook.com/4BrooksDesign.
Here's a picture of a concrete cakestand!
Here are our 4th of July Manicures.
This is April's. She used OPI Blue My Mind with stripes of China Glaze Raspberry Festival and L.A. Girl's Silver Nail Art Brush.
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text: So there's this super middleweight title fight on Saturday between Andre Ward (23-0) and Arthur Abraham (32-2) at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. The bout is part of a Showtime tournament called the Super Six World Boxing Classic, which is supposed to unify the WBC and WBA titles. Ward is the better fighter. Abraham is the harder puncher, possessed of a wicked supernatural power that corrugates opponents. See what he does to these poor guys.


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John Lyons – The Wall Street Journal, 11/11/2012
At least 140 people have been killed in the past two weeks amid a deadly confrontation between police and a gang that controls much of São Paulo city's trade in crack cocaine, state authorities said, prompting some schools and shops to close early in sprawling city outskirts.
Nearly 1,000 homicides have been reported in São Paulo this year, according to state officials, reversing a yearslong trend of declining rates. Some 90 of those killed were current or retired police officers, often killed in ambushes in what investigators say are hits ordered by a São Paulo gang, the First Command of the Capital, or PCC. In 2011, some 56 police were killed.
The wave of killings is likely to refocus attention on crime rates in a country preparing to host two global sporting events, soccer's 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games. Despite full employment and an economic boom, Brazil's national killing rate still remains one of Latin America's highest, surpassing that in countries such as Mexico, which routinely makes the news for gruesome drug-related deaths.


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Theodore Sorensen, a counselor to President John F. Kennedy and the wordsmith of Camelot's most famed speeches, died on October 31. He was 82.
Hid death was due to complications of a stroke he suffered a week ago, according to his wife, Gillian Sorensen.
Sorensen is perhaps best known for JFK's inaugural address, in which the young president directed Americans to "ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." He drew from many sources, including the Bible, the Gettysburg Address, and the works of Thomas Jefferson and Winston Churchill to imbue the speech with a sense of hope.
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Sorensen first was hired as a researcher by then-Senator Kennedy in 1953 and worked closely with the future president on "Profiles in Courage," a 1956 book that earned JFK the Pulitzer Prize.
After Kennedy's assassination, Sorensen practiced law and continued to work in politics. But he would remain linked in the public mind with the 35th President of the United States.
Sorensen was most proud of a letter he drafted during the Cuban Missle Crisis. In October of 1962, he wrote a letter from Kennedy to Soviet leader Nikita Kruschchev imploring him to seek a peaceful resolution to the conflict.
"I knew that any mistakes in my letter - anything that angered or soured Khrushchev - could result in the end of America, maybe the end of the world, " he said.
The speechwriter took a particular interest in Barack Obama during his run for president and endorsed the Illinois senator's candidacy.
"It reminds me of the way the young, previously unknown J.F.K. too off," he said during an interview with the New York Times in 2007.
In a statement, President Obama said of Sorensen that, "I know his legacy will live on in the words he wrote, the causes he advanced, and the hearts of anyone who is inspired by the promise of a new frontier."
Sorensen completed his memoir, Counselor, over the final years of his life. He is survived by his wife, a daughter, three sons, a sister, brother and seven grandchildren.
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Albany, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/10/2013 -- Beer, an alcoholic beverage, is made through the process of fermentation and brewing of starch from malted barley. This industry involves production, distribution and sale of beer in the market. The beer market consists of retail sales of bitters, ales and stouts. It is categorized into four categories - low/no alcohol beers, premium lager, specialty beers and standard lager.
This market is valued according to the retail selling price of the products and also includes certain taxes. Three prominent brewers in this sector are South African breweries' Miller, Anheuser-Busch and Molson Coors brewing company. These three companies generate 90% of profit from the beer market. Beer attracts the largest share among alcoholic beverages.
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The global beer market was valued at USD 104,978.3 million in 2010 and is expected to reach USD 137,458.9 million in 2015 with a CAGR of 6.3% during the 2010-2015 periods. This market has registered a mature and moderate growth rate in Europe and the US market. But the growth is average in other countries like China, Thailand, Nigeria and India. Some of the major challenges faced by this market is the increasing consumption of wine, spirits and other alcoholic drinks. Europe holds the largest market share in the beer industry and is continually growing.
The global beer market is primarily driven by various factors such as increasing disposable income levels, promotion and marketing activities of beer market, increasing beer consuming population and improvements in the quality of beer. This market is highly affected by various factors such as seasonality, tax rates and duties, climatic conditions, demographics, rules, regulations and other government policies, health effects, consumption of various substitute products and high investment in beer market and supply chain infrastructure.
Beer industry is facing major challenges from increasing rate of unemployment, increase in fuel prices, and constrained consumer spending. However, with recovery from global financial crisis in past, and reduction in unemployment, beer industry is expected to witness considerable growth in upcoming years.
