Arctic culture and landscapes come alive on this 11-day Arctic Sights & Northern Lights cruise aboard the luxury 114-guest expedition ship M/V Sea Spirit. Search for whales and Arctic wildlife while cruising round trip from Reykjavik, Iceland, through breathtaking fjords flanked by steep mountains along eastern Greenland. Across the Denmark Strait, explore the stunning Scoresby Sund fjord complex to discover unbelievable scenery, historical sites, massive icebergs, a contemporary Inuit village and of course the mesmerizing northern lights. Visit the town of Isafjörour in the Westfjords of Iceland. On the 12-day alternative itinerary, explore Iceland's picturesque Snaefellsnes peninsula. Every night on this voyage brings another excellent chance to experience the northern lights in a beautiful setting.
Kayaking is available at an added cost for those who wish to experience this paddler's paradise. The islands and fjords of the High Arctic closely guard some of the world's most unique and magical sea kayaking opportunities. Experience cathedral-like icebergs in Greenland, labyrinthine expanses of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean and rugged coastlines in remote waters that very few people have ever paddled. Photographic instructions, lectures and opportunities from expert photographers and guides are included in every departure.
If icebergs, Arctic culture and wildlife and the aurora borealis are your polar interests, then this Arctic Sights & Northern Lights itinerary is the trip for you!
Rates vary by cabin, starting at $5995 per person. Please see website for full details on rates.
Welcome to Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland and starting point of the expedition. After arriving via scheduled commercial flight service, you are free to explore this fascinating city. Reykjavík is home to a wealth of cultural institutions including museums, galleries, and the Hallgrímskirkja church. Leisure possibilities inside the city include parks, gardens and thermal baths. You can also take advantage of Reykjavík's wide range of shopping possibilities, excellent dining options, and famous nightlife. Your hotel for the night has been arranged and is included in the price of the voyage.
In the afternoon be welcomed aboard the luxury expedition ship M/V Sea Spirit. Explore the ship and get comfortable in your home away from home for the extraordinary adventure to come. Savor the anticipation of your Arctic dreams coming true as the ship slips her moorings and sails out of the harbor into the bay of Faxaflói, where it is possible to encounter your first whales.
From Iceland the ship heads across Denmark Strait toward Scoresby Sund in East Greenland, crossing the Arctic Circle on the way. There is a good possibility of whale sightings in this stretch of water. After nightfall, enjoy the first opportunity to see the aurora borealis.
Scoresby Sund is a true Arctic wilderness and this part of the voyage is a real expedition. The route and exploration opportunities here are heavily dependent on the weather and sea ice conditions. Scoresby Sund is the largest and longest fjord system in the world. This area contains some of the Arctic's most impressive scenery. Deep fjords and narrow channels, flanked by ice-clad peaks up to 6561 feet high, reach deep into the mountainous heart of Greenland. Tidewater glaciers create colossal icebergs that float with wind and tide throughout the fjord system. On shore, fields of multicolored tundra are home to musk oxen and Arctic hare. The landscape—vast, open, and seemingly untouched since the beginning of time—is a hikers' paradise.
Throughout this area we also find ancient Thule archeological sites, historical trappers' huts, and modern Inuit hunters' cabins. The Inuit village of Ittoqqortoormiit is the only permanent settlement in the region. The community boasts an excellent museum, a gift shop, a post office, an abundance of Greenlandic sled dogs and of course the opportunity to meet Inuit people. The days are filled with memorable excursions, sumptuous meals, expert presentations and enough stunning scenery to fill your camera and overwhelm your emotions. Each night brings new possibilities for incredible displays of aurora borealis—the Northern Lights. This is the perfect time and one of the world's best places to experience this otherworldly celestial phenomenon.
After an amazing time in Scoresby Sund the ship heads back across Denmark Strait toward Iceland. Presentations and workshops by the expert staff, as well as a range of onboard recreation facilities, ensure that this day at sea is not idly spent. Seabird viewing and whale sightings can be enjoyed from panoramic open decks as well as exterior stateroom windows and balconies. Nighttime offers still more possibilities for aurora borealis!
This expedition day in the Westfjords area reveals the rare beauty of the part of Iceland where mass tourism disappears – only about 10% of Iceland's visitors ever see the region. Taking advantage of every weather favorable condition, the expedition staff will choose the best places to discover breathtaking coastal fjords, jagged bird cliffs and tiny fishing villages embracing traditional ways of life.
After breakfast, say farewell in Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland and ending point of the expedition. Be transferred to the international airport or to the city center if you wish to spend another day or more in Iceland before flying home. From Reykjavík the entire country is accessible through day tours or longer journeys by rental car.
