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Implementing a focus on "diagrams for understanding" in a first year physics unit
Creagh, C. (2008) Implementing a focus on "diagrams for understanding" in a first year physics unit. In: Proceedings of the Australian Institute of Physics, 18th National Congress, 30 November - 5 December, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
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In 2005 the student cohort of a first year physics unit, Principles of Physics, changed from students doing physics majors to students who were mostly doing non-physics majors. The majority of the new cohort did not have an extensive physics background and this prompted the author to consider the importance of well-constructed diagrams as an effective tool for facilitating student understanding. Construction of diagrams was modelled in lectures, discussed in tutorials and 20% of the assignment marks were allocated to diagrams. Various technologies were trialled in lectures to allow real-time modelling of diagram construction, the best to date being a Tablet PC with Microsoft OneNote software. This paper provides the reason for choosing diagrams to facilitate learning and describes how the diagrams were incorporated into learning activities. It is a preliminary paper which sets the scene
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How strong is Reich's animus toward the ultra-wealthy? Strong enough to tweet the same point twice:
He says boycotting the evil capitalist retailer is just the first step:
No justice, no peace!
Tweeters have a simple suggestion for Walmart employees: If you don't like your job or what you're getting paid, GO WORK SOMEWHERE ELSE.
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Telecom Italia Logo – Telecom Italia is a private Italian of telecommunications that has inherited the fixed telephone network of the former public operator of the same name. Telecom Italia was born from the merger in July 1994 of the latter with the company Olivetti. This operation, launched by the Managing Director of Olivetti at the time, Roberto Colaninno marked the Italian world of finance and business. It is indeed a takeover daring which enabled it to take control of a much larger group, which saw OPA also realize the privatization of Telecom Italia SpA and Olivetti simultaneously converting from its traditional in materials and services to telecommunications.
Telecom Italia was founded formally in 1994, by Act of June 30 the board of the public group IRI approving the "Plan for restructuring of telecommunications "under the provisions adopted by the law of 29 January 1992. This restructuring involved the merger of five group companies IRI – STET operating in the telephony sector: Società Piemontese Idroelettrica (SIP), Iritel, Italcable, Telespazio and SIRM. This fusion was born Telecom Italia.
The company was privatized in 1999 through the sale of 97% stake in the company Olivetti of Roberto Colaninno. Since July 2001, it became property of the company Olimpia, cofiliale 50/50 Pirelli and Benetton. In December 2008, Free buys French subsidiary of Telecom Italia ( Alice ADSL among others). On 6 July 2011, Disney and Telecom Italia are launching a catalog of video on demand on the platform of IPTV Cubovision. In March 2012, the Milan prosecutors opened an investigation into the operator as part of a scam to SIM.


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| February 15, 2017
Some marine creatures may be more resilient to future, harsher ocean conditions than expected
"Mineralogical Plasticity Acts as a Compensatory Mechanism to the Impacts of Ocean Acidification"
Environmental Science & Technology
As the world continually emits carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, the oceans are taking a hit, absorbing some of it and growing more acidic. Among other effects, scientists have found that coral reefs and oyster hatcheries are deteriorating as a result. However, scientists studying a type of sea snail report a bit of bright news in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology: The animal can adapt by rejiggering its shell-making process and other functions.
A lower pH in ocean waters means fewer carbonate ions are available to calcifying organisms, such as coral reefs and oysters, which need the ions to produce shells and skeletons. While ocean acidification appears to cause damage to many calcifying organisms, recent studies have suggested that some of those organisms may be more resistant to acidification than previously thought. Sean D. Connell and colleagues wanted to find out how this might be possible.
The researchers exposed sea snails called periwinkles to the ocean conditions predicted for 2100, when some waters at a pH of 8.10 today are expected to reach a pH of 7.85. Although the animals' metabolism declined, they were able to speed up their shell-making by producing less-dense inner shells. In addition, they developed less-soluble shells, which are more resistant to future, harsher ocean conditions. The researchers say these changes suggest that the periwinkle, and potentially other calcifying organisms, could have the ability to adapt to the acidifying oceans.
The authors acknowledge funding from the University of Adelaide and the Australian Research Council.
The American Chemical Society is a nonprofit organization chartered by the U.S. Congress. With nearly 157,000 members, ACS is the world's largest scientific society and a global leader in providing access to chemistry-related research through its multiple databases, peer-reviewed journals and scientific conferences. ACS does not conduct research, but publishes and publicizes peer-reviewed scientific studies. Its main offices are in Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio.


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I was going to make the Popular Paperbacks post my example of why lists matter, but then I realized it would be buried in a post about one list.
I was going to wait until after my state Young Adult Services Section had finished all its deliberations about the Garden State Teen Book Award lists, but then decided it was better to tie that all together in a general post later this spring about state teen choice book award lists.
But I have my cup of coffee, and in many responses to the recent list discussions I've seen and read "it's just a list, why the fuss." So, and I'll try not to be my usual wordy self, I just wanted to note why from a library perspective lists matter.
This is based on my personal knowledge — what I've done. What I know other librarians do from talking to them or reading their blogs or listserv comments or chatting in Twitter and the like. If your experience varies, please share in the comments so we all have a broader understanding.
Libraries uses lists, from places like YALSA and ALSC to lists from websites and magazines, for collection development. A list from a respected organization, publication, or blog comes out and the librarian takes the list, checks the shelves for what the library owns and does not own, and in reliance on the entity behind the list buys the books.
The books being on the shelf now means teens can find them and read them. (Sorry, I have to be wordy, but see now the power of that list and the librarian, and how the end reader does not realize that the book is being read because their library has a teen librarian and a list existed! If asked, "why did you read Book X" they will only say "it was on the shelf," and how often do we wonder why it was on the shelf?)
Booktalking (or, as booksellers call it, handselling) will be based on these lists and will be done in a variety of ways: formal classroom booktalks at schools, one-one-one discussions with individuals, displays, bookmarks, online lists. Often, to fill the need of more readers wanting these books, multiple copies will be bought for the increased readership.
Teachers looking to encourage reading will also use these lists to purchase books to create classroom sets, have book discussions, or encourage reading. So, again, more readers.
Does every list have this power? No. But before dismissing the power of individual blog lists (like, for example, my own personal Favorites Read lists), I want to share something I'm hearing and seeing more and more, both in person at conferences and online in listservs etc. And that is librarians saying they make decisions about books (purchasing, displaying, booktalking) based on blogs. Personally, in terms of library collection development policies as well as book challenge policies, I believe that those librarians are also relying on professional review journals but I can easily see blog lists/reviews being read first, a decision made to purchase, and then professional reviews found to meet policy.


