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This EULA comes into force when you accept all the terms stated herein by installing the Software or when you start using the Software in any manner. The EULA is binding for the entire period of the SOFTWARE copyright, except as otherwise provided by this EULA or by separate written agreement between you and Burnawre or depends on the scope of the License as it is described in article 2.4 of the EULA.
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Technology Giant Apple Inc. has finally unveiled the iPhone 5 on Wednesday. Apple has disclosed that by the next week iPhone 5 will be hitting the market, to be displayed on shelves. Coming fast on the heels of similar smartphones delivery from other leading names like Samsung and Nokia, Apple looks forward to take on its market sales with this gadget. The cost of the iPhone will vary as per the version 16 GB to 64 GB ranging from $199 to $399.
Thinner, Larger, and Faster Smartphone
The Apple innovation has a taller display screen designed to facilitate better viewing, and it will provide incredible speed of information accessing. It is the thinnest smartphone device with a much improved battery life. The new mobile device is contending against the market holder Samsung Galaxy S III mobile devices which actually operates on the Android OS. The rivalry against Google has resulted in Apple implementing its own mapping technology thus, letting go of its rival's services in this arena.
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Supporting 4G LTE networks for improvised functionality, the new iPhone 5 gadget is Apple's argument against Google's Android system orientation. There is a spurt of fresh arrivals in the mobile market including Nokia, Samsung, and Motorola's mobile phones, which are a strong competition for Apple's new smartphone. Whether Apple technologies will upbeat Galaxy S III will be ascertained in, the following week to come.

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An intertextual view of the Scriptures puts more emphasis on later writers looking back and appropriating earlier writers, than early writers looking forward and 'prophesying' what later writers would say. Here is my attempt to graph this out for you, comparing a homotextual "Left Behind Theology" understanding of Daniel and Jesus' words in Mark, Matthew, and Luke to an intertextual understanding of the same.
Just to set the tone for you:
Daniel is a young Hebrew, who is taken into captivity as part of the exile when the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzer overthrew Jerusalem in the 6th century BCE. Daniel has some compadres named Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, who were also taken into exile. They were recognized immediately as possessing uncommon wisdom and put into service in the king's palace, where they resisted eating foods that were in violation of their Hebrew faith. Daniel, particularly, distinguished himself with the ability to interpret dreams. (In some ways, this makes Daniel like a new 'Joseph,' who also was a slave in the service of the Empire's Pharoah who resisted temptation and was able to interpret dreams.) In Bablylon, the palace master gave the exiled Hebrews new Babylonian names: Daniel became Belteshazzar, Hananiah became Shadrach, Mishael became Meshach, and Azariah became Abednego. (A curious thing is that Daniel is almost always called by his Hebrew name in the stories, while Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego are called mostly by their Babylonian names. I don't know why, but their most memorable names were given by the makers of Veggie Tales, who dubbed them 'Rack, Shack, and Bennie.')
Most biblical scholars date the book of Daniel as the latest book in the Hebrew Bible, from the 2nd century BCE. Many Jewish Bibles actually place it as their last book, whereas Christian Bibles place it in between the Major prophets and Minor prophets. Therefore, most biblical scholars make a distinction between the the person Daniel and the Daniel of the book. That is an especially important distinction in the latter chapters, when Daniel's voice appears in 1st person language ("I saw...") It is important to remember that someone is attributing words from the 2nd century BCE to Daniel who lived 400 years earlier. I signify this difference as the 'historical Daniel' and the 'literary Daniel.'
The dating of the book of Daniel is significant, because it was during the 2nd century BCE that another empire overtook Jerusalem, desecrated the temple, enslaved many of the best and brightest, forced the Jews to eat foods that were in violation of their faith, and tried to enforce pagan religion on them. It was horrendous, but during this time someone or a group or a community produced this book of Daniel, about a hero who was probably well-remembered in oral stories, and whose integrity and faith were exemplary for Jews under fire.
So, here are two scenarios for reading Daniel.
Left Behind Theology says: The historical Daniel predicted in the 6th century BCE that Antiochus Epiphanes would arise 400 years later and desecrate the temple. At the same time, he also predicted that 200 years later Jesus would come and that Jesus would come again one day after that. The image is that Daniel sees ahead, sees aheader, and sees aheadest from the 6th century BCE. In explicit homotexual fashion, the working definition of prophecy here is strictly predictive prophecy, and Jesus would prophesy the same thing in Matthew, Mark, and Luke.
Daniel (6BCE) >>>>>Temple destroyed (2BCE) >>>>>>Jesus (CE)>>>>>>2nd Coming (?BCE)
Intertextuality views this differently: The historical Daniel is remembered by a person, group, or community during the awful events of the 2nd century BCE. The book of Daniel recalls both Daniel's heroic faith and attributes to Daniel visions that encourage the people of the 2nd century BCE to trust in God's steadfast love and to remain faithful during their own perilous time. The book of Daniel also represents some new developments that were arising in the 2nd century BCE. Noteworthy among those developments was the rise of the belief in the afterlife, as the place where virtue would be rewarded and vice punished, since it was increasingly clear that those rewards and punishments were not guaranteed to occur during one's lifetime. There was also a rising expectation of a final scenario when good would ultimately conquer evil, which was often cast in terms of military and cosmic imagery. (That kind of symbolic and hyperbolic language is more familiar to people of the east than the west, where literalism is assumed. For example, when Saddam Hussein forecast the "mother of all battles" against the US, it provided plenty of rhetorical fodder for late-night comedians, but most analysts understood immediately that it was a desperate attempt to rally other nations to Iraq's aid and that Saddam's army- even his vaunted Republican Guard- was not able to compete with the US Army. The point was not that Saddam was literally predicting victory. He was trying to gain support and establish resolve.) Through the symbolic language, the community was urging faith in God, even during trying times.
An intertextual reading of these words does not work in a linear fashion, but more of a circular one- better yet, a spiral one. I can't figure out how to make that appear graphically, but here are the important parts:
-The faithful community in trying time of 2BCE looks back at Daniel's faithfulness in trying times of 6BCE, who was reminiscent of Joseph during trying times under Pharaoh (from 'a long time ago'BCE).
-Mark, in trying times of 66-70CE looks back at the book of Daniel and appropriates much of that language as how Jesus calls us to be faithful when the temple is destroyed (again)
-Matthew, several years after the temple's destruction, recasts Jesus' words in terms of living with constant awareness of Christ's presence among us through the hungry, the naked, the imprisoned, etc. (See last week's blogs; Matthew's scenario ends with the parable of the sheep and goats in 25:31-46.)