Activities: An expert photographer is on board all voyages to provide advice, lectures and workshops free of charge. Experience cathedral-like icebergs in Greenland, rugged coastlines and remote waters that very few people have paddled or labyrinthine expanses of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, all from sturdy and stealthy sea kayaks. Kayaking adventure options are $655 per person (2018 & 2019 season). Please contact AdventureSmith to reserve activity space with your booking.


A long time ago, I decided that my grip would never be the weak link in any lift. If I cannot hold on to the weight, then I believe I should not be picking it up. So I threw away the lifting straps and started training my grip specifically.
Here's just a few of the simpler grip tips & exercises that I incorporate into my own training routine on a regular basis.
Tip: Most importantly, you need to understand that there's a significant difference between exercises that strengthen wrist flexion and those that train the hand to close. Wrist flexion exercises will NOT help to increase your ability to hold on to the bar or any other object.
Yep, the first step is that easy. Get rid of your lifting straps and start deadlifting, shrugging, and rowing with a double-overhand grip (not hook grip) exclusively. And don't forget to wrap that thumb around the bar! Use that grip while ramping up to your working weights for the day and keep using it until you absolutely cannot perform the set with it. Then alternate the grip and finish your working sets.
There are tons of fat bars and grip implements out there. Like these from Rogue. One of the most convenient ones are Fat Gripz. I personally love them.
Put them on barbells and dumbells when rowing, curling, pressing, snatching, carrying, and for any other exercise you can think of. Even the pullup bar.
Because you won't be able to completely close your hand, they will train your fingers and thumb to work together to hold on to the bar.
Some of the simplest grip exercises are farmer carries and holds with different objects. Kettlebells, Dumbells, Hex Holds, and Farmer Bars are all fair game.
Carry them for distance or hold them for time. Every time you do a set, try to beat your last attempt.
Put simply, your grip should never be the weakest link. It's easy to train and can be incorporated into any training regiment.


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The Work of Yahweh in This Generation
Yahweh our Righteousness.
Yeremyah 23:6
There is a prophesied Work of Yahweh established in the United States. It was established in 1983, in the time period called, by the Savior, Yahshua Messiah, the Last Days. It is also the generation of the nuclear bombs that can darken the sun. In 29 A.Y. this Prophecy was made by the Savior, Yahshua Messiah, concerning this generation. This is a remarkable Prophecy showing the nuclear bomb 2,000 years before it was invented.
Mattithyah 24:1-3, 7, 21-22, 29, 33-34
1 Yahshua went out and was leaving the temple, when His Disciples came to show Him the buildings of the temple.
2 But Yahshua said to them: Do you see all these things? Truly I say to you: There will not be one stone left sitting on top of another, which will not be thrown down.
Verse 29 shows that the Savior, Yahshua Messiah, knew that the bombs that can darken the sun would be in this generation only. He showed you that He would have a Work in that same generation. Please understand, Yahshua shows a certain generation that would have bombs which can darken the sun. He said this in the year 29 A.Y. That technology was nowhere in sight at that time.
The technology for making that bomb did not exist until 1934. Such technology started with the invention of the computer, 1905 years after Yahshua gave that Prophecy.
The Evolution of the Modern Computer. An Open Source Graphical History (1934 to 1950)
This is the home of the Computer Evolution File. This file attempts to provide a comprehensive graphical representation of the evolution of the modern computer for the period 1934 to 1950.
virtualtravelog.net
The date you just read, 1934, is very important. It concerns Yahweh's prophesied Work for this generation. Now get this! The bomb that can darken the sun started the same year, 1934.
Leo Szilard – Patenting the Atomic Bomb
Hungarian physicist, Leo Szilard was the first person to conceive of the nuclear chain reaction and the atomic bomb. He was noted for his contributions to the fields of thermodynamics, biophysics, nuclear physics, and the development of atomic energy.
Leo Szilard was part of the group of scientists that invented the atomic bomb as part of the Manhattan Project.
Leo Szilard – Nuclear Chain Reaction Patent:
On July 4, 1934 Leo Szilard filed the first patent application for the method of producing a nuclear chain reaction aka nuclear explosion. His British patent included a description of a "neutron induced chain reactions to create explosions", and the concept of critical mass. The patent was given to the British War Office as part of the war effort.
nuclearweaponarchive.org
There are two different Prophecies by two different people. Daniyl, the Prophet of Yahweh, was inspired to write about the greatest time of trouble ever or would ever be again. He said in Daniyl 12:1, 4 that the greatest time of trouble would start with a knowledge increase. It did, in 1934.
Yahshua Messiah also spoke of the generation of the greatest tribulation and the bombs that would darken the sun. These bombs would not be invented until that generation. That, too, came to pass in the same year, 1934 AY (After Yahshua).
