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Mass Effect 3 was released this week (check out our review) and, given the popularity of the series, chances are pretty high that you're playing it, or soon will be. The changes in moving from ME2 to ME3 are much more subtle than the evolution was from the first game to the second one, but they have a pretty dramatic impact on how you approach your play.
Aside from the purely functional tweaks that Ryan covered in his review (see the link above), there are some wholesale changes made to various game systems. Learning how all the new things work is very much a "pick it up as you play" process, with little in the way of tutorials or explanations forced on the player. While that certainly makes for a more seamless gameplay experience, we thought it might be helpful to break some of this down for you in a handy little guide. This handy little guide.
Functional Differences
This is probably the most minor change of them all, and also the most easily overlooked. Console gamers can press the Back/Select button — on an Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 controller, respectively — at any non-combat moment to trigger a quicksave. It's not a feature you typically see in console games, and ME3 is actually pretty good on its own about autosaves. That said, the addition of a dedicated quicksave button is absolutely a welcome one that console folks should definitely be sure to take advantage of.
There's also a quirk that Xbox 360 players specifically ought to keep in mind. Mass Effect 3 is a two-disc game on Microsoft's console. If you don't install either disc or just install one of them, you will frequently be asked to swap discs when moving between certain locations. If you install both discs, that disc-swap requirement goes away mostly (you mjay need to change discs at the end based on the choices you have made). You'll still need to have one of the two discs in the drive of course, but you won't have to keep changing them.
Welcome Back
A lot of people are probably coming into ME3 after having beaten at least the second game, if not both of them. Those people will be importing the Commander Shepard they built up previously. ME3 adds a few cool quirks that weren't in evidence when you imported an old character into ME2.
For starters, the load screen features a small window where you can see a list of the major decisions that your Shepard made over the course of either one or both games. I won't give any examples here due to spoilers, but you probably have an idea what this means if you played through those games. The decisions you've made have a profound impact on some of the key story points in ME3.
In addition, imported characters start out at whatever level you left off at when your endgame save was created, and any squadmates you pick up in ME3 will be similarly leveled, and you will have dozens of skill points. You'll still have to assign your points (or auto-assign them, if you so choose), but it's a big help to start with that added ability boost rather than having to claw your way up from nothing again. Those who don't import are stuck with a level one character.
Streamlined Sidequesting
It's not a spoiler to reveal that the Citadel is once again one of the key social hubs in Mass Effect 3. You'll get plenty of secondary missions assigned to you aboard the Normandy, both from your commanding officers and your shipmates, but you'll also get a bunch of basic fetch-based sidequests on the Citadel. Most of these are very simple "I need Object X that is hidden away somewhere in Location Y."
To cut down on the amount of time you spend dipping in and out of dialogue sequences, BioWare streamlined the way you receive these sidequests. Simply walk around the Citadel and you'll overhear people talking about all sorts of things. Pause long enough near one of these speakers and your quest log will automatically be updated with the task. You'll have to return to that person and interact with him or her to hand the quest in, but even that amounts to an in-game, non-cutscene dialogue exchange. Press the button, watch a few lines of dialogue pop up on the screen as you continue to move around freely, then check out the sweet rewards you get.
The tradeoff to this is that you'll want to keep an eye on your journal. The sidequest pop-up alerts are clear enough, but ME3 is a very large and very busy game. It's easy to overlook these. However, since most of these fetch quests deal with ME3's new solar system scanning mechanic (the replacement for ME2's mining), you'll often find quest items before you even receive the sidequest in question if you're diligent about such things.
Spinning the Gears of War
Gathering War Assets is a huge part of ME3 as you prepare to repel the Reaper invasion of Earth. Some of these assets come naturally as you complete story-related missions and secondary N7 missions. Others you'll need to actively go out and find by scanning the various solar systems you visit.
There's a catch though: most of the systems you visit are under Reaper control. You can see it right on the galaxy map; the sector's circle is colored red and a large Reaper icon sits in the middle of it. To perform a scan, you press the left trigger on your controller while you're flying around inside a solar system. If you happen to be in Reaper-controlled space and scan too frequently — say more than three or four times, if that — it will bring enemy forces in to pursue you. If they converge on the Normandy before you can escape the system, either via Mass Relay or flying outside the solar system's borders, it's game over.
The trick with scanning is to use your scanner sparingly and smartly. There are two general kinds of objects of interest that can be picked up. The less essential points of interest are free-floating in the system and not connected with any specific planet or the like. You'll usually get fuel, sometimes credits, when you investigate these. Planets, moons and asteroids, on the other hand, are where you'll find actual War Assets.
Since your scanner only scans the area around your ship, try to use it in the midst of a group of planets to maximize your chances of finding a War Asset on one of them. Also note that while you're in orbit around a planet, any Reapers pursuing you are paused. What this means is that it's entirely possible to fly around in circles, scanning at your leisure until you find stuff.
The Reapers will eventually catch up, but it's easy enough to keep dipping in and out of the solar system. They'll still be on alert when you come back, but their positions reset to the fringes of the system. In most cases, this gives you ample time to go into orbit around an object of interest, gather your War Asset and get away before they can catch you.
Managing Your Weapons And Upgrades
The inventory system in ME3 is an odd — and awesome — mixture of what you saw in the first two games. There are multiple versions of each weapon class, and you'll find or be able to buy new ones frequently. All of the different types of weapons within each class feel distinct from one another, much like they did in ME2, only there's a much wider variety. The idea of weapon upgrades is also back from ME1, but they're presented in a much more intuitive way than the first game's frequently overcrowded inventory screen.
The way it works is that any time you pick up a new upgrade, it becomes a permanent fixture in your load out inventory for all weapons of that class. Finding or buying the same upgrade type a second time automatically improves the quality of the mod. For example, if you have Assault Rifle Scope III and you find another Assault Rifle Scope during a mission, it automatically becomes Assault Rifle Scope IV for any weapon you equip it on.
Typically, the only way to swap your weapons' loadout is on the Normandy before you set out for a mission, or at one of the rarely discovered Weapon Benches that pop up during missions. There's a third possibility, however. Whenever you find a new gun during a mission, you're given the option of going to your gear screen and swapping your loadout around. However, you won't be able to change the mods up unless you're at a work bench or at the pre-mission loadout screen.
How the multiplayer changes the single-player
There has been a fair amount of confusion over how the multiplayer actually affects the single player campaign, leading some to believe that the only way to get the "best" ending (which includes an additional scene regarldess of whether you played the paragon or renegade side of things) is to also exhaustively play the multiplayer. That's not necessarily true, although there is a connection between the two.
During the campaign, aboard the Normandy Shepard can access the Galactic readiness chart, a display that shows the percent to which the galaxy is ready to fight off the Reapers. On one side of the display is a map of the galaxy broken into various quadrants, each containing a percentage–assuming you are connected online, otherwise it will just say that it cannot connect. This map is a representation of the multiplayer results. The more you play online, the higher the percentage–which begins at 50-percent. This has led people to believe that the galaxy needs to show 100-percent in all quadrants, or at least rate high enough that the map turns green to signify that the quadrant in question is holding it own.
Next to the galactic readiness is a list of war assets, ranging from collected items to other races you have persuaded to stand with you. Here's the rub: the multiplayer simply adds to the war asset list, and the asset list accumulates points you need to get the best possible ending. If you want the best possible ending on a single play through, you will need to make every correct choice in regards to adding to the war assets. It is possible, but it won't be easy. Alternatively, you can play through twice using a the New Game+ option to get the extra scene much more easily.
