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Should R&B Singers Use the N-Word?
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Compliments of Paula Deen, the usage of the N-Word has returned to our social radar. Having taken a few years of nonchalance appeal, not since Nas chose to name his ninth album the epithet "Nig***" (until public outcry had him simplify it to "Untitled") has the word garnered so much thought and opinion once again.
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Due to Deen's admittance to using the word on multiple occasions, alongside degrading images of African-Americans, it's been challenged directly towards rappers and hip-hop on why it's been nearly negotiable for them to voluntarily intersperse it in their lyrics. On Twitter, former Real Housewives of New York star Bethenny Frankel was the current spark plug in questioning hip-hop's pass, which has lead to a honest stream of even the most innocuous stars of the genre getting asked if they think it's OK and what are their views.
Whether ending in "a" or "er", it may be the most publicized epitome that rivals "b*tch" in derogatory words, though enough acknowledgement of how with the slight switch in spelling and pronunciation, the word has been executed as something more than its original historical context. Deen however, exploited the word in its latter state, which has caused her extreme damage, including losing her show on the Food Network.
Now, it's no secret that rappers have had an odd admiration of saying "nig**" in their lyrics, and the rough coolness of the word has achieved such American pop cultural omniscience, it's not entirely surprising to hear it spoken in a public space, or casually spewed from a Caucasian youth in all Pac Sun gear with their friends in the streets. Now, to take it even further, what happens when R&B singers use it? How does it fit into a genre that supposed to celebrate compassion and true love?
On Access Hollywood Live, Ciara was asked by the always assertive Billy Bush on where she stood, and twice, during the live broadcast. It was a question that left the singer somewhat going in circles and ultimately feeling uncomfortable. The "Body Party" talent did her best in trying to convey to Bush and his co-host Kit Hoover that for her generation and one that follows the archaic context more often than not just does not exist when being spoken from their place of standing. As she stated:
"As an entertainer you have fun and it's all about the context it's used in. I am an African-American woman, so I can identify with that word in different ways. It's all about the context and in my case I know I can have fun because I know where I'm coming from with it. You have to be light-hearted and it has to be in a certain way. I cannot hear another person of another race saying, 'you this' like 'you that.' Again, it's all about how you say it and what context it's used in. That word has as much power as you give it."
It was brought up again during her 1-1 with the hosts because in her new song "I'm Out" with Nicki Minaj, for the first time on record, Ciara says the N-word in the line "And now this nig** want to text me." While R&B greats of the past like Barry White, the Motown era, and even the days of Toni Braxton in the '90s had no need for the word; the music was sensual, at times sexual (hello Jodeci), and impassioned without such flaming words sung to leave an impression; in today's landscape, acts like The-Dream use it regularly and it's a tad bizarre because it's not spoken in its usual militant manner, but during a stretch of infatuation (e.g. his song "I Luv Your Girl" in which after the chorus he coos: "But she like, f*ck,that nig**").
And it's not just The-Dream. Everyone's favorite girl Beyoncé has slipped the words on tracks for other artists, like the bonus track of "See Me Now" for Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Nightmare; Brandy says it loud and clear on the fan favorite duet between her and John Legend on "Quickly"; Alicia Keys let it out on the Jermaine Dupri-produced"Girlfriend" admist a piano-heavy debut on Songs in a Minor; Kelly Rowland referred to her abuser as such on "Dirty Laundry"; and Rihanna has increasingly gotten too close for comfort with the word, in not just writing it for her Instagram and Twitter posts, but her albums as well, despite obtaining a decent percentage of a young fanbase still in high school–but again, as she states, she is NOT a role model. Could you imagine Malia and Sasha singing along to "Nig**, is you blind?" on her (yes, otherwise, great track) "No Love Allowed"?
As pleas from The-Dream himself in wanting R&B to return to its natural state of being about love-making, not secluding your lust and desire for your partner, and to just say no to ratchet culture, isn't including the N-word acquiescing to this deranged cycle of debauched behavior for the sake of keeping up with the kids and their more attention-grabbing counterparts in rap and hip-hop?
The question may had been awkward for Ciara, not so much because she doesn't have an opinion to dispel about it, but more so because it was a question of whether or not it really belongs anywhere in her spectrum, but especially her music. The audience and Billy Bush quite frankly do not have a say on whether it does in her personal space, but what about "I'm Out"? Ciara isn't a rapper…is she? Does the N-word belong there? What was the purpose of its inclusion? Truthfully, whenever the word is spoken or used, it is expressed in a manner that is frequently mocking or angry, and neither of those moods are very inviting, let alone indicative of the roots of R&B music, at least as far back as the '80s when Whitney Houston released "You Give Good Love." You think that song could use a N-word upgrade in a remake? It's always jarring when R&B talents use the word because, we somewhat expect "better" from them in the sense that, they're here to remind us that life isn't over because you had a bad day. The roots of rap began from a background of undeniable creativity but crumbling real-life surroundings. The N-word's place is more plausible in comparison because the streets were too real for even the most level-headed boy or girl coming of age. For R&B, trying to catch cool points for dropping an N-word doesn't always work because this is genre rich is lush instrumentals, and richer in enamored imagery, even during its most debonair moments.
So while young people rap along to A$AP Rocky cantankerous confirmation of, "At least a nig**, nig** rich," the debate may go on for the rest of the year on the stance of the N-word, as we'll see where Deen is at come Christmas time. As fans of this hip-hop culture, we may catch ourselves asking, is the N-word a term finally left said in the privacy of our homes and close friends? There's no need to deny having said it, but as Ciara showed, it's not always easy to explain for various reasons ranging from how we were raised to the music we're connected to. Answers won't please everyone, and debates will get heated as they have before. For example, for some that may be view Frankel as a privileged White American, how does she think it's appropriate to question why African-American entertainers have gone out of their way to turn a belittling term into an endearing one? Rappers wont back down anytime soon for the sake of classic rebellion, so maybe the discussion should at least be applauded for having come up. If only it do so without Paula Deen's participation, and a post-racial America is a not so close to home reality after all.
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EADS aims to crack China
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It was a very French occasion and as much about diplomatic grandstanding as global commerce. In opulent Parisian surroundings, coinciding with a visit by Chinese prime minister Wen Jiabao, Airbus and EADS last week inked two of their most significant pieces of business yet: a near-$10 billion order from Chinese airlines for 150 A320 family aircraft – with the possibility of opening a final assembly line in the country – and an agreement for Eurocopter and China's AVIC II to jointly develop a new helicopter, the EC175.
The package of deals – which also includes a move to collaborate on space projects and the prospect of security contracts for the 2008 Beijing Olympics – followed Malaysia's confirmation that it will join the Airbus Military A400M programme, and is the biggest example yet of the European group's determination to corner the Asia-Pacific market. While the efforts of South-East Asian nations to modernise creaking defence forces and the ambitions of the region's airlines present a huge opportunity, the big prize is China's booming air transport market and its desire to work with the West to develop a 21st century aerospace industry.
Airbus – owned 80% by EADS and 20% by BAE Systems – says traffic growth of between 8-10% a year will create a market for almost 1,800 aircraft with more than 100 seats over the next 20 years. The airframer believes the Chinese market could eventually represent a fifth of all its sales.
The past two years have already seen a massive surge in deliveries by both Airbus and Boeing to the country's airlines (see chart). "There is a huge market potential," says EADS co-chief executive Noel Forgeard. "We think China is the right partner with which to tackle the next 20 to 30 years."
The unspoken bonus of a thriving partnership with Beijing for EADS is, of course, the possibility of defence sales. Any relaxation of the arms embargo by Brussels or individual countries would be fiercely resisted by the USA, but for a European defence industry fighting crumbling budgets at home, China's massive armed forces, desperately in need of modernisation, are a mouth-watering prospect.
As well as giving it a low-cost production facility, EADS's c300 million ($339 million) investment in the helicopter joint venture gives it an in-road into China's burgeoning general aviation and para-public sector. Eurocopter says the Chinese helicopter market is growing by up to 15% a year and that the country will need 300 helicopters by 2015, with the Olympics and the 2010 Universal Exhibition in Shanghai fuelling demand for rotorcraft for everything from TV broadcasting to medevac, security to VIP transport.
However, the EC175's potential use as a military transport could cause EADS difficulties with its transatlantic relations. "It will not be a front-line helicopter," says analyst Ben Fidler of Deutsche Bank. "But EADS will have to tread a delicate path."
So by putting so much store in its China strategy, is EADS playing a dangerous game, risking damaging its business in the USA, its other key growth market? Nick Fothergill of Bank of America says the company may be reckoning that the lure of the East more than compensates for any flak from the US government. "With the exception of helicopters, EADS has been struggling to open the US market anyway, so it may be prepared to sacrifice US concerns in order not to lose out on a very important potential market."
Last Monday's French-only press conference was like a flashback to the days before the creation of the "four-nation" EADS, with French politicians trumpeting their role in securing the China deal for their "national" aerospace champions.
It is a game in which the cut and thrust of international relations matters as much as cutting-edge technology. "It is certainly possible that Chinese foreign policy is driving it," says one London-based analyst. The Airbus order could be a "thank you to France and Germany for trying to get rid of the arms embargo", he says. Comments by US president George Bush about Taiwan just before he visited Beijing last month are thought to have provoked a last-minute decision by Chinese leaders to scale back an order for 737-700/800s to just 70 aircraft.
Airbus has launched a study into establishing an Airbus final assembly line in China – which would be the first outside France or Germany. The study is due to be completed in July and its decision could hang on whether Airbus believes it needs capacity above the 32 narrowbody aircraft its Hamburg and Toulouse factories can currently produce a month. Although chief operating officer Charles Champion insists an assembly line is not a requirement of the order, Airbus and EADS are keen to establish an industrial footprint in China, directly, or indirectly through suppliers.
This is not just because of the added sway it gives them on selling into the market – Boeing's links with Japanese industry have ensured that it has "cornered the market" there, says Fothergill – but because of the possibility of lowering manufacturing costs. Airbus says it has sourced $650 million worth of products from Chinese manufacturers since 1985, a figure that seems certain to grow.
The challenge EADS will face is that "exporting jobs", particularly in high tech industries, is a particularly touchy subject in France and Germany. There are also lingering doubts about the ability of Chinese industry to meet Western quality standards, something that Fothergill dismisses. Other airframers, notably Embraer with the ERJ-145, are assembling aircraft in China, he says. "There is already plenty of complex manufacturing going on in China and the Chinese are coping with it just fine."
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            ->orderByDesc('created_at')
            ->paginate();

