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When it comes to small planes, weight matters. Don't be surprised when your contact emails you for all passenger weights, and when the pilot organizes seating by weights. (You don't want the three biggest people on the right side, for instance.) Similarly, don't expect to bring two weeks of stuff for a weekend, and definitely mention if you're planning on bringing golf clubs or skis. If they don't fit, check out ShipSticks or LuggageForward, which sends your equipment beforehand for a relatively small fee.
Customs and immigration procedures must be complied with for all private jet flights. Private jet customers are often not aware of any checks as in most cases these can be completed prior to the flight. At larger airports the private jet terminal will have dedicated customs and immigration staff. At smaller airports it is rare to see Customs and Immigration officials although they will be aware of your flight and can occasionally make special visits to the airport to meet a flight.
Dallas is the most modern and third largest city in America's second biggest state Texas. There are tons or art and science museums, amusement parks, gardens, historical sites, and businesses. Dallas also gives home to other activities like skydiving, rodeos, horse racing, and off-roading. If visiting this great, fun pack city be sure to hit up the Museum of Nature and Science, Dallas Museum of Art, Sixth Floor Museum, Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas Arboretum, and Fair Park. If you plan of staying a while Dallas offers visitors a nice dining variety, superb nightlife, breathtaking sightseeing, multiple places shop and receive 1st class hospitality.
LunaJets is innovating the private jet travel industry with a simple pricing model that is transparent, fixed and easy to understand. With so many different options, you're certain to find the price that works for you. We guarantee our customers will incur no hidden costs. Use the interactive map below to determine flight times between two destinations. Start by selecting the city from which you'd like to depart, choose a flight time and the map will display the cities you can reach.
I have worked with Joel and Stratos Jets for several years and it has always been a pleasure. Most recently they booked a flight from St Petersburg, FL to Sanford, FL to Niagara Falls, NY with us on our Citation CJ1. The experience, as always was flawless and realtime feedback and communication meant the ASAP flight went without a hitch. Thank you Joel and team, I look forward to many more years of business with you.
Some other examples of prices come from Avinode, which powers a charter marketplace for brokers and operators and gathers a large amount of data on pricing. Their recent data shows the average price per hour for return trips, for various aircraft. As noted above, these rates can vary depending on when you fly, where you fly and if your flight is one way or return, plus landing fees, ramp fees and any repositioning can all add to the costs. Always ask for a fully inclusive quote from your broker or operator.
Most larger airports have either separate private jet terminals or buildings called FBOs (Fixed Based Operators) where private jet passengers check in for their flight. At many airports, private jet passengers can be driven straight through security to their aircraft. The time from arriving at the private jet terminal to boarding your aircraft is normally less than 5 minutes. If however there is a delay to your flight or perhaps you have chosen to arrive early, the FBOs will normally have private executive lounges for you to relax or work in.
Chartering a jet may seem easy with online brokers saying it just takes a few taps on your smartphone, and in some cases that may be true. You've read the stories: "We're the Uber of private jets." But there's more to chartering than just searching Google for a broker or browsing a list of operators, then calling and saying, "I have five people going to Phoenix and we want to leave Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. How much is a private jet? Do you have a G450?" When you charter on-demand, each trip you should spend the time to do some due diligence, and there are a wide variety of issues to cover. A few weeks ago, I was talking to one gentleman who told me a broker from a fairly well-known company was insisting a specific airplane type could fly a route nonstop. It couldn't.
The key words here are prop planes, turboplanes, and light jets. Prop planes like the Cessna Caravan are popular because they're roomy (the seats are like business class, and often configured face to face). More popular these days are planes like the six- to eight-seater Pilatus PC-12, and KingAirs, which fly faster and feel more like jets. And then you get into light jets like Learjets, Embraer Phenom 300s, and Citation CJ3s, and Hawkers, all of which are sleeker and more streamlined, and can fly for four to five hours, for slightly longer trips.
How soon prior to the scheduled flight will the aircraft be at the airport, ready for departure? I've found with jet card companies, they sometimes have agreements that the aircraft are there at least an hour before. Some jet card companies require the operators they use to position the aircraft at your airport the night before for early morning departures or if there are weather issues expected.
Having used many charter companies before with mixed experiences, I can say with confidence that Stratos has the best service and highest level of professionalism of any of the charter services I have encountered. Most recently, we had an unfortunate last minute cancellation of a charter booked through another service, and Stratos came through at the last minute to find the right plane at the right price for us with under 24 hour notice. I cannot thank them enough for their professionalism as well as their willingness and ability to go above and beyond to find the right charter for us - even as a first time customer.
The most economical option is chartering, which doesn't require any cash upfront (other than a deposit) through companies like Tradewind, Sentient, and Solairus, (which we took home from North Carolina). Of course, there are the old standbys like NetJets and Marquis, who sell fractional ownership (like 1/16th) of a single jet for upwards of $100K. One step down from that, pricewise, is the jet card, where you buy a set amount of hours from a company like Nicholas or Private Jet Services, and can use those hours for different planes. Then there are membership models like WheelsUp, where you pay $17,500 as an initiation fee to fly in their fleet, and then a $8,500 annual dues fee starting the second year. It's like a country club—only you're guaranteed access to a KingAir350i or Citation Excel / XLS instead of a golf course.
the marketWhether you're buying or selling, Million Air Dallas has the insight and expertise you need to navigate the market. Our acquisitions consultants are experienced in purchasing private jets that span the spectrum in size and range. We understand the business of jets and always position our clients to have a competitive advantage throughout the process.
Monarch Air Group provides private jet charter flights in and out of Evansville, Indiana, USA. Often called "River City", Evansville is the third-largest city in southwestern Indiana, on the Ohio River. It is also the commercial, cultural and medical hub of its state. The city's economy is known for its diversity, stability, and vitality. There are many things to see and to do. The most popular tourist attractions include Casino Aztar, Victory Theatre, University of Evansville, Reitz Home Museum, Angel Mounds State Historic Site, Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science, Children's Museum of Evansville, Mesker Park Zoo, Burdette Park, and much more. The city is served by Evansville Regional Airport (EVV / KEVV), which is located 5 miles from the center of Evansville, and Owensboro-Daviess County Regional Airport (OWB / KOWB), which is situated 39 miles from Evansville.
Other near-term empty leg deals included Houston to Aspen on a Citation X seating eight for $14,000, not much less than an eight-seat Learjet 45XR for $18,945 with a normal charter. Skyjet, a broker that also offers empty legs had one this weekend from Nassau in the Bahamas to Ft. Lauderdale on a six-seat Phenom 300 for $3,000. Ft. Lauderdale to Key West and Tampa to Ft. Lauderdale, also on a Phenom 300, were being offered at $2,625 each. Chartering a similar aircraft for the same timings the regular way would run around $6,000.
There is a really deep story here that is not complicated in the least--it's almost angst free and so relaxing that you feel you are on Foster's boat, the exceedingly appropriately named "White Knight," watching everything up close and personal. Walker's detailed descriptions of how Foster teaches Stuart to sail are crucial to the eventualities, and her way of bringing these two men together, then throwing them apart, takes your breath away.
This survey reall doesn't apply to the use my company had with Stratos. We had to expedite a piece of equipment and a contractor to our facility to perform some emergency repairs. The process however did go well and the equipment and person arrived on time and the entire process was handled by Will Buckley in a very professional manner and was extremely helpful in making this adventure easy and convenient. He was great to work with and if the occasion should arise to use charter services again, we will contact you. thanks again
Joel,I hope this email find you well. I just wanted to reach out to thank you for the charter service you arranged for us last weekend. It was truly a pleasure to fly with Stratos and we will most certainly book with your charter service again.Thanks again for all of your help this week. It made the trip a breeze!Warm Regards,Matt, Scottie & Harper
We had quite a number of issues booking this trip, which resulted in add'l work and follow up for me. As broker these issues should have been handled / caught prior to making a proposal. I believe I had to sign 4 different revised quote sheets for this trip! Also the final signed sheet stated we would land in LFMD on the return leg. Hence we booked transportation for pick up at LFMD. However flight landed in LFMN. This caused add'l stress and expense for no reason. I have only now seen that the last itinerary link showed an arrival at LFMN - but I never opened this one since all previous ones, including the contract reconfirmation showed LFMD. As for the aircraft itself: it was one of the oldest ones I have ever flown. The door / separation to the toilet / luggage area was broken (not the lock but the entire frame!) and the toilet was not accessible due to a lot of "stuff" (amenities, water bottles, etc.) being thrown in / stored in the area. Overall cleanliness was not superb either. Finally, the catering we requested was not available / not complete. Breakfast (eggwhite and sausage!!) was cold and wet and the fruitplatter had molded grapes; no ice bucket, nor champagne glasses were present. On the return leg, fruitplatter was nice but again no ice bucket nor champagne glasses were present. As a matter of fact, the soft drink container was not even replenished w new ice!! So overall - yes, we flew from A to B but the service experience was disappointing.
I travel regularly for business and have booked charter flights through a number of different private jet companies. At the beginning of the year, I was referred to Joel at Stratos. Since then, I have booked a number of flights through Stratos. His team does a great job ensuring we have a seamless travel experience. I would definitely recommend Stratos to others.
We go through great lengths to make sure your safe journey. We are proud to state that so far passage of our journey has been safe and no mishappening recorded. We ensure all the safety measures while providing you the most deserving private jet services. The ground staff and competent crew members stay alert for your safety and privacy with utmost concern.
THANK YOU STRATOS!! I have been working with Stratos Jet Charters for almost 3 years now & could not be happier with the services they provide! Working with me on many last minute changes, they are always quick & efficient, extremely professional, genuinely honest & immensely knowledgeable of all products and services they offer. They truly look out for the best interests of their clients. I trust them to always guide me in making the appropriate aircraft choices for our company. I find the ENTIRE team to be THE BEST in the charter aircraft business!!
An empty leg, or ferry flight, refers to a private jet flying "empty" after dropping off passengers, or en route to pick up passengers. As the flight is already paid for, we offer significant discounts on these flights. LunaJets can offer such prices when the empty leg of a private jet matches your itinerary and timing exactly. This option is for one-way flights only.
As private jets are constantly moving between locations, the guide prices provided below are based on various data sources relating to the aircraft's last known position. Due to this, not ALL available aircraft are included within the search results. So please contact one of our charter experts for a fixed quotation, as they are aware of all aircraft available in specific locations at any given time.