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Grading the Top 10 BBC Asian Downloads
1. Naughty Boy ft. Sam Smith, "La La La"
Naughty Boy is the nom de plume of British producer Shahid Khan, who has created hits for British stars like Cheryl Cole, Leona Lewis, and Wiley. "La La La" went straight to no. 1 on the U.K. Singles Chart, ending the unholy monthlong run of Daft Punk's "Get Lucky." "Get Lucky" still has the top spot in a chokehold on numerous worldwide charts, but "La La La" is the U.K.'s fastest selling single of 2013. Singer Sam Smith is having a year just as great as Pharrell's, who does the vocals on this song and Disclosure's "Latch." if you're over disco and ready for U.K. garage, "La La La" could be just your type of song. Also the video is about a crypto-historical creepypasta "Bolivian folk legend" and the dog is a chow chow.
Grade: B+
Best YouTube Comment: "I think the kid is trying to stop an evil god or something that is cursing people" — JoshuaLeighton-Brook
2. MoneySpinner ft. Preet Brar & Sudesh Kumari, "Maahi Veh Maahi"
MoneySpinner is a Birmingham-based production duo. Preet Brar and Sudesh Kumari are both Punjabi singers, but their parts are being lip-synched here by actors. This is a remake/remodel of Didar Sandhu and Amar Noorie's original.
Grade: A
Best YouTube Comment: "WIFEY MATERIAL!!!" — baldeepjhand
3. DJ Sanj & Jay Status, "Jawaab"
Jay Status and DJ Sanj getting their Gatsby on in the various rooms of a giant fancy country house. Bangers for the study! Jay Status is an awesome name for a bhangra Nate Dogg.
Grade: A
Best YouTube Comment: "Finally we girls can admire Dj Sanj's cute face. lmao" — Shilatvb
4. Arijit Singh, "Tum Hi Ho"
The big power ballad from Aashiqui 2, the semi-sequel to 1990 blockbuster romantic musical drama Aashiqui. Aashiqui 2 is about the tempestuous relationship between musicians Arohi (Shraddha Kapoor) and Rahul "RJ" Jaykar (Aditya Roy Kapoor), as Rahul struggles with his alcoholism and anger issues. The movie received mostly positive reviews, earning comparisons to A Star Is Born. "Tum Hi Ho," written by Mithoon Sharma, is a huge hit (and rightly so).
Grade: A
Best YouTube Comment: "This film is the best film I ever seen & this song love I love it"- miki berhe
5. Atif Aslam & Shreya Ghoshal, "Jeene Laga Hoon"
This video for "Jeene Laga Hoon" comes from the trailer for the film of the same name. No, I'm not sure what the set piece with plastic horses in the desert is all about, but I'm intrigued!
Grade: A
Best YouTube Comment: "makes you fall in love with someone you're yet to meet.." — NeyhaK
6. A.S. Kang & Sukshinder Shinda, "Maestro Boliyan"
Celebrated Punjabi singer A.S. Kang on a Sukshinder Shinda track, from Kang's latest comeback album, "The Maestro."
Grade: B+
Best YouTube Comment: "this is what the bhangra industry was missing! the master is back!" — MRLD1000
7. Imran Khan, "Satisfya"
Trappy rap singing from Dutch Pakistani rapper Imran Khan. I might listen to this strictly as an instrumental.
Grade: C+
Best YouTube Comment: "he just uses heavy beats in his tracks…otherwise anyone can sing his songs..just listen amplifier carefully..its a bit similer…………………..…using lamborghinis or cheetas(animal) wont help a track to be a hit…..its not a big deal imran…." — rajneeshbhaskaran
8. Garry Sandhu ft. DJ Dips, "Youtube"
It was tricky finding the song called "Youtube" on YouTube even for a high-level Internet dungeon master like myself. Kind of like looking for "The Band" on Google without adding any extra terms like "Levon Helm" or "Canadian American" Good thing tracking down this song was totally worth it.
Grade: A
Best YouTube Comment: "Awesome new song" — SanjoshDulai
9. Diljit, "Shoulder"
From the soundtrack to Jatt & Juliet 2. Buddy cop comedies are BACK!
Grade: B-
Best YouTube Comment: "I love neeru bajwa" — BabarMirza
10. Raj Bains & PBN, "Superstar"
Stuntin' at an '80s movie villain house!
Grade: B
Best YouTube Comment: "since this has came out I have it full blast in my car #balleballe" — GurmukhSingh
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I've been using a ZAGGfolio iPad 2 keyboard case for a few months now, and I like it a lot. So I was interested to see that ZAGG are now offering a range of colors for the ZAGGfolio.
You can now get the folio (the case) in a choice of 11 colors, including Dark Blue, Metallic Red, Smart Green, Smart Orange, and more. You can also choose a keyboard color – silver, black, or white.
If you choose to order Folio and Keyboard it will run you $99.99. If you want just the folio, it's $29.99. I just ordered a blue one.
My favorite thing about the ZAGGfolio for iPad 2 is its excellent keyboard. It's the nicest one I've seen yet for one of the case + keyboard combos. It has great spacing between the keys and is very comfortable to type on.
At $100 and with a range of colors to choose from, I'd say this is a good deal with a high quality iPad 2 keyboard case if you happen to be looking for one.
For more details or to place an order check out the ZAGGfolio product page here: http://bit.ly/tiUmcp


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Atlanta, GAAn Impromptu Glorious Chorus™
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Elise leads sessions of glorious group singing, teaching in a style so easy that, before you know it, the room is in perfect harmony!
Drawing from her love of diverse melodies and rhythms, Elise may introduce a Brazilian samba, a Congolese storysong, an Italian round, or four-part harmonies from Zimbabwe.
There are lots of songs in English, including songs from the African American tradition, quirky rounds, food songs, Bobby McFerrin style Circle Songs, Elise originals, and lots more. All of the songs are broken down into easily learnable parts and become thrilling to sing in a group. Whether you've sung all your life or think you "can't carry a tune in a bucket," in no time at all, you'll find yourself part of an Impromptu Glorious Chorus™.


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Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy will have a return bout to their exhibition match in China last October.
According to AFP, the duo will meet on October 28 at a to-be-determined location for a one-on-one match.
Last year, the pair faced off in a match dubbed the Duel at Jinsha Lake, which McIlroy won in the medal-match play format by a shot with a score of 67.
"Rory and I have played against and with each other a lot over the past few years, and he beat me in China last time so I'm looking forward to playing again," Woods said in a press release announcing the second match. "We're good friends, but both of us love to win, so I'm expecting more great golf."
"It's exciting to play against Tiger in this format," said McIlroy, who hinted at this match ahead of the 2013 U.S. Open. "We've played together many times in regular four-day Tour events, but it's different when it's just the two of us in an 18-hole battle."
The first edition was rather bizarre, mostly due to the lack of experience among fans in viewing and organizers in putting together such an exhibition. Fans stole range balls and had to be tackled for getting too close to the players. Among other odd sites: models on the tee boxes and a fireworks display.


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Serena the Sea Princess
Hi, I'm wondering if anyone out there knows of any mermaid groups or organizations or anything in the NJ area where people can get together and "be" mermaids. I have always loved mermaids my whole life, I own several mermaid tails, I'm an actress and a mother of 2 and would love to be able to put my tails and passion for mermaids to use. I don't know if there are any mermaid meetup (http://mernetwork.com/index/#) or cosplay groups out there where merfolk can get together once in a while and swim and "become" mermaids at events, get-togethers or festivals. I live in South Jersey where we've got the Jersey shore and plenty of lakes, rivers, etc. If anyone knows of anything like this, let me know! Thank you!