The beer market can grow through various promotion activities, increasing population and with new inventions in products. The beer market is coming up with innovative launches in formulation and is following a trend of sustainability, introduction of premium brands and health consciousness.
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Can't Afford the New $6,000 Combo Meal at The Palms?
Dec 1, 2006
Carl's Jr. ® and Wally's Wine & Spirits of Los Angeles Host Guys' Night Out and Showcase Pairings for Less Than $40
CARPINTERIA, Calif., Dec. 1 -- Carl's Jr.® recently made waves when it partnered with the Palms Casino Resort to debut The $6,000 Combo Meal, offered exclusively on the Vegas hot spot's room service menu. The combo meal earned notoriety via a hip, stylish commercial that ran in all Carl's Jr. markets and featured Palms owners the Maloof brothers -- Joe, Gavin, George Jr. and Phil -- enjoying good company, good wine, and delicious Carl's Jr. fare. The 30-second commercial was set at the Palms Mint High Limit Lounge and scored to Dean Martin's "Ain't That a Kick in the Head," and revealed that a 24-year-old bottle of French Bordeaux is the perfect complement to The Original Six Dollar Burger™ from Carl's Jr. The idea of fine wine with delicious burgers is certainly appealing, but if you can't make it to Vegas, or if you just can't go "all in" for the extravagant meal, Carl's Jr. has you covered.
Tonight, Carl's Jr. hosted the ultimate "Guys' Night Out" at Wally's Wine & Spirits in Los Angeles, with Carl's Jr. commercial stars Joe, Gavin and Phil Maloof and celebrity guests including baseball star Barry Bonds, rapper Xzibit, and the voice of Carl's Jr. commercials, Phil Buckman. Carl's Jr. and Wally's Wine & Spirits co-owners Steven Wallace and Christian Navarro introduced a "Recommended Wine Pairings" list for select entries from the Six Dollar Burger line, as well as a few delicious, whole-breast chicken sandwiches.
Applications Now Available for 2007 Carl N. and Margaret Karcher Founders' Scholarship Program
CARPINTERIA, Calif., Jan 02, 2007 -- Carl's Jr. (NYSE: CKR) is pleased to announce that applications for the 2007 Carl N. and Margaret Karcher Founders' Scholarship are now available online at www.carlsjr.com/promotions/. The application deadline is Feb. 1, 2007.
As a young married couple in 1941, Carl N. and Margaret Karcher started their company believing that they could earn success through their commitment to faith, service and hard work. More than 65 years later, Carl's Jr. is proud to continue their commitment to the community by offering 60 hard-working high school students a $1,000 scholarship to the two- or four-year college or vocational school of their choice.
Sixty scholarships in the amount of $1,000 each will be awarded to deserving students to help support continuing education. Winners will be selected based on their academic record, school and community leadership and participation, work experience and future goals. Financial need and other family circumstances will also be considered.
Applicants for the Carl N. and Margaret Karcher Founders' Scholarship must be students who are high school seniors or graduates, up to 21 years of age. Eligible applicants must be planning to enroll for the first time in a full-time undergraduate course of study at an accredited two- or four-year college, university or vocational school. Applicants must be a resident of the states in which Carl's Jr. operates restaurants: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, or Washington state.
For the past eight years, Carl's Jr. has rewarded academic excellence in its local communities through ongoing scholarship award commitments. Carl's Jr. has granted $264,000 in scholarships since the inception of its program in 1999. Last year, more than 5,000 applications were received from candidates nationwide. More information about the Carl N. and Margaret Karcher Founders' Scholarship application process and a downloadable application are available only at the Carl's Jr. Web site: www.carlsjr.com/promotions/.
The Carl N. and Margaret Karcher Founders' Scholarship is administered by Scholarship America, a national nonprofit educational support and student aid service organization. Employees, affiliates and franchisees of Carl Karcher Enterprises, Inc., Scholarship America, affiliated agencies, and their immediate families are not eligible to receive a scholarship pursuant to this program.
This year, Carl's Jr. celebrates 65 years in the quick-service industry. What began as a lone hot dog cart in Los Angeles, Calif. in 1941 is today an international organization that employs nearly 30,000 people worldwide. Carl's Jr. is a wholly owned subsidiary of CKE Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: CKR) of Carpinteria, Calif. As of the third fiscal quarter ended Nov. 6, 2006, CKE Restaurants, Inc., through its subsidiaries, had a total of 3,113 franchised or company-owned restaurants in 43 states and in 14 countries, including 1,079 Carl's Jr. restaurants, 1,923 Hardee's® restaurants and 95 La Salsa Fresh Mexican Grill® restaurants. For more information, or to find a Carl's Jr. near you, go to www.ckr.com or www.carlsjr.com.
