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Rehearing Denied May 3, 1948.
Mr. Lee A. Jackson, of Washington, D.C., for petitioner.
Mr. Charles C. MacLean, Jr., of New York City, for respondent. [ Commissioner of Int. Rev. v. South Texas Lumber Co. 333 U.S. 496 (1948) ] [333 U.S. 496 , 497]
Mr. Justice BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.
This case raises a question as to respondent's liability for the taxable year 1943 under the Excess Profits Tax of 1940, as amended. 54 Stat. 975, 26 U.S.C. 710 et seq., 26 U.S.C.A. Int.Rev.Code, 710 et seq. The law was passed to tax abnormally high profits due to large governmental expenditures about to be made from appropriations for national defense. 1 The excess profits tax was a graduated surtax upon a portion of corporate income, and was imposed in addition to the regular income tax. It applied to all corporate profits and gains over and above what Congress deemed to be a fair and normal return for the corporate business taxed.
Under the controlling 1943 law the amount of income subject to this excess profits tax is computed by subtracting from the net income subject to regular income tax the amount of earnings Congress deemed to be a taxpayer's normal and fair return. 2 This deductible amount, called the excess profits credit, was to be computed in one of two ways, whichever resulted in the lesser tax. 712. The first, not used here, permits a deduction of an amount equal to the company's average net income for the taxable years 1936 to 1939 inclusive. 713. The second, used here, permits a deduction of an amount equal to 8 per centum of the taxpayer's invested capital for the taxable year. 3 714. An includable element of the 'invested capital' is the 'accumulated earnings and profits as of the beginning of such taxable year.' 718. It thus appears that by this method Congress intended, with minor exceptions not here relevant, to impose the excess profits tax on all annual net income in excess of 8% of a [333 U.S. 496 , 498] corporation's working capital, including its accumulated profits. The controversy here is over the taxpayer's claim that in computing its 1943 tax the statute allows it to include in this 8% deduction its 'accumulated profits' from certain installment sales, which profits the tapayer, in accordance with an option conferred upon him, had elected not to report as a part of its taxable income in prior years.
Beginning in 1937 and extending over a four-year period, respondent sold parcels of real estate, gave deeds, and took installment notes, which were secured by mortgages and vendors liens. It kept its books generally on a calendar year accrual basis of accounting, a basis under which all obligations of a company applicable to a year are listed as expenditures, whether paid that year or not, and all obligations to it incurred by others applicable to the year are set up as income on the same basis. Under 26 U.S.C. 41, 26 U.S.C.A. Int.Rev.Code, 41, an income taxpayer may report income and expenditures either on an accrual basis, or on a cash basis-under which latter method annual net income is measured by the difference between actual cash received and paid out within the taxable year. In any event, the basis used must, in the language of 41, 'clearly reflect the income.'
Respondent did not report the value of its land installment notes as income on the accrual basis as it could have done under 41. Instead, from 1937 up to and including 1943, it has consistently reported its annual income from the installment sales on a third, or 'installment' basis, expressly authorized for certain types of installment sales by 26 U. S.C. 44, 26 U.S.C.A. Int.Rev.Code, 44. That section permits a taxpayer to return as taxable income for a given year only 'that proportion of the installment payments actually received in that year which the gross profit realized or to be realized when payment is completed, bears to the total contract price.' Thus respondent's install- [333 U.S. 496 , 499] ment income has actually been reported for taxes all along substantially on a modified cash receipts basis, and the taxpayer's net income, which is subjected both to the normal income tax and to the excess profits tax, has not in any of these years reflected the unpaid balances on the installment notes, or any part of them. On the contrary, these balances were listed on respondent's tax returns during these years as 'Unrealized Profit Installment Sales.'
On its 1943 excess profits tax return respondent nevertheless reported as 'accumulated earnings and profits' the amount of 'Unrealized Profit Installment Sales' shown on its books at the end of 1942,4 and included this amount in 'invested capital.' It thus sought to deduct 8% of its theretofore designated 'unrealized profit' in computing its excess profits tax. The Commissioner redetermined the tax for 1943 after eliminating this item from 'invested capital.' The Tax Court sustained the Commissioner's redetermination, 7 T.C. 669, relying on its opinion in Kimbrell's Home Furnishings, Inc., v. Commissioner, 7 T.C. 339.5 The Circuit Court of Appeals, 5 Cir., 162 F.2d 866, with one justice dissenting, reversed on the authority of its decision in Commissioner v. Shenandoah Co., 5 Cir., 138 F.2d 792. The Government's petition for certiorari alleged that the result reached by the Circuit Court of Appeals was counter to the Commissioner's regulations and to longstanding tax practices recognized by statutes and judicial opinions, under which practices a taxpayer normally cannot report taxable income on one accounting basis and adjustments of that income on another. The [333 U.S. 496 , 500] questions thereby raised are of importance in tax administration and we granted certiorari to consider them.
A Treasury regulation, set out in part below,6 applicable to both the normal income tax and the excess profits tax,7 specifically prv ides that 'a corporation computing income on the installment basis as provided in section 44 shall, with respect to the installment transactions, compute earnings and profits on such basis.'8 Since respondent computed its taxable income from installment sales on the installment or modified cash receipts basis, but computed its earnings and profits from these same sales on another basis, the accrual, it contends that the regulation is invalid because inconsistent with the governing code provisions. Validity of the regulation is therefore the crucial question. [333 U.S. 496 , 501] This Court has many times declared that Treasury regulations must be sustained unless unreasonable and plainly inconsistent with the revenue statutes and that they constitute contemporaneous constructions by those charged with administration of these statutes which should not be overruled except for weighty reasons. See, e.g., Fawcus Machine Co. v. United States, 282 U.S. 375, 378 , 145.
This regulation is in harmony with the long-established congressional policy that a taxpayer generally cannot compute income taxes by reporting annual income on a cash basis and deductions on an accrual basis. Such a practice has been uniformly held inadmissible because it results in a distorted picture which makes a tax return fail truly to reflect net income. This has been the construction given income, estate, and previous excess profits tax laws by administrative officials, the Board of Tax Appeals, and the courts. 9
The regulation's reasonableness and consistency with the statutes which impose the excess profits tax on incomes, is also supported by prior legislative and administrative history. The present 'invested capital' deduction is patterned after a similar provision in 326(a) of the Revenue Act of 1918, 40 Stat. 1057, 1088, 1092. That section imposed a 'War-Profits and Excess-Profits Tax.' Invested capital there included 'paid in or earned surplus and undivided profits.' Undert hat law the administration, the Board of Tax Appeals, and the courts have uniformly held that a taxpayer, having elected to [333 U.S. 496 , 502] adopt the installment basis of accounting, could not thereafter distort his true excess profits tax income by including uncollected installment obligations in his 'invested capital' deduction base. 10 A taxpayer, having chosen to report his taxable income from installment sales on the installment cash receipts plan, thereby spreading its gross earnings and profits from such sales over a number of years and avoiding high tax rates, was not permitted to obtain a further reduction by shifting to an accrual plan and treating uncollected balances on these installment sales as though they had actually been received in the year of the sale.
The history of the congressional adoption of the optional installment basis also supports the power of the Commissioner to adopt the regulation here involved. Prior to 1926 the right of a taxpayer to report on the installment plan rested only on Treasury regulations. 11 In 1925, the Board of Tax Appeals held these regulations were without statutory support. 12 Congress promptly, in 212(d) of the 1926 Revenue Act, 26 U.S.C.A.Int.Rev. Acts, page 162, adopted the present statutory authority for an elective installment basis for reporting income, the Senate committee report on the measure designating it as a 'third basis, the installment [333 U.S. 496 , 503] basis.'13 This new statutory provision was strikingly similar to the Treasury regulations previously held unauthorized by the Board of Tax Appeals. That the Commissioner was particularly intended by Congress to have broad rule-making power under the regulation was manifested by the first words in the new installment basis section which only permitted taxpayers to take advantage of it 'Under regulations prescribed by the Commissioner with the approval of the Secretary * * *.' The clause is still contained in 44 of the code. This gives added reasons why interpretations of the Act and regulations under it should not be overruled by the courts unless clearly contrary to the will of Congress. See Burnet v. S. & L. Bldg. Corporation, 288 U.S. 406, 415 , 430.
The installment basis of reporting was enacted, as shown by its history, to relieve taxpayers who adopted it from having to pay an income tax in the year of sale based on the full amount of anticipated profits when in fact they had received in cash only a small portion of the sales price. Another reason was the difficult and time-consuming effort of appraising the uncertain market value of installment obligations. 14 There is no indication in any of the congressional history, however, that by passage of this law Congress contemplated that those taxpayers, who elected to adopt this accounting method for their own advantage could by this means obtain a further tax advantage denied all other taxpayers, whereby they could, as to the same taxb le transaction, report in part on a cash receipts basis and in part on an accrual basis.
We find nothing unreasonable in the regulations here. See Commissioner v. Wheeler, 324 U.S. 542 . [333 U.S. 496 , 504] It is argued that notwithstanding what has been said, Congress by enacting 501 of the 1940 Second Revenue Act, 54 Stat. 974, 1004, 26 U.S. C. 115(l) 26 U.S.C.A.Int.Rev.Code, 115(l), had provided a definition of 'earnings and profits' which includes these unpaid installment obligations and that the regulation here conflicts with 115(l),15 which is applicable alike to both the income and the excess profits taxes. There are at least two reasons why we cannot accept this argument. In the first place, neither 115(l) nor any other purports to alter the Commission's power to promulgate reasonable regulations which require taxpayers who adopt the installment basis of accounting to use an accounting method that reflects true income. The hybrid method here urged would not accomplish that result.
In the second place, we cannot accept the respondent's interpretation of 115(l). He argues that 'earnings and profits' derived from a sale of property are defined in 115(l) considered in the light of 111, 112, and 113; that these sections together define such earnings and profits as all gain 'realized' in the year of sale and 'recognized' under the law applicable to the year of sale; that all the anticipated profits from these installment sales were 'realized' when the sales were made because the installment obligations of the purchasers were received by respondent in the year of sale and they must be assumed to have been worth their face value; that they [333 U.S. 496 , 505] were 'recognized' as taxable by 111(c), the law applicable to the year of sale; and that consequently, the Commissioner was compelled to accept these lawfully 'realized' and 'recognized' accumulated profits as 'invested capital' for excess profits tax purposes, even though not previously reported as taxable income for either income tax or excess profits tax purposes. Finally respondent contends that 44 merely conferred upon it a privilege to defer payment of income tax on its tax- 'recognized' profits realized from installment sales until the unpaid installment obligations were collected.
The congressional reports on 115(l) do not provide support for the idea that gains not included in taxable income under the taxpayer's method of accounting may nevertheless be considered 'realized' and 'recognized' for computing tax adjustments or deductions so long as they might have entered into such computations under a different method of accounting. 16 Furthermore, neither 111, 112, nor 113, require a 'recognition' of the full face value of installment paper. It is true that 111(b) does provide that gain or loss 'realized' from the sale of property shall be measured by the 'sum of any money received plus the fair market value of the property (other than money) received' and 111(c) provides that the extent of gain or loss shall be 'recognized' as determined 'under the provisions of section 112.' But 111(d) [333 U.S. 496 , 506] provides that nothing in 111 'shal be construed to prevent (in the case of property sold under contract providing for payment in installments) the taxation of that portion of any installment payment representing gain or profit in the year in which such payment is received.' This means that where a taxpayer has validly reported its income from installment sales on the installment basis provided by 44, that section, not 111, 112, and 113 prescribes the extent to which receipts from such sales are 'recognized' as taxable and the year in which such receipts are 'recognized' in computing taxable income. Section 44 provides for the return as income 'in any taxable year that proportion of the installment payments actually received in that year which the gross profit realized or to be realized when payment is completed, bears to the total contract price.' Unlike 111, 44 does not recognize as subject to income tax liability the 'market value' of deferred installment obligations. They may never be recognized by a taxpayer on the installment basis for tax purposes under 44 or any other section, for they may never be paid, or may be paid only in part. The anticipated profits from these deferred obligations are recognized and taxable under 44 only if the obligations are paid and when they are paid, unless they are sold or transferred before payment. Thus whatever meaning is given to the words 'realized' and 'recognized' the regulation here considered is not in conflict with 115( l), 111, 112, and 113.
The regulation is valid. The respondent can include in its equity invested capital only that portion of its profits from installment payments which it has actually received and on which it has already paid income taxes in the years of receipt.
Mr. Justice DOUGLAS and Mr. Justice BURTON dissent.
[ Footnote 1 ] H.R. No. 2894, 76th Cong., 3d Sess., 1Ä2.
[ Footnote 2 ] Other adjustments not here material are provided, but the chief deduction or 'aj ustment' is the one noted above.
[ Footnote 3 ] The straight 8% figure of 1940 was modified in several respects not here material in 1941 and subsequent years. 55 Stat. 699, 56 Stat. 911, 58 Stat. 55.
[ Footnote 4 ] In its 1943 return respondent also reported the amount of such unrealized profits shown on its books as of the end of the two preceding years for purposes of calculating the excess profits credit carryover authorized by 710(c).
[ Footnote 5 ] The Kimbrell case was subsequently reversed but not on the contention here urged. 4 Cir., 159 F.2d 608.
[ Footnote 6 ] Section 29.115Ä3 of Regulations 111: 'Earnings or Profits.ÄIn determining the amount of earnings or profits (whether of the taxable year, or accumulated prior to March 1, 1913) due consideration must be given to the facts, and, while mere bookkeeping entries increasing or decreasing surplus will not be conclusive, the amount of the earnings or profits in any case will be dependent upon the method of accounting properly employed in computing net income. For instance, a corporation keeping its books and filing its income tax return under sections 41, 42, and 43 on the cash receipts and disbursements basis may not use the accrual basis in determining earnings and profits; a corporation computing income on the installment basis as provided in section 44 shall, with respect to the installment transactions, compute earnings and profits on such basis; * * *. '
[ Footnote 7 ] The meaning of all terms used in the subchapter dealing with the income tax was expressly made applicable to terms used in the excess profits subchapter. 728. Treasury Regulations 112 provided: '* * * In general, the concept of 'accumulated earnings and profits' for the purpose of the excess profits tax is the same as for the purpose of the income tax.' 35.718Ä2. See also H.R.No.2894, 76th Cong., 3d Sess., 41.
[ Footnote 8 ] This part of the regulation was added as an amendment to Reg. 103, 19.115Ä3, now 29.115Ä3 of Reg. 111, after adoption of the 1940 Excess Profits Tax Law. T.D. 5059, July 8, 1941.
[ Footnote 9 ] G.C.M. 2951, VIIÄI Cum. Bull. 160 (1928); I.T. 3253, 1939Ä1 Cum. Bull. 178; Appeal of Consolidated Asphalt Co., 1 B.T.A. 79, 82; Appeal of Henry Reubel, Executor, 1 B.T.A. 676, 678Ä680; Appeal of B. B. Todd, Inc., 1 B.T.A. 762, 766; Appeal of Bank of Hartsville, 1 B.T.A. 920, 921; Appeal of Atlantic Coast Line R. Co., 2 B.T.A. 892, 894, 895; United States v. Anderson, 269 U.S. 422, 440 , 134; Jacob Bros. Co. v. Com'r, 2 Cir., 50 F.2d 394, 396; Jenkins v. Bitgood, D.C., 22 F. Supp. 16, 17, 18, affirmed, 2 Cir., 101 F.2d 17.
[ Footnote 10 ] Schmoller & Mueller Piano Co. v. United States, 67 Ct.Cl. 428; John M. Brant Co. v. United States, 40 F.2d 126, 69 Ct.Cl. 516; Standard Computing Scale Co. v. United States, 52 F.2d 1018, 72 Ct.Cl. 619; Jacob Bros. v. Com'r, 2 Cir., 50 F.2d 394; Tull & Gibbs v. United States, 9 Cir., 48 F.2d 148; Appeal of Blum's, Inc., 7 B.T.A. 737, 771; New England Furniture & Carpet Co. v. Com'r, 9 B.T.A. 334; Green Furniture Co. v. Com'r, 14 B.T.A. 508; S. Davidson & Bros., Inc., v. Com'r, 21 B.T.A. 638, 644; Federal Street & Pleasant Valley Passenger R. Co. v. Com'r, 24 B.T.A. 262, 266.
[ Footnote 11 ] Article 117 of Regulations 33 (Revised) promulgated Jan. 2, 1918, and Article 42 of Regulations 45, promulgated April 17, 1919.
[ Footnote 12 ] Appeal of B. B. Todd, Inc., 1 B.T.A. 762; Appeal of H. B. Graves Co., Inc., 1 B.T.A. 859; Appeal of Hoover Bond Co., 1 B.T.A. 929; Appeal of Six Hundred and Fifty West End Avenue Co., 2 B.T.A. 958.
[ Footnote 13 ] S.Rep.No.52, 69th Cong., 1st Sess., 19, the Senate Finance Committee's report on Revenue Act of 1926, 44 Stat. 9, 23.
[ Footnote 14 ] S.Rep.No.52, 69th Cong., 1st Sess. 19; Willcuts v. Gradwohl, 8 Cir ., 58 F.2d 587, 589, 590.
[ Footnote 15 ] Section 115(l) provides: 'The gain or loss realized from the sale or other disposition * * * of property by a corporationÄ* * *
[ Footnote 16 ] The Conference Committee report on the Second Revenue Act of 1940, 54 Stat. 974, said with reference to 115(l): 'The provisions in the House and Senate bills, that gain or loss so realized shall increase or decrease the earnings and profits to, but not beyond, the extent recognized in computing net income under the law applicable to the year in which such sale or disposition was made, are retained. As used in this subsection the term 'recognized' relates to a realized gain or loss which is recognized pursuant to the provisions of law, for example, see section 112 of the Internal Revenue Code. It does not relate to lossess disallowed or not taken into account.' Conf.Rep.No.3002, 76th Cong., 3d Sess., 60.
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Warburton set to miss out on Wales team to face Italy
Wales interim head coach Rob Howley is to reward the players who ended a run of eight straight defeats against France in Paris by naming the same starting XV for the Six Nations fixture against Italy in Rome on Saturday week, meaning there will be no place for regular skipper Sam Warburton.
Cardiff Blues flanker Warburton missed the 16-6 triumph in Paris after suffering a shoulder injury in the previous weekend's defeat at home to Ireland.
Ospreys flanker Ryan Jones took over the captaincy in Paris with Justin Tipuric filling Warburton's number seven spot, and the performances of the duo mean Warburton will not come back into the starting line-up even if he is fully recovered from his 'stinger' injury.
Howley said: "I have told the players the same XV will start in Italy. I think it is pretty important from a coach's perspective that we reward the players who have gone out on the field.
"I thought Ryan Jones was outstanding in terms of his leadership and it is a just reward that he captains the side against Italy."
Warburton, who has struggled to recapture the form that made him such a star of the 2011 World Cup and Wales' 2012 Grand Slam success, could yet be named on the bench and he is expected to be available for selection against the Italians.
The idea of Wales fielding a side not including a fit Warburton would have seemed barely credible not so long ago, such has been the excellence with which the 24-year-old led his country.
But Saturday's gutsy effort at the Stade de France made Howley's decision to field the same starting XV, injury permitting, relatively straightforward, despite Warburton making good progress in his recovery.
He said: "Sam is better, he is still feeling the stinger to some extent but I wanted clarity.
"In terms of preparation, the team comes first. What I don't want is to wait on medical opinions, and the way the team went on the weekend they deserve to start again.
"It is a reward for the performance. We have talked about the determination, the attitude and resilience, and that is what you reward a side for when they come up with a win in France, which is not easy to get on any occasion."
Howley has also called lock Alun Wyn Jones into his squad.
The 27-year-old returned to action as a substitute for the Ospreys in their RaboDirect PRO12 win at Ulster on Friday, having been sidelined since suffering a shoulder injury in Wales' autumn defeat to Argentina.

