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2011-03-22 - 25 years after its original release – legendary finnish Heavy Metal act TAROT has finally re-recorded their classic debut album ""The Spell Of Iron" – beeing released under the banner "Spell Of Iron MMXI" on May, 6th.
TAROT also recorded a video clip for their classic "Wings Of Darkness", which was actually also their first single in 1986, which was their first release ever.
Watch their new version + enjoy here!
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TAROT - NEW CLIP AVAILABLE2010-04-16 13:00 - Finish heavy metal machine TAROT featuring NIGHTWISHs Marco Hietala just released the official video clip for the brand new song... Details |
TAROT - FINNISH CHART SUCCESS2010-03-18 16:00 - Finlands Heavy Metal outfit TAROT led by NIGHTWISH bass player Marko Hietala just entered the Finnish charts with thier new masterpice... Details |
TAROT - Unveil cover artwork!2010-02-05 10:00 - Finnish metallers TAROT have unveiled the new artwork of their forthcoming CD "Gravity Of Light". The successor of the 2007 released "Crows Fly Black" is due April 23rd via Nu Details |
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Experts. The world is full of them, now more than ever. There are panels full of them on cable news every night. They're clogging up your Twitter timeline. You overhear them everyday on the train. Everyone everywhere is an authority on everything. Everyone's an expert. Like "hipster" or "passion," the idea expressed by the word is so convoluted it's all but meaningless. So we're well aware that when we tell you "We asked two metal experts to rate the most important albums of the genre" you're rolling your eyes hard. But it's true. When it comes to metal, Jon Wiederhorn and Katherine Turman are—and we don't use this word lightly—experts. They're the authors of Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal, the unbelievably thorough tome we excerpted on our cover last month. You could say they literally wrote the book on metal. So we locked the two in a room with a bottle of brown liquor and didn't let them out until they'd ranked the ten most important/best metal records of all time—Ten Metal Albums to Hear Before You Die. Feel free to tell them they're wrong. - Brian McManus
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10. Mayhem De Mysteriis Dom Satanas (1984)
Bands who complain about mid-album lineup shifts have nothing on Mayhem's first full-length studio album. During its creation and before its release, vocalist Dead committed suicide, and bassist Varg Vikernes (Burzum's Count Grishnackh) became convinced guitarist Oystein Aarseth (a.k.a. Euronymous) was planning to kill him, so he murdered the guitarist in the middle of the night. These episodes, along with the legendary Norwegian church burnings Vikernes and his associates were involved in threatened the creation of De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas and practically overshadow the musical quality of the album. But by the powers of Satan, Mayhem prevailed, and the epitaph of Euronymous stands boldy and bloodily on its own as one of the best and most influential slabs of Norwegian black metal. Even without the traditional keyboards of the genre, songs like "Cursed in Eternity" and the title cut evoke chills through rapidly sawed melodic guitar hooks, fleet, booming bass, ferocious blast beats and the sepulchral vocals of Attila Csihar, who has performed on two other Mayhem albums and currently fronts the group, which has cut down on the violence and arson, but still sometimes performs with decapitated animal heads onstage. — Jon Wiederhorn
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8. Iron Maiden Number of the Beast (1982)
Forget "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten," the true axiom should be: "All the History I Need to Know I Learned From Iron Maiden." Thanks to bassist/band founder Steve Harris' historical lyrics, on Number of the Beast, listeners are schooled about "Invaders, pillaging, invaders, looting" (the Norman Conquest, I believe, in 'Invaders"); the plight of Native Americans running for their lives as European Americans "[chase] the redskins back to their holes" in "Run to the Hills;" as well as a song about late '60s British TV show ,em>The Prisoner, in, yes, 'The Prisoner." Number, the band's third album, introduces former Samson vocalist Bruce Dickinson as Paul Di'Anno's replacement, and contains the iconic title track, which Harris said was allegedly inspired by a nightmare he had after watching the film Damien: Omen II—as well as the poem Tam o' Shanter by Robert Burns. Musically, Maiden are as headily aspirational and complex as their lyrics, and while Maiden's mien may be a bit more nerdy/intellectual than, say, the slightly baser thunder of Judas Priest, the urgently galloping twin guitars of "Run to the Hills" and Dicksinon's powerful, semi-operatic tenor perfectly suit their dramatically crafted tunes. — KT
7. Guns N' Roses Appetite For Destruction (1987) Appetite for Destruction was the American dream—at least for Midwestern metal musician hopefuls transplanted to L.A. in the '80s—writ large and loud.. From the portentous and apocalyptic opening of 'Welcome to the Jungle" until Steven Adler's last definitive downbeat on "Rocket Queen" ends the aural journey, 1987's Appetite is a dozen salvos without filler. "Think About You" might be the weakest track, but the album spawned six genuine singles—"It's So Easy," "Welcome to the Jungle," "Sweet Child o' Mine," "Paradise City," and "Nightrain"—and to date has sold more than 35 million albums worldwide, proving that degenerate, dirty, desperate rock knows no boundaries. Mike Clink's production (and babysitting) corralled the seminal band at its vital best. In retrospect, every lyric is prescient: "I'm a Molotov cocktail with a match to go." And: "Some people got a chip on their shoulder / And some would say it was me.... So you can suck me / Take that one to heart." It's that genuineness and genuine volatility that ignited fan lust for this seminal band and record, and while GN'R circa 2013 may be a ginger-haired shadow of its former sloppy, beautiful, nihilist self, at least the songs remain the same. — KT
6. Motörhead Ace of Spades (1980)
Motörhead aren't a metal band says singer/bassist/man about town Lemmy Kilmister. But by any other name, they would rock as hard. Sure, Lemmy'll allow that his trio of merry maniacs (on this album, the classic lineup of guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke and drummer Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor ) spew "primitive brutality. You can bop to it if you're very quick," he once quipped. The title track, all 2:47 minutes of it, proves the celebrated Mr. K right. You've got to move quickly to follow Lemmy's kickstarted moto-rev bass lines that launch 12 dirty, testosterone-filled paeans that comprise the band's decisive fourth album. Telling brazen tales of rock 'n' roll truths—"you're jailbait and I just can't wait" ("Jailbait"); "Another hotel I can't find / Another backstage pass for you" (["We Are) The Roadcrew," Lemmy and co. live it like they play it. Metal (or rock!) is never better than when, live, Lemmy spews to the faithful, fist-thrusting mobs: "That's the way I like it baby, I don't wanna live forever... and don't forget the joker." — KT
5. Pantera Vulgar Display of Power (1992)
