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By Nancy J. Thorner -
On this day, Monday, November 26, Congress, returned from its week-long Thanksgiving holiday at which time lawmakers and President Obama will attempt to avert a looming fiscal crisis which very will could send the US economy plunging into another recession.
There are just 36 days left in the Lame Duck session as of today, the time between Election Day 2012 and January, 2013, for a solution to be found that stops taxes from going up on 450 million American
families and help reduce our nation's deficits in a smart and responsible way.
All sides claim to want to avoid the automatic one-two-punch of expiring cuts and major across-the-board spending cuts (Sequestration) to the Pentagon and domestic programs which came about because of the failure of Congress and the White House to deal with the government's out-of-control debt and a much needed overhaul of its unwieldy tax code. Sequestration calls for $55 billion, 9 percent cut to the Pentagon next year and another $55 billion in cuts to domestic programs, including a 2 percent cut to Medicare providers.
Knowing the penchant for the Congress and the White House to wait until the last minute to act, Curtis S. Dubay, a senior analyst in Tax Policy at the Heritage Foundation, urged back of April 4 of this year that President Obama and Congress should start working without delay to avoid having the American people awaken on New Year's Day 2013 facing a huge tax increase called "Taxmageddon" by the Washington Post. A tax increase of $494 would result from the expiration of seven long-standing tax policies at the end of 2012. It is also on January 1, 2013, that five of the 18 new tax hikes from Obamacare will go into effect.
Besides the worrisome expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts on income, investments, married couples and families with children and inheritances, other troubling tax policies include:
1. The expiration of unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless and a sharp cut in reimbursements for doctors participating in Medicare.
2. The expiration of Obama's temporary 2 percentage point cut in payroll taxes.
3. The imposition of the alternative minimum tax on some 26 million households, which would raise their taxes by an average of $3,700.
The major sticking point in negotiations so far remains over the expiration of tax cuts enacted in 2001 and 2003 and extended two years after Obama's drubbing in the 2010 midterm elections. Republicans want a temporary renewal of all the Bush tax rates, while Obama wants to hike the top rates to Clinton-era levels of 39.6. Presently top tax rates are 35 percent.
Obama has further concluded that any deal would have to include an increase in taxes on those he defines as wealthy: Individuals making more than $200,000 per year and families with an income of over $250,000. Obama also wants to implement a 3.8 percent surtax on investments and close additional loopholes and limit deductions to increase further the tax burden on the wealthy.
Even if Obama gets his way on all his tax hikes for the wealthy, it won't make a dent in our $16.3 trillion national debt. Should Obama's tax increases on the wealthy be realized, once he has squandered all of this new revenue with spending increases and goes back to what Obama perceives as the same bottomless pit of the wealthy for yet more revenues, will the media allow Obama to once more get away with claiming the wealthy aren't paying their fair share without specifying what fairness means? I don't think so!
If the top 5% percent already pay 40% of taxes, what is their 'fair' share?
Republicans, until recently, insisted that "raising taxes on the wealthy would be counter-productive and only serve to slow economic growth and ensure that the country continues to be plagued by economic stagnation." Also, "that higher taxes would dampen spending and hiring and investment by business owners."
Now there is a new wrinkle. 38 Senators and 219 House members have signed Grover Norquist's anti-tax "Taxpayer Protection Pledge. Norquist heads his Americans for Tax Reform advocacy group and is a powerful political player in the US budget debate. Over the span of two decades Republican lawmakers signing Norquist's pledge have vowed never to vote for tax hikes, brought about when George H.W. Bush broke his "read my lips" no-new-taxes promise and then lost his bid for a second term. The pledge was successful. Since 1993 there hasn't been a major tax increase in Washington with the exception of the 2010 ObamaCare law, which not a single Republican voted for.
With Obama insisting that he now has a mandate to raise taxes, there is pressure from the White House, the media, and even many on Wall Street for Republicans to abandon their anti-tax principles to avoid a "fiscal cliff." Establishment Republican Bill Kristol, Weekly Standard editor, has called on Republicans to cave on holding the line on tax increases. Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) indicated on Wednesday, November 21, that he would not abide by the pledge during the upcoming fiscal cliff negotiations.
Other Republicans are beginning to feel hamstrung by the pledge and are rethinking their positions. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina could be next. Both Senators Chambliss and Graham are up for election in 2014. House Majority Leader, John Boehner, has already put revenues on the table, presumably even if tax rates don't decline!
Grover Norquist had the following to say about Republicans who are thinking of reneging on their no-tax pledge: "Republicans who think Mr. Obama or Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid are ever going to agree to cut domestic spending or reform entitlements are chasing imaginary unicorns."
Katie Pavlich, news editor, Townhall.com, suggest three scenarios that could take place:
1. House Republicans will cave on raising taxes, so long as significant spending cuts are made or if there are serious promise made to reform entitlements. (This seems like a no brainer to me, but Republicans are easily duped and then burned in the process.)
2. House Republicans don't cave on taxes, but in return give Obama and Democrats an increase in the
debt ceiling which will be reached as early as December.
3. Both parties will make a deal to stop sequestration.
According to John Tamny, a Forbes staff member, "We're never going to reach it (the fiscal cliff) given the incentives that drive politicians. That said, Tamny doesn't buy all the hysteria about what's over the cliff, as "government spending reduces real growth, while tax cuts only work if they're paired with a strong dollar." This said Tamney goes on to say, "Both sides miss the point."
Might it be a foregone conclusion that Republicans who do break their Norquist pledge will face political fallout? It's like they are saying, "I was elected under false pretenses because I misled you about what I would do."
Explaining why tax increases are bad for the economy should be child's play for Republicans. It is time for Republicans to stand on principle, lest the Republican Party be relegated to the wilderness as it has been here in Illinois.
Let Obama own the economy and pay the price for once in his life!


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3.5.1. Burn CDs for Free
THE ANNOYANCE: I've heard that Windows XP comes with built-in support for CD burning, but I can't make heads or tails of it. How do I make CDs without purchasing expensive add-on software?
THE FIX: Windows XP does indeed include rudimentary support for CD and DVD burners. To get started, in Windows Explorer, right-click your burner's drive icon, select Properties, choose the Recording tab, check the "Enable CD recording on this drive" box, and click OK. Insert a blank disc in your burner, and a dialog box should pop up and ask you what you want to do with the disc. Choose one of the options here, or click Cancel to banish XP's cumbersome wizard.
To make a data disc, open Windows Explorer and drag the files onto your burner's drive icon. You can create folders, rearrange or rename the files, and even delete things from the disc; nothing is permanent until you burn the disc. When you're done adding data, right-click the drive icon (or the "Files Ready to be Written to the CD" note above the file listing, if it's there), and select "Write these files to CD" (Figure 3-24).
Figure 3-24. Use Windows Explorer to create basic data discs.
Likewise, you can create audio CDs (as well as data CDs containing music files, such as MP3s) using the latest Windows Media Player. Open WMP and click the Library tab. In the tree on the left, right-click the My Playlists folder, and select New. Drag and drop any music files (or tracks from the All Music folder in your library) into this window, and rearrange them in the desired order. When you're done, click the Start Burn button at the bottom right (and confirm that you want to save the new playlist, if you haven't done so already).
If you want more flexibility, or just a more streamlined interface, spend the bucks for a third-party application such as Roxio Easy Media Creator ($99.95, http://www.roxio.com) or Nero Ultra Edition ($79.99, http://www.nero.com). In addition to their snazzier and easier-to-use interfaces, both programs can burn many more disc formats, support disc images, and come with advanced tools to help make better audio CDs and video DVDs.
Note: To burn movies to DVD using Windows XP Media Center Edition, see "Burn Recorded Programs to DVD," earlier in this chapter.
3.5.2. Write Video to DVD
THE ANNOYANCE: I have a video I shot and stored on my PC in a .wmv file. I burned the file to a DVD, but it won't play in my DVD player.
THE FIX: That's because you created a data disc (a DVD-ROM). To create a DVD that will play in a set-top DVD player, you need to author a DVD-Video disca process that typically requires third-party software. (If you have Windows XP Media Center Edition, see "Burn Recorded Programs to DVD" for a built-in solution.)
Both Roxio Easy Media Creator ($99.95, http://www.roxio.com) and Nero Ultra Edition ($79.99, http://www.nero.com) can create movie DVDs, and many other programs (such as Ulead's VideoStudio; $99.99, http://www.ulead.com/vs/runme.htm) offer more advanced authoring tools. However, if your video file isn't compatible with the software package you're using, you'll have to convert your video to a different format; consult the documentation for your product for the specific requirements.
3.5.3. Fix DVD Playback Problems
THE ANNOYANCE: I've burned a DVD movie with dedicated authoring software, but it still won't play in my DVD player.
THE FIX: First, try a different brand of disc. Avoid the el-cheapo blank DVDs in the bargain bin at your local computer store, and instead spend the extra nickel on some brand-name discs (I've found Verbatim discs consistently reliable).
Next, make sure your standalone DVD player supports your disc format. Some older players can't read movies burned to DVD+R/RW or DVD-R/RW discs, so you may need to buy a new player, or settle for playing movies through your PC. (The format that seems to be the most widely supported is DVD+R, although your mileage may vary.)
Finally, visit your DVD burner manufacturer's web site and see if there's a firmware update. Sometimes, a firmware bug will prevent otherwise good discs, written with a good burner, from playing on a perfectly good DVD playerand that's not good.
3.5.4. Make Better-Sounding Music CDs
THE ANNOYANCE: The music CDs I burn sound awful. I thought this was a digital process, impervious to quality issues, but my discs sound worse than the eight-track tapes sitting on the floor of my Dodge Charger.
THE FIX: First, check your music files to make sure they sound okay, and re-rip any songs that have pops, squeaks, or any other quality problems.
