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Disney's New Princess Is No Cinderella
Little girls can't stop talking about "Sofia the First," the new princess Disney has cooked up. Katie Rosman has an inside look into how five years of development and testing plot lines on preschoolers gave rise to the anti-Cinderella. Photo: Disney Enterprises Inc.
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The Commonwealth is being sued for breaching its duty of care over the 2010 asylum seeker boat disaster off Christmas Island in which 50 people died.
The case has been launched by human rights lawyer George Newhouse who represented survivors at the 2012 inquest, arguing at the time that government policies were putting lives at risk.
Full details of the case aren't yet available.
It stems from the tragedy on December 15, 2010 when the asylum seeker boat known as SIEV 221 (suspected irregular entry vessel 221) smashed onto rocks on Christmas Island.
Aboard were 89 Iranian and Iraqi asylum seekers and three crew. In the monsoon weather, the vessel escaped detection and it was residents on the island watching the tragedy unfold who raised the alarm.
After an eight-month hearing coroner Alastair Hope laid the blame firmly on the people smugglers.
But he criticised commonwealth authorities for the lack of adequate rescue vessels on the island. He also urged that measures be taken to increase surveillance of waters around Christmas Island for incoming asylum seeker vessels.
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison told parliament on Monday night he had just been alerted of the planned legal action.
He strongly defended customs and border protection officials and Navy personnel involved in responding to this terrible incident.
"(They) have our absolute respect and our absolute confidence and they have been rightly praised for their heroism and their bravery," he said.
Mr Morrison said Australia was a free country and people had the right to bring legal action when they see fit.
Mr Newhouse, a Labor candidate at the 2007 election and head of the social justice practice at Shine Lawyers, has conducted a succession of asylum seeker cases.
He's participating in the current constitutional challenge to the legality of Australia's asylum seeker processing centre on Nauru in the Nauru Supreme Court.

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Callcredit Information Group is one of three credit reference agencies in the UK that provides consumer credit reports to both businesses and consumers. It also provides pre-processing services and batch scoring of data for predictive risk analysis. This work requires running large and often complex batch processes against an MS SQL Server database backed by a 70-disk SAN.
The Challenge
Callcredit Information Group is one of three credit reference agencies in the UK that provides consumer credit reports to both businesses and consumers. It also provides pre-processing services and batch scoring of data for predictive risk analysis. This work requires running large and often complex batch processes against an MS SQL Server database backed by a 70-disk SAN.
Callcredit's customers faced tight deadlines, but frequently delivered input files as late as possible to ensure the most current data. This made Callcredit's task of quick turnaround extremely challenging. System Architect Adam Buckley knew that if Callcredit could decrease turnaround times, it would greatly improve the value of its services. Additionally, Callcredit's rapidly growing client base required a significant increase in capacity.
Adam's team analyzed the system and determined that improving batch-processing speeds would require eliminating bottlenecks in random read I/O and CPU processing. Callcredit could meet its immediate performance needs conventionally, by adding five racks of disks to its SAN. However, this was an expensive stopgap that would require additional purchases within six months. Adam and his team decided to investigate more innovative solutions that would future-proof performance without the hardware and operational cost scale out.
The SanDisk® Solution
Internet research convinced Adam's team that Fusion ioMemory ioDrive® cards were the optimal option.
Benchmarking the System
Callcredit's system consisted of a single database server backed by a conventional SAN. Adam benchmarked this system against a Fusion ioMemory-based system, consisting of a database server hosting four 640GB Fusion ioMemory ioDrive Duo cards backed by two additional servers to offload processing to 48 additional cores. The results are shown below.
Adam Buckley,
System Architect, Callcredit
Proof in Practice
The benchmark tests convinced Callcredit that the SanDisk solution would completely eliminate its I/O bottleneck, so Adam decided to put the ioDrive Duo cards to the real test—running an actual batch process against a production- ready system.
Callcredit's SAN-backed system averaged 6,000 to 7,000 IOPS running the batch process and never broke 7,500 IOPS. The batch process on the new system sustained over 16,000 IOPS with peaks in excess of 25,000 to 35,000 IOPS.
But Adam quickly realized that with the I/O bottleneck removed, Callcredit could now fully utilize the 80 core CPU system. With just a few weeks of query optimization, Callcredit improved sustained performance to 23,000 IOPS and peak performance to 46,000 IOPS.
Adam said, "We run jobs two to four times faster than we used to. This means we can run more and more complex jobs in the same time, providing better service to our customers. In addition to improving batch-processing speed, SQL Server operations such as table scans (for analysis type queries and re-indexing) are substantially quicker. Also, certain file operations such as merging lots of fragmented text files (with many file extents) are about ten times quicker on the ioDrive cards."
The phenomenal speed of the ioDrive Duo cards shifted the performance bottleneck to the CPU, maxing 80 AMD Opteron cores. This now gives Callcredit an easy upgrade path when it needs more performance.
"Our system's primary constraint is now the SQL Server CPUs," Adam continued. "And this can be cheaply addressed as processors improve and drop in price. We expect the ioDrive Duo cards can easily quadruple performance with this bottleneck removed, allowing us to just upgrade instead of scaling out our SAN with additional disks, racks, and so forth."
Maximizing System Efficiency and Performance
Callcredit moved its entire database onto a single database server supported by two servers to which it could offload processing to alleviate the CPU bottleneck. The SanDisk-equipped system fully utilized 80 CPU cores, and Adam estimated it could max at least 80 more. Callcredit now utilizes this area on the SAN as second tier storage, providing a resilient hot standby to the high-performance primary tier provided by the ioDrive Duo cards.
The SAN upgrade Callcredit originally evaluated would have merely met, rather than exceeded performance needs, while adding five shelves of disk to its infrastructure. Adam expected Callcredit would need to add even more shelves of disks in the near future.
The Best Buy
As if doubling the performance of batch jobs, gaining an easy upgrade path, and providing performance headroom for 60 months weren't enough, the ioDrive Duo card-equipped system cost Callcredit half as much as the SAN upgrade.
In addition to the upfront costs, Callcredit saved significantly on power, cooling, floor space, and maintenance overhead. Instead of adding five shelves of disks (and many more over the next 60 months), Callcredit added just two servers.
"The SanDisk solution cost 50% of the cost to upgrade the SAN," said Adam. "The other solutions we looked at were considerably more expensive than a SAN upgrade. On top of that, since we've maxed out performance, we save big on development resources we no longer need to allocate to optimizing application performance."
Implementing the Fusion ioMemory solution gave Callcredit the following benefits:
Adam is thrilled with the performance and performance headroom the ioDrive Duo cards provide. "The new ioDrive Duo tier takes the performance burden off our SAN, providing much more performance in a much smaller space. Our SAN is now a backup and storage device that serves as a failover system."
About Callcredit
Callcredit Information Group enables organizations to make better decisions throughout the customer management lifecycle by combining a clear understanding of its clients' needs, the latest technology, innovative products and sophisticated, real-time data models. This breadth of expertise and data enables Callcredit to offer comprehensive information solutions to a diverse range of international businesses and organizations.


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The biggest question that will ever be answered is the question, "Which way to heaven?" The most important decision that anybody will ever make is the decision that they make regarding their eternal destiny. Life here, says the Bible, is a vapor that appears for a little time and vanishes away. It is like steam off a cup of coffee, nothing more, compared to eternity. Everyone will live somewhere forever without end. Where you live forever is absolutely critical. There are two options: hell and eternal punishment, or heaven and eternal joy. The question then is...which way to heaven?
Open your Bible to Matthew chapter 7...Matthew chapter 7. The words of Jesus in two verses, verses 13 and 14, familiar words to any student of the Bible, or anyone who has read the Sermon on the Mount. Matthew 7:13 and 14, here are the words of Jesus. "Enter by the narrow gate, for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction and many are those who enter by it, for the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life and few are those who find it."
