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|If an Symbos.cabir infects your computer, it may be able to gain control of the system and implement viruses, worms, or Trojan horses. An Symbos.cabir is named because it exploits weaknesses in your computer system. A hacker may use numerous Symbos.cabir to gain access to your computer, access data, or implement further mal-effects.
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Check running processes on your system. Usually you can find Symbos.cabir process running. Use the Ctrl+Shift+Esc buttons combination to open system information window and click Processes tab. Scroll down the whole list and try to find the process named like Symbos.cabir. If you find Symbos.cabir process running, right click on it and choose "End Process". It will disable Symbos.cabir for the current Windows session, but remember that if you do not completely remove Symbos.cabir using next steps, then your PC will stay vulnerable to malware attack. Next steps are much more important in removing Symbos.cabir.
Prevent the malware from leaking or spreading your personal data. Malware usually uses the Internet to transfer all possible and important information you have. Some Malwares are not so "Active" and they can simply disable some Windows features and options. To disconnect your PC from the Internet you need to plug-off LAN cable (if you use LAN connection) or to turn of the Wi-Fi module (if you use Wi-Fi Internet connection). Most of (not 100%) Malwares can not access Wi-Fi module preferences. Turning off the Internet will disable Symbos.cabir from transferring any data from your PC.
The next step is very important in removing Symbos.cabir. After turning off the Internet and disabling Symbos.cabir process you will need to reboot your PC in so-called Safe Mode. Safe Mode is a Windows mode which allows you to start the System using only important applications and services. Safe Mode does not usually allow Symbos.cabir to load when the system boots (!!!but exceptions can appear!!!). Choose Restart in Windows Start menu and wait until the screen turns off.
After that you have to follow the next instructions according to the versions of Microsoft Windows you use:
Press the F8 key repeatedly when the first screen appears.
Select Safe Mode from Windows Advanced Options Menu and press ENTER.
Press the F8 key repeatedly when the first screen appears.
Use the arrow keys from Windows Advanced Options Menu in order to select Safe Mode and press ENTER.
Press and hold the Shift button when left-clicking the Restart button on Windows log-on screen.
Select Safe Mode from Windows Troubleshooting boot screen and press ENTER.
Having booted your PC in Safe mode you have to start cleaning your PC manually by deleting every file associated with Symbos.cabir one by one. Here is the list of all files associated with Symbos.cabir. Delete all files listed below using the Shift+Delete buttons combination. Always double check the file name as sometimes Malwares use very similar filenames as very important system files do and you can mistakenly remove important system file what will harm your system and you will not be able to boot your PC at all.
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After removing all files associated with Symbos.cabir that were listed above, reboot your system in normal mode and check if your PC works fine or you still have any troubles.
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GAO-07-413: Published: Apr 11, 2007. Publicly Released: Apr 11, 2007.
As people age, their physical, visual, and cognitive abilities may decline, making it more difficult for them to drive safely. Older drivers are also more likely to suffer injuries or die in crashes than drivers in other age groups. These safety issues will increase in significance because older adults represent the fastest-growing U.S. population segment. GAO examined (1) what the federal governm...
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GAO-07-28: Published: Nov 30, 2006. Publicly Released: Nov 30, 2006.
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This category contains articles relating to individual scholars who have specialised in or are otherwise particularly noted for their contributions towards the study of the Zapotec civilization and culture of Mesoamerica. The contributions may be in one or more fields of study, such as archaeology, anthropology, ethnohistory, linguistics, socio-politics, and so on. The focus of research is generally in the pre-Columbian era, but may also extend into the post-conquest, colonial, as well as modern, times and experiences.
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9th Sunday of Luke
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Blessed Fast!
This Sunday we read Luke 12:16-21, Christ's parable of the Plentiful Harvest. St Theophylact of Ochrid (The Explanation of St. Luke, page 148, tr. Fr. Christopher Stade, Chrysostom Press, House Springs, MO, 1997, pg 148) explains the disturbing phrase that your soul will be required of you that we'll read this Sunday.
May God bless us as we draw near to God in the Nativity Fast and also in the joy of the feast of the Entrance of the Mother of God.
In Christ,+ Fr. Noah
Notice the words 'they will require.' Like some stern imperial officers demanding tribute, the fearsome angels will ask for your soul, and your will not want to give it because you love this life and claim the things of this life as your own. But they do not demand the soul of a righteous man, because he himself commits his soul into the hands of the God and Father of spirits, and he does so with joy and gladness, not in the least bit grieved that he is handing over his soul to God.- Blessed Theophylact of Ochrid
Notice the words 'they will require.' Like some stern imperial officers demanding tribute, the fearsome angels will ask for your soul, and your will not want to give it because you love this life and claim the things of this life as your own. But they do not demand the soul of a righteous man, because he himself commits his soul into the hands of the God and Father of spirits, and he does so with joy and gladness, not in the least bit grieved that he is handing over his soul to God.- Blessed Theophylact of Ochrid
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8th Sunday of Luke - The Good Samaritan
This Sunday we read the Parable of the Good Samaritan from Luke 10:25-37. The following brief excerpt from St. Nicholai's homily this on (Homilies, Vol. 2, 266) reminds us of the simplicity of our life in Christ.
