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I was thinking a lot about software licensing lately, because I would like to do some coding. I'm not an expert in all those licenses, so I came up with my own idea, and before I will put in on paper, I would like to make sure that I didn't reinvent a wheel, so maybe I would be able to use something that exists.
Main idea behind my license is to guarantee freedom of use the software, but not "freedom to" (positive) (e.g. freedom to having source code), but "freedom from" (negative) (strictly from legal actions against you). It would be "viral" copyleft license.
You would be able to without fear do everything you want with the software (and binaries e.g. reverse engineering), as long as You will include information about author and/or authors, and all derivative works will be distributed with the same license. I'm not interested in anything that would restrict a freedom of company to do something like "tivoization". I'm just trying to accomplish something that would block any legal actions of user and developer, targeted against each other, with the exception of basic attribution.
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Tabea Alt wants to get to Rio!
First-year German senior Tabea Alt told that she is eager to use next month's American Cup in Newark as the start of her campaign to qualify for this summer's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
"I feel very excited about this competition,"said Alt, who placed third on balance beam and 14th all-around at the 2014 European junior championships in Sofia. "I'm very happy and I think it's a great opportunity for me. My goals for the American Cup are to have a good competition and show all my elements well. It's a great start to the senior level, so I think I can get a lot of experience at the American Cup. Also, for my plan to qualify to Rio, it's great to have this competition at the beginning of the year."
Tabea Alt is a young gymnast who will turn 16 only on March 18. She took place in the World Championships in Glasgow and now she states that the German team didn't show everything they could at that time. They got the 12th place. The top eight teams in Glasgow earned automatic berths to the Rio Games. Germany and seven other countries advanced to the Olympic test event in Rio in April, from which four additional teams will earn berths to the Games.
"In my opinion the team was very nervous in Glasgow and they couldn't show all their capabilities,"Alt said. "Therefore the German team has many reserves and we are still motivated. To do better at the test event in Rio, we have to be more focused on the team and not so much on ourselves. We all have one goal and, as a good team, I am sure we will reach this."
Alt said that she is absolutely ready for the Olympic test and she is willing to get the most of this year.
"I'm very motivated for the whole year 2016,"Alt said. "It's a great chance and I will train very hard, always being focused on my goal. My coaches, physiotherapists and mental coach are preparing me as well as they can, doing their best for the coming challenges. Additionally, my school helps me with school stretching (extending her studies another year). That means I have more possibilities to organize my training. At the end we will see how far I reach towards my goal, but I'm looking forward to the coming times."
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Ola Olapade
Professor of Biology
B.Sc., 1990, Obafemi Awolowo University
M.Sc. (Microbiology), 1995, Obafemi Awolowo University
M.S. (Biology), 1998, Millersville University
Ph.D., 2004, Kent State University
Appointed: 2006
Expertise Areas: Molecular microbial ecology, environmental microbiology, aquatic ecology, bioremediation
Current Courses:
Biology 210: Cell and Molecular Biology
Biology 332: Microbiology
Biology 365: Environmental Microbiology
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Dr. Ola Olapade is a microbial ecologist/microbiologist primarily interested in the delineation of microbial community composition and structure, especially those in biofilms (i.e., surface associated, such as the periphytic and epiphytic assemblages) in various aquatic systems including lakes, streams and, rivers. He currently employs both standard microbiological and molecular techniques (e.g., nucleic acid staining; fluorescent in situ hybridization; DNA sequencing) to examine and delineate the abundance and distribution of various bacterial populations in response to changes in hydrodynamics, seasonality, nutrient and organic C availability, predation, as well as, anthropogenic disturbances in freshwater environments. Apart from his interest in microbial taxonomic diversity, he is also presently exploring the diversity amongst various functional groups as well as their enzymatic activities, especially the ammonia oxidizing and the sulfate reducing bacterial populations with regards to nutrient dynamics in aquatic systems.


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That is still one of my most memorable moments. Cracks me up every time (and i had to listen to it a LOT).
You guys done a kickass job on the commentaries. Well done
"For the Love of the Game"
Mirrors at Darklurker:
You guys sound surprisingly normal. I expected...something else.
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Thanks guys
Congrats to the T2X team! That's awesome!
So what's your excuse fett?
I've only been in Katy a couple years, but I've known about King's X for a long time. I'm from New Orleans, so music has always been a big part of my life. Remember Gretchen Goes to Nebraska? Well, my RL name is Gretchen which is not a name you see every day. A friend told me about the album, so I checked out the music. I've loved King's X ever since. Great music, and yes Ty is a damn fine musician. Are you in Texas, too?pav - I notice you're from Katy, TX. My favorite guitar player in the universe is from there - Ty Taybor (King's X). Every heard of him?
Nope - Arkansas. I discovered them after Faith, Hope, Love and have been a rabid fanboy ever since. IMO they are THE most underrated band in the history of music. It's sad to hear their influence everywhere today and they still haven't really 'made it'. I've become friends with Doug (dUg) over the years and have seen them live at least 20 times. The new album hits May 20 and sounds like it's going to be a killer.
Gretchen is still in my CD player at least once a month after all these years - brilliant.
Also, i should mention that there will be larger 640x480 versions (the ones in the package are 320x240) of the commentaries available for individual downloads hopefully within the next few days.
i watched the entire commentarie of the t2x missions
something i noticed,i agree about the non hostile guards desion you made,but i found one problem,you are able to walk around guards with a weapon out with no reaction that is only draw back i saw,while playing missions
i also noticed you were talking about other project i thought were canned,so are more series of fm's coming out?
super impressed with the over all product
and you also said zaya was not from egypt,i was one of those people who figured she was middle eastern,due to cut scene with egyption markings
i never did like knock out hammer,wont try to explain why,but felt chunky,and as video shows you get misses alot due to feel of it
i did like the garret scene but it would have not been possible to see him there,as we all know in thief when the sherrif was killed and the girls said outloud the sherrif has been murdered was when garret was inside masion trying to get evidence,but you showed him running by outside from left to rightand in map the left side is a dead end if looking from balcony like you had it
over all i think t2x was very good,but i think the plot team got off way to easy compared to the rest of the t2x team,so many simple mistake anyone who played either thief would have seen
also if there is another big community project,please if you have a plot team make sure they know the first 3 thiefs made,nothing worst then to hear a plot guy say i am not even a thief player,and then we expected to belive the plot they put across
dont get me wrong alot of things were perfect like the lack of keepers,in game since we all know that girl would have had no chance to figure that out,like garrett
wow i just want to keep going on but i will wait for a reply to see the reaction i get from other people who saw the commentairys
and since the last thing someone says is remembered most
thank you to the entire t2x team,trust me i loved the mission set over all
Didn't say I wasn't a Thief player - said I wasn't a big 'gamer'. Huge difference. The entire plot team was intimately familiar with the plot of the first two games (the third having not been released at that time). If you read all the in-game texts carefully you'll see numerous references to many obscure sub-plots and characters from the original games. We also tried to adhere strictly to Thief chronology with all the plot details and events. The appearance of Garrett at the wrong place in time - I'll have to blame that on the mission designer.
