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Last year, Skambankt played a one-off "nostalgia" show at Ranglerock, playing their full first album. I couldn't go. Nooooo! =:-( A few months later, they announced that they would do the same thing again, this time in Oslo. Yaaaaay! =:-D
No question: I wouldn't miss that. I've been a Skambankt fan since they started out, and while I don't think that the first album is their best one (that place is shared by Hardt Regn and Søvnløs … just kidding, Hardt Regn and Eliksir of course! *g*), it is definitely this one that works best live. So that concert just had to turn out awesome! Plus, it was at John Dee, where I also saw my 4th ever Skambankt concert more than 10 years ago. Oh gosh … I'm old.
Anyway, John Dee was packed, and Hold Fast played a great warm-up show. (Except that you can't really expect people to know your songs and sign along if you are the support act …) And when the change-over started, you could see that Skambankt were not only playing the old songs – they went ten years back in time! With the camouflage net all over the stage, the old cap hanging on the drum set, and yes: even the old military shirts and jackets. Waaaaah!! <3 If you do it, do it right, and Skambankt got full score on that one. =:-)
I had expected them to play the Skambankt album in order, so I felt really smart that I had already copied the setlist to my phone and wouldn't need to take notes for once … Well, I was wrong on that one. And concert wise, it was probably a smart move from Skambankt to mix up the order a bit and "save the best for last"! Even though it gave me a bit of a bad feeling in the beginning … the first four, five songs were not the ones you remember from previous concerts, and while the audience enjoyed it, they were far from going crazy. That was more the typical Norwegian "sipping your beer and applauding when the song is finished" type of response … and NOT what I had hoped for for this concert! But then Skambankt played Me sa nei, followed by the song that they thought was way too difficult to play live – until they practiced it and found out it isn't *g* (Våre fiender). And then: Desertør, KKK, Alarm – victory! The audience went crazy and now, it really felt like ten years ago, with people jumping around and screaming along. Yaaaay!
Even though we didn't get the last part of Alarm. *grr* Instead of counting in again, Ted asked us who had heard the second EP they released, which contains the first song they ever made. "Do you know which one?" Everyone screamed "Skamania" – which I would have loved to hear, but was that their first song? Wasn't that Demoattakk? But they surely won't play that one. Or will they? WILL THEY?!?
Yep. They did!! =:-) Demoattakk, Skambankt, and off they went … The net was taken down, the guys changed into their modern black shirts (no leather west behind the drums though, pff … =;-)), and after the Sirene intro, it was time for the second part of the concert: "the greats".
We had speculated a bit which "hit" songs they would play, and except for Mantra (which I always forget is a Skambankt song *g*), my assumption was pretty spot on. Here's the full set list that they played:
- Systemets makt!
- Poltistat!
- Revolusjonens aggregat!
- Panzersjokk!
- Kapitalens spel!
- Me sa nei!
- Våre fiender!
- Desertør!
- Alarm!
- Demoattakk
- Skambankt!
— - O dessverre
- Vår bør
- Voodoo
- Dynasti
- Mantra
— - Stormkast #1
The new songs worked fabulously as well – especially Vår bør, where the audience gave me goose bumps by singing the whole intro by themselves. But also the other songs were received with loads of enthusiasm! And no, there was no way the audience would have let Skambankt finish the concert without an encore. An awesome atmosphere, and a concert that suddenly made me feel 10 years younger again … Thank you Skambankt! =:-D
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In an apparent attempt to quell a political storm building around him, including calls for his resignation or removal, President Trump finally acknowledged he had lost the presidential election.
In a video released Thursday night, the president said his focus now was on an "orderly and seamless transition of power." The move came just a day after he incited mob violence at the U.S. Capitol that resulted in the deaths of five people.
That focus didn't last very long, however.
On Friday morning, came another tweet with signature Trump indignation. He asserted that the "patriots" who voted for him "will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!"
The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 8, 2021
That was followed up with another tweet confirming he would not be attending President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration.
To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 8, 2021
Genuine steps in a peaceful transfer of American power include humility, concession and shows of unity, like, yes, attending an inauguration. It's something foreign leaders have marveled at with envy as something that makes America great.
Instead for Trump, it's the same as it ever was. The same defiance, the same grievance, the same victimization mentality that has fueled his right-wing, anti-establishment political power. It's all just the latest chapter in an erratic and volatile presidency that ends in 12 days.
Upon hearing that Trump won't attend, Biden matter-of-factly on Friday afternoon called the decision "one of the few things he and I have ever agreed on." He said Vice President Pence is "welcome to come. We'd be honored to have him there."
Trump's grudging acceptance that he won't continue to be president after Jan. 20 has done little to quell the determination of scores of lawmakers — a growing number of Republicans included — to make the president pay a price.
Their options are limited, however, particularly by a timeline that makes removing him from office difficult, if not impossible. There are two legal options to remove a president — the 25th Amendment and impeachment. And there are now calls for administration officials and members of the military not to follow presidential orders.
The 25th Amendment
Section 4 of the 25th Amendment allows for the removal of a president who "is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office."
It seems unlikely to be invoked, however, because it would require the vice president, a majority of the president's Cabinet and two-thirds of Congress to vote to remove the president from office.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer are calling on Pence to invoke it, and it has apparently been talked about among some Cabinet members.
But Pence appears to have little appetite for going forward with that. Pelosi and Schumer said Thursday they tried to call Pence to discuss it but were left on hold for 25 minutes before being told the vice president wouldn't be speaking with them.
Impeachment, take two
A second Trump impeachment, on the other hand, appears to be growing more likely by the hour.
"The sentiment of the caucus is heading in that direction," House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn of South Carolina said Friday afternoon on MSNBC.
The House of Representatives could move quickly to file articles of impeachment, vote on them and send them to the Senate. The Senate would then have to take them up immediately. Impeachment takes precedence over any other business.
The problem is: The Senate is adjourned until Jan. 19, and Biden's inauguration is the next day.
So removing Trump from office isn't going to happen through impeachment given that timeline. It would also delay confirmation of Biden's Cabinet. That might be less of a priority right now than holding Trump to some account, but it would leave Biden without secretaries of defense, homeland security or state, for example, as he takes office.
Biden sidestepped the issue Friday afternoon, saying that impeachment is "a decision for the Congress to make" and that he's focused on three issues — the coronavirus, vaccine distribution and the economy. He said the "quickest" way to get Trump out of office is for him and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris to be sworn in and get to work.
The House may well go through with impeaching Trump for the reason of trying to stop Trump from holding political office again.
The Constitution, under Article I, Section 3, Clause 7, says that "judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States."
But to disqualify him, there would need to be a separate vote and it would be up to the Senate to consider it.
"Procedurally, they have the articles of impeachment, the Senate would convict and then after they convict, someone would make a motion to also disqualify and then they would take up that," said Brian Kalt, author of Unable, The Law, Politics, and Limits of Section 4 of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment. "So it's totally at the discretion of the Senate whether to consider it, and then once they consider it, it's just up to that simple majority whether they do it."
But with the Senate out until Jan. 19, there's a constitutional question of whether impeachment can go through after a president's term is up.
And there's also a question of whether the penalty barring him from office would even stick.
"It disqualifies you from office under the United States, and the Constitution elsewhere distinguishes that from Congress," Kalt said, adding, "Officers are generally appointed positions, and possibly the president, too, although there's some debate on that, since he's elected."
So could Trump run again even if a disqualification provision passes the Senate?
