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Living Coast Discovery Center Director Brian Joseph says he has never worked a day in his life, but those who know him say quite the opposite.
"He's definitely a workaholic, there's no doubt about it," says his wife, Sally Joseph, who supervises animal care and training at the center. "He has to be working. I thought I had to keep up with him, but I gave up on that."
The 62-year-old veterinarian not only directs the nonprofit Living Coast Discovery Center, but he also oversees veterinary care for all five SEA LIFE aquariums in the United States, he volunteers his time to train Chula Vista and National City police K-9 handlers in lifesaving skills for their dogs, and serves in the U.S. Army Reserve Veterinary Corps.
He also consults with various zoos and marine life parks to help architects design the best environment for marine mammals in captivity.
The Josephs have taken one vacation in their 16-year marriage, Sally said.
But even though he can't sit still for long, Joseph's demeanor does not seem like that of a workaholic. He is an animal lover, an environmentalist and an educator at heart.
And he exudes his passion, which just happens to make him good at developing relationships with donors. But he would never admit that.
Instead, he shares a long list of places he has worked, which range from Sea World and the San Diego Zoo to the Bahamas, only to further make his point that he's never actually felt like he was working.
"Everything I've ever gotten to do is just tremendously fun," he said. "The nice thing about animal work is that no two days are ever the same."
He talks about his animals the way he discusses people, with personalities and feelings and even the power of persuasion.
It was a military working dog, in fact, who recruited Joseph for the Army Reserves. At least, that's how the vet tells it.
Ringo, a Belgian Malinois, had completed two tours of duty in Iraq when Joseph met him in 2007 at a veterinarians' conference in San Diego. Ringo was recruiting for the Army Reserve Veterinary Corps. Joseph applied to join the Veterinary Corps, and when he was told that he was far too old, he fought for an age waiver, eventually becoming the oldest veterinarian ever recruited to the U.S. Army. He was 57 when he went to basic training.
That's the other thing about Joseph, his wife said. He doesn't take "no" for an answer.
"I want to live life really full, and be able to look back and say I've done everything I could," Joseph explained.
He takes seriously the responsibility to mentor young people and spark their curiosity about nature, the outdoors and marine life.
And that he does well, say those who work with him.
"He brings that credibility and knowledge of not only all the animals, but the whole zoological experience that customers come here for," said Ben Vallejos, chief operating officer for the Living Coast Discovery Center. "He understands not just how to take care of the animals, but how to deliver what the customers want."
Vallejos said one of Joseph's greatest skills is his ability to get other people to buy into his vision and ideas, and he does this because he leads by example and continues to get his hands dirty.
Joseph, who goes by "Dr. J" at the center, took a 50 percent pay cut this year, while his managerial staff and employees took 20 percent and 10 percent cuts, respectively. But Joseph never stopped working a full week, and neither did his staff.
Joseph's enthusiasm is contagious, Vallejos said, and the director has successfully lobbied for city support for the newly independent nonprofit.
He has also developed relationships with key organizations like the Port of San Diego and San Diego Gas & Electric, which have contributed a combined $350,000 or so to the center in the past 12 months.
Joseph is able to get those financial commitments, Vallejos said, precisely because he is such a hard worker and doesn't demand payment for it.
"It shows that it's not just about the money," he said. "You can tell by the way Dr. J speaks about the organization that it's something he firmly believes in."


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Dixons Retail - better known these days as Currys and PC World - will launch an online movie service on Thursday.
Called Knowhow, the service will initially be available on Windows and Mac computers, but Dixons promised Android and iOS apps "within the next six months".
Some smart TVs - most likely Dixons' own brand, Logik - will gain Knowhow support in the same timeframe.
As device support grows, appropriate kit sold by Dixons' two chains will come with Knowhow pre-loaded.
Knowhow will gain support for Ultraviolet, Hollywood's attempt to build a cross-studio, cross-supplier cloud-based video service. Dixons promised UV compatibility will come to Knowhow later this year.
UV lets punters build online libraries of content that can be played on any UV-compatible device or app.
For now, Knowhow prices new releases at £3.99 to rent and £12.99 to buy, while old, back-catalogue titles are priced from £2.99 to rent and from £5.99 to buy. TV shows start at £1.99.
A given video can be downloaded to and played on up to five devices per account.
Knowhow goes live on 1 March. ®
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DailyDirt: Manned Missions To Space
from the urls-we-dig-up deptUnmanned missions to explore other planets and asteroids in our solar system look like a really cost-effective way to collect scientific data. But manned missions are so much more inspirational. Here are just a few space projects that are trying to keep manned spaceflight alive.
- Six fake astronauts from the Mars500 spaceship have emerged from a simulated mission to Mars that lasted about a year and a half. Probably not as entertaining to watch as Big Brother or MTV's Real World, but the mission was a useful experiment. [url]
- The Energia Corporation is considering ways to sell tourist trips around the moon using Soyuz spaceships. The tickets would sell for around $150 million, and the trip would take about 9 days. [url]
- The International Space Station boosted itself to a slightly higher orbit by turning on some thrusters for about 2 minutes. A few of the astronauts took advantage of the planned acceleration to show everyone how the maneuver affects the ISS occupants. [url]
- To discover more links on space exploration, check out what's floating around in StumbleUpon universe. [url]
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|Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying's Regular Press Conference on November 1, 2017
At the invitation of Abdul Fatah Al-Sisi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Minister of Education Chen Baosheng will travel to Egypt to attend the World Youth Forum from November 2 to 7 as the Special Envoy of President Xi Jinping.
Q: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is now in China. When giving an interview to People's Daily yesterday, he said the current Russia-China relationship is at its all-time high. The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) formulated the new long-term plan and adopted a series of resolutions of strategic significance, which made the Russia-China relations embark on a new journey. What's you comment on this?
A: We have noted that Russia made a series of positive remarks on the 19th CPC National Congress and China-Russia relations in recent days.
As we all know, shortly after the successful conclusion of the 19th CPC National Congress, President Vladimir Putin talked to President Xi Jinping by phone on October 26 to express his warm congratulation on the successful conclusion of the 19th CPC National Congress and President Xi Jinping's reelection as the General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee. He said that it is very important that the 19th CPC National Congress established Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and he sincerely wished that President Xi will lead the CPC, the largest political party in the world, to greater achievements continuously. President Putin also pointed out that, the Russia-China relations serve as a model for the harmonious coexistence of modern major countries and that he is willing to maintain close contact with President Xi to enhance the cooperation in various fields between the two countries and closely communicate and coordinate on major international and regional issues.
These days, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is paying an official visit to China at the invitation of Premier Li Keqiang. As the first foreign leader that came to China after the 19th CPC National Congress, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's visit fully testifies to the closeness and high level of China-Russia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership of Coordination. This morning, Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev held the Regular Meeting between Chinese Premier and Russian Prime Minister and jointly attended the closing ceremony of the China-Russia Media Exchange Year. This afternoon, President Xi Jinping and Chairman of the Standing Committee of National People's Congress Zhang Dejiang would meet with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev respectively.
As you said in your question, when giving an exclusive interview to People's Daily, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that the 19th CPC National Congress would set the China-Russia relations on a new journey. Indeed, both China and Russia are the permanent member of the UN Security Council as well as major countries with important responsibility for world peace and security. The report of the 19th CPC National Congress points out that China will advance a new type of international relations featuring mutual respect, fairness and justice and win-win cooperation and build a community of shared future for mankind, which will bring a broader prospect for China-Russia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership of Coordination.
At present, the China-Russia relationship is at its best of times. We stand ready to continuously work with Russia to bolster mutual political trust, deepen cooperation, further enhance China-Russia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership of Coordination so that the high-level development of China-Russia relations will bring benefits to the two peoples and make greater achievements to peace and security.
A: This morning, Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev co-chaired the 22nd Regular Meeting between Chinese Premier and Russian Prime Minister, and the press release will soon be issued. During this meeting, the two Prime Ministers had an exchange of indepth views and reached extensive consensus on how to deepen China-Russia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership of Coordination, promote across-the-board practical cooperation and more deeply tap into the strength and cooperation potential of the two countries.
According to my information at hand, Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed the Joint Communique of the 22nd Regular Meeting between Chinese Premier and Russian Prime Minister, and witnessed the signing of nearly 20 bilateral cooperation documents in such fields as investment, energy, sub-national cooperation, cultural and people-to-people exchange, agriculture, customs, quality inspection, aerospace and finance.