To make a good combo a great one, try these delicious pairings as recommended by Navarro, which are also available at the Carl's Jr. website, www.carlsjr.com:
--- The Original Six Dollar Burger:
Recommendation: Sequoia Grove Cabernet Sauvignon ($35) - "Every time I take a bite of this regal, flavorful burger and have a taste of this rich, full-bodied, luxuriously styled Cabernet Sauvignon, I feel as I am dining in a fancy restaurant," Navarro says. "This is a great match."
--- The Philly Cheesesteak Six Dollar Burger™:
Recommendation: Greenpoint Cabernet/Shiraz ($22) - "This dynamic burger has so many mouthwatering flavors that you'll need the boldness of a Shiraz, and yet the burger also deserves the finer aspects of a high quality Cabernet Sauvignon. The Greenpoint and Philly Cheesesteak combination is a flavor explosion in your mouth. Hope you're ready."
--- The Guacamole Bacon Six Dollar Burger™:
Recommendation: D'Arenberg Footbolt Shiraz ($18) - "With this full- flavored burger that has a little kick, you need a wine that can kick back. This Shiraz has an exotic spiciness coupled with a texture that provides an oomph - it's a perfect foil."
--- The Western Bacon Six Dollar Burger™:
Recommendation: Vietti Barbera d' Asti Tre Vigne ($20) - "The combination of smokiness and onion rings beckons for the company of a slightly rustic, medium-bodied Barbera with flavors of sun-dried black fruits. This Vietti Tre Vigne is an inspired accompaniment."
--- The Jalapeno Six Dollar Burger™:
Recommendation: Moet & Chandon White Star Champagne ($31) - "Pow! The only thing that can squelch the zesty flavors of this burger is Champagne with tiny bubbles and a clean, fresh, long finish. This match makes for the ultimate spice party."
--- The Bacon Swiss Crispy Chicken Sandwich™:
Recommendation: Domaine Carneros Pinot Noir ($28) - "The pairing of bacon, Swiss cheese, chicken, and Pinot Noir makes for a suave and delicious meal. The fruity, creamy, Domaine Carneros with the flaky, crispy chicken is tasty perfection."
--- The Charbroiled Chicken Club Sandwich™:
Recommendation: Newton Red Label Chardonnay ($24) - "Something about the clean flavors of charbroiled chicken and a honey wheat bun allows this Chardonnay to show its very best. Newton's viscous, slightly oaky, and tropical fruit nuances create a 1 + 1 = 3 combination."
Carl's Jr. CEO Andrew F. Puzder expressed his excitement for the pairings. "The quality of our burgers and service are paramount at Carl's Jr., and we know we've partnered with the right people -- the Maloofs and Wally's Wine & Spirits -- to showcase our best-in-class burgers in a new way," Puzder said. "We are always looking to do something different and unexpected and hope our loyal young, hungry guy customers will relish these delicious pairings for a perfect 'guys' night out' or special date."
The commercial starring the Maloof brothers is the latest in a string of iconic ads for the brands such as the Paris Hilton "That's Hot" spot and the "If it doesn't get all over the place, it doesn't belong in your face" Carl's Jr. campaign from the mid-90s, all created by agency of record Mendelsohn|Zien.
This year, Carl's Jr. celebrates 65 years in the quick-service industry. What began as a lone hot dog cart in Los Angeles, Calif. in 1941 is today an international organization that employs nearly 30,000 people worldwide. Carl's Jr. is a wholly owned subsidiary of CKE Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: CKR) of Carpinteria, Calif. As of the second fiscal quarter ended Aug. 14, 2006, CKE Restaurants, Inc., through its subsidiaries, had a total of 3,131 franchised or company-owned restaurants in 43 states and in 13 countries, including 1,072 Carl's Jr. restaurants, 1,945 Hardee's restaurants and 98 La Salsa Fresh Mexican Grill® restaurants. For more information, or to find a Carl's Jr. near you, go to www.ckr.com or www.carlsjr.com.
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Google has announced Google Web Toolkit 2.0, an open source development toolkit for building and optimizing complex browser-based applications. Features new to Google Web Toolkit 2.0 include:
- Speed Tracer is a new tool built using modern HTML5 technologies that allows developers to diagnose performance problems in the browser, providing insight that hasn't been available before about low-level operations deep within the browser.
- As applications grow larger, developers want to ensure that their applications start as quickly as possible, without requiring application "boot up" time as the code downloads. Code Splitting enables developers to safely and easily slice and dice their application code so that key functionality can load immediately and other features can be loaded later as needed.
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"The web is getting more powerful as an application platform and ever improving developer tools are playing a key role in this growth," said Google's Andrew Bowers. "Google Web Toolkit's performance and productivity enhancements have been tried and tested over the past year with Google teams that are pushing the boundaries of web apps -- products like Google Wave and AdWords 3.0."
Ben Fried, Google CIO, added that "we use Google Web Toolkit for all our Java-based internal apps. We build our most sensitive and critical corporate systems with it. In addition to the big benefits in developer productivity GWT offers, the future-proofing and browser independence you get out of the box mean that we're protected from the problems caused by browser-specific bugs and exploits." .


