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If things continue on the course they are presently following, sales of new G scale trains, track and accessories will outpace O/O27 within the next five years. Within ten years, G will outmatch total sales of O/O27. That is a hard fact which O/O27 makers have yet to address adequately. Though one maker, Lionel, has entered the G market, it has yet to make a bold forward move with its O gauge lines.
The plain fact is the G is growing in the eyes of the non-hobby public, while O is nowhere to be seen. The Large Scale Association, a consortium of seven G scale manufacturers, has ambitious plans to propel G scale into the public eye. They do not have too far to go. G scale trains have been a staple - usually the only trains - in several home-shopping catalogs. (In one of the largest, Damark, G has been a staple for over six u=years while O/O27 sets are recent and infrequent items.)
On the shelves of major toy chains, G trains are highly visible, while O is either minimal or not there at all. (In our local Toys R Us, at least 3 G scale sets were offered this holiday season, but not one set of O/O27 electric trains!) Should the Large Scale Association accomplis even half of its plans, G will be the large scale choice of people under the age of 35.
Are the O/O27 makers wearing blinders? How can this be?
Most O/O27 fans are older. Those of us over 40 years of age grew up in a time when O trains were heavily promoted. The Lionel and Marx names were well-known then. Both had magazine, newspaper, radio, billboard and television ads. Both were readily available through the popular sales venues of that time: department stores and major catalog companies like Sears, Spiegel, Montgomery Ward, and Wanamakers. In fact, the catalog companies were such big customers that Lionel, Marx and American Flyer would make special exclusive sets for each of them! Lionel trains were an integral part of the Yule displays at Macy's and Gimbels, where shoppers and tourists gawked at fine operating layouts behind massive glass windows.
Times have changed. Beaten by the popularity of HO and bad management decisions, it virtually disappeared by 1970. Marx's presence ebbed, as well, finally ending in 1976. American Flyer folded in 1966. HO train sets replaced the large scale sets in the big catalogs. By the late 1970s, the catalog stores were losing ground to newer marketing strategies. In effect, people shopped differently. The mall and mail order were the rage, fueled by credit cards. Children growing up in the 1970s were not exposed to names like Lionel, Marx or American Flyer. Most advertising went to "TV toys," action figures and other new playthings. The result is that for O/O27, name recognition is minimal in people under the age of 35. They and their children have not been exposed to O/O27 as were the over-40 generations. Strange as it sounds, Lionel doesn't carry weight with the young.
So far, efforts to sell to the non-hobbying public have been minimal among O/O27 vendors, but gaining for G scale. G has grown to the point that Damark is now carrying its costly Shays and Climax type engines for almost a year. We have too look at the facts, and the facts are that G is more likely to turn up in non-hobby milieus that O/O27. With the Large Scale Association announcing an expansion of promotional efforts and an ambitious game plan, it can very well make G the king of large scale.
What of O/O27? Part of the problem is complacency. A glance through the Lionel catalog shows that the focus of its production is collectors. K-Line's recent jump to expensive new models like the GP38 and Hudson is another jump to the high-end buyer. MTH is making connections to have its sets featured in Sears and other catalogs, and therein has a chance of establishing itself for the current generation. Lionel and K - Line seem to be headed in another direction. Selling to the "over 40" crew has its limits. For survival, O/O27 has to gain recruits among the non-hobby market. That means getting into catalogs, placing ads in magazines and making commercials for cable stations.
K - Line is actually best suited for a thrust into the non-hobby market. Its lower prices, quality trains and variety of train sets are the ingredients that appeal to new people. While Lionel has several steam train freight sets, one diesel set and one diesel passenger set, K - Line has four different passenger sets, six different diesel freight sets and two steam sets. As an added plug, three diesel and one steam freight set carry the logos of popular products. (In 1998, there were Coca Cola and Hershey's train sets plus add-on cars and accessories in the catalog.) Lionel may have hedged its bet with a few sets not in the regular catalog, but train for train K - Line had the overall appeal.
Nonetheless, neither are making ambitious forays deep into the general public. Were either of them to approach the public with the zeal of the Large Scale Association, they could establish their name as THE brand of O/O27 for the under-30 crowd. In coming years, that means much greater increase than plying the already-old collector's market.
(Note that a couple Lionel sets are aimed at collectors, such as the NJ Transit and LittleLeague sets)
The O/O27 makers have options. They can sally forth individually, or combine to propagate their scale to the wider public. The size and strength of the O/O27 makers, combined as a team, could very well tip public favor overwhelmingly to O/O27. This would not negate the strides taken by G, which has successfully levered itself into an established scale in the US. G is here to stay. The question is: are O/O27 going to remain powerful components of the large scale end of model railroading and toy train operating?
Complacency. It leaves the door open for an ambitious party to succeed. Those who sit on their laurels are forgotten or unknown to the newer generations, and must renew their name recognition or lose their position to a newer, more active force. Think about it.
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Getting my Island On with Malibu Rum/Reef Check Beach Internship
It smells like mildew. The musty smell of my bungalow (before the a/c kicked in) amidst the humid jungles of Baan Krating lingers on my black wrap sweater as I sit on the plane. I am not ready for the flight back to reality. I smell it again and smile. Instantly I am transported back 10 days ago when this amazing adventure started.
I was a little nervous and very excited. It felt like I was just selected to be on a mash up of Road Rules/RealWorld goes Scuba diving! 10 strangers, (5 guys, 5 girls) from all around the country, hand selected by Malibu Rum out of hundreds of applicants.to be flown to Thailand for an all expenses paid internship to learn about coral reef conservation and become certified EcoDivers. Sounds like the makings of a reality show to me! To put this into context I must explain.
It all started when I was checking the surf cam one day on for my home break, first point Malibu. A banner ad that said something about a Malibu Reef Check internship caught my attention. As an avid diver, surfer, and producer of an environmental documentary project, this was right up my alley. Upon realizing it was Malibu Rum sponsoring a trip with the non-profit organization Reef Check that involved traveling to the Maldives, Thailand, or the Phillipines, it was on! Some girls are enticed by flowers and chocolates, but the way to get to my heart is travel (especially some where tropical)! I filled out the online application, had a phone interview, and the rest was history. I travel a lot for work in television and film, so many of my friends thought this was just another "work" trip, but this was unrelated. One of my big passions happens to be the coral reefs and anything to do with sports and water.
Giddy as fat kid about to walk into a candy store, I strolled into breakfast with my Malibu Rum Reef Check nametag hanging around my neck. "Hi, are you guys with the internship?" I ask a group of young people who looked distinctly American. "Yup!" They chimed. It seemed like everyone already knew each other. (They had all met on the flights over to Bangkok) I covertly place my giant nametag in my pocket, since I'm the ONLY dorky one wearing it, and sheepishly take a seat. I learn that everyone found out about the internship serendipitously, and that they are all just as excited as I am.
From Bangkok, we hop on the earliest flight to Phuket, the westside of Thailand's skinny southern tail, eager to meet the Andaman Sea and its good friend Reef Check Thailand, a.k.a. coordinators Kim and Awe. I had been here once before, 10 years ago. So I was curious to see how much has changed, especially after the tsunami.
Tucked away in the quiet southwest corner of the island of Phuket, secluded from the chaos and ladyboys of Patong, we arrive at what would be home for the next 7 days, Baan Krating Jungle Beach Resort. Little did the staffers know, the resort was our canvas, and we planned to paint it red! Many a night would be spent in the open -air dining room, karaoking to cheesy 80s classics, mixing up new Malibu cocktails in pursuits of bragging rights, and dancing the night away.
Reception Area of Baan Krating
This is how we started every night. Cheers!
Don't be fooled, though there was a lot of fun to be had, we did have jam-packed classroom sessions learning how to conduct a survey, and how to identify reef check indicators. Greg Hodgson, head of Reef Check, taught us about substrates, invertebrates, and fish indicators for the Indo-Pacific region. This uniformity in data collection helps the 90 Reef Check offices worldwide gather accurate information in their annual reports on the state of our coral reefs. After too many cups of coffee, the caffeine starts to kick in and its time to put our newfound knowledge to the test!
The reef in front of our resort beckons us with the sound of the waves, crashing on her white sandy shore. The amazingly warm crystal clear water washes over my feet as I get my mask and fins together. Surfing in California, I've always appreciated the tropical end of the Pacific, milking every moment I can be in water without a wetsuit! I am in paradise.