CD burning is indeed a digital process, but low-quality discs commonly cause playback problems in standalone CD players (especially car stereos). As discussed in "Fix DVD Playback Problems," try a different disc brand, and make sure your CD burner's firmware is up to date.
Another cause of poor sound quality is a mismatch between the rated speed of your discs and the actual speed at which you burned your music. If, for example, you're using 4X-rated CDs in a 24X burner (or vice versa), you could have problems. Again, higher-quality media are less likely to suffer from this problem, but if all else fails, get faster CDs or a faster burner.
3.5.5. Fix Inconsistent Volume in Your Music
THE ANNOYANCE: When I listen to a music CD I burned, the volume of each song seems to be different.
THE FIX: This is a fact of life when you mix audio files from different sources: some songs will naturally be louder than others. Although you can edit individual audio files to change their volume levels with a program such as Sound Forge ($319.96, http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/download/step2.asp?DID=559), you should avoid any process that involves resaving (and thus recompressing) your files, which lowers the quality. Your best bet is to use a CD-burning program with a "sound-leveling" feature that normalizes the volume of all the tracks as the CD is being written. As luck would have it, Windows Media Player can do this.
To use this feature, open Windows Media Player, select Tools Options, and choose the Devices tab. Select your disc burner, click the Properties button, and choose the Quality tab. In the "Volume leveling" section, check the "Apply volume leveling to music when it is burned" box, and then click OK.
3.5.6. Watch DVD Movies on Your Hard Disk
THE ANNOYANCE: I ripped a DVD movie onto my laptop's hard disk so I could watch it on the airplane without having to lug around my external DVD drive. Unfortunately, Windows Media Player won't play it. Is there any way to play a movie without the original disc?
THE FIX: Windows Media Player can't play raw DVD files, but most third-party DVD player applications can. For instance, in CyberLink's PowerDVD ($39.95, http://www.cyberlink.com), click the little drive button and select "Open DVD File on hard disk drive." Navigate to the folder containing the ripped files, select the VIDEO_TS.VOB file, and click Open.
3.5.7. Back Up to CD or DVD
THE ANNOYANCE: I'd like to back up my files to CD or DVD, but MS Backup doesn't support these drives. What's the deal?
THE FIX: Microsoft Backup supports backing up to a hard disk, floppy, or tape drive, but it can't back up to CD or DVD, despite Windows XP's built-in support for CD writers. There are two workarounds.
First, select File from the "Backup destination" drop-down list, and Backup will store your data in a file on your hard disk. Then use your CD- or DVD-writing software to burn the single file to disc (see "Burn CDs for Free").
Alternatively, install packet-writing software, such as Roxio's DirectCD, which lets you write to a CD or DVD as if it were just another hard drive. Just remember that discs written in this way aren't readable on all players (whereas discs written with ordinary disc-burning software can be read just about anywhere).
3.5.8. View All the Files on a CD-R
THE ANNOYANCE: I burned a bunch of files onto a CD-R last week, and then burned some more files on it this morning. But when I put the disc in another computer, all I can see are the files I put on it today! Did I erase the first bunch of files?
THE FIX: Not exactlyalthough that's what it looks like. Every time you burn files to a disc, you're creating another "session," or track, on that disc. When you burned your last session, you may've deleted the old files when you added the latest batch of files. The good news is thatunless you erased a rewritable discthe "deleted" files are still there, only hidden. To retrieve them, you'll need an application that can create a disc image from a single track, such as Roxio's Easy Media Creator ($99.95, http://www.roxio.com). Once you've created the disc image, you can either write it to another disc (by itself) or open it with IsoBuster ($25.95, free working demo, http://www.isobuster.com) and extract the files by dragging and dropping.
The other possibility is that you've popped the disc into an old CD-ROM drive that can't read multi-session CDs. (All CD-RW and DVD-RW/+RW drives can read multi-session discs.) In this case, there's little you can do to make the earlier sessions readable, short of borrowing another drive or replacing yours. Luckily, brand-new CD/DVD readers are cheap.
3.5.9. Read Stubborn Discs
THE ANNOYANCE: My CD drive works fine with some discs, but not others. Is this a problem with the discs or the drive?
THE FIX: It could be either. If it's an old drive, it may not support all the disc formats you're throwing at it. Check the drive manufacturer's web site for a firmware update that might fix the problem.
A far more most common problem is dust. Gently wipe the troublesome disc with a clean, soft, dry cloth, or barring that, your shirt. Wipe in a straight line, from the center of the disc out to the edge; don't rub in a circular motion.
If all else fails, it might be time to replace that aging drive with, say, a shiny new DVD writer.
3.5.10. Express CD Duplicating
THE ANNOYANCE: I installed two CD drives in my system specifically so that I could quickly copy CDs. But my CD-burning software insists on copying the files to the hard disk first, which slows down the whole process. Isn't it possible to make CD-to-CD copies directly?
THE FIX: It is, but to successfully burn a CD or DVD, your computer must supply data to your burner at a steady rate. When it can't, you get something called a buffer underrunan error that indicates that your burner isn't getting data fast enough. To avoid this problem, your CD-burning software tests the speed of your CD reader; if it's not fast enough to keep up with the writing process, it will cache your CD data to your hard disk each time you copy a disc.
There are a few ways to attack this problem. First, most CD-burning software performs a speed test only once, and then saves the results of the test for future sessions. To force your software to retest your CD drive, just delete these test results. The storage location varies with the software you're using, but the data is usually in the Windows Registry. Roxio's Easy Media Creator, for example, stores this test data in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Roxio\Roxio Shared\CDEngine\CDReader branch; deleting the CDReader key will force the program to retest your drives.
Another approach is to lower the bar. If your CD reader can't keep up with your writer, select a slower writing speed in your burning software. Paradoxically, slowing the burn speed may speed up the overall process.
3.5.11. Play Stubborn Audio CDs
THE ANNOYANCE: I have a CD that supposedly has audio on it, but it won't play in my stereo CD player or on my computer.
THE FIX: The method you use to play a disc depends on how the CD was burned.
If it's a pure data disc (e.g., containing MP3 files), open Windows Explorer, navigate to your CD drive, and try opening one of the files stored on the disc. If you get an error when you double-click the file, point your browser to http://www.filext.com, type the filename extension (e.g., .mp3) into the search box, and click Go to display information about the file type.
It's also possible that you have an "enhanced CD" on your hands (sometimes called CD Plus). This is a type of disc that contains both audio tracks and computer data. In most cases, Windows Explorer will only be able to see one type of data: either the audio tracks or the computer data will show up, but never both. If only the data appears, though, you should still be able to play the audio tracks by manually opening Windows Media Player, selecting Play DVD, VCD, or CD Audio, and then selecting the drive containing the disc. The only surefire way to access all the data on your disc is to use third-party CD burning software to create an ISO image from the disc, and then use ISO Buster (see "View All the Files on a CD-R") to extract the files from the image.
3.5.12. Fix Smudged DVD Subtitles
THE ANNOYANCE: I'm watching a foreign-language DVD on my laptop. The picture and sound are fine, but the subtitles are illegible.
THE FIX: This is usually caused by a video resolution that is set too low. If your display is set to 640x480 or 800x600, raise the display resolution by right-clicking an empty area of your desktop and selecting Properties. Choose the Settings tab, and move the Screen Resolution slider to at least 1024x768. Click OK and try again.
If this doesn't help, try using a different DVD player application.
3.5.13. Windows Media Player Quits Before Burning the CD
THE ANNOYANCE: When I try to burn music tracks to an audio CD, Windows Media Player starts putting a few tracks on the CD and then just ejects the disc, saying that there's not enough space.
THE FIX: I'll assume that your arithmetic skills are up to par and that the total length of all the tracks doesn't exceed the capacity of the CD. In this case, it's possible that other drives on your system are interfering with the CD-burning process. If more than one CD or DVD drive is connected to the same IDE controller, they can fight for system resources, with this kind problem being the result. To fix the problem, make sure that your burner is the only CD or DVD writer on the chain; if one drive is connected to the primary IDE controller, make sure that the other one is plugged into the secondary controller and that neither is in conflict with another device (such as the hard disk, which is typically configured as the master device).
Next, see if any other CD/DVD-burning software is installed. If there is, uninstall it and try WMP again; also, see if any updates are available for your software. Of course, you can also try burning the disc in a different program; it may be a problem solely with Windows Media Player.
3.5.14. Write CD Text Data to Music CDs
THE ANNOYANCE: When I play an audio CD I created with Windows Media Player, the track names don't show up on my CD player's display.
THE FIX: When burning the disc, you need to include CD Text data. Unfortunately, Windows Media Player can't do this, so you'll need a full-featured CD-burning program to use this feature; see "Write Video to DVD" for some suggestions.

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The A380, the black cat of Airbus
The European aircraft manufacturer postpones the delivery of 12 A380s to the Emirates airline, the main customer of the very large aircraft.
Decidedly the A380 again cumulates the problems. Airbus announced Tuesday the postponement of a year of delivery of 12 A380 to Emirates airline, the main customer of the very large carrier, without giving an explanation on the reasons for the delay. Airbus "will adapt its delivery rate with the delayed delivery to Emirates for six A380 aircraft from 2017 to 2018 and six others from 2018 to 2019" , he said, after an agreement between the airline and the British motorist Rolls-Royce who must equip these devices.
Emirates, which will take delivery on Wednesday for the first time of a Rolls-Royce-powered A380, had reported in November of technical problems concerning the engines of the British that had to be delivered to him. The Dubai company is asking the engine manufacturer to improve the performance of its engine. Rolls-Royce is approached to motorize the A380neo if one day Airbus launches this program.
