Microsoft just released a commercial highlighting 10 reasons to upgrade to Windows 10. Main point: It is Familiar.
Windows 10 is getting close. The new Windows release will be available starting July 29 and it is a free upgrade, making this already a very desirable update. Microsoft released on Sunday a 46 second long commercial highlighting 10 reasons to Upgrade to Windows 10.
Microsoft says: "Discover why Windows 10 is the best combination of the Windows you already know, plus lots of great improvements you'll love having. And all of your stuff comes with you, so you'll be ready to do great things from the get-go."
Microsoft drives home the point that Windows 10 is familiar. It takes the best things form Windows 7 and Windows 8 and adds new things. Microsoft wants to make sure that existing Windows users do not feel intimidated by the new Windows release.
Users often don't want to update because they have to learn new things. Microsoft tries to take away that fear with this new commercial. The final reason Microsoft features in the video why to upgrade to Windows 10 is that it is free.
Windows 10 is the most important Windows release in a very long time for Microsoft. If all pans out as planed, Microsoft could become bigger than ever. The Windows 10 promise is to delivery a unified user experience across all devices. If successful, Microsoft will be ahead of Apple, who still runs two Operating systems with OS X and iOS.
Geek Bonus question: Did you spot all vacation photos of Joe Belfiore in the video?


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ABC and Marvel Entertainment have released a clip from their upcoming television special, Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe. Check it out in the player below!
In addition to new footage from upcoming episodes of their TV series Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. the special will also show off new footage from the upcoming films Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, and the highly-anticipated Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Featuring stars from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, celebrity fans, filmmakers and pop culture icons, Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe will air Tuesday, March 18 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.
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LEHMAN TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- The superintendent in the Lake-Lehman School District says students looked "like zombies," especially the junior and senior high students.
"I just didn't like waking up! I had a hard time," said Hailey Kline, a student in the district.
Late nights and early morning bus rides were cutting into student sleep and so, district leaders made a change this school year, bumping the junior-senior high start time from 7:30 a.m. to 8 a.m.
The elementary schools start at 8:55 a.m., nearly an hour later than last year.
"I'm not really a morning person so it helps a lot with the sleeping in part," said student Hannah Kline.
What they have done in Lake-Lehman is becoming more common.
The superintendent said Dallas and Northwest Area School Districts in Luzerne County have similar schedules.
Last month, lawmakers in California passed a bill that would create later school start times for more than three million middle and high school students.
"I think it's a great help, I mean getting into school later, you're more ready to go learn. I like the later start time a lot," said student Emily Smith.
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends middle and high school students start school at 8:30 a.m. or later to improve overall health.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released a study that found most schools across the country start too early, leading to sleep deprivation which can affect learning.
"We started extremely early and I was always asleep first period. I struggled to really get focused and actually learn," said student Emily Smith.
"Especially for student-athletes and those that you know take higher level classes, it gives them a little extra time in the morning to get started a little bit better," said parent Janette Smith.
The Lake-Lehman superintendent says some parents are not happy about the new start time because of issues with work schedules, but he said it seems the extra two and a half hours of sleep a week is making a difference for everyone.
Is the school day extended by 30 minutes to compensate for the late start? If not then there are two and one half hours less instruction per week. Will the teachers receive the same compensation for less time in the classroom?
Maybe the school can arrange for a twenty minute nap before the kids get on the bus for the long ride home.
like in kindergarden when you rolled out your rug & napped on the floor.


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Dexy's Midnight Ramblings
Book Schlepper, Pizza Slinger, Night Writer
Booktalks for the Bothered
Avengers Assembled, The: The Junior Novelization
Chapter Books-Fiction
Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The by Mark Twain
Copper Treasure, The by Melvin Burgess
Voyage of Ice by Michele Torrey
Guinea Dog by Patrick Jennings
21 Balloons, The by William Pène du Bois
Alchemyst, The: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott
BFG, The by Roald Dahl
Blood of Olympus, The by Rick Riordan
Fortunately, The Milk by Neil Gaiman
Hunchback by Randall Wright
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The by C.S. Lewis
Lost Hero, The by Rick Riordan
Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
Nine Pound Hammer, The by John Claude Bemis
Outcasts, The by John Flanagan
Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper
Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Straw Into Gold by Gary D. Schmidt
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
Alice Rose & Sam by Kathryn Lasky
Assassin by Anna Meyers
Ben and Me by Robert Lawson
Bull Run by Paul Fleischman
Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War II by Joseph Bruchac
Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan
Giant Rat of Sumatra, The, or Pirates Galore by Sid Fleischman
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine
I Survived…The San Francisco Earthquake, 1906 by Lauren Tarshis
Joshua's Song by Joan Hiatt Harlow
My Life with the Lincolns by Gayle Brandeis
One-Handed Catch by Mary Jane Auch