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The Horizon is ready! The Horizon, a work of art reminding us of the protection of the Baltic Sea, is now gleaming in full length
The Horizon, located in the Jätkäsaari pier in Helsinki, has now reached its full length of 54 metres. The final lot of 507 gleaming plates, each bearing a name, were installed late last night. The work of art consists of 4,225 plates or gleams, bearing the name of their donor. The Horizon campaign closed in December 2016, when the last gleam was claimed in the John Nurminen Foundation's just for friends Christmas sale.
'It is wonderful to see the Horizon gleaming in its full glory! Its 4,225 plates express the genuine need many of us have to think about the Baltic Sea and to do something that benefits the sea. Looking at the work, which reflects the Baltic Sea's average depth of a mere 43 metres, we can understand how vulnerable our beautiful marine environment is. All support to organised protection operations, such as the work done by the John Nurminen Foundation to combat eutrophication, is most welcome. Nature protection is a concept that encompasses many smaller entities, and I hope that the Horizon will make all of us think about how we can impact these issues in our everyday lives. Luckily, environmental awareness is growing continuously. I am particularly delighted by the earnestness with which the younger generation has embraced these matters', says Hannu Kähönen, designer and professor from Creadesign Oy, and donor of the Horizon's design.
The campaign raised a total of approximately €220,000, of which, after expenses, €120,000 was directed to the Clean Baltic Sea projects. The goal of the campaign was to purchase a chemicals container, used in phosphorus removal and with a price tag of €100,000, for the water utility of Gatchina in northwestern Russia. Gatchina is the second largest city of the Leningrad area after St. Petersburg. The wastewaters of St. Petersburg are already treated efficiently, so phosphorus removal implemented in Gatchina is now the most efficient way to reduce nutrient loads in the Gulf of Finland, and, consequently, to reduce algae blooms in the marine area. The container was installed in Gatchina last year, and chemical phosphorus removal was deployed in November last year (read the news about the launch here). The remaining donated funds are used in other Clean Baltic Sea projects that reduce the nutrient load of the sea.
Implementing the work of art from design to installation has been a project with many phases, impossible to realise relying on donations alone. In return, however, we now have a work of art which will be a permanent reminder of the importance of the Baltic Sea. The expenses of the campaign – roughly €100,000 – consisted of e.g. the technical planning and implementation of the work, and the costs of engraving names to the plates. Assembling individual plates to the lengthy work of art and the on-site installation of parts of the work were also demanding phases.
A lot of valuable effort needed in the implementation of the work was also received as donations, including artistic design by Hannu Kähönen, and materials from Outokumpu. The companies who participated in building the work also made donations. High Metal Production Oy took part in building and designing the construction of the work at a reduced price. Suomen Vesileikkaus Oy donated the cutting of the plates, and LMP-Merkkaus Oy performed the engravings at a discount price. Ramboll Oy donated the additional planning needed for street and park structures. Without this spirit of everybody chipping in, we would not have been able to cover the costs of the manual work needed in building the artwork.
The Horizon campaign was unique and exceptional for the Foundation. It was launched in cooperation with the City of Helsinki Baltic Sea Challenge at the 2013 Tall Ships Races Helsinki event. The Horizon is owned by the City of Helsinki.
The John Nurminen Foundation, established in 1992, works for the Baltic Sea and its marine cultural heritage in a way that makes an impact and brings results. The Foundation's Clean Baltic Sea projects improve the status of the Baltic Sea with concrete measures that reduce the nutrient load and environmental risks faced by the sea. The Clean Baltic Sea projects are funded with private donations and public funding. www.johnnurmisensaatio.fi
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I have a script based on ImageMagick that prompts the user for the file path using "read", processes it, and then drops it onto the desktop. I want the script to skip the actual prompt for the file path, and instead just target whatever file path is entered after calling the script (I.E. sh ConvertPDF /Users/ProfileName/Desktop/testFile.tiff