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If you travel even a moderate amount, you'll get this immediately. The TSA is completely random in it's approach to ensuring airline safety. At Reagan National (sorry lefties, it's no longer "National Airport;" it's Reagan National), it's imperative that you put your shoes DIRECTLY on the belt, not in a bin. At most other airports, you're instructed to put them in the bin. If you're traveling through NY, be darned sure you don't wear those pants you bought before you lost 10 lbs because you have to take your belt off at Gerald Ford Laguardia Airport (OK, it's just Laguardia). At every other airport, you can roll the dice on the belt if you think it won't set off the alarm (unless it's one of those full body x-ray scans that leaves NOTHING to the imagination for the screener. By the way, they have one of those in Miami, where I travel every week, and I noticed they have parked the screener who sees "everything" behind a little curtain. I want to know exactly what goes on back there. But, I digress). You get the point – it's pretty daggone random how they keep the friendly skies safe.
Even with all that randomness, I found myself shocked at something I saw at Newt Gingrich Indianapolis Airport (OK, it's not really called that either) recently. Now, as we all know, liquids 3 oz and under are safe, but once you hit 3.1 oz, there's a major terrorist threat. I would love to know who came up with the 3 oz rule, speaking of random. Anyway, I was behind a couple who were probably in their early 70s. Their luggage got flagged for violating the 3 oz rule. I think we've all been there at least once. I've had to toss out numerous bottles of water that I just paid $9 for at the newstand outside security and I've seen novice traveling women reduced to tears as they're forced to jettison a $300 bottle of shampoo (which differs from my $5 bottle of shampoo principally in that it has more French words on the label; and, yes, female friends and relatives, I am fully aware that I have way less hair to wash than you do and that probably justifies spending a week's pay on a bottle of shampoo produced in China with soothing French words on the label).
So, back to our kind older couple with the contraband liquid. They had a 16 oz (whoa, that's way over) can of Contadina Condensed Milk. You can't make that up. Even I got suspicious when I saw that. I mean, seriously, who the hell travels with condensed milk? They looked innocent enough, but I was about to call back-up TSA agents in because the condensed milk was a clear sign of something fishy. I waited to see the TSA agent flip the condensed milk into the big garbage can with the $300 bottles of shampoo when the couple started pleading their case to keep the condensed milk. I'm thinking to myself, "give it up, Ma and Pa Kettle – it ain't happening. These TSA agents have been trained in the most sensitive techniques for detecting and diffusing terrorist threats." But, just then, the woman pulled a full sized cake tin out of her bag and said, "but, sir, my husband and I are going to visit our daughter and I plan to bake them a cake when I get there. If you take away the condensed milk, I won't be able to bake the cake for our daughter." OK, let me pause and say that either that had to be true or it's a AAA+ for creativity in sneaking something on a plane. But, as I'm sure you can imagine, the TSA agent has read the chapter in the TSA manual on "sure signs of a terrorist" as in: (1) young men with beards, (2) young men with beards speaking Arabic, (3) elderly women claiming to be traveling somewhere to bake a cake.
But, wait, what happened next was astonishing. The TSA agent bought the cake baking story, handed the woman the 16 oz can of condensed milk and sent her on her way (I still wonder where the hell they were going that she couldn't have purchased the supplies when she got there). So, you only thought the TSA rule was "no liquids over 3 oz." In fact, it turns out, the rule is "no liquids over 3 oz, unless you are traveling somewhere to bake a cake, in which case the limit is 16 oz." I wonder what other caveats there are to the 3 oz rule?
I was just curious enough to ask the TSA agent. I said, "hey, TSA dude, out of curiosity, why did you let that 16 oz can of milk go through? I mean, they look innocent enough, but aren't rules there to be enforced?" He looked at me with the opprobrium due an amateur who had tried to step into a professional's realm and said, "it was condensed milk to bake a cake." Oh. I pushed a tad harder and said, "but, how do you know it was condensed milk and not something more dangerous." He replied with even more contempt for my stupidity, "because it was a sealed can, not a vessel where the lid could be removed and replaced after putting in a different liquid. There's no way for someone to reseal a can." Ooookay, we now know that this TSA agent's grandmother did not can peaches.
So, there you have it. Not only does each airport (which I think we can all agree should increasingly be named after famous conservative politicians) get to decide how it conducts screening, each TSA agent gets to decide which liquids over 3 oz pose a threat and which don't. I sure hope I don't have any terrorists reading my blog – if so, there may be a run on condensed milk and cake tins.
Safe travels!


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Symbiotic Cognitive Computing
Keywords:cognitive environment, symbiosis, multi agent systems, cognitive computing, user experience, decision making, meetings, muti-modal interaction
IBM Research is engaged in a research program in symbiotic cognitive computing to investigate how to embed cognitive computing in physical spaces. This article proposes 5 key principles of symbiotic cognitive computing. We describe how these principles are applied in a particular symbiotic cognitive computing environment and in an illustrative application.
How to Cite
Farrell, R. G., Lenchner, J., Kephjart, J. O., Webb, A. M., Muller, M. J., Erikson, T. D., Melville, D. O., Bellamy, R. K., Gruen, D. M., Connell, J. H., Soroker, D., Aaron, A., Trewin, S. M., Ashoori, M., Ellis, J. B., Gaucher, B. P., & Gil, D. (2016). Symbiotic Cognitive Computing. AI Magazine, 37(3), 81-93. https://doi.org/10.1609/aimag.v37i3.2628
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MightyL and the team touch down this Saturaday night again with heat. Bringing to the table nothing less then gems to lace the airwaves and the net. New and older joints will be on the one's and two's mixed with the crazy banter from Slow Flow and company.It's the show that starts your eve off correctly. So tune in starting @6pm(pst) in studio 2B on FccFreeRadio.com. The show that sends you into the night…right!
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As I mentioned before, I have traveled a lot in the last four months. I've been all over – the States three times, South Korea three times, the UK (Britain and Scotland), Australia, Singapore and Indonesia. All told I was traveling over two thirds of the time from May through the end of August.
With that much travel, I spent a lot of time in airports – on planes, in lounges and in the duty free shops. I also saw many, many more blue skies than if I had stayed in China. My status on Delta and its alliance partners has ticked up to the top and I must admit that I'm getting a little spoiled from not standing in line, cutting security queues and having first access to the plane.
In London I got to explore the Virgin Clubhouse lounge which has waiter service, a hair salon, a music studio and a pool table inside. In San Francisco, Korean Air uses the British Airways lounge where I was the only person in the highest lounge for nearly an hour with a full buffet to myself. In Shanghai I now know which lounges let you access the plane directly and avoid the scramble around the gate above. Sydney's lounges have a full barista set up where I could get a fresh cup of chai and homemade scone.
I bought English breakfast tea and Winston Churchill's caramels in London, kangaroo jerky in Sydney and my ultimate foot lotion socks in Seoul, plus lots of candy and other small gifts as I made my way through the airports. I completed a survey on the Seoul airport and got a free toothbrush.
I spent a weekend exploring the area near St. Paul's Cathedral in London, I ate traditional Korean food in Seoul and caught up with old friends in Singapore. My boss bravely tried haggis in Scotland where I marveled that there was whisky on the breakfast buffet. I met up with a former colleague for a weekend in San Francisco where we had sourdough bread and met people I haven't seen in nearly 10 years at an actuarial conference.
My visit to Jakarta was punctuated with a breakfast with one of my first friends from Shanghai who was in my Chinese class way back when I was teaching English. She's Indonesian and had moved back with her husband a couple of years ago. One visit to the States I had a rental car and enjoyed driving again with the windows down.
Of course I also met with clients and colleagues and had conference calls at odd hours. I struggled through jet lag and time differences and not remembering which room was mine at the hotel because I had three different room numbers in a week and none of them stuck in my head.
It was fun and invigorating and exhausting.
In short, it was business travel.
I'm ready for a break.
Have you ever traveled a lot for business? What are your favorite memories?


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Ahoy and welcome back...you crazy fools!
This was one of those cards that took several attempts...ink smudges, mis-spelt words, you name it, I messed up this one so many times.
But after a few expletives and throwing my toys outta my pram, I finally managed to pull it off...lol
I used MFT's 'Beast Friends' for the festive Yetis, Altenew's 'Calligraphy Alpha' for the wording and basic Promaker colouring.
Off to tidy away my toys😉