A: As to your first question, on October 30 local time, a Chinese student at the University of Utah was shot dead in a fatal robbery near the campus. At present, the suspect has been arrested by police.
After learning about this news, the Chinese Embassy in the US immediately contacted the police for information and urged them to crack the case as soon as possible. The Chinese Foreign Ministry and Embassy in the US will continue to closely follow the development of the case and provide necessary assistance to the family for properly handling the aftermath.
The Chinese Embassy in the US has issued a security alert on the recently prominent social security problems, including frequent robbery and theft, in certain parts of the US. The Embassy reminds Chinese nationals in the US to raise security and self-protection awareness, stay vigilant against suspicious persons nearby, avoid going out alone at night and keep calm and call the 911 in case of danger.
With respect to your second question, China's stance on the Korean Peninsula issue is unequivocal. We have made unremitting effort to promote the peaceful settlement of the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue through diplomatic means. We welcome any contact and dialogue between the DPRK and the US. We encourage the two sides into contact and dialogue and hope that this will help enhance the mutual understanding and trust between the two sides and bring the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue back to the track of peaceful settlement through such diplomatic means as dialogue and negotiation.
Q: As China and the ROK issued the readout about their communication on bilateral relations and other issues, will their economic relations return to the normal quickly?
A: As I said yesterday, properly handling the THAAD issue and removing the obstacles to China-ROK relations are the shared aspiration of the two countries and conform to the common interests of the two sides, we hope the two sides can jointly work to bring the bilateral relations back to the track of normal development at an early date. China attaches importance to the exchange and cooperation in various fields between the two countries and hopes to work with the ROK to create enabling conditions for such exchange and cooperation.
Q: According to reports, 8 people were killed and 11 injured in the truck attack and shooting in Manhattan, New York, yesterday afternoon local time, and the perpetrator was arrested. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said it was a terrorist attack. What's your comment on that? Is any Chinese national injured?
A: We condemn this incident, mourn for the victims and express condolences to those injured and the bereaved families.
We have noted that the mayor of New York city has branded the incident as a terrorist attack. Terrorism is the common enemy of mankind. China opposes all forms of terrorism and calls for stronger counter-terrorism cooperation among the international community.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry and Consulate General in New York attaches great importance to the incident. The Chinese Consulate General in New York immediately launched the emergency mechanism and tried to learn and verify the information by contacting the relevant US department. We have not received any report on the casualties of Chinese nationals by far. We will continue to closely follow the situation and provide assistance to Chinese nationals that may be involved.


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One trick I've discovered for helping my kids learn Spanish vocabulary, is to use their old computer games in a new way. Many computer games allow you to go into the options and select a language. I change the language to Spanish, and ta-da! A baby-ish ABC game that your kids have grown out of, is suddenly a useful foreign language tool.
The video below shows my younger son playing a game called Sebran's ABC. For those of you who have been wanting to hear Suegra, well, halfway through the video, in the background you can hear her trying to help my son cheat. My husband chastises her and tells her to let him do it. You have to have the volume way up, but it happens around 1:20 in the video. Also, sorry about the noticias in the background. You know whose fault that was.
To download the free game my son was playing in the video, go here: SEBRAN'S ABC


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I referred a couple of days back to an old interview done by James M. Hamilton with Justin Hardin (seemingly now tutor in New Testament at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford) in which Hardin discusses the extent to which Paul was consciously engaging with the Roman imperial cult. I want to go back to it because the final question that is put to Hardin highlights what I think is a central and critical issue for understanding how New Testament theology works.
Hardin is asked what he thinks about John Barclay's criticism of the prominence that N.T. Wright gives Roman ideology in his reading of Paul—that it makes Paul's theology too worldly and diminishes the proper "Christian perspective", which has to do with advancing the gospel and the kingdom of Christ:
Barclay asserts that by giving Rome such a central place in the interpretation of Paul's letters, Wright is "reading reality kata sarka [according to the flesh] and not kata Christon [according to Christ]." In other words, being impressed with Rome and insisting on its obvious importance might make sense from a worldly perspective, but the Christian perspective is to see that Rome is nothing more than a member of the "undifferentiated crowd," that what truly matters is the advance of the gospel and the Kingdom of Christ. What do you think?
Hardin agrees with Barclay here:
According to Paul, the proper Christian perspective is indeed not to focus on the things of this world, but to be transformed by the renewing of our minds by seeing things from God's perspective in Christ.
It is important to understand the historical context of Paul's message, he argues, but only in order to observe more clearly how
Paul's Gospel brought about a new and radical existence in which the things of this world were simply part of the 'present evil age' (Gal 1.4), from which God's people had been redeemed through the transforming power of God's Spirit, to the glory of God.
So the Roman imperial context in the end is merely incidental. Paul's gospel deals basically in the two existential domains of darkness and light, the "present evil age" and the sphere of the kingdom of Christ.
My view is that this existential dichotomy is better understood as the background to a narrative that otherwise has very worldly and political ramifications, and that neither Paul's "gospel" nor the "kingdom of Christ" can be properly understood if the sort of disjunction that Barclay posits is allowed to stand. The following points respond briefly to the arguments put forward in the interview.
1. The New Testament texts that are most likely to have an immediate oppressive pagan power in view also speak quite emphatically of a decisive judgment upon that power in which Jesus is centrally involved (eg. 2 Thess. 2:1-12; Rev. 18-19). It is hard to reduce Rome to 'nothing more than a member of the "undifferentiated crowd" ' when judgment on it is depicted in such strongly christological terms. I will simply restate my view here that this judgment constitutes the main telos, the end-point, of New Testament eschatology, driven largely by concerns about persecution. It is preceded by a judgment on Israel; beyond it there is a faintly adumbrated hope that all creation will ultimately be renewed. But the pressing historical concern for Paul and for others was the survival of the people of God and the vindication of YHWH that would be practically achieved through their victory over Greek-Roman paganism.
2. The antithesis between "flesh" and "spirit" or "Christ" should not be used to enforce an absolute distinction between that which is worldly and that which is properly Christian and somehow otherworldly. When Jesus says, "My kingdom is not of this world" (John 18:36), he does not mean that he has no interest in political realities; rather he means that overbearing political realities will be confronted through means other than the sword. At the heart of scripture is the story of a people, and the story of a people is always a political story. Only under certain conditions—perhaps the conditions of late modernity, for example—can it be plausibly spiritualized, and then only temporarily. I think that we have now to abandon that naïve, unhistorical, unrealistic and ultimately unsustainable perspective and recover the powerful narrative-historical dynamics that are at work in the New Testament and which, fundamentally, determine the shape of our own existence.
3. The phrase "present evil age" in Galatians 1:4 does not characterize all human existence as "evil"—that is another question. It describes a particular period of eschatological disorder which the churches of the oikoumenē would have to endure. The issue is not to the fore in Galatians, but the "present evil age" equates with the "wrath" of God against Jew and Greek in Romans and with the coming "wrath" of the present evil days in Ephesians 5:6, 16, to survive which the church must be filled with the Spirit (5:17-21), pursue orderly social relationships (5:22-6:9), and put on the whole armour of God by which they will be able to stand firm "in the evil day" (6:13).
4. Hardin uses two phrases ("not to focus on the things of this world" and "be transformed by the renewing of our minds") in order to differentiate the "proper Christian perspective" from the worldly focus on Rome. I think that in both cases he has over-spiritualized Paul's argument by taking the phrases out of context. Both, in fact, presuppose an apocalyptic narrative background: if the churches are to survive the coming wrath, the present evil days, they need to set their minds on Christ, who as the Son of man suffered and was vindicated and was raised to the right hand of God (cf. Col. 3:1-4); they need to be transformed in their thinking in order to endure suffering and persecution as "living sacrifices" (cf. Rom. 12:1-2). Again, the issue here is not that Christians really have nothing to do with such worldly matters as empire but that they must deal with such contingent realities by emulating Jesus in his obedience even to the point of death.
5. Hardin's assertion that "Paul's Gospel brought about a new and radical existence" is correct but it does not do justice to the force of the language of kingdom and sovereignty that frame's the existential transition. I argued in this post, for example, that Paul draws on notions of divine kingship with respect to the nations that cannot simply be de-historicized to the extent that we may suppose he has no more than a passing interest in Rome as an antagonist. Rome threatened, and would continue to threaten, the very existence of Israel according to the flesh and Israel according to Christ. The overcoming of that threat through the faithfulness of the believing community even in the face of death is in the end what it meant for the kingdom of the world to become the "kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ" (Rev. 11:15). It is a central component of Paul's gospel, therefore, that through Christ YHWH will have sovereignty over the nations.