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REVIEW: Laila's Wisdom by Rapsody
Laila's Wisdom by Rapsody,
on Jamla Records/Roc Nation, released on September 22, 2017
Female mc. Femcee. Lady Rappers. "Did someone write this for her."
There are a myriad of additional tags and terms that tell the old narrative of women who rap are registered into the game of hip-hop. It has been, for many years, a stain on their history and limits what can be taken seriously from theses rappers and may possible limit the output that is accepted from them by labels and producers who back their work.
In the case of Rapsody, the North Carolina born m.c. has paid her dues as a human being who rhyes and has been featured alongside some of the best human beings that rhyme, and is one of the latest signees of Roc Nation, a label started by Jay Z.
WHAT I EXPECTED:
Expert lyricism, some experimentation with subject matter, but I didn't believe that the limits would be stretched too far, just a relaxing vacation from typical concepts. I also was looking to a lot of 9th wonder production, but could not tag exactly where he would go, especially after his Kendrick works.
WHAT I HEARD:
Between the many collaborations with Talib and 9th, I only expected her to continue to improve as a beat rider and lyricist. I listened to her first full length album, , but failed to find songs that stuck. There was great serving lines and introspective thoughts that eased me towards drifting away, massaging my imagination, and nodding along. But I wasn't attached to the album.
This album, released September 30th, opens with the Nottz-produced title track. Here she is flipping a mix of deeper thoughts from freedom to debt to perceptions of blacks by others. She says,"They say we three-fifths human, the rest of me's an autobot", maneuvering efficiently and smoothly through her thought process. The same can be said about "Power', the 9th Wonder produced track that features a Jamaican-patios tinged verse from Kendrick Lamar. 9th comes through heavy on this album with the scoring or co-scoring of 9 of the 14 tracks. The marching procession of "Chrome(Ooh)" screams radio single without being gimmicky, even with the beat switch into a cruising groove for the last verse. the funky guitar sounds grace "Pay Up' a cool-moving track that may have you dancing as Rapsody warns of a lady scheming on an unsuspecting man's pockets.
By the time "Ridin" comes on, you are aware of two things: Rapsody is good at taking over a track and making it her own, and while she has been blessed with some great guest verses, she does not lose ownership. The Busta Rhymes advertised feature is a bit of a tease, as he doesn't appear in full verse or hook here, but does later. The vocal tone adjusting of "Sassy" and the beat riding just draws you into this track. She says on the hook, "If my sassiness upsets you, oh you mad that I survived." She is doing more than just surviving at this point of the album. A big statement that I wish more people would follow was uttered on "Nobody": "It's all hiphop, cant divide what aint different, Don't like all underground, don't hate all music that isn't, I was just making it clap to Waka Flocka last Christmas." The Black Thought track is strong as usual, bur that beat used for him sounded like a mis-matched jam session. At this point, you realize that this album is definitely filled with a good mix of cleverness and introspective journeys. "Black and Ugly" is a look-at-me-in –the-eye-if-you're-sure face-off that comes off well and confident, casting aside criticisms. "You Should Know" is another head-nodder that features what sounds like an adele sample, a cool "cell therapy" interpolation, and lines like "I'm a child of destiny, though fulfillment is up to me." After a beat swtich-up, Busta Rhymes delivers what seems to be a dedication of some sort. It was weird but cool.
The fade-off of the short but sweet "U Used to Love Me" is pretty sharp, almost as if Rapsody was literally walking out of the booth. Song is definitely too short. Knock on my Door" is a cool, female version of "how you doing, do you have some time for me", but inserts religion and nerves in a comfortable way. I like the ad libs used here. Definitely makes you feel it fit into Rapsody's personal approach of this album. Paak returns for a second song on "Ooo Wee", nice track that definitely is a strong upbeat selection that keeps the album moving. Album closes with "Jesus Coming", which has soft and easy accompaniment by the Amber Navarn. Rapsody raps to a vocal sample, which I am always a sucker for, but the vocal choice was a bit of an acquired taste when it came to pacing with the music.
CREATIVITY – 85%
PRODUCTION 90%
DECENT PERCENTAGE – 100%
OVERALL – 91%
I really enjoyed this album. I felt more connected to this than with her last full length effort. I definitely feel one with her thoughts during this ride, and noticed better song structuring and more fun with what she is doing. This definitely should be a contender for hip hop album of the year, as it brings strong thought process, music and separation together to make a great piece of work. Well done, Rapsody.
Paranoia:The Untold Story by Dave East(an Album Review)
In the History of hip-hop, there have been many albums and many album titles. Like other categories of music, you do have intriguing names, some that lend a trail to the listener that leads them to what they are about to partake. For the most part, and especially in hip-hop, there are titles that don't do the content justice.
Dave East has delivered his debut studio EP, "Paranoia:The Untold Story" on August 18th, 2017 after multiple mixtapes. The Harlem, NY bred MC is on the Mass Appeal record label(ran by Nas) and Def Jam Recordings.
A brag-heavy display of machismo that would need to be turned down to hear his real thoughts. I figured that it would not have the depth that I know that someone as talented as Dave is capable of.
The album starts of with the Jeezy-assisted "Paranoia.' It's a thorough, hard nosed, but mis-titled and lackluster effort. Dave spits a chorus that lightly details his anxiety, but does nothing to expand on it as he brags through his verse. Jeezy follows suit on his over a slow-pounding trap beat. "The Hated" touts a Nas feature, but only has the Queensbridge legend on set for some hyping at the beginning and end of the track. Dave does very well to fill the sandwich with a dark, hood tale of descent that utters
"Killers kill you for talking, all you have to do is speak."
The energy of the album takes a shift as the Whiz Khalifa – assisted "Phone Jumpin" comes on, features the two rappers driving sped-up rhymes over a trap beat and a violin-sample that reminds me of "Gimme Some Mo'" by Busta. Dave notes, "a lot of hammers and a lot of lead, a lot of Phantoms and a lot of red" as they detail a wild life of crime. A boring Chris Brown hook litters " Perfect". While Dave is just as thorough as usual with chunky bars on this, his deadpan delivery seems to drag to the album along at this point. He returns to the braggadocio on "Found a Way" where he cleverly states "I aint touch her body, but the bitch came," but seems to fall flat on a laid back piano selection.
French Montana is onboard for "Maneuver", where the the tempo of the album shifts to a cruise-able pace, ironically enough. Another Patek Philippe advertisement is dropped ( there are a few n this album.) Dave and French flip back and forth on one verse as Dave states "I'm in Miami with Sade on repeat, 50 grand, put it under the seat, keep a gun in my reach, walk in my shoes? couldn't fit one of my sneaks."
"My Dirty Little Secret" is a strong track that crawls along and then stands tall on a guitar-strummed tale. There is definitely an attachment to his standing on detachment: "Online shopper, she don't gout, she just orders, I'm just trying to find out if she suck a mean dick, and put cheese on her grits."
I wished that he went a little further with "Wanna Be Me". He drilled into his pscyhe, while revealing flying fears and desire to be closer to certain family members. It just seemed too short. "Have You Ever" is a scattering of regrets, desires and pride to close out the EP. There are 7 and a half minutes of skits that seem to do little to lend to the album. The Khiari skit seems unnecessary as he has mentioned his daughter a lot on the album, though it is cute to hear her.
a full album
a couple more introspective tracks. he proved that he has the gift to do so with "The Hated" and "Wanna be Me'.
more risks. While Dave proves that he can kill some 808 bangers, I would like to see what he can do over other types of music
a real Nas collabo
PRODUCTION – 75%
DECENT PERCENTAGE – 54%
Again, the skits did nothing for the album, and he definitely could have gone feature -free for the album. Dave East definitely stands well on his own two, and would be able to carry a full project. This EP shows great effort, and rhyming skill that is not easy to achieve. With fuller songs, and more concepts , I am confident that he can manufacture a great album, or even a classic. Now that we are aware of his background, and some of his thoughts, its up to him where he wants to take his story. There is room for re-tread, but even more for growth.
The feel of the album does shift back and forth from him proving himself well over trap beats, to storytelling over a couple head nodders, to getting vulnerable over a slow groove. Combing the three efforts and pushing forward is definitely possible, when sounding more inspired. I wanted to know more about his "Paranoia."
Boomiverse by Big Boi(released on June 23rd)
In the midst of the changing atmosphere of hip hop,( including the generation gap, variance of opinions of how to respect the older rappers and what is a proper retirement age) there is a series of measuring marks. I have noticed that social media and presence there is one. Some of the veterans don't touch it, while others, like Big Boi, seem to be right at home.
In the hip hop world, there will always be a place for Big Boi, whether its for his fans from the Outkast days, or the newer fans who want a taste of the Atlanta sound. On Boomiverse, Big Boi brings us further away from Outkast references and reunion wishes, and closer to the his current standing in the rap game and reality.
an album full of very listenable beats, couple with Big Boi's sharp lyrics and testimony of his track record over his long career.
His third solo opens with him rapping right away on "Da Next Day", spitting word play without a long buildup and takes a mid-song assist from old comrade Big Rube, who sounds fresh as ever. while this song(and others) seem to leave you expecting a 3rd verse, long term fans will know that this will not occur on a Big album. It is expected to enjoy the production as much as the lyrics, appreciating the beat as it slowly rides out on his own.
"Kill Jill" which features a tough but playful verse from Killer Mike and a hook from Jeezy, is an addictive mid tempo joint that samples what seems to be a sweet, foreign serenade throughout the background.
"MIc Jack" is an upbeat, dance selection that features singing from Adam Levine. Big Boi professes to "Break it u like the smile of Michael Strahan" as he glides over synth-y music and hook that seems fairly simple.
Gucci Mane makes an appearance an appearance on "In the South" dane between thoughts of police brutality and his car, while Big double-times his flow that I wished was longer. Pimp C is featured on the hook, only the hook unfortunately. "Order of Operations" is a reflective look at Big's career, while making a statement on handing his money in smart manner. This is one of the stronger tracks. "All NIght" is a great song where Big displays an addictive chorus choice , while working a ragtime piano-infused melody into a party anthem.
Snoop sounds a bit redundant on "Lets Get with It", but the two of them work the danceable beat into another party mover. "Overthunk" is a cool record but the hook doesn't seem to meet the verses eye to eye.
By the time "Chocolate" featuring Troze comes on, you definitely get the idea that Big approached this album with the idea of a feel good product being the result. "Made Man" is a slow moving threat that is agressive and smooth simultaneously. "Freakonomics" sounds like a track that was left off of the Big Grams album, as it is filled with the same sexually suggestive energy of that album. Killer Mike's third feature(yes three) closes out the album with "Follow Deez" which also features a hypnotic hook from Curren$y that states:
"Follow me into a land where Impalas squat
Young niggas with hammers and daily body drop
OGs survive, you still alive, a lot of niggas not
Smoking for my dead homies while I ride around."
Surprisingly, the energy seems to pick with this hook and Curren$y's verse for the win.
more verses, especially when the hooks ran long, almost calling for them
less features. Big stands strong on his own. There were too many.
i miss the mix of darkness and energy of the last solo album "Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors", and wished that it was here.
Track Separation – 80%
I find this to be a very listenable album, combining the elements that we always expect from Big Boi: Strong lyrics and great music that doesn't disappoint. The areas of opportunity are usually there as well:him holding more of the album on his own, short verses at some points, but fuller ones at other points. Because the music works so much for me, I do look past the point where some lines or just thoughts sound recycled. What is good about the overall album is his playfulness with lines, and has been a staple of his sound for many years. He is still well ahead of many of his contemporaries, but there is a part of me that hope for the exploring of new ground.
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Wild and neglected, all it needs is her to come wake it up.
Orphaned in India, Mary Lennox returns to Yorkshire to live with her embittered, reclusive uncle, Archibald, and his invalid son, Colin. The estate's many wonders include a magic garden, which beckons the children with haunting melodies and dreamers. These spirits from Mary's past guide her through her new life and dramatize the secret garden's compelling tale of forgiveness and renewal.
Book and lyrics by Marsha Norman. Music by Lucy Simon. Based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Lyche Theatre
Musical—Theatre G
September 6–22, 2019
For little Rhoda, murder is child's play.
Little Rhoda Penmark is the evil queen of the story. On the surface, she is sweet, charming, full of old-fashioned graces, loved by her parents, and admired by all her elders. But Rhoda's mother has an uneasy feeling about her. When one of Rhoda's schoolmates is mysteriously drowned at a picnic, Mrs. Penmark comes to the horrifying conclusion that Rhoda was involved. For the boy who was drowned was the one who had won the penmanship medal that Rhoda felt she deserved.
By Maxwell Anderson, from William March's novel.
Veterans Studio Theatre
Thriller—Theatre PG
October 4–20, 2019
Presented by La Crosse Community Theatre and The Penguin Project
Bet your bottom dollar that the sun will come out TOMORROW!
With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie charms everyone's hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New York City. Annie is determined to find the parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of an orphanage run by the cruel Miss Hannigan. Annie eventually foils Miss Hannigan's evil shenanigans, finding a new home and family in billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary, Grace Farrell, and a lovable mutt named Sandy.
Book by Thomas Meehan. Music by Charles Strouse. Lyrics by Martin Charnin. Presented on Broadway by Mike Nichols. Originally produced by Irwin Meyer, Stephen R. Friedman, Lewis Allen, Alvin Nederlander Associates, Inc., The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Icarus Productions. Based on "Litte Orphan Annie". By permission of the Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
Youth Musical—Theatre G
The Great Brothers Grimm weave a tapestry of tales.
Two elves take us on a journey back in time where magic and myth meet. The Fisherman and His Wife tells the story of a fisherman who catches a magical fish who grants his wife's wildest dreams. In The Elves and the Shoemaker, the elves take pity on a poor shoemaker and each night help him do the work of ten men. And in The Golden Goose, a young peasant wins the heart of a joyless princess when his golden goose causes her to laugh for the first time ever.
By the Brothers Grimm. Adapted by Kelsey Taunt.
Youth—Theatre G
Spread Christmas cheer by singing loudly for all to hear!
Buddy, a young orphan, mistakenly crawls into Santa's bag and is transported to the North Pole. Raised as an elf, Buddy doesn't realize he is actually human until his enormous size and poor toy-making abilities force him to face the truth. Buddy embarks on a journey to New York City to find his father. Faced with the harsh realities that his father is on the naughty list and his half-brother doesn't believe in Santa, Buddy is determined to win over his family and help New York remember the true meaning of Christmas.
Book by Thomas Meehan and Bob Martin. Music by Matthew Sklar. Lyrics by Chad Beguelin. Based upon the New Line Cinema film written by David Berenbaum.
Holiday Musical—Theatre PG
December 12–22, 2019
Christmas after hours. For mature elves only.
An out of work actor reluctantly decides to become a Macy's elf during the holiday crunch. At first, the job is simply humiliating, but once visitors start pouring in, he becomes battle weary and bitter, occasionally taking out his frustrations on children and parents alike. A Santa who actually cares about children arrives; can he help our elf embrace the spirit of Christmas before his employment runs out?
By David Sedaris. Adapted by Joe Mantello. Starring LCT actor, Matt Springer.
Holiday Comedy—Theatre PG-13
Hold on to your hat and have a drink…you're going to need it!
Bernard has a lover who is pretending to be Robert's lover so Jacqueline wouldn't know she was Bernard's lover. Meanwhile, Robert is Jacqueline's lover pretending to be Bernard's lover's lover so Bernard wouldn't know Jacqueline had a lover. And Bernard's lover is pretending to be the cook while the real cook pretends to be Robert's lover. Will anyone be sober enough for dinner!? It's an evening of hilarious confusion as Bernard and Robert improvise at breakneck speed.
By Marc Camoletti. Adapted by Robin Hawdon.
Comedy—Theatre PG-13
January 24–February 2, 2020
It's her book, her writing, her proof…or is it?
Catherine, a troubled young woman, has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a famous mathematician. Following his death, she must deal with the attention of Hal, a former student of her father's who hopes to find work in the notebooks that were left behind. Over the long weekend that follows, a burgeoning romance and the discovery of a mysterious proof draw Catherine into the most difficult problem of all: how much of her father's madness–or genius–did she inherit?
By David Auburn.
Drama—Theatre PG-13
February 28–March 15, 2020
He never forgot and he never forgave, not Sweeney Todd.
The infamous tale of an unjustly exiled barber who returns home, seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. The road to revenge leads Sweeney Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which, he opens a new barbershop. Mrs. Lovett's luck sharply shifts when Todd's thirst for blood inspires an ingredient for her meat pies that has the people of London lining up…and the carnage has only just begun!
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Book by Hugh Wheeler. From an adaptation by Christopher Bond. Originally directed on Broadway by Harold Prince. Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick. Originally produced on Broadway by Richard Barr, Charles Woodward, Robert Fryer, Mary Lea Johnson, Martin Richards, in association with Dean and Judy Manos.
Musical—Theatre PG-13
May 1–17, 2020
The cold never bothered her anyway.
A story of true love and acceptance between sisters, Frozen Jr. expands upon the emotional relationship and journey between Princesses Anna and Elsa. When faced with danger, the two discover their hidden potential and the powerful bond of sisterhood. With a cast of beloved characters and loaded with magic, adventure, and plenty of humor, Frozen Jr. is sure to thaw even the coldest heart!
Music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. Book by Jennifer Lee. Based on the Disney film written by Jennifer Lee and directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee. The original Broadway production of Frozen was directed by Michael Grandage and produced by Disney Theatrical Productions.
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import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

