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The Swedish punk-new wavers the Hives' new Black and White Album features not only the usual distortion and bombast old fans have come to know and love, but also some new sounds that might surprise all comers. The band's touring like maniacs in support of the album, and also crop up in all sorts of peculiar places, such as in a Cartoon Network promo as well as, possibly, at an (American) football game near you.
Bass player Dr. Matt Destruction sets the record straight on how the band worked with many producers on the record, and learned a bit from each to evolve their sound.
Bullz-Eye: Hello, this is Mojo from Bullz-Eye.com. How are you doing today?
Dr. Matt Destruction: I've had a cold now for weeks, but I think I'm getting rid of it.
BE: Well, good luck with that. That must be tough when you're out on the road, huh?
DD: Yeah, you sweat a lot and you wake up dehydrated every day.
BE: Where are you this morning?
DD: Now we are in Wiesbaden, in Germany, and it's a place called the Schlachthof. We played here many times, maybe like four or five times, I guess, through the years.
BE: And you're in the middle of a European swing of your tour?
DD: We're actually in the end of the European tour. We're just at the end of it. We've got Munich and Stockholm left.
BE: And then are you going to take a break before coming over here?
DD: Yeah, we're going to have two months – Christmas and January off, basically; we're going back on tour on the 14th of February, and we'll do an American tour.
BE: Tell me about the new record. You must be excited that it's out.
DD: Yes, yes. People say, "Why [has] it taken so long a time?" Well, there's a lot of hard work behind it, and trying to get things to work logistically and waiting for the right people that we want to work with and stuff. So I'm really happy that we actually now have got it out the doors.
BE: It sounds like you have an interesting mix of producers working on it, from Pharrell Williams to some of those other guys. Tell me a little bit about how you arrived to working with those people.
DD: Basically, the first thing – we've always done a record by ourselves, produced it ourselves. We have had one guy called Pelle Gunnerfeldt that had produced and made a lot of the sounds on our records. We kind of know how to get there, and get those sounds together, so we wanted to try something new, to make maybe some different sounds. You know, try to get the sounds to be a bit different.
We didn't really like the idea of having someone else come in our living room and swapping around stuff, so we felt like if you're going to have someone produce, not just take one producer. We want to try them all out to see if it's good or bad or how it is, you know. You do one record every fourth year, or every third year, and then you don't just want to have one producer and try that guy and then next [time you use] the next producer. You never know what's going to turn up and how it's going to turn out, so we'd rather just record a lot of stuff. So we picked a couple of producers.
We met Pharrell Williams when we played in the Summer Sonic Festival in Japan and he met us up and he told us, "I'd like to record with you guys," and we said, "Yeah, yeah, that would be fun." We had that in mind, and then when we started making our own record we tried to find producers we knew that we wanted to record with. Dennis Herring – we had to wait for him for six months before his projects were done. So meanwhile, we thought, let's go to ask Pharrell if he has some time, and he had some time off in September last year, so we went in the studio and recorded three songs over there. Two of them turned out good, two we were happy with.
BE: Which ones were they?
DD: They were "T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S." and "Well All Right!" And then we had one more song that [doesn't have] a title yet, but we had three songs that we basically finished.
BE: Describe the different things the producers brought to the table, like a certain sound? How do you explain the creative aspects that each different producer brought? Is it possible?
DD: Pharrell, he loves hip-hop and he's a really talented musical guy, plays by the ear, and he, and I reckon Timbaland as well, they make a lot of music at the same time; they have their sessions, and they would come up with music [that we] recorded right away, at the spot. Whatever turns out good, directly: This is good, go with it. And just go for the next one, next song. They brought the creative part; you know, it's fun to make music. It's more like…make demos and, okay, but you don't have to, as we've done before, we've been thinking about stuff for years.
We've come up with songs, we have the song, and then we work on that song for a year. While he was like, if the song doesn't sound good right away, then let it go and do something new. He brought a lot of his musical talent in timing and pretty basic—I would say he brought a lot of energy in how we would record stuff in the future, with making demos in that sense.
Dennis Herring is like a rock producer, so he is really, really thorough, with every sound, every hit, every chord or whatever we play, he is really, really thorough with everything. So he brought that, if you like.… He listened to us for two or three weeks before, while we were rehearsing, listened to how we worked as a band and how we sounded, and then he did, I would say, a totally different thing from Pharrell and the guys. They just let us play, and we would play as we sounded and then put it together as good as possible. It's kind of hard to explain exactly what – I would say that they brought a lot of really good things that we have stuck with. We liked the arrangements that we had; some of the songs were demos, and the demo versions we made, we weren't really happy with. We tried to slop around a lot; they bring a lot of good ideas for the arrangements, some of the stuff that we maybe had stuck for a couple of months with, they really put in another way of thinking. Some things that we wouldn't do. They came up with a lot of good stuff and ideas, how to make music and how to arrange it.
BE: Tell me a little bit about the songs. "A Stroll through the Hive Manor Corridors" and "Puppet on a String" are a little bit different from the stuff your fans are used to hearing you play.
DD: Yeah, that's like, basically, mainly the rehearsal space. "A Stroll through the Hive Manor Corridors" is just Nicholaus playing on a [1960s organ]. We always had that kind of strange stuff, for every record, but none of them have ended up on our records before. So, the things that you hear, it's not like things that we haven't done before – in that sense, we've done really, really strange stuff sometimes – but it just hadn't fitted into our master plans before.
This time, the plan was to let that kind of stuff come through as well and make the record more interesting, so you have to play it a lot of times, over and over, and you discover new stuff. So we were really happy that we could put it on there, and by having people use it, like Pharrell and stuff like that, it would be pretty natural to put our own stuff on there as well.
BE: Tell me how the University of Mississippi cheerleaders ended up on the chorus of "Try It Again." Whose idea was that? And was it kind of fun to have them around?
DD: I would say that it started like this: We went to football, like warming up for the season, the Ole Miss team, and then we had this song, and we felt there was really kind of a cheering part in that song, in the chorus. So we really felt that it would be great. So we got in touch with the guy who is like the leader for the cheerleading team, and we said we'd like to have like five or six girls come over and do some singing.
So they came over in their full outfits in the studio, and they brought in so much fun. The studio was smelling like beer and farts, you know? For like two months, or like one and a half months, and then they came in and it smelled like strawberries and flowers for an entire day. It was really, really fun. They're cheerleaders, so we were happy, everybody, the whole day.
BE: Was this your first contact with American football, or are you guys closet fans?
DD: It was my first contact, but I think some of the guys – Mike had been to baseball games and I think American football games as well. It was my first time I saw a game and actually met cheerleaders.
BE: You worked a little bit with Timbaland and the songs didn't end up on the record, but one of them is a Cartoon Network promo or something?
DD: No, that's not a Timbaland song, that's our own song that we made up ourselves.
BE: What happened to the material that Timbaland produced? Is that going to be on another record, or B-sides? Or did it end up on the album?
DD: We had one that we sent over, ripped some parts on a CD to him, and he got to listen to it, and then when he was playing Sweden with Justin Timberlake, he came over like two days before.
We worked two nights in Stockholm in Pelle and Vigilante's studio and he came over and we made three songs. We let him listen to our [stuff, and he said] this is great and this is great and so on and then we started recording. It ended up basically the same on the "Throw It on Me" record, that he would make the song and we would put on our riffs and Pelle singing, basically.
So it didn't feel really like us, you know; well, it's our riffs, and that's cool, but it didn't feel really like it was as much the Hives as we may have wanted. But there are great songs, and I'm glad we went in to record them. We worked with him, and we learned stuff, how he likes beat boxes and stuff – Pharrell, he would play on his keyboard, but [Timbaland] was beat boxing all day.
You know the song "Giddy Up!" on the record? That one we made ourselves, but we had that song and we played it for Timbaland. We would have liked to have his kind of beats on it, at first, but the song we made with him – it turned out great, too, but we felt that maybe the idea we had on that was a bit different. We wanted it more to be its own record, so that part we made ourselves, but we used his, by the way, Pharrell and Timbaland used to work, so we maybe stole a little bit of their thinking or how to do it, you know?
BE: Give them a credit or whatever?
DD: No, more like, we're really happy that we got to see how they work and we knew how we could get the better song that we wanted with that.
BE: Very nice. Now, the song "T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S." is sort of a little funk joint there. Is that more interesting for you to play, as a bass player? You get a little feature there, on-stage.
DD: I like it when you can slow down in a set. You know, in a set you play 190 kilometers an hour, a hundred miles an hour, for a whole set, and then you can slow down and do something like that. It's interesting, it's hard work, when you're so excited, to play something like that. It's really hard work, but I like it. It's not musically difficult…. But to make a song like that in the Hives sound good, it's interesting work.
BE: What message would you have to, say, to your old fans who might not have checked out the record yet?
DD: It's definitely the Hives; it's still interesting, still amazing, and we still have a lot of fun with what we do. I think you've got some really good added value on the album. There is some new stuff as well. We still rock. Don't worry.
BE: How would you describe the shows on the latest tour? How are they different or the same from the stuff that the fans have seen in the past?