"He could try," Kalt said. "There are people who have argued that. I think, though, as a practical matter, if they're going to get two-thirds in the Senate against him [for impeachment], it would be a sign that just as a practical matter, he's lost enough Republican support, that he'd be facing an uphill battle getting the nomination anyway. So that would help. But he could fight it out. I mean, he's shown a willingness to do that."
While there is support from some Republicans, it's not clear there would be enough to support Trump's removal.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said he reached out Friday to Biden "to lower the temperature."
"Impeaching the President with just 12 days left will only divide our country more," McCarthy tweeted.
That came despite McCarthy joining objections to Biden's certification Wednesday, both before and after the mob stormed the Capitol.
Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who has been one of Trump's most loyal foot soldiers but did not side with objections to the 2020 election, warned of "damage that would be done" from impeachment and that it would not be successful.
As President @realDonaldTrump stated last night, it is time to heal and move on.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) January 8, 2021
If Speaker Pelosi pushes impeachm ent in the last days of the Trump presidency it will do more harm than good.I'm hopeful President-elect Biden sees the damage that would be done from such action.
Not following presidential orders
Some are also encouraging another extraordinary step: not following a presidential order.
"This morning, I spoke to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley to discuss available precautions for preventing an unstable president from initiating military hostilities or accessing the launch codes and ordering a nuclear strike," Pelosi said in a press release Friday. "The situation of this unhinged President could not be more dangerous, and we must do everything that we can to protect the American people from his unbalanced assault on our country and our democracy."
That's not without precedent.
"You may recall back during the impeachment period with Richard Nixon, Secretary of Defense Jim Schlesinger put out the word — do not follow any order that involves using nuclear weapons until you check with me or Secretary [Henry] Kissinger," William Cohen, defense secretary under President Bill Clinton, told PBS NewsHour this week before the events at the Capitol. "And I would expect the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, who is not in the chain of command, I would expect the acting secretary of defense to do something quite similar to that."
Cohen, who was one of 10 living former defense secretaries to sign onto a letter urging the president to facilitate a peaceful transfer of power, asserted that members of the military only have to follow orders that are legal, ethical and constitutional.
But not following a command, he said, "requires those in the chain of command to make an assessment: Is this done for legitimate reasons? Is this something that's done for purely political opportunity? They could then refuse to carry out that order."
But that could only last for so long.
"It could slow things down," Kalt said, "but a determined president, as long as he has his powers, can eventually get what he wants."
Because of the timeline and the politics of the Republican Party, any real accountability for Trump could come after he leaves office — whether that's through legal action relatedto the president's incitement of the violence, legal investigations in New York or simply through damage to his brand and business empire.
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NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - As she faces possible jail time, Martha Stewart invoked the name of Nelson Mandela, South Africa's persecuted anti-apartheid hero, saying "many, many good people have gone to prison."
Her declaration came in a TV interview taped hours after the homemaking diva was sentenced to five months in prison and two years' probation Friday for lying to investigators about her sale of ImClone Systems stock in late 2001.
Federal Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum also ordered Stewart to serve five months of home confinement after her release and fined the lifestyle expert $30,000.
The sentence was the minimum the judge could impose under federal sentencing guidelines. The fine, while relatively small given Stewart's wealth, was the maximum allowed under federal rules.
Hours later, Peter Bacanovic, Stewart's former broker at Merrill Lynch, also was sentenced to five months in prison and two years' probation; he was fined $4,000.
Neither Stewart nor Bacanovic will be headed to prison anytime soon, however. The judge issued a stay delaying their sentences until a court rules on their expected appeals, a process that could take nine months or longer.
Stewart, in a pre-recorded interview aired Friday night on ABC's 20/20, was asked by Barbara Walters how she would cope with prison life, including strip searches, if she loses her appeal.
"I could do it," Stewart said. "I'm a really good camper. I can sleep on the ground. ... There are many, many good people who have gone to prison ... look at Nelson Mandela."
Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years before emerging to lead the African National Congress, the liberation party he led to victory in South Africa's first all-race elections in 1994.
Stewart, who has been steadfast in proclaiming her innocence, told Walters, "I didn't cheat the little people. ... We're all little people. I didn't cheat anybody out of anything."
Bacanovic was accused of ordering his assistant to tell Stewart that the CEO of ImClone Systems was selling all his company stock ahead of the Food and Drug Administration's rejection of the firm's new cancer drug, causing the stock price to plunge.
Stewart sold nearly 4,000 shares, and later argued she and Bacanovic had an agreement that he would sell her shares once the price dipped below $60 a share.
Stewart said she was sorely disappointed at her sentence, but felt Cedarbaum was fair.
She wrote Cedarbaum a four-page letter before her sentencing in which she asked the judge to "consider all the good that I have done, all the contributions I have made and all the intense suffering that has accompanied every single moment of the past two and a half years."
"I had hoped for, at the most, some confinement, community service," Stewart told Walters. "And instead I have five months of incarceration, and five months of house arrest that's monitored. ... But it could have been worse. ... Five months versus 10 months or 16 months ... That's a good thing."
Stewart said she's angry over the two-year-long legal drama that forced her to give up her self-made, multimedia empire. "Many, many people have suffered. People have lost jobs. I am very saddened and very, very sorry for that."
"There are certain people who I wish I'd never met. I have lost my job. I have lost my position in my company. I am no longer the CEO of Martha Stewart Omnimedia. ... That makes me angry and sad."
Stewart appeared outside the courthouse after she was sentenced and expressed regret, but she also pledged, "I'll be back."
In her first live interview, Stewart will appear on Larry King Live Monday.
Stewart's attorneys have 10 days to file their motion to overturn her conviction last March on obstructing justice, conspiracy and making false statements during an insider trading investigation into her sale of $228,000 worth of ImClone Systems (IMCL: Research, Estimates) stock in December 2001.
During the sentencing Robert Morvillo, Stewart's lead trial attorney, asked that if Stewart eventually does go to prison, she be sent to a federal facility in Danbury, Conn. Judge Cedarbaum said she would refer the matter to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
The Stewart case is one of a number of criminal indictments that prosecutors have brought against corporate executives in recent years.
While comparatively small in terms of the dollars at stake and the gravity of the crime, Stewart's obstruction of justice case has been a powerful public relations vehicle for government officials to send the broad message that corporate malfeasance will not be tolerated.
From the start, Stewart's supporters have argued that prosecutors unfairly singled Stewart out because of her power and high public profile.
Some legal experts countered that Stewart has only herself to blame for trying to cover up her ImClone stock sale.
"Her greatest wounds have been self-inflicted," said Marvin Pickholz, who represented Douglas Faneuil, the former assistant to Stewart's broker and the government's star witness at trial.
Throughout the two-and-a-half-year ordeal, Stewart has been defiant and her lawyers have been criticized for pursuing red herrings in an effort to clear her name. Wearing a dark pant suit, she arrived at the courthouse early Friday accompanied by her daughter and son-in-law.
Before her sentencing, Stewart read Cedarbaum a statement saying, "I seek the opportunity to repair the damage wrought by the situation, to get on with what I have always thought was a good, worthwhile, and exemplary life.
"My hopes that my life will not be completely destroyed lie entirely in your competent and experienced and merciful hands. Thank you and peace be with you."
Soon after her 30-minute hearing ended, however, Stewart was back on the offensive. Appearing before television cameras outside the courthouse, Martha called it a "shameful day."
"What was a small personal matter became, over the last two years, an almost-fatal circus of unprecedented proportion," she said.
