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Android L developer preview available tomorrow for Nexus 5 and 7
We're fresh off of the launch of Android L, and we were told a developer preview would be launching tomorrow. We're now hearing more about when exactly this developer preview will be launching, and which devices will be initially able to get in on the fun.
The preview will be available as factory images, presumably on Google's usual site (linked in the source below). This site has never been restricted to developers only in the past, so we're not sure if a developer account will be required to download and install this Android L developer preview. Installation should be a cinch with some quick fastboot commands from the bootloader.
The Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 (presumably 2013-only) will have the builds available for download. We're unsure if other devices currently on 4.4.4 such as the Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 will be making the jump to Android L. Also, we're unsure about whether the LTE-supporting Nexus 7 model will have a build of the Android L developer preview available for download, as that one has been historically slow for updates.
Stay tuned for more info out of Google's 2014 developer conference, which is still going on.
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American Airlines announced that it will suspend flights to and from Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. Because of the civil unrest, the carrier's staff has been unable to get to the airport. I'll give American all the credit in the world for staying there as long as they have. The situation is unbelievably dangerous, and, as the capture of refugees fleeing by boat off the coast of the US has shown, people will do anything to get out of there. AA hopes to resume flights by March 3, but I'll bet that won't happen.
Investigators examining last year's US Airways Express (Air Midwest) crash in Charlotte released a report citing sloppy maintenance and weight calculating procedures as the causes. A National Transportation Safety Board member said, "the sheer number of people who failed to do their job set a new low." Pretty scary.


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This is the story of four women. Ellie is a widow from Vietnam with two daughters, Kate and Jamie. Kate was young when her father was killed in war but Jamie was not yet born therefore never knew her dad. At age eighteen, Jamie's life is changed forever and she starts drinking and doing drugs. Jamie decides to get her life together and move back home, also helping her Aunt Nina in her last days. Kate is now happily married and living a "perfect" life or so Jamie perceives. As the family deals with their lives they realize that each of them are not what the others think. Aunt Nina, not really a blood relative, is the woman that gave these girls a place to live when their rock, their father and husband, was killed in Vietnam. She quickly became the woman that truly held this family together.
I found this book to start with a deliberate slowness that let me really connect and get to know each character. After forming a bond with all the main characters and their stories, the story moves along at a perfect pace keeping me reading and having to know what was going to happen. The details of emotion and thoughts let me feel like I was in The Sandpiper, like a fly on the wall, living my life side by side with Ellie, Kate, Jamie, and Aunt Nina.
The topics in this book are not easy topics. Addiction and fighting sobrierty, infertility and the desperate hope for a child, and the lose in the time of war are topics Susan Brace Lovell covers with carefulness, but honesty that many authors fail to accomplish. The way the different characters cope and react to each turn of events is true to life.
This is a book that anyone looking for an engaging and perfectly written novel will love and be unable to put down. I highly recommend The Sandpiper.
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This coming Holy Week, Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation (MMPC) will be lending a hand with the "Mitsubishi Service Plus Motorist Assistance" in several travel destinations from March 24 to 27, 2016 from 8am to 5pm.
Roadside services will be offered such as preventive maintenance, general repairs, diagnosis and actual emergency repairs (engine overheating, electrical, aircon problems). Mitsubishi owners may also take advantage of the free 15-point check-up to ensure their vehicle is on a road-worthy condition.
This annual Mitsubishi Service Plus Motorist Assistance is MMPC's commitment of providing quality service to its customers by ensuring a worry-free trip.
Below is a list of dealerships and locations where Mitsubishi will be able assist. Also listed are landline and cellular numbers in case motorirsts need immediate roadside assistance.
Trucks and buses however are not covered by the annual roadside service.


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|"Synoptek's consultative approach is something I've always believed to be the key to success and why companies need experienced IT thought leaders for long term success. When I found Synoptek and found this concept to be part of its core DNA, I knew this was a team I needed to be a part of."
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Being recognized as one of the fastest growing managed services providers in the nation is no accident. It stems from a company that has amazing, talented and invested employees who foster a culture of community, growth and life balance. We're a company that is consistently evolving, so it's important we're able to depend on one another and work closely together. Our specialty is FUN!!!! At Synoptek we are visionaries on and off the clock. Often times we think of some of our best work at team happy hours, evenings playing softball or morning cookouts around the waffle maker. If this work hard / play hard environment sounds like something you'd like to be a part of, consider applying for one of our open positions today.
A Few Office Perks:
Health Insurance:
Synoptek offers healthcare coverage for every employee across the US and international. With Medical, Dental and Vision insurance offered, our employees have access to benefits for themselves as well as their family under our company-sponsored plan. For those that chose to take advantage of the Health Insurance options, Synoptek makes a significant contribution to help cover the cost of medical premiums.
Synoptek understands that planning for the future is an important decision when considering any employer. Synoptek offers its employees a very competitive 401K Plan with a variety of different investment options, and a company matching program.
Synoptek combines both Sick and Vacation days together so that every employee has the opportunity to take full advantage of all the time offered to them. These days can be used for vacation, me time or sick days. Our PTO is grows with your tenure here at Synotpek starting at 18 days of PTO per year.
Life Insurance/Short term disability/Long term disability:
Synoptek covers the premiums for all. Covered, covered and covered.
Travel and Train:
Synoptek hosts a Travel and Train event 2-4 times a year. During these events, we take a group of 12-18 employees someplace really cool to learn about something new. It's an awesome opportunity to play together, learn together, bridge the gap between locations and team and spend time getting to know one another as the extraordinary, intelligent, smart-ass wonders we are.
A quarterly event taking place in a sweet location, bringing together an eclectic mix of new hires and tenured internal employees . Also referred to as a four day nitty gritty/drink-the-kool-aid-and discover-it-actually-tastes-pretty-darn-good intensive internal development program covering all things Synoptek.
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The Shoals Research Airpark Spec Building is a recent constructed 100,000 sq. ft. speculative facility now available for industry. The building is expandable to 150,000 sq. ft. and can be built-out to tenant specifications.
This property is conveniently located directly adjacent to Northwest Shoals Regional Airport. It is located 3,000 feet from Main Line Rail and 8 miles from the Port of Florence. US Highway 72 Alt is located 3 miles away.
Construction has concluded on the brand new speculative building in the Rogersville Business Park! The new speculative building is 40,000 square feet (250' x 160') with 36' eave heights, expandable to 80,000 square feet. Build-out options are available, please contact us for more details about how this building can work for you.
The Rogersville Business Park is located in eastern Lauderdale County on Highway 72 approximately 19 miles from I-65 and 35 miles from the proposed site of the new Alabama Mazda-Toyota manufacturing facility.
The Shoals TechSpace offers approximately 15,000 square feet of space on the third floor of a historic Art Deco structure originally built in 1910. The recently renovated building is located in the heart of downtown Florence, Alabama.
It is adjacent to a 500+ space parking deck and is within walking distance to great food and fun in a welcoming southern atmosphere. With redundant power and fiber available, this space can be customized to fit the needs of your business.
The Shoals Economic Development Authority recently conducted a third-party extensive labor force analysis and overall assessment of The Shoals. The findings indicate many positive trends when compared to other benchmark geographies of similar size.
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Parkinsonia aculeata 'Desert Museum' - multi trunk
Parkinsonia aculeata 'Desert Museum' (Mexican Palo Verde) - Native to Mexico. Small picturesque round-headed tree of 15-20 feet tall with open lacy foliage that yields a pleasant dappled shade. It has a trunk and branches with yellow-green bark and within the fine-textured foliage small thorns are nestled. Showy, fragrant yellow flowers with throats having orange-reddish color spots have a peak bloom period in summer with scattered bloom year-round. After flowering a tan fruit pod forms with a papery sheath. Good for filtering sun to create light shade and very drought tolerant once established. Hardy to at least 20-25° F. Occasionally gets powdery mildew along the coast or where over-irrigated but this goes away with drier weather – the thornless and sterile hybrid that is called Parkinsonia 'Desert Museum' is a wonderful plant in inland gardens and certainly better in the low desert because it does not reseed.