Maintain deliveries at 12 A380 per year
Six deliveries were postponed from 2017 to 2018 and another six from 2018 to 2019 following an agreement between Emirates and the UK's Rolls-Royce and a second agreement between the Emirati and Airbus, European aviation manufacturer in a statement. At the beginning of the year, Airbus said it had delivered 27 A380s in 2015, a level it planned to maintain in 2016 and 2017. In the first 11 months of 2016, Airbus delivered 21 A380s.
The European aircraft manufacturer also reconfirms its target of reducing deliveries from A380 to 12 per year announced last July. Finally, the manufacturer stresses that it will accelerate the reduction of its fixed costs so that the impact of the postponement of deliveries to Emirates is minimal on the financial balance of the program that it hopes to maintain in 2017.


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The colours of our Flag denotes
*Saffron – Courage & Sacrifice*
*White – Peace, Truth & Purity*
*Green – Faith, Prosperity & growth*
*Happy Republic Day*
Freedom in the mind , strength in the words , pureness in our blood, pride in our souls ,zeal in our hearts.
Let's salute our India on Republic Day . Happy Republic Day!


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United Flight Diverted due to Mid-Flight COVID-19 EmergencyUnited Flight 591 from Orlando (MCO) to Los Angeles (LAX) was diverted to New Orleans (MSY) after a passenger experienced a medical emergency midflight. The cited cause of the diversion was cardiac arrest, though it may have been caused by COVID-19. No report of the man's exact cause of death has been released, though his wife apparently told EMTs that her husband was experiencing COVID-specific symptoms including the loss of taste or smell before boarding and reported he had underlying… (theexplorerblog.com) עוד...
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10 months of Covid being a main story on every TV show and news outlet, and these folks still decided to travel and endanger everyone else? I'm sorry that he died, but if he hadn't, he really needed to go to jail. -+That's the penalty if you smuggle a gun on-board.
Noticed loss of taste and smell BEFORE boarding.. yet answered questionnaire and border anyway. Idiots like this are what is keeping this pandemic raging. You have symptoms - get tested and stay home. This bug has serious complications for some - we all have to be on our game.
Geez... When was the last time someone Died that was not some how related to Corvid...
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Japan-based NEC is considering selling its ailing mobile phone unit, a new report claims.
NEC is looking to sell off its mobile phone unit to Lenovo, Reuters is reporting today, citing people who claim to have knowledge of the discussions. The company is also talking with other Japan-based companies about selling off its mobile phone operation.
Lenovo has been reported to be involved in a slew of talks lately surrounding a mobile phone acquisition. Most recently, Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing said that his company was open to buying BlackBerry, lending further credence to claims that the PC maker has plans to enter the mobile space.
NEC has been unable to gain traction in the mobile arena, leaving it with two straight years of losses. Selling the mobile unit could help it raise some much-needed cash and return to profitability. In a statement to investors in the Tokyo Stock Exchange today, NEC said that it's "considering a number of ways to bolster the competitiveness of our mobile phone business, but nothing has been decided." NEC declined to say that it's in buyout talks with any other company.
NEC's troubles haven't been for lack of trying. At Mobile World Congress last month, the company unveiled one of the most interesting Android smartphones, the Medias W N-05E. The device comes with two screens that, when opened, come together to measure 5.6 inches. When the screens are folded back, the device looks like a standard smartphone.


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TV Guide for May 2021: Star Wars: The Bad Batch, Army Of The Dead, Doom At Your Service and more
Every month, we'll tell you about new shows to hit terrestrial and cable channels, as well as streaming sites in Singapore. We'll also highlight the television shows that you've got to be home (or on your phone) to catch every month.
Overview of May's shows
The Force is strong in May with the debut of Disney+'s Star Wars: The Bad Batch. Superhero fans will also be thrilled with the sixth season of Legends Of Tomorrow on Warner TV and Jupiter's Legacy on Netflix. Other interesting picks on Netflix include the second season of Love, Death & Robots and the second part of Lucifer Season 5, as well as a bumper crop of anime including Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon, the fourth season of Castlevania, and a new anime series called Eden. For K-drama addicts, Viu has Youth Of May, Dark Hole, The Man Standing Next, No Mercy, Mission Possible (not the Tom Cruise one), and Pawn, but Doom At Your Service looks like the most interesting of the lot.
Legends of Tomorrow (Season 6) (3 May, Mondays 9pm)
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With Sara Lance (Caity Lotz) having been abducted by a strange energy beam at the end of the previous season, it seems that aliens are among us. Legends of Tomorrow sees the time travelling superheroes returning for a sixth season, as they deal with a sinister gameshow, being turned into animated characters, and the incursion of... aliens? The Legends also have to deal with the arrival of Bishop (Raffi Barsoumian), an antagonist who has his sights set on Sara.
Legends Of Tomorrow truly embraced its wackiness in Season 5 with spoofs, parodies and homages to different genres, and Season 6 looks like it'll be more of the same! With the addition of Constantine (Matt Ryan), the show has really developed a unique character of its own, mixing cheesiness and heroics with bona fide story arcs and fun villains. And of course, the amusing romance between Sara Lance and Ava Sharpe (Jes Macallan) remains one of its most intriguing relationships.
Star Wars: The Bad Batch (4 May)
First introduced in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the adventures of Clone Force 99 continue in Star Wars: The Bad Batch. The series sees five clone troopers with unique abilities going on dangerous missions. And with great changes coming and the arrival of a brutal regime, it is uncertain what place this batch of clones will have in the new galactic order.
If you're a fan of The Mandalorian, then you'll be glad to know that Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen) also appears in Star Wars: The Bad Batch! The series is a spin-off (and a sequel, of sorts) to Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and takes place before the Star Wars Original Trilogy. But as the premise implies, the paradox of being unique clones seems like it would be a great metaphor for today's world, with individuals trying to find their place in a society which prizes homogeneity.
DuckTales (Season 3) (7 May)
The DuckTales reboot sees Uncle Scrooge and gang going on more adventures around the world after the attempted Moonlander invasion in Season 2. In this final season, a sinister group bent on world larceny seems to be watching their every move. Scrooge may be the richest duck in the world, but he may have met his match in the form of this fowl organisation.
DuckTales ended too soon, with this third season being its last. Nevertheless, it has spotlighted characters that appeared in other '90s Disney Afternoon shows, such as Darkwing Duck, Gosalyn, Baloo, and Kit, paving the way for possible future revivals of those other beloved shows. While its Carls Barks inspired designs took a while to take hold, it will be fondly remembered as a series that wrought touching tales and hilarious moments, all while entertaining children the world over.
Jupiter's Legacy (7 May)
The children of the first generation of superheroes now find themselves having to live up to the actions of their parents, who have protected mankind for almost a hundred years. But the world is changing quickly, and staying true to those ideals may prove to be more challenging than ever before. There will be consequences for these new superheroes, and even they may not be able to survive the coming storm.
Based on the comic book series of the same name, Jupiter's Legacy explores a different take on superheroes, exploring what it would be like to have parents who are superheroes. It draws parallels to the scions of the rich and famous, while also being realistic about the emotional scars that come with having absentee parents. It also looks like it'll deliver on the action and brawls between supers, which look pretty good from the trailer.
Doom At Your Service (11 May)
Web novel editor Dong Kyung finds herself diagnosed with brain cancer and openly rues her fate — causing her to attract a wish granting messenger between humans and gods, Myul Mang. They strike up a bargain, allowing Dong Kyung to have whatever what she wants, as long as she agrees to give up on her life after a hundred days.
While the wish fulfilment aspect of Doom At Your Service seems apt for a Korean melodrama (given the number of viewers who somehow expect their future spouses to be like the characters in such shows), it is hard to imagine how the budget would be able to truly keep up with the power of an omnipotent genie. The brain cancer aspect also seems a little insensitive. Nevertheless, it looks like an interesting premise with some possible philosophical discussions that will spice up the show.
Army Of The Dead (21 May)
In a world where a zombie outbreak has ravaged Las Vegas, a former war hero is tasked with the ultimate heist — breaking into a vault that is deep in zombie territory. With nothing left to lose, he assembles a motley team of experts to break in and get out. But this may be an impossible task when they find that a group of superior zombies and a looming deadline stand in their way.
Army Of The Dead is a cross between a heist film and a zombie movie, and it looks like it will be an entertaining cross between genres. It doesn't seem to have as dark an aesthetic as Zack Snyder's usual films, but then again, a post-apocalyptic world is probably bleak enough as it is. What's great is how the film knows that this is an over the top premise, and isn't afraid to lean into it with things like zombie tigers.