Under the war assets is a bar that tells you the "Effective Military Strength," and it is assigned a score value. The minimum number you need to reach for the best ending is 5,000. The multiplayer adds to this bar, but it is just one of many things that helps fill it out. The only real correlation is that it helps to raise the bar faster, and the percentage of galactic readiness you reach online acts as a multiplier to the EMS score. Playing the multiplayer–a lot–does mean you have a better shot at the best possible finale, but there are enough war assets to reach it without ever going online.
Raising a multiplayer character to level 20 and "promoting" them, also sends that character into the campaign as a war asset, but then again, buying fish and models in your second playthrough does too. It is simply a statistical thing though, and you do not need to play online to gain enough war assets. But it helps.


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April 27, 2012
Who Do You Think You Are with Rob Lowe
Tonight - Actor Rob Lowe ventures into his past and discovers an ancestor who battled against George Washington during the American Revolution.
It's been two weeks since the last episode from Season 3 and I'm really looking forward to tonight's. I'm guessing Rob found out he had Loyalist ancestors (as I do). I'm only praying the producers don't make the mistake that grates on every Loyalist descendant - and that is calling them Tories instead of Loyalists. Fingers crossed!
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- Jana Last said...
FINALLY a new episode! Looking forward to watching tonight! I wonder why they ran reruns the last two weeks.
Reruns occur in my area during every holiday or major event when many viewers are likely to be busy with other activities and not glued to the television set.
I particularly liked last night's program with Rob Lowe because he took the facts that were uncovered just as interesting facts and did not try to impose his own emotions or feelings on his ancestor as Martin Sheen did. I also liked that he had some surprises in his ancestry. Not every one had predictable ancestors. *grin*
- Janet Smith said...
I enjoyed the segment as well because we are made up of all of our ancestors pasts....I find that I have ancestors on both sides of the American Revolution and all the stories on each side are equally as important to who you really are!


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No. 106 – Greek Life
Oswego is often billed as one big family — and you can't have a family without brothers and sisters.
Greeks have been a part of student life at Oswego since the 1920s, when Ransom Libby and Max Ziel founded Psi Phi Gamma, Oswego's first fraternity, and Clio was established as the college's first sorority.


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Canada: People With HIV Encourage Others to Take Their Medication
April 18, 2014
This article was reported by CBC News Edmonton.
CBC News Edmonton reported that a new video produced by Megan Lefebvre, a PhD candidate with the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, features positive stories of five individuals diagnosed with HIV to encourage others with the virus to take their medication. Lefebvre believes the stories featured in the video demonstrate the value of life to others with HIV. "For our participants, they had a sense of self-worth. They had gratitude for what was in their life." Dylan Richards of HIV Edmonton said his organization is showing the video to clients who appreciate hearing from people who are in similar medical situations.
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Redskins linebacker London Fletcher's consecutive games played streak is in jeopardy again.
Fletcher sprained his left ankle during Sunday's 31-6 win over the Eagles and Tarik El-Bashir of CSNWashington.com reports that Fletcher's ankle is in a walking boot as a result of the injury. Coach Mike Shanahan said Monday that Fletcher would not have been able to practice if the Redskins, who play Thursday in Dallas, had held a practice.
"Knowing London, he'll be back if possible," Shanahan said. "But we'll have to evaluate it day-by-day."
The Redskins lost safety Brandon Meriweather for the season in the game as well, which could mean the Redskins defense could be pretty short on Thanksgiving. The defense had its best day of the season against Philly, but it has been a poor unit for much of the season.
Fletcher left Sunday's game after sustaining the injury in the first quarter, but returned to the game and wound up playing 45 of 74 snaps in the game. Fletcher has played in 234 straight games, tied with Ronde Barber for the most among active players. A hamstring injury earlier this season threatened the streak, but Fletcher was able to play despite missing all or most of every practice before the Week Eight game against the Steelers.


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Are you an Amazon Prime member? If so and you're like us, the UPS delivery person was invited to your Thanksgiving dinner because you see him so much. That also means you want to track your shipments in real-time as much as possible (especially with those high-value items).
Package Tracker (formerly known as Parcel Tracker) was recently pulled from the Windows Phone Store due to "not enough interest" from consumers. But after much haranguing from loyal customers, they returned and even released a Windows 8 app that promised future syncing capability—well that day has arrived.
Package Tracker 5 for Windows Phone has now been released and although it looks the same it now has that cloud-syncing ability, which means your desktop client and phone can keep up to date with each other. Enter once, sync everywhere.
The app still needs a Windows Phone 8 update e.g. double wide tile, perhaps some lockscreen notifications but the cloud sync ability via SkyDrive is a great reason to pick up Package Tracker.
You can grab a trial of Package Tracker here from the Windows Phone Store for $2.49 (£1.99) and the Windows 8 RT app here in the Windows 8 Store for $2.99 (£2.19). We recommend both. Thanks, Eric D., for the tip
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In this groundbreaking book, education expert Tony Wagner provides a powerful rationale for developing an innovation-driven economy. He explores what parents, teachers, and employers must do to develop the capacities of young people to become innovators. In profiling compelling young American innovators such as Kirk Phelps, product manager for Apple's first iPhone, and Jodie Wu, who founded a company that builds bicycle-powered maize shellers in Tanzania, Wagner reveals how the adults in their lives nurtured their creativity and sparked their imaginations, while teaching them to learn from failures and persevere. Wagner identifies a pattern—a childhood of creative play leads to deep-seated interests, which in adolescence and adulthood blossom into a deeper purpose for career and life goals. Play, passion, and purpose: These are the forces that drive young innovators.
Wagner shows how we can apply this knowledge as educators and what parents can do to compensate for poor schooling. He takes readers into the most forward-thinking schools, colleges, and workplaces in the country, where teachers and employers are developing cultures of innovation based on collaboration, interdisciplinary problem-solving, and intrinsic motivation. The result is a timely, provocative, and inspiring manifesto that will change how we look at our schools and workplaces, and provide us with a road map for creating the change makers of tomorrow.
Creating Innovators will feature its own innovative elements: more than sixty original videos that expand on key ideas in the book through interviews with young innovators, teachers, writers, CEOs, and entrepreneurs, including Thomas Friedman, Dean Kamen, and Annmarie Neal. Produced by filmmaker Robert A. Compton, the videos are accessible via links and QR codes placed throughout the eBook text.
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PKVDDS needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 122 designs submitted by 48 freelance designers.
Peterson, Krische, and Van Horn DDS
We are a general practice dental office in Lawrence KS. We offer a wide variety of services. (preventative, restorative and cosmetic). Our office has been established in the community for quite some time. We are currently building a new office here in town and hope to move in within the next year. We would like to have a new logo which will coincide with us moving into the new building.
We are a family oriented practice (we see both children and adults). We want to have mass appeal to the community.
We would like a new modern logo for our office.
--Utilize "Peterson, Krische, and Van Horn DDS" and/or "PKV DDS"
--Logo should be modern, unique, and classy,
--Our current logo involves a toothbrush and our names listed out, we would like to avoid doing something similar.
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- Both premiums and freemiums are allowed, although you must have completed at least 50 games
- All games shall be 1v1.