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ATLANTA – Dan Uggla was quick to acknowledge he never thought he'd have a hitting streak as long as 33 games.
Now the Chicago Cubs are streaking.
The Cubs stopped Uggla's 33-game hitting streak and rallied from a four-run deficit to beat the Atlanta Braves 6-5 on Sunday for their fourth straight series win.
The Cubs have won 11 of 14.
Uggla's streak was the longest in the majors in five years. He was 0-for-3 with an RBI.
"That's more games than I thought I would ever have," Uggla said.
His best chance to extend the streak came in the fifth. Second baseman Darwin Barney made a diving catch of Uggla's fly ball in shallow right field. Barney was fully extended when he made the catch in front of right fielder Tyler Colvin.
"I wasn't even looking at him," said Uggla of Barney. "I was looking at Colvin and I was like 'Oh, it's going to drop in front of him.' And the next thing you know Barney comes flying through."
Barney said the catch was more important because of Uggla's streak.
"Because of the circumstances and all that, I'm pretty happy about it," Barney said.
"It was a good streak for him. He's a great player. But I think our pitchers are happy. They take a lot of pride in that, and I'm happy for them."
Uggla grounded out to shortstop against Jeff Samardzija in the seventh in his final at-bat. He didn't come up in the ninth, when Carlos Marmol earned his 28th save.
"The streak is one thing. I'm more disappointed in the loss," Uggla said. "It was a fun run but all things have got to come to an end sometime. I had fun with it. We had a nice, little roll as a team and we're looking to get back on track tomorrow."
Uggla's streak was the longest in the majors since 2006, when Philadelphia's Chase Utley had a 35-game streak. Philadelphia's Jimmy Rollins had a 38-game streak that began in 2005 and carried through the start of 2006.
Uggla was hitting only .173 when he started the streak on July 5. He has raised his average to .231.
Uggla had 15 homers and 32 RBIs in the streak.
Marmol walked Michael Bourn, who had three hits, with two outs in the ninth. Bourn stole second base but Martin Prado popped out to third baseman Aramis Ramirez to end the game. Uggla was on deck.
Uggla's teammates patted him on the back and hugged him in the dugout after the game.
"For me, it's impressive," said Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez. "It was a streak where at any given time Chipper (Jones) wasn't in the lineup and Brian McCann wasn't in the lineup, and Uggla carried us. That was impressive."
Uggla streak passed Rico Carty's 31-game streak in 1970 as the longest in Atlanta Braves history. The franchise record is 37 games by Tommy Holmes for the 1945 Boston Braves.
The Braves led 4-0 through five innings and 5-4 through six before Carlos Pena's two-run homer in the seventh.
Atlanta took a 5-4 lead in the sixth when Jason Heyward singled off John Grabow (3-0), stole second and scored on Grabow's wild throw to first on a grounder by Alex Gonzalez.
The Cubs answered in the seventh when Barney singled and scored on Pena's 23rd homer to right field off Eric O'Flaherty (1-4).
The Cubs, who won two of three from the Braves, have won four straight series for the first time since Sept. 9-21, 2008.
Cubs manager Mike Quade said before the game the team has moved past the controversy of pitcher Carlos Zambrano cleaning out his locker and leaving the team on Friday night and being placed on the disqualified list on Saturday.
"Look, grown-ups make decisions, and he made a decision," Quade said. "And that's his deal at this point, it's not mine."
Zambrano's Cubs equipment bag was seen on the truck being loaded outside the clubhouse, but there was no indication he will join the team before the end of his 30-day leave without pay. He cannot be involved in team activities while on the disqualified list.
Bourn singled in the first and moved to third when Matt Garza fielded Prado's soft grounder and threw high to second for an error. Bourn scored on Uggla's fly ball to left.
Garza's six errors lead all pitchers in the majors, according to STATS LLC. He gave up four runs, two earned, on six hits and a walk in five innings.
The Braves added two runs in the second on RBI singles by Bourn and Prado and stretched the lead to 4-0 in the fourth when Jose Constanza walked, stole second and third and scored on Bourn's broken-bat single to center.
Colvin had a two-run single in Chicago's four-run sixth. Brandon Beachy, who gave up two runs on six hits in 5 1-3 innings, was lifted after allowing singles by Barney and Ramirez and Pena's run-scoring fly ball. Scott Linebrink gave up three straight hits, including Colvin's two-run single.
Arodys Vizcaino's wild pitch to Blake DeWitt allowed Geovany Soto to score from third.
NOTES: Atlanta pitchers combined for 18 strikeouts. ... Quade said RHP Casey Coleman will be recalled from Triple-A Iowa to replace Zambrano in the rotation. Coleman is 2-4 with a 7.23 ERA in 11 games, including nine starts, with Chicago this season. ... Former Braves two-time NL MVP Dale Murphy threw out the first pitch. ... The Braves will open a four-game series against San Francisco on Monday night when Tim Hudson faces the Giants' Madison Bumgarner. ... The Cubs begin a game at Houston when Rodrigo Lopez is schedule to face the Astros' Henry Sosa. ... McCann came off the 15-day disabled list and was 0-for-4. ... The Braves placed RHP Tommy Hanson on the 15-day DL with right shoulder tendinitis and activated Linebrink. The team optioned RHP Anthony Varvaro to Triple-A Gwinnett. Fredi Gonzalez said RHP Randall Delgado will be recalled from Gwinnett to start Tuesday against San Francisco.