In reality, life concentrates on every person standing at a crossroad. This should not surprise us because this is not only true of the most important decision, that eternal decision, but it's just a way of life lived out every day. We are confronted through all of our lives with decisions from the trivial ones about what we might wear today or what me might eat, to the more important ones about who we might marry or where we might live, or significant purchases we might make to the greatest of all decisions, the spiritual decisions that effect our eternity far beyond this life. It has always been the function of the servants of God, the ministers of God, the messengers of God to confront people with that most critical of all decisions.
It was Moses who said to the people, "See, I have set before you this day life and death, good and evil. Choose life that you and your seed may live," Deuteronomy chapter 30. It was Joshua, the leader who succeeded Moses, who said, "Choose you this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served, but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." It was Jeremiah who heard God say to him in Jeremiah chapter 21, "Unto this people shall you say, 'Thus says the Lord, behold I have set before you the way of life and the way of death.'" It was Elijah, the great prophet, who called for a decision when he said, "How long will you halt between two opinions? If the Lord be God, follow Him. If Baal, then follow him," 1 Kings 18. From the lips of Jesus we hear many times the call to come to Him, to acknowledge Him as the Way, the Truth and the Life. On one occasion recorded in John 6:66 after He had spoken about spiritual life involving a full reception of Him, eating and drinking, as it were, His very person, the result was, "That many of His disciples withdrew and were not walking with Him anymore. And Jesus therefore said to the Twelve, 'You do not want to go away also, do you?' But Simon Peter answered, 'And, Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life and we have believed and have come to know that You are the Holy One of God.' And Jesus said, 'Did I Myself not choose you, the Twelve? And yet one of you is a devil.'" Even in the proximity of Christ, one chose to reject. Inexplicable. Jesus always calls for a choice.
John Oxonum(???) wrote many years ago, "To every man there opens a way and ways and a way. And the high soul treads the highway and the low soul gropes the low. And in between on the misty flats, the rest drift to and fro. But to every man there opens a highway and a low, and every man decides the way his soul will go."
Here in the text I read you in Matthew chapter 7, the Lord gives an invitation, two doors, two ways, two destinations. As one writer put it, it is make up your mind time on the mountain. Jesus had just given what is commonly known as the Sermon on the Mount which says nothing about its content but only about its location. It could be better named. It is a sermon about which way to heaven. Jesus doesn't want bouquets for the ethics of His sermon. He doesn't want kudos for the spiritual insights in His sermon. And He isn't offering a one-day-a-week experience for those who want to be spiritual. This sermon demands a choice, an absolute choice and a choice that renders finality, a choice that leads to a fixed forever in eternity.
And the whole sermon leads to this choice. The whole sermon which began in chapter 5 verse 1 finds its culmination here in chapter 7 verses 13 and 14. Prior to this He has been uncovering the religion of Judaism that is well-known to the people to whom He speaks. He has been demonstrating to them that it is not the true religion and does not lead to heaven. But no matter how they fast, or how they pray, or how they give alms, or how they on the surface obey the Law, they fall far short of what God requires. Their fasting is superficial, their prayer is superficial, their giving is superficial and their obedience is superficial. It is a religion by which they are attempting to earn heaven. So in the Sermon, He essentially points up the insufficiencies of this false religion and then confronts them with a choice. You want to come to heaven? There are two doors marked heaven...one goes there and one does not. And the choice is clearly an absolute choice. Jesus cuts across any easy-going syncretism. He will not allow us comfortable tolerances when it comes to the path to heaven. There's only one possibility and there are only two choices, not many, just two. Somebody might assume that with all the religions in the world and all the supposed insights into spirituality and all the ways that men and women have concocted their religious systems and their spiritual intuition, there would be literally millions or more ways that people have developed to heaven that you must choose from. But, in fact, there are only two. There is a narrow way with a narrow gate. And there is a broad way with a broad gate and those are the only possibilities.
You need to keep in mind that the contrast through this entire sermon is a contrast between religion that is false and religion that is true, between worship that is false and worship that is true, between divine religion and man-made religion. And the religion that exists among the Jews at the time is not acceptable to God. In many ways, the pinnacle indictment comes in chapter 5 and verse 20, Jesus says, "For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter the Kingdom of heaven."
What kind of righteousness could surpass the scribes and the Pharisees? They were the most fastidious, the most self-righteous, the most superficially committed, the most outwardly obedient, Paul was one of them and he said of his life as a Pharisee that according to the Law he was found blameless. They had been able to muster up enough self-discipline on the outside to conform with some level of public affirmation, achieving a kind of perfection when it came to righteousness. And Jesus says that's not enough?
So it's not a contrast between righteousness and unrighteousness, it's a contrast between two kinds of righteousness...a righteousness that does not satisfy God, and a righteousness that does. A religion that does not satisfy God and a religion that does. It's not a contrast between religion and paganism, religion and no religion. And the religion of the Pharisees can be summed up in Luke 18:9, "The Pharisees trusted in themselves that they were righteous."
That's the choice, it's that simple. Either you trust in yourself that you're righteous and you can earn heaven, or you do not. And you know that you cannot earn it because you are not righteous and you cannot be righteous to the satisfaction of God...that's the choice. Simple, it works like this, either you're good enough or you're not. Either you can be good enough or you can't. And all religion fits into the category of you can be good enough, except true Christianity which says you can't. That's the choice.
It really doesn't matter which of the false religious labels you pick. Either you acknowledge that you cannot earn your way to heaven, you cannot be good enough, you cannot gain a righteousness that satisfies God, you cannot please God, you cannot satisfy His holy justice, you cannot earn forgiveness and heaven, or you can. And if you're working on the can side, pick whatever religion you want, it doesn't matter. Reality tells us there are only two religions in the world. There is the religion of human achievement, the religion of works, the religion of the flesh, the religion that says you can be good enough, holy enough, religious enough, spiritual enough. And there is the one other option, the religion of divine accomplishment, the religion of faith, grace, mercy and not of the flesh but of the Spirit and they do not mix.
The scribes and the Pharisees were the architects of and the purveyors of and the exemplars of a religion of human achievement. Their salvation and acceptance with God, their hope of eternal life in heaven depended upon what they did, what they did morally and what they did religiously and ceremonially.
The Lord, however, offered a completely different religion, a religion of faith and grace, depending upon the Holy Spirit, a religion of divine accomplishment where salvation and acceptance and heaven depended on what God did...not what men do. Certainly most of humanity vastly is committed to the religion of human achievement, that men can be good enough, religious enough to gain heaven if they just have a measure of goodness, think good thoughts occasionally, do good deeds. Better yet, if they believe in God, attend some religious services, go through some religious acts or rites or ceremonies...this religion comes in many names and many forms but it is all the same. It is all the wrong choice. It is all Satan, just packaged differently.
That's what Jesus is talking about here. There is a narrow way that leads to life, and then there's the broad way with all the other religions that leads to death. In fact, the simplicity of this decision that our Lord lays before us is so clear in the obvious contrast in the two options. There are two gates, the wide and the narrow; two ways, the broad and the narrow; two destinations, life and destruction; two groups of travelers, the many and the few. And as you draw down into verses 15 and following, there are two trees, good and evil; two kinds of fruit, good and bad. As you draw further down into the text there are two builders, one wise, one foolish; two foundations, one rock, one sand; two houses and two results from the storm. You cannot be more clear than that. You cannot depict more clearly the choice than that. Jesus is just comparing the two options that exist. Either you can earn your salvation or you can't.