- All games shall be Sequential, Casual, Automatic, Sunny, and Chained.
- Maps will vary, but they are listed below.
- This tournament may move slowly, as new rounds can't begin until the previous round is completely finished.
Throughout this tournament, each player shall hold one of 5 ranks. They can be a Devil, Demon, Human, Angel, or God. Each player will start as a Human. When a battle is won, a player's rank improves, and when a battle is lost, a player's rank decreases. For example, if both Player A and Player B are humans, and A beats B, then Player A would become an Angel, while Player B would become a Demon. One gets eliminated by losing a battle as a Devil, however there a few other ways that you can get eliminated.
Before each round, using Random.org, I shall use the list randomizer to randomly assign who will fight who. There are 15 possibilites for matchups:
- Human vs. Human - Classic Map, Escalating.
Winner becomes an Angel, loser becomes a demon.
- Human vs. Angel - Midkemdil, Escalating.
Human wins: Ranks are switched.
Angel wins: Angel becomes God, Human becomes Demon.
- Human vs. Demon - Gilgamesh, Nuclear.
Human wins: Human becomes an Angel, Demon becomes a Devil.
Demon wins: Ranks are switched.
- Angel vs. Demon - Tamriel, Escalating
Angel wins: Angel becomes a God, Demon becomes a Devil.
Demon wins: Both players become Humans.
- Human vs. Devil - Midgard, Nuclear.
Human wins: Human becomes an Angel, Devil is eliminated
Devil wins: Players switch ranks.
- Human vs. God - Extreme Global Warming, Flat Rate.
Human wins: Both players become Angels.
God wins: God remains a God, Human becomes a Devil.
- Devil vs. Angel - Route 66, Flat Rate.
Devil wins: Devil becomes Humans, Angel becomes Demon.
Angel wins: Devil is eliminated, Angel becomes God.
- Demon vs. God - Siege!, Escalating
Demon wins: Both players become Human.
God wins: Demon is eliminated, God remains a God.
- Angel vs. Angel - Solar System, Nuclear.
Winner becomes a God, loser becomes a Human.
- Devil vs. Devil - Arms Race!, Escalating
Winner becomes a human, loser is eliminated
- God vs. God - Atlantis, Escalating
Winner remains a God, loser becomes a human
- Demon vs. Demon - Egypt: Upper, Nuclear
Winner becomes a human, loser becomes a Devil
- Devil vs. Demon - Halloween Hallows, Nuclear
Devil wins: Players switch ranks.
Demon wins: Demon becomes Human, Devil is eliminated.
- Angel vs. God - King of the Mountains, Escalating
God wins: Angel becomes a Demon, God remains God.
Angel wins: Players switch ranks.
- Devil vs. God - 8 Thoughts, Escalating
God wins: God remains a God, Devil is eliminated
Devil wins: Both players become Humans
Rounds will continue until there is only one player left, who shall be the champion of the tournament.
***If at any point there are 3 exactly 3 players remaining in the tournament, they shall play a 3-person game. If 2 or more of them are the same rank, they shall play on the map they would've with just two; For example, if there were 2 angels and a Devil left, they would play on Route 66, Flat Rate. If all 3 players have different ranks, they shall play on Doodle Earth, Escalating. Regardless of rank, winner of the game would advance 2 ranks up (devil to human, demon to angel, human to god, angel to god, or god to god). While the losers would decrease one rank (god to angel, angel to human, human to demon, demon to devil, or devil to eliminated)
***When there is an odd number of players remaining (besides 3), one player (randomly chosen) will have a bye that round.
***In the rare case that this tournament manages to take way too long, the Doomsday Rule shall come into effect on April 1st, 2012.
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The Vagrant
The Vagrant was an amateur press publication published and edited by W. Paul Cook.
The Vagrant was published in the early 1900s till the 1920s. Issue #4 appeared in September 1916, and the final issue, #15, appeared in Spring 1927. W. Paul Cook was a member of the United Amateur Press Association and a staunch supporter of the amateur press.
Contributors to The Vagrant included A. M. Adams, Clara L. Bell, Chas S. Campbell, Paul J. Campbell, O. Byron Copper, Anna Helen Crofts, Geo W. Darragh, Lucy Frost, Elsa Gidlow (Les Mouches Fantastiques), Arthur Goodenough, Alma Myrtle Greenfield, Jean Connell Hayes, Edna von der Heide (The Inspiration), J.E. Hoag, Willis Edwin Hurd, Winifred Virginia Jordan (The United Co-Operative), Anita Roberta Kirksey, Franklin K. Lane, Andrew F. Lockhart, H. P. Lovecraft, Samuel Loveman, Pearl K. Merritt, Roswell George Mills (Les Mouches Fantastiques), Edith Miniter (The Aftermath), Mabel I. More, James F. Morton, Jr., Essilyn Dale Nichols, Olive G. Owen, James Larkin Pearson, Geo I. Putman, Robert D. Roosmale-Cocq, Harriet L. Trieloff, Litta L. Voelchert, and Charles L.H. Wagner.
W, Paul Cook was partial to work inclined toward the supernatural. After reading H. P. Lovecraft's juvenalia in 1917, Cook encouraged Lovecraft to continue writing fiction. Many of his works were published for the first time in The Vagrant, including "Dagon", for which Cook wrote the critical introduction, "Howard P. Lovecraft's Fiction" (#11, November 1919). The publication also published work by Lovecraft collaborators Anna Helen Crofts and Winifred Virginia Jordan (nee Jackson) (as herself and as 'Elizabeth Berkeley').
W. Paul Cook was one of the publishers, along with H. P. Lovecraft, Winifred V. Jackson, and others, of The United Co-Operative. Later in the 1940s he published The Ghost.


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Much of what I see in debates about rebirth is an underlying, yet often unnoticed debate, about what constitutes the view of "annihilationism" (ucchedavada).
In my mind, I already have a picture of what I consider the ucchedavada position to be, but I'd really like to open it up initially for debate amongst those who find themselves prone to participating in rebirth debates, either firmly on the 'for', 'against', 'ambivalent' or 'irrelevant' sides.
In the meantime, please find attached a definition of uccheda from the...
Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary
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Uccheda [fr. ud + chid, chind, see ucchindati & cp. cheda] breaking up, disintegration, perishing (of the soul) Vin iii.2 (either after this life, or after kāmadeva life, or after brahmadeva life) D i.34, 55; S iv.323; Nd1 324; Miln 413; Nett 95, 112, 160; DA i.120.
-- diṭṭhi the doctrine of the annihilation (of the soul), as opp. to sassata -- or atta -- diṭṭhi (the continuance of the soul after death) S ii.20; iii.99, 110 sq; Ps i.150, 158; Nd1 248 (opp. sassati˚); Dhs 1316; Nett 40, 127; SnA 523 (opp. atta˚). -- vāda (adj.) one who professes the doctrine of annihilation (ucchedadiṭṭhi) Vin i.235; iii.2; D i.34, 55; S ii.18; iv.401; A iv.174, 182 sq.; Nd1 282; Pug 38. -- vādin = ˚vāda Nett 111; J v.244.


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Nero had his court astrologers, who predicted his rule of the east, including sovereignty over Jerusalem. Sergius Paulus had his court prognosticator, Elymas (13:7). And today it is not unheard-of that world leaders consult astrologers as they schedule key events. But what happens when the power of the gospel confronts the power of the occult? The contest on Cyprus and its outcome show us.