It's important you understand that neither mankind nor the Gods have the ability to foretell the future. Only Yahweh makes claim of that. If the Gods could, they would; but they don't, and they have never put anything in writing showing that they do have such knowledge.
Yahweh inspired His Prophets of His House, The House of Yahweh, to foretell the future so we would know what mankind brings upon themselves when they practice sin.
Yahweh Warned Adam, Cain and Noah
And out of the ground Yahweh made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight, and desirable for food. The Tree of Life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of Righteousness and evil.
Notice the tree of evil in verse 9.
16 And Yahweh commanded the man, saying: Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat;
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of Righteousness and evil you must not eat, for starting with the day you eat of it, dying you will die.
In verse 17, we see the warning is, if you practice evil you will cause yourself all kinds of trouble and death. Yahweh warned Cain that his evil practices would bring continual war, vengeance and retaliation.
Genesis 4:6-8, 11-14
6 So Yahweh said to Cain: Why are you angry? Why are you downcast?
7 If you do Righteousness, will you not be acceptable? And if you do not do Righteousness, sin is crouching at your door. The desire to sin is with you, but you must overcome it!
8 Now Cain talked with Abel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were spread abroad, that Cain rose against Abel his brother and killed him.
11 So now, you are cursed from the earth which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
12 When you work the soil, it shall no longer yield its strength to you. You shall be a fugitive, and you will be ever searching for Peace on the earth.
13 And Cain said to Yahweh; My consequences are greater than I can bear!
14 Surely You have driven me out this day from the face of the ground; I shall not be seen by Your Face. I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth, for there shall be continual war, vengeance, and retaliation.
Those Prophecies are seen today throughout the earth.
Yahshua gave warning for our generation, saying we would see the worst tribulation ever in history, along with the increase in knowledge that Yahweh inspired His Prophet Daniyl to write.
Daniyl 12:1-4
1 And at that time, one who is like Yahweh will stand up at Abel; Yisrayl, the Great Priest, who stands at Abel to teach Yahweh's Just, Perfect Laws to the children of Your People; and there will be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation to that same time. And at that time, Your People will be delivered, everyone who will be found written in The Book of Life.
2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake; some to Everlasting Life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
3 And those who are wise will shine as the brightness of the heavens; and those who turn many to Righteousness, as the stars forever and ever.
4 But you, O Daniyl, shut up the words, and seal the book to the time of The End; many will run to and fro, and knowledge will be increased.
Verse 1 shows the same greatest time of trouble ever, which is the same time period spoken of by Yahshua.
Now See Yahweh's Last Days' Work
Not every work is Yahweh's. Yahshua said the Godworshippers would have many works and deceive many in the same chapter that shows the nuclear bombs that can darken the sun. You need to understand just how great deception is in this generation.
4 Yahshua answered, and said to them: Be on guard, so that no man deceives you;
11 And many false religions will be aroused, and will deceive the many.
12 And because iniquity will abound, the love of the many will grow cold.
12 Therefore, all things you want men to do to you, do the same to them, for this is the teaching of the Laws and the Prophets.
13 Enter in through the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who go that way.
14 Because straight is the gate, and narrow is the way which leads to Life, and few there are who find it.
So how can you know what work belongs to Yahweh?
8 He who practices sin is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of Yahweh was manifested; that He might destroy the works of the devil.
Amosyah 3:7
Most assuredly Father Yahweh will have no work, other than the Work that He has prophesied in advance by His Servants the Prophets.
Yahshua and Daniyl spoke of the same Work of Yahweh. Notice this:
And this Joyous Message of the Kingdom of Yahweh shall be preached in all the world from The House of Yahweh at Abel by the Witness Yisrayl; for Yahweh will be with him. He will preach this Message to all nations; and then The End will come.
It is believed that the Roman Catholic Church deliberately mis-rendered, we cannot say translated, this verse in order to hide the Names of Yahweh, Yahshua, and Yahweh's Prophesied Work, referred to by Yahshua. You just read the provable, correct translation.
And I also say to you who are Kepha: That upon this Rock, YAHWEH UNITY; I will build this house; family: The House of Yahweh, and the gates of sheol (hell) will not prevail against it.
Psalm 23:1, 6
1 Yahweh is our Shepherd; we shall not want.
6 Surely Righteousness and mercy will follow us all the days of our lives; and we will dwell in The House of Yahweh forever!
Did you see the Name forever, House of Yahweh? See the Interlinear below.
Psalm 23:1, 6, Interlinear
Did you see the Name House of Yahweh? Did you see it's forever?
