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All Is Lost (2013, J.C. Chandor)
This elegant piece of pure cinema consists of just one thing: a man, on his own, attempting to survive a disaster. He's on a small boat traveling in the Indian Ocean thousands of miles from anywhere, and his hull's been breached by a floating object, leading to flooding and treachery when the next storm comes. He has but one line of dialogue (aside from some brief narration), which he has to deliver twice because his throat is too dry initially to speak. He's unnamed because his name doesn't matter. In the credits, he's listed as "Our Man," which is apt because we as the audience share such a distinctive relationship with him — unless we know his situation well, he is our entire measure of his own success or failure, his life or death. We get every shade of the human reaction to this state, to this man's specific reaction, which comes to make sense because of how much we come to know him: the rugged optimism, the invention, the frustration, the boredom, the hopelessness.
You may rightfully think of lots of other movies tangentially and closely related, from Lifeboat to Cast Away, with Deliverance in the back of your head. There are no dangerous human enemies here, sure, but as in Deliverance, we have a cocky hero inhabiting the macho belief that being in control of all things is paramount, nature included. Attractive as solitude may be, what makes him believe he on his own can navigate the formidable sea? Like Our Man, we have plenty of time to be haunted by questions like these, especially since the film begins with his own apology for placing too much faith in himself. The constant influx of water and humiliating setbacks knocks down his ego before, during and after it starts to threaten his life.
Nevertheless, for the most part our sympathies are consistently with him, to the point that we feel as much like participants as most of us did with Sandra Bullock in Gravity. While he obviously is an amateur, he has genuine expertise about and respect for the ocean, however much he may overestimate his command of it. He's believably a loner doing what he loves, and while much has been made of his blank slate characterization, we actually have nearly as much information about him as we did about Bullock (sans excessive expository dialogue) and Dennis Weaver in Duel (sans voiceover): we see the wedding ring, we see him resist opening a greeting card, we hear the vague allusions to interpersonal inadequacy at the beginning of the film. We also see that he has much to live for, and the film is about his determination.
The lead in All Is Lost didn't need to be a movie star. It needed to be a great actor and, more than anything, someone who could keep an audience in his corner even in moments when the majority of viewers won't immediately know exactly what the seasoned hobbyist is doing — plugging this hole here, using a lifeboat as a satellite there, fusing contraptions and creating well-intentioned mishaps with his busy hands everywhere. Robert Redford does not seem immediately like an obvious choice. He's a good actor and director who's occasionally given great performances (All the President's Men was probably his best prior to this), but writer-director J.C. Chandor initially seems to have taken a leap of faith here.
Then you realize: what this film requires is a reassuring face, someone we believe knows what he's doing even when he might not, someone who indicates confidence and (some degree of) warmth, even when hanging by a thread or towering terrifyingly far above his boat daring us to expect him not to fall. Who better, really, to embody this than the man who early in his career portrayed Death itself as a friendly, hunky escort to the great beyond in the Twilight Zone episode "Nothing in the Dark"? Redford is magnificent — it's a perfect, minimalistic performance — and he's great for the film because when he starts to lose his grip and turn to despair, we know that we're in trouble. I'm not sure he's ever been this good before, and his performance is a master class in negative acting. With essentially nothing — no living thing, at least — to play against, and only the terrible loneliness of a seemingly inevitable death held as a secret between the self and the earth, he generates pathos, humor, humanity. All in the eyes, the clenching of the teeth, the body language.
This was a wonderful theatrical experience. A balcony stuffed with people sat captivated by what amounts to a silent film (and not one about the fact that it's silent) — in other words, a harrowing work of true visual storytelling. Perhaps it protracts its ending a bit, but the ambiguity (possible religious redemption, possible sheer impressionistic expression of a calm death a la 2001, possible Children of Men-like open-ended rescue) seems in a sense like the only acceptable conclusion. Chandor proves himself an expert at letting go of just enough to make us winded and elated by the time we walk out. Between this, Captain Phillips and Gravity, 2013 was the year of movies generating an almost physical response of exhaustion and relief, something I believe is relatively new in mainstream cinema.


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1189 Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) was crowned king of England at Westminster Abbey
1783 The Treaty of Paris is signed by Great Britain and the new United States, formally bringing the American Revolution to an end
1939 Great Britain and France declared war on Germany during World War II
1974 Frank Robinson was named the first African-American manager in major league baseball
1976 The unmanned US spacecraft Viking II landed on Mars and took the first pictures of the planet's surface
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As trade routes developed, the Byzantine Varangians, or followers of a chieftain, gained the leadership of the local Slavic tribes and through their leadership, the powerful Kievan State was formed. In the early 9th century, the Slavic tribes were attacked from the northwest. The Scandinavian Vikings, who were simultaneously attacking Scotland, Iceland, Ireland, England, Germany, France and Spain, sent small bands of men into northern Russia to prey upon the communities of the Balts, Finns, and Slavs, and then return with their booty. To protect their robberies with law and order, the Varangians established fortified posts along their attack routes and gradually settled down as a ruling Scandinavian minority of armed merchants among a subject peasantry.
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The political structure of Kievan Rus' was a blending of monarchic, aristocratic and democratic elements. Under the authority of the grand prince of Kiev were territorial princes, the boyar councils (duma) and the town assemblies. The princes were expected to provide justice, order and protection for their subjects and governors were appointed to rule distant areas. The prince relied on the duma for advice and support. The town assembly, which had its roots in early tribal councils, was called when the need to express public opinion arose. In the assemblies, topics of discussion included war, royal succession, appointments to office and the negotiation of treaties; however, they could only comment on policy and did not have the power to form their own laws.
The first Kievan prince, Oleh or Helgi in Scandinavian, was established in 882, and his dynasty known as the Riurikids. As the leader of the Polianian tribe, he soon extended his authority over the other tribes. Under Vladimir and his son Iaroslav, in the 11th century Kievan Rus' reached the height of power, stability and prosperity. Vladimir, the fifth grand Duke of Kiev, married the sister of the Emperor Basil II and thus, until the Soviet era, Russia was a daughter of Byzantium in religion, alphabet, coinage and art. In addition to expanding and modernizing his realm, Vladimir brought Orthodox Christianity to his people in 988. Greek priests explained to Vladimir the divine origin and right of kings, and the usefulness of this doctrine in promoting social order and monarchical stability. Before Vladimir's conversion, Russian religion was based on a number of gods representing the forces of nature and on the worship of ancestors. The acceptance of Christianity had an immense impact on the culture of Kievan Rus' because it increased the Byzantine and Greek influence on the territory. The Byzantine influence is revealed in the architecture, the system of writing, and crafts from the period. For example, the famous cathedral St. Sophia was built in Kiev in 1037. However, the 12th century was period was a time of princely feuds, economic stagnation and nomadic invasions. In the 13th century, the disintegrating Kievan Rus' was conquered by the Mongols and the capture of Kiev in 1240 signaled the end of the Riurikid dynasty.
