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Any of the various rods in this series functions as a +5 quarterstaff. Upon casting the rod to the ground (a standard action) and uttering a command word, the rod grows into a specific type of dragon (depending on the specific type of rod) by the end of the round. The dragon created is a wyrm and obeys the commands of the owner. The dragon returns to rod form (a full-round action) whenever the wielder desires, or whenever it moves farther than 500 feet from the owner. If the dragon form is slain, it returns to rod form and cannot be activated again for three days. A wyrm rod only functions if the possessor is of the same alignment as the dragon type.
Caster Level: 34th (white or brass), 35th (black or copper), 36th (green or bronze), 37th (blue or silver), 38th (red or gold); Prerequisites: Craft Rod, Craft Epic Rod, Craft Magic Arms and Armor, Craft Epic Magic Arms and Armor, Improved Heighten Spell, improved heightened polymorph, creator must be same alignment as dragon type; Market Price: 1,458,200 gp (brass or white), 1,562,600 gp (black or copper), 1,670,600 gp (bronze or green), 1,782,200 gp (blue or silver), 1,897,400 gp (gold or red); Cost to Create: 729,400 gp + 24,576 XP (brass or white), 781,600 gp + 25,620 XP (black or copper), 835,600 gp + 26,700 XP (bronze or green), 891,400 gp + 27,816 XP (blue or silver), 949,000 gp + 28,968 XP (gold or red).
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With the potential for significant performance improvements, multicore processors present software developers with the challenge of determining how best to validate and optimize code. Some of these challenges became apparent to us when we converted Amide, an open-source Linux application, from single- to multithreaded code. In this article, I discuss this project, focusing on threading code, code inspection, decomposition, and evaluation.
Amide (amide.sourceforge.net) is designed for viewing, analyzing, and registering volumetric medical imaging datasets. Written by Philippe Lacroute, Amide supports features for rotating images, selecting layers to view, and fusing multiple images; see Figure 1. VolPack (graphics.stanford.edu/software/VolPack) is a portable library for volume rendering that's called by Amide.


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My mom was the sixth of eight children in a rural family striving to make ends meet. It can be very easy for a young child, especially a girl, to get lost in a crowded, struggling household; but as a teenager Mom earned a college scholarship, making her the first member of her family to advance beyond high school. Stop and reflect for a moment on the fortitude and determination that must have taken—not to mention the sheer hard work. Janice St. Onge clearly had character.
Her college career was cut short by marriage and motherhood, as was often the case in the 1950s. Once again Mom found herself in a crowded household, this time one for which she was chiefly responsible. Six children before she was thirty; it must have been a round-the-clock job. But from what we know of her, it seems certain that when her kids were grown and her job done, she would have found the strength of will once again to remake herself, to choose a new destiny and follow it.
But something else happened. At the age of 33, she was diagnosed with cancer. And she spent the remaining forty years of her life battling repeated occurrences of that disease, fighting literally for survival. Breast cancer…uterine cancer…colon cancer…and finally anaplastic cancer, the one she went two rounds with, and lost.
It's a difficult task to look back on a life so altered by illness; we can't help lamenting what might have been. Certainly Mom always viewed the cancer as something separate from herself, even though it was bonded to the very cells of her body; and she did her best to try to subdue it and move past it.
She'd want us to move beyond it as well, and to look between the vast stretches of her life claimed by surgeries and hospital stays, to the strands of beauty and sanctity that twined together to form her lifeline.
She loved the Church and drew tremendous solace from the mass and the sacraments.
She loved music, especially the Romantics, Chopin and Debussy and Rachmaninoff. She played the piano herself, and it was always kind of magical when out of nowhere you'd hear the strains of "Clair de Lune" wafting through the house.
She loved travel, and felt a lifelong affinity for France. In fact she made her last trip there just a year ago.
She loved to cook; many of you here will have fond memories of her garlic roast beef, her duck a l'orange, her vast platters of ravioli, and my sister Lori's favorite, her Grand Marnier soufflé.
She loved to entertain, and did so in grand style during most of my childhood. Tycoons, statesmen, heiresses, dignitaries—she hosted them all, and she managed to look beautiful while doing it.
She loved gardening; she loved dogs; she loved games; she loved to laugh; and most of all she loved her children and her grandchildren. We were the great gift of her life, the thing that redeemed all her trials. I'm sure that privately, this woman who so identified with the passion of Christ believed that she suffered so we wouldn't have to.
On behalf of her family, I thank you for joining us in saying goodbye to her today, and ask that you always remember her with joy and with love—and with one thing more: humility. If I had to choose the quality that defined her more than any other, it would be that. Not only did this trait not pass down to any of her six children, I think there may have been times when we criticized her for it; I know I did. Now that she's gone, I hope we can begin to see her more clearly, and to reassess that humility for what it was: a reflection of the divine—an expression of God's grace. Maybe each of us can inherit it now that she has no more need of it; maybe we can, as she did, learn to give more in kindness and respect than we would ever dream of claiming in return. Maybe, like Mom, we can learn to look at a room filled with people and ask ourselves, "Who here is more important than I am?"—and answer, "Everyone."


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A Sandwich a Day: The Cajun Shrimp Wrap at Snappy's Shrimp
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I used to work very close to Snappy's Shrimp. People in the office would come back every so often raving about the food, and I'll admit, I was skeptical. I thought there may have been a certain amount of lazy bias in those critiques. Then one day I went for fried shrimp and fried scallops by the pound, and immediately began calculating the vast, crucial number of shrimp-hours I'd lost by doubting my co-workers. I wept a little in my cocktail sauce.
The Cajun Shrimp Wrap ($7.75), much like the place itself, just quietly and unpretentiously goes about the business of being awesome. Though initially bummed I couldn't get the shrimp fried, these boiled crustaceans actually have, no pun intended, snap to them. Andouille sausage, yellow rice, lettuce, tomatoes and Buffalo sauce round out the lineup.
Black pepper from the Cajun spices provides a deep, slow burn that outlasts the tangy, complementary heat of the Buffalo. The lettuce has a nice, simple crunch, and the rice is more flavor than filler. The tomatoes are like the French horn in this flavor symphony; you can't really hear them, but you feel better having them there.
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Can someone suggest some changes in the game to speed up scrolling? It's painfully slow and I have a new computer so can't be that. I enabled hardware mouse but that does little to alleviate the slow scrolling issue. I am running the game in 1920X1080 full screen.
The game scrolling is okay when not displaying multiple corps and armies but when I scroll over to the grande armee positions with all corps showing it just bogs right down.
Secondly, another problem with the game is the long delay when mouse clicking. This is particularly evident when I am in the national decision screen. I have to click sometimes 3X to get the game to respond.
Thirdly, why does it take such a long time when you end your turn and the game proceeds to execute your moves and decisions and battles??? Strange given I have a Core i7 with DDR4 memory .
I am not sure if this game has been optimized by the developers here???