DD: Well, the thing is that some people, I know, if they went to the shows where we supported Maroon 5, that was a totally new experience for old Hives fans, to see the Hives go out on stage and play for between 10,000 to 17,000 people that don't know you. That's pretty interesting, because we still had our own energy and cockiness. But many people never heard you before, it was really funny to experience that every day, with people standing up that never heard of you. I think we've got some great songs to mix up the set that we have, so it's still, you go to a the Hives concert, it's still unique one to another.
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By Chris Scott Barr
Most of you probably still remember what a Polaroid camera was, but I suspect that many of today's tweens and even teens probably don't. With the rise of the digital camera, Polaroids quickly faded into nonexistence. Strangely enough there actually hasn't been anything that really takes its place, at least when producing near-instant pictures from the camera itself. Sure, you can buy a portable printer for peanuts these days, but it still isn't quite the same. Well guess what folks, the Polaroid instant camera is back, and updated for the digital age.
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Worry in Wisconsin
Walker's proposal targets the state and local public workers. This includes teachers, university employees, librarians, county and municipal employees -- they will take a deep cut in their benefits. The legislation calls for public workers pay half the costs of their pensions and at least 12.6% of their healthcare coverage. More seriously, the legislation threatens collective bargaining rights of state workers. The governor is trying to quickly push his proposal through the Assembly and Senate and has given very little time for people to voice their concerns.
It isn't entirely the cuts in benefits or the loss of bargaining rights that worries me. It is the loss of Wisconsin as we know it. I'm especially concerned that the cuts and loss of bargaining rights will shatter the quality of our educational system. This all-out attack on public workers has already resulted in a decrease in morale in the state workforce. Just recently my daughter's class talked about bullies. This is one of the biggest bully tactics that I've ever witnessed. The governor is trying to balance the budget on the backs of middle class public workers and if the legislation doesn't pass, he has threatened to cut jobs.
The saddest part in my opinion -- he has demonized the state workers, a group of hard-working individuals that doesn't deserve all the negative energy directed at them in recent weeks by many their private worker counterparts. Honestly, the pitting the two workforces against each other is one of the most sickening political maneuvers I've ever seen. How will this solve any problems? Why can't Wisconsin residents move forward together as one to help balance this budget? Forward - that is our state motto, but it seems that we're on the verge to take a giant step backward.
The fight has made major news headlines around the nation and the world. What happens in Wisconsin will certainly have an effect on other states.
NYT - "Angry Demonstrations in Wisconsin as Cuts Loom"
The Guardian - "Wisconsin's Tea Party takeover"
The Washington Post - "Workers toppled a dictator in Egypt, but might be silenced in Wisconsin"
For a number of days thousands of demonstrators have marched at the Wisconsin Capitol and continue their fight even now. Schools have closed as teachers take sick days to attend the demonstrations; public workers have been bussed in to Madison from all over the state. The point of major contention is the loss of collective bargaining rights, a union-busting proposal. Ironically, Wisconsin was the first state to allow public employees to bargain collectively.
Government workers are not the enemy. How will stripping union rights help bring jobs to the state and solve a budget deficit? Undoubtedly, strikes will follow. And, as far as the benefits, these cuts will weaken our state economy. There is little doubt in my mind. The buying power for many families will lessen. Some families with both spouses working for the state will bear the burden to an almost unconscionable extent. Some of the lowest paid public workers, the LTEs, will lose their benefits completely. State workers have already felt the pain of the recession by weathering unpaid furloughs. Yes, private sector counterparts have taken a cut in pay with this recession, but as the economy recovers they will eventually get raises to make up for the cuts. In the public sector, the compensation gains are so slow that public workers will never rebound - and neither will public employee morale.
7 comments:
- Storied Cities said...
It always saddens me when public workers' and unions' benefits are attacked as part of budget balancing measures. Why is having health care and pensions for people not a good thing? Of course workers should have benefits and bargaining rights. I don't live in Wisconsin, but I have heard a lot about this and hope that humanity and reason win the day.
- February 17, 2011 at 3:46 AM
- rhapsodyinbooks said...
We were so shocked to see he had gotten elected. It's not like WI hasn't had Republican governors before, but Republicans elected in this cycle are more likely to be Tea Party types. Well, WI has a long way to go to get as bad as Arizona, but it's disheartening to see them working on it!
- February 17, 2011 at 6:33 AM
- Debra Chapoton, author said...
This is scary. We're going through something similar in Michigan. Keep on praying!
I'm a new follower from Edge of Escape
- February 17, 2011 at 7:43 AM
- Colleen said...
Well said, Janelle. Watching the news big time!
- February 17, 2011 at 7:49 PM
- Sandra Stiles said...
My sister lives in Wisconsin so I am concerned. Our state is looking at some of the same things. Our own school is facing a $450,000 deficit next year and they are trying to get us to pay half of what the school board pays for benefits now. That means the school board pays 1/4 and teachers 3/4. We've taken a pay cut every year for the last 4 years and have been told we will lose 7 positions next year in our school alone. Our situation is a sad one to be sure.
- February 17, 2011 at 8:27 PM
- Playing by the book said...
Just watching a fairly long item on the BBC 10pm news about Wisconsin cuts - thinking of you!
- February 22, 2011 at 4:19 PM
- mrsshukra said...
Thank you for this post and bringing this to everyone's attention!
- February 25, 2011 at 1:31 PM


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This article was published in the August 9-22, 2009 issue of the National Catholic Register and is presented as a guest commentary, with the Register's kind permission.
By Robin Rohr
As the pro-life movement fights to keep abortion out of the health-care reform bill, an undercover attack on the elderly may be taking place unnoticed.
At issue is a provision that calls for end-of-life counseling of senior citizens every five years. That counseling can include topics such as how to decline nutrition and hydration, antibiotics and basic care treatments for specific conditions such as flu or pneumonia, and how to choose palliative and hospice care for the terminally ill.
"I've read about a third of HR 3200 and the counseling parts are designed to encourage euthanasia," claimed Dr. Katherine Schlaerth, an associate professor of family medicine at Loma Linda University School of Medicine. "Seniors will be counseled every five years, and more often if they get sicker."
Schlaerth, who emphasized that she does not speak for Loma Linda University, said that a frail, elderly, ill and depressed patient or that patient's family "may easily agree to withhold antibiotics or fluid without realizing the full implication."
"Patients who have a worsening of their chronic condition, but who may not even be pre-terminal, are included in this strong-arm counseling, and their respect for authority figures could pave the way for agreement with cessation of care not in their interest at all," Schlaerth said. "Health-care providers, meanwhile, may be forced to give counseling directly opposed to their religious or moral beliefs."
Key lawmakers are in agreement with Schlaerth. "Section 1233 encourages health-care providers to provide their Medicare patients with counseling on 'the use of artificially administered nutrition and hydration' and other end-of-life treatments and may place seniors in situations where they feel pressure to sign an end-of-life directive they would not otherwise sign," said the House Republican leader, John Boehner, R-Ohio, and the Republican Policy Committee chairman, Thaddeus McCotter, R-Mich., in a July 23 statement. "This provision may start us down a treacherous path toward government-encouraged euthanasia."
Death as Cost Savings
At first glance, the counseling of elders for care options seems like an innocuous requirement. But Schlaerth says the purpose of the counseling has darker roots.
"The real reason for these draconian provisions directed against elders who are not terminal, I believe, is to save on Social Security payments as well as Medicare payments," Schlaerth said. "The math is obvious. If you kill the disabled and give 'quality preventive care' to the well, your health-care statistics will look excellent."
Bill May, chairman of Catholics for the Common Good, also views the mandatory counseling sessions as an outrageous cover to introduce assisted suicide.
"We need to pay attention to issues related to shortening the lives and hastening death for the elderly, infirm and disabled – another way of getting rid of undesirable, non-useful and costly people," he said. "This bill creates a platform for assisted suicide for the elderly, infirm and disabled at times they are most vulnerable, depressed and open to suggestions of ending their lives early. Compassion & Choices, the former Hemlock Society, wants to get into the end-of-life counseling business, and it looks like the health-care bill will open the door for them to become government contractors as purveyors of the culture of death."
The legislative language of the bill regarding counseling is vague and open to interpretation. "I'm a lawyer, and I find this language incomprehensible," stated Wesley J. Smith, associate director of the International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide. "I believe it is done maliciously. What is clear is that seniors will receive counseling – read 're-education'– every five years or whenever their health status changes. The point is to reduce cost. While the language doesn't require it, these mandatory sessions will often be directed towards not wanting care, in much the same way that genetic counseling of a mother carrying a Down [syndrome] fetus often is directed toward abortion."
Smith said patients could be referred to organizations like the assisted suicide advocacy group Compassion & Choices to help sort out their choices. "In practice, if not in law, 'counseling' will usually be a one-way street," he said.
Compassion & Choices is an organization that describes itself as working to improve care and expand choice at the end of life. "Wesley J. Smith says the bill is 'incomprehensible,' which may explain why he repeatedly misstates what the bill does," said Steve Hopcraft, a spokesman for Compassion & Choices. "It's a myth that C&C or any organization [would] be the counselor. The bill specifically says M.D. or nurse practitioner."
