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How does Christianity define "God" and does it apply to all denominations across Christianity?
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The Bible takes some things for granted, such as the existence of God. You will not find a chapter in the Bible dedicated to proving the existence of God. It takes for granted that everyone understands and simply declares that those are fools who think anything else (Psalm 53:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God). Similarly, the Bible doesn't spend a lot of time giving out any strict definition of God. It lists certain attributes here and there, but not a definition per se.
The scope of this question is rather wide!
The whole Bible is a history of God's revelation of himself to humankind, so a proper answer to this question would quote the entire book.
You could say that the entire universe is here to answer the question of what God is like, as every aspect of creation was designed to reveal God's nature to us. Although this is a truly marvelous demonstration of God's nature, this web page is too small to contain it!
Most importantly, the Christian view of God is best understood by developing an understanding of Jesus. The Bible records a conversation between Jesus and his disciple Philip. John 14:8 records Philip's words, "Lord, show us the Father". Jesus reply includes the statement, "The person that has seen me has seen the Father too."
These surces of information about God apply to every denomination, but each denomination has a different view of how these three sources of answer to the question.
Exodus 3:14 describes how God defines himself to us, in response to Moses asking what he should say when the Israelites in Egypt ask who sent him:
From the Message; emphasis mine.
I've formulated the following clear, simple definition for some "essentials of the faith" classes I've taught:
God is triune. This is the one true God revealed in three persons--Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. These three are eternally distinct yet inseparable. God is one in nature and essence, and three in personality and identity. The full nature of the infinite God cannot be fully understood by the finite human intellect.
We know who God is and what he is like by understanding God's statements about himself, his law, his works, his salvation, and his judgment, as found in the Bible. Particularly, much of the moral law is revealed in Exodus 20 and Matthew 5-7; Romans 1-8 and Galatians both give a clear account of his salvation. God often proclaims himself as the "God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob", indicating that he is the God of his special people Israel, who grew them from nothing and gave them every blessing. He also proclaims himself as the "God who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery," indicating his faithful love and kindness and willingness to save.
Some of God's attributes are:
Let me know (perhaps in a new question?) which of these you'd like elaboration on.
Creeds are statements of theology that Christians believe. A widely accepted Christian creed is the Apostle's Creed, which begins "I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth."
From this very brief statement we agree that God reveals Himself as Father - implying an intimate relational Being, not an impersonal or distant force; that He is almighty - or all powerful - able to perform any possible act or cause anything to occur; and that He is the Creator of heaven and earth - He made everything that exists.
Much more can be said of course, but the creed provides a solid basis.
John 14:8-11 (NKJV):
8 Philip said to Him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us." 9 Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, 'Show us the Father'? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works. 11 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.
From this we can ascertain that the Father is like the Son. If we know the Son we know the Father. There really isn't any more to say in this matter, and all interpretations of this are the interpolations of men - buyer beware. If I were to define the Son, I would speak of His works and His wisdom ... not the metaphysical nature of His being as this is apparently vague enough to lend itself to all kinds of interpretation resulting in 100's of religions just on that matter alone - a good indication of what God wants us to think is important about "who" he is.
Christ certainly makes this obvious in the above verses. Christ is addressing this very question there, and each of us should read it replacing Philip's name with our own.
In An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith (ἔκδοσις ἀκριβὴς τῆς ὀρθοδόξου πίστεως), Book III, Sec. IV, John of Damascus wrote,
To put it simply, "God" can be used to indicate species (εἶδος) and thus, nature (οὐσία) and essence (φύσις). This would be similar to Aristotle's Category of secondary essence (οὐσία).
It can also be used to indicate a hypostasis (ὑπόστασις) of a species, such as God the Father. As you see here, "the Father" indicates a particular hypostasis of the species "God."
Another species is "human" (ἄνθρωπος). As we know, we can say things such as "the (hu)man" (ὁ ἅνθρωπος) and "a certain (hu)man" (ἄνθρωπός τις). These, again, refer to hypostases. But, each hypostasis has an underlying nature or essence, and thus, it may be grouped under a particular species. This nature, essence, or species would be ἄνθρωπος.
The species, nature, and essence describes what something/ someone is.
The hypostasis describes who something/ someone is.


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The Special 6 Ultra head features the same unique Volume and Tone controls as the original Special 6, the same footswitchable Boost, High/Low Power switch, and a similarly mod-friendly eyelet board. In addition, the Special 6 Ultra features a unique multi-position Depth control that fine-tunes the low-frequency depth; this feature allows you to carefully voice the amp's low-end to perfectly suit a wide range of guitars, pickups, speakers, and musical styles.
The Special 6 Ultra head ships with a 6V6 output tube for sweet clean and rich overdrive tones, and to accommodate tone-seeking experimenters, it can accept a wide range of alternate output tubes as well. The Special 6 Ultra also features an all-tube buffered effects loop.
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I purchased this Ultra 6 Head recently. It has a really good build quality compared to the Peavey 20 MH and the Marshall 5 watt. Switches and knobs have solid feel to them, not cheap or worn out as do some new units. Went ahead and put in some new JJ tubes as others recommended; it has a very powerful sound to it. The various controls let you dial up anything from clean to mean. It includes a footswitch to turn the boost on/off. You can't just go from clean to overdrive without re-plugging the guitar in, only has an input for clean or overdrive channels but you could use an A/B switch to help with this; sort of a nuisance. Lot's of mods out there for this thing; but I am a little nervous about hacking and soldering so soon-maybe after a few years. Has a five year warranty-that's great! But it might void your warranty if you do the mods! If you come across one give it a test drive maybe you'll like it.
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I agree with Hipi, this amp is very well made and can do it all. I got mine at MF when the price was a little less. I have the ultra, and it can crank or it can purr. The picture dose not represent, it is solid and surly bigger than those orange lunch box things. Mine is pack full or tubes and wires, and a sweet 12 inch speaker. Yes I have the combo. You will love this amp.
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I own a lot of tube amps (none over 50watts), and this one's, well, unique. I've had it about a year now, and here's my report: This thing is HUGE! The picture doesn't give you a frame of reference, so you might not realize it. However, this amp (I have the head--not the combo) is the size of a JTM-45; those tall, wide 'Bluesbreaker' Marshalls...it doesn't even have a reverb pan (but there's sure room for one!). I feel like part of a cartoon with this SIX WATT amp that's wider than the 1x12 cab it sits on. The great thing is, though, that if you want to use it in a situation too loud for it with a 1x12, you can leave the cab home, bring a reverb, and line-out it to a PA channel. The saturated sounds are great, but if you plan to gig with it you'll likely have to use the cleaner tones--which are just fine!--and get your OD/Fuzz/distort-o-tone from pedals. I'd recommend you put those pedals on the front end; resist the urge to put them in the loop. As others have explained here, some pedals work, some don't in the EFX loop. Personally, I think the loop's mostly for running 2 of these things one into the other (as they suggest trying in their literature). I do, sometimes, for sick, over-the-top stun-tone, with a 2 watt Fender tube amp and this....
One observation about this amp's 'bare-bones' tone controls: there isn't really any place you can set the knobs/switches that DOESN'T sound great. So, there's that, too. The clean side (as it were) sounds more 'Vox-ish' to me than 'Fender-ish'.