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Bestselling authors of teen literature portray their more foul-mouthed characters as rich, attractive and popular, a new study finds.
Brigham Young University professor Sarah Coyne analyzed the use of profanity in 40 books on an adolescent bestsellers list. On average, teen novels contain 38 instances of profanity between the covers. That translates to almost seven instances of profanity per hour spent reading.
Coyne was intrigued not just by how much swearing happens in teen lit, but who was swearing: Those with higher social status, better looks and more money.
"From a social learning standpoint, this is really important because adolescents are more likely to imitate media characters portrayed in positive, desirable ways," Coyne said.
Coyne's study were published May 18 in the journal Mass Communication and Society.
While profanity in TV and movies has been studied extensively, this research is the first to examine it in the realm of books aimed at teens. Thirty-five of the 40 books – or 88 percent – contained at least one instance of profanity (one of them contained nearly 500).
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The "darkness" in current teen fiction was recently debated on the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal. And the medical journal Pediatrics published research by Coyne in October that found a link between profanity in media and teen aggression.
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Coyne, who teaches and researches in BYU's School of Family Life, encourages parents to make use of online resources such as Common Sense Media that give content guides for popular books. Co-authors on the study include Mark Callister, Laura Stockdale, David Nelson and Brian Wells.


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Journal of Middle Eastern Politics and Policy presents analysis and new perspectives, addresses complex issues, and explores growing trends shaping the contemporary Middle East and North Africa region.
Kennedy School Review was founded in 2000 to offer analysis and insight, and put forward pragmatic, innovative solutions for major modern issues. KSR publishes timely articles that influence policymakers and practitioners, stimulate public debate, and showcase the best work of HKS students.
Latin America Policy Journal aspires to create a strong community of emerging and united Latin American leaders, to discuss the region's most pressing problems. Journal contributors include current and former presidents, scholars, policymakers, journalists, and students reflecting on the challenges of democratization in Latin America.
LGBTQ Policy Journal publishes interdisciplinary work on policymaking and politics that impact the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) community. Founded in 2011, the journal strives to improve public policies affecting LGBTQ communities by furthering reflection and debate on the economic, political, and social consequences of public policy regimes for LGBTQ individuals.
Singapore Policy Journal publishes rigorous analyses of Singapore policy written by students and researchers, to encourage discussion among policymakers and the public. The online-only journal selects and condenses these analyses each month to help moderate and elevate policy discussions in Singapore.
Human Rights Policy Journal aims to be a leading source of insight and critical analysis on important human rights issues facing the world today. As the newest student publication at HKS, the journal provides a platform for students, policymakers, practitioners, activists and the broader community to meaningfully highlight and discuss key human rights concerns.
Women's Policy Journal of Harvard is a student-run, nonpartisan review dedicated to publishing interdisciplinary work on policy making and politics affecting women.


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Via Paladiea, we see the right-wing support group rushing to Wendy ("RightGirl") Sullivan's aid and comfort:
Why this turn down memory lane? Well, the lynch mob of well-meaning progressives response to this blog posting, puts this memory front and centre in my mind. While the language and imaginary invoked in the original blog post are confrontational and crude, and the judgments contained harsh and hurtful - perhaps, just perhaps, the well-intentional rabble should take a moment to pause and ask themselves; where did the blogger come from? What motivates her to speak thus? Whose shoes does she wear? Does this come from a position of experience and pain?
Dear Kateland: You really are a dumb cunt. Now, why don't you go figure out where that came from?
FREE AT NO EXTRA CHARGE: Dave at TGB makes a good point.


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Legendary hedge fund manager John Paulson remains undaunted by the huge plunge in gold, maintaining that the case for owning the yellow metal remains strong.
Perhaps no name has been as synonymous with gold's woes as Paulson, who made his reputation by shorting subprime mortgages prior to the financial crisis unfolding in 2008 and 2009.
Since then, his star has dimmed as a big play he made in gold has gone sour. An expected surge in inflation still hasn't happened, and many investors have bailed as the price has fallen.
(Read More: Chanos: Short Caterpillar)
Speaking at the Delivering Alpha conference presented by CNBC and Institutional Investor, Paulson said betting that the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing programs would spike inflation hasn't paid off—yet.
"Although the Fed has printed a lot of money to date, there's very little inflation. People who bought gold in anticipation of inflation have lost their patience," he said during a lunchtime question-and-answer session. "I would say that the rationale for owning gold has not gone away. The consequence of printing money over time will be inflation, it's just difficult to predict when."


