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MacBook Pro Tradeoffs
When Apple redesigned its laptops earlier this month, most of the attention, including mine, was focused on the entry-level MacBook. That was because of its popularity, and because Apple managed to make over the machine in a way that added some oomph and lots of style while actually making it thinner and lighter and preserving battery life. But what about the MacBook's big brother, the 15 inch MacBook Pro, a powerful, if pricey, laptop favored by many power users? My verdict on the Pro's makeover isn't nearly as favorable, because there were more tradeoffs.
The new MacBook Pro costs the same, high, $1999 price as the old one, and Apple (AAPL) does give you more for your money — a faster discrete graphics processor; the same radical new button-free trackpad that's in the MacBook; bigger hard disks. It's also a tad thinner.
But some of the new model's design features that were a dramatic upgrade on the entry MacBook were already present on the older Pro — an aluminum case, a bright LED screen, and the ability to perform some iPhone-like gestures on the trackpad.
And the new MacBook Pro is actually a downgrade from the old model in a few areas. For one, it has grown slightly larger and heavier, with a 4% bigger footprint and a bit more weight (5.5 pounds versus 5.4 pounds for the old one.) These aren't huge sacrifices, but I believe that when companies strive to redesign laptops without increasing screen size, they should try for smaller and lighter, not the reverse.
Much worse is the loss of battery life. When used with its discrete graphics processor, the natural mode for the kind of audience at which the Pro is aimed, Apple claims it will get just 4 hours of battery life, versus the 5 hours it claimed for its predecessor, which also used a discrete graphics processor. That's a whopping 20% reduction in battery life.
To compensate, Apple built in a second, alternate, graphics system, the same wimpier integrated graphics chip that's used in the lower-end MacBook. Only when you switch to this alternate chip — a clumsy process that involves changing a preference in software — can you hope to retain the old 5-hour battery life.
Because I didn't do a full review of the MacBook Pro for my Wall Street Journal column, I didn't run my own battery tests on it. But MacWorld magazine did, and the magazine declared that battery life diminished to a significant degree compared with the previous model.
In addition, Apple now offers the 15 inch MacBook Pro only with a glossy screen, having removed the option for a matte screen that is often preferred by pros who work heavily with photos and videos, because of the glare and fingerprints it can attract. This glossy-only choice is also present on the MacBook, but it matters less there, because that machine isn't usually the choice of graphics pros.
My bottom line on the new MacBook Pro is that it still provides a satisfying upgrade for power users willing to spend the money to move up from the MacBook or from a less powerful, or similarly powerful, Windows machine running the inferior Vista or XP operating systems. But, for owners of the most recent prior MacBook Pro, the new model's tradeoffs make an upgrade an iffy choice.


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James D. Tabor is Professor of Christian Origins and Ancient Judaism in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where he has taught since 1989 as well as served as Chair for a decade. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1981 in New Testament and Early Christian Literature. He previously held positions at the University of Notre Dame (1979-85) and the College of William and Mary (1985-89). His research interests have focused on the historical Jesus, Christian Origins and ancient Judaism. Tabor's CV is here and his popular TaborBlog is here. Many of Dr. Tabor's articles and papers are archived here and can be downloaded as PDFs at no charge. His complete CV is here.
Tabor is the author of seven books and numerous scholarly articles. His first book was a study of the mysticism of the apostle Paul titled Things Unutterable (1986), based on his University of Chicago dissertation. The prestigious Journal of Religion named it one of the ten best scholarly studies on Paul of the 1980s. Tabor then turned to an analysis of attitudes toward religious suicide and martyrdom in the ancient world, the results of which appeared as A Noble Death, published by HarperCollins in 1992 (co-authored with Arthur Droge). Although the book centered on the history of such ideas in the ancient world, the results of this research have had immediate application in the contemporary discussion of the ethics of volunteer death and assisted suicide. It received an extensive essay review in Christian Century. During the 1993 Branch Davidian crisis in Waco, Texas, Tabor applied his expertise in interpreting biblically oriented apocalyptic worldviews to understanding the situation. As a result of his involvement Tabor published Why Waco? Cults and the Battle for Religious Freedom in America (University of California Press, 1995), which he co-authored with Eugene Gallagher. Harper'smagazine published a lengthy excerpt from the book (July, 1995). In 1995 Tabor testified before Congress as an expert witness on Waco.
Tabor's 2006 book, The Jesus Dynasty: A New Historical Investigation of Jesus, His Royal Family, and the Birth of Christianity (Simon & Schuster, 2006), was a New York Times Bestseller. Tabor presents the results of his work on the historical Jesus over the course of his career to a general audience. It has been translated into 25 languages and has become an international bestseller in the UK, Italy, Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands.
In 2012 Tabor published two books: the first, co-authored with Simcha Jacobovici, The Jesus Discovery: The New Archaeological Find that Reveals the Birth of Christianity (Simon & Schuster) that offers a comprehensive overview of both of the Talpiot ("Jesus family") tombs in Jerusalem with all the evidence brought together; and Paul and Jesus: How the Apostle Transformed Christianity (Simon & Schuster). His latest book is forthcoming, The Lost Mary: How the Jewish Mother of Jesus Became the Virgin Mother of God (Knopf, 2020). He is now working on
Over the past two decades Tabor has combined his work on ancient texts with field work in archaeology. He has worked at a number of sites in Israel and Jordan including Qumran, site of the Dead Sea Scrolls (1991, 1996), Wadi el-Yabis in Jordan (1992, 1996), Masada (1994), and Sepphoris (1996, 1999, 2000). In 2000 he teamed up with Dr. Shimon Gibson to excavate a newly discovered cave at Suba, west of Jerusalem that dates back to the Iron Age but was used for ritual rites in the early Roman period (2000-2006). Tabor and Gibson were also the principals involved in the discovery a 1st century Jewish burial shroud in a looted tomb at Akeldama. Their latest project is an ongoing excavation in Jerusalem on Mt. Zion just outside Mt Zion Gate along the Turkish city wall (2006-2018).
Tabor serves as chief editor of the Transparent English Bible, an ongoing effort to produce a new translation of the Bible. Tabor is a popular public lecturer and writer and is often consulted by the national and international media (Time, Newsweek, USNews&World Report, NYTimes, LATimes, WashPost, Wall St. Journal, Harpers, Vanity Fair, AP, NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, Der Spiegel, Profil, The London Times). He is a regular blogger at the Huffington Post. His work has been featured in dozens of TV documentaries (PBS Frontline, Discovery Channel, Learning Channel, History Channel, National Geographic, Smithsonian, BBC, Channel 4 UK, ZDF).

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I am trying to build a webserver. I know the basics of HTTP headers and how a client/server situation works. I know that if I have my server running (and it is working correctly), then when IE connects to 127.0.0.1, then the server replies with HTML. I cannot get my server to send HTML...or even get IE to display a different error page.