        return view('news.index', ['news' => $news]);
    }

    public function show(NewsShowForm $request)
    {
        if ($request->shouldRedirectToIndex()) {
            return redirect(path([self::class, 'index']), 301);
        }

        $request->ensureNewsIsPublished();

        $news = $request->news;

        if ($url = $request->redirectUrlToOriginLocale()) {
            return redirect($url, 301);
        }

        event(new \App\Events\Stats\NewsViewed($news->id));

        \Breadcrumbs::push($news->breadcrumb());

        return view('news.show', [
            'news' => $news,
            'metaTitle' => $news->title,
            'noLanguageSelector' => true,
        ]);
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As Muslims, our first focus should be akhlaaq – I like many of her tips here!
I once asked a scholar for advice on what we should be teaching our children and he immediately responded, "Adab and akhlaq (manners and etiquettes). Parents don't emphasize these enough anymore." He went on to define "adab" as "the appropriate action, attitude, and response in any given situation".
It was at a friend's house that I saw copies of the books "Islamic Manners" by Shaykh Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddah and "How to Raise a Gentleman" by Kay West lying side by side on a coffee table.
"What are these all about?" I asked, picking up one of the books and flipping through its pages.
The concept fascinated me. A systematic way of making sure that our sons are learning the proper etiquettes and manners? Sign me up!