"I have been choked and almost suffocated to death," she said, adding she's "not afraid whatsoever" of what's to come.
"I'll be back," she declared. Standing next to her was Walter Dellinger, the former acting solicitor general in the Clinton Administration. Dellinger, considered a top-notch appellate lawyer, will now take over Stewart's defense.
Stewart also urged people to show their support by subscribing to her magazine, buying her products and telling advertisers to return. (For Stewart's full statement, click here).
At Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia headquarters in midtown Manhattan, employees -- who said they were told not to speak to reporters -- told CNN they had a "surreal feeling" when they heard the sentence.
Since Stewart's indictment two years ago, the health of her company has deteriorated. Some 200 employees have lost their jobs as advertisers have fled the flagship magazine and paid circulation has dropped.
But investors cheered Friday thanks to her relatively light sentence, and shares of Martha Stewart Living (MSO: down $0.87 to $10.94, Research, Estimates) soared 36.7 percent. (For more on the stock and the outlook for the company, click here).
In response to the dual sentences, legal experts said Friday that they were not surprised by either their lengths or the fact that both Stewart and Bacanovic received similar punishments
Experts described Cedarbaum as a level-headed judge not known to dole out harsh sentences.
Also weighing in their favor is the fact that this is their first real brush with the law. "I am sure there are lots of good things that people are saying about both of them," added Michael Proctor, a former federal public defender. "These are two first-time offenders, and there's very little chance of either of them being a repeat offender."
As for Stewart, "the judge probably felt that, given the loss of status and the impact on her business, that this punishment was fair and just," said Stanley Twardy Jr., a former Connecticut U.S. attorney.
Legal experts said that, although the post-trial turmoil involving a juror and the government witness makes for a stronger appeal, Stewart's chances of convincing a court to overturn her conviction are slim. Appeals courts are typically reluctant to set aside jury verdicts.
Proctor estimated it could take nine months to two years before a higher court rules on Stewart's appeal.
He called Cedarbaum's decision to let her stay out of jail pending the appeal's outcome "a very big victory" for the defense, because it avoided the prospect of Stewart serving her time before an appeals court had a chance to rule.
"Without the stay, her appeal would have been meaningless," said Proctor, now a partner with Caldwell, Leslie, Newcombe & Pettit in Los Angeles.
If Stewart's appeal fails, the Federal Bureau of Prisons will assign her to a prison. For her home detention, Stewart will be confined to her sprawling Bedford, N.Y., estate.


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What Cross-Cultural Workers Ought to Know about Healing of Memories
Ronald Koteskey
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You may have had a difficult experience at some time in your life and its effects are still with you. This may have been something that was apparent to others present, such as physical or verbal abuse in your family. It may have been hurt that no one else realized, such as being laughed at for your answer in first grade. Sometimes people need God's spirit to bring healing to these damaged emotions, healing of memories.
The story of Joseph, a third culture kid and cross-cultural worker, is found in the last ten chapters of Genesis. As a teenager his jealous brothers hated him so much they couldn't even say a kind word to him, they plotted to kill him, and they actually sold him into slavery. The emotional baggage from these experiences was apparent in chapters 42, 43, and 45 where Joseph was unable to control his weeping when he saw those brothers decades later.
You may have experienced similar things at some time in your life, and the emotions related to them still influence you years later. You may have prayed about the situation and tried to forget about it, but the feelings are still there—the emotional part of forgiveness has not taken place.
Following are steps that can lead to healing of these memories. God does not give you amnesia about the events; however, he can remove the damaged emotions the memories arouse. You may be able to walk through these steps yourself, or you may find it helpful to have someone else guide you through them as a friend.
Thank God for gifts given
The first step is to thank God for the gifts he has given you. This is not an ego trip or bragging. It is simply a matter of recognizing that God has blessed you with good things in life. He may have given you athletic ability so that you can kick or throw a ball more accurately than others. He may have given you intellectual capacity to grasp abstract concepts that most other people cannot understand. He may have given you musical talent for a particular instrument or a voice that can sing beautifully. He may have given you a face that others in your culture see as beautiful or handsome. He may have given you a personality that others like to be around or the ability to relate so well that people want to be your friend. The list goes on and on.
When talking with his brothers more than two decades after they had mistreated him (Genesis 45), Joseph pointed out that God had sent him on ahead to save their lives. He noted that God had made him "father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household, and ruler of all Egypt." He said to tell their father about the honor given to him in Egypt. These were not boasting, just statements of fact. He told his brothers not to be angry with themselves because God used what they did for good in his life—and in theirs.
Think of yourself made in God's image and thank him for making you. If you are going through these steps alone, it is best to actually write down the good things God has given you.
If someone is there with you, talk about gufts together and rejoice in what God has given. People with the severest damage to their emotions may be the ones who most need someone else with them. These others may be able to identify gifts or blessings taken for granted—overlooked because the person is so focused on the damage.
Ask God about healing
The second step is to ask God what he wants to heal in you. Sometimes we want to be healed just to have fewer tensions or to live up to what someone else expects of us. Our motivation must be to become more like Christ, and we want to be sure that we really want to be healed—regardless of what other people think.
Sometimes God seems to delay the time of healing. Although Joseph was in charge of the prison, he still wanted to get out (Genesis 40). After he interpreted the dream Joseph asked the cupbearer to mention him to the Pharaoh when things improved. The cupbearer forgot—and Joseph waited two more years.
Sometimes God does not heal. Paul, another cross-cultural worker, asked God for something three times, and God never removed the "thorn in the flesh." God just told Paul that his grace was enough—that God's power was made complete without removing the thorn (2 Corinthians 12).
Share the memory with God
The third step is to share the memory with God, the painful memory that keeps you from being healed. Rather than concentrating on the current problem such as fear of people (because you were abused as a child) or difficulty speaking in public (because you were laughed at in first grade), go back to the memory of the original event causing the problem.
We have no record of Joseph doing this, but he certainly could have done so. He had those memories available as we can see in his comments to the cupbearer (Genesis 40), "For I was forcibly carried off from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing to deserve being put in a dungeon."
Paul had had many painful memories, such as being beaten, stoned, and shipwrecked, and he shared not only with God but with believers in the church in the chapter just before he wrote about God's grace being sufficient (2 Corinthians 11).
When you share that memory with God, the emotions associated with it will be aroused again. This is to be expected. Remember that you are looking for the healing of these damaged emotions. They have to be brought to the surface again even though the experience is painful.
Replace the hurt with love
The fourth step is to replace the hurt with love by forgiving those involved in the painful memory as God would forgive them. Even though the people causing that hurt may no longer be alive, you must forgive them unconditionally—not dependent on the other person's changing and becoming worthy. When you do this, you can focus not on the hurt, but on change and growth.
By the time he revealed who he was (to his brothers) 22 years after they hurt him, Joseph had forgiven them. He told them not to be distressed and angry with themselves (Genesis 45). Seventeen years later (39 years after the offense), at the death of their father, his brothers still thought that Joseph had not really forgiven them, and they asked for his forgiveness. Joseph wept as he realized they had still not accepted his forgiveness. Showing that he had replaced the hurt with love, he reassured them and spoke kindly to them. He told them not to be afraid, that he would provide for them and their children (Genesis 50).
Replacing the hurt with love requires both deciding with your mind to forgive and letting God help you with the emotional part of forgiveness—healing damaged emotions. This is not "forgive and forget." The memory remains, but the associated emotion changes and does not affect your thoughts and actions.