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Essential Beliefs
Download this Statement of Faith (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Index of Subjects
1. The Scriptures – We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the verbally inspired Word of God, the final authority for faith and life, inerrant in the original writings, infallible and God-breathed
(II Timothy 3:16,17; II Peter 1:21; Matthew 5:18; John 16:12,13).
2. The Godhead – We believe in one triune God, eternally existing in three persons – Father, Son and Holy Spirit – co-eternal in being, co-identical in nature, co-equal in power and glory, and having the same attributes and perfections
(Deuteronomy 6:4; Mark 1:9-11, John 14:9, II Corinthians 13:14).
3. Creation – We believe that each of the members of the Godhead had his individual part in creating the heavens and the earth, including all life, each, "after his kind," by direct act and not by the process of evolution. We believe that the Scriptures are the only authority with reference to creation and that any theory contrary to the Word of God is not truth
(Genesis 1:1,2; John 1:3; Exodus 20:11; Genesis 1:3-5; Hebrews 11:3; Psalm 33:6-9; Colossians 1:16,17).
4. The Person and Work of Christ –
a. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man, without ceasing to be God, having been conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, in order
that He might reveal God and redeem sinful man
(John 1:1,2,14; Luke 1:35; James 1:13).
b. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption through His death on the cross as a representative, suffering of one for all, substitutionary sacrifice; and, that our
justification is made sure by His literal physical resurrection from the dead
(Romans 3:24,25; I Peter 2:24; Ephesians 1:7; I Peter 1:3-5).
c. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ ascended to heaven, and is now exalted at the right hand of God, where, as our High Priest, He fulfills the ministry of Representative, Intercessor, and Advocate
(Acts 1:9; Hebrews 9:24; 7:25; Romans 8:34; I John 2:1,2).
5. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit
a. We believe that the Holy Spirit is a Person who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment; and, that He is the supernatural Agent in regeneration, and baptizing
all believers into the Body of Christ, indwelling, and sealing them unto the day of redemption
( John 16:7-15; II Corinthians 3:6; I Corinthians 12:12-24; Romans 8:9; Ephesians 1:13,14).
b. We believe that He is the Divine Teacher who guides believers into all truth; and, that it is the privilege and duty of all the saved to be filled with the Spirit
(John 16:13; I John 2:20,27; Ephesians 5:18).
6. The Total Depravity of Man – We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God, but that in Adam's sin the race fell, inherited a sinful nature, and became alienated from God; and, that man is totally depraved, and is of himself utterly unable to remedy his lost condition
( Genesis 1:26,27; Romans 3:22,23; Romans 5:12; Ephesians 2:1-3, 12).
a. We believe that Salvation is the gift of God, brought to man by grace and received by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, whose precious blood was shed on Calvary for the forgiveness of our sins
(Ephesians 2:8-10; John 1:12; Ephesians 1:7; I Peter 1:18,19).
b. We believe that the new birth of the believer comes only through faith in Christ and that repentance is a vital part of believing, and is in no way, in itself, a separate and independent
condition of salvation; nor are any other acts, such as confession, baptism, prayer, or faithful service, to be added to believing as a condition of salvation.
(John 1:12, 3:16, 18, 36; 5:24; John 6:29; Acts 13:39; 16:31; Romans 1:16-17; Romans 3:22, 26; Romans 4:5; 10:4; Galatians 3:22).
8. The Security and Assurance of Believers
a. We believe that all the redeemed, once saved, are kept by God's power and are thus secure in Christ forever
(John 6:37-40; John 10:27-30; Romans 8:1, 8:28-39; I Corinthians 1:4-8; Ephesians 1:13; Hebrews 7:25; Jude 24; Philemon 1:6; II Thessalonians 3:3; I Peter 1:5; I John 5:13; II Timothy 1:12).
b. We believe, however, that Scripture clearly forbids the use of Christian liberty as an occasion to the flesh, and that God is a holy and righteous Father and that, since He cannot overlook the sin of His children, He will when they persistently sin, chasten them and correct them in infinite love
(I Corinthians 6:19; I Corinthians 14:16-17, I Corinthians 17:11; Romans 8:29; I John 2:1-2; Hebrews 12:6-15).
c. We believe that it is the privilege of believers to rejoice in the assurance of their salvation through the testimony of God's Word and the witness of the Holy Spirit within.
(John 5:24, John 14:16-17, John 20:30,31; I John 5:11-13).
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9. The Two Natures of the Believer – We believe that every saved person possesses two natures, with provision made for victory of the new nature over the old nature through the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit, and, that all claims to the elimination of the old nature in this life are unscriptural.
(Romans 6:13; Romans 8:12,13; Galatians 5:16-25; Ephesians 4:22-24; Colossians 3:10; I Peter 1:14-16; I John 3:5-9).
10. Separation of the Believer – We believe that all the saved should live in such a manner as not to bring reproach upon their Saviour and Lord, or to cause others to stumble. We believe that separation from all false teaching, all worldly and sinful pleasures, practices and associations is commanded by God
(Romans 12:1,2; Romans 14:13; II Corinthians 6:14, II Corinthians 7:1; Ephesians 5:11, II Timothy 3:1-5; I John 2:15-17; II John 9-11, James 4:4).
11. Mission of the Believer – We believe that it is the obligation of the saved to witness by life and by word to the truths of the Holy Scripture and to seek to proclaim the Gospel to all mankind
(Mark 16:15; Matthew 28:19,20; Acts 1:8; II Corinthians 5:19,20).
12. The Ministry and Spiritual Gifts –
a. We believe that divine, enabling gifts for service are bestowed by the Spirit upon all who are saved. While there is a diversity of gifts, each believer is energized by the same Spirit, and each is called to his own divinely appointed service as the Spirit may will. We believe also that today some men are especially called of God to be evangelists, pastors and teachers, and that it is to the fulfilling of His will and to His eternal glory that these shall be sustained and encouraged in their service for God.
(Romans 12:6; I Corinthians 12:4-11; Ephesians 4:11).
b. We believe that speaking in tongues and the working of sign miracles gradually ceased as the New Testament Scriptures were completed and their authority became established
(I Corinthians 12:4-11; I Corinthians 13:8; II Corinthians 12:12; Ephesians 4:7-12).
c. We believe that God does hear and answer the believer's prayer of faith, in accord with His own will, for the sick and afflicted
(John 15:7; I John 5:14, 15; James 5:13-15).
a. (Invisible and Universal) We believe that the Church, which is the body and the espoused bride of Christ, is a spiritual organism made up of all born&emdash;again persons of this present age
( Ephesians 1:22,23; Ephesians 5:25-27; I Corinthians 12:12, 14; II Corinthians 11:2).
b. (Visible and Local) We believe that the establishment and continuance of local churches is clearly taught and defined in the New Testament Scriptures
(Acts 14:27; Acts 28:32; I Timothy 3:1-13; Titus 1:5-11).
a. Baptism: We believe immersion to be the New Testament form of baptism to be administered upon the personal acceptance and public confession of Christ as Saviour. We believe Christ, Himself, established and commanded the ordinance to symbolize the believer's death to the old life of sin and his spiritual resurrection to the new life in Christ (Acts 2:41; Acts 8:12; Acts 9:18; Acts 10:47,48; Romans 6:3-6). We believe that neither water baptism nor any particular form of its administration is required for membership in the body of Christ.
b. The Lord's Supper: We believe that the Lord's Supper is an ordinance instituted by the Lord Jesus Christ to be observed by the redeemed in remembrance of His death until He comes again. It is not to be considered as having any sacramental merit nor are the elements to be considered in any way to be the literal body and blood of Christ
(I Corinthians 11:23-26; Luke 22:19,20).
15. The Personality of Satan – We believe that Satan (Lucifer) is a Person, the author of sin and the cause of the fall; that he is the open and declared enemy of God and man; that he is the "god of this age," the "Prince of power of the air;" and, that he shall be eternally punished in the Lake of Fire
(Job 1:6,7; Isaiah 14:12-17; Matthew 4:2-11; Matthew 25:41; Revelation 20:10).
16 The Second Coming of Christ – We believe in that "Blessed Hope," the personal, imminent, pretribulational, and premillennial coming of the Lord Jesus Christ for His redeemed ones; and in His subsequent return to the earth, with His saints, to establish His millennial kingdom
( I Thessalonians 4:13-18; Zechariah 14:4-11; Revelation 19:11-16; Revelation 20:1-6; II Thessalonians 1:5-10; Revelation 3:10 ).
a. We believe in the bodily resurrection of all men, the saved to eternal life, and the unsaved to judgment and everlasting punishment
( Matthew 25:46; John 5:28, 29; John 11:25, 26; Revelation 20:5, 6, Revelation 12,13).
b. We believe that the souls of the redeemed are, at death, absent from the body and present with the Lord, where in conscious bliss they await the first resurrection, when spirit, soul and body are reunited to be glorified forever with the Lord
( Luke 23:43; Revelation 20:4-6; II Corinthians 5:8; Philemon 1:23; 3:21; I Thessalonians 4:16,17).
c. We believe that the souls of unbelievers remain, after death, in conscious misery until the second resurrection, when with soul and body reunited they shall appear at the Great White Throne Judgment and shall be cast into the Lake of Fire, not to be annihilated, but to suffer everlasting conscious punishment
(Luke 16:19-26; Matthew 25:41-46; II Thessalonians 1:7-9; Jude 6,7; Mark 9:43-48; Revelation 20:11-15).