Before Pantera recorded their second major label record, Vulgar Display of Power, the band heard Metallica's "Black Album" and were disappointed by its lack of speed and ferocity. At the same time, they viewed the commercial effort as an opportunity to claw their way into the top tier of thrash. In the years that followed, internal and external forces set the band members against one another, but Vulgar Display is the sound of a unified groove-inflected thrash band with energy and anger to burn. The late Dimebag Darrell plays an unforgettable assortment of passages —the primal, simple main riff of "Walk," the bluesy, ZZ-Top influenced power-groove of "Regular People," the ominous and melancholy acoustic arpeggios of "This Love" —each of which creates a crushing foundation. The rhythm section of bassist Rex Brown and drummer Vinnie Paul anchor Dime's playing with precision and power, but it's vocalist Philip Anselmo that makes the album impact with such vital force, whether he's screaming in a hardcore-influenced voice in the aptly-titled "Fucking Hostile" or crooning about childhood trauma and present-day beefs in "Hollow." — JW
4. Judas Priest British Steel (1980)
Next to Birmingham's Black Sabbath, younger city-mates Judas Priest were the second band to imprint their metal stamp on the world and the first to openly embrace the term "metal." The band's moment of epiphany was its sixth album British Steel, a quickly-assembled set of metal anthems that benefits from the impulsiveness and spontaneity of its creation. After opening with the fast-paced "Rapid Fire," which many have called a prelude to thrash, the band plows through a set of simple, infectious numbers, including two of their biggest singles, "Breaking the Law" and "Living After Midnight." Longtime guitarists Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing are in peak form, playing tandem harmonies and trading solos with the fluidity of experienced jazzmen. And Priest experiment with the trad metal formula a bit on "United," which features crowd-stirring hand claps, "The Rage," which begins with a grooving bass line and reggae-tinged guitars reminiscent of the Police, and "Metal Gods," which includes robotic vocals on the chorus and the sounds of marching cyborgs near the end. Halford earns his Metal God vocal status throughout, with ragged-edged vibrato-laden vocals that soar to an eardrum-shattering screech at a moment's notice. Of Priest's many classic albums, this is the best. — JW
3. Slayer Reign in Blood (1986)
In less than 30 minutes of total playing time, Slayer's third record effectively hangs, draws and quarters every album that dares to compete with its unrelenting brutality. Other bands have released faster, noisier or more graphically brutal records, but none have been this uncompromising and well-crafted. Without straying from their tried-and-true formula —ramped up Judas Priest-style riffs and growling vocals merged with hardcore tempos embellished with freewheeling, cat-strangling guitar solos —Slayer take their sound to new heights, inserting all the right minor key guitar harmonies, tension building tempo shifts, engaging rhythmic variations and bombastic drum fills to keep the concise songs ripping and musically rich. Reign in Blood is bookended with two of the best songs late guitarist Jeff Hanneman ever wrote. The vicious and controversial "Angel of Death" is a musically undeniable, lyrically intense play-by-play account of the atrocities of Nazi butcher doctor Josef Mengele, and "Raining Blood" is a textural epic that starts with thunder, rain, tribal war drums and guitar feedback, and builds into a galloping ride through the fetid horrors of Hell. If this is the sound of the afterlife, bring on the fire and brimstone. — JW
2. Metallica Master of Puppets (1986)
A heavy metal symphony with the emphasis on heavy, Metallica's third album —their last with bassist and co-songwriter Cliff Burton —is a sonically diverse, rhythmically complex excursion of aggression that hasn't withered with time one iota. Even the loudest songs are flush with melody and every tempo and nuance is explored with raging passion. There's the rapid-fire skullcrushers ("Battery," "Disposable Heroes" and "Damage, Inc") the sluggish (by comparison) roar of 'The Thing That Should Not Be" and "Leper Messiah" and the haunting quasi-ballad "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)." But some of the main musical highlights come in the experimental prog-thrash of the two eight-minute-plus songs —the structurally skewed, jaw-dropping title track, and the cinematic instrumental "Orion." The only problem with Master of Puppets is it was so well received upon its release it opened the floodgates for waves of second rate imitators who rapidly over-saturated the scene. But even those who hated Metallica's mainstream rock/metal transformation in the '90s can't blame the band for writing the most musically articulate thrash album ever. — JW
1. Black Sabbath Black Sabbath (1970)
But first, there was Sabbath. It began in 1970, with the softly falling rain, thunder, and ominous church bells that signaled the start of the (song and album) "Black Sabbath" and the beginning of metal as we know it. The plaintive harmonica-and-jazzy loose groove that is "The Wizard" moves further into the warm, welcoming darkness that is Sabbath. When you're 12, stoned, lying on the floor of your best friend's brother's darkened bedroom, staring at the album cover (solitary figure, woods, house, fuzzy—what can it all mean?!), it doesn't get much better. Ditto when you're 40-something, drinking wine, and listening to Black Sabbath stream online. (And yes, Paranoid is as great as—or some say, better than—Black Sabbath, but this is the album that began the journey). In short, if you can listen to Ozzy Osbourne wail "Satan's sitting there, he's smiling / Watches those flames get higher and higher / Oh no, no, please God help me," and not get chills, well, I don't want to know you. Or, to borrow a phrase from Almost Famous: "One day, you'll be cool. Look under your bed. It will set you free." — KT
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This course will critically review the mainstream theories of globalisation in terms of their ability to explain global social changes and their unprecedented challenges to human development, welfare, and rights.
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The course takes an interdisciplinary approach, combining perspectives from sociology, political science, welfare studies, international relations, geography, and cultural studies. Finally, by drawing upon critical interpretations of globalisation and the situated viewpoints of oppression and resistance among marginalized people, the course opens up an alternative angle towards understanding current global changes and the provision of social justice.
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When he isn't writing, Murder Takes Time author Giacomo is a headhunter and searches the country to fill jobs in the medical and biotech industry. He currently lives in Texas where he runs an animal sanctuary with his wife, including 12 dogs, a horse, a three-legged cat, and 26 pigs. But his best friend is a very large wild boar who takes walks with him every day.
What was the hardest part of writing your book?
I think the most difficult part of this book, in particular, was letting my emotions out. Letting go of them long enough to get it down on paper and into the characters. This was a book close to my heart, as many of the stories in it are real, and a big part of it takes place in my old neighborhood.
When did you first start writing and when did you finish your first book?