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Οn behalf of the management of Fish-tavern ''Antonis'', one of the oldest reception points of gourmands,
we would like to thank all our customers, who from 1981 trusted us for their personal, as well as their business moments.
Many were those who loved, married, and baptized in this historic place.
Thus, continuing for generations to pass, we offer you our particularly attentive services in whichever moment of yours,
either it is personal, family, social or business.
With respect and devotion, all the people involved in our business we promise to create and provide day by day what is best for you.
For any information don't hesitate to contact us.
Thank you, Antonis Saflekas' family.


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Learners Today...Leaders Tomorrow.
To empower our students to achieve personal growth and resiliency through rigorous curriculum and diverse opportunities
To be an innovative community of learners committed to unlocking the potential of all students
Having high expectation for all students and purposely using a balance of grade level content, context, and questions to deepen student understanding.
Red, White, Blue
Linda Jobe Middle School opened on August 24, 2009.
Mansfield ISD605 East Broad StreetMansfield, Texas 76063Phone: 817.299.6300 www.mansfieldisd.org
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Pet Emergency & Critical Care Specialists, All Day Every Day
The Emergency and Critical Care Department of Red Bank Veterinary Hospital uses technology and advanced skills to monitor, diagnose, and treat pets with acute or chronic illness. The most severe and life-threatening emergencies are managed in our critical care unit. Our emergency and critical care specialists work closely with other departments to provide the finest patient care and treatment.
RBVH in Tinton Falls designated a Level 1 Veterinary Trauma Center
RBVH in Tinton Falls awarded Level 1 Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care Society Certification
Highly Skilled & Concerned Staff
We understand your fears when a beloved pet is in critical condition. Our emergency teams are highly skilled in assessing and treating pets that become ill or experience life-threatening emergencies. When your family veterinarian is unavailable, we are fully staffed and available 24 hours a day, every day.
Common emergencies include being hit by a car, falling from heights, profuse vomiting or diarrhea, difficulty breathing, seizures, and toxin ingestion. While some patients can be treated and released the same day, many must be admitted for further stabilization. Patients with life-threatening illnesses or injuries are admitted to our critical care unit for close monitoring and advanced life-support measures.
24-Hour Emergency Service
If your pet is sick or injured and you need guidance, contact us day or night at (732) 747-3636(732) 747-3636. Our experienced triage nurses assess the situation and determine whether your pet needs to be seen by our emergency staff.
Doctors and technicians are on-site around the clock, providing therapies, advanced monitoring, and diagnostic tools, including:
24-hour fluid therapy
Intravenous fluids provided to patients to restore blood volume and rehydrate patients after fluid losses associated with bleeding, vomiting, diarrhea, kidney failure, burns, and various other conditions.
Diagnostic imaging and analysis
Diagnostic imaging, like bloodwork, is often necessary to help us identify abnormalities and differentiate among potential causes for various illnesses.
Blood/blood component transfusion therapy
Transfusions of specific blood products (cells, protein, clotting factors, platelets) to replace whichever component is lacking, limiting the risk of transfusion-related complications.
Blood gas, coagulation, complete blood count, and chemistry
Evaluation of bloodwork for disease-specific changes allowing us to monitor progress and tailor therapy to the individual patient.
Evaluation of a patient's ability to move air through the respiratory tract.
Cardiac resuscitation, defibrillation, and post-resuscitation care
CPCR (CPR) for patients who pass away and aftercare for them if they are successfully recovered. These patients usually require extensive monitoring and care for the first 48+ hours after such events.
Continuous EKG
Monitoring of patients' heart rhythms to evaluate for irregularities and provide specific treatments according to changes that are seen.
Continuous pleural suction
Removal of fluid or air from around the lungs after trauma or due to an underlying disease.
CVP and BP monitoring
Evaluation of cardiovascular status and fluid therapy to tailor treatment to the patient more precisely.
Enteral and parenteral nutrition
Evaluation of cardiovascular status and fluid therapy to tailor treatment to the patient more precisely.
Long-term ventilation therapy
Patients who are affected by diseases that prevent their ability to breathe normally can require respiratory support in the form of mechanical ventilation. This helps the patients to breathe by assisting the delivery of oxygen therapy into the lungs that can be titrated to meet the needs of the patient. This is used for patients suffering from diseases where the body needs oxygen support greater than can be provided by traditional oxygen therapy. These include diseases such as severe pneumonia, heart failure, pulmonary contusions (typically following trauma) or acute respiratory distress syndrome. Other patients who may require ventilatory support include those that are unable to breathe on their own, including diseases of the nervous system and ingestion of toxins that impair the muscles of breathing. Patients can require ventilatory support for a length of time ranging from hours to days, while the patient's underlying disease is treated and they recover enough to be able to breathe on their own.
Oxygen therapy
Supplemental oxygen is required by some patients with disease in their lungs (pneumonia, congestive heart failure, injury after trauma) to help them adequately oxygenate their blood and tissues.
Pain management
It can be difficult to interpret an animal's behavior and evaluate their level of comfort. Our doctors and technicians are trained to identify subtle cues from our patients so that an appropriate pain management protocol can be implemented and tailored to our patients' needs.
Measurement of pressures within the eye. This diagnostic is most often performed on patients with glaucoma.
Life Support Options
When faced with a painful decision, we help you decide which life-saving measures to offer your pet. There are various levels of resuscitation efforts, from minimal to extensive. These efforts depend on your pet's medical condition, your personal wishes, and financial considerations. We advise you of the options, so you can make appropriate decisions. If your pet requires hospitalization, you may be asked to select a life support option.
What is a Board Certified Veterinary Criticalist?
Board certified veterinary criticalists focus on current techniques for diagnosing and treating life-threatening conditions in an emergency and for the critical time while pets are recovering. In addition to undergraduate training and four years of veterinary school, board certified criticalists complete an internship and residency, an additional three to five years of training. This is followed by a rigorous examination from the American College of Emergency & Critical Care. Passing this examination grants the status of Diplomate of the American College of Emergency & Critical Care (DACVECC).
Board certified criticalists work together with primary care veterinarians, emergency doctors, and other specialists. They diagnose, stabilize, and manage pets experiencing a medical crisis.