President's Daughter, The by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Race for the Sky: The Kitty Hawk Diaries of Johnny Moore by Dan Gutman
Retreat from Gettysburg by Kathleen Ernst
Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith
Rock and the River, The by Kekla Magoon
Sun, the Rain and the Apple Seed, The by Lynda Durrant
Theodore Roosevelt: Letters from a Young Coal Miner
Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen
Horror/Ghost Stories
Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn
13-Story Treehouse, The by Andy Griffiths
Antsy Does Time by Neal Shusterman
Artsy Smartsy Club, The by Daniel Pinkwater
Looking for Bobowicz by Daniel Pinkwater
Maxx Comedy: The Funniest Kid in America by Gordon Korman
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
Science Fair by Dave Barry
Mystery and Detective
Eddie Red, Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile by Marcia Wells
Haunting of Charles Dickens, The by Lewis Buzbee
Powerless by Matthew Cody
Blubber by Judy Blume
King of Slippery Falls, The by Sid Hite
Trouble by Gary D. Schmidt
West With Hopeless by Carolyn Lieberg
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Hangman's Curse, The by Frank E. Peretti
School Fiction
Frindle by Andrew Clements
I Got a "D" in Salami by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver
Niagara Falls, or Does It? by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver
Poison Ivy by Amy Goldman Koss
Strange Case of Origami Yoda, The by Tom Angleberger
Trouble-Maker by Andrew Clements
Abner & Me by Dan Gutman
Girl Who Owned a City, The by O.T. Nelson
Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements
Comeback Season, The by Jennifer E. Smith
Crossover, The by Kwame Alexander
Sliding Into Home by Dori Hillestad Butler
Chapter Books-Nonfiction
Oh, Rats! The Story of Rats and People by Albert Marrin
Anne Bonny and Mary Read: Fearsome Female Pirates of the Eighteenth Century by Aileen Weintraub
Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal by Varunda Micheaux Nelson
Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman by Marc Tyler Nobleman
Good Brother, Bad Brother by James Cross Giblin
How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous by Georgia Bragg
Journey to the Bottomless Pit: The Story of Stephen Bishop and Mammoth Cave by Betsy Mitchell
Queen of the Falls by Chris Van Allsburg
Stand Tall, Abe Lincoln by Judith St. George
Wall, The: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis
Worst of Friends: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and the True Story of an American Feud by Suzanne Tripp Jurmain
Incredible Urban Legends: Stranger than Fiction Modern Tales
1919: The Year That Changed America by Martin W. Sandler
Bomb: The Race to Build-and Steal-the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin
Great Horse-Less Carriage Race, The by Michael Dooling
Grierson's Raid: A Daring Cavalry Strike through the Heart of the Confederacy by Tom Lalicki
Port Chicago 50, The by Steve Sheinkin
Price of Freedom, The: How One Town Stood Up to Slavery by Dennis Brindell Fradin
Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929 by Karen Blumenthal
Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps by Andrea Warren
Adventures of Beekle, The: An Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat
Ballet Cat: The Totally Secret Secret by Bob Shea
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
If I Built a Car by Chris Van Dusen
It's a Book by Lane Smith
Kid Sheriff and the Terrible Toads by Bob Shea
Lousy Rotten Stinkin' Grapes by Margie Palatini
Marshmallow Incident, The by Judi Barrett
Mustache Baby by Bridget Heos
Mustache Baby Meets His Match by Bridget Heos
President and Mom's Apple Pie, The by Michael Garland
Rockwell: A Boy and his Dog by Loren Spiotta-DiMare
Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building by Deborah Hopkinson & James E. Ransome
Squids Will Be Squids by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
Those Darn Squirrels!	by Adam Rubin
Willie and the All-Stars by Floyd Cooper
Yankee at the Seder, The by Elka Weber
Elizabeth, Queen of the Sea by Lynne Cox
To Dare Mighty Things: The Life of Theodore Roosevelt by Doreen Rappaport
Young Adult (YA) and Adult Books- Nonfiction
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes
Black Count, The: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss
Bully Pulpit, The: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard
President and the Assassin, The: McKinley, Terror, and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century by Scott Miller
Wright Brothers, The by David McCullough
April 1865: The Month That Saved America by Jay Winik
Don't Know Much About History- Updated and Revised Edition by Kenneth C. Davis
Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad by David Haward Bain
River of Doubt, The: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard
Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh and America's Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941 by Lynne Olson
Guinea Pig Diaries, The: My Life as an Experiment by A.J. Jacobs
I Don't Care if We Never Get Back: 30 Games in 30 Days on the Best Worst Baseball Road Trip Ever by Ben Blatt
Lost Continent, The: Travels in Small-Town American by Bill Bryson
Young Adult (YA) and Adult Books-Fiction
Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln, The by Stephen L. Carter
Taft 2012 by Jason Heller
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Grapes of Wrath, The by John Steinbeck
Ivanhoe by Walter Scott
Soul Music by Terry Pratchett
William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope by Ian Doescher
Book Thief, The by Markus Zusak
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Lincoln in the Bardo
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
Gray Mountain by John Grisham
Adventure of the Speckled Band, The by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Red-Headed League, The by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
Only Alien on the Planet, The by Kristen R. Randle
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Th1rteen R3asons Why by Jay Asher
Crashing Waves (of Middle Schoolers)
Desk Phone Dilemma
Duties of a Children's Librarian from A-Z
If Voldemort Ran the Library
If Voldemort Ran the Library, Part 1
Ina-POOP-riate Books
Not Your Grandmother's Library
Pawn Promotion
Tales from a Library Wonk
Observations on Writing
"Qualifications" for Award-Winning YA Literature
Abridge Too Far
How to Tell a Good Story, or, What Time Does This Glacier Reach Town?