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Akin's looming campaign of isolation
Rep. Todd Akin showed he could win a 48-hour standoff with his party. But that feat pales compared with what's next: Running for a critical Senate seat as a candidate in near total isolation — abandoned by Republicans across the spectrum after his "legitimate rape" remarks and hard-pressed to raise the millions of dollars he'll need to compete with Sen. Claire McCaskill.
The defiant six-term congressman believes he's up to the task, regardless of what the rest of the political universe thinks. And Akin has his reasons, implausible as they may seem in the moment.
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He won a hard-fought primary earlier this month that most predicted he'd lose. He believes the fickle media's attention will shift quickly, especially with party conventions right around the corner, and the race will remain tight given McCaskill's disapproval ratings in Missouri. He reasons that the conservative elite calling on him to quit is disconnected from the support he's seeing on the ground.
Akin and his team reckon the party and outside groups may eventually come around to support him, realizing that Republicans can't afford to lose in Missouri if they want to regain power in the Senate.
"I believe we can win this," Akin said on Mike Huckabee's radio program Tuesday.
Joel Sawyer, a GOP consultant and onetime aide to former scandal-tarred South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, believes Akin should drop out. But he said it's not unthinkable that Akin can move past the issue, given the "short attention span and memory of an average voter."
"If he is in within striking distance, you can bet your butt people will reconsider their support," he said of the Republicans who are abandoning him now.
Still, Akin is facing far more resistance from party leaders and like-minded allies than many other candidates who have found themselves dogged by controversy. He's up against an almost unthinkable set of obstacles after resisting a furious GOP campaign to get him to drop out by a Tuesday deadline.
His party's presidential candidate wants him to quit. Well-financed Republican outside groups say they won't spend a dime on him. And virtually every Republican in the Senate, from the powerful leader on down to lowly rank-and-file members, wants a new candidate to take on the vulnerable Democratic incumbent.
Is there any path to victory for the 65-year-old congressman, who before his weekend fiasco was the favorite in a Republican-leaning state? Not according to former Sen. John Danforth (R-Mo.).
"Nothing," Danforth told POLITICO when asked what Akin can do to rebound. "He can't do anything. It's gone. He can't recover. … He'll have some people supporting him, it's just not going to be half of the electorate."
But Akin's mindset is a continent away from that of Republican figures like Danforth.
In the candidate's view, he owes GOP establishment bigwigs-turned-critics little. He has scant relationships with his colleagues in Washington and has run an insular campaign in Missouri, relying on a small group of advisers that includes his wife, Lulli; his son Perry, who serves as his campaign manager; and his Ohio-based media consultant, Rex Elsass.
So the conservative congressman representing the St. Louis suburbs was quick to dismiss the "big party people." Instead, he insisted, there's been an "outpouring" of grass-roots support that will be "engaged and committed" to seeing him win the race.
The next month will be critical for the Republican Party and Akin. After skipping the Tuesday deadline to quit so the party could easily name a replacement, Akin now faces a new deadline of Sept. 25, the latest he could obtain a court order to get off the November ballot.
Both parties will be watching the polls closely ahead of that date. Top Republicans will be eager to make the case to Akin that he can't win and has no choice but to bow out for the good of the party.


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DeviceAnywhere has announced support for Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform across its entire mobile testing and monitoring solution set for developing, deploying, and quality assuring mobile enterprise and consumer applications.
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I'm part of the organizing team of Electromagnetic Field, a non-profit camping festival we're planning for later this month. It's the first event of this kind in the UK, and the UK hacker/maker community is already pretty excited by the prospect. From 31 August to 2 September, in a field near Milton Keynes, we're bringing together a large crowd of makers, hackers, scientists, artists, DIY enthusiasts, … to essentially have a hackspace on a field.
There's already a long list of participating organizations, including many of the UK's hackerspaces, makespaces, and other community organizations, all determined to turn this weekend into something special. There will be talks and workshops with an impressive range of topics, from DIY genetics to crochet at scale, Ben Goldacre speaking on Big Pharma, a blacksmithing workshop, a Minecraft village, and much more. (Do get in touch if you would like to propose a talk or workshop!) But there are also plenty of opportunities to socialize and hang out with new people. And the nature of the situation will result in many chances to make and to improvise.
The camp site has plenty of good things to offer: lots of space, an interesting layout that will provide ample opportunities for people to erect their own hangout spots, access to a bridge underpass where we'll likely set up the bar… There'll be high bandwidth Internet, power for your village, large tents for talks, workshops, and hacking sessions, good toilets and showers, and more :)
Since it's the first time we're doing this we've been looking closely at Chaos Communication Camp, Hacking at Random, Toorcamp and other hacker camps for inspiration. One of the things we liked about their approach to hacker festivals are the village concept, something we're adopting as well. Villages are dedicated camping areas for particular groups, with shared infrastructure (e.g. access to power and Internet.) Think of them as your local pub or community center: they are the natural gathering points for the entire camp. This makes it easier for people to get to know each other and encourages collaboration while at the festival, be it for cooking sessions or to build ambitious installations.
There's loads more. Check out the blog, the wiki, the mailing list, … There's still much to do for us, but after weeks and months of preparation things are now starting to come together for us. We're all very excited!
(I should also mention that a festival like this wouldn't work without many volunteers; as you imagine there is loads to do, so please do register as a volunteer when you buy your ticket. It's not only a great opportunity to help create something special, it's also a great way to meet new people.)


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India found itself in the unwelcome focus of world attention when in late December churches were attacked and burned in Gujarat State. Then on February 22, a Hindu mob attacked a church in Orissa and burned alive Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons. In this multi-part analysis of these alarming developments and complex issues, we begin with the first-hand report of our Delhi correspondent sent to Orissa to assess the situation.
By M.P. Mohanty, New Delhi
I was shocked to see the charred vehicles in which three human beings were burned alive a few days before. An atmosphere of gloom and shock hovered over this tribal village even seven days after the incident, when I first reached the remote place. The police had set up a temporary post and were busy in investigation. It took nearly nine hours for the first police to arrive at the scene, so distant is Manoharpur. The simple villagers were shocked to see for the first time in their life so many vehicles, each bringing in another VIP--minister, senior official, journalist, investigator, etc. The heavy police presence intimidated them. Seven local villagers were among the 49 arrested.
Coming in the wake of a spate of attacks on Christians on the matter of religious conversion in Gujarat and elsewhere in the country, the burning alive of missionary Graham Staines with his two young children, Philip and Timothy, shocked Indian society. "A monumental aberration," stated the President of India, Shri K. R. Narayanan. Politicians of all color, social activists and common people condemned the ghastly act. Staines, an Australian by birth, had been working in the area for over three decades, running a leprosy home at Baripada along with other social projects. He came to Orissa in 1965 and knew the local languages.
Manoharpur is in the Keonjhar district of Orissa. It is a difficult 46-kilometer trek through dense forest from Anadpur, the nearest rail station. There is no drinking water, food or staying arrangements. During 50 years of independence, the village has remained as backward as before. There is no school, hospital, health center, community hall... nothing. It is in such neglected backwaters of the Indian tribal areas that missionaries such as Staines were welcomed.