-Luke, also several years after the temple's destruction, recasts that destruction and Jesus' words in terms of his understanding of the 'times of the Gentiles' that must be fulfilled (chapter 21). The book of Acts makes it unclear whether the times of the Gentiles is made known through Romes destructive acts or through the 'gentilization' of the church.
In intertextuality, the focus is not that Daniel, way back when, saw clearly into the future. It is, rather, that the book of Daniel spoke truth to power, as did Jesus, as did Mark, as did Matthew, as did Luke, each with great respect for the language and imagery of their predecessors, but also each faithfully interpreting that language and imagery for their own situation. So, there is repetition, but that repetition is not rote; it is not the same thing being said over again; it is a faithful reinterpretation for one's own time. That is how 'prophecy' works when we serve a God who is not confined to the past, but who is faithful to every generation. Prophecy speaks truth to power, relying on the wisdom of the past in order to be faithful in the present.


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SANTIAGO (Reuters) – A prominent fashion designer has sparked outrage in Chile by dressing up models like the Virgin Mary -- in some cases with ample, near-naked breasts.
The Roman Catholic Church condemned Ricardo Oyarzun's plans for a show featuring the models, and a conservative group tried unsuccessfully to block it in court.
Oyarzun said he had received telephone threats and had excrement smeared on his doorstep.
"There is no pornography here, there's no sex, there are no virgins menstruating or feeling each other up," Oyarzun said ahead of the catwalk show set to be held at a Santiago nightclub later on Thursday. "This is artistic expression."
He said his designs -- which include halos, look as though they come from a nativity scene and include religious icons -- were inspired by the Virgin Mary but not intended to represent her.
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You will see this every 5000 ECGs25 February 2013
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By: Ahmed Farag
65 year old gentleman came for a routine preoperative ECG. He is usually fit and well with no cardiovascular symptoms. ECG was done (fig. 1)
Question what would you do next?
The patient leads were rechecked again ECG repeated shown the same pattern. Right sided chest leads were performed (fig. 2).
Clinical examination revealed right sided cardiac apex. CXR confirmed dextrocardia (fig 3) with right sided stomach. Echocardiogram done with patient lying on their right hand side revealed no associated intracardiac defects.
Figure 3 CXR showing dextrocardia and right sided stomach
Dextrocardia is an uncommon congenital malformation. The incidence of dextrocardia with situs inversus is estimated at 2 per 10,000 in the general population; 20% of such individuals have Kartagener's syndrome (primary ciliary dyskinesia).1 Positioning is described as levocardia if the heart is on the left, dextrocardia if on the right, and mesocardia if in the center. Displacement of the heart to the right as a result of another condition, such as scoliosis or a hypoplastic lung, is called dextroposition. When the internal abdominal organs, atria, and lungs are positioned normally, it is called situs solitus. If the position ofthe viscera, lungs, and atria is reversed, it is called situs inversus. The term situs ambiguus is used to describe an indeterminate visceroatrial sidedness. Van Praagh2 segmental analysis approach to analysis is commonly used for describing cardiac anatomy.It proceeds in a logical sequence from atria to ventricles to great arteries. Analysis of the following should be performed in sequence: visceroatrial situs, atrioventricular connections, ventricular morphology, ventricular situs, chamber positions, ventriculoarterial connections, and relation of the great arteries. Finally, any associated anomalies, such as septal defects or pulmonic stenosis, should be described.
ECG features of dextrocardia include:
1. 1-Fuster V, Alexander RW, O'Rourke RA, et al, eds. Hurst's The Heart. 10th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2001
2. Van Praagh R. The importance of segmental situs in the diagnosis of congenital heart disease. Semin Roentgenol1985 ; 20:254 -271
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Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a large stone was thrown through the front window of a residential premises in Larne's Cedric Drive area.
The incident occurred at approximately 1.25am yesterday (Wednesday January 25).
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Twin Peaks fans will want to turn in to the December 1st for Psych's "super-sized" tribute episode "Dual Spires," co-written by series star James Roday, which will reunite many of the original show's cast including Dana Ashbrook, Catherine E. Coulson, Sherilyn Fenn, Sheryl Lee, Robyn Lively, Lenny von Dohlen, and Ray Wise. Pretty cool, I must say. Enjoy the commercial and you can find the full press release after the jump.
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Monday, April 09, 2012
balancing act
Balance. The 'thing' I am searching for, working toward, wishing to find. That doesn't seem like enough. To be balanced I have to have 'just enough' of one thing, but not too much and 'just enough' of another thing, but not too little. Does balance equal mediocre? I want it ALL. But that's not balanced.
I love vivid, bold, and deep colors in my home. My kitchen is a deep blue, my living room is a deep grass green, and my living room is a pumpkin spice orange. Not bright, but bold. Lately I've been seeing a lot of photographs of beautiful rooms with soft, muted tones. Light gray-blues, creamy tans, buttery yellows. "Hhmmm," I think. "Maybe I want THAT." I want both---in all their glory at the same time. A balance isn't enough for me.
The man and I have been thinking about building a new home. Then, in a moment, we think maybe we want to buy a 100+ year old home and renovate it. I want both---in all their glory at the same time.
The good thing about these acts of balance that I can't seem to manage is that if I fail and fall, it's okay. I'm not high above the ground on a tightrope. I'll just fall and it will all be okay.
It's the other balancing acts I'm concerned about. If I lose the balance and fall down on my mommy job, people can get hurt. My kids can get hurt. So I suppose I need to keep my balance.
And just like that, the word 'Balance' is scary, overwhelming, and haunting me. A word just out of reach that needs super balanced tippy toes to reach. And a ballet dancer I am not.
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I have explored the art of stamping for a number of years. Recently I have been exploring social media as a way of exposing my ideas to a wider audience. I have a passion for colours, whether that's through inks, paints, pencils or pens. I like to include textures to my work to add depth.
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- 1 October 2015 at 22:37
- Shoshi said...
Oooh gorgeous, Dee! I'm another one who loves clocks! My dad was mad on them and used to collect and repair them so they have always been a feature of my life. I love what you've done with the layering and texture on this fabulous project.
- 2 October 2015 at 00:33
- JackieP Neal said...
gorgeous Dee! I love the layers you have and of course your yummy textures and colors!!
Jackie xo
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Anyone who said longboats were weren't suited to whitewater action…
…hasn't seen sea kayakers tearing up Deception Pass when it's kicking
What does Sebastian Rossi do at the U23 World Slalom Championships when he breaks his paddle?
Hand-paddles the course!
The Important Places: Grand Canyon's Magnetism on the American Psyche
This looks very good.
