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Bucks, Antetokounmpo provide challenge for Warriors
NBA Headlines
- Giannis out after having oral surgery
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- Butler returns, leads Heat past Pacers
- Down 22, depleted Mavs rally past Jazz
OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Milwaukee Bucks would like to demonstrate that they could be a challenge to the Golden State Warriors' bid to three-peat in June when the clubs square off Thursday night for the only time this season.
The Bucks walked away with a road win the last time they saw the Warriors in March, taking advantage of a short-handed Golden State backcourt and a combined 75 points from Giannis Antetokounmpo, Khris Middleton and Eric Bledsoe for a 116-107 victory.
That got the Bucks a split in the two-game season series, after the Warriors limited Antetokounmpo, Middleton and Bledsoe to 52 points in a 108-94 Golden State win at Milwaukee in January.
The teams meet this time around as two of the top teams in their respective conferences, with the Warriors (10-1) having won eight straight, while the Bucks (8-2) have lost two of three after a 7-0 start.
One year after going 28-6 against Eastern Conference teams, including 4-0 against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals, the Warriors have opened with four straight wins against Eastern foes, running up a 20.3-point average margin of victory.
Golden State has scored 116 or more points in all eight games of its winning streak, although the two-time defending champs weren't totally satisfied with their 117-point output in Monday's 16-point home win over Memphis.
The Warriors now also find themselves concerned about a toe injury sustained by Draymond Green in the second quarter of the game. He had X-rays afterward that were negative, but he's already been declared out of Thursday's game.
"We're never as good without Draymond," Warriors coach Steve Kerr told reporters Wednesday. "He's a phenomenal defensive player, the best one in the league in my book, one of the best I've ever seen and a guy who has to do what modern-day power forwards do, which is cover the entire floor and rebound and stay in front of guards. Nobody is better than Draymond at that."
The three-time All-Star averaged 16.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 6.5 assists in the two games against the Bucks last season. He will be replaced by a committee of young big men Kevon Looney and Jordan Bell, together with Golden State newcomers Jonas Jerebko and Alfonzo McKinnie.
The Warriors were without Steph Curry in both meetings last season. Klay Thompson joined his backcourt mate on the sidelines for the home loss in March.
The Bucks are hoping to rebound from their worst offensive performance of the season in Tuesday's 118-103 loss at Portland that tipped off a four-game Western swing.
Antetokounmpo had 23 points in the loss, but continued to struggle from behind the 3-point line, going 0 for 2 to lower his league-worst percentage to 9.5 percent (2 for 21).
The league's 10th-leading scorer (25.8 points per game) was talking defense, not offense, after the game.
"We couldn't get stops," he said after watching Portland's CJ McCollum scorch his team for 40 points. "If you can't get stops, it doesn't matter how many shots you hit."
Thursday's nationally televised affair matches the NBA's two top teams in scoring (Warriors 123.5, Bucks 120.0) and assists (Warriors 30.5, Bucks 26.4).
The Bucks' last four opponents have averaged 113.3 points per game, while the Warriors have held just one opponent under 100 points all season, that being Minnesota in a 116-99 victory last Friday.
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Once again, this is for school. Here are my instructions:
In the following code fragment, s is a four-element array of Strings and w is a String. Write code that stores in w the String that results from writing all four elements of s in order from last to first, separated by spaces. For example, when s is the array with elements "go", "west", "young", "man" (in that order), then after executing your code the String "man young west go" should be stored in w.
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in During - you put how many days/hours/minutes it is going to be
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Can you fit the voice of an entire diaspora into a single poem? Ireland is about to find out.
When the poet laureate Seamus Heaney passed on the 30th of August 2013, the island of Ireland took a deep breath and stopped for a moment. "Our laureate", as the New York-based Irish author Belinda McKeon described him, was gone. Here was the Derry boy, who, from a farm in Castledawson, became arguably the definitive poet of his generation.
Bog bodies, mid term breaks and squat pens – Heaney's voice had reached and touched us all, from homework-laden school children to crumbly college professors. As Belinda McKeon so movingly writes in her remembrance of the man, "There is, probably, no single word for the marvel of him."
And so how apt is it that in the midst of his passing, Ireland and its diaspora will gather together and write a poem that will reflect the sense, the people and the soul of the entire island.
It's safe to imagine that when the contributors to the gathering poem (that's you and I, by the way) sit down to write our four lines that "Our laureate" will be gently guiding the pen.
So what is the gathering poem? Well, as the organisers tell us, it is, "'a poem about Ireland, by the people of Ireland, wherever they are."
Think of it as a literary chorus where the hopes, aspirations and reflections of the worldwide Irish diaspora convene in one perfect poem.
To contribute, simply visit the website and enter your four lines in the box provided. The editor (Dr Philip Coleman, Professor of Poetry at Dublin's Trinity College) will then, after the closing date for entries (19 October), begin to compile the poem.
And so, in November, the gathering poem book, featuring profiles and pictures of the successful contributors, will be published and sold both in shops and online.
"But", you say, "I've never written a poem before in my life. I wouldn't know where to begin!".
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Never written a poem before? Never mind. "Poetry", the organisers remind us, "is neither academic nor non-academic, just heartfelt."
And just in case you were struggling to get started, Irish poet Brendan Kennelly has provided the opening line:
"'An Irish heart is inspiring Art"
Maybe that's your Irish heart he's speaking of?
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Writing history is a challenge beset with pitfalls for the writer. Characters and context vie for center stage. Too much emphasis on characters that shape history, and you've got one foot in Hollywood, the other on a banana peel. Too much context, and the authorial ego fills the vacuum with homemade narrative, trumped-up theories, and sleep-inducing detail (years of lonely, dedicated research). It's an awful lot to ask for both.
But if you love history, if you are a reader who looks to history to understand the present, you understand the thrill of the terms "Forgotten Romantic Heroine" and "Visionary." And you look for the work of writers like Jenny Uglow, who navigates past the temptations and traps of historical narrative with grace in The Pinecone.
Uglow first saw the magical church that Sarah Losh created in 1842 when she was a girl growing up in Cumbria. There it must have sat, as it has sat in the village of Wreay, near Carlisle, in Jenny Uglow's mind, as she layered prizewinning biographies of Elizabeth Gaskell, William Hogarth, the engraver Thomas Bewick, and Henry Fielding (and even A Little History of British Gardening) upon it. But how could she write about Sarah Losh – a profoundly educated woman growing up in Regency England, fascinated by the natural history of her own backyard, the medieval history buried in the stones of her family home in Wreay, and the larger world of mathematics, physics, philosophy, biology, geology, art, etc., etc. – before she (Uglow) had lived and studied and made a name for herself in her own chosen field?
Why is the timing of this book in the writer's career so interesting? Because the book explains so much. About how the little things around us, the things that fascinate us as children, the shapes and colors of our own backyards inform the mark we will make on the world. About the swirl of characters in the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth cross-pollinated to move art and science forward. About women, property, struggle, and ease. About symbolism and nature; religion and power.
The family of Uglow's heroine were landowners and merchants (much of their fortune was made in ash, or soda). Her father and uncles were radicals, defenders of the poor, believers in the rightness of agrarian life but excited about the future – the mills and factories and railroads that would transform their towns and landscapes. They travelled to learn the latest in mathematics, chemistry, and physics straight from the horse's mouth -- they counted among their friends William Wordsworth, William Paley, Joseph Priestly, John Dawson, William Turner, John Curwen – some names you may know, some you may vaguely recognize. The Regency conversation drew broadly on the past – what to abandon and what to cherish? Mystery, magic, druids, Celtic saints, Greek gods. Even as the poor began their long march into lives of overwhelming, unsustainable drabness, those who could afford to looked forward and back.
Sarah Losh, born in 1786, and her beloved sister, Katharine, chose not to marry. They were tutored in a broad variety of subjects; read the works of Byron, Scott, and Mary Wollestonecraft; believed in the education of women and were not challenged or thwarted in their interests, at least at home. Sarah took an interest in building (the architectural critic Simon Jenkins later called her "a Charlotte Brontë in wood and stone"). She learned how to carve from local artisans; she made the Great Tour, taking copious notes (though her journals have yet to be discovered!) on art and architecture. She was a keen naturalist, and the symbols on her buildings include oak leaves, wheat, butterflies, pomegranates, winged turtles, bees, ravens, scarabs, fir branches, fossils, and owls. The pinecone rose to the top of Losh's natural theology as her signature symbol of regeneration, the mathematical certainty of a future (like the nautilus, a natural example of the Fibonacci sequence, without end). When her old family friend William Thain was killed fighting in Afghanistan in 1842, she planted, in front of the church at Wreay, a Khelat pine seed from the pinecone he sent her before his death.
After their mother and then, fourteen years later, their father died, the sisters ran their own home and their considerable holdings. Like their father and uncles, they were pillars of their community, funding and building a chapel and then a school. The sisters traveled, and then, in 1835, Katharine died; Sarah was bereft. She threw herself into building the famous church of Wreay. Constructed at a time when Gothic cathedrals were defending the honor of the rapidly weakening Anglican Church, Losh's church was Norman, early Christian, Romanesque, pantheistic, classical. She carved the font and the candlesticks herself. In nearby Carlisle and Newcastle, the factories belched and the mills and mines took lives.
Let it be known that I am a fan of Jenny Uglow. I share her belief that land is the basis for history and nature is the fountain, the source of culture. After years of struggling with British literature (taught, in my day, as though Americans were just learning to read and write in the twentieth century), I finally understand how fundamental land, specifically the ownership of land, was and is to the British character, a driving force in politics and culture, an obsession, leading in its mildest (but still competitive form) to gardening.
Uglow builds Losh from the ground up, so to speak. Once her subject, who died in 1853, is fixed in your mind, you will look at pinecones quite differently – their sturdy promise, their rich complexity – and you may think that you will begin to read more in the evenings, maybe study a language, entertain a childhood dream, leave something enigmatic behind when you finally, gracefully, slip away.
Susan Salter Reynolds is a writer and book critic. She is a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times.