Were there any other plot details that you felt reflected a lack of knowledge about the original games on the part of the team?
nope,as i said before i loved t2x and feel the entire team went above and byond there calling
all my opinion are from a players point of view
i completely understand i lack alot of the know how in how things are done to create a playable fm,i was not trying to bash the plot team,the story over all and how things played out i liked alot
thank you for fast reply,i had no idea map maker made final desions on released product as far as that garrett scene,i figured one of the plot people would have said -hey that is not possible to happen like that
maybe if we thief players get lucky i will keep my eyes out for the 25th aniversary of t2x,yes i will hold you to that :P
also i want to admit i am guilty of being of of those players who never reads anything,i will open the stuff just in case it is needed to complete mission ,but as far as trying to read all the readable,that is not possible for me,i dont mind small readable i guess like 25% of a page,but when i see pages and pages there is no way i will read all that,yes i know alot of readables contain clues,but i think years ago it was stated by alot of the thief players that readable should be optional,as not everyone enjoys reading a bunch of letters/books to get further in a mission
only readable i like are signs on building where the text appears on screen :P
i sometimes think to define a thief player is impossible since there are so many type of players,i am sure the people who loved all the details in readable love it but for me it was not my thing
but that goes back to the days on text adventure games on my ibm 386 playing hitch hikers guide to the galaxy,or twillight zone,etc. those games in the 80's drove me crazy
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ok one last mistake i found in t2x story line
if i am not mistaken t2x is taking place after thief 1 but before thief 2
if that is true then how is it possible then how is it that the beast killed truart,when that time shouldent of happend yet,as you said with uniforms with hammer and mech was differnt,so i am taking it part 2 thief is still in future,unless t2x takes half after thief 1 but the later half would have to be during part 2 in order to see garrett in that one mission let alone even being at truarts place
i hope thta makes sence
so i guess i want to ask does t2x take place after part 1 of thief but then duing t2x you acculty are in same time line as thief 2 since you showed truart killer,garrett
You've got it right. Zaya comes to the city between T1 and T2, and her story ends at the same time Truart is killed in T2. She leaves the city around the time of the T2 mission "Trace the Courier" and "Trail of Blood."
As for the mechanists - we assume they splintered off from the Hammers between T1 and T2 but hadn't risen to power yet as they did over the course of the T2 storyline. Therefore their uniforms and colors still reflected their Hammerite origins moreso than they did as the order progressed over the course of T2. (We also thought the Mech uniforms in T2 looked gay. )
Generally the plot team looked over all the missions before release (I personally looked at them all at least three dozen times in the last month), but there were certain things left up to the designers imagination and at the time, the appearance of Garrett didn't seem like a big deal. Since so many people have noticed and commented on it, maybe we should have left it out. We had an earlier cameo of Garrett in Mission 10 that I personally liked better, but after all - the project was a democracy and not everyone agreed on every little thing like that.
ohh ok i think i understand,so from what i am hearing i take it zayas time between each mission was a good amount of time that pasted? in order for hammers and mechs uniforms to change
you explained it perfect
but garrett should have been put in a area that was possible
do you think the people who are making thief 4,played t2x?
I don't think anyone is making T4 right now.
Also for future reference, try to post all your thoughts in one post, instead of multiple replies to yourself.
yes thief 4 is being made in canada as we speak
No - that's only a rumor based on a vague hint from Eidos. Nothing has been confirmed yet.
Wow, I don't think I could be as patient...
"For the Love of the Game"
Edit: Thanks for moving this Duncan. I'm so lazy these days...
Last edited by fett; 6th May 2008 at 08:17.
Mad props for the commentary. I've listened all the way through. It's good stuff.
A few things:
Raen touched a focal point of Thief's brand of passive stealth, and that is the peeling back of the facades and leering into the naked truths. There's definitely a sense of empowerment to be had there. It's a game's take on voyeurism with some highly satisfying instances.
The other thing is I was reminded of something from Mission 9, "Into the Fray." A dead hammerite is pinned to the wall overlooking a well, and there's a crate underneath him with some hidden loot in it. It didn't look natural. I thought that was over the top and stood out like a puffy eye.
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How can I make use of all these .MIS mission files in the "Making Of" download? Apparently they contain the early versions of a few missions in Thief2X, and I am highly interested in playing them and seeing what were the rough drafts for these missions.
You need to load them in dromed. Instructions are in the readme file. Basic knowledge of dromed would be useful though as the readme does not give instructions in its use (for obvious reasons). You'll need to search the editors guild if you want to know about the various commands.
But, to simply play the maps, load them in dromed and press "ALT G" to go in-game. To return to dromed press "ALT E" (i think).


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My favorite kind of ghost games are search and find or role playing games. I like brain teasers and puzzles, too. But there are also some shooting and action features, too. I look for new ones and will put them here as soon as they are released. So now there's no reason to be bored. Hours of ghost games are right here for you.
Games, games, games, ghost games, and more ghost games! There are a lot of ghost games here and more to come. (More games have just been added. Click here to find another ghost game.) Scary games, horror games, spooky ones, freaky ones and gross ones, too. Scroll down the list, pick one and check it out. Be sure to bookmark this ghost games page so you can find your way back!
Oh! One more thing: Having a Halloween party or sleepover? Want some fun, spooky entertainment? Make your more party more fun with games you can download. Whether you need games for kids, teens or adults, these are entertaining games you can play in a group at parties. Check out these Halloween Party Games here.
Haunted Hotel - I really enjoy this ghost games. You start out as a traveller who has a car accident along the road, find your way to a nearby hotel and start exploring.
As you move from room to room, you find hidden objects and weird, supernatural things. Atmostpheric music plays in the background, but as you progress, you hear creaking floorboards, scurrying footsteps, low whispers and other generally creepy sounds. Each level gets progressively more difficult, of course, but the game play is pleasant and not overly stressful, like some games.
To get from level to level, you have to activate the elevator, but to do that, you have to play little mini-games to recharge the elevator. It's pretty cool. It's more than just a hidden object game, it's numerous games in one. It's overall more of a puzzle (which I love) and I find it a very fun, addictive game to play. It's hard to stop playing. Highly recommended!
Haunted Hotel II: Believe the Lies - If you love Haunted Hotel, you'll surely love Part II. I was impressed by the super high quality graphics and great music in the background, which pulls it up a notch from the previous version. The written clues are much less "rambly" and build more suspense than before. And here, instead of playing against a clock, there are many more objects to find in each puzzle.
What I enjoyed most about this and the Haunted Hotel Part I ghost games is that it really challenges your mind without making you feel nervous or hyper.
The game is mysterious and spooky, addictive and fun. It's a hidden object format (many of the games here are), so your powers of observation have to be keen. The graphics are so well done that it almost feels like you're really there, roaming around a haunted hotel.
Check it out by clicking the link above. There's a trial where you can play for free. Enjoy!
