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Airport named for Tuskegee Airman
The fact that Bob Maxwell helped save the Oceanside Municipal Airport from demise a few years ago doesn't surprise his daughter, Margaret.
"My father was always very interested in transportation and aviation and thought that anything was possible if you had goals and put your mind to it," said the Oceanside resident at Saturday's dedication ceremony to rename the airport the Bob Maxwell Memorial Airfield. "Nobody could ever tell him 'no' or that something couldn't be done."
She thinks some of his tenacity and can-do spirit came from being a Tuskegee Airman in World War II.
"When (African-American soldiers) were told they couldn't be in the Army, he said, 'Yes, we can,' and as a Tuskegee Airman he showed them it could be done," she said.
It was that same determination and resolve, combined with his love of aviation and Oceanside, that spurred Bob Maxwell to lead the fight to keep the small airport open.
"He made sure the airport stayed alive and well. We owe a huge debt to Bob Maxwell," said Gordon Nesbit, president of the Oceanside Airport Association.
A crowd of about 100 people, including Oceanside city officials, Maxwell friends and aviation enthusiasts, gathered at the tiny airport to pay tribute to this hometown hero with the unveiling of a monument and plaque making the name change — to Bob Maxwell Memorial Airfield — official.
"It's an honor well-deserved. Bob was wonderful," said Reginald Owens, past president of North San Diego County NAACP, who was the event's master of ceremonies.
Maxwell died in August 2010 at age 88, but his legacy lives on as an aviator and a community leader.
"It wasn't just that he was a Tuskegee Airman, but it was his connection to aviation, to the airport and to Oceanside that made us want to honor him," said Oceanside City Councilman Jerry Kern. "There are lots of people in our own neighborhoods, like Bob Maxwell, who are heroes."
Jeffrey Woodson, president of the local chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen, gave the keynote address.
"Bob embodied the courage and strength of the Tuskegee Airmen. Bob had their determination, strength, persistence, intellect and patriotism," Woodson said. "They put their lives on the line to fight for their country and their beliefs."
After receiving his commercial pilot's license, Maxwell joined the Army Air Corps and was among nearly 1,000 black airmen who trained at Tuskegee Army Air Field in Tuskegee, Ala., during World War II.
He also served on the board of directors of the San Diego Regional Airport Authority, the San Diego Air and Space Museum, the Oceanside Transportation Committee and the San Diego Airports Advisory Committee, and he was president of the San Diego Regional Transportation Alliance.
"In order to list all of his accomplishments, we had to buy an extra-large brass plaque," Kern said with a chuckle.
Nesbit is optimistic that renaming the airport after the local hero will increase interest not only among the community, but also with young aviators.
"The Oceanside airport is a jewel of an airport. There are very few airports of this size, and it really gets back to the heart of aviation," he said.
Built in 1963, the airport has 68 planes that use it as home base. Nesbit estimated there are 50 to 60 takeoffs and landings daily. Plans to rejuvenate the airport include new hangars, new administration and maintenance buildings and a restaurant.
"It's airports like this where the interest of future aviators is incubated and grown," Nesbit said. "I think new young pilots is what our country needs."


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Discover European space with a stroll around the "International Space Village" at ILA2006
ESA PR 16-2006. From Tuesday 16 to Sunday 21 May 2006, ESA will participate in the ILA2006 International Air Show in Berlin, together with the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR (German Aerospace Centre) and the German Space Industries Association, BDLI.
Over 1000 exhibitors from more than 40 countries will be gathering at Berlin-Schönefeld Airport to display their latest aircraft and a wide range of products, systems and processes representing every area of this high tech industry and, of course, Space!
At the "International Space Village" European space programmes and activities will be highlighted by means of an exhibition and special events and presentations addressed to politicians, decision makers, the international space community, media and general public.
ESA is exhibiting along with the DLR and BDLI in a 1400 m2 pavilion to promote space as an essential factor in discovery, competitiveness and European identity. Key areas and specific missions will be promoted: Launchers, Human Spaceflight, Exploration, Space Science, Earth Observation, Navigation, Operations and Technology.
Throughout the week, a stage set up in the space pavilion will host various kinds of presentations and events. The programme is being finalised and will be posted on the ESA and DLR websites at a later stage. Interviews with ESA directors, senior management, programme specialists and astronauts can be arranged upon request.
More information on the Berlin Air Show at http://www.ila-berlin.de
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Bookmarklets are links you can add to your browser toolbar that perform different functions based on the page you're currently on. They're the only option for extending the functionality of Safari on iOS.
I've added my favorites to a page with instructions linked below. (WordPress for iPad breaks bookmarklets, it seems.)


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Smiles: 2C-I or not 2C-I?
Designer drugs in the news
This is tiring enough for a science writer. I cannot imagine being in law enforcement.
The pace at which psychoactive designer drugs are appearing on the street is about as challenging for me as keeping up with dietary supplement companies that adulterate their products with actual prescription drugs (an area I've been covering since 2007 but a practice that goes back decades.)
This week's designer drug hullabaloo comes to us courtesy of last week's frightful murder-suicide by Sons of Anarchy actor, the late Johnny Lewis. ABC News is reporting today that Lewis was reportedly taking "Smiles," a street name for 2C-I, the phenethylamine hallucinogen first synthesized by Alexander Shulgin.
2C-I is more properly known as 2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodophenethylamine. This structural analog of mescaline (3,4,5-trimethoxyphenylethylamine) was among a litany of designer drugs that was criminalized in the US back in July with the Synthetic Drug Abuse Prevention Act of 2012 (Cheryl Hogue had a nice discussion of the Act, including some quotes from yours truly, in the 27 August 2012 issue of C&EN.).
But the psychedelic drug information website, Erowid, is proposing that the effects reported for "Smiles" are more likely due to the compound 25I-NBOMe (or 2C-I-NBOMe): the more complex and much more potent 5-HT2A agonist, 2-(4-iodo-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-N-[(2-methoxyphenyl)methyl]ethanamine.
The radiolabelled version of this drug was made, it turns out, by some radiochemistry colleagues down the road at RTI International and characterized by Purdue pharmacologist, David E. Nichols (Bioorg Med Chem 2008;16:6116-6123 DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2008.04.050.
Depending on your institutional access, the DOI may not work so you can view the PDF here through the NIH Public Access Program.
Again, here is a case of where a laboratory tool has been co-opted by the recreational drug market, a case that Nichols himself lamented in Nature at the beginning of 2011.
Why should the non-chemist or general reader care about this structural gobbledygook?
25I-NBOMe/2C-I-NBOMe is about 20 times more potent than 2C-I in binding those 5-HT2A receptors in the brain, the same ones that mediate the psychedelic effects of old-fashioned hallucinogens such as LSD and mescaline. This means that it takes a very low dose of this chemical — low, sub-milligram doses — to experience rather complex sensory and behavioral effects.
Here at Erowid is a user experience after a very high dose reported at 3.75 mg – the individual had previously reported a "very enjoyable night" after taking only 0.75 mg.
With an unemotional view of the user's experience, I find it stunning that the human brain is capable of such complex sensory activity after being tickled with some synthetic molecules.
But in the context of the Lewis murder-suicide, one would not be surprised for an inexperienced user to be led to commit such heinous acts in reality.