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Call Off the War on Obesity
"The war on obesity" has become a familiar battle cry.
It serves as the basis for professional health conferences or
exploitative "motivational" extreme-weight-loss shows like The Biggest Loser, and is referenced almost daily. Despite the intent to increase awareness of a public health issue, it is plagued with problems that severely impede progress.
War, by definition, requires the identification of at least one enemy, something the war on obesity has failed to do. The absence of precise targets helps explain why so many discussions on the topic are blandly apolitical.
The rhetoric surrounding this anti-obesity crusade is so neutral, in fact, that the food industry considers itself part of the dutiful troops, whether it's with "commitments to physical activity" or reduced-calorie, minimally nutritious processed foods that feature artificial sweeteners and "fat replacers" made from genetically modified corn.
This neutrality makes it challenging to define the collective "we", giving Big Food ample room to foster the insidious illusion that it — not just its products, but its practices and tactics — does not contribute to the problem at hand.
Obesity is too abstract of an "enemy". Instead, it needs to be acknowledged as the most visible symptom of various socio-political diseases — including, but not limed to, industry lobbying, Big Food predatory marketing, and misguided agricultural subsidies.
Unfortunately, most discussions on obesity don't make these connections. We are instead encouraged to applaud 'solutions' like 100-calorie packs of cookies and complimentary pedometers at fast food restaurants.
The war on obesity also lacks a clearly defined goal. What, exactly, does victory look like? A population that is of normal weight? While there are certainly some medical and health risks that accompany obesity, it is possible to be at a "healthy weight"while subsisting on minimally nutritious foods. Thinness does not mean one eats enough fiber, gets a sufficient amount of minerals, or limits added sugars.
Rather than an aimless war against obesity, efforts should instead be used towards a movement "for" something. Such a movement can't afford to be vague. A movement "for health", for instance, can too easily be easily appropriated by the food industry ("Baked Cheetos are healthy!") and quickly nosedive.
We need to make intentions clear and voice support for concrete concepts, such as sustainable agriculture, accessibility to healthful foods for disenfranchised communities, and regulations that don't make it so easy for Big Food to have almost unilateral control on health messaging.
Of course, the success of such a movement hinges on a crucial point – the bridging of the many currently-fragmented nutritional tribes.
A raw food vegan and a Paleo enthusiast may, on the surface, appear to exist on two ends of the dietary spectrum. At their core, though, both advocate for whole, minimally processed foods, and have a keen sense of how industry lobbying has affected government nutrition recommendations. There is great potential in coalition politics and having 'opposing' factions working together on common goals.
The current public health crisis can not possibly be tackled with apolitical platitudes and infiltration by those who are largely to blame. Clearly, the "war on obesity" is in desperate need of reframing and reconceptualization if it hopes to progress and fix some gargantuan wrongs.


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We've seen tons and tons of screen savers that just fill your screen with a bunch of random graphics. While that's OK for some people, it might not be OK for you if you feel like seeing something interesting or at least making some productive use of the screensaver. I'll show you a few Windows screen savers here that will have you clicking the "Preview" button just to keep seeing them.
1. Leave A Note
Have you ever felt like you needed to leave a note to someone on your computer, but ran out of post-its? How about leaving a note on-screen in your screensaver? You can do this with WinLock, an imitation of Windows 8's lock screen with a bit of a twist that lets you leave notes. WinLock also perfectly imitates the login process and aesthetics of the original Windows 8 lock screen. The developers don't seem to be actively working on the project anymore, but it's still a great piece of software for Windows 7.
You can download WinLock currently at this location.
To leave a note on WinLock, just click the "Leave A Note" button (the one on the right) below the clock. Your note, when submitted, will look something like this:
In your settings, you'll be able to change the background picture. The default background doesn't help you much with note visibility. Also, be wary of advertising on the CNET downloader while downloading this application. It's rather annoying. Don't forget to opt out of installing the toolbars!
2. See The Time In Different Zones
This is particularly useful for me, as I communicate frequently with people in other countries. If you're an international person on the web (and there are many of you out there), then you'll likely find the World Clock screensaver quite the treat! It shows you an analog clock representing different areas of the world. In the center, you'll see a large clock displaying your local time. This way, you'll know when you have to get back on the computer for an international call. Here's how the interface looks:
Included are good reference regions with sufficient distance from one another to let you know roughly how late it is in, say, Moscow. It's situated somewhere above Dubai, so the hour should be roughly the same as their regional time. You can get your hands on the screensaver here. Ignore the warnings you get when downloading it with Google Chrome, as the browser may detect it as malicious. I tested it on my machine to make sure it's safe.
3. Wikipedia Screen Saver
Some people just have a craving to learn new things. When you're bored, you can always use the Wikipedia screen saver. It's not officially from Wikipedia, but it works just as it should. The screen saver shows you a random Wikipedia page every 60 seconds (by default). If you want to get it, feel free to check out this link.
Found Anything?
Tell us about any cool (useful) screen savers you've found in a comment below. If you have trouble installing or running anything, please tell us so we can help you out!
The Complete Windows 10 Customization Guide
In this ebook we'll be exploring the multitude of options to fully customize Windows 10. By the end of this ebook you'll know how to make Windows 10 your own and become an expert Windows 10 user.


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Digital Dividend
Digital Dividend
For Ireland, the switch-off of the analogue signal releases valuable spectrum which can be used for wireless broadband and new mobile services. It is estimated that Ireland will benefit to the amount of €500 million over the next decade as a result of this digital dividend.
What is the Digital Dividend?
The Irish Terrestrial Digital Television (i.e. via an aerial), called Saorview launced 20th October 2010. In Spring/Summer 2011 the plan is to add Saorsat, a fill-in and backup Satellite service (i.e. via a dish). Our existing Analogue TV will be turned of by (during, starting end of?) 2012.
Why is this happening?
Because world wide TV broadcasters are moving to Digital instead of the Analogue TV we have had. Modern Electronic Analogue TV was first proposed in terms of a complete system in about 1905. Baird's Mechanical system of the 1930s was a refinement of Nipov's 1895 system and was a dead end. By 1930s many countries and teams including EMI in UK had working modern Electronic CRT based TV. Some services started to public before WWII and many stopped due to war till 1946 .. 1949. Though Electronic Colour TV was first demonstrated in in 1924, the Analog Color US system wasn't perfected till 1951. During the 1950s to 1970s PAL and SECAM colour systems joined the US/Japan NTSC color. US Analog TV has been turned off.
Satellite TV gave the impetus to develop Digital TV as it uses much larger channels than Terrestrial TV (25MHz rather than 6MHz or 8MHz) and Satellites are very costly. Digital TV uses special image compression (MPEG2 or MPEG4) to fit up to 20 TV channels into one Satellite channel.
It also allows the broadcaster to use less "space" (lower bitrate) for less important channels, which isn't possible with Analogue. At best quality you might only have 6 channels instead of 20. Digital also allows Widescreen more easily, High Definition (up to x4 picture quality for larger TV sets up to 60″ in a normal room) or even Stereoscopic TV (mis-named 3D TV). Mixed text and photos instead of text only teletext and surround sound).
Governments and Broadcasters realised that these advantages could also be applied to TV via an aerial (terrestrial TV) and allow more than four channels (Ch Five in UK was never meant to be on Aerials, but Satellite only. Terrestrial TV to avoid interference doesn't easily support more than four channels). Governments also realised that up to half the UHF TV band or more could then be reclaimed and auctioned off to other applications (Mobile Phones, Wireless Internet). This is the Digital Dividend. Money for Governments and big Telecom Companies by squeezing the existing analogue TV into a smaller space as Digital and turning off Analogue TV
Netherlands and USA are completely changed to Digital and Analogue TV has been turned off. Most European countries have running Digital TV and are in the process of turning off Analogue TV. The EU decided many years ago (we had lot of warning) that the "Digital Dividend" should be co-ordinated and thus recommended that all EU states should have completed ASO (Analogue Switch Off) by 2012.
See Identifying the Digital Dividend at Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources