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This section features topical, current news items of interest to the international security community. These articles and highlights are selected from various popular science and security magazines, newspapers, and online sources.
"Russian Attackers Hack Pentagon", InfoSecurity Magazine, 07 August 2015. [Online]. On around July 25th, the Pentagon was forced to shut down the server for its Joint Chiefs of Staff unclassified email system after an attack by Russian attackers. It is not known for sure whether or not the attack, which resulted in the leak of "large quantities of data", was authorized by the Russian Government or not. (ID#: 15-50423) See http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/russian-attackers-hack-pentagon/
"Chinese Hackers May Have Burrowed Into Airlines", Tech News World, 11 August 2015. [Online]. Travel reservations processor Sabre confimed that it suffered a breach in systems containing sensitive data on as many as a billion passengers. United Airlines, which shares some network infrastructure with Sabre, is still recovering from an incident last month that was speculated to have been an attack, leading government officials to believe that China-based hackers are targeting travel infrastructure. (ID#: 15-50424) See http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82365.html
"Terracotta VPN, the Chinese VPN Service as Hacking Platform", Cyber Defense Magazine, 06 August 2015. [Online]. RSA Security reports that Chinese virtual private network provider Terracotta VPN use brute-force attacks and Trojans on vulnerable Windows servers to provide infrastructure for launching cyber attacks. Terracotta uses these compromised servers to offer a service that allows hackers to launch cyber attacks from seemingly legitimate and respected IP addresses. (ID#: 15-50425) See http://www.cyberdefensemagazine.com/terracotta-vpn-the-chinese-vpn-service-as-hacking-platform/
"Planned Parenthood reports second website hack in a week", Reuters, 30 July 2015. [Online]. Following controversy over alleged sale of illegal fetal tissue, Planned Parenthood has announced that it's websites were hit with a large DDoS attack that prompted the organization to keep its websites offline for the day. The day before, Planned Parenthood announced an attack against its information systems, possibly resulting in the compromise of employee's personal information. (ID#: 15-50422) Seehttp://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/30/us-usa-plannedparenthood-cyberattack-idUSKCN0Q409120150730
"Ashley Madison attack prompts spam link deluge", BBC, 31 July 2015. [Online]. Infidelity website Ashley Madison suffered a breach in which attackers claimed to have personal information from 37 million accounts, claiming that they would release it if the website was not shut down. The hackers have not yet released the data, prompting spammers to release fake links to the non-extant data. Many of these links, according to a BBC investigation, lead victims to fake data, scam pages, and malware. (ID#: 15-50411) See http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33731183
"Windows 10 Will Use Virtualization For Extra Security", Information Week, 22 July 2015. [Online]. The highly anticipated Windows 10 operating system has many new features that are being marketed to consumers, but one over-looked advancement that doesn't appeal to the non-tech-savvy is security. Microsoft claims to have taken a fundamentally new approach to security; new features like virtualization place critical operating system components in their own containers, making them inaccessible to hackers. (ID#: 15-50417) See http://www.informationweek.com/software/operating-systems/windows-10-will-use-virtualization-for-extra-security/a/d-id/1321415
"Russian Hackers Threw Molotov Cocktails At Cybersecurity Firm That Exposed ATM Malware", International Business Times, 30 September 2015. [Online]. A group of Russian hackers, known mainly for targetting ATMs, were recently exposed by Dr. Web, a Russian cyber security company. Now Dr. Web is claiming that the hackers have retalitated, but not by any sort of cyber attack. The accused hackers reportedly hurled molotov cocktails at Dr. Web's office in St. Petersburg on at least two seperate occasions.
See: http://www.ibtimes.com/russian-hackers-threw-molotov-cocktails-cybersecurity-firm-exposed-atm-malware-2121091
"Expert believes cybersecurity often focuses on the wrong threats", Tulsa World, 30 September 2015. [Online]. Cyber security expert Peter Warren Singer claimed that cyber security as an industry is focusing on the wrong problems. He believes that the real problem is piracy, even calling it the "biggest theft ever seen in the world." Singer went on to explain that he feels the excitement around cyber security causes government to act without fully analyzing certain situations.
See: http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/technology/expert-believes-cybersecurity-often-focuses-on-the-wrong-threats/article_04bdbafe-ba06-560a-9818-541c1b338b7c.html
"KeyRaider Malware Busts iPhone Jailbreakers", Tech News World, 03 September 2015. [Online]. Malicious software, now being called KeyRaider, has affected a multitude of jailbroken iPhone users. The malware infiltrated the phones through the third-party app store, Cydia. Reports claim that the malware has stolen up to 225,000 active Apple accounts, certificates, and even receipts.
See: http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82450.html
"Cybersecurity bill could 'sweep away' internet users' privacy, agency warns", The Guardian, 3 August 2015. [Online]. A new revision of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act bill will be voted on by the Senate. The bill allows companies with large amounts of information to share it with the appropriate government agencies, who can then share the information as they see fit. The bill has turned a lot of attention to companies such as Google and Facebook who possess large amounts of user's data and online habits. (ID#: 15-60044)
See: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/03/cisa-homeland-security-privacy-data-internet
"Hacking Victim JPMorgan Chasing Cybersecurity Fixes", Investors, 4 August 2015. [Online]. Last year, JP Morgan Chase suffered a cyber attack that compromised the contact information of roughly 76 million customers. Although no accounts or social security numbers were taken, the company is planning on taking measures to prevent another major attack. The bank says that theire cyber security budget will be increased from $250 million to $500 million in order to improve upon their analytics, testing and coverage. (ID#: 15- 60043)
See: http://news.investors.com/business/080415-764935-jpmorgan-chase-to-double-cybersecurity-spending.htm
"Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway - With Me in it", Wired, 21 July 2015. [Online]. Charlie Miller and Chris Valase successfully hacked in to a Jeep Cherokee from a remote computer, all while the car was being driven miles away. The two were able to take full control of nearly everything from the windshield wipers and air conditioning to the steering wheel itself. They plan on releasing some of their findings at Black Hat in Las Vegas in August. (ID#: 15-60042)
See: http://www.wired.com/2015/07/hackers-remotely-kill-jeep-highway/
"The Dinosaurs of Cybersecurity Are Planes, Power Grids and Hospitals", Tech Crunch, 10 July 2015. [Online]. One of the most prominent risks in cybersecurity comes in the form of infrastructure and things like airplanes and hospitals. As these systems are compromised, patches are developed to remedy the problem. However patches are slow to roll out and take a great deal of time to develop. By the time patches are complete, often, the damage has already been done. (ID#: 15-60040)
See: http://techcrunch.com/2015/07/10/the-dinosaurs-of-cybersecurity-are-planes-power-grids-and-hospitals/
"Microsoft is Reportedly Planning to Buy an Israeli Cyber Security Firm for $320 Million", Business Insider, 20 July 2015. [Online]. A new report shows that Microsoft has a deal in place to purchase the Israeli cybersecurity company, Adallom. Adallom is expected to become Microsoft's cyber security center for the entirety of Israel. Adallom was founded in 2012 and has since grown to 80 employees. (ID#: 15-60041)
See: http://www.businessinsider.com/r-microsoft-to-buy-israeli-cyber-security-firm-adallom-report-2015-7
"Baby Monitors Riddled with Security Holes", Tech News World, 02 September 2015. [Online]. Rapid7 released a report detailing their study of several major brands of baby monitors recently. The report stated that many top brands are littered with vulnerabilities. One top consultant for the group said that many of the security flaws would allow the video and audio from the monitors to be watched anywhere.
(ID#: 15-6150)
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Purwokerto () is a diocese located in the city of Purwokerto in the Ecclesiastical province of Semarang in Indonesia. It administers parishes on the western side of Central Java province up to Batang, Wonosobo and Purworejo regencies at its eastern borders.

