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This trecena's theme is the mysterious sun-sign known as Ben in Yucatec and Aj in K'iche. Well, "mysterious" should be taken with a caveat. I mostly refer to "mysterious to us left-hemisphere dwellers". I'm sure the complete sense of "Ben" is crystal clear in Momostenango. Well, maybe not immediately upon touchdown, but after a week or two there.
Ben (or "Reed") is not as readily accessible to everyone as, say the serpent or eagle or any other animal sun-sign. I can relate to the essence of Ix by thinking of any kind of cat. But how can I relate with a reed or corn-stalk? Flora is alien to (western) human experience when compared to fauna. So I had to get some anchors.
I found three keywords which helped me in putting together a possible meaning. They are: Leadership, Family, and Destiny.
Carlos Barrios adds "authority, the home, do everything as we like… creating possibilities… Aj is our internal alter", among with many other depictions.
No less than 8 US presidents were born on this trecena. More leaders in many other fields are born on a Ben day, mostly in trecenas other than 1-Ben.
8 out of 44 means 18.1818…%. There are 20 sun-signs, so there's an expected mean distribution of 5%. Big difference between 5 and 18+ per cent.
If I add the leaders that were born on a Ben day I get 2 more US presidents, a French PM, a Syrian one, 2 Israeli PMs, a Queen mother, the godfather of an elite Banking family, and Julian Assange.
Sounds familiar?
Our concept of time
When does a new child begin life's journey? Is it at the moment of birth? of conception? Is it after puberty? or a couple of days after his/her parents first met?
When viewing time as a linear progression of units, it becomes terribly important to agree on a suitable answer to the above query. So most people will say that the moment of birth is the beginning, and the government bureau-cats will have a piece of flimsy reality with which to fill out their forms in hospitals, and file them next to the morgue expiry forms.
To counter the linear perception of time, Ken Johnson stresses that according to the Mayan concept of time there's no exact moment (for example, 00:00) when one day nawal is replaced by the following one. When the sun sets the nawal of the following day already begins to assert its energy, while the nawal that governed the current day wanes.
So like everything else in nature, days and nights have their unique, flowing dance of energies, which intensifies whenever they mix and switch governance (of day and night/winter and summer). Spring, after all, is known as "The Quickening", and fall is exactly what it means – a slowing down, a time to stop and take stock, gather gravity in preparation for winter – the standstill.
There are no clear cuts in the natural world. Clear cuts can only be found in the human world of words and dotted lines. They are arbitrarily set by my dualistic, calculating mind (one of my favorite tools!)
According to the Mayan concept of time, when the child is born other members of the family are born with him/her. This means that the mother and father (roles) are born with the child, along with sisters, brothers, grandparents, etc. This is most obvious with the first child (there were no parents before it came), but is also true about any other child joining earth.
At the time of birth something also dies. When a couple gets married the bachelors die, and when the pet is adopted the loner dies.
1-Ben: Leadership and the Family
Born on this day: Stephen Baxter, Brian O'Leary, Sean Bean, John Rhys-Davies, Richard E. Byrd, Michael Moore, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Leadership, since it is the sun-sign that follows The Road (Eb, human sun-sign), in the sense that after the road is mapped a leader must walk in front of the community.
Leadership, also, since the staff or Reed is a sign of authority (much like the Olympian torch, and Roman fasces). It is the tool in the hands of the guide, or the elder. It is the staff of Moses, which can turn into a serpent (13-Chicchan) when the need arises.
A good leader instructs and bridges differences by giving the kind of advice that can run goosebumps up and down my spine. Regretfully, nowadays I seldom experience this when confronted with those who call themselves our leaders. It's mostly PR and appearances, distractions and guilt-flinging.
This doesn't mean I'm not blessed with good leaders in my inner circle. Listening to my mother can sometimes cause me goosebumps. Although she wasn't born on a Ben day or trecena, and doesn't have Ben in her Mayan cross – her seniority has bestowed upon her the energy of Ben.
(She was born 9-Eb, BTW, the day before 10-Ben)
2-Ix: Lunar Shaman
Born on this day: Shakira, Cliff Richard, Mike Rutherford (Genesis), Harvey Keitel, Carlos Slim, Richard Nixon (37th US President), Mitt Romney
The way I see it, the number 2 is associated with the moon and the lunar cycles. First of all, the moon comes second to the Sun. Secondly, it receives its light from the Sun, so it's a reflective device (like your computer screen).
Thirdly… well, maybe anything beyond 2 is already something other than lunar.
Manly P. Hall (3-Cauac, 1-Caban trecena) once said in one of his lectures: "Pressure can cause an individual to say 'the end justify the means.' The moment he has done so – the madness of the moon is upon him." In other words, he's a lunatic.
So the moon is reflective, and it wields dominion over the jaguar's time of prowl. It is little surprise, then, that one of the richest men alive (Carlos Slim) was born 2-Ix, and so did "Tricky" Dick Nixon.
2-Ix comes right after the seed of leadership and dreams which is 1-Ben. It can be thought of as a very shrewd and respectful feline; prone to flattery and high-life, perhaps.
3-Men: Omni-Vision
Born on this day: Matt Stone, Michael Stipe, Peter Lorre
The second keyword is "Family", and here I'll make a small aside for some background (Under the hood).
The sun-sign Ben is one quarter of a burner quadruplet which also includes Edznab, Akbal, and Lamat. Each quadruplet has a theme which binds its four members together. The quadruplet in question has to do with Dreams, Reality, and whatever's in-between. Why? well, there's the Night (Akbal) and the Star (Lamat), the mirror (Edznab) and driving it all – destiny's conduit a.k.a. Jacob's Ladder (Ben).
The family is where I find myself when the Night falls and the Stars come out. Under the same roof, the family takes the Night's journey of dreams, where the Reed and the Mirror are predominant. I have dinner with my wife and talk about what came to pass and what's looming ahead. We discuss our dreams and our daily reality. We take part in working out the minute aspects of each other's destiny.
To clarify, "Family" is anything YOU decide it is, with or without blood, and regardless of gender or any other denomination. Oddly enough, Ken Johnson says Ben's "Family" orientation also means household pets and animals.
Family means something very, very specific in human experience. This is where 3-Men comes in. The true engine (Activating 3) behind leadership is vision without boundaries. It is the vision and undying drive which is worth sweating out all the small details of daily life.
4-Cib: Four Mothers
Born on this day: Kenny Kirkland, Lisa Lopez, Brian Austin Green, Hal Holbrook, Ali Akbar Khan
The infrastructure below the current 1-Ben process is finalized today. Beginning tomorrow constructive focus begins to shape reality, based on these roots. It is of little wonder the number 4 embodies completeness and definition.
The question arising today is: What do I define as being sacred to me?
To further define the question, keep the word "Family" in mind while pondering. The family was always considered sacred in all communities. It is my home and its sanctity. It is the wisdom I bestow to my dependents and offspring.
4-Aj' maj today resonates with 1-Aj on a sound level. It shares the same prefix "Aj" which Barbara related to "Sri" in the Vedic context.
In Hebrew, "Aj"/"Ach" means brother. You know, like Freemasons and G.I.s call each other…
Gone-too-soon brother
Kenny Kirkland (4-Cib) was a talented and successful jazz pianist who passed away 16 years ago at the premature age of 43. In the next clip he plays one of the best piano solos I've heard (begins 04:28).
5-Caban: Global Center of Gravity
Born on this day: Byron Katie, Fernando Torres, Robert Smith (The Cure), Demi Moore, Michael J. Fox, Nikos Kazantzakis, Michael Collins
The day after wisdom is firmly defined (4-Cib) it's time to blaze new tracks using the global mind/heartbeat Caban.
5-Caban's slogan might be:
"You live, you learn" – Alanis Morrisette (13-Caban)
As long as I'm breathing, eating, sleeping, communicating, expressing myself – I'm learning.
And where is the place I go to "do everything as [I] like", as Carlos Barrios puts it? I go back to Mother earth. I go back home to get my heart synchronized with whoever I hug there. I can be myself and put some focus on the destiny I share with those under my roof.