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6 things every sailor should know how to do
Don't head out to sea without knowing what to do when emergencies—both small and large—arise
3. How to reef a mainsail
When it comes to reefing, the rule is to do it before you need to. It's a good plan because reefing becomes infinitely more complicated if the boat is heeled way over and the wind is whistling so loudly you can't hear your crewmates. The process of reefing, however, is the same no matter when you do it.
Start by easing off the outhaul and the vang, then drop the main halyard down to slightly lower than the level of the reef you intend to put in. Get the new tack set in whatever manner your boat is set up for, then carefully grind the halyard up to get the right amount of luff tension. Then tighten the reef line at the clew so that both corners of the sail are sufficiently taut and the foot is stretched out.
Roll the reefed portion of the sail into itself and tie sail ties through the grommets. Boats with fixed-foot mainsails will have to devise another strategy to control the lower part of the sail. Some sailors use long bungee cords stretched along the boom to hold the sail down.


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Bored of moaning about the mortgage, and unable to update you on anything as there is no news as yet, I thought I'd take this time to reflect on how things have gone so far.
We arrived back from our holiday in Cornwall 6 weeks ago and in that time we've managed to get an offer accepted on our dream guesthouse, sell my flat, appoint a solicitor, write a business plan and gather all manner of statistics and research about the Cornwall Tourist Industry.
Not bad going when you consider that we left for our holiday with absolutely no intention to do anything bar have a lovely relaxing time, and partake in a bit of walking. Also in this time, I've learned a helluva lot about mortgages, about juggling a job while trying to fulfill a dream, about estate agents, and about myself.
To summarise:
- Not all estate agents are bad people; yes they're a bit pushy and a bit insensitive, and it did annoy me the way they addressed all correspondence to 'Mr' Lee Rotbart when I am quite clearly female. However, they have been pleasant, efficient and did a very good job at alleviating the guilt I felt when I couldn't sell to the first guy that saw the flat – apparently house buying should not work on a 'first come first served' basis no matter how nice the person seems.
- The headlines about banks not lending are NOT fabricated or exaggerated. They really are not lending.
- Getting annoyed about #2 does not do anyone any good. Ranting and raving about cause and effect, focusing on articles in the newspaper about giant bonuses paid out to banks when they not only caused this crisis, but are exacerbating it, does not make it any more likely that we will get our mortgage.
- I am not very good at juggling two jobs, and the more I focus on the guesthouse the less motivated I am at work. In my defense I haven't had a pay rise or decent appraisal in over 2 years so there are few reasons for me to pull out all the stops at work. However, things still need to get done and I am finding myself working late and checking emails at weekends to compensate for day time shenanigans.
- Everybody, and I mean EVERYBODY, thinks they will be able to identify the solution to our mortgage problem. "Have you tried 'x'?", and "Did you think about 'y'?"; this isn't really a problem as we do need all brains on board for this, however my ego is bristling at the intimation that people don't think we are exploring every single avenue available to us.
- I have an ego. A big one. A giant one, with a whole heap of pride on top.
- I don't like cleaning. This is something I suspect that I knew about myself already, but with my cleaner having been away for over a month, I am struggling to dust, sweep and wash floors in an efficient manner. This does not bode well for when the live-in maid takes her leave of Porthminster View.
- I understand more about business than I think I do. Even though I have an MBA (Masters in Business Administration), I've always suspected that I have very little business acumen, yet I'm discovering it's not actually that bad. Both Danny and I have written business plans and cash flow reports, and I'm amazed at how much I understand about pulling this together.
- I really do want to leave London. This might seem like an obvious thing to anyone reading this blog, but I have to admit that at the beginning I had my reservations. Do I really want to leave the convenience of 24 hour corner shops? Friends on every street? Family down the road? Will I miss the choice of 30 cinemas in a 3 mile radius? Late night coffee places? My favourite bars? Ultimately, I probably will miss all those things, but not so much that it would stop me leaving. As the mortgage gets further and further out of reach I know that the desire to move away is not only real, it's obviously and painfully apparent.
- I struggle to delegate tasks. While I moaned for the first 4 weeks about how I was dealing with all the mortgage calls, now that Danny is doing it all I want to do is get involved. I feel powerless when someone else is doing the work, and I suspect that the control freak in me secretly thinks that things will be forgotten if I don't do them. However, this is a business partnership, and I have to admit that Danny is doing just fine without me, maybe even better.
I suspect that if this project continues, this is just the beginning. I suspect that there's plenty more to learn. I also know that, for the first time in 6 weeks, I am 110% sure I want to learn it.


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Legislative hearings begin on Maine hospital debt bills
Bills will tackle the $484 million Medicare debt to state hospitals
The debate over Gov. Paul LePage's plan to pay hospitals back for Medicare debt was on the agenda Monday at the state house.
The amount that needs to be paid back? Nearly half-a-billion dollars.
No matter what happens, it's unlikely that this debate will shrink what you pay for medical treatment.
The president of Central Maine Medical Center told News 8 the topic of health care costs is an issue that is completely separate from this discussion.
One proposal to pay the debt does include more transparency for patients but a patient advocate said that's only the first step in making health care more affordable.
LePage is pushing his plan to renegotiate the state's liquor contract to help bring in the money.
He said paying the debt will have a ripple effect on Maine's economy by creating health care and construction jobs.
"Under my plan, nearly $700 million would surge into the Maine economy as early as this spring," said LePage.
Shortly before LePage testified at the state house, Democrats put out their plan, which includes some reforms like more transparency in medical bills.
"Going forward, we need to understand exactly what we're paying for and why. From Band-Aids to board rooms and aspirins to X-rays, consumers have the right to know how their health care dollars are being spent," said Rep. Mark Eves, speaker of the house.
But others said while more transparency is good, it's just one step in cutting health care costs.
"If you're in the back of an ambulance, you're not going to be consulting a price list," said Mitchell Stein, policy director with Consumers for Affordable Health Care.
Even though patients would have more details about their bills, he said because of an emergency or their geography, they still may not have a choice when it comes to treatment.
"Say you live up in Aroostook County and you know that you could get the service cheaper in Portland. That's an eight-hour drive away. You may not have the time or resources to do that," said Stein.
Whether it's the governor's plan or the one put forth by Democrats, once a bill is signed into law, the debt could be paid off in months instead of years.


