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As title says + running win_7-64 bit home premium on a samsung laptop with 6GB Ram. PC has been running slow for a while but appears to be getting slower. Also ESET Smart Security has stopped working. I have uninstalled and reistalled but each time I boot, there is no way I can get it to run again. I would very much appreciate if someone here can check the logs to see if I am infected? Thanks.


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AOPA has announced a new release of its popular FlyQ EFB iPad application. FlyQ EFB 1.2, which was highlighted in demonstrations at EAA AirVenture 2013, is now available in the iTunes App Store.
The latest version of FlyQ EFB focuses on increased safety and ease of use for members. Highlights of the latest version include terrain and obstacle avoidance warnings, a simple one-tap preflight data check, fuel prices, and support of the highly acclaimed Sagetech Clarity ADS-B receivers. This is the second major release of the app this year—and it's a big one.
The unique feature in the new release is the Preflight Data Checklist. With a single tap, the app will check to be sure you have downloaded all of the data (charts, diagrams, plates, etc.) required for your loaded flight plan. If anything is missing or out of date, one more tap downloads just what you need—simple, convenient, and safe.
In direct response to member requests, fuel prices are now available for more than 2,000 U.S. airports. Provided by Flight Guide Publications, reported fuel prices are clearly overlaid on the chart to allow pilots to quickly determine closest fuel at the best price.
FlyQ EFB 1.2 helps pilots improve situational awareness with the addition of terrain and obstacle warnings in both 2-D and 3-D modes. Potential hazards are color-coded, making it easier than ever for pilots to avoid getting caught off guard by potential threats along their flight path.
The latest version of the app continues to expand the ADS-B weather options available for members with the addition of support for the Sagetech Clarity family of receivers. Connection to the Clarity ADS-B receivers (via Wi-Fi connection) provides the EFB with GPS, real-time updated in-flight weather, and synthetic vision (Clarity SV model only).
Other new features include interactive airspace labels including MOA/SUA, auto-load of airport diagram upon landing, airmets and sigmets map chart overlay, display of distance and bearing from your current location, surface wind depiction on airport diagram, display of runway crosswind component, and various minor bug fixes.
Version 1.2 retains FlyQ's most popular and useful features, including multiple auto-routing options based on forecast winds aloft, moving map, airport information and geo-referenced airport diagrams, geo-referenced approach procedures, Track Up/ North Up views, 3-D synthetic vision and flight simulator, and FlyQ's patent-pending graphical wind optimizer displays.
Pilots with existing FlyQ subscriptions can upgrade to Version 1.2 for free by accessing FlyQ on the iTunes App Store. First-time FlyQ users are eligible for a free, 30-day trial subscription.
Two subscription levels are available for FlyQ EFB: VFR package, $69.99/ year, and IFR plus VFR package, $119.99/ year (includes all VFR features plus IFR Hi/Lo en route charts and geo-referenced approach plates).
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The Enieto Scriveners have recorded the myths and legends of the various races of Daern here. The Scriveners want to be clear that these stories should not be taken as true history, but are recorded as fascinating cultural studies.
- Of the Elders and the First Days of Daern – The War of Creation
- Of Tirok, the Gate Warden, and the Spark of Life


text: Georgia Elwiss's unbeaten 58 off 51 deliveries and her stand of 97 with Mignon du Preez (45 off 35) for the third wicket helped Melbourne Stars chase down a target of 143 with six deliveries to spare against Melbourne Renegades at the MCG on Saturday (January 6). The seven-wicket victory was only Stars' second win of the season in seven games, which left them rooted to the seventh spot on the points table. Despite the loss, Renegades held on to their fifth position.


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Drug Dealer Sentenced to Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Eduardo Tovar, 27, of Artesia, New Mexico, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.
Tovar pleaded guilty on July 5. According to court documents, Tovar and an accomplice drove from Long Beach, California, to Chantilly with one kilogram of cocaine hidden in a secret compartment in Tovar's vehicle. When Tovar and his accomplice arrived in Virginia, he was arrested by members of Northern Virginia Safe Streets Task Force that were aware of his plans to sell the cocaine.
Dana J. Boente, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Paul M. Abbate, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI's Washington Field Office, and Colonel Edwin C. Roessler Jr., Fairfax County Chief of Police made the announcement after sentencing by U.S. District Judge James C. Cacheris. Assistant U.S. Attorney J. Tyler McGaughey and Special Assistant U.S. Attorneys Benjamin R. Farley and William Guappone prosecuted the case.
A copy of this press release may be found on the website of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or on PACER by searching for Case No. 1:16-cr-73.


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1 The Lord is king, he is robed in majesty;
the Lord is robed, he is girded with strength.
He has established the world; it shall never be moved;
2 your throne is established from of old;
you are from everlasting.
3 The floods have lifted up, O Lord,
the floods have lifted up their voice;
the floods lift up their roaring.