/**
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public interface MsgReceiver {
	public static enum ReceiveType {
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	ReceiveType getReceiveType();

	void setReceiveType(ReceiveType type);

	void setTimeout(long timeout, TimeUnit timeUnit);

	Collection<MsgPattern> getMessagePatterns();

	void setMessagePatterns(Collection<MsgPattern> patterns);

	void receive();
}

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Sweet Country Styles' Basket Weave Two-Level Round Wall Shelf is a hangable basket made from woven strips of wood. The basket is split into three sections with wooden boards that serve as shelves whenever the basket is hung on the wall.
Use it in a kitchen to organize and display spices, or hang in a bathroom and finally declutter the counter! Hangs on a sawtooth hanger.
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ On Friday, December 21, 2018, more than 100 local business owners and supporters attended a kick-off and website launch of "Central Jersey Business Organization, LLC – CJBO" at Ember Restaurant in South Brunswick, NJ. This is the first-ever business organization to bring all types of business owners under one roof for networking, coaching, mentoring, education and other business ideas and exchanges on an ongoing basis. The motto of CJBO is "We Help Each Other Succeed".
The CJBO is incorporated exclusively to provide a platform to local businesses to exchange ideas, discuss and resolve their business issues, encourage innovation, doing business efficiently and ethically. The organization will also provide education, ongoing presentations, coaching and mentoring to new and young business owners to make them entrepreneurs and continue to promote entrepreneurship by creating opportunities, assisting businesses, and developing professional growth via regular networking opportunities in various areas of businesses. An annual membership of only $100 will give many benefits to business owners to connect with other business owners and successful entrepreneurs and mentors who will provide their valuable time to help new businesses. The seasoned and established businesses will provide some tips of successful business and future vision to young and start up business owners. Businesses will also have any additional benefits by becoming a sponsor to CJBO.
Mayor from South Brunswick Charles Carley and West Windsor Hemant Marathe and South Brunswick Councilwoman Ann Grover attended the event to extend their support and urge everyone to join CJBO to exchange ideas and create a solid platform to help local businesses. Both mayors clicked www.cjbousa.com to launch CJBO's website.
Marc Citron, a successful business entrepreneur and owner of law firm Saul Ewing in Princeton welcomed everyone and explained the importance of such a platform in Central Jersey. Mr. Citron urged everyone to join this organization to create a business platform for local business owners to connect on a regular basis. On behalf of CJBO Founders, Dr. Tushar Patel provided presentation to describe CJBO's mission, objectives and vision. He provided introductions of the founders and also announced CJBO Board of Directors and introduced them to the attendees. Kishan Patel, young business entrepreneur shared his story after his graduation and challenges youngsters and provided some encouraging experience for the young generation.
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A London couple are awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to financing terrorism by sending funds to their nephew to support him in fighting Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) in Syria.
Mohammed Iqbal Golamaully, 48, and his wife, Nazimabee Golamaully, 45, have both admitted to sending money to Zafirr Golamaully, which could result in a prison sentence.
Nazimabee Golamaully entered her plea at a hearing at the Old Bailey on Monday afternoon, while her husband entered his plea at an earlier hearing.
Both have been granted bail while they await sentencing at Old Bailey on November 10.
The court heard that both knew their nephew Zafirr was fighting for IS when they sent the money, on or before August 13, 2014.
Judge Anuja Dhir QC has ordered that a report on the couple be submitted before their sentencing next month.
"You have pleaded guilty to a serious offence and one that you I am sure appreciate ordinarily attracts an immediate custodial sentence and the question for me will be how long that sentence should be," she said.
"But your advocate has asked me to order a presentence report, which will give me more information about you and will also give recommendations as to sentence.
Nazimabee was arrested on April 2, 2014, while her husband was held on December 8.
Metropolitan Police counter-terrorism chief, Commander Dean Haydon, said: "Any amount of cash sent to terrorists is money which is enabling them to further their hatred and carry out attacks on innocent people.
Last month, two dry cleaners from the West Midlands were convicted under terrorism laws after selling a BMW car and watch on eBay to raise funds for their brother who was fighting for IS.
Mohammed Hussain, 26, and Mohamed Rohaman, 33, from Walsall, were convicted at the Old Bailey in London for raising £10,000 (US$13,000) for their brother, Musadikur Rohaman, a terrorist fighter in the IS-stronghold of Raqqa, Syria.
Hussain was sentenced to four years' imprisonment, and Mohamed Rohaman to two years and nine months.