At home, with this amp you can 'play loud' as quietly as you have to, via the 'watts' knob. Wow! I used to have a Fender Super Reverb with only one volume (45 watts/4x10); by the time it sounded like it wanted to, the neighbors *were* calling the cops.....the Super 6 Ultra manages the big amp sound at any volume. Personally, I like the unusual, sparse control layout, and with effects in front, I don't have to consider unplugging/plugging back in to change 'channels'.
Try one; they sound great. You'll like it or you won't, but it won't be because it doesn't sound great!
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Great little practice amp. sounds great. very well worth the price.
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You can crank it up and its loud enough to hear over other players or you can turn the watts down and not wake up momma. The sound right out of the box was great from clean country to distorted zz top but the first thing I did was replace the stock tubes with a jj el34 and 2 12ax7 groove tubes and holy moly what a sweet difference I love this amp head I am playing it through a open back 1x12 with a quality speaker it gives me all I need its a keeper you won't ne disappointed
Best bedroom amp I have ever had
Seems to be built solid and well put together
I have bought two other bedroom amps the crate v5 and the black heart killler ant and my special 6 is priced better and better over all
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Overall a great amp for the money. It sounds good even with the generic tubes that come stock. There is a huge range of sonic possibilities inside this tone machine, but dont expect to be able to switch between them on the fly during a live performance. The tone shaping controls are unique and effective.
I think this amp is perfect for recording. I doubt i'd ever gig with it, but it would sound good miced through a PA.
If you're into tube tone without breaking the bank OR your eardrums this might be a good choice for you.
This thing has some great features that you'd expect to see on a more expensive amp like the FX loop, line out, and the really cool "Watts" control.
First off the watts knob is not an attenuator. It is an adjustment for a variable power supply that provides the anode voltage to the 6V6 power tube. When turned down your headroom goes out the window, but you get overdriven tones at low volumes. To get clean tones at about the same volume you have to turn the volume down and the watts up together. With the watts all the way down it's pretty much impossible to get a completely clean sound.
The FX loop send and line out are in parellel and both suffer from the same problem. The output levels are entirely dependant upon the gain levels of the preamp stages. That means that, even at low volumes, the output to your outboard gear can vary wildly depending on your gain settings. I'll probably build an outboard attenuator to solve this for myself, but I'd rather have send level control out of the box...
One more note on features... To switch between clean and ultra there are 2 seperate inputs. You cannot A/B these inputs with a switch because the jacks have contacts that disable each other when something is plugged in. I modded mine to allow a 2 buttom footswitch to switch between clean/ultra and also still control boost like the stock footswitch. And theres a toggle switch where the clean jack was to change channels without the footswitch. If you're the type that wants to open it up and make changes (VHT notes this as a selling point - "mod friendly" "handwired") then here is a link to my schematic and detailed instructions: http://www.instructables.com/id/VHT-Special-6-Ultra-channel-switching-mod-inc-fo/
Not too bad overall. Before I took it apart i was impressed with the build quality, but when I took the back panel off the first time I noticed that 2 of the screws were put in at an angle and were poking out of the wood on the inside. The wood was splintered where these screws are and they could be ripped out very easily. Seems to me like someone in China got in a hurry.
Other than that all else was pretty good. Tight tolex, nice molding, etc. I've always felt that the Push/Pull volume knob feels a little loose compaired to the others. It's just REALLY easy to turn. The pull switch part of it feels solid though.
Cheapest tube amp I have ever seen with the feature set seen here.
Comments about VHT Special 6 Ultra 6W Hand-Wired Tube Guitar Amp Head:
I have been toying with the low wattage amp thing for a while. Don't play out like i used to. I have a couple of Valve Jrs (One Modded), Pro Jr, Haze 15 and various cabs. Aside from that i have played and owned my share of Big Boy amplifiers in my day as well. JCM 800s, 900s, Mesa, Fender Hot Rod but I have to say that the tone of this Ultra 6 is one of the most satisfying i have ever plugged in to for Rock music. The Ultra side could spoil you in a hurry. If you need some Gain in your sound this more than has it. I dont think i have ever plugged into an amp that didn't make me want something to juice it a little. I could play straight into this but of course i don't..LOL. I do like using my BBE Freq Boost in front but that is really just for more bite than just adding more gain. More of an EQ really. Just gobs of sustain. Adds a nice fuzz to single notes and chords still ring out with clarity even when you have a lot of gain. The clean side is nice and sparkly and overdrives very nice as well when cranked. Especially with a Les Paul type or in my case my 81 Ibanez Artist. There is quite a bit of control over your tone as well mentioned by the above review. The Watts Control does have a cool effect on the headroom of the power section on either the Clean or Ultra side. In small increments from full on back you can add just the right amount of sizzle to your top end. Doesn't effect volume that much unless on extreme reduction. Really works well and of course you can dial it all the way back down to minimum and riff and wail away and it is a perfect late night volume but yet still sounds good to me. The Depth Control is not a huge change as you adjust your low end frequencies but is more like a fine adjustment to your tone. I find my self tweaking this quite a bit between different guitars and i do think it works well. The Tone Control is what it is and even on it's lowest setting the amplifier doesn't go into complete mud like some i have run across. The 3-way Texture Control i keep in the middle. Manual says this allows the most harmonic content and i like it there. Haven't found a use for it in any other setting but maybe i will down the road. The Boost feature is a good feature and does allow more cut for going into leads. Footswitch that operates this is nice and small. Fits on the pedalboard. One thing worth mentioning with this amplifier is that it's sound is a little on the thin side but then again i am not expecting wall shaking volume/thump from a 6watt amp either. I will not ding it for that but just figured i would mention it. Compared to say the Valve Jr, The Valve Jrs tone is thicker but i do like the Ultra 6 better in the stock tone department regardless. Also to me they are Apples/Oranges. An upgrade to the stock tubes was an improvement also. If there is a slight disappointment in the Ultra 6 it is the effects loop. This feature was the initial reason for buying it because i do like some echo for ambience when playing. Hard to get a low watt amp to stay clean enough to run delay before it thus "Hey, this has a loop...wow!!" I have a Carbon Copy and a TC Nova Delay. The CC was not going to work for me. Seems like the loop just clips that pedal so that was a no-no. The Nova does do better because of the Loop/Instrument input feature on it but i am still not satisfied with the tone of it. Might want to consider this if your in the market for the Ultra 6 for the loop alone. An instrument level effect is going to be hard to get right in this loop from my experience. May try the big Boss Delay next and see. I have played once on a backporch jam with this head and a 2 1x12 Cabs. It was almost loud enough. We did some Floyd, Allman Bros, etc so nothing outrageous but i had it pretty much dimed and did wish it had a little more headroom. I think miked it would've been perfect because i did like the tone i got with my strat that night. A little bit of delay and i might've been Gilmour for a moment. Aside from a couple of things i am still very impressed with this head. I have not regretted one second purchasing it. If nothing else it is making me now look at the VHT 12/20 for possible live use if it has this same sound. If the Ultra 6 only sees that one night out that is fine. It's still more than worth having and i'll use it to record/practice with it. In my "studio" It makes me want to play and i find it kind of inspiring when i do. I am definatley keeping this one.
I will not go into the specific features since they are already listed. I will say you get a lot for your money/
Mine came in perfect condition. All the controls feel good to me. All of the screws in the chassis was tight (a 1st!!) Tolex, Piping and all the aesthetics are there.
A rediculous asking price for what you get. I can't believe there are only a couple of reviews. Some folks are missing out.
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I own the head version, no comment on the combo or quality of speaker. i run it through a 2 x 12 with an old celestion borrowed from my precious 70s marshall combo and a greenback.