4 More majestic than the thunders of mighty waters,
more majestic than the waves[a] of the sea,
majestic on high is the Lord!
5 Your decrees are very sure;
holiness befits your house,
O Lord, forevermore.
1 O sing to the Lord a new song;
sing to the Lord, all the earth.
2 Sing to the Lord, bless his name;
tell of his salvation from day to day.
3 Declare his glory among the nations,
his marvelous works among all the peoples.
4 For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;
he is to be revered above all gods.
5 For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
but the Lord made the heavens.
6 Honor and majesty are before him;
strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
7 Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples,
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
8 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
bring an offering, and come into his courts.
9 Worship the Lord in holy splendor;
tremble before him, all the earth.
10 Say among the nations, "The Lord is king!
The world is firmly established; it shall never be moved.
He will judge the peoples with equity."
11 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;
let the sea roar, and all that fills it;
12 let the field exult, and everything in it.
Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy
13 before the Lord; for he is coming,
for he is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness,
and the peoples with his truth.
1 I will bless the Lord at all times;
his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2 My soul makes its boast in the Lord;
let the humble hear and be glad.
3 O magnify the Lord with me,
and let us exalt his name together.
4 I sought the Lord, and he answered me,
and delivered me from all my fears.
5 Look to him, and be radiant;
so your[a] faces shall never be ashamed.
6 This poor soul cried, and was heard by the Lord,
and was saved from every trouble.
7 The angel of the Lord encamps
around those who fear him, and delivers them.
8 O taste and see that the Lord is good;
happy are those who take refuge in him.
9 O fear the Lord, you his holy ones,
for those who fear him have no want.
10 The young lions suffer want and hunger,
but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
11 Come, O children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
12 Which of you desires life,
and covets many days to enjoy good?
13 Keep your tongue from evil,
and your lips from speaking deceit.
14 Depart from evil, and do good;
seek peace, and pursue it.
15 The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and his ears are open to their cry.
16 The face of the Lord is against evildoers,
to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
17 When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears,
and rescues them from all their troubles.
18 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted,
and saves the crushed in spirit.
19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
but the Lord rescues them from them all.
20 He keeps all their bones;
not one of them will be broken.
21 Evil brings death to the wicked,
and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
22 The Lord redeems the life of his servants;
none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.
50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered, "The thing comes from the Lord; we cannot speak to you anything bad or good. 51 Look, Rebekah is before you, take her and go, and let her be the wife of your master's son, as the Lord has spoken."
52 When Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself to the ground before the Lord. 53 And the servant brought out jewelry of silver and of gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave to her brother and to her mother costly ornaments. 54 Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank, and they spent the night there. When they rose in the morning, he said, "Send me back to my master." 55 Her brother and her mother said, "Let the girl remain with us a while, at least ten days; after that she may go." 56 But he said to them, "Do not delay me, since the Lord has made my journey successful; let me go that I may go to my master." 57 They said, "We will call the girl, and ask her." 58 And they called Rebekah, and said to her, "Will you go with this man?" She said, "I will." 59 So they sent away their sister Rebekah and her nurse along with Abraham's servant and his men. 60 And they blessed Rebekah and said to her,
"May you, our sister, become
thousands of myriads;
may your offspring gain possession
of the gates of their foes."
61 Then Rebekah and her maids rose up, mounted the camels, and followed the man; thus the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
62 Now Isaac had come from[a] Beer-lahai-roi, and was settled in the Negeb. 63 Isaac went out in the evening to walk[b] in the field; and looking up, he saw camels coming. 64 And Rebekah looked up, and when she saw Isaac, she slipped quickly from the camel, 65 and said to the servant, "Who is the man over there, walking in the field to meet us?" The servant said, "It is my master." So she took her veil and covered herself. 66 And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. 67 Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent. He took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
14 Remind them of this, and warn them before God[a] that they are to avoid wrangling over words, which does no good but only ruins those who are listening. 15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved by him, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly explaining the word of truth. 16 Avoid profane chatter, for it will lead people into more and more impiety, 17 and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, 18 who have swerved from the truth by claiming that the resurrection has already taken place. They are upsetting the faith of some. 19 But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this inscription: "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Let everyone who calls on the name of the Lord turn away from wickedness."
20 In a large house there are utensils not only of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for special use, some for ordinary. 21 All who cleanse themselves of the things I have mentioned[b] will become special utensils, dedicated and useful to the owner of the house, ready for every good work.
13 People were bringing little children to him in order that he might touch them; and the disciples spoke sternly to them. 14 But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, "Let the little children come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs. 15 Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it." 16 And he took them up in his arms, laid his hands on them, and blessed them.
17 As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" 18 Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. 19 You know the commandments: 'You shall not murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; You shall not defraud; Honor your father and mother.'" 20 He said to him, "Teacher, I have kept all these since my youth." 21 Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said, "You lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and give the money[a] to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me." 22 When he heard this, he was shocked and went away grieving, for he had many possessions.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.