I hope this propels us into the coming Nativity Fast with zeal and joy in service and self-sacrifice.
See how, by this parable, the Lord brings both commandments about love together in one, Loving Him as our closest Neighbor, we thus love both God and man, and so fulfill at one stroke both commandments on love.- St. Nicholai of South Canaan
See how, by this parable, the Lord brings both commandments about love together in one, Loving Him as our closest Neighbor, we thus love both God and man, and so fulfill at one stroke both commandments on love.- St. Nicholai of South Canaan
by St. Nikolai Velimirovich
The Lord said: Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me (Matthew 25:40).
The Lord said: Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me (Matthew 25:40).
Similar things happen in almsgiving and in Holy Communion. In Holy Communion we receive the Living Lord Christ Himself, in the form of bread and wine; in almsgiving we give to the Living Lord Christ Himself, in the form of the poor and needy. A certain man in Constantinople was unusually merciful. Walking along the streets of the city, he would press his gift into the hands of the poor and hurry onward, so he would not hear their gratitude or be recognized. When a friend of his asked how he had become so merciful, he replied: "Once in church I heard a priest say that whoever gives to the poor, gives into the hands of Christ Himself. I didn't believe it, for I thought, 'How can this be, when Christ is in heaven?' However, I was on my way home one day and I saw a poor man begging, and the face of Christ shone above his head! Just then a passerby gave the beggar a piece of bread, and I saw the Lord extend His hand, take the bread, and bless the donor. From then on, I have always seen Christ's face shining above the beggars. Therefore, with great fear I perform as much charity as I can."
Holy Archangels
As we celebrate the feast of the great Archangels Michael and Gabriel and the Heavenly Hosts this Lord's Day, I hope that you are edified by the following teaching from St. Maximos the Confessor.
There are three things that impel us towards what is holy: natural instincts, angelic powers and probity of intention. Natural instincts impel us when, for example, we do to others what we would wish them to do to us (cf. Luke 6:31), or when we see someone suffering deprivation or in need and naturally feel compassion. Angelic powers impel us when, being ourselves impelled to something worthwhile, we find we are providentially helped and guided. We are impelled by probity of intention when, discriminating between good and evil, we choose the good.- St. Maximos the Confessor (Second Century on Love no. 32)
There are three things that impel us towards what is holy: natural instincts, angelic powers and probity of intention. Natural instincts impel us when, for example, we do to others what we would wish them to do to us (cf. Luke 6:31), or when we see someone suffering deprivation or in need and naturally feel compassion. Angelic powers impel us when, being ourselves impelled to something worthwhile, we find we are providentially helped and guided. We are impelled by probity of intention when, discriminating between good and evil, we choose the good.- St. Maximos the Confessor (Second Century on Love no. 32)
May they not depart from us despite our stubbornness in sin!
PS - I also encourage everyone to read the following treatises on the Angelic Hosts:
Victorious Leader and Good Nurturer of the Christian race, we Thy servants, delivered from evil, sing out grateful thanks to Thee. But as Thou hast invincible might deliver my children from all dangers that with tears I may cry to Thee: Raise my children (names), to be made worthy of the Kingdom of Heaven, and make them heirs of eternal blessings.
Ikos 1Intercede with Thy Son and God, O most Holy One, that an angel from heaven be sent to my children, just as to Thee was sent a most mighty protector, the Archangel Gabriel; and vouchsafe me to cry to Thee thus:Raise my children to be earthly angels.Raise my children to be heavenly men.Raise my children to be Thy servants.Raise my children to cry out to Thee:"Rejoice, O Full of Grace, the Lord with Thee!"Raise my children (names), O Lady, to be madeworthy of the Kingdom Of Heaven and makethem heirs of eternal blessings.
5th Sunday of Luke
This Sunday we are reading our Lord's Parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man. I'd like to share this true and terrible corollary from St. Ephrem the Syrian (Commentary of Tatian's Diatessarion 15:12-13) to help us broaden our Lord's teaching to encompass more than than just physical alms.