I need help on how to send HTTP headers with VC++. I have included the "OnStart()" function. My dialogue right now is stripped of nothing but this button really. When you click it, it creates a socket, listens on the socket, and accepts any connections. I think my problem actually lies in Accepting the socket, because that part seems to fail if I use:
Here is the function:Code:if(!m_server.Accept(m_server2)) { MessageBox("Error Creating Socket!"); }
Code:void CWebserverDlg::OnStart() { // TODO: Add your control notification handler code here CString m_peer; UINT m_port; char m_head[150] = "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\nCache-Control:·private\nContent-Type:·text/html\nServer:·God/0.5"; char m_html[50] = "<html>Biotch!</html>"; if(!m_server.Create()) { MessageBox("Could not create connection!"); } else { m_server.Listen(); m_server.Accept(m_server2); m_server2.Send(m_head,151); m_server2.Send(m_html, 51); } }


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[Women are unhappy] from doing stuff women are not interested in, encouraged by the idea that women ought obsess on the same stuff as men, as if what was satisfying ought to be the same across the sexes.
Unhappiness is aided by a tendency to find stuff for men to fix, whose survival value is testing of potential mates for reliability and fondness. Finding stuff for men to do requires finding something that's wrong.
In a perfect world, that's followed by showing the man who was out on the quest that you're satisfied with him, which makes him happy.
This story is told over and over in Get Smart, wildly popular with males in the 60s.
I think being in touch with feelings is really just looking for stuff that needs fixing, the initial move in the dialog.
To help you think about that:


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Dear larks a'mercy, I thought November would never fucking end. I am not good with self-imposed, for-no-good-reason obligations. Who knew, right? Well, I did for one, but let's skip that bit.
Maaan, I am tired! I don't know how other people – other mothers – do this, this labouring at the coal face of blogging. I'm not talking about those mothers who are covers for advertising shit, whose every second post is a free giveaway competition…I'm not jealous of those bloggers, I'm just confused as to why anyone would read the inane shite they post just to win a copy of Harry Potter. I am, truly, the Anti-Zeitgeist.
I'm even more confused as to why you would waste your time writing that shite. Don't get me wrong, I'm not coming down on 'mummy bloggers' whatever that means anyway, I'm just, well, well…what? I'm just confused, really confused. I had to carve out time for this month's daily blog posts, time I just didn't have. Sure, 'stuff' was going on this month, but only the same 'stuff' that is always going on when you don't live in a little gingerbread house on the internet itself. Life stuff, y'know?
I had to work really hard some days; it shows, I know – it shows today for sure because today's to-do list was – is – a bee-yatch. I. carved. time. from. nothing. some days. I wanted that time to have been used to say something. Yes, I mostly failed – which is why I'll be going back to weekly-or-so postings – but I tried.
But a big shout out to those who try and – generally – succeed. You are, my friends, better women than I.
Forgive me, but I still have to figure out how to iron on sports badges and order an angel costume and eat something and all I wanna do is go to bed.


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On sale 10/16 at http://bit.ly/LiveNationSade
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Following the platinum selling success of Soldier of Love, Sade announces their highly anticipated return to the world's stage. The North American leg begins on June 16th, 2011 in Baltimore, Maryland at the 1st MarinerArena. Tickets go on sale in select markets beginning October 16th at LiveNation.com with additional dates to be announced soon.
RSVP on Facebook now to receive a special code to buy tickets early.
Sade will perform songs from their collection of timeless hits including songs from their critically acclaimed album, Soldier of Love which secured the # 1 album spot upon its release in February. Selling over a million copies to-date, Soldier of Love spent three weeks in the number one spot taking its rightful place among the collection of iconic Sade albums.
Sade will perform over 50 concerts in top arenas across North America, in an effort to reach her vast and loyal fan base. Their classic sound set to haunting, unmistakable vocals creates the most intimate of concert experiences in a way that only an unforgettable Sade performance can. Sade performed for more than 1,000,000 fans during her last tour in 2001.
06/16 Baltimore, MD – 1st Mariner Arena (on sale 10/16)
06/19 Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Arena (on sale 10/18)
06/21 Uniondale, NY – Nassau Coliseum (on sale 10/18)
06/24 East Rutherford, NJ – Izod Center (on sale 10/18)
06/28 Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre (on sale 10/16)
06/30 Montreal, QC – Bell Centre (on sale 10/16)
07/06 Boston, MA – TD Garden (on sale 10/18)
08/05 Chicago, IL – United Center (on sale 10/18)
08/19 Los Angeles, CA – Staples Center (on sale 10/18)
08/30 Anaheim, CA – Honda Center (on sale 10/18)
Additional dates will be announced in the following markets soon:Atlanta, GA; Charlotte, NC; Calgary, AB; Cleveland, OH; Dallas, TX;Detroit, MI; Fort Lauderdale, FL; Houston, TX; Kansas City, MO; LasVegas, NV; Louisville, KY; Memphis, TN; Milwaukee, WI; New Orleans,LA; Oakland, CA; Orlando, FL; Phoenix, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland,OR; Sacramento, CA; San Diego, CA; San Jose, CA; Seattle, WA; St Paul,MN; Vancouver, BC.


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This quick and easy gingerbread fudge recipe is perfectly spiced and festive. You'll love how rich, creamy and crunchy this fudge is thanks to the festive Christmas sprinkles.
In my last post, I confessed my sins that I didn't like mint on its own. I have another confession to make too. You're all going to think I'mma crazy, but I haven't even started Christmas shopping yet.
I know, I know. Like I said… crazy! The main reason is cash-flow issues. I'm sure a lot of you can relate to that in this economic crappiness – pffft!
I've got a short story today for you. Don't worry, the story starts and ends in happiness. Very Disney-esq, but no singing, I promise. 😀
Boy meets girl that he's known all along. Girl likes boy, boy likes girl. They fall in love and move in together.
But girl has an evil witch that holds her captive. The evil witches name is "Arthritis". Boy loves girl so much he gives up work to look after her.
Girl can't save X amount each month as she used to for Christmas because she chooses love over money.
Boy and girl get married [Oi, giant man-baby… Hint, hint! 😉 ]. Girl makes boy some Christmas gingerbread fudge and they live happily ever after. Or at least something along those lines.
We're not married yet, I think I got ahead of myself and hit the fast-forward button there, but note that hinting! 😆 The chapters still continue… 🙂
But yes, gingerbread fudge and an easy and quick method too. No candy thermometers needed! Only 10 minutes from start to finish too (excluding setting time).
You have to try to believe, but this gingerbread fudge is so festive, creamy, beautifully textured and not forgetting delicious! The spices are a perfect hit, and the colouring of this fudge is owed to those beautiful spices that are ginger (obviously) cinnamon and nutmeg).
I couldn't forget those festive sprinkles neither. They're just too cute and the crunch factor is out of this world good.
Gingerbread Fudge
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 2 minutes
Yield: 8x8-inch slab of fudge
A quick and easy gingerbread fudge recipe. Perfectly spiced and festive, this gingerbread fudge is creamy and crunchy thanks to the festive Christmas sprinkles.
- ¾ cup sweetened condensed milk
- 12oz white chocolate, chopped (or chips)
- 2-3 tsp ginger, sifted
- ½-1 tsp cinnamon, sifted
- ½-1 tsp nutmeg, sifted
- Pour the condensed milk and white chocolate chips into a microwave-safe bowl. Heat for 2-3 minutes, or until the white chocolate chips are almost completely melted. DO NOT OVERHEAT! Stir until completely blended, melted and smooth.
- Immediately add the spices and combine thoroughly.
- (Optional) Add a handful of sprinkles and fold in quickly. They will melt and make the mixture an awful muddy colour if stirred for too long.
- Transfer to an 8×8 inch aluminium foil-lined baking pan. Leave to set either in the refrigerator or at room temperature. If you live in a hot and humid climate, it's preferable to allow to set in the refrigerator.
