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Article 2. License for Industrial User
Section 7460
7460. Application for industrial user license. Every person before becoming an industrial user shall apply to the board for a license authorizing the person to operate as an industrial user on forms prescribed by the board. An industrial user license shall be issued only to a person who is an industrial user of motor vehicle fuel as defined in Section 7322. It is unlawful for a person to act as an industrial user without first securing a license.
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|Creating GrimUI Skins
First you should know that World of Warcraft only understands .blp and .tga, this means all files must be converted to those formats to work. It is best if you use BLP2PNG to make your end file a .blp. Their are other things available as well like BLP2TGA. Graphic file sizes must be powers of 2, like 128, 256 so on and so forth.
The GrimUI skin templates were designed in Adobe Photoshop 7 and Photoshop CS4. You can edit them with a number of different programs though or convert the files. They provide the size and shape your art needs to be.
In the skin template package you will find 6 files. The name of the file corresponds with that of the names of the art in the GrimUI\Art\Skin# directory's. Once you have created your art and converted it to .blp you can copy it into the Skin# directory.
Once you are in the game you should be able to then select the skin from the GrimUI options panel in the Blizzard Interface Options window.
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February 02, 2006
I am posting just so we can all move on and talk about something besides the dress. (From BCBG.) (Ta da!) I am very tired of talking about the dress.
This happens to me a lot -- I post something, anything, whatever stream-of-consciousness claptrap that occurs to me, without really thinking it through and within 15 minutes of go-live time, I'm sick of it. So I'm all, "Okay! Shut up now!" But the Internet does not WANT to shut up, and why should it, because hell, I started it.
I need a little pre-post checklist, I think.
Do I really want to think about this topic over and over when I monitor comments?
Do I really want to read what a hundred other people think about this topic?
And then what another hundred people think about what the first hundred people think?
Am I, in fact, writing a check my body can't cash?
And another good question in life: Is it really a good idea to stay up until 1:30 am the night before an 8:30 am pediatrician appointment, and WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK was I thinking ordering a nine-course tasting menu with the wine pairing, which: NINE. NIIIINE.
I am on about three hours of sleep, and have approximately 13 more hours of hangover to go.
I also have no clever transition to Noah's four-month appointment stats, so...
Do-it-yourself Amalah: Insert your own witty segue here!
Noah weighs 15 pounds and is (wait for it) 27.5 inches long.
If you're anything like me, you will see that number and shrug, because...well, it's inches, and inches are small.
And then the doctor will show up and make the nurse RE-MEASURE because "that can't be right," which is exactly what my OB said when he saw 9 pounds, 15 ounces on the delivery room scale.
So there's this growth curve chart, and...I don't know, it curves, and they plot your baby's growth on it, and then they talk about percentiles and stuff. Noah is smack dab in the 50th percentile for weight and head circumfrence, and way, WAY off the curve for height, and will probably be seven feet tall in preschool.
There is no growth curve chart for foot size, and you know that I totally asked, because his feet are enormous and I am so proud of their enormity.
My pediatrician also ordered me not to tell other mothers about Noah's sleeping habits.
*smiles smugly and annoyingly, yet does not say a word*
I also returned my rented hospital-grade breast pump. I prefer the Avent Isis manual pump and never saw a bit of difference in what I could pump between the two, except that the Avent pumps faster and is way, WAY easier to carry around and deal with, plus I can pump with one hand while cutting lines of cocaine with the other. The entire world disagrees with me on this, and I'm not talking about the cocaine part. You are fine with the cocaine, but the fact that I am not using a $300 Pump In Style shocks you to your very CORE.
AND, since I enjoy the drama of a good motherhood hissyfit, I present to y'all this article, sent to me by alert reader Kathleen. Which I discussed with the doctor, and he wholeheartedly agrees with it and thinks that rice cereal, applesauce and bananas are about the WORST foods you can start a baby on, because they digest too quickly and can cause constipation.
(He's known in the practice as Dr. Poop, because he thinks the whole "it's okay if your baby only poops once a day or every other day" theory is a crock of well, shit, and that we're just breeding an army of chronically constipated kids, but he admits that he's alone in his belief that all babies, regardless of age, should be pooping several times a day and we shouldn't put up with the BIG HUGE BLOW OUT AND BEYOND THE DIAPER POOPS. He's...kind of crazy about the poop, but I love him.)
Anyway. He wants Noah eating more solids, since the kid clearly is growing like a damn weed, nursing and chugging bottles like they are going out of style, and came out of the womb about a month ahead developmentally. (My uterus grows babies in dog years, apparently.)
His words: "You feed this baby whatever the hell you want to feed this baby. You aren't going to hurt him with FOOD."
(We have no family history of food allergies, however, so it's obviously a different story for anyone who does.)
So we're ditching the rice cereal for barley, adding prunes and yellow vegetables, and getting out the Cuisinart to puree up anything else we feel like giving him. And yes, we're adding some damn spices, because if you had seen the look on Noah's face when I snuck him a couple tastes of grown-up polenta (gasp!) with garlic and herbs, you'd understand that the Noah, he loves the flavah.
Now. Everybody yell at everybody else about all the horrible things that will happen now. And I promise to not get sick of this topic for at least 10 minutes.
OMG! His face is totally going to get stuck like that! I blame the yams!


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Posting Job Openings at UGA School of Law
Employers seeking to hire UGA School of Law students or alumni may post positions on the law school's "Symplicity" career services job bank. Once approved, job postings are viewable by students and/or alumni (depending upon what candidates you are targeting). Candidates can either apply via the Symplicity system or directly to you, depending on your preference.
How to Post a Position on UGA School of Law's Symplicity Job Bank:
1. Register on our law school Symplicity
Visit Symplicity and select the Register icon. Complete the requested information and you will receive an e-mail with your password as soon as your registration has been processed. Registration is free.
2. Use Your Symplicity Login To Post the Position
If you have an account, log in to Symplicity. Your user name is your complete e-mail address. If you have forgotten your login and password or have never received one, select Forgot My Password icon and it will be e-mailed to you.
- Select Job Postings from the toolbar at the top of the screen.
- Click the Add New button.
- Complete your posting and click Submit.
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- E-mail: If you select "e-mail," you will receive each applicant's materials via e-mail immediately.
- Receive Application Packet After Deadline: This enables you to log in to Symplicity and view the entire list of applicants as well as each applicant's specific application materials after the posting has closed. If you choose, you can generate a resume book of the applicants.
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Hajj, the largest pilgrimage in the world, will be broadcast live on YouTube for the first time.
About 2.5 million Muslims are expected to travel to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, for the annual Islamic ritual on Nov. 5. Mecca's Grand Mosque houses the Kaaba, which is considered Islam's holiest site. Thousands of muslim pilgrims will move around the holy Black Stone in the center of the mosque.
"The Hajj represents one of the five pillars of Islam," Google wrote on its blog. "It requires all Muslims around the world who are able-bodied and can afford it to perform the pilgrimage once in their lifetime."
You can watch the live stream on the Saudi Ministry of Culture and Information's YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/hajjlive. It is also embedded below:
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Welcome to Module III of "Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect: What School Personnel Need to Do" developed in collaboration between the New Jersey Departments of Education (DOE) and Children and Families (DCF). This module will provide step-by-step information regarding the process and procedures for reporting potential child abuse and neglect.
This training module is formatted using Microsoft PowerPoint and includes a voice narration. The slides are not "timed" and must be advanced manually to enable the audience to complete their discussion, as needed, for each individual slide before moving to the next. Schools are also permitted to download the modules and burn them to a CD ROM for portability and ease of use, if so desired.
There are no recommended handouts needed to supplement this module.
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Former Gator Erik Murphy will take another step toward realizing his goal of playing in the NBA in Thursday's draft.