As we look then at these two verses, let's look at the first of the four contrasts that appear in this conclusion to the great sermon...two gates, two ways, two destinations and two crowds. There is in verse 13 the narrow gate, also called in verse 14 the small gate. There is in verse 13 the wide gate, both gates purport to introduce you to the path to heaven. Both point to the Kingdom of God, to salvation, to eternal joy and bliss in heaven. Neither of these gates says hell, but one of them goes there. Nobody is selling hell. No religion says, "Join our religion and go to hell with us." Nobody says that. They all say heaven. That's the deception. One is the path of self-righteousness, one is the path of divine righteousness. So the gates come first and they speak of entry. The narrow gate is the one that I want you to look at, and I want to draw a little bit deeper into its narrowness.
Verse 13 begins with a command, aorist imperative, a command. "Enter by the narrow gate." We can draw some conclusions out of this very simple statement. Number one, you must enter. This is an imperative. It's not going to happen by accident. It's not going to happen apart from a commitment and a decision on your part. It is an absolute command given by Jesus Christ, "Enter the narrow gate." The gospel itself is a command, repent and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. The gospel always comes as a command to be obeyed or disobeyed. It is not enough to listen to preaching about the narrow gate. It is not enough to study the narrow gate, to admire the structure of the narrow gate, to admire the wisdom of gospel means. It must be entered and the world is full of people who admire the gospel, they admire, if you will, the narrow gate, they admire the work of Christ on the cross and even admire the work accomplished in His conquering death and His resurrection, and they admire the ethics of Jesus and they admire the virtues of Jesus and a lot of those things. But hell is going to be literally filled with people who admired Jesus, who admired His teaching and His ethics and who may be particularly admired the Sermon on the Mount.
But a gate serves two purposes. It lets in and it shuts out. Those who do not enter are then eternally barred from the Kingdom of God. Like in the parable of Jesus in Matthew 25 and verse 10, for once the wedding feast begins, the door was shut. You must enter. You must go beyond the admiration of the gospel. You must go beyond being fascinated with the work of Jesus Christ and admiring Him, you must enter the gate of salvation through faith in Him.
And let's take it a little further. You must enter this gate, there's only one narrow gate. You must enter this gate. It is a definite gate. It is the narrow gate. The Old Testament talks about ways that seem right to a man that are the ways of death. Jesus says, "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, no man comes to the Father but by Me." Jesus says, "I am the Door, if any man tries to come in any other way, he is a thief and a robber." In Acts 4:12 it says, "There is no salvation in any other name, for there's no other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved." There's only one way to be saved, there's only one person who is the Savior and faith in that person is required for salvation.
Listen to 1 Timothy 2:5, "There is one God, one Mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." No other Mediator, no other Savior, no other Way. Faith, saving faith, demands...Romans 10:17 says...hearing with faith the message of Christ. Faith comes by hearing the message concerning Christ. Christ and Christ alone is the gate. No Christ, no salvation. No Christ, no heaven. In that sense it is very narrow.
When people say, "You're very narrow-minded," I will often say, "You have no idea how narrow minded I really am. And whatever you think I am, I'm a lot narrower than you think I am." I'm only narrow because it's the truth. I didn't invent this. Men didn't invent this. This is the Word of the living God. You believe in the Lord Jesus Christ savingly, and you enter. You do not, and you will not enter. There is no other way in. All other ways though marked heaven end up in hell. Any deviation from the person of Jesus Christ, the work of Jesus Christ, or the gospel of Jesus Christ by faith and grace alone will lead you to hell. You must enter. You must make a commitment to come to Christ and this is the only way. God has the right to do it the way He wants and this is the way He chose to do it. It's amazing to me today how popular it is to assume that there are all kinds of different ways to heaven..even among evangelicals. You must enter, you must enter this gate.
Thirdly, you must enter this gate alone...alone. There are some people who think that if you join a religion, you'll go to heaven with the crowd. This is a very narrow gate. This is like a turnstile, admitting only one person at a time. It is exclusive from the start. It is intensely personal. It is not a group experience. It doesn't happen to everybody who joins a church, or everybody who is baptized, or everybody who is in a family of quote/unquote Christians. It isn't something you inherit from your parents or your grandparents. It isn't something you sign up for along with another person. It is absolutely singular. It is totally individual. It is exclusive in that sense, intensely personal. It requires a break from the crowd. Jesus said, in fact, if you're not willing to hate your father, your mother, your sister, your brother, your wife, you're not worthy to be My disciple. It may cost you every single relationship that you have. You come absolutely alone with no one else...it is that personal. You don't go through a turnstile in a group, you go through all alone. Jesus says in Matthew 10:34, "Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth, I didn't come to bring peace but a sword to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law and a man's enemies will be the members of his household. And anyone who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. He who doesn't take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who has found his life shall lose it, it is he who has lost his life for My sake that shall find it."
It will cost you potentially everybody and everything. Even your own control over your own life. Salvation is only for one at a time, one by one by faith in Christ. You must enter, you must enter this narrow gate, you must enter alone. Fourthly, you must enter with difficulty...with difficulty.
This is a death blow to what is called easy believism, a death blow to cheap grace. This is not easy. That's why we read at the end of verse 14, "Few are those who find it." Few are those who find it. And when you find it, it becomes hard to enter. It must be searched out. It must be found. It is not in your intuition. It is not rummaging around in your higher self. You're not going to come up with this on your own. It's not intuitive. You won't find it in your supposed spirituality. You will only find this in the Word of God rightly interpreted and rightly understood. And you have to sort through all the false gospels. That's why our Lord immediately says in verse 15, "Beware of the false prophets." They're selling tickets to the broad road. They're the ravenous wolves who dress up as if they were shepherds or prophets who wore wool cloaks. Beware of them. They're pushing people enmasse onto the broad road.
It's hard. It's hard to find a true preacher. It's hard to find a true prophet. It's hard to try to find the true gospel. How many of you were in a church or a religion which was deceiving and damning for years, maybe for most of your life? Few there be that find it. And when you find it, it's not easy. It's not easy to deny your self, take up your cross and follow Christ, as it said in Matthew 10 and repeats in Luke 9:23 to 25. It's not easy to lose your life. It's not easy to hate yourself, to say no to all your own desires, ambitions, hopes, dreams, self-control. It's not easy to abandon everything. It's hard to humble yourself. It's hard to turn from your sin. It's hard to repent because sin and pride and self-will is the truest expression of your fallen condition. It's the most natural thing for you to do.
In Luke chapter 13 and verse 24 is a stunning statement. "Strive to enter by the narrow door, agonize, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able." Amazing. You mean there are people who want to be saved and they can't be? Who want to find the door and enter the door and they don't succeed? That's exactly what Jesus said, "Strive, agonize to enter by the narrow door for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able." And here's a warning. "Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, you're going to be left standing on the outside knocking and you're going to say, 'Lord, open to us,' and He'll answer and say to you, 'I don't know where you are from.' And later, 'Depart from Me, all you evil doers, I don't know you.'"
The narrow door must be searched out and found. And when it's found, it's not easy. That's why the Lord also said, "You have to count the cost." Look at Luke 14 verse 25, "Great multitudes were going along with Him and He turned and said to them..." Now let's pick the picture up here. Jesus is evangelizing the crowd. He has a great multitude. And some of these crowds were just massive crowds, huge crowds. In fact, back in chapter 12 verse 1, so many thousands of the multitudes had gathered together that they were stepping on one another. Massive crowds. What would you say to the crowd if you wanted to evangelize them? What would the message of the modern evangelist be to the crowd? I doubt that it would be this. Luke 14:25, "He turned and said to them, 'If anyone comes to Me and doesn't hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brother and sisters, and yes, even his own life, he can't be My disciple.'" That's not a very attractive message. That's a good way to send the crowd home. Can't you be a little more winsome than that? Why not just pray this little prayer and you're in? That's the popular way.
And He says, "Look, there's a lot to think about. This is a life commitment. This is an eternal decision." In verse 28 He says, "Which of you when he wants to build a tower doesn't first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?" Maybe you don't have what it takes to make this commitment. Otherwise, when he's laid a foundation and isn't able to finish, all who observe begin to ridicule him saying, "This man began to build and wasn't able to finish."