We all learn from each other all the time.
If I have to go global and specify where can that homey place be on Google Maps, I'll say this place is wherever I travel with my family on the home planet. This can be many places, even the ones I travel to alone to meditate and remember my family.
This is why I'm into house-swapping.
6-Edznab: Tradition is Real
Born on this day: Kimberley Ann Deal (Pixies), Zachary Taylor (12th US President), James A. Garfield (20th, same) , Benicio del Toro, Lisa Kudrow, Nicolas Godin (Air), Jim Abrahams
Yesterday was 5-Caban, and since Caban relates to a global heartbeat and to the planet itself, it's a good time to focus on the universal.
Whatever I find sacred in my personal life has a global counterpart – some kind of "value" which is observed in any and all communities and families around the globe.
When pondering my own personal values I realized I cannot use "family" as a word for value, but rather rephrase to a value within what I call family. Something like giving respect to elders and leaders, giving due attention to children, or thinking about stocking the fridge and pantry (maintenance of abundance in the home).
Edznab [Tijax] is a mirror or reality and truth. I look at a polished mirror and nothing remains concealed. Today's energy can reveal those places where reality contradicts attitudes and perceptions.
For example, I can go along with my day thinking I look dreadful just because I feel so. When I go to the bathroom I know for sure whether I'm right/wrong about this perception. Looking in the mirror has that quality of changing (and even destroying) whatever misconception came before it.
When coupled with the number 6, Edznab becomes a reliable reflector. It demands the kind of truth that can be appreciated anywhere.
dead presidents' Wisdom
We'll go over two of the names above, and begin with the one who is currently least known. Zachary Taylor came from the Whigs party of the mid-19th century. The Whigs basically supported the supremacy of Congress over the presidency and favored a program of modernization and economic protectionism.
Economic Protectionism, by the way, is called Anti-Globalization
James Garfied, called a Republican in the parlance of the times, was the 20th man in the white house. He got to call the shots for a mere 6 months, right up to the point where he got his two .44 mm shots by a 'deranged assassin'. That happened on the Tzolkin day 8-Ahau (2 days following his birthday).
James Garfield was the second US president to be assassinated (after
Zachary Tylor was the second US president to die in office.
7-Cauac: Cloudy Horizon
Born on this day: James Buchanan (15th US president), Jerry Seinfeld, Kurt Cobain, Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim), Robert Altman, Mario Savio
Cauac (Rainstorm) shares traits with the current trecena theme of Ben. It appears on the North/feminine Mayan cross of Aj/Ben. Cauac is considered to be a homey sign, and people born under this sign tend to appreciate the comforts of home and family. This is the flip-side of the stormy nature of Cauac, who knows how stormy it can be outside the family and home settings.
In addition, Cauac, much like Ix on stage 2 and Kan on stage 12 of this trecena – embodies potential and a gathering of energy before release. It is therefore fitting for Cauac to appear on the 7th stage of this trecena, since it is on this day that Destiny reaches its highest potential and gains purpose, as a cleansing and educating force within HOME.
Another aspect of Cauac is a special gift for teaching and learning. This goes well with the description of 5-Caban and "you live, you learn".
8-Ahau: Infinite Light
Born on this day: Alan Dershowitz, Warren Beatty, Toni Collette, Vincent van Gogh, Douglas Adams, Norah Jones
Destiny. A word with much gravity and a touch of romanticism. Is there really a destination that I can single out and abbreviate as being my destiny? The thing with destinations is that once you arrive at one of them you get a view good enough to recognize the next one. So how can there be a destiny in the sense of an ultimate destination, some life-long goal that can be actually realized and materialized? And if there is one, in what way do I continue living without destiny beyond its achievment?
There can't be such a thing as a future destiny, unless I define death itself as a destiny, followed by nothing. Instead of looking to the future in search of it, I think destiny is everything that has already happened, along with whatever's transpiring now. So in other words destiny is made up of my karmic accumulation of the past, over which I have no control, and the now moment, for which I have total responsibility.
… and 8-Ahau says: "perfection cannot be realized tomorrow, nor remembered as past glory. It abides now and always, beckoning me to discover it."
9-Imix: Begin from Zoom-Out
Born on this day: Robert Plant, Johann Sebastian Bach, Aretha Franklin, John Noble, Richard O'Brien, Glenn Close, Ron Silver
The 4th uinal begins today with 9-Imix. The 9th stage, when all cycles of action come to completion, gets a primordial jolt back to the basic aspect of nurturing and initiation (Imix).
So far I've been outlining the elusive meaning of the sun-sign Ben using the keywords: leadership, family, and destiny. 9-Imix is the day when these concepts coalesce and integrate to complete the cycles of action, a split second before manifestation (stage 10).
Leadership, since Imix is the first day sign of the uinal, and it contains all the raw materials required to journey through 20 days and arrive at Ahau.
However, being the first and the most raw is just a good start, and this is where family comes in. A good parent is a good leader, and vice versa. Another angle shows that a good leader is usually also good at being led, and the same applies for parents being good children.
"But what does 'good' mean?" asked a trendy post-modernist at the back.
Whatever's best in line with my destiny.
Imix is the cosmic female parent, who lies at the very root of family. She nourishes and protects her offspring emphatically. She follows obediently and leads impartially. Her destiny is strong and radiant.
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Riff Raff (9-Imix), Magenta (11-Cib), Columbia (5-Men), Brad (10-Lamat), Janet (12-Men), and the occasional narrator (8-Kan) warping time:
10-Ik: Palpable Change
Born on this day: Lou Piniella, Tom Selleck, Richard Dean Anderson, James Hetfield (Metallica), Egberto Gismonti, Boy George, Billie Joe Armstrong, Beth Gibbons, L. Ron Hubbard, George Lucas, Christopher Cousins (Breaking Bad)
What began in the stalk of the Reed manifests today on the breath of the boundless Wind. The ideals and morals that established Leadership and Family during the first stages, the same ones that make the Reed rigid (the proverbial Backbone) all get blown away and diluted today by the complications of language and meaning.
This is what Mr. Hubbard was talking about when he uttered the above quote, at least the way I see it.
The wind bends the flexible Reeds and breaks the rest.
11-Akbal: Commander-in-Chief
Born on this day: Pelé, Danny Kaye, Billy Joel, Jon Bon Jovi, Jay Kay (Jamiroquai), Kai Eckhardt, Jack London, Henry James, Chester A. Arthur (21st US president), Herbert Hoover (31st US president), Abraham Lincoln (16th US president), Andy Serkis, Oliver Platt, Crispin Glover (George McFly), Kevin Costner, Vinnie Jones
To have 3 US presidents born on one day, and to have so many of them on the same trecena (wait, there's more to come) – is a very curious finding, to say the least.
However, it is merely a finding. Everything else that is currently spiraling around my mind is speculation and theory, extracted through everyday discourse and elusive fashions.
11-Akbal is to creatively step into the unknown. Instead of speculations and maybes and starting from scratch, it stands for consistency and structure that arises from whatever's already manifested.
12-Kan: Deep Harvest
Born on this day: Pope Benedict XVI (265th Pope), Nomar Garciaparra, Charles Mingus, James Doohan, Pia Zadora, Werner von Siemens, Omar Bradley
The next-to-last stage 12 is like the next-to-final scene of a good suspense movie. It is when all the pieces fall into place, and all loose ends are somehow tied or otherwise dealt with. It concludes when it's obvious that the only thing left in the movie is to watch some kind of final goodbye, with a hint regarding what happens next.
The moment of understanding for the Reed, that instant when everything falls into place – is when it produces a Seed. The Seed is tomorrow's potential. It is the offspring that allows the leader of Destiny to depart, knowing that even if his own destiny hasn't been completely realized within his Time, the seeds of a new destiny have already been sown.
Kan is a sign of gathering potential that has no time boundaries. Something like indefinite storage. After all, a seed can remain buried in the desert for many years, awaiting the ever-possible flood from the old mountains.