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Jacob Wolf, ND, L.Ac, Dipl. OM
Jacob is a graduate of Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine and is a licensed Naturopathic Physician in Arizona*. He currently works as a Naturopathic provider with Lake Health Integrative Medicine in Mentor, Ohio. He previously served as Adjunct Professor and clinical faculty at the Southwest Naturopathic Medical Center and has completed two years of residency in Naturopathic family medicine. He is the first Naturopathic doctor in Ohio who has completed a multi-year residency. He uses a variety of methods to promote health including nutrition, homeopathy, and both western and Traditional Chinese herbs. Jacob has a passion for Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture and has received his Masters in Oriental Medicine and is a licensed acupuncture and Oriental medicine provider in Ohio and a nationally board certified Diplomate of Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM)®.


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I would recommend infofree to almost anybody.
(PRWEB) August 26, 2014
Infofree.com, the premier provider of sales leads, mailing lists and email lists has recently received a positive review from JP Van Dyke, President of JAC Consulting. Van Dyke endorsed the detailed records and quality service his company has found at infofree.com.
JAC Consulting, a political consulting firm, has been using infofree.com for almost two years. The firm has used multiple lead generation companies in the past, but has found the biggest benefits with infofree.com.
These benefits take the form of diverse types of database lists, detailed records and excellent customer service. Van Dyke has appreciated the willingness of the infofree.com customer service team to help him find the answers he needs in a timely and considerate manner.
Van Dyke endorsed the sales leads service saying, "I would recommend infofree to almost anybody. I've actually recommended it personally to several businesses that I've done work with."
JAC Consulting is a political consulting firm. Their services include robo calls, telephone town halls and telephone polling. They promote a variety of politicians, insurance agents and other businesses with a focus on technology, innovation and creativity. Learn more about JAC Consulting at http://www.jacconsulting.com.
Infofree.com is a subscription-based service offering sales leads, mailing lists, email lists, business credit reports, background/criminal searches and a free contact manager, CRM101. To grow your business and experience a team of quality service personnel, go to http://www.infofree.com.
About Us: Infofree.com™ is revolutionizing the sales lead and mailing list industry by providing unlimited search, select and view of over 15 million business records, 250 million consumers and hundreds of other specialty databases for the low, flat price of only $49.95 per month or $599.50 per year. Reach new homeowners, new movers, newlyweds, new businesses and much more!


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Group Play is a very nice application for those who want to view the same content at the same time. Users can even interact with the content that they are using and they will use touchscreen for doing that. Group Play lets you share pictures, videos, documents, play music and also play games.
How to create a Group Play Session
- First, you will tap on Apps and you will select Group Play.
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- First, tap Share music.
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Happy 10 or is it 0-10? How am I supposed to say it? Crazy to think that 10 years ago I was kid-less and slightly worried that the world was going to malfunction because of the whole Y2K thing. Now it's all about the Mayan calendar and 2012. Are there any tutorials on underground bomb shelters out there???
My husband and I started a new tradition a few years ago. Each New Year's Eve, we spend the night in a hotel near a beach. We talk about the past year's pros and cons, and then we discuss future goals and ambitions. I like it.
This year we stayed in La Jolla. Very pleasant, refreshing, and rejuvenating. That is until our hotel neighbors, college kids, came back from a long night of partying and decided to keep on partying. We could here everything. EVERYTHING! At one point they were trying to decide which one of them could afford a DUI on their driving record. "I already have a DUI. How would you feel about one? Do you think you can afford one?" Finally, one of them came to the brilliant idea of calling a cab to take them to a Denny's restaurant. Phew! So off they went, however they soon returned and one young man, feeling home sick, decided to call his relatives in India. Apparently the phone connection wasn't very clear so HE HAD TO YELL! Just as I was about to pound on the wall, my calm husband picked up the phone, called their room and politely asked them to be quiet. It sort of worked. He did speak a little softer, but the walls were just too thin. After the young man hung up the phone he and his lady friend then ended ringing in the new year with a bada bing bada boom. *sigh* At about 5:30 am all was quiet and we got a few hours of sleep.
16 years ago, right where that couple is walking, my husband proposed to me. My bliss.
Happy New Year!
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EA2D pushed some updates to the Closed Beta version of Dragon Age Legends today. The updates range from some fixes to abilities (Shield Wall is now useable), an updated UI and some new glitches. The guys also threw in a bonus in the loading screen that is just awesome. A shimmying Shale? I'll take 8!
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I've mentioned my admiration for Jeff Bullas and his blog many times. Not only fro the frequency with whichhe posts, but the outright quality too.
This post is another example, where he not only shows us a great infographic for our entertainment, but also gives a tremendous insight into the data is it giving us.
Here is the infographic, but go and check Jeff;s blog out for tons of great stuff as well


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August 22, 2009 Part 2 of 3 (If you missed yesterday's post – you will want to read that first, this is the continuation)
"Change doesn't always have to be bad. Losing a loved one to abduction is TERRIBLE but God is bigger than any tragedy we will suffer here on earth. As the choir sang "Angels Looked Down" I closed my eyes and felt God holding me and talking to me – He told me to remember He looked down with his Heavenly angels on Jesus on the day of his crucifixion. Similarly, He was looking down on Heidi when she was abducted and murdered. While sitting in the tabernacle and listening to the angels sing – God sang a hope and peace into my heart. He sat there holding me and comforting me throughout the song. Simply loving me and reminding me – He always has a plan and it isn't mine to understand. Only God could be providing the much needed comfort with a tap of truth. I've blamed God for leaving Heidi alone to such tragedy when we couldn't help her. God never left her – He was with her through it all, holding her like He was holding me tonight. The abduction being on Easter wasn't a mistake or a punishment. It is a blessing – a blessing much disguised.
I opened my eyes and there were smiles abound yet I didn't feel like smiling. Instead I wanted to fall on my knees with a bowed head and thank God for sitting with me. I wanted to humble myself before God, just as Jesus had done so many years before. Instead I sat with eyes closed continuing to praise God for all He has done, is doing and hopes to do in my life. I apologized for not seeing the beauty in the day of her disappearance. I'm not saying it was a great or even good day in my life. Please don't misunderstand me – I love my sister and miss her every day. The point I am trying to express is this – If God is gracious enough to share the day of His Son's resurrection with my sister, then I should be thankful. I am thankful for a God that loved my sister enough to share this most precious and special day with her and with me. It is because Jesus was crucified and rose from the dead – that I am reborn and walking with hope for tomorrow."
The conclusion of this writing will be in tomorrow's blog – be sure to finish the story. J