"We can not hope for pardon at the end unless the fruit of pardon can be seen in us."- St. Ephrem the Syrian
"We can not hope for pardon at the end unless the fruit of pardon can be seen in us."- St. Ephrem the Syrian
by Protopresbyter Dumitru Staniloae
...The Cross is the cleansing force of the universe. And when we make the sign with faith and determination, for a pure life in the world, the power of the Spirit of Christ comes, of Him Who was pure in the world. And we avoid sin and await death. The Cross gives us this power of Christ because, bearing it in mind, we want to imitate its example and behave in the world without selfish passions, in a spirit of mature restraint, peace and concord with others.
"The Cross is a weapon against the devil," sings the Orthodox Church. It's a weapon against all those temptations and machinations of the devil, against the passions which cause altercations, against intractability. The Cross is a weapon against the devil insofar as it reinforces within us the spirit of sacrifice, of communion with God and each other.
Only the Cross, by taming our selfish passions and loosening our excessive attachment to the world, which is held to be the only reality, can bring lasting peace among people and nations.
Crestwood, New York – Sept 14, 2015
Your Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, Your Eminences, Your Graces, Father John, Father Chad, reverend fathers, and beloved faculty and students of Saint Vladimir's seminary,
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God the Father and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.
It is my joy to be present with you as you begin your new academic year, with your classes having already begun, and your studies as students, and burdens as professors, already well underway!
St. Vladmir's Seminary has a long history of educating leaders and theologians, and many of our clergy and hierarchs have come to us with the firm foundation that has been imparted to them through their education at St. Valdimir's Seminary. This legacy is greatly appreciated by all of us. St. Vladimir's Seminary and the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese have a rich, positive and fruitful history, and I pledge to do all that I can during my tenure as Metropolitan of the Archdiocese of North America to maintain and enhance this relationship.
Allow me to make some points in this short talk, using St. Raphael, Bishop of Brooklyn, as an example to illustrate what is important.
5th Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the USA. Photo: GANP/Dimitrios Panagosby His Grace Bishop John, The Word, November 2015
Many are asking if the Antiochians have changed their minds about Orthodox unity in America. Our response to the Proposal of the Canonical Regional Planning Committee printed in The WORD deserves some clarication. After all, Patriarch Ignatius IV, Metropolitan Antony and Metropolitan Philip of thrice-blessed memory, as well as the Antiochian Archdiocese in North America have been calling for administrative unity for almost a century. We must have a detailed understanding of the terms under which this unity will be achieved, however. There are many questions which still remain unanswered, and until we have detailed answers it is entirely possible that the proposed unity will not uplift the Church in America, but may very well cause harm, which can never be allowed.
Metropolitan Joseph has reassured us that he remains committed to the process of bringing administrative unity to the new world, and more. "More" means a united outreach to the unchurched Orthodox and non-Orthodox in the neighborhoods of our churches. "More" means mutual respect and cooperation of all people. "More" means meeting the real needs of the faithful in all of our Churches. "More" means that Orthodox churches in the new world take care of everybody, regardless of ethnic identity. To do this we need to be creative, cooperative, open to God and willing to work with each other. In Metropolitan Joseph's words, "While the idea of the Assembly is noble, we need to address many concerns."
by St. Ambrose of Optina
Our salvation, according to St. Peter Damascene, is located between fear and hope, so that we do not have self-confidence and do not despair, but with blessed hope in the mercy and help of God, we strive to conduct a life in fulfillment of the Divine commandments.
According to human reasoning, the path of salvation, it would seem, should be a smooth path, quiet and peaceful; but according to the words of the Gospel, this path is sorrowful, difficult, and narrow. The Lord said, I came not to send peace on earth, but a sword (Matt. 10:34).
What does a person need in order to learn the ways of the Lord? A person needs to be meek and humble, and then the Lord Himself will teach him how to walk the way of the Lord.
The Holy Apostle Luke
The following is from the life of St. Luke (The Great Synaxaristes: October; Holy Apostles Convent, Buena Vista, CO, 2002. page 357):
Saint Luke was a painter.... acceding to the pious desire of the early Christians, was the first to paint the image of the all-holy Theotokos.... On seeing the icons, she said: "May the grace of Him Who was born of me, through me, be imparted to them."
Saint Luke was a painter.... acceding to the pious desire of the early Christians, was the first to paint the image of the all-holy Theotokos.... On seeing the icons, she said: "May the grace of Him Who was born of me, through me, be imparted to them."
by St. Theophan the Recluse ca. 1815-1894
Psalm 118:16 - On Thy statutes will I meditate; I will not forget Thy words.
Psalm 118:16 - On Thy statutes will I meditate; I will not forget Thy words.