13-Chicchan: Winter's Terror
Born on this day: Heath Ledger, Sylvester Stallone, Jodie Foster, Mark Wahlberg, George W. Bush (43rd US president), Osama bin Laden
The United States declared independence on the Tzolkin date 9-Ben (1-Chicchan trecena). So, today these two related sun-signs (Serpent and Reed) meet again, but in reverse.
To find that Bush and Bin-Laden shared the same Tzolkin birthday really got my attention a few years ago. Bush is the 8th US president to have his birthday on this trecena. I wonder if this record will be beaten. His father, BTW, Bush senior, was born the very next day in the Tzolkin – 1-Cimi. In other words – close, but no cigar.
The sun-sign Ben seems to have a lot in common with the United States. Heck, even Obama was born on 9-Ben!
… and what's this hang-up I have with presidents and politicians, anyway? Time to get off the authority trip. Time for a change.
So the last day of the Tzolkin Fall is 13-Chicchan, which is a divine flavor of fluidity, with an unreal scent for drama – directly contrasting our point of origin (1-Ben, the unitary steel pipe).
… and Moses remained on mount Nebo, and watched his flock cross the Jordan into the promised land.


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PORTER'S PEOPLE: Mr Porter has launched a capsule collection to mark London's men's wear shows with designers including Sibling, Richard Nicoll, Katie Eary and Matthew Miller. The brand took over the Alison Jacques art gallery near Oxford Circus, where tea and crumpets were served from an Airstream van on the street. Inside, guests were greeted by a room full of red British telephone boxes, each with a model inside sporting a look from the line.
Among them was Sibling's pink leopard-print blend sweater, Richard Nicoll's graphic cotton jersey and wool crew necks, Katie Eary's baroque print jersey and Matthew Miller's foil pocket sweatshirts.
"We decided we needed to support some of the younger London designers more, so we went to all the collections last season and approached the ones which we thought would translate really well into a project for us," said Jeremy Langmead, editor-in-chief of Mr Porter and a member of the London Collections: Men committee. The collection is available on Mr Porter's international sites and retails from $130 to $455.

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Editor's note: Use this recipe to make Norma Naranjo's Tamales .
Mrs. Naranjo says, "A lot of these traditional dishes are being modernized. You see chefs putting spices and things in their red chile. My grandmother only used salt. I only use salt. This sauce can also be used to make red meat chile or chile filling for tamales, or to give thickness and smoky fire to other soups and stews."
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- Makes about 4 cups
- 15 large dried New Mexico red chiles
- Boiling water
- 2 teaspoons vegetable oil, butter, or meat fat such as lard or suet
- 2 teaspoons masa harina, corn flour, or unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 to 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Place a baking sheet in the oven until hot. Put on rubber gloves and remove the stems and seeds from the chiles. Pull the baking sheet out of the oven and use tongs to arrange the chiles on it in a single layer. Slide back in the oven and roast until the chiles are fragrant, about 5 minutes.
- 2. Remove from oven and use tongs to transfer the chiles to a heatproof bowl. Add enough boiling water to cover the chiles and allow to sit until cool, 30 to 40 minutes. Transfer the peppers and 3 cups of the soaking liquid to a food processor or blender. Reserve the remaining liquid. Blend or process the chiles until smooth.
- 3. Warm the oil over medium heat. Whisk in the masa harina. Reduce the heat to low and slowly add the pureed chiles, whisking constantly. Slowly whisk in salt to taste. Add additional water, if necessary, to get a thick but pourable consistency. This sauce will keep in a tightly covered glass jar up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator. It can also be frozen.
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With season series secure, Astros fall to Angels
Oberholtzer takes loss as Wallace provides only Houston offense
HOUSTON -- The Astros nailed down the season series with a win against the Angels in the series opener, so regardless of what happens the rest of the weekend, they know there is at least one team in their new division they hung with this year.
But the Astros couldn't build on that season series advantage or a four-game winning streak that is now over, dropping a 6-2 decision to the Angels in front of 21,903 on Saturday night at Minute Maid Park.
The Astros have 97 losses, and a third consecutive 100-loss season appears inevitable, especially with the rest of their games after the Angels leave town Sunday coming against playoff contenders. But against Los Angeles (71-77), the Astros are 10-8 entering the finale.
Lefty Brett Oberholtzer, arguably the Astros' most consistent starter of late, allowed four runs over six innings during a 93-pitch outing that resulted in his third loss of the year.
"You look at his body of work, he did pretty good job of getting the game to the sixth inning," manager Bo Porter said. "But I was talking in the dugout, he just didn't look like he had that pinpoint command, that late life that we had seen in a lot of his previous starts."
Olberholtzer yielded a leadoff homer to Chris Iannetta in the third, and was touched for three in the fourth behind RBI doubles by Howie Kendrick and Kole Calhoun, and an RBI single by Iannetta.
Before that, Olberholtzer needed just 22 pitches to get through the first two innings.
"Command got away from me a little bit," he said. "In the first three innings, it was probably my best command all year. I felt like I was spotting my fastball pretty well. I kind of let up a little bit, I guess, in the fourth, and they got three or four batters there where they got RBIs and capitalized."
Added Porter: "His breaking ball didn't have the kind of depth that we are used to, which is a credit to him, to not have his good stuff and still battle and be able to get through six innings."
The Astros' only offense came off the bat of Brett Wallace, who sent a 2-1 offering from Jered Weaver into the right-field seats in the fourth. Weaver, facing the Astros for the first time in his career, allowed six hits over six innings in a 108-pitch outing.
"He's got five pitches, he'll throw them in any count, he can plus and minus a fastball," Porter said. "He's a guy that you definitely don't want to expand your zone [against]. He's a guy that can throw some breaking stuff, even when he's behind in the count. He has a lot of confidence in all his pitches."
The Astros set an American League single-season strikeout record with nine on the night to give them 1,393 this season. The 2012 A's held the previous record of 1,387, eclipsed by the Astros when Trevor Crowe struck out looking to end fifth and leave the bases loaded.
The Majors' single-season strikeout record is held by the 2010 D-backs, who fanned 1,529 times.
A bulk of the strikeouts came in the very early stages of the season, when the Astros were on pace to shatter the all-time record by mid-August. But despite an ever-changing roster and daily lineup shuffles, the offense slowly began to stabilize -- comparatively speaking, at least, to the beginning of the year.
"Early on, we were missing a lot of fastballs early in the count," Porter said. "We were swinging at a lot of offspeed pitches out of the strike zone. Over the course of the season, we started of doing a better job of handling the fastball, and we reduced our ability to chase. That's when, offensively, we started to play better baseball. We started handling the fastball and not chasing pitches out of the zone."
That's progress, given the inexperience of the hitters. To illustrate that: Jose Altuve, age 23 and in his second full season, is one of the more experienced players on this team.
"Sometimes it's going to be hard for a young team like us," he said. "I think every time I'm around the clubhouse and I see the guys, they want to go outside, keep playing, keep improving.
"On a young team, that's going to be a big question -- who's going to play and who's not. I wouldn't say we're comfortable, but we're a little more ready. Everyone gives everything they have, including me, and including them. We have to in order to get better."


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Artist Invader has a theme: Space Invaders. His homages to the little 8-bit enemies show up all over the world, on art and loose in wild, showing up in all manner of places where one might not ordinarily expect them.
In this case, he went to the Bay of Cancun, where sculptor Jason Taylor deCaires had a number of submerged sculptures. The result? Cheerful little Space Invaders, only now, I suppose, they must be Ocean Invaders.
I suppose they're like the Spanish Inquisition, really: nobody expects them. And yet, there they are.
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1JOHN 3:15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him
ROM 10:9-10, 13 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
1JOHN 5:4-5 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God
1JOHN 5:11-13 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
1JOHN 5:18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and the wicked one toucheth him not. (John 3:16=Jesus is only begotten)
JUDE 1:20-21 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, [You are keeping] yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
JUDE 1:24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy
HEB 5:9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
HEB 7:25 Wherefore [Jesus] is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
2TIM 1:8-10 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, but is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel [in which we must believe]


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Whom did Cain marry ?