- Once set, cut into cubes. Store leftovers in an airtight container in a cool, dry place.
- Prep time doesn't include setting time which usually takes about 3 hours.
- If stored in an airtight container, they should keep for 2 weeks.
*clears throat* "A whole new worlllldddd." Oops, sorry. I lied! 😀


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evil with a check toward lifting the mortgage. Natural, too, was the consultation at the quarry for a monument to mark the resting-place of the ne'erdo-weel—a pyramid overtopping humbler headstones. There was a certain propriety in these retributive proceedings which appealed to Rebecca's sense of justice — and humor. Above all, his invasion of the schoolhouse, scandalizing demure Miss Bobbins and delighting the children by a vivid recital of former misdemeanors.
All this was exactly like Christopher; but when, after supper, her mother having gone to bed, he proposed a second adjournment to the office, she said: 'There's no fire there, Christopher.'
'Well, who always built the fires in the birches, I'd like to know!'
What was the use! There was no withstanding Christopher.
So Christopher built the fire and sat in the rocker, and Rebecca sat at her desk, and the clock stared solemnly at the vacant sofa.
'It may be a wrench at first, Rebecca; the week after I went away, I was miserable for the smell of the fern, and the wild strawberries — you remember, don't you? in the wood-lot. But it will be different with you. You 'll get over that in no time.'
Oh, yes! Rebecca remembered. But somehow, rolling off a log did not seem quite so easy as it did to Christopher.
'Why not run down with me to-morrow?'
It was like a pistol-shot, and instantly she told the first lie of her life.
'I can't. The inspector's coming tomorrow, to look over the herd.'
'Put him off. Leave it to Hansen.'
Nothing ever daunted Christopher.
'I can't,' she repeated helplessly.
She was looking Truth in the face, bravely, ready for any number of lies if necessary. What would happen to her immortal soul was of no consequence.
Christopher took out his notebook and plunged into figures. Rebecca was familiar with figures. They had plagued her all her life. He drew his chair beside hers and reached for her pencil, checking off the items of Uncle Caleb's inventory with comments—'solid — good as gold — nothing better' — while Rebecca's world, as the solid total mounted, melted steadily, ruthlessly away.
'You see, Rebecca,' said Christopher when she gave him his candle at the foot of the stairs, 'you have n't got to worry about the farm. It cuts no ice anyway. Think it over.'
'I have.'
'That's right. And say, Rebecca, don't bother about me. I'm going to catch the early train.' His blue eyes twinkled. 'Just leave a piece of pie on the table. I have n't forgotten. Goodnight, little woman. You 'll see straight By morning. There's nothing like a good night's sleep to clear away the fog.'
'No,' said Rebecca. 'Good-bye, Christopher.'
Alone in her room, Rebecca went to the mirror. She was not afraid of it now. The little foxes were as dead as the major devils.
She sat down by her window. A white mist hung over the brook. The tops of the birches were still, like floating islands. But there was no fog in her heart. It was clear as daylight. It wax daylight, and sleighbells were jingling in the yard.
In the office Hansen was fumbling his cap. 'I thought, Miss Rebecca, seeing as how Mr. Christopher talked about selling — well — maybe I might like to buy it myself.'
Rebecca did not move a muscle.
'I have n't the least idea of selling. You can see those people to-day about running the wire up from the mill.'
One of the earliest discoveries made by the adventurer who dares to penetrate into the land of Common Sense is that in that land mere wishing does not accomplish very much. Sundered lovers wished their hearts away for centuries, longing for the sound of the other's voice through the intervening miles of space. But all was of no avail until to that wishing was added the minute knowledge of electro-magnetism, which resulted in the invention of the telephone.
The longest road in the world is the road that lies between feeling and fact.' The road can be made passable only by knowledge. Wishing is just the initial motive force designed to drive one to seek the knowledge of the way. Processions of longing, beseeching human beings through plague-stricken cities, imploring the removal of the curse, effected nothing until their desires were converted into patient investigation of the causes and cure of plague. The processions were valuable in so far as they incited and stung the lethargic scientific mind into investigation and discovery. Wishing, looked upon as an end in itself, is barren, but it is the initial stage of all progress.
Desire, when it can be transmuted into action, is the joy of life. Desire, when it cannot immediately be transmuted into action, is the basic problem of literature, art, philosophy, and religion. What is to be done with it?
Prayer is the organization of unsatisfied desire. Unless it is organized in some way it leads to ruinous conse
quences. Worry, nervous disorders, depression, temptation, morbid mental conditions — these are the names of some of the results of unorganized, unsatisfied desires. A mother returns home on a sudden call, to find her child sick unto death. She immediately gets the best doctors and the best nurses, and does all she can for his cure. At last she has done all she is able to do. Can she then put the matter from her mind and go to the movies? No, there remains, after she has done everything possible for her child, a mass of desire for that child's recovery which she has not been able to work off into action. What is she to do with it? She may either go into another room and worry herself to death over the child, and thus make herself a prophet of death to the child and the whole household, or she may pray. Prayer is the control of the overflow of desire above that which can be immediately transmuted into action.
What then is her mental attitude in prayer? It has been largely represented as that of a slave asking for a favor before the throne of an oriental potentate. 'I have done many favors for Thee in the past. I have contributed to thy church, and attended thy services, and kept thy laws. Now I humbly ask, as a return for these offerings, the life of this child!'
Or it has been supposed that here is the one exception to the otherwise inexorable principle that mere wishing does not accomplish anything. She is simply to wish and ask, as a child would wish and ask a parent for, something desired.
Prayer in both these cases is looked upon as a triangle. The mother and the child are at the base angles; God is at the apex. The mother sends up a prayer to God, which God considers, and, if it seems good to Him, sends down the answer to the child. The conditions of effective prayer under these conditions are, as set forth in a recent hand-book on prayer, faith, humility, and submission.
There has been, however, a growing school of religious thinkers who have felt that the use of terms and figures like these must not blind us to the fact that the realm of prayer is no exception to the general rule; that it is necessary, not only to wish, but to know how to wish; that there are laws governing the organization of unsatisfied desires, which must be observed. Prayer for them is not so much a triangle as a straight line. Prayer is the organization of one's unsatisfied desires so that God may work through them for the end desired. The mother's unsatisfied desire for the life of the child may be so organized as to be the channel through which the healing power of God may reach the child. Prayer is not, then, that passive acquiescence of the Irishman, who hung the Lord's Prayer over his bed and, every night, before he jumped in, jerked his thumb in the direction of the petitions and ejaculated, 'Them '& my sentiments!' Prayer is an activity of will and mind and feeling, which makes us the natural channel through which good effects flow to those for whom we pray. Psychology studies the conditions of that activity. Religion asserts that these good effects are the result, not merely of a personal, but also of a cosmic wish.
What is the condition of mind of such a mother, which most conduces to the cure of the child? If it is true, as we have surmised, that prayer is not simply wishing, but organized and directed
wishing, then it is evident that, as in any other art, power in prayer will come with practice. It is necessary, as in any other art, to begin with little things and gain skill and power from the small to the great. Prayer is the personal influence, which we recognize so well in social intercourse, at its highest point of efficiency. We all recognize that personal influence is a hard attainment; power in prayer is equally open to all, but requires great effort to attain. Much as we may dislike the word, there is a technique of prayer which can be mastered. The mother must have learned to pray, in order to be of much help to her child at such a crisis. To be a healing personality is a high achievement. But let us suppose that she has been practising prayer for years. She has gained her power in the attainment of lesser ends than this very life of her child. It is, in general, almost impossible to generate in the face of a sudden emergency a hitherto unused power. Prayer ought to start with trifles — the sublimation of petty personal desires, the gaining of a rational spiritual attitude toward minor social problems in the home and school. Prayer does not generally emerge into the consciousness as a desire for the evangelization of the world in this generation; it rather begins with a desire for a new doll or the winning of a game.