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toss (something) to the wind(s)(redirected from one tosses something to the wind)
toss (something) to the wind(s)
To abandon, discard, or disregard something, typically in a brash or reckless manner. After my father won a bit of money at the race tracks, he began tossing caution to the winds and gambling everything we had there. Lately it feels like the boss has been tossing good sense to the wind with some of his business decisions.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
- throw (something) to the wind(s)
- throw to the winds, to
- (someone or something) be damned
- kick (someone or something) to the curb
- pitch (something) into (something)
- pitch into
- front off about something
- don't throw the baby out with the bath
- throw out the baby with the bath water
- throw the baby out with the bathwater


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It's something we think only happens in far away places and developing countries. A booming black market industry, earning $32 billion dollars annually, more than the worth of Google, Starbucks and Nike combined. Human trafficking for the purposes of selling sexual acts, also known as sexual terrorism, is the use of illicit sex, violence and threats to intimidate or coerce to the state of fear and submission. It's a problem worldwide, but it is becoming more widespread in North America, especially in Canada.
"Human trafficking" is the buying and selling of human beings; it is a modernized term for slavery. According to Anti-Slavery International and the US Department of State's 2005 Trafficking In Persons Report, there are approximately 27 million people worldwide presently enslaved: 80 percent are women and 50 percent are children. It's quickly becoming a well-hidden organized crime in Canada.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police report that 800 to 1200 people are trafficked in and through Canada every year. In 2002, the government passed legislation in response to the growing problem. Section 118 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) was enacted which recognized the trafficking of persons, stating that no person shall knowingly organize the coming into Canada of one or more persons by means of abduction, fraud, deception or use or threat of force or coercion. Since this law was enacted, there have been 25 convictions. Later, in 2004, the government passed Bill C-49, which officially recognized human trafficking as a crime in Canada. This was an important step in the right direction, but according to MP Joy Smith and organizations dedicated to helping victims, many of the victims aren't from foreign countries. Many of them are Canadian citizens and native women, forced into sexual slavery. Western demand continues to drive this illegal industry. Traffickers operate in massage parlours and strip clubs and are advertised widely on the internet and websites like Craig's List.
The sentence in Canada for human trafficking is a prison term of up to 14 years, although most perpetrators spend less than three years in custody. There are no mandatory minimum sentences and the penalties are more like a simple slap on the wrist. In the United States, traffickers face 20-year sentences, and even in places like India the punishment is a minimum of 10 years. Because of our lax criminal justice system, human traffickers are finding Canada an easy target to grow their business and victimize young women at home and abroad.
One victim who could not be identified said that being forced to be a human sexual slave was like domestic violence, kidnapping and rape, experienced repeatedly on a daily basis. It is a harrowing experience that most victims cannot easily escape. In July 2009, Canada got a startling wake up call when law enforcement and Craigslist announced they were working together to stop human sex trafficking. The problem had a disproportionate affect on Canada's youth, with some young girls as young as 15 enslaved, and numbers spiking in Canadian cities. Parents and members of the public were issued a warning in the media by North Vancouver RCMP, for example, informing them that small groups of traffickers were encouraging and procuring young teens to prostitute themselves online. Winnipeg, Manitoba continues to be a major haven of sex-trafficking in Canada, according to the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs representing aboriginal women and children.
Young aborginal girls are especially vulnerable and are trafficked from their reserves to Canadian and US cities. These victims are not mere numbers and statistics: they are wives, mothers and daughters. They suffer horrific mental, physical and sexual abuse during their captivity.
And yet Canada has only seen one conviction of child trafficking, although there are many more cases before the courts. The offender recieved only a 3-year sentence for trafficking a 15 year-old girl, and was credited for his time spent in custody. In 2 years he had made over $350,000 by daily selling her for sex. He spent less time in jail for his crime than he did exploiting this young girl.
Bill C-268 is a private members bill that is awaiting second reading when Parliament re-opens on March 3rd. It's goal is to have the criminal code amended and to enact a mandatory minimum sentence of at least 5-years for child trafficking. MP Joy Smith believes that Canada must send a message to the rest of the country and the world that human slavery is entirely unacceptable. We as a society need to stand up for our women and children and denounce the horrendous and horrific crime occurring within our own cities and borders.
There are several websites and organizations available to promote awareness and education to help stop trafficking. Each of us in our own countries should take a few minutes of our time and find out how we can help put an end to human slavery. Since human trafficking entails moving people throughout the world, each of us has a responsibility to do what we can to help. It could mean getting more educated, joining an organization or campaign, and writing to your members of government. One of the biggest struggles is with the victims. They will require immediate and long-term help and cannot do so without funding and assistance. You can donate your time or funds to an agency that is doing this vital work.
For more information, visit some of these sites and surf the links:
http://www.polarisproject.org/Canada, Children's Rights, Human Rights, Human Trafficking, Women's Rights


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Verses on Forgiveness
The Bible is full of stories of forgiveness, including testaments to God's ultimate forgiveness of mankind. Forgiveness can be difficult both when we are in need of it and when we must give it to others. When we are forgiving others or even ourselves or we are seeking forgiveness from someone, we can turn to God's word for comfort and hope.
Psalm 86:5: O Lord, you are so good and kind, so ready to forgive, so full of mercy for all who ask your aid
Psalm 130:3-4: If You, Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with You, that You may be feared.
Psalm 103:10-12: He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor punished us according to our iniquities. For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
Psalm 86:5: You, Lord, are forgiving and good,
abounding in love to all who call to you.
Micah 7:18-19: Who is a God like You, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in mercy. He will again have compassion on us, and will subdue our iniquities. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.
Mark 11:25: And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.
Luke 5: 20: When Jesus saw their faith, he said, 'Friend, your sins are forgiven.'
Luke 6:37: Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
Luke 7:47-48: Therefore I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.
Luke 24:46-47: It was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations.
Isaiah 1:18: "Come now, and let us reason together," says the Lord, "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool."
Isaiah 43:25: I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; and I will not remember your sins.
Isaiah 55:7: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy on him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.
Acts 3:19: Repent therefore and be convertedTo make a decision to turn away from sin and darkness, from the power of the devil to the living God. We repent from our former sins, cast off our old life – a life which enjoyed living in the passing pleasures of sin – and lay hold of a new mind – a mindset that is determined to resist… More, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 5:17: Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
1 Corinthians 6:9-11: Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
Colossians 1:13-14: He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.
1 John 1:9: If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 2:1-2: My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sinSin is anything that goes against God's will and His laws. To commit sin is to transgress or disobey these laws. The lust to sin dwells in human nature. In other words, it is contaminated and motivated by the sinful tendencies that dwell in all people as a result of the fall into sin and disobedience in the garden of Eden. This… More. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.
Joel 2:13: Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.
Matthew 5:23-24: Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift.
Matthew 6:14-15: For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Matthew 6:12: And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
Ephesians 1:7-8: In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence.
Ephesians 4:32: Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Ephesians 4: 31: Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.
2 Chronicles 7:14: If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
Daniel 9:9: The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him.
Jeremiah 31: 34: For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.
Ezekiel 11:19: I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.