Kate Hives shows us what perfect day on the water looks like
Friends, wildlife and surfing in an ocean canyon. What more could you want?
Kokatat Sea Kayak Ambassador Kate Hives |The Candlestick, Totem Pole & Hippolyte Rocks in Tasmania | Whats your favorite Sea kayak destination? #intothewater #kokatatseakayak
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The US Secretary of State, John Kerry, who arrived in India on Monday to participate in the 2nd Indo-US Strategic and Commercial Dialogue, had initially planned to start off with visits to the Sisganj Gurudwara, Jama Masjid and a Hindu temple on Tuesday morning, reported The Telegraph. However, the Ministry of External Affairs rescheduled his visit to the three shrines to Wednesday, reported The Asian Age.
Kerry arrived in India on Monday after his day-long first visit to Bangladesh where he held talks with the top Bangladeshi leadership on key issues like security and terrorism amid a series of brutal attacks on minorities in the Muslim-majority nation.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Kerry will lead their respective sides at the 2nd India-US Strategic and Commercial Dialogue in New Delhi later on Tuesday to review the progress on decisions taken last time and identify new areas of cooperation.
Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and her US counterpart Penny Pritzker will be the co-chairs. The duo will also preside over the India-US CEO Forum, that has Tata Sons Chairman Cyrus Mistry and Honeywell Chairman Dave Cote as the co-chairs.
Calling the dialogue the most comprehensive mechanism for engagement between the two countries, India's External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup said the co-chairs will be also have an interaction with a high-level, inter-agency delegation from both sides.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama had decided in 2015 to elevate the then India-US engagement into a Strategic and Commercial Dialogue, reflecting the significance of the trade and economic ties between the two sides.
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Hey loves,
Merry Christmas!!! I hope you all are having a wonderful time. I just wanted to show you guys my christmas outfit. I really like the touch of gold. Sorry for the picture quality, it was dark out by the time I went out to take pictures. Anyways have a wonderful christmas, I hope u all get what u want for christmas and spend a wonderful time with your loved ones.
Skirt and shoes-Charlotte Russe


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I feel so angry, and so frustrated. My physical therapist says I've definitely been making progress — my hamstring is getting strong and I'm almost at 90° with my extension (which is just around where I was before with that leg anyway) — and I have been feeling progress here and there. Then I feel it go away, and I have trouble making time for my exercises and stretches, and I get mad at myself for not being able to find the time. My brain becomes this black hole of suckiness and discouragement.
I've been going to physical therapy on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Two weeks ago I was able to go to my Wednesday beginner ballet class just to take barre and see how it went, and then this past Friday I took a full ballet basics class which went pretty well, too. But I also had to miss my PT appointment last Thursdays, and have been busy most of this weekend, so I can feel myself slacking. I'm already panicking that just a few days of slacking may set me back weeks.
Today was the second Don Q workshop at my dance studio (1.5 hour class with barre & learning a variation), and I was thrilled that I could participate this time instead of photographing it as I had done a few weeks ago. I may have cursed myself before class even started, though, because I got so nervous about… well, everything. I'm aware now of what my limitations are with my angry hamstring, but I couldn't shake this mental fog with the combination and couldn't find my confidence for dancing in general. I'm having such a hard time reconciling "dance to my limitations" with "back off and play it safe" because the latter usually results in me being afraid to put any effort into my dancing, even just my épaulement. It didn't help that I was starting to get back into the swing of things when I discovered something that triggered a little unexpected pain in my hamstring. I got so upset with myself, even though I know it's not my fault and that it's just part of learning to cope with and work around a rehabilitating muscle. It hurt even when I was just standing still, so I opted to sit out the rest of the class.
It's hard to tell myself it's getting better when it's such a slow process and my progress seems to fluctuate. Even when my hamstring is feeling fine, the knee on my other leg will start to bother me (I've dislocated it twice and still have a bit of a muscle imbalance) or my back and hips will ache. My whole body is thrown out of whack to compensate for one measly injury, and sometimes it gets hard for me to believe I'll be able to dance at my previous level again. I was just getting comfortable in elementary classes, and now I can barely make it through the most basic level class without feeling disappointment.
I kind of hate that this blog has become a place for me to come and whine about something that, in the overall scheme of things, isn't too dire. I'm lucky I didn't break an ankle or even dislocate my knee again, or something that could have taken me out of ballet completely for a much longer period of time, but I know that if I'm not careful while my hamstring heals that I could make things worse. I'm just way too impatient.


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Kristina Ernest, Science Building, Room 236E
Ph. D. University of New Mexico (Biology), 1993.
M.S. University of Oklahoma (Zoology), 1985.
General Biology, General Ecology, Mammalogy, Wildlife & Fisheries Ecology, Conservation Biology, Community Ecology, Field Techniques, Graduate Seminar.
Population and community ecology. I am particularly interested in community structure, plant-herbivore interactions, and tropical biology. Current research focuses on pikas (Ochotona princeps)). My lab is investigating ecological connectivity of pika populations in the central Washington Cascades across Interstate 90.
Recent Publications
- Shaw, D.C., K. A. Ernest, H. B. Rinker, and M.D. Lowman. 2006. Stand-level herbivory in an old-growth conifer forest canopy. Western North American Naturalist 66(4):473-481.
- Rinker, H. B., M.D. Lowman, D. C. Shaw, and K. A. Ernest. 2006. Development of a novel method for assessing stand-level herbivory in forests. What's Up? (Newsletter of the International Canopy Network) 12:4-5.
- Ernest, K. A. 2005. Testing hypotheses on plant-herbivore interactions using sawfly galls on willows. Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology, Vol. 3: Experiment #2 [online]. http://tiee.ecoed.net/vol/v3/experiments/sawfly/abstract.html
- Ernest, K. A. 2004. Measuring forest herbivory levels using canopy cranes. Pages 365-366, In Forest Canopies, 2nd ed. (M. D. Lowman and H. B. Rinker, eds.), Elsevier Scientific.
- Ernest, K. A. and R. K. Fry. 2001. Effects of simulated rodent herbivory on balsamroot (Balsamorhiza careyana): compensatory leaf growth. Northwest Science 75:236-243.


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This is the time of year that America rightly salutes, and gives thanks to, our military veterans who have protected this nation from foreign enemies for more than two centuries. I join in that celebration. My thoughts about them are conveyed in my Memorial Day tribute, and need no restatement here, except to reiterate the essence of that post:
The highest tribute I can pay to our veterans is to say that they were cut from the mold of the Founding Fathers; that they did not set out to die for their country but rather that they set out to fight for that radical set of ideals that is the United States of America. [See Related Viewing link below]
But America's veterans are not the whole story. So, I'd like to use this Veterans Day post to acknowledge the unsung hero of America's military prowess, the productive American citizen. No military as strong and as competent as America's can exist in a vacuum. It requires something else - something indispensable – a great economy.