Unfortunately, it takes a high-profile case like Lewis's for mass media to pay attention to what law enforcement officials deal with on the streets daily (and nightly). And after all the work on the Synthetic Drug Abuse Prevention Act of 2012, 25I-NBOMe is not explicitly criminalized.
Analog Act, anyone?


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Creative and Cool Bus Stops – Part 2.
Air Conditioned Bus Stop.
This one is probably the most comfortable and advanced bus stops of our post, fully enclosed with air conditioning. This bus stop stands, just next to Burj al Arab and Wild Wadi (water theme park). "As many as 47 of the 1,000 planned air-conditioned bus stops were opened in the month of April, 2008 in different parts of the city." Conti……………..
Is This A Bus Stop:
A bus transfer station at the Pacific View mall in Ventura, California. It is a series of three parts developed into a spiral shaped transformation from a bus to a house.
Classic Car And Bus Stop In Havana:
Taken from cab window: 50's car with original 1930's bus-stop behind.
Swing On A Bus Stop In London:
Swing on a Bus Stop in London, part of Bruno Taylor's "Playful Spaces" art project.
Living Room In Bus Stop:
This living room bus stop was created Ikea and Deutsch team together for the marketing of Design Week 2006.
Bus-Stop in Brisbane, Australia:
A lounge room made out of a bus stop.
Bus Stop In Germany:
Bus stop in Germany, advertising for the movie .
Bus Stop Near Corinth Canal, Greece:
Someone had obviously felt that seats were needed and wisely didn't expect the authorities to do anything about it; instead, they brought some of their own old chairs.
These are from the conceptual project "The Bus Stops Here" by Fiori, a Portland based design and research firm. Each bus stop concept is a focused look at a specific issue.
Bus Stop In Stovring, Denmark:
Bus-Stop In Scottsdale, Arizona:
This is a new look at Scottsdale's bus stops, made of metal. Now here we have metal seating in a place where temperatures go up to 120°F in the summer ;-)
Bus Stop In Curitiba:
The Village Bus Stop:
If you zoom in close you see that it's a "Coach Station".
Digital Bus Stops:
"An interactive model that will provide information and maps about the route that each citizen wishes to take, it will permit the use of display screens, activated by touch or by mobile phone and it will provide wireless connectivity."
A Very Special Bus Stop:
This is one of the bus stops which the city of San Francisco's transportation agency asked people to vote on a lineup of bus stop designs in June, 07.
Bus Stop In Australia:
Bus Stop In Alexandria, Virginia:
Bus Stop In Seattle:
This one has a really colorful and interesting mosaic.
A self financing and revenue generating model for bus stops of Jabalpur, India:
Bus Stop In Salinas, Puerto Rico:
Bus Stop In Volgograd, Russia:
A heritage from Soviet Era, and here is the rest of huge gallery - link.
Bus Stop In Wellington, New Zealand:
It's a zoo bus stop, here colors and theme looks apt!
Bus Stop In Athens, Georgia:
Interesting use of a school bus?
A few more interesting bus stops:
This bus stop allows skaters to go on a mini slope attached to a bus stop; it's a Quicksilver ad.
Another interesting bus stop ad:
Here is the rest of gallery - link.
Don't miss to check out "Creative and Cool Bus Stops – Part: 1| 2| 3".
Other Posts:
Nature's Ice Show.
Creative Business Cards.
Interesting Ads Using Elevators.
Clever Alternate Uses Of Everyday Objects.


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Fire and smoke after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza | Reuters
As 'Operation Protective Edge' extends to a sixth day the death toll has reached 167. Over 1,000 people have been injured, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
22 people were killed and 45 injured in the single most deadly attack since the military operation began. Two Israeli bombs targeted a house in the Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City, where the city's chief of police, Tayseer al-Batsh, was sheltering.
First ground assault in northern Gaza
Early Sunday morning Israeli military personnel undertook the first ground assault of 'Operation Protective Edge'.
Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner told reporters, "A naval commando operation took place on a beach in Gaza this morning with the aim of hitting a long-distance rocket launching site." The Lieutenant added that the mission was a success, despite four Israeli soldiers being lightly injured.
The Israeli military has claimed to have struck over 1,100 targets in Gaza, including Hamas rocket launchers, command centers, weapon manufacturing and storage facilities, in a bid to stop rocket fire coming from Gaza.
In a rare move Hamas made public their intention to fire J-80 missiles at Tel Aviv on Saturday evening at 9pm. With this forewarning, Hamas proceeded to fire 10 rockets at Tel Aviv. Hamas have fired over 700 rockets into Israel in the past week.
"Civilians are requested to evacuate"
Indicating further escalation in the north of the Strip, the Israeli military dropped leaflets over the town of Beit Lahiya early Sunday morning. The leaflets requested civilians evacuate their homes by 12.00 pm today, stating, "Those who fail to comply with the instructions will endanger their lives and the lives of their families. Beware."
The Palestinian Interior Ministry in Gaza have responded by calling on the Strip's residents to ignore the Israeli warnings, whether by text message or leaflet. The Ministry has reportedly described Israel's warnings as 'psychological warfare'.
Despite this, families have reportedly been fleeing the northern areas of Gaza.
According to UN officials, 4,000 Palestinians have already fled their homes and sought refuge in UN facilities.
UN calls for the 'restoration of calm' and the possibility of a cease-fire
The UN Security Council released a press statement on Saturday calling for the "de-escalation of the situation, restoration of calm and the reinstitution of the November 2012 ceasefire" between Gaza and Israel.
US Secretary of State John Kerry is to meet with the foreign ministers of the UK, France and Germany in Vienna on Sunday to discuss the escalating situation in Gaza and the possibility of initiating a ceasefire.
Senior Israeli officials have said of the meeting "if there's a relevant offer we will examine it".
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Saturday evening "It is clear we need urgent, concerted international action to secure a ceasefire, as was the case in 2012".
Though diplomatic efforts may be gaining traction, no concrete ceasefire has been offered.