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From its origins as a band formed after a chance meeting at a music shop to a pop-rock group that now headlines sold-out shows, Issac Slade talks about five songs that demonstrate The Fray's musical journey:
'How to Save a Life'
Released Aug. 28, 2004, the song received a bump in notice and popularity when it was used during a key scene in the ABC medical drama "Grey's Anatomy" and also for HBO's "Summer Image" television campaign. It's from the 2005 album "How to Save a Life."
"It has a really, really stripped-down piano, drum, vocal, guitar thing that I like to think tapped into a sentiment that so many of us have felt so many times over the years — watching somebody go through something and having no clue what to say or how to help or how to fix it, or even if fixing it is the point. It's a story song. It's got a cool melody and a really catchy piano part, but at the end of the day it's like a steady hand on the shoulder thing."
'Over My Head (Cable Car)'
Released Oct. 7, 2005, the song became the fifth most-downloaded single of 2006. The track was also from "How to Save a Life."
"There's an energy and kind of freight-train momentum moving to 'Over My Head' that we tapped into early on. It was probably the 10th song we wrote. We were going for sort of a Sundance Film Festival complex plot — the characters, the tension and the development — from the first note to the last. We wanted to capture this kind of restlessness of youth and the risk of really loving and losing. I feel like we captured it with a big up energy that you can kind of tap along to in the car."
'You Found Me'
The song stemmed from crises among friends and family that prompted Slade to confront the age-old question of why bad things happen to good people. Released Nov. 21, 2008, the song debuted at No. 28 on Billboard's Hot 100 and peaked at No. 7. It's from the 2009 self-titled album "The Fray."
"There's a lot of gravity to the storyline and the lyric."
'The Wind'
Written by Joseph King and Isaac Slade, the song was never released as a single. It is on "Scars & Stories," the band's third studio album, which was released on Feb. 7, 2012.
"We bought a bunch of old keyboards and stuff and we were kind of making this progression from that first and second record of real organic stuff, going into a more electronic, experimental world."
'Hold My Hand'
The song is the opening track on the band's fourth studio album, "Helios," which dropped this year on Feb. 25.
"It kind of captures the ethos and the moment the best. … It's got this marriage of instruments that plug in and instruments that do not, and still has this generational conundrum, generational tension — I guess between me and my father and my son and my ancestors."


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Faces of Food Safety: Introducing Jeffery Jacobsen
Food safety is at a crossroads. The public health community gains more knowledge every day about the evolving risks of foodborne illness, and every day we develop new tools and understanding to combat the dangerous pathogens which cause those illnesses.
In such an environment, every member of our team has to be focused on growing, learning and using the best science available to protect public health. A member of our team who exemplifies this standard is Jeffery Jacobsen.
Jacobsen serves as an Enforcement, Investigations and Analysis Officer (EIAO) in the Des Moines district. As an EIAO, Jacobsen's work is where the rubber meets the road when it comes to fulfilling our agency's public health mission.
EIAOs have a diverse and complex part to play in the FSIS mission. They review the design of HACCP plans, conduct investigations, make sure that recalls have been conducted successfully and effectively and perform comprehensive food safety assessments. This job requires intense attention to detail, as well as an ability to quickly size up new situations and figure out what, if anything, is out of place.
"You have to be able to see the nuances of each plant that you visit— from the smallest processing plants to the largest slaughter facilities—and understand how or why they do things differently—in order to know what is out of place and how to fix it," says Jacobsen.
"Because each plant is so different from the next, it is very important for me to understand all the mechanics of the equipment. This is the challenge for all EIAOs, a challenge to make sure nothing slips through the cracks. Since I am not a trained engineer, I have worked hard to gain a better understanding of them."
Jacobsen's commitment to learning, growing and understanding the diverse world of evolving risks has made him a key voice in our agency's efforts to modernize our food safety mission.
In 2012, Jeff was asked to join FSIS' Strategic Performance Working Group (SPWG), a group established to bring together bright minds from across the agency to make new progress in tackling foodborne illness. This group began their work by evaluating new ways to combat Salmonella and has already made great progress; in fact, FSIS is aiming to implement some of the ideas put forward by this group before the end of the year.
As a part of this diverse group, Jacobsen was able to share what he has learned as an EIAO, someone who has boots on the front line of food safety every day. He was able to provide key insight on sanitary dressing as part of process control. During the working group process, he explained what happens in the field and the different techniques that he has seen that industry is using to address foodborne hazards. With his contributions, this group has been able to propose new and different strategies to address Salmonella nationwide.
"I am thinking differently by thinking outside of the box. I enjoy being part of something that is beyond myself. I am learning, and that is what this job is all about," says the veteran EIAO.
Jacobsen takes great pride in analyzing new ways to prevent pathogens, like Salmonella, from entering the food supply. He says he owes much of his commitment and work ethic to his mentors here within the agency, who taught him how to conduct thorough investigations and put protecting public health first.