Section 1233 does state the consultation will be performed by a medical provider; however, included in the topics to be discussed is direction to provide "suggested people to talk to" and "a list of national and state-specific resources."
Rationed Care
Concerns about Obama's health-care reform adversely affecting older Americans are not new. Earlier this year, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the "Stimulus Bill") appropriated $1.1 billion for research into "comparative effectiveness," which compares clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of medical treatments, procedures and strategies. One aspect of this comparison is a concept called "Quality Adjusted Life Years," where the value assigned to life varies with the health state of the person. This method is controversial because it means that some people will not receive treatment if the calculated cost is not warranted by the benefit to their quality of life.
Burke Balch, director of the Robert Powell Center for Medical Ethics at the National Right to Life Committee, explained that a person's Quality of Adjusted Life Years determines if a procedure is allowed. "Of significant concern is the phrase 'comparative effectiveness,'" he said. "This becomes [how] you end up discriminating against a disability. The language in the health-care bills being considered by the House and reported out of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee can be used for wide-open interpretation of cost-effectiveness leading to denial of treatment based on quality of life. The funding for the promises made in these bills cannot be sustained, and that will create the atmosphere for rationing."
May agrees and says that health-care rationing takes place in Oregon, one of two states where physician-assisted suicide is legal. People fighting life-threatening illnesses there regularly receive letters saying that the state insurance plan would not cover their medication but would pay for a lethal prescription to end their lives, he said.
Boehner and McCotter also warn that with Oregon and Washington having legalized assisted suicide, "Section 1233 could create a slippery slope for a more permissive environment for euthanasia, mercy killing and physician-assisted suicide because it does not clearly exclude counseling about the supposed benefits of killing oneself."
Robin Rohr is a National Catholic Register correspondent and writes from Willits, California.


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CARSON, Calif. (Thursday, December 30, 2010) – The LA Galaxy announced today that the club has signed defender Frankie Hejduk to a one-year contract. Per team and league regulations, details of the contract were not released. The Galaxy acquired the rights to Hejduk earlier this month in a trade with Sporting Kansas City, who had selected him in the first round of Stage 2 of the MLS Re-Entry Process, in exchange for the rights to midfielder Luke Sassano.
"We're very pleased to be able to come to terms with Frankie Hejduk," said LA Galaxy General Manager and Head Coach Bruce Arena, who coached Hejduk at the 1996 Olympics and 2002 World Cup. "I believe he will be a great addition to our team and will give us added depth and experience to our backline."
A 36-year-old Southern California native, Hejduk is an MLS original and a veteran of two World Cups. Primarily an outside back, the former UCLA product joins the Galaxy following eight seasons with the Columbus Crew, serving the last five years as the club's captain, including the Crew's championship season of 2008. In 197 career MLS regular season appearances, Hejduk has scored 12 goals and added 25 assists.
"I'm happy that everything worked out the way it did and very excited to join a great organization and team like the LA Galaxy," Hejduk said. "The most important thing is the opportunity to help this club and its fans win an MLS Cup championship. At the end of the day that is everyone's goal and if I can be a part of that any way shape or form, that will be great."[picappgallerysingle id="10214839"]
Originally a seventh round draft pick in the inaugural MLS draft, Hejduk began his professional career in 1996 with the Tampa Bay Mutiny. He spent three seasons with the Mutiny before moving to Germany with Bayer Leverkusen following the 1998 FIFA World Cup. After four years in Germany, Hejduk joined FC St. Gallen in Switzerland in September 2002. He returned to MLS in 2003, joining the Columbus Crew, with whom he spent the last eight seasons. In that time, he appeared in more than 150 regular season and postseason games for the club, helping the Crew win their first MLS Cup championship three seasons ago. He started all four of the club's postseason games that year and scored his team's third and final goal of MLS Cup as they defeated New York 3-1 at The Home Depot Center.
"As a Sothern California native, to get an opportunity to play in front of my family and friends is a cool thing that not too many people get to do," added Hejduk. "In addition, the transition into the locker room is going to be an easy one for me as I already have a bond with many of the players here through the National Team program. It's not very often you get to play with other World Cup veterans on your team and I'm really looking forward to playing with them as well as some of the young and up and coming MLS stars on the Galaxy roster."
Hejduk is a veteran of the 1998 and 2002 World Cups, as well as the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games. He has made 85 appearances with the U.S. National Team and scored seven goals since debuting in 1996. In addition to playing at two World Cups, appearing in seven of the eight games that the U.S. played in France and Japan/Korea, Hejduk also helped his country qualify for the 2006 World Cup, for which he was named to the squad but was forced to withdraw because of a knee injury, and the 2010 World Cup. He was also a member of the U.S.'s CONCACAF Gold Cup winning teams in 2002, 2005 and 2007. Hejduk scored the first of his seven international goals in December 1996, tallying in a 2-2 draw with Guatemala in a World Cup Qualifier. His last goal for the U.S. also came in a World Cup Qualifier, heading home a late equalizer, after setting up his team's opening goal, as the U.S. earned a 2-2 draw with El Salvador in March 2009.
Hejduk and the Galaxy will open the 2011 MLS season on Tuesday, March 15 when they head to Seattle to take on the Seattle Sounders FC at Qwest Field in MLS First Kick 2011, presented by Dick's Sporting Goods. That game, which will kick off at 6:30 p.m., will be shown live on ESPN and ESPN Deportes, as well as online at ESPN3.com. The Galaxy will then host the New England Revolution in their home opener at 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 20 at The Home Depot Center. For more information about this game or to purchase tickets, please visit the club's official website at www.lagalaxy.com <http://www.lagalaxy.com/> .
TRANSACTION – LA Galaxy sign defender Frankie Hejduk.
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Logos Bible Software 4 is exciting and we know you'll want to play with your new purchase right away, but remember this one time investment in the proper process will pay dividends for years to come. Here's what to expect.
So, you just purchased or upgraded to Logos 4 and, being confident in your internet connection, you chose the download option. What should you expect from the whole process?
There are three steps to getting set up to use your new software, and the entire process can take anywhere from a couple of hours to a couple of days (worst case scenario), depending on (1) the speed of your internet access, (2) the speed of your computer, and (3) the size of your library.
Step 1: Installation and Downloading
After purchase you will be prompted to download Logos4Setup.exe, which is a small (322KB) installer. Once the download finishes, double-click the file to install Logos 4. When installation is complete, you will be prompted to log in to your Logos.com account. Logos 4 will then begin downloading the resources for your package.
Installing a base package is going to require the downloading and installation of many resources and, depending on the number of resources you have in your pre-existing library, could mean many GBs for you to download. Your internet connection and download speeds are going to affect the downloading process and you might want to start the installation process in the evening and leave it to run overnight.
- TIP: Remember, if you are upgrading from a previous Libronix installation your licenses need to be synced in order for Logos 4 to know to transfer and install books that you already have in your collection! This can be done by simply going to Tools > Library Management > Synchronize Licenses in Libronix. If you do not have this option you are running an older version of Libronix DLS and should update to the latest version or call Customer Support at 800-875-6467 for assistance.
- After you sync your licenses, enter your Customer ID (found under Help > About Libronix DLS) in your Logos.com account.
Step 2: Preparing Your Library
After your resources are downloaded, Logos 4 begins preparing your library.
During this procedure, Logos 4 is involved in finding files from your Logos 3 installation on your computer (if applicable), copying them to your resources folder, importing data into your Library Catalog, preparing Interlinear management, as well as a host of important processes.
Step 3: Indexing
When Logos 4 is done preparing your library, the program itself will open and you can begin exploring the wealth of tools and resources in your new base package. However, it's not quite ready for full use yet. You'll notice that an icon in the system tray indicates that Logos 4 in now indexing your library to enable you to do amazingly fast searches (more about the indexing process can be found here).
You will begin to enjoy the layout and ease of Logos Bible Software 4 during the indexing process but indexing is an integral part of installation. The power of Logos 4 is not realized until all of your resources are fully indexed. When the indexing is complete you will begin to see exactly what Bible study reimagined looks like.
So, once your computer starts indexing, go enjoy the holiday season by spending time with your family or go bake some cookies (and send some to the Logos office). Once indexing is completed, we are confident you will find that the wait was well worth it!


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May 10 2009
- GNUstep Make 2.2.0 stable release
- GNUstep Base 1.19.1 unstable release
- GNUstep Gui 0.17.0 unstable release
Apr 3 2009
- AClock.app 0.3 release : updated about window, updated drawing code
Apr 1 2009
- TestPlant uses GNUstep to port Eggplant (a GUI testing and scripting tool) to Linux. See success stories for more information about this application.
Mar 19 2009
- SimpleAgenda.app 0.38 release : bug fixes, simple week view, calendar ui changes and easier dates navigation
Mar 14 2009
- GSPdf.app 0.2.0 release : updated makefiles, updated to newer version of GhostScript, incorporated in GAP.
Mar 13 2009
- FísicaLab 0.1 released. This is an educational application to solve physics problems.