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A Hindu priest was beheaded by Islamist terrorists in northern Bangladesh and two worshippers wounded, in the latest assault targeting Hindus in the Muslim-majority nation. Two assailants armed with pistols and cleavers attacked Jogeswar Roy, 45, the head priest of Sri Sri Sant Gourio Math, at his home in the temple on Sunday morning, officials said.
"The priest was preparing for morning prayers when they pounced on him and slit his head from the body at the verandah of his home inside the temple," said Shafiqul Islam, a government administrator in the sub-district Debiganj where the temple is located.
"We recovered a blood-stained cleaver from the spot," he said. Two devotees were wounded in the attack including one who was shot as he tried to save the priest, he added.
Police suspect that Islamist terror group, Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), could be behind the attack. However, IS (Islamic State) claimed responsibility in a statement issued via social media.
"In a security operation facilitated by the almighty God, soldiers of the Caliphate liquidated the priest Jogeshwar Roy, the founder and the head of the Deviganj temple that belongs to the infidel Hindus," the Isis statement read in Arabic. "One of his companions was hurt after being targeted with light weapons in the area of Panchagar in Northern Bangladesh, and the Mujahideen returned to their positions unharmed, and all praise be to God."
Spate of Attacks on Hindu temples & secular bloggers
This is the 3rd terrorist attack on a Hindu temple/procession in North Bangladesh within the last 3 months
8 Dec, 2015: Ten people were injured at a Hindu religious gathering in northern Bangladesh as three crude bombs went off at Jatra pandal on the premises of Kantaji Temple in Kaharol upazila of Dinajpur.
11 Dec, 2015: Miscreants opened fire at a Hindu religious function organized by an International Society for Krishna Consciousness temple at Kaharole upazila in Dinajpur. The bullet injured Muthun Roy and Ranajit Mohan Roy.
Extremists have carried out a series of high-profile attacks on secular writers, hacking to death five bloggers in 2015, including 3 Hindus: Avijit Roy, Ananta Bijoy Das and Niloy Neel
Origins of Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB)
This HAF (Hindu American Foundation) report explains the origins of JMB
"Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) Bangladesh is an offshoot of the Jamaat organization that was founded in undivided Bharat in 1941 by Maulana Abul Ala Mauddudi. Jamaat drew its inspiration from the Deobandi school of Islam, known for promoting religious extremism in several countries in the region, and modeled itself after the Muslim Brotherhood. Separate branches were subsequently established in both Pakistan and Bangladesh (then East Pakistan), also known as Jamaat-e-Islami, following Bharat's partition. JeI Bangladesh and its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS), continue to primarily draw their members from Deobandi seminaries in the country.
JeI and ICS have a long history of radicalism and violence, and both strive to create a Taliban style regime in Bangladesh. JeI is the most powerful Islamist group in the country and has been the ideological center and recruiting base for several terrorist groups, including Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh (HuJI-B), a US State Department designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), and Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB). HuJI-B's parent organization Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami has also been banned by the United Nations, the United Kingdom, and Bharat, while the British and Bangladeshi governments have further outlawed HuJI-B and JMB."
JMB's deep roots in West Bengal under TMC political patronage
JMB has struck deep roots in West Bengal, as became clear after the Burdwan blasts in 2014. Ahmed Hassan Imran, TMC MP of the Rajya Sabha who was closely associated with the Sharada group is alleged to have channeled Sharada funds to the JEI. Imran was a cofounder of SIMI, but he claims he left the organization in 1984. Imran reportedly migrated to India illegally sometime between 1970 and 1971 when Bengalees in East Pakistan were fighting for independence from Pakistan.
Religious cleansing of Hindus in Bangladesh
At the time of Bharat's partition in 1947, Hindus comprised just under one in three East Pakistanis. When East Pakistan became Bangladesh in 1971, they were under one in five; thirty years later less than one in ten; and according to some estimates, less than 8% today (R Benkins A Quiet Case of Ethnic Cleansing – The Murder of Bangladesh's Hindus).
These two articles (1, 2) provide a deep insight into the systematic persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh which prevails to this day, despite the efforts of the Sheikh Hasina Government.
(This article has been curated from the following news sources – 1, 2, 3)


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The parallels to today's revelations by Edward Snowdon and others about the NSA are clear, and Snowden's actions inspired the burglers to go public now. "… there was absolutely no one in Washington — senators, congressmen, even the president — who dared hold J. Edgar Hoover to accountability," said 80-year-old John Raines, one of the former burglars. "It became pretty obvious to us," he said, "that if we don't do it, nobody will."
"The Burglary" Random House
NY Times article on the burglars and why they came forward in 2013


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Willie Bounce, Willie Bounce! Oh, sorry. Ahem, Rihanna rocked The Grammy's by performing one of my favorite songs of 2011, "We Found Love" then sang "Princess of China" with Gwenyth Paltrow's group, er, husband's group Coldplay and I loved every minute. All of Rihanna's dance moves said early Barbados Crop Over and I enjoyed myself. Watch the party below and dance a bit yourself.
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User talk:Tornado9797
I will add the remaining data and add the other missing attacks
- Got it, I usually only edit the generic stuff here, I'll leave you with the attacks and/or movepools. Tornado9797 (talk) 22:26, 1 January 2013 (CST)
All the attacks
Thanks,this is the complete list of attacks:
1 Pound
2 karate chop
5 mega punch
fire punch
8 ice punch
9 thunderpunch
10 Scratch
22 Vine Whip
33 Tackle
39 Tail Whip
45 Growl
52 Ember
55 Water Gun
74 Growth
106 Harden
111 Defense Curl
145 Bubble
- Ah okay, I'll let you do those pages. Tornado9797 (talk) 22:41, 2 January 2013 (CST)
Move templates
Hey Tornado:
1. I made the first move template. This should make much easier the task of typing the moves
2. I made a template for pokemons with two evolutions, its called "PokemonBox2" -- Daziman (talk) 04:12, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
Hey Tornado, I created a Difficulty topic. Take it a look to create the wild enconunters levels and the pokemon's trainers level. I think that put the levels in difficulty 0 is better, with that the people can calculate the levels in further difficulties.
Daziman (talk) 20:59, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
Pokémon Links
Hey Tornado, when you add the wild pokemon areas and the trainer's pokemon, try to put the correct link:
[[Pokémon List/Example|Example]]
I made you some templates to minimize the error and time: Template:Tr and Template:Pk
Example Template Tr:
and works like this:{{Tr|Youngster|Albert
Example template Pk:
and works like this:
|Rattata Lv.♂/♀
Daziman (talk) 01:08, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks for this, I usually do put in the correct hyperlink, but I was in a rush to finish Route 32. :P --Tornado9797 (talk) 01:54, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
And? -- Daziman (talk) 04:50, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
Here says all the differences between each "user right" http://pokemon3d.net/wiki/index.php?title=Special:ListGroupRights Btw, I was behind our promotion 1313 Daziman (talk) 21:45, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
- My sincere apologies, I wouldn't have known, for it was his name that was labeled in the recent changes. I should be thanking you, so I am now. --Tornado9797 (talk) 03:15, 15 February 2013 (UTC)


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As a part of Apple's MobileMe-to-iCloud transition, Apple will be bringing expired MobileMe accounts back to life. We have gotten our hands on login information for a long-expired MobileMe account and have discovered that Apple has already migrated these accounts over to the free iCloud service (shown above). In order to setup these newly resurrected accounts you need to be running Apple's upcoming iOS 5 and OS X Lion (with iCloud beta installed). Your old MobileMe username as password will now function as your iCloud Apple ID.
The reason being is that these new iCloud e-mail, calendar, and other accounts no longer work at me.com. That's right, for the time being, users who have their old MobileMe accounts migrated over to the iCloud service can no longer access their email on the web. We got our expired test MobileMe account up and running as an iCloud account on a Mac running OS X Lion (with iCloud installed) and an iPhone running iOS 5. Mail, contacts, calendar, and the rest of the suite work perfectly with native apps, but not in Apple's me.com web apps. Find my iPhone is the exception.
There has been a lot of talk lately over whether or not iCloud will support the MobileMe web apps, usher in their own redesigned web apps, or leave the web in the dark. Our discovery points to no web app compatibility, but that is likely because the iCloud web apps do not exist yet. The Loop and others say that iCloud web apps are, in fact, in development. We'll likely see those when iCloud is ready to launch this fall. Thanks, Kristian!