The Science of Writing a Research Paper
What to Do When the Well is Dry
Writing vs. Acting
Man Out of Time
Random Idiocy
Bill of Rights for Dyslexics-Second Amendment
Bill of Rights for Dyslexics-Third Amendment
Great Band Names
History According to Steve
Welcome to the New World
What Patrick Henry Really Did to Inspire American Independence…
What Really Happened at the 2nd Continental Congress
What Really Happened at the British Surrender
What Really Happened at Yorktown
I.I.F.Y.?
2003 East Coast Road Trip
2003 East Coast Road Trip, Part 1- From Illinois to New York
2003 East Coast Road Trip, Part 2- Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts
2003 East Coast Road Trip, Part 3- Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York
2003 East Coast Road Trip, Part 4- New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware
2003 East Coast Road Trip, Part 5- North Carolina
2003 East Coast Road Trip, Part 6- Ridgecrest (North Carolina)
2003 East Coast Road Trip, Part 7-South Carolina
2014 Florida Road Trip
A Day in the (Ball) Park
Dexy Goes West: 2016 Road Trip
A King's Rage
Autobiographical Stories
Lyle the Bus Driver and the Duck Call
She Was My Age
Ten Minute Fugitive from Justice
The Dying Cemetery
The Joy of Loneliness
Tomatoes: A Confession
What I Have Learned While Delivering Pizza
Why I Am a Cubs Fan: Updated for 2016!
Birth of a Character
Fast Food Fairy Tale
Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 01: Welcome to Dryvthru
Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 02: Old McDougal and the Burgle-ry
Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 03: An Assembly of Villains
Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 04: Portino to the Rescue
Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 05: Takeover
Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 06: Chicken in the Tavern
Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 07: Pan-Ex and Father Jon
Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 08: Plan of Action
Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 09: The Hunter and the Hunted
Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 10: Sound the Alarm!
Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 11: A Sailor's Revenge
Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 12: The Battle of Dryvthru Begins
Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 13: Winged Warriors
Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 14: The Tide Turns
History Basketball: A Drama
History Basketball: A Drama, Part 1
It's a Wonderful White Christmas Carol on 34th Street, Charlie Brown: A Christmas Mash-Up
It's a Wonderful White Christmas Carol on 34th Street, Charlie Brown: A Christmas Mash-Up, Part 1
League of Unknown Presidents: A Drama
League of Unknown Presidents: A Drama, Part 1
Meeting of the Minds, Part 1
Never Let a Space Alien Fix Your Car
Sorrow of Solomon
The Blind Date
The Epic Defenders: The Day After
The Ideal Pet
Topsy to the Rescue
Story of Readers' Advisory
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By Steven Dexheimer
What will Heaven be like? Will there be pearly gates, mansions and streets of gold? Winged angels strumming on their harps? An endless banquet mingled with eternal singing of God's praise? For the multitude of tongues, tribes, and nations, will Heaven be a "one size fits all" place? Or will each of the redeemed find Heaven uniquely suited to them? Will the people, places, and things cherished by us find their way into Paradise as well?
I died at 6:27 on the evening of the 8th. From my vantage point, the transition from life to afterlife was instantaneous. I didn't see a bright light or hear departed loved ones calling me onward. One moment I was in my car, the next moment, I found myself standing in a grassy plain under a cloudless blue sky. The occasional tree dotted the landscape, and in the absolute stillness, I could hear a gentle breeze blowing through the leaves and tall grass.
I knew I was dead. I couldn't remember exactly how my life on Earth came to an end, but I knew, I felt, I sensed the change. I checked my body, and found nothing noticeably different about it. Even my clothing was the same as it had been when I dressed that morning. Morning. Was it just this morning? I felt as though I had been standing amidst this sea of grass for an eternity, and yet I had only become conscious mere moments ago.
So, was this Heaven? The scene around me was peaceful, but hardly what I had expected the afterlife to be. Feeling an unexplainable urge to move, I began to walk forward, wading through the idyllic fields of green. It wasn't long (or maybe it was) before I found myself traveling up a small hill. Upon reaching the top, I spotted a dirt road in the near distance. Partially hidden by the grass, the road swept around the hill, gradually turned, and began following a straight course. It then climbed up a larger hill where it became lost to view. Instinctively, I looked up at the sky to determine by the sun's position which direction the road went. It was then I noticed that there was no sun to be seen. Everything around me was bathed in daylight, yet there seemed to be no source for this light.
I descended the small hill and came to the road. Unsure of what to do, I started following the path as it guided me to the large hill. Coming to the crest, I was able to look down and saw that the road continued through a gently sloping valley and onward toward the horizon. At the bottom of the hill, I saw that there was a figure standing by the side of the road. Although, I was still too far to pick up details, I could tell that it was a man, bearded and robed in white. As I came down the hill, I saw that the man was looking at me expectantly, waiting. As I approached, I saw that the man was near to my height with broad shoulders. His beard and hair were long and gray, yet his appearance seemed almost youthful. Not knowing how to address the stranger, I gave a slight bow and offered greetings. Through his tangle of a beard, he produced a smile and a nod.
"Have you been waiting for me?" I asked.
"I have," came his reply. His voice was deep, and though he spoke in a normal tone, his voice seemed to carry across the endless miles.
"Have you been waiting long?"
"Yes…and no. There is no sense of time here as there is on Earth. I could have been waiting for only a minute or for a thousand years. It's all the same in this place."
"Is this Heaven?" I asked.
"No," the man smiled, "merely the final journey. I am to guide you to your place of rest." With a gesture, the man and I began to follow the road.
"Do you accompany everyone who dies?" I inquired. The man nodded.