Ability to swap out tubes. The attenuator works a little differently than expected whereby you turn down the wattage and you get an increase in gain. Almost as if the power tube is pushing less and the preamp tubes are pushing more.
Ive swapped out 6-8 tubes and ended up settling with a kt88 and 2 NOS 12AT7. Ive got 11 amplifiers in my collection including 3k boogies and a 64 bassman(not a reissue, the 6g6 circut) and with the tubes I have in it now Im torn between it and the bassman. It is warm full, plently of tight bass, but its the hign end thats so smooth and sparkly. There is no fizz or brittleness where you are trying to get the right amount of high end to it but end up with a ice pick or turn it down to get rid of the ice pick and the high end disappears and becomes too dark.
I truly understand now when ive read discriptions of amps and they say how the notes bloom.
For those with a little technical savvy its designed to be modified to carve out the tone you want, allthough in my opinion its perfect with the right tubes.
For this price? Do not hesitate. In all seriousness, at least take the time to wander down to a shop and plug it in.
Final note, it is not a modern super high gain. I play a clean strat style. But hey, want high gain? Throw a pedal in front. But you cant throw a clean pedal in front of a hig gain amp to clean it up.
My 2 cents. Buy it. Im buying another one. Stereo, wicked.
Tube effects loop, attenuator, several tone shaping switches, line out, 2 speaker outs, 4, 8, 16 ohm.
Ok, now the tricky part. I got one of these and it didnt work. I popped the hood and saw a blown cap and an unsoldered wire loose. But i decided to try another one. Man, am I glad I did.
MF send a return form, no questions asked. Top marks.
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Skip ahead to see if a real woman can get Jennifer Aniston's body.
This is the part where I'm supposed to say that I joined a boot camp and got lean and mean, or that I embarked on a successful cleanse and am now 100 percent vegan. Sorry to disappoint but, believe it or not, my inspiration came from an article about Jennifer Aniston and how she attributes her fit, lean physique to practicing yoga. Could yoga give me a celebrity-worthy body too? And, even if it would, could I afford it?
Yeah, not so much. Personal trainers may be fine for the celeb set but I needed something much less expensive. So, I did some research and found Mandy Ingber's "Yogalosophy" DVD workout. Ingber has been teaching yoga and spinning in Los Angeles for more than 15 years and lists Aniston among her celebrity clients. I decided to plunk down the $14.95 and commit to a month's worth of daily workouts with Mandy to see what a couple of DVDs and a little determination could get a girl. Here's what happened �
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Very inspirational! Yogalosophy is fascinating and I want to try it. I know that exercise can become addictive; I was working out every day last year. I hurt my foot and had to quit and really noticed a sense of lethargy and a "need" to move again.
by GigiSD Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 10:42AM Report as inappropriate
Congratulations!!! I read the WHOLE article. It's all about determination, and loving yourself. I do a variation of workouts..Eating healthier is key!
by Joana84 Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 08:51AM Report as inappropriate
Definitely want to try this out!
by sportimonki13 Monday, December 31, 2012 at 12:57AM Report as inappropriate
Huh I wish!
by EricaF123 Sunday, December 23, 2012 at 11:26AM Report as inappropriate
Does telling yourself you have a great butt really work? Haha
by schien Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 10:49AM Report as inappropriate
Easy to read & fun - good article, I actually read every setment! Okay, I'm sold, says a lot in these ad-bombardment days.
by islands4me Friday, September 7, 2012 at 11:47AM Report as inappropriate
Definitely going to give it a try...looks like it works.
by andyv1217 Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 10:40AM Report as inappropriate
Okay, I'm checking out this DVD stat! I need a good yoga DVD on days that I don't run and this one sounds promising.
by mhw Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 01:24PM Report as inappropriate
Good job!! I work out on my own at home and have seen more muscle definition than some of my friends that work out at the gym!!!!
by sweettpea29 Monday, June 18, 2012 at 02:59PM Report as inappropriate
I'd settle for her pre-Yoga body.
by Teddy Thursday, June 14, 2012 at 05:32PM Report as inappropriate
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What are prerequisites (in mathematics and physics), that one should know about for getting into use of ideas from noncommutative geometry in physics?
I am not a fan of Alain Connes's ideas of non-commutative geometry, I prefer Michael Artin. Nor do I think he was Dixmier's best student, although Dixmier thought so. Nevertheless, to be fair, you should understand the physics of General Relativity and Quantum Field Theory first. I recommend Einstein's original papers still, and Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat's two books, Géométrie Différentielle et Systèmes Extérieurs, short and to the point and mathematically clear...obviously it is still commutative geometry, and her much longer, too long, Analysis, Manifolds, and Physics with two excellent co-authors. I also recommend Dirac's own short physics book on the subject. Then for QFT, Pierre Ramond is accessible and standard but very far from the point of view of Connes, which is why it would be good for you to read so you do not stay way too isolated. Also for QFT read the work of Irving Segal (sometimes with Roe Goodman) on relativistic quantum fields from the operator algebra point of view, but he is not a physicist so you should also look at Streater and Wightman PCT, Spin and Statistics, And All That... to see how physicists do operator algebra approaches to QFT.
If you do not yet even know Quantum Mechanics, I can recommend Sudbery's Quantum Mechanics and the Particles of Nature.
I assume from the way you phrase your question that you already are familiar with Connes's work itself. If not, you would need to prepare by studying Dixmier's book on von Neumann algebras or Guichardet or Dixmier, Les $C^*$-algebres et leurs représentations. Hope this helps.
Physical applications of noncommutative geometry rely mainly on the spectral triple formalism. This being a noncommuative version of Riemannian (spin) geometry, it would be advisable to know then first the commuative case (spin geometry itself)-Friedrich's book on Dirac operators is a good reference. This generalization uses lots of operation algebraic concepts. Varilly's books on NCG are recommended. The recent survey arXiv:1204.0328 is adressed to physicists.
The next level would be the book of Connes and Marcolli: "NCG, QFT and Motives " http://alainconnes.org/docs/bookwebfinal.pdf


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TEMPLE (November 27, 2012)--Police in Temple released surveillance photos Tuesday afternoon of an armed man who robbed a fast food restaurant and left his victims locked inside a freezer as he made his escape.
Officers were sent at around 5:40 a.m. to the Jack in the Box restaurant, in the 3600 block of H K Dodgen Loop after a caller reported that an armed man walked into the business and demanded money, Temple police Cpl. Christopher Wilcox said.
Police confirmed that before he left, the man forced everyone in the restaurant to get into the freezer and locked them inside.
Witnesses said the man was wearing all black clothing, black gloves, a long-sleeve shirt and his face was covered with some type of mask.
The man also was armed with a black semi-automatic handgun.
Police did not say what the robber escaped with nor did they give any description of a vehicle.
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Lowly-but-essential tools that we count on unconsciously and curse when we can't find them buried in the toolbox, hammer tackers simplify the tedious task of driving wire staples into all sorts of building products. Whether you're tacking down carpet pad, hanging faced fiberglass batts, felting a roof, wrapping a house, applying fan-fold siding backer, or posting "Keep Out" signs, you'd be lost without these fast staple-driving tools.