St. Basil the Great bears witness that in his time children were made to memorize some psalms and parables. Do we do anything like that now? Is anything like that done by those who have taken up the yoke of asceticism? Yes, in many ways we have fallen behind the salutary practices of old. This, however, does not diminish the value of what is described in this verse. It means the following: Memorize verses of Scripture considered in the preceding text, and repeat what was memorized whenever the mind and speech are free. The Hebrew word corresponding to will meditate means "to turn over with delight in the mind and on the tongue" — as one might a piece of candy, for instance. Such an occupation could be offered to all who sincerely seek to please God in all.
Among us, amy of those living ascetic lives read the Psalter at home in their cells. This partly fulfills the lesson of our verse. And perhaps home prayers, personal and monastic, could be regarded as this type of activity. But more directly it means: to intentionally choose passages of the Holy Scriptures for memorizing and then repeating them in our minds.
[This is a follow up course to Orthodox Christian Spirituality and Cognitive Psychotherapy: An Online Course, that appeared in four parts over the years 2012-2013. This second course is specifically oriented to explain Orthodoxy to mental health practitioners,and serve as a useful resource for Orthodox Clergy and laity as well. Ethically, mental health practitioners should incorporate the spiritual values of their patients in the therapeutic process. The course would serve as an introduction of the Eastern Orthodox ethos and cultural traditions to these professionals.
One of the most frequently questions I am asked as Chairman of the Chaplain and Pastoral Counseling Department of the Antiochian Archdiocese is for a referral to an Orthodox mental health practitioner. Sadly Orthodoxy is not a majority spiritual tradition in North America and Orthodox practitioners are few. So careful questioning by potential patients, family and clergy of a potential practitioner regarding the practitioner's understanding and respect for the spiritual values of their patients is very important. This course is meant to aid in this inquiry.
It also should be noted that this course is an updating and reworking of a recently published chapter: Psychotherapy with members of Eastern Orthodox Churches, (Morelli, 2014).]
by Fr. George Morelli
You doctors, must take good care of your patients in order to avoid unpleasant situations. You should have a practical mind. Generally speaking, every one of us must take advantage of his mind which is a gift from God. (Saint Paisios of the Holy Mountain)1
You doctors, must take good care of your patients in order to avoid unpleasant situations. You should have a practical mind. Generally speaking, every one of us must take advantage of his mind which is a gift from God. (Saint Paisios of the Holy Mountain)1
Sunday of the Holy Fathers
The following from St. Cyril of Alexandria's "Sermon on the Parable of the Sower" (quoted in The Bible and the Holy Fathers ed. Johanna Manley, Monastery Books, Menlo Park, CA, 1990; page 220) is an invitation for us to have beautiful and productive.
Good and Beautiful are the souls who take deeply into themselves the seeds of the Word, and keep them and tend them with care.- St. Cyril of Alexandria
Good and Beautiful are the souls who take deeply into themselves the seeds of the Word, and keep them and tend them with care.- St. Cyril of Alexandria
Homily by St. Nikolai Velimirovich
The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him and delivers them (Psalm 34:7).
The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him and delivers them (Psalm 34:7).
The angel of the Lord will do battle for those who fear God. This has been clearly shown many times, as has been recorded; and it has occurred numberless times that have not been recorded. The Archangel Michael took up arms for Joshua, the Son of Nun. An angel did battle for the righteous King Hezekiah and, in one night, destroyed the army of the Chaldeans. How many times have angels visited the Christian apostles and martyrs of in prison, strengthened them, and caused them to rejoice? The consolation of the righteous one comes from knowing that God is All-seeing, and sees his misfortune; that God is Omnipotent, and has power to save him from misfortune; that God is All-merciful, and will save him from misfortune. God will send His radiant angel to the aid of the righteous. The righteous one will not have to struggle against his tyrant, for the angel of God will do battle in his place. When God's angel takes up arms, what army dares confront him? What empire will wage war against him? In an earlier Psalm, the Prophet David says: No king is saved by the multitude of an army; a mighty man is not delivered by great strength. A horse is a vain hope for safety (Psalm 33:16-17).
Elder Sophrony (+1993) of Essex, spiritual child of St Silouan the Athonite, gave this prayer to his own spiritual children, to be said 'on rising from sleep.' This version of the prayer is adapted from Hesychia and Theology by Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos, who writes, 'If someone reads this prayer in the morning with contrition and attention, the whole day will be blessed.'
Eternal King without beginning, You who are before all worlds, my Maker, Who have summoned all things from non-being into this life: bless this day that You, in Your inscrutable goodness, give to me. By the power of Your blessing enable me at all times in this coming day to speak and act for You, to Your glory, in Your fear, according to Your will, with a pure spirit, with humility, patience, love, gentleness, peace, courage, wisdom and prayer, aware everywhere of Your presence.