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Usually, when we think of creating artificially intelligent characters in games, we think of making these characters smarter and better at responding to various situations. But at a Game Developers Conference presentation this week, two industry veterans suggested that we should take lessons learned from the study of human psychology to make characters more believably human, which doesn't necessarily mean "more intelligent."
Conveying emotion is seven seconds
Dave Mark of AI consulting firm Intrinsic Algorithm noted that the average character in many games is an enemy that only appears for seven seconds, which makes it hard to convey any meaningful characterization through traditional methods. Early game characters were like early silent movie characters, according to Mark, making exaggerated movements and using short audio "barks" to reveal their emotions. "Now, maybe it's time for us to learn how to be more subtle like the movie actors did."
Designers can use subtle gestures and small eye and head movements to convey character thoughts and emotions that a player will feel "before they even realize they're there," he said. To demonstrate, Mark showed a live demo of an "egg man" character—just a 3D oval with two eyes. Egg man started out dead-eyed and staring straight ahead, "like a lot of the characters we have conversations with in RPGs." But just by tilting the head and eyes with careful timing, this extremely basic character could express recognizable emotions like shame, suspicion, and distress. With minimal psychological cues, humans will infer what is causing them, Schwab explained, often without even being conscious of it.
These kinds of subtle changes can help make a lot of live game situations much more believable. If a character does a quick double-take glance at a pillar before diving for cover, for instance, it reads as much more human and believable than having that same character just randomly dive because some algorithm told him too, Mark said.
Exploiting player biases
Blizzard Senior AI and Gameplay Engineer Brian Schwab continued the presentation, talking about his efforts to create characters that are less rigidly logical and more recognizably human. "I've played against AI agents that are a pile of logical rules, like Spock," Schwab said disapprovingly, adding that he'd rather have a character that makes human decisions rather than perfect ones.
Schwab described how a number of psychological biases work like "exploit bugs for people," giving a developer tools to trick the player into enjoying a game more. For example, the negativity bias suggests that people tend to remember their failures up to 2.5 times more readily than their successes. While this was probably a useful evolutionary tool, it can turn a player against a game where they lose just as often as they win. The positive rewards in a game have to be much more common than the negative failures to overcome this bias, he said.
Player biases can also wreck the way a game is played, if the developer isn't careful. Thanks to the status quo bias, Schwab said, players will often ignore the wide array of powers and abilities available in a game once they've found one or two strategies that have been reliably effective. Designers can break through this bias only by designing enemies that can't be easily exploited with a single strategy.
Knowledge of psychology can also be used to craft more realistic character behavior, Schwab said. He gave the classic example of a stealth game where a guard checks out a sound caused by a thrown rock for a few seconds before heading back to his assigned post. Realistically, "that guard has absolutely zero motivation to give up on seeing what that sound was," Schwab said. "That's not human at all." Game designers can write around these kinds of problems by creating an important reason for the guard to be called away, for instance, rather than simply having them act like an automaton.


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If anybody is interested, the magazine "Scientific American" has an article in the June 2004 issue that mentions a book coming out this fall outlining the nature of the patent system and the ramifications legislative acts concerning it. It's called "Innovation and its Discontents: How our Broken Patent System is Endangering Innovation and What to Do About it". Granted it's a one page article but it looks like there will be more to come on this topic and it could be an interesting glimpse into what those who are interested in IP law might be facing in the future.Incedentally (did I spell that right?), the authors are both economists.
HAAAAA HAAAA HAAAA!!!!So true, dsong! I think they bore the hell out of most people (except maybe geeks like me) In fact, I laughed out loud during one of my practice LSAT RC questions that was a rant on Agricultural Biotechnology and the very pathogen I happened to be working on at the time!! Don't know if they lifted the article from SA, though.lol


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This is a 1894 liberty head 'v' nickel. It is in 'ng' condition, though the date is able to be read. I have held onto it for years. I won a whole jar of mixed coins in a bet from my brother when we were little. Most of them were from vacation spots around the world and about 5 are rare.


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Verizon Adds LG Spectrum 2, Cuts the Cord With Wireless Charging
LG hasn't had a huge presence in the U.S. smartphone market, but it looks like things might slowly be changing with such recent additions as the new Nexus 4, the LG Optimus G, and now the LG Spectrum 2.
The LG Spectrum 2 will be available exclusively from Verizon Wireless starting Oct. 30, and aims to do away with cords. The smartphone features a battery cover that allows for wireless charging, though you have to buy the charging pad separately. (No word on pricing yet.)
It also includes near field communication (NFC) technology, so you can wirelessly share information such as contacts and photos simply by tapping it with another NFC-enabled phone.
The rest of the handset is pretty standard fare. The 4G LTE smartphone will ship running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and has a 4.7-inch HD touchscreen, an eight-megapixel camera on back and a front-facing 1.3-megapixel camera and 16 gigabytes of internal storage.
Pricing for the LG Spectrum 2 is set at $99.99 with a two-year contract and after a $50 mail-in rebate.