No! Yahweh's Work was never called church by anyone, except deceivers. The Savior, Yahshua Messiah, was never called Jesus or Christ. There is not a letter "j" in the Hebrew or Greek; not even English had a "j" until the King James Version, a rendition of The Book of Yahweh, was printed in the 1600s.
Yahshua is speaking of the same Work here in Mattithyah 16:18 as spoken of by Yahweh's Prophets Isayah and Micahyah. Read again:
Isayah 2:1-4
1 The word that Isayah son of Amoz saw concerning Yahdah and Yerusalem.
2 It will come to pass in the Last Days, that the mountain; promotion, of The House of Yahweh will be established in the chief of the nations, and will be raised above all congregations; and all nations will eventually flow to it.
3 And many people will go and say; Come, and let us go up to the Mountain of Yahweh, to the House of the Father of Yaaqob, and He will teach us of His Ways, and we will walk in His Paths. For the Laws will depart from Zion, and the Word of Yahweh will depart from Yerusalem.
4 He will judge among the nations, and will rebuke many people; they will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks; nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war anymore.
Verse 2 shows Yahweh's House will not be established in Yerusalem in this generation of the nuclear bomb, but rather in the chief of the nations, the United States of America. The exact location is shown in many Scriptures. Call, write, or email us for further information, or search the Yisrayl Says program at yisraylsays.com.
Now notice, the Name is forever.
Surely Righteousness and mercy will follow us all the days of our lives; and we will dwell in The House of Yahweh forever!
Psalm 23:6, Interlinear
Remember, the Roman Catholic Church removed the Sacred Names, Yahweh and Yahshua, when it allowed versions of The Book of Yahweh to be printed, such as the King James Version. Again, call, write, email or search the Yisrayl Says program for full details of this evil and the hatred for Yahweh and His Righteousness.
How did the Roman Catholic Church get The Book of Yahweh–the Writings of the Apostles and Prophets? The Roman Catholic Church called themselves Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, and Herodians when they were in Israyl. They had full control of The House of Yahweh, which they changed its name to Temple because of the hatred they had for the Name Yahweh.
They, the Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, and Herodians, were Coptic Catholics when they came out of Egypt and practiced that religion of Godworship. They hid that name by calling themselves Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, and Herodians.
When they made their complete move to the seven hills of Rome in 70 AY, they changed their name back to Catholic–Roman Catholic.
They were never any part of The House of Yahweh. For proof, Acts 7:37-43 speaks of the Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, and Herodians, all of whom were Godworshippers.
Catholic means universal, meaning they worship all the Gods of the universe.
The Book of Yahweh became available in English in 1987. It's a great translation. Now read from it in:
The Roman Catholic Church had verse 1 rendered as house of the Lord to hide the Name Yahweh as express in House of Yahweh.
Notice in verse 1, Last Days. The word translated mountain in this verse means promotion. The chief of the nations has been the United States of America for the entire duration of this generation. In verse 2, we see He will teach us of His Ways.
The House of Yahweh, Yahweh, and Yahshua were rejected by the whole world because the world follows the evil like the Gods instead of the Ways of Yahweh. Notice this now:
1 Now the serpent was more subtle and crafty than any beast of the field which Yahweh had made. And she said to the woman; Has Yahweh indeed said: You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
2 And the woman said to the serpent; We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden;
3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, Yahweh has said: You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, or you will die.
4 And the serpent said to the woman; You will not surely die.
5 For He knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be as Gods (elohim), knowing Righteousness and evil.
Did you see in verse 5, evil like the Gods? Now remember Acts 7:42-43 showing the Catholic religion of Godworship, and read:
I Samuyl 8:4-8
4 Then all the elders of Israyl gathered together and approached Samuyl when he was at Ramah,
5 Saying to him; You are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Appoint us a king to judge us; just like all the other nations.
6 But these things displeased Samuyl, especially when they said; Give us a king to judge us. Then Samuyl prayed to Yahweh.
7 Yahweh answered Samuyl, and said: Listen to all the words the people speak to you, for they have not rejected you; they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them.
8 Just as they have done to Me from the day I brought them out of Egypt, to this very day, they are now doing to you__they are forsaking Me in order to serve God(s); elohim!
Verse 8 – serve Gods. You belong to whom you serve. Satan teaches Godworship.
Your bible says it brings death.
Do you not know that to whom you yield yourselves as servants to obey, his servants you are whom you obey—whether of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to Righteousness?
If you are evil like the Gods, practicing breaking Yahweh's Ten Commandments, you belong to Satan who wants to destroy mankind. Read again:
Notice the Fourth Commandment:
8 Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it Holy.
9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
10 But the Seventh Day is the Sabbath of Yahweh your Heavenly Father. Therefore, in it you shall do only the Work of Yahweh: you, and your wife, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and your cattle, and the stranger who dwells within your gates.
