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Iamamiwhoami's pretensions border on the unparalleled, considering the duo's history of shrouding themselves in enigma, clever PR stunts and the artsy symbolism of their videos.
Next up on the list: a second record released as a prequel to the first. Press release-induced nausea aside, this merely refers to the fact that this collection of songs was released online before the first record. This leads one to pause mid-derisive scoff and reconsider. And once reconsidered and taken for what it is, bounty, like 2012's kin, is actually quite good.
A collection of tracks and accompanying videos, bounty is both atmospheric and tense; tension that is expertly broken with a well-placed, dancefloor-rupturing beat. When listened to/watched as a multimedia package, the results are stunning - the throbbing basslines and ghostly vocals working excellently with the eerie, dark sexuality of the films that, although on occasion tedious, are well directed and shot. Despite this, the record stands up well on its own; it often feels that it doesn't need footage of suspect white liquids stored in jam jars to accompany it. The record is as such both exhilarating and exasperating: some tracks outstay their welcome and others finish before you want to bloody well let them. Curiouser and curiouser…
The tracks are reasonably straightforward in that they tend to be either immediate, dancefloor-designed bangers or slow burning, vulnerable laments. The latter grouping of songs tend to be on the rambling, directionless side of things, with 'U-I' particularly reminiscent of dated fantasy soundtracks; incredibly eerie and evocative, but ultimately unsatisfying and irritating. Nonetheless, the production here lends itself very well to such ethereal melodrama, with each instrument/effect having a particularly indistinct resonance. Similarly, opener 'B' is guilty of similar meandering - the computerised vocals and tense piano doing little else aside from raising the tension for the subsequent track.
But when that track gets going, it was worth the preceding one. 'O' (the majority of the tracks here spell out BOUNTY, by the way), lays on the tension further still from its predecessor before a irresitable, industrial beat kicks in and bounty really starts to get enjoyable. This track is somewhat more understated than some of the other 'bigger' tunes on this record, however it is by far the best; unmistakably Scandinavian and achingly cool, with neither two aspects capable of surviving without the other.
Pretentious or not, there is no denying iamamiwhoami's creative flair. Again they have taken the steps of creating an audio-visual project is not only very good as a whole, but is equally solid in its composite parts. A rare feat. It may be somewhat on the lofty, artistic side, but bounty manages somehow to avoid ostentation; it is largely elegant, grounded and rewarding. Let's just hope it was supposed to be.
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Chapter 3352-86 Internal Posting Procedure
(A) Internal posting procedure
Wright state university values filling new and vacant classified positions with qualified current employees. This internal posting procedure will replace the "First Opportunity Transfer Procedure" effective (date of approval). It will provide a process for giving first consideration to classified, non-bargaining unit staff. In the future, if there is a conflict between the internal posting procedure and the Ohio Revised Code and civil service procedures, the Ohio legal and administrative procedures will prevail.
(B) Determination for an internal posting
When a new or vacant classified position becomes available, the hiring supervisor will consider whether it is appropriate to give first consideration to current eligible staff rather than requesting referrals from the civil service eligibility list maintained by Human Resources. If the hiring supervisor decides to first consider current eligible employees, human resources will post the position for WSU classified, non-bargaining unit employees only on the WSU employment website (https://jobs.wright.edu).
(C) Posting procedures and deadlines
Once the department of human resources receives a final, approved request for posting, Employment services will list the position on the employment website for WSU classified, non-bargaining unit employees only. The announcement will provide a description of the open position, minimum qualifications, department, and pay grade. Internal opportunities will be posted as soon as they are received and approved. The position will remain posted for five full working days.
(D) Eligibility
Employees must meet all of the following criteria to be considered for interview:
(1) Be actively employed, and on the Wright state university payroll (positions that are excluded include, but are not limited to, interim appointments, thirty -day emergency appointments, and probationary employees);
(2) Be in a classified, non-bargaining unit position;
(3) Meet the minimum qualifications for the position;
(4) Be employed in current position for at least one year; and
(5) Take the required word processing or spreadsheet test required for the position, if the required test has not been taken by the applicant while employed at WSU.
(E) Testing
Eligible current employees are not required to take the competitive civil service examinations for positions posted under the internal posting procedure. However, applicants must take the word processing test and/or spreadsheet skills test if the applicant was not tested for the required application upon original hire. A staff member from the department of human resources will contact the applicant if testing is required. Test information will be provided to the hiring manager.
(F) Application procedure
Eligible current employees may apply for the positions posted on the employment website (https://jobs.wright.edu) by completing and submitting the electronic application form. The application must be submitted by the specified closing date.
(G) Review of applications
Human resources will screen applications for eligibility, as specified above. All applicants meeting the eligibility requirements will be referred to the hiring supervisor.
(H) Evaluation and selection process
After reviewing qualifications, work records, references and other information, if any, the hiring supervisor will schedule interviews for the applicants he/she determines are the best candidates for the position. Hiring supervisors are encouraged to review official personnel files of all applicants before the interview process. After the interview process, the hiring supervisor will notify human resources of the candidate selected to fill the position. The hiring supervisor will then offer the position to the candidate. Once the position has been accepted, the applicants not selected for the position will be notified by the department of human resources.
(I) Advantages of using the "First Opportunity Transfer Procedure"
Positions designated for WSU classified, non-bargaining unit employees only are posted for five days only. This process shortens the standard timeline for posting and eliminates outside advertising. Qualified current employees receive first consideration for positions posted under this job category. Current employees are more knowledgeable of university policies and procedures. There are no stipulations for interviewing a specified number of candidates; therefore, the interview process is less time-consuming. Testing may not be necessary.
(J) Right reserved to use "Standard Civil Service Procedure"
Although the hiring supervisor indicates a preference to hire a current university employee by posting the position for WSU classified, non-bargaining unit employees only, the supervisor reserves the right to post under the civil service procedure and receive a list of civil service tested and competitively qualified candidates when it appears there are insufficient internal candidates or that outside applicants may more closely meet the needs of the department.
If the internal posting procedure is used and no one is selected from the internal applicant pool, the hiring supervisor must notify all applicants of this decision before reposting the position using the standard civil service procedure.
(K) Wright state is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution
All promotion and transfer decisions will be made without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, disability status, veteran status, military status, national origin, ancestry, sex (including gender identity/expression), age, or sexual orientation. The university is committed to making reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to complete the application process and perform the essential functions of the position.