The general point for understanding New Testament theology is that it is, in the first place, an engagement with the political-religious realities of its context, not in any sense a departure or escape from them. Terms such as "gospel", "kingdom", "wrath", and "justification" are all determinative of that narrative of concrete engagement. They certainly have personal spiritual significance, but in a secondary or derivative sense, as people find their place within the story.
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I'm trying to create a plugin which will extract the gpx files and load them onto the active layer window in QGIS. While I'm able to load it using the QGIS GUI from Layer>New Vector Layer, I'm not able to make it happen from the python console.
You can find a screenshot of the error here.
I've tried using the following commands but in vain.
>>> qgis.utils.iface.addVectorLayer(path,'layer_name','gpx')
>>> vlayer = QgsVectorLayer(path[0],'new_layer','gpx')
did not display any error at the same time it did not appear in the list of active layers. Tried using setActiveLayer() but it returned False.
Any help or suggestions would be welcomed !


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They say home is where the heart is, and for most Americans, it's actually a lot more. Beyond the surface level benefits of owning a home, there are also some underlying advantages to owning a home that may not immediately meet the eye. A well-rounded blend of financial, psychological, and communal benefits present themselves to homeowners, which are also crucial to consider when planning the purchase of your first home. If you're still on the fence about buying your first home, consider these benefits:
A study conducted by Habitat for Humanity found that homeowners are generally happier
people than their renting counterparts. The study shows that home ownership directly contributes to people's feelings of safety, security, self-esteem, and maintaining more positive mindsets. Homeowners feel a considerable sense of control, which directly correlates to a boost in mental health. Multiple observations and studies conclusively show home ownership is a definite move towards happiness.
Owning a home doesn't just contribute to better mental well-being and a happier lifestyle, in fact, owning a home can improve one's physical health too. Studies of homeownership and health outcomes found that homeowners and children of homeowners are generally healthier than non-owners, even after controlling for factors such as income and education levels. There are even statistics that relate homeownership to decreased rates of stress-related diagnoses. Owning a home can make you more stable, healthier, and happier — the numbers don't lie.
Did you know there is also a strong link between owning a home and your children's educational success? Children of homeowners are much more prone to being in the same educational systems, with the same group of children from their neighborhoods for prolonged periods of time, compared to children whose parents rent, which directly impacts educational development according to research. Statistics also point to decreased numbers in behavioral problems for children living in homes. The inherent feelings of stability and security have been proven to be a positive force in child development, meaning that owning a home isn't just healthy for adults, but kids too.
Perhaps the greatest impact of owning a home, which encapsulates each of the previously mentioned benefits, is the level of homeowners' community involvement. From civic responsibilities to social, political, and infrastructural involvement, homeowners tend to take more pride in their neighborhoods, and thus, a more active role in developing, maintaining, and curating their surrounding area's appeal. Studies conducted at Harvard University suggest homeowners even vote more than renters!
When people love their neighborhood and their homes, they seem to be generally more prone to be healthier, happier and more active than those who don't. Just food for thought, but owning a home seems to benefit way more than just your wallet — it can benefit your whole well-being.
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Above you will find a make.conf and is a vital component to your operating system. If you don't know this file you are defeating the purpose of this distro. One of the biggest things about gentoo based is being able to build the operating sytem to you. Using the default settings are going to work, but you are not taking full advantage of your potentials. You can ease our portage frustration also, like compiling issues.
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# These settings were set by the catalyst build script that automatically built this stage
# Please consult /etc/make.conf.example for a more detailed example
CFLAGS="-O3 -march=native -funroll-all-loops -m3dnow -msse3 -funit-at-a-time -fpeel-loops -ftracer -funswitch-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--enable-new-dtags -Wl,--sort-common -s"
USE="win32codecs mp3 quicktime type1 divx4linux dvb dvd dvdread live mpeg nvidia jpeg truetype v4l v4l2 xv xvid multilib gnutls arts cups ppds foomatic-db alsa gimpprint freetype gnome X gtk gtk2 unicode moznocompose moznoirc moznomail kde qt samba xinerama xine theora kdeenablefinal wifi hal ieee1394 oggvorbis lm_sensors logitech-mouse zeroconf artswrappersuid nptl nptlonly rdesktop dvdr css gphoto2 openexr speex jpeg2k povray scanner musicbrainz accessibility audiofile exif xscreensaver ffmpeg vcd sndfile musepack asterisk mbrola pam_chroot pam_timestamp pwdb pda sms irda kig-scripting speedo browserplugin nsplugin ldap kerberos firefox dga aac dts xvmc dbus hal dvi on-the-fly-crypt dri xprint acpi ada ruby perforce cjk fat hfs jfs ntfs reiser4 xfs reiserfs skins cdda real shout stream a52 wxwindows vlm lirc libcaca remote stats lcd unichrome 7zip commercial mozsvg canvas xml2 glut java glitz svg avahi ogg vorbis aalib flac gdbm mikmod timidity kdgraphics dlloader exscalibar ipod visualization mono cdr nntp cairo djvu nautilus evo ole pdf xml ladspa soundtouch bzip2 udev mad fuse rtsp tiff kdehiddenvisibility dvi usb kipi aiglx musicbrainz pulseaudio dv lame mp3rtp udev cdr dvi djvu libnotify bzip2 aalib startup-notification nsplugin jingle gsm dbox2 opengl sdl png gif qt3 qt4 qt3support apache2 mysql php ssl xml berkdb innobd pcre"
MAKEOPTS="-s -j3"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/usr/kde/3.5/share/config/kdm/ /etc"
VIDEO_CARDS="vesa vga nvidia"
INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse"
LIRC_DEVICES="audio audio_alsa"
PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES="warn error log info"
# FEATURES="buildpkg"
source /usr/portage/local/layman/make.conf
EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--with-bdeps y"
Why do we need make.conf?
Portage uses this file to know how to build your entire system. All the settings you put here, portage reads and builds to them.
CFLAGS are C compiler flags, usually GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) options.
CFLAGS are commonly used to specify the architecture of your computer, as well as the CPU you are using and any other special options you would like to enable or disable. This information is important to GCC because it tells it exactly how to customize the assembly instructions it creates from the application's source code.
Deals with your hash tables and compiler See for more information:
Your not going to be touching these, so moving right along.
Variable declares the target build host for your system You don't want to change this value unless you know what you are doing. You simply can't change it to i686 and go about using your computer. There is situations that may cause you to have to change this. For instance, lets say you upgrade your cpu or need a certain package that won't work with your current architect. Gentoo has a guide for changing it. Follow it closely or you will have a hosed system.
CXXFLAGS is set to use all the options present in CFLAGS. This is what you'll want almost without fail. You shouldn't ever need to specify additional options in CXXFLAGS.
In Gentoo a USE flag is a representation of an option, a global setting for your final system. USE flags affect how many of the packages on your system will build. These depend on the software and your computer usage. It's important to know these and to thin the list down to your usage. You will see that I have a lot in mine, but that is because of testing I do for SL. All these USE settings are global, meaning they effect every package on your system. The more USE settings you have, the more conflicts you can encounter with portage when compiling software. There is a /etc/portage/package.use file that you can use to individually tell packages how you want them built.
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/h ... t=2&chap=2
This is for setting which branch of portage you want to use. Stable vs. Unstable "bleeding edge". You can see by the ~ we are not using the stable branch so we are bleeding edge.
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/h ... t=3&chap=3
I hope this is self explanatory, but if not - your language
You define how many parallel compilations should occur when you install a package. A good choice is the number of CPUs in your system plus one, but this guideline isn't always perfect.
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/h ... t=1&chap=5
If you keep using your computer while compiling packages you will notice that your box is less responsive than usual. This is caused by having two "groups" of processes with the same nice priority: your usual running processes, and emerge (and its child processes). Now, if you could renice emerge and its children to a higher nice value (i.e. lower priority), compiling would take somewhat longer, but your workstation will be as responsive as before.
Portage has several additional features that makes your Gentoo experience even better. Many of these features rely on certain software tools that improve performance, reliability, security, ...
Parallel fetch:
When you are emerging a series of packages, Portage can fetch the source files for the next package in the list even while it is compiling another package, thus shortening compile times..