11 For in six days Yahweh made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that are in them; and ceased from this work on the Seventh Day. Therefore, Yahweh blessed the Sabbath Day, and did Righteous works on it.
Keeping the Seventh Day, Saturday, is the Commandment. Yahshua Messiah said in:
Blessed are those who keep His Laws, that they may have right to the Tree of Life, and may enter in through the gates into the City.
All people who do not practice keeping the Seventh Day, Saturday, belong to the adversary of Yahweh, and will not be given Eternal Life unless they repent and convert.
For more information go to yisraylsays.com and search the Yisrayl Says program.
4199 religions belong to Satan, according to your bible. They all obey Satan, (Genesis 3:5) Godworship.
Micahyah 3:1-2, 9-12
2 You who hate Righteousness and love evil (like the Gods; Gen. 3:5); who strip off the skin from My People, and the meat from their bones;
9 Hear now, O heads of the house of Yaaqob, you rulers of the house of Israyl, who abhor justice and pervert all equity,
10 Who build up Zion with blood, and Yerusalem with iniquity:
11 Her heads judge for reward and her priests teach for pay, and her prophets divine for money. Yet they lean upon Yahweh, and say; Is not Yahweh among us? No evil can come upon us!
Those heads of Yaaqob called themselves Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes and Herodians, and ruled Yerusalem and Israyl.
42 Yahshua said to them: Have you never read in the Scriptures; The stone which the builders rejected, has become the Headstone of the corner? This is Yahweh's doing! It is marvelous in our eyes!
43 Therefore I say to you: The Kingdom of Yahweh will be taken from you, and given to a people of the same habit, but from a foreign land; and they will bring forth the fruits of it.
The House of Yahweh – the Kingdom of Yahweh – was rejected by the heads of Yaaqob, those who hold the Scepter.
Yahshua qualified for the Scepter but He was rejected by the heads of Yaaqob, the twelve tribes of Israyl.
Yahshua was not rejected by Yahweh. He is now High Priest over The House of Yahweh.
19 Therefore, brothers, having boldness to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Yahshua,
20 By a new and living way which He has consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, His flesh,
21 And having a High Priest over The House of Yahweh:
Yahshua is the High Priest over The House of Yahweh. When? Answer: in these Last Days when Yahweh said His House would be established.
2 Has in these Last Days spoken to us through His Son, Whom He has appointed heir of all things, for Whom He also made the world.
Notice in verse 2, Last Days. Did you see that? Last Days; the same as Hebrews 1:1-2.
Micahyah 4:1
But in the Last Days it will come to pass that the mountain; promotion, of The House of Yahweh will be established in the chief of the nations. It will be raised above all congregations; and all peoples will eventually flow to it.
That proves Yahshua is High Priest in these Last Days, the generation that started in 1934.
Read again:
All of these Prophecies are for the same time period.
When? In these Last Days, this generation of the nuclear bombs that started in 1934.
The House of Yahweh is the House and prophesied Work of Yahshua in the Last Days that the gates of hell will not prevail against.
Notice the Work of The House of Yahweh with Yahshua as High Priest over The House of Yahweh.
What is He teaching? Yahweh's Laws, as seen in Micahyah 4:2. Yes! Did you get that?
There are 4200 religions in the world in this generation and only one teaches the Laws of Yahweh, which is The House of Yahweh with Yahshua as High Priest.
This is the Covenant that I will renew with them after those days, says Yahweh: I will put My Laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them;
As shown in Mattithyah 24:14, Yahshua said that this Work would be in action in the generation of the nuclear bombs.
Mattithyah 24:29, 14
The nuclear bombs started in 1934. So, that means the Work of Yahweh, shown in Mattithyah 24:14, is active also.
Daniyl 12:4
But you, O Daniyl, shut up the Words, and seal the book to the time of The End; many will run to and fro, and knowledge will be increased.
The knowledge increase started in 1934.
With Two Witnesses
5 Then I, Daniyl, looked; and behold, there stood two others, one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.
6 And said to the man clothed in linen, who on that future day is teaching: How long will it be to the end of these wonders?
In his vision, Daniyl saw and talked to one of the two men in that future day.
Future day?
The future day is the time period of the knowledge increase that started in 1934. The only prophesied Work in your bible that fulfills these Prophecies is that of The House of Yahweh. It was prophesied to be established by the Two Witnesses in the chief of the nations.
The Two Witnesses are prophesied to be two brothers of the same womb, named by Yahweh and called by Yahweh "My Witnesses". The last of these two brothers was born in 1934. Every detail of my life is given in Prophecy, including establishing The House of Yahweh over which Yahshua is High Priest.