Some years previously, this mother has found that her child was not getting on well at school. He began to bring home bad report-cards, he did not like the teachers, he hated the studies. The mother finds herself beginning to anticipate more trouble. She expects another bad report, more tales of being disliked by the teachers, more inability to do the work prescribed. Her very face as she meets the child at the door tells what she anticipates. Suddenly she realizes that the whole atmosphere of the home is melancholy with the senseof impending failure. Her personal influence, through the black background of her consciousness, is, in spite of anything she may say, foreboding. Then she endeavors to 'get hold of herself; to prevent this thwarted desire for her child's happiness and success from turning sour and becoming a fixed, if almost unconscious, conviction that the child will not get on well at school.
She begins to pray. She invokes another conviction, that the good Spirit of the universe has no such intention for her child. She recalls some of the great passages of religious inspiration, the words of the saints who have been sure of a power outside ourselves, as well as in ourselves, making for righteousness. Thus gaining the prayermood, she then reminds herself that she must be the channel for bringing this good-will into the life of her child. She replaces the picture of failure, which threatens to become fixed in her mind, with a more vivid and living picture of success. With all the love and sympathy and imaginative fire she possesses, she pictures to herself her petition being granted — the new attitude on the part of her child, his awakened interest in his studies, his liking for his teachers, his expectation of success. She prays intensely, with all her desire, through and in this mental picture.
This act is exceedingly difficult; but, if done, it changes the whole atmosphere of the home. The very face of the mother as she meets the child is magnetic of success for the child instead of being prophetic of failure. In the thousand ways, known and unknown, in which the mother's mind touches the mind of the child, encouragement, expectation of achievement, faith in his powers now flow in upon the will of the child. In petitions of this nature, the whole personality is stirred; desire, intellect, and imagination are at their highest point of efficiency, that she may be
come a conductor of God's good-will. She concludes her prayer with thanksgiving to God that the prayer has been granted, a supreme act of faith.
There is all the difference in the world between the man who says, 'I am going to give up my bad habit,' and the man who says, 'I have given up my bad habit.' So there is between feeling that God may answer the prayer and that God has answered it. The latter is the act of faith that the answer will be hindered only by the defect of the channel. The answer is granted; the flood of happiness and success is forcing its way through the narrow and obstructed channel of the mother's personal influence upon the child. Prayer has substituted such an influence for the previous, almost unconscious, suggestions of failure. There is no dogmatism in such prayer as to the method of the answer — that is left to the infinite possibilities of actual experience. The claim is simply made on the universe for the happiness of the child, and in the making of the claim the psychological machinery is set in motion for its being honored by the universe. And this effort to organize unsatisfied desire not only has its influence upon those for whom we pray, but tends to purify and enlighten the desire itself, so that, when the petition is granted, it may be on a much higher plane than when it was first offered. Yet it is the same prayer. The desire is always satisfied. But it often is sublimated in the process of satisfaction.
In the face of the impending death of her child, a mother who has so practised prayer on lesser matters has great powers. Her very face in the sick-room, as the child dimly sees it, is on the side of health and life. And who can tell in what numberless ways the minds of those who love touch one another, all unseen even by the argus eyes of science? Miracles occur, and the tide of life returns into sluggish veins, when the desire of life is kindled through the touch of kindred minds.
Many objections will occur to one who reads for the first time this theory of prayer. Does not this explanation of prayer, it will be asked, run counter to the practice of One who said in his prayer, 'Not My will but Thine be done'? This phrase has been greatly misused. It has been misused so as almost to justify the Irishman's type of prayer, before mentioned. Rousseau best expressed a prevailing interpretation of it thus: 'I bless God, but I pray not. Why should I ask of Him that He would change for me the course of things, do miracles in my favor? I, who ought to love, above all, the order established by his wisdom and maintained by his providence— shall I wish that order to be dissolved on my account? As little do I ask of Him the power to do well. Why ask what He has already given?'
But God's highest will is carried out only through human wills working at white heat. Prayer is not asking God to change the course of things.but asking Him to help me to be a part of that course of things. I become so, not in spite of my will, but through my will. The Master used this phrase, not before He had exerted his own will, but after the great drops of the sweat of desire were falling from his brow to the ground. The phrase is no idle excuse for listless praying; in it we see the sublimation of desire taking place. Idle prayers, which place this phrase, misused, in the forefront, will ever excuse injustice and sickness and unhappiness as the will of God. Justice, happiness, health, surely these are the will of God for all; as to the detailed method of their coming, our desires in prayer are
ever being enlarged and enlightened by the inflow upon us of the cosmic desires of God.
Again, it will be asked if this theory will not lend itself to the idea that, if you want a purse of money, you must imagine it very vividly lying on the pavement outside your house, and then go out and find it. A father heard his little girl praying for the red doll in the window of the corner store, and told her she ought not to pray for things like that; she ought to pray to be a good girl, or for the heathen. The fact was that she did not want specially to be a good girl in the father's meaning of that phrase, and she did not care about the heathen, but she did want the red doll. Why make a hypocrite of her at the start? So it is with money. If that is what you really want, pray for it. If you pray sincerely, you will receive an answer which will satisfy you. Possibly not the pocket-book, but an ability to get up earlier in the morning, or to keep awake between meals, or to reduce your expenditures. The answer always comes and abundantly satisfies anyone who dares persistently to carry out the art of praying. But prayer always initiates effort.
Prayer is a hard task without the mystic sense of the personality of God. In all the lesser problems of life it is easy enough to look upon it as the simple demonstration of a natural law. But when the storms are out and the floods let loose, when one has done all one can by action and has done all one can by prayer, then life is hard and cruel, indeed, unless one can feel, behind all the laws and beneath all the principles, in higher reaches of spiritual communion, a love that understands and forgives.


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AUSTIN — The Texas House on Tuesday stuck a fork in the state lottery commission then resuscitated the agency hours later, realizing that dissolving it would create an unwieldy budget gap for schools and charities that depend on their piece of the pie.
It created high drama in the House, as lawmakers stunned many in the chamber by voting against a bill to ensure the Texas Lottery Commission continues operating for the next 12 years.
"The Lottery Commission is gone," Rep. Linda Harper Brown, R-Irving, declared from the dais after the House voted 81-65 against a sunset bill to continue the commission.
A second vote reversed the action with a 92-53 tally.
Led by House Republicans, the vote to abolish the commission jeopardized the future of the Texas Lotto and other games like scratch-off tickets and charity bingo. It also put in limbo lottery revenues used to fund state services, including $2.2 billion for schools.
Within hours - and after some serious behind-the-scenes lobbying by House leaders - lawmakers returned from a lunch break and decided to bring the bill back to the floor for more debate.
With little fanfare, the House voted again late Tuesday afternoon to reverse itself and resurrect the state lottery commission, tentatively passing a measure that allows the commission to continue operating. The bill still needs to clear a final hurdle Wednesday.