The two basic types of hammer tackers are differentiated by their designs: fixed drivers and mechanical drivers. Of the 18 we tested, fixed-driver tackers made up the largest group: the Bostitch PC2K and H30-8, Desa Powerfast 10401-B, Duo-Fast Slapshot, FPC Corp. Surebonder Max Impact 5800, Isaberg Rapid R11E and R54, Prebena HHPF 09, Senco PC0700, and Stanley PHT150. Most of these are slim and fit easily in a tool bag or belt holster. Aside from the Bostitch models, at a glance most of them look punched out of the same factory. But while they are similar looking, there are some differences.
The same goes for the less clone-prone mechanical-driver tackers. These models have large heads and look bulkier than fixed-driver types yet weigh about the same. The mechanical-driver models we tested are the Arrow HT50P; Duo-Fast HT-550, HT-755, and HT-755M; FPC Corp. Surebonder Max Impact Pro 5850; Porta-Nails 60818; and Stanley PHT250. I also tested the Arrow HT65, which, while still a mechanical-driver tool, is an entirely different animal (see "Specialty Staplers," below).
The driving mechanism of the fixed-driver staplers is simple: a hardened steel driver is mounted inside the end of the body channel, just like in a desk stapler. The magazine track fits within this body and has a pivot point at the rear of the tool. A spring between the magazine and body controls the action. Swat a fixed-driver tacker at the target surface and the inertia of the body (with attached driver) punches a staple into it. The spring rebounds the magazine to the neutral position while bouncing the tool off the surface, ready to drive another staple. It takes very little effort to operate most fixed-driver tackers; just the flick of the wrist sinks a staple.
Pulling the pin at the rear of most fixed-driver tackers, like on this Duo-Fast Slapshot, releases the magazine track.
Credit: Photos by Dot for Dot
All of the fixed-driver tackers in the test group felt well balanced. The bodies on these tools, except the cast-aluminum Bostitch models, are stamped and chromed steel "C" channels with an extra-thick piece of steel wrapped around the top and sides. This reinforces the business end and adds mass to sink the staples. The two bolts atop most models secure a weight inside the head. The rear of the handles are covered in molded plastic, rubber, or a combination of the two.
The mechanical-driver models have actuator nosepieces linked to the drivers. The nosepieces wrap around the front and a part of the sides of the tool and act as a trigger. When the stapler is whacked against a surface, the actuator goes up and the driver punches down, driving the staple home. A spring returns the actuator and driver to the neutral position. The mechanical-driver tackers generally have a dead-blow feel compared to the rebound of the fixed-driver tools.
The mechanisms housed in the head of the mechanical-driver tools make them look larger than fixed-driver tackers, but while more mass is shifted to the head, the overall weight of mechanical-driver tools is similar to fixed-driver models. However, these tools aren't as evenly balanced as the fixed-driver models and felt head-heavy, more like a hammer; on the other hand, the extra head mass along with the mechanical-drive mechanism enables some of these tools to drive longer staples (up to 9/16 inch).
The top two tackers, the Bostitch PC2K (top) and the Surebonder Max Impact (bottom), feature handy staple-load indicators.
Most of the models are rear-loading and hold two standard sticks of staples (approximately 170). A spring-loaded pusher slides on a rod that hooks onto the rear of the tool body. Staple sticks must be carefully inserted onto two rails that form the loading track within the handle. Rear-loading these tools can be frustrating if your box of staples has dozens of short, broken staple sticks.
Of the rear-loaders, the Rapid R54 was easiest; its pusher rod retainer at the end of the magazine exposes the staple rails a little more than the others, and it has an angled metal guide on the top of the track so even crumbled sticks of staples can be loaded.
The pusher rods on these typical rear-loaders are easy-to-lose parts. You can occasionally knock the pusher rod hook from its retainer slot on the body when stapling. This happens more frequently when staples run low and there's less compression on the staple-advancing spring. Pusher rods are $3 to $4 parts; I keep an extra one on hand just in case.
The mechanical-driver Duo-Fast models have a modified rear-loading system that I actually found a little simpler to load after a few tries. The top of the handle hinges open, exposing the end of the staple rail and a spring, which must be manually disconnected and then reconnected to its removable pusher bar once the staples are slid in. Although the spring holds it securely when engaged, it is easy to drop the separate pusher bar during reloads. Also, the handle hatch can open accidentally, though the mechanism won't allow any staples to fall out.
The Bostitch H30-8 has a cast body rather than a formed "C" channel and features a mid-body hinged magazine with no loose parts; the pusher is an integral part of the magazine. Pulling the retaining pin at the nose of the tool allows you to hinge the magazine open. Even though the track only holds one stick of 84 staples, the reload process is fast so there's really no extra downtime with loading just a single stick.
The Surebonder Max Impact and Max Impact Pro and the Bostitch PC2K all share the best loading system. The pusher and staple rail assembly slide out the rear as one unit and a stop at the end keeps the assembly from ever falling out of the tool. With the tacker inverted, retracting this captive pusher assembly exposes the full length of the magazine track, so it is even easy to load staple stick fragments. With the tacker right side up, however, it will dump any remaining staples. A great feature on the PC2K and Max Impact is the staple load indicator: With a quick glance at the bottom, you know just how many whacks are left before it's shooting blanks. You can estimate the number of staples left in the Max Impact Pro by looking at its visible pusher, although it lacks a numerical scale.
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Hendersonville's Downtown Advisory Committee is actively recruiting new volunteers through its newly-formed group dubbed the "Friends of Downtown."
The new volunteer program is designed to match downtown supporters with the variety of special events overseen by the Advisory Committee. These events include Hendersonville traditions such as the Bearfootin' Art Walk, now in its 11th year, Trick or Treat Street, the Hendersonville Holiday Tree Lighting and the Rhythm & Brews summer concert series.
"Whether you want to help out with Rhythm & Brews next summer, love Santa and a good tree lighting or just want to understand a little more about what we do, the 'Friends of Downtown' is a great way to get involved in downtown," said Downtown Economic Development Director Lew Holloway. "As we gear up for the holidays, the Advisory Committee would like to build on the tremendous success of recent downtown events by adding new volunteers to 'Friends of Downtown.'"
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This is a new version of the build script that was born out of the old Kdenlive Build Wizard and published as a standalone Bash script elsewhere here on the forum. I am not maintaining the script and making the latest version available for download from the MLT wiki:
Fri, 03/25/2011 - 19:24
I keep getting this error when trying to rerun the Builder script.
LOG: About to run command: git reset --hard
HEAD is now at c76374c Use AVERROR_EXIT with url_interrupt_cb.
LOG: About to run command: git --no-pager pull git://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git master
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
ERROR: Unable to git pull sources for ffmpeg
LOG: Process has finished. Reason: FAILURE Some kind of error occured: Unable to git pull sources for ffmpeg
The first time I ran the script, everything worked and I was able to compile successfully. Subsequent runs failed with the same error message. I've tried this on 2 different computers without success. Is this a problem with ffmpeg, my computers, or the script?
Sat, 03/26/2011 - 07:58
Thanks for the tip. I downloaded the new script, removed the src/ffmpeg directory, then ran it. However, I now get the following error on both computers:
[AS] vp8/encoder/x86/sad_mmx.asm.o
[AS] vp8/encoder/x86/dct_mmx.asm.o
[AS] vp8/encoder/x86/subtract_mmx.asm.o
[AS] vp8/encoder/x86/dct_sse2.asm.o
[AS] vp8/encoder/x86/variance_impl_sse2.asm.o
[AS] vp8/encoder/x86/sad_sse2.asm.o
[AS] vp8/encoder/x86/fwalsh_sse2.asm.o
[AS] vp8/encoder/x86/quantize_sse2.asm.o
[AS] vp8/encoder/x86/subtract_sse2.asm.o
vp8/encoder/x86/quantize_sse2.asm:153: error: expected `]'
make[1]: *** [vp8/encoder/x86/quantize_sse2.asm.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make: *** [.DEFAULT] Error 2
ERROR: Unable to build libvpx
LOG: Process has finished. Reason: FAILURE Some kind of error occured: Unable to build libvpx
What does expected `]' mean?