Highlighting the divine initiative in the church's proactive Gentile mission, Luke describes the church's "release" of Paul and Barnabas (13:3) as sent on their way by the Holy Spirit (compare Lk 4:1, 14). Traveling to Seleucia, a Mediterranean port of Syrian Antioch, sixteen miles west and five miles north of the mouth of the Orontes, the missionary band embarks for Cyprus.
They land at an eastern port and administrative center, Salamis, some 130 miles west of the Syrian coast. Cyprus, 132 miles northeast to southwest, is traversed by two mountain ranges that enclose a fruitful central plain. The island itself is situated on shipping lanes between Syria, Greece and Asia Minor. From Ptolemaic times a large Jewish colony has been present (Josephus Jewish Antiquities 13:284, 287; 1 Macc 15:23; Philo Legatio ad Gaium 282), and a Christian witness appears to have been born there early (Barnabas is a Cypriot--Acts 4:36; compare 11:19-20).
There in the Jewish synagogues Saul and Barnabas "began to solemnly proclaim" (compare 4:2; 13:38; 15:36; imperfect ingressive action--Kistemaker 1990:460) the word of God, that is, the gospel, God's message of grace and salvation (13:7, 44, 46, 48; compare 13:12, 26, 49; 14:3, 25). John--that is, John Mark (12:12, 25; 13:5, 13; 15:37; Col 4:10; 2 Tim 4:11; Philem 24; 1 Pet 5:13) is there as "an assistant."
Frequent references to the word of God throughout the account of this first missionary journey show us that communicating the message of salvation must be the main activity of missions. In a day when specialist short-term work, humanitarian relief and support services are all being called missions, and rightly so, the church needs to make sure it does not shift its primary focus away from the central purpose of missions--the communication of the gospel.
Traveling west across the island, Saul and Barnabas arrive at Paphos, ninety miles away. This was the senatorial province's official capital. In the governor's court a Jew, Bar-Jesus (transliteration of the Aramaic "Son of Salvation"), operates as a sorcerer and false prophet. Sorcerer (magos) was a venerable term for students of the metaphysical, including members of the Median priest class (Mt 2:1), possessors and users of supernatural knowledge and ability (Josephus Jewish Antiquities 10.195, 216), magicians who used demonic magic (Acts 8:9-10), and charlatans and deceivers (compare 19:13-16; Delling 1967:356). Bar-Jesus is probably a court astrologer with demonic powers (Haenchen 1971:397; contrast Krodel [1986:229], who calls him part of the world of "religious con-artists who practiced quackery and interpreted dreams"). As a false prophet, Bar-Jesus--also called Elymas--claims wrongly to be a medium of divine revelation (Bruce 1988:249). As a sorcerer he claims to know magic formulas by which he can break the bonds of fate and give the governor control over the future. When faced with the truth of the gospel, Bar-Jesus actively opposes the missionaries (compare Lk 21:15; Acts 6:10). He makes every effort to "completely turn aside" the governor from the faith (compare 13:10; 20:30).
In sharp contrast, Sergius Paulus, the proconsul (the correct title for the governor of a senatorial province, which Cyprus became in 22 B.C.), wanted to hear the word of God. Luke calls him intelligent, probably complimenting him for his inquiring mind. His desire to hear the word of God is not simply a matter of administrative prudence (as Longenecker 1981:419). Rather, Luke holds up this Roman official from the highest levels of society as a positive model of the proper response to hearsay about Christianity. The proconsul's interest would surely impress Theophilus and his fellow inquirers, just as a political, entertainment or sports celebrity who declares openly his or her spiritual hunger for the gospel would draw attention today.
Filled with the Holy Spirit (compare 4:8), Saul (here first called Paul) [looks] straight at Elymas (compare 3:4; 14:9) and delivers a verdict that reveals the sorcerer's true character, stance and activity. All that fills Elymas is deceit and the trickery of wrongdoing (contrast 1 Thess 2:3). He is a child of the devil in his stance as an enemy of everything that is right, literally "of all righteousness" (compare Lk 8:12). He perverts the right ways of the Lord in that he twists the path that would lead to salvation (taking tou kyriou as an objective genitive; Hos 14:9; compare Ps 119:1; Is 40:3, 5; Lk 1:79; Acts 8:21).
The divine sentence is that the sovereign hand of the Lord, which directs his saving purposes in history (Acts 4:28) and otherwise acts in healing and salvation blessing (4:30; 11:21), will be against Elymas, placing temporary physical blindness on him. Is the blindness to picture his own spiritual blindness (compare 9:8; 26:18)? Since it is temporary, is it intended to bring the sorcerer to repentance?
By juxtaposing the judgment to Sergius Paulus's faith response, Luke clearly shows how the gospel's power is greater than the power of the occult. Immediately, though not instantaneously, the sentence is carried out. The blindness comes on gradually as a gathering mist and in the end becomes total. Elymas finds himself groping about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
In Luke's account, the church's evangelists consistently meet overt demonic opposition through practitioners of occult arts when they first thrust into new ethnic or geographical territory: Samaria (8:9-24); Cyprus, first missionary journey (13:4-12); Philippi, thrust into Europe (16:16-18); Ephesus, third missionary journey (19:11-20). There is no culture today where, to one degree or another, such a spiritual battle is not joined. Not presumptuously, but confidently--by prayer, filled with the Spirit--we must boldly proclaim the gospel and, as the Lord directs, confront hostile spiritual powers.
The power encounter yields saving results: the governor comes to faith (2:44; 4:4, 32; 11:21; 13:39). But Luke is careful to let us know the necessary interdependence of gospel word and mighty act. He says Sergius Paulus believed, for he was amazed (literally, "struck out of his senses"), not at the miracle but at the teaching about the Lord. With this last little phrase Luke informs us about the proper role of miracle in evangelistic witness (see comment at 9:35). Sergius Paulus, the first totally pagan Gentile convert and a representative of the upper echelons of Roman society, stands as a model inquirer and convert for Theophilus, his fellow seekers and all since their time.
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The very first cemetery I remember visiting is the Riverside Cemetery in Mangum, Greer County, OK. More of my family is buried here than in any other cemetery. The cemetery was only a few blocks from my grandmother's house and we would go there often when I was staying with her. My grandfather, Joseph Marion Cheek, died shortly after I was born so I never got to know him. My grandmother never talked about him very much but we visited his grave frequently to put fresh flowers on it. Grandma Cheek died when I was eight. I remember a lot about her but almost nothing about her funeral. The plot where they are buried also has the graves of my Dad's two sisters, Cleta Cheek Jones and Ruby Cheek Lewis. I still visit Riverside Cemetery everytime we go to Mangum. Unfortunately that is not as often as I would like because none of the family live anywhere near there anymore. But I definitely give credit to Grandma Cheek for helping create my interest in cemeteries. I will be posting more about Riverside and will add to my store of knowledge about this treasured place every chance I get.
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May 1990. On holiday in Greece, I met Nicolas, 25, handsome, air steward. (Is there such a thing as a straight air steward?) We fancied each other immediately and had a night of erotic fireworks. We arranged to meet again, both of us hoping that this might be the Start of Something. On the night of our second meeting, as we were driving back to Nick's miniscule flat in an Athenian suburb, some idiot drove out of a side road and ignoring the stop light, smashed into our car and killed him.