America's economy, historically the most productive the world has ever seen, is the foundation that supports our military personnel. American taxpayers pay trillions of dollars in defense taxes. American defense contractors invest in and produce the most advanced weaponry in the world, weaponry that American soldiers rely upon to do their jobs, stay alive, and defeat the enemy. American technology produces the high tech means for our intelligence community to gather the information our soldiers need to keep track of the enemy.
What enabled the creation of the economic powerhouse that enabled the creation of our military powerhouse? What is the foundation of that foundation?
In 1776, the Founders of this nation signed the Declaration of Independence, which sanctioned the individual to egoistically pursue his happiness in support of his life, by guaranteeing him a government that protected his unalienable individual rights – his liberty – to act upon his own reasoning mind. That short document unleashed the power of the human mind, possessed individually by every person. The result was an unprecedented explosion of productiveness leading to exploding general prosperity and a standard of living unimaginable by the wealthiest noblemen of centuries past. The cause of that progress is simple: the unleashing of every individual to self-interestedly strive to make his own life the best it can be, by his own effort, in voluntary trade with others, free from the coercive interference of his fellow man, including the government. Another name for this social statement—free market capitalism. America was built not by sacrifice, as it is fashionable to assume, but by personal achievement unleashed by individual liberty.
America's response to the threat of the Axis powers at the onset of World War II demonstrates this incredible power behind America's military power—American free, private enterprise. If you've ever visited the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, you'd be struck—I know I was—by the section that displays the array of private, profit-seeking companies that rose to meet the threat posed by Germany, Italy, and Japan. Companies from Boeing and Caterpillar to Harley Davidson and the Mars Candy Company converted their consumer-oriented production facilities to produce for the war to defend America. Dozens of household names are profiled in the display, and undoubtedly far more smaller companies labored anonymously in support of the war effort.
Germany's Hitler was said to have ridiculed America as soft, because America was good at making consumer goods like razor blades and washing machines, but not military hardware like aircraft. This was mentioned in a fantastic film narrated by Tom Hanks titled Beyond All Boundaries, presented by the museum. Indeed, charts on display at the museum showed that, in 1939, America's military was utterly dwarfed not only by the commulative size of the Axis powers Germany, Italy, and Japan, but in comparison to those countries individually as well. But just a few short years later, America's military dwarfed all three combined, as America's industrial might turned its focus from producing consumer goods to producing for the American military. Hitler obviously underestimated what can happen when a free enterprise nation, which only wants to live in peace, freedom and prosperity, is threatened by tyrannical aggression.
Tyranny, as the history of WW II demonstrates—and as Germany, Italy, and Japan learned the hard way— is no match for a free market capitalist nation when that nation is aroused to turn its industrial might to self-defense. America won not only because of the bravery and skill of its soldiers, but in no small measure because America simply out-produced—in quantity and technological might—the enemy. Not only did America rearm amazingly fast, it did so even while rearming Britain and supplying arms to Russia, China, and other nations battling against the Axis powers. As the museum's website explains:
Total war meant that all levels of the economy and all segments of society dedicated themselves
to victory. FDR urged Americans to join the war effort by "out-producing and overwhelming the enemy." While scarcity, rationing, and shortages became regular topics of conversation, so too did talk of duty, patriotism, unity, and victory. The United States, which had the world's 18th largest military in 1939, mobilized itself for total war production almost overnight once the nation entered the war. The immediate conversion of peacetime industries into war production facilities involved companies of all sizes and types. Toy companies began to manufacture compasses. Typewriter companies made rifles and piano factories produced airplane motors. The Ford Motor Company ceased producing cars and began turning out tanks and bombers. And behind each soldier stood hundreds of civilian workers making everything an army needs to fight around the globe. The Depression was over. Full employment was a reality and confidence in victory was strong.
From 1940 until the Japanese surrender, the United States produced more than 300,000 aircraft, 86,000 tanks, and 12.5 million rifles. Its shipyards were just as productive, building 107 aircraft carriers, 352 destroyers, and 35 million tons of merchant shipping. The US also supplied a majority of war materials for its Allied partners. By 1945, the U.S. had produced more than twice the war supplies of Germany, Italy, and Japan combined.
If Hitler underestimated America, some in Japan, it seems, were more prescient. As Japan's political leadership confidently prepared for war with America, Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto soberly warned:
Should hostilities once break out between Japan and the United States, it would not be enough that we take Guam and the Philippines, nor even Hawaii and San Francisco. To make victory certain, we would have to march into Washington and dictate the terms of peace in the White House. I wonder if our politicians (who speak so lightly of a Japanese-American war) have confidence as to the final outcome and are prepared to make the necessary sacrifices.
After his nation's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, Yamamoto was said to have uttered, "I fear all we have done today is to awaken a great, sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."
Indeed, from a starting point of 18th largest military, America had, as FDR envisioned and as Yamamoto feared, out-produced and overwhelmed the enemy. So, let's celebrate, along with the brave contributions of our vets, the productive American of all income levels—the CEOs, entrepreneurs, innovators, scientists and inventors, workers, investors—and the resultant industrial powerhouse upon whose shoulders our military might stands. Let's celebrate the individual pursuit of happiness that is the fuel for that American strength. Let's celebrate his willingness to pay for, build, and support the military whose job it is to protect his pursuit of the good life.
Today, the foundation of America's economic and military might is under intense attack by those who would "fundamentally change America"—a change that, in actuality, has been going on for decades. Let's stand up and reject that slow-motion "change" from liberty to tyranny, and instead renew our allegiance to the Founding Fathers, who engineered a change from tyranny to liberty. The best tribute one can give to our military veterans is to vow to fight for the rediscovery and reinstatement of the ideals that this country stands for: the supreme value of the individual human being, his freedom, and a government whose sole duty is to protect his right to live and prosper for his own sake.
The men and women of the military, and our, unalienable individual rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness: That is what the American veteran fought for.
Happy Veterans Day!!
-Mike LaFerrara
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It is important to keep those responsible for arts appropriations informed about the impact of arts funding in their districts. Remember, YOU have a voice and a vote. YOU can influence the decisions of your elected officials! Thank them for what they have done, and help them learn more about the benefits of supporting the arts.