History
 April 25, 1932: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Purwokerto, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia
 October 16, 1941: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Purwokerto
 January 3, 1961: Promoted as Diocese of Purwokerto

Leadership, in reverse chronological order
 Bishops of Purwokerto (Roman rite), below
 Bishop Christophorus Tri Harsono (July 14, 2018 – present)
 Bishop Julianus Kemo Sunarko, S.J. (May 10, 2000 – December 29, 2016)
 Bishop Paschalis Soedita Hardjasoemarta, M.S.C. (December 17, 1973 – May 23, 1999)
 Bishop Guillaume Schoemaker, M.S.C. (see below January 3, 1961 – December 17, 1973)
 Vicar Apostolic of Purwokerto (Roman Rite), below
 Bishop Guillaume Schoemaker, M.S.C. (May 31, 1950 – January 3, 1961 see above)
 Prefect Apostolic of Purwokerto (Roman Rite), below
 Fr. Bernardo Visser, M.S.C. (May 18, 1932 – 1941)

References
 GCatholic.org
 Catholic Hierarchy

Roman Catholic dioceses in Indonesia
Christian organizations established in 1932
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century

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The first (and worst) real job I ever had was working as a busboy for a wedding caterer. Although it was a high-end operation (we wore tuxedos and white gloves), the work itself was boring, low-paying and pretty miserable.
My tasks involved serving side dishes during the event, cleaning up after the event and then, after most of the other workers had left, setting all the tables for the next day. About the only good thing I can remember – and believe me, I had to think long and hard to come up with anything – was that because I didn't leave until four in the morning, there was never any traffic on the drive home.
That's why I'm so happy to see my 18-year-old son Evan making money by giving guitar lessons.
Sometimes Evan gets paid in cash but mostly it's checks. He gets several each week and since I'm at the bank fairly regularly (visiting my money) I do the deposits for him.
Here's what I mean. Until recently, I would total up Evan's checks, stuff them in a deposit envelope and drop it in the ATM machine. Last month, however, everything changed … they put in new machines. Now, instead of using envelopes, you just stick the pile of checks in and, like magic, the machine reads the amounts and adds it all up for you.
Except when it doesn't. Then you have to look at the image on the screen and key in the amount yourself. For each check. Sometimes it rejects a check outright (don't ask, I don't know why) and you have to go visit a teller. Even when it does work, the machine takes about 15 seconds per check to do its thing.
The net result of all this is that my one-minute Evan deposit now runs at least five. Sometimes much more.
Here's my point (and I do have one). There's no long term advantage in trying to fool your own customers. The bank knows as well as I do that the new machines help them, not me. Trying to put a smiley face on it only makes me like them less.
The way I look at it, the way people feel about you and your company is as important as the actual work you do. Maybe more, since for most companies, the work itself is not materially different than that of the competition.
One of your jobs as marketer is to communicate authentically; that begins with telling people the straight story. And yes, you can take that to the bank.