Its show and tell time as Greg and Kim from Reef Check, point out different reef check indicators swimming below our fins. One indicator fish species is the grouper, a bottom dweller that has been over fished to satisfy the appetites of hungry patrons in restaurants from Hong Kong to Japan to the rest of Asia. The Andaman waters used to be home to big Groupers, (some the size of me) as well as the famous Phuket lobster, another reef check indicator. When I was here 10 years ago, every restaurant in town would boast of who's got the biggest Phuket lobster displayed neatly on beds of ice for customers to pick the freshest catch of the day. Nowadays spotting a big lobster at restaurant (or during a dive) would be like finding a rare gemstone.
I am eager to explore and wander off from the group of little ducklings following Mother Goose Greg. "That's a butterfly fish, not an Moorish idol, cause it has a butter colored tail" my over achieving voice in my head thinks, as I breath loudly into my snorkel. I dive down for a closer inspection of the coral head below and realize what I thought was algae was actually a big piece of fishing net! I look around and find more ghost nets latched onto healthy coral suffocating the life out of them. I try to untangle and remove some of the nets but only manage to release one small coral head from its man-made captor. Fishing nets make up at least 10% of all marine debris, and it saddens me when I think removing all ghost nets from our oceans would be an impossible task. Deflated, I snorkeled back to shore with my little piece of net tightly in my hand. I throw it in the trash, and head up to lunch where I finally find the elusive grouper, served to me on my plate.
The sun beats down as the boat rocks back and forth. Back and forth….ugh, I'm starting to get seasick, and my less-drowsy Dramamine is making me sleepy. Focus on the horizon, I tell myself. I gaze forward at the small limestone karst cliffs that jut out of the ocean like sirens, tempting us to come closer for a look. It's a chain of small rock formations, called Ko Phi Phi, famously known for being the backdrop of many a Hollywood movie, including Leonardo Dicaprio's quest to fill his wanderlust in "The Beach". Thousands of tourists flock to this marine protected area daily as well as a handful of illegal fishing boats, The impact of these underwater footprints can be detrimental to the reefs.
Ko Phi Phi Limestone Karst Cliffs
Laying the transect line
I tread lightly, floating above the bed of large leafy lettuce coral like Peter Rabbit curiously poking about with my huge measuring tape scouting out a good 100m area to lay down the transect. We are divided into dive teams, and my team's job was to set the line. Huge hundred year old coral heads protects the fragile inhabitants hiding in its nooks and crannies. This reef bed was pristine. A friendly and curious giant moral eel startles me, and I quickly dart away, in hopes he wouldn't see my fingers as a nice snack. We start the survey counting first the indicator fish, then invertebrates. After counting my 150th sea urchin I was over it. Being a marine biologist out in the field gathering data is hard work! We decide to take a little dance break underwater (see video) before realizing we had been diving for almost an hour and a half! Feeling confident about my reef checking capabilities, I return to the boat happy as a giant clam, with the utmost respect for real marine biologists who do this all the time.
giant moray eel
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lion fish spotting
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Underwater Dance Break
Along with the amazing underwater world, we took a cultural excursion to a Muslim fishing village. (Reef Check partners with many local villages to teach about coral conservation) We saw many larger fish that we had not seen on the reef—leopard sharks, toddler-sized giant groupers, lobsters, big wrasses—all in little six foot cubed nets. I was disheartened to find that this "fish jail" was a form of eco-tourism as well as a way to harvest "sustainable" local fishing. I had seen many of these species swimming freely while diving in remote parts of the Philippines, South Pacific, and the Great Barrier Reef and it saddened me to think for many of my team members, this is the first time, and perhaps the only time they would see these majestic creatures, held captive until they are sold or eaten.
As for my fellow interns, I could not have imagined a better tasting concoction. Take 10 strangers from all walks of life. Add in 2 cups of adventure, 1 cup of passion, 1 quart of marine biology and coral conservation. Gently stir in Reef Check surveys and scuba diving until thoroughly mixed. Add a splash of Malibu Rum, 1 shot of dancing, 1/2 shot of singing, 1 shot of laughter, and 1 cup of good times. Blend together with ice. Serve chilled with a garnish of memories, and get your island on! That was my Malibu Reef Check internship in a cocktail! Thank you Malibu, Thomas Collective, and Reef Check– Sarah, Avril, Morgan, Greg, Kim and Awe for making this happen. And thank you my fellow interns to Marc, Drew, Aaron, Ryan, Geoff, Diana, Laura, Karla and Meredith for an experience of a lifetime.


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Melvin talks about relief market
Brewers general manager Doug Melvin was interviewed Monday afternoon by Jim Bowden on his "Inside Pitch" show on Sirius XM Radio.
Among the pitchers Melvin said he had interest in were Jon Rauch, Kyle Farnsworth, Jason Frasor and left-hander Mike Gonzalez. The Brewers traded for Tampa Bay reliever Burke Badenhop but still have holes to fill after jettisoning Francisco Rodriguez, Jose Veras, Kameron Loe and Manny Parra from the last-ranked bullpen in the majors in 2012.
The problem the Brewers have is they are watching their budget and don't want to overpay for a reliever who won't be their closer. Melvin plans to keep John Axford as closer. The Brewers had interest in Mike Adams but weren't going to match the Phillies offer of $12 million over two years to be a setup man.
The Brewers have no lefty slated for the bullpen at present. Beyond Gonzalez, J.P. Howell and Tom Gorzelanny are on the left-handed market. Gonzalez was 0-0 with a 3.03 ERA in 47 outings for the Nationals last season.
Farnsworth and Rauch are former closers who probably still want that opportunity or at the very least a setup role. Rauch was 3-7 with a 3.59 ERA and four saves in 73 appearances for the Mets in 2012. Farnsworth was 1-6 with a 4.00 ERA in 34 outings for Tampa Bay. Frasor was 1-1 with a 4.12 ERA in 50 outings for Toronto. He did some closing earlier in his career.
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Centers on the freak death of a partygoer on a luxury yacht in the Mediterranean, and the conflict that arises among the surviving passengers.
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Who's your daddy? Cran Daddy! An inventive twist on the classic vodka/cranberry cocktail.
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Think like pastors, Pope urges tribunal judges
January 24, 2014
Speaking on January 24 to judges and other officials of the Roman Rota, Pope Francis urged them: "do not forget that you are pastors."
The Roman Rota, the Vatican's top appellate court for marriage cases, is "a service peculiar to the God of Love," the Pope said. Pope Francis was making his first formal address to the staff of the tribunal; the Pope traditionally speaks to the Roman Rota at the opening of its judicial year.
In his remarks the Pope said that the canonical judgment of the court should be accompanied by pastoral wisdom. He emphasized that "the legal dimension and the pastoral dimension of ecclesial ministry are not opposed to one another, as both contribute to the aims and the unity of action proper to the Church."
On this tribunal, the Pope continued, judges should display a calm detachment from personal views, expertise in the law, objectivity, and a genuine spirit of service to the people whose cases they hear.
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Brownjudith: Your comment is a bit confusing. How could it be "truly pastoral" to not uphold the truth, any truth? And if it is indeed truth that undergirds Canon Law -- I suspect it is -- then what is the problem? Beyond that, the pope's counsel to the judges seems reasonable and wise. What does not seem either reasonable or wise is for individual Catholics to presume they somehow know more than the Church's appointed judges about appeals for a declaration of nullity.
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Justice comes from upholding God's plan for marriage. God's will is our happiness,even if it is difficult for us to see this. What is truly pastoral is not uphlding the truth which under-girds Canon Law.


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In 1952, Frederick Godfrey wrote an article which transformed forever scholarly consdieration of the Renaissance. The Pictorial Records of the Medicis looked at the work of the period's artists in the "context of the society from which it had sprung and that social attitudes could be recovered from the study of art." Alexander Lee of History Today looks at the impace of the article.
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As Godfrey suggests, the question of iconology was crucial. The manner in which a scene or subject was represented reflected not only the values of the artist himself, but also of the attitudes that he shared with those who viewed his work. By analysing these features of Renaissance art it became possible to comprehend the relationship between artistic change and broader socio-cultural transformations. In this way, Panofsky brought to light the ties between humanism and the arts and, in the year before Godfrey's article appeared, Millard Meiss revealed the extent to which 14th-century painting reflected the social and religious traumas induced by the Black Death.