When writing, calling, or meeting with your legislator…
Use the Proper Format
Address mail to The Honorable (full name). In the greeting, address the official by his or her title and last name, i.e. "Dear Senator Smith."
Be Specific and Brief
At the beginning of your letter or phone call, identify the specific issue or bill number to which you are referring. Briefly state your position and keep your correspondence extremely brief. When meeting with your legislator, a ten to fifteen minute meeting is suggested.
Be Prepared
When calling or visiting your legislator, be prepared to answer specific questions. If meeting with the elected official, bring or provide written information to support your position. A one page document listing specific points is advisable. Make appointments to meet with your legislator and always be on time. Legislators have extremely busy schedules while they are in session, so make your appointment well in advance.
Be Reasonable
An emotional appeal is not enough. Back your arguments with facts and substance. Show how proposed legislation would affect the arts, your community, and your organization.
Be Positive and Cordial
Your tone should be cooperative and professional. Do not threaten the legislator by stating that not supporting your position will result in a lost vote. Ask your legislator to state his/her position in a written reply. Make sure to include a return address in your letter.
Follow Up
After a meeting or phone call, follow up with a thank you letter that restates the points covered during the meeting. Send along any additional information and materials requested. The communication between you and the elected official (and his/her staff) needs to be friendly and ongoing.
Express Appreciation
Don't forget to thank your legislator when he/she votes in support of your position. Legislators appreciate this recognition.
Other Tips to Foster Communication with Your Elected Officials
- Know your legislators. Find out about their interests. Learn about their committee assignments.
- Send a poster of any arts event, past or present, to your elected official.
- Send elected officials your calendar of events.
- Put elected officials on your mailing list. Invite them to opening receptions and performances by sending a personalized letter.
- Invite elected officials to MC a program or present awards. Put them on stage. Recognize them as a special guest at a performance or exhibit.
- Engage your board and audience. Ask your programs participants and audience members to send messages to your elected officials. Audience members should send letters on their personal stationery. Board members who represent corporations should send letters on their business stationery. Keep the message simple and use a positive tone.
- Use informal opportunities to introduce yourself to legislators.
Overall, remember to…
Get to the Point
- Be articulate, informative, and brief.
- Use factual and anecdotal information.
Tell Stories
- Wherever possible, put a human spin on the message. Talk about specific programs and include anecdotal stories about how programs and public dollars affect real human beings. All of us lend a more sympathetic ear to examples of real people.
Other How-To's
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Comedy Central Subliminal Ad During Credits
I like "The Daily Show." Occasionally, I'll tune in to watch a new episode as soon as it airs. It's fun to find out about something the same time as everybody else watching.
When it finishes up, my brain gets to thinking:
"Ha ha, what a great show. Oh, it's over. Well, at least now I can enjoy some relaxing theme music as I watch the credits. Na, na na na na na na Na, na na na na… Hey, is something wrong with the screen? It looks like there's a problem… is that a Phantom Image?"
When I was younger, I remember having seen a problem with the TV signal more than a few times. One channel would be showing its programming mostly fine, but you could also see faint images of another channel trying to intrude. They were almost transparent, but the action they revealed was cohesive enough that you could recognize the source of the image by switching channels a bit. Usually the intruder's origin was one or two channels above or below the one you were already watching.
I noticed that a similar thing seems to happen on Comedy Central during the credits. A black background is shown on the left half of the screen, with the credits in white text. Meanwhile, the right half of the screen is divided into two (more or less square) areas, top and bottom. The bottom area shows the name of the program that just ended, or the program coming up next. The top usually shows some content from the ending show, like an extended Moment of Zen.
It is in that upper right-half area that I noticed the Phantom Image. But what channel was it coming from?
Initially I thought it was actually a lingering image from earlier in the show. Part of my reasoning for this conclusion drew on another thing I'd noticed. When I was watching Comedy Central credits, as soon as they ended I'd usually see a quick flash of a still image, which appeared to have been a piece of the pre-credit broadcast. So like if Stephen Colbert was saying hello on "The Daily Show," and then the credits aired, they'd finish and for a split second you might see Colbert frozen in mid-wave (as opposed to a still shot of Colbert introducing a new "Colbert Report"). That image would then be immediately replaced by the next show, or a commercial. So it seemed like data from within the previous show was "spilling over" during the credits. That must explain the Phantom Image… problem solved… Right?
I noticed something else recently. Something far more sinister.
I don't know the name of the show that had just ended. But I do recall that I was paying greater attention to the Phantom Image during the credits. Again, it seemed to overlay the upper right quadrant of the screen, but just barely enough so that you would probably dismiss it if you weren't paying attention. This time I was lucky enough to get a good look at the enigma.
It appears that the Phantom Image is really a near-transparent textual ad, fading in and out, that reads something like "ComedyCentral.com".
My original guess had given the network the benefit of the doubt. "Oh, it's just a data transmission error." But now, it seems apparent that the network is trying to fool its viewers into feeling oddly attracted to the Comedy Central website.
Will they deny this issue, as the Food Network denied having intentionally placed a screenshot of a McDonald's logo directly into the middle of their program?
Will Comedy Central remove the offending transparency and claim that I, the writer of this post, am insane?
Will anybody even care?
Stay tuned next week for an all new episode of "South Park!"If you enjoyed this post, I'd be delighted to have you as a subscriber to my RSS feed.
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Tribeca Virtual Arcade's 'Testimony' shares experiences of sexual abuse survivors
On "Star Trek," the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise could relax on the holodeck, a space where Earth environments were simulated and historical events recreated. Technology has not yet produced a real holodeck, but by donning goggles and earphones, viewers can "enter" three-dimensional environments through virtual reality—the African bush, or the mind of a fictional character—and interact with objects and images to play games, and to alter the course of a narrative film. At the Tribeca Film Festival's Storyscapes and Virtual Arcade, exhibits allow visitors to be a tree in the Peruvian rainforest or a homeless person living on a city bus. In Zohar Kfir's Testimony, they can select from stories of men and women who are survivors of sexual abuse.
Testimony viewers are offered seats on swivel chairs. After being fitted with goggles and earphones, they are presented with oval-shaped, black-and-white stills of the survivors floating in a black, gray and white background, and connected by white lines. They choose survivors by looking at their stills. A movement of the head in any direction takes users to other stills and other stories, or to the background where they can rest. "All you need to do is move your head away—and that is a metaphorical act," Kfir said in an interview at the Tribeca Center.