Main Kahwin Kahwin (1 May, Saturdays 11am)
Upin & Ipin (Season 8) (2 May, Sundays 9am)
Runi & Solah (2 May, Sundays 9.30pm)
Pung Pang Dato Rizalman (7 May, Fridays 8.30pm)
Maafkan Mak (7 May, Fridays 9pm)
Sepahtu Reunion Raya Gear 5 (8 May, Saturdays 8pm)
BBC Earth (Starhub Ch 407)
Joanna Lumley's Britain (6 May, Thursdays 9pm)
Food Factory (Season 5) (20 May, Thursdays 7.10pm and 7.35pm)
Cheetah Family & Me (24 May, Tuesdays 8.05pm)
BBC Lifestyle (Starhub Ch 432)
Jamie's Easy Meals for Everyday (18 May, Tuesdays 7.25pm)
Junior Bake Off (Season 6) (26 May, Wednesdays 7.30pm)
CBeebies (Starhub Ch 303)
My World Kitchen (Season 3) (13 May, Mondays to Fridays 8.40pm)
Hey Duggee (Season 3) (27 May, Mondays to Fridays 7.30pm)
BBC First (Starhub Ch 502)
Smother (28 May)
FOX Life (Singtel Ch 301)
Transplant (3 May, Mondays 10pm)
In The Dark (Season 1) (4 May, Tuesdays 11.50pm)
Tough as Nails (5 May, Wednesdays 9pm)
Fear Factor MTV USA (Season 2) (6 May, Thursdays 7.05pm)
LEGO Masters UK (Season 2) (10 May, Mondays 8pm)
The 69th Miss Universe Competition (17 May, Monday 8am)
In The Dark (Season 2) (21 May, Fridays 11.50pm)
FX (Singtel Ch 310)
The Stand (3 May, Mondays 11pm)
Black Monday (Season 3) (24 May, Mondays 12.30am)
Flatbush Misdemeanors (24 May, Mondays 12am)
HBO (Starhub Ch 601; Singtel Ch 420)
SCOOB! (1 May, Saturday 9pm)
The Outpost (8 May, Saturday 9pm)
Let Them All Talk (22 May, Saturday 9om)
In Treatment (Season 4) (24 May, Mondays and Tuesdays 10pm)
Oslo (30 May, Sunday 8am)
Boomerang (Starhub Ch 317; Singtel Ch 228)
Grizzy and the Lemmings (1 May, Saturdays and Sundays 2.30pm)
Cartoon Network (Starhub Ch 316; Singtel 226)
Ben 10: Ben Gen 10 (22 May, Saturdays 10am
Oh! K (Starhub Ch 816; Singtel Ch 525)
Here's My Plan (20 May, Thursdays 7.40pm)
Warner TV (Starhub Ch 515; Singtel 306)
Legends of Tomorrow (Season 6) (3 May, Mondays 9pm)
Dark Hole (1 May)
Youth of May (4 May)
No Mercy (7 May)
The Man Standing Next (7 May)
Doom At Your Service (11 May)
Mission Possible (15 May)
Pawn (29 May)
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon (1 May)
Selena: The Series (Part 2) (4 May)
The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness (5 May)
Jupiter's Legacy (7 May)
Girl From Nowhere (Season 2) (7 May)
Monster (7 May)
Mine (8 May)
Super Me (9 May)
Money, Explained (11 May)
The Upshaws (12 May)
Oxygen (12 May)
Castlevania (Season 4) (13 May)
The Woman In The Window (14 May)
The Strange House (14 May)
Move to Heaven (14 May)
Love, Death & Robots (Volume 2) (14 May)
Haunted (Season 3) (14 May)
Who Killed Sara? (Season 2) (19 May)
Special (Season 2) (20 May)
Army Of The Dead (21 May)
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous (Season 3) (21 May)
The Neighbor (Season 2) (21 May)
Mad For Each Other (24 May)
Nail Bomber: Manhunt (26 May)
Baggio: The Divine Pony tail (26 May)
Close Enough (Season 2) (26 May)
Eden (27 May)
Ragnarok (Season 2) (27 May)
Blue Miracle (27 May)
Black Space (27 May)
The Kominsky Method (Season 3) (28 May)
Lucifer (Season 5, Part 2) (28 May)
The Family Firm: Hot Properties (31 May)
Star Wars: The Bad Batch (4 May)
Ducktales (Season 3) (7 May)
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (Season 2) (14 May)


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Microprocessor Design/Resources
Further ReadingEdit
Related WikibooksEdit
- Chip Design Made Easy
- MIPS Assembly
- SPARC Assembly
- Programmable Logic
- Semiconductors
- Digital Circuits
- Parallel Computing and Computer Clusters
- Floating Point
- Embedded Control Systems Design/Processors
- Embedded Systems/Microprocessor Architectures
- Floating Point/Floating Point Hardware
Wikipedia ArticlesEdit
- Wikipedia:Microprocessor
- Wikipedia:CPU design
- Wikipedia:Instruction set
- Apollo Guidance Computer
- Wikipedia:Soft microprocessor discusses FPGA CPUs
Wikiversity CoursesEdit
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External LinksEdit
- "homebrew CPU".
- Knowledge and Concepts of VLSI Chip Design and Development
- "Great moments in microprocessor history" by W. Warner 2004
- c2:AlternativeMicroprocessorDesign
- c2:DoMicroprocessorsLoveCee
- [1]]www.engineersgarage.com
- [2]www.howstuffworks.com
- [3]www.webopedia.com
- [4]www.slideshare.net
- Daniel J. Sorin has some good notes online for classes he's taught: "ECE 152: Introduction to Computer Architecture" and "ECE 252 / CPS 220: Advanced Computer Architecture I".
- Jacob Nelson has some information online about his microprocessor designs: "An FPGA-based Custom Computer" and "The uToad Proof of Concept", both reminiscent of the PDP-10.
- OpenCores has many open-hardware FPGA and CPLD designs under development, including dozens of microprocessors. These include entirely new processors such as "JOP: a Java Optimized Processor", "ZPU - the worlds smallest 32 bit CPU with GCC toolchain", the "OpenRISC 1000", "MCPU ... fits into a 32 Macrocell CPLD". These also include processors designed to be software compatible with ("clean-room re-implementations of") several older proprietary processors -- MIPS, ARM, x86, AVR, PIC, 68HC11, 68000, Alpha, etc.
- The Am1601 is a stack based CPU implemented in a FPGA. It is designed to be radiation tolerant.
- VHDL Source Code for Simple 8-bit CPU
- "Microprocessor Architectures" has a "Java based simulator of a pipelined processor. ... The Java code is written in a style to simplify the process of converting the processor into a ... a FPGA implementation."
- "CPU Design HOW-TO" by Alavoor Vasudevan 2002
- The Advanced Processor Technologies Group at Manchester has microprocessor design and synthesis tools you can download and use.
- "The "high-level CPU" challenge" and ""High-level CPU": follow-up" by Yossi Kreinin (and attached comments by a variety of other people) has some interesting ideas on CPU design.
- YASEP means "Yet Another Small Embedded Processor" by Yann Guidon: RTL source code is in VHDL, currently targeting the Actel ProASIC3 FPGA; simulator, an assembler, a disassembler, a manual, a development tool, all available for download (open source).
- StackOverflow: How does an assembly instruction turn into voltage changes on the CPU? -- good book recommendations, and an attempt to briefly summarize what this book is all about.
- Stackexchange: "A fun book to learn computer architecture" lists a few books on computer architecture and CPU design.
- Stackexchange: "Readable and educational implementations of a CPU in a HDL"
- Non-Von1 in a Spartan3E-1200 FPGA board
- Homebrew Cray-1A on a Xilinx Spartan-3E 1600 FPGA development board: built into a 1/10 scale model.
- fpga-cpu : FPGA CPU and SoC discussion list: list is for discussion of the design and implementation of field-programmable gate array based processors and integrated systems. It is also for discussion and community support of the XSOC Project.
- "Elementary Microprocessor ... The EM is intended as a simple microprocessor for educational purposes for those of us who are interested in learning not just what a CPU does, but *exactly how* a CPU works"[5]
- The original EM was designed on the open-source Logisim digital logic simulator[6].
- Michael A. Morris. "M65C02 Microprocessor Core". An implementation in Verilog that supports the full instruction set of the W65C02.
- Steve Chamberlin. "Tiny CPU in a CPLD". Originally designed to fit into two very small CPLD chips -- both Altera EPM7128, which has 128 macrocells -- but actually constructed with a single Altera Max II EPM570 CPLD, which has roughly 440 macrocells, on a custom PCB. The program counter and "absolute" addresses are 10 bits, but bank switching allows programs and data to share a full uniform 64 KByte address space. Verilog source code available.
- Zach Metzinger. "The Toro Clock Project". Built in 1997. A clock based on an 8-bit CPLD-implemented custom CPU. The TORO processor was originally intended to fit on 5 PALCE22V10s; this implementation of the processor uses one 22V10 (instruction decoder) and one MACH211 (roughly equivalent to 4 22V10; ALU, program counter, and the accumulator); a multiplexed address and data bus ... bank switching ...
- HORNET is a highly configurable, cycle-level multicore simulator with support for power and thermal modeling. HORNET software uses several cores when run on multicore host hardware, and it supports simulating chips with over 100 cores. Mieszko Lis, Pengju Ren, Myong Hyon Cho, Keun Sup Shim, Christopher W. Fletcher, Omer Khan and Srinivas Devadas, "Scalable, accurate multicore simulation in the 1000-core era".[7]
- Patterson and Hennessy, Computer Organization and Design, 3rd Edition, Morgan Kaufmann, 2005. ISBN 1558606041
- ... should we list the other design books recommended by John Doran ? ...
- Nisan and Schocken. "The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles". 2005. ISBN 978-0262640688. [8]
- Shimon Schocken. "From NAND to Tetris in 12 steps: building a modern computer from first principles" [9] is an overview of the Nisan and Schocken book.
- Hamacher, Vranesic, Zaky, Manjikian. "Computer Organization and Embedded Systems". ISBN 978-0073380650
David Winkel and Franklin Prosser. "The Art of Digital Design". ISBN 0-13-046607-7. Published by Prentice-Hall, 1987. "build a PDP-8 using registers and microcode."


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Pysanka is one of the most interesting expressions of the Ukrainian folk art. It is an Easter egg decorated using a wax resist method. Its name derives from the Ukrainian verb "pysaty", which means "to write". A specialized instrument called kistka or ryl'tse is used to write the design with hot wax.
Ukrainians have been decorating eggs for many generations. This tradition is very old andreaches back to antiquity.
The color and the symbols of the egg have specific meanings. Red stood for the sun, life, joy; yellow symbolized wealth and fertility; green was the symbol of spring and plant life.
The intricately colored eggs symbolized various social and religious occasions and were considered to be a talisman, a protector against evil. The symbolic ornamentation of the pysanka consists of geometric motifs, with some animal and plant elements.
The most significant motif is the stylized symbol of the sun. Other popular motifs are endless lines, stylized flowers, leaves, the tree of life and also some animal figures such as stags, horses or birds. Such elements as the cross, the church and fish brought the Christian influence.