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: 3352.03
Rule Amplifies: 3352.03

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The GSMA's Regional Interest Groups provide forums in which the mobile industry can discuss and address issues that are specific to particular regions or the regional angle on global issues. The GSMA has Regional Internet Groups in Europe, Latin America, Asia, the Arab World, Africa and North America.
GSMA Europe
In the European Union, the GSMA represents more than 100 mobile network operators, serving over 600 million subscriber connections, and their suppliers. Based in Brussels, GSMA Europe's secretariat coordinates the efforts of the GSMA and its members to inform the EU-level policy and regulatory developments that impact the mobile industry.
Central to this task are GSMA Europe's Operator Expert Groups, which are composed of public policy and technical experts from member companies with interests in Europe. They are responsible for monitoring relevant policy and legislative developments, identifying priorities for the mobile industry, and developing and communicating consensus positions on these priorities.
The Chief Regulatory Officers Group for Europe plays a key role in the GSMA's governance structure as the bridge between the Operator Expert Groups and the Public Policy Committee of the GSMA Board. It consists of senior public policy representatives of member companies in Europe.
GSMA Latin America
In Latin America, the GSMA member companies serve over 630 million connections, accounting for 95% of the total mobile region´s connections. The GSMA Latin American team is based in Santiago, Chile; Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Brasilia, Brazil.
GSMA Latin America (GSMA LA) has four Operator Expert Working Groups covering Billing and Roaming (BARG), Regulatory (REGU), Technical and Terminals (TECT), and Security and Fraud (SEGF) issues in the region. GSMA LA hosts two key plenaries a year, featuring working group sessions plus workshops and seminars on other key GSMA initiatives.
The Chief Regulatory Officers Group for Latin America (CROG Latin America) guides the GSMA's public policy activities in the region and inputs the interests of the Latin American operators into the agendas of the GSMA Board, the Public Policy Committee (PPC) and the Global Chief Regulatory Officers Group (CROG). It consists of senior public policy representatives from 14 of the largest operator groups in Latin America and the Caribbean.
GSMA North America
GSMA North America is steered by its CTO Advisory Group, which drives the activities of its various technical working groups. These working groups, which meet several times per year, include the Services Working Group, the Smart Card Group, the Terminal Working Group, the Fraud and Security group, the Inter-Working, Roaming Expert Group (IREG), the Billing, Accounting & Roaming Group (BARG) and the Standards & Wireless Alerts Task Force.
GSMA Asia Pacific & Greater China
GSMA Asia consists of several regional working groups aligned with the global GSMA working groups. GSMA Asia also runs several successful conferences and events covering roaming and regulatory issues.
GSMA Asia Pacific & Greater China Website
GSMA Africa
Focused on regulatory, environmental, and roaming issues, GSMA Africa's secretariat oversees research on taxation, spectrum and other issues of particular relevance to the African mobile industry.
GSMA Arab World
Representing more than 20 operators in the Arab region, GSMA Arab World promotes and facilitates the development of GSM-based services, seeks to enhance investments in network infrastructure and aims to drives innovation, growth and expand consumer choice. GSMA Arab World runs a web site designed to help consumers compare roaming tariffs in the Arab region.


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The Deadliest Catch is one of the most insane and craziest shows on the Discovery Channel. And today we got two of the captains out of the freezing Bering Sea in Alaska to come chat with you. Ask them anything you want!
We're lucky to have Sig Hansen, the captain of the Northwestern and Keith Colburn of the Wizard who, instead of catching crab, will be answering your questions.
This season, the captains are fighting through the icy water back in search of King and Opilio crab. Of course, there is also infighting on the vessels and all the usual Deadliest Catch goodness you've come to know and love.
Sig and Keith will be here for the next hour. Feel free to ask them anything you want about life on the high seas, how tough it actually is out there, filming, or what they drive. This is wide open and the floor is yours.
Jump in below!
UPDATE: Sig and Keith had to leave for some more stuff, but thanks for asking all the questions!


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Last night my son was trying to install something called Tekkit which has something to do with Minecraft.
I am not really savvy when it comes to Minecraft and I had no idea what Tekkit was. My son asked whether he could download and run the Tekkit Launcher and if so could I help him install it.
The first thing I noticed when visiting the site is that there is a download button on the right hand side for both a launcher and a server. What is lacking however is any real information about what Tekkit is, how to install it and how it works.
This got me thinking about the average computer user. How easy is it for someone to become familiar with Linux? Is there enough information to get started?
This article is therefore written for people that have heard the term Linux and wants to know a bit more but doesn't know where to begin.
1. What is Linux?
Lots of people have chosen to make the move from Windows to Linux but how many other people have given up long before even understanding what Linux is.
You may have seen the term Linux used in the media or on television. You may also have seen Linux highlighted in big bold letters on the magazine shelves. What you may not know is what Linux is or you may have a skewed view believing it to be the plaything of geeks and nerds.
Reading Wikipedia may not help you. The first paragraph alone would be enough to make a lot of people's brains explode.
Linux ( i/ˈlɪnəks/ LIN-əks[5][6] or /ˈlɪnʊks/ LIN-uuks)[7][8][9] is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of Linux is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released 5 October 1991 by Linus Torvalds.[10][11]
I will therefore try and define Linux as simply as I can.
On your computer at the moment you will probably have the Windows operating system. There have been a number of versions of Windows over the years starting at version 1 and going all the way up to Windows 7 (with 8 on its way).
Windows as you may know is an operating system. What is means to you though is that using a series of menus, icons, windows and applications you can do things like browse the internet, watch videos, play games and create documents. Lurking within Windows is something called the Windows Kernel or the Windows NT Kernel. I dare you to search for the Windows NT Kernel on Wikipedia.
The architecture of Windows NT, a line of operating systems produced and sold by Microsoft, is a layered design that consists of two main components, user mode and kernel mode. It is a preemptive, reentrant operating system, which has been designed to work with uniprocessor and symmetrical multi processor (SMP)-based computers. To process input/output (I/O) requests, they use packet-driven I/O, which utilizes I/O request packets (IRPs) and asynchronous I/O. Starting with Windows 2000, Microsoft began making 64-bit versions of Windows available—before this, these operating systems only existed in 32-bit versions.
Without going to deeply into what the Kernel is it is basically the engine for your operating system. From the Windows NT Kernel multiple versions of Windows are formed including the home, professional, ultimate editions. All of these are different versions of the same operating system running off the same Kernel.
There is a common misconception that Linux is an operating system. Linux is the engine that spawns a whole host of different operating systems known as distributions.