Mar 9 2009
- EasyDiff.app 0.4.0 release : updated makefiles, bug fixes and optimizations, CVS executable selection
Mar 6 2009
Google Summer Of Code 2009 will begin accepting applications from mentoring organizations on March 9, 2009. Post your ideas here
Feb 20 2009
- GDL2 0.12.0 release : Use of Renaissance to ease porting. Improve Make 2.0 integration. Relicensing under GPLv3.
Feb 19 2009
This is the 1.0.0 release of the developer tools installer. This installer has several tools that are useful for developing GNUstep on Windows. These include ssh, cvs and svn for getting the source code. It also includes perl, autoconf and libtool.
Feb 7 2009
We are currently 25 persons listening to David Chisnall's remote presentation on Pragmatic Smalltalk and the LanguageKit. which allows using Smalltalk with Objective-C. Under 1000 lines of code are specific to Smalltalk.
Objective-C objects and Smalltalk objects use the same structure. An object can have methods in Objective-C and Smalltalk. No virtual machine, just a small runtime library is being used.
Slides will hopefully be up later.
Feb 7,8 2009
- Join other GNUstep developers at FOSDEM in Brussels for presentations, tutorials, hacking and meeting other developers.
More details can be found at http://www.fosdem.org
Jan 8, 2009
- Marcelo Yassunori Matuda announced that he has gotten GNUspeech working on GNUstep. Thank you, Marcelo!!
- You can find out more about the GNUspeech project here.
- To download the GNUstep version of GNUspeech, get it from SVN at svn://svn.sv.gnu.org/gnuspeech/gnustep/trunk.
Jan 6, 2009
- GNUstep Make 2.0.8 stable release
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Final Thoughts and Conclusions This article proves you can easily pair a Radeon HD 5870 with a Radeon HD 5850 and run themtogether in mixed CrossFire for improved gaming performance over a sing...
Last year, I wrote about mixed CrossFire and by that I mean joining video cards like the Radeon HD 3870 and a Radeon HD 3850 together in CrossFire for a better gaming experience. At first this might seem like a silly thing to do, but for those upgrading their system on a budget it makes perfect sense. If you buy a Radeon HD 5870 for example, and six months to a year down the road a friend of yours is selling his prized Radeon HD 5850 to pay off some bills for an insanely low price, you can buy it and CrossFire them together for better gaming performance.
Today, we are looking at ATI's flagship Radeon HD 5870 video card and will be pairing it together with the Radeon HD 5850 video cards seeing how they work together in mixed CrossFire. We've previously reviewed both of these series in CrossFire before, but never dared to look at them mixed together and running CrossFire. We tried to run a Radeon HD 5870 together with a Radeon HD 5750 earlier this week, but found that this is not a supported CrossFire configuration. You can't combine a Radeon HD 5800 series card with a Radeon HD 5700 series card and have mixed CrossFire work.
ATI says you only need to use one interconnect, but since our cards came with two interconnects we used both as it does look better having both installed. We have tried benchmarking with just one interconnect and then again with two and didn't notice any differences in performance.
Installing the CATALYST drivers for both the Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon HD 5850 was easy and both cards were up and running in minutes. ATI CrossFire was also enabled by default with this mixed and matched CrossFire configuration, which is pretty slick. The one problem that we did have when running this configuration on our Windows 7 64-bit test system was that GPU-Z 0.3.6 would lock up and freeze the system every time the application was launched. I contacted W1zzard who makes GPU-Z and he informed me that I needed to turn off ULPS. In order to do this I had to search the Windows 7 registry and set every ULPSEnabled value in the registry to 0. W1zzard went on to explain that in ULPS the slave card is mostly turned off, so when GPU-Z tries to map the video BIOS, Windows actually hangs because it canât do anything with that section of physical memory (the GPU doesnât return data because it is âoffâ?. W1zzard is working with ATI on resolving this problem, but so far it has been a dead end as companies like ATI and NVIDIA hold their hardware registers under lock and key as it is basically direct access to the video card. Manually changing the registry values worked though and that is how I was able to show you the GPU-Z screen shots from both the Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon HD 5850 while running mixed CrossFire as seen above.
Before moving along to benchmarking, I checked inside CATALYST Control Center 8.66.6 to make sure CrossFire was enabled and as you can see from the screen shot above, it was.


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The Omani ministry of national economy reported that the Sultanate's foreign trade balance had recovered noticeably last year. Official sources said the key factors behind the surge were higher oil prices, larger volumes of oil exports and a decline in imports.
Reportedly, Omani merchandise exports grew by 62.7 percent during the year 2000. By the end of November 2000, the total value of the Omani merchandise exports hit 3.993 billion Omani riyals, compared with OR 2.454 billion during the corresponding period of the previous year
According to Al-Hayat daily, the value of imports to Oman amounted to OR 1.762 billion during the first 11 months of 2000, up from OR 1.657 billion in the corresponding period of 1999. — (Albawaba-MEBG)
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Lunch Club: Wednesday 2nd December
Our next Lunch Club will be on Wednesday 2nd December. We hope you will come and enjoy a light lunch and a chat with us. Lunch will be served at 12.30pm prompt, with doors open from 12 noon. Transport can usually be arranged within the Frodsham area for those who need it. The suggested donation for lunch is £3 each. As usual, to aid catering, we do need numbers in advance, so please make sure you add your name to the Reservation List which is in the Church foyer on 29th November, or e-mail email@example.com.
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Q Have you driven through Willow Glen lately? The stoplight/pedestrian situation at Lincoln and Willow is atrocious. Pedestrians, dog bless 'em, lolling in the crosswalks make it difficult for more than a few cars in the right lanes to turn, causing a nasty backup.
Can San Jose add a pedestrian-only cycle of the lights similar to Ninth and San Fernando streets to let pedestrians do their business? This may allow traffic to flow more freely.
Richard Johns
A Afraid not. Lincoln Avenue is a significant commute and commercial corridor and has heavy demands from both pedestrians and vehicles. Adding a pedestrian-only cycle would not only increase the delay for pedestrians, but also it would require a no right turn on red in all directions, adding to backups.
Q What is the story with the abruptly ending connector to nowhere at the Harold T. "Bizz" Johnson Interchange in San Mateo? As one takes the ramp from eastbound Highway 92 to southbound Highway 101, the flyover ramp is about three lanes wide, and yet only one lane actually connects to 101. The other two create a very wide left shoulder, and then promptly the shoulder ends where the connector was never completed.
Could you leverage your crack investigative team to figure out where this ramp was originally intended to go? My little boy asks a lot of "why" questions, and the purpose of this connector to nowhere has become an endless line of questioning.
Rich Geib
San Mateo
A The original idea was that the southbound ramp to 101 would split and send some traffic to north 101 like a nice direct-connect interchange. Instead, those plans were scrapped in favor of tight loop ramps that were much less expensive because they did not require buying more right of way.
Q My commute takes me north on Union Avenue through the Los Gatos-Almaden Road intersection. Union feeds into the intersection with one lane and departs the intersection with two. There is room for Union to be striped with two lanes feeding into this intersection. In fact, drivers sometimes act as if it is and double up anyway.
During peak hours of the morning commute, Union can back up for two or three light cycles to get through this intersection. Is there anything to prevent this area from being re-striped so that two lanes of traffic can queue up and cross the intersection?
Howard Zolla
A The lane on the north leg is just 20 feet wide and needs to be at least 24 feet to handle two lanes. This is why only one lane is striped in the south leg.
Q As you merge on 101 north from Moffett Boulevard in Mountain View, there is about a 50-foot-long and 6-foot-wide section that is rough and has potholes. Are they going to repave that section when they do the rest of 101 in that area?
Rich Burnley
A Yep, in June.
Q Is there anything in the works for Highway 84/Thornton Avenue in Fremont? It's by far the worst street I have ever seen in any city in my life, and that is a very long time.
Carol Farmer
A Hang in there. Repairs are planned this summer in all lanes.
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Take the free shuttle boat from Hamburg's Landungsbrücken right into the heart of the captivating world of Africa. Disney's hit musical THE LION KING whisks visitors away to the African savannah, bringing the indescribable beauty and exotic animals of the Serengeti to the Stage Theatre at Hamburg's port.
When the curtain rises in the Stage Theatre at Hamburg port, when mysterious African rhythms start pulsating and the animals of the Serengeti roam across the stage, there's more than a hint of magic in the air. Disney's hit musical THE LION KING tells the story of the eternal circle of life in captivating style. Audiences are transported to the African savannah, right into the heart of Simba the Lion King's world. It's a remarkable tale of fear and happiness, love and responsibility, growing up and discovering your place in life.
All the popular characters from Disney's blockbuster animation and the amazing Serengeti landscape with its dazzling vegetation burst forth in a magical symbiosis created by actors, costumes and breathtaking make-up. Everything coalesces right down to the last detail as the African savannah springs into life and audiences travel to a land of dreams.
But the thrills in Disney's THE LION KING go way beyond incredible masks and fantastic costumes. Over 2,000 people packed into the auditorium are also treated to an unforgettable blend of original African rhythms and pop music by Sir Elton John. No wonder a musical as exhilarating, visionary and heartwarming as Disney's THE LION KING has smashed one box-office record after another since its premiere in 2001.