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SAN DIEGO, CA January 23, 2018
Enjoying their 38th year providing enhanced experiences regardless of the venue, Videotel Digital hits the high notes with an anniversary.
February is a month of celebration for Videotel Digital. The San Diego-based manufacturer of industrial digital signage solutions has now officially hit the benchmark of 38-years in business. And hit it they did. The industry leader saw continued success this year by servicing numerous industries from retail to healthcare, educational venues, hospitality, events, and museums among others. To that end, among other enviable advances, the year saw the company premier their newest network digital signage media player, the VP90. Their attendance of the Infocomm with the new solution did not go unnoticed in July as well.
Lisa Schneider, VP of Marketing and Sales at Videotel Digital, said of the company's anniversary, "We are celebrating all month as we applaud all of our associates and team members for creating such phenomenal products for our clients. It really is all about customer service and staying ahead of the game with foresight and its resulting innovations. We're proud to say that nearly four-decades of doing just that has proven itself. Those are just two of the key points to our ongoing success."
Linking arms with new clients this year like GameWorks, Seabourn, and Inre Media, Videotel Digital sought to create new industry standards. GameWorks is widely praised as Las Vegas' hub for wholesome family fun while Seabourn is the pioneer of ultra-luxury cruising for small-ship cruise lines. Inre Media provides professional hospitality TV installations to optimize the hotel guest experience. These are just three of the company's newest partners.
Videotel Digital's success at the pro-AV industry's largest trade show in the US - Infocomm - became apparent early on. Set among 40,000 attendees and 1,000 exhibitors representing all facets of audiovisual technology, the company made strides displaying their newest product. The VP90 industrial grade network media player debut not only included the latest 4K networked media player but also six interactive digital signage solutions including the new LIFT solution.
The newest in the Videotel Digital lineup, the VP90 4K Industrial Networked Digital Signage Media Player, allows remote access to update or change and push out content via a Web Server, LAN, or FTP. It has WIFI capability and offers a long list of design options to create and customize content and flawlessly auto loops audio, video, and images files.
For more information about Videotel Digital visit http://www.videoteldigital.com
About Videotel Digital:
Videotel's equipment has been a proven solution for many of our immersive entertainment activities. From laser tag to incredible escape rooms, Videotel's equipment plays a vital role in our everyday operation and seamless delivery of experiences to our guests.
Jake McDaniel / Consultant, Media & Interactive Technology
In 2009 Salem Hospital began installing hospital grade DVD players in our common areas and patient rooms to help the people we serve and their families find as much comfort as we could provide during difficult times. I was meant to source these players and over the course of several years, we struggled immensely with numerous brands because of the high failure rates and poor customer service from the manufactures. While searching on the internet for a solution to an untenable problem we discovered Videotel. I asked for a rep to contact me with guarded optimism and shortly afterward Lisa Schneider from Videotel reached out to us. We worked out an arrangement to bring an HD2600 XD on campus for us to review. Our findings were that the unit was considerably higher-quality than we had seen before. We ordered a test run for a full floor remodel. We were involved in and closely watched for failure rates, and were very pleased to find that the Videotel units had a zero failure rate during the trial period and beyond. We are now in the process of transitioning all of our existing DVD players on our campus to Videotel, and we are also putting them in all new construction projects moving forward. Thank you, Lisa and the whole Videotel team for providing a high-quality product and a competitive price.
Jim S. / Facilities Administration
Darrell Hawkins - General Manager
"We use is the VP71XD interactive Media player solution to provide a seamless, hands-off experience to educate consumers in pop-up retail locations across Canada for a prominent automotive brand. Multiple signage players were used on a single vehicle to display custom animated graphics and directional, quality, audio to provide an intimate interaction for their newest safety technologies. wonderMakr is already looking at new ways we can use these devices creatively in the marketing, events, and technology sector."
Senior Producer, Dylan Welsh
Horton & Associates gladly recommends, sells, and installs products from Videotel to many of our customers throughout the United States in the healthcare industry. Videotel produces a product that is reliable and performs as expected and required by our customers, often delivering service around the clock, 24/7 365. There simply is not a better solution.
Drew Mitchell / National Sales Manager
In the past (5) years, our company TTC INC/The Travelers Channel has purchased about 100 DVD Videotel units. The company operates a 24 hour visitors channel called The Travelers Channel in hotels, the Videotel DVD player has been the answer to our prayers. The DVD player runs 24 hours a day, like a fine Swiss watch. And if there is a power outage, the unit comes right back on without a manual reset. The Videotel DVD player also plays all formats of DVD discs without any problems. I highly recommend these units to any one.
Al D'Conti
We have DVD players scattered throughout a massive property in retail and promotional areas. In the past, after a power interruption, a technician would have to physically walk to each location and power the units on. The units are not located in the most ideal locations. The life expectancy was only several months. We purchased our first Videotel DVD player several years ago and have not touched it again. I have since replaced all the units with Videotel players. The new V2200 is more compact and easier to place in tight areas. It has one simple job – PLAY, REPEAT. It is a great product at an affordable price!
Gregory Houle
From the moment of contact with Videotel they not only provided us with exceptional customer service but, Videotel's products are incredibly reliable and simple to operate. We chose Videotel's VP70 series media players to display educational videos to our retail customers and we couldn't be happier with the solution.
Pat Huber / Director
From the minute I found Videotel on the internet I was excited. Finally something that looked simple and reliable. It literally took 5 minutes from opening the box to get rid of all the previous pain and frustration. I will strongly recommend Videotel to anybody looking for a looping video solution. It's incredibly simple to setup, there is no strain on valuable bandwidth, and best of all it never falters.
Chris Carey / CEO
Videotel provided us with the perfect interactive digital solution for our recent 25th-anniversary celebration. We chose the VP71XD interactive digital player with 4 on-demand push buttons to add a video to our 3D company timeline. The unit is part of a permanent display for our employees, customers and business partners to learn about the history of BWise Manufacturing® and Bri-Mar Trailers®.
Dave McKee / General Manager
We have the need for DVD's to run continuously over and over again at our club while people workout. We have tried other DVD players with REPEAT functions, including some expensive models, but it has not been as simple as it has seemed. Videotel seems to have figured it out and made our life simpler.
Lance Atkins, Owner, Beechmont Racquet & Fitness
The New Iceland Museum installed a highly interactive digital signage solution for a new permanent exhibit which included a VP71XD Multimedia Player from Videotel Digital. The player works seamlessly with an interactive panel with LED push buttons and provides high-quality picture and sound. Technical support and customer service were extremely helpful. This player is a definite asset to this exhibit.
Julianna Roberts / Executive Director
The Florida Holocaust Museum is using Videotel Digital's VP70 LTE media players in several exhibits throughout the museum. They provide the quality of video and audio we need, and most importantly, the dependability. We haven't experienced any downtime with these units due to failure or problems. With our previous solution, we were rebooting and restarting our exhibits at least once a week. These are just what we've been looking for!
Florida Holocaust Museum
We have 4 different channels in our fitness center that play prere corded content. We used to buy new DVD players almost every month as they would die after 24hour daily use. Now with the industrial DVD players they run nonstop trouble free and are simple for our non technical staff to use. I would highly recommend there (I actually did to another gym) to anyone who needs constant play.
Yehuda Fulda
Videotel allows us to seamlessly integrate our brand identity across a 20 city national tour and provides our audience with an interesting and thought provoking multimedia experience. After searching the marketplace, VP70 LTE+ Digital Media Player's have been our goto solution for 3 years!
Corey Taylor- Technical Director
Lisa and her team over at Videotel have been a joy to work with. They provide top-notch presale design and post-sale support. We've successfully deployed their VP71XD multimedia HD video player coupled with interactive features on several projects. We've also had great luck with their VP90 Industrial Digital Signage Media Players recently deployed for a local car dealership. It was simple to configure and Videotel's technical support department provided all the support we needed. They even went the extra mile to work directly with our clients to train them in areas we were deficient. That alone is worth its weight in gold! I highly recommend giving them a shot on your next project. You won't be disappointed.
Chad Carney
SPEVCO Inc. is a custom manufacturer and operator of special vehicles geared primarily to the marketing and product promotion business. We strive to provide innovative and unique experiences. The good folks atVideotel have the products, services, and attitude that enables us to deliver dynamic and successful promotional vehicles for our clients. We are impressed with the reliability of their products and their can-do attitude that helps us with our not so common requests. Thank you, Mark, Lisa, Travis, and Teresa for your support. It is truly refreshing to work with a team of Videotel's character.
Craig Tharpe / Design & Engineering
Shane Nicholson / Owner
For our upcoming installation for the prestigious New National Museum in Oslo, Norway, Bright was looking for a product that could meet the clients' strict requirements for esthetics, function, and quality. We found that the HyperSound speaker met the requirement in full. The narrow wavefront makes the speaker ideal for critical applications like the new National Museum.
Jørgen Damskau / Head of Program
The Ford Piquette Avenue Plant is extremely pleased with our new Videotel VP70XD multimedia player. The player is now providing high-resolution video to our many guests. It was extremely easy to create the video as a simple export from PowerPoint. Do not underestimate this powerful device – this is not just a JPG player – it can play countless video formats. It is also very easy for our staff to start the player each morning – one simple touch to the outlet strip and both the Videotel and the display start right up. We have more applications for the Videotel players coming up soon!
Steve Shotwell - Board of Trustees President
Soundhouse is an easy addition to your satisfied customer list. All of your units perform consistently to the highest standards, and on the rare occasion they do need servicing, our requests are met with quick responses. Our rental and AV production customers are frequent users of looping video content and easy-to-access menus, and the minimal physical footprint makes sleek and streamlined installs easy. We're pleased to have found your solutions and look forward to continued joint success.
Joel Siegel
Brandon Zaugg / President
Tim Vacca / Director of Programs
"We started using the DVD version of media player over 10 years ago. With many people opening our museum exhibits on any given day, knowing that the DVD player would always turn on and play was very helpful. We have recently upgraded to the VP71XD industrial digital media player and it was ready out of the package. We also added the harness with pushbuttons and the directions to the program were very simple. From researching to ordering, to purchasing, the company is knowledgeable and great to deal with. Thank you!"
Molly Engquist, Curator of Exhibits
"We use the Videotel Digital VP70 LTE Commercial Grade Seamless Auto Looping Digital Media Player at one of our establishments located at the Northwood Golf course in Monte Rio California, Northwood Restaurant (Bistro) on a monitor that runs 24/7 with our latest menus and news which we call "Northwood News". We include holiday greetings year around and "Specials" as well as various videos on areas of interest in the place we live such as the coast, wildlife, and vineyards, redwood forests, etc. We selected this player because of its commercial-grade robustness and the fact we frequently have power outages and the Videotel player responds like a champion, we are quite pleased with the performance of this player!"
Stan Angel-Piner Cafe
"We here at the Great Room Escape in Layton, Utah strive to provide the most immersive and professional looking games that a customer can experience. With the release of our latest game, Ghost Hotel we knew that our special effects that would require interactive video needed to be handled by a product that is second to none. Videotel absolutely met this objective. From triggerable videos, stunning 4k and everything in between, their product has exceeded every expectation. Now for all of our interactive video needs, Videotel will be our go-to choice!"
Greg Andersen-Co-Owner, General Manager
"We are using the VP90's to graphic content on several screens around our main church lobby. This includes our cafe menu and connect groups video wall. We love the VP90's because of their feature-set and great price. They fit our needs perfectly!"
Chris Trowbridge, Production Director
"As an advertising agency with capabilities in video production, we're constantly looking for innovative products to creatively display the videos that we create. Technology that allows us to make our videos interactive is incredibly appealing to our clients. We recently purchased the VP71 XD and the transitions are seamless. The team at Videotel handled all of our inquiries with the highest level of customer service."
Cameron Tyler
Rone Homes, Montana Real Estate, Billings, MT
"As a medical transportation company, we needed to keep our field staff informed about safety videos and up to the minute messages. To accomplish that we needed several monitors to run continuously. I contacted Videotel, and within just a few days, our system was up and running. The VP90 allowed me to upload videos from anywhere, anytime."
General Manager, Ted Brown
TRW Development & Management, TR Wilkening
"We didn't purchase the VP71 XD Digital Media Player for our use but rather for one of our clients. They needed a product that would systematically loop corporate videos and marketing materials. The functionality, whereby all they had to do was insert a thumb drive, and the media automatically played with seamless transitions between videos and photos with no disruptive overlay display, proved perfect. They're beyond pleased. We will happily recommend this product to our other clients."
Company Representative, Yong Wai Leong
We use Videotel units in many of our exhibits to loop video and image files. We currently have several VP70, VP71, HD2600XD, HD2700M units in our displays and even an original DVD unit that has been working for the past eleven years with daily use. The auto-looping on start-up feature is especially valued by our maintenance staff who have to open the museum galleries in the mornings. They know they can turn the power on to the exhibits and not have to "fuss" with the equipment. The reliability and ease of use are strong points to consider when looking for digital video display options. Also, over the years when we have had occasional issues, your technical staff has been very responsive and helpful in finding solutions to our concerns. I recommend Videotel products to my colleagues in the museum field with confidence.
Jeff Smith / Curator
Pacific Video Products Inc. is a system integrator servicing the Orange County, Los Angeles, and Riverside areas. We have spent years struggling to find products certified for installation into the healthcare environment and then dealing with the disappointment of high failure rates. We are so excited to be able to offer the Videotel products. We specify the HD-2600XD+ for our Healthcare facilities in a variety of applications including, waiting areas, training rooms, infusion centers, etc. We have been very pleased with the reliability of this product, and ease of installation. Lisa Schneider and her team at Videotel Digital have provided great customer service and we will continue to expand our use of their solutions.
Tina Vink / Manager, Sales & Operations
Currently, we are using Videotel's VP90 video player as the primary player in four automated/interactive audio/video areas of a first-rate brewery tour at a national brewer located in Texas. The features and options we have with the VT90 including control and remote network access make these players a perfect fit for our project. Thank you Videotel Digital! We truly appreciate your support!
Sean Williams
Peter Santiago / Director of Sales and Marketing