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Date: Thursday, May 12th
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Topic: Integrating SharePoint with Applications
SharePoint is a robust tool in its own right but the benefit and power of SharePoint when combined with other applications truly makes powerful business solutions. Chris Chung will give a brief overview on the high-level methods that are frequently used. Then we'll open it up for discussions and break out groups to discuss various topics including: advanced configuration, development, change management, infrastructure, documentation, and anything else that might interest you.
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Chris started programming Logo (programming language) at the young age of 10. That was the beginning of his fascination with technology. Today, Chris is the founder of Essention Group Inc, and has been working with SharePoint for more than 10 years. His primary focus is in consulting projects related to application development, content management, migrations, upgrades and ongoing application support. Having an entrepreneurial spirit, Chris has started several successful companies. Outside of work, he enjoys the outdoors and spending time with his family.
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Title: Three Dark Crowns
Author: Kendare Blake
Publisher: HarperTeen
Series Status: 1st novel in the Three Dark Crowns trilogy
Page Count: 398
Rating: 5/5 stars
Synopsis: When kingdom come, there will be one.
In every generation on the island of Fennbirn, a set of triplets is born—three queens, all equal heirs to the crown and each possessor of a coveted magic. Mirabella is a fierce elemental, able to spark hungry flames or vicious storms at the snap of her fingers. Katharine is a poisoner, one who can ingest the deadliest poisons without so much as a stomachache. Arsinoe, a naturalist, is said to have the ability to bloom the reddest rose and control the fiercest of lions.
But becoming the Queen Crowned isn't solely a matter of royal birth. Each sister has to fight for it. And it's not just a game of win or lose…it's life or death. The night the sisters turn sixteen, the battle begins.
The last queen standing gets the crown.
Review: Beautiful. This was a work of art. There was not a single aspect I did not enjoy about this. Everything about this was simply wonderful.
This was dark and gritty and compelling. It tells a tale of three sisters, triplets, who must kill each other and fight for the throne. It was amazing. Let's start with the world.
I really liked the world that the author created, and the history. The Goddess was what made up the island, and she decided everything apparently. There were past queens and murals dedicated to them, and history behind all the generations of queens. I really liked the magic aspect of this. I'm not even going to lie, it was pretty wicked. Poisoners, who can ingest poison with no effect (mostly) and only ate poisoned food. Warriors who have tactical skill and are apparently telepathic if they are powerful enough. Elementals who can control all the elements with a single thought, and my personal favourite, Naturalists. Naturalists, who have a familiar, an animal that is connected with them, and they can bloom the most beautiful flowers and control the most fiercest of animals. Apparently Naturalists are the weak ones who got the bad end of the deal, but I would have that over any of those.
The characters. Arsinoe was my absolute favourite. I loved her and all her friends, and she seemed to have the most interesting story and point of view. I loved everything about her, especially that she was tall. I feel like there is not enough of taller girls in young adult fiction, and she was described to be about at least 5'9". Her and Jules were my favourites, along with Joseph and Madrigal. I never cared much for Billy but I found interest in Madrigal.
I didn't like Katharine all that much. I didn't really like Mirabella either, but she was at least more interesting than Kat. Kat was a bit of a sob story, what with Natalia and Genevieve raising her so cruelly, but she just seemed to naive and meek that I couldn't really find any interest in her. I hated Pietyr from the very beginning, he seemed like a slimy little snake, only helping Kat for his own purposes, although it did seem that he truly cared for her at some parts.
Mirabella was described to be the most powerful elemental there ever was, and the most powerful out of all three sisters. Her story was a bit more interesting than Katharine's, but she was just too much for me. I couldn't really come to care for her all that much. I hated the temple a lot so maybe that is why I didn't really like her all that much.
This had a great plot, and an even better plot twist that I never, ever saw coming.
Overall, this was a great book and I really enjoyed reading it.
I give this novel 5/5 stars and would highly recommend it to fans of fantasy and dark fantasy.
For more reviews from readers of Three Dark Crowns, click here.
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The story goes something like this, my laptop is a HP Pavilion dv6 3000 with Radeon HD4200 series running Debian 6.0.6, on kernel 3.2.bpo, so I hit the suspend button and the screen begin dimming until the system became quiet. Tiny light blinking on and off, after 30 minutes or so, I press any key on the machine and it whirs to life however the power light is on with Network Button red. The screen is black and nothing can be done with the keyboard or touchpad. So by holding power button the machine powers off, press it again, the same result: except caplock button lit. When ejecting the battery, it performs a hard shutdown and restarts normally.
Hibernation is a different story though since I haven't tested for this a duration of time, it works. Suspending is effective when you immediately tried to turn it on shortly afterwards. The pm-suspend log reveal nothing in particular except that it have successfully resumed.
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Lionsgate has announced the date and released artwork for the suspense-thriller, Solace starring Sir Anthony Hopkins, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Abbie Cornish and Colin Farrell and directed by Afonso Poyart. Click on the link below or image to the left to check out the features and artwork.
Lionsgate has announced a March 14, 2017 release date for the suspense/thriller, Solace. The Blu-ray will come with a 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track while the DVD will have the usual Dolby Digital 5.1 audio mix. The Blu-ray will retail for $24.99 while the DVD will go for $19.98.
Synopsis: When FBI Special Agent Joe Merriwether (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) is unable to solve a series of homicides, he enlists the help of a former colleague, Dr. John Clancy (Anthony Hopkins), a retired physician with psychic powers. Soon, Clancy realizes that his exceptional intuitive powers are no match for the extraordinary powers of the vicious murderer (Colin Farrell) on a mission.
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An alternative is to make the changes to the format from the system level. It may work better this way.
Goto Control Panel -> Open "Regional Setting" -> You can then select the "Numbers" & "Currencies" tabs to change the setting.
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Thanks, but I'm not permitted to change such settings at work. Mmmmmm
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Sorry, I didn't know that you are not supposed to change the individual work stations' regional setting? I thought that since the person involved was having problem, what need to be done is to adjust to the way the PC interprets the data. I had this problem at work before and this is the way I got around the problem. :)


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Number Of Valley Fever Cases In San Joaquin Could Set Record High This Year
The county has seen 128 cases so far but November and December are usually the months which account for the majority of cases. Last year there were 194 cases.