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New Delhi: As the Government contemplates laws to tackle dishonour killings, a new study shows that the scourge is mostly a north Indian phenomenon.
The study commissioned by the National Commission for Women (NCW) and carried out by NGO `Shakti Vahini` profiled 560 cases which reflected that dishonour killing is a north Indian phenomenon, Minister of State for Women and Child Development Krishna Tirath said informed the Rajya Sabha today.
The study reveals that in 88.93 percent of the total 560 cases surveyed, the perpetrators of the crimes were from the girl`s family, she said in a written reply.
It further says that dishonour killings have been reported mostly from those areas where the Khap Panchayats are active.
Out of the 560 cases where couples were threatened, 121 persons have been killed. The report mentions that dishonour killings are less about the gotra issue and more about
inter-caste marriages.
Violence and threatening of couples has been reported both from rural and urban areas and from almost all sections of the society.
The reaction to the inter-caste marriages is much stronger and violent when the girl marries a Dalit or to a lower caste than her own.
With a spurt in incidents of dishonour killings across the country, the Government has decided to set up a Group of Ministers (GoM) to consider amendments to the law to deal with the issue and said the bill for that will be brought in the Monsoon Session of Parliament.
Apart from a Group of Ministers (GoM), views will also be sought from states to the proposed amendments to IPC and CrPC to deal with the killings.
The amendments will seek to bring dishonour killings under the definition of murder by amending the Indian Penal Code.
It would also seek to amend the Indian Evidence Act which would bring the onus on Khap Panchayats to prove their innocence in any such case.


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Initially, I didn't like the song. I thought it was boring, but like most of their songs, they warm up to you after a while. Not too impressive, but it isn't bad. The song isn't bad at all, kinda warm and sweet. What I don't get... is the video.
I am sorry, but isn't it a bit cheesy? They're brothers and their mother just passed on and they were either planning on revamping their house or moving. Then they took turns staring meaningfully at a composite picture of their faces (if this were their mom, she... looked like Ohno... and she wasn't really attractive) and then they found a letter. They read the letter and then decided to keep things the way they were... or something like that.
Kinda... lame but not that it was totally boring. They look good in the video too. Most of them. The clothes were fine. You know what wasn't fine? MatsuJun's hair. What the hell? I was watching some show (forgot what) and he was saying he was so happy he cut his hair and stuff. Seriously? That hair? It looks like... okay, lemme take another look before I think of something to compare it with.
I'll just continue yakking first. The theme was purple-maroon-greyish (for the part where they were standing and singing facing the camera). I like the whole colour palette they were choosing from. What I love most, Ohno's pants! I want them, for myself, but tighter on the ass and crotch area... basically, I like the skinny cut. Nice pants. Jun's shoes, I didn't care for, Aiba's pants... where it was rolled up... it would have been hideous on anyone else, but it seemed fine if it were Aiba. Hey, I watched Mannequin Five okay. The man looks good in almost anything.
Their home clothes in the PV was fine. Just fine, since it was a home setting. You should see me at home... xDDD Hey, I live on the damn equator, it is really freaking hot here. If there's a nudist club around here, I'd join it.
HA HA, their dad's name is Taro, their mom's Hanako, and then their kids Ichiro, Jiro, Saburo, Shiro and Goro. HA HA. That's like if your name is Jack and your wife Jill and your kids Jack II, Jack III and so on. HA HA.
Fine, I am cool. I still can't think of what MatsuJun's hair remind me of ( was thinking somewhere along the lines of Wada Akiko back in the 60s). So I'll stop thinking. Oh and I so didn't mean to capture crappy screenshots of Sho's face... its just that, the man has A LOT OF hilarious facial expressions and I am too lazy to go back and recapture them. So I'll just leave them be. xDDD
PV Reminds me a bit of "Happiness" except more mellow, less gay - thank god, cos in this context, it'll be incest.


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We have beach bags, gift bags, grocery bags, produce bags, bags for dry bulk goods, snack bags, bread bags, hand bags, mobile phone clutch bags...
The ones we use the most are our bread bags (mentioned in this post) and our snack bags. One day I got tired of buying Ziplock bags of different sizes, they spill everywhere when the kids try to get 'one' out of the box and no one picks them up. They are wasteful being used once (although we have washed them till they become holey) and we end up have 5 boxes open at different stages because some people in my house don't bother to make sure there is a box open already for the size they need. I'm not pointing fingers at any one in particular...
Enter reusable bags. I have a ton of fabric for cloth diaper-making and don't have anyone in diapers any more and I don't want to give it to the Goodwill because it's pretty expensive stuff. So I have been holding on to it. One day I thought of this snack bag idea and pulled it out. I don't like plastic touching our food (I don't know what kind of plastic it is) so I line the plastic side with cotton fabric and add some velcro or snaps for the opening and voila! A cute little bag to carry nuts, raisins, crackers or whatever snack your little heart desires!