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Host: Mountain Top Resort
Course description: Fast first half kilometer with a long gradual downhill in the middle of the course and a hard last 400 meters with a long gradual climb to the line.
Course distance: 1.3k
Conditions: Mid 30's, fog in the morning with some sun peaking through for the knockout heats in the afternoon. The snow was soft because the temperature didn't get below freezing overnight making for some challenging skiing.
Results: https://www.nensa.net/news/index.php?id=5818
Individual Results:
UMPI skiers:
Eirik Fosnaes- 4th overall, 12th in qualifying
Joey Bard- 28th overall, 25th in qualifying
Justin Fereshetian- 31st overall and in qualifying
Dan Dermody- 34th overall, 33rd in qualifying 2nd junior outside the top 30
Andrew Nesbitt and Ethan Burke also raced but missed out on qualifying for the heats...
None of the women qualified for the heats but Hilary Saucy, Kati Christoffel, Molly Lindsey, Natasha Smith, and Ghaz Sailors raced.
Thoughts from head coach Paul Stone:
It was a long day but successful. The qualifying round started at 10am and Dan didn't finish the Junior A finals until 3pm. It was successful though. Eirik had the best Eastern Cup finish for an UMPI skier. He shook off jet lag from Wednesday's trip back to the US and finish 12th in qualifying and qualify for the afternoon heats. In his quarterfinal he skied a smart race hanging around in second place and holding position all the way to the finish line to ensure he moved on to the semifinals. In the semi-finals he faced a stiff test with two Swedish brothers from UNH, a Maine Winter Sports Center biathlete, and a guy from Dartmouth. He skied another smart heat hanging around the top 3 and distancing the UNH brothers in the finishing stretch and moved on to the final heat. In the final he made a tactical mistake on the long downhill and left himself too much work on the finishing climb and could not get back to the front. The fourth place finish was still a best for the UMPI ski team.
Despite feeling a little flat Joey managed to slip into the heats with a 25th place finish in qualifying. Unfortunately he had some bad luck in his quarterfinal heat. His poles punched through the snow in the start lanes and he was caught towards the back of his heat for the first 2/3 of the course. He made a strong move in the outside lane coming up the finishing stretch but soft unpredictable snow left him face down 100 meters from the line and he did not advance to the semi-finals.
Justin had the cruelest luck of all finishing 31st .01 seconds from 30th and a spot in the quarterfinal heats. Since he is no longer a junior his 31st place showing meant his day ended prematurely.
Sophomore Dan Dermody is only 19 and his 33rd place finish in qualifying landed him a spot in the Junior heats. He skied a great semifinal heat. He slotted into second through the first half of the race and put on a surge at the base of the finishing climb taking the lead at the base of the finishing climb and holding it to the line and advancing to the Junior A final. In the final he tried the same tactic hanging in second into the long downhill halfway through the course, unfortunately he was late into his tuck and a couple of skiers behind him were able to slingshot by him and get position going into the final climb. He ran out of gas going to the line but still ended the day with his best Eastern Cup finish to date.
Everyone is excited about the classic races tomorrow. Unfortunately the weather forecast is ugly with warm temps tonight and throughout the day tomorrow. It will make for a sloppy race but we are excited to race.


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I am an internist at a federally qualified health center and recently obtained DATA 2000 waivers and started treating opiate addicted patients with buprenorphine about 1 month ago. I have already had 2 who received their initial script to pick up at a pharmacy and bring back for observed induction, but they never came back. I have a mentor who told me that he has had this same experience and for that reason he obtained a small lock-box and keeps a small supply of buprenorphine tablets for immediate induction of new patients coming to the clinic in withdrawal.
I would like to do the same, but I am concerned about any rules or regulations I need to be aware of prior to doing this. I know that I need to keep it locked and keep a log of everything that I dispense. Is there anything else I need to do?
Also, on my Missouri BNDD renewal application they ask if I prescribe only or if I also dispense scheduled medications. If I am keeping a small supply of buprenorphine for induction purposes, should I put on my BNDD renewal application that I want to be licensed to dispense controlled substances as well? I do not intend to provide long term medication, only to have enough buprenorphine on hand for induction of patients in withdrawal. I am seeing 4 to 6 new patients per week right now, but will hit my 30 patient limit in the next few weeks.
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U.S. Supreme Court
United States v. Boisdore's Heirs, 48 U.S. 7 How. 658 658 (1849)
United States v. Boisdore's Heirs
48 U.S. (7 How.) 658
The meaning of the forty-third rule of this Court is that if a judgment or decree in the court below be rendered more than thirty days before the commencement of the term of this Court and the record be not filed within the first six days of the term, the appellee or defendant in error may docket the case and move for its dismissal as the rule prescribes.
But if the judgment or decree of the court below be rendered less than thirty days before the commencement of the term of this Court, the rule does not apply.
MR. JUSTICE McLEAN delivered the opinion of the Court. chanrobles.com-red
The bill was filed against the United States under the Acts of June 17, 1844, and May 26, 1824, to try the validity of the complainants' claims to certain lands in Mississippi. At the November term of the district court, 1847, a decree was entered in favor of the petitioners, and at the same term an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States was granted by the district court, on the application of the defendants. An appeal thus allowed requires no notice to the appellee. A motion is now made to dismiss this appeal on the following grounds:
1. Because the appeal is not made to any specified term of the Supreme Court.
2. Because it is not made returnable to the term of the Supreme Court next following the decree.
3. Because the record is not filed at the term of the Supreme Court next following the decree.
Under the act of 1824, the party against whom the decree is entered may appeal within one year. On 14 March, 1848, a transcript of the record was made out, and it was filed in this Court at the present term. From the time this decree was entered to the commencement of the ensuing session of the Supreme Court there were less than thirty days. And under such circumstances it appears by the forty-third rule that the appellant was not required to file the transcript of the record in this Court at the first term.
The rule provides, that
"In all cases where a writ of error or an appeal shall be brought to this Court from any judgment or decree rendered thirty days before the commencement of the term, it shall be the duty of the plaintiff in error or appellant, as the case may be, to docket the cause and file the record with the clerk of this Court within the first six days of the term."
If this be not done, the other party, on producing the proper certificate, may have the cause docketed and the appeal or writ of error dismissed.
The rule does not operate where a decree is entered less than thirty days before the term of this Court, and consequently the cause is not liable to be docketed and dismissed. The appellants, under the circumstances of this case, are chargeable with no neglect for failing to file the record with the clerk at the first term of the Supreme Court after the decree was entered. The motion to dismiss is
On consideration of the motion to dismiss this cause, made by Mr. Fendall, on a prior day of the present term of this Court, to-wit, on Friday, the 2d instant, and of the arguments chanrobles.com-red
of counsel thereupon had, as well in support of as against the motion, it is now here ordered by this Court, that the said motion be and the same is hereby overruled.
* MR. CHIEF JUSTICE Taney did not sit in this cause.