Yes, Lord, in Your immense mercy, lead me by Your Holy Spirit into every good work and word, and grant me to walk all my life long in Your sight without stumbling, according to Your righteousness that You have revealed to us, that I may not add to my transgressions.
O Lord, great in mercy, spare me who am perishing in wickedness; do not hide Your face from me. And when my perverted will would lead me down other paths, do not forsake me, my Savior, but force me back to Your holy path.
by His Grace Bishop John, The Word, October 2015
Bishop Thomas, Fr. Fred Pfeil, Fr. Joshua Makoul and I spent almost four days at the end of August with all of our seminarians at the Antiochian Village before the seminarians went back to school. This annual program of the Antiochian House of Studies brings together seminarians from three seminaries for fellowship, community-building and a better understanding of Antiochian traditions and practice. The seminarians meet three times during their seminary training to discuss priestly identity, missions and education, and, this year, confession and pastoral counseling. This group of seminarians is bright, dedicated, stable and cooperative.
The bishops and priests leading the retreat reflected on their parish experiences as they shared stories. After some brief priority-setting exercises and discussion, the seminarians used "role-play" to understand better the practice of counseling and confession from the perspectives of the priest and penitent. I will share some of what we discussed to offer some insights into confession, this sometimes underutilized gift of God. We looked at our sacrament from the perspective of "boundaries" or relationships, and discussed how the many roles of the priest affect the praxis, or practice, of this sacrament.
The issue of bystander intervention in crisis situations became a major media and social frenzy as well as a topic of extensive behavioral science investigation after the early morning stabbing murder of a 28 year old woman, Catherine Susan ("Kitty") Genovese, in Queens, NY, on March 13th, 1964. Typical of Initial media reports of the incident was a New York Times front page headline on March 27:: "37 WHO SAW MURDER DIDN'T CALL THE POLICE- Apathy at Stabbing of Queens Woman Shocks Inspector." Subsequent investigations did reveal that a couple of individuals did respond, albeit ineffectually.1 However, this incident and reports about it did highlight the general apathy among individuals when confronted with critical incident events. This is what makes those who do act courageously in moments of danger more heroically notable.
Recently, news media worldwide told of the Moroccan alleged terrorist with an AK-47 and 300 rounds of ammunition traveling from Amsterdam to Paris on a high speed train. After hearing the first shot he fired, USAF Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone (receiving a severe hand wound in the engagement), Alek Skarlatos, Oregon National Guard specialist, accompanied by their friend Anthony Sadler, and joined by British citizen Chris Norman, tackled and subdued the gunman. It was reported that a couple of others also were involved in overcoming the gunman. As the encounter happened on French soil, they were awarded the French Legion of Honor. In giving the award, President François Hollande said, "Your heroism must be an example for many and a source of inspiration. . . .Faced with the evil of terrorism, there is a good, that of humanity. You are the incarnation of that."2
A word to Orthodox Christians from Fr. George Calciu (+2006), offered by Fr. Seraphim Rose (+1982) is his lecture entitled "The Orthodox World-View"
The Church of Christ is alive and free. In her we move and have our being, through Christ Who is her Head. In Him we have full freedom. In the Church we learn of truth and the truth will set us free (John 8:32). You are in Christ's Church whenever you uplift someone bent down in sorrow, or when you give alms to the poor, and visit the sick. You are in Christ's Church when you cry out: "Lord, help me." You are in Christ's Church when you are good and patient, when you refuse to get angry at your brother, even if he has wounded your feelings. You are in Christ's Church when you pray: 'Lord, forgive him.' When you work honestly at your job, returning home weary in the evenings but with a smile upon your lips; when you repay evil with love—you are in Christ's Church. Do you not see, therefore, young friend, how close the Church of Christ is? You are Peter and God is building His Church upon you. You are the rock of His Church against which nothing can prevail....Let us build churches with our faith, churches which no human power can pull down, a church whose foundation is Christ....Feel for your brother alongside you. Never ask: 'Who is he?' Rather say: 'He is no stranger; he is my brother. He is the Church of Christ just as I am.'
by St. Paisios the Athonite
"For perverse thoughts separate men from God" (Wis 1:3)
"For perverse thoughts separate men from God" (Wis 1:3)
Father Paisios always insisted by saying:
"When one of our brothers has a negative thought, we must try to kindly and humbly correct it. It is our duty to do so. Today many people, unfortunately including some of our spiritual fathers, instead of trying to correct falsified thoughts, they either consent to them, or even distort the positive ones. I will give you an example so you can understand the way they function:
Suppose a young man says to his spiritual father:- A friend of mine did this and that to me.And thus, he starts telling him his negative thoughts about his friend. His spiritual father, instead of trying to change his thoughts and make him love his friend again, views his problem from a social point of view, and wishing to be nice, says to him:
- Since you know what kind of person your friend is, do not pay attention to him. Just ignore him.The young man may superficially feel better after listening to the words of his spiritual father, but his negative predisposition towards his friend is still inside him. Now, when his friend goes to the same spiritual father to tell him the same things, the spiritual father faces the problem in the same way. He once again regards the problem from a social point of view and calms him down. He lets him, however, keep inside him the negative thoughts he has for his friend.