Shock and grief feel like fear, and you need a sense of purpose to counteract them. As I left the ramshackle hospital where they'd kept me for the night, a purpose – batty, but comforting - formulated in my mind. If Nicolas still existed anywhere, I would find him. I had a friend back in England who, ten years earlier, had lost both her parents in separate incidents within three days of each other. She had been going to a Spiritualist group convened by Mona, a medium well known in the area for her accuracy: even the police used her when they were looking for leads. What the hell – I decided to give her a try as soon as I got back home.
Christine told me what to expect. There would be a few prayers, a hymn or two, a demo of clairvoyance by a guest medium, a break for tea and bickies, and then an 'open circle', in which Mona would strut her stuff. We set off one warm Sunday evening. I felt a bit of a pillock, to be honest, but despite temptation I did not wear a paper bag over my head, or even dark glasses.
There were two mediums for the first half of the evening's proceedings, one a large lady with a pudding basin haircut, flat sensible shoes and a thick brown cardie, the other in a scarlet two-piece, black-seam stockings and her hair in a brioche, decorated with artificial roses. They took turns in playing the audience. A general question to start with: 'I feel I'm in this half of the room… can anyone place me a George in spirit?' There were sixty odd people there, most of them aged sixty odd. Inevitably, someone could place a George.
'I think it's me, love.'
'Well, he's sending you a rainbow.'
'And he says you'll be feeling better by the April, May month.'
'So can I say God bless?'
'Oh, alright, thank you.'
Both women followed a procedure that I was to observe dozens of times in the coming months. The medium gives a name, or a date, or a place name and asks if anyone can connect with it. Usually more than one person can. By adding a few details (gall bladder? Stroke? August?) the medium eliminates all but one contender for recipient of the message, which is usually an affirmation of the deceased's affection for the sitter, and assurance of his continued interest and involvement in the sitter's life.
Well, after about half an hour of this sort of thing, Mona announced a tea break, and said that after we'd have 'a lovely open circle'. I felt bleak, cheated and stupid: an intelligent man sitting among a load of daft old bats and codgers while these two deluded bints had indulged their fantasies in front of us.
'What did you make of them?' I asked Christine, hoping we had not just seen the pinacle of mediumship.
'Beginners' she shrugged.
We queued for tea from an urn, had a couple of bourbon biscuits apiece, a blind man played an electric organ and people broke off their conversations now and then to sing along quietly to 'Let it Be' and 'Imagine'. Then the open circle began.
It was not how you, or at least I at the time, might imagine an open circle at a spiritualist gathering. No dimming of the lights, no holding hands, no sitting in silence waiting for the departed to rap on the walls. (A bit disappointing, really.) People turned their chairs to face the centre of the room, and settled down with an air of pleasant anticipation. Mona came in from washing up in the kitchen, an elderly, motherly lady with a husky smoker's voice. She looked as though she might have come to offer round a tray of buns. Eyes shut, she negotiated the chairs and sitters, moving round the room relaying messages from spirit to the earth-bound as if she were on the phone. Occasionally the line was bad; 'no, say that again, love' or 'no, tell me properly'. Occasionally the communicator was indiscreet: 'I can't say that in church, love!'
The difference between Mona and the pair of dotty old trouts that had preceded her could not have been greater. Where they had been fey and vague, Mona was matter-of-fact and precise. Where they had groped and fished for leads, Mona knew exactly whom she was addressing and why, whether present in the flesh or (apparently) hovering just behind her right shoulder. There were no rainbows, waterfalls and bouquets from spirit, but names, dates, recognisable people. 'Are you Lisa's sister? It were 'er oo give you them earrings, love, want it?'
She came to me ('right, now where's that lad?') and rattled off a list of messages from the beyond, many of which I have forgotten and some I could not make sense of, but some of which floored me. She commented that I had not known Nicolas well, but had hoped to. She described his clothes on the night we met, (crew-neck jumper and denim jacket) and the scene of the accident. She mentioned that he had a sister, something I didn't know at the time but which proved to be the case. She also knew that the accident had happened in a foreign country. None of this information came to her from me. As usual the communicator, supposedly Nicolas himself, seemed to be standing just behind her and to the right. This information, of mind-numbing banality to anyone else, was exactly what I wanted and needed to hear. Questions about where he was, how he got there and what his post mortem activities might be did not occur to me at the time.
After, I felt elated; maybe he still existed somewhere, somehow. I was moved to rush to the off-shop before closing time to buy a celebratory bottle of Gordon's. This is not as flippant as it sounds, as I was gasping for dizziness and fireworks after a week of hideous, mummified gloom.
That was 18 years ago, and I am no longer as convinced of the existence of an anthropomorphic afterlife as I was to become in the five years following my first evening among spiritualists. But the horrible image that had kept me awake, the image of that beautiful, handsome, virile young man of twenty five now blown and stinking and desiccating under the hot earth in Greece, was fading. It was at least possible that something conscious, individual and intelligent survived.
But if something survives, what is it? If the dead simply continue to live in another dimension, what do they do there? Spiritualists burble about 'learning' and 'progression' and 'unfolding' but are short on specifics. What are they learning over there, and where are they progressing to? I wanted to get a medium on her own and see what, if anything, she could tell me.
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October 14, 2017 | By Paul Kelly, Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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The Red Bull Air Race World Championship is at IMS for the second consecutive year, with practice and qualifying Saturday and racing Sunday.
While air racing isn't as well known in America as NASCAR or the Verizon IndyCar Series, this unique form of motorsport deserves your attention.
Fourteen Master Class and six Challenger Class pilots are flying this weekend on a course above the IMS oval infield. Planes race solo, against the clock, at low altitude while exceeding 200 mph, navigating a low-level slalom track marked by 82-foot-high, air-filled pylons called Air Gates. Each timed run is 2.5 laps after a standing start from the runway in the IMS infield, navigating a total of 19 Air Gates.
Pilots turn as quickly and efficiently as possible, pulling up 10 G's in some turns before flying toward the next gate. Penalties are assessed for hitting the Air Gates, for speed and altitude violations or for not flying in the proper formation through certain Air Gates. The quickest pilot against the clock in each round wins.
Read the first sentence from the previous paragraph again. 10 G's. Ten. Freaking. G's. Indy cars and Formula One cars top out at about 6 G's in corners. The Space Shuttle only hit 3 G's during its ascent from Cape Kennedy.
These planes are insanely quick. And their ability to change direction makes an F1 car look like a dump truck on a winding road.
Four of the 14 pilots in the Master Class are mathematically eligible to win a World Championship at IMS, including American Kirby Chambliss. Leader Martin Sonka of the Czech Republic is just four points ahead of second place Yoshihide Muroya of Japan.
If Muroya overhauls Sonka to win the title, it would cap a sweet year for Japan at the Racing Capital of the World. Another fast, talented dude from Japan won the 101st Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil last May, Takuma Sato. Taku will be at the track this weekend to meet Yoshi and cheer him from the ground.
We want you to see this race live. It's insanely cool. These words don't accurately describe the speed and maneuverability of these aircraft, which feature tons of carbon fiber and other technology.
But if you can't make it to IMS Saturday or Sunday, watch the NBC Sports Network coverage of this race at 7:30 p.m. (ET) Sunday. Red Bull does a fantastic job of production and presentation, with ghost planes showing the gap between rivals, cameras mounted inside the cockpit showing the strain of the G-forces on the pilots' bodies, behind-the-scenes features and more.