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Ever want to have your own SimRTK jersey? Or a SimRTK hat to wear while you plan out tactics for a big battle? Now is your chance to get those and other items with the SimRTK logo!
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We have some new images pulled from the latest trailer for director J.J. Abrams' Star Trek Into Darkness. This time around, we get a great look at individual shots of the principal cast members, as well as some clean pictures of the USS Enterprise's interiors alongside alien worlds. The images also raise a few questions concerning the plot, such as: why is Noel Clarke's character crying and dropping a ring into a glass, and why is Alice Eve screaming so much?
Starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumberbatch, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Anton Yelchin, John Cho and Bruce Greenwood, Star Trek Into Darkness opens May 17, 2013. Hit the jump to scope out the new images.
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Here's the release from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Jennifer Chergo):
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a proposal to delete portions of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal (RMA) from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is a list of the nation's most contaminated sites, known as Superfund sites. EPA and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment have determined that all required cleanup activities are complete in the areas proposed for deletion. EPA is accepting public comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete for 30 days, from June 17 to July 19, 2010.
EPA is proposing to delete 2,500 acres of soil, sediment, surface water and structures from the central and eastern surface areas within the RMA boundaries. EPA is also proposing to delete the entire surface area just north of the RMA boundary. Groundwater underlying these areas is not included in this deletion and will remain on the NPL. All areas at RMA deleted from the NPL will continue to be subject to regular EPA review to ensure the protection of human health and the environment.
Deleting property from the NPL facilitates reuse of that property. Should the proposed deletion of the central and eastern surface area be finalized, its 2,500 acres will be transferred to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to become part of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge.
This is the fifth proposed partial deletion of land at RMA. Between 2003 and 2006, EPA completed four partial deletions consisting of 13,406 acres. Of the property deleted at RMA to date, 917 acres were sold to Commerce City for commercial development, 12 acres were transferred to South Adams County Water and Sanitation District for the Klein Treatment Facility, 126 acres were transferred to local governments for road-widening, and 163 acres were retained by the Army, primarily for water treatment systems. Another 12,188 acres were transferred to the FWS to become part of the National Wildlife Refuge, as prescribed in the 1992 Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge Act.
RMA is located in Commerce City, approximately ten miles northeast of Denver, Colo., in Adams County. RMA was established in 1942 by the U.S. Army to manufacture chemical warfare agents and munitions for use in World War II. Beginning in 1946, some facilities were leased to private companies to manufacture industrial and agricultural chemicals. Shell Oil Company, the principal lessee, manufactured pesticides at the site from 1952 to 1982. Industrial and waste disposal practices resulted in contamination of structures, soil, surface water and groundwater. EPA placed RMA on the NPL in 1987. Since that time, the site has been undergoing extensive environmental investigation and cleanup.
For more information, visit: http://www.epa.gov/region8/superfund/co/rkymtnarsenal/
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Riad 19 is an elegant riad in the medina of Marrakech, just 10 minutes walk from Jemaa El Fna.
The Marrakesh Museum and Ben Youssef Madrasa are both within 3 minutes walk. The property is located 5 km from Marrakech Train Station and 10 km from the airport of Marrakech-Menara.


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For a weekend at least, James Hunt was able to put his wretched title defence to one side and secure his second successive win in the British Grand Prix. Unlike the previous year, there was no controversy and the victory was not later overturned by the FIA.
Hunt had struggled to get to grips with the new McLaren M26 but finally he appeared to be back to his title-winning form as he took pole; the crowd were left delighted as Niki Lauda joined him on the front row, promising a superb battle. But Hunt made a poor start which relegated him to fourth by the end of the first lap.
Watson, who had been robbed of a win a fortnight earlier when he ran out of fuel on the final lap, was again undone by something outside his control when a broken fuel union cost him the lead and eventually forced his retirement.
Hunt recovered well -aided by Watson's ill luck - and passed Lauda who was struggling with brake problems. Lauda skilfully nursed his car to retain second from the fast-finishing Gunnar Nilsson who emerged from his car covered in oil which had spewed out the Lotus of team-mate Mario Andretti.
Hunt admitted his win was in part down to Watson's problems. "There was nothing I could do about him … I felt I was faster but there was no way I could pass him." He then said even when he took the lead he was very aware of the danger of running out of fuel and "obeyed orders and drove at half throttle for the last 20 laps".
It was a bad weekend for those chasing Lauda in the drivers' championship as none out of Andretti, Jody Scheckter or Carlos Reutemann managed to finish.
There was also interest in the performance of rookie Gilles Villeneuve who finished eleventh following an engine temperature gauge error in what The Times described as "a brilliant first appearance". The weekend also marked the debut of the turbocharged Renault which spent a lot of time trickling into the pits with steam coming from every orifice and was dubbed "The Yellow Teapot" as a result.


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Marta Sanz-Solé, EMS President writes, "The Danish Mathematical Society (DMF) is celebrating its 140th anniversary".
On this occasion, our Danish colleagues have invited the Presidents of EMS member societies to hold their Sixth Meeting in Aarhus on April 6.
In spite of their short history, these meetings have already proved to provide an excellent occasion to set up collaborations within societies, to strengthen the links between EMS and its member societies, and to nurture the Executive Committee with ideas for new initiatives. To have more accurate information on the topics that could raise the highest interest from participants, we are currently preparing a questionnaire that will be sent to presidents of national societies.
I thank the DMF for the kind invitation, and express my congratulations for its achievements and my best wishes for a prosperous future.
In combination with this event, a joint EMS-DMF Mathematical Weekend will take place on April 5-7 also in Aarhus.
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About The Danish Mathematical Society
The Danish Mathematical Society (DMF) was founded in 1873 with the purpose of acting for the benefit of mathematics in research and education.
We also have a Math-Net homepage for the society.
About The European Mathematical Society
The European Mathematical Society is a learned society representing mathematicians throughout Europe. It promotes the development of all aspects of mathematics in Europe, in particular mathematical research, relations of mathematics to society, relations to European institutions, and mathematical education.
The EMS has as its members around 60 national mathematical societies in Europe, 20 mathematical research centres, and 3000 individuals.
Find more information from the presentation: An Introduction to the EMS (PDF).
My congratulations go to the Danish Mathematical Society (DMF) 140th anniversary!
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Head Like A Hole (song)
From nine inch nails wiki
"Head Like A Hole" is the first track on the 1989 release Pretty Hate Machine. It was the first commercial success Trent Reznor had and received wide radio rotation at the time. Though Reznor doesn't dislike the song, he was quite surprised it became as big as it did, especially due to its relatively easy writing process compared to some of the lesser recognized tracks on Pretty Hate Machine ("That's What I Get" and "Kinda I Want To" most notably).
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Head Like A Hole
The version that appears as the first track on Pretty Hate Machine, it's perhaps one of the most well known Nine Inch Nails songs. Its pounding synth bassline, tribal rhythms and chants, layered guitar and catchy double chorus are all signature aspects of the song. The stereo wipe at the end fades into the beginning of "Terrible Lie." The tribal chants are sampled from "Samburu Warriors' Initiation (Kenya)" taken from field recordings under the title East Africa Ceremonial & Folk Music (performed by the Samburu Tribe of Kenya and recorded by David Fanshawe.)[1] There is a sample from 3:12 to 3:19, first appearing in the right channel and then the left, that may be a saxophone.
Head Like A Hole (Slate)
Running Time: 4:13
The first track on the Head Like A Hole single, this version contains more treble than its cousins and a somewhat dancier beat than most, along with higher pitched synths playing the bassline as a lead instead. Its intro is similar to the "(Clay)" remix. The instrumental melody of the original has been replaced and there is no guitar part in the chorus. It also lacks the stereo wipe outro and instead simply loops as it fades out. As indicated on the credits of the Head Like A Hole 12" vinyl single, this remix was completed in July 1989.
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Head Like A Hole (Clay)
Running Time: 4:30
The second track on the Head Like A Hole single, this is the version that was used in the video for "Head Like A Hole." The only major differences are a different intro (one that features the second half of the chorus and some rhythmic chanting), a shorter pre-chorus in the second verse, and an unadulterated and extended version of the outro stereo wipe.
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Head Like A Hole (Copper)
Running Time: 6:26
Present on the Head Like A Hole single, the "(Copper)" remix seems to be a cut and paste of the various remixes above, containing bits and pieces, loops and interruptions of the other songs. It contains the dance beat of "(Slate)" but has the layered guitar of the original version as well as a slightly modified instrumental intro. Its outro, unique to this mix, is the "Bow down before the one you serve/you're going to get what you deserve" lyric over a swinging drum-machine loop sampled from "Body Language" by Queen; the drum loop includes part of a scream by Freddie Mercury. The section sampled (from the cymbal crash to when Freddie shouts "Yeah!") is heard from 3:04 to 3:08 in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqLyjg-klhE. As indicated on the credits of the Head Like A Hole 12" vinyl single, this remix was completed in January 1990.
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You Know Who You Are
Running Time: 5:50
The fifth track on the Head Like A Hole single, this song is an instrumental composed of the background synths and various tribal rhythms and chants that compose the song. It's more or less a wordless "dub" version of the song and is notable for being the first instrumental piece appearing on an official Nine Inch Nails release. The outro of the song is the actual intro to the original version of "Head Like A Hole." (This song is not to be confused with "You Know What You Are?," the second track off of the album With Teeth.)