"Or what king when he sets out to meet another king in battle will not first sit down, take counsel whether he's strong enough with ten-thousand men to encounter the one coming against him with twenty thousand? Or else, while the other is still far away he sends a delegation and asks terms of peace? So therefore, no one of you can be My disciple who doesn't give up all his possessions." Are you willing to do that? Have you really counted the cost of what's involved here? I'm asking for your whole life. I'm asking you to become My slave. I'm asking you to live the rest of your life doing exactly what I tell you no matter what it cost you, even if it cost you all your hopes and dreams and your own life."
This is not easy. Much easier to go the broad way. The purveyors of the broad way are telling you, "Hey, come join our group, you can come in enmasse. Oh, don't worry about your sin. Don't worry about your theology."
There is a carelessness and a shoddiness and a flippancy that exists within many people's understanding of the gospel. Strive to enter in, agonizomai, used in 1 Corinthians 9:25 of an athlete struggling to win. Used in Colossians 4:12 of laboring fervently even to the point of death. Used in 1 Timothy 6:12 of fighting, combat.
So Jesus says in Matthew 11:12, "The Kingdom of heaven suffers violence and the violent take it by force." What amazing words. There's a certain violence in coming to salvation. You're in the throes of a war and a battle with your own soul to release your love of sin and self and pride. It's a wrenching experience. Luke 16:16 says, "Every man presses into it."
Becoming a Christian is not easy. It's hard. Another way to say all that is that the Kingdom opens up to those who seek with all their hearts. You're not going to sleep your way into the Kingdom. The Kingdom requires earnest endeavor, untiring energy, utmost exertion because Satan is mighty and has a vast array of helpers, because he has many false prophets and deceivers all over the world, because he actually receives support from the fifth column established in every man's heart, the love of sin. To let go of the love of sin, to desire to be forgiven of sin, delivered from sin, to let go of pride and self-will demands a vigor, an eagerness, a willingness to conquer, take possession of the Kingdom with all its blessings of salvation. This is not for weaklings. This is not for waverers. This is not for compromisers. This is not for Baalams. This is not for the rich young ruler. This is not for Pilate. This is not for Demas. This is not won by deferred prayers, by unfulfilled promises, broken resolutions and hesitant commitments. It's for the strong and the sturdy, like Joseph and Nathan and Elijah and Daniel and Mordecai and Peter and Stephen and Paul and Ruth and Deborah and Esther and Lydia. The conflict is often fierce. Let go of self? And submit fully to Christ?
There's a battle there, but you must enter, you must enter this narrow gate, you must enter alone. You must enter with difficulty. And fifthly, you must enter naked. You can't go through a turnstile with your baggage. You drop everything. It's the gate of self-denial. It's the gate of self-denial. Strip off all the sin and self and self-righteousness. It's the way you unload yourself. It's where you say, "I no longer want to be the person I have been."
Dropping all the baggage isn't easy. The rich young ruler wouldn't do it. He was very rich. He wasn't about to let go of his money. He was very much in control, he wasn't about to do what Jesus told him to do. He wasn't going to let somebody else be sovereign over his life, hung on to his baggage. When Jesus told the story about the soils in Matthew 13, the different soils, in some of the soils the weeds were never cultivated out. Some of the soil, the stony ground, was still remaining hard. Superficial response initially, but no real life, no real fruit. If you're holding on to anything that you're not willing to let go of, you can't get through this. It's where you abandon yourself totally.
It was Spurgeon who said this, "You and your sins must separate, or you and your God cannot come together. No one sin...he said...may you keep, they must all be recognized for what they are. They must be brought out like the Canaanite(?) his(?) kings from the cave and hanged up in the sun. You must forsake them, abhor them and ask the Lord to overcome them." This is what the New Testament calls "turning from sin to serve the living God."
There are some people who espouse the idea that all you have to do to become a Christian is just know that Jesus can save you from hell and ask Him to do that. That's a far cry from what the New Testament teaches. Even John the Baptist came preaching repentance, repentance, repentance, repentance, readying a people to receive the Messiah, the King.
You have to come to a Beatitude attitude, and that's how the Lord begins the Sermon, do you remember that? Back in chapter 5 of Matthew, the sermon began with what we call the Beatitudes. "Blessed are the poor in spirit...blessed are those who mourn...blessed are the meek...blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness..." We can stop right there and already we understand what the attitude is. Poor in spirit, what does that mean? Morally, spiritually bankrupt...morally, spiritually impoverished. Those are the ones that are blessed. Theirs is the Kingdom of heaven. It belongs to those people who have jettisoned all confidence in their self-righteousness. It belongs to people who know they cannot earn their way in. It belongs to those who have become like a little child, offering no achievement, no accomplishment, as in some way contributing to God's acceptance of them. They are bankrupt spiritually.
Consequently they mourn. They come as mourners, not giddy and silly and superficial, they come mourning over their spiritual bankruptcy. They come meek for they have nothing to offer. They come hungering and thirsting for righteousness which they want but know they don't have and can't earn. They are void of righteousness. They know it. They're morally, spiritually bankrupt. They're heart-broken over this and they are meek. They bow to the sentence of Scripture on their heads, a sentence that says condemned to hell for sin. And they set their heart against that condemnation and against that sin and plead with God to forgive them and transform them. It isn't just believing, James 2:19, the devils believe and tremble, it's hating sin and loving righteousness which the demons do not do.
As the hymn writer put it, "Nothing in my hand I bring, simply to Thy cross I cling." It's pounding your breast like the Publican in Luke 18, "God, be merciful to me, a sinner." It's not coming like the Pharisee commending himself for his tithing and his fasting. The Lord here is dealing with the danger of an easy believism. You must enter. You must enter this gate. You must enter alone. You must enter with difficulty. You must enter naked, which means, having divested yourself of all sin and worldly desires.
And a final thought. You must enter this gate alone with difficulty and naked, in full surrender to Christ. And we've said this already, but let me just set it apart as a final point because of its urgency and importance. Jesus said, "Deny yourself," that's repentance, "take up your cross and follow Me." It's about the Lordship of Christ. You became a slave when you came to Christ. It's a kind of slavery. You are the doulos, He is the Kurios. There's no such thing as a kurios without doulos. No such thing as doulos without a kurios. If He's the Lord, then you're the slave.
So we come totally submissive to our Master, joyfully submissive. We don't see it as burdensome, we see it as a cherished opportunity to give honor to the One who has given grace to us.
In contrast to what we've just seen, back to our text, is the wide gate. The wide gate is just that...wide. And the door is wide. The way is wide, or broad. This gate can be entered with no difficulty. This gate can be entered with a whole crowd, no self-denial, bring all your baggage. No repentance necessary. No surrender to Christ necessary. This is the gate of self-indulgence. Bring your pride, bring your self-righteousness, bring your sins, sins of all sorts are very welcomed there. There's a large crowd coming through this gate because it's everybody else who's not coming through the narrow gate. There's a West Indian who had chosen Islam over Christianity. And when asked why, he said this, quote: "Islam is a noble broad path, there's room for a man and his sins on it. The way of Christ is far too narrow." He's right.
So, there are two doors, a narrow and the broad. Two ways, briefly, two ways...broad is the way and narrow is the way. Broad is the way, verse 13, narrow is the way is mentioned in verse 14. The wide gate leads to a broad way. You don't have to leave anything behind, bring all your stuff, all your self-righteousness, all your baggage, all your sin. The wide gate leads to a broad way, plenty of room, no restriction room for diverse theology, room for diverse iniquity, a room for tolerance, room for immorality, no curbs, no boundaries, all the desires of the fallen heart are acceptable on the broad road, no need for a Beatitude-Attitude, no need to be restricted by the Word of God. No need to worry about internal issues in the conscience. No need to worry about anything, we're all on the happy road to heaven because we're religious and we're basically good. Takes no character. Self-will, self-gratification, self-righteousness, you come on with your lust and your pride and your covetousness and it all seems okay because we're all like that...we're all like that.