Like most basketball players growing up, Florida forward Erik Murphy dreamed of playing in the NBA.
Winter evenings in his native Rhode Island were spent watching his favorite team, the Boston Celtics.
"It was always my goal, my dream," Murphy said. "I always watched the (NBA) draft growing up. To be able to be in that situation is special."
Murphy will take another step toward realizing that goal tonight in the NBA draft. He's hoping to become the 35th player in UF history to be drafted. Murphy will watch the draft in his native South Kingstown, R.I., with his family.
The last month-and-a-half for Murphy has been a whirlwind of round-the-clock workouts. He began training in Las Vegas, but has traveled to several different cities to take part in NBA pre-draft workouts, including Chicago, Orlando, Cleveland and Indianapolis.
"It's been crazy," Murphy said. "A lot of traveling, a lot of workouts. It takes a toll on you a little bit physically."
Most NBA draft websites project the 6-foot-10 Murphy as a second-round pick, based on the combination of his size and shooting ability. He led the Southeastern Conference in 3-point field goal percentage (45.3 percent) as a senior.
"Every workout, the feedback has been pretty positive," Murphy said. "As far as the draft, I don't have any idea where I will end up. A lot of things can change in the next 24 hours. The draft can be very unpredictable."
NBADraft.net projects Murphy will go 39th overall to the Portland Trail Blazers, while Draftexpress.com projects Murphy going 42nd overall to the Philadelphia 76ers. ESPN.com NBA draft analyst Chad Ford has Murphy getting picked 54th overall by the Washington Wizards.
"He's in our second round," Ford said. "Again, stretch-fours (power forwards) are in vogue. He did a great workout in Vegas in front of a bunch of NBA teams. I was there. He shot the lights out. And he has a skill that translates."
Ford also mentioned Utah, Philadelphia, Detroit and the Los Angeles Lakers as possible second-round destinations for Murphy. Indiana and Minnesota also have shown interest.
"He'll be a role player," Ford said. "He'll be a specialist. But he's the type of player that I see as a really valuable second‑round pick and a guy who can make a roster."
NBA director of scouting Ryan Blake also views Murphy as a potential second-round pick.
"He shot the ball incredibly well at the combine," Blake said. "You're talking about one of the best shooters in the country, let alone the best shooting big man. I think he's got even more upside than (former Gator forward and current San Antonio Spurs 3-point shooting specialist) Matt Bonner. He can be as mobile and as effective."
NBA draft prospects don't look as promising for Florida guards Kenny Boynton and Mike Rosario. The former McDonald's All-American guards aren't currently projected in the top two rounds of the NBA draft. Boynton has had a handful of workouts, most recently with the Portland Trail Blazers. Boynton finished second on the UF career scoring list with 2,033 points, but had an inconsistent senior season.
"Probably going to have to get a passport and look in that direction," Ford said when asked about Boynton. "Kenny obviously came out of high school with a lot of credentials and a great rep. I just don't ever think his game came together in a way that translated to the NBA. He's stuck between positions and doesn't really do one thing well enough that screams NBA."
Rosario led the Gators in scoring (12.5 ppg) as a senior and scored 25 points in UF's 78-64 NCAA Tournament win over Minnesota.
"He's going to have to fight his way through summer leagues and through training camps and the D‑League to get on a team right now," Ford said. "Not generating a ton of interest."


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Relievers Rondon, Coke rehabbing in Florida
OAKLAND -- If injured Tigers relievers Bruce Rondon and Phil Coke are going to get to the playoffs, they're going to have to go through Florida to get there. Both have been sent to the Tigers' instructional league session in Lakeland to work out and rehab in hopes of starting a throwing program that would get them ready for potential duty in the American League Championship Series.
Both were left off the AL Division Series roster. Rondon has been dealing with tenderness in his elbow for the better part of the past month, while forearm flexor tendinitis has plagued Coke for the past couple weeks.
The fact that they're working at least creates hope that they might be ready for later rounds of the postseason, rather than simply being shut down for the season. At this point, though, it's hard to tell how realistic that is.
Two more relievers, left-hander Darin Downs and righty Evan Reed, are also working out in instructional ball. They're serving as insurance in case the Tigers have to replace an injured pitcher on their active roster.
Jeremy Bonderman, who spent most of the second half with the team after signing back with the club in July, is not working out. His season, and potentially his Tigers career, appears over.
Unlike the previous two postseasons, the Tigers did not send any extra position players to Florida to stay fresh. Their two potential replacements, outfielder Matt Tuiasosopo and catcher Bryan Holaday, are staying with the team, taking batting practice and defensive work before games.


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Ok, thats some actualizations abouth the sculting project, these fugures are for a friend.
A new "Alice" was sculpted, in this case Head and face was improved (the pervious Laice had big lip) figure need to remove some exdents of putty and a little of sand paper.
Helpless lady, almost done
sherlock Holmes, needs to finish the back of the nek, a little of sand paper, fill here and teher and remove exdenets of putty.
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W. Patrick McCray in his 2012 book The Visioneers: How a Group of Elite Scientists Pursued Space Colonies, Nanothechnologies, and Limitless Future describes how American scientists opposed the UN view that there was a limit to development. Excerpts from the Princeton University Press presentation.
In 1969, Princeton physicist Gerard O'Neill began looking outward to space colonies as the new frontier for humanity's expansion. A decade later, Eric Drexler, an MIT-trained engineer, turned his attention to the molecular world as the place where society's future needs could be met using self-replicating nanoscale machines.
These modern utopians predicted that their technologies could transform society as humans mastered the ability to create new worlds, undertook atomic-scale engineering, and, if truly successful, overcame their own biological limits. The Visioneers tells the story of how these scientists and the communities they fostered imagined, designed, and popularized speculative technologies such as space colonies and nanotechnologies.
Patrick McCray concludes that how these visioneers blended countercultural ideals with hard science, entrepreneurship, libertarianism, and unbridled optimism about the future. He shows how they built networks that communicated their ideas to writers, politicians, and corporate leaders. But the visioneers were not immune to failure–or to the lures of profit, celebrity, and hype. O'Neill and Drexler faced difficulty funding their work and overcoming colleagues' skepticism, and saw their ideas co-opted and transformed by Timothy Leary, the scriptwriters of Star Trek, and many others. Ultimately, both men struggled to overcome stigma and ostracism as they tried to unshackle their visioneering…
The Visioneers provides a balanced look at the successes and pitfalls they encountered. The book exposes the dangers of promotion–oversimplification, misuse, and misunderstanding–that can plague exploratory science. But above all, it highlights the importance of radical new ideas that inspire us to support cutting-edge research into tomorrow's technologies.
W. Patrick McCray is professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of Keep Watching the Skies!: The Story of Operation Moonwatch and the Dawn of the Space Age (Princeton) and Giant Telescopes: Astronomical Ambition and the Promise of Technology.


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The Hope College Knickerbocker Theatre continues its tradition of showing the best in independent and foreign films with its spring film series.
The series will begin on Monday, Jan. 25, and will continue through Saturday, April 17, featuring "Still Walking," "Coco Before Chanel," "Amreeka" and "An Education." All show times are 7:30 p.m
° The series will open with "Still Walking" on Monday-Saturday, Jan. 25-30. Director Kore-eda Hirokazu's award-winning new film is a family drama about grown children visiting their elderly parents, which unfolds over one summer day. The aging parents have lived in the family home for decades. Their son and daughter return for a rare family reunion, bringing their own families with them. They have gathered to commemorate the tragic death of the eldest son, who drowned in an accident 15 years ago. Although the roomy house is as comforting and unchanging as the mother's homemade feast, everyone in the family has subtly changed. With a subtle balance of gentle humor and wistful sorrow, Kore-eda portrays just how precious, and exactly how annoying, family can be. The film is 114 minutes long and in Japanese with English subtitles. The film is not rated.