Unlike many authors, I didn't start writing until late, when my youngest son was in his teens. He liked to read fantasy books, so we started reading them together. After we gobbled up a few dozen apiece, we talked about writing one. Joked about it was more like it. But as we worked on plots and storylines, I got excited about it. Soon he lost interest, but I didn't. My first book was an epic fantasy.
Can you tell us about your challenges in getting your first book published (if any)?
I'll get back to that fantasy book in a minute. Let's jump ahead a few years. I got the idea, and the itch, to write a mystery/thriller novel. I soon fell in love with writing in that genre. I wrote the book in a little less than three months, got it to some beta readers, edited it, then more rounds of beta reading. It was a year before it was ready. I felt certain it would be snapped up by the first agent who looked at it.
Okay, you can stop laughing now. But yes, it is the same old story. And 103 rejections later, I decided that I was going to publish it myself. But self publishing, if done the right way, is no easy road either. It is painstaking, time consuming, and costly. And it is a hell of a lot of work.
Have you written a book that you have not been able to get published? If so, can you share a little about it with us?
Now we're back to that fantasy. I originally wrote three epic fantasies, monstrous books that were about 250,000 words each. After countless agents telling me that there wasn't a snowball's chance in hell of getting a work of that size published by a first-time author, I put them on the shelf. It wasn't until years later that I got the itch with the mystery novels. The fantasies aren't dead though. I love the stories and only have one more to finish the series.
How did you come up with the title?
Murder Takes Time. The title came out of the theme of the book, in a way. The story is about three young boys who swear an oath to be friends forever, but life takes them down separate paths. Twenty years later one of them must die. It took a long time for the relationships to deteriorate to that point.
Is there anything else you would like to share with us?
Yes, for the readers. The publishing world is changing on a daily basis, affecting the way we read now, and will read in the future. It is a wonderful time for new authors to show what they've got, but…and this is huge, the authors have to be noticed. The single biggest thing you, as a reader, can do to help keep the best books out there is to review a book when you finish reading it. I know it's a pain. But take a few minutes and give an honest review. It is important not only for the author but for fellow readers, too.
If you didn't like a book, say so. But say why. Maybe it just wasn't your kind of book. Fine. Everyone understands that. Tell what you liked and what you didn't. You don't have to go into great detail. A few sentences is enough.
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BOX SCORERick EymerSTANFORD, Calif. -- Ian Clark scored 11 of his 15 points in the second half, including a go-ahead 3-pointer, to lead Belmont past Stanford 70-62 Sunday night.Kerron Johnson added 14 points as the Bruins (3-0) allowed a 14-point lead to disappear before Clark hit a 3-pointer with just under six minutes to play. Blake Jenkins had 11 points. Trevor Noack had 10 points.Christian Sanders and Stefan Nastic each scored 11 points to lead the Cardinal (3-1), who had an eight-game winning streak, dating to last year, snapped. Chasson Randle added 10 points, and Josh Huestis recorded a career-high 13 rebounds.Stanford missed its first 12 3-point attempts before Sanders nailed a long-range shot with 12 minutes remaining to play, breathing new life into the Cardinal.Andy Brown sank a pair of free throws with 8:24 left to put Stanford ahead at 49-48, erasing a 14-point, second-half deficit. The Bruins built a 41-27 advantage less than two minutes into the second half.Belmont led 33-25 at halftime.
Local college players turn heads at respective Pro Days
Local college players turn heads at respective Pro Days
Last week both Stanford and Cal held "Pro Day," an annual showcase where each school's departing players audition for NFL scouts.
To those unfamiliar with Pro Days, these events typically feature lots of men with stopwatches, a few TV news crews, and a group of players running 40-yard dashes, cone drills and 20-yard shuttles. The objective is to give NFL teams an opportunity to evaluate prospects up close and personal.
Since 1982, the top 300 or so prospects in the country have been invited each year to the NFL Scouting Combine, a centralized evaluation for all pro teams. Subsequent Pro Days held by individual schools provide a stage for players who weren't invited to the combine. They also offer participants a chance to improve their combine performance or give interested teams another look.
At Cal's Pro Day on Friday, Khalfani Muhammad turned a lot of heads with a 4.35 40-yard dash, faster than any running back recorded at the combine earlier this month. In fact, Muhammad's time would have tied for fourth best overall. Wide receiver Chad Hansen also impressed with a 4.45 in the driving rain. Quarterback Davis Webb, who had some accuracy issues at the combine, had a good outing despite throwing a wet ball for much of the day. His predecessor, Jared Goff, was the No. 1 pick in last year's NFL draft.
Stanford's "Pro Timing Day" on Thursday attracted a lot of attention because of the presence of two projected first round draft picks — running back Christian McCaffrey and defensive lineman Solomon Thomas. Over 40 NFL representatives were on hand, including 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan and Carolina Panthers head man Ron Rivera. Several sportswriters and local TV anchors covered the proceedings, which were also streamed live on ESPN3.
It was a far cry from the pre-Jim Harbaugh and David Shaw days, when Stanford had few pro prospects and Pro Days drew sparse turnouts. However, 31 Stanford players have been drafted in the last seven years, including four in the first round and six in the second. McCaffrey and Solomon will boost those numbers.
McCaffrey has been the Cardinal's marquee player for the past two seasons. He set an NCAA record with 3,864 all-purpose yards in 2015, finishing second in the Heisman Trophy balloting, and then rushed for 1,639 yards in '16. Thomas had 25 tackles for loss and 11.5 sacks in the last two seasons and was named the Pac-12's defensive lineman of the year last fall.
Surprisingly, most pundits now believe Thomas will go higher than McCaffrey in the draft. McCaffrey is currently projected to go middle or late first round. Thomas is expected to go in the top five. In fact, NFL draft guru Mel Kiper now has Thomas being taken with the No. 2 pick in the draft by that team down the road in Santa Clara.
NFL teams are split as to whether McCaffrey can be an every down back. Some see him as more of a complimentary, third-down type. At the combine, he excelled in the 40-yard dash (4.48), vertical jump (37.5"), cone drill (6.57) and both 20 and 60-yard shuttles (4.22 and 11.03), but did only 10 reps in the bench press. His overall rating at the combine was 5.99 (out of a possible 8.0). At Pro Day on Thursday, he put on a brilliant display in a number of receiving drills, showing off the versatility that many teams crave.