"We began talking to people about their options on filling a $2.2 billion hole in the public education budget," said Rep. Rafael Anchia, D-Dallas, who authored the bill to continue the lottery commission. "That was going to be cutting the public school budget or raising taxes. Neither of which seemed like palatable option.
"I think when people took a sober look at the budget dilemma that would ensue they voted differently."
The Lottery Commission also licences charitable bingo operations.
Anchia's House Bill 2197 was supposed to be a routine sunset measure - one in which legislative action is required in order for a certain laws to continue enacted. Instead, it sparked a spirited debate about whether the lottery unfairly preys on the poor and gave observers their first view of infighting in the House this session.
At one point during the debate, Rep. Scott Sanford, R-McKinney, called the lottery a "predatory tax" and "a tax on poor people."
On Twitter, Rep. Steve Toth, R-Houston, echoed those sentiments: "This was nothing more than a tax on the poor," he said. After the second vote, Toth tweeted: "Money talks & principal goes by the way side. On 2nd reading, 30 people fold and the Lotto survives. We will continue to take from the poor."
Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Houston, protested the idea of plucking billions from public education, saying proceeding with the budget as written would be like "dealing with Monopoly money" without the $2.2 billion from lottery sales.
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We left Suwannee Valley Campground about noon yesterday and arrived home safely. The weather finally cooled down Friday and we sure hated to leave.
Al got the motor home backed into it's home easily with no re-do's…first shot, right in the space. It doesn't usually go in that easily. I don't know how he does it.
We unloaded the necessities, and figured the rest can wait. The house looked so nice when we came home…so clean and neat. It was a shame nobody came to look at it! We're working hard to make it look more "lived in."
Unfortunately we had a cat ride home under the bedroom slide. Before we left the campground, we stuffed pillows into the opening by the slide so that no kitty could get in there. They can only get in there when the slide is in. By the time we got set up and ready to go, one kitty was missing. Yes you guessed it. Medium! Dolly Parton stayed out and rode home just fine, just not in the cage like we prefer. In fact she rode part way on the bedroom dresser. She was perfectly calm until we got home and started unloading, then she got a little nervous. I decided to make no attempt to catch her and bring her the house, so that she could keep Medium company.
So it's 24 hours since we've been home and now I have two of the little "Stinkers" under the bed. I"m sitting up here reading blogs and killing time to see if they come out. I know they've been out of their hiding spot, but as soon as they hear someone coming, they must run back under the bed.
They've been eating and using the kitty pan, so they're okay. I'm getting frustrated with them! We felt sure we had blocked off their entrance well enough, but apparently not. Plan B, next time. I guess the next step it to take the food away from them. When they get hungry, maybe they'll like me better.
Hey, at least they're all loaded for our Christmas trip!
The garage sale went well today. It's the end of the month and we were hoping people had some money, but it was a little slow. We had a slow period about 9:30 and almost quit, but then we got a few people and made a few larger sales. Al finally got rid of his Bose speakers. We ended up with about $115. Not a lot, but it's adding up. A lot of the Christmas decorations are gone, but not the two trees.
After we left, we stopped by a place that holds local auctions. We talked to the auctioneer and he is going to come to the house next week and look at some of our stuff. He can help us figure out the best way to sell it. There is an auction tonight at 6pm. We looked around and there was some nice stuff. A lot of antiques. I think these small towns are good places to find antiques, and apparently they get some out of town buyers. Maybe he can help us with some of the china and the furniture later on. Al isn't sure he wants to sell any silver now with the price of it going up.
Tomorrow we may head out and do some artifact hunting. On a diving trip into the Suwannee River many years ago Al found a very old molar of a Mastodon. The rivers are so low, we think it would be a great time to find some treasures! Yeah, we need more stuff!
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SOFIA, Bulgaria (July 5, 2012) – The U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team opened the FIVB World League Final Round with a five-set loss to Germany, 25-20, 25-21, 21-25, 25-20. 16-14 on Thursday in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The U.S. Men (0-1) will play Bulgaria (1-0) on Friday at 10:45 a.m. PT to try to advance to the semifinals. Germany completed Final Round pool play at 1-1.
The U.S. led Germany in kills, 66-60 and blocks, 17-15, while the two teams tied in aces 4-4. However Germany scored on 28 U.S. team errors while committing 18.
"It was frustrating. If you look at the stats, in a lot of areas we had an edge," U.S. Head Coach Alan Knipe (Huntington Beach, Calif.) "But in receptions, we didn't and in the most important area, the final score, we didn't. It was a struggle to maintain a high standard of consistency."
U.S. opposite Clay Stanley (Honolulu) led all scorers with 22 points on a match-high 18 kills, three blocks and one ace. Outside hitter Matt Anderson (West Seneca, N.Y.) added 20 points on 19 attacks and one block.
"We had a pretty good blocking defense, but for us it was more running our offense," Stanley said. "We had trouble with reception of their float serves. I think that was a bigger point in the match."
Among other U.S. scorers, middle blocker David Lee (Alpine, Calif.) scored 11 points on seven attacks, two blocks and two aces. Outside hitter Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.) added 11 points on seven kills and four blocks.
Middle blocker Russell Holmes (Fountain Valley, Calif.) totaled nine points on four attacks and a match-high five blocks. Outside hitter Sean Rooney (Wheaton, Ill.) added eight points on seven kills and one block.
Middle blocker David Smith (Saugus, Calif.) contributed five points on three attacks, one block and one ace. Setter Donald Suxho (Korce, Albania) scored a point on an attack.
Knipe started Anderson and Priddy at outside hitter, Holmes and Lee at middle blocker, Stanley at opposite, Suxho at setter and Rich Lambourne (Tustin, Calif.) at libero.
Smith replaced Holmes in the third set and started the fourth. Sean Rooney (Wheaton, Ill.) took over for Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.) in the fourth set and started the fifth. Paul Lotman (Lakewood, Calif.) and David McKienzie (Littleton, Colo.) played as substitutes.
"David Smith generally can give us a spark," Knipe said. "He brings some energy. He has a different serve, a jump serve as a middle blocker. He gave us a spark right away."
The U.S. took an 8-6 lead at the first technical timeout (TTO), getting points off a kill and block from Anderson and an attack and block by Priddy along with a Lee kill. Coming out of the break, the U.S. scored three straight points on a Lee attack, German violation and Holmes block to lead 11-7 and Germany called timeout. Germany came back with two points. The teams traded scores until the U.S. led 13-11 and scored on two straight Stanley strikes to lead 15-11. The U.S. led 16-12 at the second TTO. Coming out of the break, Germany went on a 4-1 run to pull to within one point at 17-16 and the U.S. called timeout. Anderson responded with a kill and Holmes had a block, followed by a Germany lift call to put the U.S. back up 20-16. Germany never got any closer and the U.S. Men went on to the 25-20 victory. The U.S. led in kills, 13-9 and in blocks, 4-1.
The teams were tied at 5-5 in the second set when Germany scored on an attack and an ace to take the two-point lead. Holmes answered with a quick kill, but Germany's Denys Kaliberda scored from the left side to give Germany an 8-6 lead at the first TTO. Germany increased its lead to five at 13-8 before the U.S. came back with a 5-2 run to pull to within two at 15-13. Germany's Gyorgy Grozer scored to give his team the 16-13 lead at the second TTO. Germany used a 3-1 run coming out of the break to lead 19-14 and the U.S. called timeout. But the North American side couldn't put together enough of a rally and Germany took a 25-21 set win. Germany led the set in attacks, 18-16 and aces, 2-0. The U.S. led 2-1 in blocks.