I tried to speak to villagers about the incident. Even though I, too, am a native of this state, Orissa, I found most avoided responding out of fear. But a few did share their experiences. Mrs. Phool Besra of Manohar Pur, whose house lies next to the church, witnessed the incident along with other members of her family. "Such a bad thing, terrible thing, happened," she said. "Sahib, [Mr. Staines] comes here every year. This time they came on Thursday. They show films on Jesus. We were all sleeping in the open air. Suddenly we heard voices, so many people were shouting. It must have been around midnight. They were around 50 in number. I did not know any of them. They warned us, 'Anyone daring to come out will be murdered.' They broke the glasses of the vehicles, then set them on fire. Not less than 250 Christians were sleeping in the church. Nobody came to the rescue. Scared for our lives, we could not do anything. The crowd did not attack anybody else. They shouted, 'Jai Bajrang Bali' ['victory to Lord Bajrang Bali'--a battle cry], blew a whistle and left."
The administration and many people hold the Bajrang Dal, a militant arm of the Sangh Parivar, responsible. They deny involvement. The "Sangh Parivar" is a group of organizations with loose connections to the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS). It includes the BJP political party now ruling India, the VHP Hindu activist group, the Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh labor union, Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram and others, according to long-time RSS member Sri Pran Nath of Delhi.
As with other recent attacks against Christians in India, early newspaper reports called the incident the work of "outsiders" and did not report any preceding local disputes. But Giridhar Mahant, former village chief (sarpanch) of neighboring Gayal Munda, told me, "Tension among the tribals was there earlier. During Raja [a famous Orissa festival], the Hindus and the tribals do not plow the land. It is a religious as well as social custom. But the Christian tribals break this tradition and plow their lands during the festival. Since 1983, the local police had to camp here during Raja to prevent conflict." Giridhar continued, "Similarly, the tribals perform Asadhi Puja during the month of July. They worship the village Deity and offer goats, hens, etc. This is done by mass voluntary contributions. Before conversion, all the tribals contributed, but then those who converted to Christianity stopped participating in it. This angered the rest of the tribals. I condemn the killings, but you have to go deep into the matter to understand why such a thing happened."
Thakur Das Murmu, the local sarpanch, mentioned nothing of the past. "It is the nasty work of some outsiders," he said. "I am shocked. This should not have happened. I blame the government for this. No developmental work has been done in this area."
One of the few local Christians who would speak with me was Samson, 30. His father is Dasnath Marandi, a tribal Hindu. He described the yearly "Jungle Camp" conducted by Staines, as a form of "friendship evangelism" in which each Christian who attends invites a non-Christian friend. "At 6 am we get up," he explained. " At 9 am we have bible class until 11 am, followed by lunch. At 2 pm we have bible class up to 4 pm. At 6 pm we watch films on Lord Jesus, his life, teachings, etc. For the last 20 years, it is regularly held in the month of January." He was inside the church when the attack occurred and said the mob prevented anyone from getting out of the building.
Manoharpur is a tribal village, mostly of Hindu origin. It was 100 percent non-Christian in 1980. In 1986 one family was converted. As a result of Staines' camps, the number has reached thirty.
I also went to Baripada, in the district of Mayurbhanj, to the Staines' single-story home next to the Baptist Union Church. There was a heavy police presence. I met Mrs. Staines, but she very politely refused to give an interview, as it was just one day after her husband and children's funeral. Her brother, John Weatherhead, had come from Canada. He told me, "My sister is staying on, and the good work will continue by her."
Miss Mamata Das of Baripada, a Baptist and family friend of Staines, extolled the missionary. "He was one of the finest human beings. He knew Oriya language as well as Santhali and Ho [both tribal dialects]. He translated the Bible into Santhali. He ran the leprosy home with a lot of dedication. Staines led a very simple life. Yesterday 10,000 people joined his funeral procession."
Now, many weeks after the incident, most of the key questions remain unanswered. The police are unsure who did it, and the main accused, Daran Singh, remains at large. Nearly all of those initially arrested have been released for lack of evidence. The local district magistrate has stated the Bajrang Dal has no local presence, though they were widely blamed for the incident. The area is extremely remote. It is not possible for outsiders to even find such a place in the middle of the night, much less to then escape. Necessarily, local people were involved.
The question remained in the minds of onlookers, if Staines was involved in social work only, why was he conducting Jungle Camps for the promotion of Christianity? A major state probe has been launched to answer these questions. The process of conversion and modernization has directly affected and threatened the age-old tribal culture, tradition and religion. The simple, yet determined, tribals are not pleased about it.
There are many obstacles to dealing intelligently with the recent Hindu-Christian clashes in India. Four major problems obscure the issues: 1) Media reports, especially in the English-language Indian press, are mostly unhelpful editorial rhetoric; there are few factual reports. 2) Initial stories on several Hindu-Christian clashes were inaccurate, and not corrected in future reports. 3) The national and international media attached far more importance to the tragic murder of Staines than to equally ghastly murders of Hindus during religious violence elsewhere in the country at the same time. 4) Hindus do not understand the missionary motivation and agenda.
The Media Bias: Hinduism Today received hundreds of media reports on the December through February clashes between Hindus and Christians. The vast majority consisted of public statements by politicians and editorial commentary; a rare few provided factual accounts of incidents. The best was that of a local Gandhian leader [see page 18] who in the process condemned the media's "telephone journalism;" a shallow reporting that makes it is very difficult for Indians to form a clear picture of happenings.
The press bias is easy to discern: blame is cast upon the ruling BJP party, the RSS and the VHP, and the incidents are characterized as part of a coordinated nationwide campaign by the Sangh Parivar. By blaming the "Sangh Parivar," the press disregards the root cause: missionary activity and resulting social disintegration. They fail to recognize or give credence to the very real desperation that is motivating individual Hindu communities to stop the missionaries' destruction of their traditions.
Sloppy Reporting: In cases where further investigation was undertaken, it was often found that either 1) the report was inaccurate in characterizing the incident as a religious clash or 2) that tensions had simmered for some time and finally boiled over. In the latter cases the reasons were always the same: converts' refusing to participate in ancient festivals, pressuring relatives to convert, insulting Hinduism and damaging icons or temples--tactics taught to converts by missionaries.
Take, for instance, the Rajkot "bible burning," in which Hindus attacked a missionary school and torched hundreds of bibles. The incident was portrayed in the media as unprovoked desecration. But there was clear provocation. As Haren Pandya, Home Minister for Gujarat State, reported to the State Assembly, the school's minor girls were being forced to make "a signed commitment on the last page of the bible which said they considered Jesus Christ as their savior." He called this "a constitutionally illegal undertaking."
One of the most scandalous incidents of 1998 was the rape of four Christian nuns in Jhabua, initially reported as religious terrorism by Hindus. But journalist François Gautier, of Le Figaro, France's largest circulation newspaper, visited Jhabua and reported, "The nuns themselves admitted it had nothing to do with religion," as their attackers were both Christians and Hindus.