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Small Town Flavor from A Bicycle Trip Across Texas
A veteran NPR reporter saddles up for a 1,100-mile bike trip across Texas, stopping at small, rural towns in between.
By Joy Diaz & Leah ScarpelliApril 22, 2016 2:18 pmArts & Culture, Sports
Twitter/RadioBigTex
KUT assistant general manager Hawk Mendenhall (left) and NPR reporter John Burnett dip their back tires into the Rio Grande on their cross-Texas bike trip for charity.
Long-time NPR reporter John Burnett has brought the stories of Texas to a much larger audience. But now, he's getting to know Texas on a bicycle, literally riding from one end of the state to the other. He's more than halfway done so he stopped by the Standard to share some of his road stories with us.
Burnett, who's on a charity ride for the Nobelity Project, said they have 330 miles to get to the Sabine River between Texas and Louisiana. He says after putting in seven or eight hours on the road, he goes out with a tape recorder to hear from people in these small rural towns.
"I go out with this little recorder just to see what people are saying in the towns in between the big cities that we don't hear enough from," he says.
– A patron at Angie's Cafe in Fort Hancock, Texas, about an hour drive outside of El Paso: "We're kind of all on our own and that's just fine. That's who we are. We don't want any governments coming in here and changing it."
– A waitress at the Oasis Cafe in Marathon, Texas, gateway to Big Bend country: "Cool, breezy, not a lot of hurrah goes on and very seldom do you hear the sirens going."
– The charity that Burnett is riding for that helps students in Kenya
This Texas Musician Played His Best Shows With Prince
Ice Hockey is Central Texas' Power Play
Is The Pentagon Planning To Shut Down Military Bases?
What Are Texans Snatching Up This Week?
Here's What it's Like To Work On Shark Tank
Cruz Stalls In New York, Sid Miller Primes the Pump
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Rapid advances in nanotechnology necessitate assessment of the safety of nanomaterials in the resulting products and applications. One key nanomaterial attracting much interest in many areas of science and technology is graphene. Graphene is a one atom thick carbon allotrope arranged in a two-dimensional honeycomb lattice. In addition to being extremely thin, graphene has several extraordinary physical properties such as its exceptional mechanical strength, thermal stability, and high electrical conductivity. Graphene itself is relatively chemically inert and therefore pristine graphene must undergo a process called functionalization, which is combination of chemical and physical treatments that change the properties of graphene, to make it chemically active. Functionalization of graphene is of crucial importance as the end application of graphene depends on proper functionalization. In the field of medicine, graphene is currently a nanomaterial of high interest for building biosensors, DNA transistors, and probes for cancer detection. Despite the promising applications of graphene in several areas of biomedicine, there have been only few studies in recent years that focus on evaluating cytotoxicity of graphene on cells, and almost no studies that investigate how graphene exposure affects cellular genetic material. Therefore, in this study we used a novel approach to evaluate the genotoxicity, i.e., the effects of graphene on DNA, using Escherichia coli as a prokaryotic model organism.
Sharma, Ananya, "Genotoxicity of Graphene in Escherichia coli" (2016). Theses and Dissertations. 1565.


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La Al-Waqf Tower est un gratte-ciel de Koweït City, capitale du Koweït. Achevé en 2010, il est haut de 230 m et compte 50 étages. Les étages 8, 19, 30 et 41 sont des .

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Gratte-ciel au Koweït
Gratte-ciel construit en 2010

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QUIZ: Not Everything Is About Race. Yes, It Is!
jimi izrael
Every time two different people from two different backgrounds get in a dispute, race may color the dynamic, but most often it is not the dominant instigator—never mind what Jimmy Carter has to say about race in America. This isn't to say that we are post-racial or that racism is dead. We aren't, and it isn't. Whites and blacks most often have misunderstandings complicated by ignorance of our different experiences. How can any of us know if racism motivates people in a given situation? Sometimes you have to look at a situation and ask yourself if it is being fired by race, or not race. How sensitive is your racial radar? I'm here to help.
Look at these perceived racial injustices and decide for yourself if race was a factor, or if race was not a factor. Get the correct answers at the end and tally your score to find out what kind of race man or woman you are. (Hint: Joe Wilson yelling out "You lie!"? Not race.)
Race or Not Race?
1) Radio personality and professional bigot Don Imus calls the Rutgers women's basketball team a bunch of "nappy-headed hoes."
2) Comedian and TV star Michael Richards calls a heckler a "nigger" six times in quick succession.
3) Oregon football player LeGarrette Blount is suspended for the rest of the season for sucker-punching Boise State's Byron Hout during a round of trash-talking after a hard-lost game.
4) Kanye West commandeers the microphone at the MTV Video Music Awards show, and Twitter goes nuts with calls for that "nigger [to be] lynched."
5) Serena Williams goes in on a line judge and is fined and loses a point and the match.
6) Actor Isaiah Washington is fired from the cast of Grey's Anatomy following a controversy where he is alleged to have called a co-worker a "faggot."
7) Journalist Jayson Blair is fired from the staff of the New York Times for fabricating and plagiarizing news stories. Blair would go on to cite racism and bipolar disorder as the cause of his downfall.
8) Golfer Fuzzy Zoeller told Tiger Woods not to order "fried chicken and collard greens" at a golf function.
9) Candidate Barack Obama is pictured as a monkey on some signs and T-shirts.
10) Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. is arrested at his own home by a white police officer responding to a call of a break-in.
1) RACE/NOT RACE? Not race.
HOW DO WE KNOW? Imus is an equal-opportunity offender, taking on Jews, Catholics, gays, etc. Doesn't make it right. But it is what he gets paid to do.
2) RACE/NOT RACE? Race.
HOW DO WE KNOW? Richards' use of the race-specific epithet removes all doubt.
HOW DO WE KNOW? It's not OK for a football player of any color to cold-cock another football player of any color.
4) RACE/NOT RACE? Race
HOW DO WE KNOW: White people were lynched, but lynching is an act that historically was used for regulating the behavior of blacks. This, coupled with the frequent use of the epithet, leaves no doubt.
HOW DO WE KNOW? Bad-boy tennis god John McEnroe was fined and continues to be fined repeatedly for use of foul and threatening language on the tennis court.
HOW DO WE KNOW? There is nowhere anyone can work in America and be able to get away with insulting a co-worker with an epithet.
HOW DO WE KNOW? Wunderkind Stephen Glass was fired from the New Republic for the same thing.
HOW DO WE KNOW? Zoeller often ribbed and heckled all of his colleagues inappropriately.
HOW DO WE KNOW? George W. Bush was often compared to chimps.
10) RACE/NOT RACE? Not race.
HOW DO WE KNOW? No one is really allowed to back-talk police officers.
If you got all 10 right: You're a proper race man or woman and refuse to make race the excuse for bad behavior or poor performance. You have better things to do than police white folks.
If you only got seven right: You are a little paranoid and should probably start a T-shirt business to profit from the perpetual black outrage industry. Maybe sell beef jerky as well.
If you missed four or more: Your race politics are Sharptonian and hypersensitive. You are likely given to fits of ranting at the TV news about the way the white man is holding down the black man. You should march on The Man and show him who's boss, if only you had the bus fare.
Jimi Izrael blogs for The Root on The Hardline.
Single Father, Author, Screenwriter, Award-Winning Journalist, NPR Moderator, Lecturer and College Professor. Habitual Line-Stepper


Although there are different opinions about where cable television actually began, a great deal of the ingenuity that developed cable into today's multibillion dollar industry came from Pennsylvania. In this state, with its mountainous geography, the need for an unusual means of obtaining a television signal gave birth to the community antenna television system that was the forerunner of the cable we know today.
This volume traces the history of cable television through biographical sketches of those who were instrumental in bringing this technology to rural Pennsylvania. Enumerating technical as well as financial obstacles, each chapter focuses on the life of a cable pioneer. The contributions of such men as John Walson, Bob Tarleton, George Gardner and Ralph Roberts are discussed and their relationships to each other examined. Information drawn from interviews with these men or people who knew them brings history to life. Topics include the roots of cable television, problems of early cable systems and the advent of HBO and its consequences. An appendix offers a commemorative history of the Pennsylvania Cable Network, a joint project of several men discussed herein.
Brian Lockman is the president and chief executive officer of Pennsylvania Cable Network in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Don Sarvey is a an independent writer and a communications consultant for Editorial Enterprises, Inc., based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.