Thomas was one of the top performers at the combine, registering a 4.69 40, 30 reps in the bench press, a 126" broad jump, 6.95 cone drill and 4.28 shuttle. His overall rating was 6.85. On Pro Day, he did a number of position specific drills.
Unlike McCaffrey, who elected to skip the Cardinal's post-season game, Thomas played in the Sun Bowl and elevated his pro stock with several game-changing plays. The NFL's post-combine analysis noted: "Thomas' bowl performance against North Carolina opened a lot of eyes, as he was all over the field in the Cardinal's win in a way that isn't even reflected in an impressive stat line (seven tackles, two for loss, sack)."
According to one NFL observer at Pro Day, "In the bowl game, Thomas went from the second round to maybe the second pick in the draft."
Stanford coach David Shaw, understandably, is a huge fan of both players. He chafes at the suggestion McCaffrey can't be an every down back.
"People may not want to talk about it, but race is a component in that discussion," he told me at Pro Day. "Some teams want to put Christian in a box. 'He's a white running back, another Danny Woodhead.' Well, he's not. If you look at the film, what he did at the combine, and here today, he's more of a Reggie Bush or a Ladainian Tomlinson. He's a difference maker."
Shaw also marveled at Thomas's rise up the draft boards since his Sun Bowl performance.
"That's the beauty of bowl games," Shaw said. "What might seem meaningless to one guy can make 10 million dollars for another."
Stanford rallies to beat Notre Dame, punches ticket to Final Four
Stanford rallies to beat Notre Dame, punches ticket to Final Four
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Alanna Smith's jumper with 23 seconds left capped Stanford's rally from a 16-point deficit in the second half, Erica McCall blocked a last-second shot and the Cardinal edged top-seeded Notre Dame 76-75 Sunday to reach its first Final Four since 2014.
Brittany McPhee scored 27 as the second-seeded Cardinal (32-5) won its eighth in a row overall. This was the third straight year Stanford and Notre Dame have met in the NCAA Tournament, with the Cardinal winning twice.
Down 47-31 in the third quarter, Stanford surged to end Notre Dame's 17-game winning streak. The Irish (33-4) had a final shot, but McCall blocked Arike Ogunbowale's drive near the basket.
The win in the Lexington Regional gives Stanford a chance to pursue its third national championship under coach Tara VanDerveer.
Among those in the crowd at Rupp Arena was Jon Samuelson, whose daughter, Karlie, scored 15 for Stanford. A day earlier, he was at the Bridgeport Regional to see another daughter, UConn star Katie Lou Samuelson, help the Huskies win their 110th straight game.
Smith finished with 15 points.
Ogunbowale had 25 and Marina Mabrey 20 for Notre Dame, which had sought its sixth Final Four in seven seasons.
After driving for a basket with 51 seconds left, Smith added her biggest shot for the go-ahead score. Stanford then denied Notre Dame's Lindsay Allen and Ogunbowale on successive attempts in the final 15 seconds to spark a wild celebration.
Stanford once again proved no deficit was too big to overcome. The Cardinal shot 12 of 26 on 3-pointers, Samuelson and McPhee each making five. Not bad, considering Stanford shot 2 of 15 overall in the second quarter while getting outscored 23-7. ... McCall had 15 rebounds.
Notre Dame seemed to do everything right for most of the game but couldn't stop Stanford's perimeter game in the second half. The Irish also made just 11 of 31 shots after halftime and were topped 33-32 on the boards.
Stanford faces the South Carolina-Florida State winner in the Final Four in Dallas next weekend.


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Time seemed plentiful this weekend. I played baseball with my son, read to my oldest daughter until she fell asleep, watched a little football, and experimented a bit in the kitchen.
I finally made that No Knead Bread - what, six years after first seeing it? It reminds me of Artisan-Bread-in-5-Minutes but slightly less work and slightly less flavor. Everyone seemed to enjoy it but it we didn't have any best.bread.ever claims. I probably won't make this again.
In the definitely make again category: Farmer's Cheese! I first saw this done on a Martha Stewart segment years ago. This recipe was linked at soulemama's last week and it was too simple not to try. It was mild but with a great texture. I held back on the salt because it seemed like a lot, but it really needed the full amount. I think this would be so fun in the spring with fresh garden herbs and tomatoes. My sisters should make this. ;)
I poked around the garden a bit, hoping for inspiration. I usually can't wait to get my hands dirty, but after a meager harvest last year and a new layout this year, I'm just a little lost as to where to start.
Baby just woke up and I promised my sister I'd post these recipes. So I shall abruptly end this. Happy Monday!


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Study of Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer in MEMS Structures
S. N. Das[1], G. Bose[2][1]Centurion University of Technology and Managment, Jatani, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India
[2]Institute of Technical Education and Research, SOA University, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India
This paper describes the characteristics of MEMS microchannel and various issues of its designing. Here the major parameters are pressure drop and heat transfer rate. Various structures are modeled and optimized to get a minimum pressure drop and maximum heat transfer rate. The simulation results provide the characterization for Temperature, Mass flow rate, Pressure drop and Reynolds number. Here material used is silicon and fluid is water. The dimension of the model designed is 10mm8mm1mm. and the diameters of the channels are 200µm, 500µm, 1000µm. Using COMSOL Multiphysics the various structures of micro channels were modeled. Conclusion we get is if we take staggered fin shape structure the result is optimized in term of pressure drop and heat transfer rate.


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In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing, the state of Massachusetts, the city of Boston and federal authorities quickly joined together to respond to the emergency. But in recent years, federal funding for state homeland security efforts to respond to emergencies has been gutted.
Federal grant spending on state and local homeland security is at an all-time low. The largest Department of Homeland Security formula grant program for states went from a high of $2 billion in 2003 to just $294 million in 2012. And with the sequester, grants from the state homeland security grant program will drop at least another 5 percent.
The grants are intended to help states purchase equipment and create plans for responding and recovering from terrorist attacks or other catastrophes.
In Massachusetts, funding from the state homeland security grant program is down 76 percent in the last five years, to $4 million in fiscal 2012, according to Federal Funds Information for States. The state ranked 34th in per capita spending in homeland security grant funding, at $1.20 per person.
Not only is the overall funding down, but domestic attention has not been placed on responding to bomb threats, said Ben Bawden, a government affairs consultant representing state and local public safety organizations, including the National Fusion Center Association and the Association of State Criminal Investigative Agencies. Bombing has traditionally been an overseas concern, said Bawden, and state and local agencies aren't getting training on how to respond to bomb emergencies.