Capital Public Radio:
Valley Fever On The Rise In San Joaquin County
Valley Fever has become a major concern this year in San Joaquin County. In the last 3 years, the number of cases has tripled and this year could set a new record high. (Ibarra, 10/5)
In other news from across the state —
Los Angeles Times:
AIDS Nonprofit Known For Political Battles Is Becoming A Landlord
AHF is forming a new division called the Healthy Housing Foundation and has already purchased a skid row building in an effort to provide apartments for hundreds of poor tenants. It is also buying a Hollywood motel and says it plans to break ground on hundreds of new units next year in Florida. (Reyes, 10/6)
Capital Public Radio:
Sierra Health Foundation CEO Chet Hewitt On Reducing Violent Crimes
As Sacramento grapples with how to address violence in its neighborhoods, a local non-profit is working to bring together various organizations, agencies and community members to develop new strategies. (Picard, 10/5)
San Jose Mercury News:
San Leandro May Ban Flavored Tobacco Products
Flavored cigarettes, cigarillos and electronic cigarettes may soon be banned in San Leandro. The San Leandro City Council, by a 4-3 vote, approved the proposed ban Monday, following nearly two hours of public comment from city retailers and anti-smoking advocates. (Moriki, 10/5)
San Jose Mercury News:
Cities In Santa Clara County Scramble To Ban Marijuana Sales Ahead Of Jan. 1
Twenty years after California voters legalized marijuana for medicinal use, they took the next big step at the ballot box last November by deciding it's OK to toke for fun too. But while 57 percent of the state's voters embraced the recreational use of pot by approving Proposition 64, South Bay cities are sitting back and waiting for the smoke to clear before amending their local laws to let the once forbidden weed openly flourish. (Sarwari, 10/5)


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Arsenal are readying a £25m swoop for an in-demand defender, while Liverpool's interest in a Wales star is said to be genuine, according to Saturday's newspapers.
Arsenal boss Unai Emery is plotting a £25million move for Croatian defender Domagoj Vida, according to reports on Saturday.
The powerful Croatia defender enjoyed an impressive World Cup and has already been linked with big-money moves to Liverpool, Everton and West Ham.
But The Sun reckons it is the Gunners who will trump them all and are readying a £25million swoop before the window shuts on Thursday.
Vida only joined Besiktas in January on a free transfer so the sale would represent smart business for the Turkish outfit.
However, the paper reckons the deal can only happen if the Gunners manage to offload Shkodran Mustafi or Danny Welbeck in the next few days to fund the swoop.
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Liverpool's interest in signing Wales midfielder Aaron Ramsey from Arsenal is genuine (Daily Express)
Celtic will look to tie up a loan deal for Australian World Cup star Daniel Arzani next week (Daily Express)
Thibaut Courtois' agent has urged Chelsea to let the Belgium goalkeeper seal a move to Real Madrid (The Sun)
Manchester United are growing frustrated with Barcelona defender Yerry Mina, who is stalling over a £35m move to Old Trafford (The Sun)
Joe Hart is set to take a huge £70,000-per-week pay cut in order to join Burnley from Manchester City (The Sun)
Fulham are plotting another ambitious move, this time trying to sign Real Madrid left-back Theo Hernandez on loan (The Sun)
Anthony Martial could be staying at Manchester United this season after all (Daily Mirror)
Alvaro Morata has heaped praise on Chelsea's rising star Callum Hudson-Odoi and summer signing Jorginho (Daily Mirror)
Romelu Lukaku has backed Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho after his negative comments during pre-season, saying he should not need to hide his emotions (Daily Mirror)
New Leeds United manager Marcelo Bielsa is already on a collision course with his board after suggesting they sold Ronaldo Vieira without his approval (Daily Express)
West Ham United have revived their interest in Bernard after learning the Brazil winger could be persuaded to lower his wage demands (The Guardian)
Manchester City have requested a work permit for midfielder Douglas Luiz, who spent last season on loan at Spanish side Girona (The Guardian)
Aston Villa are close to signing former Norway international keeper Orjan Nyland (Daily Star)
Maurizio Sarri has revealed Pep Guardiola warned him of the difficulties in making the move to English football when the pair met over dinner in Italy this summer (Daily Telegraph)
Chris Smalling credits becoming a vegan as the key factor to staying injury-free (Daily Telegraph)
New Everton signing Lucas Digne says he has tried to persuade former Barcelona team-mate Yerry Mina to join him at Goodison Park (Daily Telegraph)
Maurizio Sarri says he is not sure whether Ruben Loftus-Cheek will feature as part of his first-team squad this season (The Times)
Pep Guardiola says he has got over being rejected by Jorginho this summer, but believes the midfielder could have informed Manchester City of his decision to join Chelsea sooner (The Times)
Burnley have had a £15m bid for English defender Ben Gibson accepted by Middlesbrough (Daily Mail)
Mauricio Pochettino has suggested that he is not to blame for Tottenham Hotspur's lack of summer signings (Daily Mail)
Burnley are weighing up a move for Aberdeen's 18-year-old Scottish midfielder Lewis Ferguson after he scored an overhead kick against them in the Europa League (Daily Mail)


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High Heel Styles 2017 Apk
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High Heels Styles – Designs – Collection Pictures – 2017
Footwear is a necessity but to own classy and comfortable footwear is a style! Women and girls of all age love to buy high heels like sandals, pumps, canvas, long boots heels, ankle, sandals and flat heels as well. As far as the Heel shoe is concerned, the fashion for all the kind of shoes stays forever. It is mostly dependent on the season or the event on which the women have to wear the heels shoes.
High Heels Collection that is in demand throughout the year:
Below we have classified the high heels according to the seasons. In the App we collected many heels types including Sandals, Stilettos Heels, Ankle Strap and Platform Heels etc. Don't forget that each of the types of Heel is available in multiple colors. You can get them is any size you want. There are either the local brands of the shoes or else the imported ones. The latter ones are a bit expensive but the quality is quite good.
High Heels Styles and Shoes for Summers:
To beat the heat, girls like to wear open sandals, flat shoes, slippers or shoes to save the feet from the dust, heat and feel comfortable while walking. All these types of footwear are available in leather, cloth as well as plastic material. The sandals are either in V shape or studded with stones, bows or any other accessory. Simple strap sandals are also available in the market.
Talking specifically about the girls and women in the east, they love to wear traditional khus'sas and kola puri in summers. These are made up of leather and the designs on them include the simple, colorful embroidered patterns.
High Heels Designs for winters:
Canvas shoes, pumps, joggers, and trainers are most commonly used in the winters as they cover the feet well, keep them warm and are comfortable to walk with. Boots with high heels are also worn in winters with jeans or any other western outfit. They are more suitable for winter events or parties. People who live in the snowy area make use of long boots a lot.
It's party time:
A party or an event means that you have a license to wear the high-heel stilettos. They can be delicate with pointed pencil heels or catchy but comfortable with block heels. Those ladies who already have a good height also prefer wearing heels on the events but avoid wearing 4 to 5 inches tall heels.
Parties are not restricted to the use of heels as many fancy golden and silver flat sandals are also available in the market. You can also have a look at the variety of the online stores and order them.
Getting a picture of the type of the heel shoes you want beforehand gives you a good start.
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Pallied Harrier:
This is a almost full frame shot , very minimal crop.
Shot in late evening using tripod. Surprisingly harriers are very shy and elusive and flies away the moment they see any human activities , but In LRK there is a place near to water body where these beauties will come over and sit on ground at around 5:00pm in evening and will allow close approach to them , this include Marsh harrier , Montuga's harrier and Pallied harrier.
This species is known to be undergoing steep population decline in Europe, although numbers in its Asiatic strongholds are thought to be more stable. Thus it is probably experiencing a moderately rapid population decline overall, and consequently it is categorized as Near Threatened.