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June 1, 2011 – The Wisconsin Supreme Court has voted to deny a rules petition that sought to convert Wisconsin's integrated bar into a voluntary bar, citing the petition's failure to meet the court's minimum standards for such filings.
Voting 4-3 in open administrative conference on June 1, 2011, the justices rejected Petition 11-01, which Wisconsin attorneys Steven Levine and James Thiel had filed in February. Levine is a former president of the State Bar of Wisconsin, and both Levine and Thiel are current members of the State Bar's Board of Governors.
The court's action leaves the petitioners free to file another petition in the future, one that sets forth a proposed draft rule of how the conversion from an integrated bar to a voluntary bar could be accomplished.
In April 2011, the Board of Governors voted to take no position regarding the petition.
During debate on the petition at its June 1 conference, several justices indicated that they favored an integrated bar and would have voted to reject the petition on its merits. Other justices indicated they felt a voluntary bar had strong support among State Bar members and that the court should direct the petitioners to submit a draft rule for public hearing prior to the court deciding whether to grant or deny the petition.
Ultimately, four justices (Chief Justices Shirley Abrahamson and Justices Ann Walsh Bradley, Patrick Crooks and David Prosser) agreed to dismiss the petition for not being in proper form under the court's current guidelines for filing rules petitions. Among other requirements, those guidelines include a stipulation that in all petitions that seek to amend "an existing rule, statute, or administrative matter, deleted portions should be shown and stricken through followed by new text that should be underlined."
Attorneys Levine and Thiel had explicitly declined to file a proposed amended rule, stating in their petition:
"No specific rule amendments, repeals, or creations are being proposed at this time. After attempting to draft amendments and repeals to SCR Ch. 10 to create a voluntary State Bar of Wisconsin, petitioners have come to believe that the mere amendment and/or repeal of current Supreme Court rules establishing and regulating the State Bar would probably be insufficient to accomplish transition of the Bar's status from mandatory to voluntary. New rules and an entirely new framework are probably necessary. Petitioners suggest that if the Court decides to endorse the concept of a voluntary bar, the Court appoint a committee to recommend how best to accomplish that transition, including perhaps the drafting of an entirely new SCR Ch. 10."
In other action on June 1, the court voted to hold a public hearing this fall on Petition 10-08, which would establish a right to counsel in certain civil cases. The State Bar's Board of Governors was briefed on the petition in December 2010 but has not yet taken a position regarding it. Attorney John Ebbott, executive director of Legal Action of Wisconsin, filed the petition in September 2010.
In addition, the court adopted without public hearing Petition 11-02, which creates authority for the Board of Bar Examiners to establish a system for applicants to electronically submit their applications for bar admission.
Continue to monitor WisBar.org and visit the State Bar's Government Relations page for updated information on these and other budget issues.
Related articles:
Board takes no position on pending voluntary bar petition, opposes petition to amend mandatory dues reduction rule - April 12, 2011Rules petition filed with supreme court seeks to revive mandatory/voluntary bar issue - February 23, 2011Board of Governors briefed on "Civil Gideon" petition - December 3, 2010
Rotunda Report is the State Bar of Wisconsin's Government Relations e-newsletter that highlights legislative, judicial, and administrative developments that impact the legal profession and the justice system. It is published twice a month and is distributed free to attorneys, public officials and others who help shape public policy in Wisconsin. We invite your org pubaffairs wisbar suggestions to make the Rotunda Report more informative and useful and we encourage you to visit our Web site for the most current information about justice-related issues.© 2011, State Bar of Wisconsin


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Industry launches new marketing campaign for Wine Australia
Wine consumers around the world are being encouraged to explore the diversity and quality of Australian wine, with the launch in May of the industrys much anticipated Open your mind to Australian wine new international marketing campaign.
The campaign has been developed by the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation (AWBC) through its strategic marketing division, the Australian Wine Export Council (AWEC). AWEC general manager, Jonathan Scott, said the campaign was based on extensive market research and industry consultation over a 12-month period.
This campaign is all about showcasing the diversity and quality of Australian wine. Our research clearly showed a strong preference for Australian wine in key markets such as the United Kingdom and the United States both near-billion dollar markets for our industry but there is a lack of knowledge about the diversity of Australian wine, Scott said.
He said that as part of the campaign, a CD-ROM and website (www.wineaustralia.com) had been produced to better inform trade and consumers about the enormous diversity available in quality of Australian wine.
As well as highlighting the quality and diversity of Australian wine, the campaign will emphasise authentic Australian characteristics such as our originality, our unrestrained and free-thinking approach and our ethos of having fun, Scott said.
The first international rollout of this campaign will be at the London International Wine & Spirits Fair from 17-19 May. From there, we will produce a range of marketing materials that work best in our various overseas markets.
AWBC chairman, David Brownhill, said the campaign was the most important collaborative global initiative undertaken by the wine industry in the past 15 years.
NOTE: The complete article can be found in the June issue of The Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker.


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The Sports Network/Fathead.com top 25 poll, voted on by selected sports writers and sports information directors across the nation, had the Eagles No. 21.
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Thank you for taking the time to give me some more information in my quest to make a decision on purchasing speakers.
First of all, I'm trying to not let price be the determining factor in my decision. The Mythos ST's are almost twice the price of the Paradigms and now Def Tech has raised the price of those from $1799 to $1999. Paradigm has also increased their prices as well due to the value of the U.S. dollar.
A Paradigm dealer has given me what I consider a very good discount and after reading your review on the Studio Reference HT system, I was all ready to make that commitment and had the King Kong HD DVD on the table to play as my first movie!
Then, I read your review on the Mythos ST HT system and all the other online/printed reviews as well and was amazed that a speaker from Def Tech was getting such universal praise, even from The Absolute Sound. Your review prompted me to go audition them and I had to suddenly reconsider my original choice. But, with the Mythos ST's price increase to $2000 each and the Paradigms' at $2600 a pair, price started to become a factor which I was trying to avoid but the Paradigms seemed to offer so much and still be affordable.
Then, as I was seeking out more info on the Mythos ST's, I found a couple of dealers who would give me even more of a discount than the Paradigm dealer which then started to bring both speaker lines alot more closer together in price than I ever thought would happen.
In the past, I've owned Aerial, Revel and Atlantic Technology but not Paradigm or Def Tech. After reading your review of the Paradigm's I was ready, but then your review of the Mythos ST made me want to have the same configuration as you reviewed. Even though I like dipole surrounds, I've had direct radiating speakers in the rear and having a 2nd pair of Mythos ST's as the surrounds, would be incredible as far as "sound envelopment", tonal balance and bass. Now, I'm sure there are other ways to go about this type of sound without using a $4000 pair of speakers, but this setup is so tempting.
I've kind of been thinking lately that I could go with the Mythos ST's due to some very nice discounting. Give them a good decent try in my HT System. If for some reason I feel I may have preferred the Paradigms in the first place, I could sell the Mythos ST's and not take such a heavy hit financially.
Ultimately, for me, I feel that the center channel is the make or break component in the HT system. This speaker has to be top notch and "anchor" the home theater. I do feel that the Paradigm CC690 is one of the best center channel speakers I've ever heard. The Mythos Ten is very very good, clear, precise and a good match to the ST's.
So, right now, I'm at a standstill. I've got good pricing for both systems and I have to figure out what is the key for my decision.
You've been very helpful and I love your reviews. When I read your reviews of speakers, it makes me want to go buy them. Just curious, are the Mythos ST's now your reference or did you stay with the Ventos?
Again, thank you for your advice!
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Happy Birthday to You . . .
Happy Birthday TO You . . .
Happy Birthday dear sweet Shelbyyyyyyyy . . . .
Happy Birthday to yyyyyyooooooooOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUU!
And many, many more!
It's Shelby's birthday, if you haven't already figured that out. If you didn't, then I suggest you head back to bed and get some more sleep.
Or go suck on a 5-hour energy drink of some sort.
Shelby is the Honeybunch who blogs over at The Life & Loves of Grumpy's Honeybunch. Grumpy is her husband. At least she tries to make you think he's grumpy, but he's not. He's just an opinionated man. He likes what he likes and well, at times he doesn't like. Hmmmmm, maybe my Mountain Man is related to Grumpy. Just sayin' . . .