Originally from the mid-west, I moved to San Antonio in late 2003 and have loved the city ever since. Prior to real estate, I was involved in the trucking industry. That experience provided me with a great set of skills in negotiating, working with people, contracts and technology. It was originally my wife Cindy's idea to examine a career in real estate. It has been a wonderful choice for myself and my clients.
Personally, I enjoy the sport of triathlon. The challenge of moving from sport to sport is thrilling. I fancy myself an above average transition pace setter as I move thru the T1 and T2 to quickly gain on my competition.
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P1949:3, 180:5.1 The new helper which Jesus promised to send into the hearts of believers, to pour out upon all flesh, is the Spirit of Truth. This divine endowment is not the letter or law of truth, neither is it to function as the form or expression of truth. The new teacher is the conviction of truth, the consciousness and assurance of true meanings on real spirit levels. And this new teacher is the spirit of living and growing truth, expanding, unfolding, and adaptative truth.
P1949:4, 180:5.2 Divine truth is a spirit-discerned and living reality. Truth exists only on high spiritual levels of the realization of divinity and the consciousness of communion with God. You can know the truth, and you can live the truth; you can experience the growth of truth in the soul and enjoy the liberty of its enlightenment in the mind, but you cannot imprison truth in formulas, codes, creeds, or intellectual patterns of human conduct. When you undertake the human formulation of divine truth, it speedily dies. The post-mortem salvage of imprisoned truth, even at best, can eventuate only in the realization of a peculiar form of intellectualized glorified wisdom. Static truth is dead truth, and only dead truth can be held as a theory. Living truth is dynamic and can enjoy only an experiential existence in the human mind.
P1949:5, 180:5.3 Intelligence grows out of a material existence which is illuminated by the presence of the cosmic mind. Wisdom comprises the consciousness of knowledge elevated to new levels of meaning and activated by the presence of the universe endowment of the adjutant of wisdom. Truth is a spiritual reality value experienced only by spirit-endowed beings who function upon supermaterial levels of universe consciousness, and who, after the realization of truth, permit its spirit of activation to live and reign within their souls.
P1949:6, 180:5.4 The true child of universe insight looks for the living Spirit of Truth in every wise saying. The God-knowing individual is constantly elevating wisdom to the living-truth levels of divine attainment; the spiritually unprogressive soul is all the while dragging the living truth down to the dead levels of wisdom and to the domain of mere exalted knowledge.
P1949:7, 180:5.5 The golden rule, when divested of the superhuman insight of the Spirit of Truth, becomes nothing more than a rule of high ethical conduct. The golden rule, when literally interpreted, may become the instrument of great offense to one's fellows. Without a spiritual discernment of the golden rule of wisdom you might reason that, since you are desirous that all men speak the full and frank truth of their minds to you, you should therefore fully and frankly speak the full thought of your mind to your fellow beings. Such an unspiritual interpretation of the golden rule might result in untold unhappiness and no end of sorrow.
P1950:1, 180:5.6 Some persons discern and interpret the golden rule as a purely intellectual affirmation of human fraternity. Others experience this expression of human relationship as an emotional gratification of the tender feelings of the human personality. Another mortal recognizes this same golden rule as the yardstick for measuring all social relations, the standard of social conduct. Still others look upon it as being the positive injunction of a great moral teacher who embodied in this statement the highest concept of moral obligation as regards all fraternal relationships. In the lives of such moral beings the golden rule becomes the wise center and circumference of all their philosophy.
P1950:2, 180:5.7 In the kingdom of the believing brotherhood of God-knowing truth lovers, this golden rule takes on living qualities of spiritual realization on those higher levels of interpretation which cause the mortal sons of God to view this injunction of the Master as requiring them so to relate themselves to their fellows that they will receive the highest possible good as a result of the believer's contact with them. This is the essence of true religion: that you love your neighbor as yourself.
P1950:3, 180:5.8 But the highest realization and the truest interpretation of the golden rule consists in the consciousness of the spirit of the truth of the enduring and living reality of such a divine declaration. The true cosmic meaning of this rule of universal relationship is revealed only in its spiritual realization, in the interpretation of the law of conduct by the spirit of the Son to the spirit of the Father that indwells the soul of mortal man. And when such spirit-led mortals realize the true meaning of this golden rule, they are filled to overflowing with the assurance of citizenship in a friendly universe, and their ideals of spirit reality are satisfied only when they love their fellows as Jesus loved us all, and that is the reality of the realization of the love of God.
P1950:4, 180:5.9 This same philosophy of the living flexibility and cosmic adaptability of divine truth to the individual requirements and capacity of every son of God, must be perceived before you can hope adequately to understand the Master's teaching and practice of nonresistance to evil. The Master's teaching is basically a spiritual pronouncement. Even the material implications of his philosophy cannot be helpfully considered apart from their spiritual correlations. The spirit of the Master's injunction consists in the nonresistance of all selfish reaction to the universe, coupled with the aggressive and progressive attainment of righteous levels of true spirit values: divine beauty, infinite goodness, and eternal truth -- to know God and to become increasingly like him.
P1950:5, 180:5.10 Love, unselfishness, must undergo a constant and living readaptative interpretation of relationships in accordance with the leading of the Spirit of Truth. Love must thereby grasp the ever-changing and enlarging concepts of the highest cosmic good of the individual who is loved. And then love goes on to strike this same attitude concerning all other individuals who could possibly be influenced by the growing and living relationship of one spirit-led mortal's love for other citizens of the universe. And this entire living adaptation of love must be effected in the light of both the environment of present evil and the eternal goal of the perfection of divine destiny.
P1950:6, 180:5.11 And so must we clearly recognize that neither the golden rule nor the teaching of nonresistance can ever be properly understood as dogmas or precepts. They can only be comprehended by living them, by realizing their meanings in the living interpretation of the Spirit of Truth, who directs the loving contact of one human being with another.
P1951:1, 180:5.12 And all this clearly indicates the difference between the old religion and the new. The old religion taught self-sacrifice; the new religion teaches only self-forgetfulness, enhanced self-realization in conjoined social service and universe comprehension. The old religion was motivated by fear-consciousness; the new gospel of the kingdom is dominated by truth-conviction, the spirit of eternal and universal truth. And no amount of piety or creedal loyalty can compensate for the absence in the life experience of kingdom believers of that spontaneous, generous, and sincere friendliness which characterizes the spirit-born sons of the living God. Neither tradition nor a ceremonial system of formal worship can atone for the lack of genuine compassion for one's fellows.


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Georges Clemmer and Markus Dörig looking at the revision of the Federal Act on Insurance Policies (IPA), which entered into force on 1 January 2022. One of the newly introduced provisions is article 60(1 bis) of the IPA, which allows injured parties – under certain circumstances – to choose between pursuing their claim for compensation either against the liable party or, instead, directly against the latter's insurer.
Feb 24, 2022 | Roland A. Pfister | Article
In a newspaper interview, Dr. Roland A. Pfister discusses the latest changes in international tax law and their implications for Liechtenstein.
Dec 8, 2021 | Brigitta Kratz
In this comprehensive list in German you will find all publications of Dr. Brigitta Kratz.
On Thursday, June 24, 2021, founders of the startups Ava, GetYourGuide, Luckabox and Amorana shared their personal experiences from the entrepreneurial world and how they overcame stumbling blocks. The audience listened to the discussion with full concentration. Anyone who wasn't there missed out.
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In practice, most large companies are structured as corporate groups. Corporate groups are recognised and in certain areas regulated by Swiss law (eg, accounting). However, there is little case law discussing the characteristics of corporate groups, particularly the liability of group executives.
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Q: delete .git directory. locked and permission denied I have tmp .git files that I can't remove no matter what I try.
I've tried chmod and rm from terminal:
chmod a+wx zzz_delete/
seth-laptop:Lepton_Master Seth_Mac$ sudo rm -rf zzz_delete/
rm: zzz_delete//.git/objects/tmp_object_git2_a03228: Permission denied

I ran a bash script to force chmod:
chmod: Unable to change file mode on /zzz_delete/.git/objects/tmp_object_git2_a03228: Operation not permitted

I tried delete from a Windows Machine. Permission Denied.
How can I change permissions and remove this tricky folder?

A: It exists a special attribute that do not allow even to root to delete the file.
Try to see if the Immutable Bit was set on the file with:
lsattr /zzz_delete/.git/objects/tmp_object_git2_a03228
If it answers with something like
----i--------   tmp_object_git2_a03228
gotcha! You have just to unset it before removing:
sudo chattr -i nomefile

What is the Immutable Bit :
The  immutable  bit  can  be  used to prevent accidentally
       deleting  or overwriting a file that must be protected. It
       also  prevents  someone  from  creating a hard link to the
       file.  See  the  chattr(1) man page for information on the
       immutable bit.