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New development initiative launched in Kabul with opening of 5-star Kabul Serena hotel
Kabul, Afghanistan, 8 November 2005 - The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is pleased to announce that the Kabul Serena Hotel was officially inaugurated today by His Excellency President Karzai and His Highness the Aga Khan. The opening of the restored and expanded Kabul Serena Hotel, the former Kabul Hotel, is a milestone in Afghanistan's post-conflict redevelopment. Designed by award-winning architect Ramesh Khosla, the Kabul Serena Hotel will provide Kabul with much-needed accommodation for visitors to the city and will constitute an important post-war resource for Kabul residents. The hotel will be operated by Serena Hotels, the AKDN unit which builds and operates quality hotel facilities in areas of developing countries not well served by commercial hotel chains. It will employ 400 staff, 90% of whom are Afghan, and will work actively to support local suppliers of goods and services. In 2002, the Government of Afghanistan asked the AKDN to help in restoring Kabul's hotel capacity, which had been almost totally destroyed by the civil war, so that foreign and local investors, diplomats, government officials, donor agency representatives and tourists travelling to Kabul would have acceptable accommodation. It also will be an important facililty for meetings, conferences and social events. The Kabul Hotel has been a notable landmark and centre of activity in the city since it was built in 1945. But it had become virtually unusable, leaving Kabul with a serious shortage of accommodation for visitors. In view of the historic significance of the hotel, many of the original architectural elements have been preserved in the restoration, and much of the original landscaping has been saved. President Karzai called it "a great, great project" and said he hoped that it would be an inspiration for the future development and beautification of Kabul. His Highness the Aga Khan added: "This project has purposefully set out to achieve world standards in the leisure industry. In its design and finishes, its amenities, the seismic-sensitive structure, and the training for staff, the hotel meets the highest international benchmarks. Rather than accept mediocrity, Afghanistan's reconstruction is an opportunity to draw upon the world's state-of-the-art technologies and standards, using them to jump-start the national economy and help bring it to a new and higher plane." Prince Amyn Aga Khan, brother of His Highness, and Chairman of Serena Tourism Promotion Services, said he hoped this first Serena Hotel in Afghanistan would become "a hub of life of this city, the venue of choice for meetings, for relaxation and for business" and that it would pave the way for the hotel group to build more in the region. Eight development agencies of the Aga Khan Development Network are engaged in a range of economic, social and cultural programmes in support of Afghanistan's redevelopment, in the fields of health, education, microfinance, rural development, infrastructure, and the restoration and preservation of important heritage sites. (See Note 1 for more information about the AKDN). The Aga Khan Fund of Economic Development (AKFED), an AKDN agency, is making strategic commercial investments in sectors that are important to the development of Afghanistan's economy. In addition to the Kabul Serena Hotel, AKFED also is helping build telecommunications infrastructure in Afghanistan through Roshan, the country's leading mobile phone company. (See Note 2 for more information about AKFED). The redevelopment of the Kabul Serena Hotel was made possible with the help of equity investments from the Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries (NORFUND) and the Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij Voor Ontwikkelingslandeen N.V. (FMO), and a loan from the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank (IFC). Located in the centre of the city, the Kabul Serena Hotel overlooks the famous Zarnegar Park and is close to Embassies and Ministries. The hotel consists of 177 spacious rooms set around a central garden and swimming pool. It has two restaurants, banqueting and meeting facilities, health facilities, retail stores and a pastry shop. Serena Hotels has 23 properties in Pakistan, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Tajikistan and now Afghanistan. A Serena Hotel is under construction in Kampala, Uganda, and others are planned for Dushanbe, Tajikistan, as well as Aleppo and Damascus, in Syria. (See Note 3.) For further information, please contact: Kabul, Afghanistan Resident Representative's Office Aga Khan Development Network Telephone: +93 79 300 082 E-mail: email@example.com Emmanuel de Dinechin Telephone: +93 79 888 000 E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Website: www.akdn.org France The Department of Public Affairs Aiglemont 60270 Gouvieux, France Telephone: +33 3 44 58 40 00 Fax: +33 3 44 58 42 79 E-mail: email@example.com Website: www.akdn.org NOTES The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is a group of private development agencies working to empower communities and individuals, often in disadvantaged circumstances, to improve living conditions and opportunities, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, Central and South Asia and the Middle East. The Network's agencies work for the common good of all citizens, regardless of their gender, origin or religion and the underlying ethic is compassion for the vulnerable in society. Its annual budget for philanthropic activity is in excess of US$300 million. In 1995, Focus Humanitarian Assistance, an affiliate agency of the AKDN, began delivering emergency food aid to Afghanistan and assisted with refugee resettlement. In 2002, the AKDN embarked upon an ambitious expansion of its work to include a range of development initiatives addressing issues of food security, infrastructure rehabilitation, upgrading and support for healthcare and educational institutions, water and sanitation, revitalisation of cultural assets and urban development. It also is addressing the need for investment in priority sectors of the economy such as microfinance, telecommunications and tourism. The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) operates as a network of affiliates with more than 90 separate project companies employing more than 30,000 people and is active in 15 countries in Asia and Africa : Afghanistan , Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, India, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Pakistan, Senegal, Tajikistan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its mission is to build sustainable enterprises that contribute to economic development and create jobs in regions that are in need of foreign direct investment. Serena Hotels and Lodges enjoy a long-established reputation for the highest standards of comfort and service within environments that meticulously promote indigenous architectural, craft and cultural traditions. Serena builds hotel capacity in regions that are underserved with business and tourist accommodation by other hotel chains. Serena properties have been at the forefront of human resource development, the generation of foreign exchange revenue and providing employment to local residents while bringing environmental sensitivity to the tourism industry in the regions where they operate.
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Mitt Romney's secretly-taped remarks to private donors released this week got the "Saturday Night Live" treatment two nights ahead of schedule on "Weekend Update Thursday."
The episode ripped into the presidential nominee in a series of spoofed secret tapes that had Romney, played by Jason Sudeikis, spitting food into a diner's face, singing a song about poor people's distaste for working, and specifying that the 47 percent of the electorate he dismissed were neither veterans nor the elderly, but "black people."
The clips were shown in a faux "Fox and Friends" segment dedicated to defending the very real Romney tape, in which the nominee characterized 47 percent of voters as people who "believe that they are victims" and are dependent on the government.
U.S. & World
The Fox hosts, played by Taran Killam, Vanessa Bayer and Bobby Moynihan, watched a parody of the Romney tape, in which Romney scans the room for cameras before telling donors that the 47 percent of people he was really talking about were black people.
"I mean, what's the big deal?" the hosts protested.
The Fox crew then revealed a series of new "secret videos" beginning with a video of Romney chatting with voters at a McDonald's.
"People think I'm fancy, but I like nothing more than to end the day with one of these sandwiches at the McDonald's," Sudeikis' Romney said, before spitting a mouthful of his sandwich into a fellow patron's face.
"I'd complain to the chef, but let me guess. No habla ingles," he added.
The next clip had Romney asking a driver to take him and his wife to the Four Seasons only to find out that he was actually on "Cash Cab" and the driver was offering up a $25 prize if he managed to answer a few questions correctly.
"That's okay, we're not going to answer questions for a quarter," Romney said.
The driver repeated that he was offering $25.
"Right, which is a quarter of a hundred dollars," Romney said. "What other kind of quarter is there?"
Next up was a tape that caught Romney happily singing in the shower: "Oh poor people hate having jobs, the only thing the poor hate more than condoms is waking up and going to a job."
"That's a catchy song," Moynihan's character said.
The segment closed with an announcement of "one or two corrections from the first two hours of the show," before a cascade of them—noted in their entirety by EW.com—moved down the screen.
The actual "Weekend Update," overshadowed by its intro, offered up some mild laughs on the news of the week, from Newsweek's "Muslim Rage" cover (stolen, Seth Meyers said, from Cat Fancy's "Feline Rage" cover), to Jay Z's fundraiser for President Obama (not a good sign considering Jay Z supports "a failing team" -- The Nets).
Drunk Uncle and Democratic consultant James Carville, played by Bill Haden, stopped by for a visit too, with Haden squeezing in one final jab at Romney.
Asked how he would advise the GOP nominee, the fake Carville said he would tell the candidate to "Just act rich ... Wear a top hat and a cape," he said, clasping his hands together and cackling wildly.


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The Most Annoying Man in the Universe was rewarded for his efforts for his craft's top prize, the Outstanding Lead Actor In a Comedy Series Emmy.
