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so throughout the holidays i stuffed my face with everything from fudge, to venison, to shrimp, to more ham than even a crazed carnivorous cannibal pig could possibly handle. all this delicious and festive food from the end of november and well into the beginning of december kept me totally satisfied, but also left a void in my life.
you know what i am talking about. im talking about that void that can only be filled with meats, cheeses, veggies, and bread all stacked together in different combinations and in different shapes and sizes to form the beloved entity that we all call sandwiches. well i am happy to report that as of know winter break is over and the sandwich quest is back on!
so to start the new year off sandwich quest style i found myself at a loss for where to go. this insecurity and indecision lead to even more procrastination, but then i remembered a couple of wyld childs who are often referred to as 'the colonel' & 'shorty' explaining to me on a fall night at the orioles game that i was insane for not trying the taneytown deli. now im not going to lie, but the name really didnt do it for me. i mean places like grilled cheese & co, or dipasquales, or atwaters just seem to have a little more flare, a little more flash, a little more je ne sais quoi. but alas i found myself at the top of york road near hunt valley, and thats when this sandwich-ian hero decided it was time to again embark on this quest of sandwich enlightenment.
the taneytown deli looks kind of like it sounds; quaint, forgettable, and lacking in any sort of 'wow' factor. however, its plain exterior in a shopping strip (if you can call 3 store fronts a strip) and its lack of bells, whistles, and pizazz are totally made up for in this sandwicherie's love of everything sandwich.
upon waling into the deli ones attention is immediately drawn to the fact that there are no more than 8 tables, the kitchen counter takes up 75% of the floor plan, the menu board is easy 3 feet by 3 feet, and it is littered with more sandwich combinations than any other destination that weve discussed. there is breakfast, platters, combos, clubs, submarines, reubens, toasted sandwiches, and their classic overstuffed sandwiches. wow talk about a torrential down pouring of sandwich options!
im not going to lie, the overwhelming amount of options put me on tilt, and not to mention the holiday sandwich inactivity coupled with the fact that i had zippy companions only made things worse. i was in a near panic. there were people behind me and people calling in carry out orders; i knew i needed to act fast, but could i make a good decision or was i seriously not in good form?
first things first, i knew in needed to narrow down my decision to a single category. i went with the classic overstuffed sandwiches. now thins were a little easier, i only had to choose from 29 options ... dear lord! well it was cold outside at the time, and as i recall breakfast was something seriously inconsequential which had me longing for a kick ass sandwich. hmmm maybe some roast beef? ah yes there it is. maybe they can make it a hot roast beef? maybe they can put meunster cheese on it? maybe they can toast the roll? well in fact to my delight all of those maybes turned out to be truths. so after forking over my $10 i received a pink lemonade, some change, and the promise of a hot roast beef overstuffed sandwich with tomato and meunster cheese.
the wait wasnt long, and i decided to eat on premise. the sandwich was a little on the small side, but that could of been expected since it carrys a $4.95 price tag. the roll was toasted on the flat top without any butter, so it was a little dry, but boy was it overstuffed. the meat to bread ratio was seriously out of proportion ... in the diners favor. the roast beef had been shaved thin, thrown on the flat top, and chopped. there was a lot of this chopped beef in my sandwich, but it caught me off guard. i was really hoping that the thinly slice beef would of just kissed the grill ever so slightly then piled together with fresh slices of tomato and meunster cheese that would just start to loosen up and melt once it was introduced to the warm roast beef. my preconceived notion was not to be a reality.
i think that because i had high expectations, because i was out of sandwich shape, because i was overwhelmed with options, and because i was flying solo (instead of getting either 'shorty' or 'the colonel' to come with) i didnt have the best experience at the tawneytown deli. with all of that being said my sandwich was not expensive nor was it terrible. it just didnt meet the hype & expectations of being the first sandwich out of the gate for 2011. but fear not this is why we are on a quest!


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BURLINGAME, California, May 19, 2003 - ANTs Software (OTCBB:ANTS) announced the launch of the ANTs Data Server 2.0, a SQL database management system that delivers improved performance and reduced costs for applications constrained by access contention problems. It is designed specifically for applications requiring intensive updating such as messaging services, stock trading, reservation systems and package tracking. From initial concept through development, and now in deployment, the ANTs Data Server is designed to enable simultaneous access and updating by thousands of concurrent users.
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Cherokee Bill - Terror of Indian Territory
Born in Fort Concho, Texas on February 8, 1876, the boy that would one day become known as "Cherokee Bill" was first blessed with the name of Crawford Goldsby. Born to St. George and Ellen (Beck) Goldsby, Bill's father was a mulatto from Alabama, a sergeant of the Tenth United States Cavalry, and a Buffalo Soldier. His mother was a Cherokee Freedman, mixed with African, Indian and white ancestry.
By the time he was seven, his parents had separated and his mother moved him to Fort Gibson in Indian Territory. Before long, he was sent to an Indian School in Kansas, where he attended for three years. Afterwards, he was sent to an Industrial School for Indians in Carlisle, Pennsylvania for two years. However, despite attempts to provide him a good education, some sources indicate that he could barely read and write.
He left school at the age of 12 and returned to Fort Gibson. It was at this tender age that some say he killed his first man. Crawford, large for his age confronted his brother-in-law who had told him to feed some hogs. Grabbing a gun, Crawford shot and killed him, but was not prosecuted because of his age.
A year later his mother remarried and young Crawford did not get along with his new stepfather. It was around that time that he began to associate with a bad crowd, drank liquor, and generally rebelled against any authority. Two years later, at the age of 15, he moved from his mother's house to his sister Georgia's and her husband. By the time he was 17, he was working a ranch, where he said to have been well-liked. However, that would all change the very next year when he would begin his outlaw career, becoming one of the most dangerous and feared men in Indian Territory .
In the spring of 1894, at the age of 18, Cherokee Bill's crime spree began when he shot a man named Jake Lewis for beating up his younger brother. Though Lewis would later recover from his wounds, Bill was sure he had killed the man and fled for the Creek and Seminole Nations, where he joined up with outlaws Jim and Bill Cook.
In June, 1894, the trio was confronted at Fourteen Mile Creek near Tahlequah, Oklahoma with a warrant for Jim Cook. In the inevitable shoot out that occurred, Cherokee Bill shot and killed lawman Sequoyah Houston. Jim Cook was also badly wounded and the other two took him to Fort Gibson. Forced to leave him, he was later captured by lawmen. In the meantime, Cherokee Bill rode to the home of his sister, Maud Brown, hiding from the law. When her husband, George Brown, a vicious drunk, began to beat Maud with a whip for not responding quickly enough to his orders, Bill walked up behind the man and shot him to death.
Afterwards, Bill Cook and Cherokee Bill rounded up a gang, mostly comprised of black men with Indian blood and began to terrorize Oklahoma. Starting out small, they were first accused on whiskey charges and horse theft, before advancing to robbing banks, stores and stagecoaches. The outlaws were ruthless, shooting anyone who got in their way.
On July 16th, the gang allegedly robbed a man named William Drew and two days later, held up the Frisco train at Red Fork. However, due to the express messenger having had the foresight to hide the money behind some boxes, the gang escaped with very little.
On July 31, 1894, the gang stole $500 from the Lincoln County bank in Chandler, Oklahoma, killing one person and wounding others. In the process, one member of the gang, Elmer Luca, was shot and captured by authorities.
