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My Calling From God
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My Calling is now and your Choice Time of life's only two roads has come according to THE WORD as written with no interpretation just prior to the beginning of sorrows . . . and God's words are pure without man that only pollutes them with contamination through changing what God speaks into his own doctrines which God forbids to the point where they make His words to become as nothing. But believers in God worldwide refuse and reject anything that God speaks which goes against what man led by the father of lies has stuffed in their betrayed minds while preparing for his massive double-cross getting ready to strike this entire human race.
For any individual that lives for God, it means they are living for you because God is love with only truth. Therefore from the start of these words you must keep an open mind through faith in asking God to direct your paths {Proverbs 3:5-6} while meaning exactly what you speak from your heart, and that is because our hearts are the only way we can possibly communicate with God due the fact that our hearts are pure to the point where nothing can ever be hidden from God including our hearts intent that God reads for knowing more about us than we know of our own self. {Hebrews 4:12}
Therefore allow the Spirit of God to take your lead rather than the spirit of man that has no understanding while going in wrong directions. What's most important is faith with patience in knowing that God has a message for us all through His own words.
We can all have occurrences in our own lives that can seem strange or have a great meaning to ourselves that others cannot see. Because a man mentioned God and His great unseen mercies, he hit a home run into my ball field that lead to this writing. I am now 56 and only God knows why because many times I should have become very dead all the way back to my start at 12 years of age when I stole a car only to commit suicide with a smile; and that was because I was just born into a bad deck of cards. So with a hose from the exhaust into the car--I made my exit into the dead zone until I awoke the next morning because the car ran out of gas.
Eight years later I did the same thing, and damn if the car did not run out of gas again. Twelve years later I had a head injury that required a neurosurgeon to remove a small portion of my brain with a head shrink that pronounced me permanently disabled. There have been other times I won't even mention because I don't believe in testimonies, but what I do believe in are those chosen as pre destined for doing Gods work.
God knew Jeremiah before he was even formed in the womb. Therefore because God has always been, knows not time and has no limits, He also knew you, me, and every individual on this planet before they were even born, and through God's unlimited knowledge and power, he also has chosen those who would walk with him through these past six thousand years while placing His choice upon only those who were willing to live as Job, Paul, Jeremiah or any men of God that were active through trust with faith in just flat out giving themselves as His own human sacrifice while just accepting whatever cards of life He dealt or allowed from Satan's bad hand.
So just remember what happened to Job, and know that Satan had to get God's permission twice. Therefore when believers today are facing great hardships just as I have been for five years now, it's all part of a test from God for preparing your faith to stand strong in the coming beginning of sorrows that right now is as a coiled king cobra getting ready to make its strike with venom dripping upon a totally unprepared human race.
Because I am no longer my own person, I just go as God leads. So when I write, it's not from me, but foolishness to the natural people of this world. {1 Corinthians 2:14}
"He said, "Son of man, I'm sending you to the family of Israel, a rebellious nation if there ever was one. They and their ancestors have fomented rebellion right up to the present. They're a hard case, these people to whom I'm sending you—hardened in their sin. Tell them, 'This is the Message of God, the Master.' They are a defiant bunch. Whether or not they listen, at least they'll know that a prophet's been here. But don't be afraid of them, son of man, and don't be afraid of anything they say. Don't be afraid when living among them is like stepping on thorns or finding scorpions in your bed. Don't be afraid of their mean words or their hard looks. They're a bunch of rebels. Your job is to speak to them. Whether they listen is not your concern. They're hardened rebels. {Ezekiel 2:3-7}
Can you understand what you just read spiritually?
"But as it is written: 'Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love him'. But God has, through the Spirit, let us share his secret.
How much do you really love God?
This wisdom is only understood by the spiritual
"It is these things that we talk about, not using the expressions of the human intellect but those which the Holy Spirit teaches us, explaining things to those who are spiritual.
"But the unspiritual man simply cannot accept the matters which the Spirit deals with—they just don't make sense to him, for, after all, you must be spiritual to see spiritual things. The spiritual man, on the other hand, has an insight into the meaning of everything, though his insight may baffle the man of the world. This is because the former is sharing in God's wisdom, and 'Who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?' Incredible as it may sound, we who are spiritual have the very thoughts of Christ! {1 Corinthians 2:13-14}
Do you truly want to know God through His Spirit rather than the spirit of man that only thinks as a spirit knows God? You need to deeply understand what THE WORD is about to tell you because today in this human race of with billions of believers who speak love, faith and how they pray to God, sing hymns, pay tithes, fellowship, church activities, dressing up children as bible characters for Halloween, Christmas gatherings and services to praise the birth of our Lord, Easter, sunrise services and just everything that seems good and feels right because they all truly worship our Lord---but with one great mistake.
"There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. {Proverbs 16:25}
Let us love: God has shown us love at its highest
"To you whom I love I say, let us go on loving one another, for love comes from God. Every man who truly loves is God's son and has some knowledge of him. But the man who does not love cannot know him at all, for God is love. {1 John 4:7-8}-{Phillips}
Did you deeply absorb what THE WORD just spoke? Do you feel that you know God and love God?
"The way we know we've been transferred from death to life is that we love our brothers and sisters. Anyone who doesn't love is as good as dead. Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know very well that eternal life and murder don't go together.