The U.S. led 6-5 in the third set when Germany scored on three straight strikes from Grozer to lead 8-6 at the first TTO. Germany still led by two at 12-10 when Knipe substituted Smith for Holmes and Smith scored with a quick kill and then an ace. Germany hit the next ball out of bounds, giving the U.S. a 13-12 lead. The teams traded points until the score was tied 16-16. Priddy scored with a kill and Lee took the serve and had an ace. Germany called timeout, but the U.S. came back with two straight Smith blocks to lead 20-16. Germany used its second timeout. With the U.S. leading 23-18, Germany scored on an attack from Kaliberda and a U.S. violation to pull to within three at 23-20. But Germany's next serve went into the net. The U.S. had its own serve error before winning the set on an Anderson strike.
Germany opened the fourth set with a 5-1 lead and the U.S. Men called timeout. Germany came back with two straight blocks and a kill to lead 8-1 at the first TTO. With Germany leading 10-4, Team USA scored on two straight kills from Anderson to pull to within four. Germany still led by four at 13-8 when it served in the net and the U.S. scored on a Stanley block and Rooney attack to pull to within two at 13-11. Germany came back to score and led by three at the second TTO, 16-13. With Germany leading 17-15 Grozer scored on an attack and Max Gunthor took the serve and helped Germany score three more straight points to lead 21-15. Germany led 23-17 when the U.S. got three straight points on attacks from Smith and Rooney and a German violation. But the next U.S. serve went out of bounds for set point and Gunther won it for Germany with a block.
Germany took a 4-1 lead in the tie-breaker on two blocks and a kill. The U.S. pulled to within two at 5-3 and 6-4, but Germany came back for an 8-5 lead at the side change. With Germany leading 10-5, Lee scored for the U.S. on a quick kill down the middle. Stanley followed with two attacks and Rooney provided a block to pull the U.S. to within one at 10-9. Germany called timeout and came back with an attack from Grozer. Germany reached match point at 14-11 on an ace by Grozer. But Germany was called for a violation and the U.S. came back with attacks from Rooney and Stanley to tie the score at 14-14. But the next U.S. serve went long and Kaliberda gave Germany the victory with a kill.
U.S. Men's Roster for 2012 World League Final Round
1. Matt Anderson (OH, 6-10, West Seneca, N.Y., Penn State)
2. Sean Rooney (OH, 6-9, Wheaton, Ill., Pepperdine)
4. David Lee (MB, 6-8, Alpine, Calif., Long Beach State)
5. Rich Lambourne (L, 6-3, Tustin, Calif., BYU)
6. Paul Lotman (OH, 6-7, Lakewood, Calif., Long Beach State)
7. Donald Suxho (S, 6-5, Korce, Albania, USC)
8. Reid Priddy (OH, 6-4, Richmond, Va., Loyola Marymount)
11. Brian Thornton (S, 6-3, San Clemente, Calif., UC Irvine)
12. Russell Holmes (MB, 6-8, Fountain Valley, Calif., BYU)
13. Clay Stanley (OPP, 6-9, Honolulu, Hawai'i, Hawaii)
20. David Smith (MB, 6-7, Saugus, Calif., UC Irvine)
21. David McKienzie (Opp, 6-4, Littleton, Colo., Long Beach State)
Head Coach: Alan Knipe (Huntington Beach, Calif.)
Team Manager: Rob Browning (Newport Beach, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: John Speraw (Irvine, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: Gary Sato (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: Ron Larsen (Lafayette, Calif.)
Technical Coordinator: Chris Jackson (Phoenix, Ariz.)
Medical Support: Aaron Brock (Storm Lake, Iowa)
World League Final Round Schedule and Results
Pool E
July 4: Bulgaria def. Germany, 26-28, 25-19, 29-27, 25-19
July 5: Germany def. USA, 20-25, 25-21, 21-25, 25-20, 16-14
July 6: USA vs. Bulgaria (10:45 a.m. PT)
Pool F
July 4: Cuba def. Brazil, 25-19, 26-24, 25-22
July 5: Poland def. Brazil, 23-25, 25-23, 23-25, 25-17, 15-10
July 6: Poland vs. Cuba (7:30 a.m. PT)
July 7: F1 vs. E2 (7:30 a.m. PT)
July 7: E1 vs. F2 (10:45 a.m. PT)
July 8: Bronze medal (7:30 a.m. PT)
July 8: Gold medal (10:45 a.m. PT)


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Lewan isn't sure if he's ready to cash in on his production and potential just yet.
The Associated Press All-America first-team selection is undecided about whether to stay for his senior season, and fifth year in college, or to enter the NFL draft.
``I'm leaning right in the middle,'' Lewan said in a telephone interview with the AP on Tuesday. ``To potentially be a top-five or top-10 pick is tough to pass up, but there's nothing like being in college because it's a great opportunity you only get once. There are pros and cons either way and I'll weigh them all after the bowl season.
``Right now, I'm focused on helping the University of Michigan win the Outback Bowl.''
That won't be easy.
Lewan will be going against South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney, another AP first-team selection, in an intriguing matchup on New Year's Day when the 19th-ranked Wolverines (8-4) play the 11th-ranked Gamecocks (10-2).
``I know Taylor has a lot of respect for Clowney, and he's looking forward to facing him,'' Wolverines offensive line coach Darrell Funk said.
Michigan gave up a Big Ten-low 15 sacks this season thanks in large part to Lewan, its 6-foot-8, 309-pound left tackle.
Clowney - a 6-6, 256-pound sophomore - had 13 1/2 sacks this year.
``He's very explosive player who plays every play to the whistle and never takes a snap off,'' Lewan said. ``It's a great opportunity to see where I'm at and where he's at and I'm excited about it.
``But it's not about me or him, it's about the University of Michigan playing South Carolina at the Outback Bowl.''
After the game, Lewan said he plans to spend several days in Louisiana with his girlfriend before returning to Ann Arbor in time to take classes on Jan. 8 - a week before he would have to declare for the draft.
``My coaches and teammates will know what I'm going to do first,'' he said. ``Then, we'll let everyone else know.''
Lewan, who is from Arizona, didn't think he could even play past high school.
``My dad told me, `You're going to have an opportunity to play college football,' after my junior year and I thought there was no way,'' he recalled. ``I didn't play on the offensive line until my senior year. I was awful as a nose tackle my freshman, sophomore and junior years. I played cornerback and quarterback in third and fourth grade, then didn't play from fifth through eighth grade because I hated contact.''
Now, players hate to get hit by Lewan.
He pushes piles when Michigan runs and keeps linemen and linebackers off quarterbacks Devin Gardner and Denard Robinson when they drop back to pass, helping the team average 385 yards of offense this season, which included losing to the top three teams in the AP poll.
Former Wolverines coach Rich Rodriguez recruited Lewan out of Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Ariz., and redshirted him as a freshman during the 2009 season. Lewan became a starter the next season and will make his make his 28th straight start at left tackle when Michigan plays South Carolina in Tampa, Fla.
Gil Brand, an NFL draft consultant and former Dallas Cowboys general manager, said if Lewan was his son, he'd tell him to come back for another season of college football.