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FDI and economic growth : Can we expect FDI to have a positive impact on the economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Abstract (Summary)This paper examines the effect of foreign direct investments, FDI, on economic growth in developing countries. This is done by the presentation of a theoretical framework, in which technological transfer and the learning of new technologies is considered to be the engine of growth along with a critical examination of a number of empirical studies on the subject. I will later on perform a discussion of the underlying conditions for FDI to work efficiently along with the implications for Sub-Saharan Africa regarding FDI inflows. The implications are studied within a framework that considers human capital as an important channel through which the potential benefits arising from FDI may be realized.
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School:Uppsala universitet
School Location:Sweden
Source Type:Master's Thesis
Keywords:foreign direct investment economic growth developing countries human capital
Date of Publication:08/19/2008


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After three straight months of gains according to the sales-tracking NPD Group, the U.S. retail video game industry pulled back in December for an end of the year that caught many by surprise.
The basic story appears to be that no one truly appreciated just how front-loaded the holiday season would be, both in terms of software and hardware.
Prior to the release of the official estimates, the consensus expected flat software sales with discounts helping buoy hardware sales through the end of the year. Unfortunately December 2011 software sales actually fell by 14% in terms of revenue (from $2.37 billion last year to $2.04 billion this year) and hardware unit sales fell by around 25% (from 8.4 million units to around 6.2-6.3 million units).
Add on top of that a 5% decline in average hardware prices and a brutal collapse in the accessories market (down 27% in terms of revenue) and the industry might actually feel lucky to get out with a mere 21% decline in overall sales for what is typically the biggest month of the year.
It's tempting to look at a single month especially the biggest month of the year and draw dire conclusions. That's a bit premature, I think, since software sales didn't so much contract suddenly as shift about a month earlier, into the November results. Moreover, two platforms singlehandedly delivered most of the hardware and software declines: Nintendo's Wii and DS. Outside of those platforms, and of course neglecting Sony's inconsequential PS2 and PSP, the picture is a bit more rosy (or at the very least far less dire).
You can almost see this in the figure below, which shows the retail video game industry revenue over the past seven years, subdivided into monthly segments. The November 2011 segment is larger than any other November in history, but then there is a contraction in December.
Regardless, let me put some actual figures to my claims. First, if we look at November and December combined, we see that total software revenue was down a mere 3% while total software units were actually up slightly. The heavily promoted Black Friday sales appeared to draw a tremendous number of consumers but after that, the consumers felt they had most of what they needed in terms of software.
As Andrew Connor, an analyst for Piper Jaffray, commented "the 2011 holiday was heavily front-end loaded" which demonstrates that "the core gamer demand is still there, but the casual gamers are losing interest". This kind of consumer fatigue, I expect, will dominate sales discussions for much of 2012.
As to the other point, Nintendo's Wii saw its software sales drop by over 40%, according to comments from Doug Creutz of Cowen & Company. Further, Anita Frazier of the NPD Group highlighted sales on the Xbox 360 and PS3 as being particularly positive, up 8% in dollars in December, and 9% for the total year. These platforms are currently sustaining the industry, although it's a bit more of the Xbox 360 and a bit less of the PS3.
Finally, we know that the Wii was selling for an average price closer to $120 than $150 this year, and yet had unit sales of just over a million systems (down from over 2.3 million last year), The Nintendo DS, while perhaps not lower in price this year, was at the very least contributing far fewer units. Reading between the lines of the various comments made to the press, I think the Nintendo DS came in just over 600,000 units in December, a drop of almost 2 million units from December 2010.
As I've said before, Nintendo was more than willing to take credit when it was driving practically all the industry's growth with the phenomenal sales of the Wii and DS back in the 2007 and 2008 period. That cuts both ways, however, since they must now also own the contraction caused by the collapse of those same platforms, while admitting that the 3DS is still not (yet!) filling the gap left by the Nintendo DS and the successor to the Wii is still at least nine months away.
There is a lot more to say about software, specifically, but I'm going to save that for the next installment of this column. For now, let's just look at the hardware situation.
Last year we saw dramatic declines in Wii and Nintendo DS hardware sales, and the dramatic growth of the Xbox 360, fueled by both Kinect and the new S Model hardware. Sony's PS2 became negligible while the PSP moved toward irrelevance. The PS3 saw a very modest increase.
Here is the picture for 2011, with the 2010 totals shown in shadow for reference.
Microsoft continued its growth again this year and became the top-selling hardware platform of 2011 as a result. When the history books are written, I strongly suspect that 2011 will be the peak year for that platform.
Nintendo saw its Wii hardware sales fall by over 35% from 2010, while Nintendo DS sales fell by over 50%.
Of course, the Nintendo DS story is closely intertwined with the 3DS story, and that's one of the big success stories for 2011. After what has to be seen as a disastrous summer after the spring launch, the price cut from $250 to $170 helped the Nintendo 3DS leap to over 4 million units for the year. Given two more weeks at its current price and its current slate of software, it might even have outsold Sony's PS3.