Now the people who are on the broad way, by the way, are many. And if you drop down to verse 22 you will read that many will say to Me on that day, "Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name and in Your name cast out demons and in Your name perform many miracles? Then I will declare to them, I never knew you, depart from Me, you that practice lawlessness."
The many on the broad road are the many in verse 22. When they get to the end of the road, the news is not good. Psalm 1:6 says, "The way of the ungodly shall perish." In contrast to that is the narrow way in verse 14. Literally means a pressed way, constricted way, a confining way, a difficult pass between two cliffs hemmed in on both sides, very rigid, very prescribed, very limited, a narrow hard way. Yet at the same time it is an easy yoke and a light burden, says our Lord. The cost is high, the demand is high. The Lord asks for everything. You may lose your family. You subject yourself to the will of God no matter what it is, it involves discipline and chastening when you disobey, when you step out of line you will be chastened by the Lord. Hebrews 12 promises that. You will suffer persecution, "All that will live godly suffer persecution," the New Testament says. "Don't be surprised if the world hates you," Jesus said, "they hated Me, they will hate you." It is truly a kind of slavery. You confess with your lips Jesus as Lord, which is also a confession that you're a slave. You are now subject to an alien will for the rest of your life. It's not a luxurious meadow that we wander in, it's a road that is hard and it's a road that's narrow. Christianity in its truthfulness is not a soft option for the weak-hearted and the weak-kneed. When you enter into this narrow gate and start on the narrow way, you declare a war on all the forces of hell. You declare war on all the forces of your own flesh. And living a Beatitude life, a brokenness in humility and holiness and righteousness is tough. And Jesus didn't say, "Love Me, like Me, consider Me, admire Me," He said, "Follow Me."
But, the two doors and the two ways lead to two destinations. First, the wide gate, the broad way leads to destruction. Oh yeah, the pleasures of sin for a season, Hebrews 11, it's easy, it's crowded, everybody's there, can't be the wrong road, look how many people are there. No restrictions, it just doesn't end up in heaven, it ends up in destruction. The religion of human achievement from humanism and atheism to Judaism and any other ism in any other religion without Christ and without a gospel of grace and faith alone, ends up in hell. And so the entrance to hell is from the portals of heaven, as it were.
What does destruction mean? Everlasting judgment, everlasting punishment. On the other hand, the narrow gate leads, verse 14, to life...life, eternal life, the fullness of life, the life of God, the glorious state of unclouded fellowship with God, the eternal satisfaction, unspeakable joy.
And that brings us to the end of this little discussion to the two crowds. Many enter the broad way, few enter the narrow way. That's how it is in the world. There's far more false religion than true, even within Christianity there's far more in a false Christianity than in the true faith...far more, millions more. The masses of the world are racing toward hell on the broad road thinking it's the path to heaven, never marked hell. Luke 12:32, Jesus said, "Fear not, little flock," mikron, very small, so few are willing to come on the terms that Christ establishes. So many profess, think they're on the way to heaven, they're not. Paul gives us a very important word in 2 Corinthians 13:5, he says, "Examine yourselves whether you're in the faith." Examine yourselves to see whether you're in the faith. Which road are you on?
There was a newspaper article many years ago in Melbourne, Australia from someone who had heard Billy Graham preach. This is what he wrote in to the newspaper. "After hearing Dr. Billy Graham on the air, viewing him on television, and reading reports and letters concerning him and his mission, I am heartily sick of the type of religion that insists my soul needs saving...whatever that means. I have never felt that I was lost, nor do I feel that I daily wallow in the mire of sin, although repetitive preaching insists that I do. Give me a practical religion that teaches gentleness and tolerance, that acknowledges no barriers of color or creed, that remembers the aged and teaches children of goodness and not sin. If in order to save my soul I must accept such a philosophy as I have recently heard preached, I prefer to remain forever damned, thank you."
And that's every man's decision. You can choose to remain forever damned and have your happy religion of tolerance. Or you can come to the truth and be forever given life. Let's pray.
Father, we thank You again for the clarity of Your Word, how critical, how vital, how important it is. Nothing comes even close to the importance of this message. O Lord, I pray that those who have heard here and who will hear in the future as this message goes out on the airwaves will understand this clear decision, just two possibilities. And by the work and wonder of Your Holy Spirit, may You move on hearts to drive them in the direction of the narrow gate, knowing that at the end that narrowness explodes into the new heavens and the new earth with all its infinite breadth, height, depth and length of unending joys and blessing. Lord, by Your grace and power, move on hearts to come to the truth, to embrace the truth and enter Your Kingdom in repentance, putting all their trust in the wonderful work that Christ has done on the cross. This we ask in His name. Amen.
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Wilson Family Collection - PP125
Collection finding aids of Photograph Collections in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Maryland Historical Society Library
Prints and Photographs Division, Maryland Historical Society
201 W. Monument St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
Finding aid created by Katherine Cowan with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, July 1999
Robert T. Wilson (1860-1919) and his wife Mabel Chunn Wilson (d. 1951) lived in Baltimore. Robert was a physician who trained at the University of Virginia and the University of Maryland before joining his father Dr. Henry P.C. Wilson (1827-1897) in practice in Baltimore. Henry and his wife Alicia Brewer Griffith Wilson (b. 1840) lived at 814 Park Avenue, and built a home for Robert and Mabel at 820 Park Avenue upon their marriage. Roberts siblings included Henrietta (Etta) Chauncey Wilson (Whiteley), Henry Parke Custis Wilson, William Griffith Wilson, Alicia Brewer Wilson (Barber), and Emily Brewer Wilson (Waters).
Henry, president of the American Gynaecological Society and one of the first gynecological surgeons in America, was born in Somerset County and graduated from the University of Maryland in 1851. Robert was also a surgeon; in later years he was affiliated with the Hospital for Women of Maryland and the Eudowood Sanatorium, and was involved in the anti-tuberculosis campaign. Robert was a member of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty and of the Royal Society of Medicine in London.
Henrietta (Etta) Chauncey Wilson Whiteley (b. 1863) married James Stone Whiteley (b. 1855) in 1888. They lived at 926 Cathedral St. in Baltimore, and had several children: Henrietta Chauncey Whiteley (1889-1890), Mabel Wilson Whiteley (b. 1891), and Eleanor Custis Whiteley (b. 1896).
Collection Origin
Gift of Mrs. Edwin Nash Broyles, 1979 (74517).
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 1 box with 7 folders containing 8 photoprints made from 1881-1899. The photos are primarily studio portraits from Baltimore photographers, with a few less formal outdoor portraits. The subjects are family and friends of Dr. Robert T. Wilson and Etta Wilson Whiteley.
The photographs are arranged according to PP catalog number.
Container List
1 Box
Box 1: 7 Folders
Box 1, Folder 1
PP125.1 Eleanor Custis Whiteley, ca. 1899. 1 item.
Box 1, Folder 2
PP125.2 Etta Wilson Whiteley, n.d. 1 item.
Box 1, Folder 3
PP125.3 James S. Whiteley, n.d. 1 item.
Box 1, Folder 4
PP125.4 Dr. Henry P.C. Wilson, n.d. 1 item.
PP125.5 William Wilson, Dr. Henry P.C. Wilson, and Alec Larned, n.d. 1 item.
Box 1, Folder 5
PP125.6 Group portrait in Castine, Maine, n.d. Including Emily Wilson Waters, Robert Wilson, William Hodge, Etta Wilson Whiteley, Alicia Wilson Barber, Mabel C. Wilson, William Wilson, Dr. and Mrs. H.P.C. Wilson, and Mabel Whiteley. 1 item.
Box 1, Folder 6
PP125.7 Group portrait, Wilson family, 1881. 1 item.