"Thank you, thank all of you. Some of you apparently voted for me - that was very sweet," said Parsons in accepting his first Emmy. He then went on to make the perfunctory -- but totally sincere -- rounds of praise for his cast, writers, etc...
"To get to work on this character is beyond fortunate," Parsons added, before thank his "people" and family.
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The day's top national and international news.
Like Stonestreet's sober appearance at the top of the show, it was in some ways a testament to what good work Parsons is doing on "Big Bang." We're not exactly fans of the show, but Parsons' Sheldon Cooper is a creation fully-formed distinctly different from the man himself. High five, Jimmy.
We had picked Alec Baldwin of "30 Rock" (we didn't really have a choice), but Parsons was our second choice.


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The long-foundering "Sin City" sequel appears to be gaining some momentum, with director Robert Rodriguez and creator Frank Miller bringing in some A-list talent to do some script work.
William Monahan, whose screenplay for "The Departed" won him an Oscar, has been hired to help out on "Sin City 2," according to The Hollywood Reporter. This is a perfect match, as Monahan has posses the perfect retro-noir tough guy sensibility that the film requires.
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Rodriguez swore up and down at this year's Comic-Con that the project was close to getting off the ground, news that sent eyes rolling as it had all been heard before. But it would appear the world owes the director an apology, 'cuz you don't bring in a guy like Monahan just for kicks.
Rodriguez has indicated in the past that the characters that survived the first film--notably those played by Mickey Rourke and Jessica Alba--would be brought back for the second, and that scheduling should be easy because most of the film was shot against green screen.
Monahan worked on the script for Tom Cruise's upcoming "Horizons," nee "Oblivion," and will soon be directing his own script for a remake of the 1964 classic "Becket," which originally starred Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole as the Archbishop of Canterbury and King Henry II.


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Valve Corporation, often referred to as Valve Software or simply Valve, and stylized as VALVE, is an American video game and digital distribution developer based in Bellevue, Washington.[2] Their first game, Half-Life, was highly acclaimed and since they have gone on to develop more franchises, including Left 4 Dead and Team Fortress, as well as Portal, all of which are first-person shooters.
Valve also developed the popular Steam content delivery client, which is now the market leader with over 1,100 games available, and with 70% of the market share.[3] Valve releases all of their games via Steam.
Valve was founded on August 24, 1996[4][5] by two former Microsoft employees, Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington. They originally started out as an L.L.C. company based in Kirkland, Washington, however, after incorporation in 2003, Valve moved from Kirkland to Bellevue.
Following the success of Half-Life, the Valve team expanded their portfolio, creating mods, spin-offs, and sequels. Valve has accumulated rights to at least six different series which include Half-Life, Team Fortress, Portal, Counter-Strike, Left 4 Dead, and Day of Defeat. Valve is most noted for its support of the modding community. In fact, its games Counter-Strike, Team Fortress, and Day of Defeat, all started out as third-party mods before becoming full-fledged games. Valve distributes some community mods on their content delivery system, Steam.
On January 10, 2008, Valve announced the acquisition of Turtle Rock Studios,[6] who previously worked with Valve on Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, porting the Counter-Strike to the Xbox and creating various maps for Counter-Strike: Source. They also worked on Left 4 Dead, providing an advanced AI system.
Valve also notably headed PowerPlay, a technological initiative designed to decrease latency whilst playing online computer games, but after 12 months the project was quietly abandoned.
Products and franchises
List of games
- Half-Life (1998)
- Team Fortress Classic (1999)
- Half-Life: Opposing Force (1999)
- Deathmatch Classic (2000)
- Ricochet (2000)
- Counter-Strike (2000)
- Half-Life: Blue Shift (2001)
- Day of Defeat (2003)
- Counter-Strike: Condition Zero (2004)
- Half-Life: Source (2004)
- Counter-Strike: Source (2004)
- Half-Life 2 (2004)
- Half-Life 2: Deathmatch (2004)
- Half-Life Deathmatch: Source (2005)
- Day of Defeat: Source (2005)
- Half-Life 2: Lost Coast (2005)
- Half-Life 2: Episode One (2006)
- Half-Life 2: Episode Two (2007)
- Portal (2007)
- Team Fortress 2 (2007)
- Left 4 Dead (2008)
- Left 4 Dead 2 (2009)
- Alien Swarm (2010)
- Portal 2 (2011)
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (2012)
- Dota 2 (2013)
- The Lab (2016)
- Artifact (2018)
- Dota Underlords (2019)
- Aperture Hand Lab (2019)
- Half-Life: Alyx (2020)
Notable games / series
Half-Life series
Valve began working on the first game of the Half-Life series soon after the company's formation, and settled on a concept for a horror-themed 3D action game, using the Quake engine as licensed by id Software. Half-Life was a hit at the 1997 E3 convention, where its animation system and artificial intelligence were demonstrated. The game's success led to its first expansion pack, Half-Life: Opposing Force, which was developed by Gearbox Software, a company based in Plano, Texas. Randy Pitchford, founder of Gearbox, said in an interview that he believed Valve gave them the opportunity to produce a sequel to Half-Life to allow Valve to focus on future titles. The game was demonstrated at the 1999 E3 convention, where new locations, characters, and the storyline were revealed.
On November 16, 2004,[7] Half-Life 2, the sequel to the original game, was released. Following its release, the series was continued using a trilogy of episodic games. Half-Life 2: Episode One was the first of these, set around City 17 after the events of the original game, in which Gordon Freeman and Alyx Vance must attempt to escape the city after a dark energy reactor core they damaged at the end of Half-Life 2 threatens to destroy the city. It was released on June 1, 2006,[8] and introduced several new graphical effects including new lighting features and facial animation.
The second episodic game, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, was released on October 10, 2007,[9] and continues the story soon after where Episode One ended. This episode focuses on expansive environments, travel, and less linear play. It was released in The Orange Box along with Half-Life 2, Episode One, Portal, and Team Fortress 2.
Half-Life 2: Episode Three is slated to be the third and final installment of the episodic expansions.[10] The game has, presumably, been in development since some time in 2008, since concept art surfaced in July of that year.[11] However, besides passing comments when pressed in interviews, very little is known about the game.
Half-Life: Alyx is a VR game developed by Valve. It was announced on November 18, 2019, unveiled on November 21, 2019, at 10 AM Pacific Time. It was released on March 23rd, 2020. The game is set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2.
Day of Defeat
Day of Defeat began as a third-party Half-Life mod in 2000. Later, the DoD team joined Valve Software and produced a standalone version published through Activision. Day of Defeat was officially released on May 1, 2003.[12] It features multiplayer gameplay that takes place during the European Theatre of World War II. It was converted over to the Steam delivery system in version 1.1 and now requires Steam to play.
Day of Defeat: Source, an updated version of DoD, which moved Day of Defeat from GoldSrc to the Source engine, was released on September 26, 2005.[13] As in the original, it features multiplayer game-play.
Counter-Strike series
Counter-Strike, released on September 15, 2003,[14] is a multiplayer game in which players join either the terrorist or counter-terrorist team. Counter-Strike was originally developed as a Half-Life modification. It soon grew into a commercial mod and was later advertised as a separate game in itself. It still uses and runs on the Half-Life game engine, GoldSrc.