Finally, Sony. What to say? The PS3 again eked out a very modest increase about 4.3% according to Michael Pachter of Wedbush Securities. Still it only sold about as well as mortally wounded Wii, and Pachter added that he's not sure Sony is panicking about this, as they are at least gaining some traction at this price but it looks like there is another price cut in the cards, likely at E3.
That seems perfectly reasonable to me, but we'll have to see what happens through the beginning of 2012. It seems likely Sony can hit its hardware targets for this fiscal year, but it can't expect to maintain that level for another year without a price drop.
Further, the system hasn't had a major hardware revision since the 2009 introduction of the PS3 Slim. Can Sony wait until E3 to launch a new model, drop the price, and still hit its next fiscal year goals? If nothing else, the company has shown immense patience as it cuts costs and grows marketshare, and the third parties and the analysts have always been calling for cuts before Sony was willing to make them.
Regardless of whether the hardware manufacturers are ready or not, the history of hardware sales over the past few years makes it look like a generational shift is imminent. Here is a picture that makes this point.
Annual hardware sales have been in decline since 2008, and if not for the appearance of the Nintendo 3DS this year, the results for 2011 might well have looked even more cataclysmic. What we see here is the huge growth of the Wii and Nintendo DS growing the installed hardware base in 2007, 2008, and 2009 with a dramatic contraction after that.
We're now two years on since that contraction began and despite Microsoft's success with the Xbox 360 during that period, the number of new systems being added each year is still shrinking.
Nintendo has at least addressed its handheld problem, and the 3DS has hit a price and software selection that consumers find very attractive right now. Just look at the graph below.
If Nintendo and third parties can continue to supply the system with good software, we should see a return to growth in the handheld software segment. That is, the graph above should show an upturn when we update it a year hence.
Frankly, I don't hold out much hope for the PlayStation Vita. The handheld market appears to be extremely price-conscious or more precisely value-conscious and I don't think Sony has justified the value of its new handheld in a way that will make it cross over from the hardcore to the mass market. Remember, the question is not so much whether other handhelds are better than the Vita in terms of games or price, but whether they are good enough to fill someone's needs. I expect the middle of 2012 to be very unkind to the PS Vita, but it should at least sell better this year than the PSP did in 2011.
That could be nothing, however, as the industry begins its long wait for the Wii U. It's predecessor, the Wii, is essentially an abandoned platform for 2012 and Nintendo has few options left to prop up its sales into the second half of the year. Until that time the company will focus on its only growth segment, the Nintendo 3DS.
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My snake dream
I was bushwalking with other people along a wooded path - everyone else was up in front and I saw them walking past a huge python, having handled pythons before I wasn't too concerned I figured as long as I didn't bother him he wouldn't bother me. As I went to walk past he raised himself up and brought his head right up to my face - I had to put my arm up to protect myself and it took all my strength to prevent him coming closer to my head. This was one huge python and somehow I think it was talking to me and making a deal with me, I have no idea what the deal was. It's a bit foggy but I think I agreed to the deal and then having no thoughts of following through on the deal I started to run to get away. Everyone up in front had stopped and was looking at me - most significantly there was a person I grew up with there - she is one of those people who pushes all my buttons (I ran into her walking the other day), she has a husband, 2 children and lovely suburban lifestyle and she bugs me big time. Not so much because of that - but I just find her incredibly insensitive and annoying and condescending. She is not the type of person I would ever be friends with now but we grew up together and it's one of those family friends things. Every Christmas my family (parents and sister's family) gets together with her family and one other family - everyone but me and one other of my generation now has kids. I just don't go anymore - it's really not a fun place for me to hang out.
Anyway my most vivid recollection from this dream was of her standing safely with her family (along with others) watching me as I ran for my life to get away from this snake, that I could now see was chasing me and gaining on me. I knew it was going to catch me, but there was nothing I could do and everyone else was too safe and secure with their families to even consider helping me.
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I think this must be the most interesting dream I've ever read about! I've written about it, quoted it and linked to it in a post on my own site, which I hope is okay (I wanted to ask by email but couldn't find an address).ReplyDelete
After reading your post this morning I visited a Buddhist temple (I'm in Thailand at the moment) and there were so many snakes and dragons represented in statues and paintings there, mingling with monks and nearby the Buddha himself. I wanted to photograph them all for you!
Quote away! I'm glad you found it interesting and I did like the Milarepa story. I still have such a clear image, no more than that I can remember the feeling, of me holding my arm up to protect my face and using all my strength to hold this giant snake back.ReplyDelete
So I guess from the Milarepa story "The moral of the story is, when the resistance is gone, so are the demons". Which to me initially brings up feelings that I have to accept being childless and single, and when I think that there is a LOT of resistance. But I find it a bit easier if I think - well I don't have to accept that will be my reality forever but I do need to find some peace with my current situation (which I do at times) - that I'm probably more likely to achieve.