Mon, 03/28/2011 - 12:18
same problem here. there seems to be an issue with the master branch of libvpx and --enable-shared as a configure option. at least it compiles without that option.
issue to follow: http://code.google.com/p/webm/issues/detail?id=309
Mon, 03/28/2011 - 19:07
Yes, you are correct. It compiles after removing the --enable-shared option.
Tue, 03/29/2011 - 15:54
i changed the configuration variable in the build script to
now the script works again. i'll keep that until the bug in libvpx master isn't resolved.
Tue, 03/29/2011 - 19:33
Did you change all of the other LIBVPX_HEAD variables and did you put the --enable-shared option back in after doing that?
Mon, 05/30/2011 - 20:01
After using the build script successfully a few times (last time was 20110427), i ran into a problem today....
After successfull compilation of ffmpeg, frei0r and mlt, it aborts soon after starting to compile Kdenlive, like this:
Generating positionedit.moc
Generating projectlist.moc
Generating complexparameter.moc
Generating customruler.moc
Generating timecodedisplay.moc
Generating kdenlivesettingsdialog.moc
/home/mc/kdenlive/src/kdenlive/thumbnailer/westleypreview.cpp: In static member function 'static uint MltPreview::imageVariance(QImage)':
/home/mc/kdenlive/src/kdenlive/thumbnailer/westleypreview.cpp:133:20: error: 'class QVarLengthArray
/home/mc/kdenlive/src/kdenlive/thumbnailer/westleypreview.cpp:139:42: error: 'class QVarLengthArray
Generating KoSliderCombo.moc
make[2]: *** [thumbnailer/cmake_bindir/CMakeFiles/westleypreview.dir/westleypreview.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [thumbnailer/cmake_bindir/CMakeFiles/westleypreview.dir/all] Error 2
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
Generating profilesdialog.moc
Generating onmonitorcornersitem.moc
Generating slideshowclip.moc
Generating effectslistwidget.moc
Generating dragvalue.moc
Generating wizard.moc
Linking CXX executable kdenlive_render
Generating monitormanager.moc
[ 12%] Built target kdenlive_render
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Generating headertrack.moc
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Generating moc_parameterplotter.cpp
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Generating moc_audiospectrum.cpp
Generating moc_docclipbase.cpp
Generating moc_archivewidget.cpp
Generating moc_geometryval.cpp
Generating moc_colorplaneexport.cpp
Generating moc_dvdwizardvob.cpp
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Generating moc_dvdwizard.cpp
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[ 12%] Built target kdenlive_automoc
make: *** [all] Error 2
ERROR: Unable to build kdenlive
LOG: Process has finished. Reason: FAILURE Some kind of error occured: Unable to build kdenlive
Any ideas what could have gone wrong here?
Mon, 05/30/2011 - 20:47
Should be fixed now in svn, please try again.
Tue, 05/31/2011 - 16:26
Thanks, compiles OK now.
Tue, 06/21/2011 - 20:18
The build script site is having troubles:
...gives a 503.
I'm trying to use kdenlive (0.8) on AV Linux 5.0. Version 0.8 has errors, and AV Linux is based on Debian stable, and needs *not* to have changed repositories. The build script looks to be the perfect solution. But I cannot get it!
Any other sources for the script?
Wed, 06/22/2011 - 01:41
I found the original script:
It needs the ffmpeg git repository changing:
# REPOLOCS[0]="git://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git"
# 2011-06-21 ffmpeg git repo changed
I was feeling very pleased with myself (and congrats for an excellent piece of work in the script) until it hit the git repo for mlt:
KBWLOG: About to run command: git --no-pager clone git://mltframework.org/mlt.git
Cloning into mlt...
Well, not at the moment it will not. Continuous 503 errors on MLT, for hours & hours. Bugger!
Any mirror git repos for MLT that I can trust?
Wed, 06/22/2011 - 05:21
mltframework.org is back. Thank you Thank you Thank you!
I had been attempting to use git://anonscm.debian.org/pkg-kde/krap/mlt.git (which contains neither source code nor, not too surprisingly, a configure script) when I checked for the umpteenth time & it was back. Have now downloaded version 11 build-kdenlive.sh, and will soon find out just how good your bash skills are (!) (looks good so far).
Many thanks, and glad (for you, as well as me) that you got it back.
Wed, 06/22/2011 - 06:46
Error compiling swfdec:
Requested 'cairo >= 1.9.4' but version of cairo is 1.8.10
Requested 'cairo-png >= 1.9.4' but version of cairo-png is 1.8.10
My distribution is from the AV Linux 5.0 DVD, which is based on Debian Squeeze (stable). The updated packages are within Sid (unstable). Naturally, if I attempt to do that, numerous other packages will be removed / updated. I suspect that I am going to land in dependency hell (been there, done that, no more thanks).
(as I am about to type this, I know it to be a lame question)
swfdec + lame are not within the earlier build-kdenlive.sh, and are also not mentioned on the install-from-source page:
Is either actually *required* to build kdenlive? If so, is there a method to also build cairo in the same manner, so that kdenlive & associated routines will refer to it & not to the locally-installed libraries? I'm not experienced enough with compiling to be able to answer that question, though I'm very happy to hack the build script, using the existing code as a template.
Ah well.
Wed, 06/22/2011 - 09:20
AlexK, are you a robot ?
Wed, 06/22/2011 - 17:07
@nyme: AlexK, are you a robot ?
No, but I do tend to talk to myself a great deal. Or so it seems.
Thu, 06/30/2011 - 04:16
On Fedora 15 x86_64, I cannot build swfdec with this script. If I replace the contents of the ~/kdenlive/src/swfdec from version 0.9.2 to 0.8.4 and modify the script so it doesn't update it back, I can compile from the build script OK.
I don't know why, I tried compiling 0.9.2 my self and it worked.
This is just my quick work around so I could get kdenlive working on my new F15 setup. Hope it helps someone!
Thu, 06/30/2011 - 04:52
To answer my earlier questions:
On Debian, `cairo' can be updated from Wheezy, and that will fix the version problem.
Another issue will then arise on compilation: undefined reference to symbol 'g_module_symbol'
The answer to that is here:
Tue, 09/27/2011 - 22:54
I got the following error using the build script:
No rule to make target /usr/lib/libGL.so, needed by src/cmake_bindir/kdenlive
The solution was to make a new symbolic link to libGL.so:
sudo rm /usr/lib/mesa/libGL.so
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 /usr/lib/mesa/libGL.so
My system: Linux sovrum-ssd 2.6.38-11-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 12 21:18:14 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
Ref: forums.themanaworld.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=12836
Tue, 09/27/2011 - 23:08
MLT and Kdenlive custom packages for AV Linux are available for AV Linux 5.0 and it already has a custom build of swfdec included. See here: http://www.remastersys.com/forums/index.php?topic=1550.0 and here http://www.remastersys.com/forums/index.php?topic=1692.0. Although AV Linux is image-based and has no repositories it still has custom updated packages available.