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This question is frequently asked as the students are not taught that Gen. 1-11 are pre-historical. Any one who compares Gen. 1: 1-2: 3 with Gen. 2: 4-24 can easily recognize that there are two distinct stories of creation and none is to be taken literally as the answer to the question how the world was created. The creation story in Gen. 1 is 'P' Document and God is called Elohim in it. Its date is around 450 B.C. and whoever wrote it did not compare the earlier story found in the second chapter where God is called Jehovah. This second chapter called 'J' Document is dated around 750 B.C. In the creation story in the first chapter, creation takes place in six days, humanity is created male and female in the image of God on the sixth day, the sun and moon are created on the fourth day and water covered the land before land and water were separated. In the earlier story found in the second chapter there is no mention of creation on each day, Adam is created before the animals are created and Eve is created from the rib of Adam after the creation of animals and the plants grew due to the mist that went up and watered the whole earth. Those who believe that the Bible gives the answer to the question 'how' the world was created will have to choose one of these stories and leave the other as myth. Those who have taken the pain to study the Bible critically would agree that the creation story is a saga to answer certain theological questions such as who created the earth and all things visible and invisible and not the biological questions about the age of the earth and the plants and life on earth. The theological answer regarding the image of God in man is also of immense significance concerning the questions related to the nature and destiny of man. In both the creation stories, it is God who created, whether Elohim or Jehovah. It is very unfortunate that the Fundamentalist brethren degrade the Holy Bible of eternal value to the level of time-bound and changing values of scientific truths. We ought to leave to science to answer the question how the world was created, by slow evolution or by sudden creation. The Holy Bible is not a text-book of Physics or Chemistry or Geography or Zoology or Biology. It is the basic text book on theology and must be kept in that level. Let the Bible answer the fundamental questions about God, the salvation of man, the life after death etc., and let us allow science to answer all physiological questions that can be verified by objective tests in the laboratory or outside.
The question 'whom did Cain marry ?' is raised out of the misunderstanding about the word 'Adam.' Adam in Hebrew is not a proper name, but it just means 'man or humanity.' The presence or absence of other human beings at the time of Adam does not change the theological truths about the first Adam, the representative fallen man taken as the head of the fallen humanity. The Second Adam, Jesus Christ is, the representative and the Head of the redeemed humanity in spite of the fact that other human beings lived at the time of the economy of salvation in the life of Jesus of Nazareth. Just as the defeat of Goliath meant the defeat of all the Philistines (I Sam. 17), the fall of Adam meant the fall of the whole of humanity. We must move from the Second Adam to the first and not vice versa.
The story of Cain in Gen. 4 makes it clear that there were other human beings in the land of Nod where Cain fled and found a girl whom he took to wife. "Then Cain went away from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, east of Eden" (16). Nod was a place of so many people that Cain built a city there for the inhabitants in honor of his son Enoch (17). Some of the fathers thought that Cain married his sister, but it seems very unlikely. If there were no other people, why did Cain say, "whoever finds me will slay me" (4: 14) ? The point is that even if creation was evolutionary, there is no problem as far as the theology of the creation story is concerned. It is alright to teach creation story as it is recorded in the Bible in the primary class in the Sunday School when evolutionary creation is understandable to the kids. But a little later the students will ask, "How were the first three days of creation calculated with the words, 'and there was evening and there was morning,' when the sun, the moon and the stars were created only on the fourth day ?" When the students are able to ask such questions, the truth of creation should be explained as theological and not biological or zoological. Thus the question, 'whom did, Cain, marry ?' is a good opportunity to explain the fact that, first two chapters of Genesis belong to pre-historic narrative and also the documentary theory that in the days of Ezra, the Jehovistic. Elohistic, Deuteronomic, and priestly codes were amalgamated into one volume for the first time and the reasons for the discrepancy in the two creation stories, two flood narratives etc. The fundamentalists are not doing full justice to the Bible itself as they are not open-minded to confess that the Bible is a divine human book with the unchanging truths of God are recorded in the changing and even fallible words of man. The Bible interpreted in such a way that there is no conflict between the Bible and science. "The letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life."


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Very well said, he is someone who obviously understands the larger power structure, especially when discussing wars and the drug trade. It would be even more on target if he went more in depth into our debt-backed money structure and diminishing returns of debt, but overall a good overview.
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Tron Legacy will be freakier than the original, but the new Teen Wolf may be less outrageous. Find out how aliens will sink your Battleship and eat L.A. There are new Last Airbender/Crazies ads. Plus V Caprica , Smallville and Lost.
Tron Legacy:
We already knew that Michael Sheen plays the owner of a cyber-nightclub. Now he spills a few more details: "I am the host of the nightclub and a showman, this sort of very over-the-top character." And he adds that original Tron director Steve Lisberger has a cameo in the nightclub scenes. And the nightclub is an actual set, not digitally rendered. But he won't confirm what everyone suspects: That Daft Punk will perform/DJ in the nightclub scenes. [Sci Fi Wire]
The Last Airbender:
Here's another TV spot, which looks pretty similar to the one during the Olympic ceremonies:
Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner says this movie doesn't start out with a war against the aliens. The extraterrestrial visitors don't start out intending us harm, but then it presumably does turn into a conflict somehow. [MTV]
This film from Colin and Greg Strause, the directors of Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem, has cast its leads: Eric Balfour and Donald Faison (Scrubs). Also starring: Scottie Thompson and Brittany Daniel. And there's a new plot synopsis: The film takes place in a Los Angeles high-rise where a few survivors cope with a mysterious other-worldly attack. Faison plays an entrepreneur who lures his old friend (Balfour) to the West Coast. They go out and party all night, and then they wake up to find that a mysterious force is swallowing up the human race off the face of the Earth. We'll avoid being snarky about the fact that the article avoids mentioning AVP:R at all. [The Hollywood Reporter]
Teen Wolf:
Actor Crystal Reed explains how this remake will be different than the original:
The script is not at all like the original. It's not a remake, they're just simply using the names, the locations are the same and instead of basketball, he plays lacrosse. There are going to be some really interesting twists and turns. The writing is amazing and the special effects are brilliant. The other thing that's cool is he's not in a full werewolf costume... [When he turns into a wolf], he looks really human, because he's a young werewolf, so the things that are changing are his eye color. His ears are going to be a bit pointier and the hair on his hands is going to go up to about here. [Points to her elbows] Obviously, his muscles are going to grow. Progressively as he gets older as a werewolf, he'll become more wolf-like. The very first time he turns, it's actually pretty scary.
The Crazies:
Director Breck Eisner explains how this film is different from George Romero's original:
It's very different, absolutely. For me - I know people throw around the words re-interpretation, remake - it is a re-interpretation of his movie. Definitely acknowledged to be different from the inception. That being said, I tried to stay true to the core of the original.... I wanted, first, to make this a horror-thriller. Dynamic and scary, intense and frightening. But I also wanted to make sure the message in the movie wasn't lost and in the post-9/11 world is reflected, just as the original was a reflection of post-Vietnam.
And he says he had the script rewritten to remove the military completely, so as to focus entirely on the townspeople's perspective. [ShockTillYouDrop]
Here are a few TV spots I don't think we've shown you for this George Romero sorta-not-zombie-centric remake:
Toy Story 3:
Yet another character poster, this time for the dinosaur toy. [CinemaBlend]
Here are a couple of new posters featuring Morena Baccarin and Elizabeth Mitchell looking intense and photoshopped. [SpoilerTV]
Here's a sneak peek from Friday's new episode, "There Is Another Sky":
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A new promo for the next episode, premiering next week. [SpoilerTV]
And here's a short description for episode 3x10:
Chuck and Sarah must break Casey out of jail and clear his name after he inadvertently commits treason; Ellie gets her dream fellowship.