Lucky you in Thailand, I've travelled quite a bit, but never been to Thailand, contemplating going there at the end of the year - as well as Burma...we shall see. I'd love a photo of those snakes and dragons!
Hi, thank you for sharing your very powerful dream. I have a few suggestions for understanding it more deeply if you'd like them: first is to write it down privately (not on your blog but in handwriting on paper). This sometimes makes things clearer. Second is to try and describe the most important facets of the dream as if you were trying to make an extraterrestrial understand them: someone who couldn't possibly know what things are like on our planet. So you'd have to describe exactly what is a snake, an annoying person etc. Third is to imagine you are all of the players in the dream: to describe what happened from the point of view of the annoying person, the other members of the party, the snake, and anyone / anything else who comes to mind. Telling the story from different perspectives can be very revealing. Hope this is of help!ReplyDelete
Thanks Lisa,ReplyDelete
I'll give it a go. Certainly the most important facets that come to mind are the feeling of fighting off the snake and the huge sense of completely isolation as I ran for my life with no sign of anyone being there for me, or even being interested in being there. But a good idea to look from others' perspectives as well.


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International Standard Bible EncyclopediaCOMMEND
Greek4921. sunistemi and sunistano -- to commend, establish, stand near ...
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1867. epaineo -- to praise
3908. paratithemi -- to place beside, to set before
3936. paristemi -- to place beside, to present, stand by, appear
3860. paradidomi -- to hand over, to give or deliver over, to ...
Strong's Hebrew7623. shabach -- to soothe, still
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1984. halal -- to shine
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary1. (v. t.) To commit, entrust, or give in charge for care or preservation.
2. (v. t.) To recommend as worthy of confidence or regard; to present as worthy of notice or favorable attention.
3. (v. t.) To mention with approbation; to praise; as, to commend a person or an act.
4. (v. t.) To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and good will.
5. (n.) Commendation; praise.
6. (n.) Compliments; greetings.
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Luke 23:46 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
Acts 20:32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
Romans 3:5 But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak like men do.
Romans 5:8 But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 13:3 For judges and magistrates are to be feared not by right-doers but by wrong-doers. You desire--do you not? --to have no reason to fear your ruler. Well, do the thing that is right, and then he will commend you.
Romans 14:18 and whoever in this way devotedly serves Christ, God takes pleasure in him, and men highly commend him.
Romans 16:1 I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant of the assembly that is at Cenchreae,
1 Corinthians 8:8 But food will not commend us to God. For neither, if we don't eat, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.
1 Corinthians 11:2 Now I commend you for remembering me in everything, and because you hold fast truths and practices precisely as I have taught them to you.
1 Corinthians 11:17 And this declaring, I give no praise, because not for the better, but for the worse ye come together;
1 Corinthians 11:22 What, don't you have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God's assembly, and put them to shame who don't have? What shall I tell you? Shall I praise you? In this I don't praise you.
2 Corinthians 3:1 Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you?
2 Corinthians 4:2 But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. Paul's Letter to the Galatians
2 Corinthians 5:12 For we are not commending ourselves to you again, but speak as giving you occasion of boasting on our behalf, that you may have something to answer those who boast in appearance, and not in heart.
2 Corinthians 6:4 but in everything commending ourselves, as servants of God, in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,
2 Corinthians 10:12 For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.
2 Corinthians 10:18 For it isn't he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.
2 Timothy 2:15 Earnestly seek to commend yourself to God as a servant who, because of his straightforward dealing with the word of truth, has no reason to feel any shame.
1 Peter 2:14 or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do well.
Psalms 31:5 Into your hand I commend my spirit. You redeem me, Yahweh, God of truth.
Psalms 145:4 One generation will commend your works to another, and will declare your mighty acts.
Ecclesiastes 8:15 Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.