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EB-5 Investor Visa Program Needs Better Oversight, Regulation | Commentary
Posted on September 24, 2013
The job of overhauling the nation's immigration system is not getting any easier, but as Congress gets more detailed in its analysis of what elements should be kept, what should be discarded and what should be amended, good ideas for improving the system as a whole are coming to the fore.
One such good idea is an amendment by Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., to enhance the EB-5 investor visa program, which provides a method of obtaining a green card for foreign nationals who invest money in the United States. Leahy's language would require stronger oversight and reporting, strengthen anti-fraud efforts and establish more flexible job creation methodologies. All of these are important steps toward creating a permanent EB-5 program that properly serves the national interests for which it was established.
Leahy's amendment recognizes that the intent of the EB-5 program is to sustain and improve employment here in the United States. With that in mind, there are additional steps that Congress can take that would streamline the process and improve outcomes. Along the way, these efforts can also go a long way toward combating abuse within the EB-5 program and provide more transparency for investors, adjudicators and enforcement watchdogs alike.
To start with, Congress should raise the qualification bar for EB-5 regional center applicants. To receive regional center approval, applicants should be able to demonstrate that they have the capacity to deliver real projects through their regional center, have an established track record of successful projects in the industry area they serve, and are fully compliant with all relevant federal and state laws and regulations. This is consistent with the intent of the EB-5 program that actual jobs be created here in the United States.
Second, Congress should establish expedited processing for regional centers (and their associated investors) whose projects document large numbers of U.S. jobs or have high dollar values. For these regional centers, I-526 forms should take no more than six months for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to process.
The Leahy amendment envisions premium processing being available to preapproved regional centers, and that's a very helpful development. Taking that concept one step further to enable the projects with the biggest bang for the buck to be processed within a six-month window as the normal course of business, rather than a paid-for exception, would be even better. This is consistent with the intent of the EB-5 program to facilitate the maximum amount of U.S. employment in the swiftest and most effective manner.
Third, Congress should require that all existing and future EB-5 regional centers be fully compliant with applicable U.S. securities law and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulation. Certainly, recent high-profile allegations of wrongdoing are a reminder that vigilance in this area is needed. Rather than rely on whistle-blowers and ad hoc complaints, however, there should be an upfront requirement that all EB-5 regional centers be SEC compliant. This is consistent with existing investor protection mandates and will improve the overall quality of regional center investment projects.
Finally, Congress should leave Targeted Employment Area designations with the individual states. State and local governments need to be a part of this process, and they are better-positioned to know the situation on the ground than a federal level agency. As with many aspects of immigration reform, seizing the opportunity to improve the EB-5 investor visa program will be a combination of making selected enhancements and leaving well enough alone.
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I am a programmer with an application that needs to be integrated into the new company wide Active Directory login scheme. This means changing all the usernames in our system to use the new scheme. The new scheme is "first initial, last name", so Joe Smith would have a username of jsmith. If John Smith now gets hired, he'll get jsmith2. BUT as soon as Joe leaves the company, his AD account is deleted, and jsmith is available again. So if Jill Smith now is hired, she would get jsmith. From an applications standpoint this causes problems in my view, because I could now have records relating to Joe and records relating to Jill that are indistinguishable, because they were both created by "jsmith".
I am therefore left to wonder if there is a standard or best practice that addresses this issue of reusing usernames in an organization wide directory, especially in larger companies. When bringing up my concerns at a meeting I was told that "there's no way [big company name] still has a record of every user that's left the company", and that struck me as crazy. So, is there a generally accepted solution to handling usernames? Or does every company make it up as they go?


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By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — A judge on Wednesday halted the execution of a man said to be suffering from dementia, who had been set to die by lethal injection in the federal government's second execution after a 17-year hiatus.
Wesley Ira Purkey, convicted of a gruesome 1998 kidnapping and killing, was scheduled for execution Wednesday at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, where Daniel Lewis Lee was put to death Tuesday after his 11th-hour legal bids failed.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington, D.C., imposed two injunctions on Wednesday prohibiting the federal Bureau of Prisons from moving forward with Purkey's execution. The Justice Department immediately appealed in both cases. A separate temporary stay was already in place from the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The early morning legal wrangling suggests a volley of litigation will continue in the hours ahead of Purkey's scheduled execution, similar to what happened when the government executed Lee, following a ruling from the Supreme Court.
Lee, convicted of killing an Arkansas family in a 1990s plot to build a whites-only nation, was the first of four condemned men scheduled to die in July and August despite the coronavirus pandemic raging inside and outside prisons.
Purkey, 68, of Lansing, Kansas, would be the second, but his lawyers were still expected to press for a ruling from the Supreme Court on his competency.
"This competency issue is a very strong issue on paper," said Robert Dunham, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center. "The Supreme Court has halted executions on this issue in the past. At a minimum, the question of whether Purkey dies is going to go down to the last minute."
Chutkan didn't rule on whether Purkey is competent but said the court needs to evaluate the claim. She said that while the government may disagree with Purkey's lawyers about his competency, there's no question he'd suffer "irreparable harm" if he's put to death before his claims can be evaluated.
Lee's execution went forward a day late. It was scheduled for Monday afternoon, but the Supreme Court only gave the green light in a narrow 5-4 ruling early Tuesday.
The issue of Purkey's mental health arose in the runup to his 2003 trial and when, after the verdict, jurors had to decide whether he should be put to death in the killing of 16-year-old Jennifer Long in Kansas City, Missouri. Prosecutors said he raped and stabbed her, dismembered her with a chainsaw, burned her and dumped her ashes 200 miles (320 kilometers) away in a septic pond in Kansas. Purkey was separately convicted and sentenced to life in the beating death of 80-year-old Mary Ruth Bales, of Kansas City, Kansas.
But the legal questions of whether he was mentally fit to stand trial or to be sentenced to die are different from the question of whether he's mentally fit enough now to be put to death. Purkey's lawyers argue he clearly isn't, saying in recent filings he suffers from advancing Alzheimer's disease.
"He has long accepted responsibility for the crime that put him on death row," one of his lawyers, Rebecca Woodman, said. "But as his dementia has progressed, he no longer has a rational understanding of why the government plans to execute him."
Purkey believes his planned execution is part of a conspiracy involving his attorneys, Woodman said. In other filings, they describe delusions that people were spraying poison into his room and that drug dealers implanted a device in his chest meant to kill him.
While various legal issues in Purkey's case have been hashed, rehashed and settled by courts over nearly two decades, the issue of mental fitness for execution can only be addressed once a date is set, according to Dunham, who teaches law school courses on capital punishment. A date was set only last year.
"Competency is something that is always in flux," so judges can only assess it in the weeks or days before a firm execution date, he said.
In a landmark 1986 decision, the Supreme Court ruled the Constitution prohibits executing someone who lacks a reasonable understanding of why he's being executed. It involved the case of Alvin Ford, who was convicted of murder but whose mental health deteriorated behind bars to the point, according to his lawyer, he believed he was pope.
Legal standards as to whether someone has a rational understanding of why an execution is taking place can be complex, Dunham explained.
"I could say I was Napoleon," he said. "But if I say I understand that Napoleon was sentenced to death for a crime and is being executed for it — that could allow the execution to go ahead."
Purkey's mental issues go beyond Alzheimer's, his lawyers have said. They say he was subject to sexual and mental abuse as a child and, at 14, was diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression and psychosis.
Last week, three mental health organizations urged U.S. Attorney William Barr to stop Purkey's execution and commute his sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The National Alliance on Mental Illness, Mental Health America and the Treatment Advocacy Center said executing mentally ailing people like Purkey "constitutes cruel and unusual punishment and does not comport with 'evolving standards of decency.'"
The mother of the slain teenager, Glenda Lamont, told the Kansas City Star last year she planned to attend Purkey's execution.
"I don't want to say that I'm happy," Lamont said. "At the same time, he is a crazy mad man that doesn't deserve, in my opinion, to be breathing anymore."
The runup to Lee's execution demonstrated that a lot can still happen before Purkey's scheduled one.
On Monday, hours before Lee was set to be put to death, a U.S. District Court judge put the execution on hold over concerns from death row inmates on how executions were to be carried out, and an appeals court upheld it before the Supreme Court overturned it early Tuesday.
Associated Press writers Roxana Hegeman in Wichita, Kansas, and Mark Sherman and Colleen Long in Washington contributed to this report.


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Christ is the "Pantocrator" (from the Greek word for "Ruler of All") and here appears as a young man on a 16th century fresco on the dome over the proskomede table at the Holy Monastery of Koutloumousiou on Mount Athos. The living Tradition in the Orthodox Church has preserved in both word and form the continuum of what has been passed down to us over all these generations since Christ revealed Himself to His Disciples and Apostles during His Life, and then afterwards. From the very first icon that He Himself made and sent to King Abgar of Edessa, we have a continuous history of what Christ really looked like, and we have kept this iconographic Tradition most carefully.
In the frescoes from Meteora in the same period, we see depicted Adam (in our F112 icon "Adam Naming the Animals") who was also a son of God, with a very similar face. What the first Adam lacked in obedience and humility, the "second Adam" Christ brought to heal the wounds of man, and bring the fullness of Life to us by making us "partakers of the Divine nature" (2 Pet 1:4 ) so that by Divinization or Theosis, we too might become sons of God.