Ask Jacobsen what brings him to work for FSIS every day, and the answer is easy: he has a desire to constantly learn and share knowledge so that everyone can learn from and capitalize on our shared experience defending public health. It is this exchange of knowledge and enthusiasm for improvement that helps Jeff be a part of our agency's work to modernize and equip ourselves for the next generation of public health work.


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Motorcyclist killed in Fremont crash was a Marine
(03-25) 20:48 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- A drunken-driving suspect was arrested early Tuesday in Fremont after he struck and killed a U.S. Marine who had returned from Afghanistan only last month, authorities said.
Alexander Yohn, 23, of Emeryville was taken into custody in connection with the crash at Fremont Boulevard and Decoto Road that killed motorcyclist Andrew Silva, 23, of Union City.
Silva was a U.S. Marine lance corporal who had returned from Afghanistan in February.
The incident began about 1 a.m. when an employee of a Taco Bell restaurant near Fremont Boulevard and Bonde Way saw Yohn acting belligerently and appearing intoxicated while behind the wheel of a Mini Cooper in the drive-through, police said.
Yohn tried to pay for food with a health care card and then left his wallet behind, police said.
The employee called police. Yohn left in his car at a high speed, and an officer spotted him while driving in the opposite direction on Fremont Boulevard, authorities said.
The officer tried to stop the suspect, but he failed to yield and collided with Silva, who died at the scene, authorities said.
Yohn crashed the Mini Cooper into a utility pole, and the car caught on fire, said Geneva Bosques, a Fremont police spokeswoman. Yohn then ran into a nearby field, where an officer took him into custody.
He was booked Tuesday evening at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and hit-and-run causing death or injury. His bail was set at $150,000. He is to appear Thursday at the Fremont Hall of Justice pending a review of the case by Alameda County prosecutors.
The intersection didn't reopen until Tuesday evening, when police finished collecting evidence at the scene.
The crash was the latest collision to end in a fatality in Fremont.
On March 3, a woman who police believe was intoxicated crashed head-on into another allegedly drunk motorist on Osgood Road near Blacow Road. Patricia Serratos, 33, was arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and child endangerment after her 4-year-old daughter, Ariana Martinez, who was riding in an unsecured car seat, died five days later.
Hours after that crash, Pramila Bhachawat, 71, of Fremont was struck and killed by a Chevrolet Corvette driver at Washington Boulevard near Olive Avenue.
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COBLESKILL, N.Y. (AP) — State police say a 21-year-old Massachusetts man has died and three other Ithaca College students were injured in an SUV crash caused when the driver swerved to avoid a deer.
Troopers say the students were heading back to college from their Thanksgiving break on Interstate 88 when the accident happened shortly before 10 p.m. Sunday in Cobleskill, 35 miles west of Albany.
Police say the 2002 Santa Fe rolled several times after the driver lost control trying to avoid a deer that came from the center median.
Michael Clark of Boxborough, Mass., was pronounced dead at the scene.
The three others were taken by ambulance to Albany Medical Center with various injuries.
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Collection times at thousands of post boxes are to be brought forward under plans that will see mail picked up by delivery staff during their rounds.
Royal Mail said the changes will ensure it is able to maintain its estate of 115,000 post boxes, despite a 33% drop in volumes since 2005.
Between 45,000 and 50,000 of its post boxes will move to the earlier collection time – typically between 9am and 3pm – although the company has pledged there will still be a late posting box within half a mile.
It also said it will introduce 2,000 new boxes in areas of under-provision, particularly in rural parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Some of the new boxes will also be added in high footfall areas such as train stations and shopping centres.
Around 12,000 postboxes in rural areas are already emptied through collection on delivery, but the majority of those affected by the latest changes will be in urban and suburban areas. An indicator tab on the post box will show if the collection has been made.
Royal Mail said the changes will unlock the opportunity for efficiency savings, while adding that many post boxes no longer cover their costs.
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The company said it discussed its plans with Citizen's Advice and Consumer Council Northern Ireland and also notified Ofcom.
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An Ofcom spokeswoman said: "Ofcom recognises the need for Royal Mail to become more efficient so it can sustain a universal postal service that consumers value highly.
"While the changes won't affect the majority of postal users, Ofcom expects Royal Mail to communicate clearly with any affected consumers and ensure that their reasonable needs continue to be met."


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Childhood Poverty Is Society's Fault? Really?
Writing at The Atlantic's site, Karen Kornbluh notes that about fifty percent of single-parent families are living in poverty — and she knows whose fault that is: Ozzie and Harriet's:
Nine years later, the nation no longer clings quite so tightly to the ideal of the 1950s family, but policies and practices lag behind. … Our lack of quality childcare and after-school programs puts these kids at risk and endangers the nation's future in a knowledge economy. Our lack of support for flexible work arrangements and Social Security credits for caregivers puts these parents at risk. However, there is good news: health care reform will be an enormous help to these families. They are raising our future citizens and building our productive assets at great cost to themselves and with little help from the rest of us.