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supertubos Arquivos - Máquina Voadora
Pedro Boonman's "Core" surf video about 2015 is finally here and it's called "Mr.Boonman", a production launched by our friends at White Flag Productions in which Máquina Voadora is proudly associated.
The video starts with a bit of role-play, production contains 4 angles (Land, Water, POV and Drone footage) and it featured some of the best sessions here in Portugal during 2015, action includes a lot of Supertubos (it contains 1 of the waves thats on that winter session in Supertubos to be released), a bunch sick barrels on Nazaré, his homebreak at Carcavelos, Portugal's most hidden Secret Slab on the west coast and many other spots across our coastline.
During 2015 Boonman quickly evolved from having his "air game" as his trademark to becoming one of the most recognised tube riders in Portugal right now.
He got a lot of international media attention few months ago, after the release of his clip "That Day in Naza", that clip showed the world that Nazaré also delivers perfect 6-9ft barrels and the world loved it! the clip had an exclusive launch in Surfer Mag, went viral and later won the final 2 in November's Winter Session at the MSW contest, being now in-play for the final at the end of the winter.
For 2016 Boonman's is planning to launch a lot of new video content throughout the year, he is currently working with "White Flag Productions" and "Máquina Voadora Produções" on several different surf projects, including a 4 episode new serie, a new drone clip, another "core" clip among other experimental projects.
Hope you all enjoy !