"This is how we've come to understand and experience love: Christ sacrificed his life for us. This is why we ought to live sacrificially for our fellow believers, and not just be out for ourselves. If you see some brother or sister in need and have the means to do something about it but turn a cold shoulder and do nothing, what happens to God's love? It disappears. And you made it disappear.
God just spoke a truth so powerful that without understanding what was said while actually doing as instructed, God can never be know.
When We Practice Real Love
"My dear children, let's not just talk about love; let's practice real love. This is the only way we'll know we're living truly, living in God's reality. It's also the way to shut down debilitating self-criticism, even when there is something to it. For God is greater than our worried hearts and knows more about us than we do ourselves. {1 John 3:14-18}-{MSG}
Do you believe in God's commandments?
"A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. {John 13:34}
What does Paul say about obedience?
"And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; {Hebrews 5:9}
What does THE WORD speak about obedience? What does THE WORD clearly show for disobedience? No entrance into the tree of life because no blessing for doing all God's commandments.
"Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. {Revelation 22:14}-{KJV}
"See, I come quickly! I carry my reward with me, and repay every man according to his deeds. I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the Beginning and the End. Happy are those who wash their robes, for they have the right to the tree of life and the freedom of the gates of the city. Shut out from the city shall be the depraved, the sorcerers, the impure, the murderers and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices a lie! {Revelation 22:14}-{Phillips}
When we fully trust God, what that means through faith is we love Him so much that we believe His every word without question which we all as believers have been commanded to live by. But what this world of religion does unknowingly is just tailor the words of God to their own liking rather than what God speaks without confusion; and that is because. . .
"For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. {1 Corinthians 2:11}-{KJV}
There is but only one way to receive God's Holy Spirit.
"If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.{Proverbs 2:4-6}
"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. {Proverbs 1:7}
"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. {Proverbs 9:10}
Because the fear of the Lord is having some understanding of God, His Spirit for understanding is not something just given to lip love. I pray you believe what God is telling you through these words.
"Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: {Proverbs 6:4-6}
If you love God, honor God and respect God, you will believe every word of God; and the only way to believe His every word must come through faith, because without faith it is impossible to please Him. {Hebrews 11:6}
Do you love God? Do you have the faith to believe His every word?
"The Lord looks down from heaven on the human race to see if there is one who is wise, one who seeks God. All have turned away; all alike have become corrupt. There is no one who does good, not even one. {Psalms 14:2-3}-{HCSB}
Do you consider yourself a part of this human race? Do you believe what God just told you regarding how He sees this world and its over 3 billion believers?
Do you love God, trust God and believe God's every word through faith without doubt? If you do with a genuine heart, you will believe what God is about to tell you.
"It was thrown down out of heaven. (This giant dragon is that old snake, the one called the devil or Satan, who leads the whole world into the wrong way.) The dragon and its angels were thrown to the earth. {Revelation 12:9}-{Easy to Read Version}
Who are Satan's angels?
Does this mean that I do not love you? God knows it doesn't, but I am determined to maintain this boast, so as to cut the ground from under the feet of those who profess to be God's messengers on the same terms as I am. God's messengers? They are counterfeits of the real thing, dishonest practitioners, "God's messengers" only by their own appointment. Nor do their tactics surprise me when I consider how Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is only to be expected that his agents shall have the appearance of ministers of righteousness—but they will get their deserts one day. {2 Corinthians 11:11-15}-{Phillips}
"Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks? {Ezekiel 34:2}
I am a messenger for God, and when only God's truth is used with His pure words written with no confusion or interpretation, believers refuse to believe whom they all claim to love and believe while not even having the faith to completely trust only God while totally flushing the doctrines and religions of man down the toilet once and for all while slamming the lid shut so back wash can never re-pollute them with contaminated doctrines.
"First of all, you should know this: no prophecy of Scripture comes from one's own interpretation, because no prophecy ever came by the will of man; instead, moved by the Holy Spirit, men spoke from God. {2 Peter 1:20-21}-{HCSB}
Please just glance briefly at this link because it shows only a small portion of my efforts for God which are for all believers simply because I have had twenty four hours each day to spare for only God through the past five years, so you decide for yourself if I have given to God.
Now please also take into consideration that I have no useable printer while making the best out of a slow brain decade old bought used computer that's very unstable and hovers between 0-2% free disk space along with a host of problems including a monitor that does a slanted flashing light show until it warms up in 20 -30 minutes, and even then has always had a thick fuzz line at the bottom which makes whatever is there to read impossible, yet God keeps it going, and that my brethren, is all that matters.
God knows that wherever He leads in this world, my wife and I will go. God also knows that if it meant just continuing in difficult unhappiness, we understand because God thoughts and ways are not the same as ours, therefore we just accept while knowing that God has a purpose with great rewards that will come in His time even if it means waiting until His kingdom.
I am 56, Mylene is 38, Joshua is 83 with Clarita at 79 while living in a tiny unfinished 20x18 bamboo, coco lumber home with no income and little to eat, yet we keep our faith simply because we know or have no other life while being fully aware that only God knows all things including our hearts intent that centers on only Him for His will and purpose with our lives. Mylene's parents sleep outside under the nipa leaf overhang with some bamboo mat for an outer wall with a curtain on one end with more bamboo mat on the other. Life is hard for many in this very sad world today, and only becoming harder and harder for people everywhere on earth, and if all could just love each other, all things worldwide would change, and in God's kingdom to come after man has clearly seen that man is totally incapable of ruling man, love will be the law with no more of mans atrocities that have always been extremely pathetic.