Canon 7D EOS , Canon 300mm f/4, +0.3 step , 1/250 , ISO-500 , f/4.


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Mini catcher twin GEMINI
- 2P prize machine with three claws arm.
- It can set play fee freely for your convenient operation.
- It is possible to change operation methods button or joystick.
- Easy service credit entry with the key switch.
- Insert coin.
- Move the crane to aim a prize.
- Press button to down the claw.
- Win the prize when the claw grabs the prize and carry it to the prize out.
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November 12, 2014 from 9:30 AM - 1:00 PM at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Griffin Building
- A free, one-day program: Measuring Value in Academic Library Collections
- A thought-provoking program with opportunities to network and share with colleagues.
For past program information, visit: http://serig.acrlnec.org/
We seek presentation proposals related to any aspect of e-resource management and collection development that illuminates the value of e-collections for an academic library. Examples include, but are certainly not limited to:
- Collection Assessment
- Collection Analysis
- Tools for Analysis
- Is the Big Deal a Good Deal?
- Organizational Structures for Strategic Collection Assessment
- Workflows for Successful Collection Analysis and Assessment
- Collection Analysis Best Practices Applied
The DEADLINE for submitting a proposal is Friday, September 12, 2014.
Key Dates:
Fri 9/12: Proposals due
Wed 9/17: Presenters notified
Fri 9/19: Presenters confirm commitment to present
Thu 9/25: Registration opens
Wed 11/5: Presentation materials due
Wed 11/12: Program day!
To submit a proposal, please complete this Google form: http://tinyurl.com/ermig
(Note: A Google account is *not* required to submit a presentation proposal)
This program is co-sponsored by ACRL New England's Electronic Resources Management and Collection Development Interest Groups. ERMIG and CDIG co-chairs coordinating this event are:
Kim Maxwell, MIT (ERMIG)
Galadriel Chilton, University of Connecticut (ERMIG)
Martha Kelehan, Tufts University (CDIG)
Susan Raidy-Klein, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (CDIG)
Focusing on Electronic Resources Management and Collection Development, ERMIG and CDIG are special interest groups (SIG) of the ACRL New England Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries (http://www.acrlnec.org/).


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Update your links to my new self hosted site at http://www.wiredvision.co.nz/
We've Moved!30 01 2010
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Partition Wizard Business Edition 4.028 07 2009
A free partition manager for Business users.
Partition Wizard Business Edition is a pretty neat tool for anyone but particularly for an IT worker like myself. For the longest time I have been using my employers licensed and/or 'liberated' copies of Partition Magic which has generally served its purpose well except when you have forgot your CD wallet of flash drive with your handy apps on them! Since Partition Wizard is free you can just download it from any major open source / free license software vendor (link supplied below). Business users, system administrators or just Joe Blogs can use Partition Wizard to Resize and Move partition, Copy Partition, Copy Disk, Create, Delete and Format partition, Convert and Explore partition, Hide and Unhide partition and much more.
NOTE: One time registration is required.
Here are some key features of "Partition Wizard Business Edition":
· Resize/Move partition : Easily resize/move partition without data loss.
· Create, format, delete partition.
· Convert partition format from FAT to NTFS.
· Hide and Unhide partitions, set active partition, label drive letter.
· x86 or x64 compatible CPU with min frequency 500MHz
· capacity of RAM memory above 256MB
DOWNLOAD – from CNET
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More Stuff in the Cloud with Ghost OS!15 07 2009
I was looking through the web and stumbled across this new "cloud" based operating system called Ghost. Ghost Includes a growing list of leading free Web software apps & services
Communications apps : Meebo multi-protocol instant messenger
Entertainment apps: MP3 player, Internet radios Last.fm & Pandora
Office suite (for G.ho.st® Drive files): Zoho and ThinkFree
External office suites (with their own storage): Google Docs
Photo editing: Snipshot
Search external data sources; drag-and-drop "Things" to your desktop from:
Yahoo! Shopping
Games: from Miniclip and many more
Widgets: RSS news reader, Clock, Weather, Calculator, MP3 player, and more
Add your own: Add your own app using a URL in Tagged Things/New/Web Apps
Ghost offers every person in the world a free Virtual Computer with 15GB's of data! (get an extra 10GB from standard 5GB when you use the promotion code "launch."). "Ghost", an acronym of Global hosted operating system (written G.ho.st with two dots because a URL must have dots!). The G.ho.st Virtual Computer includes almost everything you would have in a physical computer – a desktop, file storage and applications.
But unlike a physical computer, your Virtual Computer is "hosted" in a professional data center by Amazon.com in the Internet "cloud" and is accessible as a web page in any browser. You can run the entire G.ho.st VC from any Internet browser without the need to install any software or "sync" files. Just enter your username and password, and continue using your VC from exactly the state you last left it in.
Find out more on their website http://g.ho.st or http://g.ho.st/m from your mobile. I believe they have just moved into the beta phase recently.
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HP's New Line of Pro Notebooks12 07 2009
Perhaps in an effort to appeal to the budget-conscious times, HP today announced a new line of notebooks targeted at business users. I had one of these plonked on my desk this Friday so they are available in NZ which is cool. My initial thoughts were i like the simple clean design with new style keyboard, with the best thing being it doesn't have the stupid prongs that lock the lid when you close it! I have developed with a minor dislike to the EliteBooks and other similar new model HP notebook because of these prongs and the fact that around 1/4 of the EliteBook lids I have dealt with do not close properly if at all. Since this is about the ProBooks, here are some details about it.
Named the ProBook line, which joins HP's other business EliteBook offerings, the new laptops incorporate a mercury-free design, come in 'merlot' red and 'noir' black, and feature LED backlit displays in a choice of 14-inch, 15.6-inch and 17.3-inch diagonal widescreen sizes.
Somewhat puzzling are the 16:9 displays on all the ProBook models. While the 16:9 aspect ratio makes sense on HDTVs for watching widescreen TV and movies, most content and webpages are designed for vertical strolling. The move from 16:10 to 16:9 is yet another one that doesn't seem to make sense for office application users.
That aside, the ProBooks come in both Intel and AMD processor flavorings, the option of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 or Intel GMA X4500 HD graphics, optional Blu-ray Disc drive (to make good use of that 16:9 screen). The notebooks also incorporate an HDMI port to connect to HD displays. Wireless connectivity includes standard Wi-Fi, optional integrated Bluetooth and mobile broadband using Qualcomm Gobi technology.
Source : Tom's Hardware US
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Tags: HP, Hyper-V, Microsoft, Server 2008, Virtualization, VMware, Windows 7
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Hyper-V or VMware?12 07 2009
New Version 2.0 of 5nine P2V Planner Helps Customers Choose the Right Platform
5nine Software today announced the latest versions of its popular virtualization migration planning solution, 5nine P2V Planner version 2.0 and 5nine P2V Planner Free Edition 2.0. The updated software adds P2V VMware planning to the existing P2V Hyper-V virtualization planning capabilities and now delivers side-by-side comparative analysis of Hyper-V and VMware migration plans from the technology, TCO and ROI perspectives.