Hotly pursued, the Cook Gang was surrounded at the home of a friend some fourteen miles west of Sapulpa, Oklahoma on August 2, 1894. During the volley of gunshots, one of the lawmen was shot and severely wounded. Two of the gang members, Lon Gordon and Henry Munson were killed and Ad Berryhill was captured. The rest of the gang fled.
Continuing with their outlaw deeds they robbed the J.A. Parkinson & Company store in Okmulgee, Oklahoma on September 21st, getting away with over $600.00.
Several weeks later, the gang got really daring when on October 11th they first robbed the depot of the Missouri Pacific Railroad in Claremore, Oklahoma and less than two hours later, robbed the railroad agent at Chouteau.
"This is as good a day to die as any." - Cherokee Bill, March 17, 1896, as he stepped into the courtyard at Fort Smith and saw the gallows.
"This is as good a day to die as any."
- Cherokee Bill, March 17, 1896, as he stepped into the courtyard at Fort Smith and saw the gallows.
Just some nine days later, they wrecked the Kansas City and Pacific Express five miles south of Wagoner, Oklahoma, making off with the loot.
Ever continuing their treachery through Oklahoma, Bill, along with several other members of the gang, rode into Lenapah on November 8th. While robbing the Shufeldt and Son General Store, an innocent passerby named Ernest Melton heard the commotion and stuck his head in to see what was going on. His curiosity got him killed when Cherokee Bill raised his rifle and shot him in the head. Shortly afterwards, U.S. Marshals got a tip to the outlaw's hiding place; however, when they attempted to capture him, Bill escaped.
Continuing to be hotly pursued, Cherokee Bill persistently eluded the posse, for a while, at least. His final act along the outlaw trail happened on December 31, 1894, when he acted alone to rob the train station at Nowata, Oklahoma.
With the assistance of acquaintances who hoped to receive part of a $1,500 reward, he was captured on January 30, 1895 and was soon delivered to Fort Smith, Arkansas to await trial for murder. On February 26th, Cherokee Bill was tried for the murder of Melton before Judge Parker and found guilty. On April 13th, the seemingly unconcerned Crawford Goldsby was sentenced to death.
Later, we find out why Cherokee Bill was so unconcerned, as he was planning a daring escape. Somewhere along the line, Goldsby had obtained a gun smuggled to him by a trustee. On July 26, 1895 he attempted a jailbreak a gun battle soon broke out between him and the prison guards and one of them was killed. The shootout resulted in a standoff when the guards were unable to disarm Cherokee Bill. However, also jailed with Bill was an even more notorious outlaw, that of Henry Starr. Old acquaintances, Starr offered to disarm Bill if the guards would in turn promise not to kill Cherokee Bill afterwards. The promise was made and Henry entered the cell telling his friend that he had no chance of escape. Cherokee Bill gave up his revolver and Starr turned it over to the guards. This incident helped Henry Starr to later acquire his freedom.
In the meantime, Cherokee Bill's lawyer was working on an appeal, maintaining that Bill had not received a fair trial in the court of Judge Isaac Parker, who had characterized him as a "bloodthirsty mad dog who killed for the love of killing" and as "the most vicious" of all the outlaws in the Oklahoma Territory.
However, the appeals were to no avail, and on March 17, 1896 federal officials hanged him before hundreds of spectators. Reportedly, when he was asked if he had any last words, he said: "I came here to die, not to make a speech."
At the tender age of 20, Crawford "Cherokee Bill" Goldsby died at the end of a rope. His mother then took his remains back to the


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I frequently teach my Scrum Team Jumpstart to companies wanting to free themselves from the chains of their own organization. What feedback do I get after such courses? Here are the top three comments:
- Our management should take this course!
- Don't just talk about software development.
- What comes after Scrum?
Denning observes that management has been unable to respond to the changed conditions of the 21st century economy. For example, since 1985, large, established companies have produced virtually no new jobs in the USA -- compared to start-ups who have produced 40 million new jobs in the same period. 75% of workers world wide are not fully engaged in their jobs. And Dilbert haunts the hallways of major companies around the world.
In the course of his research, Denning looked for companies and individuals who were especially engaged and productive. He was surprised to discover two areas that were over-represented among the engaged and effective: Software Development and Manufacturing! Software development meant companies doing Agile and Scrum and manufacturing meant mostly Toyota and Honda, i.e. the role models of Lean. He also found people in many other branches applying the same principles and achieving similar results.
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Denning avoids using Scrum and Lean terminology to better transport the principles out of their original context. He identifies 7 principles (and some 70 practices) of these enabling environments:
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So where do I think Scrum is going? I think Scrum is expanding beyond software development into more general management. Why do I think this is case? Besides my own empirical experience, Steve's book provides many answers.
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NEW YORK—A most important piece of news the other day was the announcement that Pope John XXIII has called a full council of churches with the idea of creating more unity among the Christian peoples of the world. This will certainly be a meeting of great importance and very different from the one that has gathered at the present time in Moscow.
The heads of the Communist parties from all over the world are meeting at the Kremlin in the 21st Congress of the Soviet Communist Party. And it must seem strange for some of them who were there for the previous congress in 1956, for many of the people who were most in evidence at the time have disappeared from the stage altogether. The representatives from outside the Soviet border will have to accustom themselves to new faces and perhaps to new ideas.
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I see that the Cubans feel we do not understand them. Perhaps if they were to settle down, try to establish a stable government and bring about the reforms needed and stop worrying about how many people they can shoot each day, it might be easier to understand them and there might be more sympathy in the United States about their efforts.
It is certainly a bad habit for dictators to milk a country financially and run away when the inevitable revolution occurs. Of course, one has sympathy for the suffering people, but killing individuals for political reasons is becoming more and more unpopular. It does not seem to accomplish the ends that would help the people who remain alive.
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I was delighted to be present in Evanston, Ill., over the past weekend at the wedding of my grandson, Elliott Roosevelt Jr., to Miss Jo Anne McFadden.
It was a very charming ceremony, and I never knew any young bride to have so many friends who were anxious to give parties for all the out-of-town guests. Such hospitality seemed to me overwhelming, but it was certainly very delightful.
These young people started their romance at a summer resort where their families have both spent happy holidays for a long time. But my son, Elliott, insisted on reminding everyone that the romance had flowered in Colorado, which is his own state.
The young couple have come to New York for a few days and then will go to Hyde Park and other places in New England before Elliott Jr. has to report for military duties at Fort Benning, Ga.
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I don't think I have yet mentioned my gratification that the Belgian government has accepted a project that will mean the retention of the American pavilion and theatre, which were built at the Brussels World's Fair of last year.
This will prove to Americans, I hope, that Europe did appreciate our exhibition. After all, the exhibition was not to convince Americans of the value of our way of life but to give a chance to other people to understand it better.


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Ross Hatton is an assistant professor at Oregon State University, where he directs the Laboratory for Robotics and Applied Mechanics (LRAM). His research lies at the interface of robotics and applied mechanics, with a focus on geometric mechanics, snake robot locomotion, and intuitive representations of system dynamics.


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7-3 and a two game lead in the division. I just want to go back a few weeks and start bumping all those depressing threads... but you know what?
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Getting Drunk at the Office: Chuy Tovar of Real De Mexico Tequila and a Recipe for the Real Mexican
Jose "Chuy" Tovar at The Real De Mexico Distillery
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I met Jose "Chuy" Tovar through a Facebook inquiry he put in to me about places to find the best menudo (yes, he saw me on TV). It turned out he was the chief operating pinche-officer of Real De Mexico Tequila, a 2-year-old tequila company based in Echo Park that distributes quite possibly the best tequila you will ever taste in your life.