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Jon Dawson's books available at www.jondawson.com.
There is nothing like being awoken by a scream in the middle of the night.
It happened early Tuesday morning. I�d worked until 1:38 a.m. so I could take a vacation day and catch up on some non-Free Press work. That�s right, I use vacation days to catch up on work. I truly have life by the short ones.
By 1:42 a.m. I was out cold. I don�t mean I was simply asleep; I�m talkin� unhook the machines and call in a clergyman. Knowing I wouldn�t have to get up at the usual 6 a.m., my body shut down as if it were settling in for intense union negotiations.
Earlier that evening, I took a break to hang out with Tax Deductions 1 and 2 for a spell.
Being 10 and 4 years old, they have a good amount of energy to burn and for the summer, no school to unleash it on. The purchase of a pink $8 swimming pool has helped take some of the edge off, but this particular evening the effects of being cooped up all day due to spotty weather were wreaking havoc on them.
We�ll usually let them watch one movie per day, so that mollifies them for an hour and change. After that they�ll set up shop at the kitchen table and paint/draw for a while. Add in maybe an hour playing with toys, maybe a half an hour folding laundry and that was their Tuesday.
TD No. 1 is on a kick of learning how to make certain types of bracelets by watching instructional videos online. TD No. 2 can routinely be found building a full-scale replica of the Chrysler Building or laying across a chair on her stomach while humming the theme to �The Pawn Broker.�
All I have to do is lay down in the middle of the living room floor and these freeloading crumb-snatchers take off as if it�s banana day at the monkey house. Just before they reach me I assume the fetal position and brace for impact. They land within seconds of each other, most assuredly knocking a few of my vertebrae out of alignment but not permanently damaging anything that pumps, secretes or regulates.
I feign an injury so as to trick them into lowering their guard. When a look of genuine concern crosses their faces, I seize the opportunity to unleash a barrage of tickling that could make the Mona Lisa show some teeth. They scream, kick the floor and ask for an attorney but I�m having none of it � just seconds before they both dive-bombed me with total abandon.
Although their cries for mercy make me question my motives, I�m resolved to tickle them until they give up or one of us has to go to the bathroom.
Eventually one of them will break free and try to pull the other one to safety. Watching the 4-year-old pull the 10-year-old down the hall to safety is a sight to behold. She grunts and puffs like an asthmatic uncle with a penchant for gas station cigars, but she uses every ounce of her tiny frame to rescue her older sister from me.
Afterwards a truce is called. They both lay down with me to watch a little TV or listen to some music. Just when everything gets quiet and the storm seems to have passed, one them will lean in real close and in an excited whisper say �tickle me!� Thus the process begins again, this time with a pummeling pillow fight thrown in just because, well, I rather enjoy it.
As bedtime approaches we do our best to bring the TDs in for a landing. We�re in the process of teaching TD No. 2 to brush her teeth on her own, and she�s doing pretty good except for the big finale, the spitting. Sure, she can make the motorboat noise with her mouth for days on end, but she�s yet to master the art of jettisoning the used toothpaste/slobber combination from her pie hole.
Teaching someone to spit isn�t nearly as cool as it sounds.
Finally we get them to bed. TD No. 1 has an elaborate, mult-pillow/blanket system that Stephen Hawking couldn�t unravel, while TD No. 2 sprawls out like Harry Dean Stanton after a bender. After a few minutes TD No. 2 calls in The Wife to sing �Jesus Loves Me,� and TD No. 1 does her ceremonial �I need to go to the bathroom� bit after taking 13 minutes to get her convoluted pillow/blanket system in place.
A half an hour later and they�re both asleep. The Wife and I now get to have more than 23 seconds of uninterrupted conversation.
Fast forward to 3:17 a.m. and I�m in a coma to end all comas. I don�t have to get up early on Tuesday because I have the day off. Then, a scream of �DADDY!! DADDY!!� is unleashed that sets off the neighbor�s car alarm.
I jump over the end of the bed and make it to TD No. 2�s room in only two steps. I�m flipping on lights trying to find out what on earth is causing her to scream at 3:17 a.m. I can�t find anything wrong, so I lean down to ask TD No. 2 what was wrong.
TD No. 2: �Daddy....�
Me: �Yes sweetie?�
TD No. 2: �I need you to do something, okay?�
Me: �Okay, baby, what is it?�
TD No. 2: �Tickle me.�
Jon Dawson can be reached at 252-559-1092 or email@example.com.


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I just recently read the above line (Matt. 2:10) in my study of the New Testament, and I thought it would make a nicely appropriate title for this post. My name is David Larsen and I am very happy to be participating with The Millennial Star as a new contributor. Most of you probably don't know me — I am a PhD student at the University of St Andrews in Scotland and am the author of a solo blog called Heavenly Ascents. I've been blogging for 2+ years now, but never managed to be greatly active on the Bloggernacle (not out of lack of interest — I blame my busy school schedule). However, I have recently been in closer contact with some of the founding members/bloggers here at Millennial Star and (although I have long been familiar with the blog and frequently enjoyed reading it) have recently been increasingly impressed with their dedication, sincerity, and faith. When the opportunity arose for me to contribute to the "Star", I "rejoiced with exceeding great joy." 🙂
A few more words of introduction — after my mission to Brazil, I came back and got a degree in Near Eastern Studies from BYU. A trip to Israel when I was 15 greatly influenced me, and I have been strongly interested in pursuing religious studies ever since. After my BA degree from BYU, I decided that because I had already started a family (and was dirt poor), I needed to find a job and earn some money before continuing my studies. I ended up working for the Federal Government for about five years before I finally decided it was time for me to go back to school and pursue my dream of a career involving religious studies. After a semester at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, I finished my MA in Theology at Marquette University in 2009. As mentioned, I am now working on a PhD in Divinity (Biblical Studies emphasis) at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. We've (my wife, four children, and I) been here at St Andrews for over a year now, and we are thoroughly enjoying the experience and immensely grateful for the opportunity.
My principal academic interests include studying both biblical and "extra-biblical" religious writings of Judaism and Christianity, including "intertestamental" writings like the Dead Sea Scrolls. I am very interested in apocalyptic/mystical texts, especially those that describe heavenly visions, including those in which visionaries are allowed to ascend to heaven (hence the title of my solo blog). I am also interested in literature which gives insights into the ancient temple, its theology and rituals. My dissertation research is focused on ritual themes that can be found in the Psalms, and how these themes were perpetuated in some of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Well, if I haven't bored you to death already, I hope that I can share with you some of the insights that I am gaining and know that I'll learn much more through discussing these things with you. My posts will most likely be on scriptural and doctrinal topics, which I hope will be of interest to some of you. I would be happy to consider writing on specific topics of your interest, if there are any suggestions. Again, I am very pleased to be able to contribute to this excellent blog and hope to share with you some of the reasons of the hope that is in me (1 Pet. 3:15).


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Town goes to bat for parks and pools
The Islip Town Board has voted to allow its parks and recreation department to apply for grants to revitalize -- and possibly expand -- parks and pools in Brentwood.
According to a resolution passed unanimously Tuesday by the board, the town intends to apply for $500,000 in grant money from the New York State Dormitory Authority to repair the aging pool and build a spray park at Roberto Clemente Park.
Councilman Anthony Senft said Tuesday the move is preliminary and allows the town to pursue grants, but plans for a spray park -- similar to one at Benjamin Beach Park in Bay Shore -- aren't definitive.
Senft said the town is working to secure a partnership with a nonprofit or other organization to run the Roberto Clemente Park pool and Casamento Pool in West Islip, after cutting funding for both pools from the town's 2013 budget.
Protests at public meetings followed the funding trims, and residents from northern Islip communities questioned why resources for Islip's low-income areas were being cut without their input.
Later, town officials said they had found $300,000 in grant money to repair Roberto Clemente Park pool. Now, they hope to make even more improvements to the pool.
"It's an opportunity for the town to reach out to other levels of government to ask for money to help support the Town of Islip," Senft said. "Unless we do that for ourselves -- I call it self help -- someone else will get that money."
Town officials also plan to apply for a $250,000 grant from the Dormitory Authority to improve the much smaller Ross Memorial Park in Brentwood, at Brentwood Road next to the Long Island Rail Road tracks.


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It's a girl for Jessica Simpson.
Singer Jessica Simpson said on her website Tuesday that she and fiance Eric Johnson were "elated" to announce the birth of their daughter, Maxwell Drew Johnson.
"We are so grateful for all the love, support and prayers we have received," the "Fashion Star" mentor wrote. "This has been the greatest experience of our lives!"
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The baby weighed in at 9 lbs., 13 oz. and was 21 ¾ inches long.
She was born in Los Angeles Tuesday morning, according to Us. Other reports noted that Maxwell is Johnson's middle name and his grandmother's maiden name. The baby's middle name, Drew, is Simpson's mother's maiden name, the New York Daily News reported.
Simpson, 31, and Johnson, a 32-year-old former San Francisco 49ers tight end and Yale grad, became engaged back in November 2010 after six months of dating.
The pair has both been married before. Simpson's ill-fated, three-year marriage to Nick Lachey was chronicled on the MTV reality show "Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica."
Following their divorce in 2006, Lachey went on to tie the knot again with Vanessa Minnillo, who is now pregnant.
Before dating Eric Johnson, Simpson was romantically linked to Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo.
Johnson was married to stylist Keri Johnson for five years. Their divorce was finalized in October 2010 after having been legally separated for a year, according to People.


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Aral Balkan perhaps noscript should add "get theonion articles free" to their feature list
Aral Balkan perhaps noscript should add "get theonion articles free" to their feature list
Aral Balkan #idea for browser extension: site-specific js disabling. If you disable js on theOnion the paywall goes away :/
Reminder to self: all existing online survey services are crap, build a better one #todo
If there are black holes involved, nothing has to make sense #universalLaw
Have fun at @randomhacks today, everyone! Sorry I couldn't make it :(
@zeldman by which you mean µf2? It would be fab to see you roll them out as well!
Brennan Novak hey, you did better than @zeldman. There's nary an hcard on his personal site :/ http://identengine.com/api/identities/http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fzeldman/profiles/
REL-ME SHOWDOWN: Who has the best linked identities on the web? It's between Brennan Novak, Tantek Çelik and Jeremy Keith
Jeremy Keith is in the lead… but only just! http://identengine.com/api/identities/http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fadactio/profiles/
Writing a plugin to auto-h-card twitter @names even if they're not in my address book using identengine.com
There's art in each individual system, but there's a much greater art in the union of all the systems we create @davewiner
Jack Way time goes left to right, so prev before next. I wonder if it's the other way round for rtol languages
@brad_frost @anna_debenham sees fridge. Looks for toaster.
Great to see that Zend Framework implements a PuSH publisher and client, with Hub "coming soon" #indieweb
Brennan Novak the naked HTML week is up, so I'm adding little tweaks and fixes back in gradually. I'd be interested in feedback about the typeface. It's Averia.
My god. "Premium Bootstrap Themes".
Built on a "rock solid base". I assume they mean the fact that a supposedly "responsive" framework uses px for all typographical dimensions?
@benatkin we bought an extra freezer mainly for the purpose of storing frozen soup in Chinese takeaway boxes
@joviansalak I am currently reorganising the PSD you sent me so I can make some sense of the background
Rosa das Rosas, an excerpt from the Buzz rehearsal today. If you like it, come along to our concert on the 8th!
@textfiles oh wow, that immediately looks far more complete than before!