Today is Shelby's birthday and there are several of us, her friends and fellow food bloggers, that prepared dishes from her blog. We are posting them on our blogs, and then we are going to eat them and think of our beloved Shelby.
No, she doesn't get to eat any of these great dishes.
No, she didn't get to smell the great aroma's in our kitchens while they were cooking.
And no, we are not showing up at her house ringing her doorbell and singing happy birthday.
We are doing all of this through the amazing technology of cyberspace.
She will just have to "pretend" we are there and that she gets to eat all this food. Even though, she doesn't.
What a celebration, right??? Well, we would all LOVE to be there to celebrate with her at her home in New York (and I have promised her the next time we are there, we WILL be stopping by), and one of these days we all plan to get together somewhere here in the United States and celebrate our long-distance friendships. But until then, we are thankful and grateful that we all know each other and appreciate the camaraderie that happens between good friends – even in cyberspace!
This is only one of LOTS of great recipes that Shelby has created and made. Please do drop by and wish her a happy birthday, too. One can never have too many friends or birthday wishes.
So, to start her birthday day off, here's my dish and gift for Shelby.
- 1 c fresh Raspberries
- 3 Tblsp Brown Sugar
- 1 c all-purpose Flour
- ⅓ c White Sugar
- ½ tsp Baking Powder
- ¼ tsp Baking Soda
- ⅛ tsp Salt
- ½ c 0% Fat Greek Yogurt
- 2 Tblsp Butter, melted
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 Egg
- ¼ c Sliced Almonds
- ¼ c sifted Confectioners' Sugar
- 1 tsp Milk
- ¼ tsp Vanilla Extract
- Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Spray an 8 inch round cake pan with cooking spray.
- Combine raspberries and brown sugar in a bowl. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Combine sour cream, butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and egg, and add to flour mixture. Stir just until moist. Spoon ⅔ of the batter into the prepared pan. Spread raspberry mixture evenly over the batter. Spoon remaining batter over raspberry mixture. Top with almonds.
- Bake for 40 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool for 10 minutes on a wire rack.
- Combine confectioners' sugar, milk, and ¼ teaspoon vanilla. Stir well. Drizzle glaze over cake. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Happy, happy birthday, Shelby my friend! May your days be long, your worries be few, and your blessings be numerous!
Check out the other birthday wishes posts from more of Shelby's friends!
Megan from Megan's Cookin'
Jenny from Mad Rantings of Andrew's Mom
Pam from Living Rancho Delux
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Arunachal archers prevented from China trip over stapled visa row
Two young women archers from Arunachal Pradesh, who were issued stapled Chinese visas, were prevented at the IGI Airport from leaving for China tonight to take part in the upcoming Youth World Archery Championship.
Immigration officials at the airport stopped Mihu Maselo and Yumi Sorang, who were the only two archers from Arunachal Pradesh in the 24-member squad, from boarding a China Southern Airlines flight to Guangzhou. scheduled to depart at 11.10 pm, according to airport
The remaining 22 members of the squad for the championship at Wuxi were allowed to take the flight leaving the two young archers distraught. The two, who are just 14 years, have been lodged at the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association (DLTA) Guest House. India objects to issuance of stapled visas for any of its nationals wanting to proceed to China.
China s stapled visa policy has prevented residents from the border state of Aruanchal Pradesh in the northeast from travelling to that country making it a contentious issue in bilateral relations. Archery Association of India President V K Malhotra told PTI that the Chinese Airlines Authorities disallowed the two archers from boarding the flight, saying they will not be allowed to enter China as they don't have affixed visa on their passport.
"The Chinese embassy issued the stapled visa to the two Arunachal archers and they said there should not be any issue. But when they were to board the flight, the Chinese airlines authorities said the two archers will not be allowed to enter China by the immigration department there," Malhotra said. Confirming the incident, AAI assistant secretary Gunjan Abrol told PTI:" It's a political issue as China considers the state 'disputed'.
For no fault of theirs, the two poor archers were heartbroken. These two Arunachali archers are very young, both 1999 born and they are very upset. We were surprised that the Chinese airlines authorities told us that the two archers cannot board the flight despite all their travel documents are in order." "Since the stapled visa was issued by the Chinese Embassy, we thought there should not be any problem," Abrol added.
The practice of issuing stapled visas to residents of Arunachal Pradesh came to light in January 2011 when two wiightlifters belonging to the state were prevented by immigration officials from boarding a flight from New Delhi to Beijing since they had such visas issued by the Chinese Embassy on their passports.


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Geetha in Sydney says this note appeared in the shared dining room the day after the city's gay Mardi Gras. The best part? "A few people admitted the condom might be theirs, but nobody would take credit for the note."
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Writes our anonymous submitter from Canada: "I got back to my desk after lunch on a Friday and found this heartfelt note on my keyboard. I was touched."
Adds our submitter: "I worked my ass off on that damn report!"
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The most irritating part of finding this note propped on her keyboard, says Jackie in Philly, is that she wasn't the person who requested dark chocolate in the office vending machine. "In fact, I can't stand the stuff!" (In that case…hello, baby shower gift?)
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2. From Williamsburg, Virginia…
3. From Miami, Florida…
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"My friend Katelyn's roommate left her this note before she went away for Memorial Day weekend last year," says Monica in Boston. "I love how it starts off so BFF-like…then takes a sharp left into passive-aggressive territory."
Adds Monica: "While Katelyn normally likes to avoid confrontation, I think this note pushed her over the edge. She didn't empty the trash or rinse a dish the entire weekend, and they spent the next three months before their lease ended in a passive-aggressive standoff (purposely being loud when they knew the other had to study…'accidentally' breaking the other's belongings, etc.) Good times!"
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Our anonymous submitter lives in what she says is a typical college apartment, one that is "not decorated according to any theme." And yet, in a transformation a college freshman taking Lit 101 might describe as "Kafkaesque," one of her roommates has been replaced by your [fill-in-your-own-ethnic-stereotype-here] grandmother.
Adds our submitter: "These weird towels wouldn't dry two fingers, much less two hands, so we don't use them anyway! (Maybe if they weren't so ugly…)"
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Ellen in San Francisco says this note is but the latest development in what has become a toilet paper-thin relationship with her passive-aggressive roommate. It started two months ago, she says, when her roommate "decided after six months of sharing that I was no longer allowed to use her toilet paper. I should mention that she never once asked me to chip in for toilet paper, and I never really had an opportunity to buy more because she bought it in bulk and we always had a huge supply."
Ellen obliged "until this morning, when nature called and I had just run out." When Ellen got home, this work of art (my favorite line: "now that we've settled this") was waiting for her.
Adds Ellen: "Funnier still is that this roommate freaked out on another roommate for leaving a note. She yelled at her, 'If you have a problem with me, talk to me, don't leave me a note. Be an adult about it!' Nice to see she followed her own advice."
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Writes our anonymous submitter: "I work as a payment processor for a local ambulance company. I see lots of notes scribbled on bills, but this one was a first. At least he/she is honest! :)"
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Homero in Portland had just finished heating up his lunch in the office microwave when he returned to his desk to find this "helpful" note — attached to an ad from the local alt-weekly — waiting on his chair. Though it's unsigned, he says he's pretty sure he knows which coworker left it for him. "She's kind of socially stunted, but seems to think that a) she's very funny and b) we're BFF," Homero says. "Um…no."
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We have had a few nights of "les vents violents" which has washed tons of seaweed and garbage on to the beach. There was some talk in the newspaper about cleaning it up but it hasn't happened yet. I think that it is quite normal for this time of year.
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In 2007 I served on the voluntary Nutrition Advisory Committee of the Seattle public school lunch program. Members made field trips to schools, ate the cafeteria lunch food and wrote reports with observations and comments. As I understood more and more about the politics behind the school lunch program I felt heavy-hearted about the downward spin of how we feed our children in school. The program is woefully underfunded. The only way to provide the 30 million lunches U.S. kids eat everyday is to rely on cheap processed foods made from government subsidized crops. The result of our kids eating nutrient-poor food has been disastrous. One in three children born in 2000 will become diabetic. Twenty-seven percent of our children are overweight. No surprise. A random sampling of school lunch menus this week features hot dogs (Lubbock), corn dogs (Yakima) and cheese dogs (Peoria).