Not so soon after that, I invited him to my bloody 21st-birthday/backyard-punk-rock-gig party. There, he set up an impromptu cocktail bar and hand-muddled some chingón cocktails for my friends with which to chase their 40-ounce King Cobra's. Needless to say, we have been inseparable since.
Chuy is one of those all-around bad-asses. He used to be the operations manager for the Patina Restaurant Group for both LA and OC, working at Pinot Provence, Park Prive and Leatherby's Cafe Rouge. And this past Tuesday, I invited him over to Weekly world headquarters to meet Jefe Arellano and give him a taste of the Real Mexican, Real De Mexico's official cocktail.
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Javier Cabral
At exactly 12:30 in the afternoon (anyone seeing a trend here?), Chuy was outside the office with a backpack full of cilantro from his mom's garden, a whole jalapeño and fresh Key limes. All this was not for his taco lunch, but for the Real Mexican!
Chuy is a stickler for perfection, and when you combine this with a passion for tequila, you get this!
The Real Mexican
4 stalks cilantro (leaves only)
1 chunk of fresh pineapple
1 round slice of jalapeño
2/3 oz. of fresh lime juice
3/4 oz. of Agave nectar
1 1/2 oz. of Real De Mexico Tequila Blanco
Pineapple juice
1) In a cocktail shaker, muddle together cilantro, jalapeño, lime juice, pineapple and agave for 30 to 60 seconds.
2) Pour rest of tequila, then fill with ice.
3) Shake (for about 20 to 30 seconds).
4) Serve over ice, splash with pineapple juice.
5) Garnish with cocktail skewer of pineapple and slice of jalapeño.
6) Enjoy!
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Springtime for Thomas is a 1946 Tom and Jerry cartoon.
On a beautiful spring day, Jerry wants to play with Tom, but Tom is too busy, fixated with a female cat named Toodles sunbathing in the yard outside. Tom stares dreamily at her for hours, until he approaches her and falling head over heels in love with her. As Jerry watches, a small devil (his anti-conscience smaller, green with a barbed tail, small horns, and pointed ears) convinces Jerry to break things up between Tom and his new-found love. Jerry sends a forged letter laced with perfume to Butch, Tom's rival. Butch reads the letter aloud and speeds off to gain Toodles' affections.
First Butch lies on the sun lounger, next to Toodles. Tom gets very furious and gets a croquet mallet and hits Butch on the head with it. Butch does not react to the pain. Instead, he grabs Tom and throws him into the swimming pool. Tom gets out of the pool as Butch is serenading Toodles the chorus of the Spanish song "Quiéreme mucho" (written by Gonzalo Roig with lyrics by Agustín Rodríguez) with his guitar. Tom grabs the end of the sun-lounger and wheels it over to the pool, tips Butch into the pool. Butch gets out of the pool and hits a croquet ball on Tom. Tom, drinking from a tall glass, gets hit on the back of the head and falls down. Butch hits Tom through a number of croquet rings and he crashes into the central pole. Tom lands onto a barbecue and turned around on a rotisserie.
Butch is now laid down again. Jerry, and his anti-conscience, place a pin onto a spring under the lounger. Butch is expecting Cupid's arrow any minute and he is then caught in the rump by the pin, which sticks out of the lounger, just as Tom walks over. Tom picks it up and Butch assumes that Tom had caught him with the pin. He chases Tom, who hits Butch by turning a statue as Butch is running towards Tom. Butch then chases Tom off a diving board; after landing in the water, Tom quickly drinks all the water, the reason makes Butch crash to the bottom of the pool. Tom then runs to a swing, places a flower pot on it, and hurls the swing at Butch hitting him, but then he throws the swing back, catching Tom on the seat. Tom swings back, helplessly, and Butch hits him with his guitar like a baseball bat . Tom flies over the fence and off the garden.Tom frowns and gives up trying. Jerry runs up to Tom, and the two shake hands as they agree that Tom is finished with Toodles. Tom then gives chase to Jerry, with each wearing happy expressions on their faces. However, this chase ends prematurely, because Jerry hypocritically finds a female mouse on the enclosure and starts to fall in love with her. He pushes Tom out of the way as if to say, "Personal space, please." and snuggles up to the new-found girlfriend.
- When Butch get his rear poked by Jerry with a pin, he screams in pain in Tom's voice.
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INTRODUCTION In this series of articles, we are analyzing similarities and common grounds between two major religions of the world: Hinduism and Islam. In the previous article, we studied the various similarities between the concepts of life after death, and of fate and destiny in Islam and in Hinduism as mentioned in their respective scriptures. In this monthís article, we shall study, examine and highlight similarities between the concepts of worship and jihad in Hinduism as mentioned in their respective scriptures. We shall also examine certain similarities in the teachings of the scriptures of Hinduism and Islam. THE CONCEPT OF WORSHIP IN HINDUISM AND IN ISLAM PILLARS OF ISLAM 1. ISLAMIC CREED: a. It is mentioned in Sahih Bukhari ìNarrated Ibn Umar (r.a.) That Allahís Messenger (pbuh) said: Islam is based on (the following) five (principles): 1. To testify that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah and that Muhammad (pbuh) is the slave and messenger of Allah. 2. Iqamat-as-salaah (to perform prayers) 3. To pay Zakaat 4. To perform Hajj (i.e. Pilgrimage to Makkah) 5. To Observe Saum (i.e. fast) during the month of Ramadhaan (Sahih Bukhari Vol. 1, Book of Imaan, Chapter 1, Hadith 8) b. TESTIMONY OF FAITH: The First Pillar of Islam i.e. to declare, proclaim, testify and to bear witness that no entity or deity is worthy of worship, devotion, obedience and submission except Allah (swt) and to bear witness that Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is the last and final Messenger of Allah. This pillar of faith has already been discussed in the Pillar of Imaan. 2. SALAAH: a. The second Pillar of Islam is Salaah. Salaah is usually translated in English as prayer. To pray means to beseech or to ask for help. In Salaah we Muslims do not merely ask for help from Almighty Allah but we also praise Him and receive guidance from Him. I personally prefer describing it as programming towards righteousness. To elaborate, consider that during salaah, after Surah Fatiha, an Imaam may recite: O ye who believe! Intoxicants and gambling, (Dedication of) Stones, And (divination by) arrows, Are an abomination Of Satanís handiwork; Eschew such (abomination), That you may prosper. (Al Qurían 5:90) Allah (swt) guides us, through this verse of the Qurían, which is recited by the Imaam during salaah, that we should not imbibe intoxicants, we should not indulge in gambling, idol worship or fortune telling. All these are Satanís handiwork and we should abstain from these if we wish to prosper. The English word ëprayerí does not denote the complete meaning of Salaah in its full and true sense. b. Prayer restrains you from shameful and unjust deeds. It is mentioned in the Qurían: Recite what is sent Of the book by inspiration To thee, and establish Regular Prayer: for prayer Restrains from shameful And unjust deeds; And remembrance of Allah Is the greatest (thing of life) Without doubt. And Allah knows The (deeds) that ye do. (Al Qurían 29:45) c. Five times Salaah for healthy souls. For a healthy body, human require about three meals. In a similar manner for a healthy soul, it is required that we offer Salaah a minimum of five times every day. Our Creator Allah (swt) has prescribed salaah for human beings for a minimum of five times a day in Surah Isra Chapter 17 Verse 78 and in Surah Taha Chapter 20 Verse 130. d. The Prostration is the most important part of Salaah: The most important part of Salaah is the ëSujudí i.e. Prostration. i. It is mentioned in the Qurían: ìO Mary! Worship thy lord devoutly, Prostrate thyself, and bow down (in prayers) With those who bow down.