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text: Q. I have a 20-year-old home with the original fireplace. I have always wanted to put a fireplace mantel or a solid oak shelf with two oak corbels on this stone fireplace. Do you recommend forgetting about this idea? If it is OK to do this, should I use scribing to cut the wood to fit around the irregularities in the stone veneer? Should I cut slots in the stone veneer to accommodate the wood shelf? Also, I am not sure, but I think the stone veneer may be cultured stone. How can I tell if this stone veneer is real? A. Adding a mantel to an existing fireplace can be a great way to dress up an otherwise boring apparatus that has essentially been with us since prehistoric times. I would caution folks with historic homes to not alter the original design of their fireplace in a way that cannot be reversed at a later date. Your house is 20 years old and doesn't technically fall into the 40-year-old threshold for historic properties, yet I am suggesting you take the same advice. To determine whether or not your stone is fake or real, just tap on a stone with a hard object. If it has a hollow sound, it is fake. If it has a solid sound, it is likely real stone. This, however, is not as important as how you design and install a new wood mantel. Your idea to install an oak shelf with corbels (wood brackets) is the easiest and most reversible in the future. Lumberyards and salvage yards now have a great variety of corbels and brackets available for the homeowner to use. To avoid scribing (removing wood from the corbel to conform to the irregular stone), I suggest you consider using a two-board design. The thicker oak shelf is attached to the edge of another 3/4-inch-thick oak board (face board), creating an upside down "L." The corbels are then secured under the shelf and to the face of the 3/4-inch oak board. There will be a gap under the face board, but you will have to get up under the mantel to see it. This is all done off the fireplace and then attached as one piece. You want your fasteners to penetrate the mortar joints between the stones. Place the mantel in position and mark four evenly divided spots where there are mortar joints. Remove the mantel and countersink a Ø-inch-diameter hole, Ø-inch deep at those spots. Attach the mantel with blue TapCon screws. TapCons are special masonry screws that come with a masonry drill bit. Put the mantel back in place. Using the TapCon drill bit, drill a hole in the center of the Ø-inch countersunk holes through the wood and into the mortar joints. You can then insert the screws and hide their heads with a Ø-inch-diameter oak plug. These decorative plugs can be found at most hardware stores and lumberyards. Q. We want to install a fireplace in our living room. How much will it cost? A. The most popular fireplace installation for an existing house is a direct-vent gas-log unit. No chimneys are required as they vent directly out the sidewall of the house. These units can be very energy efficient, as they use outside air for combustion. A direct-vent installation with mantel, face tile and hearth will cost between $2,000 and $4,000. The price can get higher depending on how fancy you want to get with the decorative materials surrounding it. About 20 percent of the fireplace business is still with real wood units. This installation calls for a complete chimney made with either masonry or a framed-in chase with proper flue materials. The cost ranges from $4,000 to $6,000. Q. What type of material should I use for a new front door? There are lots of options, but I don't know which is the best. A. A lot depends on what type of house you live in. If you have a classic historic house, restoring and weatherizing the original door is the best way to go. If you live in a home with character that's not necessarily historic and are looking for a replacement, I would suggest that wood is still the most durable and pleasing option. Mahogany is the best choice for new exterior wood doors. Remember, boats were made with mahogany. It has wonderful rot resistance as well as stability. Mahogany doors come in many styles and finishes and will cost anywhere from $800 to $2,500 installed. Steel doors have come a long way and have factory faux wood or painted surfaces. Eventually, these doors will have to be repainted or replaced. Factory finishes have about a 20-year life span. Steel, probably the most secure and energy-efficient, is $500 to $2,500 installed. Fiberglass and plastic doors are not very durable and start to look shabby soon after they are installed. You can repaint fiberglass but not plastic doors. They run $500 to $1,500 installed. If classy is what you're after, steel, fiberglass or plastic doors are not the answer. They always will look synthetic, unlike the richness of natural or painted wood. E-mail your questions to email@example.com, or send them to About Your House, South Bend Tribune, 225 W. Colfax Ave., South Bend, IN 46626. BOB YAPP


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Aurora Project {Classified} [US]
The following is information relating to the highly secretive Aurora Project, whose existence has been denied 'officially' by the US Government. Hence, all the information below is based on speculation and unidentified information sources involved in such a project.
The Aurora Project as a secret coming into existence is not known to anyone yet. It is believed that the project is a follow-on of the
XB-70 Valkyrie
. The developers are probably the Lockheed-Martin, who have had a lot of experience in the field of high speed stealth planes (e.g.
SR-71 Blackbird
). The Aurora Project, I believe is the development for a future generation reconnaisance plane.
The Project, according to sources, is to create a plane that sustains speeds of upto Mach 6-8 (Mach 1 is the speed of sound), and incorporate stealth features.
The Aurora aircraft has an airframe like a flattened American football, about 110 feet long and 60 feet wide, smoothly contoured, and covered in ceramic tiles similar to those used on the Space Shuttle which seem to be coated with "a crystalline patina indicative of sustained exposure to high temperature. . . a burnt carbon odor exudes from the surface."(See graphics)
Not much is known about the propulsion system, but the following speculations are likely.
At subsonic speeds, probably the power comes from conventional jet engines in the lower fuselage, fed by inlet ducts which open in the tiled surface.
Once at supersonic speed, there are three possibilities for the propulsion that carries the plane up to its Mach 6+ speed:
Pulse Detonation Wave Engine
Regular Pulse Jet


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Hi you lot, yes I'm still alive.
I've been busy busy with uni stuff. I've finished classes for the year, I just have an exam on the 16th. Then I am free. I'll try and pick up some work during the summer holiday.
Not much else has been happening really. I have my mummy staying for a few days, so that will be nice. We are going into Freo and eating at my favourite reastraunt...mmmmmmm sushi.
I'm also busy doing a cross stitch, of two beautyfull tigers.
The diet has gone out of the window :(
I've been keeping myself busy with Second Life, pulling up my virtual sleaves and helping to make the island the place to be.