"Everyone. You see, no one can enter Heaven without first passing the Gatekeeper."
"And who is this Gatekeeper?" I asked with some apprehension. Perhaps Heaven wouldn't be quite so easy to enter. Again, the man smiled, and reaching inside his robes, he withdrew a large ring full of keys.
I stared at the man, then at the keys, and then back at the man.
"Those are the keys to the Gates of Heaven?" I asked, amazed. They looked like something a janitor might wear on his belt.
"These? No," he chuckled, returning the keys to within his robes. "These are merely symbolic. "However, I have been entrusted with the keys to the Kingdom by Christ himself." Comprehension suddenly dawned on me and I stopped in my tracks.
"Then…you are Peter?"He nodded, gestured toward the path, and we began to walk. We traveled in silence for a time before I spoke again.
"I didn't expect the afterlife to be like this," I said, waving an arm to indicate the current scenery.
"What did you expect?" Peter replied. "Clouds? Pearly gates? Angels with harps?"
"I…uh, well, ahh…" I stammered uncomfortably. It was exactly what I had expected. Peter smiled.
"Most people who pass through have similar ideas of what heaven is like," Peter said. "And they are not entirely wrong."
"So, what is heaven like?" I asked.
"You will see soon enough."
After an indeterminate amount of time, I noticed that we were slowly approaching a large, long building set off to the left of the path. It had an impressive glass facade with a sprawling concrete plaza in front of the building's many doors. If I hadn't known any better, I could have sworn that it looked a lot like…
"Is that a…movie theater?" Peter nodded but didn't speak or slow his pace.
"What's a movie theater doing here?"
"You will soon find out. This is where I am to take you."
"You're taking me to the movies?" I looked to see if Peter was joking, but his face was set and serious. "I don't understand," I continued. "Why do you need to take me to a movie theater?"
"You must view the film before you can continue on your journey."
"Film? What film?" I said as we made our way to the theater's entrance. "Is this some sort of an orientation film?"
"Something like that," said Peter with an air of solemnity. "It is required of all people that they watch this film." He opened one of the doors and motioned for me to enter. Confused, I cautiously stepped into the theater. Instead of seeing a lobby, ticket counter or concessions, I was in a large theater, filled with empty seats and facing the largest screen I had even seen. I looked back at Peter who was still standing outside holding open the door.
"Aren't…aren't you coming in with me?" A flash of sadness crossed his face as he shook his head.
"Everyone must see this film alone. Believe me, you will prefer it that way." A queasy feeling began to churn my stomach. What was going on here?
"You've seen this film too?" Peter grimaced and nodded.
"I have." He began to close the door.
"Wait!" I cried. "What is this film?" The queasy feeling was now radiating throughout my body, and I felt a cold sweat beginning to bead on my forehead. What was I in for?
"Life," Peter said simply. "Your life." And with that he closed the door, leaving me in the gloom of the dimly lit theater.
With a sense of dread, I slipped into one of the back row seats, and waited. I still wasn't sure of what was coming. Was I going to be watching old home movies of myself? Why was this film a requirement? What could be so bad that Peter wouldn't enter the theater with me? I was soon to find out. Images began to flicker on the large screen. Without any introduction, the film immediately seemed to focus on a small boy at a long ago birthday party being held in a back yard. Around the boy, other children wearing party hats were frolicking around the yard. Adults were sitting around on lawn chairs, munching on pieces of cake and talking. The little boy, however, seemed oblivious to his surroundings as he seemed to zero in on another boy who looked to be a few years younger. The older boy strode up to the younger and, unprovoked, began to taunt him. The words of the tormentor echoed throughout the theater in surround-sound quality. I cringed as the teasing continued, and as the younger boy starting crying, I put my face into my hands, ashamed. I heard a thump and I looked up to see the crying boy sprawled on the ground with the older boy standing over him, laughing. This was an early memory of mine, vague at best. The events had never really pricked my conscience in the past. But watching it unfold on screen brought all the sights, sounds, and feelings back vividly and horribly. Once again, I was the mean boy, picking on his little brother.
Things went downhill from there.
The film of my life continued to roll on relentlessly, highlighting every wrong I had ever committed. Nothing was left out; every white lie, every curse word, every impure thought was mixed in with larger transgressions. I saw and felt the hurt that I caused to people around me. Each painful episode caused me to sink lower and lower in my seat, the tears streaming unchecked down my face. I wanted to look away, to get up and leave, to run screaming from the theater, but my muscles didn't seem to be working. Frozen in shock, I continued to sit and watch.
Before I entered the theater, I considered myself to be a good Christian. Not perfect, obviously, but someone who tried to live a righteous life. Now, as I was being confronted with the results of my sin nature, I felt…filthy. Even with the gift of salvation, I wondered how I could ever be let into heaven. What must God think of me? I couldn't help but think.
After what seemed like hours or days or years, the film came mercifully to an end. Almost as if I was released from an invisible grip, I slipped completely out of my chair, and crumpled to the floor; exhausted, mortified, crushed. I laid there for some time, curled up in a ball and weeping uncontrollably. Peter was right. Viewing the film was best done alone. But I wasn't alone.