î (Al Qurían 3:43) ii. O ye who believe: Bow down, prostrate yourselves, And adore your Lord; and do good; That ye may prosper. (Al Qurían 22:77) Similarities: One of the types of Prayers in Hinduism is 'Shashtang' There are various different types of prayers and modes of worship in Hinduism. One of the types is ëshashtangí. The word ëshashtangí is made up of ëSaí and ëAshtí which means eight and ëAngí which means ëparts of the bodyí. Thus, shastang is a mode of worship touching eight parts of the body. The best way a person can do this is like Muslims who prostrate in their Salaah touching their forehead, nose, two hands, two knees, and two feet. Idol Worship is prohibited in Hinduism: i. Idol worship, which is very common amongst the Hindus, is prohibited in Hinduism. It is mentioned in Bhagavad Gita Chapter 7 verse 20: ìThose whose intelligence has been stolen by material desires they worship demigods i.e. idols.(Bhagavad Gita 7:20) It is mentioned in: ii. Svetashvatara Upanishad chapter 4 verse 19 As well as in: iii. Yajurved Chapter 32 Verse 3 ìThere is no image of Himî (Svetashvatara Upanishad 4:19, Yajurved 32:3) iv. It is also mentioned in Yajurveda Chapter 40 verse 9 ìThey enter darkness those who worship natural things (for e.g. air, water, fire, etc.). They sink deeper in darkness those who worship sambhuti i.e. created things (for e.g. table, chair, car, idol etc.) (Yajurved 40:9) 3. ZAKAT: a. ZAKAAT MEANS PURIFICATION AND GROWTH Zakaat is the third pillar of Islam, which means purification and growth. b. 2.5% IN CHARITY Every rich Muslim who has a saving which is more than the minimum level called ëNisaabí which is 85 gms of gold, should give 2.5% of his excess wealth in charity every lunar year. c. IF ALL RICH GIVE ZAKAT NO ONE WILL DIE OF HUNGER If every rich human being gives Zakaat, then poverty will be eradicated from this world. There will not be a single human being who will die of hunger. d. ZAKAT ENSURES THAT WEALTH DOES NOT CIRCULATE ONLY AMONGST THE RICH One of the reasons for Zakaat is mentioned in Surah Al-Hashr ìIn order that the wealth may not (merely) circulate amongst the wealthy Ö.î (Al Qurían 59:7) e. CHARITY IN HINDUISM: Charity is also prescribed in Hinduism. i. In Rigved Bk. 10 hymn 117 verse 5 ìLet the rich satisfy the poor implorer, and bend his eyes upon a longer pathway. Richest come now to one, now to another, and like the wheels of cars are ever rolling.î (Translation by Ralph Griffith) ìIf it is expected of every rich man to satisfy the poor implorer; let the rich person have a distant vision (for a rich of today may not remain rich tomorrow). Remember that riches revolve from one man to another, as revolve the wheels of a chariot.î (Translation by Satyaprakash Sarasvati & Satyakam Vidhya Lankar) (Rigved 10:117:5) ii. Charity has been prescribed in Bhagvad Gita in several places including:
Chapter 17 verse 20 and
Chapter 16 verse 3 4. SAUM ñ FASTING: a. Description ëSaumí or fasting, is the fourth pillar of Islam. Every healthy adult Muslim is supposed to abstain from eating and drinking, from dawn to sunset, in the complete lunar month of Ramadhaan.
The reason for fasting has been mentioned in the Qurían: O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you As it was prescribed To those before you, That ye may (learn) self-restraint. (Al Qurían 2:183) Today the psychologists inform us that if a person can control his hunger, it is very likely that he will be able to control most of his desires. c. Fasting discourages alcoholism, smoking and other addictions Fasting for one complete month is a good opportunity for giving up oneís wrong habits. If a person can abstain from drinking alcohol, from dawn to sunset, he can very well abstain from alcohol from the cradle to the grave. If a person can abstain from smoking, from dawn to sunset, he can very well abstain from smoking from the cradle to the grave. d. Medical benefits There are various medical benefits of fasting. Fasting increases the absorption of the intestine; it also decreases the cholesterol level. e. Fasting in Hinduism There are different types and methods of fasting in Hinduism. According to Manusmriti Chapter 6 verse 24 Fasting has been prescribed for a month for purification. (Manusmriti edited by Dr. R. N. Sharma) Fasting has also been prescribed in Manusmriti chapter 4 verse 222 Manusmriti chapter 11 verse 204 5. HAJJ ñ PILGRIMAGE: a. Description Hajj is the fifth pillar of Islam. Every adult Muslim who has the means to perform Hajj i.e. pilgrimage to the holy city of Makkah should at least perform Hajj once in his life time. b. Universal Brotherhood: Hajj is a practical example and demonstration of universal brotherhood. The Hajj is the largest annual gathering in the world where about 2.5 million people from different parts of the world gather, from U.S.A., from U.K. from Malaysia, from Indonesia, from India and other parts of the world. All pilgrims wear two pieces of unsown cloth, preferably white, such that you cannot differentiate whether a person is rich or poor, king or pauper. People of all races and of all colours gather together in unity to worship the One Creator. c. Pilgrimage in Hinduism There are various places of pilgrimage in Hinduism. One of the sacred places mentioned in i. Rigved, Bk. 3 hymn 29 verse 4 is ìIlayspad, which is situated at Nabha prathvi.î ëIlaí means God or Allah, and ëspadí means place, therefore Ilaspad means place of God. Nabha means center and prathvi mean earth. Thus this verse of the Veda prescribes pilgrimage to a place of God situated at the center of the earth. Sanskrit-English dictionary by M. Monier Williams (Edition 2002) states that Ilaspad is ìName of a Tirthaî i.e. place of Pilgrimage ñ however its location is not known. According to the Qurían: ii. The first House (of worship) Appointed for men Was that at Bakka Full of blessing and of guidance For all kinds of beings. (Al Quran 3:96) ëBaccaí is another name for Makkah and we know today that Makkah is situated at the center of the earth. Later after seven verses i.e. iii. Rigved Bk. 3 hymn 29 verse 11 Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is mentioned as ëNarashansaí. Thus we can conclude that this Ilayspad, place of pilgrimage mentioned in Rigved is Makkah. iv. Makkah is also mentioned as Ilaspad i.e. Allahís holy place in Rigved Book 1 hymn 128 verse 1 CONCEPT OF JIHAD IN HINDUISM AND IN ISLAM JIHAD IN ISLAM AND IN HINDUISM a. One of the greatest misconceptions about Islam, not only amongst the non-Muslims but even amongst the Muslims, is that concerning the concept of Jihad. Non-Muslims as well as Muslims think that any war fought by any Muslim for whatever purpose, be it good or bad, is Jihad. ëJihadí is an Arabic word derived from ëJahadaí, which means to strive or to struggle. For example. if a student strives to pass in the examination he is doing jihad. In the Islamic context, ëJihadí means to strive against oneís own evil inclination. It also means to strive to make the society better. It also includes the right to fight in self-defence or to fight in the battlefield against oppression and against aggression. 1. Jihad is not holy war Not only non-Muslim scholars, but even some Muslim scholars mistranslate the word ëJihadí as holy war. The Arabic word for ëholy warí is ëharabum muqaddasahí and this word is not to be found anywhere in the Qurían or in any hadith. The word ëholy warí was first used to describe the crusades of the Christians who killed thousands of people in the name of Christianity. Today, this term ëholy warí is used to falsely describe Jihad, which merely means ëto striveí. In an Islamic context, Jihad means ëto strive in the way of Allah for a righteous causeí i.e. Jihad fi Sabilillah. 2. Only one of the several forms of Jihad is fighting There are different types of Jihad i.e., striving. One of the types is striving is fighting in the battlefield against oppression and tyranny. Many critics of Islam including Arun Shourie quote Surah Al-Tawbah chapter 9 verse 5 ìÖ Fight and slay the Mushrik/Kafir (Hindu) wherever you find them Öî (Al Qurían 9:5) If you read the Qurían, this verse exists but it is quoted out of context by Arun Shourie.