2. What is a distribution (distro)?
When browsing the computing magazine section at your local news agent or supermarket you may have seen the Linux magazines. On the front of the magazines there are often free disks attached to the front.
In big bold writing on the front of the magazine it will say "Ubuntu 12.04 reviewed" or "What's new in Linux Mint 13?".
Linux Format magazine is currently giving away 2 disks with 15 distributions on it. People new to the Linux world may not have a clue what a distribution even is.
The distribution is the actual operating system. So you could look at it like this. There are various Windows distributions including Windows Home Starter, Windows Home Premium, Windows Professional and Windows Server. Each distribution of Windows has a different target audience.
Linux is the same. There are multiple distributions each aimed at a different target audience. The difference between Linux and Windows is that there are hundreds if not thousands of choices of Linux distributions.
The other big difference between Windows and Linux is that the majority of Linux distributions are free.
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3. How do I know which distribution is right for me?
There is no easy answer to know which Linux distribution is right for you. It basically comes down to personal preference.
The best way to find out is to dive right in and try a few of them out. The great thing is that a lot of distributions provide live CDs which makes it possible to insert the CD into you CD drive and restart your computer and it will boot straight into the Linux distribution. You do not have to worry about messing up your Windows installation. Simply try out all the functions the Live CD has to offer and if you like it you can then install it. If you don't like it take the CD out and restart your PC and boot back into Windows.
Now blindly downloading distributions is a bit of a scattergun approach to finding out whether Linux is right for you. If you are completely new to Linux then you probably would not want to face the daunting task of installing Slackware.
Fortunately help is at hand. Visit www.distrowatch.org. This site is an invaluable resource.
First of all there is a list down the right hand side showing the top 100 distributions. There is also a fantastic search facility. You can use the search tool to search on the distribution type. For example if you are new to Linux you might want your first foray into the world of Linux to be with the easier to use distributions. The plus side of these distributions is that most things work straight away and the menus are easy to navigate.
If you have an older computer then it makes sense to run a distribution that is kind to resources. In this instance searching on "older computers" provides a list of distributions that run well on older computers.
If you are heavily into gaming there are distributions for gamers. If you want a distribution for educating your children you can search on education.
Even after running a search you may still find that there is a list of about 20 distributions to choose from so how do you then know which one to try first. Each distribution listing on distrowatch has a description which states the major goals of the projects. You can also see screenshots and read reviews.
Each Linux distribution will come with different desktop environments and choice of installed software. Ultimately as you become more accustomed to using Linux you will know which desktop environment suits you best and which applications you prefer to use.
For people wishing to use Linux for the first time I personally would recommend Ubuntu, Linux Mint or Zorin OS.
4. What is a desktop environment?
In graphical computing, a desktop environment (DE) commonly refers to a particular implementation of graphical user interface (GUI) derived from the desktop metaphor that is seen on most modern personal computers.[1] These GUIs help the user in easily accessing, configuring, and modifying many important and frequently accessed specific operating system (OS) features. The GUI usually does not afford access to all the many features found in an OS. Instead, the traditional command-line interface (CLI) is still used when full control over the OS is required in such cases.
Wow! That paragraph was taken straight from Wikipedia.
Think of the desktop environment as the series of menus, taskbars, windows and keyboard shortcuts that you use to start and run applications.
If you look at Windows 7 the desktop environment consists of a taskbar at the bottom. The taskbar is split between the Start icon, quick launch icons, opens applications (tasks) and the system tray which includes the clock. When you click the start button a menu appears and you can search for programs or you can use the menus to navigate for the programs you wish to run.
In addition to the menus and taskbars there is the desktop itself which has icons, a background, context menus that can be pulled up by pressing the right mouse button and of course you can add widgets to display things like the weather.
The one thing you will quickly learn about Linux is that there are lots of choices for everything and there is an abundant choice of desktop environments. The main desktop environments in use are Unity, Cinnamon, Mate, Gnome, KDE, XFCE and LXDE. If I started a debate as to which is the best one then I would have pages upon pages of comments declaring allegiances to one or another. At the end of the day it is down to choice. Really the only way to decide is to try a few out and best way to try a few out is to try different distributions that implement different desktop environments.
5. Where can I get Linux distributions?
First of all you can get most distributions for free. Visit distrowatch.org and search for the distribution you are interested in and click the download link.
Some distributions make it more complicated than others when choosing what to download. For example visiting the Linux Mint site you will see a table showing all the possible downloads and what they consist of. This is fairly simple. Ubuntu is even easier because there is only one desktop choice (Unity) and so you simply get the choice to download a 32 bit version or a 64 bit version.
Other distributions make it a little bit more complicated. PCLinuxOS for instance has a load of text with some small links at the bottom of the page. They should put the links at the top and the text underneath. They are not the worst though. For some distributions you will get to a folder with 20 or 30 links showing different versions some with source code, some with documentation and it will say x86, x64, i386 etc and it just isn't clear which version it is you should download.
Of course if you have read this entire article thus far you will also realise that you can buy Linux magazines which often have a variety of different distributions on the cover disk to the magazine. Along with the cover disk there will be a review of the distribution in the magazine so you can make an informed decision as to which one is best for you.
Now whilst Linux is free you might not want the hassle of downloading the ISO image to burn to CD/DVD and you might not want to spend £5.99 on a magazine just for one disk that you may or may not like.
In this instance you can visit a site like http://buylinuxcds.co.uk where you can choose the version of Linux you would like to try and it will be sent to you on a CD or DVD for just a small fee.
6. How do I install Linux but keep Windows?
Most people when they first look at using Linux aren't ready to give up Windows.
Firstly I would recommend trying out the live CD first.
Some Linux distributions can run from inside Windows or as well as Windows without affecting the Windows install at all.
Ubuntu has the Wubi installer which runs Ubuntu from inside Windows. Now you can try all the features of Ubuntu and use it in its entirety without worrying about losing your Windows data.
Puppy Linux on the other hand runs from a CD or USB drive and the save file is stored as a file on your Windows drive. It is basically a file like any other file and so again does not affect your Windows operating system.
Other distributions whilst not running from within Windows enable you to install the Linux distribution alongside Windows so that when you boot your PC you can choose whether to use Windows or whether to use the Linux distribution. All the major Linux distributions make this part of the installation process. It really is a case of checking boxes.
If you have ever installed Windows by yourself then in the majority of cases you will be able to install Linux. Most distributions have a graphical installer which provide a series of questions to answer such as where you are located, which users you want to create and which applications to install.