On the likelihood of a domestic bombing, Bawden said, "It's been a fatalistic view by state and local law enforcement agencies. We just don't have a good way to increase the level of awareness or ability to detect and mitigate bomb threats and they (law enforcement officers) are all saying, 'it's just a matter of time before someone explodes a bus, a car or a trash can.'"
At the federal level, the Homeland Security grants have been a frequent subject of critics decrying spending waste and abuse. The arguments against the grants are staggering. According to a report assessing the usage of federal grants on homeland security spending in cities, officials in Michigan used DHS grants to purchase 13 sno-cone machines and officials in Cook County, Ill., spent $45 million on a failed video surveillance network. And in the landlocked city of Columbus, Ohio, officials used a $98,000 grant to purchase an "underwater robot" which local officials explained would be used to assist in underwater rescues.
Top 10 States, Homeland Security Grants
- Wyoming $9.00
- Vermont $8.20
- North Dakota $7.50
- Alaska $7.10
- South Dakota $6.20
- Delaware $5.70
- Montana $5.10
- Rhode Island $4.90
- New York $4.70
In per capita spending, the grants were disproportionately awarded to smaller states with fewer homeland security risks. Of the top five states in per capita funding, only Washington, D.C. is a likely terrorism target. New York, which took the brunt of the 9/11 casualties, is ranked 10th.
Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn has led the charge against waste in the DHS grant programs, which he says lack clear intent. "We cannot secure liberty and guarantee security simply by spending more and more money in the name of security," Coburn wrote in a Senate oversight committee report in December. "Every dollar misspent in the name of security weakens our already precarious economic condition, indebts us to foreign nations, and shackles the future of our children and grandchildren."
Despite the momentum of cuts at the federal level, Bawden said he expected that in the coming days the success – or not – of interagency collaboration could inform DHS grant allocations and guidance.
"We are going to see state and local law enforcement, lawmakers and governors saying that they want to take steps to minimize this; that need the resources to train people to respond, and minimize this from happening again," he said.


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Lucinda May Wotton, 58, of Emington, died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, at her home.
Cremation rites have been accorded.
There will be no services.
Hager Memorial Home, Dwight, has charge of arrangements.
Lucinda was born May 1, 1954, in Morris, the daughter of James H. and Genevieve May (Matteson) Andreasen. She married Robert G. Wotton in Dwight. He survives.
She is also survived by one sister, Brenda Sue (Donnie) Hennis, Callahan, Fla.; and brothers Gary Andreasen and Randall J. (Dina) Andreasen, both of Dwight.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Lucinda M. Wotton
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Frenzy Pop HD
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**The super hard iOS platformer is out now, download and join the Soda party!**Captain Cork has sabotaged the world's vending machines!
There is only one hope now…. Mr. Pop!
Can you help him save the world's drink supply?!
Frenzy Pop is a frantic platforming game created by Al4red Studios, the creators of Fowl Ops. on the iOS. You have to complete the levels as quickly as possible whilst avoiding hazardous obstacles and battling against Captain Cork and his evil side kick along the way!
Get Mr. Pop to the vending machines and Pop Power your way to victory!
"it's the most tense side-scrolling platformer you'll find at $0.99" -- 4/5 (iFanzine.com)
"..the perfect recipe for a fun experience" -- 8/10 (iphonelife.com)
"If you're looking for a handheld and rage-inducingly hard platformer for your iOS device, take this soda bottle from hell for a whirl" -- 8/10 (Gamereactor.dk)
"...flowing through complicated sets of traps really does feel good" -- 3.5/5 (TouchArcade)
-- 56 levels including 15 Hard mode levels across 4 unique worlds
-- Boss battles
-- Hand drawn artwork fully supporting retina display graphics
-- Run, jump, double jump, roll and pop power your way through the challenging levels!
-- Gamecenter leaderboards
-- And a special bonus level featuring CheeseMan! …
Updates coming soon…
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What's New in Version 1.1
All new Candy Land update!- 11 new levels in this new exciting Candy theme.
- Added option for smaller controls
- Control improvements (additional bounce in wall jump corrected)
- various other minor bugs/glitches removed.


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Critics Claim Porsche Carrera GT Paul Walker Died in is Too Dangerous and 'Savage' to Drive
Speed was obviously a factor, as pictures from the scene show the car was nearly ripped in half by a tree before a fire reduced the vehicle to a smoldering pile of ash. Both Walker and Rodas died, though it's unclear if the cause of death was from the impact of the crash or the ensuing fire.
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The reason we're posting this here is because some are calling into question the overall safety of the Porsche Carrera GT, somewhat of a technical wonder in the world of automobiles. It has a V10 engine, 610 BHP, and a 205 MPH top speed, but speed alone isn't why critics are calling the car out -- it's the handling.
"You need to be awake to drive this fast. It really isn't an easy car to control," Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson told Mirror. "The clutch is brutal, the power is savage, and the handling...you really are on a knife edge. But if you put in the effort, boy-oh-boy do you get the rewards."
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Clarkson added that the Carrera GT is the "most exciting" and also the "fastest road-going Porsche ever made." At higher speeds, there's very little room for error, if any. Part of the reason for that is because of the way it was built
"This was not a car for novices," Eddie Alterman, Editor-in-Chief of Car and Driver magazine, told CNN. Actually, the Carrera GT program began as a racing program."
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One of the things that makes the Carrera GT tricky to control is that the engine is placed in the middle. This makes it much more nimble with quicker turning capabilities, but there's a learning curve involved. On top of that, there's no electronic stability control to correct slides or help prevent losing control. If you make a mistake, you're going to pay for it in some fashion.
It was a challenge Walker happily accepted, and given enough time, he may have been up for it. Race car driver Randy Pobst coached the actors in the second "Fast & Furious" movie, the franchise Walker is best known for, and according to him, "Paul was by far the best driver -- a natural car guy."


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Amber (Comic Series)
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- "Staying... I love you, Negan."
- —Amber in response to Negan's question of whether she wants to stay with him or go back to working for a meal[src]
Amber is a character first introduced in Issue 105 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead and is the newest of Negan's wives and also a member of the Saviors.
Location Unknown
Nothing known about Amber's life before or as the outbreak began.
What Comes After
Hardly anything is known about Amber and it is unknown how Amber met up with the Saviors. Carson informs Negan that Amber has done something wrong. Her friend, Sherry, tries to calm Negan down and convince him she knows she has done wrong, which is having slept with Mark.