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EDGARTOWN, Mass. — For President Barack Obama, the intersection of race and the law has revealed both the pitfalls and the power of wading into these delicate matters as the nation's first black president.
Just months after being sworn in, Obama rapped police in Massachusetts for acting "stupidly" by arresting a black Harvard professor at his own home. After more details of the case were revealed, Obama was forced to clarify his statements and tried to make amends by hosting an awkward "beer summit" at the White House with the professor and police officer.
Four years later, unburdened by re-election, Obama spoke out passionately about the 2013 acquittal of the man who fatally shot Trayvon Martin, an unarmed teen gunned down near his family's home in Florida. In unusually personal terms, Obama declared that Martin "could have been me 35 years ago" and gave voice to the pain felt by the African-American community.
Now the president is again wading into a racially charged matter that has riveted the nation, this time in Ferguson, Missouri, the St. Louis suburb where an unarmed black teen was shot and killed by a white police officer. The death of 18-year-old Michael Brown Saturday has been followed by violent clashes between police and protesters.
In his first in-person statement on the situation, Obama appealed Thursday for "peace and calm" in Ferguson and called for restraint by all involved.In his first in-person statement on the situation, Obama appealed Thursday for "peace and calm" in Ferguson and called for restraint by all involved.
The president decided to speak on the matter after receiving a late-night briefing Wednesday from Attorney General Eric Holder on the violence that had escalated while Obama mingled with former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and others at a birthday party. Until then, Obama had held off to give local law enforcement a chance to quiet the situation, but by Wednesday night it was clear that wasn't happening, according to a White House official who insisted on anonymity in order to describe the president's thinking.
There are conflicting reports about what led to Brown's death. Police say that an officer encountered Brown and another man on the street, and one of the men assaulted the officer and struggled with him over his weapon. During the struggle, which spilled onto the street, Brown was shot multiple times, according to police.
But a man who says he was with Brown during the shooting has told a much different account. Dorian Johnson says the officer grabbed his friend's neck, then tried to pull him into the car before brandishing his weapon and firing. Johnson and another witness both say Brown was on the street with his hands raised when the officer fired at him repeatedly.
Obama's carefully worded statement reflected the lack of clarity about what happened. He urged police to be "open and transparent" as the investigation unfolds, but made no judgments about what led to Brown's death.
The president's approach stood in contrast to his initial handling of the 2009 arrest of his friend Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates. Obama declared during a White House news conference that a white police officer had acted "stupidly" in arresting Gates outside his home. Obama conceded days later that his own remarks had inflamed the situation and that Gates had probably overreacted in the moment, contributing to his arrest.
The incident was a searing one for a new president and his team, trying to navigate a black president's role in sensitive racial matters. Throughout the remainder of his first term, Obama largely steered clear of controversial discussions of race, at times irking African-American leaders who wanted to see him take a more active role in racial issues.
But the president's reserve did memorably give way when discussing the death of Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old killed near his family's Florida home by a neighborhood watch volunteer.
Obama addressed the matter in unusually personal terms, declaring that if he had a son, "he would look like Trayvon." A year later, when the man who shot Martin was acquitted, the president again used deeply personal language to try to explain the outrage of many in the African-American community.
"The African-American community is looking at this issue through a set of experiences and a history that doesn't go away," Obama said, recalling instances where he had been followed in a department store or heard car locks clicking on doors as he walked down the street.
NAACP president Cornell William Brooks said Obama was right to tread carefully in his remarks given that emotions remain raw and the city of Ferguson remains on edge.
"The president as the chief executive has to be careful and thoughtful in his choice of words, particularly at a moment when there's unrest — unrest in the streets, but also unrest in the American conscience," Brooks said.


According to the data by Chitika, the swift uptake of the update was "understandable" given the Exchange bug could drain a device battery.
"This makes 6.1.2 the most popular version of iOS domestically, surpassing iOS 6.1.0, and adoption of the OS shows no signs of slowing down," the ad firm wrote.
The iOS 6.1 update also followed a similarly quick adoption.
The first update focused on a problem some iPhone 4S users were having with performance of 3G connections. As we reported, the firmware update achieved a 22 percent adoption just two days after its release.
By four days, the software had been installed on 26 percent of iDevices.
For comparison, 48 hours following its release, iOS 6.1.2 adoption nearly equaled what we observed for the much more highly anticipated iOS 6 within the same period – a significant achievement considering this update was centered on an OS bug fix.
The adoption rate has become somewhat of a benchmark between Apple and Android.
Reports show Apple fans are more eager to update their devices to the latest software.
Indeed, while 60 percent of iOS users had adopted the latest iOS 6 Apple software, just under fourteen percent of Android devices in the wild run the Google mobile operating system version codenamed Jelly Bean, released in mid-2012.


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The Man From Toronto Review: Good Dose Of Fun And Action
Richard Neto Posted on June 24, 2022
First thing you think when you see Kevin Hart in a movie is that this movie is probably going to be a comedy right? And this movie is no different, which is good and can be bad at the same time, Kevin Hart brings us a perfect dose of comedy but what made me feel was that he played the same character he did in several other movies, but here it works in a good way, Kevin Hart plays Teddy, a person seen as silly and stupid who comes up with a weird and stupid idea that tries to make the audience laugh and can succeed, Hart manages to make laugh in this movie with his clumsiness and idiocy throughout of the plot, as the protagonist I think he did well.
Woody Harrelson is the opposite of Hart, he brings us a darker character, with a dark past but inside he is a sweet cupcake, Harrelson is the Toronto Man in this movie, also known to everyone for torturing his victims and known for killing many and many along its trajectory and it brings fear to many people.
In the plot Teddy gets wrong in an address and goes to meddle where he is not called and is then confused by the Toronto Man (Harrelson) and from that he gets into a lot of fights and political discussions.
Teddy's wife brings the romantic part of the plot, a beautiful romance between Teddy and her and it's her birthday and Teddy wants to do everything to please her as a great husband he is, in the end I didn't quite understand her decision-making at times but not to give spoilers I won't comment on…
The camera movements and photography are in line with the scenes, sometimes in some scenes the movie looks like I'm playing GTA, which doesn't mean it's a defect, the movie has a good cast, everyone fits the role well, and the story of Man From Toronto is something interesting, to see that he actually has dreams that don't involve blood and violence and the "person" side of him.
The film has its genetic parts but it brings a good dose of action and comedy, it is not unique or innovative, but for action fans they may well like this film, it is a typical Netflix film that succeeds in bringing what is proposed but fails in small details.
The movie has good action scenes, good jokes and good amount of blood! It's not a very violent movie but for its rating I think it's enough.
After all it's a good movie to watch on a Friday night with your family which is a good fun time.
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Welcome to the Office of Student Support and Student Conduct at Albany State University. As a unit of the Division of Student Affairs our purpose is to serve as a resource to the university community. Our staff is responsible for supporting students and their families through crisis, challenges, and other difficult situations. This is done through collaborations with campus and community partners as students navigate the university experience. Moreover, we are committed to serving all involved parties, equally, in an unbiased and fair manner. This is achieved by striking a balance between upholding our community standards and fostering educational opportunities for each individual student.
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What Does Science Have to Say About Your Resolutions?
This year, how about getting into the Thanksgiving spirit by taking a closer look at some of our favorite holiday staples and seeing what science tells us about them. From the yeast in the bread to the tryptophan in the turkey, there's more to a Thanksgiving feast than initially meets the eye.