Then there are the claims of "atrocities" and massive damage in Gujarat's Dangs district. For all of the "dozens of incidents" that continue to be cited by Christians and others, the actual damage for all the buildings was just Rs. 400,000 (us$10,000), and no one was killed.
Discrimination: Gautier points out the incongruity of the strident outcry in the Indian press over the Staines murders. "Is the life of a Christian more sacred than the lives of many Hindus?" he challenged in an article published in the Hindustan Times. "It would seem so, because not long ago in Punjab or Kashmir militants would stop buses and kill all the Hindus--men, women and children--not in one incident, but many times over several years. But there never was such an outrage as provoked by the Staines murders." Consider, for example, the incident in Kashmir [sidebar, page 23] in which a Hindu family of four, including a small child, were killed by Muslim terrorists seeking to frighten Hindus into leaving the village of Sukcha. In a prominent Indian newspaper based in the US, the murders warranted an 11-line report on page 23. In the same issue is a front-page story of a march by Indian Christians protesting "attacks against their brethren in India." In like manner, the Christian bias found its way into the Western media.
Another demonstration supporting Gautier's position on the one-sidedness of the national and international press was a petrol-bomb attack on a Hindu temple in Melbourne, Australia, on March 11, possibly in retaliation for the Staines murder. Earlier the same day an Australian Christian politician demanded that India protect its Christians and "put an end to communal violence." But the attack was "non-news," rating only a short item in the local newspaper, even though the priest and his family barely escaped, and the police investigated the bombing as attempted murder. The property damage was ten times greater than in all the clashes in Dangs. Despite press releases sent out internationally by Hinduism Today on the incident, there has been little reaction. The Australian press complained loudly when Christians in India were harmed, but ignored a potentially deadly attack on local Hindus.
Religious violence is occurring all over the world, not just in India. In the US, dozens of African-American churches have been destroyed in recent years by arsonists. The motivation is no secret, as one group of perpetrators said at their trial: "to strike at the spirit and the soul of the Black community."
Hindus can alleviate anti-Hindu bias, especially in the English-language press, by demanding greater accountability. Inaccurate reports can be corrected by media watchdogs, and accurate information provided when it is missing. All concerned Hindus can help by writing to newspapers and magazines and insisting on accurate and factual reporting on sensitive issues.
Missionary Motives: Why are Christian evangelists stationed among nearly every hill tribe across India, and in the remote areas of many other countries? The answer to this key question lies in Christian strategy.
Evangelists devoutly seek to fulfill the "Great Commission," as is stated in Matthew 24:14: "This gospel of the Kingdom of God shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come." Harold Lindsell, former editor of Christianity Today and co-founder of Fuller Theological Seminary, explained the missionary thinking in his essay, "Fundamentals for a Philosophy of the Christian Mission," in the book The Theology of the Christian Mission. Summarizing the "conservative mission theology," he writes, "The obvious fact that Christ has not come indicates that the Great Commission has not been fulfilled as yet. When it has been fulfilled, Christ will come again." In other words, preaching the gospel to the world will bring the return of Christ.
The global plan to achieve this--now available on Evangelical web sites [see page 17]--is to put missionaries in every "nation," (defined as a "people group" with a specific language and culture). India has the largest number of "people groups" yet to hear the gospel. It is, in fact, a main target of evangelists anxious to fulfill the Great Commission, have Christ return, and--according to the Jehovah Witnesses and some other Pentecostals--be among the 144,000 souls who go to heaven.
The web sites we visited barely mention social service as an objective, in contrast to the position taken by the missionaries funded by these organizations in India. Lindsell states, "The humanitarian aspect of medicine and education is not considered to be a proper reason for their use. It is an incidental byproduct of means which have for their primary objective the conversion of men."
Christians speak openly of their mission in terms of "spiritual conflict." The "Lausanne Covenant" is a statement of the huge 1974 International Congress on World Evangelization, encompassing most of the missionary-sending churches (see full text at www.ad2000.org/handbook/lcwe.htm). The Covenant states, "We believe that we are engaged in constant spiritual warfare," "with the principalities and powers of evil [the forces of Satan], who are seeking to overthrow the Church and frustrate its task of world evangelization." The text continues in military terms: "God's armor," "battle," "weapons," etc. Such obstacles as a tribal's worship of Hanuman, are believed the work of the very devil himself, to be suppressed aggressively by any means. Here is found no attitude that would go far in improving community relations. To convert a person requires first destroying his existing religious beliefs, even those that are tens of thousands of years old.
But conversion is a flawed undertaking. In missionary activity, much damage is done to the faith of many with the gain of only a few converts. The effort threatens to destroy myriad cultures, as it has done in the past on massive scales in the Americas, in Europe, Africa, etc. (see reports on pages 19 and 25). India is, in fact, one of the few nations in the world that has retained its indigenous faith and not been converted to Christianity, Islam or communistic atheism.
The government of India keeps track of the funds sent into the country for Christian organizations, but the numbers are not readily available. The latest figure we found was for our 1989 report on evangelism in India. At that time, the government said us$165 million was coming into India each year, this from a yearly worldwide mission budget of $1 billion for all churches combined. The numbers today are probably much higher.
What can Hindus do about the missionary threat? On the governmental level, it is first a matter of enforcing existing laws. For example, had those who desecrated the Hanuman statues in Dangs been arrested for their crimes, the subsequent attacks by fed-up Hindus may not have occurred. India stopped issuing visas long ago to foreign missionaries (as have many other countries including Singapore and Japan and nearly all Muslim countries), and can expel those found to engage in illegal activity. The government can continue to release the figures of foreign contributions, which allows the average Hindu to better understand the situation. India has stringent laws against denigration of another's religion, and these, too, can be uniformly enforced. It is not a violation of religious freedom to enforce laws that apply to everyone equally. The economic exploitation of tribal Hindus can be alleviated on a government level, so that villagers are not tempted into conversion by hopes they will gain economically.
The late Ram Swarup, one of India's great thinkers this century, said, "If one truly understands Hinduism, he would never feel a need to convert from it, for Hinduism is the whole, other religions a part. Everything can be found within Hinduism itself. Hindus should become aware of the forces of conversion. We need not panic, but we cannot afford to be indifferent. In these difficult times, our greatest strength lies in our innate spirituality. We should recover our confidence and self-identity."
Swarup's cogent analysis highlights the need for religious education on every level of Hindu society. It means, too, that Hindu leaders should actively study the missionary movement, log onto their web sites, read their literature, get on their mailing lists in the West, follow their activities and respond accordingly with positive programs.