``I think historically, offensive linemen that stay in school seem much better in the NFL,'' Brandt said. ``Taylor Lewan is a good player that is good enough to come out, but my recommendation to him would be to stay in school to get as much strength and experience as he can get before playing in the NFL.''
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Torchlight 2 console release not "currently" planned, says Runic
Torchlight 2 for consoles isn't part of the plan at this time, according to Runic CEO Max Schaefer.
Diablo 3's a "significant product," but Torchlight 2 will offer more, says Schaefer
Diablo 3 is a "significant product," from Blizzard, according to Runic CEO and former Blizzard man Max Schaefer, especially since it's nearly "impossible" to meet the expectations of the Diablo community.
Torchlight 2 price is "as viable and as profitable" as selling a $60 box
Torchlight 2 will run you $19.99 when it releases this week, and Runic CEO Max Schaefer said just because the it's not retailing for $60 doesn't mean the firm won't make a profit.
Torchlight 2 will support Steam Workshop
Torchlight 2 will not only eventually produce a set of official mod tools, it's going to support Steam Workshop, making the promotion, acquisition and installation of these community-made delights a breeze.
Torchlight 2 launch trailer released
Torchlight 2 has a launch trailer, which should get you rather excited for the game's release on September 20. Watch below.
Torchlight 2 release date confirmed, playable at PAX
Torchlight 2 has been given an official release date, courtesy of Runic Games, along with some other snippets.
Torchlight II has 4X the assets and playtime of Torchlight 1
Runic president Travis Baldree has posted a blog update for Torchlight II, detailing what the studio is currently working on. While all the framework and content is in place, the firm working on polishing the game in an effort to release it in late summer as planned. To quell any trepidation fans may have regarding […]
Runic still shooting for a summer release of Torchlight II
Despite Torchlight II being delayed in order to "extensively balance" the game, Runic president Travis Baldree has told Joystiq the firm is still shooting for a summer release. "The end of summer is September 25th or something like that," said Baldree. "We're still trying to get it done for summer. It's a big game and […]
Torchlight II delayed for extensive balancing
Writing on the Runic Games forum, founder Travis Baldree offers an explanation of why Torchlight II – once expected well before Diablo III – is taking forever and a week to actually surface. It's a detailed breakdown which essentially boils down to "it's hard work to balance the acts of a dungeon crawler". Well, we […]
Torchlight dev wants alleged asset-copycat off the App Store
Runic has gathered together a compelling body of evidence suggesting Armed Heroes Online developer EGLS ripped a large number of assets directly from Torchlight. EGLS's response was a flat denial, but Runic boss Travis Baldree told PC Gamer he has no doubt regarding the alleged plagiarism and is seeking to have Armed Heroes Online removed […]
Schaefer - Diablo III was originally intended as an MMO
Runic boss Max Schaefer has said Blizzard originally intended to develop Diablo III as an MMO. Speaking with Games.on.net, Schaefer, who was the executive producer on Diablo and Diablo II, also said he was rather pleased when he found out the studio would be implementing always-online and auction houses into the game. "[Runic] already decided […]
Torchlight II $20 on Steam, includes original
Although we still don't have a firm release date, you can pre-purchase Torchlight II on Steam right now. The $20 price tag includes a giftable copy of the original, which is still well worth playing, as well as a key to access the Neverwinter closed beta scheduled for later this yet. The dungeon crawling sequel […]
Runic reveals the final pet for Torchlight II - the "fearsome" Papillon
Runic has released a video for the final pet reveal in Torchlight II. Below the break, come face-to-face with "the fearsome" Papillon, which is a digital recreation the studio's office mascot, Falcor the dog. Still no release date, but that's one really, cute dog.
Torchlight II to "ideally" launch a month after Diablo III release, says Runic CEO
Runic Games CEO Max Schaffer has told Joystiq it wants to "ideally" release Torchlight II around a month after the release of Diablo III, but noted it won't race Blizzard to the finish line.
Torchlight II pets given spotlight video, developer post
Runic has released a video showing some of the pets available in Torchlight II. Some will look familiar to you, others are new. There's even a blog post on the official site, which details each critter and provides a look at it's furriness – unless of course it has feathers or scales. Looks awesome. Now […]
Torchlight II devs not worried by Diablo III launch date
Runic games have posted a blog reassuring fans that their plans for Torchlight II won't be swayed or effected by Blizzard's announcement of a release date for Diablo III.
Runic CEO looks forward to the end of boxes and discs, says "Kill them with fire"
Yeah, you tell 'em! We don't need no stinkin' boxes or discs! Not as long as Runic Games can continue to sell millions of copies of Torchlight digitally, right?!
Perfect World has been "very supportive" of Torchlight and Runic's MMO ambitions
Runic Games co-founder and CEO Max Schaefer has said the firm chose Perfect World Entertainment as its partner for the Torchlight MMO due to the Chinese company's experience with the genre.
SOPA: Firefall, Runic, Destructoid, Minecraft, Bungie decry bill
Ahead of a US House Committee discussion on SOPA next week, Firefall studio Red 5 and Destructoid will go offline on Monday for a 24 hour period in protest.
Torchlight II delayed, 2012 release looks likely
Torchlight 2 has been officially delayed, according to a post from Runic Games president Travis Baldree on the game's official website.
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Runic reveals the final pet for Torchlight II – the "fearsome" Papillon
Torchlight II to "ideally" launch a month after Diablo III release, says Runic CEO
Runic CEO looks forward to the end of boxes and discs, says "Kill them with fire"
Perfect World has been "very supportive" of Torchlight and Runic's MMO ambitions
SOPA: Firefall, Runic, Destructoid, Minecraft, Bungie decry bill
Runic developer blog discusses the environments of Torchlight II
Diablo III may slow Torchlight development, World of Warcraft rules out subscriptions
Schaefer: Torchlight to cost 1200 MSP on XBL; DLC coming if it sells well
Torchlight II to "probably" have 4-8-player co-op, "considerably more content", PvP
Interview: Runic's Max Schaefer on Torchlight and Torchlight II
Runic confirms console Torchlight is a 360 exclusive, drops shots and info
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Welcome to Oracle Design to Release Integration Pack for Agile PLM Product Lifecycle Management and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 11.1 - Implementation guide.
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[A] designated hitter will be used in the All-Star game every year, including in NL cities. The DH has been used since 1989 when the All-Star game was played in AL ballparks. There would have been a DH anyway for this year's game.
Another change is that a pitcher who starts on the final Sunday before the All-Star break will be ineligible to pitch in the All-Star game and will be replaced on the roster, Major League Baseball said in a change announced Wednesday.


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Texas plan to drug-test jobless seeking aid stirs debate
AUSTIN - As top state leaders push to drug-test some Texans seeking jobless benefits and financial assistance, critics suggest the initiative would single out the powerless and hurt their children.
It's a battle that has been played out in other states - most prominently in Florida, where a drug-testing program for welfare applicants was stalled by a constitutional challenge saying it amounted to an unreasonable search.
Backers of Texas' proposal cite its narrow scope, since a leading bill targeting welfare recipients would limit testing to applicants deemed high-risk for drug use. Those who failed the test and lost benefits could reapply in a year or, if they underwent drug treatment, six months.
"The reality is, no one wants to see any Texan using drugs," said state Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Houston. But he's a critic of the proposal, contending the poor and jobless are being singled out "because of politics, and not because of reasonable, rational policy."