"Successful virtualization initiatives require upfront planning, selection of the most suitable virtualization platform and ongoing project assessment to measure and maximize the return on investment," said Konstantin Malkov, R&D Director of 5nine Software. "Today we are glad to release the new version of 5nine P2V Planner — the P2V migration planning solution that allows comparison of P2V Hyper-V and P2V VMware migration plans from technology, TCO and ROI standpoint, and helps enterprise and SMB customers to choose the right virtualization technology based on configuration of the data center, its size as well as other specific requirements."
"5nine P2V Planner is a powerful virtualization migration planning solution that enables datacenter managers to create and compare VMware and Hyper-V virtualization migration plans, taking into consideration several important factors, such as software licensing costs, actual memory, CPU utilization, and average consolidation ratios. Therefore it allows selecting of virtualization technology most suitable for consolidation of specific data center," said Henry Bayard, Vice President, EasyLink.
5nine P2V Planner offers the following features:
— Automated P2V Hyper-V and P2V VMware Migration Planning — Performs sophisticated analysis of the current data center and provides multiple Hyper-V and VMware migration plans depending on particular customer requirements. Optimized placement of virtualized workloads is based on business requirements, technology (memory, storage and CPU utilization, security), and TCO and ROI.
— Side-by-Side comparison of Hyper-V and VMware Migration plans — Enables creation and side-by-side comparison of VMware and Hyper-V virtualization migration plans. It takes into consideration multiple factors including software licensing costs, memory and CPU utilization, clustering and average consolidation ratios for both virtualization technologies.
— Agentless Data Collection — Automatically discovers and collects hardware inventory, utilization data and application performance metrics in a non-intrusive manner without installing agents. It also allows importing this information from an Excel or XML file.
— Simple-to-Use — The product was designed to be used for projects of all sizes — from small virtualization pilots or SMB projects to large enterprise projects with hundreds of servers, hosts and virtual machines (VMs).
— Integrated TCO and ROI Reporting — 5nine P2V Planner creates a variety of technology assessment, workload, and TCO and ROI reports for each migration plan, for easy comparison of Hyper-V and VMware migration plans and decision making.
— Ongoing Value — Whether your P2V migration project is complete or ongoing, the Planner continues to provide value by optimizing the workloads and resource utilization in a virtualized data center.
Pricing and Availability
5nine P2V Planner Free Edition 2.0 is available immediately and is free for any Microsoft Hyper-V or VMware ESX and vSphere environments 5nine P2V Planner is also available immediately, with North American pricing starting at $59.00 USD per physical server. More information, including free trial downloads, is available at http://www.5nine.com/
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Windows 7 updates available to all!.. including pirates?24 06 2009
Pirated copies of Windows 7 will be kept just as safe as non-genuine variants of previous Windows releases, by Microsoft via security updates. Responding to questions related to how Microsoft keeps Windows users protected on an ongoing basis, Paul Cooke, Microsoft director for Windows Client Enterprise Security, emphasized that security updates were provided to all Windows users, irrespective of whether they are running genuine or pirated editions of Windows. Windows 7 will be by no means an exception to this strategy, designed not to support piracy, but to ensure a healthy Windows environment.
That all sounds pretty great for the pirates at least, but it seems Microsoft are looking at the bigger picture of ensuring a secure environment for everyone while try to maintain their credibility which unpatched pirated software has partially contributed to.
Paul Cooke goes on to say, "Keeping a machine up to date is one of the first steps in helping ensure that they remain reliable, compatible, and safe from threats when they are online. Some of the most famous incidents of malicious software infection have come after security updates were publicly available from Microsoft – Blaster, Zotob, Conficker and Sasser, just to name a few," Cooke added. "Rest assured that we at Microsoft are committed to making sure that security updates are available to all of our users to help ensure a safe online experience for everyone."
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How to reset local user password to random one22 06 2009
Handy little command line for creating a completely unique and secure password for a local user.
For this example I have made a user called 'test'. In a command prompt windows type:
net user test /random
The password will be reset and it will be shown to you after you pressed "Enter" button.
The output will be similar to:
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The Mombasa governor will be locked out of polls due to alleged holding 'fake' academic papers. The KNEC confirmed that Ali Hassan Joho did not complete secondary school education at Serani in 1992. The Registration numbers on his certificates do not match with their Codes in the 1992 students who sat for secondary school exams.
According to the County government records, Ali Hassan Joho finished Serani secondary in 1993. The documents given by the Principal at Serani boys secondary school shows that the Governor completed in 1993 and urged the Ministry to look afresh their details. The governor said that it is because of his opponents eyeing for the seat and the battle between him and the president.
The Mombasa governor has been in difficult situations following frozen accounts by the government for allegations that he flaunted Revenue laws since 2011. The other fracas is about his degree that the government said that it is not genuine. The degree drama started all the way from 2013 and up to date the drama is still on.


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Director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Country: France, Chad
Year: 1999
Duration: 1.26
Languages: ar, fr
In the presence of Mahamat-Saleh Haroun hosted by Satu Kyösola.
A 35 mm print with English subtitles viewed at the School, Midnight Sun Film Festival (MSFF), Sodankylä, 14 June 2018.
MSFF: "Mockumentary or docudrama? In either case, Bye Bye Africa is a documentary fiction of African reality today. The film is centered on a fictionalized version of Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, a Chadian film director living and studying in France, who returns home after the death of his mother with the intention of shooting a film."
"The essayistic work addresses each friend of the seventh art when Haroun reflects on the controversial position of the cinema in Africa, where movie theatres are left to fall into decay. The story is interspersed with topics such as AIDS, motorcycles, afromusic – and humour: The director tries to explain film making to his father, who – unsurprisingly – doesn't quite get it: When Haroun mentions Sigmund Freud and cites Jean-Luc Godard, the father asks whether these people are friends of his."
"Roy Armes, the widely recognized film critic and acknowledged authority in African cinema describes Bye Bye Africa in the Variety International Film Guide in 2001 as follows: "The very personal, at times almost home movie style is a direct result of Haroun's innovative combination of digital shooting and editing, transferred to 35 mm film. More poignantly, showing documentary images of the cinemas in the capital N'djamena, all now destroyed by the civil war, it asks the question: how can one make films for a country where the cinema no longer exists?"" (Timo Malmi)
AA: The regular internet sources call Bye Bye Africa, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's debut feature film, a documentary, but Timo Malmi above nails it by characterizing it as documentary fiction and an essay film. It is also the director's loving memorial to his mother.
The first person essay starts when Haroun, living in France, learns about the death of his mother whom he has not seen in ten years. With financial support his African community he is able to fly to N'djamena, the capital of Chad. Immediately during the taxi drive from the airport we land in the heart of things. Haroun is constantly filming everything with his light video camera. His father tells him frankly that his son's film-making is "blah blah blah" for him. "These films are not made for us. They are for the whites". "If only you would have become a doctor". Yet Haroun's [8 mm?] footage of his mother is proof enough of the importance of film-making. "It is for the memory". The footage is seen in an outdoors screening in temporary cinema circumstances. "In tribute to the one who gave me life".