All responses to the missionary programs must embody the Hindu ethic of ahimsa--nonviolence in thought, word and deed. Challenges by other religions--even attempts to destroy thousands of years of tradition--do not provide justification to deviate from the lofty principles of our own. Hinduism survived the Muslims, it survived the British, and it will survive this, too
Claims of a global Christian plan for conversion are routinely met with skepticism by the Indian press. For example, in the Indian Express report of February 7, 1999, on VHP activities in the northeastern states of India, sarcastic reference is made to a priest "who is convinced that Christians the world over have a devious agenda in Arunachal--maybe even a pan-Indian agenda." Anyone caring to investigate can visit a cybercafe and log onto http://www.bethany. com/profiles/c_code/india.html to study detailed conversion plans for not only Arunachal Pradesh, but all of India.
At the Bethany site, India is divided with scientific precision into 186 individual "people groups." A long description is followed by advice on how to convert each to Christianity. For example, under the Hindi-speaking "people," it is stated, "They must first be set free from bondage to millions of false gods so that they can put their trust in Jesus. Six mission agencies are currently working among them." After each such description, a list of "Prayer Points" is given. Typical is the following: "Pray against the spirits of Hinduism that are keeping the Munda-Santal [of Bihar] in spiritual darkness."
Or visit the Native Missionary Movement of India at www.nmmindia.org/. Their mission statement: "Our top priority is fulfilling the 'Great Commission' [to bring the Christian gospel to every people in the world]. We concentrate on the most unreached nucleus of people in the world--India. Our vision is to train and support 1,000 native missionaries in North India and plant 300 new local churches." They quote a missionary characterizing a village: "Here the demonic forces are so real." Or visit www.ad2000.org/utermost.
htm to read that North India is "strategically important in completing the unfinished task of world evangelization."
Notably absent from these sites is "social service" as an aim in India--contrary to missionaries' claim. The real goal is conversion of men, which means the destruction of Hinduism.
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A READER AT THE PHOTOSHOP 911 FORUMS asked for help simulating the famous Looney Tunes cartoons background we all know and love. I was going to key the instructions right into the forum reply, but realized there is a little more to it than would be appropriate. (Forum thread.)
The techniques are simple. I'll give the most basic steps -- which will work in ANY version of Photoshop or Photoshop Elements since version 3.5 -- then turn you loose, knowing the principles, to create your own masterpiece. I know there are more advanced techniques with layers blending and layer styles -- but the importance of these steps represent what goes on in the background of Photoshop while using the newfangled tools. Once you know the basics, you're free to then utilize the layers styles and actually understand what how the settings work, and what they modify.
The single most important step in this process is analyzing (or designing) exactly what is happening in the art to be simulated, and understanding what specific looks you'll be creating for a successful results. Careful sizing and color selection is crucial in simulating or emulating a specific look and feel.
1) Set up the file for the intended print, web page, etc. In the "New File" dialog, set file size, shape and resolution so the end product will satisfy the job.
2) Generate a new layer and name it "Target frame" then fill it with BLACK
3) Expand the window to make working space for your circles
use the crop tool, and drag it out beyond the edges of the file size to crop it at about twice the size. Later you can select your "Target Frame" layer and crop the file to the final size and resolution. (This is a good rule to remember, no matter what the art is, if image areas will eventually bleed off the edges of the format.)
4) Set center Guides
tap V. with the black target window layer active
note the center bullet
with zoom tool, drag a tiny selection around bullet to zoom in to the max, drag rulers in to center to create the guides for centering your circles
5) Analyze your color scheme. Each ring is different -- you'll start out with at least three colors Open the analysis diagram.
6) Make new layer [SAVE THE FILE]
7) Generate the circle: Select the Circle Marquee tool is selected (Tap 'M')
Hold Option/Alt key, position cursor over center bullet,
press the shift key and click / drag out. This draws a perfect circle, centered on your center bullet cross grid.
8) FILL the circle with the medium color (#1)
Drop selection (cmd/cntrl D)
9) Generate the "Hole" by repeating steps #7 and #8, except this time, you'll drag the perfect circle to REMOVE the center of your ring.
When sized properly, DELETE
you should have a perfect ring of orange, or #1 color
NAME this layer: "First Circle" [SAVE THE FILE]
Next... the fun begins!
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A private company controlled by a multi-billion-dollar Canadian hedge fund is seeking approval to build a liquefied natural gas station in the Atlantic Ocean 17 nautical miles southeast of Jones Beach. If built, a pipeline extending from the station would have to hook up to an existing pipeline 2.2 miles south of Atlantic Beach.
Hundreds of people attended a meeting at the Allegria Hotel on Tuesday. Roughly 40 people spoke, most of whom opposed the project. Many in the audience cheered when the project's detractors made critical points, and jeered at times when its few supporters spoke.
The proposed station, Port Ambrose, is similar in many respects to one the same company, Liberty Natural Gas LLC, sought permission in 2010 to build 16 miles off the coast of New Jersey, before New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie vetoed the project. Both Christie and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo have veto power over the current proposal, though their representatives said that Liberty's application had not yet made it to their desks.
Eunice Huang, a spokeswoman for Cuomo, said that the governor's office is monitoring Liberty's application, but otherwise did not yet have a comment on it.
Larry Ragonese, press director for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, said that Christie's opinion about Port Ambrose has not changed since he vetoed the proposal in 2011. "What he said on the record at the time hasn't changed," Ragonese said. "We haven't had a change of heart."
Christie's veto letter stated that the project "would present unacceptable and substantial risks to [New Jersey's] residents, natural resources, economy and security."
Liberty's lack of transparency over the Port Ambrose project was one of many complaints that dozens of speakers made at the hearing. It was one of two public hearings announced in a legal notice about Liberty's application published in the Federal Register on June 24. The second was to take place on Wednesday in Edison, N.J., after press time.


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Family Prayer
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1. Let us gather in a circle
And kneel in fam'ly prayer
To thank our Heav'nly Father
For the blessings we all share.
2. Let us thank him for our mealtime,
For clothes we daily wear,
For parents, home, and fam'ly,
For his kind and loving care.
3. Oh, may we always serve him,
In thought and action too,
And humbly kneel at prayer-time
As so many fam'lies do.
Words and music: DeVota Mifflin Peterson, 1910-1996.


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Rubio: GOP better for middle class
Sen. Marco Rubio delivered a forceful argument for the Republican agenda for the middle class Tuesday night, contrasting his party's vision for economic prosperity with President Barack Obama's call for a more robust federal government.
In his bilingual response to the State of the Union address, infused with personal anecdotes as a child of immigrants, Rubio depicted the GOP as the party who would best advocate for a free-enterprise economy, generate economic growth and ultimately lift the middle class.
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"Presidents in both parties – from John F. Kennedy to Ronald Reagan – have known that our free enterprise economy is the source of our middle class prosperity," Rubio said in his response, at times delivered cautiously and interrupted once for a drink of water. "But President Obama? He believes it's the cause of our problems."
While Obama touted his view of a "smarter government" to work on behalf of the middle class, Rubio repeatedly drove the message that the president wanted to expand the presence of the federal government in people's lives — much to the nation's detriment, the senator argued.