The drivers of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series will hold their collective breath as they enter the second race of the second round of the playoffs.
Why? The race is at Talladega. The home of The Big One. The place where multi-car pileups due to the tight packs spawned by restrictor-plate racing can ruin a contender's championship dreams.
About the only driver who is breathing easy heading to the 2.66-mile, high-banked track is series leader Martin Truex Jr. He won last Sunday at Charlotte to secure a spot in the Round of 8, which will be decided after the race next weekend at Kansas.
The win was Truex's sixth of the season and second of the playoffs, continuing the magic carpet ride this season for Furniture Row Racing and Toyota.
But if there's one place where a Ford driver could punch his ticket to the Round of 8, it's Talladega. Blue Oval drivers have won all three restrictor-plate races this season, with Kurt Busch capturing the Daytona 500 and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. winning the spring race at Talladega and the Fourth of July weekend race at Daytona.
Busch was eliminated from the playoffs after the first round, but Stenhouse is still alive in the Round of 12. It would come as no surprise if he earned a trip to the next round this weekend by sweeping Talladega for the season.
But there's absolutely no question Dale Earnhardt Jr. is the sentimental favorite this Sunday at Talladega. Junior's father was a master at Talladega. Junior has won races there. And this will be his last start at the Alabama track.
A five-wide finish, with a margin of victory of a millionth of a second, wouldn't be as popular with the Talladega faithful as Junior earning probably the only win of his farewell season at the track. The grandstands would be slippery from the tears.
I'll admit it: I would love to see Junior win Sunday. The Alabama 500 starts at 2 p.m. Sunday on NBC. The big network, not NBCSN.
MotoGP's title race is hitting the stretch run this weekend with the Grand Prix of Japan at Motegi, as there are just four races to go. Marc Marquez is starting to pull away toward his second consecutive premier class title and fourth MotoGP championship of his career, and the guy is just 24 years old. That's scary.
Marquez leads Andrea Dovizioso by 16 points and Maverick Vinales by 28 in the standings. Dovi and Vinales will need to somehow find a way to achieve the seemingly impossible and stop Marquez this weekend.
Good luck, boys. You'll need it.
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Wanglepecking Teeth !
Dec 16, 2010
Hi Bob,
Just a wobble moment in my continuing recovery !
I have just been diagnosed with periodontal disease, which is reasonable severe, and not responding to first line treatments.
This is giving me the jitters despite many, many, many HIV negative tests well past any risk episodes.
I read that this type of gum problem is often associated with people with weakened immune systems.
Please can you give me some reassurance and guidance ?
Many thanks,
Response from Dr. Frascino
Hi Wanglepecker,
Back again??? My assessment and advice haven't changed. HIV is not your problem. No way. No how. Your periodontal disease is not HIV related, because you don't have HIV, remember? (See below.)
Wanglepecker, you're a fluffernutter. You need psychiatric counseling, not an HIV specialist! Just take a read through your previous posts to see just how looney tunes you are!
Happy Holidays nonetheless!
Dr. Bob
Love is like a wanglepecking butterfly May 15, 2008
Dear Bob,
Please can you help me ?
I am exhibiting signs/symptoms of Chronic Sinusitis (PND/facial tenderness/ear pain etc) that has gone on for ten weeks now. Can I be 100% confident that, even if I did have this condition, that, thanks to my 30+, 24 month out negative tests, it could not be HIV (regardless of it being a martian subtype yet undetected etc.) ? It seems that I keep making progress and then things like this, and my wife's mysterious illness at Christmas, set me right back. I know you are a busy man and have many to help, but I really could do with a little Frascino Mental Re-Alignment right now !
I could be living a truly beautiful life.
Incidentally, I am taking part in the Crusaid, Walk For Life on 1st June. Time to start giving a little back, I think....Much love, Paul (WanglePecker)
Response from Dr. Frascino
Hello Paul,
How sad that you are back with the same irrational, unwarranted HIV fears. Have you actually done what I recommended repeatedly in the past?
1. Level with your wife.
2. Get psychiatric help.
If not, there is really nothing else I have to offer you. I'm not a psychiatrist. And the "Frascino Mental Re-Alignment services" take time away from my addressing the concerns of others who actually will follow my advice. So Paul, the best I can offer is to have you reread your entire saga (reprinted below) every time you begin to freak out. If on the off chance you have followed my advice, I urge you to show this post (your question and my complete response) to your psychiatrist. He is the one who can help "unwangle" you.
Good luck.
Dr. Bob
Wanglepecker is back, unfortuntally
Dec 18, 2007
Bob, After 28 tests out to 19 months I thought I was done with all this. But now my wife has an ulcer/sore on her vagina, discharge, flu symptoms and a rash. She is on antibiiotics. These don't seem to be helping. So that I can fully help her can you a) confirm there is not a cat in hells chance this is HIV (based upon my previous posts) and b) suggest whether this could be Herpes (I am completely asymptomatic).
Much Love
Response from Dr. Frascino
Hello Wanglepecker,
I can't believe after 28 negative tests out to 19 months you are back here again with the same totally irrational HIV fears! Sorry Mr. Pecker, but I really have nothing else to offer you other than my very strong recommendation that you level with your wife if you have not already done so and that you seek the help of a psychiatrist. As the old saying goes, this problem is indeed all in your head! To specifically address your current concerns:
1. No chance.
2. I can't diagnose the cause of your wife's vaginal ulcers over the Internet. However, I can advise with great certainty that HIV is not the cause.
Finally, I don't believe it's your pecker that's wangled, but rather your brain. I'll repost your sad saga below.
Dr. Bob
A Wanglepecking Thankyou Jul 11, 2007
Hi Bob,
Just wanted to let you now that I finally accept my negative status (how easy should that be ? )
I will never forget the friendshipand persistent support you have shown me, I wish you well.
To others; It took me a year to sort myself out....but I did... and so will you.
Thankyou so much, and much love
Response from Dr. Frascino
And a wangled-WOO-pecking-HOO to you. I'll reprint your entire rather sad wangledpecked saga below.
Dr. Bob
Stop the bus. I want to get off Aug 24, 2006
Hi Dr. Bob,
During a business trip to Nice, France, I had my doo-dah sucked by a prostitute and about 5-10 seconds of vaginal sex, I became convinced I have HIV. I was very drunk, and the episode was most likely protected but, although I have a number of visual recollections of a condom being used, I am not absolutely convinced of this. (maybe guilt ???) Anyway, no real symptoms as such except for what appears to be geographic tongue (slightly hot/sore denuded patches) appearing round about 7 weeks post exposure. This still persists (now at 18 weeks post exp.)
I have taken the following tests;
30 days - COBAS CORE COMBI HIV 1/2 ag+ab = Negative 53 days - COBAS CORE COMBI HIV 1/2 ag+ab = Negative 63 days - COBAS CORE COMBI HIV 1/2 ag+ab = Negative 72 days - COBAS CORE COMBI HIV 1/2 ag+ab = Negative 77 days - Abbot Determine HIV 1/2 Rapid = Negative 93 days - COBAS CORE COMBI HIV 1/2 ag+ab = Negative 104 days - HIV 1 LTR DNA/RNA PCR = Not Detected 104 days - HIV 1 GAG DNA/RNA PCR = Not Detected 104 days - HIV 1 POL DNA/RNA PCR = Not Detected 105 days - Abbot Determine HIV 1/2 Rapid = Negative
I am really scared that I passed HIV on to my wife and my family is going to implode. This is because of her having cold type symptoms one week after we had nookie (after my 13 week test)
I obviously have some anxiety/depression issues to sort out here. I am not proud to have conducted all these tests. I did pay for them myself...but still...it's seems wasteful.