Stay slinky


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To do Cheshire face paint, cover your face with a medium pink base, add shading with purple, paint an exaggerated, toothy smile over your lips and paint your nose. This process takes around an hour and requires face paints, cosmetic sponges, paint brushes and a mirror.
- Paint a base of pink
Cover your face with a medium pink face paint using a cosmetic sponge. Pink base should extend to your hairline and just below your chin bone. Also cover your eyelids and eyebrows with the pink.
- Shade with purple
Accent the base by blending a small amount of purple paint with the pink along the curve of your forehead and over your eyelids and brows. Also shade with purple along the sides of your nose extending down to your mouth.
- Paint the smile
Trace the outline of the smile you want to paint over your mouth with black paint. Use the shape of your mouth to guide you. Corners of the smile should extend into the cheeks and curl toward the nose. Paint the inside of the smile white. Use black to paint the lines of the teeth inside the smile.
- Add final details
Paint the tip of your nose black. Finally, paint a few whiskers in black on both cheeks.


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USS Lakewood Victory (AK-236)
USS Lakewood Victory (AK-236) at anchor, probably when she returned to San Francisco in March 1946 after a postwar voyage to the Western Pacific. Her armament had been removed, probably during repair work at Puget Sound in October and November 1945.
|United States
|Lakewood Victory
|as type (VC2-S-AP2) hull, MCV hull 545
|Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California
|Yard number:
|Yard No.1
|Laid down:
|16 September 1944
|17 November 1944
|Sponsored by:
|Mrs. Edward A. Fitzgerald
|11 December 1944
|16 May 1946
|5 June 1946
|Honors and
|two battle stars during World War II
|sold for scrapping, 9 August 1993, to California Import Export Inc., for $368,512
|General characteristics [1]
|Class and type:
|Boulder Victory-class cargo ship
|455 ft (139 m)
|62 ft (19 m)
|29 ft 2 in (8.89 m)
|Installed power:
|6,000 shp (4,500 kW)
|15.5 kn (17.8 mph; 28.7 km/h)
|99 officers and enlisted
USS Lakewood Victory (AK-236) was a Boulder Victory-class cargo ship acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean theatre of operations through the end of the war, earning two battle stars, and then returned to the United States for disposal.
Victory built in California[edit]
Lakewood Victory (AK-236) was laid down 16 September 1944, by Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California, under a U.S. Maritime Commission contract; launched 17 November; sponsored by Mrs. Edward A. Fitzgerald; and commissioned 11 December, Lt. Comdr. Eric H. Petrelius in command.
World War II operations[edit]
After shakedown, Lakewood Victory departed San Francisco, California, 18 January 1945 loaded with a cargo of ammunition, booms, and aircraft. Steaming via Pearl Harbor and Eniwetok, she reached the Mariana Islands in convoy 19 February and supplied combat ships with shells and powder.
Departing Saipan the 26th, she headed for Iwo Jima with Task Group 50.8. While the battle for Iwo Jima raged, she arrived the 28th and began supplying cruisers, destroyers, and landing craft with ammunition. She continued discharging her cargo until 8 March; then she sailed for the western Caroline Islands, arriving Ulithi the 11th.
On 3 April Lakewood Victory cleared Ulithi for logistics support operations off Okinawa. After reaching Kerama Retto 13 April, she supplied waiting destroyers, LSTs, and smaller landing craft with explosive cargo. She was the target of multiple Japanese Zero kamikaze attacks which war thwarted when American Destroyers and Battleships shot them out of the sky before they reached their targets. Her crew worked under cover of protective smoke to transfer ammunition before sailing 23 April for Ulithi, where she arrived the 28th.
Lakewood Victory sailed 20 May for the New Hebrides. Steaming via Manus, Admiralty Islands, she reached Espiritu Santo 28 May; loaded ammunition and fog oil; and departed 19 June for Leyte. She arrived San Pedro Bay the 28th and operated off Leyte for more than 2 months. After the Japanese surrender, she returned to the United States via the Mariana Islands and Pearl Harbor, arriving Puget Sound, Washington, 8 October.
After unloading her cargo, she sailed for the western Pacific Ocean 18 November. From 6 December to 2 March 1946 she loaded ammunition at Guam and Saipan.
Post-war decommissioning and career[edit]
Returning to San Francisco 15 March, Lakewood Victory decommissioned 16 May and was turned over to the War Shipping Administration (WSA). Final disposition, sold for scrapping, 9 August 1993, to California Import Export Inc., for $368,512, removed from the Reserve Fleet anchorage, 25 September 1993.
Honors and awards[edit]
Lakewood Victory received two battle stars for World War II service. Lakewood Victoryalso earned the American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal and the Philippines Liberation Medal.
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive - AK-236 Lakewood Victory
- Boulder Victory-class cargo ships
- Ships built in Richmond, California
- 1944 ships
- Ammunition ships of the United States Navy
- World War II auxiliary ships of the United States
- United States Navy California-related ships
- United States Navy Colorado-related ships
- United States Navy New Jersey-related ships
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