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Mother had 'no other choice' but to sell her 6-year-old daughter
An unprecedented drought in Afghanistan has led to families selling their children just to be able to feed their households. Families around the western city of Herat who have been forced from their homes because of a record dry spell that, according to the United Nations, has forced more people from their homes in 2018 […]
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Official- Gunmen kill 4 civilians in mosque in Afghanistan
An Afghan official says gunmen opened fire on worshippers inside a mosque in eastern Nangarhar province, killing four people. Attahullah Khogyani, the provincial governor's spokesman, says three people, including the mosque's religious leader, were wounded in the attack, which took place on Sunday evening in the district of Surkh Rod. No one immediately claimed responsibility […]
July 23, 2018 | By hromedia | Reply More
US military drops largest non-nuclear bomb on Isis target in Afghanistan
The United States dropped its largest non-nuclear weapon on Thursday after it targeted an ISIS network of caves and tunnels in eastern Afghanistan. The blast killed 36 militants as it destroyed three underground tunnels as well as weapons and ammunition, a spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of Defense said. No civilians were hurt, he added. U.S. […]
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More children dying from conflict in Afghanistan- UN report
Oct 19, – The U.N.'s Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said it has documented a total of 2,461 casualties among children in 2016 — 639 deaths and 1,822 wounded. That's a 15 percent increase, compared to the January-September period in 2015. The number of children killed and wounded in Afghanistan's conflict increased in the first nine […]
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Living like ghosts in the ruins of Syria's besieged Aleppo
Sep 10, – Even if it were somehow possible to escape eastern Aleppo, Abdullah Shiyani, a 10-year-old boy who dreams of being a doctor, says he wouldn't leave. It would mean leaving behind too many people who need help. "We have a lot of injured people here," he told Reuters over the Internet. "Maybe we […]
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IS leader in Afghanistan and Pakistan killed in US strike
Aug 13, – Saeed was named head of IS's "Khorasan province," which includes Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of neighboring countries, early last year when a group of Pakistani Taliban switched allegiance to the jihadist group. The Islamic State group's leader in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Hafiz Saeed, was killed last month in an airstrike in Nangarhar […]
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U.S. says 300 Islamic State fighters killed in Afghan operation
Aug 10, – General John Nicholson said the offensive in the eastern province of Nangarhar was part of U.S. operations to degrade the capabilities of Islamic State wherever it raised its head, whether in Iraq and Syria or in Afghanistan. Afghan forces, backed by the United States, have killed an estimated 300 Islamic State fighters […]
Thousands of children detained in security clampdown- HRW
July 28, – In a new report, the US-based rights group documented an increase in the detention of children in six conflict-affected countries: Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Israel and the Palestinian territories, Nigeria and Syria. Thousands of children have been detained and many tortured during security operations carried out in response to […]
Bomb attacks kill at least 22 in Afghanistan
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Afghan official says Taliban attacks killed 12 policemen
May 30, – Also, seven police officers were wounded in the attacks and seven others were missing, presumably abducted by the Taliban. The attacks, which took place in the province's Gereshk district, were launched Sunday night and lasted for many hours, said Hismatullah Daulatzai, head of police for the greater Helmand zone. A string of […]
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Review: Hyper 'We Can Be Heroes' far from heroic
Robert Rodriguez, the mastermind behind "Spy Kids," arguably one of the best children's franchises, is stepping back into the imagination realm with the incoherent "We Can Be Heroes" which is positioned as a potential Marvel Cinematic Universe for D-grade superheroes on Netflix.
Once brimming with wild and imaginative narrative feats, Rodriguez hasn't captured the true spirit of a kids film since the original "Spy Kids," often striking out with duds "Shorts'' and "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl." Nobody will say the filmmaker, who often draws on his own children for inspiration, lacks imagination, "We Can Be Heroes'' is packed with the stuff, but it's never harnessed in a way beneficial to audiences who at home will likely need to turn the brightness down on their TV to keep up with Rodriquez's flashy visual style. Or face getting whiplash.
Like "Spy Kids 3-D" which was about 80% CGI and green screen, "We Can Be Heroes" is no different. Everything is artificial with minimal practical effects, designed to keep children distanced from a thin narrative that amounts to squat. In a cross between "Sky High" meets "The Avengers," Rodriguez's "We Can Be Heroes" puts kids at the forefront. Except this group of kiddos are a unique bunch, the spawns of superheroes who fight crime everyday. There names usually match their unique powers, for example "Rewind" (Isaiah Russel-Bailey) and "Fast Forward" (Akira Akbar) can manipulate time; "Noodle" (Lyon Daniels) can bend and contort his body like Mr Fantastic; "Wheels" (Andy Walken) has a supercharged and slick wheelchair; and "Guppie" (Vivien Lyra Blair) - the adorable offspring of Sharkboy and Lavagirl (Taylor Dooley) - can construct objects with water around her.
Together the group, along with unofficial leader Missy (YaYa Gosselin), team up after their superhero parents are kidnapped to stop a slimy alien menace. It makes for a harmless venture that has plenty of candy coated sweetness to keep the youngest entertained, even if Rodriquez achieved the concept while taking adderall. But there's no substance besides the obligatory montages where kids learn to use their powers for good, and stop the bad guys, which in this case are a batch of humans/aliens with octopus tentacles coming out their backs.
Again, nobody is docking this movie for lack of imagination.
In reality, "We Can Be Heroes" - which has assembled a nifty, shouldn't-be-this-good-but is supporting cast including Pedro Pascal, Priyanka Chopra, Christian Slater, Boyd Holbrook, Sung Kang and Haley Reinhart - visual style doesn't mesh with the overall story mechanics. Rodriquez literally throws concept after concept in the hopes something will land, but there's only so much our brains can handle before sensory overload kicks in. Here I was hoping "We Can Be Heroes" - thanks to the inclusion of Sharkboy (which, criminally, didn't see Taylor Lautner reprise his role) and Lavagirl - was going to feature Rodriquez's A-list roster of past characters for maximum effect (spoiler: none of the Cortez clan makes a cameo). Instead, we got a bunch of kids flying around in a glossy, hyper stylized landscape with sharp political undertones (the children say things like "How did this guy become president?" While judging his political agenda, because eight and ten year olds keep up on that sort of thing) and another lame children's movie that only speaks to the core demographic, and even then, I'm not sure they'll have much fun.
Grade: D
WE CAN BE HEROES is now streaming on Netflix.