7. Can I still run my Windows applications?
There are two answers to this question. The simple answer is yes you can. The real answer though asks another question why?
If you want to run Windows software there are multiple ways to do it. One way is to install a program called WINE. This software enables you to install Windows applications within the Linux operating system and run them straight from within Linux. Now this software is very good and works incredibly well but there are some Windows programs that just won't run properly using WINE. The other option is to install VirtualBox. This enables you to install a copy of Windows within a virtual machine whereby you can install the Windows applications you wish to use.
As mentioned previously Linux gives you choice and an incredible amount of it. To this end there are thousands upon thousands of applications that can be installed and in the majority of cases you will find an application that does exactly the same as the Windows application you currently use.
As an example of this if you want to read your emails in an Outlook style application there is an email client called Thunderbird. (http://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/thunderbird/). If you are not sure it meets your needs then there is a Windows version that you can try first.
For office tasks such as word processing, spreadsheets and presentations there is LibreOffice. Again you can download a Windows version of this software from www.libreoffice.org/download
For watching videos there is VLC player (again there is a Windows version). For music Rhythmbox or Banshee can be used. They are both similar to Windows Media Player.
8. Is my hardware supported by Linux?
Yet another common misconception in Windows land and by the media is that Linux doesn't support hardware very well.
Whilst this used to be true support for hardware has come on leaps and bounds over the past 5 years and I haven't got one device that doesn't work fully under Linux.
For instance I have a Sony Walkman and Rhythmbox and Banshee both pick up the Walkman as a device and make it easy to synchronise my laptop with the Walkman.
My printer and scanner both work very well and I have a blaze ultimate portable game console which I can connect with Linux to copy games to and from the device. You can even use an XBOX controller as a joypad for playing games.
The best thing to do is to try the live version of a distribution out first and test all your hardware.
9. How do I get support for Linux?
This is a very important topic. Everyone knows a guy that can help them when their Windows goes wrong. Not many people would know a Linux guy that can help if Linux doesn't work.
Again there are two main points to make here. When Windows goes wrong it usually goes spectacularly wrong.
The most common reasons for Windows to go wrong are:
- Viruses/Malware
- Forgotten Windows passwords on a single user machine
- Corrupt registry
- Cannot connect to the internet
Yes I get asked questions about other things that happen on Windows but 99% of the people that ask me for help are for these four things.
Linux nearly never goes wrong for me. Most of the time I need Linux support for things that I want to try out but just don't know how to.
Help is not far away. The major distributions have forums that you can go to for help. Most of the people are friendly and will do their utmost to help. If the forums don't work then there are the ICQ chat rooms. Now the Ubuntu guys bend over backwards to help people. I sat with a window open to the ICQ chat room and watched as a Ubuntu expert dedicated 3 hours of his life sorting out a troublesome router problem for a new user.
If you cannot get help in the forums then there is of course Google. My view of Google is that if you cannot find the answer to a problem then you probably just haven't used the right search term yet.
The best site for help however has to be Youtube. Often seen as a place for watching jackass type videos or kids playing pranks this is the one platform that has helped me the most in the past few years. People dedicate a large amount of time recording video tutorials showing you how to achieve what it is you want to achieve. It was Youtube that helped me solve my son's Tekkit problem. Currently Youtube is the most educational tool on the internet.
10. Why would I want to use Linux instead of Windows?
You know the answer to this question might be that you wouldn't You might be perfectly happy working away in Windows land and if that is how you choose to use your computer then that is fine.
You might consider leaving Windows for the following reasons however:
- You need a new computer and you don't like the look and feel of Windows 8
- You are using Windows 7 but keep getting viruses
- Your machine is running very slowly running Windows
- You are fed up with constant updates for not just Windows but Antivirus software, firewalls, java, adobe products etc
- Your machine is getting older and can't upgrade from XP to Vista/7 or 8.
It may be that when you buy your next PC it comes with Windows 8. (This will depend upon when you read this article, at the moment it hasn't been released). You might not like Windows 8 at all. If you have an XBOX or a Windows phone then the interface will probably be familiar to you but it is a personal preference as to whether you like it or not. You might consider at this point trying Linux to see if it works better for you.
If you keep getting viruses then I would consider a number of things. Firstly update your anti-virus software and firewall. Secondly be more cautious when downloading files from the internet and also be careful about which websites you visit. Moving to Linux will give you a level of protection against getting viruses and you will feel more secure. However, of course this does not mean you should throw caution to the wind. There has been the odd isolated incident within Linux regarding viruses.
If your machine is running slowly or it is getting older then you might not be able to upgrade to a later version of Windows. Staying on the current version of Windows is an option but support will be faded out and there is every chance that security holes will be found and not plugged. Moving to a version of Linux that is designed for older computers will give you peace of mind that you are running on an operating system designed for you. It will be actively supported by the developers. You will not be considered a second class citizen running on an old version of an operating system but as a key user for a currently supported and developed operating system.
Finally you might move to Linux because you gave it a go and because like many before realised that Linux is brilliant and not just for geeks after all.


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This post gave me autism.
Since when has a Hierarch done anything for you? . . .
What's the "American Orthodox Church"?
Good question. I found a webpage at http://www.orthodoxpress.org/parish/necthist.htm
Do you think the thoughts represented here express the overall accepted Orthodox view? Or do you consider this article controversial? And if so, why?
I came across this article ages ago - it confused the hell out of me. In fact i brought up this very article on another Orthodox forum iver here: http://www.monachos.net/mb/messages/4229/17998.html?1097347023As you can see from my initial post under "Iqbal Youssef" - i had no idea...
I really don't think it is "Controvesial" at all...There are other books about this subject, though, which cover it , in depth.This is one: http://www.pelagia.org/htm/b24.en.life_after_death.00.htmIf you want , really, to understand "The River of Fire" , you should read that book...
do you consider this article controversial? And if so, why?
Don't believe everything you think.
The more I know, the less I know.
May I ask you, if you do NOT consider the article controversial, why not? I should have included that in my original question.