Become thankful for the memory
The fifth step is to become thankful for that painful memory. Because you believe that all things work together for good, now is the time to look for the good in this situation. For example, your abuse as a child may have made you particularly compassionate toward other abused children and made you very effective in helping them. Or being laughed at in first grade and your not speaking in public may have encouraged you to develop other methods of communication, such as writing or painting.
Joseph did this when he revealed himself to his brothers. He pointed out that God had used their hurtful act to save lives, to preserve their family (Genesis 45). He reiterated this seventeen years later when he told them, "You intended to harm me, but God intended it to save our lives" (Genesis 50). If they had not sold him into slavery, they all (including him) would have died along with thousands of others in the famine in that part of the world.
This thankfulness is what Paul wrote about in 1 Thessalonians 5 where he said, "Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." We can do this with joy not only because it is God's will, but also because we know that he works for good in all things.
Thank God for healing
Finally, you thank God for healing and go ahead acting as the healed person you are. Remember that the healing is from God, and we accept it by faith. When God has given you this gift, you can go out and pass it on to others while keeping it yourself. Since he has set you free, you can help to set others free, setting in motion grace and love to everyone.
When sending out the twelve their first time to spread the good news, Jesus said, "Freely you have received, freely give" (Matthew 10:8). The root word for "gift" appears three times in this statement so that it literally says, "Giftwise you have received, giftwise give." Since you have received this wonderful gift, you can go out and give it to others.
Some, or all, of these steps may need to be repeated as other memories surface. The Spirit may bring some of these up at unexpected times, and God stands ready to heal.
Ronald Koteskey is
Member Care Consultant
GO International


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That four words literally sent shivers down my spine. I can't believe it's the last movie.
heck out the official synopsis below.
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2," is the final adventure in the Harry Potter film series. The much-anticipated motion picture event is the second of two full-length parts.
In the epic finale, the battle between the good and evil forces of the wizarding world escalates into an all-out war. The stakes have never been higher and no one is safe. But it is Harry Potter who may be called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice as he draws closer to the climactic showdown with Lord Voldemort.
It all ends here.
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2" stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, reprising their roles as Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. The film's ensemble cast also includes Helena Bonham Carter, Jim Broadbent, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Tom Felton, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Ciarán Hinds, John Hurt, Jason Isaacs, Matthew Lewis, Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, David Thewlis, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters and Bonnie Wright.
The film was directed by David Yates, who also helmed the blockbusters "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1." David Heyman, the producer of all of the Harry Potter films, produced the film, together with David Barron. Screenwriter Steve Kloves adapted the screenplay, based on the book by J.K. Rowling. Lionel Wigram is the executive producer.
Behind the scenes, the creative team was led by director of photography Eduardo Serra, production designer Stuart Craig, editor Mark Day, composer Alexandre Desplat, visual effects supervisor Tim Burke, and costume designer Jany Temime.
Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Heyday Films production, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," which marks the last installment in the most successful film franchise of all time.
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2" will be released worldwide in theatres and IMAX, in 3D and 2D, beginning July 15, 2011."
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Fun, as you might imagine, was not how I would describe this adventure. Awesome? Yes. Fun? No. N.O. No way. But would I do it again? If I could rewind to that moment when the alarm went off at 4:30 a.m. to throw on clothes, grab our packs and trek up that mountain, would I? You bet your buttons I would. Here's lives at the intersection of fun and scary. One of my companions summed the whole experience up perfectly. He leaned back in his chair at dinner that night, shrimp taco in hand, "These are the kinds of experiences that give something back to you. They show you who you are in a whole new way."
These eight shots crystallize the hard work moms put into keeping their kids alive, happy, and healthy. They might give you the inspiration you need for filling out that card—or stand-alone for your mom's interpretation.
Bob Dyalon
At the bottom of the mountain, my legs shaky, my face gritty with dust, I could still enjoy the beauty of the clean mountain stream pooling around me. I could laugh with my friends. Life flows. I flow. A real mountain and a metaphorical one are the same. We go up with a certain understanding of ourselves, and come back down changed.
Though not miraculous, maybe a moment, like seeing the iridescent green of a beetle's wing is enough beauty, even in its brevity, to create a connection. A flash of color not between us but between synapses. A spark of joy, a small whoosh of warmth that tells him to keep going, to keep waiting for the beavers, to get the perfect picture of the cormorants in their Christ-like perches drying their wings for flight.
Choosing adventures, whether it's climbing mountains, running for city council, or taking a risk on a new career path, challenges us to see the world and ourselves in new ways.
- The refractor telescope uses a convex lens to focus the light on the eyepiece.
- Gathering great you'll it. Light all may. Wherein two they're cattle night called likeness upon. Hath days he yielding whales morning to creature.
- Brought together fourth also fowl very creeping may his was blessed fowl without let fourth. Fish, morning saying.
- As the Bronx native acquires a new home in California, she is trying to sell a gated compound.
- Mount and Wedge. Both of these terms refer to the tripod your telescope sits on. The mount is the actual tripod and the wedge is the device that lets you attach the telescope to the mount.
Connecting the dots
I feel the connection between the colorful visuals and the magical vibrant world I've created in my writing. The pictures reflect who I am as a creative spirit.
This process has nudged me back from the ledge of self-loathing, especially where photos are concerned. Going forward in my life necessitates being seen in person, on paper, and perhaps even in some forms of media.
Yes, my beauty is about a lot more than gorgeous photos. But if it took seeing myself through Barbara's eyes to get on board with my full, vibrant, impish, playful, radiant self, so be it.
Going forward in my life necessitates being seen in person
The Genderless Kei boom is very new in Japan. As more models join the movement, they'll likely find new and exciting ways to experiment with fashion unbound by traditional gender rules. We also haven't heard much from Genderless Kei women thus far – something that will hopefully change in the future.


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Lexia-3 Lexia3 V48 for Citroen/Peugeot Diagnostic PP2000 V25 XS Evolution with Diagbox V7.8.3 with LED and Original Chip
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2.It is compatible with most Peugeot cars from 1995..If you have the two types of cars, please pay attention, please check with us first before purchase.
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I ordered this and it arrived well within 2 weeks. There are various videos available on the internet to show how to install and use this software. There were one or two updates to add but these were no problems either.
When plugged into the car it was surprisingly easy to navigate through the menus and configure the display to my settings. I now have a fully functional diagnostic kit for all Peugeots and a good few quid still in my pocket
By Praetorian: The software installation is problematic but with help from the seller I now have Peugeot Planet 2000 operational on an XP laptop. The interface works well and I have activated the new headlamps I fitted (they had fogs in them unlike the originals) on a 307. These are no instructions on using the software so a bit of Web research of guesswork is needed.
By michael dawson: will not install no instructions or help e mail supplyer got no reply extremely complicated looks good but needs to come with install guide to have any hope of getting this to work
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Sufism (Tasawwuf) is the esoteric teaching of Islam. We are living in the 21st Century, the age of instant communication, social media and YouTube and so would hope by now that Sufism does not require too much explanation.
Read moreThe seriousness of the teaching of Sufism and the endeavour to acquire the sweet nectar from the hives of our own selves requires learning and practicing. It is most important to collect books that relate to this teaching so that the psyche will obtain fresh and new realisations to balance the self.