A central theme is the death of cinema in Africa. The cinema culture in Haroun's youth was vibrant. The beloved cinemas of back then are fondly evoked: Shéhérazade... Now there is only one cinema left in Chad. The civil war 1979-1980 destroyed everything. People see recent films on television via parabolic antennae. We visit the projection room of the single cinema, Le Normandie. The projectors are getting old, the prints are getting worn.
The reactions to Haroun's incessant filming are variable in the extreme. Some men attack Haroun, hit him in the eye and confiscate his camera. "He is stealing our image". Haroun is taken to the hospital because of the bruised eye. Children are fascinated by Haroun and construct toy video cameras. They want to become film-makers.
Isabelle has played a character with AIDS in a film by Haroun. She has suffered enormously because people do not recognize the difference between fiction and reality. There are beautiful images with her. But Isabelle gets furious when Haroun wants to wear a condom. "You, too, think I have AIDS". "Your film killed me. People think I'm ill. Film is stronger than reality. I can't stay here anymore".
Haroun reflects on the dilemma of African cinema. There is no organized distribution of African films. African film-makers cannot reach African audiences.
Bye Bye Africa does not fit into regular categories, but it is a coherent work because of the first person perspective. A vibrant essay on life in Chad and the mission of cinema.
Music is important and beautiful in this movie.
The film is mostly edited from footage shot on video cameras in colour. Haroun himself is shown shooting in black and white. The footage on different formats was transferred to 35 mm.


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Vamos! Appetizers
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Mas! Sides & Add-Ons
Me Gusta! Cervezas
Salsa $2.50Pico de gallo $2.75Guacamole $3
Add your choice of meat $3 Steak, Al Pastor, Carnitas, or Chicken
Street style corn on the cob
All our meats are fresh free of hormones, GMOs, or artificial flavors.Dress up your taco: lettuce, tomato, cheese, sour cream, guacamole $1.50
Slow roasted pork with guajillo and pasillo chiles
All natural chicken breast
Fresh authentic mexican sausage
Crispy shrimp with our homemade pickled veggies
An exotic treat for the real authentic taco lover
Certified angus ground beef
Slow roasted top round certified angus beef
A tender citrus pulled pork
A local favorite! Fresh fish cured in lime juice
Marinated flank steak grilled
All natural fresh white fish light fried
All burritos & bowls are filled with rice, beans, cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, cilantro & sour cream.
Dare to bite this monster stuffed with grilled steak, grilled green Serrano peppers, grilled onions, lettuce, tomatoes, rice, black beans, guacamole, sour cream and shredded cheese.
All chimichangas are stuffed with rice, beans, cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, cilantro sour cream & deep fried to golden perfection.
Grilled chicken, lettuce, tomato, onion, salsa verde, rice, beans, stuffed with cream cheese & topped with guacamole, sour cream, tomatoes & cilantro.
All tostadas are topped with refried beans, lettuce, tomato, onion, cilantro, sour cream & mexican parmesan cheese. (2 per order)
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This past weekend was incredibly fun and full of great times. ❤ My girlfriends and I took a big end of summer trip to San Diego and it was a much needed.
We drove down on Saturday morning (bright and early)~~~ We each brought a ridiculous amount of clothes/shoes for our 1 night trip. LOL oh ladies…
I ❤ startbucks. Love it more than coffee bean~~ This trip I tried something new: Venti Coffee with 3 pumps of classic syrup. It was tastey!
Waiting for our table in front of Hash House. This was a great place~~ huge portions, delicious food, and incredible cocktails. =)
When we checked into our hotel, we told the hotel we were celebrating a birthday and they sent us a box of chocolates and champs! xoxo
We Love the Manchester Grand Marriott Hotel in San Diego!!
Our gorgeous view:
Chilling by the pool
Dinner, Drinks and Dessert at The Oceanaire
The ladies ❤
The rest of the night we drank, hung out in our hotel room, and got late night room service ❤ It was a night of fun to remember!
The next day we grabbed lunch at Sergios and it was TO DIE FOR. LOVED all the food and the California Burritos. YUMMMMMMMMM Can't wait to take Markel back there.
When I got back home to LA, Markel had a ton of friends over for Sunday Football. WE hung out, drank a few beers and played Cards of Humanity ❤ (our new fave game)
Last weekend was SO FUN and so exhausting. This weekend…will be a lot more chill ❤ Happy Saturday!


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Your doctor inserts a gloved finger into the rectum to feel the condition of the prostate that lies close to the rectal wall. If your doctor feels something suspicious such as a lump or bump, further tests will be carried out. Other tests are needed to enable a more accurate diagnosis.
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Discussion in 'AFC East Rivals' started by Bpk, Sep 7, 2017.
ACL Hightower?
Let's go Chiefs, knock those bastards out. Stop the undeafted bull crap talk
With the amount of ACL injuries this year. it wouldn't surprise me.
LOL at an actor cricling his lines then having a business Meeting on his schedule.
Sorry man, in this town, if your an actor your meetings are not "BUsiness Meetings". They are either *** kissing for parts, or an audition hoping to not get rejected.
The exception are actors who start their own ProdCo's... and they aren;t circling their lines in a script before that meeting -- they are showing up as the money and the owner of the intellectual property.
Walking on your own always makes mainstream ppl say "He's fine" but all the ACL guys can walk straight.
See: Tannehill.
Underthrow by Alex Smith.
Dumb PI. How hard is it to turn a head?
Terrible PI... literally tackling him before Tom threw the ball
Refs missed a blatant hold on the play before the PI.
Glad I plugged Gillislee in for Ajayi today..
Hightower on the Bike, not an ACL
Should have been a roughing... jumped into the leg..
of course watch him sneak and make it
keep it going Chiefs. !!! don't let them come back
I thought NE was going 16-0 this year.
16-0 to 19-0 , well 0-1 now, thanks Chiefs


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The FINANCIAL -- The Korean government's steps to heighten transparency of non-financial public sector debt validate Fitch ratings stance toward SOEs, says Fitch Ratings.
These measures clarify the level of the public sector debt, and convey official intent to improve its management and sustainability. The steps are largely neutral for the sovereign credit profile, but consistent with our reasons for upgrading the ratings of 12 Korean SOEs in July last year.
The latest public sector debt figure is comprehensive and more transparent. It accounts for both central and local government debt as well as the liabilities of other public sector entities - including both non-profit public institutions and non-financial state-owned enterprises. As a result, Korea's public sector debt stood at KRW821.1trn at end-2012, or 64.5% of GDP, according to Fitch Ratings.
The published aggregate public sector debt figure is broadly in line with Fitch's earlier estimates based on information from rated and other large SOEs whose financial data is publicly available. From a sovereign credit perspective, the focus of debt comparisons between sovereigns has been mainly at the general government level (i.e. local and central government debt), as the risks of broader public sector debt are more difficult to assess on a cross-country basis. One reason is that it is more difficult to obtain aggregate comparable public debt statistics.