Look, I agree that we ought to have more flexibility in our labor laws to make it easier for things like parents taking sick leave to care for their kids. That the government is responsible for "quality child care and afterschool programs"? Well, call me skeptical.
What's so interesting, and frustrating, about this piece is that it doesn't seem to have occurred to this writer that single parenthood is something to be avoided. It's just one of those choices that people make, and public policy should accommodate it. The rhetoric about "raising our future citizens and building our productive assets" is airy-fairy and moralistic, and conceals the true nature of the crisis. The idea seems to be that if we shifted public policy a bit, we would solve, or go a long way toward solving, the problem of single parenthood and childhood poverty. To a certain kind of liberal, there's no problem that a new government program can't solve.
It's just not so. Kay Hymowitz wrote a few years back about marriage and caste in America. Excerpt:
Yes, 33 percent of children are born to single mothers; in 2004, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, that amounted to 1.5 million children, the highest number ever. But the vast majority of those children are going home from the maternity wards to low-rent apartments. Yes, experts predict that about 40 to 50 percent of marriages will break up. But most of those divorces will involve women who have always shopped at Wal-Mart. "[T]he rise in single-parent families is concentrated among blacks and among the less educated," summarize Ellwood and Jencks. "It hardly occurred at all among women with a college degree."
When Americans began their family revolution four decades ago, they didn't tend to talk very much about its effect on children. That oversight now haunts the country, as it becomes increasingly clear that the Marriage Gap results in a yawning social divide. If you want to discuss why childhood poverty numbers have remained stubbornly high through the years that the nation was aggressively trying to lower them, begin with the Marriage Gap. Thirty-six percent of female-headed families are below the poverty line.
The new states Kornbluh reports indicate that that number is now almost 50 percent. More Hymowitz:
For children born at the bottom of the income scale, the situation is the reverse. They face a decrease in what McLanahan terms "resources": their mothers are younger, less stable, less educated, and, of course, have less money. Adding to their woes, those children aren't getting much (or any) financial support and time from their fathers. Surprisingly, McLanahan finds that in Europe, too—where welfare supports for "lone parents," as they are known in Britain, are much higher than in the United States—single mothers are still more likely to be poor and less educated. [Emphasis mine — RD] As in the United States, so in Europe and, no doubt, the rest of the world: children in single-parent families are getting less of just about everything that we know helps to lead to successful adulthood.
These single moms are by and large not raising "our productive assets." There are obviously exceptions — we all know them — but statistics indicate that these women are raising kids who will be just like them, or, if they are males, like the fathers who abandoned their children. Here, from Hymowitz, is the important point:
There is something fundamentally different about low-income single mothers and their educated married sisters. But a key part of that difference is that educated women still believe in marriage as an institution for raising children. What is missing in all the ocean of research related to the Marriage Gap is any recognition that this assumption is itself an invaluable piece of cultural and psychological capital—and not just because it makes it more likely that children will grow up with a dad in the house. As society's bulwark social institution, traditional marriage—that is, childbearing within marriage—orders social life in ways that we only dimly understand.
For one thing, women who grow up in a marriage-before-children culture organize their lives around a meaningful and beneficial life script. Traditional marriage gives young people a map of life that takes them step by step from childhood to adolescence to college or other work training—which might well include postgraduate education—to the workplace, to marriage, and only then to childbearing. A marriage orientation also requires a young woman to consider the question of what man will become her husband and the father of her children as a major, if not the major, decision of her life. In other words, a marriage orientation demands that a woman keep her eye on the future, that she go through life with deliberation, and that she use self-discipline—especially when it comes to sex: bourgeois women still consider premature pregnancy a disaster. In short, a marriage orientation—not just marriage itself—is part and parcel of her bourgeois ambition.
When Americans announced that marriage before childbearing was optional, low-income women didn't merely lose a steadfast partner, a second income, or a trusted babysitter, as the strength-in-numbers theory would have it. They lost a traditional arrangement that reinforced precisely the qualities that they-and their men; let's not forget the men!—needed for upward mobility, qualities all the more important in a tough new knowledge economy.
Want to tweak public policy to give single parents a break? Fine. But don't tell yourselves that this is going to make a significant difference in the future of kids born into these circumstances, or left there because of divorce. There really are deleterious consequences to the welfare of children — including the adults these kids will grow up to be — from our sexually permissive culture. The cost of out-of-wedlock childbearing cannot be significantly ameliorated with public policy adjustments. Should it be?