Redrum - So far, this has been one of the most sinister ghost games I've ever played online. It took me back to my Playstation days when I used to spend hours playing Galerians.
Rose is a little girl who is being victimized by an extremely evil doctor, who is attempting to drive her to insanity to get to her family's money. However, despite the psychiactric drugs he injects that should be inducing psychosis, Rose is relatively unfazed. Could those invisible beings she talks to be spirits and not fragments of her sanity?
This is one of the ghost games that is outright scary. It is not intended for small children or anyone who cannot tolerate horrific, bloody images. The story line is very dark and there are images of tortured spirits in each puzzle. The puzzles themselves are much more intense than the other games here. I found this game enjoyably spooky, yet disturbing as well.
Warning: Redrum is an intense psychological murder mystery intended for mature audiences.
Play this game right now, for free. If you decide you want your own copy, a portion of your purchase supports this site.
Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst - Rumors surrounding the history of stately Ravenhearst Manor have circulated for decades. The recently acquired diary of Emma Ravenhearst may hold the key to unraveling the tale behind this unsettling place, yet the pages are missing. Players assume the role of Master Detective to unlock secrets held within Ravenhearst, scouring a myriad of enchanting rooms in the manor for cleverly hidden clues. Locating and assembling diary pages helps tell the story of the house and, ultimately, unlock the mystery.
Mystery Legends: Sleepy Hollow You've heard the story, but now as part of our ghost games, enjoy the tale in a different way. Discover the secrets of Sleepy Hollow and the legendary Headless Horseman in Mystery Legends: Sleepy Hollow - a haunted hidden object game. Investigate the freakish residents and witness their fate at the hands of the Headless Horseman. Use your object hunting skills to unravel the story of famous characters like Ichabod Crane and his beloved Katrina. Mystery Legends: Sleepy Hollow will chill you to the bone!
Department 42: The Mystery of the Nine - Lovers of ghost games will rave over this. Join Department 42, a secret organization devoted to the paranormal, and protect the world! Help Agent Alice Wright track down nine mysterious and evil artifacts that have gone missing. Use your Hidden Object skills to protect the planet from the nightmare that has been unleashed and restore order! Travel across the country and piece together the enigma that is Department 42 The Mystery of the Nine!
Midnight Mysteries: The Edgar Allan Poe Conspiracy - Edgar Allan Poe, famed author of the poem The Raven, is spiritually bound. Could it be writers' block that has this legendary spirit hung up? When you begin the game, you find good ol' Edgar, glowing white with the stink of afterlife, gazing hauntingly at you through the screen. Please help him, he beseeches. Please, please follow the clues and help him.
Well, it's another of the spooky ghost games, and for that I liked it. The ravens are helpers that help you with clues along the way. There are lots to do, and while it is very interesting, you don't get too stumped or frustrated. It's a good way to relax at the end of the day and definitely a ghost game you should add to your collection.
Dr. Lynch, Grave Secrets - This is one of the ghost games that was really cool. It takes place in England, where a ghost has been sighted - A Lady in White. You're on a mission to discover if there really is a ghost or if the source of the mystery is a prankster or vandals. When you arrive, you're given a briefing and pointed in the right direction. It is up to you to put the clues together and discover the truth.
The graphics in this game are quite realistic, right down to the bugs in the grass. It reminded me a bit of Riven, if you've ever had the pleasure of playing that old game. The puzzles are challenging because the settings are so realistic. The objects really blend in.
All in all, I found this game to very interesting and quite challenging. I recommend it for those who prefer a lighter story and more difficult puzzles.
The Mystery of the Mary Celeste Clear, clean graphics and a mysterious setting make this ghost game intriguing and addictive. It's fairly easy to play, meaning it's not highly stressful, the clues are very helpful and as I said, it's easy on the eyes. You don't waste time trying to figure out what's going on, like you do with other games, so you get to spend more time actually finding the clues and solving the mystery. It's high-production, ghost fun!
It kind of reminds me of the Queen Mary, except it takes place near the Statue of Liberty, which is evident in the opening scene. But you are on a ship and that ship is mysteriously haunted. You really don't get the background of the whole thing, but Mary Morehouse (you) is really working through her fears and keeps a journal of her activities as "fear therapy."
Check this out, you can play for an hour for free, and should you decide to buy, your purchase goes to help support this site.
Blood Ties - Help private detective Vicki Nelson solve a series of unexplained missing persons cases. Vicki thinks so, and its up to you to help her, along with her friend Henry (a 450-year-old vampire) and assistant Coreen, to investigate the crime scenes and solve the mystery! Unearth hundreds of items in beautiful and unique locations throughout the city to discover the dark secrets behind this mysterious cabal.
G.H.O.S.T. Hunters: The Haunting of Majesty Manor - Just about everyone who visits this site and loves ghost games is going to love the fact that this game is an actual paranormal investigation and you play the role of the investigator.
You are hired by a paranormal agency and sent on a mission to discover what is haunting Majesty Manor. It's slower than Haunted Hotel and there were fewer interesting features, but it's still addictive, nonetheless. You gain clues to who's haunting the house and being to learn about the spirits within, one by one. When you need a hint, you use an actual EMF detector to zero in on the spot. It's quite clever.
If you're into paranormal investigation and want to play around in a virtual world, you can play for free and forget about life for a while. Which is what it's all about!
Ghost in the Sheet - Welcome to the afterlife! It`s nothing like you`ve expected. Ghost in the Sheet is a comedy adventure ghost games of supernatural proportions. Become a ghost and master your new paranormal skill set to unravel the secrets of your life-after-death adventure! Mystery, intrigue, comedy and adventure await; aren`t you just dying to play?
Nancy Drew: Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake - As Nancy Drew, track the history of Mike Malone, a notorious gangster who once lived in a lakeside cabin. Trail a mysterious pack of dogs rumored to have risen from the dead to protect their master`s secrets. Decipher cryptic puzzles and dodge danger in this immersive Adventure mystery. You`ll meet a variety of fascinating characters, all with something to hide. Can you unravel the secrets and expose the truth in Nancy Drew: Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake?
Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy - Mystery is afoot at Castle Malloy! A groom has disappeared and the townsfolk are whispering of a malevolent banshee! Are ghosts to blame, or is it merely a case of cold feet? Immerse yourself in the haunted legend of the Emerald Isle, gathering clues and information from the terror-stricken wedding guests. It's up to you and Nancy Drew to unravel the mystery in this chilling adventure game.
Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice - Beyond the bright piazzas and open markets of the Venice Carnevale lurks a masked thief. Despite months of investigations, the Italian police remain helpless as stolen treasures vanish in the night. The authorities have asked you, as detective Nancy Drew, to join the case and infiltrate a dangerous crime syndicate. Can you catch the phantom thief before he or she destroys the heart of Venezia? Find out in the Adventure of Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice.
Paranormal Agency - You're the owner of a paranormal investigation service, hired to rid the city of nasty, spirits with evil intentions! Your own past experiences with the paranormal have left you with elevated senses and the ability to perceive spirits that others cannot. You investigate numerous places around the city, encountering evil spirits who want nothing better than to stop you in your tracks. Enjoy this colorful, light game next time you're home alone. You can play in timed mode (for those who love adrenaline) or untimed, if you're like me and just like to relax and solve puzzles.