The Child Nutrition Act determines what kids eat in school. The current Child Nutrition Act expires September 30, 2009, meaning it's up for reauthorization, and in that process we have a chance to really improve on how food for our smallest citizens is funded, sourced, defined, and prioritized. One way to have a voice is to support the legislation for the Farm to School program. In 2004, the National Farm to School Program was established as part of the Child Nutrition Act reauthorization, creating a seed grant fund for schools to set up farm to school programs. This program received a $10 million authorization, but never was appropriated funds.
Your suggested reading this week is a short pdf file called Nourishing the Nation One Tray at a Time: Farm to School Initiatives in the Child Nutrition Reauthorization. This document explains the situation clearly and simply. You can sign a petition to support new legislation here.
Cookus Interruptus endeavors to help improve meals on the family table, but that's just one piece of the puzzle. What kids are fed at school constitutes half of their daily calories. Our children deserve better.


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|ABOVE| Joey Wöelffer (in a groovy pair of Super sunglasses) and The Styleliner
When Joey Wölffer's late father bought the land that would become Wölffer Estate Vineyards, it was being used to farm potatoes ~ an interesting historical coincidence, as the younger Wölffer's latest entrepreneurial venture, The Styleliner ~ a shoppable, mobile, resort-friendly treasure chest on wheels ~ was built into the body of a former potato chip truck.Wölffer Estate Vineyards (which Joey and her brother now run) is an idyllic winery, the first obligatory stop off the main road upon arrival in the Hamptons. First wine, then groceries, no? Their rosé might well be the official drink of the region, and The Styliner (which during warmer months can be found nestled at the feet of the vineyard's endless, grape-filled hills, then touring the country throughout the remainder of the year), is as rich a sensory treat.The guts of Wölffer's spacious bus have been retrofitted with accoutrement appropriate to the dressing room of a well-moneyed, itinerant gypsy ~ the traveling trousseau of a rock n' roll bride, perhaps. At its rear she's added an enormous 1980's-nightclub-esque porthole window, which floods a tunnel of light through a wood-paneled galley of plush pink drawers and display boxes, waiting to be peeked into and pillaged.
Joey Wölffer isn't a stranger to the gypset lifestyle. Born to a German father and British mother (her maternal great-great-grandmother founded legendary London retailer Marks & Spencer), she grew up between New York City, the Hamptons and Europe and can recall summer lunches at her parents' home, back when the East End was at its bohemian peak; artists occupied now-extinct beach shanties and Bianca Jagger and Lee Radziwill would casually pop by for sandwiches. A golden age in East Coast culture.
Joey's jewelry collection ~ a mixed offering of her own designs, a few favorite independent designers, and a mélange of collections from her global travels ~ accessorizes her colorful assortment of silk tunic dresses, beaded denim jackets, artfully paint-splattered jeans, scarves and sun hats. She's just launched a new bag line (think supple fringed hobos attached to riotously beaded vintage straps), and stocks all the little lightweight scarves and wraps one needs for a weekend at the beach. All in all, what we've got here is as a wheeled walk-in closet stuffed with the sort of delightful frocks that make holiday weekends especially memorable, and the sort of accessories that cheerfully diffuse a vacation-like mood into everyday life. |KEEP AN EYE OUT| for The Styleliner if you find yourself cruising out East this summer!


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Dear Carolyn:
My friend has been hooking up with a guy for a few weeks now. He was her first time, and I know she really likes him. They are not dating, and I always knew they wouldn't.
The other night, she took me with her to go ice skating with him, and he brought a friend. The whole time, he was trying to make eye contact with me and flirt with me. After the night ended, he texted her, telling her, "I think we should stop this because you deserve better," then proceeded to text me that he likes me more, we have more in common, and that he could actually see himself with me.
He lives in another state and is only here so often. I really do want to talk to him because I know he's my type, but after what they did and how hurt my friend is, I feel it would not be right. I don't want to have to hide it from her, but I would have to. Please help, I have no idea what to do! I need advice fast.
There's an old saying: When someone shows you he's a galloping jackhole, believe him. (Well, it's neither old nor a saying. It's my rip-off of Maya Angelou.)
Please. You know exactly what to do. You just don't want to, and so are shopping for permission to self-indulge.
So sorry! There's no loophole that makes it okay for you to sneak around on your wounded friend just because the guy whom she entrusted with her "first time" and who within days turned his attention from her to you is your "type." What is your type — reptilian?
I won't pretend that all attractions are convenient or that all inconvenient attractions are wrong. But if you're going to hurt someone in the interest of love, there had at least better be love. You're talking eye contact [keyboard thump].
This is where the fact of 7 billion-plus people on Earth is convenient to keep in mind: Some of them might be your "type," too, and have no fresh and painful history with someone you care about. Some, even, might not use dates with one woman to shop for other women.
Think of it this way: If you and he get together, then you'd deserve each other. "Deserve better" is the ironically placed bar I suggest you clear.
Dear Carolyn:
Curious to know how you would have responded to this post-holiday gambit: "And I don't want you to feel bad that what you got me wasn't as nice as what I got you. I just like to buy gifts for the joy of it. I didn't expect anything in return."
Lame-O Gift Giver
If standing there agape is one of my choices, I'll take that.
There's always, too, "It actually never occurred to me to feel bad until you said that."
But, after replacing my jaw and rehydrating my tongue, I hope I'd have the forbearance to recognize that some people have better intentions than they do skills to implement them. I hope I'd laugh. I hope I'd say thanks for the thought. Or, "You're welcome," if I was feeling particularly quick. And I hope I wouldn't have the honor of being selected again next year to bring this person joy.
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The Lubbock Tornado
In one frightful, seemingly endless swoop, a killer tornado packing fringe winds of 200 mph gouged a $200 million path of destruction through the heart of Lubbock at 9:46 p.m. May 11, 1970, ultimately killing at least 26 persons and injuring 2,000 by conservative count.
THE LUBBOCK TORNADO is a unique picture magazine providing a graphic account of Lubbock's most unforgettable moment, May 11, 1970. The magazine is compiled and edited by the men and women who survived its deadly blow and followed its path through the days that followed as newspaper reporters and photographers.
Published on June 1, 1970, the 52 page magazine is now available as an e-magazine in pdf format.
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✒ With two strikes already against Times editor James Harding (Rupert Murdoch last week criticised not only every aspect of the outing of the blogger Nightjack, but also the paper's failure to buy details of MPs' expenses), one spectator's behaviour at the Leveson inquiry prompted speculation. While watching his dad and brother James, Lachlan Murdoch seemed fixated on the tweets of BBC business editor Robert Peston, who appears back in favour with the dynasty, his shouty Edinburgh TV festival row with James forgotten. Making the former Sunday Times journalist a plausible addition to the line-up of potential successors – also thought to include chief leader writer (and Newsnight fixture) Danny Finkelstein and Wall Street Journal dep ed Gerard Baker – when the umpire calls the third strike.
✒The Leveson circus has created some strange new power hubs, and none stranger than the loos at the Royal Courts of Justice. One adviser tells Monkey he went to the gents at 11.30am on Tuesday only to find conversation frozen – "it was James Murdoch, Lachlan and [lawyer] James Saunders – until he hurriedly left. Same time the next day, and more power-peeing: "Rupert and [leader of News Corp's in-house phone-hacking investigation] Joel Klein. Doesn't get better than that."
✒Leveson quote of the week: it has to be the climax of Simon Kelner's account of being accosted in his office by James Murdoch, in the censored Telegraph version (in its report on James's appearance) reflecting the legendary verbal primness of editor Tony Gallagher: "He said that Mr Murdoch, who was 'excitable and angry', then called him 'a ------- -------'". Clue? 7, 7, rhymes with two aquatic birds and one passerine one.
✒Under the headline Might Be Time To Slice Off Some Apple, the Wall Street Journal helpfully devoted an entire page on Monday to offering advice on various ways investors could reduce their positions in America's biggest public company. The stock was then at $573 and had been sliding. On the very next day, Apple announced unexpectedly strong Q2 results and immediately gained $49, staying above $600 for the rest of the week. Contrition? No sign of it from Rupert's best beloved organ, but one of the hapless hacks responsible for the piece may have lost the will to tweet – four days later, the url for the hints on ditching Apple stocks still poignantly remained the most recent effort on his Twitter feed.