Heightened transparency could help instill greater credit discipline if it results in better management of broader public sector liabilities. In this regard, the government reiterated its plans to stabilise public sector debt through the development of mid- to long-term plans for national, local, and public institutions' debt.
The government's approach to managing leverage in the broader public sector is consistent with our rating upgrades of 12 Korean SOEs in July 2013. We had refrained from a concomitant upgrade of SOEs at the time of the last sovereign ratings upgrade to 'AA-' in September 2012. This was because of the deterioration in the standalone credit profiles at most rated SOEs. The onset of broader SOE reforms began shortly after the Park administration took office in February 2013, and these adjustments prompted the upgrades across the sector.
Continuing measures to rein in the growth of SOE debt remain very much in evidence. They include allowance of tariff price increases (for KEPCO and KOGAS), higher private-sector participation in selective sectors (such as power generation), and a scaling back of overseas investment (for KOGAS and Korea National Oil Corporation). The government has also recently asked a few SOEs to divest some assets and pay down their debt by 2017.
Korea is only the fifth nation in the G20 group to announce a consolidated measure of public debt, and the recent measures are yet another reflection of the authorities' reasonable commitment to tackling the high level of SOE debt, according to Fitch Ratings.


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The WBF, via its Credentials Committee, has withdrawn invitations twice within one year, without stating any reason and in a public way.
In 2015 the pair Balicki-Zmudzinski has lost its invitation on-site the BB in Chennai.
As of today the pair Vivaldi-Rossano has lost its invitation for the World Bridge Games in Wroclaw, starting next week.
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Is this an elegant way on behalf of the WBF to take cheaters out of the game and to protect their tournaments and the other participants?
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Last month, I concluded an article by asking how we can know for sure that Catholicism, in particular, is God introducing Himself to the human race while the other religions of the world are not. Some would suggest that "by definition" you cannot know which religion, if any, is right; that is why it is called "faith." The idea is that if you do not know something but believe it's true, it is "faith." If you do know something for sure, it is called "knowledge" or science, or so it is commonly believed.
Yet there is a difference between faith and credulity. Credulity is believing something "just because." For example, buying inexpensive ocean-front property in Oklahoma might sound exciting to someone who is credulous and sees an ad for it. (Being credulous is otherwise known as being gullible, i.e., prone to believe anything that someone else tells them.) It would immediately sound like a scam to those who are not credulous since Oklahoma is, obviously, not on an ocean.
If, on the other hand, one were to look up listings for oceanfront properties in California and find one ad that speaks of the property as a "steal" and then buys it, he is now operating on faith, not credulity. There are reasons for him to trust the information in this case. And that is what faith is – trusting another for good reason, not for no reason at all.
Defining "Proof"
"The proofs of God's existence, however, can predispose one to faith and help one to see that faith is not opposed to reason." (CCC, 35)
Are there "proofs" for God's existence? Yes – contingency, beauty, the question of conscience, etc. Paragraph 31 of the Catechism explains, "These are also called proofs for the existence of God, not in the sense of proofs in the natural sciences, but rather in the sense of 'converging and convincing arguments', which allow us to attain certainty about the truth."
But the Catechism, along with an apparent wide swath of society, seems to be behind on the scientific concept of "proving" things. The idea that science can "prove" anything, in the traditional sense of the word, outside the realms of math and logic, was rejected by the scientific community itself a long time ago.
Webster's Take
It may surprise the reader to find out that "establishing the absolute, unquestionable, immutable truth of a matter" is not one of Webster's definitions of the word "prove". The closest the dictionary comes to defining the word in this way is when it describes proof as, "the cogency of evidence that compels acceptance by the mind of a truth or a fact [or] the process or an instance of establishing the validity of a statement especially by derivation from other statements in accordance with principles of reasoning."
In other words, to "prove" something, by Webster's definition, is to make a very compelling or "solid" argument for it. Not to "establish it beyond the shadow of any and all possible, unchangeable doubt."
Who Do You Say That I Am?
Jesus of Nazareth is recognized in a number of non-Christian circles as a "wise teacher" or "enlightened spiritual master" – but not God.
There is a conspicuous problem with this assertion, though. In multiple locations in the gospels (i.e. John 8:58), Jesus claimed to be God. This means that we are left with only one of three choices regarding His true identity. As others have aptly asserted, Jesus had to have been either a liar, a lunatic, or Lord.
Either Jesus claimed to be God and knew He was not and was, therefore, consciously deceiving people – this would have made Him a malicious con man, not some sort of "wise sage" – or, Jesus claimed to be God because He was delusional, mentally ill. In such a case, how many other of His teachings do we need to call into question? Or, finally, Jesus claimed to be God quite simply because He was/is just that.
Who do you say Jesus is (cf. Matthew 16:13-17)?
Of course, this begs the question of whether or not the gospels were reliable historical accounts of what happened during Jesus' walk in human flesh two thousand years ago. But in a word, yes, they are. I suggest reading Brant Pitre's, The Case for Jesus: The Biblical and Historical Evidence for Christ, and/or Josh McDowell's, The Case for Christ, for a much fuller treatment of the matter.
If Jesus was/is God, then about 99% of the world's religions cannot lay claim to being God's personal revelation to mankind. Either Jesus was God or He was not. There is no in-between. And Christianity is the only religion in the world that I know of that "allows for" Jesus' divinity. The only exception may be Mormonism, which makes Jesus a god, but one of many.
And one of the many problems with Mormon doctrine is that it is not historically reliable. Mormons believe, for example, that Jesus descended into America for a while after His resurrection and ministered to some of our indigenous peoples. "Believe" is the key word. There is no historical evidence for this – at all.
To be fair, the absence of evidence is not always evidence of absence. However, for the Bible to have plenty of historical backing and the Book of Mormon, as a whole, to have none, strikes me as a bit…peculiar. Mormonism also alleges that the Christian Church apostatized in its early centuries, something with which the historical record also disagrees. So, in one form or another, Christianity is all that is left.
The Miraculous
The Shroud of Turin further brings home the message of Jesus' divinity. Once thought to be a centuries-old fake, the ancient burial cloth has since been correctly dated to the first century and all but positively identified as belonging to Christ. And, try as some have for decades now, no one has been able to scientifically explain how the image of the crucified man appeared on the cloth – other than by way of the miraculous.
Marian apparitions narrow the playing field of true religion to Catholicism and Orthodoxy. The Blessed Virgin Mary has been appearing to people since not long after her Assumption into Heaven. Many of these appearances have been verified by the Church, which is eager to dispatch credulity and promote actual faith, and so examines these cases very carefully before endorsing or rejecting them. Historical evidence has sometimes been left behind during the course of the apparitions, such as miraculous roses and Our Lady of Guadalupe's imprint on Juan Diego's tilma in Mexico in 1531.
Beyond this, as at the apparitions of Fatima and Zeitun, there have been times where Our Lady or her signs are not merely seen by Catholic visionaries, but also by Protestants, Muslims, Atheists, and others as well. So compelling were Our Lady's appearances to Catholics and non-Catholics alike in Zeitun that they compelled the Egyptian government to investigate!