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Study shows connection between fitness level and brain activity.
3 min to complete:
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Max Reps Burpee Box Jumps (24/20) in time remaining.
Rest 1 min, repeat for total of 5 cycles
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Great wod this morning! My goal was to beat 90 burpee box jumps (Travis). I came close with 36. haha!ReplyDelete
8# med ball, 21" box
Wall balls were fun, but I felt like a snail on the run. Maybe I miscounted the burpees because I felt like I was flying through them, kidding!Replies
Haha Amy. Travis was on fire! I walked in halfway through but he looked like a man on a mission. Maybe it was the music?Delete
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Great workout Alma!!ReplyDelete
Mod Wod was great
200 M Row
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Thanks Kristi but I didn't even workout. Lol.Delete
You guys rocked it!Delete
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1984 : a novel / by George Orwell ; with an afterword by Erich Fromm
New York, N.Y. : Signet Classic, c1961.
Lexile: 1090
In 1984, London is a grim city where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind. Winston is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called The Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party. Together with his love Julia, he goes into a deadly match against the powers that be.
Qualitative Text Analysis:
This book is a hard book for some lower level readers to comprehend. While the book is still timely in 2015 without considerable discussion the text of the book might be lost by some students.
Content Area: English
Curriculum Suggestions:
In groups of three of four each chapter can be dissected for its meaning as well as to define any vocabulary that is not familiar or understood in context. Groups can also discuss how the idea of "Big Brother" watching applies to today's world. Make connections through newspaper or media clips.
Digital Content:
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/1984/ Spark Notes to aid understanding of complex text
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/03/opinion/beale-1984-now – We are living 1984 Today. CNN Feature
The Giver By Lois Lowry The Quartet Series Book One
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- The 1994 Regina Medal
- The 1996 William Allen White Award
- American Library Association listings for "Best Book for Young Adults, ALA Notable Children's Book and "100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990–2000."
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It seems that I have lots of spare time recently. :) I'm still waiting for the Stanford University open courses to start. That will take awhile..
But now for something completely different... I might have mentioned about the "Society of Mind" lectures. In one of them, Minsky started to explain theories about "Why jokes are funny?". According to the mighty Freud, jokes are funny, because they are messing with "not allowed" topics. Things our society try to suppress thinking or talking of, like violence, sex, bad politics, etc.. So our mind is trying to mask our real thoughts by making them seem not serious. And you might say, "Ye, Freud, the guy is nuts!", but I find it reasonable explanation for the majority of the jokes. And here's the funny part, Freud's theory does not explain why the nonsensical jokes are also funny. Does it?
Think about it for a moment. Why are nonsense jokes funny? This is extremely interesting question for me, because I'm a big big fan of Monty Python, and the jokes there are totally nonsensical. It's like a surrealism without the depri-art part. So I needed to know why people are laughing like crazy when they hear a punchline that's completely illogical and sometimes not related to the rest of the joke.
The answer is here. In this wonderful paper, Minsky suggests that the reason people laugh when hearing nonsense jokes is the same as the reason they laugh about all other kinds of jokes . And this reason was originally formulated by Freud - they allow our childish consciousness to play with forbidden things. This time, the forbidden topic is logic, or more precisely, the lack of it. Illogical thinking is considered bad thing in our society and the people speaking nonsense are labeled dumb. Of course, not if you are telling jokes ;) .
And now for something completely the same: a fine selection of toys for your mind I found around the web:
Two strawberries were sitting in the bathtub, one said to the other 'can you pass the soap' the other replies 'what the fuck do I look like, a typewriter?'
If you say Jesus backwards it sounds like sausage.
- Why did the plane crash?
- Because the pilot was a loaf of bread.
- What's the difference between a duck?
- One's twice as long as itself.
- Ask me if I'm an orange.
- Are you an orange?
- No.
Driving down a road Santa sees a sign that says, "Watch for Fallen Rocks." A few kilometres later, he sees some rocks at the side of the road, so he stops and picks them up. When he gets to the next town, he carries the rocks into the Highway Maintenance office and puts them on the counter. "Here are your fallen rocks," he says to the man behind the counter. "Now where is my watch?".
Inpatient customer, sarcastically:
- "Waiter, do you serve crabs?"
- "Sit down, sir - we serve anyone."
Descartes is sitting in a bar. The bartender asks him if he'd like another drink. Descartes replies, "I think not" and *poof* he disappears.
These here are from the paper:
A gentleman entered a pastry-cook's shop and ordered a cake; but he soon brought it back and asked for a glass of liqueur instead. He drank it and began to leave without having paid. The proprietor detained him. "You've not paid for the liqueur." "But I gave you the cake in exchange for it." "You didn't pay for that either." "But I hadn't eaten it".
--- from Freud (1905).
"A man at the dinner table dipped his hands in the mayonnaise and then ran them through his hair. When his neighbor looked astonished, the man apologized: "I'm so sorry. I thought it was spinach."
Well, some of them are not complete nonsense, see.. But they are in the same category, since they make fun of false interpretations. (Btw, if you have more, please share! :)