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FUDforum currently supports PostgreSQL 8.1 or greater. Both PostgreSQL and PDO drivers are available.
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Tk_CreateEventHandler, Tk_DeleteEventHandler - associate procedure callback with an X event
#include <tk.h>
Tk_CreateEventHandler(tkwin, mask, proc, clientData)
Tk_DeleteEventHandler(tkwin, mask, proc, clientData)
Token for window in which events may occur.
Bit-mask of events (such as ButtonPressMask) for which proc should be called.
Procedure to invoke whenever an event in mask occurs in the window given by tkwin.
Arbitrary one-word value to pass to proc.
Tk_CreateEventHandler arranges for proc to be invoked in the future whenever one of the event types specified by mask occurs in the window specified by tkwin. The callback to proc will be made by Tk_HandleEvent; this mechanism only works in programs that dispatch events through Tk_HandleEvent (or through other Tk procedures that call Tk_HandleEvent, such as Tk_DoOneEvent or Tk_MainLoop).
Proc should have arguments and result that match the type Tk_EventProc:
typedef void Tk_EventProc(
ClientData clientData,
XEvent *eventPtr);
The clientData parameter to proc is a copy of the clientData argument given to Tk_CreateEventHandler when the callback was created. Typically, clientData points to a data structure containing application-specific information about the window in which the event occurred. EventPtr is a pointer to the X event, which will be one of the ones specified in the mask argument to Tk_CreateEventHandler.
Tk_DeleteEventHandler may be called to delete a previously-created event handler: it deletes the first handler it finds that is associated with tkwin and matches the mask, proc, and clientData arguments. If no such handler exists, then Tk_EventHandler returns without doing anything. Although Tk supports it, it's probably a bad idea to have more than one callback with the same mask, proc, and clientData arguments. When a window is deleted all of its handlers will be deleted automatically; in this case there is no need to call Tk_DeleteEventHandler.
If multiple handlers are declared for the same type of X event on the same window, then the handlers will be invoked in the order they were created.
bind, callback, event, handler
To install Tk, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm Tk
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Tk
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.


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Vintage album covers
Flora covers appeared in many configurations (e.g., 78 rpm set, 10″ microgroove LP, 12″ LP, 45 rpm 7″ set, open-reel tape, tape cartridge, and foreign editions). Catalog numbers below refer to at least one, and in some cases two separate issues. (We did not list stereo and mono entries where applicable, since the covers were identical.) Most—but not all—Flora designs include his signature or typeset surname. Dates refer to cited or estimated commercial release. Albums subsequently reissued without Flora covers are not listed.
Benny Goodman
Harry James
Bob Wills
These undated (ca. mid-1940s), untitled (except for recording artist's name) empty record albums, with no catalog numbers, were designed to accommodate four 78 rpm discs by the respective artists. They were distributed to record store patrons as promotional giveaways.
Bing Crosby
Crosby Classics
Columbia M-555 (1944)
Burl Ives
The Wayfaring Stranger
Columbia C-103 (1947)
Note: later issued in 45 rpm 7″ multi-disc set
Kid Ory and His Creole Jazz Band
New Orleans Jazz
Columbia C-126 (1947)
Gene Krupa and His Orchestra
Gene Krupa and His Orchestra
Columbia C-138 / B-138 (1947)
Note: later issued as 10″ microgroove LP
Louis Armstrong's Hot 5
Louis Armstrong's Hot 5
Columbia C-139 (1947)
Bix Beiderbecke and Frank Trumbauer
Bix and Tram
Columbia C-144 (1947)
Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet
Columbia C-173 (1948)
Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet
Columbia A-74 (1948)
Note: Canadian edition; different Flora cover
Jack Lawrence with Male Quartet and Orchestra
Come to the Circus
Columbia MJ-44 (1948)
Edith Sitwell (poems) / William Walton (music)
Columbia ML-2047 (1949)
Note: 10″ LP; sleeve and booklet by Flora
Also released as 12″ LP, Facade with Dame Edith Sitwell (ML-5241)
with non-Flora cover. Booklet reformatted to 12″ square,
containing all Flora illos except one.
Jimmy Dorsey and His Original "Dorseyland" Jazz Band
Dixie By Dorsey
Columbia CL-6095 / B-196 / C-196 (1949)
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
Liberian Suite
Columbia CL-6073 (1949)
Count Basie
Rockin' and Relaxin'
Epic EG 7029 (ca. 1954 or 1955)
Note: Epic was a Columbia subsidiary
Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel
Columbia AL-46 (1954)
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
Richard Strauss: Waltzes from Die Rosenkavalier, Op 59
Tchaikovsky: Waltz from Serenade for Strings Op 48
Columbia Masterworks 7″ EP A-1847 (1954)
Budapest String Quartet
Haydn: Quartet in G Major/D Minor
Columbia Masterworks ML-4922 (1954)
Note: pink fill
Haydn: Quartet in C Major/B-Flat Major
Columbia Masterworks ML-4923 (1954)
Note: blue fill
Haydn: Quartet in D Major/E-Flat Major
Columbia Masterworks ML-4924 (1954)
Note: brown fill
Haydn: Quartets, Opus 76 (Complete)
Columbia Masterworks SL-203 (1954)
Note: green fill; 3-LP boxed set
Note: Camden was a budget subsidiary of
The Radio Corporation of America (RCA)
Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler, conductor
Piston: The Incredible Flutist
RCA Victor LRM-7053 (1953 or '54)
Note: Flora sketches and painted drafts exist for this 7″ cover,
which was assigned in late 1953, but we have been unable to
determine if it appeared on a commercial release.
Luis Sandi; Sarita Gloria
Music of the Bonampak Mexican Ballet and Brazilian Songs
RCA Victor LM-1737 (ca. 1954)
George M. Cohan, Jr. with the Harold Coates Orchestra
Yankee Doodle Boy: George M. Cohan Songs
Camden CAE-132 (1954)
Festival Concert Orchestra
Four Stars
Camden CAE-134 (1954)
Festival Concert Orchestra
Johann Strauss Favorites
Camden CAE-138 (1954)
Andre Musette Orchestra
Polka Party
Camden CAE-139 (1954)
Woodhull's Old Tyme Masters
Square Dances Vol. 1
Camden CAE-199 (1954)
Note: two covers exist, same catalog number, with
color and detail variations
Golden Symphony Orchestra
Puccini: La Bohème Fantasia
Camden CAE-204 (1954)
E. Robert Schmitz
Five Debussy Preludes
Camden CAE-210 (1954)
Festival Concert Orchestra
Rimsky-Korsakoff: Capriccio Español
Camden CAE-213 (1954)
World Wide Symphony Orchestra
Ravel: Valses Nobles et Sentimentales
Camden CAE-216 (1954)
Morton Downey
Sings Songs You Love
Camden CAE-245 (1954)
Thames Symphony Orchestra
Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98
Camden CAL-246 (1954)
Note: Flora rendered letter "B" in "Brahms" only
Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler, conductor
Kabalevsky: The Comedians
RCA Victor ERA-248 (1954)
Sauter-Finegan Orchestra
Inside Sauter-Finegan
RCA Victor LJM-1003 (1954)
Shorty Rogers
Shorty Rogers Courts the Count
RCA Victor LJM-1004 (1954)
Nick Travis Quintet
The Panic Is On
RCA Victor LJM-1010 (1954)
The Philharmonia Orchestra, Robert Irving, conductor
Rossini-Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque
RCA Victor Bluebird LBC-1080 (1954)
Alex Kallao Trio with Milt Hinton and Don Lamond
An Evening At the Embers
RCA Victor LJM-1011 (1954)
Combined Orchestras of Ralph Flanagan and Buddy Morrow
The War of the Bands Concert
RCA Victor LPM-3211 (1954)
Dr. Seuss (Narrated by Paul Wing)
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
Camden CAE-293 (1955)
Sauter-Finegan Orchestra
Concert Jazz
RCA Victor EPC-1051 (1955)
Andre Previn and Shorty Rogers
RCA Victor LJM-1018 (1955)
The Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra, Vittorio Gui, conductor
Mozart: Symphony No. 39 – Haydn: Symphony No. 95
RCA Victor (Canada) LHMV 11 (1955)
Note: woodcut by Flora
Pete Jolly Trio
Coming-Out Party
RCA Victor EPA-630 (1955)
Pete Jolly Duo
Pete Jolly Duo
RCA Victor EPA-637 (1955)
Lord Buckley
Hipsters, Flipsters, and Finger-Poppin' Daddies,
Knock Me Your Lobes
RCA Victor LPM-3246 (1955)
Charlie Ventura and His Orchestra
For Boppers Only
RCA Victor EPA-659 (1955)
Raphael Muñoz and His Orchestra
Top Pops of Latin America
RCA Victor LPM-1054 (1955)
Various Artists
Mambo for Cats
RCA Victor LPM-1063 (1955)
Miguel Aceves Mejía
Mexican Folk Songs
RCA Victor LPM-1077 (1955)
Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra
Redskin Romp
RCA Victor LPM-1091 (1955)
Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra
Redskin Rumpus
RCA Victor EPA-612 (1955)
Sauter-Finegan Orchestra
The Sons of Sauter-Finegan
RCA Victor LPM-1104 (1955)
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
This is Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
RCA Victor LPT-3056 (1955)
NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini, conductor
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel/Death and Transfiguration
RCA Victor (Red Seal) LM-1891 (1955)
Richard Crooks (tenor), Nathaniel Shilkret and His Orchestra, and others
Listen to the Music of Victor Herbert
Camden CAL-228 (ca. 1956)
Note: two covers exist, same catalog number, with color
and detail variations
Various Artists
Memorable Music from the Movies
Camden CAL-233 (1956)
Billy Mure
Supersonic Guitars in Hi-Fi
Note: back cover illustration
Jimmie Driftwood
The Battle of New Orleans
RCA Victor LPM-1635 (1958)
Shorty Rogers
Portrait of Shorty
RCA Victor LPM-1561 (1958)
Note: back cover illustration; also appears on RCA Victor KPS-3112
(see below)
Leroy Kirkland's Rock-Chas
Strollin' the Cha Cha Cha
RCA Victor EPA-4272 (1958)
The Dukes of Dixieland
At the Jazz Band Ball
RCA Victor LPM-2097 (1959)
Note: back cover illustration (credited) of
musicians and a series of shoes
The Dukes of Dixieland Featuring Pete Fountain
RCA Victor LSP-2097(e) (1961)
Electronically Reprocessed Stereo edition, with back
cover illustration (uncredited) of steamboat
The Nashville All-Stars
After the Riot at Newport
RCA Victor LPM-2302 (1960)
Esquivel and His Orchestra
Infinity in Sound
RCA Victor KPS-3112 (1960)
Note: "Living Stereo" tape cartridge (early cassette) format; same Flora art as on RCA Victor LPM-1561 (see above)
Sauter-Finegan Orchestra
Inside Sauter-Finegan Revisited
RCA Victor LSP-2473 (1961)