The follow-up to Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, was released on March 20, 2004,[15] and runs on GoldSrc. Like its predecessor, Condition Zero is also a multiplayer game, with an added single-player mode. Development of Condition Zero began in 2000 by Rogue Entertainment. However, Rogue's producer for the game, Jim Molinet, moved to Sony, therefore leaving the development up to Valve. Later, development was given to Gearbox so that Valve could focus on the development of Team Fortress 2.
Counter-Strike: Source is a complete remake of Counter-Strike using the Source engine. As in the original, Counter-Strike: Source pits a team of counter-terrorists against a team of terrorists in a series of rounds. It was initially released as a beta to members of the Valve Cyber Café Program on August 11, 2004.[16][17] On August 18, 2004, the beta was released to owners of Counter-Strike: Condition Zero and to those who had received a Half-Life 2 voucher bundled with some ATi Radeon video cards.[18]
Team Fortress 2
Team Fortress Software, the creators of the mod Team Fortress, were employed by Valve in 1998,[19] and shortly thereafter began work on Team Fortress 2. To tide fans over, a port of Team Fortress was made called Team Fortress Classic. Finally, after a long development period, Team Fortress 2 was released on October 10, 2007[20] as a standalone product via Steam as well as in The Orange Box. The game became free-to-play on Steam on June 23, 2011. TF2's gameplay is focused around two opposing teams battling in rounds to achieve a target. These teams, Reliable Excavation & Demolition (RED) and Builders League United (BLU), represent two holding corporations that between them secretly control every government on the planet.[21] Players can choose to play as one of nine classes in these teams, each with their own unique strengths and weaknesses.
Portal series
Portal is Valve's professionally-developed spiritual successor to the freeware game project Narbacular Drop, the 2005 independent game released by students of DigiPen, who are now all employed at Valve.[22][23] Released on October 10, 2007,[24] the game was only available as part of The Orange Box, however, after its success, it is now available separately on Steam. The game follows Chell, a test subject in the Aperture Science Enrichment Center, who must use the Handheld Portal Device to navigate through nineteen Test Chambers, all the while being guided by a sinister AI who offers "consoling" advice.
On March 1, 2010, Portal was updated to tie in with an alternate reality game, which was eventually revealed to be promoting a full sequel, Portal 2. Portal 2 was officially announced on March 5, 2010[25] and was confirmed to be a full-priced standalone game, taking place in an unknown area of Aperture Science Enrichment Center.
Left 4 Dead series
Using the Source engine, Valve set out to make a horror film inspired game that merges single-player games' character-driven narrative structure with multiplayer games' social interaction and high replayability.[26] From that idea, Left 4 Dead was born. When making Left 4 Dead, many aspects of the Source engine were changed, such as more realistically portraying hair and clothing, and improved physics interaction with enemies. The Source engine was also improved to have smarter AI, lighting, cinematic visual effects, and dynamic color correction. After a three-year development process, Left 4 Dead was released on November 17, 2008.[27] The game is set during the aftermath of an apocalyptic zombie pandemic and pits its four protagonists against hordes of the infected.
Left 4 Dead 2, the sequel to the original game, was released on November 16, 2009.[28] Like the original, Left 4 Dead 2 is set during the aftermath of an apocalyptic pandemic and focuses on four new survivors fighting against hordes of the infected. Development for Left 4 Dead 2 started shortly after the release of the first game. Valve built on ideas from the development team to make the next game "bigger and better".[29]
Valve announced its Steam content delivery system in 2002. At the time, it looked to be a method of streamlining the patch process common in online computer games. Steam was later revealed as a replacement for much of the dated framework of WON and Half-Life multiplayer and also as a distribution system for entire games since 2005. It was released on September 12, 2003.[30]
As part of Steam, Valve developed the Valve Anti-Cheat system, an anti-cheat solution that prevented players from changing the game code to gain an advantage over other players. It is now implemented as a part of Steamworks, a publishing suite that gives developers access to every component of Steam.[31]
Between 2002 and 2005, Valve was involved in a complex legal showdown with its publisher, Vivendi Universal (under Vivendi's brand Sierra Entertainment). It officially began on August 14, 2002. when Valve sued Sierra for copyright infringement, alleging that the publisher illegally distributed copies of their games to Internet cafes. They later added claims of breach of contract, accusing their publisher of withholding royalties and delaying the release of Counter-Strike: Condition Zero until after the holiday season.
Vivendi fought back, saying that Gabe Newell and marketing director Doug Lombardi had misrepresented Valve's position in meetings with the publisher. Vivendi later counter-sued, claiming that Valve's Steam content distribution system attempted to circumvent their publishing agreement. Vivendi sought intellectual property rights to Half-Life and a ruling preventing Valve from using Steam to distribute Half-Life 2.
On November 29, 2004, Judge Thomas S. Zilly of the U.S. Federal District Court in Seattle, WA ruled in favor of Valve. Specifically, the ruling stated that Vivendi Universal and its affiliates (including Sierra) were not authorized to distribute Valve games, either directly or indirectly, through Internet cafés to end users for pay-to-play activities pursuant to the parties' current publishing agreement. In addition, Judge Zilly ruled that Valve could recover copyright damages for infringements without regard to the publishing agreement's limitation of liability clause.[32]
On April 29, 2005, Valve posted on the Steam website that the two companies had come to a settlement in court.[33]
On July 18, 2005, Electronic Arts announced that they would be teaming up with Valve in a multi-year deal to distribute their games, replacing Vivendi Universal from 2005 onwards.[34]
In April 2009, Valve sued Activision Blizzard, which acquired Sierra Entertainment after a merger with its parent company, Vivendi Universal Games. Activision had allegedly refused to honor the Valve vs Vivendi arbitration agreement. Activision had only paid Valve $1,967,796 of the $2,391,932 award, refusing to pay the remaining $424,136 claiming it had overpaid that sum in the past years.[35]
- ↑ Valve Studio Tour. Gameinformer.com. Retrieved on 2010-03-30.
- ↑ About Valve on ValveSoftware.com
- ↑ Stardock Reveals Impulse, Steam Market Share Estimates
- ↑ Steam Message. "[...] it was exactly eleven years ago that Valve was born."
- ↑ Valve Corporation v. ValveNET, Inc., ValveNET, Inc., Charles Morrin Case No. D2005-0038. WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center.
- ↑ Valve Corporation (2008-01-10). Valve Acquires Turtle Rock Studios. Press release. http://store.steampowered.com/news/1401/. Retrieved on 2008-01-10.
- ↑ Half-Life 2 on Steam
- ↑ Half-Life 2: Episode One on Steam
- ↑ Half-Life 2: Episode Two on Steam
- ↑ Half-Life 2: Episode One gold, Two dated, Three announced on GameSpot
- ↑ First Half-Life 2: Episode Three Concept Art Revealed on Shacknews.
- ↑ Day of Defeat on Steam
- ↑ Day of Defeat: Source on Steam
- ↑ Counter-Strike on Steam.
- ↑ Counter-Strike: Condition Zero on Steam.
- ↑ Counter-Strike: Source beta begins on GameSpot
- ↑ Update News - Counter-Strike: Source on Steampowered.com
- ↑ Counter-Strike: Source Strikes ATi Customers. ATi.