Have I done enough now to categorically rule out HIV or do I need to carry on testing ?
Please help, this episode is crippling me.....
Thanks so much.
Response from Dr. Frascino
Hello Wanglepecker,
Wanglepecker??? Hmmm . . . are you related to Woopsidoodle? He wrote in recently with a similar problem. Oh never mind.
You actually have to make business trips to Nice? Wow! That's nice!
OK, on to your problem a sucked doo-dah and 10 seconds of vaginal sex followed by a slightly hot/sore tongue with denuded patches. You then had seven negative HIV-1/2 and three negative RNA PCRs (for the LTR, GAG and POL genes) out to 105 days post nookie. That's a total of ten negative tests! Count them! 10!!! WOWZA!
So with this history you are "really scared you passed HIV on to your wife and that (your) family is going to implode." Hmmm . . . . Wanglepecker, I've got to say something is just not adding up here. You've had 10 negative tests (that's nine more than you needed, by the way) and you're still freaking out 'cause your wife sneezed?
You write "I obviously have some anxiety/depression issues to sort out here." BINGO!!! There's your problem and that's where you need to focus your attention.
Your repetitive HIV testing is definitive and conclusive (and excessive). HIV is not your problem. No way. No how.
My advice is simple:
1. Stop perseverating on an illness you could not possibly have.
2. Level with your wife. It's the best way to confront your guilt. And besides, it's the right thing to do.
3. Get psychological counseling for your anxiety/depression and irrational HIV fears.
4. Next time you decide to have a nice time in Nice, make sure your "Wanglepecker" is properly dressed before you "peck her" to avoid having to go though this ever again.
Stay safe to stay well.
Dr. Bob
Wanglepecker's delight Aug 31, 2006
Dr. Bob,
As Columbo once said;
"one last question...."
I agree that I have tested negative out to 15 weeks (excessively etc.)
It is only the symptom of, somewhat painful, Geographic Tongue that continues to fuel my fear. Many people have told me that GT has nothing to do with HIV and that it is most probably due to stress. I have indeed been pathalogically obsessed with infection for 4.5 months.
The problem is that I have seen references to GT on HIV sites etc.
Can you finally confirm to me that GT is not anything to be concerned at, my testing is conclusive, and that GT has nothing to do with HIV infection.
Many warm thanks,
Response from Dr. Frascino
Dear Wanglepecker,
You want me "to finally confirm that GT is not anything to be concerned about, that (your) testing is conclusive and that GT has nothing to do with HIV infection?"
OK, Wanglepecker, listen up:
1. GT is nothing to worry about.
2. Your 15-week negative HIV tests are conclusive.
3. GT has nothing to do with HIV infection.
Columbo may have said "one last question . . . ," but I have a few other quotes for you.
To do is to be. - Descartes
To be is to do. - Voltaire
Do be do be do. - Frank Sinatra
Dr. Bob
18 Wanglepecking Tests Feb 15, 2007
It's me Wanglepecker.
I have now had 18 HIV tests out to 39 weeks (9 1/2 months) all negative.
All of these were HIV 1 & 2 and one was a HIV1 DNA PCR
I am seeing a therapist.
My wife has gotten UTI's the last two times we made love. I still have a sore, white, dry tongue with patches on it. My wife has eczema by her mouth.
I would appreciate it if you could confirm that I am a mentalist in making all of these symptoms add u to HIV
Many thanks,
Response from Dr. Frascino
No doubt about it, Wanglepecker, you are indubitably and definitively a certified "mentalist" of the highest caliber. And with a name like Wanglepecker we would expect nothing less.
Dr. Bob
Wanglepeckers Demise Sep 26, 2006
Hi Bob,
Not doing so good my friend.
I have a skin infection around the crease of my groin and a lingering cough from a cold I picked up 3 weeks ago.
Could this be as a result of HIV infection some 22 weeks ago ?
I have now tested negative out to 21 weeks and also had an HIV-1 DNA PCR at 15 weeks.
I don't want to keep testing but these physical signs continue to frighten me.
Would I be well advised to test again and/or get another PCR done ?
I am seeing a therapist, I have owned up to my wife, and I am reaching the pits of despair here as my fears prevent me from rebuilding my relationship.
Thanks Bob, I really appreciate your help.
Response from Dr. Frascino
Hello Wanglepecker,
I'll be brief and direct.
1. HIV is not your problem. No way. No how. Testing negative out to 21 weeks, including a negative HIV-1 DNA PCR at 15 weeks, is definitive and conclusive. No further testing is warranted. Since you "don't want to keep testing," I suggest you stop!
2. I'm glad you are seeing a therapist. Your problem is indeed psychological and not virological. Comments, such as "I'm reaching the pits of despair," suggest you indeed are suffering from clinical depression. I agree with you when you state, "my fears prevent me from rebuilding my relationship." Your "fears," not HIV, are the problem. Consequently you need to focus your attention on treating your irrational HIV fears, anxiety and depression. If your current therapist is not helping you, consider seeing a psychiatrist (M.D.). This is not "Wanglepecker's Demise," as your title indicates, but rather Wanglepecker's Temporary Depression!
Dr. Bob
Feeling Wanglepecking Low Jun 3, 2007
Hi Bob,
Hope you can help me. I am feeling really very low. Despite testing negative a ridiculous number of times out to 51 weeks, after unprotected vaginal sex with a sex worker, I cannot get it out of my head that I could still be infected. I fear for myself and my wife.
I have had sore geographic tongue symptoms for 9 months and I "feel" it must be related to my exposure. My wide has developed spots around her mouth that won't go (>4 months)
I am so sorry to lean on you but please can you advise ?
Your friend,
Response from Dr. Frascino
Hello Wanglepecker,
It appears more than your pecker is a bit wangled these days. You've had "a ridiculous number" of negative tests out to 51 weeks! You just can't get any more negative than that! You clearly identified your own problem when you wrote ". . . I cannot get it out of my head . . . ." BINGO! HIV is not your problem. Your wangled-worried head is. More testing is not the answer to a wangled mind. You need a psychiatrist and I very strongly doubt you'll get better until you address the very real problem of your irrational, unwarranted fears. Stop testing. Get counseling. You'll be glad you did. Trust me. I'm a doctor!
Good luck. Remember HIV is not your problem. No way. No how.
Dr. Bob
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Within the study of the modern period of Nepali history, history is considered here both as a narrative with its internal logic, notably the periodization of history produced by Nepali historians, as well as a series of statements, events, regulations, etc., which are incorporated in this narrative. Periodization of history in Nepal establishes a direct and necessary link between modern Nepal and its national territory. Indeed, the beginning of the modern era is determined by the "unification" of the fifty independent kingdoms and tribal territories that gave birth to the anational territory of Nepal during the second half of the 18th century. Such a correspondence makes modernity and the unified territory of Nepal coincide in a single space time. Yet, a closer examination of the logic behind periodization sheds light on its Kathmandu-centric, and dynastic perspective. This resulted in the formation of a hybrid conception of the national territory and of its center of power. From being the standard of the territory's time and space, the Kathmandu Valley became the chronotope of the historical narrative dealing with the first half of the 19th century. It continued to form the territory's remarkable center following the seizing of power by the Rana prime ministers (1846–1951), but now by assuming a futurist dimension, which conversely, plunged the rest of the country back in time.