Gil Bellows (Billy from Ally McBeal) will play Max Lord, the skeevy businessman — who took control over Clark's mind in the comics until Wonder Woman killed him — in episode 9x19, "Charade." And the role is intended to be a recurring one — which sounds like more evidence this show might get a tenth season. [IGN]
Here are some images from episode 9x15, "Conspiracy," in which Zod gets shot. [KryptonSite]
It sounds like there are three episodes in a row where Ben does not appear, judging from this Michael Emerson interview. And he says, in three or four weeks' time, "people will think differently about Ben." [GQ]
Claire may not stay crazy, says Emilie de Ravin:
The evolution this season for her character is sort of coming back to who Claire was. You know, she's still there, underneath it all, even though she's pretty damn loopy. There's still flickers of who Claire is and was, and maybe will be again. Or not.
A source claims to have seen a call-sheet for a scene in episode 6x15 featuring Jacob, the Man In Black, and "Mother." Also the show is building a new small outdoor set that appears to be a submarine cabin, and it's possible they're building it outside so they can flood it with water. And the Temple set is being taken down. In related news, a submarine captain (or more likely, an actor playing one) is on set right now. [SpoilersLost]
Hurley won't turn dark, although there may be a flash of that, says Jorge Garcia. We'll learn what the island is midway through the season, via Jacob and Richard Alpert. And the answer to what the island is, is a four-letter word with no "A" or "E" in it. And it's important to the outside world that the island continues to exist, and somebody must protect it. [E! Online]
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What to do in ThailandAndrew Mason
Thailand's temples - known as wats - are big, richly decorated and contain an interesting assortment of treasures. Every town has a large assortment of temples, with perhaps the highest concentrations in Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Ayutthaya. Some temples not to be missed are Wat Arun on the Chaopraya river in Bangkok, Wat Po, also in Bangkok and Chiang Mai's Wat Benchamabophit. Whilst in Chiang Mai, climb Doi Suthet to see Wat Doi Suthep, which offers stunning views over the area.
As well as spectacular scenery, Thailand's islands and beaches offer a good opportunity to take part in diving and snorkeling, the clear blue water offering glimpses of colourful coral and fish. Koh Tao is rapidly becoming the most popular island for diving and snorkelling, whilst Koh Phi Phi and Phuket are also popular. Other water ports available include sailing and windsurfing. At many places, bungee jumping and rock climbing are the order of the day, whilst paintballing offers a good opportunity to let of some steam.
Thailand has some beautiful golf courses, some designed by skilled international golfers. Muay Thai is the national sport and no trip is complete without watching a match or even training and competing yourself.
The amazing landscape makes Thailand a great place for walking and trekking, the hill tribe villages to the north making a great stop over or a three or four day trek.
Many come to this deeply spiritual country to learn about meditation, and there are numerous meditation courses available. Whilst here, you can also learn the ancient art of massage or join yoga classes on the beach.
Thai food is some of the best in the world, and you will find some outstanding restaurants, offering everything from international style dining, dining aboard river cruises or simply eating at a tiny table on the street.
The spas and saunas are also a great place to unwind and be pampered; whilst for many cosmetic surgery and cosmetic dentistry provide the opportunity for self improvement. Also, there are plenty of chances to indulge in a little retail therapy.
Thailand has a great selection of outdoor markets, floating markets, stores and shopping centres. Do not miss Bangkok's Chatuchak market, MBK, Paragon or the night bazaar at Suan Lum, whilst Chiang Mai's Night Market draws visitors from all over the world.
For people wishing to take in some culture there are some interesting museums, art galleries, exhibitions and displays of Thai dancing. Thailand also has some interesting theme parks, shows and zoos such as Sri Racha Tiger Zoo.
There is always something to see and do in Thailand, and the numerous festivals can add colour and life to your holiday, especially if you are lucky enough to be in the country during Songran or Loi Krathong.
There are plenty of opportunities to get in touch with nature in the national parks, such as Khao Yai where parts of the movie The Beach was filmed or Koh Samet, where the outstanding natural beauty has led to its being preserved as a national park.
Whatever you decide to do, there never seems to be quite enough time, and it is almost certain that Thailand's charms will draw you back time and again.


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Bless me father, for I have sinned, it has been over three months since my last legitimate blog post…
You don't have any idea how many times I started to write this post in my head over the past couple of months, only to be sidetracked by schedule, or exhaustion, or – sadly – the lack of confidence and willpower. Running this blogzine had been, for the better part of three years, a daily joy. But much like many of my favorite things, it fell off the pile as the necessity to work 75-80 hour weeks took its toll. Missed that fall softball season. Favorite TV shows were DVR'd and hastily burned to DVD to make room for other unwatched programs. Albums piled up…think about that, I wasn't prioritizing music. There were mornings when I didn't want to slap that comedy CD in the car because I knew I wasn't in the right frame of mind to enjoy it.
But let me first put things in proper perspective. Nothing is really wrong outside the fact that my life became monopolized by my responsibilities at work. I'm healthy, I'm financially stable, I have friends and family and a blessed life compared to so many who have real problems. I do not pretend for a moment that my worst day in the past six months was anything more than me feeling pressure, exhaustion and frustration with something which I could have terminated at any second with two simple words: "I quit".
It's hard to overcome an addiction because you are so deep into it that you lose the objective perspective. You no longer see the whole, you only see the next move. Not to compare my experience to an addiction – even the word workaholic infers complicit behavior – but it takes an intervention to slap reality in your face long enough for you to distance yourself and see objectively again. And in my case the intervention came in two parts – an intimate musical performance and a dose of birthday guilt.
Christine Ohlman, a/k/a The Beehive Queen, is an amazing woman. A musicologist par excellence, she runs rings around me when it comes to the deep web of musical history, ane even a brief chat with her is an educational experience. But I recently saw her perform in a small bar in Rochester, a converted house called Abilene's which was packed like a sardine can. No stage, the band sequestered in what would have been a living room, amps likely on "3" to keep the plaster from falling upon us like raindrops. I was so close I could have adjusted the monitors, and I watched her slowly weave her way through a set of gems – each one accompanied by an anecdote – and I was awash in soulful, penetrating beauty. I was energized by rock, heartbroken by blues, and warmed by the infectious nature of a true artist channeling her soul. I knew at that moment that I had to take my life back, that every precious day that I continue to put aside the things I truly love was another day wasted.
I also have a holiday-time birthday, which combined with seasonal affectation disorder…well, let's just say it makes for an interesting experience. For the past several years, I have spent the better part of my birthday watching concerts, comedy shows and music documentaries, and this year was no exception. This time, the introspection of the day was combined with a rebirth of passion, as if the artists on the large screen were saying "hey dumbass…maybe if you made time for this every day you wouldn't be so miserable?" With the new year a week away, it looked like I finally had a resolution with teeth to slot next to the old standards "lose a few pounds" and "work out more". And when my older daughter caught me off-guard by telling me she had been checking my page weekly only to be disappointed, that sealed the deal.
It's not like I was in a coma. I did listen to a lot of music and made my list in time for the Village Voice Pazz&Jop deadline; I do have my Best of 2011 drafts for comedy albums and DVDs in their final whittling stages, and I did jot down some drafts that will show up soon as reviews and editorials. But I missed some events I normally relish, like the recent award nominations. And tragedies – I should have posted the day Patrice O'Neal died; he played a club in town not long before and the news broke my heart. But I'll add those thoughts when reviewing his posthumous CD, and you'll see his brilliant DVD (Elephant In The Room) on that year-end list.
A real doctor doesn't promise you anything; they merely give you good advice. So I won't promise you a daily dose – not an unbroken string, anyway – but I'll do the best I can to be here as often as possible. I even have a plan.
As for the recommendations, those will continue to be well-intentioned but optional. I've got my hands full taking my own life back, thanks.
Happy New Year, everyone. I missed you, too.