This link is a prelude for the 290 page book that has been inspired by God that today no one will want, but tomorrow when many are slowly sinking in the quick sands of world chaos with no life line, this world will want to know why; and this book has the answers to why these things must be. Thus far I have posted chapter 8 and 16 from the 23 while continuing to post more if God leads.
How God sees all believers.
May God open eyes to His truth because without are the many rather than the few. Psalms 91 reveals the few under the shadow of the Almighty with the many on the outside with no mercy meaning there are but only two roads in life. There are but only two roads of life that none, no, not one can see the difference in even though God instructs; and that is because none, no, not one believer follows His instruction requires for receiving His Spirit rather than the spirit of man that leads a world of people whether believers or non believers because it make no difference; and that is because. . .
"So never be ashamed of bearing witness to our Lord, nor of me, his prisoner. Accept, as I do, all the hardship that faithfulness to the Gospel entails in the strength that God gives you. For he has rescued us from all that is really evil and called us to a life of holiness—not because of any of our achievements but for his own purpose. Before time began he planned to give us in Christ the grace to achieve this purpose, but it is only since our saviour Jesus Christ has been revealed that the method has become apparent. For Christ has completely abolished death, and has now, through the Gospel, opened to us men the shining possibilities of the life that is eternal. It is this Gospel that I am commissioned to proclaim; it is of this Gospel that I am appointed both messenger and teacher, and it is for this Gospel that I am now suffering these things. Yet I am not in the least ashamed. For I know the one in whom I have placed my confidence, and I am perfectly certain that the work he has committed to me is safe in his hands until that day. {2 Timothy 1:1-12}-{Phillips}
When is the last time you were taught just as God speaks with no interpretations? What has THE WORD just spoke clearly in purity with no confusion? Read it again above and this one single verse that follows. . .
"who has saved us, and has called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to [his] own purpose and grace, which [was] given to us in Christ Jesus before [the] ages of time, {Darby}
Have you read where we must believe and give our hearts to Christ so we can be save from the fires of hell?
"Do not be ashamed, then, of witnessing for our Lord; neither be ashamed of me, a prisoner for Christ's sake. Instead, take your part in suffering for the Good News, as God gives you the strength for it. He saved us and called us to be his own people, not because of what we have done, but because of his own purpose and grace. He gave us this grace by means of Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, but now it has been revealed to us through the coming of our Savior, Christ Jesus. He has ended the power of death and through the gospel has revealed immortal life. {2 Timothy 1:8-10}-{GNT}
No matter how many different versions of the Bible you read, there is no mistake that this whole human race had salvation before time and before earth was even created, but it was not known until Christ came and revealed our salvation through dying on the cross.
Why do you think Paul was inspired to write these following words?
"When he was made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey him, {Hebrews 5:9}-{GNT}
What do you feel were the purpose of Christ's own words that follow?
"And what is the point of calling me, 'Lord, Lord', without doing what I tell you to do?" {Luke 6:46}-{Phillips}
Just look at this world full of different religions, beliefs, traditions, ways, walks; actions and spirits while reading the words of our Lord that clearly speak. . .
"Jesus confronted their slander. "A judge who gives opposite verdicts on the same person cancels himself out; a family that's in a constant squabble disintegrates; if Satan banishes Satan, is there any Satan left? If you're slinging devil mud at me, calling me a devil kicking out devils, doesn't the same mud stick to your own exorcists? {Matthew 12:25-27}-{MSG}
When we as brethren simply look at the words of our Lord in only spiritual ways while being dependent on our Fathers lead, we can see that any group, kingdom, family or belief that is divided against itself can never stand, be canceled out or disintegrated. There is a chapter in the Book God led me in writing that shows just how many uncountable man made beliefs there are on earth that when actually categorized would reach into the millions, but there is but only one God, One Spirit and one truth; and billions think they know God when God says none, no, not one. Now just who are you going to believe?
The burning barbecuing eternal tortures of hell where God pleasures in the eternal deep fries for naughty children that did not get save is only more of mans bull spit directed by the father of lies who has overcome this entire world just as God tells all believers that refuse to believe His every word, or do you think God being a God of love is a god of torture that is going to slow cook ma and pa kettle coz they was Quakers, Mormons, Wiccan or any of the never ending beliefs in a 100% beguiled world who are about tp be double-crossed by the father of lies that has mislead this whole world.
The book God directed me to write also covers hell being the grave, the lake of fire and punishments by fire.
We as the human race or world's civilization have reached the beginning of the end. Therefore God is getting out His final warning to all worldwide on the difference in the two roads that both lead to eternal life, so the only question that people need to ask themselves is which road they are on and why.
"Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield. {Psalms 33:18-20}-{KJV}
"Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. {Psalms 4:8}
"Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you. {2 Chronicles 30:8}
"Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword. Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. {Job 5:17-22}
Does this world of shepherds that warns against teach of God's protection for the few on the right road which is narrow? Does this world of blinded shepherds teach the snatching away left behind is only more man made bull spit? It's another subject covered in;
"The Only World Book With Truth This World Knows Not"
It's now choice time.
"Start with God—the first step in learning is bowing down to God;
only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.
"Simpletons! How long will you wallow in ignorance? Cynics! How long will you feed your cynicism? Idiots! How long will you refuse to learn? About face! I can revise your life.