The Elder started telling us:
- I know from experience that in this life people are divided in two categories. A third category does not exist; people either belong to one or the other. The first one resembles the fly. The main characteristic of the fly is that it is attracted by dirt. For example, when a fly is found in a garden full of flowers with beautiful fragrances, it will ignore them and will go sit on top of some dirt found on the ground. It will start messing around with it and feel comfortable with the bad smell. If the fly could talk, and you asked it to show you a rose in the garden, it would answer: "I don't even know what a rose looks like. I only know where to find garbage, toilets and dirt." There are some people who resemble the fly. People belonging to this category have learned to think negatively and always look for the bad things in life, ignoring and refusing the presence of good.
by Fr. George MorelliSSJC-WR President's Message Summer 2015
Patriarch Bartholomew I and Metropolitan John of PergamumAn exciting convergence of agreement between major Eastern and Western Churches has recently taken place on a critical contemporary moral issue: care for the environment. Orthodox Metropolitan John Zizioulas of Pergamum has labeled the issue in question existential ecumenism,i because it deals with the problem of living out our lives on earth and cosmos, the creation God has given us dominion over. (Gn 1: 28)
- When laymen listen to and believe in their own thoughts, they lose their minds, whereas monks are filled with illusions. A monk should not take tranquillizers; his medication is humbleness and repentance. This monk lacks both of these virtues. When these will fill his soul again, all his problems will be solved. Sometimes, he went on, when children behave badly towards their parents or insult them, they immediately start to be receptive to the devil's energies and become confused. By cursing or slandering their parents, they give the devil the right to interfere in their lives and control their actions. The same thing happens to monks, when they accept negative thoughts about their elder or the rest of the monks; this way, they give the right to the devil to fight them. When someone trusts his negative thoughts, he tends to disregard other people's advice. He can only listen to someone whom he absolutely trusts- after his own thoughts. For this reason, when he needs help, he can only accept it from the person he trusts the most. Concerning medication, that is tranquillizers, they may be of some assistance to people in serious conditions, that is, those who are filled with illusions, or are on the verge of losing their minds. If, for example, our fellow man's mental condition is seriously deteriorating, we should give him a certain dose of medication to stabilize it. At the same time, we must show him love and try to correct his negative thinking and persuade him not to listen to his own thoughts. As his condition is improving, the dose of his medication should also be reduced. This should last for a while.
There is a deep chasm between genuine and sincere concern for the problems that beset others versus undue personal disturbance. One of the major disaffirmative consequences of an undue concern for others problems is that we are not able focus on fostering our own healthy physical, psychological or spiritual functioning and wellbeing. This is often accompanied by our own emotional distress. Furthermore, this then leads to being ineffective in giving others the help they may deservedly need and that we might want to give to them. Irish author, poet and playwright, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), put it this way: "Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live."1
Sometimes there are situations in which others' problems do affect us. We may personalize the idea that others are not acting the way we want, taking it as a personal insult or slight. However, as cognitive clinical psychologist, Albert Ellis (1962)2 points out, it is our own "injustice-collecting ideas," or what I would label as our demanding expectations that we be 'justly treated,' that inflates our own feelings of annoyance. For example, if someone acts ill-manneredly towards us, it is our own 'self talk' about it that triggers our untoward feelings: "What rudeness he/she has! How dare he/she do that to me." We insist that others follow our own set of rules. We fail to perceive the reality that people are going to act the way they want, not the way we want them too. A psychological alternative is to stop focusing on our own irrational reaction to what others are doing or not doing so that we are able to focus on calmly and caringly help others in overcoming their impediments and challenges.
One afternoon, I went to visit the Elder. At the fence of his cell stood a man about thirty years old, waiting for him to open the door. When I arrived, Father Paisios opened his window and asked who it is. I replied:
- It's me, Father, and one layman, I said (and I told him his name).
- Tell the layman to leave, he replied.
Then, the layman said beggingly:- Father, I really wish to see you.
The Elder answered reproachfully:- Go, because you upset me as you only trust your own way of thinking and do not listen to what I tell you. Why are you coming here wasting your time?