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By RFI A French court on Thursday rejected for the ninth time a request for the release of Lebanese pro-Palestinian left-winger, Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, who was jailed in France for 30 years for killing an Israeli and an American diplomat in Paris in 1982. A French appeals court said yesterday that without a deportation order the 62-year-old former head of ... Read More »
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France Thursday rejected the ninth appeal for the release of Lebanese leftist prisoner Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, enraging his supporters who railed against the French government in a protest outside Paris' mission in Beirut. Abdallah was arrested in Lyon in October 1984 and condemned three years later to life in prison for alleged involvement in the killing of an Israeli diplomat ... Read More »
Lebanese Militant Prepares for Ninth Appeal After 30 Years in French Jail
By Conor Gaffey After more than 30 years incarcerated in France and eight failed parole appeals, Georges Ibrahim Abdallah will find out tomorrow whether he can finally return to his homeland of Lebanon. Abdallah, a founding member of guerilla group the Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Factions (LARF), was arrested in 1984 and given a life sentence in October 1987 for his ... Read More »
Georges Abdallah 'flash mob' hits French mission in Beirut
Dozens of supporters and relatives of leftist militant prisoner Georges Ibrahim Abdallah held an unannounced protest outside the French Embassy in Beirut Friday to demand his release. The protest came six days before the French judiciary is expected to make a decision on whether to accept Abdallah's ninth appeal for release. "From now till February 26, we will be holding many other flash mobs in various ... Read More »
French court rejects Georges Abdallah's ninth request for release
The International Campaign for the Release of Georges Ibrahim Abdallah was notified on Wednesday that the French court of cassation rejected Abdallah's ninth request for release after 30 years in French prisons. The campaign carried out a sit-in in front of the French embassy in Beirut in conjunction with the announcement of the verdict against the political prisoner. Commenting on ... Read More »
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As Lebanese political prisoner Georges Abdallah enters his 30th year in French prison, a UN human rights committee is expected issue a report on his illegal detention in early November. In January 2013, French authorities decided to continue the detention of Georges Abdallah by refusing to deport him to Lebanon, even though he had served out his sentence and was ... Read More »
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Over 350 protesters took part in a protest calling for the liberation of Lebanese activist Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, in front of the French prison where he is being held in Lannemezan, southwestern France, on October 26, 2013. Georges Abdallah, is considered as the "oldest political prisoner in Europe" and who has begun his 30th year of imprisonment for his alleged ... Read More »
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Friends of Lebanese detainee Georges Ibrahim Abdallah staged a sit-in outside the French embassy in Lebanon on Sunday and called for his release after 30 years have passed since he was detained in France. In this regard, more than 350 supporters of Abdallah demonstrated outside the French jail where he is held. Protesters described Abdallah as "the oldest political prisoner ... Read More »


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Local children and residents will soon have more baseball fields and soccer fields to play on through a partnership between Limerick Township and Limerick Generating Station.
POTTSTOWN, Pa. - Local children and residents will soon have more baseball fields and soccer fields to play on through a partnership between Limerick Township and Limerick Generating Station. Earlier this year, with the help of a $150,000 contribution from Exelon Nuclear, Limerick Township was able to purchase the Linfield Sports Park.
Linfield Sports Park is a 17.5 acre active recreational facility with a softball field, sports pavilion and multipurpose field. In 2011, the township will upgrade the park by adding more fields, such as additional softball fields and multipurpose fields for lacrosse and soccer. The pavilion will also be upgraded.
"Limerick Generating Station's contribution to the township has helped us greatly over the past few years to upgrade our recreational facilities for the good of all of our residents," said Limerick Township Board of Supervisors Chairman Kenneth W. Sperring, Jr. "We are looking forward to the upgrades that will come in 2011 so that additional teams will be able to use our fields and families and organizations can use the pavilions."
Contributions from Exelon Nuclear have also been used to refurbish Manderach Memorial Playground and support the township's summer concert series and Limerick Community Day. Funds have also been given to the Linfield and Limerick Fire companies and helped pay for the expansion of the Limerick Township Police Department building.
"It is important to everyone at Limerick Generating Station that we are a good neighbor and are able to partner with Limerick Township to provide excellent recreational facilities for area residents," said Bill Maguire, Limerick site vice president. "Many of Limerick's employees live in this community and are able to benefit from the facilities that Limerick Township provides, making this area a great place to live, work and raise a family."
In 2009, Limerick Generating Station committed to a $500,000 donation to Limerick Township, spanning four years. As part of that donation, each year, Limerick Generating Station donates $150,000 that the township uses for parks and recreation projects and for local first responders. For more information about Limerick Generating Station, visit www.exeloncorp.com/limerick


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De-Valued: Value America bosses settle claims
Five years after a holiday-season wave of layoffs had over 300 Value America employees packing their cubicles, a class action suit against the company's officers has been settled.
But if the $4.6 million deal helps some investors feel better about losing their shirts, the lawyers– who take a third of the payout– may be the only ones laughing all the way to the bank.
"It's miniscule," says former Value America employee Kirby Hutto of his portion of the settlement.
Indeed. In April 1999, Value America stock went public at $23 per share. The terms of the settlement offer plaintiffs an average of six cents per share.
Someone who purchased 1,000 shares at the offering– a $23,000 investment– nets $60 from the settlement, not exactly a pretty penny. For those frenzied buyers who got in after the opening bell, the relative compensation is even skimpier.
But Hutto's not complaining.
"If the guys who skated with the millions are having to give a couple million back right now," says Hutto, "I'll file my papers. It's just the principle of the thing."
The stock price shot up the day of the IPO over $74– making Value America founder Craig Winn a momentary billionaire. That, however, was as high it went– and a precipitous slide ensued.
The four Value America execs named in the suit are Winn, Thomas Morgan, Rex Scatena, and Dean Johnson. Winn and Scatena could not be reached for comment; Neither Johnson, Morgan nor the defense attorneys returned the Hook's calls.
The suit claimed that all four men managed to dump shares and make millions while the investors they allegedly duped were watching their money disappear. The settlement agreement, finalized in August, reveals that plaintiffs believed there was a chance they would not have prevailed in a courtroom.
Before its slide to oblivion, many people thought Value America could herald a new digital age. The concept was simple: provide one-stop online shopping for nearly any product under the sun. Need a vacuum? Value America! Need a refrigerator? Value America! While the company even sold freeze-dried soup, computers were its bread and butter.
Even while the company was burning through cash, Winn was persuading new investors to come on board. Bigwigs handing money to Winn and company included Microsoft's Paul Allen ($65 million) and FedEx CEO Fred Smith ($15 million), whose son joined the company in 1999 after his suspension from UVA on assault charges.
After beginning operations in headquarters on Commonwealth Drive, Value America soon sprawled into offices all over town. In 1999, company bigwigs planned to buy White Gables, a 1920s estate on Ivy Road, but the deal fell through, paving the way for what is now a condo development.
But while Value America expanded, so did flaws in its business plan. Because it kept no inventory– products were shipped directly from hundreds of manufacturers– fulfillment was problematic and erratic.
Confused, some customers returned their products directly to Value America instead of to the manufacturer– only to wait in vain for a refund or even a reply. At one point, according to a former employee, boxes of returned merchandise piled to the ceiling of the main office because no one knew what to do with them.
The Fearless Consumer, now a Hook column, featured one miserable eve-of-bankruptcy experience in which Value America cashed the check of a customer in India– and never sent the promised computer.
In his book, dot.bomb, former Value America exec David Kuo says Winn's hubris was at the center of the storm. He recounts Winn's meetings with investors and also with his own employees, who scrambled to raise $500,000 to keep their employer afloat. Yet while Winn was encouraging his own workforce to invest their hard-earned cash, he was slowly unloading his own shares– to the tune of over $50 million.
Kuo wasn't the only one to make a book out of the fiasco. Winn penned In the Company of Good and Evil, a glowing recollection of his role in Value America and its undoing by people he publicly branded "scumbags"– all in under 700 pages.
The tome, whose cover features a woman's hand– nails decorated crimson red– holding a cigar, blames the company's failure on executives such as former IBM honcho Glenda Dorchak. [The printed version of this story contained an error here which has been removed in this online version.–editor]
In the book, co-written in the third person with Ken Power, one of the company's five founders, Winn is painted as a visionary who made one fatal mistake: trusting those who didn't share his dream.