✒ Interviewed by Women's Wear Daily at a gala last week, the hyperactive, hyper-talkative Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington unexpectedly claimed that Susan Cain, author of the recent pro-introvert, pro-tranquillity book Quiet, was her new guru. As an example of how she was responding to Cain's message of "the need for us to disengage", Huffington persuasively cited the fact that "when I sleep, I put all my devices in another room to charge". Unfortunately, she immediately spoiled the effect by going on to tot up those devices, which have actually increased of late from a mere three to "four BlackBerrys, one iPhone, two iPads". Still, at least they're forced to sleep in the spare room.
✒BBC executives have been coy about explaining why their planned commercial download service is known as Project Barcelona, and still coyer about saying who came up with the name; but it seems pretty clear it's meant to signify the mixture of glamour and excellence associated with the Catalan capital's all-conquering football team. In the light of recent events, though, they may be looking to drop the moniker – you don't want punters to get the idea that what's on offer is endless fiddling around that doesn't get you anywhere.
✒Glimpses of an earlier era of government dealings with the media came at a Kent University conference marking the 30th anniversary of the Falklands war. Michael Nicholson, then an ITN correspondent, recalled filing a dispatch that said "my reports are being censored", only to find that the word "censored" was censored.


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Research shows he was real, reincarnated many times, lived like we all live with a family.
He just so happened to remember his purpose because he was on a mission, to free the fallen
According to your interpretation. The OT clearly states who he is, the physical manifestation of God. The reason he is the First and Last is because only One was needed, and because only One was needed it made him not just the First but the Last :shk:.edit on 19-9-2012 by lonewolf19792000 because: (no reason given)
This is an attempt to turn Jesus into the figure of the quran, a mere prophet who married like their prophet.
Originally posted by adjensen
Originally posted by DerepentLEstranger
fact: marriage is a strictly obligatory precondition for becoming a rabbi, no exceptions, period.
Further in Jewish law, the European gloss of R. Isserles on the Shulchan Arukh OH 581:1 states that only one who is married may lead the congregation in worship - note that this is the Hazzan/Shaliah Tzibbur and not the Rabbi whose function may only have been to teach.
How does that relate to Rabbis today? Most Rabbis marry. They marry for the companionship and children, but also in doing so they can better understand the dynamics of the family, which they are often called upon to counsel. Most Rabbis are fortunate enough to find an appropriate mate, even in this very complicated world. (Source, emphasis mine.)
From the description in the New Testament, Jesus was clearly a teaching Rabbi, he didn't lead a Synagogue.
The Shulchan Aruch (Hebrew: שׁוּלחָן עָרוּך, literally: "Set Table")[1] also known as the Code of Jewish Law, is the most authoritative legal code of Judaism. It was authored in Safed, Ottoman Eyalet of Damascus, by Yosef Karo in 1563 and published in Venice two years later.[2] Together with its commentaries, it is the most widely accepted compilation of Jewish law ever written.
the Talmud en.wikipedia.org...
Originally, Jewish scholarship was oral. Rabbis expounded and debated the law (the written law expressed in the Hebrew Bible) and discussed the Tanakh without the benefit of written works (other than the Biblical books themselves), though some may have made private notes (megillot setarim), for example of court decisions. This situation changed drastically, however,
mainly as the result of the destruction of the Jewish commonwealth and the Second Temple in the year 70 CE and the consequent upheaval of Jewish social and legal norms. As the Rabbis were required to face a new reality—mainly Judaism without a Temple (to serve as the center of teaching and study) and Judea without at least partial autonomy—there was a flurry of legal discourse and the old system of oral scholarship could not be maintained. It is during this period that Rabbinic discourse began to be recorded in writing.[1][2]
The earliest recorded oral law may have been of the midrashic form, in which halakhic discussion is structured as exegetical commentary on the Pentateuch. But an alternative form, organized by subject matter instead of by biblical verse, became dominant about the year 200 CE, when Rabbi Judah haNasi redacted the Mishnah (משנה).[citation needed] The Oral Law was far from monolithic; rather, it varied among various schools. The most famous two were the School of Shammai and the School of Hillel. In general, all valid opinions, even the non-normative ones, were recorded in the Talmud.[citation needed]
The oldest full manuscript of the Talmud is from 1342, known as the Munich Talmud and was purchased in a hotly contested auction from New York based Christies by Tyndale House of the UK.
Originally posted by avocadoshag
Originally posted by OccamsRazor04
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No, symbology is fine. This was written many hundreds of years later by a sect that taught this. This is not "proof" Jesus was married, this is proof this cult believed he was. There is no new information here. It would be like me saying "proof" Jesus visited native americans and handing you a a Mormon Bible.
Exactly...or like saying "proof" that Jesus existed, and handing me a regular Bible.
Originally posted by AfterInfinity
reply to post by DerepentLEstranger
If you've forgotten more than we know now, doesn't that mean we know more than you now? After all, what good is knowledge when it's forgotten?
Originally posted by antonia
reply to post by kurthall
There are at least 100 different Jesus's mentioned during that time period. You gotta take your pick.
Originally posted by Jordan River
I didn't know there were fake Jesus around caliming to be Yeshua the Messiah, or anointed , proof?
Originally posted by adjensen
I'll summarize my post in the (original thread) here, as well.
This "proof" is a scrap, smaller than a business card, which contains eight lines, plus three words, and the continuation of the phrase "my wife" is missing, so we have no way of knowing if it said "my wife, Mary" (cue Dan Brown) or, perhaps "my wife, the church" (cue the existing New Testament).
In addition, this is apparently a Fourth Century document, written in Coptic, which is consistent with the Gnostic texts in Nag Hammadi, and the views expressed would be consistent with those.
In short, there is nothing particularly "revealing" about this, even if it shown to be real.
Originally posted by ThinkingCap
Why would Jesus say "My wife the church" --- When he opposed organized religion?
Originally posted by CaptainBeno
reply to post by n3mesis
Ok, you have me interested now...........slightly off topic, but hey who cares, this has been posted several times.
If Jesus and Mary had a child, how come their child was nothing special? And the one after that and the one after......
or is this where you say , "why does the child have to be special?"
I just wondering that's all as if we took a look at cattle, we breed cattle to their bloodlines etc, surely there would be some "trait" that made this person special and if so why have we not heard of him/her?
So honestly it all depends what the person wants to see


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Traffic Law Cases
While far from a complete collection of California traffic law cases, these have been very useful:
- People v Ausen - the court held that they do not regard traffic signals as, "an absolute rule under all circumstances".
- People v Behjat - In a prosecution under Vehicle Code section 22350, the record must contain substantial evidence from which a fact finder could conclude either that the defendant drove at a speed that endangered people or property or that she drove at a speed that was unreasonable for the driving conditions.
- People v Beltran - We accept the settled statement as correct, because the trial judge is the final arbiter of that issue. (regarding appeals)
In any case where a county seat is an incorporated city, it includes all territory heretofore or hereafter annexed thereto. (regarding change of venue)
- People v Carlucci - ...the trial court at a traffic infraction hearing may call and question witnesses in the absence of a prosecutor. Such actions constitute neither a per se denial of due process nor transmute the judge into prosecutor.
- People v Difiore - We conclude that defendant was entitled to rely on the anti-speed-trap laws even though the evidence showed that defendant was driving in excess of 55 miles per hour.
- People v Earnest - Because the People did not produce either the original engineering and traffic survey or a certified copy of it demonstrating that the posted speed limits on the pertinent segments of roadway were justified by current engineering and traffic surveys, none of their evidence as to the defendants' speeds was - admissible...
- Esteybar v Municipal Court - The prosecution of a case by the district attorney involves an exercise of executive power...
- People v Flaxman - whenever radar is used in conjunction with a prima facie speed limit it is always relevant to determine whether or not the prima facie speed limit has been justified as required by the statute, regardless of the fact that the violation has no relation to any prima facie speed limit.
- People v Goulet This is the definitive case on speed traps. Read it.
You might also want to read Chapter 8 of the CalTrans Traffic Manual.
NOTE:The CalTrans Traffic manual has been replaced by the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) 2003 as amended by the MUTCD 2003 California Supplement. (see Chapter 2B: Regulatory Signs; pages 51 - 54)
The CalTrans Manual and the MUTCD require the Adobe Acrobat Reader (it's free).
- People v Halopoff - [W]e declare the obligation of the prosecutor to establish that a speed trap was not involved in those cases where radar is used to apprehend a defendant.