Sat, 10/01/2011 - 22:48
Is it correct that aac encoding support is not built by default using the build script, and that the ffmpeg faac option needs to be enabled?
Building with the default settings without the aac option, rendering with an aac encoding has no audio.
To get aac encoding support, is the ffmpeg faac option used, or is there something else that should already be working?
Tue, 07/31/2012 - 18:31
I think I'm close. I get the following error.
I downloaded the script and have installed packages. I'm running on debian stable (squeeze).
CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindKDE4.cmake:98 (MESSAGE):
ERROR: cmake/modules/FindKDE4Internal.cmake not found in
Call Stack (most recent call first):
CMakeLists.txt:51 (find_package)
CMake Warning (dev) in CMakeLists.txt:
No cmake_minimum_required command is present. A line of code such as
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
should be added at the top of the file. The version specified may be lower
if you wish to support older CMake versions for this project. For more
information run "cmake --help-policy CMP0000".
This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it.
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
ERROR: Unable to configure kdenlive
LOG: Process has finished. Reason: FAILURE Some kind of error occured: Unable to configure kdenlive
Wed, 08/08/2012 - 04:21
Does anyone know how to actually use this script to compile with an earlier version of FFMPEG?
I see that there's a variable for the FFMPEG revision number, but I'm having trouble what to put in as the revision. For example, the revision that tagged the 0.8 release ( at http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=b00fc80d406fef0acd54619... ) doesn't list a revision number, it just calls it "b00fc80d406fef0acd54619a7c82e2a31e00c06c".
So is this what we put as the revision, or is it possible to get the revision number somewhere else?
Mon, 08/20/2012 - 22:44
Is it possible to use this scipt to build and install the components in the system (instead of in a separate folder)?
I'm trying to build kdenlive with QT Creator (for developing kdenlive) and I suppose I first need all the components compiled and it would be great to use this script to do this.


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Launched in November 2011, the Harvard Innovation Lab (i-lab) serves as a resource for students from across Harvard interested in entrepreneurship and innovation. The programming offered by the i-lab is designed to help students grow their ventures at any stage of development and covering a wide range of disciplines. The i-lab fosters unprecedented collaboration among Harvard students, faculty, entrepreneurs, and members of the Allston and Greater Boston communities.


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"We are a mandated state. everyone is supposed to report child abuse and neglect if they have reasonable cause to believe a child is being hurt," said Family Enrichment Center Director Nickie Jones.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Bowling Green will sign a proclamation in support of child abuse prevention today at Fountain Square Park at 3:30.
Child abuse takes many forms and sometimes goes unnoticed, but one Warren Circuit Court Family Court Judge says she sees cases involving abuse more often than you'd think.
"Being that they are confidential, I think the general public probably doesn't realize it as much as they would if it were public.," said Warren Circuit Family Court Judge Catherine Rice Holderfield.
They're so common one organization's sole purpose is representing these children in court for free.
"We recruit and train volunteers who provide who provide abused and neglected children through the court system," said CASA Director Will Constable.
Anyone can volunteer and that's not the only way a person can help stop child abuse in Kentucky.
"We are a mandated state. everyone is supposed to report child abuse and neglect if they have reasonable cause to believe a child is being hurt," said Family Enrichment Center Director Nickie Jones.
"If you see a parent and a child hurting at any time, you need to make that phone call... or you need to somehow step in and say, is there anything I can do for you today," said Catherine Warren, Family Enrichment Center Board of Directors.
Jones says that help can be a simple gesture like distracting an angry parent who's struggling to calm a child at the store.
"You simply say, he is so cute, where'd he get those brown eyes? It's the simple things like that, that take the stress out of the moment and away from the parent, and focuses it in a positive way on that child," said Jones.
Abuse has many causes, and most can be solved with education and support.
"Sometimes it's because they have been abused, and more times than not it's because they are repeating the cycle of that," said Warren
That's a cycle Warren says must be broken and it takes everyone.
Anyone who believes they have witnessed or know anything about a potential case of child abuse should contact police immediately. For more on how you help prevent abuse, see the links below.


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Roses are red, violets are blue, and local florists in Bowling Green are seeing green.
"We just started getting really busy for Valentine's Day yesterday. We think we are going to have a really good Valentine's Day, so we're really looking forward to it," says Andrea Hall of Deemer's Flowers & Gifts.
The preparations begin well in advance.
"We start preparing for Valentine's Day right after Christmas, but we really start all the work about a couple days before Valentine's Day," says Hall.
Hall says they are able to fill more than a thousand orders with one key technique.
"We just start getting ready. Everything is sorted, and we have lots of tables set up to route our deliveries and things. It's just every year we get a little bit more organized," Hall says.
To prepare for the big day, extra help always comes in useful. Hall says, "We just have a lot of people that work, or you know, have retired and they just come back for holidays and stuff."
A team of 15 will make thousands of stops on Thursday.
The National Retail Federation says Americans will spend $18.6 billion on Valentine's Day gifts this year.
"We do a lot of other things than just the flowers. We have artificial arraignments, then we have stuffed animals, we have candy, we have balloons. We pretty much do whatever anyone wants us to do," says Hall.
Americans will spend about five dollars more than last year.
The most popular Valentine's Day arraignment at Deemer's is a dozen roses.
Hall says, "So far sales are up, so we're hoping it'll stay that way up until Thursday."
Hall says although Valentine's Day can be chaotic, they enjoy making the day special.


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8 Oct 2012 10:33 AM #1
How do I build a Sencha Touch 126.96.36.199 app?
I've never done a build before, and I've downloaded the latest Sencha Cmd beta in hopes that I can package this for production.
However, when I try to build I'm getting errors that don't happen with a newly generated 2.1.0rc1 app.
seth@havoc [~/Work/cb_mobile/app/trunk] $ sencha app build testing Sencha Cmd v184.108.40.206 [ERROR] The following error occurred while executing this line: /Users/seth/Work/cb_mobile/app/trunk/.sencha/workspace/plugin.xml:2: Cannot find /Users/seth/Work/cb_mobile/app/trunk/.sencha/workspace/${framework.config.dir}/plugin.xml imported from /Users/seth/Work/cb_mobile/app/trunk/.sencha/workspace/plugin.xml
8 Oct 2012 1:38 PM #2
8 Oct 2012 1:40 PM #3
So I can't build unless I upgrade to a beta version of the framework that breaks my app? Rad.
Can anyone help out with this problem then?
8 Oct 2012 1:42 PM #4
You can build using the SDK for ST2.0
8 Oct 2012 5:47 PM #5
This seems impossible as well. I downloaded the SenchaSDKTools-2.0.0-beta3-osx.app and installed it. I then followed the instructions on building from my copy of the docs (/sencha-touch-184.108.40.206/docs/index.html#!/guide/building), and was able to produce a build, although one that doesn't work!
I use the microloader.js normally in development, which loads CSS files and everything else. When I follow the guide, it tells me to replace my script tags with the following:
<script type="text/javascript" src="touch/sencha-touch.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="all-classes.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="app.js"></script>
Additionally, I include many JS files from a /lib directory that get pulled in with the microloader from config app.json which don't seem to be included in all-classes.js either.
This is becoming a huge pain. Any clear direction that's not a one-liner, or reference to some other vague post would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.


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Week 7 is upon us and there are so many options on the tube, I want to stand up on a flag pole and take my shirt off in celebration.