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BEZPŁATNE KSIĄŻKI DRUKOWANE,
Badanie Przybytku
Czym jest Ewangelia?
Często Zadawane Pytania na temat Wiary Chrześcijańskiej
Terminy Biblijne
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Ze względu na COVID-19 i zakłócenia w międzynarodowych usługach
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Z powodu tej sytuacji nie jesteśmy w stanie wysłać Ci książek w tej chwili.
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Subject 10 : The Revelation (Commentaries on the Revelation)
[Chapter 2-6] Letter to The Church of Pergamos (Revelation 2:12-17)
(Revelation 2:12-17)
"And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write, 'These things says He who has the sharp two-edged sword: 'I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. And you hold fast to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days in which Antipas was My faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells. But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality. Thus you also have those who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. Repent, or else I will come to you quickly and will fight against them with the sword of My mouth.' He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it.'"
Verse 12: "And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write, 'These things says He who has the sharp two-edged sword:'"
Pergamos was an administrative capital city in Asia Minor, whose inhabitants worshiped many pagan gods. In particular, it was a center of emperor worship. By "He who has the sharp two-edged sword," it means that the Lord fights against the enemies of God.
Verse 13: "I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. And you hold fast to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days in which Antipas was My faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells."
While Pergamos was a stronghold of emperor worship, it also was the place where a servant of God named Antipas was martyred for refusing the imperial idolatry to defend his faith in the Lord. The time will come once again when the people will be coerced to worship the Antichrist, but the saints and servants of God will defend their faith until the end, just as Antipas had defended his faith with his own life. To have such a bold faith, we must start to put our faith into our action now, even if we begin with small steps. When the time of persecution comes, the saints and servants of God must especially rely on the Holy Spirit. They must trust in God and willingly embrace their martyrdom in hope, so that they can give glory to God and receive the New Heaven and Earth from Him.
Verse 14: "But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality."
God rebuked the Church of Pergamos because some of its members held the doctrine of Balaam. Balaam was a false prophet who led the Israelites away from God and made them commit idolatry by tempting them to have relationships with the Gentile priestesses who worshipped idols. The Lord rebuked those whose faith had left God. The people's hearts had left Him and instead worshiped the false idols. And the sin of idolatry is the gravest sin before God.
Verse 15: "Thus you also have those who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate."
The words "Nicolaitan" and "Balaam" in the Bible are basically synonymous, meaning "those who prevail over the people." When God said that there are "those who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans," this was another way of saying that the church of God must reject "those who hold the doctrine of Balaam." Those who followed these doctrines of the Nicolaitans and Balaam were those who pursued material gains and idolatry. Such people must of course be driven out of the church of God.
Verse 16: "Repent, or else I will come to you quickly and will fight against them with the sword of My mouth."
God therefore told the Church of Pergamos to leave from their worship of false gods and their pursuit of the worldly gains and return to the right faith, warning them that unless they repent, He would fight against them with the sword of His mouth. This is, in other words, a severe stricture in which God warned that He would punish those who do not repent from following the doctrine of Balaam, even if they were believers. Those who heard this warning of God and returned to Him were to live, both physically and spiritually, but those who did not were to brace themselves for their physical and spiritual destruction. For the saints and servants of God to be blessed on this earth and beyond, they must hear the Word of God and follow the Lord with their faith.
Verse 17: "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it."
The true saints will embrace even their own martyrdom. God tells us that to those who are martyred in His name, He will give the foods of Heaven and record their names in His Kingdom. For us to live physically and spiritually, we must listen to what the Holy Spirit has said to the church of God. To those who overcome—that is, those who win their battle against the followers of Satan—God will give the righteousness of faith that delivers them from sin, and, for their faith, He will write their names into the Book of Life.
The Bible tells us repeatedly in several different passages that those who persevere until the end will receive salvation. The saints, in other words, need to be patient in the end times, so that they can defend their faith in the gospel of the water and the Spirit. The names of the born-again are written in the Book of Life. The believers must, therefore, enter the Kingdom of God by not pursuing material and worldly gains but overcoming them by faith, until the very day when they will finally stand before God.
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Inevitability of Evolution
Imagining Other Earths
Universidad de Princeton
Are we alone? This course introduces core concepts in astronomy, biology, and planetary science that enable the student to speculate scientifically about this profound question and invent their own solar systems. All the features of this course are available for free. It does not offer a certificate upon completion.
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Evolution of Life
The basic principles of evolution (selection, mutation, and heritability) do not depend on the details of biochemistry. Thus, we can expect evolutionary principles to apply in extrasolar life. We discuss the role of sex in evolution and discuss how we can use the Tree of Life to study life's origins.
Inevitability of Evolution26:53
David Spergel
Charles Young Professor of Astronomy on the Class of 1897 Foundation and Chair
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So this lecture, we're going to talk about Evolution. And let me begin by saying a few words about my man here, Charles Darwin. Darwin was able to think through the principles of evolution, without understanding the underlying biochemistry. One of the implications of this, is that the rules of evolution, really don't depend so much on the details on how DNA works. We can actually think of evolution operating not just on selecting for cells on bacteria, or selecting for individuals. But even selecting for ideas, or companies, and we can apply these principles of, of evolution, when we think about life on other planets. So today, I want to begin by talking about the inevitably of evolution. Then turn, and talk a bit about sex, and the role it plays in evolution. And finally, talk about the tree of life. And this is of course a very rich subject. And we only have time to devote one lecture to it. But I want to hit a few of the highlights of this, area and think about some of it's implications, for astrobiology. So, let's begin thinking about the basic principles of evolution. We often think of evolution as, the survival of the fittest. What evolution is doing, is it's selecting for the ability, to survive and reproduce. The key elements for evolution are going to be, we need something that, replicates itself. When it replicates itself occasionally undergoes mutation, so there's some variation. And then the environment will select for whatever variation, is most best able to survive. And reproduce, because those inheritable traits will be passed on. Now there's a rich debate and discussion about thinking about evolution at the level of genes. Do we select for individual genes? Do we select for individuals? Or does it make sense to think about evolution happening sometimes at the group level? People usually focus on evolution at the individual level. But it's an interesting discussion, that out side of what we want to talk about in the course, about what happens if these simpler are more complex levels. As a physicist, I think about evolution as we call effective field theory. What do we mean by this? When I describe the physics of atoms, protons, and electrons, combining, and neutrons combining to make atoms. I don't need to know the details of quarks and gluons. The sub components of protons and neutrons. We'll talk about atoms. I can just talk about protons, and neutrons, and electrons interacting. If I want to understand how atoms work together to make. molecules, I don't need to understand the details of their subcomponents, I can work at the next level of extraction. I can ignore the previous level, and work at a simpler version of the theory. That's what they call, physicists call "Effective Field Theory." If I want to think about. The gas in this room. I don't need a theory that describes the detail properties of how every molecule moves. I can just talk about the density, and temperature and pressure of the gas. The same is true of evolution, I don't need to understand. How molecular biology works. I don't need to understand the complex biochemistry of cells, but get an understanding of the principles of evolution. After all Darwin didn't know about DNA, yet was able to derive the basic principles. And I think we can extrapolate this to other systems. If life uses a different bio chemistry somewhere else. As long as they're individuals that reproduce, and have traits that are passed on, we can think that evolution will happen elsewhere, we just require reproduction. Inheritance of traits, and mutation. In fact, people think about evolution happening even on ideas, things like memes. You can think about how religions evolve and change through time. You can think how philosophies change and political systems. All those things can be thought of as evolving in some ways. And at some level as long as they satisfy these conditions, some of the principles of evolution can be applied. So when we think about life on other planets, and I hope some of you will be doing the final assignment at this point and are starting to think about, how life might evolve on your planet. You don't need to know your life's biochemistry, to think about applying these basic principles. Is life even necessary for evolution? I would argue not. You can think about things like crystal growth, where you can say, if I'm growing crystals. And the crystals that are more stable are better, are able to grow faster, absorb more chemical from the solution. Those crystals will grow, and there will be an evolution like process, that will select for it. We can form things like cellular automoton. These are simple computer games, where you have simple rules that allow things to propagate, and even these simple systems propagating within a computer. We can apply the principles of evolution as long as they undergo this process of inheriting traits. And having some of these traits being selected for. If we make up rules of the game like that, we can apply these evolutionary computer, principles to even to these, computer games. Now, how do these evolutionary principles operate? So the key parts is first we need a variation population properties. These variations can happen during mutation. Or due to sex where we have two individuals mixing, their genetic properties. And as you'll see that's going to be in the next section why sex plays an important role in evolution. But to understand evolution we can just think of prokaryotes and think about mothers and daughters. If we have a mother that has several daughters. If there's some process of either, say, radioactivity induced mutation. Or mutations induced because as the RNA, or DNA copies itself. That there's an error in the copying taking place, so as it copies, the new copy isn't perfect. It deviates in some way. There will be a variation in traits among the daughters. Now most mutations are unfavorable, and these unfavorable mutations are selected against, because this daughter here has some trait that does not help it survive. In fact, makes its survival less likely. And if it's less likely to pass on to survive and reproduce, those traits will be eliminated by evolution. Sometimes you'll have traits. That under a given environmental condition are neither selected for nor against. In this picture here, these two daughters have slightly different traits. But this difference in trait does not affect survival. So both daughters will pass on their traits, but then sometimes later on, it might turn out that this mutation away from the original line, turns out to be favored in it's environment, and this favorable trait will enable it to survive. And the population will evolve. So, this combination of variation, and then selection, are what's essential for driving evolution. Now, if there's no selection process. Then the properties of a species will stay the same, if we have a large enough population. That's the really what's the Hearty Weinberg theorist is telling us and a large population with if, properties aren't selected for or against stay at about the same level. If there's no selection preferring brown eyes, blue eyes, or blue eyes over green eyes. The fraction of a population with a given eye color will stay constant, if the population is large enough. Now when a very small population we have. Very few offspring. Small number statistics come in. And you can have some genetic drift. But overall, we expect changes in population properties to be driven by evolutionary selection processes. Now, we can look at evolution in the fossil record. And, Perhaps classic example is looking at the evolution of horses, where over the last 60 million years they went from a very small horse, that lived in the forest to today's large horse that is evolved to live in grass land, they're larger animals. They're faster, they've evolved to eat grass rather than foliage. And this evolution is a process that we've been able to trace through the fossil record. I'll be it with some missing steps we can watch as we go from this ancient Ancestor of the horse to a larger animal. We can see the change in its bone structure. We can see the change in its teeth, as evolution selects four form. That can best survive in the growing grasslands of the world. And this is sort of the picture, that many of us have in mind when we think about evolution. Usually we think of evolution as something that happens. That's happened to the past, and something we study through the fossil record. But there have been some fascinating experiments, where people can watch evolution happen in the lab. And to me, one of my favorite versions of this is an experiment led by Professor Lensky. Who, for the last 25 years, has been watching evolution happen in his lab. He has been following 12 distinct populations of E.Coli for over 50,000 E.Coli generations. That's long enough that. Every single point mutation that's a mutation that happens at one location in the DNA. Change for the E.coli. Every mutation that can happen probably has happened. And in his experiment he's watched the properties of the E.coli change. He has put the E.coli in a minimal growth medium, one in which they're not going to grow so fast, so that there be a selection process that would enable these species to change, if their traits changed a bit, they would be able to propagate better. And what has happened over time, is that, in each of these 12 separate groups, the cell sizes have grown. As mutations take place independently in each of these groups, that make a better E. coli. To survive in this particular environment, and a form of e coli that is more thick, and what's really interesting is back in 2008, one of the populations had a mutation that let it utilize citrate. This is the stuff that was used to, not as a food source, it wasn't planned as a food source. It was used to as a fixer for the medium of Sudan, and this bacteria that one of them underwent two lucky mutations, that allowed access to a new energy source. This has happened in only one of the samples, and I think this shows the importance sometimes of historical contingency in evolution. Sometimes you have to have the right mutations in order to take advantage of some new niche. Or have the right mutation that you're lucky enough, that when the environment changes, you happen to have some trait that all of the sudden is selected for. Another fascinating place to study evolution, is some of the classic sites like the Galapagos, where you have an isolated place where you can watch populations evolve. A wonderful book about this that I recommend is Jonathan Weiner's Beak of the Fish, Fitch, that follows Peter and Rosemary Grant, two of my colleagues here at Princeton, and looks at how birds have evolved in this very small population. We can study how evolution works. And watch it in progress. No, of course we also get to see evolution in progress, when we look at what happens with viruses and vaccines. Viruses can develop immunity. To vaccines, bacteria that developed immunity to vaccins, to vaccines, and unfortunately, evolution will select for things that survive against our treatments. So, what are the ingredients of evolution? We've talked about one so far. We've talked about the fact that. You want a selection pressure that selects for certain traits. But you also need something that creates a range of traits. You need something that causes mutations, and we've talked about, two processes that generate them. One is transcription errors, when I make copies of my RNA and DNA, mistakes are made. These happen more often in RNA which is why I'm going to look at something like a flu virus the few flu virus under goes fairly rapid mutation, this years flu is different from last year's few flu. Is as multiple transcriptions occur, errors happen and new forms of the flu virus are constantly appearing. Now sometimes transcription errors are in your favor. And there are conditions in which you want to have rapid mutation rate. Other times, you'd like to not suffer such a high mutation rate. And we'll talk about,uh, when we talk about extreme o files, radio durans. Which has a very low mutation rate, and effectively an error-correcting code, because it wants to be able to survive in environments that are very harsh, including things like radioactivity. Most mutations, we should keep in mind, are almost always either neutral,. Are more likely negative. You don't want to start to do what the superheroes do in those movies, swallow that vat of radioactive liquid. The mutations it produces are very likely harmful, probably carcinogenic. It is only the rare mutation. That is going to produce a new trait that will be selected for. What are the evolutionary pressures? The pressures, sometimes they're external changes in the environment. Sometimes external pressures you experience are things like the environment getting hotter. Are wetter, more acidic. They're changes that are happening because of broad geochemical processes. But much of the evolutionary pressure that lifeforms are subject to in our complex ecology, is we're always in constant competition with. Are parasites with a predators and the environment is constantly changing. the wolves are getting faster, we have to evolve in order to survive the wolves. Our prey are getting faster. We have to evolve to keep up with the prey. And, we live in this complex environment in which there's constant competition both within our own species, where we have to be the fittest to survive within our species to propagate our traits. And with other species. And, evolution is not happening in a situation where, what people call the fitness landscape. What traits you need to survive are constant. It's happening in an ever changing environment. I think of these principles as things we can apply not just to evolution, but even when we think about things like companies. You can have a company like, you know, IBM, that did very well when the environment was all about building the biggest computer in the world, the mainframe. But suddenly the rules of the game change, and you start having to compete to build personal computers, and then that might be an environment where a company like an Intel or a Microsoft can thrive, and then the environment changes and you have to start competing to see who can make the best, Product that will work on a cell phone. And the rules of the game is constantly changing, and your competitors are constantly trying to figure out ways in which they can outperform you. And I think of one of the best books on business that I've ever read. Andrew Grove's only the paranoid survive. Talking about his work at Intel, as talking about a process that's a lot like evolution. The rules of the game are constantly changing. The fitness landscape is changing as the other players in the game, are changing the fitness landscape and. Evolution happens in this changing environment. It actually means, if you think about what life would be like on a planet with one species. If there was only one life form, evolution would be much simpler. Probably much slower. There would only be competition between individuals. The predators wouldn't be changing. The prey wouldn't be changing. You'd have a fairly stable fitness landscape. Our world is much richer. Much more complex. Different species evolve at different rates. What's interesting when you look at the evolutionary history really shocking in some ways, to me is given how much the environment is changed the fact that other species are constantly evolving, there are some life forms the horse shoe crab, the tad pole shrimp. That seem to have found a really good niche for themselves, and despite the fact that the world has changed tremendously, the environment itself has changed, temperatures of the planet have changed, other species have changed a great deal, they've kept about the same form. You know, the horseshoe crab has been around at least a hundred times longer than the human species. It's found something it's really good at doing. And it, despite, you know, as the world changes, it's still the right form to have, it seems. And when I think about, the enormous stability of things like a horse shoe crab, it's interesting to contrast it with how rapidly genetic change can happen. Dogs have only been domesticated for. About you know, ten thousand years ago. And most species, most of the breeds of dogs, same species, but most breeds of dogs are very recent, many of them, have appeared in the last 100 years. And. This shows how with the proper, now this is of course done with human selection where humans are making the choices, that made one dog look like a bulldog, another one poodle. And yet another one collie. They were selecting for traits. In their ancestors. But with in a relatively few generations, we are able to radically change the appearance of a given type of dog. This shows how fast evolution can operate. And this is without genetic engineering. Right these various species of breeds of dog arose. Just by human selection of their parents and and selected breeding. Now of course selective breeding and genetic engineering, I always think of as rather close, you know. To shock those of you who don't like genetically modified organisms. Basically every piece of food you've ever eaten was genetically modified by our ancestors, when they selectively bred say, wheat or corn or. Cattle. Those are all products of selective breeding, they're all products of genetic engineering. All right, now that I've, probably going to get a few emails about that comment. Let me now switch, to other thoughts about evolution of ideas... And this is a neat notion that goes back to Richard Dawkins, where he said, we should think about evolution operating on a level the level of memes. And he said, instead of thinking about genes, the unit of transmitting genetic information, he's talked about memes, the idea of transmitting cultural transmission. And since Dawkins is Famous atheists it's fun to apply his ideas to religion and you can think about certain elements in religion being selected for as a base something that will work if you want to keep propagating your religion. Many religions promote the idea of being fruitful and multiplying. If you have a religion that encourages you to bring up children in your religion, and encourages them to have children that idea will propagate. On the other hand if you take the route of the Shakers, and encourage people to not have children. You tend to have much fewer followers. There are things that could be selected for. You can choose different transmissions mechanisms. Mormonism is spreading right now because many missionaries go out. Islam once spread. Through the sort. Very quickly, there are different choices for transmission. And I've wondered sometimes if we think about this at the evolutionary level, when you think about why religion is so pervasive, is perhaps, at some level, the belief in God conveys some evolutionary advantage. I don't think, this is pure speculation. Complete speculation. But, it's interesting to think about selection happening. At the level of ideas, or companies, and the fact that we can apply some of these principles broadly, is why I think we can think about evolution happening at, regardless of what the underlying biochemistry is we think about life elsewhere. So, let's stop for, step back for a second and think about the way evolution acts and I want you to think about the way evolution affects viruses and how they propagate.