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Welcome to "Ask the White House" -- an online interactive forum where you can submit questions to Administration officials and friends of the White House. Visit the "Ask the White House" archives to read other discussions with White House officials.
Welcome to "Ask the White House" -- an online interactive forum where you can submit questions to Administration officials and friends of the White House. Visit the "Ask the White House" archives to read other discussions with White House officials.
February 20, 2008
Laura Bush
Thank you for participating in Ask the White House, and for your interest in President Bushs and my trip to Africa. Im writing to you from Ghana. Weve visited Benin, Tanzania, and Rwanda, and tomorrow, well head to Liberia.
The trip has been great. I am encouraged by the results of development partnerships between the United States and African nations. And Ive met people who are determined to build better lives for themselves and their families.
Now, I look forward to taking your questions.
Jennifer, from Alabama writes:
Laura Bush
This is my fifth trip to Africa, and on this journey -- as in every other -- Ive heard people literally say thank you. AIDS patients have said, Ive come back to life because Im on anti-retrovirals.
The American people should be proud that their generosity is saving lives across the continent of Africa. And they can be gratified by knowing that their compassion is returned with deep affection and thanks.
Sergei, from Pennsburg, PA writes:
Laura Bush
The reason PEPFAR is such a success is that it works in close partnership with African governments. Through PEPFAR, were making an investment in the future of these African nations, and helping them build a sustainable health-care infrastructure that can help fight AIDS over the long term. This program is not just an act of compassion -- its smart foreign policy.
And its a program Congress should be proud of, too. Congress has funded the initiative, and shares in its success. The best way to build on that success is to reauthorize PEPFAR.
Thanks for your question, Sergei.
Mary, from Indiana writes:
Laura Bush
In 2002, President Bush launched the Africa Education Initiative. This program has provided scholarships to thousands of girls across Africa, and will train more than 900,000 teachers on the continent by the end of the decade. Through the Initiative, American universities have partnered with African governments to print and distribute millions of textbooks. Ive been able to distribute these textbooks on some of my past trips to Africa--including a previous trip to Ghana.
A few days ago, I met with members of Benins Mothers Associations. With support from the Africa Education Initiative, these groups give women a voice in their childrens education, and help improve childrens access to schools. I also met with young girls who have received some of the Initiatives Ambassadors Girls Scholarships. These girls were confident, excited--and so happy to be in school. One of the girls, Irene, is the first in her family to complete primary school. Now, she says she wants to be president of her country.
Earlier today, I was at Ghanas Mallam D/A Primary School, where I helped open a reading hut and library supported by USAID/Ghanas Education Quality for All project. Beneath the shade of the reading hut, I saw how much the children love books as they read to me with some help from a giant turtle character--Ghanas reading mascot. As a former teacher, it was a pleasure to be with children so eager to learn.
And as a former teacher, I know how important the Africa Education Initiative is--and how important all of our efforts are to improve education for people across the continent.
Icadon, from Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania writes:
Laura Bush
Ive found that Africans are warm and generous, like Americans. And I know mothers and fathers everywhere want their children to grow up to be healthy, productive members of society.
Mausumi, from Flagstaff Arizona
Laura Bush
Zachary, from Oxford, Massachusetts
Laura Bush
First, Americans should know that your tax dollars are hard at work and doing a lot of good in Africa.
If youre at a stage in your life when you can travel no matter what your age consider volunteering on the continent. Earlier today, President Bush and I had lunch with Peace Corps volunteers in Ghana and they said this experience has been one of the most satisfying of their lives. The Peace Corps has more volunteers now than at any point in its history. And while we were in Rwanda, President Bush and I were happy to announce that the Peace Corps is returning to the country.
Faith-based organizations are doing amazing work in Africa. Find out what your faith congregation is doing to help, or get involved with an NGO that works on the continent.
One easy way to save lives in Africa is to raise money for insecticide-treated mosquito nets. Anyone who can raise $10 can buy a net and save a life from malaria. Its a great project for scout troops, school clubs, and even sports teams to get involved in.
Today in Ghana, President Bush and I were joined by Jordin Sparks, star of American Idol. Last year, through the Idol Gives Back campaign, viewers of the show donated millions of dollars to charities that work in the United States and Africa. Some of this money helped purchase 2 million bed nets for mothers in several African nations. Jordin was with us today to help raise awareness of malaria and to encourage people to tune in for the next Idol Gives Back effort, which airs April 9.
Melanie, from NYC writes:
Thank you Mrs. Bush
Laura Bush
MCCs grants are used for expensive infrastructure items like roads, clean water projects, airports, agriculture, and schools all items that are important for economic growth and poverty reduction.
The hallmark of MCC is partnership between the U.S. government and our compact nations. Our partner governments devise their own strategies for development, based on the needs of their people. And then the United States provides the technological expertise and financial resources to support those plans. On this trip, President Bush signed a $700 million MCC compact that will help support Tanzanias plans for growth.
Laura Bush
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Are You Safe? Know What's in Your E Liquid
If you put in a little time to learn the difference between cigarettes and e-cigarettes, you'll find at least one prominent fact: Cigarette E is a cigarette.
The most frightening thing about e-liquid: the juice burned to form smoke, is the lack of serious regulation. According to the above article, it means that what's on the label is not necessarily what you get, or does not get.
Nicotine is one example of what you are likely to get even when the label says that you did not do it.
There are also concerns about manufacturing standards where some electronic fluids are produced. Some E Liquid Manufacturing is done in clean rooms that meet the highest standards, ISO 14644 certified to be precise.
As far as security is concerned, there are two questions to keep in mind: Are e-cigarettes safe in general, and what e-liquid safe do you use?
The first question is easy.
E-cigs are safer than the traditional cigarettes they replace. So if you are already a smoker, moving to an e-cigarette is a good move for you, the people around you smoke, and the environment.
The answer to the second question requires a little more thought:
Nicotine does not cause cancer. It is a natural substance. Then again, the same can be said about tobacco leaves. However, nicotine is quite addictive. Smoking is largely a nicotine delivery system. That same goes for e-cigarettes.
Then again, the same can be said about tobacco leaves. However, nicotine is quite addictive. Smoking is largely a nicotine delivery system. That same goes for e-cigarettes.
However, nicotine is quite addictive. Smoking is largely a nicotine delivery system. That same goes for e-cigarettes.
But smokers do not just swallow nicotine. They heat it up first. That's where things are chemically interesting.
The heat level creates a chemical reaction that produces formaldehyde, a known carcinogen. This is a particular danger with the tank system becoming very hot, very fast.
Even if you want an e-liquid liquid without nicotine, you should do some research. Product labels can be misleading.
No nicotine does not mean there is no nicotine. In the same way, non-alcoholic beer usually contains alcohol. Reduce carcinogens by reducing heat.
Reduce carcinogens by reducing heat.
The majority of these e-libraries are what make the base. This is the same set of chemicals you find in your inhaler and cough medicine. The two main chemicals are:
Propylene glycol (PG) It is considered safe. And it is also used to create fog in rock concerts.
Glycerin Vegetables (VG) This is a food grade liquid that is responsible for most vaping clouds.
What flavor do you like? Do you like rich butter taste? Or do you prefer cherries?
Some manufacturers use food seasonings. That is good. Others use oil based spices to avoid.
Diacetyl is another type to avoid as it can be harmful. This is used to instill a taste of butter.
Some flavors such as cinnamon, spearmint, and orange have been known to crack or even melt the plastic when heated. Make sure you have the right device for the flavors you choose.
The warning here is like so many things, make sure you know what you get. Nicotine, PG, VG, and flavoring are mostly what you get from liquid e-liquid. But it all boils down to the details.
Read the labels on your e-liquid. Then dig a little deeper. Make sure your e-liquid options come from reputable manufacturers. They are not all created equal.