A few interesting story lines heading into your viewing weekend:
Someone needs to make sure LSU is properly hydrated this week.
South Carolina beat Georgia, now plays LSU, then plays Florida. You start to feel bad until you realize the Gamecocks play Tennessee, Arkansas, and Wofford next.
Anyone care that Oregon State is 5-0 and Duke -- DUKE -- is 5-1?
TCU quarterback Casey Pachall was fourth in the nation in pass efficiency, and now is in rehab.
Geno Smith is winning the Heisman race unless you can think of someone else who has passed for 1,996 yards and 24 touchdowns.
If you want a say in The Couch Potato, leave a comment or tweet @themikefoss and chances are good you will get a shout out at the top.
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No. 10 Oklahoma vs. No. 15 Texas in Dallas/12 p.m., ABC
What you need to know: Football is kind of serious in and around Texas. This showdown is happening in the Cotton Bowl, a place of history that would surely look a lot better with an 11,000 sq. ft. jumbotron...
The winner takes bragging rights and the Golden Hat trophy. The loser has two losses in October.
Why you will watch: Something seems wrong with the Big 12 when the two best teams are West Virginia and Kansas State. Indeed, Texas and Oklahoma have been pushed into the scenery this year, fumbling around in the background. This is an opportunity for senior QB Landry Jones grab hold of Sooner offense and make some noise. The question is, can Oklahoma's defense keep up with David Ash and the Longhorns?
What's on the other channel: Real Genius/Comedy Central; a simpler time when Val Kilmer wasn't bloated. Murder at 1600/TNT; a simpler time when Wesley Snipes wasn't in jail. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective/VH1.
Potatoes: 3/4
No. 17 Stanford at No. 7 Notre Dame/3:30 p.m., NBC
What you need to know: Notre Dame is pretty good. Stanford might be pretty good. The Fighting Irish are undefeated this season. The Cardinal have won this matchup three consecutive times.
Why you will watch: No one can look away from Notre Dame's spiritual leader and defensive enforcer Manti Te'o. The Irish haven't conceded a touchdown in three games and have never trailed this season. This is a great matchup if the Stanford team who played USC decides to show up. If the team who blew it against Washington appears, well, that's why we have the channel-changer. Speaking of ...
What's on the other channel:Punch Drunk Love/FMC; seriously, Adam Sandler's best movie. The Shawshank Redemption/A&E; "I must admit I didn't think much of Andy first time I laid eyes on him; looked like a stiff breeze would blow him over. That was my first impression of the man." American Ninja Warrior/G4; as awesome as it sounds.
Potatoes: 3.5/4
No 3. South Carolina at No. 8 LSU/8:00 p.m., ESPN
What you need to know: Right now, everything Steve Spurrier turns to gold and everything Les Miles touches turns into failed third-down conversions.
Why you will watch: It's now or never for LSU. Just 18 points in two SEC games, and only six in a loss to Florida last week, any chance of the Tigers reaching the BCS Championship ride on this game. Meanwhile, South Carolina rides into Baton Rouge on a 10-game winning streak and the highest national ranking since the '80's which can be solidified with a win. Seems like prime time for someone to blow it.
What's on the other channel: You know what will happen if you don't watch this game?
Bad things.
Potatoes: 4/4
The rest of the Top 25 on TV
No.16 Louisville at Pittsburgh 11a.m./ESPNU ... Whoo! Big East football at 11 a.m.!!!
No.5 Kansas State at No.25 Iowa State Noon/FX ...This is the sleeper pick for when Texas and Oklahoma goes south.
No.1 Alabama at Missouri 3:30/CBS ... can Missouri pull an up-- hahaha I almost wrote that without laughing.
No.4 West Virginia at Texas Tech 3:30/ABC ... The Geno Smith show comes to Lubbock with knowledge that the Mountaineers haven't gone a season without losing to an unranked team since 2003.
No.14 Oregon State at Brigham Young 3:30/ABC ... Oregon State is a 5.5 point underdog against BYU.
Fresno State at No. 22 Boise State 3:30/NBCSN ... The Broncos still play on blue turf. So that's interesting.
No. 6 Florida at Vanderbilt 6/ESPNU ... Florida, don't pull a Florida State.
No. 9 Southern California at Washington 7/Fox ... The Trojans are 21-22-2 all time in the rain. It's supposed to rain.
No. 23 TCU at Baylor 7/FSN Grass ... Baylor wins over a leaderless TCU.
Ohio State at Indiana 8/BTN ... What happens if Ohio State goes undefeated but isn't eligible for the Top 25? The rest of us continue living life blissfully unaffected.
Tennessee at No. 18 Mississippi State 9/ESPN2 ... I smell upset.
No. 21 Texas A&M vs. No. 24 Louisiana Tech 9/ESPNU ... could be a late night sleeper.


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Emma Bachman led the Lady Bulldogs with 15 points, a rebound and three assists.
Other contributors were Sydney Clark with 10 points and two rebounds, Briley Attebury with three points and six rebounds, Briley Tolley with two points, Kelsey Rogers with two points, four rebounds and two steals and Alexa Combs with two points and a rebound.
The girls will try to get back in the win column when they play Eldorado in the tourney tonight at 7:30 p.m.
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Otoe County commissioners re-appointed Dan Hodges and Richard Warner to the county's planning commission.
Terms for Hodges and Warner expired in March, but commissioners delayed re-appointment while they implemented an initiative intended to give more people opportunity to serve on local county government.
Rather than selected members of boards and commissions based on county commissioner nominations, the county board began accepting applications from anyone interested in serving. Seven applications were received.
With the re-appointment of Hodges and Warner, there remains one open seat on the six-member planning commission.
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I have noticed a lot of people use of instead of have, for example: "that must of been really annoying". Is this correct?
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In speech, this is merely a relaxation of pronunciation - should have becomes should've, must have becomes must've. This relaxed pronunciation is fine.
However, the contracted have (i.e. -ve) should not be written as of. Of sounds similar to -ve, so many people erroneously think should of and must of is how to write should've and must've. Should of and must of are improper.
Use should have and must have when you are writing, unless you are writing dialogue, or writing informally. In those cases you also have the option of using the contractions should've and must've:
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April 08, 2013
Surfers' spot – Flickr pic of the day
This stunning image of surfers at Blouberg beach was captured by our Cape Town. Live it. Love it. Flickr group member Natalie Shuttleworth, aka snapclicktripod.
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Let's say a credit card processor wants to charge $(3\% + \text{US}\$ 2)$ for all transaction. What formula do I use to make sure that after the charges are deducted, I get the figure I want.
Example: If my product is $\text{US}\$ 100$ How much do I need to increase the price so that I will get $\text{US} \$100$ even after the transaction is charges by the credit card processor.
If it is purely $\% $-based, then I believe it is $\dfrac{\text{US}\$100}{1-0.03}$. But with the $\text{US}\$2$ in play, I am not sure how to do it. Please help :)


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Chad Army Says It Killed Key Terrorists
An army from one of Africa's most impoverished nations has claimed two momentous strikes against al Qaeda militants in recent days, highlighting the prominent role the battle-tested troops of Chad have been playing in the toughest missions of the French-led military campaign in Mali.