The first few verses of Surah Tawbah before verse
5 speak about the peace treaty between the Muslims and Muskhriks (polytheists)
of Makkah. This peace treaty was unilaterally broken by the Mushriks of Makkah.
In verse no. 5 Allah (swt) gives them an ultimatum to put things straight in
This verse is revealed and instructs the Muslims to fight in the battlefield and kill the enemy wherever you find them. But natural, any army general to boost up the morale of the soldiers and to encourage them will say ìDonít get scared, fight and kill the enemies, wherever you find them in the battlefield. Arun Shourie in his book ëThe World of Fatwasí after quoting Surah Tawbah chapter 9 verse 5 jumps to verse 7. Any logical person will realize that verse 6 has the reply to his allegation. Surah Tawbah chapter 9 verse 6 says: ìIf any amongst the Mushriks (i.e. the enemies) ask thee for asylum, grant it to him so that he may hear the word of Allah and then escort him to where he can be secureî. (Al Qurían 9:6) Today the most merciful army general may tell his soldiers to let the enemy go, but Almighty Allah in the Qurían says if the enemy wants peace do not just let them go but escort them to place of security. Which army general in todayís day and age, or rather in the whole of recorded human history is ever known to have given such merciful instructions? Now will someone ask Mr. Arun Shourie why did he deliberately not quote verse 6? 4. Jihad (i.e. striving) in the Bhagavad Gita All the major religions encourage their followers to strive in good works. It is mentioned in Bhagavad Gita ìTherefore strive for Yoga, O Arjuna, which is the art of all work.î (Bhagavad Gita 2:50) 5. Fighting prescribed in the Bhagavad Gita too a. All the major religions of the world have prescribed fighting, at sometime or the other, especially in self-defence or for fighting against oppression. Mahabharata is an epic and sacred Scripture of the Hindus, which mainly deals with a fight between the cousins, the Pandavas and the Kauravas. In the battlefield Arjun prefers not to fight and be killed rather than having his conscience burdened with the killing of his relatives. At this moment, Krishna advises Arjun in the battlefield and this advice is contained in the Bhagvad Gita. There are several verses in the Bhagvad Gita where Krishna advises Arjun to fight and kill the enemies even though they are his relatives. b. It is mentioned in The Bhagvad Gita Chapter 1 verse 43-46 (43) O Krishna, maintainer of the people, I have heard by disciplic succession that those who destroy family traditions dwell always in hellî (44) ìAlas, how strange it is that we are preparing ourselves to commit great sinful acts, driven by the desire to enjoy royal happiness.î (45) I would consider better for the sons of Dhritarashtra to kill me unarmed and unresisting rather than fight with them. (46) ìArjuna, having thus spoken, cast aside his bow and arrow, and sat down on the chariot, his mind, overwhelmed with griefî. c. Krishna further replies in Bhagvad Gita Chapter 2 Verse 2, 3 2. ìMy dear Arjuna, how have these impurities come upon you? They are not at all befitting a man who knows the progressive values of life. They lead not to higher planets but to infamy. 3. ìO son of Partha, do not yield to this degrading impotence. It does not become you. Give up such petty weakness of heart and arise, O chastiser of the enemy!î When Arjuna prefers to be killed unarmed and unresisting rather than fight and kill his cousins Kauravas, Krishna replies to Arjun by saying how this impure thought has has come to you which prevents you from entering heaven. Give up this degrading impotence and weakness of heart and arise, O defeater of enemy. d. Krishna further says in Bhagvad Gita Chapter 2 verse 31-33 31. ìConsidering your specific duty as a Kshatriya, you should know that there is no better engagement for you than fighting on religious principles, so there is no need for hesitation.î 32. ìO Partha, happy are the Kshatriya to whom such fighting opportunities come unsought, opening for them the door of the heavenly planetsî. 33. ìIf however, you do not fight this religious war, then you will certainly incur sin, for neglecting your duties, and thus loose your reputation as a fighterî. e. There are hundreds of verses in the Bhagvad Gita alone, which encourage fighting and killing, many times more as compared to such verses in the Qurían. Imagine if someone were to say that the Bhagvad Gita encourages the killing of the family members to attain paradise, without quoting the context ñ such a deliberate attempt will be devilish. But within the context if I say that for truth and justice fighting against the evil is compulsory, even if it be against your relatives, it makes sense. I wonder how come the critics of Islam, especially critics amongst the Hindus, point a finger at the Qurían when it speaks about fighting and killing unjust enemies. The only possibility I can think of is that they themselves have not read their sacred scriptures such as the Bhagavad Gita, Mahabharata and the Vedas. f. Critics of Islam including Hindu critics speak against the Qurían and the Prophet when they say that if you are killed while doing Jihad i.e. fighting for the truth, you are promised paradise. Besides quoting Quríanic verses they quote Sahih Bukhari Vol. 4, Book of Jihad Chapter no. 2 Hadith No. 46 ìAllah guarantees that He will admit the Mujaahid in His cause to Paradise if he is killed, otherwise he will return him to his home safely with rewards and war bootyî. (Sahih Bukhari Vol. 4, Book of Jihad Chapter no. 2 Hadith No. 46) There are various similar verses in Bhagavad Gita guaranteeing a person paradise if he is killed while fighting. Take the example of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 verse 37: ìO son of Kunti, either you will be killed in the battlefield and attain the heavenly planets (paradise), or you will conquer and enjoy the earthly kingdom, therefore get up and fight with determinationî. (Bhagavad Gita 2:37) g. Similarly Rigved Book No. 1 Hymn 132 Verse 2-6 as well as many other verses of Hindu Scriptures speak about fighting and killing. 6. Explain Jihad by quoting Scriptures of other Religions Allah says in the Qurían: Say: ìO people Of the Book! Come To common terms As between us and you: (Al Qurían 3:64) The best way to explain a misconception of Islam is to quote a similar message given in the Scripture of other religions. Whenever I have spoken to Hindus who criticize the concept of Jihad in Islam, the moment I quote similar passages from Mahabharata and Bhagavad Gita, and since they know the outline and the context of the fight in Mahabharata, they immediately agree that if the Qurían too speaks about a fight between truth and falsehood then they have no objection but rather appreciate the guidance of the Qurían. Footnote: English translation of verses of the Glorious Qurían is taken from Abdullah Yusuf Aliî In the next article in the present series, we shall InshaAllah study the other several similarities between the teachings of Islam and in Hinduism, especially those pertaining to prohibition of: alcohol, intoxicants, gambling, fortune telling, giving bribes and consumption of pork. And all praises are for the One and Only God and Creator Allah, who alone is worthy of devotion, complete submission and worship. |


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got there first opportunity to do so during
The Bachelor
thirteenth season premiere broadcast. However by its conclusion, the 32-year-old single father and estate and legacy planning account executive sent his first 10 women home.