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Routing and Remote Access Service Infrastructure
Applies To: Windows Server 2008
With Routing and Remote Access service (RRAS), you can deploy virtual private network (VPN) and dial-up remote access services and multiprotocol LAN-to-LAN, LAN-to-WAN, VPN, and network address translation (NAT) routing services.
Hierarchy of Managed Entities
Managed Entities
With Routing and Remote Access, you can deploy virtual private network (VPN) and dial-up remote access services and multiprotocol LAN-to-LAN, LAN-to-WAN, VPN, and network address translation (NAT) routing services.
Routing and Remote Access supports Router Information Protocol (RIP) versions 1 and 2. RIP version 2 supports multicast announcements, simple password authentication, and more flexibility in subnetted and Classless InterDomain Routing (CIDR) environments.
The DHCP Relay Agent component is a Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP) relay agent that relays Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) messages between DHCP clients and DHCP servers on different IP networks. The DHCP Relay Agent is compliant with RFC 1542, "Clarifications and Extensions for the Bootstrap Protocol." For each IP network segment that contains DHCP clients, either a DHCP server or a computer acting as a DHCP Relay Agent is required.
Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) maintains host group membership on a local subnet. Hosts use IGMP to communicate multicast group membership requests with their local multicast router. Routers receive the group membership requests and periodically send queries to determine which host groups are active or inactive on the local subnet. This protocol is required to support Level 2 multicasting. Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) uses Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) instead of IGMP to manage group membership.
The Multicast Group Manager (MGM) application programming interface (API) enables developers to write multicast routing protocols that interoperate with routers running the Multicast Group Manager. When more than one multicast routing protocol is enabled on a router, the MGM coordinates operations between all routing protocols. The MGM informs each routing protocol when group membership changes occur, and when multicast data from a new source or destined to a new group is received.
The DHCPv6 Relay Agent relays Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) messages between DHCP clients and DHCP servers on different Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) networks. The DHCPv6 Relay Agent is compliant with RFC 3315.
You can create dial-up and broadband remote access connections to reach remote computers. With the Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP), Layer Two Tunneling Protocol (L2TP), or Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP), which are automatically installed on your computer, you can securely access resources on a network by connecting to a remote access server through the Internet or other network. The use of both private and public networks to create a network connection is called a virtual private network (VPN).
VPN connections are created with the Connect to a Workplace wizard or through a RAS dialer profile using the Connection Manager Administration Kit (CMAK). The profile is distributed by administrators to remote access users who install it on their computers.


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557 sites have this keyword listed in their metadata, here's one you may hate:
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It was a great day when the Nintendo 3DS went on sale in Japan on February 26. It was also a great day when it launched in North America the following month. Shame the rest of the 3DS's timeline hasn't been so great. It's been awful.
Here is a list of Nintendo's 3DS blunders (so far).
Mistake 1: Satoru Iwata mentioned a DS successor to the Asahi Shimbun. Nintendo later said Iwata's comments were "misinterpreted". The Asahi Shimbun stood by its story, saying it was correct. This looked messy.
Mistake 2: Nintendo suddenly announced it was working on a Nintendo DS successor via a rushed press release. The press release revealed the successor had the temporary name "Nintendo 3DS". Apparently, Nintendo was worried a Japanese news outlet was going to break the news. Even though this had already happened.
Mistake 3: Nintendo issued a health warning for players under six about the optional 3D effect, echoing sentiments made to Kotaku at E3 by Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime. The warning itself was not a mistake; however, it lead some to wonder how family-friendly the 3DS was.
Mistake 4: 3D in gaming handhelds is largely untested on a mass market scale. Nintendo took the leap, and in the process, made some people sick.
Mistake 5: The 3DS is a power drain, and the battery life is weak—weaker than the Nintendo DS's, making it appear regressive.
Mistake 6: In Japan, Nintendo priced the 3DS at ¥25,000. For a company that has spent this console generation triumphing value for money, the high price seemed out of character. Ultimately, the 3ds got a sudden (and unusual) price drop.
Mistake 7: In the U.S., Nintendo priced the portable at $249.99. Like Japan, the international price was cut. Nintendo did offer free games to those who purchased the machine before the price cut, a smart move.
Mistake 8: Save for Nintendogs + Cats, Nintendo didn't have the games and demos it showed at the 2010 E3 gaming expo available at launch.
Mistake 9: The launch games weren't so good. Actually, most of them stunk.
Mistake 10: The games are region locked, and that sucks. The DS' games weren't, and that was awesome.
Mistake 11: The 3DS e-Shop was delayed (twice) and was not ready at launch. This only added to the perception the handheld had been rushed.
Mistake 12: Countless game delays and cancellations. Not all of the delays and cancellations were Nintendo's fault, of course, but they still had a negative impact on the 3DS' launch.
Mistake 13: The new add-on 3DS thumbstick looks tacked-on, and it makes the 3DS seem like it wasn't thought-out. It also doesn't exactly inspire confidence in the current model. Why buy one now when an inevitable redesign seems right around the corner?
Nintendo's rollout for the 3DS is one of the sloppiest product launches in recent memory. Nintendo, a company that prides itself on polish and perfection, seems to have bungled the 3DS. But there's still hope. Nintendo has big titles waiting in the wings, and next week, the Kyoto-based game maker is holding a 3DS press conference. Nintendo can still right all its wrongs. Look at how the DS Lite improved the DS and ended up one of the best consoles this generation. The same thing can happen again.
(Top photo: Nintendo & Luke Plunkett)
You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this post, at email@example.com. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips page.


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Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is a classic for a reason. Humor and wit, love and heartache, and keen social commentary are all contained in this one story. So it's no surprise that authors have been inspired to continue the story or tell their own version of it. READ MORE
7 Audiobooks Inspired by Pride and Prejudice August 9, 2018


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I just learned by Dave that Chris Gulker died on Wednesday. (Somehow I missed the news at first pass.) I barely knew Chris, I knew enough to get that he was terrific guy, citizen, friend, photographer, blogger and much more. I don't think it's possible to die more consciously and graciously than Chris did. Dave's right that it's wrong not to read Chris's obituary in a mainstream paper. But there are plenty of good ones out there* where it matters most. Start with Scott Rosenberg's.
*And thank you, IceRocket, for still doing great blog search. It matters. Everybody, please do read the list of goodbyes that come up in a search for Chris.


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Devolo today announced their new dLAN 1200+, the fastest Powerline networking adaptor in their range with Gigabit-class data transmission. The latest adaptors double the speed of the dLAN 650 by using a combination of Devolo range+ technology, the newest generation of Powerline chips and MIMO (multiple input, multiple output) technology, offering a maximum of 1200 Mb/s. This is ideal for anyone wanting to stream 4K video but doesn't have a network point close to their UltraHD TV.
With the Powerline adaptors on all the time, Devolo has kept the power consumption low. When in use, the dLAN 1200+ uses a maximum of 4.2 W, and if the connected device, e.g. TV, is switched off, the adapter automatically goes into standby mode, using just 0.7 W. If security is a concern, users can also activate 128-bit AES encryption to avoid any unauthorised access to the network.
As can be seen from the pictures, the dLAN 1200+ is equipped with a gigabit Ethernet connection and an integrated electrical socket with mains filter. It's fully compatible with all previous dLAN models, though the maximum speed will be limited by the slowest adaptor.
The adapters can be purchased as a starter kit for setting up a home network or as individual adapters to extend an existing network. The starter kit is priced at GB£119.99, while the single adapter costs GB£64.99. Devolo will be officially unveiling this new range of products at the IFA Conference in Berlin from 5th-10th September.
Hmm, these might be my next upgrade – hopefully they'll be available before Christmas.


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Tweet Smart – Leslie Poston
Seacoast resident Leslie Poston describes herself as a speaker, social media strategist, business development consultant, independent film marketer, trainer, social media enabler, writer, insomniac. And if you use the social media microblog called Twitter, you'll note that her description almost perfectly fits into the 140 characters allowed for each post or "tweet." She and fellow social media enablers Laura Fitton and Michael Gruen have co-authored an entire book on Twitter. She also organizes social media breakfasts around the region to raise awareness of the power of the tweeted word. Twitter for Dummies, eh? You probably get a lot of grief for the title. Not really, since it is for the "Dummies" series by Wiley and people have become used to the phrase. However, there is a lively "Twitter for Dummies"-bashing thread over on FriendFeed from the social media cynics.So where do you think we are in the whole social media era: is it winding down? It is just getting started, and the social media landscape will look very different by the time this arc is finished. Take the immediacy and engagement of Twitter, the connectedness of, well, everything, from Twitter and FriendFeed to Facebook and other services, add in geolocation (think GPS), micro tagging, merit scores and better mobile technology, and you will see where this is all headed.Twitter is the butt of lots of jokes, but it was a serious communication tool in the recent Iranian elections. Are there other serious sides to Twitter? Twitter has made a world of difference in so many ways, whether it's social media for social good — helping families find homes, building wells in Africa and more, all using micro donations via Twitter — social media for issue awareness; education; politics. Twitter was instrumental in the Obama campaign, yes, but it has found so much new traction that the Pentagon has released a public Q&A on how to best use micro blogging technology in government. Heck, even churches are tweeting their services now!A lot of offices are either trying to, or wishing they could, eliminate social media from the workplace, viewing it as a waste of time. Are they wrong? Yes, they are. Just like anything else, from pencil sharpening to photocopying body parts, any technology can be used by the unmotivated to waste time. Unlike the photocopied body parts, however, Twitter is actually a very useful tool for most businesses that should be encouraged and molded to fit the company's culture and guidelines. If you ran Twitter and could change one thing, what would it be? Searchable and organizable followers/following/direct messages in the user interface.