The House of Yahweh is the only prophesied Work on earth fulfilling Prophecy, being guarded by Yahweh and the Ever-Living High Priest Yahshua Messiah.
Yahweh's Protected House
Zecharyah 9:8-9
8 Then I will encamp around My House like a guard, against those who march in and out. No more will an oppressor overrun them, for now My Eyes are watching over them.
9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout for joy, O daughter of Yerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you; He is Just and having Salvation, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
10 The Scepter will not depart from Yahdah, nor a ruling staff; Lawgiver, from between his feet, until He comes to Whom tribute belongs, and the obedience of the nations is His.
The praise of all nations is upon Yahdah, who still holds the Scepter–ruling staff–and sits on the seven hills of Rome. However, that praise will turn soon to Yahshua Messiah, the High Priest over the Eternal House of Yahweh because Yahdah is leading all nations into nuclear burning. Yahdah is the Roman Catholic Church, the Vatican and popes.
The details of these Prophecies can easily be found in the Yisrayl Says program at yisraylsays.com or yahweh.com, or you can call, write or email The House of Yahweh and request that information. But let me show you one bit of information in:
Hebrews 1:1-4, 8-10, 13
3 Who, being the reflection of the Perfection of Yahweh, and the representation of Yahweh's Plan, by upholding all things concerning that which was spoken by Yahweh through the Laws and the Prophets, when He had purged sins, sat down at the Right Hand of Yahweh on high,
4 Becoming so much better than the Malakim, He has, by inheritance, obtained a more excellent Name than they.
10 And You, Yahweh, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your Hands.
8 Now Yahshua (Messiah, the Savior) caused them to Rest in obedience to the Law, spoken of by Yahweh in a day previously.
9 Therefore, there remains the keeping of the Sabbath to the People of Yahweh,
10 For he who has entered into His Rest has also ceased from his own works, as Yahweh did from His.
11 Therefore, let us be zealous to enter into that Rest, so that no one may fall after the same example of unbelief.
Hebrews 10:21, 16
16 This is the Covenant that I will renew with them after those days, says Yahweh: I will put My Laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them;
The Malak or Messenger shown in Revelation 22:16 is the same Messenger Yahshua spoke of in:
That Messenger was born in 1934 which started that generation Yahshua spoke of in:
That Messenger is writing to you at this time to let all who would seek Righteousness and Life know that a great gathering is taking place at this time. Read:
Yeremyah 23:3-8
3 But I will gather the remnant of My Flock out of all countries where they have been driven, and bring them back to their folds; homes, and they will be fruitful and increase.
4 And I will set up shepherds over them who will feed them; and they will fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither will they be lacking, says Yahweh.
5 Behold, the days come, says Yahweh: that I will raise to David a Righteous Branch, and a King will reign and succeed, and will execute Judgment and Justice in the earth.
6 In His days, those who reverence Yahweh will be saved, and the Called Out Ones will dwell safely; and this is the Name that He will proclaim to them at Abel–Yahweh Tsidqenu: Yahweh our Righteousness.
7 Therefore behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that they will no longer say; As surely as Yahweh lives Who brought up the children of Israyl out of the land of Egypt;
8 But they will say; As surely as Yahweh lives Who brought up and led the seed of the house of Yisrayl into the Protected Place at Abel, and from all countries where they had been driven; and they will dwell in their own land.
Yahshua is now calling.
17 And the Spirit and the brides, say: Come! And let him who hears, say: Come! And let him who is thirsty come. And whoever will, let him take the Water of Life freely.
Come where?
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I've read countless articles this week "critiquing" the public prayers that have been given on behalf of our new president, Barack Obama.
Rick Warren, Joseph Lowery, and Andy Stanley were among the Christian leaders who were on the public stage this week. And whatever they said, the media dissected and analyzed.
There was the controversy about praying in Jesus' name, even among Christians. There was the controversy about what should and shouldn't have been said. And, there were even sound bites ("brown will stick around", "mellow will be yellow").
I'll be the first to tell you that I don't know the difference between an invocation or benediction (or why we use those words), but I couldn't help thinking about what Jesus taught about prayer (read Matthew 6:5-9).
Jesus speaks of those who stand on "street corners to be seen by men" and tells us to go into our prayer closet. Public prayer can be a good thing and it is not my place to question the motives of those who lead very public prayers in conjunction with the inauguration of a new president. But, when the words these men speak are scrutinized in detail by the media, I cannot help but feel that prayer has been cheapened. Thankfully, we have the assurance that our God is able to discern between real, heartfelt prayer and the noise.
After I post this, I am going to spend some time in Matthew 6 and question my own motives. Then I am going to pray for our new president and stop being concerned about how others are praying for him and the words they are using.