- ↑ Team Fortress Full Speed Ahead on GameSpot
- ↑ Team Fortress 2 on Steam
- ↑ Meet the Team on TeamFortress2.com
- ↑ Things are heating up!. Narbacular Drop official site (2006-07-17). Retrieved on 2006-07-21.
- ↑ Valve's Doug Lombardi Talks Half-Life 2 Happenings on GameInformer.com
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Portal 2 Announced
- ↑ EA E3 Presentation Video
- ↑ Left 4 Dead on Steam
- ↑ Left 4 Dead 2 on Steam
- ↑ Left 4 Dead 2: Exclusive RPS Hands-On Preview on Rock, Paper, Shotgun
- ↑ Steam Client Released
- ↑ Steamworks partner site
- ↑ Valve vs. Vivendi Universal dogfight heats up in US District Court on GameSpot
- ↑ Valve and Vivendi Universal Games Settle Lawsuit on Steam News
- ↑ EA and Valve Team Up to Deliver Half Life to Gamers Worldwide on EA News
- ↑ It's Ugly: Valve Sues Activision, Activision Threatens to Sue Valve on GamePolitics.com. "Against that backdrop, Activision cut Valve a check last week for $1,967,796 - the amount handed down by the arbitrator less the disputed $424K. According to Valve's suit, Activision said that it wouldn't pay the rest and if Valve went to court Activision would counter-sue. Valve has apparently called Activision's bluff and the parties are now once again at odds."
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Is your skin itchy, oozing, or breaking out? Moles, psoriasis, hives, and eczema are just a few of the more than 3,000 skin disorders known to dermatology. Changes in color or texture can result from inflammation, infection, or allergic reactions anywhere on the body. Some skin conditions can be minor, temporary, and easily treated -- while others can be very serious, and even life-threatening. Read on to see signs and symptoms of the most common skin disorders and learn how to identify them.
Shingles (Herpes Zoster)
Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a skin disease caused by the return of a chickenpox infection from latently infected nerve cells in the spinal cord or brain. It begins as a painful sensation which is often mistaken for a musculoskeletal injury or even a heart attack. It is soon followed within one or two days by a red, blistering unilateral (one-sided) rash distributed to the skin supplied by a sensory nerve (a dermatome). Zoster tends to occur most often in the elderly and can be largely prevented or made less severe with a vaccination. Treatment with antiviral drugs within 48 hours of the onset of the eruption may limit the development of a persistent, severe pain (neuralgia) at the site of the eruption.
Hives (Urticaria)
Hives, also known as urticaria, is one of the most common allergic skin conditions. It most often occurs due to antibodies in the bloodstream that recognize foreign substances. This eruption appears suddenly anywhere on the body as elevated blanched bumps surrounded by an intensely itchy red rash. There may be many lesions, but each one only exists for eight to 12 hours. As older ones resolve, newer ones may develop. Most of the time, urticaria resolves spontaneously within eight weeks and is treated with oral antihistamines for symptomatic relief.
Psoriasis is a chronic, inflammatory genetic condition in which patients develop scaly red bumps that coalesce into plaques. Symptoms of psoriasis typically occur but are not limited to the scalp, elbows, and knees.
Psoriasis is not curable; flare-ups come and go by themselves. There are a variety of treatments depending on the severity and extent of involvement, which vary from topical creams and ultraviolet light exposure to oral drugs and injectable medications. Patients with psoriasis more commonly develop cardiovascular disease and diabetes, which may be attributable to system-wide inflammation.
Eczema (Dermatitis)
Eczema (sometimes called "dermatitis") is a genetic condition associated with itchy, dry skin. It usually develops in early childhood with symptoms of a chronically itchy, weeping, oozing sores. Eczema tends to be found on arm creases opposite the elbow and on leg creases opposite the knee.
Many eczema patients also have inhalant allergies such as asthma and hay fever. Eczema improves with age. Treatment involves applying emollients to wet skin and using topical steroids.
Types of Eczema
There are many types of eczema, and many types include the word "dermatitis" (in dermatology, dermatitis is another word for eczema). For instance, eczema types include stasis dermatitis and dyshidrotic eczema. A dermatologist can help you understand what type you have. Two of the most common types are:
- Atopic dermatitis
- Contact dermatitis
Rosacea is a chronic inflammatory condition of the face that is characterized by redness, dilated blood vessels, papules, pustules, and occasionally by the overgrowth of nasal connective tissue (rhinophyma). It superficially resembles teenaged acne, but it occurs in adults. Persistent facial flushing is an early sign of the skin's uncontrolled sensitivity to certain naturally produced inflammatory chemicals. Treatment of rosacea involves topical and oral drugs.
Cold Sores (Fever Blisters)
Herpes labialis (cold sore) is caused by the herpes simplex virus. Cold sores commonly appear on the edge of the lip. This virus exists in a dormant state in the spinal cord nerve cells, and after certain environmental triggers like a sunburn or a cold, the virus is induced to travel along a peripheral nerve to the same skin site over and over again. The eruption is self-limited to about seven to 10 days so that treatment is unnecessary unless the eruption becomes too frequent.
Plant Rashes
In allergic individuals, the development of a linear blistering eruption occurs within 24-48 hours of exposure to a member of the poison ivy or poison oak family of plants. Since the plant contains highly allergenic chemicals, most people will become allergic after a single priming exposure. The eruption will resolve within three weeks but will occur again the next time the skin comes in contact with the plant.
Treating Plant Rashes
The repeated application of cool wet compresses to the blisters followed by evaporation of the water can be soothing and speed healing. Treatment with steroids creams or even oral steroids may be required in severe cases. Once a person is allergic, this is permanent; it is important to avoid this plant family assiduously so this very unpleasant allergic reaction will not recur. Many of those allergic to poison ivy or poison oak (Toxicodendron) are also sensitive to mango skin and cashew nut oil.
Razor Bumps
This eruption occurs in areas of the skin in which hairs have been recently cut or extracted. This is commonly present in the beard area of individuals with very tightly coiled hair. When the hair is cut off or plucked out below the level of the follicular pore, it tends to curl into the side of the follicle and cause an inflammatory bump. Not shaving closely is very important in preventing this skin condition.
Skin Tags
Skin tags are small, fleshy, fibrovascular, pedunculated (on a stalk) growths that are often are found on the neck and armpits. They are generally asymptomatic unless they become irritated by frictional forces or their blood supply becomes compromised. They are very common and need not be removed or destroyed unless they become irritated.
Acne vulgaris is usually a noninfectious eruption of papules and pustules (pus-filled blisters) on the face and occasionally on the chest and back. Acne occurs in all teenagers as they progress through puberty. Symptoms like comedones (blackheads) and inflammatory papules and pustules all appear simultaneously.
Despite rumors to the contrary, acne is not caused by dirty skin. Instead, it is mediated by hormones that begin to circulate during puberty and excess sebum or oil production. The condition generally resolves around the age of 20-30 but may produce scarring if severe and left untreated.
Athlete's Foot
One of the most commonplace skin conditions is athlete's foot. And one of the most common causes of athlete's foot is an infection of the dead superficial layer of the skin called the stratum corneum by a fungal mold (tinea pedis) called a dermatophyte.