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I have always avoided creating an atmosphere in which employees felt pressure to outperform at the expense of others and the company. To have a competitive rivalry in the work place can and will always interfere with team results because personal agendas get in the way and cause disruption within a team environment, ultimately causing a negative reaction and a loss of achievement in group goals.
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It's International Cat Day!!! Just another excuse to spoil your favourite furry friend or just celebrate your love for cute kitties.
We've got lots of great Cat themed goodies behind our Red Doors. Here are just some of our favourites at the moment.
Which best matches your cute kitty? These are by the lovely Jo of Hello Sunshine. She has her own cute cats Toby and Pegs. Who have inspired her popular jewellery range. Are you a Tabby Cat or A Black Cat fan?
If you're cat is anything like ours they've got glaring down to a fine art. A Glaring of Cats is the collective noun for a collection of cats. We love this Mister Peebles print.
Cats and Coffee seem to go hand in hand for us. When Gemma Correll's not drawing her favourite pugs. She can be found illustrating grumpy cats. This mug is one of our favourites.
We love to spend an afternoon crafting if our furry critters will let us. This Embroidery Kit by Hawthorn Handmade is perfect for a quiet afternoon when the cats asleep in the other room. Ours is more likely to sit beside us and attack at every stitch!!
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Amidst all the fevered discussion of the current crisis over the North Korean nuclear program, history has some important things to say. This is hardly the first crisis U.S. policymakers have confronted over the last century or so. While only some have been nuclear, all offer lessons on the precarious and uncertain ground on which crisis managers tread. Those lessons are most penetrating and least comforting when crises are viewed internationally and not simply as a U.S. drama.
Some two decades back I selected seven cases of serious high-stakes crises in which U.S. leaders became embroiled. My special concern was to understand them in a way that gave the role of the U.S. adversary as much attention as that of the Americans and thus captured the full dynamic of the interaction between the two sides. The lessons from those cases, laid out in the conclusion of Crises in U.S. Foreign Policy: An International History Reader (Yale University Press, 1996), are worth recalling today.
In the most basic terms, it is easy to forget that policymakers, whatever their nationality, are human and thus vulnerable to passion, confusion, and accident. They are, moreover, each constrained within their own particular country's political, cultural, and institutional framework.
The most obvious consequence of this situation is incomplete or flawed information that can hobble both sides in a crisis. Even were the crisis environment transparent, information would not necessarily assemble into a coherent and accurate picture. And even if the available information was assembled into such a picture, a rapidly changing situation would soon leave it outdated. That policymakers tend to play their cards close only compounds the problem, making it difficult to gauge the crosscurrents in the minds of antagonists. The marked belief in American policy dating back to Woodrow Wilson that diplomatic contact is not a practical necessity but a sign of moral approbation only adds to the difficulties. Washington often has no easy or regular way to interrogate those whom it is most likely to condemn and thus confront.
No less serious is the difficulty of policymakers locked in crisis have in speaking clearly, directly, and coherently. Doing so can help avoid a crisis in the first place and then, once engulfed by one, can facilitate a way out. But crisis communications can easily become distorted. The principals themselves may be uncertain about the dangers they face or the outcomes they desire. Far from having a simple or settled point of view, policymakers caught in a complex and tension-filled situation in which the outcome carries potentially great personal and national consequences often display a fuzzy, inchoate, or even shifting definition of their interests and goals. To say that leaders want more than one thing at a time and that that what they want changes only underlines the point made above: they are human.
Perhaps the most profound gulf that policymakers in crisis must bridge is cultural. They are themselves conditioned by their society and bear unexamined ideological biases. Little wonder they struggle to understand the language of the other, both literally and symbolically, and thus have difficulty reading the mental world and the guiding concerns of their antagonist. The more marked the differences between countries locked in crisis, the more likely perceptions will do more to obscure than to illuminate the beliefs and behavior of the other. To be sure a cadre of specialists exist for policymakers to turn to, but the specialists may themselves usually have different points of view and in any case are often kept on the margins of decisionmaking.
In all these ways historical case studies of crisis highlight policymakers' inevitable lack of clairvoyance, their extreme vulnerability to mixed convictions and goals, and their unavoidable cultural blinders. This debilitating trio introduces a dynamic element into crisis as each side rushes to keep its estimate of the situation, the adequacy of its will and resources, and the nature of its overall goals current with the gyrations of equally agitated policymakers on the other side. Under stress the multiple, perhaps divergent goals of each side become exposed and the ambiguities of calculations are revealed. Viewed in these international terms, "crisis management" becomes a kind of psychological St. Vitus dance that two rivals induce in each other and that ends only after exhaustion sets in or disaster occurs.
The worrisome point that emerges from this set of historically grounded generalizations is that all crises are dangerous, harboring the potential for misperception and unpredictable behavior, resulting in an outcome neither party may have wanted. Like Russian roulette, most crises will not prove deadly, but who knows whether in the next round the outcome may be grimly consequential.
The presence of Donald Trump adds an entirely unprecedented element of danger into the equation. To a remarkable degree he lacks the very qualities of a successful crisis manager. He is impulsive, thus posing for his opposite number a puzzle that may lead to a misreading and miscalculation. He is inexperienced and to make matters worse incurious and thus likely to assess his foes goals and options in the most superficial, conventional, and culture-bound terms. He has a short attention span and is thus unsuited to the prolonged, intricate exchange with his advisers on the nature of the crisis and the most effective, prudent way forward. He is contemptuous of expertise, thus banishing to the sidelines those who might bring valuable insight to bear. He is fixated with public reputation and thus reluctant to make the difficult compromises and concessions that are at the heart of crisis management, indeed foreign policy of any sort.
These characteristics of the president have long been in evidence but until now with less deleterious consequences in prospect. Behaving like a cavalier egomaniac during his election campaign won him the support of a dissatisfied electorate. Once installed in the White House he has acted like a bull in a china closet, but at least in domestic affairs he has been constrained by Congress, the courts, the media, and interest groups. By contrast in the international arena Trump occupies a presidency in which much power has over the decades been concentrated so that the incumbent can act with great freedom for better or worse. The likelihood of worse is quite likely in the era of Trump.
The most pessimistic commentators on the current crisis have good reason for worry. Indeed a reading of the past suggests that in their pessimism they may be underestimating the dangers. We may need what Dean Acheson gave as the reason for the successful resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis: "plain dumb luck."


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Amidst all the debates, the Punch and Judy exchanges, the vilification of our main two political party leaders, the celebrity social media indignation - one thing is absolutely clear as we go into 2019. UK politics is fucked. We've let a Remainer lead Brexit, a woman who has split her party in two with her... Continue Reading →
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After a month of trying out the 3P Grading System, it has honestly been the best thing I have implemented in my career.
Here are five reasons why you should stop grading your student's work:
I had an interesting conversation in December (before I went to this system) with a colleague about a student that we both have in class. The first few months of school, this student didn't do anything. He didn't turn in assignments, participate in class discussions or really do anything other than show up. Sometime around October, I saw a light bulb turn on with this student. He changed into a totally different person. He was engaged. He was working hard. He was trying. As a result, he was learning.
How many times have you had a student who gets an "A" in your class because they do all of the work asked of them, but is really more of a "B" or "C" student? How many times have you had a student who gets a "D" because they didn't do a major assignment, but probably really deserves a "B"? I have had many students who fit into this criteria. The math in the grade book showed me a grade that I really don't agree with. Students were able to get good grades just by doing the bare minimum.
When you are just putting numbers into a grade book and averaging at the end, you really aren't giving an inaccurate representation of who that student is. Learning can't be computed by numbers.
With this system of grading, I believe the students will get a grade that accurately represents the grade they deserve. If they want an "A", then they will have to go above and beyond to make it happen. They can't just skate by with the bare minimum. I am finally looking at the entire body of work for my students, and not just the number that my grade book software spits out at the end.
I am a firm believer in meeting deadlines. I believe as educators, it is our responsibility to teach students about the importance of taking responsibility and getting work done on time. That is a life-lesson that is arguably more important than reading Shakespeare.
Over the years I have tried everything to get my students to turn in work on time:
One year I gave zeros for late work. I told my students, "Don't even try to turn something in if it is late. I won't take it!" Yeah, that lasted about two weeks until: 1. Half of my students were failing and 2. I couldn't keep track of who had extra time to turn in assignments because they were absent the day they were assigned.
One year I tried giving "late work" passes. They had two passes for late work, and if they didn't use them then they could cash them in for extra credit. That didn't last long either.
I never came up with a solution that worked. I was so frustrated because nothing that I tried changed their behavior. Late work was a huge problem that I could never solve.
Now that I don't take or grade individual assignments, I don't worry about late work. I know that life happens, and sometimes their printer really didn't work or they really did have to work until midnight. When students don't have things turned in or are late with work, I make a note of it, but that is it. I don't get hung up on trying to dock students or punish them for it. If they want an "A", then they should rarely have late work. If almost everything they do is late, then they are going to have a hard time arguing for a grade that is higher than a "C" or "D".
5. Not having to answer, "Is this going to be for a grade?"
How many times have you been asked that question? Or even better, "How much is this worth?" I know I have heard it hundreds of times over the years. Students have been conditioned for their entire lives to worry more about how much an assignment is worth and then accumulating those points, than the actual learning that is taking place. Doing an assignment just for the intrinsic value of learning? What a crazy concept!
When you don't give grades, you focus on the learning and not the points associated with an assignment.
I was so scared that my students would flat out refuse to do work now that I am not giving grades. I will admit that I have heard some grumblings from students who are saying, "If he isn't going to grade it, then I am not going to do it." However, those students are very few and far between.
FAR MORE students are working harder and actually doing their work now without having a point value attached to it. It now feels like real learning is taking place for the sake of learning.
These are just a few of the benefits I have found in my first month implementing this grading system. I have been reinvigorated as an educator, and I am looking forward to seeing how this impacts my students the rest of the year.