She likens this to a common coping mechanism: "If you see a homeless person on the subway, you may turn your head because you are uncomfortable. You need an easy way to disengage or take a moment to breathe." At 40 minutes, Testimony is lengthy in comparison to many VR exhibits that average eight to ten minutes—but it is interactive. Users can skip around. "Giving freedom to the viewers is one of the main themes," Kfir explains. Some people screen Testimony over two visits.
Kfir spent an hour videotaping the testimony of her five subjects, and then edited the footage into five segments or "nodes," each several minutes in length. The survivors describe the circumstances of their assaults, and in another node, what they did in the immediate aftermath. In other segments, they discuss what they think can be done to prevent sexual assault. One young woman says that she would require all convicted rapists to wear pink jumpsuits to identify them, and a collar that would sound anytime they approached a school. Discussing one of the survivors who appears in the piece, Kfir recalls, "It was the first time she talked about her assault. Afterward, she wrote to me: 'You don't know how much you have released just by this hour of interview.'"
Born in Israel, Kfir's first college studies were in film, but she soon switched to new media. She holds a graduate degree in Interactive Telecommunications from New York University, and now lives in New York City. In October 2016, she received funding from Oculus through DevLab, an initiative from Oculus and Kaleidoscope to explore the boundaries of VR as an art form. Kfir's initial task was to find survivors who would testify on-camera. "I approached friends who I know were sexually abused, but for different reasons they were not willing to participate," Kfir explains. "I then posted a request among friends to spread the word and found people who were ready to speak." Kaleidoscope VR's creative producer Selena Pinnell was one of the first people to testify; she set the tone for the project and became a collaborator.
Kfir refers to herself as a media artist. "Film is my main medium. I do sound design for most of my projects, but I like to enrich my work with other people's talents," she says. "Josephine Wiggs, who did the sound design on Testimony, is an artist I have collaborated with for the last decade." Viewers of the exhibit hear sounds related to the confessions of the five subjects; for instance, a vocalist speaks of the loss of her voice after her assault. A brief sound cut is of her singing. Subtle but quite moving, these sounds provide context, as they would in a documentary film that cut between an interview and a clip of the singer performing.
The surrounding environment of the arcade is challenging because it is often noisy, and headphones do not block sound. This viewer, on her first visit to Testimony, felt vulnerable when a heavy object crashed to the floor very near the installation. "Not being in a private space is my major criticism of VR," Kfir says of the medium. "Most of the time you are in a public setting. Dissemination of VR is also very problematic for this reason." At the moment, most VR applications are in arcades because they are too expensive to install at home. Kfir and her collaborators had designed a private space for viewers, but it was not possible to erect it at Tribeca. The media artist arrived at a unique solution: "I try to be there when people get out of the experience so that I engage in conversation with them—or give them a hug."
Some of Kfir's subjects in Testimony have visited the exhibit. "One of them said something very interesting," the media artist recalls, "that she felt very supported to see everyone around her." Kfir speaks very candidly about the inspiration for the work. "I am a survivor," she says. "I was quite young, and it was one of my first memories in life." In Kfir's experience, connecting with other survivors is what allowed her to recover. "I want to expose these stories, and also bring on more survivors to share their stories," she explains. "It's very timely now. Speaking up is the only true healing." Kfir is designing a web platform that will allow survivors to upload their own testimony.


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My first experience with football games came in the form of FIFA World Cup 98. That game blew my mind with its graphics. Then I played International Superstar Soccer 1 and 2 (the predecessors to Pro Evolution Soccer) on PlayStation 1. To this day I believe those two games were perfect football simulations. They didn't have licenses for real teams or any of that, but their gameplay remains the best I've ever experienced in a football game. I'm by no means an exclusive fan of either FIFA or PES. I enjoy both franchises, but at this stage I feel FIFA offers a bit more value than Pro Evo. So, without further ado, let's get into this review.
The Journey
I commend EA for trying something new with their first ever story-driven game mode in FIFA, but unfortunately I feel it falls a bit short. You play as Alex Hunter, a young footballer trying to make it big in the Premier League. You choose a club to play for and your position on the field. You engage in training and make appearances in games to earn attributes, fans and manager reputation. The whole process is quite heavily scripted. You make decisions with regards to which club you start off at, but that carries no real value since the story plays out the same way no matter which team you choose. I played through The Journey twice and my experience was pretty much the same both times with each club. Just when you think you're about to break into the first team for your chosen club, there's a bombshell dropped on you. I'll leave it at that, because I don't want to spoil the whole story for you.
My biggest issue with The Journey is that there's no real longevity in the mode. It ends after one season, after which you get a 75-rated Alex Hunter card for your FIFA 17 Ultimate team collection. By contrast, NBA 2K17 and MLB The Show's story modes let you play out a whole career. FIFA 17 does offer this with Career Mode, but in my opinion NBA 2K17 has the best story-driven career mode in any sports game at this stage. There are other issues in The Journey as well (like annoying bugs and some commentating issues) which detract from the experience.
The Journey is an undoubtedly positive step for the franchise, and my hope is that they'll take feedback and improve on the experience. The cut-scenes are really well done, especially those featuring real-life players – so if you simply play through it for the story, it's entertaining for what it is. That said, I wouldn't recommend playing through it a second time.
FIFA Ultimate Team
Perhaps the most popular and fun part of the FIFA series, Ultimate Team sees you start off with a basic team of random players. You use coins earned by competing in matches, tournaments and offline matches against the AI to improve your squad by buying players off the market. Alternatively, coins can be spent to open packs to get new players and consumables used by your squads. Squad strength is determined by player ratings, as well as the chemistry between players. It's best to match players with others who share the same nationality, or play in the same club/league. I've always enjoyed Ultimate Team, and the improvements EA has made vastly improve the overall experience. They've added squad-building challenges wherein you try to complete various tasks with your club. These earn you rewards such as player packs or, in rare cases, legendary players – but be careful here, as you're basically trading in the players in your club, and you won't be able to use them again.
Online and offline tournaments are still available to boost your coins, as is the Draft Mode implemented in FIFA 16. As always, Ultimate Team gives you the option to use FIFA Points instead of coins, which expedites the process of building squads, but it's not a necessity. With the game's price already hovering around R1,000, personally I think FIFA Points aren't worth the extra spend. But hey, if you've got cash to burn, go for it.
All this is great, but it has to be said that I struggle to find games online. There are some changes you can make in your settings to alleviate this, but I spent a lot of time waiting to find opponents, which is always frustrating. When you're finally blessed with an opponent, the game performs quite well. I suffered through lag in some games, but they were the minority, and it's to be expected when you're playing on international servers.