"More government isn't going to help you get ahead. It's going to hold you back," Rubio said. "More government isn't going to create more opportunities. It's going to limit them."
Delivering the official GOP response to Obama's speech, Rubio aimed to rebut criticisms that the Republican Party was a party for just the wealthy, noting that he still lived in the working-class south Florida neighborhood where he was raised and that he had only recently paid off the more than $100,000 in student loans he accrued in school. As the son of a man who worked as a bartender and a woman who was a cashier and maid, Rubio noted that he didn't inherit money from his parents — but instead earned an opportunity to achieve the loftiest of dreams.
The tax increases espoused by Obama would only "hurt" the middle class, Rubio said — costing them raises, benefits and potentially their jobs. In sharp jabs at the president, Rubio accused Obama of "falsely" attacking motives of those who disagreed with him — on anything from environmental policies to health care programs to the sequester.
( PHOTOS: Scenes from Obama State of the Union 2013)
In particular, Rubio said Obama's "favorite attack" was to depict his opponents as only caring about the rich.
"Mr. President, I don't oppose your plans because I want to protect the rich," Rubio said. "I oppose your plans because I want to protect my neighbors."
The Republican rebuttal to the State of the Union has showcased top figures for the party in recent years, such as House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), the GOP's vice presidential nominee in 2012. Rubio — the Republican Party's most prominent Hispanic politician — is considered to be among the GOP's top contenders for president in 2016, and his rapid rise in politics and oratory talents mirror that of another former senator: Obama himself.


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Fonzie , 11/09/2016
ProjectY, Status and Contest!
So much updates within a few days!
is on blue drug!
Status of the game!
The game programming is halted since august 2016 and hopefully resume shortly and is mostly related to gameplay tweaks now.
In the meant time, graphical improvements to the game never stopped as nothing is too good for the ultimate beat them all!
Few of the changes/additions:
- One level (a jazz restaurant) was entirely re-done for a club.
- (Previously) another level got also re-done to accommodate more gameplay variety and surely a lot more fun.
- Levels felling a bit short were expended in length.
- We added one new boss and one new enemy to ensure great variety of bosses across the numerous levels.
- We added a new weapon for one enemy, surely refreshing/unseen before for a beat them all!
- Animations and gameplay are fine-tuned down to 16ms precision.
- New intro and outro artworks!
- Numerous additional artworks for goodies, posters and surprises!
- Added Fonzie as the big boss of the game because he said "it's my game, fuck the story"*.
The contest!
Some noted that previous small in-board contests didn't see any winners picked! That's because nobody won! Fonzie was heard to say "You all sux!"*.
So this is time for a real contest! Add captions to the teasing PY gif! May it be angry, funny, sarcastic "or just lame"*!
We will pick the best and the winner gets a signed copy of the game**!
- Go this link:
- In the "Enter Giphy link or Image URL", copy and paste this link:
- Then type in your caption text, save and copy the link of your new gif.
- Post the link as a comment on Facebook, here:
Everyone doing the above gets some extra points but you can also post the caption text as text-only in the comments section at the bottom of this very blog post! You can also do both, that would rox!
Contest ends the 28th of September!
Good luck to everyone, stay tuned for more news, next round is for PN, probably Monday, will also be messages posted in the boards soon.
*: It is unclear what was really said. Nobody can't tell for sure.
**: When it releases!
**: When it releases!
adamschule85 , 13/05/2019 - 05:42
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Fonzie , 04/10/2016 - 07:38
Hi Guys! Contest is over! So many entries, over a hundred! Now looking for the winners! Thanks!
TheFop , 29/09/2016 - 05:04
Contest caption: "Then the LORD God formed Project Y from the dust of the earth." –Sega Genesis 2:7 http://giphy.com/gifs/l0HlVwtBeK3AE87e0?status=200
Luke , 29/09/2016 - 00:23
Another one just for fun: http://gph.is/2dASNmp
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Chapel Hill Police charge injured suspect in home invasion
Chapel Hill police said Wednesday they would charge a 21-year-old Durham man with burglary and assault with a deadly weapon in a home invasion in which a shot was fired.
Maalik Antonio Burris of 305 Snow Crest Trail was named in warrants listing first-degree burglary, assault with a deadly weapon and injury to personal property, police spokesman Sgt. Bryan Walker said.
About 12:30 a.m., Walker said, police rushed to a burglary call on Cotton Street, saw a man running from the house and chased him down.
Burris had struggled with residents of the house when they discovered he was there, Walker said, and he was hurt before he got out.
A shot went off during the struggle, Walker said, but it did hit anyone.
Orange County EMS took Burris to UNC Hospitals, and Walker said officers would arrest him when he was released.
One of the people in the house told police he was a UNC student, and Chapel Hill police alerted campus police of that, Walker said, but they did not verify the man's status.


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Hailing from Houston, Texas, the three piece band, Downfall 2012 has released their latest video "Face to Face" based off "Everyman for Himself, Issue One, the first part of a concept album package that features three albums.
The character Mr. EVERYMAN symbolises any person struggling for order in chaos. The story takes you through the process of embracing the good and evil inside him and finding true purpose and reason for being. Thus: "Everyman for Himself"
Downfall 2012 is more than just a "Heavy band". They have a story behind their music, a line of comic books illustrating their vision.
Everyman for Himself, Issue One and Two are available on iTunes, CD baby and Amazon. Get ready: "Everyman for Himself: issue 3″ is coming soon.
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Thousands of Ultras fans "Ultras Ahlawy and Ultras Devils" are currently protesting in Tahrir square after marching in Cairo today to remind people with the upcoming Port Stadium clashes trial on next January 26/1.
It is expected that New Cairo Criminal Court will issue its final verdict in the Port Said Stadium clashes trial on that day. You must expect huge anger in both Cairo and Port Said as we are speaking about 74 people mostly from youth , from Ultras Ahlawy were killed in that awful tragedy.
Today the chants of the Young Ultras members who were joined by martyrs' mothers as well and Pro-Revolution Protesters whether in marches from El Sayida Zeinab to Tahrir square or from El Ahly Club to Tahrir Square or from Shubra or Ramsis.
The chants were clear just like the Ultras A07 and Ultras Devils' statements on Facebook : Justice or retribution.
I said this since day one , the Ultras boys will get their vengeance from Port Said if the legal system does not help them and it will be extremely ugly. Egyptians X Egyptians in the end of the day. The Ultras doctrine for Retribution is simple : An Eye for an eye. In the best case scenarios I fear there will be clashes with Police on that day and the worst case scenarios will be clashes directly with The Port Said's Al Masry Ultras group "Green Eagles"
Despite some are waiting for what may happen on Next 25 January as much as everybody is anticipating what will happen on next 26 January after the Ultras Port Said Massacre. The "26-1" graffiti already has been spreading for weeks now in Cairo and other governorates as well. One of my friends saw it on the walls of the Presidential Palace in Heliopolis before it was removed.
Unfortunately the defendants in the case will be acquitted thanks to the very poor evidence gathered.