° The series will continue on Monday-Saturday, Feb. 8-13, with Audrey Tautou in "Coco before Chanel." Before she became Coco, the world-famous fashion designer, she was Gabrielle Chanel. After her mother's death, her father deposited her and her sister, Adrienne (Marie Gillain), at an orphanage, where they learn to sew. They go on to become cabaret singers, but when Adrienne runs off with a wealthy suitor the newly christened Coco must go it alone until she meets gentleman farmer Étienne Balsan (Benoît Poelvoorde). She lives comfortably at his chateau, but he refuses to take her out in public, so she puts her skills as a seamstress to good use and designs outfits for his lady friends, like Emilienne (Emmanuelle Devos), an actress. From there begins the story of the legendary designer. Rated PG-13, the film is in French with English subtitles and has a running time of 105 minutes.
° Monday, March 29, through Saturday, April 3, will feature "Amreeka," which has won several international awards and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Muna, a single mother in Ramallah, has applied for a visa to the U.S. When it comes, her son Fadi, an excellent student, convinces her they should go. After an incident at customs begins their exile badly, they join Muna's sister and family in Illinois. Muna needs a job: although she has two degrees and 15 years' experience in banking, she settles for work at WhiteCastle, telling the family her job's at a nearby bank. It's spring, 2003, and the U.S. invades Iraq. While friends come from unlikely places, Fadi meets prejudice at school. How he'll respond to it and to American youth culture and how Muna will sort things out with her family are the rest of the story. The film is rated PG-13 and is in English and Arabic with English subtitles. It has a running time of 96 minutes.
° The series will end with "An Education" showing Tuesday-Saturday, April 13-17. Winner of 11 international awards and nominated for another 38, this film has been captivating audiences. In the early 1960s, 16-year-old Jenny Mellor lives with her parents in the London suburb of Twickenham. Jenny's life changes after she meets David Goldman, a man more than twice her age. David goes out of his way to show Jenny and her family that his interest in her is not improper and that he wants solely to expose her to cultural activities which she enjoys. As the relationship evolves Jenny learns more about David, including how he makes his money. Jenny has to decide if what she learns about him and leading such a life is worth forgoing her plans of higher education at Oxford. The film is rated PG-13 and is in English with a running time of 95 minutes.
Tickets are $6 for regular admission and $5 for students and senior citizens, and can be purchased at the door or in advance at the ticket office in the front lobby of the DeVos Fieldhouse. The ticket office is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and can be called at (616) 395-7890.
The DeVos Fieldhouse is located at 222 Fairbanks Ave., between Ninth and 11th streets. The Knickerbocker Theatre is located in downtown Holland at 86 E. Eighth St., between College and Columbia avenues.


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Fox & (Christian-only) Friends
Fox News is all about Christianity. Their journalists proselytize on the air. They bravely go to war each winter to defend Christmas from department store clerks who say "Happy Holidays." And they routinely run down the competition, suggesting that other faiths are inadequate (like Tiger Woods' Buddhism) or outright dangerous (Islam).
In that spirit, viewers of Fox & Friends this morning were treated to a little slice of culture war as host Gretchen Carlson interviewed some heroic Florida Christians who are fighting back against the atheist billboard scourge by erecting their own "pro-God" billboards. Carlson introduced the story by twice using the word "atheist," each time pronouncing it as though she were spitting out ashes, while the on-screen graphics celebrated the "special Easter message" with an image of hands clasped in prayer.
Moving on, Carlson proclaimed that with all these atheists putting up billboards and otherwise freely expressing their beliefs, Christians are "under attack" from "political correctness." As she said this the on-screen text declared the Florida county* in which the billboards are going up "God-fearing" and praised the billboards as "a reminder of hope."
What it comes down to is an issue of propriety and journalistic standards. Christian and atheist groups put up respective billboards proclaiming their beliefs, and Fox News comes down heavily on the side of the Christians to the exclusion of the atheists, calling the Christian message a "reminder of hope," and suggesting the atheist message is an "attack." They're acting as arbiter on which faiths or belief systems are appropriate, and that would seem to be well beyond the purview and pay grade of your average morning news anchor.
But Fox News does this all the time, leaping on every manufactured attack on Christianity and denouncing it in the name of "political correctness." And they make it very clear that if you are not Christian, then you are not entitled to a fair hearing of your views.
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"We are not too far wrong to see in Karl Rossmann the explorer who maps the internal territory for the later Kafka hero Joseph K. of The Trial. It is a natural segue, after all, from the youth who lives to placate to the adult with the inescapable sense of guilt. In fact, we could propose Kafka as an artist in a lifelong search of the most accommodating conceit for his vision. Karl is the earliest of his eponymous heroes, all of them essentially one tormented soul whose hallucinatory landscape keeps changing."
—E. L. Doctorow
"More than eighty years after his death from tuberculosis at age forty, Kafka continues to defy simplifications, to force us to consider him anew. That's the effect of Mark Harman's new translation of Amerika."
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Every once in a while a book will come along and get written and be released to the world and become something so special and unique that it will stand the tests of time, whether it was published last year, or fifty years ago, or a hundred years ago. In the magical fairytale style of The Princess Bride, The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle is certainly one of those ethereal books that generation after generation will read and enjoy for years to come.
"The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone. She was very old, though she did not know it, and she was no longer the careless color of sea foam but rather the color of snow falling on a moonlit night." What she doesn't know, but eventually discovers is that she is the last unicorn on earth. These magical beasts once roamed free and helped and healed those around them, but now she is the only one left. And even though she is old, she is not very wise and soon finds herself a member of Mummy Fortuna's Midnight Carnival with no chance of escape. But then a most unique individual comes along, named Schmendrick the Magician, whose magical powers work most infrequently, and only when he really needs them to; and he frees the last unicorn. Molly Grue also joins the unusual travelers, who still has faith in fables and believes in legends, even though she has met a suspicious Robin Hood character and his band of overly-merry men. They journey far and wide across the lands, have many adventures in search of the other unicorns, and end up at the withered castle of King Haggard, where the Red Bull lies in wait for the last unicorn.
Many complimentary words can be said about this book, but still they will not do it complete justice, as it just transcends so many levels and ages, making us all, perhaps just for a moment, believe in these wondrous beasts. For the new anniversary edition, a quote on the front of the book from Patrick Rothfuss, author of The Name of the Wind, says it best: "The Last Unicorn is the best book I have ever read. You need to read it. If you've already read it, you need to read it again."
Originally written on February 13, 2012 ©Alex C. Telander.
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This weekend a ton of Valley schools headed out to the biggest dance of the year – the prom.
My younger sister attended the Danville High School prom, and I was front and center to check out all the beautiful dresses and matching ties.
Sparkles were big – and that was just fine with me, as a lover of all things big and glittery.
But honestly, I was glad to leave after the promenade. High school was a long time ago, but I remember the awkwardness and would rather stay where I am, diploma in hand.
Here's some photos of prom attendees – all of whom I'm biased toward, but think were some of the best dressed out there:
[Note: It's fairly easy to discern my sister, she's the one who looks just like me]


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Maryland Cemeteries
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|Maryland Wiki Topics
|Beginning Research
|Record Types
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The following have significant cemetery listings for Maryland State:
| Sites may be incomplete.
• They may not list all cemeteries in a county
• and may not include all burials in a cemetery.
- Findagrave.com Search for names Enter at least a last name then click Search. Can narrow by first names or dates.
- This site frequently has tombstone images.
- List of cemeteries statewide for cemeteries in their database.
- Go to Find A Grave Home page, click Search for a cemetery, select the state (Maryland), then select from the county list, and press Search.
- Click on the number below Interments for a cemetery to access names. Click Records arrow to scroll through to the end.