Look, I'm ready to pour out my spirit on you; I'm ready to tell you all I know.
As it is, I've called, but you've turned a deaf ear; I've reached out to you, but you've ignored me. Since you laugh at my counsel and make a joke of my advice, How can I take you seriously? I'll turn the tables and joke about yourtroubles! What if the roof falls in, and your whole life goes to pieces? What if catastrophe strikes and there's nothing to show for your life but rubble and ashes. You'll need me then. You'll call for me, but don't expect an answer. No matter how hard you look, you won't find me.
Because you hated Knowledge and had nothing to do with the Fear-of-God, Because you wouldn't take my advice and brushed aside all my offers to train you. Well, you've made your
bed—now lie in it; you wanted your own way—now, how do you like it. Don't you see what happens, you simpletons, you idiots? Carelessness kills; complacency is murder.
First pay attention to me, and then relax. Now you can take it easy—you're in good hands. {Proverbs 1:7, 22-33}-{MSG}
About me, this world, and the human race with its destruction coming.
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Aug 2, 2007
Hi there, just wanted to share good improvements... my favorite Harry Potter spell really works, you just need to have a positive attitude, to choose a life of dignity and effort and things can get better. A year and half ago my CD4 count was 72 (8%)viral load 50000 and had to wrestle vs AIDS, now after having taken my meds seriously, as well as my health (amazing what running and swimming can do), and with this attitude (I believe attitude does help) my CD4 count a year and half later is 503 (28%)and viral load remains non detectable (with meds that was the easy part... but I keep reading your section...
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Hello Danny Boy!
Your patronus must be a big smiley face these days! I seriously considered responding in Parseltongue, but somehow it didn't seem appropriate for such wonderful news. Besides, I'm convinced the Dark Lord Cheney (Death Eater-Dementor that he is) is also a Parselmouth and might try to hit me with a Cruciatus curse for using his serpent language, the one he continues to use to explain how everything is going so well in Iraq: the surge is working . . . victory is at hand . . . the insurgents are in their last throes . . . I've got my head up my butt . . . . You know, stuff like that. Is it just me or did the troll in the first Harry Potter movie resemble Cheney? And talk about uncanny resemblances; what about Laura Bush and Dolores Umbridge???
So Danny, congratulations! May all your snorkacks be crumple-horned. The future is bright for you and all Blibbering Humdingers. (Of course anyone reading this who hasn't read the brilliant Harry Potter series will think I'm totally insane (or "confunded") by now.)
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- Laclusterco | Etsy: A recent visit to this Etsy store turned up vintage Thonet stools, metal signage, and some great storage pieces. Shown: Vintage Industrial Metal Perforated Drawers, $46.
- Industrial Relic | Etsy: This Etsy shop is a good one to check for metal toolboxes, wire baskets, and tabletop fans. Shown: Vintage Wizard Electric Fan, $35.
- Industry West: This industrial furniture manufacturer has good deals on Marais chairs and stools, bistro furniture, and metal dining tables. Shown: Samson Stools, $135.
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- Modern50 | Factory 20: These two webshops have beautifully photographed online catalogs with highly curated pieces, though the prices can be a bit steep. Shown: Vintage Industrial Steel Cart, $780.
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- Steele Canvas Basket Company: They have a great selection of canvas laundry baskets with industrial metal frames. Shown: Laundry Basket and Tote, $127.
- FS Industries: Another warehouse supplier that's happy to sell to retail customers, they stock metal storage cabinets, shelves, and carts. Shown: Equipment Stand, starting at $350.
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Former president Hipólito Mejía left office a millionaire even as most of his countrymen saw deepening poverty. While earning a presidential salary equivalent to $2,400 a month, Mr. Mejía, a former agronomist, raised his assets to 46.5 million pesos, or $1.26 million at the current exchange rate, from 19.7 million pesos in 2000, a declaration of wealth made public on Thursday said. Defeated for re-election in May, he left office last month. Many in his Caribbean nation of nine million fell into poverty or lost jobs after a major bank collapsed in 2003.


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Senior Director of the Morey Fiscal Policy Initiative
Michael LaFaive is the senior director of the Morey Fiscal Policy Initiative for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, where he has worked since 1995.
He is the author or co-author of hundreds of essays, commentaries and blog posts and 12 studies on fiscal policy topics as varied as local and state privatization efforts, corporate welfare, school finance, state budgeting and cigarette taxes.
Among his studies is the Mackinac Center for Public Policy's largest, a nearly 200-page state budget analysis that recommended more than 200 ideas for trimming some $2 billion from the state budget without cutting Medicaid or School Aid funding. Many ideas first presented by LaFaive in 2003 have been adopted or adapted by lawmakers in Lansing.
He is also the originator of the Center's annual school privatization survey, which routinely garners a 100 percent response rates from districts. There is no database of competitive contracting like it in the United States. In addition to this product, LaFaive authored in 2001 a 26-page, full-color edition of Michigan Privatization Report specifically dedicated to fixing Detroit. The ideas in that publication are more relevant today than when it was published.
LaFaive is perhaps best known, however, for his cutting-edge, scholarly work examining state "economic development" programs. His studies and frequent commentaries on this topic have garnered him a national, if not international reputation as a respected government development critic and were probably influential in the decision to kill the Michigan Economic Growth Authority, the state's high-profile corporate welfare program.