- A Terror Leader Emerges, Then Vanishes in the Sahara Feb. 11, 2013
On Saturday, Chad's troops, fighting inside the boulder-pocked mountains of Mali's north, reportedly caught up with terror fugitive Mokhtar Belmokhtar, killing the bearded, one-eyed mastermind of January's hostage raid on an Algerian natural-gas plant. In addition to killing Mr. Belmokhtar, Chad's troops captured about 60 of his cars, Chadian General Zakaria Ngobongue said Saturday night.
The announcement follows Friday's declaration by Chadian President Idriss Deby that his troops had also killed Abdelhamid Abou Zeid, another top rebel leader in Mali. Mr. Zeid has been considered Mr. Belmokhtar's archrival within al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, or AQIM, the Saharan terror franchise that conquered most of Mali last year.
"They were identified by some of their followers that we've captured," Chad's Communication Minister, Hassan Sylla, said in a telephone interview. He said both Messrs. Zeid and Belmokhtar were buried locally. "It's not in our culture to go around with bodies, they are not trophies."
Neither France nor Mali has confirmed Chad's claims. Both men have evaded the world's spy agencies as they have led al Qaeda deep in the desert of Mali.
Mr. Belmokhtar in particular—a 40-year-old kidnapping kingpin who trained as a teenager in Osama bin Laden's Afghanistan camps—has for 20 years frustrated CIA terrorist trackers as well as reporters in his homeland, Algeria, which have reported him dead on at least five occasions. French newspapers refer to Mr. Belmokhtar as "The Uncatchable."
Mali's ragtag soldiers fled when the two men emerged from desert hide-outs last year. Leading an army of thousands of al Qaeda-backed insurgents, they conquered a stretch of Mali the size of France.
In January, France began a military campaign to push al Qaeda out of its strongholds. In this mission it had a battle-tested asset: 2,000 troops from Chad.
The landlocked nation, a stretch of drought-hammered desert more than triple the size of California, remains one of the earth's most persistently poor: The average person gets by on $620 a year and dies at 49, according to the World Bank.
But its army is among the continent's most war-hardened. France and the U.S. have poured money, equipment and training into Chad's regular army since the Cold War, building a bulwark that initially was designed to battle both communism and deter military adventurism of Col. Moammar Gadhafi, then dictator of next-door Libya. In the 1980s, Washington and Paris sent over plane loads of gear, guns and pickup trucks to Chad.
In 1983, Mr. Gadhafi took sides in a Chadian civil conflict, effectively annexing a thin strip of desert at the very north of Chad with the help of mercenaries from Mali. Firing machine guns from the beds of pickups, Chad's commandos delivered Mr. Gadhafi one of his most decisive defeats in his 42-year rule. Historians called the conflict Africa's "Toyota War."
With both Mr. Gadhafi and the Soviet Union off the stage, Chad's army has been wrapped up in the instability that at present troubles the belt of desert countries across the top of Africa.
Foes include next-door Sudan: a pariah state that bucks at accusations of backing genocidal gunmen along Chad's border. The two countries have fought an on-and-off proxy conflict, each side accusing the other of harboring rebels.
Now, in Mali, a country 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) away, Chad troops are engaged in America's global war on al Qaeda, fighting AQIM.
A United Nations-backed plan for Mali aims to send as many as 6,000 troops from Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Togo and other West African countries. But those armies lack equipment, and their few hundred soldiers in Mali remain far behind the front, waiting for cargo planes to bring them bullets and cars.
Mr. Deby Itno, Chad's president, has exhorted Malian troops to join the battle for their country's sovereignty. "To you, my Malian brothers in arms, I say: Your place is on the frontline," Mr. Deby Itno told a meeting of West African leaders in Ivory Coast on Wednesday. "We are waiting for you in Mali's north, near the border with Algeria."
Meanwhile, in the volcanic outcrops of Mali's north, Chad is the only force supporting French troops in pursuing some of the world's most elusive terrorists.
At home, President Deby Itno faces political pressure to justify an intervention half a continent away, criticism that some analysts suspect has goaded the government into exaggerating it's kills.
"For him to say in a 48-hour period they killed the top two dogs in the Sahara, it takes the pressure off of him," said Rudolph Atallah, the former head of counterterrorism for Africa at the Pentagon. "I don't buy it for a bit. I've been watching Mokhtar Belmokhtar for the better part of a decade, the guy is extremely elusive. He's not like Abou Zeid. He doesn't run around in big circles with a big footprint. He tends to be smarter, better about his communication, not moving with a bunch of guys."
After fleeing into Mali's north in the early 2000s, terrorist watchers say Messrs. Belmokhtar and Zeid mastered the contours of this desert, memorizing its sand-swept ancient caravan routes, and pitching their holy war to villagers.
Twice, Mr. Belmokhtar married local women, in accordance with polygamous practices. U.S. and French defense officials believe at least one of those marriages gave Mr. Belmokhtar the social position he needed to charge safe-passage fees to cocaine cartels that move across the Sahara.
To their camps among the dunes and mountains of Mali's north, the two al Qaeda-backed commanders brought back scores of European hostages, ransoming them off to make the millions of dollars needed to build an army.
In 2006, they declared allegiance to al Qaeda, and to Osama bin Laden, who heaped praise on the money-making sect.
France declared war on AQIM in 2010, after a 78-year-old aid worker taken hostage died in Mr. Zeid's custody. At the time of his reported death, Mr. Zeid had been holding four French mine workers hostage for three years, according to French President François Hollande.
But French commandos failed to catch the al Qaeda warlords. After they led thousands of men across northern Mali last April, France readied a war plan, and in January, the first of 4,000 French troops arrived in an operation that in part includes the mission to find or kill Messrs. Belmokhtar and Zeid.
Seven French hostages are thought to be in AQIM custody.
Days after the French arrived, Mr. Belmokhtar's brigade showed up in Algeria, attempting to kidnap scores of foreigners in an attack that turned bloody, killing at least 38, during an Algerian rescue raid.
In the eight weeks since, Messrs. Belmokhtar and Zeid evaded the French special forces and attack helicopters combing the mountains of Mali alongside American surveillance drones. But according to Chad, their luck changed, over recent days, as that coalition pounced upon what Chadian Gen. Ngobongue called AQIM's "principal base" somewhere in Mali's north.
It has been "totally destroyed," he said, adding: "The hunt continues, in the pursuit of fugitives."
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More officers will be on the streets patrolling.
Drivers who speed or who choose to drive impaired will be removed from the roadways for the safety of others, a spokesperson said.
Drivers are encouraged to observe speed limits and avoid drinking and driving.


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Experience the magic at Walt Disney World Resort or step into famous film sets at Universal Studios. And that's just the beginning - Orlando also boasts impressive shopping, golf courses, luxury resorts and world-class restaurants. What's more, British Airways operates flights to Orlando International Airport daily, so you can arrive any day you choose.
Flights to Orlando from the UK take roughly nine hours, and from take-off to landing our experienced BA cabin crew will be dedicated to your safety and comfort. For your convenience, British Airways offers passengers a choice between cabins and flight times, and our in-flight dining and entertainment will help you feel relaxed.
Enjoy non-stop service from London Gatwick to Orlando International Airport and relax with in-flight dining and entertainment. BA flights to Orlando leave direct from London Gatwick and you'll soon reach Orlando to enjoy the wide range of attractions in the area.
Passengers with flights arriving at Orlando International Airport have a variety of transportation options after landing. Taxis and shuttle bus services can bring you to downtown Orlando, and several resorts and theme parks operate their own pick-up and drop-off services. Otherwise, opt for car rental and explore the area on your own schedule.
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