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/h ... t=2&chap=3
This variable contains a space-delimited list of directories which should be protected by Portage during updates.
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/h ... t=2&chap=5
I see people's make.conf often and in the default make.conf there is like 20 video cards listed. Why compile more than you have too? Get rid of all the cards not in your computer.
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x ... -howto.xml
The same goes here, get rid of any equipment you don't have. My desktop doesn't have touchpad - why compile it?
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x ... -howto.xml
Linux Infrared Remote Control - this is where you are going to set your devices
source /usr/portage/local/layman/make.conf -- location for your layman, for managing your overlays such as sabayon, xeffects, etc....
Extras that I have added, just for my own use. You will not see these in a default make.conf
Ebuild Logging -
Portage can create per-ebuild logfiles, but only when the PORT_LOGDIR variable is set to a location that is writable by Portage (the portage user). By default this variable is unset. If you don't set PORT_LOGDIR, then you won't receive any build logs with the current logging system, though you may receive some logs from the new elog. If you do have PORT_LOGDIR defined and you use elog, you will receive build logs and any logs saved by elog, as explained below.
Portage offers fine-grained control over logging through the use of elog:
* PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES: This is where you set what kinds of messages to be logged. You can use any space-separated combination of info, warn, error, log, and qa.
o info: Logs "einfo" messages printed by an ebuild
o warn: Logs "ewarn" messages printed by an ebuild
o error: Logs "eerror" messages printed by an ebuild
o log: Logs the "elog" messages found in some ebuilds
o qa: Logs the "QA Notice" messages printed by an ebuild
PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM: This selects the module(s) to process the log messages. If left empty, logging is disabled. You can use any space-separated combination of save, custom, syslog, mail, save_summary, and mail_summary. You must select at least one module in order to use elog.
* save: This saves one log per package in $PORT_LOGDIR/elog, or /var/log/portage/elog if $PORT_LOGDIR is not defined.
* custom: Passes all messages to a user-defined command in $PORTAGE_ELOG_COMMAND; this will be discussed later.
* syslog: Sends all messages to the installed system logger.
* mail: Passes all messages to a user-defined mailserver in $PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI; this will be discussed later. The mail features of elog require >=portage-2.1.1.
* save_summary: Similar to save, but it merges all messages in $PORT_LOGDIR/elog/summary.log, or /var/log/portage/elog/summary.log if $PORT_LOGDIR is not defined.
* mail_summary: Similar to mail, but it sends all messages in a single mail when emerge exits.
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/h ... t=3&chap=1
**portage-2.1.3: "echo" - this prints all logged messages again at the end of the emerge
FEATURES="buildpkg" for building your own binary packages and saving them
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_setup_a_PO ... OST_server
source /usr/portage/local/layman/make.conf -- location for your layman, for managing your overlays such as sabayon, xeffects, etc....
EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--with-bdeps y" # considers also build-time deps at dependency calculations
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/h ... t=3&chap=2
Man Make.conf
Do you see now why it is important to know this file? This file can make your gentoo based distro a much better experience. The gentoo handbook can help you set it up properly. Remember to take full advantage of changes, you need to be using certain flags like emerge --newuse foo. Recompiling your entire sytem and world is what you need to do to take advantage of your changes. Like for me I simple run emerge -uDN --world - that will update and make sure all packages are following my settings. If I changed a USE flag it will rebuild the packages effected and update packages to latest in portage.
Recompiling your system is not going to be easy if you are new to all of this. I recommend getting to know portage and how to work with portage before attempting it. It's something you just don't jump into. Your going to run into all sorts of issues and gonna have to search and find your answers. As of 3.4 you are gonna run into a python update, which requires taking care of first as things will break and need to get updated to the new python. Pending on your system - it can take several days to complete the process.
Learn your world file and cleaning it out before starting, this will save many hours of recompiling packages you don't need. The world file is a record of packages which have been specifically installed by the user. More specifically it's a list of packages which the user wants to keep installed and updated on their system. It will not record the dependencies of those packages, but instead uses the dependencies of the currently installed packages to keep track of this information. http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Portage_Correctly
You will also want to get yourself familiar with the files in your /etc/portage/ you will need to use them to mask and unmask needed packages. Also use em for telling how certain packages should be built.
Read thru the unofficial guide for a world update
http://www.sabayonlinux.org/forum/viewt ... =54&t=5531
Best advice - Use the operating system till you know it, than start diving into the depths of the internal stuff. I know it is frustrating for people that are new, but if you give it time and stick with it, it will all come together. If all this information totally terrifies you, than stick with the default settings. Use the information for you knowledge. Topic is open for discussion.


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On a windy, wintry afternoon in downtown Fitchburg, there is a warm spot – a sprawling, colorful and more than slightly eclectic Rollstone Studio.
On a windy, wintry afternoon in downtown Fitchburg, there is a warm spot – a sprawling, colorful and more than slightly eclectic Rollstone Studio.
Many of the creations inside once had a more prosaic life: plastic bread wrappings, bits of scrap metal, all manner of things used, discarded and disregarded.
Inspiration can come from seemingly unlikely places, and beauty is definitely in the eye of the beholder. Take the photos of the artist known as Reverend Blamo: you won't find Mona Lisa here, but you will find an ornery-looking wild turkey, and a homely turkey vulture.
Neither is the conventional idea of a pretty picture, but both captivate the viewer with their peculiar charms.
But artist in residence Sally Cragin decided to curate an exhibit around the idea of what muses inspire artists, be they old scrap metal or turkey vultures.
The ongoing exhibit, "My Inspiration," features the work of area artists, working in various media.
"I wanted to curate a show," Cragin said. "The exhibition was created by the artists who made new pieces using this theme."
The exhibit includes the work of Jeffu Warmouth, Reverend Blamo, Ema Kilroy, Elaine Membrino, Helen Obermeyer Simmons and Anne Giancola.
Cragin – herself a modern Renaissance woman, who is a fine artist, writer, publicist, organizer and astrologer – shows a visitor around what was once a thriving, two-story hardware store on the city's once-bustling Main Street.
There are lots of things to look at, but there are also things to do.
Downstairs, there's a sheet of corrugated box cardboard lying on the floor, and various gallery goers have come here and at Cragin's invitation slosh about brightly colored paint, Pollock-style.
Even the city's celebrated new mayor, Lisa Wong, has contributed some cheery red splotches, leaving her mark in more ways than one. Cragin is determined to keep the gallery, which opened in March and is part of the region's Cultural Alliance, a center of activity as well as a place to see and purchase art.
Artist Julia van Dinter, of Northborough, who will hold a reception Thursday, Dec. 4, fashions jewelry out of metals and metallic materials. The reception will also mark the kickoff of a series of events throughout November featuring gallery artists.
In her artist's statement, van Dinter says her works have a "raw and edgy look. My favorite materials are antiqued and refurbished chain and brass shapes. I love to incorporate Austrian crystals and glass in my work." Van Dinter 's work is carried in two dozen other boutiques in New England.Many visions
Indeed, art, even jewelry, isn't necessarily about being pretty; its beauty can find other, unexpected dimensions without traveling too far. For Cragin, anything from finger puppets to a gumball dispenser offering old buttons can begin a new career as a work of creation.
A worn armchair better not sit still too long; it will be scribbled with bright designs.
Among her specialties are a line of cat dolls, handmade with socks, and each with its own personality, some sweet, some irascible, all queerly independent, just like real life cats.
Cragin sees activity as key to a gallery's vitality. She also sees low-cost items, such as handmade soaps and toys, and kid-friendly crafts, as a means of inviting the community into the world of art.
She is passionate about the idea that art is to be shared as well as respected, and that art can create an oasis for body and spirit especially in a busy urban environment.Down on Main Street
The gallery is a participant in one of the innovative programs launched under the new mayoral administration: A Fitchburg First Thursdays series, in which the first Thursday of each month is dedicated to cultural events and festivities.
The emergence of the gallery is also a chapter in an ongoing story of efforts to revitalize the city's center, which has been the subject of revitalization projects but which still struggles even as other industrial communities find some success in transforming mills and factories.
And if Wall Street is stumbling, this Main Street is hit particularly hard, but still has its champions, including many business partners and artists who try to bring vitality into its storefronts and brick complexes.
"We have a very dynamic artists' group here. When people come in, they are amazed and delighted," Cragin said. As for the gallery's future success, she said, "Who is to stay what will happen?"