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>z • < c..U "1 '_-0 In o ·N-: ct: ct:.w .,-, :> -,...:>1"1 ex: '·-0 z- z rf-< CHRISTIA\II!Y TODAY III A PRESBYTERIAN JOURNAL DEVOTED TO STATING; DEFENDING AND FURTHERING THE GOSPEL IN THE MODERN WORLD Published monthly by THE PRESBYTERIAN AND REFORMED PUBLISHING CO .. Inc. 525 Locust Street. Phlla.. Pa. $1.00 A YEAR EVERYWHERE JUNE, 1936 Vol. 7 Editorial Notes and Comments n III SAMUEL G. CRAIG. Editor THE CHRISTIAN PATTERN OF CONDUCT HE wDrst .of all heresies is the antin.omian heresy -the heresy that asserts that c.onduct d.oes n.ot matter as l.ong as belief is c.orrect. Christ came t.o save men from their sins, n.ot merely fr.om the c.onsequences .of sin, s.o that His eff.orts fall shDrt .of their aim save as He bec.omes a transf.orming and sanctifying p.ower in human lives. Whatever else Christianity is, it is a manner .of life; m.ore particularly, it is a manner .of life that finds its pattern in the life that Jesus Himself lived. In the G.ospel, Jesus presents Himself as .one WhD n.ot .only says, "I am the truth", "My teachings are free fr.om the all.oy .of err.or", but as .one wh.o says, "I have given y.ou un example that YDU sh.ould d.o as I have d.one''.. "I have always acted as I sh.ould have acted." There have been many .others wh.o have had a firm c.onvicti.on .of the truth .of what they taught and wh.o have n.ot hesitated t.o exh.ort .others t.o d.o as they said, but n.o .other has ever said with equal emphasis, "D.o as I have d.one." And that because .others have been c.onsci.ous-in pr.opDrti.on as their lives have beell pure and their ideals l.ofty-.of the chasm that yawned between what they were and what they .ought t.o have been. Jesus, h.owever, was c.onsci.ous .of n.o such c.ont .. r ..," rnd s.o had as little hesitati.on ab.out saying, "D.o as , •.lan He had ab.out saying, "D.o as I say." There is s.omething even mDre remarkable t.o be n.oted in this c.onnecti.on. Mankind as a wh.ole, in as far as it has had kn.owledge .of Jesus, has ackn.owledged the jnstice .of this demand., In the case .of m.ost great teachers, it is easier t.o pick flaws in their c.onduct than in their teachings. M.ost .of us find it easier t.o defend .our beliefs than .our practices. The reverse has pr.oven true in the case .of .Jesns. We do nDt mean tD imply that it is easier tD discDver flaws in His teachings than in His cDnduct-we regard bDth as flawless. What we mean is that many WhD have seen what they suppDsed tD be flaws in His teachings have affirmed the flawlessness .of His life. It is true that there have been and are thDse WhD ascribe imperfectiDn tD Jesus even in the realm .of cDnduct; nDne the less, mankind as a whDle. in as far as No.2 Entered as second-c:la.s matter May 11. 1931. at the Poot Office at Philadelphia. Pa •• under lb. Act of March 3. 1879. it has knDwn Him, has made its .own the wDrds .of Pilate: "BehDld, I find nD fault in Him." Only as we live as Jesus lived are we exemplifying the kind .of life Christianity asks .of its adherents. SD difficult and apparently imp.ossible are the things demanded that we are tempted tD IDDk upDn it as a whDlly impracticable demand. "What", we are dispDsed tD ask, "dD YDU mean tD say that I in my .ordinary life, I with my antecedents and surrDundings, I with my way tD make in the wDrld as it is -must I seriDusly endeavDr tD live as Jesns lived if I am tD call myself a Christian and rejDice in the thDUght that I share the Christian heritage?" Well, that is just ab.out what we mean. The demand may seem a hard .one, but we have nD authDrity tD change it. Men may judge the demand impracticable but .only as they judge Christ and His apDstles as impracticable. It is upDn their authDrity, nDt .our .own, that we prDclaim it. There are thDse WhD think that Christianity wDuld have achieved greater results, been mDre effective in the field .of mDral transfDrmatiDn, if it had nDt urged SD IDfty an ideal. It is .often said that tD set up perfectiDn as a gDal is tD deaden effDrt and tD enthrDne despair. Snrely nD .one can live up tD the standard set by Jesus. Why, then, attempt it? We agree in as far as it is meant that nDne .of Christ's imitatDrs ,have ever fully realized their ideal, but differ in as far as it is meant that a man with an imperfect ideal will make greater prDgress in the ethical life than a man with a perfect ideal. A IDwering .of .our standard always means a slackening .of .our effDrts. Any standard shDrt .of perfectiDn enables us tD IDDk upDn evil with a certain degree .of allDwance. HistDry and experience, we believe, alike justify the thDUght that .our ideal .ought tD be perfect hDwever imperfect .our attempt tD translate it intD as well as lofty aspiratiDn lie cDnduct. Practical back .of and giYe significance to the demand that we take Jesus as .our m.odel, that we walk as He walked, dD as He did. By way .of cautiDn we need tD keep in mind, in the first place, that .our imitati.on .of Jesns shDuld be accDrding tD the spirit rather than accDrding to the letter. TD say that we ShDUld d.o as He did is nDt t.o say that we ShDUld d.o the same identical things He did. It is t.o say rather that we (A Table of Contents will be found on Page 48) June, 1936 CHRISTIANITY TODAY 29 Relativity and the Absolute By Rev. David S. Clark. D.D. abstractions? No, practical ethics_ For as a man thinketh in his heart so is he_ It makes some difference in a man's life whether his philosophy is Relativity or the Absolute. There are some fads in philosophy; and philosophies change like the fashions of women's bonnets. There are lords many and gods many in philosophy; and they multiply at that. It is a far cry from the Idealism of Berkeley and Hegel to the materialism of Tyndall and Haeckel. Berkeley denied the corporeity of the world; and Tyndall told the British Association for the Advancement of Science that "we must look to matter for the power and potency of all that is." There are even styles of Materialism and Idealism. It is some step from the materialism of Hobbes and Haeckel to the Behaviorism of John Dewey, or the super-behaviorism of the later philosophers who substitute for the human soul the mere response of the organism to its environment. The farther this latter philosophy proceeds, the worse it becomes. Matter has some recognizable qualities even if we deny it mentality. But to rest mentality on mere organization of neural and vital forces is to step from terra firma into empty space. The newer materialism is more subtle and more irrational than the older. Idealism has had its developments. There is some difference between the Idealism of Berkeley and that of Schelling; and also between both of them and the modern Idealism of Josiah Royce and James H. Snowden. All Idealism loses the tangible world in the subjective conception. But there are differences even in that. Berkeley referred it to the fiat of God; but the later Idealists to the all-pervading life of God,-a distinction which only makes the modern Idealism more abstruse and incomprehensible. with a little tinge of Pantheism. and is known The phjlosophy of Fichte. as the philosophy of the Absolute. But the chief error in the philosophy of Schelling and Hegel at least lay not in its Absolutism, but in its extreme Pantheism. There must be an Absolute. We may not be able to get our fingers on it, but it' is a metaphysical necessity. It takes its place in our thinking along with the axioms of Euclid, and the First Principles of Dr. McCosh. The Absolute, together with the Infinite, is It necessity of thought, It is questionable whether the relative is conceivable apart from the Absolute, in regard to which it is relative. Or can the relative be relative to another relativity, the second as uncertain as the first? When we proceed along these lines we discover that l'elatidty ends in universal doubt. That is why the discussion of this subject has a religious value. This is not swivelchair philosophy. It is the solvency or bankruptcy of all thought, life, and truth. Here we touch the question, not only what is truth? but is there <lny tru th? Some European writer recen tly de- clared that relativity is worse than materialism. Quite true. Materialism believed something i-held that its