And he told him to go away. Then, he came and opened the door for me to come in.- He is a real burden, Father Paisios told me. He does not listen to my words. He comes, ask questions and leaves; after a short while, he comes back and asks me the same things over and over again. This happens because he always listens to his own thoughts; therefore, he forgets what I tell him or does not understand a word.
There was another young man who relied completely on his own thoughts and was led astray. One day, he visited Father Paisios, who told him:- Do not listen to your thoughts, because you will end up losing your mind. Be careful, you have a very good machine, but its wheel faces the wrong direction. You have to turn it to the right direction, where the good thoughts are. Only you, yourself, can do this along with the help of God. Nobody else can do it for you, as you are free and self-dependent. You turn the wheel and your spiritual father will show you the direction.


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On September 3, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois dismissed a class action complaint arising from a credit card "skimming" attack suffered by Barnes & Noble in 2012. U.S. District Judge John W. Darrah held that plaintiffs failed to demonstrate standing under Article III of the U.S. Constitution, and therefore could not proceed with their complaint for breach of contract, violation of the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act ("ICFA"), invasion of privacy, violation of the California Security Breach Notification Act, and violation of the California Unfair Competition Act. The Barnes & Noble Pin Pad decision highlights the ongoing challenges faced by plaintiffs in data breach litigation to articulate injury both for purposes of Article III standing and in order to state a claim for relief.
Barnes & Noble uses PIN pads to process its customers' credit and debit card payments at retail stores. On October 24, 2012, Barnes & Noble announced it had experienced a security breach, whereby so-called "skimmers" potentially stole customer information transmitted through PIN pad devices at sixty-three Barnes & Noble retail locations in nine states, including Illinois and California. "Skimming" is a form of electronic hacking that enables the unauthorized collection of credit and debit card data. Approximately six weeks after learning of the attack (according to the complaint), Barnes & Noble publicly announced the breach and published a notice on its website instructing its customers to take precautions against identity theft and fraud.
Four customers who had made purchases at Barnes & Noble stores located in Illinois and California brought suit in the wake of the announcement. The plaintiffs asserted a wide variety of damages due to the security breach, including: an increased risk of identity theft, untimely and inadequate notification of the security breach, improper disclosure of plaintiffs' personal identification information ("PII"), invasion of privacy, expenses incurred and time lost to mitigate the increased risk of identity theft or fraud, deprivation of the value of their PII, anxiety and emotional distress, and overpayment for Barnes & Noble products due to security measures the company failed to provide. One plaintiff also alleged she suffered a fraudulent charge on her credit card after the security breach.
Relying on the Supreme Court's decision earlier this year in Clapper v. Amnesty International, Judge Darrah granted Barnes & Noble's motion to dismiss for lack of standing. At the outset, the court explained that to establish standing under Clapper, a plaintiff must demonstrate that they have suffered an "injury in fact" that is "certainly impending," and that allegations of possible future injury fail to meet the test outlined by the Supreme Court. Judge Darrah then reviewed the injuries asserted by plaintiffs, holding each of them insufficient under Clapper.
The court began its analysis by explaining that a mere increased risk of identity theft or fraud fails to establish standing under Clapper because speculation of future harm does not constitute actual injury. While plaintiffs argued that Clapper only required a "substantial risk" of injury, Judge Darrah held that plaintiffs' allegations also fell short of this test. The court similarly disposed of plaintiffs' statutory claims, explaining that even if plaintiffs could show that Barnes & Noble violated the statute in question, any such violation would be insufficient to establish standing without actual injury.
With respect to plaintiffs' supposed loss of privacy and improper disclosure of their PII, the court held that the plaintiffs had not sufficiently alleged that their PII was disclosed in the security breach. Citing Clapper, the court further held that expenses incurred to mitigate an increased risk of identity theft or fraud cannot establish standing in the context of non-imminent harm. Similarly, Judge Darrah explained that emotional distress in the wake of a security breach is insufficient to establish standing, particularly absent any imminent threat to the plaintiffs' PII.
The court dismissed the plaintiffs' argument that they had been deprived of the value of their PII, noting that the plaintiffs did not allege they had the ability to sell their information. The judge similarly was not persuaded that the plaintiffs suffered injury by overpaying for Barnes & Noble products in light of security measures the company failed to provide, noting that plaintiffs did not allege that Barnes & Noble charged higher prices for transactions using credit cards. Finally, the court held that the sole plaintiff who alleged a fraudulent charge failed to plead actual injury because she did not allege that she was not reimbursed for the charge.