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What Difference Does an Inerrant Bible Make?
from R.C. Sproul Jul 10, 2020 Category: ArticlesDoes it matter whether the Bible is errant or inerrant, fallible or infallible, inspired or uninspired? What's all the fuss about the doctrine of inerrancy? Why do Christians debate this issue? What difference does an inerrant Bible make? Before answering that question, we should consider in what way inerrancy doesn't... Keep Reading
Take Hell Seriously (Part 2 of 2)
from R. Fowler White Apr 03, 2009 Category: ArticlesThis is the second part of our two-part series on the very important, but very uncomfortable topic of what the Bible teaches about hell. In the first installment, we learned three key points about hell. We learned, first, that hell is a place far more frightful than we could ever imagine; second, that it is a place where God is present in holy wrath; and, third, that it is a place of God's perfect justice. Such truths should cause you and me to seek a place to hide, to look for a way of escape. Thankfully, God has provided that place to hide, that way of escape. Let us consider our two final points in our brief study of hell. Keep Reading
Take Hell Seriously (Part 1 of 2)
from R. Fowler White Apr 02, 2009 Category: ArticlesThe topic of this two-part series is very important. But it is also very uncomfortable. My subject is what the Bible teaches us about hell. You may respond with fear. You should respond with fear if you are not a Christian. But my prayer is that God will replace your fear with faith in our Lord Jesus. He is God's Son who saves sinners from hell. If you are a Christian, my prayer is that you will praise God for Jesus who has saved you from hell. Keep Reading
Hedonism: "Grabbing for All the Gusto!" (pt. 3)
from R.C. Sproul Apr 01, 2009 Category: Articles"If It Feels Good, Is It Good?" Hedonism makes a value judgment by saying that the avoidance of pain and the pursuit of pleasure are good. At the same time, it produces a system of ethics which, in turn, produces a certain behavioral pattern of morality. A popular maxim of our culture is "If it feels good, it is good." Goodness is determined by feeling. Popular music communicates the message that the final test of what is right is the feeling test. Keep Reading
Hedonism: "Grabbing for All the Gusto!" (pt. 2)
from R.C. Sproul Mar 31, 2009 Category: ArticlesStoics: Seeking Peace of Mind In addition, the Epicureans searched for the same thing that the Stoics sought, but they approached it in a completely different manner. The goal of Epicurean philosophy was the achievement of peace of mind. This quest was not unique to the Epicureans. Doesn't everyone want peace of mind? The answer is obvious, but how does one obtain it? The Stoics felt that the only way to find peace of mind was by adopting a philosophy they called "imperturbability." That means you don't let anything bother you. You adopt a "stoical attitude" toward all things. You do not get emotionally involved, you do not get your hopes up, nor do you let your hopes down, but you maintain an emotional state of equilibrium where nothing bothers you. You adopt a detached feeling toward those things over which you have no control. Keep Reading
Ligonier Sinfonia | Music of the High Baroque 1700-1750
from Deborah Finnamore Mar 30, 2009 Category: Ligonier ResourcesThis unique audio offering from the newly formed Ligonier Sinfonia, led by Dr. Terry Yount, is a treat both historically and musically. Samples from Baroque concerto literature like Bach's Violin and Oboe Concerto in d minor, plus a variety of instrumental works by Telemann, Handel, Vivaldi, and Couperin will delight Baroque fans. These high Baroque pieces feature recorder and harpsichord, organ and strings, flute, oboe, gamba, and harpsichord solo. Enjoy a taste of the popular music from the courts of Weimar, Paris, Venice and London. Fourteen tracks altogether. Keep Reading
Hedonism: "Grabbing for All the Gusto!" (pt. 1)
from R.C. Sproul Mar 30, 2009 Category: ArticlesSome Americans have never heard the word hedonism but few have not experienced the impact of the philosophy of hedonism on their lives. As a world view, hedonism has as its basic principle the belief that the good and the evil are defined in terms of pleasure and pain. Man's ultimate purpose for living is to be found in enjoying pleasure and avoiding pain. The hedonist's constant goal in life is to pursue those things which increase pleasure and decrease pain. Keep Reading
Watch the 2009 National Conference Webcast for a Limited Time
from Karisa Schlehr Mar 29, 2009 Category: EventsOn March 19-21, 2009, more than 4,700 people attended the national conference with thousands more from over 45 countries joining via the live webcast. We give thanks to God for a wonderful weekend of teaching and fellowship. Our prayer is that people will continue to be awakened to the holiness of God through the proclaiming, teaching, and defending of His holiness in all its fullness. Keep Reading
Top 5 Commentaries on the Pastoral Epistles
from Keith Mathison Mar 28, 2009 Category: ArticlesThe three letters commonly referred to as the "pastoral epistles" (1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, and Titus) are labeled as such because they are the only letters Paul addressed to fellow workers with pastoral responsibilities. There are a number of helpful commentaries on the Pastoral Epistles, and the following are five of the best. Keep Reading
From Age to Age: The Unfolding of Biblical Eschatology
from Keith Mathison Mar 26, 2009 Category: Ligonier ResourcesBooks on eschatology often focus solely on topics such as the Second Coming of Christ and the millennium. However, because the first advent of Christ inaugurated the last days, a complete study of biblical eschatology must include a study of Christ's first advent as well as his second. It must also include a study of God's preparations in redemptive history for the eschatological first advent of Christ. Keep Reading
Authority in Vocation
from Gene Edward Veith Mar 25, 2009 Category: ArticlesDo you want to know how Christians can influence the culture? How to have a strong family? Do you want to know the meaning of your life? Do you want to know how authority works? Then attend to the Reformation doctrine of vocation. This strangely neglected doctrine has to do with how God providentially governs the world of human beings. It also constitutes the theology of the Christian life. Keep Reading


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Forum scheduled for next Memorial Union Reinvestment phase
Attendees will see plans for Terrace, 1st floor dining, 2-story coffee shop
MADISON, Wis. — A forum to discuss the next phase of the Memorial Union Reinvestment project will be held to elicit feedback and impressions, according to a release.