But, she believes, Rollstone Studio is a happening place.The details
"My Inspiration" is on view through Jan. 10 at Rollstone Studio, 633 Main St., Fitchburg. A children's art show is set for Thursday, Dec. 4, 4 to 8 p.m., and artist's reception for Julia van Dinter at 6 p.m. Part of Fitchburg First Thursdays series.
Gallery hours are Thursday and Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sunday, 11 to 4 p.m. Open first Thursday of each month, 4 to 8 p.m. Free admission. For more information, visit www.rollstonestudio.com.
Margaret Smith is editor of This Week: Arts and Entertainment in Central Massachusetts and Arts and Calendar editor of Community Newspaper Company's Northwest Unit. E-mail her at email@example.com.


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In support of the Enterprise Business Transformation (EBT) within Programs and Resources of the U. S. Marine Corps, Ursa Major developed an analysis of thirty-eight Management Touch Points (MTPs). This work was done through Catapult Consultants and Catoctin Consulting.
These MTPs are Federal, Department of Defense (DoD), Department of the Navy (DON), and Marine Corps guidance documents, organizations, objectives, and standards that govern the management of enterprise architectures (EA), systems, and data across the Marine Corps. The MTPs were analyzed across the solutions life cycle, to identify gaps and potential duplications and create a resource providing insight into this important area.
Through this work, Dorothy Firsching updated her knowledge of the Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF-II), Federal guidance, the DoD Architecture Framework (DoDAF), DoD guidance, DON EA guidance and organization, and Marine Corps EA Guidance and organization. Lifecycle frameworks, including the Business Capability Lifecycle (BCL) and the Joint Capability Integration and development System (JCIDS) were also analyzed, as were the requirements for interoperability and supportability of IT and national security systems (NSS). The MTPs were mapped to the solutions and investment life cycle.
Gaps and overlaps were identified, and additional MTPs were proposed to fill the gaps. MTP overlaps are not redundancies, but instead require a roadmap to determine the most appropriate or mandated path for a given effort. There is recent and continuing work to update the management of DoD, DON, and Marine Corps EA and systems investments. Additional actions were recommended to leverage these improvements.
Overall, it was a very interesting and well-received project. We look forward to continuing to support the EBT office in the future.
I recently received the following great news. I had submitted the application last fall, but never expected to win. There are a lot of medium-sized condo associations in the Washington, DC Metro Area. Our board has accomplished a great deal in these past few years! (Some day, we will have to write a book about it! Never a dull moment! In any case, come to the CAI conference and hear what we have to say about it.)
"Congratulations—Talltree South Condominium Association is Washington Metropolitan Chapter Community Associations Institute's 2010 Medium Association of the Year!
The awards will be presented and the real pomp and circumstance will take place at our Conference & Expo on Saturday, March 12, 2011. At the Conference & Expo we will not only present your award but a representative of your community will have the opportunity to speak about Talltree South Condominium Association's successes during an educational seminar titled, "Proven Best Practices for Community Associations: Hear it from the Winners!"
These are just a few of the benefits of this award! Jennifer Jones, communications manager, will be in touch with further details in the near future.
On behalf of Washington Metropolitan Chapter Community Associations Institute I'd like to congratulate you and thank you for your commitment to providing better living through community associations!
Thank You,
Sarah A. Patterson, Executive Director
Washington Metropolitan Chapter Community Associations Institute
7600 Leesburg Pike, Suite 100 West
Falls Church, VA 22043
Web: www.caidc.org"
One of Ursa Major's strengths is project management, which is important in every domain. In addition to a great many years of project management experience, our consultants are also certified by the Project Management Institute (PMI) as Project Management Professionals (PMPs).
Earning the PMP designation indicates that project managers understand the use of standardized methodologies for project management, including issues such as risk management, stakeholder analysis, resource management, and performance analysis. Good project managers know how to deliver cost effective projects on time.
In theory, this means prioritizing and balancing cost, schedule, and scope. In practice, in addition to building a reasonably complete work breakdown structure, accurate estimate, and achievable schedule, it means listening and communicating as well as managing within a contract. It also means tackling areas of perceived risk to reduce or eliminate them early in the process.
So rest assured, we'll keep you up to date on project progress and work with you to ensure success!


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No, not the breakable glass ornaments, nor the plastic ones of your favorite cartoon, sports or movie characters. And not for that green (or pink or silver) tree that appears every year in December. And not just people who celebrate December, either. The ornaments I mean are the the people and facts with which you decorate your family tree, either on paper or electronically.
The holidays are an ideal time to reconnect with relatives to gather facts and oral reminiscences. Ask an older relative about holidays from his or her youth such as the kinds of gifts requested, given and received; family food traditions; shopping; or attendance at parties or religious events. You will please your interviewee with your interest, and the stories shared will add substance to your family portrait. Ask a new in-law about their family traditions, adding to your information about this new family member and making him or her feel included. And, who knows? You might like to incorporate a new family tradition to your own.
Of course, you will want to record these shared memories, either by recording the speaker, or at least preserving the memories in print to be shared with future generations. So remember to take the time to decorate your family tree!
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The University of Connecticut requires all law students to maintain health insurance coverage. There are several ways to satisfy this requirement.
- Purchase a policy through an independent broker of your choice;
- Maintain coverage under an existing policy, such as one provided by a parent or spouse; or
- Select automatic enrollment in the University of Connecticut Student Health Insurance Plan. The plan is administered by Consolidated Health Plans, Inc. and has contracted with Cigna as the plan provider. The enrollment period for Law School students is August 15th through the following August 14th.
The current Student Health Insurance Plan is described in the plan linked above. There is an annual cost. The plan is fully compliant with recent federal regulation mandates and will offer preventative care. We urge you to carefully read the brochure and compare it to other coverage you may have. Returning students should note that Anthem is no longer an option under the Student Health Insurance Plan.
To enroll in the University-sponsored plan, no further action is necessary if you are registered for at least nine (9) credits. Enrollment will be automatic and the premium will be added to the fee bill of all students registered for nine credits or more. Students registered for less than nine credits wishing to enroll are directed to contact (860) 486-4535.
If you are covered by your private health insurance (or your spouse's) and a student health insurance charge appears on your student fee bill, an on-line waiver must be completed in order to avoid having the University's insurance charge added to your fee bill. The waiver enables you to decline (waive out of) the plan sponsored by the University because you are covered under another plan providing equal or better coverage. The on-line waiver is only available for use until September 15.
In order to complete the waiver process, you must use your seven-digit PeopleSoft student administration system ID to access your Student Center. This ID number can be found at the top left corner of your Student Fee Bill. Log on to your account, and from the HOME page, navigate to:
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Detailed information regarding accessing the Health Insurance Waiver.
Students who fail to provide proof of coverage via a waiver will be enrolled automatically in the University sponsored plan and will be charged a premium on their student fee bills.
All non-immigrant international students will be required, at the time of registration, to show evidence of adequate insurance coverage for basic medical, major medical, and repatriation expenses. This requirement is a condition of admission and registration. International students should consult the Division of International Affairs, Department of International Services and Programs, regarding compliance with this requirement and assistance in enrolling in an approved insurance program, if necessary.
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Bible believers often are confronted with the charge that the Bible is filled with mistakes. These alleged mistakes can be placed into two major categories: (1) apparent internal inconsistencies among revealed data; and (2) scribal mistakes in the underlying manuscripts themselves. The former category involves those situations in which there are apparent discrepancies between biblical texts regarding a specific event, person, place, etc. [For a treatment of such difficulties see Archer, 1982; Geisler and Brooks, 1989, pp. 163-178]. The latter category involves a much more fundamental concern—the integrity of the underlying documents of our English translations. Some charge that the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek manuscripts, having been copied and recopied by hand over many years, contain a plethora of scribal errors that have altered significantly the information presented in the original documents. As such, we cannot be confident that our English translations reflect the information initially penned by biblical writers. However, the materials discovered at Qumran, commonly called the Dead Sea Scrolls, have provided impressive evidence for both the integrity of the Hebrew and Aramaic manuscripts of the Old Testament and the authenticity of the books themselves.