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Head Like A Hole (Opal)
Running Time: 5:18
Exclusive to the UK version of the Head Like A Hole single, the mix is notable for its "realistic" drums and strange instrumentation, much of which isn't present on any of the other remixes. It is perhaps the most unique remix, having a different vocal take with a few lyrical differences from the original version of the song (in particular, the verses clearly say "God of money" rather than "God Money"), as well as using an inverted version of the bassline rather than the bassline itself and a totally different drumbeat. The only element that found its way over from the other mixes is the wood percussion intro from the original version of the song, which the drum beat follows exactly. The song ends by fading away while Reznor whispers "You know... you know who you are" repeatedly. This line is found only on this version, though it does appear in the printed lyrics on the Pretty Hate Machine album. It has been billed as "Head Like A Hole (Demo)" and "Head Like A Hole (Go-Go Mix)" on various bootlegs. As indicated on the credits of the Head Like A Hole 12" vinyl single, this remix was completed in November 1990.
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Head Like A Hole (Soil)
Running Time: 6:38
The longest remix of the group, it starts off with a distorted version of the "(Clay/Slate)" remix intro. It has the original drumbeat, but lacks the synth bassline which actually comes in during the middle of the song to lead as a bridge with some odd sounding synths. There are also some odd steel drum sounding synths which stereo wipe back and forth at various points in the song.
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Head Like A Hole (And All That Could Have Been)
The 13th song on the CD (16th on the DVD/VHS versions), it falls directly after "Closer" and is the end of the regular set. The lights are bright and the LCD displays behind them show mostly interference snow in time with the music. At the end of the song, the band completely destroys all the instruments and the music melts into dissonance, hanging for a bit while the strobes increase in intensity (almost to the point where it's impossible to see) before the lights shut off completely. This minute delay or so gives the band time to prepare for the encore.
Head Like A Hole (Beside You In Time)
Like the And All That Could Have Been version, this version is performed very closely to the album version, though it is much more aggressive (especially Reznor's vocals), and features a hard drumming solo by Josh Freese. At one point, Alessandro Cortini and Aaron North jump on Cortini's keyboard. At the end, North jams his guitar in an amplifier, and then throws it at the crowd. The song concludes the concert.
"Head Like A Hole" has been played at nearly every Nine Inch Nails concert and is a staple of the live set. Often it closes out the concert.
During the Lollapalooza Tour, various guitarists from other bands (such as Ice-T of Body Count) would come out onstage to perform with the band. YouTube video
"Head Like A Hole" is usually the last song of the show (With Teeth era) or last song before the encore (Self Destruct, Fragility, and Lights in the Sky eras). At the end, the band usually destroy their instruments.
Since the With Teeth era, Trent has left singing of the chorus to the other members of the band. This is possibly due to vocal strain.
Music Video
The music video for "Head Like A Hole" was directed by Eric Zimmerman, who also co-directed "Down In It." The Clay remix is used in place of the album version.
The video contains three different sequences, used at different intervals of the song. During the verses, footage of tribal dancers is undercut with rotating cybernetic heads, creating a strobe effect. For the main chorus and instrumental interludes, the band is seen playing in a large cage with wires and magnetic tape at their feet. The sub-chorus features black-and-white footage of Reznor lowering his head into a tub filled with water and bringing it back up. At the end of the video, Reznor's feet have become entangled in the tape and wires as he is lifted off the ground, hung upside-down and writhes in mid-air. The video features two drummers, one being Chris Vrenna and the other being Martin Atkins.
The video was originally going to be directed by David Lynch[2], whom Reznor would later work with on the Lost Highway Soundtrack and the "Came Back Haunted" music video. An extended version of the video also exists, which is set to the "Copper" mix. This version was used when the video was shown on Beavis And Butt-Head in 1993.
Reznor on the songwriting
"I don't remember what i was thinking about at the time, but it was pretty much about yelling at a beast without putting a face to it. I wrote it at the last minute as a throwaway. The rest of 'Pretty Hate Machine' was already written, and we'd revised everything else about nine times. Up until then song-writing had been a meticulous and agonising process, but this took me 15 minutes in my bedroom. The fact that it produced this huge reaction really pissed me off becuase I hadn't agonised over it. I was still back in Cleveland, and I had a job working at a studio where I'd spend time at night learning how to record and engineer things and I tried to work out how my voice sounded. I was playing everything myself but I had no confidence in playing guitar. I was convinced that if any real players heard it they'd laugh. Now I know that's bullshit but at the time I was very insecure."
On A RollBlack Mirror aired the episode "Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too", which featured versions of "Head Like A Hole" and "Right Where It Belongs" with new lyrics written by Charlie Brooker and recorded by Miley Cyrus, entitled "On A Roll" and "Right Where I Belong" respectively. Cyrus also recorded direct covers of both songs, all of which were sanctioned and approved by Reznor - a rarity for any cover of Nine Inch Nails. The songs were recorded and released under the name "Ashley O", Cyrus' character name in the episode. The band also released a collaborative t-shirt on their website, featuring Brooker's new lyrics.
Oh honey, I'll do anything for you Oh honey, just tell me what you want me to Oh honey, kiss me up against the wall Oh honey, don't think anything, just have it all Yeah, I can't take it, so don't you fake it I know your love's my destiny Yeah, I can't take it, please demonstrate it 'Cause I'm going down in history Hey, yeah, whoa-ho, I'm on a roll Ridin' so high, achieving my goals Hey, yeah, whoa-ho, I'm on a roll Ridin' so high, achieving my goals I'm stoked on ambition and verve I'm gonna get what I deserve So full of ambition and verve I'm gonna get what I deserve Oh honey, let's get in through the door Oh honey, not concerned who sees us ripping up the floor Oh honey, we'll go dancing wherever you choose Oh honey, you know we just can't lose Yeah, I can't take it, so don't you fake it I know your love's my destiny Yeah, I can't take it, please demonstrate it 'Cause I'm going down in history Hey, yeah, whoa-ho, I'm on a roll Ridin' so high, achieving my goals Hey, yeah, whoa-ho, I'm on a roll Ridin' so high, achieving my goals I'm stoked on ambition and verve I'm gonna get what I deserve So full of ambition and verve I'm gonna get what I deserve
God Money I'll do anything for you God Money just tell me what you want me to God Money nail me up against the wall God Money don't want everything he wants it all No you can't take it No no you can't take it (You can't take that away from me) Head like a hole Black as your soul I'd rather die than give you control Head like a hole Black as your soul I'd rather die than give you control Bow down before the one you serve You're going to get what you deserve God Money's not looking for the cure God Money's not concerned about the sick among the pure God Money let's go dancing on the backs of the bruised God Money's not one to choose No you can't take it No no you can't take it No you can't take that away from me Head like a hole Black as your soul I'd rather die than give you control Head like a hole Black as your soul I'd rather die than give you control Bow down before the one you serve You're going to get what you deserve You know who you are
The final line appears only in the liner notes and in the Opal remix.
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Acne is a very common skin condition, yet doctors are not sure exactly how to cure it. Part of the problem, as Jenny Kim, associate professor of clinical medicine and dermatology at the University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine told TheDoctor, is that since acne is not seen as a serious disease. It is a cosmetic rather than life-threatening issue and so doctors and scientists have not studied it as much as they have studied other diseases.
Until now. The bacterium that causes acne, Propionibacterium acnes, and the virus or phage that coexists with it, are both common to everyone's skin, so they offer a good way to study acne and develop a potential cure for this condition.
Because acne can cause scarring, doctors do not want to leave patients untreated.
Kim and her colleagues took a closer look at the virus that coexists with and infects acne. The team sequenced the genome of P. acnes phages isolated from the skin of 11 donors, some with acne and some without, and found that the phage genomes were very similar. This was very surprising, because other bacterial phages are very genetically diverse, said Kim.
If the researchers can identify what it is about the virus that kills P. acnes, they can begin to develop a phage–based therapy to treat acne.
Psychological Effects
Kim said that she and her colleagues believe that studying acne is important, despite perceptions in the scientific community this disease is not serious. "We know that when we interact with patients with acne, it is very serious for them," she said.
Patients are negatively affected psychologically. Acne is more common during adolescence, a more emotionally vulnerable stage of life. Studies show that acne can affect your self esteem more than many far more serious diseases, because it is so visible, Kim said. In addition, because acne can cause scarring, doctors do not want to leave patients untreated.
The team wants to look at whether bacterial differences or host differences mean that some people have acne, while others do not.
As a next step, the researchers would like to determine what exactly about the P. acnes phage is responsible for killing the bacteria. If it is a protein, perhaps it can be isolated to see if it can kill P. acnes just as well as the phage itself, said Kim. And if it does, then the scientists can develop protein or peptide-based therapy.
They also want to take a closer look at host differences. "We all have P. acnes bacteria on our skin, yet some of us have better skin or more acne than others," said Kim. She said that her team wants to look at whether bacterial differences or host differences mean that some people have acne, while others do not.