- Go to Find A Grave Home page, click Search for a cemetery, select the state (Maryland), then select from the county list, and press Search.
| Remember:
- Maryland, Baltimore, Loudon Park Cemetery, Cemetery Records, 1853-1986 — index
- Web: Maryland, Find A Grave Index, 1637-2012 at Ancestry.com ($)
- Tombstone Transcription Project for Maryland
- Interment.net cemetery records for Maryland
- D'ADDEZIO Cemetery
- BillionGraves Replace the Smith surname in the pale orange form and click Search.
- Linkpendium
- ObitCentral
- AncestorHunt
- Maryland Gravestones
- Maryland Cemetery Pictures on flickr
- Maryland Cemeteries (at Maryland Genealogy) Cemetery inscriptions organized by county and city.
- United States, Cemetery Abstracts at FamilySearch — index
Resources at the Maryland State Archives
- Tombstones and Cemetery Records. A bibliography for each county in Maryland is listed on this site. Other resources are also available.
- Funeral Home Records are closely related to a search for cemetery records. The Maryland State Archives website maintains a list of funeral homes and identifies where some of the records are located.
National Cemeteries in Maryland[edit | edit source]
- Annapolis National Cemetery - Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
- Baltimore National Cemetery - Baltimore City, Maryland
- Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery - Owings Mills, Baltimore County, Maryland
- Loudon Park National Cemetery located in Baltimore City, Maryland. An index is available at Interment.net
- Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery located at the Point Lookout State Park, St. Mary's County, Maryland. Indexes are available at Interment.net, FindAGrave.com, and Descendants of Point Lookout POW Organization. Also of interest are the details about the Historical Marker that was erected by the state of Maryland in 1876. Click here to see panoramic views of the cemetery.
African American Cemeteries in Maryland[edit | edit source]
Cemetery records at the Family History Library[edit | edit source]
Click here to see the full list of cemetery records available at the Family History Library for Maryland: Maryland cemetery records at the Family History Library. A few examples from this list include:
- FHL book 975.2 V22r Historic graves of Maryland and the District of Columbia:with the inscriptions appearing on the tombstones in most of the counties of the state and in Washington and Georgetown. You can review this book while visiting the Family History Library.
- FHL film 285059 A List of Ohioan's killed during the Civil War:buried at National Cemetery, Andersonville, Georgia; Antietam cemetery, Maryland, and miscellaneous cemeteries.
- FHL book 975.2 V34d Directory of Maryland burial grounds. This is a book that was published in 1996. A microfilm copy is not available.
- FHL film 908909 item 2 D.A.R. genealogical records A book containing the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) compiled cemetery records for Maryland is available at the Family History Library and a microfilm copy may be located at various FamilySearch.
Maryland Cemetery Message Boards and Online Mailing Lists[edit | edit source]
If you need help finding the cemetery where your ancestor was buried in Maryland, an online message board or mailing list might be helpful:
Maryland counties[edit | edit source]
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Hopefully the odds are ever in their favour.Avid Hunger Games fan, and photographer Carmen Santorelli decided to recreate the magic of the insanely popular book trilogy and movie by commissioning a Hunger Games-themed styled wedding shoot.
For her dream to become a reality, Santorelli worked with a professional stylist, event planner, baker, florist, and of course, models.
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Office Products Depot Boom Time - Office Products Depot
3 April 2015
120 Office Products Depot staff from around New Zealand recently held their National Conference at Trinity Wharf, Tauranga on the north island of New Zealand. Organisers chose Team Up Events to facilitate Catalyst Global's fast paced ice breaker Boom Time to kick-off the event on a high!
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Once delegates were offay with the objectives of the activity, they launched into a complex "Guitar Hero-style" training process to develop their rhythm and timing skills.
Then, as the lights dimmed, delegates performed a collaborative rendition to the uplifting tune of Black Eyed Peas "I got a feeling." The results were amazing! What started as a musical discord had turned into a cohesive, synchronised muiscal production.
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However, this group portrait was not taken in Derby. The bottom margin of the front of the card mount is printed with "E.R. Gyde, Aberystwyth," suggesting that he was operating from the Welsh studio at this time. An examination of the photograph itself shows a large group of men, women and children, arranged rather haphazardly on and in front of a rock face, characterised by well defined, tilted strata. Many of the children have buckets and spades, which strongly suggests that they are at the beach. The style of dresses worn by the adult female members of the party, with leg of mutton sleeves, dates this photo to some time in the 1890s.
Since Gyde's studio at 20 Pier Street, Aberystwyth was close to the waterfront, I thought it possible that the photograph might have been taken not far away. The location and distinctive rock formations providing a backdrop offered a good starting point to search. I used the web site geograph, a project which "aims to collect geographically representative photographs and information for every square kilometre of Great Britain and Ireland," and is doing a pretty good job, at least for some areas. I used the search page to look for "beach" near "Aberystwyth," which resulted in 80 images. Browsing through these, I hit paydirt on the second page with this excellent photograph entitled, "Tilted Rock Strata," taken by Bob Jones in March 2008.
© Copyright Bob Jones and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence
The rock face is located at the northern end of the beach and promenade immediately north of Aberystwyth town centre, below Constitution Hill. The hard bands of lighter coloured rock appear to be almost identical to those visible in Gyde's portrait taken over a century earlier. According to my copy of the Geological Map of Great Britain, Sheet 2 : England & Wales (2nd Edition, 1957, prepared by the Geological Survey & publ. Ordnance Survey), this area is underlain by grits and mudstones of the Tarannon and Llandovery Formations of Silurian age. The location of both Gyde's studio and the old photo are also shown in the Google Maps image below.
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A new probe developed at Thayer School and the Norris Cotton Cancer Center in collaboration with the University of Toronto helps surgeons better distinguish cancer from normal brain tissue during surgery. Currently, patients take an oral dose of chemical 5-aminolevulinic acid, which produces the fluorescent protein protoporphyrin IX (PpIX). Tumor cells accumulate more PpIX than normal brain tissue and "glow" when exposed to blue light. The new tool combines violet-blue and white light to allow surgeons to analyze the concentration of PpIX and four other tumor biomarkers. "Our big discovery is that we can use the probe's reading of PpIX to measure the presence of low-grade brain tumor which otherwise does not fluoresce visually," says Professor Keith Paulsen, who worked with neurosurgeon David Roberts, M.D., and Pablo Valdes Th'11, who is pursuing his M.D./Ph.D. In a pilot study reported in the Journal of Biomedical Optics, in 10 patients with low-grade brain cancers, identification of low-grade tumor tissue during surgery based on visual fluorescence only had an accuracy of 64 percent; diagnostic accuracy increased to 94 percent when data from the new probe were used.
Personalizing Mobile Health Devices
Professor Ryan Halter Th'06 is part of a Dartmouth team developing personal mobile health (mHealth) devices that will allow physicians to monitor patients' health on a more frequent basis. One wrist-strap device under development, the "Amulet," would function as a secure communications hub for mHealth devices on a person's body and ultimately connect the patient to an electronic medical records system. Halter is helping two Dartmouth computer scientists, Professor David Kotz '86 and graduate student Cory Cornelius '07, ensure that the health records of patients monitored with mHealth devices remain private and secure.
"Most people are already carrying portable phones with sophisticated computation and some type of sensor. An insulin monitor or heart rate monitor, for example, can easily wirelessly communicate with these devices, and that information can be transferred to a database and monitored by medical personnel," says Halter. "The difficult part is if someone puts the wrong device on and their heart rate speeds up. There could be a conflict with who is actually treated."
Halter is helping the team use bioimpedance, how tissue responds to electrical currents, as an identification tag. "A person's bioimpedance is not unique across an entire population, but usually is within a small group, such as a family," Halter says.