All Out War - Part Two
As Amber is walking with her boyfriend Mark, they both discover Carson leading Eugene and his crew out of The Sanctuary. They approach Carson and ask if they can go with them, she says to Carson "Just take us with you." In Issue 124 Amber is in the back of the van, being driven to the Hilltop Colony. As the van is shot at by a Savior and the engine shuts down, Amber yells that the roamers are getting closer. To escape the van she follows Eugene's plan and witnesses Donnie being pushed off the roof. Afterwards, she and the crew rest upon the roof until sunrise.
Life And Death
Amber was at the fair with Mark, when a bald woman lured her and other survivors away from it. Amber was later decapitated, and her reanimated head was placed on a pike. Rick discovered this and was horrified.
No Turning Back
Amber's reanimated head was later put down by Dante. According to Lydia, their bodies were most likely skinned.
Killed Victims
This list shows the victims Amber has killed:
- Possibly numerous counts of zombies
Killed By
- Alpha and The Whisperers (Alive)
- Dante (Zombified)
Alpha disguises herself as one of Rick's people and infiltrates the fair grounds. Gradually, she begins luring people off the fairgrounds and decapitating them, then placing their heads on wooden pikes to mark the border between the land belonging to the Whisperers and Rick's communities, with Amber being among them. Her zombified head is later put down by Dante.
Amber is one of Negan's wives, though she does not love Negan, she has to pretend, for her and her boyfriend's protection. When Amber slept with her boyfriend, Mark, behind Negan's back, Negan punished Mark and burnt his face, similar to Dwight and his relationship with Sherry, another wife of Negan.
Mark is the boyfriend of Amber and, despite having arranged for her to become one of Negan's many wives in exchange for safety among the Saviors, they are undoubtedly in love. They sleep together behind Negan's back and as a result, Mark is made an example before the Saviors. During a ritualistic torturing, he has his face scalded by a heated clothing iron, permanently disfiguring him. This caused great sadness for Amber, as she started to cry and beg for mercy from Negan. Her pleas went in vain however and she could only watch along with the congregation as Mark was "punished" for his love of her.
- "She just made one mistake, okay?"
- —Sherry to Negan regarding Amber[src]
Sherry and Amber seem to be close friends, as both are wives of Negan and Sherry consoles Amber during her boyfriend's torture. It was mentioned that Sherry was the one who brought Amber into Negan's collection of wives for safety and a better life in the apocalyptic world. Sherry also comforted Amber when Negan ridiculed her for cheating on him with Mark, as she herself knows the feelings she experiences, her husband Dwight having suffered Mark's fate before.
Dwight and Amber seem to have a stable relationship. Dwight stops Amber from running to Mark to protect her and Mark from Negan. It is deeply implied that Dwight knows her interruption would only mean a deeper level of punishment for Mark and herself.
Comic Series
Volume 18: What Comes After
Volume 20: All Out War - Part One
- Issue 117 (No Lines)
Volume 21: All Out War - Part Two
Volume 24: Life And Death
- Issue 144 (Zombified)
Volume 25: No Turning Back
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney and his party raised a combined $40.1 million in April.
The figures put the likely GOP nominee's fundraising haul closer to the $43.6 million that President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party raised last month. Romney's campaign pulled in about $12.5 million in March.
April's reports offer the first fundraising tallies of the general election. Romney began raising cash with the GOP last month.
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Both campaigns' detailed financial reports are due to the Federal Election Commission by midnight Sunday.
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Another Bangladeshi Publisher Gets Death Threat
World News | Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday November 1, 2015
A day after the killing of a publisher of secular books in Bangladesh, another publisher on Sunday received threats to his life through SMS.
6 Bangladeshi Activists Threatened By Al Qaeda-Linked Islamists
World News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 12, 2015
Six Bangladeshi activists, including three poets, have been allegedly threatened by Al Qaeda-linked extremists on Facebook, days after a fourth secular blogger was hacked to death by Islamists in the country.
4 Booked in Bangladesh Blogger Hacking Case
World News | Press Trust of India | Saturday August 8, 2015
A murder case has been filed against four suspected Islamist terrorists in connection with the brutal killing of a secular Bangladeshi blogger who was hacked to death after the assailants entered his flat in Dhaka posing as potential tenants.
Protest in Bangladesh Over Blogger Ananta Bijoy Das's 'Evil' Murder
World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday May 13, 2015
Secular activists marched Wednesday through the Bangladeshi city of Sylhet to demand justice for a rationalist blogger hacked to death, the third such attack by suspected Islamists since February.
Third Secular Blogger Ananta Bijoy Das Hacked to Death in Bangladesh
World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday May 12, 2015
A masked gang wielding machetes hacked a secular blogger to death Tuesday in northeastern Bangladesh in the third such deadly attack since February, police said.
Bangladesh Police Stood Close by During Attack: Blogger Avijit Roy's Widow
World News | Reuters | Wednesday March 11, 2015
The wife of an American blogger and critic of religious extremism who was hacked to death in Dhaka last month said that police stood nearby when the couple were attacked on a university campus in the Bangladesh capital.
US Condemns 'Brutal Murder' of Blogger in Bangladesh
World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday February 28, 2015
Washington Friday condemned the "brutality and cowardice" of the killing of an American blogger of Bangladeshi origin and called his murder an assault on the country's "proud tradition" of free speech.
Bangladesh Activists Protest US Blogger Avijit Roy's Murder
World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday February 27, 2015
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Dhaka on today to denounce the murder of a prominent American blogger of Bangladeshi origin hacked to death with machetes after he allegedly received threats from Islamists.
US Blogger of Bangladeshi Origin Hacked to Death
World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday February 27, 2015
A US blogger of Bangladeshi origin was Thursday hacked to death in Dhaka by unidentified assailants, police said, with his family saying the writer had received numerous threats from Islamist militants.
Blogger's death rekindles anti-Islamist protests in Bangladesh
World News | Reuters | Saturday February 16, 2013
More than 100,000 Bangladeshi protesters, angered by the killing of one of their leaders, poured back onto the streets of the capital on Saturday to demand the death penalty for those found guilty of war crimes in the 1971 independence conflict.
Anti-Islamist blogger killed in Bangladesh: police
World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday February 16, 2013
A blogger who had been critical of Bangladesh's Islamist groups was killed in the capital late on Friday, police said, a day after he attended a big rally against leaders of the country's largest Islamic party.