The meeting will be 6 p.m. Monday in Memorial Union, according to the release. Check "Today in the Union" for exact location of meeting.
Architects will present preliminary floor plans, site plans and design ideas to students, faculty, staff and Union members as well as the public, officials said. Attendees are encouraged to visit stations focusing on concepts for the Terrace, first floor dining, two-story coffee shop and general floor plans, then comment on their impressions.
"These are all ideas and not set concepts, so we welcome any comments or reactions," Katie Cary, MUR student project manager, said in the release. "There will be no major changes to the footprint of the building, at least not above ground."
Cary said the Main Lounge, Great Hall, Tripp Commons and Der Rathskeller's seating area will only see restoration, not major renovation.
MUR staff has been revising the designs since June and the forum was planned to get input from the public, including students, after ideas were generated but before majors decisions were made, officials said.
Information from the public forum will be used to guide further planning, according to the release.
The architects will craft a final design proposal, which will be reviewed by the Union's Design Committee, officials said. The Design Committee will make recommendations to the Union Council. The final plan will be submitted to the Board of Regents, the campus Design Review Board, Joint Southeast Campus Committee, the Wisconsin Historical Society and the State Building Commission.
Officials said they hope to get approval from all the groups in the early spring of 2014.
The initial phase of construction renovating the west wing, including Hoofers and the Union Theater, will wrap up in fall of 2014, according to the release. The Union Theater will reopen to celebrate its 75th anniversary.


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Bernice A. King, chief executive officer of The King Center, made the following statement today about the bombings in Boston:
"I was shocked and saddened to learn of the bombings that have taken the lives of at least three people and injured at least 140 other people, including 8 children, in Boston. I ask everyone to pray for the victims of this violence and their families. We also pray for the day when these senseless acts of hatred and animosity will be a thing of the past. Although we don't yet know who was responsible for this latest act of brutality, all Americans must join together in condemning the epidemic violence that has caused so much pain and suffering. We must work together with ever-increasing resolve to eliminate the sick culture of violence and to create a nonviolent society where all people can live together as sisters and brothers in peace and security."
The latest news on the blasts, according to CNN, is that the bombings have injured 176, 17 critically. Motive remains unclear in the bombings, but uthorities will go to "ends of the earth" to identify those responsible, FBI agent says. An 8-year-old boy is among those who have been pronounced dead from the attack so far.
Although most of the 44 Boston Marathon bombing patients treated at two Brigham and Women's Hospital facilities appear to have been wounded by "ordinary debris," three were injured by "perfectly round objects" that were "a little bigger than a BB … very uniform, consistent, metallic," said Ron Walls, chair of emergency medicine at the hospital. Another patient was injured with more than 12 carpenter-type nails, he said. "There is no question some of these objects were implanted in the device for the purpose of being exploded forward," Wall said.


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As the new school year shifts into high gear, I'm reminded of a conversation that occurred as my days as a senior at Northeastern High School were coming to an end.
A teacher asked me if I had any words of wisdom, anything that I thought she should know that would help her be a better instructor. I was surprised that a teacher would actually ask a student for advice or feedback.
My respect for her deepened that day, as her sincerity was apparent. She really cared about what I thought.
Imagine, a teacher asking me for advice. Wow. That was a new one.
I remember telling her..


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Joseph L. Alas (21 November 1994) is a Filipino football player from Valle Verde VI, Ciudad de Pásig, Metro Manila. He is now based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where he is continuing his high school studies.
During his career in the Philippines, he played with La Salle Greenhills, Makati Football Club, Unión Football Club, and Alabang Football Club. In Malaysia, he played for Mont'Kiara Football Club and is currently playing with Mont'Kiara International School and the International Soccer Academy.
Equipped with extensive football experience from Sweden, Spain, Denmark, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines, Joseph is also a one-time Makati Football School Most Valuable Player (2009). He dreams to one day play professionally in England, Spain, and the USA. But what he aspires the most is to play for his beloved country in the FIFA World Cup. When not playing football, Joseph also engages himself in basketball.
When looking for new blood, the Philippine Football Federation should look no further: sooner or later, the Azkals will be needing an ace up their sleeves.
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