Dracula Origin - Play as the vampire slayer Professor Van Helsing, hot on the trail of the diabolical Count in this thrilling Large File Adventure! The ruthless Dracula is searching for an ancient, eldritch ritual to return damned souls to the earth. As the eminent Professor Van Helsing it`s up to you to stop him before his evil machinations are realized! Sharpen your stakes and dive into the terrifying depths of Dracula Origin today.
Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon - Father Arno has been sent to Vladoviste in Transylvania, a small town still recuperating from battle after the First World War. He?s on a mission from the Vatican to investigate the life of a deceased woman reputed to be a saint. As night falls and the last train pulls away, something evil lurks across the graves of fallen soldiers, and Father Arno?s nightmarish visions are becoming all too real. Warning: Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon contains some mature content and mentioning of the occult.


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History and Meaning of Peruvian Lily
The flirtatious blooms of Peruvian lilies dawn a variety of shades, making them a fun choice for many occasions. With the primary meanings of Peruvian lilies being friendship and devotion, these precious flowers are sure to express your most playful sentiments.
The vibrant and long-lasting Peruvian lily is native to South America, but its appeal has spread far beyond the land of its origin. Reminiscent of miniature lilies, Peruvian lilies can be found in a variety of colors, including brilliant shades of yellow, pink, orange, and white. With multiple blooms per stem, they can compose a magnificently full vase arrangement. Along with their meaning, this makes them a top choice for many flower-giving occasions.
Peruvian lilies are also called alstroemeria after the Swedish botanist credited with introducing them to Europe. In the late 18th century, Baron Von Alstroemer returned from a trip to South America with seeds from the Peruvian lily. Not long after this discovery, the flower found great popularity with flower enthusiasts around the world. Today, the meanings of Peruvian lilies are friendship and devotion. With so many gift-giving occasions that center on these themes, you may find Peruvian lilies to be a safe choice across the board. Whether you're sending a bouquet just because, or for your friend's birthday or graduation, the meaning of Peruvian lilies expresses your love and support in so many ways.
As a symbol of devotion, Peruvian lilies can say to a companion or loved one that you will always be there for them and that you trust in your lasting bond. The depth of meanings for Peruvian lilies is a compliment to their beauty, and the message that these flowers send is profound in its authentic simplicity. The brilliantly colored blooms of Peruvian lilies can light up a room as well as the hearts of their recipients. Whether displayed on their own or used to accent a mixed bouquet, these dazzling flowers will always attract attention because of their unique appeal and the meaningful messages that they can carry. From their origins in the mountains of Peru, the Peruvian lilies have found a special place within the language of flowers.


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The name of this collection draws inspiration from the angle of 18° that this console forms.
Its sinuous shapes soften the steel to give a sense of roundness and femininity. This console is available in different variations. In fact it is possible to choose between Diciotto completely in pure steel or in painted version.The finish of Diciotto in pure steel can be both shiny and glossy as the painting type effect poliuretanica soft touch.
As all of Componendo collections, also the steel of the structure of Diciotto is protected from the special treatment antitouch against the traces of the hands and the drops so that the surface is always clean and brilliant.


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Title: Seraphina's Revolution
Author: Sheena Hutchinson
Genre: YA Paranormal Romance
Cover Designer: Cover Me, Darling
Publication Date: March 18th, 2019
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Seraphina Cross had always wished for the life she'd always dreamed of. One must be careful what they wish for. Unfortunately, she's gotten all she's ever dreamed of and more.
Seraphina has gone head to head with Lucifer and his minions. Now, she's feeling the casualties of siding against him. All her intense power is useless against grief and remorse. Struggling to keep her emotions in check, Nate once again comes to her rescue to keep her head above water. Keeping her darkness at bay, he resumes his position as the one pillar of strength in Seraphina's life.
But, what happens when he too disappears?
Seraphina's life is once again thrown into a whirlwind of chaos. As the darkness within her returns, new friends appear and an old friend returns home. Seraphina must figure out who can be trusted. On top of everything, those pesky dreams return. But, what she sees cannot be unseen. Will Seraphina be strong enough to resist temptation? Can she keep her Demons under control long enough to save the world or will it define her?
The time has come. Seraphina's Revolution is here. Alliances will be forged. Sacrifices must be made. In the fight between good and evil—there are no more rules. This is war.
Will her dreams turn out to be her salvation or her damnation?
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Silence fills Seraphina's ears swallowing up the voices. Her mouth was open with laughter now clamps shut. She's falling. Falling fast. Her arms reach for something, anything before clawing at her throat. It burns. Bubbles fly out as she attempts to scream. Help! Anyone help me! No one comes. No one ever comes. She grows light and lighter still. The bubbles slow until they eventually stop completely.
An image flashes against her mind, tiny face and blue lips under the clear water.
Seraphina's eyes fly open. She was reliving it again. Reliving what she had allowed herself to become. She will never forget the time she spend as a Demon, that has become is her cross to bear. That's when they come. Creeping up on her like shadows after the sunset. They echo louder and louder inside her mind. Her hands clamp down on her ears trying to drown them out. It doesn't work. It never does. Screams of terror fill her. They used to fuel her power, now they only haunt her soul.
Seraphina has tried so hard to keep the screams from entering her. Her fingers still twitch with the power they can hold. Her hold on the Earth has never left. It sits there under the surface waiting…waiting to be unleashed. She can't let it. She refuses to allow it. She is powerful beyond what anyone can comprehend. Which makes her dangerous. She must never allow herself to get out of control. Not ever again, the world depends on it. She shivers.
There was a dream. One she never mentions, not even to Nate. Once it's spoken, it would make it real. It has been said that dreams are a wish your heart makes. She hopes that's not true because the dream showed her the world. But, it wasn't the world she remembered. It was a world destroyed. A world in which evil wins and her powers are unleashed. Death. Destruction. Lucifer and his crew roam the Earth freely. Humanity is no more. That's why she has to keep it in check. Seraphina must not let the evil win.


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After playing around a bit with Unity I'm starting to feel comfortable with it. That's why I decided to try to port New Sokoban to Unity3D!
Ok, not the entire game, just a little demo. I wanted to work on a little serious 2D project that serve me as a learning experience of what I should expect from developing 2D games with Unity. And I think that a port of New Sokoban is perfect for this!
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Education/Newsletter/January 2013/Trophy Case highlights excellent student work
Professors and Ambassadors who worked with students in the United States and Canada program in 2012 have added a series of links to the new Trophy Case, which highlights the best student work. The Trophy Case includes categories for articles that were featured on the English Wikipedia's main page in the Did You Know section, those that have achieved Good Article status, high quality new articles, significantly expanded existing articles, and non-textual contributions. See the Trophy Case, and add other student work you see to it.