The bioimpedance method accurately identified 90 percent of 50 test subjects last spring. The research team plans to test the robustness and wearability of the identification sensors on a larger sample over a longer period of time.
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Professor Douglas Van Citters '99 Th'03 '06 and Professor John Collier '72 Th'77 told ODT (Orthopedic Design & Technology) magazine what they believe is gaining traction—beyond hips and knees—in orthopedics. "The resurgence of the total shoulder and reverse shoulder arthroplasties" will be the next big thing in the field, according to Van Citters, in part because of advances in polymer science and a better understanding of bone biology. Collier is interested in developing cures for arthritis—starting with measuring outcomes. "It's like heart disease," he told ODT. "If you can change diet, you can change heart disease. I don't know that anyone has tried to do that for arthritis yet, but it may be the case once they get in it that there are nutritional aspects, exercise aspects, physiological aspects of arthritis that you can identify so you help people out."
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Something About Being Twenty-Something
I am in my early 20s. I am not the irresponsible clod that MTV thinks I am. I am passionate about my career, work hard at everything I do, and spend most of my waking life trying to make a mark on the world that does not involve a spray can. But it is not yet my turn to be successful.
I cannot buy anything without forgoing something else. I cannot go food shopping without a handful of coupons. It will be years before I can purchase anything at a furniture store not named IKEA. It is simply not yet my turn.
I can't rent a car without paying a mint in insurance, and I can't own one without paying even more. While I've been able to shoot a gun for our country for the last few years, it will be a few more before I can buy one for use domestically. Not that I'd want to. But my views on such an issue don't matter much because I don't have classmates to rally or contributions to funnel.
I am in between periods of irresponsibility; I no longer have my parents to bail me out and I do not yet have my savings to do the same. And my post-college debt does not help the situation. There's a reason why they call it a loan. Because when you're 23 years old and staring down the barrel of $50,000, you've never felt so alone in your life.
I'm learning to do my taxes, but I'd rather hire a CPA. I can survive soup being a main course, but I'd rather it just be an appetizer. I am okay living in a small place with poorly insulated windows, but I'd rather the ability to stretch out by a fire. But it is not yet my turn for any of this. Which is okay, since I can't afford enough furniture to fill a bigger place anyway.
I look at some of my friends who are several years older than me. Some of them have wonderful jobs in wonderful places with wonderful CPAs, and that encourages me. Some of them have the same problems I do, which terrifies me. If I knew that in five or 10 or 15 years, I would no longer have to worry about any of this, I'd be fine now. But the possibility that it will never be my turn is what keeps me up at night. That, and all the sound coming from my poorly insulated windows.
The real reason why the drinking age in America is 21 has nothing to do with whether or not we'd be mature enough to handle it. A lot of us are immature straight through our 20s, 30s, 40s, or whatever other decade we make it through before our immaturity kills us in a tragic beer-related accident. ("Look at the keggerator I made out of legos and a jet pack!") The real reason why the drinking age in America is 21 is that the first five years after college is best remembered when not remembered.
I attended a wonderful school with many people much more affluent than myself, which helped my hone my false sense of entitlement. And if there's one thing a false sense of entitlement does not get along with, it's a lousy economy (See America, United States of).
Employers have long made a habit of rewarding experience over ability, which leads the newly graduated to face the biggest Catch-22 there is - how to get experience without experience. And millions of soon-to-be-former students are about to descend on the job market. It will be an absolute dogfight, but I feel more prepared now. I've toughened myself up by eating soup on the floor under poorly insulated windows.
It took me until February after graduation to feel like I had a shot in this world, and I still have yet to hit the bullseye. And even if I get passed the career Catch-22, there is still the struggle of a wife, a house, kids, and my future wife and I sitting in our future house and teaching our future kids to be ready to struggle for most of their lives. Because we'd be silly to think we're the only ones who have to struggle.
I set out to write this column as a rally cry for twenty-somethings and as a warning for people about to be twenty-somethings. But as I wrote it, I realized that my biggest struggle is not with my career or my social life or my soup. My biggest struggle is simply accepting that it is not yet my turn to be successful. It is my turn to work hard and save up and sacrifice while I am still young and energetic enough to do so. And these 800 words have made me realize that I am not "paying my dues." Rather, I am proving myself to the world, so that I'll be around and ready to advance to the counter when my turn comes and they call my number.
I think I'll have the soup.


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Currently, the city's speed limit is 30 mph, but the mayor, numerous council members and countless advocates have been pushing for a reduction to 25 mph for months.
Finally, late last Thursday, the Assembly and State Senate passed a bill in favor of lowering the speed limit.
"This is a huge step forward as we work to save lives and make our streets safer," de Blasio said. "Reducing speeding is a critical element of our Vision Zero initiative, and we applaud the State Legislature for empowering New York City to lower speed limits and better protect our people."
In New York City, vehicle collisions are the number one cause of injury-related death for children and the second leading cause of death for senior citizens.
Council member and Transportation Committee Chair Ydanis Rodriguez said that lowering the speed limit, even 5 mph, increases the chances of someone surviving an automobile accident.
A pedestrian hit by a car going 25 mph has a 90 percent chance of surviving.
"It means so much to so many that they got this done before closing session," Rodriguez said. "A 25 mph speed limit across the city will prevent more death on our streets and ensure drivers take more care when they are behind the wheel."
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito agreed, saying the bill will "save countless lives."
"Every life lost to traffic violence is one too many, and this common sense legislation is long overdue," she said.
Members of Families for Safe Streets, a group of advocates who have loved ones who have either been killed or injured in traffic incidents, have been working hard on the legislation, traveling to Albany and speaking to numerous politicians.
Founding member Amy Cohen, who lost her son Sammy in the fall of last year, said she hoped this would be the first step in a cultural shift around street safety in the city.
"Families for Safe Streets is obviously very pleased the bill passed. It is our hope that reducing the default speed limit is a first step in changing the way people think about and interact on our streets," Cohen said. "As family members who have lost loved ones in traffic collisions, we know all too well that life is fragile and great care must be taken when driving in our city filled with pedestrians and bicyclists."
Not all people are pleased about the legislation, however.
Rob Astorino, who is campaigning against Andrew Cuomo to be the next governor of New York, scoffed in a recent press release about the legislature "lowering the speed limit in a traffic-choked city where you're lucky to go five-miles-an-hour."
The legislation must now be signed by Cuomo, which de Blasio said he knows will happen but is not sure when. The City Council will also have to pass enabling legislation, and then in the fall, new speed limit signs will start to go up.
There will be an education campaign leading up to when the signs are being put up, and then enforcement of the new speed limit will begin immediately as the new signs are posted.
"We're very adamant that once the signs go up, enforcement will be adjusted accordingly," de Blasio said.


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□ On May 31, 2013, a train of violent supercell thunderstorms erupted in the sky to the west of Oklahoma City. In the city suburb of Moore, rain began to fall over the tangled remains of homes and businesses obliterated less than two weeks earlier by a catastrophic EF5 tornado. Meteorologists at the National Weather Service recognized the tell-tale signs of a rotating mesocyclone on radar, and reports from storm chasers near the community of El Reno quickly verified the presence of a large, nebulous mass of clouds that had spun down to the ground. A rare tornado emergency was issued for the area a second time.
An unusually large number of storm chasers, both amateur and seasoned, drove down the perfect grid of county roads to the south of El Reno to film the ensuing storm. Like many large tornadoes, the El Reno storm began with a series of transient funnels beneath a rapidly rotating mesocyclone. Heavy rain left few good angles to film the storm, so most chasers concentrated near Highway 81 just northeast of the tornado. As the storm progressed slowly to the east-southeast it underwent a period of explosive strengthening. The already large tornado suddenly doubled in size in less than one minute (many say less than 30 seconds) to over two miles in width. Footage from multiple storm chasers showed a sudden increase in surface winds well away from the visible funnel. Near the intersection of Choctaw Avenue and SW 15th Street, two vehicles were engulfed by the storm, killing both drivers. One of the men killed, Richard Henderson, became the first amateur storm chaser fatality in history.