St Isaac of SyriaI also maintain that those who are punished in Gehenna, are scourged by the scourge of love. Nay, what is so bitter and vehement as the torment of love? ...It would be improper for a man to think that sinners in Gehenna are deprived of the love of God... The power of love works in two ways: it torments sinners... Thus I say that this is the torment of Gehenna: bitter regret. But love inebriates the souls of the sons of Heaven by its delectability. (Ascetical Homilies 28, Page 141)St Basil the Great'The voice of the Lord divides the flame of fire.' [David] says that this miracle happened to the Three Children in the fiery furnace. The fire in this case was divided into two, so that while it was burning those outside it, it was cooling the Children, as if they were under the shadow of a tree. In what follows he observes that the fire which had been prepared by God for the devil and his angels 'is cut by the voice of the Lord.' Fire has two properties, the caustic and illuminating energies, and that is why it burns and sheds light. Thus those worthy of the fire will feel its caustic quality and those worthy of the lighting will feel the illuminating property of the fire. Therefore he finishes very expressively: 'the voice of the Lord divides the flames of fire' and in the dividing, the fire of hell is without light, and the light of peace remains unburnt. (On Psalm 28, PG 29:297A)St Gregory NazianzenReceive besides this the Resurrection, the Judgment and the Reward according to the righteous scales of God; and believe that this will be Light to those whose mind is purified (that is, God -- seen and known) proportionate to their degree of purity, which we call the Kingdom of heaven; but to those who suffer from blindness of their ruling faculty, darkness, that is estrangement from God, proportionate to their blindness here. (Oration (40) on Holy Baptism 45, NPNF II 7:377)St Gregory NazianzenWherefore we must purify ourselves first, and then approach this converse with the Pure; unless we would have the same experience as Israel, who could not endure the glory of the face of Moses, and therefore asked for a veil; or else would feel and say with Manoah "We are undone O wife, we have seen God," although it was God only in his fancy; or like Peter would send Jesus out of the boat, as being ourselves unworthy of such a visit; and when I say Peter, I am speaking of the man who walked upon the waves; or like Paul would be stricken in eyes, as he was before he was cleansed from the guilt of his persecution, when he conversed with Him Whom he was persecuting--or rather with a short flash of That great Light; or like the Centurion would seek for healing, but would not, through a praiseworthy fear, receive the Healer into his house. Let each one of us also speak so, as long as he is still uncleansed, and is a Centurion still, commanding many in wickedness, and serving in the army of Caesar, the World-ruler of those who are being dragged down; "I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof." But when he shall have looked upon Jesus, though he be little of stature like Zaccheus of old, and climb up on the top of the sycamore tree by mortifying his members which are upon the earth, and having risen above the body of humiliation, then he shall receive the Word, and it shall be said to him, This day is salvation come to this house. Then let him lay hold on the salvation, and bring forth fruit more perfectly, scattering and pouring forth rightly that which as a publican he wrongly gathered. For the same Word is on the one hand terrible through its nature to those who are unworthy, and on the other through its loving kindness can be received by those who are thus prepared, who have driven out the unclean and worldly spirit from their souls, and have swept and adorned their own souls by self-examination, and have not left them idle or without employment, so as again to be occupied with greater armament by the seven spirits of wickedness..." (Oration (39) on the Holy Lights 9-10, NPNF II 354-355)St Gregory NazianzenO Trinity, Whom I have been granted to worship and proclaim, Who will someday be known to all, to some through illumination, to others through punishment!" (On Peace 3, PG 35:1165B)St Gregory PalamasHe says: 'He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire', that is to say, with illumination and punishment, according to the disposition of each. (Homily 59, EPE 11, Page 498)St John ClimacusIt is one thing frequently to keep watch over the heart, and another to supervise the heart by means of the mind, that ruler and high-priest that offers spiritual sacrifices to Christ. When the holy and super-celestial fire comes to dwell in the souls of the former, as says one of those who have received the title of Theologian, it burns them because they still lack purification, whereas it enlightens the latter according to the degree of their perfection. For one and the same fire is called both the fire which consumes and the light which illuminates." (The Ladder of Divine Ascent, Step 28:51)St Theophan the RecluseThe righteous will go into eternal life, but the satanized sinners into eternal torments, in communion with demons. Will these torments end? If satanism and becoming like satan should end, then the torments also can end...there is no hope either for men who become satanized by his influence [to change]. (quoted in Father Michael Pomazansky, Orthodox Dogmatic Theology, page 351)St. Makarios of EgyptThe heavenly fire of the divine nature, which Christians receive in this world, where it works within their hearts, this fire will work from outside, when the body is destroyed; it will restore again the disjointed limbs, and will bring to life the bodies which have decayed... (Spiritual Homilies 11:1, PG 34:544)St Isaac of SyriaSin, Gehenna, and Death do not exist at all with God, for they are effects, not substances. Sin is the fruit of free will. There was a time when sin did not exist, and there will be a time when it will not exist. Gehenna is the fruit of sin... (Ascetical Homilies 27, Page 133)St Isaac of SyriaThis is the aim of Love. Love's chastisement is for correction, but it does not aim at retribution...But the man who considers God an avenger, presuming that he bears witness to His justice, the same accuses Him of being bereft of goodness. Far be it, that vengeance could ever be found in that Fountain of love and Ocean brimming with goodness! The aim of His design is the correction of men." (Ascetical Homilies 48, Page 230)St Isaac of SyriaDo not call God just, for His justice is not manifest in the things concerning you. And if David calls Him just and upright, His Son revealed to us that He is good and kind. 'He is good', He says 'to the evil and to the impious.' How can you call God just when you come across the Scriptural passage on the wage given to the workers?...How can a man call God just when he comes across the passage on the prodigal son who wasted his wealth with riotous living, how for the compunction alone which he showed, the father ran and fell upon his neck and gave him authority over all his wealth?...Where, then, is God's justice, for while we are sinners Christ died for us!" (Ascetical Homilies 51, Page 251)Vladimir Lossky on St Symeon the new TheologianFor according to St. Symeon, there are two judgments: one, in this life, the judgment to salvation; the other, after the end of the world, the judgment to condemnation 'In this present life, when by repentance, we enter freely and of our own will into the divine light, we find ourselves accused and under judgment; but, owing to the divine love and compassion the accusation and judgment is made in secret, in the depths of our soul, to purify us, that we may receive the pardon of our sins. It is only God and ourselves who at that time will see the hidden depths of our hearts. Those who in this life undergo such a judgment will have nothing to fear from another tribunal. But for those who will not, in this life, enter into the light, that they may be accused and judged, for those who hate the light, the second coming of Christ will disclose the light which at present remains hidden, and will make manifest everything which has been concealed. Everything which today we hide, not wishing to reveal the depths of our hearts in repentance, will then be made open in the light, before the face of God; and the whole world, and what we really are will be made plain.' At the second coming of Christ, all will be made fully conscious, in the power of the divine light. But this consciousness will not be one which opens up freely in grace, according to the divine will; it will be a consciousness coming, so to speak, from outside, and developing in persons against their will, a light being united to beings extraneously, that is to say, 'outside grace,' as St. Maximus has it. The love of God will be an intolerable torment for those who have not acquired it within themselves...The resurrection itself will reveal the inner condition of beings, as bodies will allow the secrets of the soul to shine through." (Vladimir Lossky, The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church, Pages 233-234)
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I should have been checking whether screen caps are back working so I could have caught it, but there was one Arathi Basin run wherein two of the participants were named Po (one on each side). Every other BG I'd run from a period of Tuesday through early Thursday has had a different "Po" as well. At first I thought it was the same player, but noooo.....