When the scrolls first were discovered in 1947, scholars disputed their dates of composition. Scholars now generally agree that although some materials are earlier, the Qumran materials date primarily to the Hasmonean (152-63 B.C.) and early Roman periods (63 B.C.-A.D. 68). Several strands of evidence corroborate these conclusions. First, archaeological evidence from the ruins of the Qumran community supports these dates. After six major seasons of excavations, archaeologists have identified three specific phases of occupation at the ancient center of Qumran. Coinage discovered in the first stratum dates from the reign of Antiochus VII Sidetes (138-129 B.C.). Such artifacts also indicate that the architecture associated with the second occupational phase dates no later than the time of Alexander Jannaeus (103-76 B.C.). Also reflected in the material remains of the site is the destruction of its buildings in the earthquake reported by the first-century Jewish historian, Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews, 15.5.2). Apparently, this natural disaster occurred around 31 B.C. a position that prompted the occupants to abandon the site for an indeterminate time. Upon reoccupation of the area—the third phase—the buildings were repaired and rebuilt precisely on the previous plan of the old communal complex. The community flourished until the Romans, under the military direction of Vespasian, occupied the site by force (see Cross, 1992, pp. 21-22). Such evidence is consistent with the second century B.C. to first-century A.D. dates for the scrolls.
The second strand of evidence is that the generally accepted dates for the scrolls are corroborated by palaeographical considerations. Palaeography is the study of ancient writing and, more specifically, the shape and style of letters. Characteristic of ancient languages, the manner in which Hebrew and Aramaic letters were written changed over a period of time. The trained eye can determine, within certain boundaries, the time frame of a document based upon the shape of its letters. This is the method by which scholars determine the date of a text on palaeographical grounds. According to this technique, the scripts at Qumran belong to three periods of palaeographical development: (1) a small group of biblical texts whose archaic style reflects the period between about 250-150 B.C.; (2) a large cache of manuscripts, both biblical and non-biblical, that is consistent with a writing style common to the Hasmonean period (c. 150-30 B.C.); and (3) a similarly large number of texts that evinces a writing style characteristic of the Herodian period (30 B.C.-A.D. 70). This linguistic information also is consistent with the commonly accepted dates of the Qumran materials.
Finally, as an aside, the carbon-14 tests done on both the cloth in which certain scrolls were wrapped, and the scrolls themselves, generally correspond to the palaeographic dates. There are, however, some considerable differences. Due to the inexact nature of carbon-14 dating techniques (see Major, 1993), and the possibility of chemical contamination, scholars place greater confidence in the historically corroborated palaeographic dates (see Shanks, 1991, 17[6]:72). At any rate, the archaeological and linguistic data provide scholars with reasonable confidence that the scrolls date from 250 B.C. to A.D. 70.
While the importance of these documents is multifaceted, one of their principle contributions to biblical studies is in the area of textual criticism. This is the field of study in which scholars attempt to recreate the original content of a biblical text as closely as possible. Such work is legitimate and necessary since we possess only copies (apographs), not the original manuscripts (autographs) of Scripture. The Dead Sea Scrolls are of particular value in this regard for at least two reasons: (1) every book of the traditional Hebrew canon, except Esther, is represented (to some degree) among the materials at Qumran (Collins, 1992, 2:89); and (2) they have provided textual critics with ancient manuscripts against which they can compare the accepted text for accuracy of content.
This second point is of particular importance since, prior to the discovery of the Qumran manuscripts, the earliest extant Old Testament texts were those known as the Masoretic Text (MT), which dated from about A.D. 980. The MT is the result of editorial work performed by Jewish scribes known as the Masoretes. The scribes' designation was derived from the Hebrew word masora, which refers collectively to the notes entered on the top, bottom, and side margins of the MT manuscripts to safeguard traditional transmission. Hence, the Masoretes, as their name suggests, were the scribal preservers of the masora (Roberts, 1962, 3:295). From the fifth to the ninth century A.D., the Masoretes labored to introduce both these marginal notes and vowel points to the consonantal text—primarily to conserve correct pronunciation and spelling (see Seow, 1987, pp. 8-9).
Critical scholars questioned the accuracy of the MT, which formed the basis of our English versions of the Old Testament, since there was such a large chronological gap between it and the autographs. Because of this uncertainty, scholars often "corrected" the text with considerable freedom. Qumran, however, has provided remains of an early Masoretic edition predating the Christian era on which the traditional MT is based. A comparison of the MT to this earlier text revealed the remarkable accuracy with which scribes copied the sacred texts. Accordingly, the integrity of the Hebrew Bible was confirmed, which generally has heightened its respect among scholars and drastically reduced textual alteration.
Most of the biblical manuscripts found at Qumran belong to the MT tradition or family. This is especially true of the Pentateuch and some of the Prophets. The well-preserved Isaiah scroll from Cave 1 illustrates the tender care with which these sacred texts were copied. Since about 1700 years separated Isaiah in the MT from its original source, textual critics assumed that centuries of copying and recopying this book must have introduced scribal errors into the document that obscured the original message of the author.
The Isaiah scrolls found at Qumran closed that gap to within 500 years of the original manuscript. Interestingly, when scholars compared the MT of Isaiah to the Isaiah scroll of Qumran, the correspondence was astounding. The texts from Qumran proved to be word-for-word identical to our standard Hebrew Bible in more than 95 percent of the text. The 5 percent of variation consisted primarily of obvious slips of the pen and spelling alterations (Archer, 1974, p. 25). Further, there were no major doctrinal differences between the accepted and Qumran texts (see Table 1 below). This forcibly demonstrated the accuracy with which scribes copied sacred texts, and bolstered our confidence in the Bible's textual integrity (see Yamauchi, 1972, p. 130). The Dead Sea Scrolls have increased our confidence that faithful scribal transcription substantially has preserved the original content of Isaiah.
Of the 166 Hebrew words in Isaiah 53, only
seventeen letters in Dead Sea Scroll 1QIsb
differ from the Masoretic Text (Geisler and
Nix, 1986, p. 382).
10 letters = spelling differences
4 letters = stylistic changes
3 letters = added word for "light" (vs. 11)
17 letters = no affect on biblical teaching
The Qumran materials similarly have substantiated the textual integrity and authenticity of Daniel. Critical scholarship, as in the case of most all books of the Old Testament, has attempted to dismantle the authenticity of the book of Daniel. The message of the book claims to have originated during the Babylonian exile, from the first deportation of the Jews into captivity (606 B.C.; Daniel 1:1-2) to the ascension of the Persian Empire to world dominance (c. 536 B.C.; Daniel 10:1). This date, however, has been questioned and generally dismissed by critical scholars who date the final composition of the book to the second century B.C. Specifically, it is argued that the tales in chapters 1-6 as they appear in their present form can be no earlier than the Hellenistic age (c. 332 B.C.). Also, the four-kingdom outline, explicitly stated in chapter 2, allegedly requires a date after the rise of the Grecian Empire. Further, these scholars argue that since there is no explicit reference to Antiochus Epiphanes IV (175-164 B.C.), a Seleucid king clearly under prophetic consideration in chapter 11, a date in the late third or early second century B.C. is most likely (see Collins, 1992a, 2:31; Whitehorne, 1992, 1:270).
The apparent reason for this conclusion among critical scholars is the predictive nature of the book of Daniel. It speaks precisely of events that transpired several hundred years removed from the period in which it claims to have been composed. Since the guiding principles of the historical-critical method preclude a transcendent God's intervening in human affairs (see Brantley, 1994), the idea of inspired predictive prophecy is dismissed a priori from the realm of possibility. Accordingly, Daniel could not have spoken with such precision about events so remote from his day. Therefore, critical scholars conclude that the book was written actually as a historical record of events during the Maccabean period, but couched in apocalyptic or prophetic language. Such conclusions clearly deny that this book was the authentic composition of a Daniel who lived in the sixth century B.C., that the Bible affirms.
The Dead Sea Scrolls have lifted their voice in this controversy. Due to the amount of Daniel fragments found in various caves near Qumran, it appears that this prophetic book was one of the most treasured by that community. Perhaps the popularity of Daniel was due to the fact that the people of Qumran lived during the anxious period in which many of these prophecies actually were being fulfilled. For whatever reason, Daniel was peculiarly safeguarded to the extent that we have at our disposal parts of all chapters of Daniel, except chapters 9 and 12. However, one manuscript (4QDanc; 4 = Cave 4; Q = Qumran; Danc = one of the Daniel fragments arbitrarily designated "c" for clarification), published in November 1989, has been dated to the late second century B.C. (see Hasel, 1992, 5[2]:47). Two other major documents (4QDanb, 4QDana) have been published since 1987, and contribute to scholarly analysis of Daniel. These recently released fragments have direct bearing on the integrity and authenticity of the book of Daniel.