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All right. So hopefully, you got to your Thanksgiving destination safely and without too many hassles because the number of people traveling this week appears to be close to pre-pandemic levels. And that means long lines at airports and train stations, jampacked planes and gridlocked roads and highways.
NPR's transportation correspondent David Schaper is watching the roads and the skies to give us some perspective on Thanksgiving travel. David, I've been on quite a few planes the last couple of weeks. There has never been an empty seat anywhere on that plane. So are travelers and this travel season becoming more like pre-pandemic levels?
DAVID SCHAPER, BYLINE: Yeah. I mean, when it comes to flying in particular, travelers are definitely back. I mean, one airline industry official says this is the first normal holiday season in three years. The number of people flying between now and the start of the new year is expected to get very close to pre-pandemic levels, if not surpass pre-pandemic levels. Nick Calio, the head of the industry group Airlines for America, puts it this way.
NICK CALIO: It's going to be very busy. We're going to be flying over 2 million people a day. And it's been a rough go. It's been two years or three years since we've had a normal Thanksgiving.
SCHAPER: What's interesting about this, A, is that airlines are actually flying fewer flights over the holidays this year than last year. It's 4% fewer flights and 13% fewer flights than in 2019, according to the air travel data firm Cirium. But at the same time, they're actually offering more seats.
MARTÍNEZ: OK. Fewer flights, more seats - how does that work, and how is it affecting airfares?
SCHAPER: Well, the airlines are just flying bigger planes while parking some of their smaller regional jets. It's just more efficient and economical to fly more passengers on fewer planes with fewer pilots. So this means there will be more seats available on routes between big cities, but it's going to be a lot more difficult to find flights to Grand Junction, Colo., or Duluth, Minn., or other smaller markets.
And across the board, capacity is very tight and the airlines' costs are up. So airfares are up substantially - 43% over last year and 15% above 2019 levels.
MARTÍNEZ: Now, it used to be that yesterday, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, and the Sunday after were the busiest days for the airlines all year. Is that still true?
SCHAPER: Yeah. I mean, those are still the two busiest travel days of the Thanksgiving period, but they're not as busy as they used to be. You know, like everything else post-pandemic, people are changing the way they travel.
Mike Arnot of the airline data firm Cirium says especially those who can work remotely, they seem to be spreading out their travel over the entire Thanksgiving week and beyond.
MIKE ARNOT: Instead of trying to get back to the office on the Monday after Thanksgiving, maybe you can use that flexible work schedule that you have to pick the cheaper travel day, which will be, you know, the Tuesday or the Wednesday right after Thanksgiving.
SCHAPER: You know, this is a pattern we're seeing in other parts of the year, too, even with hybrid work-cation trips, where a business trip to one city on a Wednesday or Thursday might include a long weekend stay there, too.
MARTÍNEZ: Now, over the summer, I remember several airlines had meltdowns, operational meltdowns that caused a large number of flight delays and cancellations. Are the airlines now maybe better prepared for the holiday travel surge?
SCHAPER: The airlines say they're better prepared. They've been on a hiring spree. And as of August, actually, they now have more employees than they did before the pandemic, including 10% more pilots at the seven biggest airlines. They've significantly trimmed their schedules to match them more realistically to their staffing levels, so they say. Whether or not they have enough wiggle room for when bad weather inevitably hits or some other problems arise, that remains to be seen.
MARTÍNEZ: David, what about the people that don't want to fly and want to drive? What do the roads look like?
SCHAPER: Well, they're very busy. AAA estimates nearly 49 million people are driving for Thanksgiving, most of them leaving home yesterday, which gave us some of the worst traffic jams of the entire weekend. The mobility data analytics firm INRIX projects where the worst congestion will be and finds that there will likely be some pretty bad traffic jams on Sunday when many of us return home. And they're even predicting some heavy traffic on Saturday in a lot of cities, as well.
Now, meanwhile, the National Safety Council is urging drivers to be cautious, especially if, like me, you're in a part of the country that's likely getting snow. They estimate more than 500 people will die in preventable crashes on the nation's roadways through Sunday, and many of them due to intoxicated drivers.
MARTÍNEZ: That's NPR transportation correspondent David Schaper. David, thanks.
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This week, GEDmatch, a genetic genealogy company that gained notoriety for giving law enforcement access to its customers' DNA data, quietly informed its users it is now operated by Verogen, Inc., a company expressly formed two years ago to market "next-generation [DNA] sequencing" technology to crime labs.
What this means for GEDmatch's 1.3 million users—and for the 60% of white Americans who share DNA with those users—remains to be seen.
GEDmatch allows users to upload an electronic file containing their raw genotyped DNA data so that they can compare it to other users' data to find biological family relationships. It estimates how close or distant those relationships may be (e.g., a direct connection, like a parent, or a distant connection, like a third cousin), and it enables users to determine where, along each chromosome, their DNA may be similar to another user. It also predicts characteristics like ethnicity.
An estimated 30 million people have used genetic genealogy databases like GEDmatch to identify biological relatives and build a family tree, and law enforcement officers have been capitalizing on all that freely available data in criminal investigations. Estimates are that genetic genealogy sites were used in around 200 cases just last year. For many of those cases, officers never sought a warrant or any legal process at all.
Earlier this year, after public outcry, GEDmatch changed its previous position allowing for warrantless law enforcement searches, opted out all its users from those searches, and required all users to expressly opt in if they wanted to allow access to their genetic data. Only a small percentage did. But opting out has not prevented law enforcement from accessing consumers' genetic data, as long as they can get a warrant, which one Orlando, Florida officer did last summer.
Law enforcement has argued that people using genetic genealogy services have no expectation of privacy in their genetic data because users have willingly shared their data with the genetics company and with other users and have "consented" to a company's terms of service. But the Supreme Court rejected a similar argument in Carpenter v. United States.
In Carpenter, the Court ruled that even though our cell phone location data is shared with or stored by a phone company, we still have a reasonable expectation of privacy in it because of all the sensitive and private information it can reveal about our lives. Similarly, genetic data can reveal a whole host of extremely private and sensitive information about people, from their likelihood to inherit specific diseases to where their ancestors are from to whether they have a sister or brother they never knew about. Researchers have even theorized at one time or another that DNA may predict race, intelligence, criminality, sexual orientation, and political ideology. Even if later disproved, officials may rely on outdated research like this to make judgements about and discriminate against people. Because genetic data is so sensitive, we have an expectation of privacy in it, even if other people can access it.
However, whether individual users of genetic genealogy databases have consented to law enforcement searches is somewhat beside the point. In all cases that we know of so far, law enforcement isn't looking for the person who uploaded their DNA to a consumer site, they are looking for that person's distant relatives—people who never could have consented to this kind of use of their genetic data because they don't have any control over the DNA they happen to share with the site's users.
We need to think long and hard as a society about whether law enforcement should be allowed to access genetic genealogy databases at all—even with a warrant.