Nowadays Ukrainians also decorate the eggs and use traditional patterns and ornaments equally with some modern pictures and images.


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Here are some words John Newton wrote in March, 1775, to a friend and fellow minister of the gospel. The dialogue had to do with what we might call the "spiritual ups and downs" of the Christian life. Newton wrote,
"The enemy assaults me more by sap than storm; and I am ready to think I suffer more by languor [i.e. spiritual sluggishness] than some of my friends do by the sharper conflicts to which they are called. So likewise, in those seasons which comparatively I call my best hours, my sensible comforts are far from lively. But I am in general, enabled to hold fast my confidence, and to venture myself upon the power, faithfulness, and compassion of that adorable Savior to whom my soul has been directed and encouraged to flee for refuge."
"I am a poor, changeable, inconsistent creature; but he deals graciously with me. He does not leave me wholly to myself; but I have such daily proofs of the malignity and efficacy of the sin that dwelt in me, as ought to cover me with shame and confusion of face, and make me thankful if I am permitted to rank with the lowest of those who sit at his feet. That I was ever called to the knowledge of his salvation, was a singular instance of his sovereign grace; and that I am still preserved in the way, in defiance of all that has arisen from within and from without to turn me aside, must be wholly ascribed to the same sovereignty."
"And if, as I trust, he shall be pleased to make me a conqueror at last, I shall have peculiar reason to say, Not unto me, not unto me, but unto thy name, O Lord, be the glory and the praise!"
How oft have sin and Satan strove
To rend my soul from you, my God!
But everlasting is your love,
And Jesus seals it with his blood.
"The Lord leads me, in the course of my preaching, to insist much on a life of communion with himself, and of the great design of the Gospel to render us conformable to him in love. And as, by his mercy, nothing appears in my outward conduct remarkably to contradict what I say, many, who only can judge by what they see, suppose I live a very happy life."
"But, alas! if they knew what passes in my heart, how dull my spirit is in secret, and how little I am myself affected by the glorious truths I propose to others, they would form a different judgment. Could I be myself what I recommend to them, I would be happy indeed. Pray for me, my dear friend, that, now the Lord is bringing forward the pleasing spring, he may favor me with a spring season in my soul; for indeed I mourn under a long winter."
John Newton, Works, II.107-108.
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We had the loveliest baby shower in Dallas this past weekend (I shared a few photos here if you're interested) and our generous family and friends made a sizable dent in the long list of items we'll need before our baby boy arrives in late September! I so appreciated your input on your favorite baby items in the comments of this post and I wanted to share the items that wound up on our baby registry. I'll be sure to write an update once the baby arrives and we've used each of these products for a few months as I'm sure things will change and he'll wind up hating things we thought he'd love and vice versa. I spent a ton of time researching each of these products on my own in addition to consulting several close girlfriends and feel really good about the list we ended up with. I hope this research helps some of you as you navigate this overwhelming part of preparing for a newborn!
- UPPAbaby Vista stroller with travel bag and organizer
- UPPAbaby Mesa car seat with travel bag and backseat mirror
- 7 A.M. Enfant foot muff
- Babybjorn multi-position baby carrier
- Lotus travel crib
- Halo Bassinest
- Babybjorn bouncer
- Lovevery play gym
- Skip Hop jumper
- Milk Snob multi-use car seat and nursing cover
- Luna Lullaby nursing pillow
- Baby Brezza formula dispenser
- Dr. Brown's Options+ bottle set
- Comotomo baby bottles in 5 ounces and 8 ounces
- Boon dishwasher basket
- Boon lawn bottle drying rack
- Gerber cloth diapers to use as burp cloths
- Plain white bibs and seersucker bibs
- Angelcare infant bath tub
- Skip Hop rinser cup
- Munchkin safety bath ducky
- Wooden baby hair brush and comb set
- Pottery Barn kids navy gingham bath wraps
- Pottery Barn navy gingham washcloth set
- Nook recycled denim crib mattress
- Dreamtex mattress pad covers
- Nanit Plus baby monitor
- Hatch Baby sound machine
- Roolen humidifier
- Halo sleep sacks
- Baby Merlin magic sleepsuit
- Braun digital forehead thermometer
- Fridababy baby basics kit
- American Red Cross deluxe health and grooming kit
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Link Party {DIY Inspired No. 67}
Welcome to the DIY Inspired Link Party! I'm so happy that you decided to spend your Friday night with me.
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Another wonderful party last week. I feel like a broken record because I say that every week but I really mean it. I was looking through the links, drooling all over the place at all of the food, getting all jealous over everyone's DIY. You guys rock! Here are my faves!
Chewy Chocolate Nougat Cookies
Halloween Peanut Butter Chocolate Monster Bars
Sideboard Buffet Hutch Makeover
I will be pinning these wonderful features and sharing on my Facebook page during the week!
Disclaimer: By linking up to DIY Inspired you are giving The Girl Creative permission to use your project in a social media feature and/or roundup post. Only one photo will be used and a direct link back to your blog will be provided.


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Join us for a conversation with Dr. Alex Gee, of the Justified Anger Coalition in Madison, WI; and the Black Like Me podcast.
Episode Highlights Include:
- Why we can't know American Christianity apart from the impact of slavery
- Woke white supremacy
- Why white Christians need to stop rescuing and start listening
- Why the sky isn't falling for all Christian churches
- God and the experience of being other
- White People Go Home
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"Drinking the Kool-Aid" is an expression commonly used in the United States that refers to any person or group who goes along with a doomed or dangerous idea because of peer pressure, following an abusive leader, or leaders, to the bitter, deadly end. The phrase often carries a negative connotation when applied to an individual or group. It can also be used ironically or humorously to refer to accepting an idea or changing a preference due to popularity, peer pressure, or persuasion. In recent years it has evolved further to mean extreme dedication to a cause or purpose, so extreme that one would "Drink the Kool-Aid" and die for the cause.
The phrase derives from the November 1978 Jonestown deaths, in which over 900 members of the Peoples Temple, who were followers of Jim Jones, died, many of whom committed suicide by drinking a mixture of a powdered soft-drink flavoring agent laced with cyanide and prescription drugs Valium, Phenergan, and chloral hydrate, while the rest of the members, including 89 infants and elderly, were killed by forced ingestion of the poison…
Dr. Albright was United States secretary of state from 1997 to 2001. Nobody will now believe that the Clinton administration was a time of great progress: war was pursued, under the form of a cruel embargo, including an embargo of drugs, against Iraq, while rogue US citizens, some connected to Harvard U, advised the leaders of Russia to restore the Russian Republic through plutocracy (a phenomenon which brought us Putin)….
Ms Albright wrote for the New York Times: "Will We Stop Trump Before It's Too Late?" Contrarily to what that title seems to imply, she doesn't assert that Trump is going to establish fascism in the USA, but that his alleged rogue attitude makes, worldwide, a bad situation worse (in part as Trump makes fun of the established order).
Albright writes:
"April 6, 2018
On April 28, 1945 — 73 years ago — Italians hung the corpse of their former dictator Benito Mussolini upside down next to a gas station in Milan. Two days later, Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his bunker beneath the streets of war-ravaged Berlin. Fascism, it appeared, was dead."
Not so simple: Fascism didn't die in May 1945. Far from it. Fascism is not just a "right wing" phenomenon. It is more about people feeling and thinking all alike, like the fasces bounded together around an axe, which is where the concept comes from, to symbolize in Rome "We the People" bounded around the lethal power of justice. Fascism is first of all, this binding together of a population as a weapon around a threat.
In May 1945 the fascist Stalin was alive, and well. Fascists such as Mao, Ho Chi Minh, were helped and financed by the USA (!!!) The US overall behavior in the war was highly suspect: why didn't the USA declare war to Germany in 1939, when France and Britain did? Why did the USA wait until Japan and Germany attacked the USA? De facto, US placidity against it enabled the Axis to believe it had the tacit support of the USA (until it found otherwise in late 1941).
"To guard against a recurrence, the survivors of war and the Holocaust joined forces to create the United Nations, forge global financial institutions and — through the Universal Declaration of Human Rights — strengthen the rule of law. In 1989, the Berlin Wall came down and the honor roll of elected governments swelled not only in Central Europe, but also Latin America, Africa and Asia. Almost everywhere, it seemed, dictators were out and democrats were in. Freedom was ascendant.
Today, we are in a new era, testing whether the democratic banner can remain aloft amid terrorism, sectarian conflicts, vulnerable borders, rogue social media and the cynical schemes of ambitious men. The answer is not self-evident. We may be encouraged that most people in most countries still want to live freely and in peace, but there is no ignoring the storm clouds that have gathered. In fact, fascism — and the tendencies that lead toward fascism — pose a more serious threat now than at any time since the end of World War II. "
(Survivors of war and "the Holocaust"? There were 5 million Jewish survivors of the attempted murders of all Jews in Europe; however, between the Nazis, Stalin and Mao, the number of people who died in extermination camps was above… 60 millions… In a 30 year period… So let's be careful, about the notion of "the Holocaust"… Which one?)
Ms Albright doesn't mention that this system she cherishes was set-up by the USA, to profit the USA more than the rest of the world (the FDR administration having bought Stalin by offering him half of Europe).
Ms. Albright evokes a so-called "free press", as a conveyor of truth (please, All Bright, tell me why the New York Times and The Guardian, both supposedly left of center, banned all my comments for more than five years? Just because they could? Or because they didn't like my theory of plutocracy?) However much of the press has been owned or influenced (through sponsors) by the wealthiest individuals. And the Internet is ravaged by "fake news".