"Whether you are receiving governmental assistance on welfare, whether you are a student receiving a Texas grant, whether you are an executive, a CEO, that's up here asking for money from the Enterprise Fund - I don't want to see anybody using drugs inappropriately. Now the question for me is why are we singling out this population?" he asked.
'Penalize the children?'
"Let's say you may have a mom or father who's taking care of the children who may be on drugs. In order to get the adult, you are going to penalize the children? What are you going to do then? What about the children?" Turner asked.
Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, said lawmakers must consider unintended consequences: "If a parent is addicted to drugs, then that problem should be dealt with, and a child should not be left hungry and not caused to face health risks because of the misbehavior of a parent."
Proponents say drug users' children already are hurting, and that testing could serve as a deterrent to drug abuse or an incentive for treatment, offering a better chance for people to become employed and self-sufficient. They said treatment is available through avenues including Medicaid.
"I'm not trying to be judgmental, only to say that I'm not going to pay for people to sit on the couch and use drugs and not take care of their children," Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said in an interview on the heels of his public pronouncement of support for the idea along with Gov. Rick Perry.
Several critics have suggested that state leaders and lawmakers should pave the way in being tested if they want to impose the requirement on others.
"If we are going to go down this road, then let it start with us," Turner said.
Dewhurst said when questioned about that idea that it was getting "way off in the weeds." He added, however, "My company back in Houston has had random mandatory drug testing for years. So obviously, I have no problem with the concept."
Under a bill by Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, applicants for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families cash grants would be tested if found to be at high risk for drug abuse. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission would develop the screening tool, which Nelson said could be available at little to no cost.
It's unclear how many welfare applicants would be tested or the total cost. Drug tests cost $35 each, and there would be a second $35 test to confirm the results if tests came back positive, said Stephanie Goodman of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. The cost would be paid from the state's TANF grant.
$188 a month
The October enrollment for the program totaled 100,951 one-parent households and 3,818 recipients in two-parent households. The income limit to qualify is $188 a month for a mother with two children. The average monthly benefit is $174 for one-parent homes, and $298 for two-parent homes, said Goodman.
Nelson, who heads the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, said she wants to look at the effect on children during hearings on the issue but added, "I'm not convinced that putting cash directly into the hands of drug abusers provides any benefit to children."
Nelson drew a distinction between testing TANF applicants and others who get government grants cited by critics, noting that participants already sign an agreement that includes a promise not to abuse drugs.
"Government employees are paid for actual work, she said. "TANF participants receive cash assistance in exchange for their commitment to abstain from drugs, seek employment and work to become self-reliant."
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands, has announced plans to file legislation to require drug screening for unemployment insurance applicants.
Maurice Emsellem, policy co-director for the National Employment Law Project, said federal legislation allows testing only for claimants terminated from their most recent employment due to unlawful use of controlled substances, or those for whom suitable work is only available in an occupation that regularly drug tests.
The U.S. Department of Labor is developing regulations to allow states to implement these provisions. It appears the first would be a tough one in Texas, which restricts benefits to those who have lost a job through no fault of their own.
Andy Hogue, spokesman for Texas Workforce Commissioner Tom Pauken, who supports such drug testing, said it's estimated the cost of testing for jobless applications would be about $12.1 million over five years. He said it's projected the stricter requirements would save the Unemployment Insurance program in Texas $20.7 million in that period.


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Every time I step into a major bookstore I can find copies of Foote's Civil War trilogy, the early work of David McCullough, an abridgement of Freeman's biographies of Lee and Washington, and a book or two by Barbara Tuchman. All these books have been around for decades, and in terms of scholarship they've all been superseded (to one degree or another) by more recent studies. Yet not only do they remain in print, they continue to cast a long shadow.
This is pretty remarkable when you consider that most history books, even those that are models of research and analysis, are mere blips on the radar of the national consciousness. How many works of historical scholarship continue to garner impressive sales and legions of new readers five decades after they're first published? A very, very few.
It seems to me that the reason books by Freeman, Tuchman, and Foote stay on the shelves is the fact they've transcended history and become genuine pieces of literature. People read them not merely to acquire the information in them, but for the experience of reading them. They want to immerse themselves in the language and follow the same journey that other readers have experienced; they read them for the same motives that might prompt them to pick up Moby Dick or The Great Gatsby.
I'm not arguing that these books are historically superior to more rigorous, scholarly studies. In fact, I'd advise anyone looking for an accurate assessment of Lee to turn to the work of Emory Thomas rather than Freeman, and I could recommend any number of books on the American Revolution above Tuchman's The First Salute. But I do think that, in this age of the academic fad and over-specialization, the endurance of classics like these should at least give us us pause, and make us consider what these writers-turned-historians knew how to do that we don't.


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Project description
Debian-Lex is an internal project to develop Debian into an operating system that is particularly well fit for the requirements for legal offices. The goal of Debian-Lex is a complete system for all tasks in legal practice which is built completely on free software.
The general idea for this kind of project was adopted from the Debian Junior and Debian-Med projects, with the majority of the content of this Web site shamelessly pilfered from the latter.
Debian-Lex will contain a set of meta packages that declare dependencies on other Debian packages, and that way the complete system is prepared for solving particular tasks. We hope that there will soon be a framework for flavours of Debian on which Debian-Lex will be based.
We also envisage that Debian-Lex will add value to existing packages by providing customised templates for lawyers. For example, templates would be provided for OpenOffice.org, SQL-Ledger and a sample database schema for PostgreSQL.
[23 August 2005] Debian Lex is looking for a new co-ordinator.
[11 August 2003] Our CVS server is up with initial versions of Debian-Lex packages
[2 May 2003] Press: Aussie leads development of open source O-S for lawyers
[23 Apr 2003] Debian-Lex makes DWN!
[19 Apr 2003] Initial proposal to developers
Email List
The Debian-Lex mailing list is now available. You can subscribe to and unsubscribe from it using the list web page, and also read the list archives.
Software projects to include
The first attempt to put the projects into categories might be not the best. Send any suggestions for improvements to the mailing list.
- Legal office administration
- Court administration
- Legal desktop
- Legal research
- Legal office server
- Other
Project goals
- Build a solid software base for legal practice with emphasis on easy installation, easy maintenance and security.
- Bring authors of different projects with similar goals together.
- Test suite for easy evaluation of the quality of legal software.
- Provide information and documentation of legal software.
- Help upstream authors to get their products packaged for Debian.
- Show commercial software companies the strengths of a solid base system and make them consider to port their software to Linux or even to switch to Open Source.
Talks about Debian-LexWe will add any talks about Debian-Lex here as source and preformatted slides. It might be a good idea to check these pages to get some interesting information about the project.
What can I do to help?
- Work on enhancing and translating these web pages.
- Create a logo (here is an example, also in GIMP format, and here is the legal TuX on which it is based).
- Packaging the above-mentioned software projects for Debian.
- Building meta packages for different tasks.
- Documentation and translation.
- Internationalization (which is more than just translating because of the different legal systems).
- Building a live CD (perhaps based on Knoppix).
Marketing & PR
Once we have something to show for this project, and indeed even in the formative stages of this project, we are being watched by the eyes of the world. We will necessarily want to work with firstname.lastname@example.com to get the word out and to help give Debian and this project the kind of exposure we want. For this purpose we will build a collection of slides of talks about Debian-Lex.


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