That means these searches are nothing more than fishing expeditions through millions of innocent people's DNA. They are not targeted at finding specific users or based on individualized suspicion—a fact the police admit because they don't know who their suspect is. They are supported only by the hope that a crime scene sample might somehow be genetically linked to DNA submitted to a genetic genealogy database by a distant relative, which might give officers a lead in a case. There's a real question whether a warrant that allows this kind of search could ever meet the particularity requirements of the Fourth Amendment.
These are also dragnet searches, conducted under "general warrants," and no different from officers searching every house in a town with a population of 1.3 million on the off chance that one of those houses could contain evidence useful to finding the perpetrator of a crime. With or without a warrant, the Fourth Amendment prohibits searches like this in the physical world, and it should prohibit genetic dragnets like this one as well.
We need to think long and hard as a society about whether law enforcement should be allowed to access genetic genealogy databases at all—even with a warrant. These searches impact millions of Americans. Although GEDmatch likely only encompasses about 0.5% of the U.S. adult population, research shows 60% of white Americans can already be identified from its 1.3 million users. This same research shows that once GEDmatch's users encompass just 2% of the U.S. population, 90% of white Americans will be identifiable.
Although many authorities once argued these kinds of searches would only be used as a way to solve cold cases involving the most terrible and serious crimes, that is changing; this year, police used genetic genealogy to implicate a teenager for a sexual assault. Next year it could be used to identify political or environmental protestors. Unlike established criminal DNA databases like the FBI's CODIS database, there are currently few rules governing how and when genetic genealogy searching may be used.
We should worry about these searches for another reason: they can implicate people for crimes they didn't commit. Although police used genetic searching to finally identify the man they believe is the "Golden State Killer," an earlier search in the same case identified a different person. In 2015, a similar search in a different case led police to suspect an innocent man. Even without genetic genealogy searches, DNA matches may lead officers to suspect—and jail—the wrong person, as happened in a California case in 2012. That can happen because we shed DNA constantly and because our DNA may be transferred from one location to another, possibly ending up at the scene of a crime, even if we were never there.
All of this is made even more concerning by the recent acquisition of GEDmatch by a company whose main purpose is to help the police solve crimes. The ability to research family history and disease risk shouldn't carry the threat that our data will be accessible to police or others and used in ways we never could have foreseen. Genetic genealogy searches by law enforcement invade our privacy in unique ways—they allow law enforcement to access information about us that we may not even know ourselves, that we have no ability to hide, and that could reveal more about us in the future than scientists know now. These searches should never be allowed—even with a warrant.


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Bert and Ernie. Lucy and Ethel. Laverne & Shirley. What do all of these legendary BFF's have in common with the likes of us geeks?
My Little Pony…or they will soon, thanks to Hasbro!
In honor of International Friendship Day, the company will be using My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic as a vehicle to celebrate by releasing five sets of special edition pony figures depicting some of entertainment's most famous pairs of best friends as ponies. The sets include Transformers (Bumblebee & Optimus Prime), I Love Lucy (Lucy Ricardo & Ethel Mertz), Clueless (Cher & Dionne), Laverne & Shirley (Laverne De Fazio & Shirley Feeney), and another timeless childhood classic, Sesame Street (Bert & Ernie).
In conjunction with the release of these figures, Hasbro has also utilized the popularity of the My Little Pony franchise to team with the youth division of Points of Light, generationOn, launching a global service campaign that uses the Mane Six to teach children about helping others, encouraging children and their families to celebrate friendship through acts of kindness and the power of volunteer work in their schools, neighborhoods, and local community.
If you'd like more information on the outreach project, as well as how to get involved, you can visit their website. To get in on the conversation on Instagram and Twitter, just use the hashtag #MLPFriendshipDay.


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Peek-a-boo! We see you!
Jennifer Lopez's dress was the talk of yet another awards ceremony, this time at Sunday's Oscars presentation, which took place at the Hollywood & Highland Center in Los Angeles, Calif.
The singer had a wardrobe malfunction while presenting the Academy Award for Best Costume Designs and Make-Up with fellow Latina and "What to Expect When You're Expecting" co-star Cameron Diaz.
Latinos Dazzle On Oscar Red Carpet
Lopez, 42, looked stunning as she worked the red carpet in wearing a cut-out see-through Zuhair Murad gown which had a plunging neckline reminiscent of her 2000 Grammy awards green Versace dress.
She then changed into a similar, maroon colored dress for the Vanity Fair Oscars after party, hosted by Graydon Carter at the Sunset Tower in West Hollywood, Calif.
Photos: What's Jennifer Lopez Up to?
As JLO excitedly began giving her speech with Diaz, her left nipple was peeked out, setting Twitter ablaze.
In a matter of minutes the tending topic became "#JLO's" and the Twitter account "@JLO'sNipple" was created.
"#J.Lo's dress was lovely. Simple with just a hint of aureole," "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" fashion expert and Dancing with the Starts alum Carson Kressley tweeted.
Others couldn't believe Lopez had a malfunction so soon in the broadcast.
"Is it just me, or were part of J-Lo's nipples on display...?#jennyneedsabra #Oscars" Savannah Harden Tweeted.
This isn't the first time the fans get an unexpected eyeful of JLO.
Last year, Lopez's left breast did a slight peek-a-boob at the 'Wetten dass' Summer Edition event, a concert in Mallorca, Spain.
She was wearing a loose dress with a plunging neckline.
Lopez was also concerned with her dress flying up, exposing her rear, since the dress had an high-cut slit in the front.
Prior to the nip-slip, Lopez and Diaz were both praised on Twitter and on the red carpet for their dresses by fashion guru, "Project Runway's" Tim Gunn.
"I've always loved fashion," Lopez told Gunn when asked about her revealing gown and how her style has evolved over the years. "I enjoy playing dress up. I've been exposed (no pun intended) to so much."
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Lopez said that at the beginning of her career her style was "street and hip/hop-ish" because she's from the Bronx, and that she will always have a little of that in her style.
Diaz sported a fitting Gucchi gown.
"Tonight is all about old Hollywood glamour," Gunn told Diaz. "You personify that perfectly."
Later in the evening, Diaz was seen laughing and giggling next to Diddy, Lopez's old flame. This comes weeks after the two were caught making out multiple times in various hotels in NYC and Beverly Hills, Calif.
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Eating for Life
How and what we eat is key to health and vitality. Food is nourishment, nutrition and joy. Everything food from research to recipes is here.
How and what we eat is key to health and vitality. Food is nourishment, nutrition and joy. Everything food from research to recipes is here.
Everything in Osteopathy is true
—James Jealous
The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease
—Thomas Edison
Harmony only dwells where obstructions do not exist
—A.T. Still
The breath of life in the cerebrospinal fluid Tide is the fundamental principal in the primary respiratory mechanism. ~ W.G Sutherland
Along in 1874, after years of independent thinking, there came to Dr. Still the concept of Osteopathy ~ Dr. Asa Willard in the Cranial Bowl
What is harmony but Health? It takes harmony of every nerve, vein and artery in every part of the body. ~ A.T. Still
All diseases are mere effects, the cause being a partial or complete failure of the nerves to properly conduct the fluids of life. ~ A.T. Still
The hearing of spirit is not limited… the whole being listens. There is a direct grasp of what is right before you, that can never be heard with the ear, or understood with the mind. ~ Thomas Merton
The fundamental principle advocated in cranial technique, viz: allowing the physiological function within to manifest its unerring potency, rather than the application of blind force from without. William G. Sutherland, D.O.