LaFaive has been interviewed more than 1,300 times by the media in the last ten years. He is typically interviewed more than 125 times a year by members of the press seeking comment on fiscal issues and remains a popular public speaker.
He has undergraduate and graduate degrees in economics from Central Michigan University.
LaFaive is married and resides in Midland, MI.
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Since 2008 the Mackinac Center for Public Policy — and more recently in conjunction with the Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation — has worked to estimate the degree to which cigarettes are smuggled into and out of American states. Our research, and that of other scholars too, suggests that smuggling is a rampant problem, particularly in states with high cigarette excise taxes.
Unintended and unforeseen consequences are a frequent problem in public policy. Few politicians realize when they vote for higher excise taxes that doing so may dramatically increase cigarette-related crime, such as smuggling. These crimes not only deprive local and state governments of tax revenues, they also tend to descend into violence, which produces all sorts of unnecessary damage. Policymakers should take these realities into consideration when contemplating how much to tax cigarettes.
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Some of surfing's biggest names aren't just catching waves. They're also talking about making them.
Surf parks—massive pools with repeating, artificial waves—are the latest buzzword in the surf community, as everyone from top athletes to retailers look for ways to expand the sport, boost sales and create a standardized way to train that could help surfing earn an Olympic pedigree.
"Mother Nature stipulates that surfing only can occur where waves can be born. When man takes his hand to forming the waves, it unlocks the potential of surfing anywhere. And that is the most powerful thing," said Doug Palladini, president of the Surf Industry Manufacturers Association.
This month, dozens of industry leaders, surfers and investors met in Laguna Beach in Southern California for the first Surf Park Summit to spark interest in a business proposition that could breathe life into a sport that struggled during the recession.
About 50 percent of independent, mom-and-pop surf retailers—the heart and soul of surf culture—shut down worldwide during the recession and those that survived face an increasingly saturated market that is limited by geography.
Enter the dream surf park, a 2-acre wave pool capable of generating anything from tiny beginner ripples to 10-foot barrels every minute, with every wave the same. Customers would pay by the number of waves to learn the sport or refine their technique and learn new tricks.
The prospect has surf board manufacturers and apparel retailers salivating at the thought of new markets for surf gear and clothing in land-locked places like Kansas or Nebraska. But parks would also be prime real estate for sponsored surfing competitions that would draw both eyeballs and dollars.
At the summit, speakers tossed out tantalizing what-ifs: A national surfing league, much like the NBA, with feeder teams and city affiliations. Live, televised surfing competitions staged with predictable waves in a massive surf arena.
Some even believe surf parks could propel the sport into the Olympics, a dream that has so far proven elusive.
"Without man-made waves, there will not be Olympic surfing," said Fernando Aguerre, president of the International Surfing Association. "It's the ultimate wave-sharing that you can imagine."
Olympics aside, everyday surfers who already live near the beach say even they would use the parks as a supplement to the ocean, to refine their skills on a consistent wave or get in a few rides when the natural surf is bad.
"In a park, you can always get in a perfect position, the wave will always be perfect and you can really work on your surfing," said Cliff Char, 54, who's been surfing 15 years near his hometown of Seal Beach.
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TV Talkin'
OK, Welcome to TV Talkin'; a miscellaneous music information site once maintained as a hobby by me to help trace and trade rare performance and interview TV appearances and films by my favourite artists. This started off as being Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen (as DiamondsintheMine.co.uk), but over the last few years I've added pages on a few other favourites and have rare DVDs by a wide number of performers on my trading list. These days I'm trading less as the quantity of material is getting out of hand and there are others doing the same - often much better! Also, the music companies are finally recognising the value of this material and we're slowly seeing more material commercially released. This is great and was always one of the objectives of the site - nothing here is intended to breach copyright or rob the artists of their rightful dues - what has been frustrating though is the unwillingness to make material avaialble to genuine fans who just want to see past performances.
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Notice: TV Talkin' does not host or link to any media content and does not trade or supply officially released material. TV Talkin' exists to support the industry and the artists it loves!! Donations only accepted towards the running of the site and locating lost archives which hopefully the copyright owners will restore and release for our enjoyment. Thanks.
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One of the main products I worked on a few years back has been comprehensive chronologies of the film/TV appearances of my favourite artists and I've been happy to share these if they're useful. As well as the year-by-year lists there are also a few other odds and ends which may be of interest - again, mostly incomplete (seemed a god idea at the time, but not enough hours in the day to keep everything up to date!).
I'm assuming you're visiting TV Talkin' as you're interested in rare and hard to find films and already have all the commercial releases - but just in case you haven't - here's some links to Amazon shops with TV Talkin' recommendations. Remember I don't trade in commercially available products - support the music industry and buy them from here:
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Ideally, all material would be commercially available and then I wouldn't need to run this site! But there isn't the demand for most of the more obscure stuff so I offer this trade service to collectors & fans until things change. Nothing here is intended to breach copyright or IPR - if you spot anything you believe shouldn't be listed, let me know and I'll take it down. As some archive material has finally found commercial release I've removed it from my lists and added it to the Amazon pages. One of the successes of sites like TV Talkin' has been to demonstrate the demand for 'old' footage and convince the media companies to release it.
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Edna and Harold Owings have so much to be thankful for. She's 99, he's 100 and on Thanksgiving, they're celebrating 80 years of marriage.