All these Kung Fu Panda references, and we haven't even gotten to the Pandaren yet.
In case you haven't been in a low level BG lately, Disco Priests are the current OP class right now. You know how much fun it is to have 4+ people beating on a Prot Pally without much success? That Pally has now been replaced by the Disco Priest. I couldn't count the number of times multiple people ganged up on a Disco Priest in a BG, only to have the Priest emerge unscathed.
I'm sorry, but there's something very wrong about a Clothie being able to handle people like that. We're talking about a Priest, not a Jedi.
Disco priests have suddenly become so popular in the entry level BG range that their numbers are approaching 'DK in Outland' levels. I was in an Arathi Basin BG on Wednesday where there were six Disco Priests on the Alliance side, and four on the Horde side. And who topped the kill charts in that BG? The Disco Priests. All of them.
My slowness issue seems to have been corrected in the latest 5.0.5 patch, although a perusal of the patch notes didn't reveal anything specific to my problem. Unfortunately, the washed out effect is still there, despite me tweaking the graphics settings like crazy.
As is typically the case in software, my issues are more likely "artifacts" or "features" as opposed to bugs. I haven't come across anything new, but I guess we'll see what comes up.
In TOR, I managed to provide an interesting bug case for the devs.
I'd created a Trooper, and while she was working on her initial class quest on Ord Mandell, I'd stumbled upon the previously bugged mission The Ambush. Well, I muddled through it, but afterwards the thing refused to complete, but at the same time, I was given the next mission in the sequence. Therefore, I've got two quests from the same chain sitting in my Mission Log, and I can't complete the one because of interference from the other. The devs have tried a few things --especially since they fixed that mission on Tuesday's down time-- but they're still scratching their heads over my Trooper's conundrum. I presume they could manually intervene with my toon and correct it manually, but they probably want to figure out how it got there so it doesn't happen to other people.
Considering I'm playing my Trooper as a complete no-nonsense sort, she would not take kindly to this situation. (Think Sergeant Mack on Taris in the bonus series, and you get the idea.)
Some months into Cata, I'd stated how tactical Vashj'ir was for ranged DPS was, and how liberating it was for a Mage to have that vertical dimension to work from. When you go straight from Wrath zones to Vashj'ir without stopping to gear up, the Cata 'jump' meant you had to take it easy and work a pull at a time until you got yourself a complete set of baseline Cata green gear. This was a bit of a sea change from what people were used to leveling up through Wrath, although the Storm Peaks and Icecrown did have a bit of that tactical feel to it.
To a lesser extent, that tactical feel is what it's like leveling out in the field for TOR, although it feels like that on a more consistent basis. WoW --especially in the post-5.0.4 world-- seems built for steamrolling over mobs out in the field.
Now, a game like Age of Conan, however, is much more unforgiving. And brutal.
I was reminded of that when I returned to my Barbarian and worked a bit on some quests in Old Tarantia. Unlike WoW and TOR (and LOTRO, for that matter), AoC does not go in for so-called 'heroic combat'. You definitely have to work your way patiently through mobs if they're at-level, and more than one mob at a time often spells doom to your player. The AoC mobs are also much MUCH more sensitive to activity nearby, and will aggro from a much greater distance than in WoW or TOR.
These little touches of realism keep me grounded after playing sessions of "Jump into the fray and kill them all!!!" fighting found in WoW or TOR. It also helps my leveling experience out in the other two games, because I play more conservatively and patiently.
Perhaps I'm onto something here, because I do get a lot of satisfaction playing different MMOs, and I can enjoy them for what they are. From my perspective, they complement each other, because I'm not in a rush to be the first or the absolute best. I'm not trying to be that hard core raider slogging through hard modes, but rather just having fun puttering around in different worlds.
Now, if someone will get around to creating an MMO version of Lankhmar....


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EDT:Deployment Introduction
To make an EGL application run in a test or production environment, you must have the generated HTML, Java class, and JavaScript files packaged into a WAR file which conforms to the Java EE specification, and then deploy it to the web application server sush as Tomcat. The EGL project itself cannot be exported as a WAR file directly, so we introduce the concept of deployment. Deployment in EDT means to copy the generated output from an EGL project to a specified Java EE project, and to make sure the files and directory structure after the copy will conform to the Java EE specification, and can easily be exported as a WAR file. EDT users can control the deployment process by specifying the configuation in a deployment descriptor.
Deployment Descriptor File
There will be a deployment descriptor (DD for short) file in each EGL project you have created. As we introduced in the last section, an EDT deployment operation is needed if you are writing an EGL project with a handler or service. The DD file maintains all of the information needed for deployment. The following section will introduce the details of this.
The DD file will be created automatically when you create any of the EGL project types in EDT. It will be placed in the EGLSource folder with the same name as your project. Although RUIHandler and service deployment be will added to DD file automatically when you use the creation wizard, there are still some settings which will need your manual modification. See the points listed below.
Overview Tab:
This tab shows all of the status of the details tabs. You can switch to a specific tab by clicking Details or by double-clicking on the item in the grid.
The Target Project combo box lists all dynamic web projects in the current workspace. You should select one of the projects, or create a new one. When doing deployment, this field can not be empty.
Rich UI and Service Deployment:
One of the main purposes for the DD file is to deploy Rich UI Handlers and REST services to the target project. These two types of EGL files will be added to the DD file by default when you create them with the creation wizard.
You can manually modify the Rich UI Handlers and services you want to deploy in these two tabs.
To modify the Rich UI Handlers you want to deploy, you need to uncheck the Deploy all Rich UI Handlers checkbox. You can select one or more RUI handlers you want to deploy. The selected RUI handlers will be deployed to the target project, including HTML and JavaScript. You can also modify the locale settings for the HTML file by configuring the Locale Settings table.