Among the causes of strife Ms Albright identifies, worldwide, the main one, the perception and actuality of inequality, is not mentioned. Wealth, and the plutocracy it brings, are exponential phenomena. They are the main threats to civilization. Actually, people voted, at least in part, for Hitler and Mussolini precisely because those two campaigned explicitly against "plutocrats" and inequality.
The problems are piling up quickly, many of them driven by climate change. This makes most people fearful, anxious to bundle as one and strike: fascism. But that's just a symptom. The root cause is inequality, not just in wealth, but also in decision-making.
Patrice Aymé
Note: Here is Ms. Albright, dissembling away in the traditional way: "What is to be done? First, defend the truth. A free press, for example, is not the enemy of the American people; it is the protector of the American people. Second, we must reinforce the principle that no one, not even the president, is above the law. Third, we should each do our part to energize the democratic process by registering new voters, listening respectfully to those with whom we disagree, knocking on doors for favored candidates, and ignoring the cynical counsel: "There's nothing to be done." "
From Albright, nothing about unjust laws which make it so that the wealthiest can pay no taxes, get ever wealthier, and buy politicians… Nothing about direct democracy, all about "candidates", presumably, "Manchurian Candidates", brainwashed and all….


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Married man Ari Silvio is looking for some new things to do with his wife instead of the same old routine. He came across taking his wife on a hummer tour and wanted to tell friend Berke Banks all about it. For Banks, the word "hummer" triggers a completely different type of tour and one he is bound to take Silvio on.
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Nintendo released a sneak peak for their first DLC expansion pack for Breath of the Wild, and it definitely looks like some things we could have a lot of fun with. Here are the details:
- Trial of the Sword – This challenge takes Link through a series of rooms, each filled with various enemies. You start out with no weapons or equipment, so this should be a good challenge for any player! Complete all 45 rooms to unleash the "true power of the Master Sword."
- Hero's Path Mode – Have you ever wondered how much time you've spent in some of your favorite places, and which parts of Hyrule you still need to visit? Wonder no further, because the Hero's Path Mode on your map will show Link's footsteps for your most recent 200 hours of gameplay. A time bar at the bottom will allow you to dive deep and see where you've spent the most time on your journey. Neat!
- Hard Mode – Hard Mode in Breath of the Wild means more than it has in past Zelda installments. Every enemy will gradually regain health as you fight them, meaning that time is of the essence for your bigger battles. Additionally, each enemy will "level up" by one. meaning that any Red Bokoblin is now a Blue Bokoblin, and so on. Enemies can also have a higher maximum level than on Normal Mode, so beware! Additionally, "Look up, and you may also find enemies and treasure chests in the sky!" warns Nintendo. I wonder what we'll find up there!
- Travel Medallion – A new item called a Travel Medallion will be hidden somewhere in Hyrule. Once it's found, it will allow the player to set their current location as a fast travel point. Only one travel point will be allowed at a time, but even just that one extra travel point could prove extremely helpful!
- New Armor – This is probably the part I'm most excited about. I managed to get all of the armor available pretty early on in the game, and I've been itching for more ever since! The expansion will bring 8 new pieces of armor. We'll get Majora's Mask, Midna's helmet, Phantom armor, and Tingle's outfit. Each of these pieces of armor can be found in treasure chests hidden throughout Hyrule, and supposedly there will be some in-game tips to lead us to each piece.
- Korok Mask – In addition to the above mentioned 8 pieces of armor, there will also be a treasure chest containing a Korok Mask. This mask, when worn, will shake whenever the player is approaching a hidden Korok. Hopefully this will help us completionists find all 900 Korok seeds!
Expansion Pack 1 will be available this Summer, and is available for both the WiiU and Switch versions of Breath of the Wild. The pack is priced at $19.99, and upon purchase the player will receive 3 treasure chests, one of which contains a Nintendo Switch t-shirt! Stay tuned for more details on Expansion Packs 1 and 2, as release dates and more details are announced!
Do you have the Expansion Pass already? Planning on getting it? Let us know in the comments below!


text: Hmm, this is an interesting tisane that I picked up on the latest haul from ESP Emporium. I was hoping it would be more pumpkin-y but I'm picking up more on the honeydew and apple element here. It isn't too bad for a fruity rooibos tea, especially with soymilk added, but not quite what I was expecting from a tisane called Pumpkin Cream. I don't have a whole lot more to say about it, will probably finish it off eventually, although not in earnest.


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BY: David Wilkerson
Tuesday, September 11, 2001, the twin towers of New York City were
destroyed. Five days later right outside the door, you can still see the
smoke pouring out of the ruins. I looked out my window because when I
prepared this message in my study I overlook the whole scene and the smoke
this morning was drifting over the Statue of Liberty and all over New
I stood there last night weeping and begging God for mercy. Mercy for the grieving families who lost loved one. Mercy for those still digging in the ruins, retrieving bodies and mostly body parts. Mercy on the workers, the police, the fireman, the volunteers who openly weep at the indescribable destruction.
Times Square Church was given a site at ground zero. Pastor Carter tells me that the tents were put there? This church was the closest to ground zero and to the disaster. Workers were working and are still working 24-hours around the clock and still working, feeding and ministering and being there in this time of horror.
But you see, Times Square Church was warned a calamity was coming. We are now in the seventh week of a visitation of the Holy Spirit and if you have been coming to this church you know that even weeks before that the Holy Spirit moved on the pastoral staff here to cancel everything.
We cancelled the Mission's Conference, we cancelled the Youth Conventions, and we cancelled every speaker. We cancelled everything to come and call this body to prayer. We started with two weeks of prayer and those weeks of meetings continue this week again. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and stopping only when God says to stop.
But something indescribable has been happening in this church in this past seven weeks. Every service, as you witness today, a holy hush, a silence from the throne has come to this auditorium. There was one night when we sat for one hour in total silence and nobody could move. I remember putting my hands on my knees to stop them from trembling because of the awesome pres ence of God.
As the pastors began to pray and you remember if you've been here, you've seen the pastors weeping and wailing. I've seen pastor Neil laying here crying out to God. We were repenting. We were crying out to God and then the Holy Spirit spoke clearly that it was happening because a tragedy was coming, a calamity was coming to this city and to the nation and we didn't know what it was. Suddenly a calamity struck the nation and especially here in New York City.
One network anchorman said this, and I quote him, "Just think of it. Our two symbols of power and prosperity have been smitten in one hour." He didn't know he was quoting from Revelation 18:10, "Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come."
One of the police officers from this church who is working at this site spoke with us, the pastors, on Friday night and he said his fellow officers who know he's a Christian are asking, "What's this all about?" Police officers and fireman are sitting down and just weeping and crying like children. Others are being asked now, "Where is God in all of this? Where is God?"
There's a lady from this church who moved to California, she was active in this church, and I know her by name. She's been gone about two years, she attends a church in California and she called this week, yesterday I believe it was, to a sister here in this church who then called me and said, "Please tell the pastors of the church to keep on warning and preparing the people because since I sat under ministers who were warning I was prepared and ready. Everybody in the church where I attend now is losing it. Everyone is weeping and they are going to the pastors saying, why didn't you warn us? Why didn't you prepare us?"
She said, "Please don't stop warning."
Now understand where God is in this calamity. You've got to absolutely believe in this book. You have to put everything - all your faith in what God says in His book. Not experts, not those who are called "the talking heads on television or radio" no, what God's word says! If you are ready to hear that we'll begin to understand where God is in all of this.
I can assure you God wasn't taken by surprise. I can assure you that every thought of man is known by the heavenly Father. He reads every thought. Every ruler, every despot, every terrorist - God knows when he sits down, when he rises, he knows where they are at.
Very soon they'll be in hell because God deals with them. He knows every thought. Nothing on the face of the earth is done without His knowledge, without His permission and even sometimes by His doing.
Years ago, in 1973, God gave me a prophetic word called, The Vision. I distributed it in a book and when the Lord gave me that vision is was so frightful I begged with God, "Please, I can't deliver this word without some hope." You've got to give me some hope. I feel hopeless by what I see coming. If you want me to, you have to give me something. And the Lord did. It was five words, "God has everything under control."
Having received that word is the only way I could release the message. I say again today, God has everything under control.
Now if you are a praying, Bible believer, you know instinctively in your heart that God is trying to speak to this nation and the world through this. God is trying to send us a message. Theologians and pastors all over the country even around the world are saying to their congregations, "God had nothing to do with these calamities. God would not allow such a thing to happen."
Because of that thinking and because of that preaching, we are quickly losing the message and missing what God is trying to say. We are missing it.
Beloved, we need a word from heaven. I've wept and grieved just as others have but deep within I've experienced this week a deeper grief than just those who have been lost in this catastrophe. I'm going to show you how God weeps. I'll show you how God grieves over it and I'll show you how God has no pleasure in the death of anybody.
It's the grief that if we miss the message He's trying to proclaim to us, if we turn a deaf ear to what God is loudly proclaiming, much worse is in store for us.
I found the word of God, the prophet in Isaiah spoke directly to what is happening today, right now. He spoke clearly to this experience. If anyone here objects to my using and Old Testament story as an example of God's work today then you need to be reminded of what Paul the apostle said.
"Now all these things? (In other words, everything that happened in the Old Testament, happened unto them for examples)? they are written for our admonition upon whom the ends of the worlds are come."
Isaiah went through a similar experience in his nation. So similar that it's similar yet we get from it how God moves in times like this.
For nearly 250 years God patiently dealt with Israel. Patiently wooing and sending light afflictions, as they were called at first. Light afflictions, trying to woo back into his blessing and into His favour and into His love.
They were called to humble themselves before the almighty hand of God. All the prophets came to them speaking the same word, humble yourself. Turn from your wickedness, turn from your wicked ways. But the scripture says instead they served idols. That the Lord testified against Israel and against Judah by all the prophets saying, "Turn ye from your evil ways. Keep my commandments and my statues. They would not hearken but they've hardened their necks."