Other, not-so-crucial game modes
There are certain modes I hardly ever touch in FIFA. This varies from person to person, but in my case I'm not fond of playing sports games against the AI. FIFA 17 offers all the standard single-player modes we've grown accustomed to. Career Mode also offers you the chance to create your own player and climb the ranks, much like Alex Hunter in The Journey, minus the cut-scenes, scripting and storyline. Career Mode also offers you the option to retire as a player and focus on team management, which I find quite intriguing.
Online Seasons with friends and Online Pro Clubs are also available, but they're modes I don't play all that much. My friends don't play Online Seasons and I can't find enough people to play Pro Clubs 11v11. You don't necessarily need 11 players, but I find little point in playing with only two or three friends. In Online Seasons you can fight your way through from Division 10 to Division 1 with a team from the 30 leagues and 650 teams available to you.
For the local PSL fans, we still only have Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs available. FIFA 17 also adds 14 women's national teams to the franchise, which is great.
Final thoughts
FIFA 17 is technically a better title than FIFA 16. The Frostbite Engine shines, and the visuals are quite striking. Unfortunately, this doesn't make up for some of my irritations with the game. The commentary is confusing at times, sometimes highlighting things that never happened, and on a few occasions my commentators ignored important events entirely. Some weird bugs are present as well. In one of my Ultimate Team matches, my opponent scored a goal, which was somehow recorded as an own goal by my defender – but after watching the replay five times, I'm not sure how the defender (who was a few metres away from play) took credit for the goal. At times, the struggle to find matches online just compounds my frustrations. I enjoy Ultimate Team and all it has to offer, so I often wonder if players outside of South Africa have as hard a time finding games as I do. Hopefully some of the problems I've experienced will be fixed in future patches.
FIFA 17 has taken steps in the right direction with The Journey and the upgrade to the Frostbite Engine, but we're still yet to be graced with the perfect FIFA game. PES is biting at the heels of FIFA, and I personally prefer the feel of PES's virtual footballing to that of FIFA. Having said that, FIFA narrowly wins the overall battle because it offers way more stuff for me to do, mostly thanks to Ultimate Team. With both titles being relatively expensive in South Africa, at this stage I'm inclined to stick to FIFA 17.


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The Postie Challenge - Part Four
I was the alarm clock. It was up to me to make sure everyone was out of bed, packed and ready to leave for Lake Eyre just before sunrise. That part was easy. Dee decided he would ride out on his postie. He left ten minutes before Mitch, Nic and I headed out in the four wheel drive. We left our trailer behind and decided to come back for it. The turnoff was only about twenty kilometres away so that wasn't too bad. Our trailer was already beaten up so badly we weren't too confident it could handle much more. With the benefit of hindsight, thank goodness we left it behind!
Mitch drove and he did a splendid job. I am so proud of him. He seems to have really grown up lately. I was surprised at much how he could handle. Experienced drivers would have been really tested with this pathetic excuse for a road. All was fine up until the turnoff and then the 'fun' began.
The sun began to rise and Ooooh my, what a sun! It had to be the biggest, 'orangest' sun I had ever seen. I guess that is how the sun rises in this part of the world. Unfortunately I was too busy trying to see the road to admire it. It was blinding. I don't know how Mitch saw what he did because I could hardly see a thing. Truly. Really terrifying actually. I insisted that seatbelts had better be fastened because there were times we had taken the silly liberty of not wearing them.
As we tried to cope with seeing the road, all of a sudden the corrugations began. These are hard, ripple like bumps in the road that literally threw us about as we drove over them. It was so bad in places, that Mitch drove up the sand and offroad to avoid as much as possible. This was not ideal either, with bushes and rocks to dodge. This went on for what seemed like ages; although we had only driven about fifteen kilometres. Before long we caught up to Dee; who was riding very cautiously and slowly. This was going to be a long sixty two kilometres! We stayed behind Dee the whole way, but we didn't always take the route he did. It was every man for himself out there!
About thirty kilometres in, we came across the first postie heading out. He was alone and he wanted to get an early start on his long trek home. Clever fellow. He warned us about the bulldust holes up ahead and told us to watch out for the red flags because that is where the really bad holes were. He also said a few more kilometres and the corrugations would improve dramatically. We thanked him, watched him ride off in a puff of dust and on we struggled. I couldn't believe this awful road that would lead us to such a famous Australian landmark. What on earth must some of our international visitors think?
A little further and another truck appeared. It was three people from the postie group continuing their Aussie adventure as they were hoping to reach Alice Springs. We wished them well and loads of luck in their journey ahead. Mind you, we could use a little luck ourselves right now. The bulldust holes were very soft and deep and could absolutely wreak havoc with a vehicle's suspension if you hit one. Mitch hit a small one but other than that he managed to avoid the big baddies!
About twelve kilometres to go and another postie coming our way. It was Hubby. He wasn't sure if we were coming so he left early to find out. Well find out he did. Joining Dee, he turned back and we didn't see him again until we reached The Lake.
Lake Eyre. We made it.
If what I have been told is right; we are standing in the driest place in Australia; in the driest state of Australia; in the driest country in the world, Australia. Wow. That sounds rather dry, doesn't it.
Apart from dry, the word salty is most appropriate out here. Lake Eyre is a shallow salt lake about 35 feet below sea level, the largest lake in Australia and the lowest point on the continent. Wow. Although the view before us is rather stark and contrasting I somehow feel we are in a special part of the world. Although my insides are still "rattling", yes, it was worth it.
Needless to say, salt permeates through much of the ground and the sand. Unfortunately we missed seeing the lake full, by about two days. The water had retreated and was a long way back. It was soggy walking through some of the lake, but we didn't really see the water apart from way out in the distance. We have to respect nature's choice.
Salt crystals are easily visible on the surface of the lake.
The mummified corpse of a rabbit. In this salty environment it would remain preserved for quite a long time. We found a dead seagull and other birds too, but I thought one corpse was enough to get the picture.
Walking where only two days earlier water had been.
Some Lake Eyre vegetation.
Little red riding hood getting wind blown to bits.
The postie came. The postie saw. The postie conquered.
Despite the fact we had reached our destination this favourite quote of mine couldn't be truer; "It's not the destination that counts, it's the journey getting there". I love it and I couldn't agree more. Sigh!!
The wind had died down a little. We wasted no time. We hit the road with a sense of urgency. Our return trip was better (at least we could see clearly), however it was still long. I managed to get a few photos on the road back as we bade Lake Eyre farewell. As always, the posties had to ride upfront.
How quickly the landscape changes.
Two bikes about to disappear over the hill.
We are catching up.
What a brilliant blue outback sky!