"We've had a wonderful life," says Edna Owings. "We've had a storybook life, really."
So what is the secret to their happy marriage?
"I never remember having and argument with her and it last overnight. Never once, because I always believed that I had a right to my opinion, and she had a right to hers. And if we couldn't settle it that way we just let it go and eventually it settled itself," recalls Harold Owings.
"Because we wouldn't be human if we didn't get aggravated at each another, once and awhile," says Edna.
But you could say it was love at first sight. He was her boyfriend in the fifth grade and brought her a candy bar every day.
"His folks gave him permission to stop and get candy bars any time he wanted to on the way to school," recalls Edna. "So there'd be a candy bar on my desk everyday, but if he thought I was mad at him. there'd be two candy bars."
Happy anniversary, Edna and Harold, 80 years strong.
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Chié use to be one of the tutors from the house and Hot P. one of his pupils. Hotpocket was the chosen one to carry Chié's honorable sword: A giant 357 Magnum. Chié is a litlle slow, due to his big arm, so he compensates this lack of movement with a great sniper skill and his sensitive sword.
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Anthony Boric has his eyes set on the All Blacks second-row but admits he faces a huge challenge to secure a first-team spot.
Boric is one of four locks in the 30-strong New Zealand squad for the tournament, which opens with the All Blacks facing Tonga in Auckland on September 9. He will go into the event will minimal recent match action under his belt. His appearance for North Harbour against Wellington on Friday night will be his first game back since he picked up a foot injury as the Blues beat the Waratahs in a Super Rugby semi-final qualifier nine weeks ago.
"I guess I would be number four right now," he said of his place among an All Blacks locking contingent that also includes Brad Thorn, Ali Williams and Sam Whitelock. "I have to get back into some form and try and earn a spot in that team somehow."
Boric expected to get about 40 minutes against Wellington at North Harbour Stadium. As for other game time he might have before the World Cup, he was targeting possibly turning out for North Harbour, but that would depend on what the All Blacks coaching staff decided was best for him.
He said the injured foot was "pretty close" to 100%, with all the damaged ligaments having healed, and the main issue now was getting back to match fitness. Boric, 27, got the news on Sunday that he had made the cut for the World Cup. He was at a family dinner and missed coach Graham Henry's call from Johannesburg, but Henry left him a voicemail message of congratulations.
"I'm obviously very, very excited," he said. "It's been a frustrating couple of months being injured and not knowing if I was going to make it or not."
It will be Boric's first World Cup - the first of his 20 caps came against England in 2008 - and having the tournament in New Zealand made it extra special.
"It's a dream to play a World Cup in your back yard," he said. "All my family and friends are so happy about it and to play in front of them is something that's only going to come around once, so I'm pretty happy about it."
Boric had to keep news of his selection to himself until the public team announcement yesterday, and it proved a tricky assignment, especially when he had to do a media interview on Monday and was quizzed about his prospects of making the squad.
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Aurelio Miguel Bocanegra was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA to a Mexican-American single mother of two. Ever since this two time US Air Force veteran with the big name decided to pick up the microphone, he has seemed destined to provide even bigger laughs. Aurelio has quickly risen through the comedy ranks to become a favorite and a regular at clubs and colleges all across the country. He has performed and opened for some of the biggest names in Comedy. His comedic style and energy are off the charts. Once on stage he electrifies the audience with his high energy and rapid fire comedy. In 2008 Aurelio's talents extended beyond comedy and into acting. He has starred in several independent feature films with many more currently in development. Most recently Aurelio was a featured comic in the "Cholo Comedy Slam" DVD taping, where he rocked a packed house at the Million Dollar theatre in Los Angeles. Recently signed by New Wave Entertainment, Aurelio is currently working on his first comedy album to be released on iTunes later this year. Aurelio's talents for entertaining are undeniable. His comedy has audiences and critics across the country responding in one way. They want more! Once you have heard Aurelio Miguel Bocanegra, the guy with the big name, you will see why he is one the funniest young comics around and why he will have you wanting more too…
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Note: Some of the matplotlib code in this cookbook entry may be deprecated or obsolete. For example, the file anim.py mentioned below no longer exists in matplotlib. Examples of animation in matplotlib are at http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/animation/index.html, and the main animation API documentation is http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/api/animation_api.html.
matplotlib supports animated plots, and provides a number of demos. An important question when considering whether to use matplotlib for animation is what kind of speed you need. matplotlib is not the fastest plotting library in the west, and may be too slow for some animation applications. Nonetheless, it is fast enough for many if not most, and this tutorial is geared to showing you how to make it fast enough for you. In particular, the section *Animating selected plot elements* shows you how to get top speed out of matplotlib animations.
matplotlib supports 5 different graphical user interfaces (GTK, WX, Qt, Tkinter, FLTK) and for some of those GUIs, there are various ways to draw to the canvas. For example, for GTK, you can use native GDK drawing, antigrain, or cairo. A GUI toolkit combined with some method of drawing comprises a backend. For example, drawing to a GTK canvas with the antigrain drawing toolkit is called the GTKAgg backend. This is important because different backends have different performance characteristics, and the difference can be considerable.
When considering performance, the typical measure is frames per second. Television is 30 frames per second, and for many application if you can get 10 or more frames per second the animation is smooth enough to "look good". Monitors refresh at 75-80 frames per second typically, and so this is an upper limit for performance. Any faster is probably wasted CPU cycles.