As in the case of Isaiah, before Qumran there were no extant manuscripts of Daniel that dated earlier than the late tenth century A.D. Accordingly, scholars cast suspicion on the integrity of Daniel's text. Also, as with Isaiah, this skepticism about the credibility of Daniel's contents prompted scholars to take great freedom in adjusting the Hebrew text. One reason for this suspicion is the seemingly arbitrary appearance of Aramaic sections within the book. Some scholars had assumed from this linguistic shift that Daniel was written initially in Aramaic, and then some portions were translated into Hebrew. Further, a comparison of the Septuagint translation (Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible) with the MT revealed tremendous disparity in length and content between the two texts. Due to these and other considerations, critical scholars assigned little value to the MT rendition of Daniel.
Once again, however, the findings at Qumran have confirmed the integrity of Daniel's text. Gerhard Hasel listed several strands of evidence from the Daniel fragments found at Qumran that support the integrity of the MT (see 1992, 5[2]:50). First, for the most part, the Dead Sea Scroll manuscripts of Daniel are very consistent in content among themselves, containing very few variants. Second, the Qumran fragments conform very closely to the MT overall, with only a few rare variants in the former that side with the Septuagint version. Third, the transitions from Hebrew to Aramaic are preserved in the Qumran fragments. Based on such overwhelming data, it is evident that the MT is a well-preserved rendition of Daniel. In short, Qumran assures us that we can be reasonably confident that the Daniel text on which our English translations are based is one of integrity. Practically speaking, this means that we have at our disposal, through faithful translations of the original, the truth God revealed to Daniel centuries ago.
The Daniel fragments found at Qumran also speak to the issue of Daniel's authenticity. As mentioned earlier, conventional scholarship generally places the final composition of Daniel during the second century B.C. Yet, the book claims to have been written by a Daniel who lived in the sixth century B.C. However, the Dead Sea fragments of Daniel present compelling evidence for the earlier, biblical date of this book.
The relatively copious remains of Daniel indicate the importance of this book to the Qumran community. Further, there are clear indications that this book was considered "canonical" for the community, which meant it was recognized as an authoritative book on a par with other biblical books (e.g., Deuteronomy, Kings, Isaiah, Psalms). The canonicity of Daniel at Qumran is indicated, not only by the prolific fragments, but by the manner in which it is referenced in other materials. One fragment employs the quotation, "which was written in the book of Daniel the prophet." This phrase, similar to Jesus' reference to "Daniel the prophet" (Matthew 24:15), was a formula typically applied to quotations from canonical Scripture at Qumran (see Hasel, 1992, 5[2]:51).
The canonical status of Daniel at Qumran is important to the date and authenticity of the book. If, as critical scholars allege, Daniel reached its final form around 160 B.C., how could it have attained canonical status at Qumran in a mere five or six decades? While we do not know exactly how long it took for a book to reach such authoritative status, it appears that more time is needed for this development (see Bruce, 1988, pp. 27-42). Interestingly, even before the most recent publication of Daniel fragments, R.K. Harrison recognized that the canonical status of Daniel at Qumran militated against its being a composition of the Maccabean era, and served as confirmation of its authenticity (1969, p. 1126-1127).
Although Harrison made this observation in 1969, over three decades before the large cache of Cave 4 documents was made available to the general and scholarly public, no new evidence has refuted it. On the contrary, the newly released texts from Qumran have confirmed this conclusion. The canonical acceptance of Daniel at Qumran indicates the antiquity of the book's composition—certainly much earlier than the Maccabean period. Hence, the most recent publications of Daniel manuscripts offer confirmation of Daniel's authenticity; it was written when the Bible says it was written.
A final contribution from Qumran to the biblically claimed date for Daniel's composition comes from linguistic considerations. Though, as we mentioned earlier, critical scholars argue that the Aramaic sections in Daniel indicate a second-century B.C. date of composition, the Qumran materials suggest otherwise. In fact, a comparison of the documents at Qumran with Daniel demonstrates that the Aramaic in Daniel is a much earlier composition than the second-century B.C. Such a comparison further demonstrates that Daniel was written in a region different from that of Judea. For example, the Genesis Apocryphon found in Cave 1 is a second-century B.C. document written in Aramaic—the same period during which critical scholars argue that Daniel was composed. If the critical date for Daniel's composition were correct, it should reflect the same linguistic characteristics of the Genesis Apocryphon. Yet, the Aramaic of these two books is markedly dissimilar.
The Genesis Apocryphon, for example, tends to place the verb toward the beginning of the clause, whereas Daniel tends to defer the verb to a later position in the clause. Due to such considerations, linguists suggest that Daniel reflects an Eastern type Aramaic, which is more flexible with word order, and exhibits scarcely any Western characteristics at all. In each significant category of linguistic comparison (i.e., morphology, grammar, syntax, vocabulary), the Genesis Apocryphon (admittedly written in the second century B.C.) reflects a much later style than the language of Daniel (Archer, 1980, 136:143; cf. Yamauchi, 1980). Interestingly, the same is true when the Hebrew of Daniel is compared with the Hebrew preserved in the Qumran sectarian documents (i.e., those texts composed by the Qumran community reflecting their peculiar societal laws and religious customs). From such linguistic considerations provided by Qumran, Daniel hardly could have been written by a Jewish patriot in Judea during the early second-century B.C., as the critics charge.
There are, of course, critical scholars who, despite the evidence, continue to argue against the authenticity of Daniel and other biblical books. Yet, the Qumran texts have provided compelling evidence that buttresses our faith in the integrity of the manuscripts on which our translations are based. It is now up to Bible believers to allow these texts to direct our attention to divine concerns and become the people God intends us to be.
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Brantley, Garry K. (1994), "Biblical Miracles: Fact or Fiction?," Reason and Revelation, 14:33-38, May.
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Collins, John J. (1992b), "Dead Sea Scrolls," The Anchor Bible Dictionary, ed. David Noel Freedman (New York: Doubleday), 2:85-101.
Cross, Frank Moore (1992), "The Historical Context of the Scrolls," Understanding the Dead Sea Scrolls, ed. Hershel Shanks (New York: Random House).
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Hasel, Gerhard (1992), "New Light on the Book of Daniel from the Dead Sea Scrolls," Archaeology and Biblical Research, 5[2]:45-53, Spring.
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Major, Trevor (1993), "Dating in Archaeology: Radiocarbon and Tree-Ring Dating," Reason and Revelation, 13:73-77, October.
Roberts, B.J. (1962), "Masora," The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible (Nashville, TN: Abingdon), 3:295.
Seow, C.L. (1987), A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew (Nashville, TN: Abingdon).
Shanks, Hershel (1991), "Carbon-14 Tests Substantiate Scroll Dates," Biblical Archaeology Review, 17[6]:72, November/December.
Whitehorne, John (1992), "Antiochus," The Anchor Bible Dictionary, ed. David Noel Freedman (New York: Doubleday), 1:269-272.
Yamauchi, Edwin (1972), The Stones and the Scriptures: An Evangelical Perspective (New York: Lippincott).
Yamauchi, Edwin (1980), "The Archaeological Background of Daniel," Bibliotheca Sacra, 137:3-16, January-March.


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Hope of Israel
31243, Hymns, Hope of Israel, no. 259
1. Hope of Israel, Zion's army,
Children of the promised day,
See, the Chieftain signals onward,
And the battle's in array!
Hope of Israel, rise in might
With the sword of truth and right;
Sound the war-cry, "Watch and pray!"
Vanquish ev'ry foe today.
2. See the foe in countless numbers,
Marshaled in the ranks of sin.
Hope of Israel, on to battle;
Now the vict'ry we must win!
3. Strike for Zion, down with error;
Flash the sword above the foe!
Ev'ry stroke disarms a foeman;
Ev'ry step we conq'ring go.
4. Soon the battle will be over;
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The Jets, after a strong start, blew a 3-1 third period lead and lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the shootout…
-You can't fault Ondrej Pavelec on either of the three regulation goals, but on the tying marker by Phil Kessel, Bryan Little who was supposed to control Dion Phaneuf at the left point, fell way out of position because he dropped his stick in the opposite corner. Rather than play without his stick, the young Little went to retrieve it, leaving Mark Stuart to cover both Kessel and Phaneuf, who made a terrific pass, albeit through not much traffic to Kessel who took an excellent shot in a classic scoring position.