- People v Huffman - If the court finds the survey does justify the speed limit, then the burden shifts to the defendant to prove his speed was nevertheless safe under the circumstances. (Veh. Code, sec. 22351, subd. (b).)
- People ex rel. Kottmeier v. Municipal Court - The municipal court may properly require the District Attorney to supply a list of witnesses for each case, for example; the court should then permit the witnesses to give a narrative recital. The court has no obligation, however, to assist the People's witnesses in presenting the case, and we recognize its continuing discretion to request the presence of a prosecutor in the unusual case.
- People v Marcroft - Whether or not the People provide a prosecuting attorney, the citing officer who testifies as to the circumstances of the citation is a witness, no more, no less.
- Smith v Municipal Court - We hold therefore, that the arresting officer was upon the demand of petitioner required to specify the municipal court at the county seat as the place where petitioner should appear.
- People v Studley - This case presents the following question: where a motorist is cited, by the use of radar, for speed in excess of the state maximum speed limit on a nonlocal road with a prima facie speed limit of 50 miles per hour, and where a traffic and engineering survey is not proved at trial, do California's speed trap laws apply to compel exclusion of all evidence of speed? We hold the answer is "yes."
- People v Tuck - Section 40800 appears in chapter 3 under the title "Illegal Evidence," and is followed by sections 40801, 40802 and 40803 relating to speed traps and prohibiting use of speed trap evidence, and section 40804 making an officer not in uniform and driving an unmarked vehicle who has arrested a driver for a speed violation incompetent to testify as a witness in a prosecution of the charge.
- People v Wozniak - both the present language of Vehicle Code section 42005 and People v. Enochs... require trial courts to consider the merits of a defendant's request for traffic violator school whether that request is made before or after conviction.
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$45 Escape Lounge At Oakland Airport Offers Travelers Food, Drink, WifiAir travelers already paying extra for baggage, legroom and inflight dining, now they can pay for more amenities before they even board the plane.
Former Southwest Airlines Employee At Oakland Airport Pleads Guilty To Smuggling MarijuanaA former baggage handler at Oakland International Airport has pleaded guilty to conspiring with other former airport employees to smuggle marijuana.
Breastfeeding 'Pods' Installed At Oakland AirportOakland International has become the first airport in the state to buy and install free-standing pods specifically designed for breastfeeding mothers.
TSA Worker Accused Of Smuggling Marijuana Through Oakland AirportA Transportation Security Administration worker at the Oakland International Airport has been indicted for allegedly conspiring to smuggle marijuana through the airport, federal prosecutors said.
Have You Ever Flown The Most Frequently Delayed Bay Area Flight?So you think air travel delays are out of control here in the Bay Area? Maybe yous shouldn't mention that to your friends in Chicago.
Oakland Airport Baggage Handlers Among 14 Charged In Marijuana Smuggling ConspiracyFederal agents have busted an alleged marijuana smuggling ring involving baggage handlers working at Oakland International Airport, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Hawaiian Airlines Flight Returns To Oakland For 'Maintenance Issue'An Hawaiian Airlines flight destined for Honolulu from Oakland International Airport has been forced to return home Tuesday after an issue with the aircraft.
80 San Francisco Airport Flights Cancelled Due To WeatherOfficials at San Francisco International Airport cancelled 39 departures and 41 arrivals Monday morning. The airport is on a ground delay program, which means the rate of arrivals will slow to meet the ability of the airport to land planes.
BART Expects Oakland Airport Extension To Open By ThanksgivingThe Bay Area Rapid Transit extension between the Coliseum Station and Oakland International should be operational for the Thanksgiving travel crush, according to system officials.
Hawaiian Airlines San Jose-To-Maui Flight Forced To Land At Oakland For Repairs, Passengers Stuck Until FridayPassengers on a Hawaiian Airlines flight from Mineta San Jose International Airport to Maui remained stuck in the Bay Area Thursday night, after mechanical issues forced their jet to land in Oakland Thursday morning.
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This adorable SHABBY CHIC MINNIE MOUSE PARTY was submitted by Dolce Franccesca.
What a fun Minni Mouse party! I love the shabby chic vibe. There are a lot of really cute ideas that would be great for any Minnie Mouse or shabby chic event.
The Shabby Chic Minnie Mouse party ideas and elements from this beautiful occasion are:
- The fondant Minnie Mouse cupcakes
- The doilie favor cones
- The vintage pink cart with wheels
- The dessert table back drop
- The mint frame with floral fabric inside
- The chinese take out favor boxes
- The pennant banner
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I have my node setup using a location field, and have some required values for each node, including city.
I would like to be able to use that value in the URL as a token for pathauto, so that all nodes created will have their city in the URL as a single slug. Example:
However this does not seem to be possible, I notice in the token list there is:
Which is my entire location field, but I do not want the entire field, only the city, or a single piece.
There is also all of the [node:location:x] tokens, but those only work if the nodes were set up using node locations and not as a separate field. Is it not possible to have the [node:field_address] broken up into different tokens like the [node:location] tokens are?
Comment #1trevorleenc CreditAttribution: trevorleenc commented
I have been wondering about this myself...
Please help.
Comment #2sprucemoose CreditAttribution: sprucemoose commented
Im stuck on this one too. Any suggestions?
Comment #3Alauddin CreditAttribution: Alauddin commented
Using custom formatters you should be able to break down the location field into the required pieces.
you should try this with locations dev version as that's the one supporting tokens


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He is a Ducks follower, a big-time one, one of their founding fans, a season-ticket holder since December of 1992.
That's 10 months before they played their first game. Tom Millsap was associated with this franchise before Guy Hebert, Tony Tavares and Wild Wing were.
During the six years before the Ducks' birth, however, Millsap had season tickets to another hockey team, the Kings.
He used to watch them at The Forum, rode the wave with everyone else all the way to the 1993 Stanley Cup Final and, today says, "I hold a grudge against Marty McSorley personally, although I've never met him."
Yet, despite that depth of devotion and even though the Kings were his first love, Millsap has a serious rooting interest entering this Stanley Cup Final. A serious rooting-against interest.
POLL: How are you dealing with the Kings' Stanley Cup run?
"I had one prediction that I really wanted to come true from the very beginning of the playoffs," he says. "That was just for the Kings not to win. Hence, when I go to Vegas, I go to people watch because if I went to bet, I'd lose all my money."
As difficult as it was to be a Ducks fan during the regular season, the postseason has been botched oral surgery. The Kings, seeded at the bottom but now seated on top, have knocked off Nos. 1, 2 and 3 in the Western Conference and are eying another No. 1 – the first Cup in franchise history.
A series victory over New Jersey would give Kings fans something they've never had and take from Ducks fans the one thing they've had since 2007. The last word.
"Whenever they'd yell their stuff at us," Ducks season-ticket holder Brian Clausman says, "we could always answer, 'Yeah, but we've got the hardware.'"
In as few as four games, the hardware could belong to the Kings and the last word to their fans, their Hrudey jersey-wearing, Eric Cartman-loving, Alyssa Milano-embracing fans.
For Ducks rooters, all that puffed-up bragging is on the verge of becoming deflated sagging.
"It's heartbreaking to think about," says another season-ticker holder, Kelly Guadagnoli. "That's one of the things that very quickly ends the discussion about whose team is better."
Guadagnoli, who lives in Highland, has a room in her home dedicated to the Ducks. There's a Selanne jersey hanging, the faces of Ruslan Salei, Rob Niedermayer and Samuel Pahlsson on the walls and a replica of the '07 Stanley Cup banner overhead.
How big of a fan are we talking about here? She also has on display a stick signed by Steve Shields, of all former Ducks.
A speech therapist for the Etiwanda School District, Guadagnoli interacts with plenty of Kings fans. For her good-natured co-workers, she has some positive thoughts. Just not too many of them.
"You're happy, you know, for your good friends," she says. "But it still hurts."
Sure, Ducks fans can always say their team won the Cup first, but Kings fans could say their team won the Cup last.
And, yeah, Ducks fans can ask why it took 45 years, but Kings fans could wonder what's happened the past four or five years.
Let's just face it, as an email that arrived Tuesday from another Ducks fan aptly announced, "God help us if the Kings win the Cup."
"I want to see them lose, period," says Clausman, who lives in Newport Beach and has had Ducks seats since 1999. "If they win, those fans will come in our building wearing their hats and T-shirts. I just don't want to hear that crap."