Consider, also, Purgatory. There is plenty of empirical evidence for this too. Really. Look here.
Eucharistic miracles are arguably the most "heart-stopping" of all the evidence that, by Webster's definition, proves the Catholic religion. There have been several of them throughout the Church's history and a number of them have been scientifically tested with stunning results. See for yourself.
Personal Witness
As we said recently to a group of laypeople, "Modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and if he does listen to teachers, it is because they are witnesses." St. Peter expressed this well when he held up the example of a reverent and chaste life that wins over even without a word those who refuse to obey the word. It is therefore primarily by her conduct and by her life that the Church will evangelize the world, in other words, by her living witness of fidelity to the Lord Jesus – the witness of poverty and detachment, of freedom in the face of the powers of this world, in short, the witness of sanctity. (Pope Paul VI, Evangelii Nuntiandi, 41)
Amazing as these miracles are, some still manage to find it easy to rationalize miracles away, or simply to ignore them. It is easy to turn a TV off, for example, to exit from an online article, or to listen to a podcast and then compartmentalize it or come up with myriad different ways it cannot be true.
The constant witness of a holy life is not easily dismissed, particularly when the holy person manifests miraculous qualities such as levitation, bilocation, stigmata, etc. When, a person consistently models this power of God, is gracious, kind, patient, joyful (in the spiritual sense, not necessarily the worldly sense), perhaps even works miracles of their own through their prayers – this is much harder to eschew. We have known people like this: Dorothy Day, Mother Theresa of Calcutta, Pope John Paul II, among others. And what about you and me? (If we are not saints, why not?)
While a few Protestant churches recognize many men and women in history as saints, no Protestant Church has ever formally canonized its own, as do the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, which further helps us narrow our search for the true faith.
We Walk By Faith
There is a difference between faith and credulity, between trusting the word of another for good reason and trusting them just because we feel like it.
Jesus did not say, "Follow me because I say so," and leave it there when He walked the earth. He performed many visible miracles throughout His public ministry. In fact, the Gospel of John winds down by saying explicitly, "Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of [his] disciples that are not written in this book. But these are written that you may [come to] believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through this belief you may have life in his name" (John 20:30-31). (Emphasis mine.)
"Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed," Jesus said (John 20:29). But of course, this was immediately after providing Thomas physical proof of His Death and Resurrection by showing Thomas the nail marks in His hands and the lance mark in His side.
To sum up, it may seem like a ridiculous assertion to some, but science has indeed proven faith. Science has provided a coherent, very compelling argument for faith's claims. Now it is up to us to act accordingly and move forward in that faith, growing in charity (love) at every turn. "To whom much has been given," Jesus said, "much will be required" (Luke 12:48).
This should instill the fear of the Lord in us, but it should also fill us with great joy. As Romans 5:3-5 attests, "We also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us."
In what may seem like a wild, esoteric musing, this reference to a "Holy Spirit" is St. Paul's witness to that unseen principle of life that holds the world in balance. In much the same way, scientists once could not "prove" that black holes existed but still had faith that they were there, based on the evidence swirling around those blacks holes. Now scientists can see them. Similarly, we have ample evidence of the very real existence of the Holy Spirit around us. If we but keep faith in God's revelation to the human race of who He is and who we are called to be, if we but run the race with charity and endurance, we too will one day "physically" see the object of our faith face to face (cf. 1 Corinthians 13:12).
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King's Place, 30 September 2017
As a former cellist, soprano Ruby Hughes loves to sing with the 'warm, expressive, very human voice' of the cello, played here by Natalie Clein alongside distinguished pianist Julius Drake. (Unfortunately Ruby has had to withdraw from the concert at the last minute, but is replaced by Fleur Barron with no alterations to the programme). This consummate and curious trio have come together to curate an intriguing exploration of these sonorities, from the second of Michael Berkeley's Rilke Sonnets and Tavener's starkly expressive Akhmatova Songs, to Schubert's exhilarating Auf dem Strom, Turnage's sensuous lullaby and Janacek's enchanting Pohádka. Alongside Bach's sacred arias with cello obbligato is John Cage's wittily percussive song for voice and closed piano.
Rapture was a mood struck often during the evening. It was there in the 2nd of Michael Berkeley's Three Rilke Sonnets, where voice and cello (the piano now silent) mirrored the tender feeling of loss in the poem. The ending, where cello and voice seemed to resist the urge to meet on the same note, and then finally yielded to it, was the most intense moment of the evening.
Perhaps best of all was Michael Berkeley's 'Sonnet to Orpheus', the second (originally for soprano and solo viola) of the composer's 'Three Rilke Songs' in which, seated side by side, Clein and Barron powerfully communicated the quiet pathos of the poet-speaker's search for the elusive, ethereal 'almost-girl' whose song invades his ear, 'Where is her death?', 'Where will I find her?'


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Two weeks after the municipal elections and the new and returning municipal government leaders are getting a two-day crash course in governance. Following every municipal election, the Ministry of Local Government holds orientation training for all elected officials. The forum is also used to facilitate an exchange of information and networking with agencies that can help to further the work of the councils. Following the training, the ministry will be visiting with each council to guide them into carrying out their duties and functions. Local Government Officer Clifford King tells us more about today's training:
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"Part of the Ministry's responsibilities is to ensure that these people are sensitized in terms of the organization agencies, government line ministries, also the role and function of the ministry of local government, also on the legislation that govern their governance of these municipalities. So, it is the Ministry's responsibility to orientate them to the wide and broad variety of agencies, organizations and legislations they will be required to work with. We've brought in the UNDP. We know that we have become a signatory to the UNCAC and so we want to sensitize this new cohort of municipal officials what the UNCAC is about and for them, from the beginning, to understand listen we are in government now and we are here to govern. But these are the principles, these are the tenets that will carry our governing and so we are working with these agencies to make these presentations today. We also have the Integrity Commission who will be here this afternoon to make a presentation on what the Commission is about. The Ministry's function is to oversee the activities and performance of the municipal governments. Over ten years ago, we made provisions where the Minister has the purview to install financial controllers where the municipal government at hand is not prudent in terms of their municipal management. So, we have those types of facilities that we can utilize whenever we think the way the municipality is being governed is outside of what is required of them."


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When Columbia University doctor Kelli Harding began her clinical practice, she never intended to explore the invisible factors behind our health--but then there were the rabbits. In 1978, a seemingly straightforward experiment designed to establish the relationship between high blood cholesterol and heart health in rabbits discovered that kindness—in the form of a particularly nurturing post-doc—made the difference between a heart attack and a healthy heart. At once paradigm-shifting and empowering, The Rabbit Effect shares a radical new way to think about health, wellness, and how we live.
Dr. Kelli Harding is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center. She is a diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, as well as boarded in the specialty of psychosomatic (mind-body) medicine. Kelli works in the emergency room at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and has appeared on Today, Good Morning America, NPR, The New York Times, Medscape, WFUV's Cityscape, and US News & World Report.


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