A Weather Channel vehicle driving on Highway 81 was impacted by a violent wind feature, causing it to tumble through an adjacent field (initial reports stated the car travelled 200ft while later broadcasts reported 200 yards). All of the vehicle's passengers were injured to some degree but most were able to walk away from the wreckage. Around this time, the tornado was completing an unexpected turn to the northeast. Highly knowledgable storm chasers were caught off guard by the storm's size and unpredictability. A motorist due east of the Weather Channel crew was killed by the tornado at the intersection of Alfadale Road and Reno Street. Along SW 10th Street, a white car carrying three professional storm chasers was swept off the road west of Radio Road. Unlike the Weather Channel vehicle, the car driven by Tim Samaras was hurled 650 yards through the air at a high rate of speed (AMS, 2013). The three chasers, likely with cameras in hand, were all killed in the "unsurvivable" wreck. Several minutes later, the tornado swept across the I-40, killing a young mother and her infant son in a car hurled from the freeway. Forty minutes after first forming, the tornado weakened and dissipated.
I surveyed the damage from the El Reno tornado and interviewed local residents on June 4th and 5th. Photographs from my survey are shown below, and my final analysis can be found at bottom.
*In August of 2013, the El Reno tornado was officially downgraded to an EF3 by the National Weather Service (Querry/NWS, 2013).
Personal Damage Survey Conclusions:
Due to my belief that the Enhanced Fujita Scale grossly underestimates winds in violent tornadoes, the wind ranges I utilize are based on my research, discussions with wind engineers and comparisons between known surface readings and adjacent damage indicators in past tornadoes. My wind estimates are significantly higher than those employed by the National Weather Service.
Peak Intensity: EF4 (≈220mph)
□ The most intense damage occurred to vegetation in a swath of varying width from an area commencing just west of the intersection of 10th Street and Radio Road and ending at the I-40. Steel fence posts were bent to the ground by winds alone and not debris impacts. Powerlines were sheared just above ground level, vehicles were thrown over 200 yards and surface crops were severely damaged and bent to the east-northeast. The most intense structural damage likely occurred to the OKC West Livestock Market just north of the I-40 and several homes west of Highway 81. The most intense structural damage was consistent with winds in the EF3 range. The scarcity of trees and buildings left few reliable damage indicators, but no EF5-level vegetation damage was noted.
□ While the tornado has been deemed the "second strongest" in recorded history due to extreme doppler velocities, this claim is completely unfounded. Few violent tornadoes are ever tracked by mobile doppler radar, so the available readings are not an objective method of classification.
□ While the tornado is being called the "widest" in history, this claim is also unfounded. The 1999 Mulhall tornado likely left a significantly wider damage path. In terms of violent tornado damage, the damage swath from the 2013 El Reno tornado was narrower than many documented tornadoes, including the 2011 Joplin tornado.
The width of EF0+ damage along Highway 81 was 2.55 miles in width, as measured by the distance between the northernmost and southernmost instances of missing shingles and downed tree branches. The southern margin was 300 yards south of SW 29th Street and northern margin was just north of 10th Street. Straight line wind damage was found in areas unaffected by the tornado, so the exact damage contours were impossible to ascertain.


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|National Journal: First published 01/01/2011
Is Lucifer the god of Judaism?
BY WILL NEWMAN (for henrymakow.com)
WILL NEWMAN, who holds a B.A. in Religion, attended Jewish synagogue, and has relatives involved in Talmudism, Cabala, B'nai Brith and Masonry.
In 1976, Walter White, Jr., "a concerned patriot," conducted an interview with a young Jew named Harold Rosenthal who was the assistant to Sen. Javits of New York.
In the interview, later published as "The Hidden Tyranny", the arrogant Rosenthal belligerently boasts (on tape) that the Jewish people have fabricated certain "falsehoods which work to conceal their nature and protect their status and power."
Rosenthal debunks the commonly accepted lie that, "the Jews are Israelites, and thus God's chosen people". Rosenthal said in part: 'Most Jews do not like to admit it, but our god is Lucifer -- so I wasn't lying -- and we are his chosen people. Lucifer is very much alive.'" (www.macquirelatory.com/Wallace Interview 1967.htm)
Lucifer's goal is to "be like the most High" (Isa 14:14) and to usurp the worship of God (Mat 4:9).
Lucifer's purpose is to deceive the
whole world (Rev 12:9) by transforming himself into an angel of light (2Co 11:4). This is best exemplified by the Freemasons. Their motto of "making good men better" produces a far more favorable public image than the more accurate alternative: "how to become demon-possessed in 33-easy-steps." The Jewish and Masonic religions both worship the same god.
In most Jewish synagogues, a bright burning flame represents their god. The Hebrew word for Lucifer is "Hillel" (Strong's Concordance #H1966) meaning "bright light." Curiously, this is the name chosen for the Jewish student organization. The Jewish six-pointed star is the highest symbol in the occult and goes under various names--the Star of Moloch/Saturn/Remphan. The Hebrew symbol חי worn around the necks of many Jews ostensibly symbolizes "life" (lachaim). The word literally translates to a "living thing" or "beast" (H2416); this symbol is an idol for The Beast.
The Jewish name for god is represented by the tetragrammaton (YHVH) translated as Yahweh, or Jehovah. The significance of God's name is repeatedly emphasized throughout the scriptures.
When dissected in the Hebrew, the true definition of Jehovah (Yah-Hovah) is revealed. "Yah" (#H3050) means "god". "Hovah" (#H1942) translates to "eagerly coveting, falling, desire, ruin, calamity, iniquity, mischief, naughtiness, noisome, perverse, very wickedness."
Jehovah is the god of wickedness, Satan.
However, Jews claim that this name (YHVH) is not to be spoken aloud, despite God's command to declare His name throughout the earth (Exo 9:16).
Judaism very subtly corrupts otherwise good commandments by adopting a false practice. By this prohibition against uttering God's name, the Jews subtly suggest they know god's name and that it is secret knowledge that can only be had if you take up the Cabala. Masonry also uses this ploy to entice.
Christian churches teach Jewish doctrine which prevents God's name from being known and/or glorified.
The Jews have plenty of other names for Satan that they use openly. They are mostly titles that translate to Lord (which is what Baal means). All the major pagan gods' names are names for Satan (see "The Two Babylons" by Hislop). Satan is the author of confusion and goes by many names. As long as you are praying to someone or something other than the true god AHAYAH, Satan has succeeded.
The name Yahweh is reserved for Cabalistic practice. Cabalism is a mystery religion not intended for the mainstream. The promise of secret knowledge is used as bait to get followers i.e. cult members who will pay money.
The mainstream Jews, like the mainstream Catholics, are left in the dark regarding the Satanism that goes on among their leaders behind closed doors. The name Yahweh is very prominent in Witchcraft and the name Jehovah is very prominent in Masonry and Catholicism, so if Yahweh or Jehovah was spoken by the Jews, it would openly attach them to these other groups. This might result in some serious questions from the Jews of the congregation.
The Black Magician and Satanist invokes demons by name. In the Satanic Bible, Anton LaVey provides an extensive list of "infernal names" that, when summoned, provide the practitioner with super human abilities namely intelligence, power, skills in manipulation, enhanced creativity, material wealth, and the satisfaction of diverse lusts.