This chosen nation, this so blessed nation of God, was called to repentance. Instead they began to mock their prophets. They began to follow vanity, they became vain, and they left all the commandments of the Lord their God. They sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord. Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel.
God sent wake-up calls to Israel. One of the first was the Assyrian invasion of two provinces, Zebulon and Naphtali. Only the coast was touched in two places. This was the first wake-up God gave to Israel.
Suddenly Israel lost its sense of security. It had never happened in this measure before. But it was limited damage. Their heartland wasn't touched. It was limited to two places. But in it, God was speaking to Israel and Israel missed the message. Israel was given a second wake-up call and this one was very damaging, very severe. Isaiah makes it very clear, and I'll show it to you in just a minute where it's located, that the enemies of Israel, they were called the enemies of Israel, Assyria and the Philistines - combined their forces and suddenly attacked Israel. The attack is said to have come from before and behind. From the east and from the west.
Now we come to the heart of what I want to talk to you about. Where was God in the sudden invasion of his chosen land of Israel?
I'm going to go to the word and I'm going to show you from the 9th chapter of Isaiah, the prophet Isaiah. I want you to look at verse 8 with me please. In the midst of all of this turmoil and chastening by the hand of God - verse 8. "The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel."
Look at me please. Never in the history of mankind has God left his people clueless during a time of disaster. Never. He's never left us clueless. He's never left us trying to figure it out on our own. He's always given an understanding.
God spoke to his people in a time of calamity. Even now while I stand here God is raising up prophetic messages today in pulpits all across America and around the world. They are preaching just what I'm preaching to you this morning.
I received a call from a pastor, a friend of mine from the West, last night. He said, "Pastor Dave, I have to deliver a message tomorrow to my people and I'm scared to death. It's so against what everybody seems to be telling people today. I'm scared to death and I want to run it by you."
When he ran it by me I said, "Well my friend, that's what I'm preaching tomorrow."
All over the country because these men have heard from God and they weep and they grieve, they repent, but still they know that they have to proclaim what God's word says and to bring the message home to our hearts.
I'm going to give you a word that I don't think? I really don't want to hear, in my flesh, and most of you don't want to hear. It's going to sound heartless to some and cruel and untimely and like unkindness in a time of grieving. But if we don't hear it, if we don't face it, the nation is doomed. Absolutely doomed.
"Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together" (Isaiah 9:11)
"For the people turned not unto him that smite them, neither do they seek the Lord of hosts." (Verse 13)
The Lord himself set up the adversaries. The people did not turn unto him that smite.
Now let me tell you what God uses. For Israel during Isaiah's time God used the enemies of Israel to rod, to chasten and warn them to repent. God had to use it as a last resort to bring them back into his heart; to bring back the blessing and to destroy their enemies and to put up walls of protection.
You read Isaiah 5. He said because of the sin God let the walls down. God used Assyria - let me read it to you - as a rod to correct Israel.
"Oh Assyria, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is my indignation. The weapons in their hand are my indignation. I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets." (Isaiah 10:5, 6)
He said, I'm going to take an evil nation and I'm going to use it as a rod, as a last resort to bring my people to repentance and to my heart. I make provisions and I provide for it and I protect it but they've turned their backs upon me. As soon as he was finished with Assyria, he destroyed it.
Now let me tell you what is going to happen to the terrorists.
Please look at chapter ten, Isaiah 10, verses 12 through 15.
God is saying, yes, now you've lifted yourself with pride and now I'm going to destroy you.
I can assure you that it won't be long until everyone is in hell. God is going to do it. God himself is going to deal - in some miraculous way He will deal with all these adversaries and the terrorists. You can mark it down. God will deal with this. God will deal with it.
Suddenly as the Assyrians come and God in his love is chastening Israel, suddenly the buildings are collapsing. The Bible says in chapter 9, verse10, the bricks are falling down. Look at it, "The bricks are fallen down, thy sycamores are cut down but we will change them into cedars." In fact, the forests were on fire, buildings were on fire. Israel was in flames.
But I ask you a question, now listen to me closely please. Did Israel repent? Is there any national acknowledgement that God was warning? Did any of those who were rulers seek God in the calamity?
No, because it's very clear from the Scripture the initial fear gave way to a flood tide of national pride.
Look at verse 9: "And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria [you see, this is the heartland] that say in the pride and stoutness of heart." The word "stoutness" there in Hebrew is "a sense of greatness".
A sense of greatness in their pride and a sense of greatness of heart and they are saying the bricks are falling down but we will build with huge stones.
"The bricks are fallen down, thy sycamores are cut down but we will change them into cedars."
Here's what they were saying by their actions and listen closely please. These calamities are just fate. An unfortunate disaster that can't be explained. "Aw, but we're a great people. We're a mighty nation unbending. We are proud people. Let the world know we will build it up bigger and better. Where there were bricks we will rebuild with impregnable stones. Where there was cheap construction destroyed, the sycamores will build with better materials. We'll build with cedar. We are a blessed nation, proud and powerful. We will come through this trouble better than ever."
But you see, no one was asking, "Is God saying something to us? Is God trying to speak to us?"
Does this sound familiar? God himself sent a covert chastisement on Israel to wake them up and to bring them back to himself to protect them but they don't even once acknowledge His working in it. They don't heed the message.
But they use this disastrous occasion to defy the very thought that such a proud, great nation could ever be humbled or chastened by God.
Now folks, I thank God for a moral President. We prayed for him before this happened. Remember we were pleading and interceding, "God give wisdom to this President. God something is about to happen. Give him wisdom."
We have prayed and interceded for him. Thank God for the Christians in high places. Thank God that, at least temporarily, there is a turning to prayer around the nation and around the world.
Do you remember the Gulf War? Do you remember how packed all the churches were in New York? Do you remember a whole three days of prayer? Then the next week New York City came apart with parties?
Do you remember? A whole nation called to prayer. Thank God President Bush, Sr., spent the night with Billy Graham on his knees and that's probably why it was successful in that occasion.
Thank God for people who are sober and beginning to re-think their lifestyle. And we're to pray for our leaders and thank God we live in a land of freedom but still we're missing the message.
We have moments of silence and we call that repentance? We see politicians on the steps of the government building singing "God Bless America" and we call that turning back to God?
We applaud the NFL for calling for a moment of silence at halftime and we call that a spiritual experience. Is that all that's going to come out of it? One moment of silence and back to the painted faces, back to jugging beer and screaming for their favourite team?
Back to sitting in front of the television laughing with Leno?
This morning I turned on the radio to hear what was happening and they were re-playing as the Senators and Congressman on the Congressional Building steps were singing, "God Bless America, stand beside us, lead us, guide us?"
I wept and cried, I could hardly stand it because God was saying, "David, don't you understand? There's only a handful that believe that. These are the same men that have ruled me out of their society. They are trying to remove my name from the schoolbooks. They have aborted babies. And now they're singing God stand beside us!"
What hypocrisy!
These politicians pontificating about God now. The very ones that are protecting abortion rights.
You see when a nation is under divine correction it will do one of two things. It will humble itself as did Nineveh or it will give God lip service and then turn to it's own strength and power to rise above the correction.
The cry is rising now, "We have the strength and the power, the ability, the resolve to endure any disaster because we're a proud and great nation."
Now thank God for patriotism. Thank God for the American flag. I thank God for the temporary national unity and folks, that's what it is. It's temporary.
I thank God for the incredible heroic efforts and sacrifices we've witnessed. The world wonders at the fortitude and love of the New Yorkers in this time, and the Americans in general, in Washington, D.C. and everywhere. But folks, we face now the same danger of missing God's message, as did Israel.
We're at the same crossroad now that Isaiah spoke of.
If you and I lived in Jerusalem and Judah at the time of this prophet, I have a sense that many of us would have walked out on him. We wouldn't have listened. We wouldn't have heeded it because the nation refused to believe that Jerusalem, their favourite city, or the nation of Judah could be brought low. And here comes Isaiah preaching while all the false prophets were preaching peace.
He said, "Shall not God as he has done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?"
He said, "What makes you think you're exempt Jerusalem? " Don't you know that I have just destroyed nations all around you for their idolatry? This same idolatry that you are practicing?
And he comes now with this message, "Shall not God as he has done to Samaria and her idols, so do also to Jerusalem and her idols?" What makes you think your nation is exempt?
All across America now we hear of prayer and remembrance meetings. Prayer and remembrance.
Now folks, we've got to remember those who died. That's scriptural, that's honourable. Thank God for what's happening. But why do we find it so impossible to call for prayer and repentance meetings? Why?
Is it remembrance and revenge? This has to be dealt with. I'm for that 100%.
But where is the call for turning back to God in America? Where is the call? Where is anyone hearing the message? Let me give you the message God is trumpeting. Time is running out.
I've sent you prophets and watchmen. You've been warned over and again. I prospered you above all nations. I endured your worship of gold and silver. I endured your shameless sensuality. I endured your mockery, your continuous shedding of innocent blood and murdering of babies. I've endured your timeless efforts to eradicate my name, even from your history books.
Now I've stricken in hopes of saving you, that you would repent and turn from your wicked ways so that I could heal your land and I will destroy your enemies.
Now folks, show me where that's not scriptural. Prove to me from God's word that He will not judge America as He's judged Sodom, Rome, Greece and now Russia.
I just returned from Russia a few months ago and walking through St. Petersburg and Moscow I was shocked at the total depression. The average wage is $50 a month. Nothing but broken down infrastructures. Everywhere men are lying on the streets drunk on cheap vodka. Drug addicts everywhere now. Such devastation.
I broke down in front of the ministers and wept and wailed.
We met at a hockey arena in Moscow because they tried to out rule God out of their society. They went down the same road we're going down and God said, "That's enough." Russia is under severe judgment. He's turned it into a Third World nation.