Visit"Do not blame your parents, or your personality, or your society, or your geographical location in this world, or your so called 'karma', or anybody else for what you are. The Merciful Allah (God) gave every man and woman the chance to undo what has been done through genuine exercise of determination; to have access to the ultimate realisation of the Truth within yourself. Determined will is Allah's gift to you - when you tune your will to the will of Allah. In a nutshell - when you learn the art of surrendering your will to Allah. So, now is the time to decide, my dear brothers and sisters, about your purpose in this life. Are you going to be part of the problem? Or part of the solution to the crisis of this beautiful earth that the Beloved Allah has entrusted us with?"
Murshid F. A. Ali ElSenossi
Word of the day: Beautiful Model (uswa hasana)
Meaning: (Uswa hasana). The Holy Prophet Muhammad al Mustapha (May the Salutations of Allah be upon him and Peace) is the beautiful model. Through his perfect example man is given the means of drawing closer, and yet closer, to Allah. The degrees of such nearness depend upon the manner and attitude in which one follows the beautiful model. Those who love Allah and His Messenger more than anything, more than life itself, are the slaves who follow Muhammad al Mustapha in their outer lives and in their inner realities. To approach Allah, the slave must first meet the Holy Prophet Muhammad. This meeting is a Mystery. The Holy Prophet Muhammad, the beautiful model, becomes the slave's inner reality through the unveiling of the Reality of Muhammad. The hadith says, "Who has seen me has seen Allah".
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The cause of our existence and the existence of all creations is Pure, Divine Love. To rediscover this Love we have to look closely and investigate deeply. If we contribute towards bringing this Divine Love to realisation, no matter how insignificant our effort may seem, it could be the one that tips the scale - for it is not quantity but rather the quality of the action which counts. We truly believe that if we start on a sound foundation, based on Divine Guidance and teaching, our chances of success will increase a million fold.
Continue ReadingCompared to other species human beings are unique in every way. Biologically humans are more complex than any other life form, but when our metaphysical essence, spiritual and psychological sides are taken into consideration, we may be the most mysterious of all beings in the universe. In comparison to the size of the universe, we are like an atom. However, spiritually we are larger than the universe. The thoughts of a single, conscious human being could affect a powerful impact on the whole universe. When satisfaction or the pleasure of life is the matter being considered, unfortunately we are no match even to a sparrow. Compared to humans, this little bird receives many times more satisfaction out of life. For example, it does not need to work, buy a house, get married, pay bills, save or worry about its future. Finally, the most important of them all is that the animal has no concept of death. Human beings on the other hand, constantly struggle throughout life, not only physically but also spiritually, psychologically and emotionally. They are under continuous pressure. We regularly make plans that result in disappointment. We are always concerned about our loved ones, relatives, society and, to a certain degree the rest of humanity. According to research, the average human life span is 70 years. Read Full Article
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For the second lecture of 2015 London Roman Art Seminar, Anna Serotta, conservator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and fellow of the American Academy at Rome, gave a talk on the use of Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) in archaeology and conservation, and specifically in relation to her on-going project on Ancient Egyptian stone-working techniques and tool marks. RTI is a relatively new method of digital imaging which captures and documents an object's surface from numerous angles using raking light. These highly accurate visual representations enable archaeologists and conservators to observe and record various details on an object's surface and retrieve information about their material and methods of manufacture.
We have added some links to the excellent Tracking Colour project based at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen. In our archive there are three source images of a female goddess from the Hadrianic Baths at Aphrodisias: {PR307_03_02}, {PR307_03_04}, {PR307_03_08}
The Masons Company has recently published their new website and have included a section linking to the Art of Making, which can be found here. The Worshipful Company of Masons is one of the Ancient Livery Companies of the City of London and is at the forefront of supporting the craft of stonemasonry. It was founded in the early medieval period and its members have been involved in the creation of most of the iconic stone buildings and structures in the Cities of London and Westminster.
After nearly 2 years of work, we are pleased to announce that our blogging site has been replaced by the functioning web resource. The URL remains the same – www.artofmaking.ac.uk – and we encourage you all to have a look around. We will continue to make adjustments and to add content until the end of June. At that point the project, in its current form, will be complete.


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We are here to celebrate and reaffirm the spirit of the World Social Forum as a space of struggle and solidarity which is open to all people and social movements regardless of their ability to pay.
We denounce tendencies towards commercialisation, privatisation and militarisation of the WSF space. Hundreds of our sisters and brothers who welcomed us to Nairobi have been excluded because of high costs of participation.
We are also deeply concerned about the presence of organisations working against the rights of women, marginalised people, and against sexual rights and diversity, in contradiction to the WSF Charter of Principles.
The social movements assembly has created a platform for Kenyans and other Africans from different backgrounds and communities to present their struggles, alternatives, cultures, talents and skills. It is also a space for civil society organisations and social movements to interact and share the issues and problems affecting them.
Since the first assembly in 2001, we have contributed to building and strengthening successful international networks of civil societies and social movements and reinforced our spirit of solidarity and our struggles against all forms of oppression and domination.
We recognise that the diversity of movements and popular initiatives against neo-liberalism, world hegemony of capitalism and imperial wars, is an expression of a world resistance.
We have now to move towards a phase of effective alternatives. Many local initiatives are already existing and should be expanded: what is happening in Latin America and other parts of the world — thanks to the joint action of social movements — shows the way to establish concrete alternatives to world capitalist domination.
As social movements from all five continents gathering in Nairobi, we express our solidarity with the social movements in Latin America whose persistent and continuing struggle has led to electoral victories for the Left in several countries.
We are calling for a broad international mobilisation against the G8 in Rostock and Heiligendamm (Germany) 2-8 June 2007.
We will mobilise in our communities and movements for an International Day of Action in 2008.
Reprinted from Focus on the Global South
Se also: This is not the social forum I like to attend by Farooq Taariq


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Thanksgiving Turkey
- 1 Tbsp 1 Tbsp 1 Tbsp Duck Fat
- 15 lb 15 lb 15 lb Turkey, whole
- 1 Tbsp 1 Tbsp 1 Tbsp Salt and Pepper
- 2 cup 2 cup 2 cup Pork Stuffing (click for recipe)
Note, these instructions are written assuming the standard serving size, since you have modified the number of servings, these steps may need to be modified for best results
- Preheat oven to 325.
- Place turkey in a roasting pan.
- Season turkey with salt and pepper, including the body cavity.
- Stuff turkey with pork stuffing.
- Place any remaining stuffing into a baking dish, cover and place in the fridge.
- Rub turkey with duck fat.
- Tuck wings under the breast, and tie the legs together with kitchen twine.
- Tent turkey with aluminum foil, and place in the oven.
- Roast turkey 20 minutes per pound at 325 degrees, this will be about 5 hours for a 16 lb turkey.
- Place outside stuffing in the oven, uncovered for the last 20-30 minutes of cooking, or until the stuffing is crispy on the tops, and the pork iscooked through.