One of my contacts in Ultras Devils told me that the Ultras groups are furious that the ministry of interior and the Football federation decided to start the Premier league in Egypt on February 1, 2013 in a direct provocation for Ahly Ultras group. The first anniversary for the horrifying clashes that ended with the death of 74 young men is on that day !! It is provocation like no other. Even for normal Egyptians I feel that is disrespect to those young men , boys to be correct.
Already according to info I got Some members are actually thinking of attacking the Stadium and torching it down and based on past record of Ultras , I say that they are capable of doing it. We are speaking about thousands of young hardcore fanatics who are capable of organizing themselves like no other in clashes in no time.
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Laurel Phoenix, new Co-Director of the Center for Food in Community and Culture, honored by the American Water Resources Association
At the May 11 meeting of the Center, Laurel Phoenix, Associate Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs, and Chair of Geography, was elected Co-Director, serving with Debra Pearson.
Professor Phoenix was honored by the American Water Resources Association with the Icko Iben Award, established to recognize persons who have made outstanding contributions to the promotion of communications among the various disciplines of global water resources. She was given this award in November for her work as an Associate Editor of Water Resource IMPACT.


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One of the more hard to find accessories for the Nokia Lumia 1020 is the Wireless Charging Cover. You can pre-order them through Expansys or http://Amazon.com?tag=wpcentralb-20 and there's no telling when (or if AT&T will carry the charging cover). However, there is a ray of hope out there. We aren't sure as to the when but the Microsoft Store is listing the charging cover and best we can tell it is ready to ship.
The Microsoft Store is only listing the black cover (comes in white and yellow as well) at a price of $39. Standard shipping is free and you'll have to pay local taxes.
The pricing is slightly higher than what http://Amazon.com?tag=wpcentralb-20&ascsubtag=UUwpUdUnU17505 ($26) or Expansys ($33) has the covers listed for. But if the covers are ready to ship, it is worth the extra few dollars for those missing wireless charging. It is one feature on the Lumia 920 I really miss.
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Can someone upload this episode now? Non-U.S fans want to watch too!!! It's frustrating
leeuniverse wants subtitles and he kinda has a point, kruciphix you are just being hypocritical
Kruciphix - 20 days ago I'm not an uploader but I speak french
leeuniverse - 20 days ago Shame on the uploaders.... NOBODY SPEAKS FRENCH!!!!
leeuniverse maybe you don't but many of us want to listen to english dub version. Why? 1st Because (for me) I don't want to miss all the action by reading the subtitles (especially since i'm a slow reader and i have to press pause when it's a long sentence ). Second It's better when you can understand what they say.
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LOVE ISLAND S05 E50: https://moviestreaming.fun/tvepisodes/love-island-5x50-watch-online/
Why are Uploaders so "incompetent"? Uploads should be in the ORIGINAL LANGUAGE, and then with ENGLISH SUBTITLES...!!! I don't want to watch some FAKE English Dub crap!!!
.@Tonia1 - The bot is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until it re-posts all your files.
Made it about 20 minutes. Not for me. Feels like a space age British romance novel from the 1700s. Like "Sense and Sensibility" with updated characters from "The Maze" or "Hunger Games" trilogy.
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@markhalsey, thanks for the Pearson recommendation. I'm all over it!
#Pearson is an excellent new #Crime #Drama television series, from #USANetwork, starring the ever so Beautiful and Talented American actress, #GinaTorres. USA has always done a great job with tv shows in this genre, such as with, #WhiteCollar, #CovertAffairs, #LaFemmeNikita, #BurnNotice, #FairlyLegal, #Shooter, etc.; there are simply far too many great shows from USA Network to list. However I believe everyone would agree that USA's issue isn't creating fine television, it's keeping a good series going, despite what Nielsen Ratings says, or what their Board decides is a better fit. I will say that "Pearson" has displayed some excellent material thus far in its Pilot premiere, which if the past is any indication, this series will be a hit in its first season, and no reason to believe it won't succeed into a second season. From there, it's anybody's guess. Although I would highly suggest they begin to better their Marketing efforts for Pearson. As of today, Sunday, July 21, 2019, there are only 2 followers, 1 of which is me. I only found out about this series randomly. I would highly recommend giving this series a watch, definitely worth your time.
@Tonia. I would have thought you'd know how to do that. If you tell me where they are i can kill them, that'd stop them for sure!!!
Does anyone here knows how to stop a bot?
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so was wondering how he was coming back, talk about convoluted returns, still love this show going to miss it was the best of the comic tv shows
good start to the new season
@junkystuff When it premiers in 2 days perhaps.
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s1 e6 https://idtbox.com/5vv83b4eo00i
Does any version not have chicken scratch all over it.
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s5 e47 https://idtbox.com/vy8uso1zq5te
Fear the Walking Dead S05 E08 : https://moviestreaming.fun/tvepisodes/fear-the-walking-dead-5x8-watch-online/
Love Island: 5x47 https://myseries4you.com/episodes/love-island-season-5-episode-47-watch-online/
all of these are uploaded to the wrong season, wrong episodes, and some aren't even the US version but from other countries. waste of time attempting to watch
Might have a bit of commercials
MONEY HEIST S03 E01 SPANISH VERSION: https://moviestreaming.fun/tvepisodes/money-heist-3x1-watch-online/
@markhalsey Hi Mark, i now that but i can't do anything to fix it, i'm only a linker, only the admins can fix it and it seems that they.....disappeared.... But i think that you can see all the episodes at the sister site
@Tonia1 Any other episodes available? I've noticed a trend for shows, which do not have a predetermined season schedule, do not deliver notifications upon new episodes airing. Such as is the current case with Animal Kingdom, for example. I have likely a dozen or so additional titles if anybody has an interest in patching this website bug. Cheers from San Diego, Mark
s5 e46 https://idtbox.com/3dufho6gzz4v
s11 e19 https://idtbox.com/314rk3jzzx77
s21 e11 https://idtbox.com/e89i2q2degn6
s2 e2 https://idtbox.com/rhadi60jen51
s10 e11 https://idtbox.com/fvw3q6l3vs3o
s2 e14 https://idtbox.com/rkr4taety7bd
Love Island: 5x46 https://myseries4you.com/episodes/love-island-season-5-episode-46-watch-online/
Why is there no variety of Links anymore? For one episode of any program, all that is available is verystream, and the next, it's all vshare. Not only that, it just seems like this site went from great to spam overnight. Whoever is responsible should consider posting one link from each hosting source, or several in different quality streams, labeled correctly as such. Just giving my two cents.
NONE of these fucking links work! They are all the same!!!
s2 e6 https://idtbox.com/g7dkzhmreybq
s21 e10 https://vshare.eu/sjb6vrkiog0h.htm
s3 e2 https://idtbox.com/s7za5eoyntue
s10 e10 https://idtbox.com/8z1fw6ueu28e
s5 e45 https://onlystream.tv/ipxnyzi2bumf
Love Island: 5x45 https://myseries4you.com/episodes/love-island-season-5-episode-45-watch-online/
All the series have serious problems with episodes, can anyone admin in here fix them?