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A talk by famieluceato at GMG Tech Engineering Ltd
About the Talk
May 7, 2014 2:20 AM
London CityLondon City
- Conception and Study of a Green Brickyard intended for the arid zone:
Analyses & Studies:
History, Market research, ground, manufacturing processes, necessary equipment, power consumptions and economic survey.
Technological integrations and Substitutions of the processes:
It's mainly to substitute the drying and cooking by using innovative technologies. The goal is to design a green brickyard, independent, modern and without Co2 emissions.
- Project "4 VELE"
It is a vertical city project "City Life". The project is composed of all elements necessary for the daily life of a person, a passenger, a tourist and so on. Indeed it is a multifunctional complex comprising housing, employment, tourism, business, sport and relaxation.
We mention that this project has obtained an Agreement of financing of "300Million€" following the development of a Business plan.
- The Sweet almond oil
It is about the transformation of an agricultural farm of 2600 ha into:
- A field of almond tree on a surface of 2000Ha in order to produce the sweet almond oil.
- A biological agricultural farm of 600 ha.
- Unit oil production
The work is conceptual, technical, technological and economically focused on Biological agriculture, water, energy, processing industry. An action plan complete and coherent was established.
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Ok, so my wife got herself a powerbook last Friday.
She got it for work, and where she works runs Win2k and an Active Directory. At least, that's what I gather from looking at the client of her old Wintel laptop.
Anyway, she' naturally very, very concerned that it's not going to log in to her network at work, thereby subjecting her to ridicule and finger pointing by the guys she works with. So, in an effort to make her feel better, I took down one of my SuSE boxes this weekend, loaded Win2k on it, and installed AD. <-- I can't even begin to describe how dirty I felt doing that.
As soon as I created a user for her, she was able to see the server and the shares that I gave her permissions to by simply clicking network -> servers -> server name then entering her user name and password and selecting a mount point . At least....it was something like that, I'm not a mac guy so I don't remember exactly.
So with fears lain somewhat aside, she goes to work this morning sure that she'll be able to see her business network. Guess what? Panic stricken calls by 9:00 a.m. that when she clicks on servers, all she sees is her local hard drive.
I don't know what to tell her, I'm a WAN engineer for crying out loud.
So, though this is only dubiously security related, I'm hoping that someone can shed some light on what she needs to do to actually log into her network. I mean....windows is actually keeping someone out for once.
Oh, and her boss is getting great pleasure out of her not being able to log on, because he said she wouldn't be able to. If she comes home from work tonight unable to log on all day, I'm going to get it.


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Gov. Chris Christie celebrates win, pledges to set example for nation
After winning reelection by an overwhelming margin, Gov. Chris Christie took the stage Tuesday night to give a victory speech not just to supporters in New Jersey, but also to the rest of the United States, who might be asked to vote for him in 2016.
Appearing before supporters in Asbury Park with his wife and four children, Christie frequently reminded listeners of his role helping the state recover from Superstorm Sandy, as well as his history of bipartisanship.
"We stand here tonight showing it is possible to put doing your job first, to put working together first, to fight for what you believe in, yet still stand by your principles and get something done for the people who elected you," he said, to cheers. "I know that if we can do this in Trenton, N.J., maybe the folks in Washington, D.C., should tune in their TVs right now, see how it's done."
With more than four-fifths of the precincts reporting, Christie had captured 60% of the vote, making him the first Republican governor to get more than 50% of the vote in New Jersey since 1985.
Three weeks ago, New Jersey voters had elected Democrat Cory Booker to the U.S. Senate with 55% of the vote.
Exit polls indicate that Christie performed strongly across demographic groups. Nearly half of Latinos voted for him, a 16-point increase from his 2009 win against incumbent Jon Corzine. Christie received 20% of the African American vote, double what he received in 2009. He also saw a bump in female supporters, winning 55% of women voters.
The strong support across those groups is something Christie referred to in his speech, specifically speaking to viewers who might be watching the speech from across the country.
"Tonight, a dispirited America angry with their dysfunctional government in Washington looks to New Jersey to say, 'Is what I think happening really happening? Are people really coming together, are we really working, African Americans and Hispanics, suburbanites and city dwellers, farmers and teachers, are we really all working together?' Let me give the answer to everyone who is watching tonight: Under this government, our first job is to get the job done, and as long as I'm governor, that job will always, always be finished."
The natural disaster a year ago that helped propel his easy reelection was never far from view. Christie referred to a "spirit of Sandy," a term coined by a Baptist pastor, and said that he was governing by that spirit, promising not to leave anyone from New Jersey behind.
Christie's challenger, Democrat Barbara Buono, gave a concession speech not long after polls in New Jersey closed. In her speech, she criticized the Democratic political establishment in New Jersey, which she said gave the race to Christie. Buono received almost no financial or organizational backing from the Democratic Party. She also continued to criticize Christie for his record on gay marriage, women's issues and education.
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"Like me, you saw another New Jersey, where our women and our students and our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters have been left behind," she said to supporters. "And you, my friends, you decided to fight for them."
In his speech, the famously garrulous Christie had an opportunity to ad lib. In one part, when he was speaking about hugs he gives to New Jersey residents, someone in the audience yelled, "We love you, Chris!"
"You'll get your hug later, brother," he answered.
A few more loud expressions of warmth rang out from the crowd.
"I guess there is open bar tonight," Christie joked. "Welcome to New Jersey."
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"A rousing yarn of opium, book pirating, murder most foul, man-on-man biting and other shenanigans—and that's just for starters.[The Last Dickens is] a pleasing whodunit that resolves nicely, bookending Dan Simmons's novel Drood (2009) as an imaginative exercise in what might be called alternative literary history.—Kirkus
"Just what do the seemingly disparate parts of the story have to do with one another? What the publisher becomes embroiled in, in London, is far more complicated than simply manuscript detection. A whole world of life-and-death nefariousness awaits both him and the reader, who will be well rewarded."—Booklist
"Well executed and tightly controlled…extremely clever."—Los Angeles Times
"Pearl's plot is ambitious and satisfying, involving a murder and a missing manuscript, the opium trade, the emerging publishing business In New York and Boston, and the predicament of single, divorced women in America in the 19th century. Fans of Dickens will appreciate Pearl's literary allusions and his thoroughly researched characterizations…"—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Strongly recommended… Pearl enriches his story through an in-depth knowledge of Dickens's career and literary works."—Library Journal