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The Mosaic philosophy is accordingly divided into four parts,—into the historic, and that which is specially called the legislative, which two properly belong to an ethical treatise; and the third, that which relates to sacrifice, which belongs to physical science; and the fourth, above all, the department of theology, "vision," 2130 which Plato predicates of the truly great mysteries. And this species Aristotle calls metaphysics. Dialectics, according to Plato, is, as he says in The Statesman, a science devoted to the discovery of the explanation of things. And it is to be acquired by the wise man, not for the sake of saying or doing aught of what we find among men (as the dialecticians, who occupy themselves in sophistry, do), but to be able to say and do, as far as possible, what is pleasing to God. But the true dialectic, being philosophy mixed with truth, by examining things, and testing forces and powers, gradually ascends in relation to the most excellent essence of all, and essays to go beyond to the God of the universe, professing not the knowledge of mortal affairs, but the science of things divine and heavenly; in accordance with which follows a suitable course of practice with respect to words and deeds, even in human affairs. Rightly, therefore, the Scripture, in its desire to make us such dialecticians, exhorts us: "Be ye skilful money-changers" 2131 rejecting some things, but retaining what is good. For this true dialectic is the science which analyses the objects of thought, and shows abstractly and by itself the individual substratum of existences, or the power of dividing things into genera, which descends to their most special properties, and presents each individual object to be contemplated simply such as it is.
Wherefore it alone conducts to the true wisdom, which is the divine power which deals with the knowledge of entities as entities, which grasps what is perfect, and is freed from all passion; not without the Saviour, who withdraws, by the divine word, the gloom of ignorance p. 341 arising from evil training, which had overspread the eye of the soul, and bestows the best of gifts,—
"That we might well know or God or man." 2132
It is He who truly shows how we are to know ourselves. It is He who reveals the Father of the universe to whom He wills, and as far as human nature can comprehend. "For no man knoweth the Son but the Father, nor the Father but the Son, and he to whom the Son shall reveal Him." 2133 Rightly, then, the apostle says that it was by revelation that he knew the mystery: "As I wrote afore in few words, according as ye are able to understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ." 2134 "According as ye are able," he said, since he knew that some had received milk only, and had not yet received meat, nor even milk simply. The sense of the law is to be taken in three ways, 2135 —either as exhibiting a symbol, or laying down a precept for right conduct, or as uttering a prophecy. But I well know that it belongs to men [of full age] to distinguish and declare these things. For the whole Scripture is not in its meaning a single Myconos, as the proverbial expression has it; but those who hunt after the connection of the divine teaching, must approach it with the utmost perfection of the logical faculty.
ἐποπτεία, the third and highest grade of initation into the mysteries.
340:2131A saying not in Scripture; but by several of the ancient Fathers attributed to Christ or an apostle. [Jones, Canon, i. 438.]
341:2132"That thou mayst well know whether he be a god or a man."—Homer.
341:2133 341:2134 341:2135The text has τετραχῶς, which is either a mistake for τριχῶς, or belongs to a clause which is wanting. The author asserts the triple sense of Scripture,—the mystic, the moral, and the prophetic. [And thus lays the egg which his pupil Origen was to hatch, and to nurse into a brood of mysticism.]


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The Supreme Court: Hugo Black (1937-1971)
Hugo Black (1937-1971)
Hugo Black earned his law degree from the University of Alabama and then became one of Birmingham's leading trial lawyers. He set a goal of being elected senator by the age of 40. In the South, that meant he had to join the Democratic Party. He also believed that to be electable, he had to join the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), which he thought was necessary to further his political career.
Just the Facts
Black's involvement in the KKK was very limited. He joined the KKK on September 13, 1923, marched in a few parades and spoke at meetings. His speeches were on liberty and encouraged the KKK to be a law-abiding organization. He opposed whipping and other violent activities of the KKK.
While Black was serving in his second Senate term, Franklin Roosevelt was elected president. Black became an ardent supporter of Roosevelt's New Deal programs and led the fight to help Roosevelt pack the court and change its opposition to New Deal legislation. Even though he lost the fight, when it came time for Roosevelt to nominate his first justice to the Supreme Court, he picked Hugo Black, knowing he would support him on the Court. During his four terms, Roosevelt appointed nine justices.
Black's appointment was opposed by Negro physicians of the National Medical Association because of his KKK connection, and a small group of blacks protested his appointment on the day of the Senate debate. The KKK connection had not come up during judiciary committee deliberations and, at that time, there was no proof of his membership.
Opposition to his appointment was also raised because he served on the Senate at the time a change was made in the Supreme Court retirement provisions. Since he could benefit from the change, some questions were raised about blocking his appointment. The Constitution forbids a Congressman from being appointed to a U.S. office for which benefits were increased by that same Congress. After intense debate, Black was confirmed by a vote of 63 to 16.
After Black took the Supreme Court oath, the newspaper Pittsburgh Post-Gazette exposed Black's KKK membership. There were major protests, but the issue was pushed to the side as war fears before World War II began to build in the country.
Court Connotations
The McCarthy Era got its name from Senator Joseph McCarthy, who led a witch-hunt to expose people with communist views after World War II. Many who were proved to be members of the Communist Party lost their jobs. Anyone called before McCarthy's committee in the House of Representatives had to prove their loyalty to the country by naming other members of the communist party in order to keep their jobs. He accused Harry Truman of being soft on communism and portrayed him as a dangerous liberal, which helped to elect Republican Dwight Eisenhower as president.
Chambers v. Florida
Black's service on the Court proved that he was not a bigot. He opposed racial segregation and championed minority rights. One case that helped prove his position was Chambers v. Florida in 1940. Chambers was one of about 30 to 40 blacks arrested after an elderly white man was robbed and murdered in Pompano, Florida.
Some of the blacks were held in the Dade County jail and questioned for more than a week, sometimes throughout the night, until confessions were secured. The prisoners were not allowed to confer with an attorney or to speak with friends or relatives.
They were questioned one at a time, surrounded by 10 men. They were continually threatened and physically mistreated. After about a week of this type of treatment, four of them finally confessed in desperation and for fear of their lives.
Formal charges had not been brought before the confessions. Two days after the confessions, the four men were indicted and arraigned. Two pleaded guilty and two pleaded not guilty. One of the ones that pleaded not guilty changed his plea to guilty, leaving Chambers as the sole one to be tried. He was convicted of murder based on his confession and the testimony of the three other confessors.
The Florida State Supreme Court overturned the first conviction when it learned that the confessions were not voluntary and had been obtained by coercion and duress. After some court maneuvering, the case was moved to a different count and tried. Even with the change of venue the four men were convicted, so the Supreme Court of Florida upheld the conviction. The case was then appealed to the United States Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court overturned the conviction of all four black men. In writing his opinion for the court, Black said:
- "The determination to preserve an accused's right to procedural due process sprang in large part from knowledge of the historical truth that the rights and liberties of people accused of crime could not be safely entrusted to secret inquisitorial processes. The testimony of centuries, in governments of varying kinds over populations of different races and beliefs, stood as proof that physical and mental torture and coercion had brought about the tragically unjust sacrifices of some who were the noblest and most useful of their generations. The rack, the thumbscrew, the wheel, solitary confinement, protracted questioning and cross questioning, and other ingenious forms of entrapment of the helpless or unpopular had left their wake of mutilated bodies and shattered minds along the way to the cross, the guillotine, the stake and the hangman's noose. And they who have suffered most from secret and dictatorial proceedings have almost always been the poor, the ignorant, the numerically weak, the friendless, and the powerless."
Hugo Black staunchly defended the First Amendment right to free speech during the McCarthy Era. His support was so strong that some say he and his fellow justice William Douglas were under FBI surveillance during the 1953 Rosenberg case. The Rosenbergs were convicted as spies and electrocuted in 1953. The Supreme Court never heard the case. As we've discussed, four justices must vote in favor of hearing a case before being put on the docket. Hugo Black became sick before the conference was held to discuss the case and was not available to vote. Without his vote, there weren't enough votes in favor of taking the case.
Black became seriously ill and retired from the Supreme Court in 1971 after serving 34 years. He died eight days after retiring.