The Barnes & Noble Pin Pad opinion highlights the significant hurdle now imposed by Clapper for data breach plaintiffs. While numerous courts have dismissed data breach actions for failure to state a claim due to lack of injury, Barnes & Noble Pin Pad suggests that data breach cases post-Clapper increasingly will be decided on standing grounds, and that speculation of future harm will not suffice. To the extent such claims continue to survive Article III scrutiny, Judge Darrah's injury analysis also undermines the likelihood such allegations will be held sufficient to state a claim for relief. Furthermore, the opinion suggests that even where a data breach plaintiff alleges actual misuse of information, the allegations will not constitute cognizable injury where the plaintiff fails to allege that he or she was not reimbursed for the charges. Finally, as Article III applies to all data breach matters brought in federal court, the impact of Judge Darrah's injury analysis reaches well beyond the causes of action asserted in Barnes & Noble Pin Pad, and will extend to other claims, such as negligence and negligent misrepresentation, frequently asserted in the data breach context.
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Alien planets capable of supporting life are more common than believed, since most rocky planets develop some kind of oceanic water after forming, says researcher Lindy Elkins-Tanton of the Carnegie Institution for Science. "The ramifications of this are that, in any exoplanet system anywhere in our universe, if it's made of rocky materials with similar water contents to ours, every rocky planet would be expected to start with a water ocean," Elkins-Tanton said.
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Roast Turkey Breast
|Turkey breast
|Lemon juice
|1 Tablespoon
|1 1⁄2 Teaspoon
|2 Tablespoon
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
|Powdered thyme
|1⁄8 Teaspoon
|Powdered basil
|1⁄8 Teaspoon
|White pepper
|1⁄8 Teaspoon
|Rose wine
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Chicken bouillon cube
|1 , crushed
|Small mushrooms
|2 Cup (32 tbs) (Fresh)
|Small whole onions
|1 Can (10 oz), drained
|1 Tablespoon
Sprinkle turkey breast with lemon juice.
Season underside with 1/2 teaspoon salt.
Mix remaining salt with butter, paprika, herbs and pepper; rub over skin.
Place turkey, skin side up, in a shallow pan; roast in preheated 400° F oven 20 minutes, until skin begins to brown.
Reduce heat to 325° F.; roast 1 to 1 1/2 hours, until meat is tender, basting frequently with wine mixed with bouillon cube.
Add mushrooms (halved or whole) and onions for the last 20 minutes that turkey roasts.
If desired, pan juices may be thickened slightly with cornstarch.
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Nutrition Facts
Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 1238 Calories from Fat 468
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 53 g81%
Saturated Fat 23 g115%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 318 mg106%
Sodium 4142.9 mg172.6%
Total Carbohydrates 92 g30.6%
Dietary Fiber 3.2 g12.9%
Sugars 35.9 g
Protein 95 g190.8%
Vitamin A 30.4% Vitamin C 32.2%
Calcium 18.4% Iron 39.8%
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Grave Miasma stream debut album
Judging by the sound of it, fans of cavernous, old school and "trancendental" death metal should give this a listen, at least.
Digging: Inhumatus - Terran Genocide
The album is due for release on September 13 through Sepulchral Voice Records.
Should be Profound Lore Records too.
Amazing album!
Thanks for the heads up Wizard, fixed.
the released song was pretty good might check this out eventually
dis souns pree ghoul
Awesome stuff!
Digging: Kalafina - Consolation
Slays hard.
dirty ass shit
20fuckin13 delivers again
Gotta check.
Digging: Persefone - Aathma
Thanks for the heads up Wizard, fixed.
No problem. They're one of the best run metal labels in the world and Canadian!
gotta check this
Slays hard!!!
Better than Ulcerate and Gorguts. Yeah, I fucking said it. I find this way more interesting. So far for me, I feel there's been better dm put out than those two albums.
controversial opinion ^
Better than Ulcerate but not Gorguts
controversial opinion ^
Havent heard Ulcerate or Gorguts because I have zero fucks to give about them, Wizard is correct that this rules hard.
You should give your time to those albums Balls because they're quite awesome. This just worships the atmosphere of Incantation and fucking swirls you around in it.
I hear that the debut album from Altars -the Australian band- is in the same vein.
Wow, artwork scheme looks suspiciously similar.
"controversial opinion"
It's Wiz. He's allowed.
TheWizard: The Miley Cyrus of Sputnik.
Whoa dude, it was not a insult. If Wizard was slightly more racist I could say he's The David Allan Coe of sputnik or if he was more of a heathen, the GG Allin of Sputnik.
karl is allowed (even if i say fail sometimes) but wylie loses 500 internets
the_wizard likes to twerk it
Not sure how many more good DM releases they can fit into 2013. Eventually something is going to have to suck complete balls (looks at Deicide and Entombed).
This is spectacular.
new convulse and obliteration still to come this year too
& Deicide & Entombed
not expecting much from them tho
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