Jewish prayers are conducted in Yiddish, a composite language far from the intended pronunciation of the original Hebrew (A.C. Hitchcock, "The Synagogue of Satan," 1). The prayers in modern synagogues are nothing more than disguised demonic invocations. They are hypnotic spells, similar to the Enochian language of the Church of Satan. Jews are invoking demons named adonai, elohim, el shaddai, et al in their rituals.
Vain repetitions and head-bobbing during Jewish prayers aid the entrance into a trance state. Large numbers of atheistic Jews engage in the pseudo-religious worship of status and knowledge. As Bill Cooper writes, "The WORSHIP (a lot different from STUDY) of knowledge, science, or technology is Satanism in its purest form, and its god is Lucifer" ("Behold A Pale Horse," 70). Judaism fills its members with the same Satanic powers as the Church of Satan and Freemasonry.
The foundation of Cabalism is identical to Satanism: the reversal of the roles of God and Satan. It is the pursuit of hidden (occult) knowledge which allows one to achieve god-like abilities by calling on the so-called names of god. These are the names of fallen angels/demons/spirit guides who are the gatekeepers to occult knowledge (Gen 6:4, Jubilees, Enoch). While not all Jews actively practice Cabala, they all accept the highest Cabalistic name as their god--Yahweh (Jehovah.)
The infamous Cabalist and Satanist Aleister Crowley writes, "There are thus 72 'Angels'...these [names] are derived from the "Great Name of God"...The "Name" is Tetragrammaton: I.H.V.H., commonly called Jehovah. He is the Supreme Lord of...the whole Universe ("The Book of Thoth," 43).
"Of the 54 sacred names in the Jewish kabbalah, the primary one is YHWH" (R. Hathaway "Sacred Name of God? Or Blasphemy," remnantradio.org/Archives/articles/sacred_name.htm).
The Jewish creed, the Shema, states: "our Lord is One," so why do they invoke these other names?
The secret of the ancient Egyptians, and their modern disciples, the Freemasons, is the art of demonology for gaining power--mainly through the devil, Jehovah. In the Royal Arch degree, the Freemason " acknowledge[s] that the devil, in the guise of Jahbuhlun, is his sacred Lord"--the name Jahbulun being a "composite of Jahweh, Baal, and Osiris." He chants "Jah-buh-lun, Jah-buh-lun, Jah-buh-lun, Je-hov-ah" (Texe Marrs, Codex Magica, Ch. 4). Albert Pike discusses the Cabalistic/Masonic significance of IAHOVAH in great length in Morals & Dogma (66, 213, 401, 467, 519)
The name YHVH was injected into the text of the Old Testament by the Pharisees and others who practiced Babylonian Satanism (the precursor to Cabalism and Talmudism). An agreement was forged between the Jewish Masoretes and the Catholic Church c. 1000 A.D. to change the name of God in the Hebrew Old Testament to the pagan name Yahweh/Jehovah via the tetragrammaton (remnantradio.org/Archives/articles/sacred_name.htm).
This explains Rosenthal's saying, "We are amazed by the Christians' stupidity in receiving our teachings and propagating them as their own."
In Henry Ford's words, "The Christian cannot read his Bible except through Jewish spectacles, and, therefore, reads it wrong." ("The International Jew," Vol. IV, 238).
The demonic disdain for humanity exhibited by the Luciferian Jew, Harold Rosenthal, typifies the end result of a lethal amalgamation: Jewish religious ritual combined with the worship of knowledge and self. The Jews as a people, by rejecting God and/or accepting Jehovah, have been given over "to a reprobate mind...Being filled with all unrighteousness..." (Rom 1:28-31).
Of course, Mr. Rosenthal was a member of an elite, openly Satanic minority among the Jewish people. Everyday Jews do not know that the god of their faith is in fact Satan hiding behind a mystical name. It is of no consequence to Satan whether he is worshiped deliberately or through subtle lies and deceptions (Gen 3).
The wise Solomon asks, "what is [God's] name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?" (Pro 30:4). God's name is אהיה AHAYAH (I AM). This is the name given to Moses along with the Law. "And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you...this is my memorial unto all generations."(Ex 3:14-15). "I AM the Lord thy God...thou shalt have no other gods before me" (Exo 32:4-5).
Note--- Will Newman recommends www.macquirelatory.com. This is not his site, but he is in touch with the author and believes his work is exceptional.
Will Newman asserts:
The Talmud can never be a source of historic and homiletic keys to understanding our Messiah because this is what the Talmud says about Christ and non-Jews:
"Jesus is in hell, being boiled in "hot excrement"(Gittin 57a).
"Mary, the mother of Jesus, was a whore and played the harlot with carpenters"(Sanhedrin, 106a, 106b
"[Christ] practised sorcery and enticed Israel to apostacy"(Sanhedrin, 43a).
"Jews must destroy the books of the Christians, i.e. the New Testament"(Shabbath 116a).
"A Jew may have sex with a child as long as the child is less than nine years old"(Sanhedrin 54b).
"When a grown-up man has intercourse with a little girl it is nothing"(Kethuboth 11b).
"A woman who had intercourse with a beast is eligible to marry a Jewish priest. A woman who has sex with a demon is also eligible to marry a Jewish priest"(Yebamoth 59b).
"All gentile children are animals"(Yebamoth 98a).
"Jews may use lies ('subterfuges') to circumvent a Gentile"(Baba Kamma 113a).
"When a Jew murders a gentile ('Cuthean'), there will be no death penalty. What a Jew steals from a gentile he may keep" (Sanhedrin 57a).
Can I stop reading yet? Throw every last volume of the Talmud in the garbage where it belongs. It is pure wickedness!


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Below you'll find a full list of free state maps available from most state tourism departments. As a fail-safe, I've linked to any state Department of Transportation that also provides free maps.
Here's to never getting lost again!
Free Alabama State Map – This is the first .travel website I've ever seen. Cool story, huh?
Free Alaska State Map – Here's the first case of "so, does this come with a map?" (dot map)
Free Arizona State Map – Their site promotes "Old West activities." The hell is that? Like riding around on a horse and shooting pistols in the air? If so, Arizona, here I come!
Free Arkansas State Map – They have a plethora of travel brochures and even a Living in Arkansas guide for those considering moving there. Wait, where are you going? (dot map)
Free California State Map – I would have been ticked had they not offered some free maps, considering the fact that I see their freaking tourism commercial every 10 minutes.
Free Colorado State Map – Their site tagline is "come to life." Sounds like they're reanimating the dead out there.
Free Connecticut State Map – It looks like they finally got their act together and made a Getaway Guide. There's got to be a map somewhere in it, right? (dot map with an email setup to request state CT maps! – thanks K!)
Free Delaware State Map – The only thing I know about this state is that Vice President Biden and Aubrey Plaza are both from there. Does that make you want to visit more or less now? (dot map, look for the free options)
Free Florida State Map – When I first made this list in 2009, there was an "Authentic Florida Expert" everywhere on the site. She looked like a stereotypical grandma, but now she's nowhere to be seen. Uh oh, you know what that means… (dot map)
Free Georgia State Map – If I know Georgia, they'll also send you a peach. (dot map)
Free Hawaii State Map – Screw the map, their site has some cool pictures of volcanoes and lava!
Free Idaho State Map – Judging by their governors name alone (C.L. "Butch" Otter), he could probably beat up any other governor out there. You just know he wears a cowboy hat…and checking their website…yep! (dot map)
Free Illinois State Map – Note that you can request up to 25 free state maps at the DOT site, which are 24 more than I need. (dot map)
Free Indiana State Map – Indiana earns the distinction of being the first state site I've seen with a prominently displayed "free things to do here!" section. I guess that's what it takes to get people to come to anywhere in Indiana outside of Pawnee. (dot map)
Free Iowa State Map – Just the place to go if you're really excited for the 2016 Presidential election. Weirdo.