"I want to thank you all for coming tonight. [It] has been a lot of fun. I got to know a lot of you in a way I didn't expect," Mesnick told the bachelorettes before revealing the women that would not be receiving a rose. "I had a blast had I hope that all of you [girls] did too, but I have to make a difficult decision, an excruciating decision, and its been really tough."
The 10 bachelorettes Jason ousted at the onset of
The Bachelor
, a 24-year-old flight attendant from Phoenix, AZ;
, a 26-year-old medical sales representative from Mt. Carmel, PA;
, a 23-year-old casino marketing representative from Seattle, WA;
, a 26-year-old wedding coordinator from Dallas, TX;
, a 26-year-old teacher from Columbus, OH;
, a 25-year-old menswear buyer from Calgary, Alberta, Canada;
, a 36-year-old jewelry designer from Los Angeles, CA;
, a 23-year-old account executive from Stockton, CA;
, a 24-year-old charity accountant and single mom from Orem, UT; and
, a 28-year-old nurse practitioner and single mom from Salt Lake City, UT.
"I'm kind of shocked. It's just kinda for a chance of a lifetime. I'm sad because I know that if he would have taken the time to get to know me that he would've seen a lot more than he probably did," Stacia said following her elimination. "I'm disappointed, I'm really disappointed."
"I really feel like he missed out. I do. I feel like he missed out on something that was great. I really thought I deserved my happy ending," added a disappointed Jackie. "God, I plan everyone else's happy ending. I thought I found the man of my dreams. I really did."
The Bachelor
thirteenth season premiere began with a recap of Jason's time on
The Bachelor
fourth season, which ended in heartbreak as his marriage proposal was
DeAnna Pappas
in favor of
Jesse Csincsak
"I'm both nervous and excited tonight. It's kind of bittersweet for me because last time I had my heart broken, so I got some mixed emotions," Jason said about returning to the same mansion where
The Bachelor
had filmed. "I've been given amazing opportunity, and I'm gonna take advantage of it. One of these women is going to be my future wife."
The Bachelor
host Chris Harrison welcomed Jason, who he added had "already won America's heart during his time on
The Bachelor
, and asked him if he was confident that he would be able to find true love on the show the second time around.
"I would not have come back unless I knew it was going to work. I did not expect to meet a person like Deanna," Jason replied. "She is a wonderful woman, and if I didn't meet her I may not be sitting here right now."
After saying that his goal for the evening was to see which girls he had "a connection" with, the 25 girls began arriving at the house in limousines for that evening's cocktail party.
"Let the journey begin," Chris said as the limo's approached.
Highlights included
, a 27-year-old teacher from Malboro, NJ; telling Jason that it was her birthday;
, a 32-year-old teacher from Batavia, NY, giving Jason an impromptu salsa lesson; Jason telling
, a 24-year-old flight attendant from Carlsbad, CA, that her position as the first contestant out of the second limo was the same position he had been in on
The Bachelor
, a 29-year-old interior designer from Peace River, Alberta, Canada, asking Jason to think of his favorite hot dog topping for an experiment she would do later in the evening; and
, a 29-year-old dental hygienist from Marshall, MO, coming out of limo wearing fake overgrown teeth.
Before Jason entered the cocktail party and tried to spend a little one-on-one time with each girl, Chris explained that prior to the show's first Rose Ceremony, Jason would have to give one of girls the "first impression rose," which would guarantee her safety from elimination at the ceremony.
Jason entered the party and was first taken aside by Shannon for some private time together where she explained that she had done her "homework" on him and knew such obscure facts as his birthday and his brother's girlfriend's name.
"I totally feel like a stalker, but I did my homework because I'm never going to settle. I'm all about taking a leap of faith, just like you said you are," Shannon told a surprised Jason. "I'm here for you."
, a 25-year-old account executive from Monroe, CT, was the next to get Jason alone, where they talked about their siblings. Dominique followed next, telling Jason how much she wanted to travel to Seattle and how -- as she had already stated in a introduction video that had been shown earlier in the show -- she felt there wasn't much to do in her part of Pennsylvania.
Sharon met with Jason alone next, and told him that she had resigned from her job as a high school Spanish teacher to go on the show because she "didn't want to live [her] life with regrets."
Upon reentering the main party, Jason met with a group of girls that culminated in
, a 27-year-old advertising executive from Lee's Summit, MO, reading him a poem she had written called "Is there such thing as love at first sight?" While Jason seemed to enjoy it, Nicole said she felt uncomfortable listening to Kari spill her heart out.
Jillian followed through on her "hot dog topping experiment" and cooked up some wieners before bringing Jason in to see whether he would choose ketchup, mustard or relish. She was excited when Jason chose mustard, which she had said was the choice of men who were worth settling down with.
"My test on Jason was a true success," she said later.
Jason the reconvened with the girls and were met by Chris, who brought the "first impression rose" into the room and immediately drew the attention of all the girls.
"I remember, I know exactly how everybody's feeling," Jason told the girls with a smile. "Just don't look at the rose."
Jason then resumed talking to the girls and sought out
, a 29-year-old administrative assistant from Blue Island, IL, whom he said he had been looking forward to getting to know. Nikki told him that she wanted to be a mother "more than anything" and added that she had become well-trained by taking care of her three nieces and nephew.
"So you watch all of them, like, on your own?" Jason asked her.
"On my own, yep," Nikki responded.
"Wow!" Jason said. "I'm a dad and I've never even come close to that."
Nikki added that she had been "broken-in completely" and was ready to take on the duty of a mother.
"To be a mom, or a stepmom, I'm completely ready," Nikki gushed to the cameras afterwards. "It's something I want more than aything in the world... With Jason you've already got Ty, which is a huge bonus. So I'm completely ready to step in and and take that part full-on."
Jason then spoke with Renee, who told him of her "vision boards," which consisted of her cutting out magazine clippings containing words and phrases that expressed her goals and mounting them on a poster board so that they would become reality.
"The universe is listening," she told him.
Jason was then whisked away by
, a 27-year-old medical student from Recife, Brazil, for a dance lesson. However, midway through the dance,
, a 24-year-old department store buyer from Grand Rapids, MI, chose to cut in to get some alone time of her own.
"Raquel probably wasn't to pleased with me interrupting, but you gotta do what you gotta do to get that one on one time."
While the two were able to begin a conversation about Molly's hometown of Milwaukee and her willingness to move to Jason's hometown of Seattle if she fell in love, Raquel was able to steal Jason back for some more alone time where she told him that "something is right, something is good."
Jason then spent some time with
, a 34-year-old medical marketing representative and single mom from Huntsville, AL, whom he called an "amazing person" after learning that she has been a single mom since her husband was killed in a plane crash three and a half years ago when their daughter was only 10 weeks old.
"I've worked through it and I'm ready to love again," Stephanie told him.
Jason then met with Lauren, who quizzed him on his knowledge of the American government system. When Jason left for a moment to get her a birthday gift, Lauren hoped it would be the "first impression rose" but was disappointed when it was just a small makeshift birthday cake.
"I don't need the 'first impression rose.' I'm fine with it," she said later. "Although I am competitive, and I wanted it."
The bachelorettes and Jason were then surprised once again by Chris, who announced a twist in the show that would require each girl to write down the name of another girl. Whoever received the most votes, Chris told them, "will be leaving us tonight."
"Maybe you don't think she's right for Jason, maybe you just don't like her," Chris told the girls. "Whatever your reason, put the name inside the ballot box. Good luck."