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what u rather buy nokia n76 with camera that rocks symbian sys memory card and design what is amasing or motorola razr.dont say answer to me keep it .u have to be happy because nokia realese n76 and now u have all u what u dont havent with razr so be happy
first i said wow and then i read specifications .first n93i has smaler battery omg that realy sux every day charge,second n76 looks like razr but its more pretty and functional and it rocks man every1 coping what is good look u look audi look everthing good things are usualy copyed
and 3. why n800 not have phone functionality i had 7710 and i was so satisfed with that phone
Does anyone notice that slime clamshells pretty much look all the same these days? I mean Nokia throws on some flashy paint and we all gasp! N76 looks just like a RAZR, but the Siemens EF81 looks great and classy compared to this rubbish.
N800... 65k touch screen? Isn't really a phone? What is the point? Nokia seem to have lost the plot a little.
Not impressed. The WiFi option should be a standard by now on all new Nokia phones. And also why can´t the tablet be also a regular cellphone? Man.... there´s always something missing.
Nokias mobiles are getting better an the N93 was to heavy an bulkky for certain people,Nokia must have realised that at last an the N93i is the right size now,the N76 is truelly amazing an not a copy of the Razor an i can"t believe it Nokia releasing Black coloured mobile at last an that for me is the best colour for a mobile,Nokia now also will be putting more pressure on Sony Ericsson with it music mobiles but Nokias still got one thing to do to beat Sony Ericsson is to but better Flashes on there mobiles to really take full control
Nice comments ... trolls and bumps ... keep going guys.
nokia's ever best model """""n93i""""
alex m, come to the real world, where nokia hae 36% and the n95 its the best phone ever created.
Great announcements. The N93i looks nice and the N76 (razr) is very attractive.
You said it BLACK! N95 rocks! but how much is it? lik A THOUSAND dollars! comeon...
I'm really sorry to say Nokia, but the N76 has completely copied the design of the RAZR in order to bump up Nokia sales in the US. Everything from the bulge in the microphone to the silver border around the front LCD... I am dissapointed but somehow still want an N76 of my own... Thnank God Nokia's OS isn't as crappy as Moto... You know in the end, I think this little phone will do alright maybe even really well.
I sure hope I can live to see the day when not EVERY single person I see is using a Moto RAZR, unlike now... in NY it's like a disease razr, razr, razr's everywhere!
about the newer N93, good work I like the new design alot!
But Nokia's batterys ALREADY suck so making it even worse... hmm not a good idea :(
Give me a nice Sony Ericsson battery and I'll be happy, oooo have you seen the W880... sheer beauty, puts these all to shame! Ah yes watch out Nokia!! Sony Ericsson will continue to reign as coolest and most functional cell phone manufacturer!! HA HA HA!
n95 is the best nokia....
love the n76! wish the red was a little lighter on the colour,
and a 2mpix...is not what id be looking for in a phone like that!
i was looking for a nokia after all phones that ive been using broke with in the 2year contract --!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
n95 isnt better ?


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A year ago we launched our first-ever video page on the KBM website. Since then we've been adding sermons, FAQs, a new feature called "sermon briefs," sermon illustrations, and travel videos from our trips to Africa and China. As the video page has grown in content, it has also grown in popularity.
Today we take a big step forward with the launch of the KBM YouTube channel. For most people on the Internet, YouTube is the #1 spot to find video. As of today, you can find most of our video content on the KBM YouTube channel. We're launching the channel because we know we can reach people on YouTube who might never find us on our website.
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Brian Burke returns as general manager of Team USA, this time at worlds
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Brian Burke and David Poile, who led the U.S. to a silver medal at the Vancouver Games, are reuniting to run the U.S. squad at the IIHF World Hockey Championship next month.
Burke will serve as general manager and Poile his assistant GM. Burke is president and GM of the Toronto Maple Leafs while Poile has the same titles with Nashville.
The tournament is scheduled from May 7-23 in Cologne, Gelsenkirchen and Mannheim, Germany.
USA Hockey also announced that Islanders head coach Scott Gordon will take over behind the bench at the world championships. Gordon was an assistant to Leafs head coach Ron Wilson at the Olympics.
Todd Richards, head coach of the Minnesota Wild, and Ron Rolston, one of two head coaches at USA Hockey's national team development program, will serve as Gordon's assistants.
The American team will be chosen by Jim Johannson, USA Hockey's assistant executive director for hockey operations, and NHL general managers Paul Holmgren (Philadelphia Flyers), Dean Lombardi (L.A. Kings), Ray Shero (Pittsburgh Penguins) and Don Waddell (Atlanta Thrashers).
The Americans open the tournament outdoors against host Germany on May 7 at Gelsenkirchen's Veltins Arena, home of the German soccer league's FC Schalke.
The game is expected to be played in front of a world-record crowd of more than 76,000.


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Horse riding is one of the oldest and to this day, most esteemed of sports out there. Over the years it has evolved from being a form of transportation to being a luxury sport. Horse riding has developed an entire category of sports which include, polo, tent pegging, pato, show racing and many more. These sports are usually played in specifically designed areas to be enjoyed by the public.
There are many variations of horse riding sports around the world played by people from various cultures in their own unique manner. But in order to get into something of the sorts, rigorous training is required to make sure you know what you are doing. Horse riding can be risky and lead to near fatal accidents this is why you need to be well acquainted with the skill before you can participate in any form of sport that branches from it. For this purpose, many institutions and training facilities, such as high beech riding school, have been set to provide the appropriate training to interested individuals. These institutions make sure you know what you are getting into and are prepared for field for whichever horseback sport you are interested in.
When you know exactly what you are doing, not only will you be better prepared for the risks that come with such activities, but you will be able to further your skill in them. considering how horseback sports in sot assessable to everyone, given that you need special training and a horse, which comes at a considerable price, it is easier to make your name in this arena.


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by Greg Mayer
Funk is one of the many distinctive (mostly African-) American musical styles: scratchy guitar, horns, bass and drums providing plenty of bottom to put one nation under a groove. Pioneered by greats like James Brown and Sly and the Family Stone, and brought to its apotheosis by the Parliament Funkadelic collective (whose name I like to think of as a neo-Normanism) featuring such masters as George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, and Diaperman, one of its most prominent and popular exponents in the 1970s was the Ohio Players. Fronted by Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner, resplendent in his Afro turned Veronica Lake-style over his left eye, he plays double-necked guitar in this live, extended, version of "Fire" from 1975, which features the dancing, costuming, and showmanship characteristic of funk (part of a broad reaction to the ascetic and pretentious stylings of early '70s rock). If you were between about 12 and 35 at the time you'll know this tune (although you may have your own funk faves).
Sugarfoot, who could imbue the word "well" with unprecedented meanings and pronunciations, died last week (Jan. 26, 2013), the cause not announced, at the age of 69. He had still been playing, and Ohio Players' music has and will live on in covers and widespread sampling.
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This week parents at our school were trying to figure out how to buy copy paper and pencils so that we could keep our librarian and music teacher, at least part time. Crazy conversations like this are taking place in schools all over the state at the same time Governor Corbett is arguing that he increased funding to public education. And it's not even April Fools Day for two more weeks.
On the other hand, Tim Eller, a spokesman for the Department of Education, said that the real problem is schools have to spend less: "This isn't that more money's needed … It's that school districts and educational entities need to realize and recognize that we're in an economy that has not improved yet, and they need to take the necessary actions to spend within their means." (Post-Gazette, 3-12-12) So the state says it is giving schools more money, but those schools need to spend less – which means cutting teachers and educational programs.
Maybe this is just March madness. But let's remind Governor Corbett that our schools need both pencils and librarians. School districts are already cutting into the bone, as the numbers below demonstrate.
In the fall, as students were headed back to school with the state's new $1 BILLION cuts in effect, the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators and the Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials conducted a survey of the impact of those cuts. Of the state's 500 school districts, 59% responded, giving a very good picture of how public education has already been dramatically affected:
- 70% of school districts increased class sizes above what they were last school year.
- 58% delayed purchases of technology, such as computers.
- 55% indicated they reduced or eliminated student field trips.
- 44% reduced course offerings, such as foreign languages, arts, music, physical education and even some core subjects, such as math, English, sciences and social studies.
- 35% reduced or eliminated tutoring.
- 33% reduced or eliminated extracurricular activities, including sports programs.
- 20% eliminated their summer school programs, in which students can make up the necessary credits to allow them to graduate on time.
- 4 school districts eliminated full-day kindergarten, and 9 reduced their full-day kindergarten programs.
- 14,159 positions were cut or left vacant