Here are some numbers for the animated script anim.py, which simply updates a sine wave on various backends, run under linux on a 3GHz Pentium IV. To profile a script under different backends, you can use the "GUI neutral" animation technique described below and then run it with the -dBackend flag, as in:
> python anim.py -dWX > python anim.py -dGTKAgg
Here are the results. Note that these should be interpreted cautiously, because some GUIs might call a drawing operation in a separate thread and return before it is complete, or drop a drawing operation while one is in the queue. The most important assessment is qualitative.
Backend Frames/second GTK 43 GTKAgg 36 TkAgg 20 WX 11 WXAgg 27
GUI neutral animation in pylab
The pylab interface supports animation that does not depend on a specific GUI toolkit. This is not recommended for production use, but is often a good way to make a quick-and-dirty, throw away animation. After importing pylab, you need to turn interaction on with the ion command. You can then force a draw at any time with draw. In interactive mode, a new draw command is issued after each pylab command, and you can also temporarily turn off this behavior for a block of plotting commands in which you do not want an update with the ioff commands. This is described in more detail on the interactive page.
Here is the anim.py script that was used to generate the profiling numbers across backends in the table above
1 from pylab import *
2 import time
4 ion()
6 tstart = time.time() # for profiling
7 x = arange(0,2*pi,0.01) # x-array
8 line, = plot(x,sin(x))
9 for i in arange(1,200):
10 line.set_ydata(sin(x+i/10.0)) # update the data
11 draw() # redraw the canvas
13 print 'FPS:' , 200/(time.time()-tstart)
Note the technique of creating a line with the call to plot:
1 line, = plot(x,sin(x))
and then setting its data with the set_ydata method and calling draw:
This can be much faster than clearing the axes and/or creating new objects for each plot command.
To animate a pcolor plot use:
This assumes C is a 3D array where the first dimension is time and that XI,YI and C[i,:,:] have the same shape. If C[i,:,:] is one row and one column smaller simply use C.ravel().
Using the GUI timers or idle handlers
If you are doing production code or anything semi-serious, you are advised to use the GUI event handling specific to your toolkit for animation, because this will give you more control over your animation than matplotlib can provide through the GUI neutral pylab interface to animation. How you do this depends on your toolkit, but there are examples for several of the backends in the matplotlib examples directory, eg, anim_tk.py for Tkinter, dynamic_image_gtkagg.py for GTKAgg and dynamic_image_wxagg.py for WXAgg.
The basic idea is to create your figure and a callback function that updates your figure. You then pass that callback to the GUI idle handler or timer. A simple example in GTK looks like
A simple example in WX or WXAgg looks like
Animating selected plot elements
One limitation of the methods presented above is that all figure elements are redrawn with every call to draw, but we are only updating a single element. Often what we want to do is draw a background, and animate just one or two elements on top of it. As of matplotlib-0.87, GTKAgg, TkAgg, WXAgg, and FLTKAgg support the methods discussed here.
The basic idea is to set the 'animated' property of the Artist you want to animate (all figure elements from Figure to Axes to Line2D to Text derive from the base class Artist). Then, when the standard canvas draw operation is called, all the artists except the animated one will be drawn. You can then use the method background = canvas.copy_from_bbox(bbox) to copy a rectangular region (eg the axes bounding box) into a a pixel buffer. In animation, you restore the background with canvas.restore_region(background), and then call ax.draw_artist(something) to draw your animated artist onto the clean background, and canvas.blit(bbox) to blit the updated axes rectangle to the figure. When I run the example below in the same environment that produced 36 FPS for GTKAgg above, I measure 327 FPS with the techniques below. See the caveats on performance numbers mentioned above. Suffice it to say, quantitatively and qualitiatively it is much faster.
1 import sys
2 import gtk, gobject
3 import pylab as p
4 import matplotlib.numerix as nx
5 import time
7 ax = p.subplot(111)
8 canvas = ax.figure.canvas
10 # for profiling
11 tstart = time.time()
13 # create the initial line
14 x = nx.arange(0,2*nx.pi,0.01)
15 line, = p.plot(x, nx.sin(x), animated=True)
17 # save the clean slate background -- everything but the animated line
18 # is drawn and saved in the pixel buffer background
19 background = canvas.copy_from_bbox(ax.bbox)
21 def update_line(*args):
22 # restore the clean slate background
23 canvas.restore_region(background)
24 # update the data
25 line.set_ydata(nx.sin(x+update_line.cnt/10.0))
26 # just draw the animated artist
27 ax.draw_artist(line)
28 # just redraw the axes rectangle
29 canvas.blit(ax.bbox)
31 if update_line.cnt==50:
32 # print the timing info and quit
33 print 'FPS:' , update_line.cnt/(time.time()-tstart)
34 sys.exit()
36 update_line.cnt += 1
37 return True
38 update_line.cnt = 0
40 gobject.idle_add(update_line)
41 p.show()
Example: cursoring
matplotlib 0.83.2 introduced a cursor class which can utilize these blit methods for no lag cursoring. The class takes a useblit=True|False argument in the constructor. For backends that support the new API (GTKAgg) set useblit=True:
1 from matplotlib.widgets import Cursor
2 import pylab
4 fig = pylab.figure(figsize=(8,6))
5 ax = fig.add_axes([0.075, 0.25, 0.9, 0.725], axisbg='#FFFFCC')
7 x,y = 4*(pylab.rand(2,100)-.5)
8 ax.plot(x,y,'o')
9 ax.set_xlim(-2,2)
10 ax.set_ylim(-2,2)
12 # set useblit = True on gtkagg for enhanced performance
13 cursor = Cursor(ax, useblit=True, color='red', linewidth=2 )
15 pylab.show()
The 'blit' animation methods
As noted above, only the GTKAgg supports the methods above to to the animations of selected actors. The following are needed
Figure canvas methods
background = canvas.copy_from_bbox(ax.bbox) - copy the region in ax.bbox into a pixel buffer and return it in an object type of your choosing. bbox is a matplotlib BBox instance from the transforms module. background is not used by the matplotlib frontend, but it stores it and passes it back to the backend in the restore_region method. You will probably want to store not only the pixel buffer but the rectangular region of the canvas from whence it came in the background object.