If inflammatory, this condition may cause fluid-filled blisters that are quite itchy. Noninflammatory tinea pedis produces scaly, dry skin. Often it is only mildly irritating. Tinea pedis is probably frequently contracted by walking barefoot in locker rooms. Topical antifungal creams are available over the counter and can be helpful in treating this skin infection. More powerful medications can be prescribed by a dermatologist.
Although the term mole may cover a variety of different sorts of skin growths, most often it refers to a localized accumulation of pigment-producing cells called melanocytes. These are generally uniform in color and round in shape. In dermatology, moles are sometimes known as benign neoplasms.
Melanocytic nevi (moles) range in color from beige to black, they're about ½ an inch in diameter, and are often located on sun-exposed skin. Poorly pigmented individuals may have an average of 35 of these growths by the time they are 35 years old. These are benign lesions but can be confused with various pigmented skin cancers. Pigmented lesions that itch, bleed, or grow could be cause for concern.
Age or Liver Spots
Liver spots (also called age spots) are a common skin condition that typically appears on the face and forearms of older individuals. Although these flat brown spots cause no symptoms, patients detest them because of their unsightly appearance. They can be treated in a variety of ways, but treatment is not medically necessary.
Pityriasis Rosea
This rash usually begins in a young adult as a single scay bump or patch and then extends to cover much of the torso with many scaly spots that are elliptical in shape. They are associated with modest itching which only occasionally requires treatment. The condition usually lasts about 6-8 weeks in total.
Melasma is another commonly experienced skin condition. The main symptoms are brown patches of skin. These patches are typically found on your face.
This condition occurs most commonly in women of childbearing age and is often associated with pregnancy or the ingestion of oral contraceptive medication. This flat brownish pigmentation occurs on the forehead, cheeks, and in the mustache area of the upper lip. It often persists after pregnancy or after birth control has ceased. Sunlight will make it darker. Successful treatment is not easy, and strict sun protection is a necessity.
The development of small keratotic tumors of the skin is caused by one of about 200 members of the human papillomavirus group. They often spontaneously go away, but particularly stubborn warts may require medical intervention. The proliferation of various treatments reflects the fact that successful resolution mostly depends upon the patient's immune response. There are a variety of treatments available without a prescription that ought to be tried prior to seeing a physician.
Seborrheic Keratoses
This is the single most common benign bump present on people as they age. (Benign means it does not indicate skin cancer). Lesions may be present anywhere on the body and generally do not produce symptoms. They appear as black, brown, or yellow bumpy lesions which give the appearance of having been "glued" onto the skin. They are of no medical significance aside from the fact that they are occasionally confused with pigmented skin cancers.
Seborrheic Dermatitis
Seborrheic dermatitis is the single most common rash of adults. When it occurs in infancy, it is commonly called cradle cap. The adult disease tends to favor the scalp, skin behind the ears, forehead, brows, nasolabial folds of the face, mid-chest area, and the mid-back, producing an itchy, red scaling dermatitis. The scaling in the scalp can be conspicuous, producing impressive dandruff. The cause of this condition is unclear, but it responds well to topical steroids and to topical antifungal creams. Medicated shampoos containing tar, selenium sulfide, and zinc pyrithione are often effective. This condition commonly improves spontaneously but will ultimately recur. There is no cure so treatment must continue indefinitely.
Rosacea, Acne, Shingles: Common Adult Skin Diseases
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It's official – the music of Madonna will be coming back to "Glee."
Series head honcho Ryan Murphy confirmed the rumors on Monday at the Peabody Awards in New York City.
"We are, we're doing a sequel to the Madonna [episode]," he told Access Hollywood.
Earlier this season, "Glee" broke tradition and devoted an entire episode to only Madonna songs, but the date when Madonna will reign supreme for a second time, musically anyway, on the show is the only thing that has to be nailed down. When asked if it will occur next season, Murphy said, "Probably. Yeah."
Madonna is a fan of the show, after having watched it with her teenage daughter, Lourdes, and the rumors continue to run rampant that she will make a cameo on the hit FOX program.
"I can't say," Ryan told Access about Madge's rumored role. "But she's sort of the muse of our show, I think now." She loves the show and has supported it. She gets the show is about arts education and so she's very supportive about that."
In related "Glee" news, Newsweek Associate Editor Ramin Setoodeh recently sparked a controversy after penning an article – "Straight Jacket" – where he suggested gay actors, like Sean Hayes in Broadway's "Promises, Promises," and "Glee's" Jonathan Groff, are unconvincing as heterosexual males on screen.
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No, I've not been the most faithful blogger for the past month or more. No, I haven't died but the Lord has been letting me go through some things that have led to growth.
It started maybe 6 or 8 weeks ago. I'm not sure.
Since 2004, I've been convicted of the need to be more involved in personal evangelism. I came to this conviction through the ministry of Way of the Master. While I don't necessarily agree with everything they say, or those whom they affiliate with, I do agree with their method and appreciate them greatly. We need more who follow their example.
So what has been happening? Well, simple. See since 2004, I had become very frustrated in my efforts to find a partner to do evangelism with. Then came a Facebook friend. Out of nowhere.
We meet in Peoria and do street evangelism on Saturdays from 1pm to about 3 or so. And we talk to the homeless. We talk to those who have homes to go to. We talk to them at bus stops. We walk around and talk. We drive around to find others. We hand out good tracts and do one on ones with them. It's great!
I had noticed after the first week or two that my walk with the Lord seemed to have new life. Then, of course, as my doctor recently told me, if you do street evangelism you have put a large target on your back. We are invading enemy territory with the one thing they can't tolerate: Truth. The Gospel.
It's been an interesting time. It has been challenging but the Lord is faithful. Of course, He always is. But He has shown this to me in special ways over the past weeks. And I give Him praise for His faithfulness to me.
So, please understand why I am so quiet. I've not thrown in the towel. I've just kind of been refocusing. This used to be a "watchdog" blog of sorts. And of course, there is need to herald warnings about various errors which saturate Christendom of late. And of course, there is room for a political statement here and there.
But my focus has shifted. I'm primarily learning to love my wife more and myself a bit less. I'm learning about God's personal love for me, mainly in a recent incident that the Lord brought me safely through. I won't go into what happened here, but His fingerprints are all over it.
I have a new job. We have found an excellent church...56 miles from here but it is an excellent church of the Reformed Baptist persuasion. Expository preaching. Verse by verse. Book by book. Can't beat that.
This has been a tremendous time. No doubt. Please pray that the Lord will find me faithful.
Thanks and I'll be back!
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
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Family House Diaries: All things work together for good
After losing their jobs and life savings, husband and wife Scott and Dottie Boeving of Wingate, N.C. are now fighting for their health. Dottie suffers from a soft-bone disease which makes mobility difficult, and Scott was diagnosed in 2009 with Stage IV non-Hodgkin's mantle cell lymphoma. Despite everything being taken away from them, Scott and Dottie are a model of faith, joy, and hope.
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Scott Boeving of Wingate, N.C., would never ask of himself "How much can one man take?" But no one could blame him if he did.