Box 1, Folder 7
PP125.8 Group portrait of 2 couples, 1887. 1 item. © 2001 Maryland Historical Society - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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Although the program is simple to use, please spend a few minutes reviewing the online tutorial videos at: http://www.kentlaw.edu/clc/examsoft/softtest.shtml. In addition, you may run the practice version from any lab computer (go to Start, Programs, SofTest; then click on the Practice button on the lower right of the screen).
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* You should remove any prior versions of SofTest or other Examsoft software from your computer before trying to install the new version. To do this, click on the Windows Start button à Settings à Control Panel à "Add/Remove Programs," find SofTest and then follow the directions to uninstall it. Reboot your computer before proceeding after you perform this task.
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Technical Support Help Desk Hours
of Operation:
Monday-Thursday: 8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Phone: (312) 906-5300
Fax: (312) 906-5165
Obtaining Microsoft Office 2000 Professional Edition and
The Center for Law and Computers has
MS Office 2000 Professional Edition and FrontPage available
for purchase at a discounted educational use rate. The disks
can be purchased at the Help Desk in Room 525. Each student
is allowed to purchase only one copy for the
price of $25.50. Please bring your student or other photo
ID with you to purchase a set.
on KENTNET
The Center for Law and
Computers has implemented print accounting software which
allows you to:
1. Send print
jobs to queue -- This feature allows you to send print jobs
to the print station at the front of each lab where they
are held in queue until you release them. In addition, you
are able to send multiple print jobs to the queue and they
are held until you release them at the print station.
2. You are able
to check the balance of your print account -- This feature
allows you to look at the number of copies you have remaining
for the term (note: each student is allotted 400 pages per
semester; additional pages beyond the 400 are billed at
$.05 per page)
Your 400 page
limit is reset at the beginning of each semester.
release station will release all print jobs sent under your
username. When your print jobs are listed you have the opportunity
to delete them before actually sending them to print.
you have questions, please email email@example.com
or call 906-5300.
The principle printers in the KENTNET
system are Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 8000N Printers. There
is one printer in each lab 700, 760 and 900 that is set
up as the default printer when you sign on in that lab.
Individual Student Printing Accounts:
Each student receives 400 pages of printing
per semester. Any printing past 400 pages will be charged
to your student printing account at 5ў per page. You must
settle your student account with the Bursar's Office
before receiving your 400 page allotment for the following
semester. Students with outstanding balances will have their
Kentnet accounts deactivated until the balance is paid.
Graduating students with a delinquent printing balance will
not receive their diplomas until the accounts are paid
in full.
If you print work for a faculty member,
you must print out a detailed balance and have the faculty
member sign for their pages. Present the signed balance
sheet to the Help Desk in the Center for Law and Computers
(Room 525). Your print account will be credited accordingly.
Print jobs that are sent to the Document
Center printer (9th floor-library) require payment when
picked up.
Please report any problems with printers
or printing to the Help Desk by Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
or in house phone number 6-5300.
Email Stations:
The Email stations located throughout
the building are intended to allow students convenient and
quick access to Email and the Record. Please be considerate
to your fellow students when using these stations. If you
want to compose many or long messages, or browse the Internet
at length, please use one of the 3 computer labs in the
library. Thank you for your cooperation.
Note: the latest DAT file as of 4/19/02 - is sdat4197
It Is Critical to Update Your Virus
Detection Software Regularly:
As always, it is a good idea to update
the virus protection software on your personal computer
periodically to catch any new viruses lurking out there
in cyber world Since we have a volume license to McAfee
Virus Scan, each student, faculty and staff should have
a copy of this software on his/her computer. (It is free
to C-K students so...No excuse not to have it!)
The Center for Law and Computers takes
a proactive stance in trying to eradicate viruses by cleaning
them as they come through our servers, we cannot protect
each individual PC. We are asking that you also be proactive
to ensure that your PC does not become infected.
Because there are new virus outbreaks
DAILY, we want to stress the importance of having the latest
virus protection software and updated virus definition (.DAT)
files. We'd also like to remind you that regular virus scans
of all drives (weekly, if possible) are necessary in order
to detect and clean any viruses so they are not sent to
friends and/or colleagues.
Chicago-Kent is licensed for and supports
McAfee Virus Scan from Network Associates. According to
information on their web site, there are over 50,000+ viruses
out there and the potential for damage is continuous. We
here at the Center for Law and Computers want to make sure
you have the best possible protection for your PC. Please
follow the manual instructions below to install the latest
virus definition updates (.DAT files) for your McAfee software.
Manual Instructions:
Check to see that you have a recent version of the virus
scanning software on your computer.
You can do this by clicking on the small
blue and red "VShield" icon in the lower right
corner of your screen with the right mouse button. When
you do, a small menu will pop up. Select the "About"
choice in this menu by clicking on it once with the left
mouse button.
After clicking "About" you will get a box that
displays several numbers. There are two important numbers
that you should be concerned with. The first number is in
boldface and located next to the phrase "McAfee Virus
Scan" toward the top of the box's gray area. This number
tells you what version of the Virus Scan product or "engine"
you are running. You should be running some version of 4.x.
Any version of 3.x is too old and should be updated to a
later version, please call the Help Desk to schedule an
update. The second number you should be concerned with in
the "About" box is the number next to the phrase
"Virus definitions." The last four digits of this
number tell you the version of the ".DAT" you
are running. As an example, the picture below is from a
PC that is running version 4.0.3 of the Virus Scan product
(engine) and version 4115 of the virus definitions (.DAT
SECOND: Install the
latest virus definition updates on your computer.
These procedures may
force a reboot of your computer. In order to avoid loss
of data, close all programs except Outlook before completing
any of the following steps.
While signed on to the C-K network,
run the update with the following three steps:
Once the "SuperDat" update
program starts, click on "Next."
You may be prompted to restart your
Run a virus scan on your PC.
This will begin the scanning process.
It will check all the files on the drive you designated.
It may take a few minutes to several hours depending on
the speed of your computer and the number of files you have.
Your patience will pay off, remember you will be preventing
problems in the future.
Note: The above procedures can be used
in the future to update your .DAT files.
A great source for additional information
about viruses is the Network Associates site:
As always, if you have questions or
need additional assistance, please feel free to contact
the help desk at (312) 906-5300.
Computer Labs
Lab 900 is on the ninth floor of the
library at the west end of the building and has 12 computers.
Turn left when you enter the library through the ninth floor
entrance. The printer for the ninth floor lab is in Room
986, in the corner of the area.
Lab 700, the large, glass-walled room
on the seventh floor of the library, is the largest lab,
with 30 computers. This lab is sometimes used for larger
research classes and it is always used for exams. LEXIS-NEXIS
and WESTLAW representatives conduct office hours in Lab
700. The schedule of their office hours will be posted weekly
in the Record. They can help you with online research questions.
Lab 760, also on the seventh floor of
the library, is equipped with 20 computers. It is often
used for research classes.
From time to time, the law school schedules classes or exams
in the labs. When this occurs, a sign will be posted outside
the door of the lab. Please be considerate and use one of
the other labs during these scheduled activities.
If you have any problems getting onto KENTNET from any computer,
call the CLC at extension 6-5300 from any black house phone
located between the public telephones on every floor.
and Proper Shutdown of Lab Computers
In order to secure your login name and
password, it is important to log out completely. To shutdown
properly, prior to leaving any of the computer labs, logout
and close all programs---click START (located on tool bar
in the bottom left corner of the screen) SHUTDOWN | RESTART.
If the system is shutdown successfully, the next individual
who sits at that lab computer will be prompted to enter
his or her own login name and password.
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Wing walker, pilot die in crash at Ohio air show
CINCINNATI — A plane carrying a wing walker crashed at an air show and exploded into flames Saturday, killing the pilot and stunt walker instantly, authorities said.