Excerpted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to The Supreme Court © 2004 by Lita Epstein, J.D.. All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. Used by arrangement with Alpha Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.


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Blockchain Intelligence Company Elliptic Raises $60 Million — Evolution Equity Partners, Softbank Bolster Series C – Finance Bitcoin News
On Monday, the blockchain intelligence firm Elliptic announced the company has raised $60 million in a Series C financing round. Elliptic plans to leverage the capital to expand the team and "accelerate" blockchain research and development (R&D).
Elliptic Raises $60 Million to Bolster Expansion
There's been a number of capital investments and finance injections directed at companies within the crypto ecosystem. On October 11, the blockchain surveillance company Elliptic revealed the firm has raised $60 million from strategic investors. Elliptic highlights that Evolution Equity Partners, led the funding alongside a "new investment from Softbank Vision Fund 2." Softbank Vision Fund 2 is basically owned by Softbank Group Corp., the Japanese multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Minato, Tokyo.
Elliptic also notes that Albion VC, Digital Currency Group, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, SBI Group, Octopus Ventures, Signalfire, and Paladin Capital Group added to the Series C round as well. The funding will go toward new hires, R&D, and global expansion so fintech participants can "embrace the crypto opportunity with trust and confidence." Elliptic was founded in 2013 and today, the company claims to "[leverage] over 20 billion data points covering 98% of all [crypto assets] by market cap."
"At Elliptic, we help financial institutions, from crypto exchanges to the world's leading banks, embrace [crypto assets] more safely," Simone Maini, CEO of Elliptic, said in a statement sent to Bitcoin.com News. "This fundraising round is an endorsement of the opportunity for [crypto assets] in the financial industry – and our absolutely critical role in the ecosystem."
Elliptic Raises Capital in the Midst of Thick Competition
Elliptic's funding follows the financing the company's competitor, Chainalysis, saw at the end of June 2021. At that time, Chainalysis announced the firm had raised $100 million in a Series E, and the added finances brought the company's valuation to $4.2 billion. There are also dozens of blockchain surveillance firms in the wild today. There's also blockchain intelligence companies like Alethio, Bison Trails, Blockpit, Blockmonitor, Bloxy, Postchain, Scoreshain, Sixgill, Tibco, Credits, Crystal Blockchain, Dune analytics, Madana, Bitrank, Ciphertrace, and Ocyan.
Softbank Investment Advisers Neil Cunha-Gomes says the financial conglomerate holding company is pleased to work with Elliptic.
"The unique nature of crypto as a maturing asset class means there is a growing need for enterprise-grade compliance and transaction monitoring tools," Cunha-Gomes stressed. "Elliptic was an early mover in this space and its customizable platform is trusted by financial institutions of all sizes. We are pleased to support Simone and the Elliptic team in their mission to enable safe crypto adoption globally," the Softbank executive added.
What do you think about Elliptic raising $60 million in a Series C? What do you think about the growth of blockchain surveillance firms? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.
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Abandon dead, dry, rule-keeping and embrace the promise of being truly known and deeply loved.
Jefferson Bethke burst into the cultural conversation in 2012 with a passionate, provocative poem titled "Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus." The 4-minute video literally became an overnight sensation, with 7 million YouTube views in its first 48 hours (and 23+ million in a year). The message blew up on social-media, triggering an avalanche of responses running the gamut from encouraged to enraged.
In Jesus > Religion, Bethke unpacks similar contrasts that he drew in the poem--highlighting the difference between teeth gritting and grace, law and love, performance and peace, despair and hope. With refreshing candor he delves into the motivation behind his message, beginning with the unvarnished tale of his own plunge from the pinnacle of a works-based, fake-smile existence that sapped his strength and led him down a path of destructive behavior.
Bethke is quick to acknowledge that he's not a pastor or theologian, but simply a regular, twenty-something who cried out for a life greater than the one for which he had settled. Along his journey, Bethke discovered the real Jesus, who beckoned him beyond the props of false religion.
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Posterior Lumbar Fusion
Spinal fusion, also called arthrodesis, is a surgical technique used to join two or more vertebrae (bones) within the spine. Lumbar fusion technique is the procedure of fusing the vertebrae in lumbar portion of the spine (lower back).
Lumbar fusion surgery may be used to treat spondylolisthesis (slipping of the spine bones), degenerated discs, scoliosis or kyphosis (abnormal curvature of the spine), spinal infections or tumours, traumatic injury of the spine, recurrent disc herniation, and unstable spine.
The surgery can be done as an open or laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery.
Posterior spinal fusion is a procedure where the surgeon makes an incision on the patient's back part of the body exposing the spine; the soft tissues and blood vessels are kept apart.
In spinal fusion, a piece of bone, taken from other parts of the body or donated from a bone bank is transplanted between the adjacent vertebrae. Screws, plates, or cages may be used with the bone graft to help hold the spine.


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In my letter, I take issue with the contention that the current FDA regulations are in any way helping to ensure that smokers have access to products that will benefit their health (namely, e-cigarettes) and that in fact, the regulations make it nearly impossible for e-cigarettes to enter or continue on the market. Instead, the regulations protect cigarette sales from competition by much safer tobacco-free vaping products.
The piece begins: "In
his op-ed ("Congress, don't help Big Tobacco peddle candy-flavored
wares to kids," March 26), Matthew Myers of the Campaign for
Tobacco-Free Kids argues that the current FDA regulations regarding
electronic cigarettes do not impede the ability of companies to put
truly safer products on the market to compete with conventional tobacco
cigarettes. But the opposite is true. By requiring
every new product to submit burdensome and expensive applications, the
regulations make it nearly impossible for companies to introduce new and
safer vaping products into the market."
You can read the rest of the letter, entitled "Why is the FDA favoring real cigarettes over fake ones?" here.
NOTE: The letter mistakenly refers to the legislation as HR 1156, but the current bill number is HR 1136.


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Remote Access Technologies
Numerous options exist for providing remote access to your internal network. Some are fairly simple and inexpensive, and others are more complex.
Dial-up is still the most common remote access method. Traditionally, companies have implemented modem banks and RAS servers to provide remote access to their employees. Figure 1 shows the architecture of a company using a modem bank for remote access.
Figure 1 Dial-up modem banks are the most common method of remote access.
Figure 2 shows secure remote access when the Internet is used instead of the public telephone network.
Figure 2 Internet-based remote access solutions are becoming the new standard.
Prior to the Internet, it made sense to use modem banks for remote access. They were pretty much your only choice. The Internet provides a more cost-effective, secure remote access method with VPNs, though. Dial-up remote access is very expensive. Either you have to pay for a 1-800 line for your users to call, or you must reimburse long-distance charges.
The growing use of broadband access in the home also makes a strong case for switching to an Internet-based remote access method. The productivity and efficiency gains you see by switching from a v.90 or ISDN modem to cable or DSL can be significant.
Dial-up remote access is a little more secure than Internet remote access because your passwords and data are not traveling over a public packet network. (Line tapping is much harder than packet sniffing.) Additionally, you do not need to be as worried about the security of end user systems because they are not connected to the Internet while connected to the corporate network. (Although, if employees use the same PC to connect over private dial-up and the public Internet, they can inadvertently expose the company to Trojans planted earlier, while the PC was connected to the Internet.)