After Boeving was diagnosed in September 2009 with stage IV non-Hodgkin's mantle cell lymphoma, aggressive chemotherapy sent the rare, life-threatening condition into remission. But if left Boeving, 63, with severe nerve damage over 80 percent of his body, making him no longer a candidate for a bone marrow or stem cell transplant. The chemotherapy also made Boeving susceptible to a bacterial blood infection that nearly took his life.
Boeving's own health issues come on top of the mobility issues his wife of 42 years, Dottie, 61, lives with because of soft-bone disease that makes surgery for her painful hips and knees impossible.
And Scott and Dottie are living with the very real possibility that they will lose their home, farm and Airedale terrier kennel on 12 acres in Union County, following Scott's job loss with the fall of the banking industry in December 2008. They had already lost their life savings to corporate fraud in the 1990s.
"Still, I know that my God has not forsaken me, and I pray for healing every day," said Scott. "The material things are not what's important and should not have been all along. All the worldly things grow dim unless you have your health."
Non-Hodgkin's mantle cell lymphoma is one of the rarest cancers of the lymphatic system. Chemotherapy can often send the disease into remission for 2-3 years, but bone marrow or stem cell transplant is usually recommended for the best chance at a long term response.
Following a diagnosis at their local hospital, the Boevings sought a second opinion at UNC Hospitals and were pleased to learn that Scott was eligible for a small, randomized clinical trial for mantle cell lymphoma patients. Scott's oncologist, Hendrik van Deventer, MD, assistant professor in the department of medicine in the division of hematology and oncology at the UNC School of Medicine, is the lead investigator for the national trial.
"Until we came to Chapel Hill, we didn't get any peace with Scott's disease," Dottie said. "From the first, we've never felt rushed in our visits. We know we have access to cutting-edge expertise, and we've witnessed genuine compassion from everyone we've met. And that compassion extends to strangers, many patients themselves, who offer to hold doors or show us short-cuts for getting from one place to another."
As Scott prepared for chemotherapy at UNC Hospitals, he and Dottie settled into SECU Family House, a 40-bedroom hospital hospitality house minutes from UNC Hospitals. Family House provides comfortable, convenient and affordable housing for seriously ill adult patients and their family member caregivers.
That move meant the Boevings had to find foster homes for their three championship-bred Airedale terriers. Friends in the Airedale Club of America, of which Scott is vice president, stepped up with open arms and hearts. Club members also have initiated fundraising activities on the Boevings' behalf.
"We really have missed our dogs, and we are blessed with good friends who so readily helped with their care," Dottie said, adding that the visiting therapy dogs through the UNC Hospitals' volunteer program have helped ease the void of canine companionship.
Volunteers at the UNC Hospitals and at SECU Family House also have provided musical entertainment with guitars, harps and violins, which, Scott, a music major in college and a guitarist, has especially enjoyed.
"We could not have afforded the treatment Scott's getting in Chapel Hill without SECU Family House," Dottie said. "You can feel the spirit when you walk in the door. We were made to feel like family. We have much to be thankful for."
The Boevings returned to their Wingate home to celebrate the holidays with their son, their daughter and five grandchildren and for Scott to rest and gain strength for the expected bone marrow transplant in the New Year. A bacterial blood infection sent him into the hospital on Christmas Day.
Scott was hospitalized for 10 days, and once dismissed, returned to Family House to be near the UNC Hospitals while on continuous antibiotics. He and Dottie went home in April to rest and came back to UNC Hospitals the first week of June for test results and to talk about next steps.
"We know it was hard for Dr. van Deventer to tell us that because of all the nerve damage Scott could not have any more chemotherapy and consequently he was no longer a candidate for the recommended bone marrow transplant," Dottie said. "As grim as that news sounds, to us it was a relief because Scott has been through so much already and clearly couldn't go through much more.
"We believe that all things work together for good and the Lord has supplied us with so much – the gift of Family House and all who have helped us at UNC Hospitals, from the woman who cleaned Scott's room and prayed with us to the very top doctors in their field," Dottie said. "We don't want them to ever think they have failed us because they didn't. We have a spirit of excitement, and we are going forward with the things we have to do to get on with living our lives."
Scott is beginning to regain some of the 61 pounds he's lost since last fall, and his energy level is improving. He still sleeps a lot, but he is able to walk without his cane or walker, which were constant companions for so many months. He's beginning to drive again, and although he's a commercially rated pilot, he isn't able to climb into the cockpit of a plane just yet.
"I'm doing OK," said Scott, never one to complain. "I'm a little tired, but I'm doing OK."


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A Video Two Years in the Making – Finishing "Cache Across America"
Lorrie LeBlanc "Lorriebird" is one of six Geocaching.com members that can claim a smiley on the Cache Across America – Series Final (GC12E08). According to the cache page, "This is a series of caches that will take you on a coast to coast tour of the entire United States. One cache in this series is hidden in each of the 50 United States. These caches each contain a numeric clue that that will lead you to this final cache located somewhere in our nation's capitol upon completion of the series."
It's a daunting series that Lorrie, an airline pilot, started in 2008. She says, "While traveling anywhere in the world is a great thing, I just believe that the United States has so much to offer that most folks will never see! I have a 'bucket list' of places I wish to visit, but my list started with visiting all 50 states."
Lorrie discovered geocaching after reading a newspaper article about the treasure-hunting adventure. "I tried to get my younger brother interested in geocaching… I ended up being the one addicted." Her discovery came only two years before beginning the Cache Across America series. "I started caching on July 9, 2006…the last day that I ever touched my golf clubs (which are still gathering dust in the garage to this day…)."
On the cache page for the final cache in the series Lorrie writes, "Oh sure, the many trips were amazing. The thousands and thousands of miles of driving seemed endless at times. Some of the sights I saw were breathtaking (and so were my VISA bills )." But she says something was more important than all of that, "Cache Across America (CAA) was really all about people." Read her Geocaching.com log to find out about the people who cheered Lorrie on to complete the challenge.
But she has advice for you too, if you're considering attempting a major geocaching adventure. She says, "Technology is your BFF! I wouldn't do it without a 'paperless capable' GPS. Spend lots of time beforehand planning routes and downloading Pocket Queries to save in your files before long trips in case your plans change. I carried an aircard so I could access the internet anywhere on my laptop and that became a real help many times on the road. And if you are going after a specific cache research it beforehand and make sure it is not disabled before you drive thousands of miles! Take lots of pictures and jot down some notes…you will happy later that you did."
Lorrie not only completed the challenge and made new friends, but she also put her conquest in a video. She says, "Actually there is no 'video' in my video! It is just the collection of still photos that I had in my files from my Cache Across America journey. I was recently asked by the organizers of Florida's annual Cacheapalooza event to give a presentation about Cache Across America, and this video is what I made for that presentation. I am happy now that I spent so much time taking pictures, especially of all the state boundary signs. Those were the toughest and many times I had to exit a highway and circle back around to get another shot at a missed one. I found my first CAA cache in October 2008, and finished the CAA final in June 2010."
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V3 in white buses
I think the caption is misleading. The white buses suggests a journey by V3 from Terendak to Singapore to fly to Vietnam [i.e. Nui Dat]
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Thanks Bruce - I've amended
Thanks Bruce - I've amended the caption accordingly.
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V3 in White Buses
That is exactly how V3 travelled from Terendak to Singapore so the caption is correct Bruce