"Alone in his office, Craig reflected it's not about history. It's about the future, about meeting and exceeding expectations. It had always been his policy to under-promise and over-deliver."
For those who took a financial beating in a Value America investment, Winn's delivery fell short. The ignominious end came in November 2000, when the company's assets were sold by Bid4Assets. It was around that time that Winn– considered by some to be an architect of corporate misery– earned a link on the corporate humor site despair.com. (The site connects to the May 1, 2000 Business Week cover story on Winn and the demise of Value America.)
While several Value America investors declined the Hook's request for comment, citing a wish to avoid "dragging up bad feelings," Hutto says some good came out of his "insane" time at Value America.
"You couldn't pack that much experience into a two-year time frame with any other type of job," he says. "I wouldn't trade it, but I don't think I would do it again."
2001 also saw the self-published telling of the founder's business woes.
This 2001 title by David Kuo recounts the collapse.


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The actor and filmmaker gave back in a big way, dropping over $400,000 to pay off items registered at two Walmart layaways. "I was trying to do this anonymously, but due to some circumstances — y'all know how nothing stays secret these days, so I just want to go ahead and tell you," he said in a video shared to his Twitter, before revealing the addresses of the two Georgia Walmart locations where he covered the costs of the outstanding layaway items registered at each location. "If you have a layaway at either place, and it was in there as of 9:30 this morning [Wednesday, December 6] — it was already in layaway before 9:30 this morning — I have paid for all of your layaways for Christmas. So, Merry Christmas to everybody!"
He then revealed that all customers have to do to pick up their items is pay a penny at pickup. "I know it's hard times — a lot of people are struggling and I'm just really really grateful to be in a position to be able do this. So, God Bless. Go get your stuff. Merry Christmas!" he concluded.
According to TMZ, Tyler dropped $178,000 at one Atlanta store and $256,000 at a nearby store in Douglasville. (Talk about a generous random act of kindness!)
This is just one of the many ways Mr. Perry has given back this year. In September, the 48-year-old filmmaker took to Twitter to show his support for Geoffrey Owens (the former Cosby Show alum who was shamed for working at Trader Joe's), by not only tweeting words of encouragement to the 57-year-old actor but by offering him a job on his show!
"#GeoffreyOwens I'm about to start shootings OWN's number one drama next week!" Tyler wrote, seemingly referring to his OWN show The Haves and the Have Nots. "Come join us!!! I have so much respect for people who hustle between gigs. The measure of a true artist."
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Hollywood Getting into Pay-per-Click Advertising
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Here is what the pay-per-click ad looked like when you searched for Gone Baby Gone.
But the landing page for the Miramax ads brings you to a page that displays the other award-winning movies that are potential Oscar candidates, including "No Country for Old Men." The message on this page isn't so much as to see the movie, but to be convinced that these movies should win awards. Clearly, Miramax is looking to spread some PR about how their line-up of movies should get Oscar nods this year by displaying pay-per-click ads.
Who said that corporate America wasn't looking at pay-per-click ads as a way of spreading their brand messaging?
Here is what the landing page looks like when you click on the PPC campaign.


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Adware.ChinAd is deemed as potentially unwanted program that performs malicious actions once installed on the computer. This detection by Malwarebytes Anti-Malware program is given to specific software that user may optionally install together with third-party application. However, due to lack of notification during the install process, Adware.ChinAd often gets into the PC without user's knowledge. Thus, you may see unwanted program on the computer without a notice.
Threat behavior
In usual situation, Adware.ChinAd is bundled to freeware or shareware applications. In fact, there may be other unwanted programs that are packed to the main software that users preferred to obtain. Authors behind malicious programs are utilizing pay-per-install scheme to deploy their products over the Internet.
There are also instances that malware are being used to deploy Adware.ChinAd. In this case, the threat can be acquired when visiting malicious web pages, downloading compromised files, or using file-sharing apps. Links from spam emails and social media sites are also one medium consumed by attacker to spread Adware.ChinAd.
Once Adware.ChinAd is run on the computer, it targets mostly known browsers like Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Safari. This threat performs changes on browser settings that may result to home page hijacking and browser redirect problems. Adware.ChinAd also drops extension, add-on, and plug-in to achieve other malicious tasks.
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I'm an environmental archaeologist specialising in plant remains. These are plant macrofossils ( not microfossils like pollen or spores). I look at the larger items -seeds, grains, chaff, wood, some tubers, other surviving plant parts. My lab is my spare room. I don't need to use chemicals in my work so this is safe to do. The room where I work has the same sort of equipment and manuals I used while was employed by the Museum of London Archaeology Service. What I miss is the experience and guidance of John Giorgi and Anne Davis with whom I worked straight after my MSc in 1996 during my 'apprentice' archaeobotanist years.
Now I'm a freelance 'journeyman' I make up for lack of colleagues by making use of the Jiscmail Archaeobotany Mailing List (with many experience archaeobotanists on it from all over the world) and attending archaeobotany workgroups. I have also visited the English Heritage archaeobotanists (Gill Campbell, Ruth Pelling and Dr Zoe Hazell) atFortCumberlandto use their reference collection and ask advice. They've been extremely helpful and have a unique set up that I hope survives the cuts. I've also appreciated the advice and support of EH regional science advisor for the South-East, Dr Dominique DeMoulins. As a UCL alumni I've been able to arrange to use the seed reference collection built up over the years by many researchers, one being Prof. Gordon Hillman who I was fortunate enough to be taught by for my MSc in the 1990s. I've enjoyed building up my own seed collection and herbarium. I have seed and wood anatomy manuals but nothing is a good as having a modern specimens to compare with an archaeological one.
Today I have 'flot's to sort for an assessment. This is good news as I had a three week gap in May/June and not enough money to go on holiday with during the heatwave. But I completed my 2011 tax return and cleaned out Thanet Archaeology's flotation system during that time with plans to use it.
I work from home so the first thing I've done today is take a mug of triple Expresso to my study and login to my gmail account and switch on the radio. I'm currently fond of Radio 5 Live -for the talk rather than the sport. The radio and gmail will stay on all day unless I'm writing up a report. BBC Player has become a good friend too. I do drop in on facebook. It makes up for some of the laughs and chat I miss from my employee days. It also reminds me what a unique thing I'm doing for a living today.
Today I'm assessing some English 'flots'. 'Flots' are the light material that float into a fine mesh sieve when and environmental bulk sample is processed. These come to me in plastic sample bags in a box by post. I very rarely get asked on site while samples are being taken. I would like to be as it would be good to see the preservation conditions and chat with the field team about the features and their sampling strategy. I'm also rarely the one processing my samples but I'm ready , willing and equipped to make site visits, take and process samples myself. If I were on site or in the processing shed I could double-check labelling and record keeping. A hard dug sample is useless if the labels fall off bucket or the bags split. I could also see evidence of bioturbation on site that I can only infer from the flot contents at present.
Assessment is the first stage of analysis of the plant remains in a sample. I'm looking for abundance, species diversity and quality and type of preservation. This information will help me recommend which samples should be studied in more detail at analysis stage and estimate time and costs for that.
When I open a bag of flot I pour it into a measuring jar and if it's very large and diverse I'll sub-sample it through a riffle box. Whole or sub-samples of flot I pour through a stack of geological sieves. This makes it easier to see the plant remains. Sometimes I can just pour the flot from the measuring jug onto my petri dish. I use glass jars and dishes because plastic creates static electricity and items then to 'stick'. I won't have to sub-sample the flots I have today as many are too small to need sieving and a detailed count isn't necessary for assessment.
First archbot-related email of today is from the Archbot Mailing List. It's a message sharing an article about flora in the Near East. I'll save it to read later. TheNear Eastisn't my area but I can learn something from methodologies and you never know I may get the chance to go there and staff a flotation tank there one day.
What I'm seeing in these flots are fragments of roots, flecks of charcoal, terrestrial snails and the occasional charred or uncharred seed or cereal grain. I'm recording these onto paper record sheets using a black biro ( I've heard the ink lasts longer on paper than pencil but I'll look into that as there's the plastic waste problem) while listening to Radio 4's 'Cabin Pressure'. I don't know much more about these samples yet as I'm waiting for strat and phasing info. This doesn't always come at the same time as the flots but I'll need them to write up the report next week.