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Log4j XML Plugin
compile "org.grails.plugins:log4j-xml:0.2"
Use log4j.groovy or log4j.xml to configure your logger in Grails 1.1
creaet a controller that log
access the logging url and read log4j
- Grails 1.1 provides a Log4j DSL for configuration. The DSL simplified the old way of configuration and is recommended for new Grails users who don't have experience in log4j.xml. See the Log4j DSL configuration docs.
- However, some old-school Java developers are more comfortable with log4j.xml even though the configuration file is much large. This plugin provides a way to disable the default Log4j DSL and allow the use of log4j.xml either in the original form, or in Groovy MarkupBuilder style.
grails install-plugin log4j-xml
- You could either use log4j.groovy or log4j.xml as the master configuration file. For both case, you should learn about log4j.xml configuration, check the following links:
- log4j.groovy to log4j.xml transformation
- when log4j.groovy exists under /grails-app/conf, it will be read and be transformed to a log4j.xml.
- Any existing log4j.xml will be renamed to log4j.xml.bak (and existing log4j.xml.bak will be deleted first)
- Read about Groovy Markup Builder if you difficulty in understanding how the transformation works
- other notes
- there are some mandatory 'println' console logging to let you know the plugin is working before you do any configuration
- The configure(Closure) method of the default Grails LoggerConfig will be disabled by using Groovy EMC.
- for log4j.groovy, refer to log4j.*.example, you may rename it to log4j.groovy
- for log4j.xml, google it!
- NOTICE if you use log4j.groovy, remove log4j{} block from Config.groovy. see the Issues and Limitation section
Display log4j.xml
- a Log4jController is included that you could read the log4j.xml at http://localhost:8080/${contextPath}/log4j/xml in development mode
- create a new application
grails create-app logdemo
- install the plugin
cd log4jxmldemo grails install-plugin log4j-xml
- perform initial configuration
- NOTICE if you use log4j.groovy, remove log4j{} block from Config.groovy. see the Issues and Limitation section
- add a /grails-app/conf/log4j.groovy to the project with the following content
'log4j:configuration'("xmlns:log4j": "http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/", debug: "false") { appender(name: 'APP_LOG', 'class': "org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender") { errorHandler 'class': "org.apache.log4j.helpers.OnlyOnceErrorHandler" param name: "File", value: "logs/app.log" param name: "Append", value: "false" param name: "DatePattern", value: "'.'yyyy-MM-dd" layout('class': "org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout") { param name: "ConversionPattern", value: "%d %-5p [%-30.40c] %2X{tid} %X{sid} %X{uid} %m%n" } } appender(name: "CONSOLE", 'class': "org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender") { errorHandler 'class': "org.apache.log4j.helpers.OnlyOnceErrorHandler" param name: "Target", value: "System.out" param name: "Threshold", value: "TRACE" layout('class': "org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout") { param name: "ConversionPattern", value: "%d{ABSOLUTE} %-5p [%c{1}][%X{tid}] %m%n" } } 'category'(name: 'grails.app', additivity: 'false') { 'priority'(value: 'INFO'); 'appender-ref'('ref': "APP_LOG"); 'appender-ref'('ref': "CONSOLE") } 'root' { 'priority' value: "WARN" 'appender-ref' ref: "CONSOLE" } }
- run
grails create-controller logger
- update the content of the controller as folllows:
class LoggerController { def info = { log.info "info() - params: $params" render "params are logged" } }
- start the application
grails run-app
- access the url http://localhost:8080/logdemo/logger?foo=bar
- check the console to ensure the log message is shown
- read the generated log4j.xml at http://localhost:8080/logdemo/log4j/xml
Issues and Limitation
- You have to delete the 'log4j' node from Config.groovy when you have log4j.groovy under grails-app/conf
- log4j.groovy is compiled to a class, and when Config.groovy is read, it treats log4j as a class and compliant "you tried to assign a value to the class 'log4j'"
- Several options are being considered and may be adopted in future release
- do not call the file as log4j.groovy, e.g. log4jConfig.groovy. However, it's preferable to keep the .groovy extension to allow IDE/editor to recognize it.
- move log4j.groovy to a sub-directory, e.g. grails-app/conf/log4j/log4j.groovy
- let Grails change its variable name. As it uses a Logger DSL anyway, it's not suppose to be log4j specific.
- this issue is low in priority as normal Log4j XML Plugin users do not use Log4j DSL anyway
- When you have a master application with additional plugin, this log4j xml plugin supports configuration from the master application project only. It is hardcoded to read the ./grails-app/conf/log4j.groovy or .xml
- Dynamic reload of log4j.groovy is not implemented
- remark: monitoring log4j.xml could be implemented by changing one line of code
Version and Compatibility
- Grails 1.1 beta 3
- This plugin is not designed for Grails 1.0.x
Roadmap and Tasks
- support multiple /grails-app/conf/log4j/.groovy / .xml and merge them intelligently. this will be very useful. please give me a hand.


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Möhra is a small community with a great history. This idyllic village, which has a population of less than a thousand, is the home of Luther's ancestors. Luther's family can be traced as far back as the 14th century in Möhra.
While Luther's father left Möhra after getting married, his brother 'Hans the Younger', who had inherited their parents' farm, stayed in the village. Some of his descendants still live in the area today and keep the name of Luther very much alive.
One example is the lovingly restored Luther House, which in its present form dates back to Georg Luther, a great-grandson of Hans the Younger. Martin Luther himself is said to have visited the village in 1521 and preached to the people under a lime tree. The Luther statue at the centre of the village commemorates this sermon.
Situated at the heart of the idyllic Moorgrund region in the south-westerly part of the Thuringian Forest, Möhra is an ideal base for walks and excursions. The 31km Luther Trail, which runs from Glasbachgrund to Eisenach, passes right through Möhra. There are further opportunities for walking on the nearby Rennsteig trail or at Dragon's Gorge. The nearest larger town is Bad Salzungen with its impressive salt-evaporation works.
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NEW YORK — Time for the rematch.
Major League Soccer announced on Monday that storied English club Manchester United will return to the United States this summer to again face the best of MLS in the 2011 AT&T MLS All-Star Game.
The Red Devils took on the MLS All-Stars in 2010, coming away with a 5-2 win in front of more than 70,000 fans at sold-out Reliant Stadium in Houston.
WATCH: 2010 AT&T MLS All-Star Game Highlights
This year's match will take place at Red Bull Arena on Wednesday, July 27 (8:30 pm ET, ESPN2/Galavision/TSN).
"We are pleased to host Manchester United again for our marquee summer event," MLS Commissioner Don Garber said in a statement. "Our All-Star Game has become a true celebration of soccer, and our best players look forward to the challenge of competing against one of the top clubs in the world."
The MLS players, of course, hope not only to compete with, but also perhaps to get a victory this time. Last year's loss was the first for the All-Stars in seven matches against foreign competition. (The 2009 match was decided in penalties, with Everton besting the All-Stars thanks to a world-class performance by US international goalkeeper Tim Howard.)
[inline_node:312830]But longtime Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson seems already to be preparing for second consecutive win.
"We're delighted to have been invited to play the MLS All-Star Game for the second year running," Ferguson said in a statement. "Last year's game was a special occasion in front of a noisy, passionate crowd. Obviously we'll be looking to repeat the performance and the scoreline."
Ferguson's confidence is understandable. United, whose trove of superstars includes England international Wayne Rooney, Mexican striker Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez, and Portuguese winger Nani, are arguably one of the most successful clubs ever. They have won the domestic league 18 times and have been crowned champions of Europe three times. In 2008, they lifted the trophy at FIFA Club World Cup.
The Red Devils currently sit atop the English Premier League table, five points ahead of Arsenal. United have also advanced to the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals, where they will face EPL rivals Chelsea, and to the FA Cup semifinals, where they will square up with crosstown rivals Manchester City.
Tickets for the 2011 AT&T MLS All-Star Game will be available for purchase by Red Bulls season-ticket holders and plan holders on April 20 at 10 a.m. ET. Any remaining tickets will go on sale to the general public on June 2 at 2 p.m. ET. For more information visit www.newyorkredbulls.com/tickets/allstarinfo or call 877.RBSOCCER.


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In 2006, Michael Jackson was buzzing in an interview in Ireland with Access Hollywood's Billy Bush as he worked on some music — but just weeks later, Jackson left Ireland for Las Vegas, convinced to do so by his good friend Jack Wishna. And today, Wishna, the Jackson confidante, is opening up.
"It was December 23rd 2006, it was the day before Christmas Eve and we arranged it where a private jet would pick Michael Jackson up in Dublin, Ireland, and take him directly to Las Vegas," Wishna said in an interview for Access Hollywood and Las Vegas television station KVBC with correspondent Alicia Jacobs.
And Wishna revealed the vision he shared with Jackson.
"When he came off that plane, it was the old Michael Jackson of the 'Bad Tour,' type thing, it was the Michael Jackson that I grew up with," he said.
And although Jackson's use of prescription drugs became big news after his death, Wishna said he never saw any of that kind of stuff around.
"Never saw any drugs," Wishna said. "Never saw any intravenous, or needles or anything like that. Never met any doctors around Michael."
Naming their project "Rock City," Jackson was going to be required to perform just three days a month.
But once he was settled into his new home with his children and the comeback collaboration was underway, Wishna said Jackson's behavior turned erratic.
"As he stayed in Las Vegas, he started to get debilitated while he was here and debilitated from a mental health standpoint, debilitated from a physical standpoint," Wishna said.
"The family started to, you know, bother him again… His father Joe. It just started – a lot of the weirdness started to come back," he continued.
Wishna said he often had to conduct damage control, especially after one night when Jackson watched a fight, incognito in a wheelchair.
"My phone rings… It's The Associated Press and the person on the other end of the phone says Jack, 'What do you know about Michael being in a wheelchair last night with a coat over his head and sunglasses over his coat," Wishna recounted. "If you say, 'Michael, why did you do that?' That's the way he wanted to go out and if he wanted to go out that way, that's the way he wanted to go out."
Eventually, Wishna came to the decision that the negative publicity surrounding Jackson's antics were detrimental to the success of "Rock City."
"This was probably about June of 2007 and I said, 'Michael, I think we should shelve it. I think we should put it on the shelf, come back to it when you are' — these are the words that I used – 'mentally, physically, and vocally capable of being a part of this project,'" he explained.
Wishna was both right and wrong. As the world discovered from "This Is It," Michael's vocals and dance moves were at the top of his game, but his drug abuse tragically sabotaged it all.
"I believe Michael was troubled every single day of his life," Wishna said. "I believe that contributed to his untimely death."
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