One of my favorite apps for the iPad is Netflix's streaming service. I started out watching tons of documentaries. I really enjoyed two recent ones: Beer Wars and The Union.
Beer Wars is an inside look at the world of microbreweries and how it's nearly impossible for them to sell at major stores thanks to the near monopoly held by Bud, Coors, and Miller. The Union is yet another "pot should be legalized" movie, but it's better than any I've seen before, with a long slow exploration of all the angles of the "why is pot illegal?" that doesn't fall for cheap tricks or emotional pleas and comes off as an intelligent run-down of how crazy the US laws are around pot and how they got to be that way.
Eventually, I found I didn't always have 90 minutes to sit around watching films and I eventually found the streaming TV shows listing at Netflix. It's really fantastic to have all three seasons of Arrested Development just a click away, or any number of TV shows I've never watched when they were first broadcast.
I thought my favorite app for the iPad would be Air Video, but that requires me to seek out shows and movies, download them, then stream. Netflix has surprisingly become my go-to app for relaxing and enjoying video on the iPad. It's a bit buggy and crashes whenever I finish an episode, but other than that, it's pretty great.
I'm right there with you Matt. Another reason I love it is that I can use it as a sort of ordering control device for streaming things through my Wii, which I just hooked up this weekend. The menus, navigation and selection is a little limited on the Wii, but with having the iPad handy I can just launch the app and find/browse and add something to my queue and it'll show up in my queue on the Wii. Netflix is slowly regaining it's status as one of my favorite/most useful companies.
I was thinking that netflix streaming would also be a got to app and push me over the tipping point into buying an ipad. Then I tried a friends and met with a crushing reality. Closed caption data is nowhere to be found in Netflix's streaming offer. My hearing impaired partner is left out of the fun. Until this is corrected, netflix is a non starter for me.
Alex from Canada calling. I peeked in on Netflix but there doesn't seem to be much I can see from Canada.
I was wondering if you were familiar with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) iPhone/iPod Touch app – http://www.nfb.ca/free-downloads/nfb-iphone-app/. They've got a lot of great free material ranging from documentaries to animation. Check it out. If you're a hockey fan you and your daughter might enjoy The Sweater – a great story full of humour and pathos that centres around a young boy getting the wrong team's sweater through a mail order catalogue.
I also wanted to thank you for MetaFilter. I hadn't heard of it prior to last week. My new blog PlayGroundology was referenced which resulted in a considerable amount of traffic. If interested, you can check the blog here – http://playgroundology.wordpress.com.
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I love the Netflix app, but have trouble when watching a season of a tv series. For example, when I watch LOST Season 5, I can only watch the first episode. Am I missing something??
I don't know about Lost, but I have watched entire seasons of Dexter (seasons 1 & 2), Firefly, MI5/Spooks, Angel, Buffy, um, and lots more. You should be seeing a folder called "Firefly" in your Netflix streaming queue – click on that folder and you should see a list of all of the episodes. If you're only seeing episode one of any of the series I mentioned then yes, something's wrong and you should contact Netflix.


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[Review] Secret Agent
You are agent 006½ – top agent of the government's secret organization committed to protecting the world against terrorists and power-mad criminals
Once upon a time there was Apogee Software. And they started a saga with the coolest guy ever appeared on screen, Duke Nukem. But Duke started to kicking monsters' asses in a side-scrolling 2D game in 1991. The year after, Apogee tried it again and published Secret Agent. The game consisted in three different episodes, the first one shareware and the other two purchaseable directly from the producer.
I remember I bought the Floppy disk of this game A LOT of years ago, it was a big sale or something like that, but since the game was shareware I completed only the first part, while I played the other too in the internet era. I'm somehow attached to this game because has been a good way to spend an hour or less and most of all because it was one of the few games I had in its original floppy!
The splash screen is a pure copy-paste of the cover of the game (or maybe is the game cover which is a copy of the splash screen, who knows…) and is nothing special. Even the menu with che classical options start game, game options, exit to dos etc…is quite old. Even the shark that emerges from the sea is making jokes about it…
The game has a visual style that could be out of date even in late 80's. Apogee wanted to propose again the same style as in the first Duke Nukem video game but in my opinion, despite of the game playability, this was a turkey.
The story follows the eventh of Agent 006 ½: he has to parachute himself on an island where there's the headquarter of the criminal organization DVS (Diabolical Villain Society). They stole the secret plans for a brand new weapon, a laser, and they have to be stopped before they can build it and take over the world. In the follwing chapters, our Secret Agent will face Dr. No Body, the boss of the organization.