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From CNN/Asia. Yikes!
By Harmeet Shah Singh | Wednesday, September 23 2009
NEW DELHI, India (CNN) — Angry workers beat to death a human resources vice president after he laid off 42 employees at an auto-parts manufacturing company in southern India, police said Wednesday.
Roy George was vice-president for human resources at Pricol, the auto-parts company.
Some four to five workers, belonging to a union not recognized by the company, barged into his office and beat him up with iron rods, said N. Kannan, a police superintendent of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu state.
George, 47, died from his head injuries Tuesday, Kannan told CNN.
Police have arrested nine people and are expected to round up more.
Last year the Indian head of an Italian company died after allegedly being beaten by a mob of sacked employees.
More than 60 people were charged with the murder of the chief executive of Graziano Transmissioni near New Delhi.
Earlier this month, India's Jet Airways had to cancel hundreds of flights after pilots struck work over the sacking of two of their colleagues in August.
Companies in the South Asian nation, despite its rapid economic growth in recent years, have often been faced with tough labor issues because of archaic laws and company policies on hiring and retrenchment.
Business consultants in India blame such labor standoffs on what they call lack of transparency in retrenchment or layoff policies.
Hiring and firing conditions are often not explained to workers by their companies, said Rajeev Karwal, founding-director of Milagrow Business and Knowledge Solutions.
Issues could spiral out of control if the businesses and bureaucrats are seen in a "corrupt nexus" by the employees seeking reprieve from labor authorities, he said.


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Emergency and Non-emergency Services Disclosure
Surprise Billing -- Know your rights
Beginning January 1, 2020, Colorado state law protects you from 'surprise billing". This is sometimes called "balance billing" and it may happen when you receive covered services, other than ambulance services, from an out-of-network provider in Colorado. This law does not apply to all health plans and may not apply to out-of-network providers located outside of Colorado. Check to see if you have a "CO-DOI" on your ID card; if not, this law may not apply to your health plan.
What is surprise/balance billing and when does it happen?
You are responsible for the cost-sharing amounts required by your health plan, including copayments, deductibles and/or coinsurance. If you are seen by a provider or use services in a hospital or other type of facility that are not in your health plan's network, you may have to pay additional costs associated with that care. These providers or services at hospitals and other facilities are sometimes referred to as "out- of-network".
Out-of-network hospitals, facilities or providers often bill you the difference between what UnitedHealthcare decides is the eligible charge and what the out-of-network provider bills as the total charge. This is called 'surprise' or 'balance' billing.
When you CANNOT be balance-billed:
Emergency Services
When you receive services for emergency medical care, usually the most you can be billed for emergency services is your plan's in-network cost-sharing amounts, which are copayments, deductibles, and/or coinsurance. You cannot be balanced-billed for any other amount. This includes both the emergency facility and any providers you may see for emergency care.
Non-emergency services at an In-Network or Out-of-Network Facility
The hospital or facility must tell you if you are at an out-of-network location or at an in-network location that is using out-of-network providers. It must also tell you what types of services may be provided by any out-of-network provider.
You have the right to request that in-network providers perform all covered medical services. However, you may have to receive medical services from an out-of-network provider if an in-network provider is not available. When this happens, the most you can be billed for covered services is your in-network cost- sharing amount (copayments, deductibles, and/or coinsurance). These providers cannot balance bill you.
Additional Protections
- UnitedHealthcare will pay out-of-network providers and facilities directly. Again, you are only responsible for paying your in-network cost-sharing for covered services.
- UnitedHealthcare will count any amount you pay for emergency services or certain out-of-network services (described above) toward your in-network deductible and out-of-pocket limit.
- Your provider, hospital, or facility must refund any amount you overpay within 60 days of you reporting the overpayment to them.
- A provider, hospital, or other type of facility cannot ask you to limit or give up these rights.
If you receive services from an out-of-network provider, hospital or facility in any OTHER situation, you may still be balance billed, or you may be responsible for the entire bill. If you intentionally receive non-emergency services from an out-of-network provider or facility, you may also be balance billed.
If you do receive a bill for amounts other than your copayments, deductible, and/or coinsurance, please contact us at the number on your ID card, or the Division of Insurance at 303-894-7490 or 1-800-930- 3745.
Ambulance Information:You may be balance billed for emergency ambulance services you receive if the ambulance service provider is a publicly funded fire agency, but state law against balance billing does apply to private companies that are not publicly funded fire agencies. Non-emergency ambulance services, such as ambulance transport between hospitals, are not subject to the state law against balance billing, so if you receive such services and they are not a service covered by UnitedHealthcare, you may receive a balance bill.


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TUCSON — The cases before a Tucson judge on Wednesday seemed fairly routine: Two men charged with drug offenses asking him to grant them bail.
What stood out, however, was that the two men had a right to a bail hearing in the first place.
Last month, a federal appeals court threw out a 2006 Arizona law denying bail to immigrants in the country illegally.
That cleared the way for the proceedings in Tucson and elsewhere.
Miguel Angel Valenzuela and Juan Angel-Carmona Pineda were arrested on Nov. 13, the same day the Supreme Court let stand the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' decision to halt enforcement of the law.
Pineda was accused of transporting more than 100 pounds of marijuana. Valenzuela faces charges relating to the alleged possession of a pound of pot.
The judge noted the new rules imposed by the courts as he granted the two men bail, even though he set it so high that they will likely be unable to come up with the money.
"Essentially we have the 9th Circuit decision still standing and the way I view it, it's binding on me," Judge José Luis Castillo said.
Castillo set Valenzuela's bail at $50,000, cash only, and Carmona Pineda's was set at $75,000, also cash only.
Defense attorneys and immigrant advocates who say the law is unconstitutional contend many immigrants who wound up in jail without bond had committed offenses such as using a fake identity to work or carrying small amounts of drugs.
Proposition 100 was passed amid a series of immigration crackdowns in Arizona. It denied bail to immigrants in the country illegally who have been charged with felonies such as shoplifting, aggravated identity theft, sexual assault and murder.
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery has said it protects the public from serious offenders who would not likely show up for court again if let loose.
His spokesman, Jerry Cobb, said the state will continue to defend the law and will file an appeal with the Supreme Court, asking justices to hear the case and make a ruling on the law.
"The nightmare scenario is that the drug cartel sends somebody into the U.S. to commit a hit on somebody and they murder somebody," Cobb said. "And the cartel comes and bails them out because that's nothing, that's chump change for a drug cartel."
Maricopa County Deputy Public Defender Mikel Steinfeld said it's hard to keep track of how many immigrants were held without bond since the law passed because there are several organizations that provide public defense and some immigrants hire private attorneys. He and a colleague estimated that as many as 300 prisoners, possibly more, were affected in Maricopa County.
"I think we're both optimistic that our clients who happen to be illegal immigrants will be treated on a more equitable level with the remainder of clients," Steinfeld said.
In Pima County, defense attorneys say local judges stopped enforcing the law when the appeals court put it on hold a month ago.
Lawyer Margo Cowan, who represented the two men in court in Tucson, has handled the bulk of no-bail cases and says in many instances, judges didn't enforce the rule in the first place because it was too difficult to prove that a defendant was actually residing in the country illegally.
"In Pima County, these judges tend to be very fair and unbiased and evaluate the case for what it is," Cowan said.
But there were exceptions. Judge Castillo noted that until recently, judges in Pima County Justice Court had not been on the same page about whether the no-bail rule was enforceable.
In Maricopa County, judges have been directed to stop enforcing the rule. Cobb estimates that upward of 450 defendants will now clog the courts calendar with hearings seeking bail.