Here's the message from the prophet Ezekiel.
"Cast away from you all your transgressions whereby you have transgressed. Make you a new heart, a new spirit, for why would you die, O house of Israel? I have no pleasure in the death of him that dies, says the Lord God. Wherefore turn yourselves and live."
Folks, God knows the pain and sorrow of the death of the innocent. Who could be more innocent than his own son? Who is more innocent? God laid the sins of the whole world on the back of his own Son and let wicked men kill him! So don't tell me that He's not a feeling God. That He doesn't feel pain.
He said, "I take no pleasure in this?"
And I'll tell you why God bottles tears because they are his own tears He's retrieving. He weeps through those who are His beloved children. Every tear you shed as a believer in Jesus, and lover of Christ, those are the tears of God. Jesus is still a man and he weeps and He weeps through His children. It's the only evidence He can give.
I tell you now, Jesus has been weeping. God pity's and He weeps but his justice and his righteousness force Him to restrain his pity and carry out righteous judgments as a last resort. His justice demands that He lay these sins on His son and that an innocent son of God would die.
Oh yes, so many innocent people have died. Not that there was personal judgment on them. Many righteous died. But God's trying to save a nation.
Now what's going to happen if this nation misses the message and we don't turn back to the Lord? The window of opportunity is very short now. What's going to happen if abortion continues and we end up killing born babies for research purposes?
If we continue rubbing the precious name of Jesus out of our American history? That's what they're trying to do now. All of the schoolbooks are being re-written, the majority of schoolbooks are being re-written to remove God's name from American history. Right now.
What happens if we re-build bigger and better only to enrich ourselves even more? And all the talk I hear now is that somebody is going to build the towers bigger and better than ever.
What's going to happen if we don't trust God now instead of trusting our armed might?
Let me answer that question, not out of my own heart, not out of speculation, but the word of Isaiah clearly tells us what follows the rejection of His call to repentance and turning to pride and boasting of greatness.
The Bible says there will be devouring fire mounting to the heavens, darkness over the land, national disunity, a stricken economy, every man out for him self to survive.
Now listen to the scripture. "For wickedness burns as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke. "Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother." (Isaiah 9:18, 19)
It will be every man for himself.
"He shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry?"
God's going to touch the economy.
"And he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm." (Verse 20)
That means he's going to protect his little world and God help you if you try to get near the flesh of his own arm.
Let me read to you a message I delivered from this pulpit. It was September 7, 1992. It's entitled, "A Prophetic Warning to New York City". Some of you where here, perhaps, in 1992. Let me read this. This is from this very pulpit.
Right now, I believe God is speaking a warning to New York City and I wrestled with His severe word as I prepared this message and I prayed, Lord, is this really going to happen?
Again and again I heard this still small voice, "Preach it and warn the people. Those who want the truth will receive it."
Dear Saint:
This warning is not meant to scare you. It's meant only for you to take to the Lord and pray. This is what I believe the Lord has shown me.
Thirty days of chastisement will fall on New York City such as the world has never seen. God's going to let down the walls. Unimaginable violence, looting, a thousand fires will be burning at the same time throughout the city and it's Burroughs.
Times Square will be ablaze and the flames that ascend into the heaven will be seen for miles. Fire trucks will not be able to handle it all. Trains and buses will be shut down. Billions of dollars will be lost. Broadway shows will stop completely. It will cause businesses to flee the city in an unstoppable haemorrhage.
The violence will be ferocious. It will shock the whole world. Our streets will be lined not just with National Guard but the militia. The Los Angeles fires were confined to a few sections of their city but New York will be ablaze and its Burroughs.
Such things are expected in Third World countries but not in a civilized nation like the United States. Yet in not too long a time afterward New York City will go bankrupt. The city's Queen city will be cast into the dirt. A city of poverty.
You ask, when will all this happen? All I can say is, I believe I will be here when it happens. When it happens, no matter where we are, in your apartment or on the job, God's people are not to panic or fear."
I've been asked - so many calls in our Texas office. "Brother Dave, the web sites are covering this all over the United States. Is this what you saw?"
My answer is, "No, it's not. Not at all."
What I see is far more, far more severe. The heartland won't be spared. Because you see, if we turn away from God now, if we don't have voices rising, then this is what happened to Israel. The whole nation came under economic collapse.
You see I don't like to hear this. Folks, we didn't want to hear it then [in 1992] and it's happened and now we weep.
You say, "Well can't any of this be avoided?"
Absolutely yes. Yes!
If this President proves to be a Josiah, a man who sought the Lord with all his heart according to God's pattern or the tracks of the Holy Spirit we may be given a reprieve for as long as we have a godly man who does not turn to the right or to the left but completely trembles at the word of God.
Turn to 2 Kings and I'll give you that hope if you will. If you want to know what to pray about, folks, this is it. Pray that God will cause President Bush to tremble at the word of God, that he will stay on his knees and not be turned aside by advisors.
God said, as long as you are in power, as long as you weep before me, as long as you don't turn to the right or to the left, as long as you tremble at my word, you will not see what is coming. It will not come under your rule. It will not come in your time.
My prayer is that we would pray that desperately and event his morning before we close this service, to call this church to pray that God give the spirit of Josiah in the White House.
Our Attorney General Ashcroft is a Pentecostal believer full of the Holy Spirit. There are prayer meetings every day in the White House. We need to plead with God that the spirit of Josiah, the same spirit that rested on him?
Folks, not that we should be afraid of what is coming but to give us some time to evangelise. There seems to be a visitation of the Holy Spirit that is running in parallel with these judgments. There seems to be God speaking all over the land.
Churches in Dallas, churches in Denver are being packed with people. This is happening even before? Prayer meetings? and these are the Christians; these are the believers that are coming together. There's a temporary pull and call among those who are not believers.
But folks, this is the hope and here's what the prophet Zechariah said, "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, turn ye unto me, saith the Lord, and I will turn to you."
... God said if you would just turn.
We can't reach the world from this pulpit. But you see, yes, I pray that the nation repents. But my most intense prayer is for my own heart. Lord, let me be holy turned to you. Let me have a repentant heart. Let me judge my sins that I may not be judged before the throne. I'm not looking at somebody else.
Folks, you can't find anywhere in this particular thing where God blamed sinners. He didn't blame homosexuals, he didn't blame those. He said it's because of your pride and your cry of greatness. In your troubled times and in your grief you didn't turn to me with all your heart. You didn't come against yours sins but you turned to your own strength and you turned because you were wounded in pride. Your pride rose up.
God says, if you will turn to me with all your heart I will repent of what I had planned for you.
We can't repent for the rest of New York but we can repent for ourselves and our repentance this morning can rise to high heaven and touch the throne of God. We can move the heart of God I believe that with everything in us.
Folks, listen to me please. We want to remember in prayer our President. President Bush, when he was a candidate, one of his first speeches was given at our Teen Challenge Centre in Lubbock. We have a copy of his speech and he said, "I was an alcoholic and Jesus saved me not only from alcoholism but from sin. I've given my heart to Jesus Christ."
Now folks, we're to pray for our leaders even if they were evil. How much more for those that have been placed in the power and such a strategic time? You may not agree with his politics but folks, if you're a Christian, forget politics right now and let's lay hold of God.
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Tips to Handle Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
Several women suffer from heavy menstrual bleeding due to certain factors and health conditions as well. In this case, you must try to find the cause of heavy menstrual bleeding. This may cause due to fibroids and endometriosis, so you have to get the right treatment for your condition on time.
Women usually start the menstrual cycle at the age of 14 or 15. in the beginning, they experience normal menstrual bleeding but after some time, they may suffer from heavy periods. This will surely affect your lifestyle or everyday life as well. So, you need to meet the gynae doctor for check-up and treatment. And ask Gynae in India how much menstrual bleeding is normal and what are the symptoms of heavy menstrual bleeding. Well, this condition is additionally known as menorrhagia, which is experienced by only a few ladies.
Causes of heavy bleeding or menorrhagia
As we stated above, the main reasons behind heavy bleeding are Endometriosis and Fibroids. However, there are several other causes of heavy menstrual bleeding include-:
- Adenomyosis
- PID-: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
- Endometrial polyps
- Cancer in the Womb also leads to the painful or heavy menstrual cycles.
- PCOS-: Usually Polycystic Ovary Syndrome results in irregular periods, but when your periods start again, you will surely experience heavy bleeding.
- Blood clotting disorders include Von Willebrand Disease.
- Diabetes
- Depression or stress
- An Underactive Thyroid gland, that is additionally known as Hypothyroidism.
There are certain medications that lead to heavy periods or menorrhagia such as-:
- Cancer treatment or medicines that are used in chemotherapy.
- The insertion of an IUD ( intrauterine contraceptive device) leads you to a heavy period.
Symptoms of heavy menstrual bleeding
- If you feel the need to change your sanitary pads every hour
- If you are experiencing blood clots larger than 2.5cm
- Too much bleeding through to your clothes or bedding
The treatment of heavy bleeding is based on many factors include-:
- The lifestyle of the person
- Future plans of childbearing
- Medical history
- Overall health
- The severity of the condition
- Tolerance of the person to the medication
Certain medication for menorrhagia or heavy menstrual bleeding
- Hormonal IUD
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
- Oral contraceptives
- Oral progesterone
- Tranexamic acid
Treatment options are available to treat heavy menstrual bleeding or menorrhagia in several women. These include-:
- Focused ultrasound surgery
- Uterine artery embolization
- Hysterectomy
- Endometrial ablation
- Myomectomy
- Dilation and curettage
- Endometrial resection
To get these treatments you have to visit the lady doctor. Don't be shy and talk to the doctor openly, so that she can suggest suitable treatment according to your condition. And she will also guide you on how to tackle these types of problems in the future.


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