In the Service Deployment tab, all of the REST services you have created will be listed in the table. If you forgot to check the option Create as Web Services when creating your services, you can modify them in this tab. Just click the Add button at the right of the table. The Add Web Services wizard will pop up, and you can manage the services in this window. When your configuration is complete, click Finish to accept it.
Resource Bindings:
The Resource Binding tab configures the database resources or deployed REST services you may want to use in this project. If the project contains database logic, EGL REST services, or non-EGL service invocations, you may use these tabs to configure these settings.
For details of Resource Binding, see Resource Binding Introduction.
Imports & Resources:
The Imports tab allows you to reference another DD file in a different project to reuse some of the settings. It can make your project structure more clear. For example, suppose you have two EGL projects, where the first one includes all Rich UI Handlers, and the other one includes all services. Then when you deploy the Rich UI Handler project, you can simply import the project that contains your services. This can reduce redundancy and provide better consistency.
The Resources tab allows you to modify the resources you want to deploy. By default, all resources in the WebContent, generatedJava, generatedJavaScript, and src folders will be deployed. For example, you can modify the resources to remove the src folder to reduce the size of the target project.
Deployment Operation
There are two way to trigger a deployment operation. You can trigger it by right-clicking on the DD file to bring up the context menu, and then selecting Deploy EGL Descriptor; or by clicking this button at the top right of the DD file editor view. If the target project of the DD file is empty, there will be an alert notifying you to modify it. You will also see an alert if no Rich UI Handler or service deployment has been added in the DD file.
Some Tips of Deployment
If you are using Java external types in your projects, you should have configured the Java build path of your EGL project to make sure there are no compile errors in the generated Java code. But when you deploy the EGL project to the target project, the external JAR can not be deployed to the target project. You need to modify the Java build path again in the target project manually.


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The merriest music month of them all continues with two Pacific Chorale performances in the coming days.
Set for 5:30 p.m. Sunday and 8 p.m. Wednesday, the chorale's annual "Tis the Season!" concerts will feature Christmas tunes and other favorites at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa.
Accompanying the chorale, which is led by John Alexander, are the Pacific Symphony, Southern California Children's Chorus, organist Jason Klein and pianist David Clemensen.
Tickets start at $20. They're available at http://www.pacificchorale.org or by calling (714) 662-2345.
In other Pacific Chorale news, its leaders recently announced that they're getting a $43,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The federal organization is giving the chorale, one of three resident companies in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, the grant to support the commissioning, performance and recording of a new work by Jake Heggie, titled "Acts of Creation," according to a news release.
"Acts of Creation" will require the talents of the 24-voice John Alexander Singers, 140-voice Pacific Chorale and eight instrumentalists. The premiere is scheduled for 2014 at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, with a recording to be released afterward.
"We are extremely grateful that the NEA continues to fund and support Pacific Chorale's mission of creating new, innovative works by American composers," said Pacific Chorale President and CEO Kelly Ruggirello in a statement. "The 2014 premiere of 'Acts of Creation' will be the first of four performances nationwide, and the piece is guaranteed a wider audience and future performance opportunities as a result of the recording, distributed by the Delos label."
The chorale's grant was one of 832 that totaled $22.3 million.
The Pacific Symphony is inviting music lovers to come hear the pipes of the William J. Gillespie Concert Organ on Tuesday.
The "Holiday Organ Spectacular" concert, which begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, features organist Todd Wilson, singer Lisa Vroman and a few Pacific Symphony principal musicians: Benjamin Smolen, flute; Barry Perkins, trumpet; and Mindy Ball, harp.
Wilson is returning to Costa Mesa for a third year. He heads the organ department at the Cleveland Institute of Music.
Vroman is a veteran of Broadway whose performances include playing Christine Daaé in "The Phantom of the Opera."
Tickets start at $25. For more information, call (714) 755-5799 or visit http://www.pacificsymphony.org.
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Apache MyFaces Orchestra
With help of the Spring framework Apache MyFaces Orchestra introduce new scopes usable for your managed beans. For example you'll get a "conversation" scope where its lifetime is synchronized with the database session. This allows you to directly use the entities in your view, though, even if you use "data transfer objects" you'll find it convenient to gain from the persistence context session cache and keep things like automatic version checking without having to think about it.
Further documentation can be found in the Apache MyFaces Orchestra "Core" Module on the Orchestra main site.
Following the MyFaces tradition we also have a Companies_Using_Orchestra page. You're welcome to add your company to this page.
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By Kaitlyn Naples
Staff Writer
After five-and-a-half years as Plainville's Director of Planning and Economic Development, Mark DeVoe is headed to Southington to take the lead as director of Planning and Community Development.
"The position is basically responsible for taking development from the cradle to the grave," Southington Town Manager Gary Brumback said, adding that the position is a result of consolidating the Planning and Building departments.
DeVoe was one of 30 applicants chosen for the position, and said he is looking forward to bringing his practices and attitude into this new venture where he hopes to be "a strategic planner who helps the town focus on long-term development."
The position of leading Planning and Economic Development in Plainville allowed DeVoe to work with businesses from an economic development approach, but also help them to find incentives, and work through issues of constructing a facility or relocating.
"I always felt it was important to treat applicants fairly, and treat them the way I would want to be treated," he said, adding that he will continue to work this way in Southington.
DeVoe said he is proud of the way Plainville has been handling economic development over the past five years and has been able to retain business in town, especially Gem Sensors and Controls. A few years ago, Gem was looking to open up another spot in town to move its machine shop. DeVoe said he showed the company several properties that were available in town, however none were suitable enough. He had to begin referring the company to other towns in the area, "because I still wanted them to succeed and maintain a business edge."
DeVoe eventually asked the company if they had ever considered adding on to its existing facility. The company ultimately was able to add 20,000 square feet plus parking to its existing facility and also received a tax incentive on the new structure, and was able to stay in Plainville.
"People who are in the economic development position, like me, need to be open and in the know and not just take a business into a town because it will grow the grand list," DeVoe said, referring to companies that find a vacant piece of property in a town that isn't going to meet its needs and could potentially shut down in a year.
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Obama's top law enforcer defended the Justice Department's stonewalling by falsely claiming that providing information about the deadly federal operations to congressional investigators would somehow violate the "separation of powers." He said an internal investigation is ongoing. But lawmakers on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee were not buying it.