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I agree it sucks but now we dont have that problem and we have the camera system up :-) let me know i can have Andrew help with the neptune stuff if needed
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After a five-month delay, the Senate voted Thursday to confirm two non-controversial presidential nominees to fill judicial vacancies in Texas, leaving California as the state least able to cope with its federal court backlog.
The state still has four judicial openings, however, including one in San Antonio.
"The confirmation of these two individuals was long overdue," said Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, who heads the state's Democratic congressional delegation on judicial appointments.
"While this process took far too long and there remain too many unfilled judicial vacancies in Texas, this vote represents modest progress," Doggett said.
Gregg Costa of Houston and David Guaderrama of El Paso were nominated by President Barack Obama in September and were approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee in December.
But the president's recess appointment of a consumer watchdog sparked a Republican protest that blocked confirmation of judicial nominees from Texas and other states.
Costa was confirmed Thursday on a 97-2 vote. Guaderrama was confirmed on a voice vote. Both had the support of Texas Republican senators and the state's Democratic congressional delegation.
Sen. John Cornyn, R-San Antonio, said both nominees "have impeccable credentials and a passionate commitment to upholding the law."
Costa, an assistant U.S. attorney, was confirmed for the U.S. District Court vacancy in Galveston, and U.S. Magistrate Judge David Guaderrama of El Paso was confirmed for a U.S. District Court vacancy there.
Costa and Guaderrama were consensus recommendations to the White House for nomination.
The state still has four judicial vacancies, including one in San Antonio where the GOP senators and Democratic House members have offered separate candidates to the White House for nomination.
The senators have recommended San Antonio lawyer Robert Valdez, while congressional Democrats have recommended state District Judge Karen Pozza.
Texas also has vacancy on the New Orleans-based 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, created when Judge Fortunato "Pete" Benavides of Austin announced in February that he would take senior status.
Meanwhile, Senate Republicans blocked Obama's judicial nominees earlier this year in protest of recess appointments that included consumer watchdog Richard Cordray.
A compromise was later reached by Senate Republican and Democratic leaders that allowed the judicial nominees to move forward on individual votes.
The delay in confirmations has overloaded courts and forced Texas and other states to push civil cases to the back burner, said Carl Tobias, a University of Richmond School of Law professor.
"It's hard to deliver justice," Tobias said. "They can't move the cases."
Costa and Guaderrama sailed through Senate Judiciary Committee hearings in November and were voted out of committee five months ago, in early December.
Since then, Costa served as prosecutor in the high-profile Houston case against R. Allen Stanford, a financier convicted of running a $7 billion investor fraud scheme.
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Former second grade teacher Carie Charlesworth was dismissed from her job at Holy Trinity School in El Cajon earlier this year after a domestic violence dispute involving her husband.
NBC 7 San Diego was first to report the controversial dismissal that made national headlines. Charlesworth said she felt isolated and afraid losing her job, not because of something she did but instead the violence and threats made against her.
Charlesworth was told her ex-husband's menacing behavior posed too much of a risk for her to work at the school. The School's decision was supported by many parents who feared for the safety of their own children.
Charlesworth told her story to the Judiciary Committee, saying she wants to make a difference for victims facing situations similar to hers.
"Victims should not have to continue suffering in silence due to the fear they have of losing their job," she said. "Victims need to be able to speak up about what is happening to them so they can get the help they need to leave the situation."
Her goal is to convince the legislature to pass Senate Bill 400. The bill would not only prevent employers from firing victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, but also require companies to make efforts to protect them.
Charlesworth had the support of State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, who said SB 400 would correct the imbalance in current laws and will encourage employers to work together with their employees.
"Firing a victim for disclosing status sends a disturbing and unacceptable message that women shouldn't come forward to talk about domestic violence, where they might too, be fired," Jackson said.
On Tuesday, SB 400 passed through a judiciary committee by a vote of 6-1.
But the bill to prevent employers from firing employees for being victims of domestic abuse, sexual assault or stalking still has a several more steps before becoming law. Next it is on to an assembly appropriations committee and will eventually have to go to California's governor.


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Do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! As you begin a fresh year, rejoice that I am continually working newness into your life. Don 't let recent disappointments and failures define you or dampen your expectations. This is the time to make a fresh start! I am a God of unlimited creativity; expect me to do surprising things in this year that stretches out before you.
today is a precious gift. The present moment is where I meet with you, beloved. So seek My Face throughout this day that I have made. I have carefully prepared it for you—with tender attention to every detail. I want you to rejoice and be glad in it.
Search for signs of My loving Presences as you journey along the path of Life. Look for the little pleasures I have strewn alongside your pathway—sometimes in surprising places—and thank Me for each one. Your thankfulness will keep you close to Me and help you find Joy in your journey.
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I am your Joy! These four words can light up your life. Since I am always with you, the Joy of My Presence is continually accessible to you. You can open up to My Presence through your trust in Me, your love for Me. Try saying, "Jesus You are my Joy." My Light will shine upon you and within you as you rejoice in Me, your Savior. Ponder all I have done for you and all that I am to you. This will lift you up above your circumstances.
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I want you to share in these blessings, beloved. Take time, take time with Me. While you rest in My Presence, I untangle your thoughts and help you view things more biblically. Remember: My Word is a lamp to guide your feet and a light for your path. Biblical thinking illuminates the path before you so you can find your way.
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I need a small amount of your space in which to reply to TIME'S review of my collection of short stories entitled The Trouble With Tigers [TIME, Nov. 14].
I am a writer, not a playboy, Communist, world-saver, dilettante, or U.S. prophet. Writing is my work. I take pride in this work, and when it is good I am as pleased to say so as TIME, for instance, is pleased in its advertisements to say it is the best magazine of its kind in America. . . .
Your reviewer, whoever he is, is apparently clinging to a theory which is no longer valid for our country. Modesty, in our day, almost invariably accompanies mediocrity, and is usually an inside out variety of immodesty.
If my work does not deserve to be taken seriously, I think it would be interesting to your readers (and especially interesting to me) if TIME would name six American writers of fiction whose work does deserve to be taken seriously.
I would be the last person in the world to shout foul-play because TIME appears to be anti-Saroyan. That is a privilege I am delighted to insist on your right to keep. I, in turn, on the other hand, insist that I myself, at least, am privileged to be pro-Saroyan. One of us is certainly partly mistaken. If it is myself, time, the element or thing which goes by every day, and not the magazine, will put me in my place.
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There you go. Google's purchase of YouTube has prompted hordes of lawyers to gather for a feeding frenzy. Apparently, GooTube could now be liable for up to $150,000 per unauthorized video. Nice to see big media reacting rationally once again…
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Once GooTube has shown them the possibilities of ad revenue sharing I'm sure they will pull back the lawyers and realise that this is a channel the big media companies can monetize with little effort.