Olatorera Oniru is the founder of Dressmeoutlet.com, an online retailer of fashion, beauty, and home goods. Olatorera is super passionate about all things Africa, never forgetting to learn, dive and gallop through her life with a vision to witness the continent develop to its full potential.
Dressmeoutlet.com is one of Africa's fastest growing, fashion-focused online retailers, selling designer apparel and accessories mainly sourced from within Africa. Dressmeoutlet.com ships globally with customers in the United States, Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria and other countries.
Olatorera is a big believer in the Made in Africa fashion industry. Dressmeoutlet.com has customers and suppliers from several African countries, and because of that, Olatorera is frequently invited to speak at conferences outside of Nigeria. She has also received recognition for her work, having been named one of Forbes Magazine's Most Promising Young Africans of 2016, and one of Africa.com's Top Young Africans.
Turns out Olatorera is an author as well. When I asked her what books she would recommend to other aspiring Africans in her field, she told me that she is releasing an empowering, thought-provoking, change-inducing book this year on leadership and success, and that would be her first recommendation.
In order to grow, Olatorera insists that one has to be fully committed to whatever cause they are pursuing.
"Opportunities are massive", Olatorera says in conclusion. "Natural resources and human capabilities are even more abundant. Let's drive a growing economy by driving excellence and passion in all undertakings. That's why I have decided to morph into a fashion enthusiast. We all love fashion; we love looking good, and I'm jubilant being a part of the industry."


We were contacted by the hip hop trio Flatbush Zombies to create a custom tombstone prop for their upcoming (at the time) album's release party. While this wasn't a Halloween party, with a name like the Flatbush Zombies, we figure every event is like Halloween! They wanted something to bring a fun and unique element to their event which was also inspired by the title of the album.
We began this project by discussing with our client their needs for the piece, their deadline and their budget. We were then able to combine all of this information and come up with a design which fit all of their desires as well as their budget. With the design finalized lead foam artist Rich Riley started carving, creating the basic geometric forms as well as the trio of skulls in dense EPS foam.
When the overall shape was completed, artist Samantha Martino added the name of the band as well as the release date to give the piece another touch of personalization. The headstone was then handed over to Patrick Louie who gave the prop a hard coating which added durability as well as a stone like texture. Pat also used several grey shades and washes to create a realistic stone look. The grave marker was finished with a laser cut version of the albums's title (in their specific font and style) which was also painted to match the look of the rest of the stone.
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Memory match: PNE v Brighton
PNE striker Ricardo Fuller in action for PNE against Brighton in November 2002
Preston let Brighton off the hook when the clubs met at Deepdale in November 2002.
The Lilywhites raced into a 2-0 lead through goals from Chris Lucketti and Richard Cresswell.
But the Seagulls launched a second-half comeback, with the visitors pegging PNE back with Simon Rodger and Steve Sidwell scoring.
The draw was part of a good patch of form for North End under Craig Brown.
They lost one in seven in league and cup, something of a rarity in the early stages of Brown's reign.
However, having surged into the lead and with the visitors bottom of the table, this was very much a case of two points dropped for PNE.
Brighton were improving under the guidance of Steve Coppell though, this a fourth match unbeaten.
In the previous games, North End had beaten Burnley in the league and then won at Birmingham in the League Cup.
They lost 2-1 at Millwall before drawing 3-3 against Grimsby.
In the early stages of this game, Preston made all of the running.
Albion goalkeeper Michel Kuipers had to scramble a Graham Alexander corner off the line, then a free-kick from Paul McKenna whistled wide of the target.
It was not exclusively one-way traffic though, with PNE keeper David Lucas forced into a smart save by Bobby Zamora.
The Lilywhites took the lead in the 16th minute.
Eddie Lewis sent over a corner from the left which skipper Lucketti rose to head past Kuipers from six yards.
Within 10 minutes they doubled their advantage.
Cresswell found the net, forcing the ball over the line from close range after a scramble in the goalmouth.
It was Cresswell's ninth goal of the campaign, one in which he finished up with 16 top his name.
Any hopes that North End were home and hosed, were dashed in the second half.
Coppell's team-talk to his side at the interval certainly had the desired affect.
They started the second half at a high tempo and cut the deficit in the 52nd minute.
Zamora put over a cross from the right which Gary Hart nodded into the path of Rodger to volley past Lucas.
Brighton nullified the threat of Cresswell and strike partner Ricardo Fuller in the second half
More pressure from the away team brought them an equaliser with 72 minutes on the clock.
Zamora was again the man with the assist, playing the ball through to Sidwell who tucked a shot past Lucas from just inside the box.
With the momentum with Brighton, the contest could easily have gone their way.
Hart went close with a shot, then Robbie Pethwick's effort was tipped over the bar by Lucas, it being an anxious finale to the game from North End's point of view.
Later that season, PNE won the return game at the Withdean Stadium 2-0 thanks to goals from Michael Jackson and Cresswell.
The following campaign, Brighton beat North End 1-0, a game which brought to an end Brown's time in charge.
Preston got their revenge a few months later, winning 3-0 at Deepdale.
All five encounters since between the clubs have been draws.
Four were goalless draws, a sequence ended at the Amex Stadium in October when the game ended 2-2.
North End took an early lead through Jordan Hugill, before Sam Baldock and Glenn Murray turned the game in Albion's favour with goals in quick succession.
Simon Makienok was the last-gasp hero for Preston, steering a stoppage-time header into the net to earn a point.