One thing you need to be very wary of is users setting up their own dial-in modems to gain remote access to their machines. Rogue modems provide easy entry for hackers, so hackers always look for them. With a dial-in modem, you bypass the firewall, intrusion detection, and most other security solutions used by the enterprise. Using war-dialers—software that calls a large range of numbers looking for systems that answer—you can easily find unauthorized modems on your network. TeleSweep Secure by SecureLogix is one war-dialing tool you can use to test your own network for modems.
When you move from a dial-up solution to an Internet-based solution, you introduce the issue of Internet access. Users need an account with an ISP and a phonebook of POPs (points of presence). The level of control you want to impose on your users will help determine what type of access you want to provide. Compulsory solutions mandate that the user must dial into a specific ISP. Voluntary solutions let the user decide which ISP to use as long as he can gain Internet access when necessary.
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Check out the Microsoft RAS Web page at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/default.asp, and Securelogix TeleSweep at http://telesweepsecure.securelogix.com/.


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How can I accurately measure the height of a person standing?
Height-measuring instruments from seca make measuring easy, fast and precise.
- The patient stands barefoot (if possible) with his/her back to the wall.
- With feet together, ensure the heels are touching the wall.
- The body is erect and centered on the measuring rod.
- Confirm the corner of the eyes and the top of the ears are level (Frankfurt Line).
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– Bill Moyers Essay: What We Can Learn From Lawrence of Arabia (Bill Moyers, June 27, 2014):
As fears grow of a widening war across the Middle East, fed by reports that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) envisions a region-wide, all controlling theocracy, we found ourselves talking about another war. The Great War – or World War I, as it would come to be called — was triggered one hundred years ago this month when an assassin shot and killed Austria's Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo. Through a series of tangled alliances and a cascade of misunderstandings and blunders, that single act of violence brought on a bloody catastrophe. More than 37 million people were killed or wounded.
In America, if we reflect on World War I at all, we think mostly about the battlefields and trenches of Europe and tend to forget another front in that war — against the Ottoman Empire of the Turks that dominated the Middle East. A British Army officer named T.E. Lawrence became a hero in the Arab world when he led nomadic Bedouin tribes in battle against Turkish rule. Peter O'Toole immortalized him in the epic movie, "Lawrence of Arabia."
You may remember the scene when, after dynamiting the Hijaz railway and looting a Turkish supply train, Lawrence is asked by an American reporter, "What, in your opinion, do these people hope to gain from this war?"
"They hope to gain their freedom," Lawrence replies, and when the journalist scoffs, insists, "They're going to get it. I'm going to give it to them."
At war's end, Lawrence's vision of Arab independence was shattered when the Versailles peace conference confirmed the carving of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Palestine into British and French spheres of influence; arbitrary boundaries drawn in the sand to satisfy the appetites of empire – Britain's Foreign Office even called the former Ottoman lands "The Great Loot."
The hopeful Lawrence drew his own "peace map" of the region, one that paid closer heed to tribal allegiances and rivalries. The map could have saved the world a lot of time, trouble and treasure, one historian said, providing the region "with a far better starting point than the crude imperial carve up." Lawrence wrote to a British major in Cairo: "I'm afraid you will be delayed a long time, cleaning up all the messes and oddments we have left behind us."
Since 2003, as the reckless invasion of Iraq unfolded, demand for Lawrence's book, "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" increased eightfold. It was taught at the Pentagon and Sandhurst — Britain's West Point — for its insights into fighting war in the Middle East. In 2010, Major Niel Smith, who had served as operations officer for the US Army and Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Center, told The Christian Science Monitor, "T.E. Lawrence has in some ways become the patron saint of the US Army advisory effort in Afghanistan and Iraq."
But then and now, Lawrence's understanding of the ancient and potent jealousies of the people among whom he had lived and fought generally was ignored. In 1920, he wrote for the Times of London an unsettling and prophetic article about Iraq – then under the thumb of the British. He decried the money spent, the number of troops and loss of life, and warned that his countrymen had been led "into a trap from which it will be hard to escape with dignity and honor. They have been tricked into it by a steady withholding of information…. Things have been far worse than we have been told, our administration more bloody and inefficient than the public knows. It… may soon be too inflamed for any ordinary cure. We are today not far from a disaster."
Not for the last time in the Middle East would disaster come from the blundering ignorance and blinding arrogance of foreign intruders convinced by magical thinking of their own omnipotence and righteousness. How soon we forget. How often we repeat.
Video Credits: Producer: Rob Booth. Editors: Sikay Tang and Rob Kuhns.


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Business networking requires commitment. One element of this commitment is the financial investment to join BNI. Although the initial investment to join is not significant, it is a symbol of a company's or an individual's commitment to embrace the BNI system, and to the other members of a chapter.
The investment to join BNI consists of a application fee and annual participation fee. Please click here for details. Individual chapters may also charge an additional fee to pay for the space in which their meetings take place. These charges are separate, and in addition to the investment to join BNI, and are at the discretion of individual chapter management teams. You will also be required to attend a Member Success Program within your first 60 days.
If you wish to participate in BNI you may complete an online application. A new member application is reviewed by the chapter's Membership Committee or Chapter Director Consultant if the chapter is just forming, and the prospective member is notified of the application status as soon as possible. If accepted you will then submit a membership dues online payment through using an emailed link.
It should also be noted that many chapters levy dues against members in order to pay for the chapter meeting place. These charges are separate, and in addition to the investment to join BNI, and are at the discretion of individual chapter management teams.
Where does the Money go?
BNI Atlanta is a franchised business region (one of thousands in over 74 countries in which BNI operates) that pays royalties to BNI for the right to operate a BNI region. BNI Atlanta is a training and support company that facilitates the creation of referral networking chapters in order to increase business and profits for our members.
The cost of membership is divided into two main areas:
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East Lion Corp Lace Up Lug Booties
The luxurious faux leather provides a sophisticated edge, while the knee-high design elongates your silhouette. With a sturdy block heel, these boots ensure stability and elegance, making them a versatile addition to your wardrobe. Whether you're dressing up for a night out or adding flair to your daily ensemble, these knee-high boots are the perfect choice for a chic and confident look.
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Uppercase File Converter
Write a program that asks the user for the names of two files. The first file should be opened for reading and the second file should be opened for writing. The program should read the contents of the first file, change all characters to uppercase, and store the results in the second file. The second file will be a copy of the first file, except that all the characters will be uppercase. Use Notepad or another text editor to create a simple file that can be used to test the program.
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/* * To change this template, choose Tools | Templates * and open the template in the editor. */ package uppercasefileconverter; import java.util.Scanner; import java.io.*; /** * * @author uuuuuuu */ public class Main { /** * @param args the command line arguments */ public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in); String filename1; String filename2; System.out.println("Enter name of file 1:"); filename1 = keyboard.nextLine(); System.out.println("Enter name of file 2:"); filename2 = keyboard.nextLine(); File file1 = new File(filename1); Scanner inputFile = new Scanner(file1); inputFile.close(); PrintWriter outputFile = new PrintWriter(filename2); outputFile.println(filename1.toUpperCase()); outputFile.close(); } }
The file names that I will be using are:
What do I need to fix in the code?
Error pops up because of throws IOException.
run: Enter name of file 1: testfile.txt Enter name of file 2: testfileCopy.txt Exception in thread "main" java.io.FileNotFoundException: testfile.txt (The system cannot find the file specified) at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method) at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:106) at java.util.Scanner.<init>(Scanner.java:636) at uppercasefileconverter.Main.main(Main.java:32) Java Result: 1 BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 1 minute 40 seconds)


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