"I'm sorry you had to see that," said a male voice from the front of the theater. My head shot up to see who had spoken. Eyes blurry from the tears, I could make out a white-robed figure walking up the dimly-lit aisle towards me. At first, I thought it was Peter, but the voice was different. It was calm and soothing. Like a healing balm, it worked its way to my twisted soul, easing the unbearable ache that I felt. Reaching me, the man held out a hand. "Here, take this," he said as he placed a white cloth in my hand. "Wipe your face with it." I did as instructed. I thought the cloth was a handkerchief or something similar, but when I touched my face with it, it gave off sensations of both coolness and warmth that soothed my face and erased the tears. It also seemed to fill me with enough strength to sit up. When I had finished with the cloth, I was able to see the man clearly. His hair and beard were both dark brown in color, almost black. His complexion was olive-skinned, his features distinctly Middle Eastern. I guessed that the man was about my age, somewhere in his 30s. His face was the epitome of tenderness. Wordless, I handed back the cloth. The man reached out to take it, and as he did, I caught sight of his wrist, which bore an ugly circular scar.
"It's…it's You," was all I could get out. He smiled at me and nodded.
"I AM," he replied. I stared at him with a mixture of awe and utter humiliation Yet, I couldn't meet His eyes. Throughout my mortal life, I had always anticipated my first face-to-face meeting with the Savior. However, I had never expected this. To encounter Him right after being pulverized by a lifetime of wrongdoings; at this point, He was the last person I wanted to see.
"You…saw all that," I said, gesturing feebly to the screen. It was a stupid question. Of course He had seen it. What's more, He had been there when it all happened originally. I felt sick. I rested my elbows on my knees and buried my face in my hands. A verse from the Book of Isaiah floated into my mind at that moment: "Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty." How appropriate, I thought wryly.
"Why, Lord?" I mumbled through my hands. "Why did I have to relive all that? I thought You forgave me of my sins."
"I did," the Lord replied, "which is why you are here." I looked up as his swept an arm around, indicated not just the theater, but all of heaven itself. "However, all people, no matter how righteous, must face judgment before going on. After all, there were times in your life when you willingly chose to disobey the will of My Father. But because you believed in Me, you do not have to face punishment. This," He pointed to the screen, "what you saw here, is the final reminder that you did not earn Heaven. It is through My Grace, that I give Heaven to you."
Despite these words of affirmation, I still felt so…ashamed.
"Lord," I blurted, "my whole life…I could have done more. I could have given more. I wasted so much time…I blew so many opportunities to…"
"Perhaps," the Lord cut in. "But consider what you have done for Me. Consider those you helped in My Name. Consider the time and effort and money you did devote." The Savior got to His feet. "No, you didn't live a perfect life. But I saw how you strove for righteousness throughout your lifetime. I knew that you were devoted to serving the Father." He then reached for my hands and helped me to my feet, and for the first time, I looked into the loving eyes of Jesus Christ. "And because of that," he continued, putting an arm around me and leading me toward the theater's exit, "I say to you: Well done, good and faithful servant. Come and share in your Master's happiness!"
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I've tried having a file with two does, I've tried having one with all eleven, I've tried numbers in between. I've tried actively editing the file while the game is running. I've tried any number of codes with any number of choices and most of the combinations crash the program. I even tried renaming some of the codes to other things, which seemed to work (and seemed to indicate "Name=" fields had to start with certain letters or words...), but later on, doing the same thing made the DAT file crash the program again.
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Well... I've had that happen to me, as well. But the reason I ask about this specific instance is because the game client will consistently crash regardless of what combination of codes are added in the DAT file or what order they're added. It's kind of bumming me out, to be honest. Heh heh.
Doc Lithius wrote: Well... I've had that happen to me, as well. But the reason I ask about this specific instance is because the game client will consistently crash regardless of what combination of codes are added in the DAT file or what order they're added. It's kind of bumming me out, to be honest. Heh heh.
I found your problem Doc Lithius. And I know how to fix your cheats.
these alone will make REGEN crash as I've fully tested and confirmed myself. Regen doesn't understand those.
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Special Report, Part 2: The poverty problem in the rural mountains of WNC
by Steph Guinan May 22, 2014 July 7, 2020
Rural jobs and rural life
The decline in unemployment is a result of a declining population, not from a growing number of workers.
MORE IN THIS SPECIAL REPORT: Increasing poverty rates in rural Western North Carolina counties prompts questions about both rural economies and rural lives. In the first part of a series on rural poverty, Carolina Public Press looked at the overarching trends in poverty at the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty.
National studies show that rural economies are shifting, and it likely comes as no surprise that Western North Carolina is not an exception. Job market changes and new business trends are altering how rural residents earn their living.
But where can those living in rural Western North Carolina find work in this changing economy, even with high-impact layoffs still fresh for some?
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Figures from the N.C. Rural Economic Development Center and the N.C. Department of Commerce's Division of Employment Security (formerly the N.C. Employment Security Commission) show that transportation and utility sector is consistently high across rural WNC counties, which includes most of the 18 westernmost counties of North Carolina. Only Buncombe County is considered an urban area, according to classifications by the White House.
The sector — which includes jobs like truck and bus drivers and those working in water or electricity management and production — averaged 18 percent of all employment in these counties, with $26,785 in annual wages in 2011. However, it was not the lowest average wage for the region. Arts and entertainment averaged $21,144, followed by the retail sector at $21,890.
Mitchell County is the only mountain county with any significant employment in the mining sector. At 8 percent of the county's employment, this sector had negligible impact on the region as a whole, but these mining jobs averaged salaries of $61,979 — some of the highest to be found in the region.