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The Phish Review Archive
Review archive for the Phish internet community!!
Welcome to the Phish Review Archive, archive of reviews of Phish
shows and songs. This page contains reviews that are pooled from the
archives, and more importantly they are submited by all of you!!!
And as always, brought to you in low tech ascii...
Believe it or not, this page has been up for over 17 years now...and
thus in its 18th year (summer 92), thanks to all the folks that have sent in their
reviews over the years!!!!...
OK, there are shows starting tomarrow, time to see if anyone
looks at this page anymore......dan-2009/03/05
Review submissions, comments, suggestions or errors please
email me, at dws at netspace.org or dws at phish.net
Tour Journals, Mini tour reviews, Year Summaries, CD Reviews,
Miscellaneous Reviews
(album reviews, book reviews, special performance reviews, best
show summaries)
Bittersweet motel movie reviews
Email submissions and comments
to dws at netspace.org or dws at phish.net
All reviews here are the property of their respective authors, so
if you are recieving personal compensation from using any review here,
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Not Even a Hint of Lust
- Joshua Harris Author and Speaker
- 2003 5 Nov
Shortly after his third book, Not Even a Hint: Guarding Your Heart Against Lust, was published, Joshua Harris talked about the genesis of the book and his plans to speak on this and other relationship topics for the first time at his New Attitude conference
Sovereign Grace: What inspired you to write about lust?
Josh: The idea for this book started when my senior pastor, C.J. Mahaney, asked me to give a message on lust at Celebration East 2001. It wasn't an interest or a burden for me previously. But when I was preparing that message, I sensed the working of the Holy Spirit in it. I remember praying as I prepared, and weeping as I thought about the people enslaved to this sin. Because of the depth of I remember thinking, "Whoa! This is going be a special message." I sensed that God was going to do something.
When I gave the message there was a very strong response. In fact, I even told people, "I haven't had people respond to a message like that since I first gave the I Kissed Dating Goodbye message." It was that kind of response. That's why I'm not surprised that Focus on the Family is broadcasting that very message, and not later versions.
Sovereign Grace: You are transparent and honest in this book. Is that ever awkward for you?
Josh: When I was writing Not Even a Hint, I was so focused on the task and the interaction with God and his word that sometimes I lost sight of the fact that thousands of people will be reading about my own struggle with lust. But in response to my earlier books and the initial message on lust, I received many letters, letters that really encouraged me to be open and honest. So it was easy for me to be honest because they were so honest. People – men and women – would write and say, "Please write about this, because this is where I am." So I think just being immersed in the realization of where a lot of people are helped me to be open with what I said. It seemed that when people wrote me, they felt the freedom to share things that maybe they've never shared with anybody else. So it was with all that in mind that I wrote the book.
But I do remember when my wife, Shannon, read different draft of the chapters, she said, "Wow! You're really honest in this!" It hit me then that a lot of people would be reading what I'd written. Now that the book's published, I do have uncomfortable moments where I'm out and people will come up to me to thank me for the book. At that point, I'll think, "Oh, they know this about me. That's kinda weird." But I think the important thing to remember is that God is already aware of all these things.
In general, I think Christians maintain this veneer of common decency – which we all get used to, and which is good – but it is contradicted by our hearts and where our minds are. I think writing this book hasn't made me less concerned about these sinful patterns or issues; I think I've actually grown in my hatred for lust. I'm no longer surprised at the reality of what's underneath, in myself or others. I think the veneer has come off in the process of writing, if that makes sense.
Sovereign Grace: You're going to speak on this at your New Attitude conference in January. After five years of not talking about relationships at New Attitude, why are you going to tackle it now?
Josh: I think that part of the reason to "go relational" with New Attitude started with the revisions to I Kissed Dating Goodbye. For a number of years, I've been thinking, "I want to move on from that topic. I want people the think of me as something besides that topic." But in revising the book, I realized, "You know what? The Lord is the One who blessed that message, and this message is a message that's needed, so I'm not going to downplay that." So when I was at New Attitude last year, I had this moment when I realized that all the people there are thinking about and dealing with relationships. I thought, wouldn't it be fun to break my self-imposed rule, and tackle this topic in a New Attitude sort of way? I was working on Not Even A Hint then, and I was thinking of addressing this topic there, as well.
Recently, when someone found out that New Attitude was going to be about relationships, this person came to me asking questions about it, and I could tell he was concerned. He was so appreciative of the tone of New Attitude, that the idea of being practical and talking about dating made him wonder if the conference would be the same. I told him, "We're not going to do this topic the way you're afraid we will. We're going do this topic in a way that is exalting who God is, and bringing Him to the center of our discussion." For example, we want to meditate on the attributes of God and how that informs the way we approach relationships, and then let it transform our perspective. So, it's still going to be New Attitude, but we're going to be addressing and applying all these amazing truths of who God is and what the Gospel means to an area that is very relevant for singles.
Josh: Yes, I would speak to a mixed group. Lust is a human problem, and there's a way you can address it without getting graphic. I've done that at two or three music festivals now, so I'm really used to it – but other people aren't! Obviously, we wouldn't have a discussion on lust in a mixed small group, but there are ways to talk about this topic in an appropriate way to larger groups. The funny thing is that I think people in this generation have a real strong desire to be challenged on this topic – and I don't think there's as much of a concern about listening to this in a mixed setting. When I was at Creation, there were 10,000-plus people – men and women – listening to me talk about lust and I heard nervous laughter at different points. But the truth is, we're all thinking, "This is about me, and God is really addressing me." So if it's done right, it's not about who's sitting next to you. It's about God and the bigger question – does my life reflect his holiness?
Sovereign Grace: Many past New Attitude participants are now married. Are they still welcome?
Josh: Everything we do at New Attitude is going to be rooted in the gospel. It's going be God-exalting. It's going to be a conference that anyone can take something from. For example, if the message is about contentment in relationships, even married people realize that we need to practice contentment in the season we're in. So, all of the topics apply to married couples, as well, and I think it will be a good reminder and inspiration for them.
Sovereign Grace: What are the other speakers going to talk about at New Attitude?
Josh: We're still praying and thinking a lot about the order of the messages. If you've been to New Attitude, you know that the order can change at the conference. But I know that I'm going to start with a message from Psalm 73 about "whom have I in heaven but you?" That message really ties together all the others because it's asking the conference theme question, "Is He Enough?" That's a question that applies to everyone. It can apply to temptations with lust, it can apply to trusting God in the timing of a relationship, to trusting God with the pace of a relationship as it unfolds, and more. I also know Dr. Mohler is going to be in the middle of it with a challenge and a perspective on marriage. Mark Dever just agreed to come speak, too, which is exciting because he's been at the last three.
Sovereign Grace: You said you're throwing open the doors this year for singles of every age. In the past, New Attitude has focused on the 18- to 29-year-olds. How will it change this year?
Josh: New Attitude has gotten a reputation for being the "young singles conference," and predominantly that's what it has been in the past. This year we almost called it a Singles Celebration because we wanted everyone to know that it's not limited in age. This conference is a chance to gather all the singles in our family of churches, and beyond, to address a topic that I think is just as relevant for older single adults as it is for younger singles. From the way we structure community groups to the activities in the evenings, we're trying to have options for both career and college-age singles. We are making even more of an effort to make sure New Attitude is really serving older singles, and I think that's going to be a really helpful time. Even if people don't know if they will be married, or if they sense they are to remain single, I think they will still be ministered to there. New Attitude is really about how we view relationships in general in light of who God is.
Sovereign Grace: For those who've already read your book, do you think it's still worth it to come hear you talk about it?
Josh: Definitely. There's something invaluable about gathering with other Christians who are walking through similar seasons of life, worshiping together, experiencing God's presence in worship, and hearing his Word preached. I'm aware as a writer and a speaker how very different those forms of communication are. There are things that you can receive in a book – things you can go back to and reflect on – that are very powerful, but God's Word preached is its own form of communication and I think the Spirit uses it in a unique way. So even for those who have "kissed dating goodbye," read all the books, and agree with everything, I think God will meet us in a unique way when we come together with a spirit of faith.
I also think there will be aspects that are going to be emphasized in a fresh way at the conference. It's not like we'll be reading chapters from the books! I think you're going to get fresh perspectives, fresh applications on these topics. That's really one of the most powerful things about New Attitude: you get to hear a message, and then you get to go and talk about it with others. You'll hear things through them that you didn't even hear in the original message.
For more information about New Attitude, click here.
Related Resources:
Lust isn't just a guy problem—it's a human problem. And unless we're willing to honestly confront it, lust will destroy our relationships and our lives. Joshua Harris, author of the runaway bestseller I Kissed Dating Goodbye, isn't afraid to tackle a subject many keep quiet. In Not Even a Hint, he calls a generation bombarded with pornography and images of sexual sin back to God's standards and the freedom and joy of holiness.
Laying a foundation of sound doctrine, Carolyn Mahaney teaches women the specifics of practical living that glorifies God in Feminine Appeal.
C.J. Mahaney's latest book, The Cross Centered Life, came about after he gave a series of messages at Sovereign Grace conferences called "Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing."


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Google Drive for Android now also includes a PDF reader. The application still uses the default PDF reader installed on your device, but you can now select Drive PDF Viewer. It works offline and it can be used from any other Android application, not just from Google Drive.
Google's PDF viewer is pretty basic: it has a search feature, it lets you select and copy text, upload files to Google Drive, print files and share them.
Updates are gradually rolled out, so you may not be able to install the latest version of the Google Drive app from Google Play. Android Police has a link to the APK file.


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AutoProxy 0.4b2.2013051811.1-signed.1-let-fixed.1-signed Requires Restart
by lovelywcm
Are you concerned about your privacy? Or, are you blocked from some websites by a firewall? And, are you arming yourself with a proxy? In that case, AutoProxy is designed for you! A tool to help you use your proxy automatically & efficiently.
About this Add-on
With AutoProxy, you no longer need to switch your proxy status between on & off manually. If you prefer to visit a website via proxy, just add it's domain to AutoProxy's preference. After that, when you surfing, specified websites will be transfered through proxy while leaving others connect directly.
What's more, you can subscribe to rule lists maintained by people who have similar requirements as you. So, you don't need to add all proxy rules by yourself.
"gfwList" is a list for people in mainland China suffering from the censorship of GFW. If you aren't in mainland China, please do NOT subscribe to "gfwList". AutoProxy should contain lists for other requirements. If you'd like to share your proxy rules to people in the same state/school/company/network...by maintaining a rule list, it would always be most appreciated, please check out http://autoproxy.org/en/subscriptions .
AutoProxy is derived from Adblock Plus, thanks the ABP community especially it's author Wladimir Palant!
Developer's Comments
Please do NOT report bug here.
Issue reports at project home ( http://code.google.com/p/autoproxy/issues/list ) will have rapid response and are always most appreciated.
Version Information
Version 0.4b2.2013051811.1-signed.1-let-fixed.1-signed
Thanks to upsuper (Xidorn Quan) and many other guys!
- Source code released under Mozilla Public License Version 1.1