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While IBEW Local 98 demagogue John Dougherty tries to gingerly step on the graves of 6 dead people in order to win some more protections for union contractors through City Council in a Facebook post that condenses down to "wouldn't have happened if this was a union job", AxisPhilly has taken a taken a closer look at the Trades themselves.
While Doc's argument on the surface is of course correct,it doesn't also imply that the Trades are accident-free, either. Nasty accidents on 100% union sites have happened in the past. Doc does further acknowledge a failure of oversight in L&I inspections didn't keep the contractor in check. Well, wouldn't that apply to all construction sites, not just closed-shop ones?
But let's step back for a sec and take a look at the people who do work on union sites around our fair city. This is a long-established known thing about Philadelphia's construction and engineering trades but has never really been put into numbers you can feel: the building trades in Philly is remarkably male, very white, and goes to bed at night in the suburbs.
Well, AxisPhilly has finally pinned some numbers on it:
In 2011 the trades made a public pledge with Mayor Michael Nutter: We will put more City residents on job sites, and more non-white/non-males as well. [WHYY] The fruits of that pledge are yet to be known. Morever, it seems that diversity on construction sites mostly has to do with non-union workers of Hispanic descent appearing on the scene in larger numbers, and the Laborers Union, the lowest-paid segment of the building trades which is predominantly where minorities are.
Like at the Oxford Mills site, which is literally behind Council President Darrel Clarke's house and has been protested by the trades.
For a little bit of background reading on this topic as to why this is so, I highly suggest two articles from PhillyMag. And I promise they're not as horrible as that Being White in Philly piece they ran earlier this year:
The Last Union Town – Philadelphia Magazine
The Brothers Who Busted Philly Unions. For Good. – Philadelphia Magazine
While it surprises no one that Griffin Campbell construction was a non-union contractor, obviously not skilled enough to handle the jobs he took on; I don't think this translates to an argument that only white suburban males are competent and capable of delivering quality construction work either.
And it's completely idiotic, if not downright retarded, to point to the Basciano Collapse as a clarion call for Building Trades unionists to install a nebulous web of rules motivated to lock-in the Trades monopoly on contracts.
Let's not use the victims of the building collapse as pawns in a Trades beef.


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Andy,I enjoy going to your website and can see that you have put a lot of effort into it. It is a great resource for people that are interested in vintage motor homes, weather they own one or are thinking of restoring one or just love the history.I don't know if are aware but I am the owner of two places of business, Soapstone Valley Equipment is a truck and equipment repair shop, with myself and three mechanics since 1994, and next door Classic Motorcars of Ellington, where we have a show room with 20 - 25 antique cars for sale, we also offer repair service and parts for old cars and trucks. www.oldantiquecars.com The reason I tell you all this is because after being in the truck and antique car repair bussniess for 35 years, I have a few thoughts I would like to share with people who are thinking of restoring a vintage motor home.I'm sure you have seen other web sites or blogs about Travcos. Some have done wonderful jobs and inspire the rest of us. Others seem to jump into a total restoration project without sitting down first and counting the cost. I have seen this many times when it comes to old cars.I tell people the most expensive car (or in this case motor home) is the one you can get for free. The real cost of a restoration is staggering. People start with good intensions, tow home an old Travco and rip out the interior, try to get it running, after a while reality sinks in, the list starts getting longer and longer, rust issues, fluid leaks, wood rot, glass, electrical, paint, brakes, tires, exhaust, interior, etc. and all they wanted to do is take a trip in a cool old motor home. Sadly some get frustrated and give up.I really admire those who stick with it and end up with beautiful rigs even if at a great cost.I would encourage wannabees to consider buying a vintage coach that has had most of the work done, this has proved over and over to be the most cost effective way to enjoy the hobby.Good running, driving Travco can be bought for $5,000 - $7500 and is far less than the cost of a restoration. We that have old vehicles know that there is always things that need attention or find that even a good unit is a continuous work in progress. Or better said, we get to use out rigs and are always tinkering with them too. It is my hope that someone reading this might give it some thought and that more people would be able to enjoy this great hobby.Thanks Arlo Hoffman
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A bus boycott entered its third day in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, on July 23, with hundreds protesting against an increase in public and private transportation fees in the wake of a hike in the price of imported Russian natural gas.
Fares have doubled or, at best, increased by 50 percent, depending on the type of transportation. A bus ride now costs 150 drams, which is just 35 cents, but is pinching wallets in this cash-strapped country. And sapping patience among an urban population which has already shown this year how economic hard-knocks can translate into protest power.
One crowd, gathered on July 23 in front of the office of Mayor Taron Margarian, accused the Yerevan mayor of having business interests in private bus companies. Six people were detained by police, but later released. Scuffles with police persisted throughout the day. Ironically, not a few bus drivers back the boycott, RFE/RL reported. Many Armenian celebrities do, too, taking to the streets and offering ordinary Armenians rides in their cars. The tactic, billed Free Car, is meant to dissuade people from using public transportation and keep the pressure up on the authorities. Some Armenians feel that they have been duped by officials, who, they claim, delayed the price hike until after the February 18 presidential election, which saw President Serzh Sargsyan re-elected. The government denies any such scheming.
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#13420 closed bug (fixed)
jQuery 1.9.1 fails to filter SVG parent nodes by class name when using .parent() and .closest()
Reported by: | brad@… | Owned by: | |
Priority: | low | Milestone: | 1.10/2.0 |
Component: | selector | Version: | git |
Keywords: | Cc: | ||
Blocked by: | Blocking: |
When using the parent and closest methods to walk up an SVG DOM tree in jQuery 1.9.1, filtering by selector does not work.
It looks *possible* Sizzle changed their XML element detection...
Change History (6)
comment:1 Changed 4 years ago by gibson042
- Component changed from unfiled to selector
- Priority changed from undecided to low
- Resolution set to duplicate
- Status changed from new to closed
Duplicate of #12626.
SVG is not HTML; use [class~="name"]: http://jsfiddle.net/DruHG/3/
comment:2 Changed 4 years ago by anonymous
Thank you, I do understand this.
It is strange that maintaining a predictable API is taking a back seat here.
I went through the duplicates, this issue is re-occurring and this XML feature seems to appear and disappear in various jQuery versions. It works one day and not the next with "wont fix" as the resolution. Why not just fix it?