We get back to William Creek safely but a little too slowly. I cannot imagine the long day's drive ahead of us. All of us pitch in to reload the trailer. With all this weight in the back now, perhaps the trailer won't bounce around as much. The posties are packed. Their travelling ends here. Next time I see our mailman delivering our mail, I shall view his "horse" with greater respect. I cannot believe how tough, reliable and well-made are these little posties. Hats Off to the postie!
We observe the map, the places we've been and the places we need to go.
According to this pole; we have 202 kilometres to get to Marree. It's time to commence our long journey home. Our trip however isn't over. We may have reached our destination, but the journey continues. Sometimes the most fun happens when one least expects it.
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That mummified rabbit is really interesting! I wonder how long it would stay like that for?ReplyDelete
I can't get over how much I am enjoying reading about the Postie Adventure. What will I do when you venture overseas...?
Issy, I passed your question onto Pa. He said the rabbit could remain like that for years. Amazing. Imagine that.ReplyDelete
I guess when that happens I will have more stories of faraway, strange lands to tell. And as you know, where I am going is very much a hidden part of the world, completely unreachable to tourists. It is going to be a very unique experience for The Borb and I. Who knows. Maybe you too shall be able to explore your grandfather's birthplace and surrounds one day. One thing is for sure; just like the postie challenge - homely creature comforts will not feature. Hehehe.
I cann't believe how quickly the water receeded. That is amazing. In the program that I watched on TV about Lake Eyre, they flew over it. I can see now why! How those little bikes survived those roads is a credit to their designers. It sounds like it was a bone jarring experience for everyone involved.ReplyDelete
I wait with baited breath for episode five ;-) I'm guessing it wasn't all bitumen and ice cream cones on the way home!
Actually Linda there were quite a number of little planes taking out people to fly over the lake. At two hundred and twenty dollars per person it would cost over one grand for all of us. I think someone is making a killing out there!ReplyDelete
Yes, I for one have a whole new respect for the humble postie. Tough as nails.
Oh there you go making me laugh again. Bitumen was definitely minimal on this trip. Come to think of it, so were ice creams. Haha.


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18 "If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them, 19 then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives, 20 and they shall say to the elders of his city, 'This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.' 21 Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
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Bond memorabilia fails to sell
James Bond may be one of cinema's most enduring characters but an auction of film memorabilia failed to ignite the enthusiasm of collectors.
Only a fifth of the lots on sale at Bonhams in London were sold, with the most expensive being artwork for On Her Majesty's Secret Service, which went for ú920.
Among the items which went unsold were 100 casino chips used in Dr No and a model of the mountaintop headquarters from On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
Earlier this year a bikini worn by Ursula Andress in Dr No fetched ú35,000 at auction.
Bjork lights up opera house
Pop star Bjork has become the first ever contemporary rock artist to play at the Royal Opera House.
The Icelandic star, accompanied by a 40-piece orchestra and a choir from Greenland, played to a sell-out crowd that included Mercury music prize winner PJ Harvey.
Her concert set spanned her career from debut solo single Human Behaviour to latest release Pagan Poetry.
The performance opened with Bjork, wearing a white dress with Eskimo boots, sitting spotlit on the stage while fake snow fell on her from above.
Stars attend Disney premi×re
Former EastEnders actress Daniella Westbrook, TV presenter Denise Van Outen and pop stars The Honeyz were among the guests at the premi×re of The Princess Diaries in Covent Garden, London, on Sunday.
"Handy" Andy Kane and Linda Barker, of TV show Changing Rooms, also attended the event, with many celebrities bringing along children to the Disney film.
The film is a love story which tells the story of shy teenager Mia - played by Anne Hathaway - who discovers she is the heir to the throne of a small European country.
British actress Julie Andrews plays Mia's grandmother, who teaches her how to be a princess.
Sir Elton to be face of lipstick
Sir Elton John is to pucker up for an advertising campaign promoting a lipstick that will raise money for an Aids charity.
The pop superstar will be seen on ads for Viva Glam IV alongside Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson and soul singer Mary J Blige - but he will not wear the lipstick himself.
Cosmetic company MAC's Viva Glam line has raised ú16m for HIV and Aids treatment since 1994.
"The MAC Aids Fund shares my belief that people affected by HIV/Aids deserve to have the daily services they need in order to live a long life with dignity and happiness," Sir Elton said.
Director Jordan gets honorary degree
Neil Jordan, director of The Crying Game and Michael Collins, has received an honorary degree from Queen's University Belfast.
Jordan is "one of Ireland's most extraordinarily multi-faceted artists", according to Professor David Johnston, who awarded him the Doctor of Literature degree.
His work has posed "uncomfortable, but absolutely necessary, questions about the history and identity of those of us who live on this island, North and South", Prof Johnston said.
Jordan, 51, was born in Sligo and has also directed Interview with a Vampire and The End of the Affair.
US gets TV liqueur ads
United States TV company NBC is to become the first network to broadcast commercials for alcoholic spirits in a bid to boost advertising revenue.
A public service announcement about drink driving sponsored by vodka company Smirnoff will be the first to be shown.
US TV networks have never previously broadcast ads for spirits because it was seen as a taboo that could open them up to criticism for promoting products that could be harmful.
ABC, CBS and Fox said they had no plans to change their alcohol advertising policy "at this time".
Bond book boosts charity shop
A charity shop in Edinburgh has received a windfall of more than ú5,000 after the auction of a first edition of a James Bond book that was given anonymously to the shop.
The rare 1954 copy of Live and Let Die, Ian Fleming's second 007 story, had been handed to the Imperial Cancer Research Fund shop with a number of other books in a plastic bag.
"It was just lying with a pile of books and we go through them all to check for anything special," said John Fyfe, a volunteer who spotted that it may be worth than the shop's normal top price of ú30.
The book - which became a film starring Roger Moore - was sold to an anonymous buyer for ú5,287 at Sotheby's in London on Thursday.
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More of the Peninsular this week the light infantry brigade are really starting to take shape now.Portuguese have been sent down to Dave Jarvis for colouring in and the War Office are turning out figures at a great rate so I don't think it will take to long to get this collection to a decent size.I am not ignoring the other collections Romans are on going by James Roach and the Italian Wars should start some time in the new year.The Hungarian sculpts are also making progress will post some new pics of these soon.
|The 43rd cross over a river.
|Perry Miniatures painted by the war office.
|3rd Dragoons from victrix.
|Nice looking unit.
|One of the 95th by Dave Jarvis.
|Again temp flags until the right ones arrive.
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|When not fighting the French the British amuse themselves by fighting each other.
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