"I felt the whole room tense up,"
, a 27-year-old public relations associate from Boise, ID, said following the announcement. "It all started to settle in that this is a competition, everyone started thinking about who really doesn't match with Jason."
After learning of the twist, Jason seemed to have mixed feeling about it.
"I don't feel great that they get to vote somebody off the party, but the opinion of the women is really important to me," Jason said.
While the girls deliberated, many were put off by the personality of
, a 25-year-old lacrosse coach and single mom from Sewickley, PA, as well as the amount of attention she was getting from Jason as they both discussed their children together alone.
"There's definitely a connection with Megan," Jason said. "She's got a little boy, I've got a little Ty. To be away from the most important thing in your life, I can really relate to that."
Prior to reconvening to learn who the girls had voted for, Jason took the opportunity of another private meeting with Nikki to present her with the "first impression rose," which she gladly accepted.
"I definitely feel like I'm a princess in the middle of a fairytale story for sure," Nikki said after being presented with the rose. "I mean, this is above and beyond anything I expected, and he's gorgeous."
"Nikki really stood out to me," Jason said of the reasoning for his choice. "I mean she's absolutely stunning, she took my breath away."
Jason then met with the rest of the girls and Chris, who revealed that while Jackie and Erica had received the third and second most votes from the other girls respectively, that Megan had received the most votes "by far."
However, Chris then revealed -- to the girls' surprise -- that instead of being eliminated, Megan would automatically receive a one of the fourteen remaining roses that Jason was going to be presenting at the upcoming Rose Ceremony.
"A lot of people did vote for Megan, but now we have to live with her, whoever gets roses tonight," Lauren said following the revelation of the twist.
"I received a rose for I don't even know what," a surprised Megan said through tears following the presentation of her rose. "I have no idea if he wants me to stay or not. It's really weird being around the girls right now. I walked in here and all of the girls acted like they were my best friends. I'm just not used to it."
However unbeknownst to Megan and the rest of the women, Jason later told Chris that Megan would have received a rose from him anyways.
"Her and I have a huge connection because of our sons... I would have given her a rose anyways," Jason told Chris during a pre-Rose Ceremony discussion in Jason's private deliberation room.
But despite his comments about Megan, Jason also insisted that already having a child didn't give any of the bachelorettes an advantage in the competition for his heart.
"I expected that there would be some single parents, but it doesn't doesn't matter to me either way," Jason told Chris. "If there's a connection [then] there's a connection, and if there's kids involved [then] the more the merrier."
Jason and the bachelorettes then gathered for
The Bachelor
season's first Rose Ceremony. After telling the girls that he understood how difficult it was to wonder whether or not they would be receiving a rose, he added that the ceremony was no easier on his end and reiterated how much fun he had at the party.
"I'm the luckiest guy alive," Jason told the bachelorettes.
In addition to Megan and Nikki, the 13 other bachelorettes who received roses from Jason were Lauren; Kari; Naomi;
, a 27-year-old human resources associate from Morton, IL; Molly, Raquel, Stephanie,
, a 25-year-old sales representative from Dallas, TX; Jillian; Shannon; Lisa; Sharon; and Erica.
"I have vision boards, and this is something that I had envisioned," Renee said following her elimination. "But you never know when it's done. This could be the middle of it."
The Bachelor
next thirteenth season episode will air on Monday, January 12 at 8PM ET/PT on ABC.
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CSharp and SAPI 5.1 make Speech Recognition (SR) and Text to Speech (TTS) development fun, easy and very rewarding. Within hours, you'll be able to produce exciting demo apps to impress your friends and colleagues. It could be a command and control Add-In to your existing app or something that makes your computer speak with HAL like voice.
SAPI (Microsoft Sound API), can be downloaded from this URL. Attached examples were written with SAPI 5.1 and Visual Studio 8.
I will not cover instructions on how to install SAPI as it's covered very well in the provided documentation, but I will highlight a couple of setup steps that took me more than 15 minutes to figure out. To make SAPI accessible in your project/code files, you need to add "using SpeechLib" to your code file and to Add reference to a COM component called "Microsoft Speech Object Library" from the Class View window.
using SpeechLib
SpSharedRecoContextClass class is your interface to the speech recognition engine. You can create an instance of this class and then register to events this class produces. In the example, I only implemented the recognition event which gets triggered when the engine decides that it provided its best guess at the phrase/utterance it heard. You shouldn't need to do anything special to hook this class to your default microphone, however if you want to process speech from source other than the microphone, you should be using a sister class called SpInProcRecoContextClass.
ISpRecoGrammar class will provide you with some basic tools to control the type of recognition you want. The two basic types are Dictation and Context Free Grammar driven recognition. Dictation will give you decent enough quality for a cool demo but in my opinion it falls short from the minimum quality needed for commercial quality apps. Using CFGs on the other hand, you can define fairly good quality command and control type apps.
SpVoice class will give you a very straight forward interface to TTS. I've not played around with this class much yet as SpVoice::Speak() method gave me all the functionality I needed thus far.
An object of ISpeechRecoResult class will be passed to your Recognition method handler. It'll give you access to the text that was understood by the SR engine and can be your portal to a lot of other cool under the hood info about probabilities and alternatives that the engine considered while evaluating the utterance.
Overall I found the time I spent playing around with SAPI SDK to be quite rewarding. Perhaps the biggest frustration was the included documentation, it was quite cryptic and circular at times and is mainly geared towards VC++ developers. Being a novice C# developer, I found it quite challenging at times to figure out the datatypes I needed to pass to various methods. I also ran into a number of instances where methods and classes are either unique to CSharp API or were not supported.
Feel free to drop me a note with your SAPI experience.
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TBH, I don't mind them cutting a few bits out for DLC, providing that they expand on it, which is what the Omega DLC sounds like. The Citadel DLC - I'm still not sure on this. The most obvious plot would be that you play someone like Bailey during the Cerberus/Reaper invasion at the end of the game. However, with one small exception aside (Joker in ME2), you've ALWAYS played as Shepard. I just hope that all of the remaining DLC isn't just mid-game content. Citadel DLC would fill an obvious POV gap from the main game, plus might impact and/or overflow with the ending(s).
That depends. I'd rather have a big post-finale DLC, but a smaller in-product mission if the DLC is going to be a flashback.
That would be interesting and as you say, not unprecedented. Honestly though, it would have been nice to just see a few cutscenes showing the fall of the Citadel. I don't need to play as Bailey fighting off husks to get that. Besides, it'd be a bit of an awkward fit in terms of pacing. Even in ME1 we got to see things that Shepard didn't; Saren & Benezia post Eden Prime, Anderson laying out Udina and Sovereign's attack on the Citadel spring to mind. Post-finale? No thanks. The endings are what they are and I think they're about done adding to them in any substantial way. Personally I'm all for more mid-game content. Anything to add more scope to a galaxy wide war that we mostly only got to hear about. This is actually what really disappointed me about Allers. Even before she'd been announced I had thought having an embedded reporter (either Wong or al-Jilani depending how how you treated them in the past) on the Normandy would be a great way to see what else was going on out there. The idea being that there'd be periodic newscasts that would vary depending on your actions, in the game and from imported plot flags. What a shame they made up a new character, cast a non-actor to play her and made her a totally useless waste of pixels. P.S. Words fail me.
I'd find midgame content more compelling if I ever expected to replay the game. Right now I suspect any future playthroughs will stop after ME1.