My bad for the duped report though. Appreciate you guys.
comment:3 Changed 4 years ago by gibson042
- Milestone changed from None to 1.9.2
- Resolution duplicate deleted
- Status changed from closed to reopened
I understand and appreciate that viewpoint, but SVG support is peripheral to our primary purpose with jQuery core and thus not guaranteed, though we do incorporate fixes on a case-by-case basis when their size/performance impact is sufficiently small.
The jQuery SVG plugin attempts to provide better support, and you'll be happy to note that your particular application is in fact functional with the latest Sizzle update via jquery-git: http://jsfiddle.net/DruHG/4/
comment:4 Changed 4 years ago by gibson042
- Resolution set to fixed
- Status changed from reopened to closed
comment:5 Changed 4 years ago by brad@…
This is excellent. I appreciate your time.
comment:6 Changed 4 years ago by dmethvin
- Milestone changed from 1.9.2 to 1.10/2.0
Bulk update to milestone 1.10/2.0


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"They were difficult and perplexing and complex days, but God ordained them," Thompson, pastor of Eastside Baptist Church in Twin Falls, Idaho, told Baptist Press four years after the ordeal. "It's easy to see that, especially as I read back through my journal entries from those days."
Thompson has compiled a 60-page journal of his time in Haiti, recording times when he wept with his face to the wall and times when he rejoiced over God's provision.
The group of volunteers from two Idaho churches traveled to Haiti in January 2010. The went there to rescue orphans from the earthquake-ravaged country and move them to safety in the Dominican Republic. Shockingly, they were charged with child kidnapping instead.
Eight of the volunteers, including Thompson, were released after 19 days. Another team member was allowed to leave after 37 days, and the final volunteer was held more than 100 days.
Among the good that God brought from those bad days was the establishment of New Horizon, a ministry supported by Eastside Baptist Church that houses, feeds and educates 20 girls in Port-au-Prince. It was during the volunteer group's detention that they met a Haitian named Alex, who now serves as director of the ministry.
"That connection with Alex was clearly the providential hand of God," Thompson said.
Because of the spiritual need in the community where the ministry houses the girls, Eastside has planted its first international church plant, New Horizon Baptist Church.
"Spinning out of our engagement there for the last four years, since the arrest days, they've been days of unfolding for church planting, caring for orphans, being a witness for the Gospel there in Port-au-Prince," Thompson told BP.
Crisis management
When news broke that the volunteer group had been arrested, Clint Henry, pastor of Central Valley Baptist Church in Meridian, Idaho, the second church with members on the trip, was home preparing his usual 5th Sunday sermon -- a Gospel presentation.
"I knew that the world was going to cave in on some of the families," Henry told Baptist Press. "It was tempting to think maybe I should preach a different message."
But as he watched the mainstream media begin to surround his church, Henry knew God was telling him to stay the course and preach the message he planned to deliver. He did, and the standing-room-only crowd heard the Gospel loud and clear.
One of the positive developments that came from the Haiti ordeal for Central Valley Baptist Church is that now they are prepared with a crisis management team to help mitigate any chaos that might arise if a similar event happens on another mission trip.
"I think as more and more churches are doing overseas ministries, the possibility for unexpected things is always there, and I think some churches aren't as prepared as they ought to be," Henry said.
Central Valley Baptist has remained strong in their commitment to international missions. The church, with 450 regular attenders, has sent teams to more than 30 countries. What happened in Haiti didn't deter them any more than it deterred Eastside Baptist.
Those days when the volunteers were locked in putrid conditions in a Haitian jail were hard for sure, Henry remembers, but God taught him some "amazing spiritual lessons."
The first thing Henry had to surrender, he said, was his right to a good reputation. Growing up, a person's name meant something, and Henry was seeing his name, as pastor of a church tied to child trafficking, smeared. Not only that, his church's reputation was maligned.
"I was reminded that people didn't think well of Jesus Christ. He didn't have a good reputation either," Henry said, "but that didn't keep Him from continuing to do the Father's work."
The church received hate mail because of falsehoods reported in the media, "but we just had to keep laying down our right to have things work out our way or be thought of the way we wanted to be thought of or have this thing end as quickly as we wanted it to end," Henry told BP.
Thompson, in his Feb. 6 journal entry, wrote that a group from a television news network had brought in a pizza from Domino's and MREs for them one day. "One of our MREs had a mobile phone in it. They wanted us to use it to call our families," Thompson wrote in his journal. "As tempting as this was we have chosen not to use it. I am of the opinion that the media wants to listen in to gather information. This may be an innocent gesture of good will but we have decided that there is no media we can trust or want to trust right now."
'God can do what we cannot do'
Looking back four years later, maybe the most significant lesson the people of Central Valley Baptist learned from the group's detention was being reminded "that God can do what we cannot do," Henry said.
The families of the volunteers wanted to take care of their loved ones by providing meals, water and other necessities, but they could not because they were thousands of miles away.
"That became an incredible daily challenge that was really kind of beyond our ability to take care of, but God answered that prayer through a Christian organization that came to our aid and through people that showed up at the jail -- Christians in Haiti that brought water and food and things like that to our people," Henry recounted. "It was constantly a reminder to us that God does meet our basic needs.
"Sometimes it was humorous because our team was full of God's love for the people down there so a lot of times when we did get supplies to them, they gave them away to the other people that were incarcerated with them who had no one to take care of them," Henry said. "Sometimes after we got what we thought they needed to them, we immediately had to get more because they had given it away."
In his Jan. 30 journal entry, Thompson recorded, "The cell is only concrete. No bunks. No mattresses. The Dominican, Jean, came back offering his sleeping bag. Jim is kind to accept his gift. Not sure when this bag was last washed but from the odor, it has been some time ago. Kindness from God in a dark place."
Thompson's recorded prayer that night was, "God, protect us tonight. We are without everything but You. You and you alone do we have. Praise be to God."
Though the days inside the jail and at home in Idaho were intense and difficult, "the Lord showed us that He was faithful," Henry said, "and I think that gave a number of people in our church the courage to believe that even though they were going through difficult things in their own lives, God would be there for them too."
Henry quoted Proverbs 16:9: "The mind of man plans his ways but the Lord directs his steps."
"We had this plan of ministry that we thought we were going to be involved in, but it turned out to be something very different," Henry said. "It often works that way, and we just have to be sensitive to the Holy Spirit and be willing to do what He leads us to do."
Erin Roach is assistant editor of Baptist Press. Get Baptist Press headlines and breaking news on Twitter (@BaptistPress), Facebook (Facebook.com/BaptistPress) and in your email (baptistpress.com/SubscribeBP.asp).
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