11.55am -Yes! Some bread wheat grains in one of a series of pretty sterile flots so far. Negative evidence is as useful as positive evidence but it feels good to report back with some archbot finds – I hope it encourages the diggers to feel their sampling efforts were worth it. I'm starting to get samples from the area of England that my paternal ancestors came from – all agricultural workers so I have a kind of stakeholder link with these plant remains.
12.00 noon- nipping out for fresh air, daylight, human interaction and a quick lunch
1.05 pm -had a quick lunch at the Moonlight cafe reading the 'I' paper. Back home to hang up my shortie wetsuit (pool training for Sports Diver with Canterbury BSAC- I've dreams of taking my archaeobotanical skills to submerged cultural landscapes and shipwrecks via NAS and love aquatic wildlife anyway). Radio 4 'World at One' and another flot to scan and record.
1.55pm -Just told a cold caller to leave me alone I'm working. Glanced at my emails – one from the IFA MAG group about the draft planning framework -will have to get my head round that soon- lots of worries there – developer funded arch hasn't been perfect but has given me a job on and off for 14 years. Something a about assessments of arch from offshore windfarms (my ears prick up) and a wonderful PhD with funding…in Orkney though (ears droop). Another from my Google search set-up telling me there's something on 'submerged prehistoric' I could look up. But back to the flots for now. Radio 5 Live – the Murdoch empire.
2.37pm – Radio 5 – President Obama talking about the US debt crisis- I've just realised that this time last year I'd have done my archaeobotany for kids 'pongs and potions' Archaeological Detectives outreach with AMTeC co-op Ltd for Medway Children's University. It was cut. My study should be smelling of remnants of pomander bead ingredients now.
4.00pm – cuppa tea …. Flot sorting's going well. Next job will be data entry. I'm stopping at 5pm to go to a Kungfu class at Fighting Lions Martial Arts Academy in Whitstable. As I do a sedentary, solitary job I need to exercise regularly and it's fun to do it with other people. Swinging a Chinese broadsword keeps my mattock muscles ready should I get the chance to go and dig.
So, that's my day. When I first heard about the Day of Archaeology I wasn't sure I'd be doing any archaeology on this day. I've no idea where I'll be this time next year. I've no idea how I'll be earning a living this September! I may go back on the supply teaching list for a bit if they'll have me back. While I have work I'm looking for ways of keeping going in archaeology if I have gaps between projects of more than a couple of weeks – maybe funding to write a few papers in my own name and to help out in community archaeology projects. As it is you can't preserve archaeologists in situ – but, to keep solvent I may have to put dust covers my microscopes and earn a living another way for a while. I hope not.


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Disney XD unwraps three new holiday-themed episodes from Disney XD's
top-rated animated and live action series "Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja," "Pair of Kings" and "Kickin' It" on MONDAY, DECEMBER 3. Festive highlights include a ninja Santa dueling a robot snowman and his team of elves to a good deed gone awry at Santa's village.
To spread holiday cheer, viewers are invited to visit DisneyXD.com/holiday beginning Monday, December 3 to play a new "Pair of Kings: Bad Gifts" game. Beginning Saturday, December 17, kids will also be able to create their own custom digital snow forts.
The following are highlights for Disney XD's holiday line-up (all times ET/PT):
7:00 p.m. - "Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja"
"Silent Punch, Deadly Punch" - Randy travels to the forest to retrieve sap from a sacred tree in order to restock his Ninja gadgets, but McFist beats him there and snags the tree for his holiday party. Randy poses as a Ninja Santa to get in to the party and winds up defending himself against a robot snowman and his team of elves.
7:30 p.m. - "Pair of Kings"
"Yeti, Set, Snow" - When Boomer discovers that he and Boz do not have any brotherly memories like he and Brady do, he sets out to recreate a ski-trip from his childhood. But, when Boomer finds that the land he wants to build his resort on is occupied by Yetis, he removes them from the land and attempts to teach them how to be civilized.
8:00 p.m. - "Kickin' It"
"Oh, Christmas Nuts!" - To teach the gang about the spirit of Christmas, Rudy volunteers Jack, Jerry and Milton to work at Santa's village. However, their good intentions backfire when the lead elf gets them banned from the mall, forcing them to become "the kids who stole Christmas." While the guys try to prove their innocence, Kim and Eddie battle it out in a holiday window display contest.
All three episodes will simulcast on WATCH Disney XD on Monday, December 3 and will be available Tuesday, December 4 on Watch Disney XD (on demand), DisneyXD.com, Disney XD on Demand (set top box VOD) and on Mobile VOD on AT&T U-Verse, MetroPCS, Sprint and Verizon. "Kickin' It" and "Pair of Kings" episodes will also be available on iTunes, Sony Playstation, Microsoft Xbox and Amazon as paid downloads (EST) on Tuesday, December 4.
Disney XD is a basic cable channel and multi-platform brand showcasing a compelling mix of live-action and animated programming for Kids age 6-14, hyper-targeting boys and their quest for discovery, accomplishment, sports, adventure and humor. Disney XD branded content spans television, online, mobile and VOD platforms. The programming includes series, movies and short-form, as well as sports-themed programming developed with ESPN. In the U.S., Disney XD is seen on a 24-hour, advertiser supported network that reaches over 78 million households via its basic cable and satellite affiliates.


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Users Square Off Against Gladiators, Their Friends and the Entire Facebook Community For the Chance to Win an Official Autographed "American Gladiators" Joust Stick and Other Top Prizes
BURBANK, Calif. � May 9, 2008 - NBC will provide Facebook members the chance to face off in the interactive game "The Official American Gladiator Challenge." Based on NBC's hit series "American Gladiators," and in association with NBC.com, the interactive social gaming application -- which will include such high-octane competition as Hit & Run, Pyramid and The Wall -- will allow users to square off against gladiators, their friends and the entire Facebook community for the chance to win an official "American Gladiators" Joust Stick -- signed by the American Gladiators along with other top prizes. The application, http://apps.facebook.com/nbcgladiators/ , will go live and the challenge will begin today.
"This innovative game offers viewers the chance to enhance their gladiator experience by indulging in a full-spectrum fantasy competition that will challenge their minds but fortunately, leave them relatively unbruised," said John Miller, Chief Marketing Officer, NBC Universal Television Group and President, The NBC Agency. "We see this as a tremendous opportunity to engage fans of our shows in the environments where they are spending time, while also raising the profile of the series even further by tapping into the viral nature of social networks ."
"The Official American Gladiators Challenge" is focused on delivering a highly engaging personalized experience within popular social networks where viewers are spending increased amounts of time. Players will be able to compete as many times as they want in any of the three Gladiator challenges and then challenge their friends on Facebook to best their time and earn points.
The interactive experience will include a personalized dashboard of all gaming activity including scores, status, challenges and a real-time leader board. The leader board will include a ranking of each player's high scores among friends, the network and the global community by game and across games. Additionally, the application will feature a history of all pending and past challenges including links to detailed results pages where users can "talk smack;" as well as a badge that displays on their profile showing current score and rank.
Hulk Hogan ("Hogan Knows Best") and Laila Ali ("Dancing with the Stars") return to host the second cycle, which promises to be bigger and bolder than ever before on Monday, May 12 (8-10 p.m. ET). The series will air regularly on Mondays (8-9:30 p.m. ET). Using splashy twists including special effects, water skills and the latest technology, the classic games have been upgraded with even higher thrills, impact, energy and spectacle.
"American Gladiators" is produced by MGM Television (original series producer) and Reveille (NBC's "The Office" and "The Biggest Loser," "Nashville Star," "Ugly Betty"). Reveille's Mark Koops, Howard T. Owens and David A. Hurwitz ("Fear Factor") are the executive producers alongside Flor-Jon, Films Inc.'s Johnny Ferraro, original series creator.