-Alexander Burmistrov was not the horse he was against Pittsburgh and he finished with a minus-3 Corsi rating, but his centreman Nik Antropov was very strong playing against his old team. Antropov set up Burmistrov on his first of the season, and the pair worked a very good shift at the end of overtime that earned the team two shots off of five attempts in 40 seconds of play. In the shootout, Burmistrov got unlucky, catching the meshing it looked like on James Reimer's blocker arm and somehow bounced out.
-I'm still not sure what to make about Mark Scheifele. He scored his first NHL goal against Toronto on a tap-in after a good shot by Dustin Byfuglien and has created a number of chances, but he still looks pretty timid against NHL competition. Kudos to the guy for his first goal, in his home province on national television, but the more I watch this team the more it becomes clear that he should be sent down after 9 games. Let's not kid ourselves—Winnipeg just isn't a playoff-ready team yet, and it seems silly to waste a contract year on an 18-year old when the team is building for the future. The differences between 18 and 19 is apparent, as Burmistrov looks way better this season than last.
-Dustin Byfuglien broke out in a big way and was the best player on the ice last night for either team and finally earned his first two points of the season. He had a game-high thirteen shot attempts and was a +9 Corsi in 29:26 of ice-time, with much of that coming against Phil Kessel and Toronto's first line. That's an incredible stat-line and we'd seen flashes of what Byfuglien can do on the ice so far this season, but this is the Dustin Byfuglien that needs to show up on most nights (he showed up against Pittsburgh as well) for the Jets to have a chance. He played well, and, of course, the Jets had a chance.
-The Jets used their first line of Andrew Ladd, Little and Wheeler in a defensive role. That unit saw extra defensive zone starts and also played primarily against the Kessel line. They otherwise have way more offensive zone starts, but there was a little change in character from Claude Noel against Toronto, and rather than use a line that has yet to break out offensively in key offensive situations, he kept them in their own end. Oddly enough, no Winnipeg defenseman played the shut-down role to that effect, with their offensive zone starts kept balanced with their defensive ones throughout the game.
-Finally, while the play resulted in a goal against Winnipeg, the view offered by the net-came of Joffrey Lupul's first of the night is one of the cooler pictures in the NHL so far this season. Lupul just fired it right into the lens and the referee was quick to call the puck "in" while it looked like he had hit the post from the way the puck caromed out of the goal area so fast.


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A DUKE Family History and Y-DNA Genealogy Research
Family history from Belfast, India and England and my Y-DNA research from father to son.
DAGLISH DNA Project (Family Tree DNA)
The main known branches of the Daglish family originate from County Durham and Northumberland in the United Kingdom, and most living Daglishes can trace their ancestors back to these English counties. Through the DNA project we hope to look at these different branches and compare for common ancestors.The surname directories show Daglish as a variant of Scottish names Dalglish or Dalgliesh - but so far it has been difficult to confirm this through standard family history research; we hope the DNA project might help to provide the answer.The DNA test works on the Y-chromosome which is passed down through the male line (in much the same way as surnames). The Y-chromosone is likely to remain unchanged for many generations, but occasionally the code will 'mutate' creating small differences, and this is also useful for family history. For testing we therefore need living male members of the Daglish family. There is another DNA test which follows the maternal line - but this is not directly relevant for our study.
DALE Project (Family Tree DNA)
To determine the parentage and ancestry of those named Dale, Deale, Dail, Dial, Dyal and variants
Using Y chromosome DNA testing to determine the relationships between men with the surname Daniel, and variant spellings including Daniels, Dannel, Daniell, O'Daniel, McDaniel, etc. The goals of the project are to determine the relationships between families in the United States and other countries and to trace the lines of participants to related lines in Europe.
For for the discussion and sharing of information regarding the specific group DNA testing that is currently being done by the descendants of those bearing the Daniel surname and variations (e.g., Daniels, Dannel, Daniell). Archives: browse or search.
The purpose of this project is to determine possible relationships between different DAVENPORT family lines (worldwide, not just the US). DAVENPORT, DEVENPORT, DANFORTH.
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding DNA projects for the Davis surname and variations. Archives: browse or search.
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding DNA studies related to the Day surname and variations (e.g., Dey, Daye). Archives: browse or search.
The purpose of this project is to facilitate placing orders for Y-DNA test kits to be used by males surnamed Dean and to coordinate the results from those tests. Using these results may enable us to reinforce or disprove theories regarding our male DEAN ancestors. We also hope to build a Y-DNA database which will enable us to identify various DEAN ancestral lines. At present we have 111 subjects in the surname project: 30 with no matches and 18 groups with two or more matches. This makes 48 distinctly different genetic lines with the surname Dean or a variation of Dean - amazing!
DeGRAAF DeGRAFF Genealogy and Y-DNA
The DeGRAAF and DeGRAFF (plus various spellings) Surname DNA Project was initiated to help identify and group our family lineages. This is a newly formed group. We are looking for additional participants. Individuals interested in collaborating on family history and using genetic testing to assist our research efforts are encouraged to join. If you are a male with one of the included surnames and are interested in researching your direct paternal line further, you can participate. This project study is using the DNA test that looks at a portion of the DNA called the Y chromosome. The Y chromosome is unique to males and can be used to identify one's direct paternal line. For this reason females cannot contribute directly but can find a male relative (father, brother, cousin, etc) to be tested as a representative of her line. Additionally, anyone related to a person with a surname who is included in our surnames of interest and willing to share their paper trail ancestry findings are invited to join. Visit our site and click 'Request Membership' to join. Our surnames of interest include; DEGRAAF, DEGRAFF, DE GRAAF, DE GRAFF, DE GRAAFF, DEGRAAFF, DEGROFF, DEGRAF, DEGRAEF, VAN DE GRAAF, VAN DER GRAAF, DE GRAFFE, DIJKGRAAF, GRAAF, DYKGRAAF.
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the DNA Project for the Denney surname and variations (e.g., Denny).
Desmond DNA Project (Family Tree DNA)
DESMOND is the name of a place in Ireland. "Desmond" is the Anglicized spelling of the Gaelic "Deasmhumhnaigh", which roughly translates to "south Munster". The ancient boundaries of Desmond included most of today's County Cork and County Kerry, in the province of Munster. The origin of DESMOND when used as a surname is less clear. There are three competing theories: 1) Families using the DESMOND surname are descended from the Gaelic sept "Ui Deasmhumhnaigh" which means "man of south Munster". 2) Families using the DESMOND surname are descended from the "Earls of Desmond", a branch of the Anglo-Norman FitzGerald family, who settled in Ireland in the late 1100's, and a noble line which officially died out in the early 1600's. 3) Families using the DESMOND surname are descended from another Gaelic sept or septs (such as MacCarthy, "Kings of Desmond"), and are part of a sub-clan which took the surname at some point during the middle ages. Each theory has its strengths and weaknesses, and its possible that any number of the three theories account for the ancestry of modern-day Desmonds. The Desmond DNA Project will attempt to determine thru Y-DNA analysis which of the DESMOND surname origins are true
The study includes families that bear any variation of the surname Devine, including Divine, Devine, Diven,
DEWEES(E) Surname Project (Family Tree DNA)
The principal goal of the Dewees(e) Surname Project is to use Y chromosome variations in Dewees(e) males to test the hypothesis that virtually all Dewees(e) families in America are descended from a single ancestral male, most likely Garrett Hendricks deWees, who came to America in ca 1663.
A collaborative effort linking various branches of the Dewhi/urst surname back as far as we can go - even to Viking roots! Test results will be posted, compared and associated to family trees where possible to show likely familial connections.
DICKASON/IN/ER/ENSON/DIXON DNA Project (Family Tree DNA)
Surname Project including 25 Y-DNA testers. Many spelling variants. Five distinctly separate groups of DICKASON & variants. Most from England. Link also to excellent DICKASON name history. See also separate DIXON Surname Project.
DIMMETT Worldwide Family Project (Family Tree DNA)
Currently testing anyone with the surname DIMMETT. All spellings of the surname are welcome. We are trying to determine if all spellings are connected or not, as well as learn where our ancestors may have come from. To learn more or participate, please visit our project.
DIXON DNA Project (Family Tree DNA)
Surname DNA project for DIXON, DICKSON, DIXSON, or any reasonable variant.
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the DNA project for the Dodson surname and variations (e.g., Dotson, Dobson). Archives: browse or search.
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