Free Kansas State Map – Quick, can you name three cities in Kansas?! Neither could I. (dot map)
Free Kentucky State Map – Their state logo is by far the best I've seen yet. (dot map)
Free Louisiana State Map – I have nothing bad to say about Louisiana. New Orleans is an awesome fucking town.
Free Maine State Map – While signing up they want you to "be sure to indicate which regions of Maine and activities interest you." Uhhh, does eating lobster and telling people I've been to Maine count as interests?
Free Maryland State Map – I can't tell you the number of times the state of Maryland has screwed me over, so visit with caution. I hated Baltimore years before The Wire ever aired. (dot map via the "printed map" section.)
Free Massachusetts State Map – I've still yet to ever correctly spell this state's name. It's the only item on my Bucket List I doubt I'll ever accomplish. (dot map)
Free Michigan State Map – Michigan's page has a section called "Air Zoo." I didn't check it out, but only because I'm sure it'll be a letdown. (dot map)
Free Minnesota State Map – I'm getting tired of writing these.
Free Mississippi State Map – I always forget how to spell this state. What comes after the Q again? (dot maps)
Free Missouri State Map – Their site advertises that internships are available. For the whole state? (dot maps and dot request form)
Free Montana State Map – They offer a free winter guide in addition to the state map, but I can give you said guide right here. Step 1: stay inside. Step 2: come outside once spring arrives.
Free Nebraska State Map – Nebraska wants us to "share the road trip." See, even their own tourism board thinks the best part of Nebraska is driving away from it! (dot map)
Free Nevada State Map – Fill out the form you'll get a free state maps for the price of none! (dot map)
Free New Hampshire State Map – Their phone number is 800-FUN-IN-NH. I wonder how many people call it looking for 800-DUNG-ON-I
Free New Jersey State Map – "It's never too early to begin planning your next New Jersey getaway vacation!" Really? Fine, I want to book a room for August 10-12, 2081.
Free New Mexico State Map – NM should capitalize on Breaking Bad and change their slogan to "Come for the meth. Stay for nature." They appear to charge shipping fees for their travel guides, however their DOT page says you can call or email for a free state road map. (dot map)
Free New York State Map – I always thought the "I Heart NY" campaign was for the city, not the state. Shows what I know.
Free North Carolina State Map – They offer a free winery and Civil War travel guide. It's as if they were targeting me alone. (dot map)
Free North Dakota State Map – I heard North Dakota exists, guess it's not a myth! (dot map)
Free Ohio State Map – Their website is DiscoverOhio.com Ahh, I found it! *points to map.* Call off the search and let's rename this place Goobtopia. (dot map)
Free Oklahoma State Map – I'm kind of interested in their additional "Agritourism Map." Is this a tourist industry that Oklahoma made up? (dot map)
Free Oregon State Map – I love that they also offer an official kid's guide to Oregon. Like it's that complicated. "Hey kids! Are your parents coming here? Then so are you! Now shut it." (dot map)
Free Pennsylvania State Map – This is me right now. (dot map)
Free Rhode Island State Map – Their site says "put down that spreadsheet, tear yourself away from your inbox for a second, and fill out this form." Uhhh … RUN, THEY'RE WATCHING US THROUGH OUR COMPUTERS!! (dot maps)
Free South Carolina State Map – Home state, represent! Don't be fooled by the domain name, it's legit. We're a sneaky bunch, just ask Major Robert Anderson.
Free South Dakota State Map – Ok, wait a minute here. South Carolina's slogan: Smiling Faces, Beautiful Places. South Dakota's slogan: Great Faces, Great Places. It's like South Dakota wasn't even trying!
Free Tennessee State Map – I doubt their slogan of "we're playing your song" is accurate. I doubt there's a lot of polka music being played there. (dot map)
Free Texas State Map – Their travel guide is 272 freaking pages long! That's not a guide, it's a book. (dot map page)
Free Utah State Map – First off, I'm extremely disappointed Utah removed the separate checkbox for German visitors, as it completely ruined my Utah being a vacation mecca for Germans joke. Second off, Utah is charging for maps now! Luckily I found a backup option, as their travel guide form has a box for a free highway map. (dot map)
Free Vermont State Map – I'm not sure how all the seasonal maps differ from each other, but it's nice knowing that I have so many options with them. (dot map)
Free Virginia State Map – I once living in Virginia. It was as exciting as this story. (dot map)
Free Washington D.C. Map – Our nation's capital isn't quite a state (even though it should be!), but you can get a free map via their visitor's guide.
Free Washington State Map – As a Mariners fan and frequent traveler to the Pacific Northwest, I must say I absolutely love this section of the world. Unfortunately they're yet another state asking money for a map. Their DOT offers a high-res online version though. (dot map page)
Free West Virginia State Map – I image WV looking like a scene from Justified but with more coal and moonshine. (dot map)
Free Wisconsin State Map – I spent some time in Wisconsin recently. Believe the hype. They've got some good cheese. (dot map)
Free Wyoming State Map I updated their slogan to "Wyoming: Forever west. Until continental drift takes care of that."
That took a lot longer than I thought it would. I need a vacation.
Free National Park Maps – This website has over 1,600 high-res scans of national parks! You can search by state or alphabetically, as well as download many of them.


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DWTS Odds & Ends: Lacey Schwimmer, Tristan MacManus, Maks' Birthday Bash, Anna Trebunskaya, Derek Hough
Happy TGIF Dancettes! There are some fun pics floating around out there of some our Dancing With The Stars pros and current fun projects!! Wanna See??
First up, check out this sweet picture of Lacey Schwimmer and Tristan MacManus. As you know from a previous report, the two are in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida currently teaching dance classes at the Fred Astaire Studios. Tristan was so polite as always as he even gave the photographer and big fan a kiss on the cheek before she left class. You can view more pics like this HERE and be sure to "like" Shannon Quinlan Photography at facebook and thank her for the great pics.
As you know, tonight is Maks Big Birthday Bash at Dance With Me Studio's in New York City. Last night at twitter, Court noticed singer and TV Personality from RHONJ, @MelissaGorga, tweeting a picture of herself, 2 other girls …oops, make that three (Help? I'm not sure who they are?), Maks, and Tony. I think the pic below must have been for a preliminary event at Neiman Marcus because @YaninaEE at twitter also posted this picture with them giving Maks a birthday cake. If someone knows more, please let us know.
Speaking of Mak's Birthday Bash, I hope Maks is ready for a good roasting tonight. Check out what Tony told Life & Style Magazine this week….
"We constantly get requests from people who want to meet us or watch us dance live," Tony, who is co-hosting the event along with Maks' brother Val, tells Life & Style. "So we decided to throw this bash honoring Maks' birthday and also give fans a little taste of what we all experience on DWTS. It's going to be very entertaining, with singers, dancing and a lot of fun."
The highlight of the night, says Tony? A roast of the tempestuous birthday boy.
"All of us are actually going for it a little bit," laughs Tony. "But Maks is a good sport when it comes to the roast — he may not show it then, but he could be a little upset later!"
I like that word "tempestuous". It describes Maks well sometimes …uhhh, among other descriptions. Stay tuned. We hope to have more coverage on this event in the coming days.
Next up, we have our sweet, fiery, red headed Russian, Anna Trebunskaya! Currently, Anna is on tour with the "Forever Tango" cast until February. I thought this was a cool promo shot. For more pics, scheduling, and ticket information, be sure to visit Forever Tango. This would be one fun show to take in!!
Lastly, be sure to make your calendars. If you haven't heard yet, Derek Hough will be helping to co-host "Live! With Kelly" again on February 6th. He will help to interview Debra Messing and Atticus Shaffer. No doubt some fun times are ahead for this show again with Derek's involvement and he and Kelly work and play well together. Now if only we could get her to dance on Dancing With The Stars? 🙂