The study was published in mBio, the online journal of the American Society of Microbiology.


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Neil Jordan Developing Soderbergh Thriller Neil Jordan has come aboard to develop an untitled thriller written by Ann Biderman for Warner Bros. Pictures' Section Eight, with Steven Soderbergh producing, reports Variety.Jordan also has an eye to direct the project, which came from a story developed by Soderbergh and Biderman. The film will concern a vulnerable private investigator and a prostitute in modern-day Gotham.Jordan's most recent feature, The Good Thief starring Nick Nolte, will be released April 2 by Fox Searchlight.
A source explains, "Steven told Ashton, 'If I see you pose for the cover of one more magazine or photographed at more parties, I'll take you off the picture.'
Hmmm, I wonder if Crowe will dump Kutcher, too....


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The Truth About Debt Collectors
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Debt collectors are after one thing—your money.
And, you know what? That's okay. If you borrowed money, then you need to pay it back. Collectors have the right to call you and ask you to pay back the money you owe.
But let's be honest about debt collectors. You know they are lying if their mouths are moving.
Most of them will do anything—seriously, anything!—to make you pay your bills. They don't care whether you feed your family and keep your lights on. All they want is to be at the top of your priority list. Nothing else matters to them.
Debt collectors have guidelines called the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act—but from the stories we hear, it seems like many of them skate around these rules at best, and ignore them at worst.
Their job is to make you angry or scared—and they do it well. They know that if you get all worked up, you will act on that emotion and do something stupid, like pay them instead of buying groceries.
Collectors have a plan, and so should you. Stay calm. Don't let some kid in a cubicle 500 miles away take control of your life.
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Here are some of the basics that you should know about the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act:
- The Act states that harassment is illegal, and it restricts a collector's calls to between the hours of 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. (unless they have your permission).
- The Act also allows you to demand that a creditor cease calling you at work. You should request this in writing by certified mail with return receipt requested.
- No collector or creditor may access a bank account or garnish wages without proper and lengthy court action, except in the case of delinquent IRS or student loan debt. All such threats are a bluff.
- Collectors cannot contact third parties—such as family or neighbors—more than once about your debt, and they cannot discuss the details of your debt. This is illegal but not uncommon practice.
- Do not use a cease-and-desist letter except in horrible situations, because all negotiations stop and any hope of positive resolution is lost.
You can read more about your rights and the limits of collectors by visiting the Federal Trade Commission's website.
Remember, dealing with collectors is not about getting out of debt. You need to pay the debt you owe—but not at the expense of life's basic necessities. Download some of our free budgeting forms, and make a plan.
The last person in the world you want to talk to is a debt collector. Know the law so you can prevent them from abusing you and your rights.
In Financial Peace University, Dave Ramsey devotes a whole lesson to showing you how to handle collectors when they call. Learn more about the class and how it can help you take control of your money—for good.


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All of K&K Test Kitchen's American readers are still over a month away from Thanksgiving, but I can't help but share this recipe for cornbread stuffing now. Part of the reason is that it is delicious and I want you to start thinking about what you're making for Thanksgiving dinner. The second part of the reason is that I haven't been cooking new things lately, though I have been cooking -- I made these cookies again, these stuffed peppers, and my favorite chicken parm recently too. I also ate Canadian Thanksgiving leftovers almost everyday last week for dinner, so all I've got for you (besides the pancakes from earlier this week) are Thanksgiving recipes! This stuffing was completely awesome as leftovers. It has so many complex flavors. It is sweet and savory, with fragrant rosemary, and lots of texture.
Besides eating leftovers, did I tell you that I ate rabbit and duck confit this weekend for the first time ever? It's not that I used to be picky when I was growing up, I just wasn't very adventurous in my eating habits. Now that I'm a food blogger, I have taken a philosophy that I will try just about anything. There's really no reason not to, especially since I've discovered that most of the things I wasn't eating before are actually delicious. Unfortunately, I'm not making duck confit or cooking rabbit often or ever. It's just not in line with the way that I cook and since I'm cooking so much for the blog, I rarely go out to restaurants. However, when I do go out to restaurants, my goal is to eat something that I wouldn't necessarily make at home! So, I went to Murray Street Kitchen in Ottawa and ate duck confit poutine and a little bit of rabbit on Saturday night last weekend - the verdict: YUM! (The rest was amazing too - fancy corndogs, steelhead trout that was perfectly cooked, and 'smores for dessert!)
Cornbread StuffingAdapted from Epicurious and The Pioneer Woman
3 cups cornbread (see recipe)
3 cups French baguette
1 package maple sausage
2 celery stalks, at least one with fronds, cut into thin slices
1 leek, cut into thin slices
1/2 onion, diced
2 small apples, diced
1 tablespoon poultry seasoning
1/2 cup white wine
1 tablespoon fresh rosemary
2 cups fresh cranberries
1/4 cup sugar
1 cup low-sodium chicken broth
Bake your cornbread following the recipe that follows. Once it has cooled, cut it into cubes and spread it out on a baking sheet. Cut the baguette into cubes as well and add those to the cornbread. Preheat the oven to 200°F.
Heat a skillet to medium-high heat and cook the sausage, breaking it into smaller pieces as it cooks. Cook the sausage until it is browned and cooked through. Once the sausage has cooked, remove it from the pan and set it aside. Add the chopped leeks, celery, apple and onions to the pan and cook until the onions are translucent. Pour the white wine into the pan, scraping the bottom, and simmer until it reduces. Next, add the poultry seasoning and rosemary, stir well and cook for another minute.
In a small heavy saucepan cook cranberries with sugar over moderately high heat, stirring, 5 minutes, or until some begin to burst.
CornbreadFrom the Pioneer Woman
1/4 cup shortening
1 cup Yellow Corn Meal
1/2 cup All-purpose Flour
1 teaspoon Salt
1 cup Buttermilk
1/2 cup Milk
1 whole Egg
1 Tablespoon Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
Preheat oven to 450°F. Combine corn meal, flour, and salt in a mixing bowl. In a separate bowl, combine buttermilk, milk, and egg. Add baking powder and baking soda and stir well. Add ¼ cup melted shortening, stirring to combine. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown on top.


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One of my favourite things about keeping bees is that they demand community. You could probably do the majority of beekeeping alone, but it is so much more fun fretting over the bees with a dedicated bee co-parent as I had in Sarah. I also credit her husband Dave who was game enough to put up the Lucy and Ethel of beekeeping. You two are the bees knees. There, I said it!
Sarah and Dave purchased a new house and rented out their old place. The bees were a bit of a hard sell with the new tenants, given that the house was rented out in the "aggressive period" in September where bees are capping off their honey and guarding their resources from wasps. (It's pretty impressive to watch a gang of tiny honeybees take down a wasp, by the by. The OCD among us will be happy to note that organization trumps all physical threats.) But the tenants agreed to allow the bees until they were done collecting pollen, as the bees would have swarmed back to their old location. Then we would have had Swarm: The Second Coming, claimed ignorance, and just moved on to a new hobby.
As pollen season wrapped up, we had to support the bees in their winter preparations. The bees were busy killing off all the useless male drones and shoving them out the door so they didn't steal resources all winter (good system, am I right, ladies?). Our job was to make sure the colony was healthy and insulate it up for winter. This also meant that we'd get HONEY! LIQUID GOLD FOR REALZ HONEY!
Frankly, we were not really excited to steal honey from pissy bees after the Swarm: Everyone Gets Stung incident. But steal we did, and no one was injured. Sarah's kitchen was very, very sticky though. We should have done it at my house where another layer of sticky would just be background noise against the layer of peanut butter finely smeared over everything. (Note, do not bring your kid with peanut allergies over here).
As I found out, beekeeping involves an inexplicable amount of duct tape (we might be doing it wrong). This is when you should employ the bees' community spirit and have someone help you so you don't have wads of duct tape stuck to your clothing when you go to your fancy hair dresser, which is what happened when I slaved over custom insulation panels for the bee hive one day. I will never operate duct tape alone again.
We were blessed with an early winter, and now the bees are only coming out to take a little tiny bee dump and then going back inside for another week. I AM SO JEALOUS.
Moving Day
With the hunkered down for winter, we decided to move them to Sarah's new house. Moving a hive that weighs something comparable to a small adult a block and a half was not going to be accomplished by us two broads, so we started cashing in on people's general interest in beekeeping. It did not escape my notice that more people volunteered to move bees on a cold Monday night for no reward than attend my birthday party. I think that really speaks to
how deeply unpopular I am the charismatic nature of bees.
We chose our bee moving crew well, and that sucker was safely packed up into the back of Dave's Subaru without dumping thousands of bees to their frozen death as we had feared. The bees safely made the 1.5 block journey to their new home where they should be content for the rest of winter.
Then we raised a glass of mead to our efforts, reflected on the community nature of bees, contemplated next season, watched the swarm video about a dozen times and then decided on our next project: A reality show where we all wear GoPros all the time because they make everything look so goddamned awesome.


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There seems to be much controversy surrounding the life TB Joshua's disciples are coached to live at the SCOAN. The reasons for the irresponsible inquiry into the personal lives of TB Joshua's disciples by SCOAN critics are unclear.