premises were true,-argued on the basis of those premises to what it thought were legitimate conclusions. It kept its feet on the ground to say the least. But Relativity stands in a quagmire .without bottom. It is not worth while to argue with Relativity, because no premise, for it, has any certainty. And no argument can be built on universal negation. If all is uncertain, then relativity is as uncertain as all the rest. And therefore its very uncertainty is uncertain; and thus it destroys itself. Further if Relativity is destructive of truth, it is likewise destructive of religion and morality. The most soulblasting heresy in the world is to think that there is nothing right and nothing wrong ,and it doesn't make any difference anyway. No religion nor morality can survive such a philosophy. How refreshing to turn from the vagaries of the world to the faith of the New Testament and hear Paul and John say: "I know", "I know." Relativity applies to only a few realms of human knowledge, and is qnestionalJle e\'en there. If it obtains in the sphere of the empirical, and e\'en that is not absolutely certain always and everywhere, at least we are sure that it has no place in consciousness. There is no disputing with consciousness that I am, or that I know my states, 01' my personal identity. Neither have the mathematical certainties been weakened by any claims of relativity. The multiplication table is good for all time and all worlds; and true in spite of all philosophies. We think there are some things in human knowledge that may' lay claim to being fundamental truth. Fundamentalism, whether in religion or philosophy, is the only rational standpoint. It is supposed that the New Physics favors Relativity, and that therefore Relativity has a quasi scientific basis. But the New Physics is itself only a theory and in need of verification. And another generation will probably leave most of it on the scrap-heap, while some newer theory will clamor for recognition. Our humble conviction is that the Quantum Theory will not stand; and that Energism as a philosophy is unthinkable. Much is said these days about "pure energy." We \'enture to think that there is no such thing. Energy does not exist apart from substance. Energy as we know it in this world is an effect, and cannot exist without a cause. It is not sui As there can be no motion without something that moves, so there can be no force without something that gives rise to it. We are far from thinking that the resolution of the atom into electricity has banished matter. The resultant electricity is still material substance, according to the best authorities. No bridge has been found to span the gap between matter and spirit, and the chasm is too wide to leap across. Up to the present we are decidedly dualists. CHRISTIANITY TODA Y 30 An assumed \'e!ocity has been invoked to destroy the fact of gravitation, and the estimate of measurements. If the earth should hurtle. through space 161,000 miles per second our horizontal, head·on yard sticks would be reduced to 18 inches, and the distance from Philadelphia to Harrisburg, or from Pittsburgh to Altoona would shrink to 50 miles. So that attraction and distance are relative to velocity. Even admitting the principle for the sake of generosity, what we are concerned with is not what would result under unreal and impossible conditions, but what is the fact under the conditions that now exist. Alluding to another phase of the subject, Einstein's algebraic equations are incomprehensible to the ordinary scholar, not because Algebra is incomprehensible; but because of the values, or rather lack of values, attributable to the terms. In Algebra if a,b,c have assigned values, then x,y,z are easily deducible. But if a,b,c represent nothing definite, nor numerical, what conclusion can be arrived at as to x,y,z? This seems to us another phase of the quagmire. For example, Professor Edington says: "If today you ask a physicist what he has finally made out the aether or the electron to be, the answer will not be a description in terms of billiard balls or flywheels or anything concrete; June. 1936 he will point instead to a number of symbols and a set of mathematical equations which they satisfy. What do the symbols stand for? The mysterious reply is given that physics is indifferent to that; it has no means of probing beneath the symbolism. To understand the phenomena of the physical world it is necessary to know the equations which the symbols obey, but not the nature of that which is being symbolized:" One could wish for something more concrete; and wonders whether such indefinite processes insure reality in the visible and tangible world in which we live. We think that even in this age of uncertainty there are some things certain enough to enable us to say with the man born blind: "One thing I know." We think too that in this time when uncertainty is exploited in physics and philosophy, the Absolute deserves renewed emphasis. A merely empirical philosophy may result in the Unknowable of Herbert Spencer. But there is an a pdoris1n that has to be recognized, and the Absolute is a metaphysical necessity. The laws of thought are as valid and far more certain than scientific experimentation. Religion and morality find a Gibraltar in the Absolute. while Relativity presents itself as The Beautiful Isle of Nowhere. Presbyterianism, Lutheranism and Methodism: Our Common Heritage and Our Differences By Dr. Loraine Boettner. Professor of Bible. Pikeville Colleqe. Pikeville. Ky. Part III Evangelicalism E SHOULD notice that in the Reformed Church . the Reformation was much more radical and com· plete than in the Lutheran Church. While both churches accepted the Bible as their final authority, the tendency in the Lutheran Church was to keep all of the old system which did not have to be thrown out, while in the Reformed Church the tendency was to throw out all that did not have to be kept. :Many Lutherans even at the present day boast that theirs was a "conservative reformation." The fact of the matter is that some few elements of the old sacerdotal or priestcraft system are still found in Lutheranism. While the evangelicalism of the Protestant churches was set over against the legalistic Rystem of the Roman Ohurch in which it was taught that man could receive salvation only through the instrumentalities of the Church, it is fairly clear that the evangelicalism of the Lutheran Church was formed on the basis of the sacer· dotalism of the old church, out of which they had made a rather painful but not altogether perfect exit, while that of the Reformed Church was based only on the Scriptures as a guide and was designed to contrast as strongly as pos· sible with the old system. True evangelicalism sweeps away every intermediary between the soul and its God, and l\1 leaves the person dependent for salvation on God alone. Evangelicalism does not do away with the church and its ordinances, but keeps them in their proper place as instru· mentalities through which the Holy Spirit ordinarily works in bringing a soul to salvation. Lutheranism, like Romanism, teaches that the grace of God is conveyed mainly-some say only-through the means of grace, stress being laid not on the sacraments but on the Word, which is referred to as the chief "means of grace." True, in Lutheran sacerdotalism we do not heal' much about "the Church," which is the very heart of Roman sacerdotalism, for at this point the system is not very consistent. But in holding that saving grace is given mainly or only through the means of grace, it imposes a set of instrumentalities between the sinner and his God. This means that the central evil of sacerdotalism has been brought over into Lutheranism; and where it is con· sistently worked out we find men exalting the means of grace and giving proportionally less attention to the Holy Spirit who is the true agent in all of these saving operations. Hence the energy with which the Reformed have insisted that, while the means of grace are important in their place as instruments for developing and strengthen· ing faith, the HolySpil'it works immediately upon the soul . in regeneration and brings the person from a state of
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