canvas.restore_region(background) - restore the region copied above to the canvas.
canvas.blit(bbox) - transfer the pixel buffer in region bounded by bbox to the canvas.
For *Agg backends, there is no need to implement the first two as Agg will do all the work (FigureCanvasAgg defines them). Thus you only need to be able to blit the agg buffer from a selected rectangle. One thing that might make this easier for backends using string methods to transfer the agg pixel buffer to their respective canvas is to define a to_rgba_str(bbox) method in agg. If you are working on this and need help, please contact the matplotlib-devel list.
Once all/most of the backends have implemented these methods, the matplotlib front end can do all the work of managing the background/restore/blit opertations, and userland animated code can look like
and the rest will happen automagically. Since some backends do not currently implement the required methods, I am making them available to the users to manage themselves but am not assuming them in the axes drawing code.


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French President Francois Hollande will visit UAE on Tuesday, where he will discuss the possible sale of Rafale fighter jets to the Arab nation.
Under increasing pressure to reduce its budget deficit, France is eager to do more defense business beyond its borders, and anxious to secure a first export customer for the Dassault-built Rafale.
India agreed to buy 126 of the multi-role aircraft last year, but the deal has yet to be signed. Securing an agreement with UAE could prod New Delhi to ink the contract and potentially lead to other sales in the Middle East. But France's relations with UAE have been tepid in recent years, during which former French President Nicolas Sarkozy sought to sell as many as 60 Rafale aircraft to Abu Dhabi.
After taking office in May, Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian attempted to shore up ties with a visit to UAE in October, after which he said Rafale never came up. During Tuesday's visit to Abu Dhabi and Dubai, Hollande is slated to meet with Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown prince and deputy supreme commander of UAE's armed forces.
In the meantime, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says Paris and New Delhi are making progress. Last week he met with India's Minister of External Relations, Salman Khurshid, who suggested details of the agreement are being refined.
"I can only say this to you: We know good French wine takes time to mature, and so do good contracts," Khurshid said following the meeting, which marked his first trip to Europe since being appointed minister of foreign affairs three months ago. "The decision has already been taken, the contract details are being worked out. Just wait a little for the cork to pop and you will have some good wine to taste."
Khurshid's comments followed disappointing news last month from Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, who said during a Dec. 11 news conference in Paris that plans to purchase 36 new fighters had been shelved.
When asked about Brasilia's competition, which includes Rafale, the Saab Gripen and Boeing's Super Hornet, Rousseff said the tender is on hold until the country's fiscal situation improves.
"We have thus delayed the choice of one of these three fighter planes and it may take some time depending on how long it takes our economy to recover," she said. "We expect economic growth in the coming months at a rate that will allow us to resume selection and give it the priority it deserves."
When asked if he was prepared to transfer the necessary technology to Brazil to secure the Rafale sale, Hollande sidestepped the question, pointing to existing Franco-Brazilian cooperation in other areas, including submarines and helicopters. On Rafale, he said the ball is in Rousseff's court:
"I hope it'll be French hardware, but I'm not making a proclamation at this point," he said.
Whether or not Hollande will be making such a proclamation from Dubai tomorrow is anyone's guess, though given France's intervention in Mali over the weekend, the timing could play in Rafale's favor: On Sunday four of the fighters destroyed multiple targets held by militant separatists in northern Mali after Hollande on Friday vowed support for Malian forces fighting an advance on the central town of Konna.
The timing could also boost Dassault's confidence as Canada begins to shop for less-costly alternatives to the U.S. F-35. In December Ottawa informed Dassault and its four chief competitors -- Boeing, Eurofighter Typhoon, Saab and F-35 prime contractor Lockheed Martin -- that the Canadian government would be in touch early this year.


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Rogue River trail reopens
A 40-mile backpacking trail through the Rogue River Canyon has been reopened, another sign fire crews are gaining ground in southwestern Oregon.
The national recreation trail from Grave Creek to Illahe (IL'-uh-hee) had been closed as crews worked the Big Windy fire, but managers said Wednesday that hikers could get back on it.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management says that, typically, hiking trips take four to five days. The trail is closed to vehicles, bicycles and pack animals.
Earlier, rafters were allowed back on the stretch of river designated as wild and scenic. The main shuttle route, the Bear Camp Road, remains closed, however.
The Big Windy fire is considered 45 percent contained and has burned in an area of nearly 38 square miles, or about 24,000 acres.
— The Associated Press
Rogue River trail reopens
Rogue River trail reopens