Here you lay aside the long words, and use your mind in deep and silent earnestness; drink deep from the eternal fountain of reason, penetrate the forests of that law whose beauties are life and death. ~ A.T. Still
Do not try to force anything within the cranial mechanism. ~A.T. Still
It is as if the whole body, functioning as a unit, is responding to a force similar to that moving the tides of the ocean. ~ Rollin Becker
Spirit in osteopathy turns out to be scientific, practical, and very useful in a medical medel that Osteopathic Physicianscan readily abide by. ~ From interface; Mechanisms of Spirit in Osteopathy by A.T. Still
And I have felt a presence that disturbs me with the joy of elevated thoughts; a sense sublime of something far more deeply interfused, whose dwelling is the light of setting suns, and the round ocean, and the living air. ~ William Wordsworth
It is the stillness of the Tide, not the stormy waves that bounce upon the shore that is the potency, the power. ~ W.G Sutherland
Normal doesn't simply mean a readjustment of the bones to normal position. ~ A.T. Stills
Freedom is experienced in the infinite number of pauses. ~Rollo May
It is the stillness of the tide not the stormy waves that bounce upon the shore that is the potency, the power. ~ W.G. Sutherland
I believe that all the remedies necessary to health are within the human body. ~ A.T. Stills
Man should study and use the drugs compounded in his own body. ~A.T. Stills
The greatest mistake in the treatment of disease is that there are physicians for the body and physicians for the soul, although the two cannot be separated. ~ Plato


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About Setaria italica
Setaria italica (foxtail millet) is a grain crop widely grown in Asia with particular significance in semi-arid regions of Northern China. It is also grown on a moderate scale in other parts of the world as a forage crop. It is one of the oldest domesticated crops with archeological remains from 5,500 to 5,900 years BC in northern China. Motivation for sequencing foxtail millet includes its close relationship, both genetically and physiologically, to the biofuel crop switchgrass (Panicum virgatum). Direct study of switchgrass is complicated by its large genome size and polyploidy. Data from the foxtail millet genome assists in study and improvement of switchgrass and related biofuel crops. The nuclear genome (~490 Mb) is diploid with nine chromosomes (2n=18).
Taxonomy ID 4555
Data source Joint Genome Institute
Comparative genomics
What can I find? Homologues, gene trees, and whole genome alignments across multiple species.
More about comparative analyses
Phylogenetic overview of gene families
Download alignments (EMF)
This species currently has no variation database. However you can process your own variants using the Variant Effect Predictor:


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Chicken breast simmered in marinara sauce turns out so tender you can cut it with a fork. This easy recipe takes less than 10 minutes of prep and the chicken cooks in the sauce unattended while you cook the pasta and make a salad. You do have a salad every day, right?
This recipe started because I wanted to try making chicken cacciatore but after chopping peppers and mushrooms and using chicken thighs, I found there was too much fat and not a lot of big flavor. So I tried simplifying it and came up with a lean and low fat version and now it's just chicken with spaghetti, but with a lot of flavor but not a lot of work. It's the simple, easy recipes that I always wind up making again.
Canned plum tomatoes are my go-to for pasta sauce and it's so easy to make them into a smooth puree with a food processor. If you can find San Marzano tomaotes, that's even better. You can always add more spices or a bay leaf or some crushed red pepper if you like but this is perfect for me just the way it is. Click here for the recipe. – Jenny Jones


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Kidney Stone
Availability: In stock
Weight In Caret | 9.0600 |
Weight In Ratti | 10.0000 |
Weight in grm | 0.0000 |
COLOUR | Green |
ORIGIN | No |
Benefits | KIDNEY STONE PROTECT FROM KIDNEY, HEART AND STOMACH RELATED DAISES. |
Quality | Excellent |
Shape | Oval |
Mantra | No |
SIZE | No |
CERTIFICATION | Free Lab Certificate |
TREATMENT | Unheated And Untreated |
This is a gemstone of dark green color and many type of layers on it, which upper layer looks like kidney, It is known as kidney stone. Kidney gemstone is also known as malachite Stone.
Kidney stone is governed by Venus that blesses wealth, comforts and attractely gentle personality. In ancient time the powered version of the stone would be mixed in water and drunk for medical benefit.
This stone can be used as a jewellery as a ring, bracelet and pendent.
People who suffers from kidney and heart related problem, who can use it by the following direction :
Keep 4 to 5 kidney stone in a glass of water at night and drink this water in early morning with empty stomach and then take a fresh water again. This process should be followed by everyday.
How to Wear :Kidney stone should be wear on wednesday at the time of morning and before wearing it must be wash with honey and then with fresh cow milk and rinse with ganga jal. Before first use, keep it in clean water overnight.
believed to relating to Planet Mercury and can be worn in ring or pendant.
Benefits :- Kidney stone protect from kidney, heart and stomach related problem.
- People who have been advised to change their kidneys or are on dialysis can also use it.
- Kidney Gemstone removes negative effects.


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New Horizons: February 1998
Also in this issue
The Life and Death of Aleksandr Menn
by Larry Woiwode
by Linda R. Posthuma
Intolerance? Or Honest Conviction?
by Andrew H. Selle
Lessons from Genevan Presbyterianism
by Mark J. Larson
From recent news reports we have gathered several examples of how, in the last year, Christians have been persecuted and killed for the sake of the gospel in various places. The secular press generally turns a blind eye to the sufferings of persecuted Christians, but Christian sources are increasingly getting the news out. Still, only God knows how many thousands of Christians each year are severely persecuted and even called upon to seal their testimony with their blood.
In the Kurdish-controlled village of Dohuk in northern Iraq, evangelicals were attacked in September. The church in Dohuk and the home of its pastor, Yusif Matti, were overrun by a Muslim mob, according to Servant Group International, a Nashville-based mission organization. Mr. Matti and his family, sleeping in ground-floor living quarters in the nearly completed church, escaped, but not before armed Muslims issued death threats against them unless they left Kurdistan.
The attack followed the April murder of Christian bookstore worker Mansour Hussein Sifer in Arbil. The bookstore was run by Mr. Matti's church. Mr. Matti was forced to close down his church and go into hiding with his family after the September 18 attack.
The attackers reportedly broke out all of the windows and attempted to storm the family living quarters when Matti left his home to call the police. His children, particularly his young son who saw one of his own schoolmates among the rioters, were described by local sources to the news service Compass Direct as "deeply traumatized."
The church was nearing completion of its building, had reopened the bookstore where Mr. Sifer was killed, and had published a book on the Trinity.