The crash of the 450 HP Stearman happened at around 12:45 p.m. at the Vectren Air Show at Dayton International Airport. No spectators were hurt.
A video posted on WHIO-TV shows the plane turn upside-down as the performer sits on top of the wing. The plane then tilts and crashes to the ground, erupting into flames as spectators screamed.
Ian Hoyt, an aviation photographer and licensed pilot from Findlay, was at the show with his girlfriend. He told The Associated Press he was taking photos as the plane passed by and had just raised his camera to take another shot.
"Then I realized they were too low and too slow. And before I knew it, they hit the ground," he said.
He couldn't tell exactly what happened, but it appeared that the plane stalled and didn't have enough air speed, he said.
"I'm still shaking," Hoyt said. He said he had been excited to see the show because he'd never seen the scheduled performer — wing walker Jane Wicker — in action.
Federal records show that biplane was registered to Wicker, who lived in Loudon, Va. A man who answered the phone at a number listed for Wicker on her website said he had no comment and hung up.
Airport spokeswoman Linda Hughes and Ohio State Highway Patrol Lt. Anne Ralston confirmed the deaths of a pilot and stunt walker to the AP. The air show said it wasn't immediately releasing the identities of the dead.
The show was canceled for the rest of the day, but organizers said events would resume Sunday. The National Transportation Safety Board said it is investigating the crash.
Another spectator, Shawn Warwick of New Knoxville, told the Dayton Daily News that he was watching the flight through binoculars.
"I noticed it was upside-down really close to the ground. She was sitting on the bottom of the plane," he said. "I saw it just go right into the ground and explode."
Wicker's website says she responded to a classified ad from the Flying Circus Airshow in Bealeton, Va., in 1990, for a wing-walking position, thinking it would be fun. She was a contract employee who worked as a Federal Aviation Administration budget analyst, the FAA said.
She told WDTN-TV in an interview this week that her signature move was hanging underneath the plane's wing by her feet and sitting on the bottom of the airplane while it's upside-down.
"I'm never nervous or scared because I know if I do everything as I usually do, everything's going to be just fine," she told the station.
Wicker wrote on her website that she had never had any close calls.
"What you see us do out there is after an enormous amount of practice and fine tuning, not to mention the airplane goes through microscopic care. It is a managed risk and that is what keeps us alive," she wrote.
In 2007, veteran stunt pilot Jim LeRoy was killed at the Dayton show when his biplane slammed into the runway while performing loop-to-loops and caught fire.
Organizers were presenting a trimmed-down show and expected smaller crowds at Dayton after the Air Force Thunderbirds and other military participants pulled out this year because of federal budget cuts.
The air show, one of the country's oldest, usually draws around 70,000 people and has a $3.2 million impact on the local economy. Without military aircraft and support, the show expected attendance to be off 30 percent or more.


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Fred W. Baker III - American Forces Press Service
Pentagon officials will begin sharing access to classified, terrorism-related information stored on the secure Defense Department network with state and local agencies.
Officials will make the information available using a Department of Homeland Security computer network that ties together that department's intelligence centers nationwide.
Dubbed "fusion centers," these intelligence-gathering offices reside in most states and larger cities and share information with the federal government, as well as with other agencies in their area. As of this summer, there were 72 such centers.
The two Cabinet departments announced the joint information-sharing venture yesterday.
Only select staff with federal security clearances at the centers will have access to the information, said Air Force Lt. Col. René White, a Defense Department spokeswoman. Homeland Security is responsible for training and ensuring no one accesses the data without the proper clearances, she said.
Also, those cleared will have access only to pre-approved data within the network, she said. Most of the information available will be helpful for analyzing the actions of specific terrorists or terrorist organizations. It also will help local agencies understand terrorist organization hierarchies and establish patterns in their activities, White explained.
The information to be shared does not include any data on any specific U.S. citizen, White said.
The Defense Department now shares similar access to its secure network with the FBI, the CIA and the National Guard. Defense leaders heralded the move as another step in the two departments working together to protect the United States.
"With this action, [the Defense Department] continues its work in supporting states and localities who are leading our efforts to secure the nation from domestic terrorism attacks," Paul N. Stockton, assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and Americas' security affairs, said in a release.
The first fusion centers were put in place in 2006 as a way for federal, state and local agencies to share information on terrorist threats and criminal activity.


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SAN JOSE, Calif. – September 15, 2011 – North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.18 billion in orders in August 2011 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 0.80, according to the August Book-to-Bill Report published today by SEMI. A book-to-bill of 0.80 means that $80 worth of orders were received for every $100 of product billed for the month.
The three-month average of worldwide bookings in August 2011 was $1.18 billion. The bookings figure is 8.8 percent less than the final July 2011 level of $1.30 billion, and is 34.8 percent below the $1.82 billion in orders posted in August 2010.
The three-month average of worldwide billings in August 2011 was $1.48 billion. The billings figure is 3.0 percent less than the final July 2011 level of $1.52 billion, and is 5.1 percent less than the August 2010 billings level of $1.55 billion.
"Weaker DRAM demand, foundry spending reductions and near-term uncertainties about electronics demand are reflected in declining sales trends for new semiconductor manufacturing equipment," said Stanley T. Myers, president and CEO of SEMI. "Consequently, the SEMI 3-month average billings are at levels last seen in June of 2010."
The SEMI book-to-bill is a ratio of three-month moving averages of worldwide bookings and billings for North American-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers. Billings and bookings figures are in millions of U.S. dollars.
March 2011
April 2011
May 2011
June 2011
July 2011 (final)
August 2011 (prelim)
Source: SEMI September 2011
The data contained in this release were compiled by David Powell, Inc., an independent financial services firm, without audit, from data submitted directly by the participants. SEMI and David Powell, Inc. assume no responsibility for the accuracy of the underlying data.
The data are contained in a monthly Book-to-Bill Report published by SEMI. The report tracks billings and bookings worldwide of North American-headquartered manufacturers of equipment used to manufacture semiconductor devices, not billings and bookings of the chips themselves. The Book-to-Bill report is one of three reports included with the Equipment Market Data Subscription (EMDS).
SEMI is the global industry association serving the manufacturing supply chains for the microelectronic, display and photovoltaic industries. SEMI member companies are the engine of the future, enabling smarter, faster and more economical products that improve our lives. Since 1970, SEMI has been committed to helping members grow more profitably, create new markets and meet common industry challenges. SEMI maintains offices in Beijing, Bengaluru, Berlin, Brussels, Grenoble, Hsinchu, Moscow, San Jose, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit www.semi.org.
Association Contacts
Dan Tracy/SEMI
Tel: 1.408.943.7987
E-mail: email@example.com
Deborah Geiger/SEMI
Tel: 1.408.943.7988
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Editor's Note:
Next SEMI Book-to-Bill: October 20, 2011, at 3:00 p.m. PDT
For information on SEAJ Book-to-Bill Report, visit www.seaj.or.jp
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New Car Review
2014 Buick Verano: New Car Review
The 2014 Buick Verano is a compact entry-level premium sedan that shares its basic underpinnings with the Chevrolet Cruze. But don't think the Verano is simply a rebadged version of the small Chevy. The Verano is original inside and out, and defined by distinctive and upscale European character. Like its near-luxury competitors, the Verano is refined, attractive and well-equipped.
The Verano should appeal to young professionals looking for premium amenities without breaking the bank. Since it's not as mainstream as, say, the Infiniti G or the Lexus IS, some of the Verano's appeal might be its originality.
Another set of buyers who might find the Verano interesting are current premium car owners who wish to trade down without completely exiting the luxury segment. The Verano will give these folks a choice that's long on value but still delivers the refined equipment they're used to.
The Verano's modern demeanor helps Buick round out its model range and combat the brand's stodgy, yesteryear image. It might not have the visibility or reputation enjoyed by so many other premium sedans, but it is absolutely well-positioned to compete in the segment.