Manufacturing remains arguably strongest in McDowell County, accounting for 33 percent of the county's employment, with average annual wages of $39,092. This is slightly higher than the regional average of $36,669 in wages for jobs in the manufacturing sector.
Patrick Woodie, N.C. Rural Economic Development Center
Patrick Woodie, of the N.C. Rural Economic Development Center, said the health care sector is of particular interest to his organization, a nonprofit with a mission of "improving the lives of rural North Carolinians through the development, promotion and implementation of sound economic strategies."
He noted that "rural North Carolina has greater health care needs and less of an ability to recruit health care professionals then our urban counterparts." A move toward improving access to health care in rural communities has meant that "it was the only sector of the economy from 2008 to 2012 that added jobs in rural communities."
In WNC, the health care sector accounted for 16 percent of regional rural employment.
But health care jobs is a sector offering a broad range of career pathways and many entry points, Woodie noted.
"I'll be the first to acknowledge that some of the entry-level jobs certainly would not compare to a manufacturing job and would be a struggle to really provide a living wage for a small family," he said. For example, the number of primary care physicians — arguably one of the highest paid health care positions in rural communities — has declined in WNC since 2010.
In its 2007 nationwide report on the rural economy, the White House found significant change in several employment categories of "high-density rural" communities, or rural counties with more than 25 people per square mile. Since 1970, farming and manufacturing — both mainstays in the region's "traditional" economy — have both decreased significantly. However, the services sector has grown over the same time period.
"I graduated high school in the early 1980s," Woodie said. "It wasn't all that long ago, but I can even go back to that time and know that classmates of mine coming out of high school had the choice certainly of higher education, going to a community college or going to a university, but they also, as recent as that, had the option of going to work in one of several factories in town and staying there, like their parent's did for the next 30 – 40 years.
"That really was a common thing that occurred for many of those folks, and it really went away beginning with the 2000-2001 recession and really with the opening up of the entire globe to more competition and freer competition."
Marshall Milling Company Gristmill and Capitola Manufacturing Company along the French Broad River in 1982. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress
With shrinking employment in manufacturing and very few large corporations in the region, small businesses remain in the majority, according to North Carolina employment officials.
Small businesses – those with fewer than 100 employees – drive the rural economy, both in the number of individual businesses and in the number of workers they employ. In rural WNC, businesses with more than 100 workers employ only 25.3 percent of job holders on average. However, businesses with fewer than 19 employees account for 49.7 percent of the workforce.
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There are only a handful of mountain counties where big businesses are the majority. In McDowell County, big business takes the form of manufacturing companies such as Ethan Allen, Baxter Healthcare, Coats American, Rock Tenn Services and Columbia Carolina. Polk County's big businesses are centered in the education and health care services industry and include St. Luke's Hospital, Acts Inc., White Oak Manor and CooperRiis. In Mitchell County, mining operations are managed by large corporations who have locations around the globe.
Rural unemployment higher than urban areas, both nationally and regionally
The unemployment spike of 2008 and 2009 was significant for both rural and urban areas of the region, but the spike was steeper for rural counties. Before the recession, these counties already tracked higher unemployment, but rates were slowly declining. Following the recession, the gap between rural and urban widened. With indications of recovery, 2013 saw the lowest unemployment in rural WNC since the 2009 spike.
However, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the nation's recent drop in rural unemployment is not a result of more people finding work. Instead, the department reports, it resulted from the combination of stagnant job growth and population decreases as people relocate to urban areas.
The USDA's 2013 report "Rural America at a Glance" stated that "in non-metro areas, the recent decline in unemployment rates is due to a reduction in the rate of labor force participation (the share of the adult population that is working or looking for work), rather than an increase in employment."
MORE: Read analysis of the decline in North Carolina's overall unemployment rate following public policy changes in "State unemployment rate hits low, but recovery still elusive."
Analysts have commented that, since the recession, rural areas have been slower to recover then urban locations.
Todd Cherry, Appalachian State University
According to Todd Cherry at the Center for Economic Research and Policy Analysis at Appalachian State University, a slow recovery was also the case following the 2001 recession. In a 2009 report, Cherry said, "During the (2001) recession, the WNC (region) experienced job losses that were three times greater in percentage terms than the state and nation. The brunt of the regional job losses was felt in the rural counties and the foothills — particularly the Hickory area."
"WNC and many rural areas of the state are not experiencing the same economic prosperity as NC's urban centers," he continued.
The effects of poverty on daily life
Combining the economic depression of rural WNC counties with isolation and infrastructure challenges can result in a difficult situation for those living in these communities.
Across areas of health care, education, food security and other basic needs, many remote locations fall short when compared to their urban counterparts.
Even a basic need such as getting health care can be a challenge.
Where Buncombe County has more than 35 physicians per 10,000 people, both Graham and Clay counties have less than 5 physicians per 10,000 people.
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In a 2014 article published by the North Carolina Medical Journal, researches Julie Spero and Erin Fraher explained that "shortfalls in the supply of health professionals in rural areas are a concern because rural populations tend to be in poorer health relative to metropolitan populations, with higher rates of obesity as well as higher rates of mortality from chronic diseases such as diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease."
In addition to having increased needs for health care, barriers to health care access for rural populations include "longer driving distances and limited access to transportation."