The Kings' romp through the playoffs has irritated Ducks fans for another reason, as if their team's 13th-place finish in the Western Conference wasn't tormenting enough. By suddenly going 12-2, the Kings have shown what can happen when a team – any team – makes the postseason. The lesson: Everybody starts over at 0-0 and who cares about home ice?
Ten NHL teams compiled 100 points or more this season. Nine of them didn't make the Stanley Cup Final. Of the five in the West, none even advanced to the conference finals.
Finishing with only 80 points, though, like the Ducks just did, doesn't even allow the opportunity for magic to unfold.
"This absolutely does make it more frustrating," Clausman says. "There's no excuse, zero, for this team missing the playoffs. I certainly wasn't one of the people who stood and applauded after the last game this season."
The finals open Wednesday in New Jersey, the same state in which the Ducks lost the 2003 Cup to the hated Devils. So, either way, a team Ducks fans dislike is about to win the championship.
We'll give one of those fans the last word today, seeing how the last word soon could be taken from each of them.
"You root for New Jersey because there aren't many guys left there who faced us," Millsap says. "But you root against the Kings, no matter what."
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Catcher is an incredibly demanding position. It's not suspicious to you that the greatest HR hitting catcher of all time also happened to play during the height of the steroid era? Thinking Piazza is clean is incredibly naive.
If you think Piazza deserved first ballot, then you should feel the exact same way about Bonds and Clemens, IMO.
I don't need rock hard concrete evidence to believe this. To me circumstantial evidence is overwhelming.
They weren't going to get in because the BBWAA made it their business to keep them out on principle but i still think those guys are without question the best pitcher and player of the last 30 years (arguably longer) steroid aided or not.
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I think baseball needs to give up on this sacrosanct stand against the steroid era.
It's counter productive, they will never escape it, and we will never know all the players who did and didn't do them.
They need to accept that its a part of baseball's history and if they feel they need to use an asterisk to describe that part of their history so be it but it's not going away anytime in the near future especially with all these players who played during it up for consideration in the coming years.
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I do think Bonds and Clemens should be first ballot HOF'ers, they were great players before they had their performance enhanced and their overall body of work can't just be ignored. But that's a seperate point.
I don't think it's fair for Piazza to be guilty by association. He was never linked to steroids in anyway, and whatever suspicions against him should not be held against him since there is not enough proof to back up those claims.
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Well unfortunately for Piazza, he's probably gonna have to wait at least until yr 3 of eligibility which is really sad... With all these guys on the ballot again next yr, plus the additions of guys like Maddux and Glavine next yr who many think are "first ballot HOFers".... Mike probably won't get in again.
This sucks.
I might be mistaken, but I believe that Joe DiMaggio did not get into the Hall Of Fame on the first ballot.
From 2000-2004 he averaged 51 home runs a year (ages 35-39 where players aren't supposed to improve on their career numbers), it's pretty obvious when Bonds started to use.
Not to mention he got ****ing huge.
I mean he was hardly recognizable in comparison to the guy that came up with the Pirates in 1986.
As for Piazza, although there is no direct linkage to PEDS he certainly still could have used them..
I mean we would have to put our Met blinders on to admit it's not a possibility. The guy was a 62nd round pick and the only reason why he was picked by the Dodgers was a favor to Tommy Lasorda (his godfather), i mean unless he was Albert Pujols before Albert Pujols there is certainly a chance Piazza used PEDS to become the player he became.
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"You don't know how to drink. Your whole generation, you drink for the wrong reasons. My generation, we drink because it's good, because it feels better than unbuttoning your collar, because we deserve it. We drink because it's what men do."
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/88...clemens-deniedCurt Schilling made a good point. Everyone was guilty. Either you used PEDs, or you did nothing to stop their use.
The baseball writers did the right thing whether you agree with it or not
I'm just that damn nice
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An important feature of object-relational and object-oriented databases is their capability of storing, accessing, and modeling complex structure-valued data, such as set- and list-valued data and data with nested structures. A set-valued attribute may be of homogeneous or heterogeneous type. Typically, set-valued data can be generalized by
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Generalization of a set-valued attribute. Suppose that the expertice of a person is a set-valued attribute containing the set of values {tennis, hockey, NFS, violin, prince of pesia}. This set can be generalized to a set of high-level concepts, such as {sports, music, computer games} or into the number 5 (i.e., the number of activities in the set). Moreover, a count can be associated with a generalized value to indicate how many elements are generalized to that value, as in {sports(3), music(1), computer games(1)}, where sports(3) indicates three kinds of sports, and so on.


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Class X results have been declared and you are wondering: do I take up arts, science, commerce or a vocational course?
Well, you are not alone. Thousands of students share the same feeling as you. However, do not make haste and take the wrong decision.
In the past, students took up arts, science or commerce based on their Class X results. For instance, if you got good marks you would take up science. If you scored poorly, you took arts.
Today, however, the trend is to take up a subject that interests you as there are career opportunities in every field.
You can even opt for vocational training, a diploma in engineering and technology and other technical and certificate courses directly after Class X.
This article is a basic introduction to what you can expect in each stream:
The arts field has traditionally been thought of as meant for students with no interest in studying, or those who got poor results. On the contrary, Arts offers a varied range of opportunities and career avenues.
Subjects offered
The compulsory subject in Arts are English and one second language, ie French, Sanskrit or Hindi.
Optional subjects include political science, psychology, economics, history, literature, etc.
Understanding the essence of each subject will get you started in the right direction.
Srividya Subramanian, a career counsellor at Youngbuzz, says, "Subjects like English literature, psychology, economics, foreign languages and history are in demand. Students could consider opting for these subjects right after Class X."
Are you creative? Do you write well? Is your verbal communication good? Do you have good research and analytical abilities? Does understanding and working with people invigorate you?
If yes, then Arts could be your calling. Depending on the subjects you choose, this stream essentially requires a liking for human nature, languages, a quest to know about ancient facts and cultures, the study and analysis of people, their surroundings, delving into research on past civilisations, their growth, thought processes and social evolution.
Work opportunities
Arts opens avenues to psychology, archaeology, hotel management, law, advertising, mass communication, travel and tourism, fashion designing, social work, teaching, philosophy and so forth.
Science has traditionally been considered the domain of those with brains. This is true to an extent. But, besides brains, you will have to put in rigorous hours of study and hard work.
Subjects offered
The compulsory subjects are English, a second language, physics and chemistry. You have the choice of taking up biology and a vocational subject or mathematics and a vocational subjects or biology and a mathematics without any vocational subject.
Srividya advises, "Take up Physics-Chemistry-Mathematics if you want to pursue engineering after Class XII. If medicine is your calling, do Physics-Chemistry-Biology. If you want to pursue any of the technology courses like Biotechnology, Nanatechnology or any B Tech course, Physics-Chemistry-Mathematics-Biology should be your choice of subjects."
Do you have strong analytical skills? Are you objective, systematic and innovative in your thinking? Are you capable of putting in long hours of study? Above all, are you persevering?
Science essentially requires a liking for the subject and all that the field has to offer. You must also have a strong sense of logic, as you will be dealing with facts and figures throughout your career.
You can pursue fields such as medicine, engineering, architecture, dentistry, pharmacy, agricultural sciences, computer science, merchant navy, genetics, nutrition and dietetics, astronomy and so forth. Fields like nanotechnology and biotechnology also offer good scope.
If you are good with numbers, ratios and everything related to economics, money and mathematics, the commerce stream could very well be your degree to a lucrative career.
You will study subjects like economics, organisation of commerce, book-keeping and accountancy, secretarial practice, mathematics & statistics, etc. Srividya says, "If you wish to pursue management in the future, you could opt for mathematics instead of secretarial practice."
Do you solve mathematical problems in your sleep and arrive at possible solutions in your dreams? Do you like understanding a problem or a situation with lots of numbers and data instead of long pages of description in English? Are you analytical and precise?
From becoming a chartered accountanct to a chartered financial analyst to an economist, banker, stockbroker and foreign exchange dealer, there are a host of careers you can choose from as a commerce graduate.
Quick tip: Talk to older students in these streams and understand the subjects better.
Part II: Finished Class X? A plan of action
The author Andrea Gogri works for YoungBuzz India, a career guidance and people development company. For more information contact www.youngbuzz.com
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