"When is the primary investigative committee of Congress, of the U.S. House, going to be allowed to have the same access that your own self-appointed — essentially self-appointed — Inspector General has?" wondered Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who has led the congressional investigation in the House.
In a letter to the Justice Department sent before the hearing, Rep. Issa continued to demand the documents, warning that there would be consequences for failing to comply. "If the department continues to obstruct the congressional inquiry by not providing documents and information, this committee will have no alternative but to move forward with proceedings to hold you in contempt of Congress," Issa wrote to Holder. The DOJ responded by saying it would be "impossible" to meet the February 9 deadline.
Congress has received several thousand documents — many of them irrelevant to the investigation, others redacted — out of some 80,000 being sought, meaning the DOJ has supplied less than 10 percent of the documents requested. About two-thirds of the document categories subpoenaed by the oversight committee have been withheld by the department as well.
"It appears as though we're being stonewalled and there's something that's being hidden," said Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.) during the hearing. "You're hiding behind something here that will not stand up, so you ought to give us the documents." Holder appeared unmoved and responded to Representatives in what critics described as a "petulant, angry, and defiant" manner.
The probe surrounding the Fast and Furious scandal — in which the federal government was caught arming Mexican drug cartels and using the resulting violence to push for more gun-control — has been ongoing for over a year. During that time, Holder and his subordinates have repeatedly been caught lying — even falsely claiming in a letter last February that no guns were given to the cartels. Holder himself has admitted that he provided false testimony.
But so far, despite the murder of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry being linked to Fast and Furious, no one responsible for the deadly scheme has been criminally charged. A few individuals tied to the operations have actually been promoted, while whistleblowers, on the other hand, have suffered vicious retribution. Holder claimed accountability is coming for lower-ranking officials who participated.
At one point in Thursday's hearing Rep. Ann Buerkle (R-N.Y.) played a video of testimony offered by agent Terry's family. "How many more Border Patrol agents would have had to die as a part of Operation Fast and Furious for you to take responsibility?" she asked Holder.
Incredibly, the Attorney General responded by asking members of Congress to give him "some credit" for what he claimed the DOJ had accomplished, though he failed to offer any specifics, only citing "national security" and "civil rights" as examples of what had been done. He also blasted Rep. Buerkle for asking the question.
But despite the stonewalling and Holder's attempts to deflect criticism, the scandal surrounding federal gun trafficking continues to grow. Accusations that the nation's top law enforcement officer perjured himself during congressional testimony have even sparked calls for Holder to be prosecuted.
Meanwhile, Congress is also growing weary of the cover-up and Holder's disrespectful tone. Over 100 members have already called for him to resign, with one even accusing the Attorney General of serving as an "accessory to murder."
"S]ome of my colleagues [and I] have concluded that you should resign," said Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Texas) during the February 2 hearing, asking how Holder could ever regain the trust of Americans in the wake of the blood-soaked operation. Holder said he did not believe he had ever lost America's confidence.
But despite the growing uproar, the embattled Attorney General has so far refused to step down, lashing out at the media and conservatives for covering the scandal instead. Commentators say his strategy will fail and could even hurt Obama's reelection bid.
The pressure is still mounting, too — and it is not likely to subside any time soon. After the hearing, Rep. Issa reiterated to Fox News host Greta Van Susteren that the Attorney General could still be held in contempt of Congress if the cover-up continues. Susteren demanded more action to hold Holder accountable, too.
During the hearing, Rep. Issa got tough on the issue as well. "Mr. Attorney General, you have, the executive branch has, executive privilege," he said. "It's narrow. It's well-defined. There is case law. If you do not find a legitimate basis to deny us the material we've asked for, we will seek the remedies necessary to compel."
Top officials are already thought to be in danger of criminal prosecution. Last month, a senior Justice Department official involved in the scandal told Congress that he would be invoking his right — protected by the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution — not to testify because it might incriminate him.
"As a professional courtesy, and to avoid needless preparation by the Committee and its staff for a deposition next week, I am writing to advise you that my client is going to assert his constitutional privilege not to be compelled to be a witness against himself," wrote an attorney for Patrick Cunningham, the chief of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Arizona, in response to a congressional subpoena.
While Cunningham maintains that he is innocent and is being used as a fall guy to protect top officials, lawmakers are considering the possibility of offering him immunity from criminal charges in exchange for testifying against higher ups — widely expected to include Holder and possibly even President Obama himself. It remains unclear how important Cunningham's role may have been in Fast and Furious, but as the top criminal prosecutor for the federal government in Arizona, experts say he was likely close to the center of the scandal.
Meanwhile, as the federal government's arming of violent Mexican cartels continues to dominate headlines, Congress is also now probing a new, likely related scandal: The Drug Enforcement Administration has apparently been laundering the cartels' drug profits. The New York Times first blew the whistle on the story late last year.
The Obama administration continues to claim that unlawfully supplying the cartels with weapons while laundering their profits was somehow aimed at stopping drug trafficking and violence — over 50,000 Mexicans have died in recent years as a result of the drug war. But documents that emerged late last year showed what experts had suspected all along: The Justice Department was using the fallout from its operations to push for more violations of Americans' right to keep and bear arms.
Recent court filings and news report citing agency officials also indicate that the Central Intelligence Agency may have played a role in supporting the drug cartels as well, possibly even allowing drugs to be shipped across the border. Congressional Democrats, meanwhile, have noted that many of the deadly policies have been in place since at least the George W. Bush administration.
As Congress continues its investigations, corruption watchdogs and activists across America hope the whole web of deception will unravel so that responsible officials can finally be held accountable. But if Holder and Obama get their way, little of substance is expected — let alone criminal prosecutions of senior officials.
Photo of Attorney General Eric Holder: AP Images
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(Reuters) - No one was injured in an explosion and fire at a natural gas compressor station in rural Logan County, Oklahoma, late Thursday, the station's owner DCP Midstream LLC said on Friday.
The blast occurred near Langston, about 45 miles north of Oklahoma City.
A company spokeswoman said the facility is a small gathering station, about 3 million cubic feet per day. It is a low-pressure gathering system.
"We responded quickly to isolate the line, allowing the fire to subside safely," spokeswoman Lisa Newkirk said.
"There were no injuries, the fire is out and market supply customers are unaffected," she added.
The cause of the explosion is under investigation.
DCP Midstream is a joint venture between Spectra Energy and Phillips 66.
Reporting by Eileen Houlihan in New York; Editing by Jim Marshall, David Gregorio and Dale Hudson


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