Additionally, in educational attainment alone, those living below the poverty line have a larger percentage of lower education attainment. When compared to the demographics of those living above the poverty line, there a greater percentage of the population at a higher education level.
For regional residents below the poverty line, most counties show that more than half of residents have high school education levels or less. The anomalies to this pattern can be found in Watauga and Polk counties.
Reports also show that high school dropout rates are higher for those living in poverty. The N.C. Department of Public Instruction states that 22.7 percent of students from economically disadvantaged households drop out as compared to 10.1 percent of wealthier households.
With the effects of poverty on daily life and on the larger economic challenges facing the WNC's rural communities, the data begins to show the breadth of struggles more and more mountain residents now — or could soon — encounter.
As economist Todd Cherry said in his 2009 report, "The divide between rural and urban areas in N.C. deserves attention from policymakers because the degree that we effectively use the resources in rural N.C. will significantly impact the future of N.C.'s economy."
Editor's note: Steph Guinan was awarded the McGraw-Hill Data Journalism Award by International Center for Journalists in March 2014 for a version of this series.
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JWX Western Font Download Download : http://myfonts.us/nyhTKA Gallery and Sample : http://myfonts.us/aNSblB The term Old West conjures up memories of vintage movies and TV shows featuring saloons and dancehall girls. Old wanted posters and cowboys. Rowdy prospectors in the Goldrush, mountains and lots of wide open space.Many of the lettering styles of those days are still in use, reflecting the past, present, and probably the future here. Western style fonts appear in the signage of bars, restaurants, casinos and ski areas. Its a style that speaks of the way it once was in a nostalgic way. MoreThis family of three fonts pays tribute to the Old West and its colorful history, with a semi-plain style, a decorated style, and a really lively rendition of our gaudy and raucous history from a century or more ago. JWX Western Font Download, JWX Western Font Family, JWX Western Font Discount, JWX Western ==================================================== We respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that your work has been copied and has been posted, stored or transmitted to the Sites in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please submit a notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by providing the following written information to videos comment. We respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that your work has been copied and has been posted, stored or transmitted to the Sites in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please submit a notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by providing the following written information to videos comment.
A paper-letter animation about the history of fonts and typography. 291 Paper Letters. 2,454 Photographs. 140 hours of work. Created by Ben Barrett-Forrest © Forrest Media - 2013 http://www.forrestmedia.org http://www.facebook.com/forrestmedia http://twitter.com/benbf Information Sources: Thinking in Type by Ellen Lupton Just My Type by Simon Garfield If this video sparks any ideas, I would love to hear about them!
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Filmotype Western Font Download Download : http://myfonts.us/i8TkIn Gallery and Sample : http://myfonts.us/k9jyOP Inspired by French Antique reverse-stress types of the 1880s, Filmotype Western was released in 1955 to expand its Flat Serif category. Popular in broadsides, circus posters, and advertisements at the turn of the 19th century, Filmotype Western will add old-fashioned sensibility and dramatic flair to any design project.Feeling Cyrillic and Greek were a natural expansion of Filmotype Western, Charles Gibbons spent months researching and developing period authentic letterforms and paying close attention to linguistic details to ensure accurate forms for native language readers. Filmotype Western supports over ninety languages including Russian and modern Greek and localized forms especially for setting Bulgarian, Serbian, Polish, Romanian, and Turkish. MoreFilmotype Western was developed and expanded from the original font filmstrips and includes language-specific stylistic alternates, automatic fractionals, full European language supported ordinals, an expansive set of alternate contextual and case-sensitive forms as well as a complete complement of ligatures and full scientific inferiors and superiors in dynamic OpenType format. Filmotype Western Font Download, Filmotype Western Font Family, Filmotype Western Font Discount, Filmotype Western ==================================================== We respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that your work has been copied and has been posted, stored or transmitted to the Sites in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please submit a notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by providing the following written information to videos comment. We respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that your work has been copied and has been posted, stored or transmitted to the Sites in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please submit a notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by providing the following written information to videos comment.
Buffalo Circus Font Download Download : http://myfonts.us/dDf2P6 Gallery and Sample : http://myfonts.us/Lo69mo Frederick Cody, as known as Buffalo Bill, and his renowned travelling Western Circus are now celebrated through the creation of the Buffalo Circus and the Buffalo Western type fonts, both developed quite in the spirit of the stirring wood type fonts from the 19th century. All characters are fully hand traced and vectorized and provided with appealing glyphs and cool catchwords. Buffalo Circus Font Download, Buffalo Circus Font Family, Buffalo Circus Font Discount, Buffalo Circus ==================================================== We respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that your work has been copied and has been posted, stored or transmitted to the Sites in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please submit a notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by providing the following written information to videos comment. We respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that your work has been copied and has been posted, stored or transmitted to the Sites in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please submit a notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by providing the following written information to videos comment.
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A common problem with using Khmer Unicode fonts along with the western fonts such as the Latin is that Khmer Unicode fonts always appear to be negligible compared to the western fonts when written in the same font size. In general, when browsing web pages written in Khmer Unicode fonts one can bearly make out the Khmer texts because they are too small. To fix this problem norkorsoft.com has created registration entries that work for personal computers running Windows 7 and Windows Vista. Please follow the instructions below to download the registration entries and fix Khmer Unicode font size problem.