Written by Mac Walters. Nope. Re Allers - agree, what a waste of a character and development resource. So, Allers fully modeled - Tali's face, a photoshop stock image. Although I enjoyed ME3 overall, there were some really lame decisions made re certain aspects of the game.
Has anyone tried fighting the Collectors on Platinum yet? Jeebus H.Krishna is it ever difficult! My team never even made it to round three!
^ That's a shame. I was hoping they might make an appearance. Maybe future dlc. I can't imagine they'd bring them only to MP. And Reverend, you are a braver man than I, unless I've had a great team, taking down the collectors on bronze has been a challenge. Got sandwiched between 2 Praetorians, at least 3 Scions and a lot of troopers last night. Plus, I had to carry a package to the landing zone. Went through all my medigel in less than a minute and failed the mission.
^I've beaten them on gold ONCE only, and I'm pretty sure I was the weakest player on the team. Silver is challenging but doable and I almost never play on bronze since I very rarely promote and a lv20 on bronze is just too easy and not very fair to lower level players. And yeah, I'm a little surprised the collectors aren't showing up on Omega. Oh well, looks like it'll be fighting Cerberus all the way...though I can't say as I'm looking forward to tackling those Dragoons. Liara is going to get obliterated! But still, it'd be nice to at least got a canon reason why the collectors are suddenly back and more formidable after spending a whole game supposedly wiping them out. I mean part of the appeal of MP is that you can pretend that your Shepard and the Normandy is out there too. Someone should at least write Shep a memo... Indeed, I rather wish they'd integrate SP and MP a little more. Like for example instead of just having Shep clear a MP map there could be some missions where you have to help extract a team. Not an actual MP match in progress since that'd be too cumbersome to implement, but just a SP mission where the allied defenders are a random assortment taken from your own stable of MP characters. Or maybe just some procedurally generated after action reports via email or Liara's terminal, based off of your MP matches. Just something other than meaningless war asset points! P.S. Apparently there's a new paid SP DLC weapons pack out. I think I'll pass.
I typically play on bronze, but seeing how I've managed to survive a few silver (Cerberus) matches now, maybe I'll move up. Plus, I need more credits to start buying Spectre packs to get new stuff. Anyone tried to solo a match? I was able to get to wave 10 on bronze once before getting caught trying to haul something back to the drop off zone. It was touch and go for most of the later waves.
Yeah, I did a few solo bronze matches with reapers. Honestly I didn't find it much fun, especially on the later waves since you have to do a lot of kiting to keep wear down the banshees. Honestly gold isn't that hard so long as you have a well balanced and capable team...unless you're up against collectors in which case you're in for a fight! It helps that I have some pretty good builds. My Asari vanguard is a wrecking ball on legs.
Damn those Collectors are tough! Had no luck at all on Gold against them, much less Platinum. But nice to have some new enemies, was getting sick of facing the same mob time and again.
That's exactly what BioWare has been saying since Mass Effect 3 was officially announced. ME3 was always the end of Shepard's story. They've never given any "wiggle room" that Shepard would be in future games.
I'm fine with Shepard's story ending, (wish the endings had been better, but that's an old argument by now) I'm just curious what format ME4 will take, future, past, concurrent. Given the wealth of other great characters in the series and long life spans of some of the species, Asari and Krogan, I'd hope that if they did a little ways into the future, some of the characters could return.
TBF BW said a lot before ME3 was released, some of which has come true, some not. By itself I'm fine with Shepard's story ending, if it's a satisfying end. ME3's end didn't work for me at all. It does for many people, and good luck to them, but personally, I don't really want to invest in something else that may well take 5 years and hundreds of hours of play, only to deliver me ultimate disappointment. Again. The only other thing that's been confirmed so far about the next game is that you WILL play a soldier again. No word of prequal, side-qual or sequal, and probably won't be for some time to come. Their teams are still 'reviewing the feedback' from fans.
No, not even that is confirmed. Nothing is confirmed except that a fourth game is in the planning stages. Links, by the way, are handy when we're claiming that things have been "confirmed."
First of all, for the record I'm not fine with how Shepard's story ended, but I can accept that it *is* ended. These are not mutually exclusive concepts. Secondly, I'm glad to hear that they're not just going to make the next game about another soldier saving the universe. Indeed, my preference would be for a smaller scale, more personal story with a much less military setting. Think 'Firefly', or 'Cowboy Bebop'. A small crew and a rusty old ship operating just outside the law. That kind of thing. As for the "when and where", I think while there's certainly room for prequels, I'd rather see what the future has in-store for the galaxy we spent 3 games saving. Of course this means they'd have to pick a canon ending, but that's fine since "destroy" is the only viable choice. I mean Control and Synthesis are respectively a stagnant dystopia where the only antagonist can be cyber-Shep and her fleet of reaper drones (been there, space-magic'ed that) and a boring utopia where everyone glows green and shares happy-happy thoughts forever. The way I see it, with Destroy the galaxy is free, but without certainty. The old infrastructure that was "Citadel Space" is smashed, most of the major homeworlds are in need of the kind of rebuilding that takes generations and there is massive numbers of displaced populations all over the galaxy. So lots of new colonies, old relays being opened and new ones being built, opening up unexplored clusters and a flood of new races to the galactic community. A real "wild west" of a galaxy. I also see a lot of new powers rising out of the ashes, with a lot of the minor powers in the Terminus Systems left largely unharmed taking advantage of the power vacuum. I see Tuchanka and Rannoch becoming the new bastions of civilization-the first to rebuild anyway. Perhaps by this time the Spectres have become something more akin to the Justicars. Less of a black-ops organization and more of an order of guardians. I think I'd also like it if Earth is a burnt husk of a planet, no longer able to support the majority of humanity.
If you believe Gamble and Merizan, synthesis is the preferred canon ending within BW. You can only hope that there's a change of heart between now and the next game.


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All too often our Pinterest boards are filled with recipes we haven't made, DIY's we haven't attempted, and rooms that look nothing like the ones we actually inhabit. We might still opt for takeout more often than not, and it may be a while since our glue gun has seen the light of day, but the good news? The gap between your real home and your Pinterest home is much smaller than you think. In fact, we teamed up with one of our favorite online retailers Minted to show you how investing in any three of these eye-catching home goods will elevate your entire space and give it that finished look you're after.
Let's be clear, we love a good gallery wall as much as the next person. Still, there's no replacement for the impact oversized art lends to a room. Not only will it save you hours of frustration from nailing way too many holes in your wall (we speak from a lot of experience), but it's a fool-proof way to bring in color, texture, and depth to an otherwise simple space.
Investing in large scale art used to feel nearly impossible thanks to inaccessibility and scary price tags, but these days it's becoming more painless than ever. Minted recently began offering their framed prints in 40x54" with prices hovering around a few hundred dollars, which is a far cry from the thousands many retailers or originals can cost before framing. And there are so many options to peruse! We went with this Parisian scene entitled Men in Red for an all neutral living room.
1. Portofino Afternoon, $200 unframed, $530 framed 40" x 54"
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Plants are the perfect solution for those who aren't ready to commit to a bold color palette but are desperate to shake up their otherwise neutral home. They inject the perfect amount of color and texture and they're easy to move around as you redecorate and your space evolves. Best of all, you can find plants in every budget from local high-end nurseries to Home Depot or IKEA.
Rugs are the ultimate way to anchor a room and while they first seem impractical to have in a dining area (or even a kitchen!) there are many inexpensive, durable options for every spot in your home. Placing this navy and white graphic rug in an otherwise lovely space gave it the needed finishing touch.
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