What's New for 2014?
The Verano sees minor trim changes for 2014. Forward collision alert and lane departure warning are now standard on all models except the base Verano, as is a universal garage door opener. Additionally, heated front seats are now included in the Convenience trim.
What We Like
Upscale cabin; compliant ride; affordable in comparison to other luxury marques; amply equipped in up-level trims
What We Don't
Tight rear seat; busy control layout; relatively low performance
How Much?
Fuel Economy
Base-level Buick Verano models are propelled by a 2.4-liter 4-cylinder engine producing 180 horsepower and 171 lb-ft of torque. A 6-speed automatic is standard. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), this engine returns 21 miles per gallon in the city and 32 mpg on the highway.
The new Verano Turbo has a 2.0-liter 4-cylinder that produces 250 hp and 260 lb-ft torque. It, too, comes with a 6-speed automatic, but a 6-speed manual is optional for those who prefer to enjoy the Turbo's sportier character by rowing through the gears. The Verano Turbo is EPA-rated at 21 mpg city/30 mpg hwy when equipped with the automatic. The manual Turbo returns a 1-mpg advantage on the highway.
Standard Features & Options
The 2014 Buick Verano comes in four available trim levels. Base models are called simply the Verano. From there, Buick offers the Verano Convenience, the Verano Leather and the Verano Premium.
The base-level Verano ($24,700) is well-equipped. Standard features include a remote starter, cruise control, dual-zone automatic climate control and a center-mounted touchscreen display for Buick's IntelliLink infotainment system. There's also Bluetooth capability, a USB port for music, satellite radio and an auxiliary audio jack for music players.
Step up to the Verano Convenience ($25,900) and you get heated mirrors, a power driver seat, blind spot monitoring and park assist. New for 2014, Convenience models and above also get heated front seats, a universal garage door opener and two more safety systems: a lane departure warning system and a forward collision alert system.
Above the Convenience is the Verano Leather ($27,900), which adds keyless access and starting, leather upholstery, an upgraded Bose audio system and a heated steering wheel.
Topping the range is the Verano Premium ($30,000), which includes the potent 250-hp 2.0-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder engine. It also adds a rear spoiler.
In terms of major options, the Verano only has a few. One is a sunroof, while shoppers can also select a navigation system on every Verano model except the base-level trim.
Like the Chevrolet Cruze, the Verano offers an impressive 10 standard airbags: front, side, curtain, front-seat knee and rear-seat side. It also has OnStar telematics. Further elevating occupant protection are ABS, traction control and stability control. Meanwhile, the new standard backup camera helps rearward visibility, and the available blind spot and cross-traffic warning on the top-trim models provides additional peace of mind.
In government crash testing, the Verano received a 5-star overall rating -- the best rating available. It earned four stars in rollover tests, along with five stars in frontal and side impact assessments.
Behind the Wheel
Despite sharing the same platform as the Cruze, the Verano's ride quality is considerably more upscale and comfortable. It swallows up most road blemishes with ease, and would have to drive across a very rough surface for occupants to feel discomfort. Aside from its relaxed manner, the Verano benefits from a quiet cabin, thanks to Buick's sound-deadening efforts. Wind and road noise have been minimized to an almost imperceptible level. The result is reduced occupant fatigue during both interstate cruising and around-town driving.
The Verano is a capable handler, thanks mainly to its electric power steering. That's possibly the strongest mechanical suit for nonturbo models. The system feels perfectly weighted and responsive, bringing quickness and precision to every turn. And driver inputs are well-managed by the Verano's chassis, even at faster speeds. There is a definite fun-to-drive factor here.
When it comes to acceleration, though, the nonturbo Verano falls short. It doesn't deliver strong off-the-line punch, nor does it have the kind of low-end power needed for confident left-lane passing at highway speeds. For this reason, it's difficult to call the Verano a sport sedan. It's almost there, but not quite.
The Verano Turbo, on the other hand, offers serious grunt. It's considerably quicker off the line, shaving 2.4 seconds off the base car's 0-to-60-mph time. Plus, the turbocharged engine offers considerable torque even at low engine speeds, allowing better highway passing speeds without the need for a downshift.
Other Cars to Consider
Acura TSX -- The TSX is a more able handler than the Verano. Although the Verano's steering system might be more responsive, the TSX enjoys better overall dynamics for a sportier feel. The TSX also benefits from more power, stronger acceleration than the nonturbo Verano and a longer list of high-end features. The Verano wins when it comes to ride comfort and quietness.
Audi A3 -- The A3 offers sharper handling than the Verano and is also more practical because of its hatchback body style (though a redesigned sedan is on the way). But the Verano offers a plusher ride, less road noise and more front-seat passenger room.
Infiniti G -- The Infiniti G is more athletic than the Verano and has a richer array of content. But the Verano offers a quieter and softer ride.
Lexus IS -- The Lexus IS is more refined and upscale than the Verano. Although the Lexus is not as performance-oriented as others in its class, it still offers more power and acceleration than the nonturbo Verano. Both vehicles offer a ride that's comparably quiet and compliant.
AutoTrader's Advice
Before the Verano Turbo was introduced, we liked the Leather-trimmed version. It offers the amenities -- heated seats, push-button start and, of course, leather upholstery -- that separate a luxury car from a more pedestrian vehicle. And if a powerful engine isn't a big deal, the Leather Verano package is still a great choice. But if you're looking for a sporty, entry-level luxury car, the Verano Turbo is the clear winner. It eliminates our only real issue with the Verano: its lack of power. And opting for the manual provides a truly engaging driving experience. Choose the navigation and sunroof to equip the 2014 Verano like a true luxury car.


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If only a policy would stop this kind of stupidity, as seen today
Wow... Just wow.
I've seen the rancor swap out too. I've been told by employees at Target that some managers will put those types of things back out on the shelf regardless. Ignorance is bliss type of thing.
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Rowbox Inc. needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 122 designs submitted by 25 freelance designers.
http://www.studiobin.com (Studio Bin OR StudioBin)
(Soon to be released) http://www.studiobin.com OR Studio Bin will be an online web store that sell photography equipment and accessories. The store is located in Canada and caters to anyone that is looking for competitively priced products with the convenience of shopping from home.
All age group, from any demographic that is into photography. Young audience appreciate the refreshing design of the logo. Mature audience would relate to the attention to detail and strong impact of uniqueness. Would like a modern clean design that is less traditional and more about detail, however I would like something from left field and would consider an unusual artistic approach. For the customer the logo has to be something unique and memorable, but still simple and elegant. There should be a correlation when they see the logo to the company name. I would like to see thinking outside the box or experimentation of unique non-traditional logo.
We are aiming for a professional and stylish feel, but a certain amount of playfulness may be added to the logo.
Attached files is something I would like to see incorporated in the company name or used with the logo. (Not sure if it would look good) Color wise I mean. It can be similar to the the attached pic but don't use the exact attached files as I do not have clearance. Something to that effect would be nice to see (if it would work for the logo concept) thx
I would like to see some color. Company Name Studio (one color) & Bin (different color). Logo does not have to be a actual garbage bin (other designs that does not relate is OK), it can be a play on words or your interpretation on what a BIN means (basket, box, canister, carton, case, crate, receptacle)
Logo design must include:
-Logo with Company Name, Logo (Alone), Company Name (Alone)
-Scalable vector format (EPS & Tiff)
-1)PMS positive 2) PMS negative 3) B/W positive and 4) B/W negative
-Fonts and artwork must be free of any copyright issues, please do your research
Do NOT want:
-Not typical design that is obvious.
-No clip arts
-No stock image
-No generic fonts
-No Photos
-No copied work. Will instantly disqualify the "designer"
I will update my requirements as the project moves along. I have some ideas on color but would like to see what concepts are made.
What might help?
Questions.. don't be afraid to ask me!!
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