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LHF Branding Iron Font Download Download : http://myfonts.us/cqHbPC Gallery and Sample : http://myfonts.us/lNwUUr Authentic and rounded Western style.Inspired by Alf R. Becker, Patrick Kalange has reimagined this classic 1930s Western style font, complete with new rounded characters and an overall balanced feel.Perfect for authentic Western designs. Set includes Regular and Spurs versions. LHF Branding Iron Font Download, LHF Branding Iron Font Family, LHF Branding Iron Font Discount, LHF Branding Iron ==================================================== We respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that your work has been copied and has been posted, stored or transmitted to the Sites in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please submit a notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by providing the following written information to videos comment. We respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that your work has been copied and has been posted, stored or transmitted to the Sites in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please submit a notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by providing the following written information to videos comment.
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http://www.grunge-font.com Basic how-to use the Iron Grunge Font Family. Mac & Win TrueType (.ttf) | Classification - Grunge/Slab Serif | Letters A-Z and a-z | Numerals 0-9 | Complete punctuation | Careful spacing and kerning | Ready to be used for personal and commercial use | All font files delivered in a single .zip download....Based on the past with a modern sensibility, Iron Grunge is a bold, strong, slab, serif font. If you like to use grunge fonts in your designs but you want to avoid the problem where repeated letters have the exact same grunge application, then Iron Grunge is for you. The real heart of the Iron Grunge is styles ONE & TWO. You can easily mix these two fonts in your design for varied grunge look. This font family also includes a smooth version for those times when you want no grunge or want to apply your own grunge.
In order to learn how to modify the fonts in Firefox, follow through the step by step guide given below. Don't forget to check out our site http://howtech.tv/ for more free how-to videos! http://youtube.com/ithowtovids - our feed http://www.facebook.com/howtechtv - join us on facebook https://plus.google.com/103440382717658277879 - our group in Google+ Mozilla Firefox is one of the most widely used internet browsers in the world. It provides a whole new way of surfing the internet. Its developers and programmers are constantly working to enhance the user's browsing experience through its exciting and user friendly features. One such feature allows you to change the webpage fonts and style according to your preferences. In order to learn how to modify the fonts in Firefox, follow through the step by step guide given below. Step # 1 -- Open the Options Panel In this first step, open Mozilla Firefox browser by clicking on its shortcut. Now open the "Tools" menu, available at the top of the browser window. Click on the "Options" button from the list to open the settings panel of Mozilla Firefox. Step # 2 -- Open Advanced Settings A new window will open in front of your screen which contains general options and settings of Mozilla Firefox. Now open the "Content" tab from the menu on top of this window and click on the "Advanced" button under the category of "Fonts & Colors". Step # 3 -- Disable Website's Default Fonts Now another window will open in which you will find some advance options for the fonts. Choose the "Western" option for the "Fonts" and disable the check box for "Website's Default Fonts" which is highlighted in the screenshot given below. Now click on the "OK" button to apply these settings and exit from this window. Step # 4 -- Choose your Desired Fonts Now choose your desired fonts from the drop down list of the Default Fonts option. You can also select the font's size from the "Size" menu next to it. Once you select your desired fonts and size, click on the "OK" button to apply these changes. Step # 5 -- Check your Selected Fonts Open any website by entering its URL in the explorer bar. Once opened, you will see that the selected fonts are successfully applied over the web page.
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The video shows SIMPLE 3D FONTS CALLIGRAPHY in a very easy way. Using 3D fonts and beautiful fonts calligraphy can be very effective for projects and reports. It gives a cool look when you LABEL your work with a stylish yet simple font to capture the attention of a viewer. It was always thought to be tough to learn or do calligraphy, but today in this video I will show you making two font styles using simple calligraphy. 1- Bold and block 3D font calligraphy 2- 3D Bubble font calligraphy. Audio Courtesy : Youtube audio library Materials used : - Black marker pen - Drawing Sheet - Good Music :) ====================================================== Audio : http://youtube.com/audiolibrary/ ====================================================== You can click on the below links to view my other best videos : How to draw a 3D Staircase : 3D Art --- https://youtu.be/-YJeAhgjR28 FRUIT SALAD ORCHID : FRUIT ART --- https://youtu.be/ujT-yVwYOz8 How to Draw a Glass Marble -- https://youtu.be/hDMke71xSnM The Illusive Cow: Following Eye Illusion -- https://youtu.be/1vKY9qbDR5A 3D Bottle Sketch -- https://youtu.be/cL0NsGWFe1w Paper Lantern : Christmas Crafts -- https://youtu.be/YKaBXgd3KyI How to draw a soccer ball : Football - https://youtu.be/BtFboQCP3tM 3D Dice : 3D Sketch -- https://youtu.be/6z8h9Pza6MY Speed Sketch: How to draw a Bournville -- https://youtu.be/Xe8-38BN1Ds Coca Cola : Speed Realistic Sketch -- https://youtu.be/cV508YGoorM Virtual Reality Spectacle : Speed Sketch Sunday -- https://youtu.be/z2RbTEbDbAs HB Pencil Sketch : Draw a Pencil -- https://youtu.be/qe9CA5Jb0As ====================================================== Connect With me : Twitter: https://twitter.com/akb_artify Facebook: https://facebook.com/akb.artifying Website : https://artkarmabody.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/akb_artify Google Plus: https://google.com/+abhisheksit33 or e-mail me at [email protected] I would await to hear from you and to have your feedbacks. They always help to come up with improvements.. Take care and keep artifying your lives ..
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