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With an estimated thirty million or more in Pakistan, twelve million in Afghanistan, and perhaps a million or more in a global diaspora, Pashtuns or Pukhtuns comprise a complex ethno-linguistic population with a rich cultural tradition and literature, varied political and economic contexts, and diverse national and Islamic identities. Historic and literary references to communities that have been thought to identify "Afghans" date to the 10th century and, according to the source and scholar consulted, many centuries earlier. The assumption of any uniquely "Pashtun" identity as equivalent to the diverse "Afghan" cultural, religious, and ethnic identities that evolved over centuries has obfuscated a full understanding of the emergence of distinct regional Pashtun ethno-linguistic communities and the origins of frequently studied cultural idioms. Millions of Pashtuns have lived in close and daily contact with many other ethnic groups (Tajiks, Hazaras, Uzbeks, Turkmen, Baluch, Punjabis, etc.), and color-coded maps of ethnic homelands in Afghanistan and Pakistan are best seen as guides to often complex social geographies rather than absolute markers of ethnically pure settlement areas.
For perhaps a thousand years, Pashtuns and regional forefathers have circulated within imperial and merchant networks connected by Silk Road pathways, Persian and north Indian trade routes, and Indian Ocean sea lanes. Pashtuns sought livelihoods as horse traders, military entrepreneurs, agrarian pioneers, and regional rulers in the northern, eastern, and Deccan regions of India. An Afghan state with variable territorial claims consolidated after 1747. Leading Pashtun clans from around Kandahar and the eastern districts took positions in the dynasties that soon ruled from Kabul and core provinces.
Pashtuns between the Oxus and Indus rivers adapted to, avoided, and served 18th- and 19th-century Russian and British imperial economic and political forces. In the high European "new imperialism" of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Afghan territories were framed by treaty-negotiated boundaries. Never colonized, Afghanistan became economically dependent on British–India subsidies and linkages. Into the mid-20th century, Afghanistan's Pashtun political dynasties and Islamic and political activists on both sides of the British-Indian Durand Line offered leadership and alternative visions of the future to anticolonial and Muslim nationalists, including those in British India.
In recent decades, core Pashtun homelands and diasporic communities have fully experienced the disruptions and violence that followed the partition of British India in 1947, postcolonial "national" consolidation, conflict between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, Cold War alliances and conflict, the rise and fall of the Taliban, and civil war. Like others, Pashtun lives were shaped by the transnational dynamics of economic globalization, urbanization, migration, and the international crises that traumatized the world after September 11, 2001.


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"The event will be a fun filled evening with a great meal, wonderful desserts to be auctioned, prizes to be awarded for the most luscious dessert and the most desserts purchased," she said. "As always, the best part of the evening will be fun and laughter with friends!"
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Adrian Beltre doubled in his first spring appearance, Yu Darvish pitched three more hitless innings, and the Texas Rangers rallied for a 5-4 win over the San Diego Padres on Monday.
Darvish walked two and struck out three and has not allowed a hit in five innings this spring.
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Joey Butler and Jeff Baker had RBI singles in the bottom of the ninth for the Rangers, with Baker driving home Julio Borbon with the winning run.
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The Twentieth Spring - Shushi/Karabakh
In the early morning baker Armen load his car and delivers bread to local shops in Shushi. This image is part of the photoproject "The Twentieth Spring", a portrait of caucasian town Shushi 20 years after its so called "Liberation" by armenian fighters. In its more than two centuries old history Shushi was ruled by different powers like armeniens, persians, russian or aseris. In 1991 a fierce battle for Karabakhs independence from Azerbaijan began. During the breakdown of Sowjet Union armenians didn´t want to stay within the Republic of Azerbaijan anymore. 1992 armenians manage to takeover "ancient armenian Shushi" and pushed out remained aseris forces which had operate a rocket base there. Since then Shushi became an "armenian town" again. Today, 20 yeras after statement of Karabakhs independence Shushi tries to find it´s opportunities for it´s future. The less populated town is still affected by devastation and ruins by it´s violent history. Life is mostly a daily struggle for the inhabitants to get expenses covered, caused by a lack of jobs and almost no perspective for a sustainable economic development. Shushi depends on donations by diaspora armenians. On the other hand those donations have made it possible to rebuild a cultural centre, recover new asphalt roads and other infrastructure. 20 years after Shushis fall into armenian hands Babies get born and people won´t never be under aseris rule again. The bloody early 1990´s civil war has moved into the trenches of the frontline 20 kilometer away from Shushi where it stuck since 1994. The karabakh conflict is still not solved and could turn to an open war every day. Nonetheless life goes on on the south caucasian rocky tip above mountainious region of Karabakh where Shushi enthrones ever since centuries.
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An astute critic of Darwinism dies at 104
But Barzun's clarity is probably the precise reason his reputation is likely to go into eclipse in a decadent period. In "Jacques Barzun, wide-ranging cultural historian, dies at 104" (Washington Post, October 26, 2012),
Joe Holley offers a conventional view, implying that critiques of anyone but Darwin are acceptable. More here.
And Scooped! The New York Times is already untelling the story of Barzun ... Actually, if he wanted to be an authentic witness, he could not spare Marx or Darwin what he did not spare others.
And friends write to remind me of Gertrude Himmelfarb: At 90, still a sharp critic of rant, cant, and credulity about the past, and also a critic of the Darwin cult. She comes in for her share of abuse from the cultists too. Readers who do not care about critiques of Darwin might wish to consider this: In decadent times, cultural historians cannot get a serious discussion going about elite cult figures. And that is precisely the discussion most needed at any time.


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Best-selling author Jon Acuff speaks on passions and purpose
National best-selling author, speaker, and blogger Jon Acuff talked about what it means to "serve a wildcard God" at Liberty University's last full Convocation of the year Monday. Liberty will hold its annual Christmas Convocation Thursday.
Acuff said as he traveled across the country speaking at several colleges, he noticed a trend among college students who try and separate their passions from the work that God has called them to do.
He encouraged students to use their gifts for God's glory rather than assuming that they don't go together.
"I don't want you to leave college never daring to dream with God," he said. "I don't want you to leave college with a degree that's just good enough to make you money because that gets empty really quickly."
|Best-selling author Jon Acuff greets students and signs copies of his books after his Convocation message.
Acuff blended ideas from two of his popular books, "Quitter" and "Stuff Christians Like," as he talked about the importance of following God's plan, interjecting his popular humorous observations about Christian culture and garnering much laughter from the students.
He encouraged students to listen for the little moments of direction, to ignore "the haters" who criticize, and to get started with their dream.
"What I've learned (is that) figuring out what you're called to do and what God has put in your heart isn't an act of discovery, it's an act of recovery, of rescuing something from your past," he said.
Acuff explained that often people focus on the critics in their life, giving their opinions much more weight than any positive encouragement they might receive. These negative voices can change the course of a person's life if they are given the power.
"The world is OK with you being average. But God didn't create average, common, or ordinary," Acuff said.
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