In May, the government carried out the beheading of two Filipino Christians. Rue Janda and Arnel Beltran were accused of robbery, but fellow inmates testified that the two were actually incarcerated for their faith. According to a May 5 article in the Saudi newspaper Al-Jazeerah, the men were convicted and executed for "forced armed robbery" by the Supreme Judicial Council of Saudi Arabia. During the alleged incident in a Riyadh shop, the paper said, the two were accused of striking an employee on the head with an iron bar. Saudi Arabia strictly enforces Islamic law by publicly executing convicted murderers, drug smugglers, rapists, and armed robbers.
According to Compass Direct, a former cellmate of the executed men said the two shopkeepers were jailed more than two years ago on fabricated charges. Donato Lama said the men were most likely executed because of their particularly active Christian witness.
Mr. Lama, himself a Filipino Catholic released after seventeen months' imprisonment and seventy lashes from Saudi authorities, said the two Filipinos were active in leading Bible studies and prayers while in prison. The two were arrested after a fight broke out in the store where they worked, but witnesses said they were actually singled out because they were known to be Christians.
Mr. Lama was convicted by an Islamic court on charges of "promoting Christianity" in Saudi Arabia. A computer programmer in Saudi Arabia since 1981, Mr. Lama was released from prison March 28 and sent home to Manila after being imprisoned in October 1995. He was arrested and held after police, during a search of his apartment, discovered a photograph of him praying. The search took place after the murder of another Filipino working in Riyadh. Mr. Lama, however, had an ironclad alibi, since his passport proved he had been in Manila when the murder occurred.
Three terrorists dressed in police uniforms entered Ezbet Daoud, a half-Christian, half-Muslim village of a few hundred families 400 miles south of Cairo. Starting at a tailor's shop on the main street, they shot and killed two people-one Christian and the other Muslim. The two had reportedly handed over their identity cards (which include religious affiliation), believing the terrorists to be policemen. The attackers went on to kill Fadel Mohammed in his grocery store, along with two customers. Eight more villagers were killed on the street before the gunmen escaped in a waiting vehicle.
An opposition newspaper said the terrorists intended to strike a village church but discovered too much police security nearby. Nearly two years ago, villagers in the area helped police locate the local leader of the radical Gama'a Islamiya (Islamic Group), who was killed in a shoot-out.
Good news mingles with the ongoing horror in the war between the radical Islamic government, which controls the north, and the predominantly Christian south. This year five hundred children from the south have been bought back from slavery, many through the assistance of Voice of the Martyrs and other U.S.-based mission agencies.
Government forces are not conceding ground, however. On March 4, government helicopter gunships strafed a mission team and more than five hundred civilians who had come to meet the group in the Nuba Mountains. A DC-3, chartered by South African-based Frontline Fellowship and Voice of the Martyrs, had been on the ground only forty-five minutes when two Soviet-made MI-24 Hind helicopters roared over the airstrip.
"The gunships circled and made three strafing runs over the area," reported Frontline Fellowship director Peter Hammond. "They systematically rocketed and shot wherever people were fleeing. Our team saw two Nuba women shredded by machine cannon fire."
One machine gunner took aim at a team member who escaped fire by diving into a dry river bed. Incredibly, only two died in the attack. The team was able later to distribute most of the aid it brought in, which included relief packages of medicine, food, agricultural tools, and 1,500 Arabic Bibles.
China sentenced fifty-six-year-old Xu Yongzhe to ten years in a labor camp on September 25. Xu has been the leader of a house church movement in China's Henan Province, known as the "born-again movement." The ten-year sentence is one of the longest given to a Christian leader in the past decade.
The government charged Xu with "disruptive public order," but he reportedly refused to defend himself, believing the court had already decided his guilt. No friend or family member has seen him since his arrest. Now that he has been sentenced, he has the right to appeal and to see family members.
Xu's movement is reported to have about three million members. He has had some criticism from other leaders. However, Jonathan Chao, a longtime observer of China's house churches, has staunchly defended Xu. The criticism suggested there was an overemphasis on emotional display as proof of conversion.
Xu's wife was also arrested and, with three others, may be sentenced shortly.
Jiang Zemin, China's president, visited the U.S.A. at the end of October. American legislators presented him with a list of twenty-nine Christians, including Xu, who are believed imprisoned for their faith. Although the number of Christians in prison for their Christian activity is probably over two hundred, this list represents those arrested in the last two years, and whose residency and place of detention could be verified.
The reports from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the Sudan were taken with permission from World magazine (November 1, 1997). The report from China comes from the REC News Exchange (November 1997), picking up a Compass Direct account. Reprinted from New Horizons, February 1998.
New Horizons: February 1998
Also in this issue
The Life and Death of Aleksandr Menn
by Larry Woiwode
by Linda R. Posthuma
Intolerance? Or Honest Conviction?
by Andrew H. Selle
Lessons from Genevan Presbyterianism
by Mark J. Larson
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Repairing Siemens C30 with the damage of the software
Repairing Siemens C30 with the damage of the software
Siemens C30 was produced in co-operation with BOSCH company. That is why its usage and menu lay out do not really bring to mind the analogical elements of classic Siemens phones such as c35 or s35 - here everything is different. One of the possible symptoms of the phone with damaged software is the classic 'Phone Failure' message on the screen. The most frequent reason for this is an unskillfully removed 'SIM-LOCK' blockade. Another symptom is a phone being turned on with a total lack of contrast on the screen, and the last symptom is lack of any signs of working.The things needed:
- A cable to Siemens c30
- Repair bin generator program
- C30 service program
- Language pack v 1.01
Repair BIN generator
Siemens C30 service by PRO
Language package with PL language for v1.11.0
We run program C30 bin generator
In the place of zeros we type the imei number of our phone, for example:
We press 'Generate repair.bin' . In the folder where the program is there appears a file in a 'bin' format with our IMEI number in the name.
We run the program C30 Service. We connect the phone. We press Read Info and we turn on the phone to check the communication with the computer. In the windows of the program, there should appear the data concerning flash and software version.
Then we press Write All Flash button. The dialogue window opens and what is left to us is to load the bin file generated earlier.
Then the program asks us to turn on the phone and here a little surprise awaits us, as the great majority of Siemens phones flash during the operation of loading the software, but Siemens c30 doesn't.
If everything goes all right the phone will start to emit the sound similar to ticking of the clock.
This state will last for about 2 minutes, until the bar of progress is complete and the program asks to remove the battery and put it back again, this will mean that the process was finished successfully and there is nothing left but to follow the instructions of the program itself.
After putting back the battery we turn on the phone. If everything went well the phone should be successfully turned on and ready to use.
The only problem remaining now is how to load the Polish language to the menu of the phone, as repair bin generator program doesn't generate this language itself.
Once more we connect the phone (turned off) tot he computer and press "Read info". After reading the data we press "Write Language". Again the dialogue window opens, but this time we load the file 1.11.0pl.bin.
When the program asks us we turn on the phone. The phone starts 'ticking' again, but now the process is definitely shorter. After it is finished we put the sim card into the phone and we turn it on. The phone now works, has the menu option in Polish and doesn't have SIM-LOCK blockade.
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