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Is your head in the clouds yet?
For years now, I have been waiting for Google's promise of free online storage, called the "GDrive". In the meantime Google (and it's competitors) have made it much easier to store your data online in various ways (look at Picasa Web Albums, Google Docs, Gmail etc), but that is not quite the same.
With the current expansion of "cloud computing" – yet another small step toward the Matrix becoming reality – it was just a matter of time to see new free cloud services emerging.
One of those cloud services made a click in my brain the moment I saw it. Dropbox gives you a free 2.5 GB of online "cloud" storage. As if this is not enough, the Dropbox folks increase your storage limit with 250MB increments – also for free – when you go through the Dropbox tutorial, and/or invide your friends to use the service as well. You can buy even more storage , if you need it.
What exactly does it do? Well, think of it as a two interconnected "boxes", one on your own computer and the other on the Internet, in which you store your files. In fact, the manifestation of that "dropbox" is just a directory on your local computer. Everything in the local Dropbox is immediately synchronized with the server's Dropbox. It is a real-time backup facility! Beware of modifying large files though – because any change to a file inside the Dropbox triggers it's upload to the server. That will eat your bandwidth if the file would be hundreds of megabytes in size.
By installing Dropbox on another computer using the same account, you are able to access your online backup there as well. The Dropbox on the other computer will be synchronized with the server – i.e. all files on the server will be downloaded to that computer. Dropbox is intelligent enough to allow multiple people using the same Dropbox at the same time! If more than one person changes the same file (so that two versions of that file will be uploaded to the server) you end up with all versions of the file being stored on the server with slightly changed filenames, nothing gets deleted. Bonus: the changed files that were uploaded to the server by the other person's Dropbox, will find their way to your own local dropbox and vice versa. The synchronization works both ways.
I have been using Dropbox for a while now and it works very well for me. It is platform independent (clients for Linux, Windows and Mac are available). It has built-in collaboration: you can share a directory in your Dropbox. When someone joins a shared folder, the folder appears inside their Dropbox, and syncs to their computers automatically. You can even make files available to people who themselves have no dropbox account: one directory in your dropbox is considered "public", and that is how it is named too. Every file in that directory is publicly accessible using a web browser.
In true alien tradition, I created a Slackware package which gives you the dropbox-client, a system tray applet. Depending on your DE, it will either start dolphin (in KDE4), or thunar (in XFCE), or whatever application is your default file manager when you click the applet's icon. The first time this Dropbox client starts (from the system menu or by running /usr/bin/dropbox), you will be asked to fill in your account data and if you did not download the server component yourself, the client will proceed to download the binary closed-source dropbox server and install that to ~/.dropbox-dist/ (yes, the program lives in your homedirectory). Oh, I hear your "gulp!" but it is really basic stuff, and you will find it easy to setup.
If you do not care for a GUI because you run a server, you're not left out in the cold. You can simply forget my package, and download the dropbox daemon yourself. There is a page on the Dropbox Wiki which explains the steps.
Enough talk! Get Dropbox at http://www.dropbox.com/ or even better, use my referral link http://db.tt/Rv5417bY to create your account. Using the referral gives you and me both an additional 500 MB of free online storage (up to a maximum of 16 GB bonus space).
And remember: backups are important! It can not be stressed enough. However, if you intend to save sensitive data in your dropbox, be sure to encrypt that first, for instance using KeePass or Truecrypt, both programs are cross-platform (Linux and Windows).
Posted: 19 November, 2009 in Slackware, Software.
Thanks, man! This is awesome!
On slackware in the past I have used spideroak, who did have a slackware version of their software. I found it better than dropbox due to versioning, not being forced to create a separate set of folders, and a command line version for every action.
a good alternative for saving my personal Slackware packages. Thanks for the tip and the client.
Thank you, sir. Your Slackware package helped a lot. Didn't want to mess with trying to install GNOME packages just to run Dropbox.
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OK, I decided to keep the SPAM post by this "freevlcdownload"guy instead of deleting it, so that I can warn against it.
VLC is and will always be free to download, but please download it from the developers themselves, at http://videolan.org/ !
All you will get from this "freevlcplayerdownload" site is a spam-ridden version of VLC. If you look closely at the web page, you will see that they do not once link to the actual VideoLAN web site, and they copied all their texts from the VLC documentation.
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Excellent post at Alien Pastures » Dropbox. I was checking constantly this blog and I am impressed! Very useful information specially the last part 🙂 I care for such information much. I was looking for this particular info for a long time. Thank you and good luck.
Remote storage by 3rd-party services – yet another most stupid invention. I do not know so obscene word to label each and every client of such services.
I am a "client" of such services. I do notforce you to use dropbox or any other service. This is not a public furum, this is my blog.Your insults are not wanted here. Further posts from you will not be accepted here, and will be deleted.
btw – the only thing about it which makes me sad is proprietary server app.
Does the nautilus-dropbox have to be installed in it's own directory, not a common /usr?
Still works and is still current version for Linux. Thank you again Eric for a great package.


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