Though one would really expect nothing less from fanatical faultfinders of SCOAN, even if it means to intrude on the private life of ex-disciples for any filth they can uncover to hurriedly attribute to their former master as his fruit. As a consequence, it's not very difficult to come across defamatory articles online featuring stories of supposed ex-disciples alleging diverse ill-treatments and emotional breakdown taking place in the SCOAN premises.
However, there are also growing concerns from TB Joshua supporters that the bulk of these slanderous insider stories online are deceitfully fabricated. In any case, considering the hateful and biased criticism of SCOAN detractors we've observed, coupled with renamed and faceless accusers that leave nothing to track, we would say their concern is very likely. But as much as SCOAN supporters would love to answer favorably to the allegations with that assumption, only firsthand insider experiences would hold their sway against these distasteful rumors. It is on this note that we publish Sandra's story; a disciple who recently contacted us to publish her story. She tells her story from a unique perspective which we presume you would find in-depth and enlightening.
Sandra Hall tells Her Story
A couple of people, claiming to have been "disciples of T.B. Joshua" have "come out" regarding their life experiences at The SCOAN. They aim to tell fascinating stories, revealing "what really goes on". But they haven't told my story yet.
I was one of them. I stayed at The SCOAN for several years before I was pointed to my calling in life through Prophet T.B. Joshua, the man God used to reshape my life, my character and my destiny. I have a lot to say concerning life as a disciple.
The moment I entered The SCOAN so many years ago, I realized that I was not in an ordinary place. As I witnessed the miracles, I realized that I was not witnessing ordinary events. I noticed many people following the prophet in the services and during the week I was there and learned they were called "disciples". This too, was not ordinary. The only disciples I was aware of where those that followed Jesus in the Bible. What had I just discovered?
I recalled that in the earthly ministry of Jesus Christ, here were 12, then 72 and many times "great multitudes followed Him". The same was happening at The SCOAN. As can be expected, in most large public gatherings you have attended, you will find those who believe in the cause with their spirit, soul and body and those who don't believe at all, those who have come to contribute to the meeting and those who have come to steal from the crowd. Remember Judas sneaking out with the money bags in the small assembly of 12. Such was the case with the disciples of Jesus. Such is the case of those who join the ministry of Prophet T.B. Joshua. Not everyone who joins is perfect and not everyone joins for the salvation of their souls.
At the end of my week's visit, I had a meeting with the prophet and was ecstatic when he told me that I could stay and become part of his ministry. It felt as if my life had changed completely – but it was just the beginning of the change.
Life at The SCOAN is unlike anything I could have imagined. Every day, I was witnessing miracles first hand. I received lectures from the prophet himself, worked with the ministry's projects, travelled with them to international crusades and developed a relationship with the prophet, his family and those who were also working with him, people from different countries, with different backgrounds. I met a young man whose family were practicing witch doctors but who wanted to accept Jesus as his Saviour (You can see him on Emmanuel TV). I met people who came for healing, like the girl from a poor family in the US who was healed from a debilitating case of scoliosis, surrendered her life to Christ in response to His love and is still there (You can also see her on Emmanuel TV). I met people who came as if they were on a school field trip, like a secretive technical genius from an affluent family in the UK who came with his youth group and stayed for a time with several of them. I met ladies from South Africa who came separately but lived as if they were twins (You can see them on the Internet). It was amazing. As a disciple, I saw that many at The SCOAN really wanted to be changed and used by God and many simply wanted to get the glory quick, without any change on their part. That was their great mistake.
It is true; there is a lot of hard work going on at The SCOAN. Ask any of the thousands who visit on a weekly basis and they will tell you. There are currently three services a week going on and can last up to 15 hours or more each! I have never seen it done anywhere. Thousands throng to the church to be attended to, interviewed, accommodated, prayed for, listened to, helped. It is the disciples that attend to them. You can imagine the challenges they face.
But let us be sincere. Everyone knows the saying, No pain, no gain. You have to be ready to go through a season of pain to receive a season of gain. Ask every Olympian athlete and they will tell you of the rigorous training and injuries sustained on their way to greatness. Ask every soldier and he will tell you the relentless work and physical and emotional training he underwent to overcome the challenges of wars he would later encounter. Ask every successful businessman and he will tell you the small successes and failures he encountered before his breakthrough. What we are working for is the greatest success of all – the salvation of souls.
Yes, I worked long hours until I was tired many nights. I sometimes postponed my meals so that I could finish an assignment. I fought with fellow disciples over nonsense and over serious problems alike. I cried when I didn't get what I wanted. I shouted at people who made me angry. I refused to do some assignments. I turned in poor work to my coordinators. I also delivered wonderful messages, kept my room very clean, always showed up for assignments on time and was cheerful with everyone that was "nice" to me. That was in the beginning. That was before I really understood that to be a true disciple of Jesus Christ is not just to change my location (i.e. from living in my country to living in Nigeria) but to change my character (i.e. from lying, stealing, thinking lustfully, behaving rudely to imbibing the character of Jesus Christ). As the prophet used to say, "Anyone can get a Mercedes Benz – you can buy it with money from your salary, you can steal it, you can receive it as a gift – you can have a Mercedes Benz but not everyone can maintain a Mercedes Benz". To maintain the gift of God, we must have the character of God. This is the ultimate lesson in The SCOAN. This is the primary focus of the discipleship programme. This is the most difficult challenge to overcome.
It was a daily challenge for me. I fought every day, not only with others but mainly with myself. I realized when I went wrong but to prevent myself from misbehaving was my biggest problem. Disciple meetings were my saving grace. Yes, I said it. Disciple meetings saved my life. I received some terrible reports – in response to my sometimes terrible attitude. But listening to the negative impact my bad behavior had on others and most especially the work of God, tore at my conscience. I came to see how destructive negative behavior and thoughts can truly be. Unfortunately, most people cannot change in theory but only in practice. Fortunately, the prophet held regular disciple meetings so that we could discuss those bad habits and make correction. Correction truly makes future possible. I am who, what and where I am today because of the correction I received in those much talked about meetings.
But those who failed to take to that correction went down a long and windy path – a path to destruction. I remember one girl in particular. She was constantly being reported for embarrassing the men in the church. She refused to admit she had a problem. Instead, she would try to lay the blame on the men, claiming they were trying to seduce her, or had stolen something she wanted to retrieve, or were simply "wicked people". Several times I advised her privately to explain her problem to the prophet and go for deliverance. She flatly refused to believe she had a problem with lust.
There is a saying that goes, "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned". This was the case of this girl. As time went on, we realized that her seductive acts had a target – the man of God. When she couldn't achieve her goal, she became literally wild. Hers is the voice one hears throughout many negative sentiments on the internet. It is the voice of a seductive spirit. Now, if you have watched Emmanuel TV, you would have heard the confessions of thousands of people possessed by evil spirits. Many have confessed that they were sent to destroy men of God, pastors and bishops, those who could cause harm to their kingdom of darkness. Many have described the way they dressed, the way they moved or sat, the attempts they made to get attention from the men of God they were seducing. The similarities are crystal clear. It is those who truly desire to be free from the chains of satan, those who truly desire to have a relationship with Jesus Christ that will be open for their deliverance. Countless women have been set free from this life of seduction and destruction while countless others remain in their bondage and continue to capture others thereby. We, Christians, must be careful lest we are drawn into these seducing lies.
These are just a few short stories of the lives of disciples of T.B. Joshua. I promise to reveal more in the next edition and to let you know exactly what I am doing now, by the grace of God. Until then, I encourage you to continue to examine all things in the light of God's Word and watch a few of these eye-opening stories:
When looking at the lives of those around the prophet, you will see that some are there to add, some to subtract, some to multiply and some to divide. Those who have become Wise are those who have overcome their human spirit and been set free from every evil spirit that had been operating in their lives. They are shining examples to all on how God can transform our lives.
But not everyone rejoices in the success of others. Many want to get success cheaply – without the necessary sacrifice on their part. Nothing genuine in life comes cheaply. This is a principle of life.
Jesus knew the disciples were not perfect but He called them around Him for a mutual relationship – one in which each
party would benefit. When Peter became a disciple, the kingdom of God benefited by having a superb ambassador and Peter benefited by receiving a new lifestyle, new job and new focus. But it wasn't a bed of roses. Peter passed through serious trials and tests of faith. His character was questioned and he was rebuked and praised before he developed a Godly character. This is the aim of The SCOAN and Prophet T.B. Joshua. I saw that clearly in the years that I was there.
When I joined the ministry of Prophet T.B. Joshua, I became a disciple. I was excited to be part of such a fellowship, It is true that Large crowds followed Jesus, people lived with Him, they went to the mountain to pray, they went to the seaside to rest, they cooked, went fishing, travelled, received lectures from Jesus personally, attended to huge crowds (remember the feeding of the 5,000), reported each other, received rebuke and praise from their leader (remember Peter, one moment he was called satan for his actions and motive and in one moment, his character was referred to as the rock upon which Christ would build His church), fell asleep at the wrong times (remember the disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane), were rude to visitors (remember Peter chopping of the guard's ear).
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