The game focuses mainly on the resolution of simple puzzles rather than on the action. Secret Agent: Part I features 15 different levels that can be completed without a specific order and a final one, the main fortress. In each level Agent 006 ½ starts with 3 HPs and everytime he gets hit by an enemy loses 1 HP (despite stepping on a mine or landing on the laser implicate losing a life). The enemies can be droids, strange joystick-like robots that go back and forth on the screen, and other agents in disguise, dressed like terminator/ninja/male nurse.
The goal of each level is to collect blue, red and green keys to open the correspondant door beyond which 006 ½ can find ammo, bags of gold, the letters "S", "P" and "Y" and other stuffs that permits to collect points; but primarily he has to find a floppy disk that, inserted in the computer of the control room, can de-activate the laser that blocks the passage to advance to the next level that can be reached by placing a dynamite in front of the exit door. The other goal of each level is to destroy a radar dish.
During his mission, the Agent can collect some power-ups and some useful items, such as the goggles that let him see some invisible platforms.
Let me tell it, the game is veeeeeeery simple, so it could only be a pastime and not a game to put so many efforts into. Can be beaten in less than one hour but for sure is an amusing way to spend that hour!
Here's a small video of me playing Secret Agent: The Hunt for Red Rock Rover. As you can see I will lose some lives but I guarantee after the second level will be hard to lose all three hit points.
The game has essentially no sound. And this is a great con, since it war released in 1992 not in 1892. We can hear only some effects everytime the Agent jumps, when is hit by an enemy, and at the beginning of the level. Absolutely too little.
Since the game is very easy, can be completed in a couple of hours (if you aren't skilled enough). Luckily there are chapters 2 and 3, composed by the same number of levels but still the longevity cannot reach the top. Ironically, since Secret Agent is not a game to blow your mind onto, is also a game you don't expect to be so tough and so long, so I don't think most of you will pay so much attention on the longevity.
Developer: Apogee
Publisher: Apogee
Genre: Action, Platform
Game Mode: Single Player
Original Platform: MS-DOS
Duke Nukem (1991) and sequels
Wolfenstein 3D (1992, as publishers)
Alien Carnage (1993, as publishers)
Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold (1993, ad publishers)
Rise of the Triad (1994)
Hocus Pocus (1994, as publishers)
Mystic Towers (1994, as publishers)
Raptor: Call of the Shadows (1994, as publishers)
Mega Man (1987)
Crystal Caves (1991)
Bionic Commando (1988)
Turrican (1990)
Commander Keen (1990) and sequels
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I completely missed out on all of these Apogee games back in the day. Maybe I should have a look at them. Thanks for the great review by the way. Hadn't heard about this game before.
Thank you too for the comment! I have some other Apogee titles in my bag to write reviews of. I hope you will like them!
I'll make sure to check them out!
I'll keep you posted…
Sembra simpatico, ma certo il paragone con Duke lo fa uscire ammaccato 😉
Il titolo sarà un omaggio a "The Hunt for Red October" (1990)?
Assolutamente si…il copia incolla è un'arte antivlca e universale…
…nonostante non c'entri una cippa con la trama del gioco…
Però suona bene 😛
Ooh. Haven't played this one in a long time.
I found it again last week, just in time to complete it another time…
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I have played this game and was surprised to see a review for such an obscure game. I actually played this game on a CD filled with demos of games and forgot there were sequels available. I never knew the story, except for a quick brief at the end of the game. While the graphics were low quality, I did like the designs for the levels and how they formed a single structure (rather than the random assortment of blocks in other games). I agree the game was enjoyable to play and provided some interesting puzzles. Many of the games from this era were short, the player could not save and could not complete the game if it was too long. I also found the enemies confusing, particularly the ones that constantly changed shape.
Are the sequels similar to this game? How did you find out what the story was?
Thanks for commenting! The other games actually are not really sequels. The original games was divided in three chapters, one free and the other two purchaseable from Apogee. All of them are 99% the sme (even for the enemies especially the karateka/rambo/ninja one).
Regarding the story I admit I had to check online because in the game the description was quite short.
P.S. I noticed only now you nominated me in a Liebster Award! Sorry but really I didn't see your post! I'll make sure to thank you in a later post!
I remember some of the games on the CD full of demos ended with a screen showing later games in the series, along with an address and prices. I thought they were there because the game was a demo and they were readily avaliable if the game was bought. I did not realise that it was actually a method of distribution. Are the levels all the same?
More or less…very similar one to the other…
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All skins contain pigment (colour); some just have a little more than others. But all of us want to have the same, even tone amount of colour in our face. Nobody likes dark spots, splotches or patches of skin, which is why science has long searched for the answers to what is one of the most difficult skin conditions to treat: hyperpigmentation.
The pigment that gives our skin its colour is called melanin. In response to illness, injury or exposure to too much sunlight, the skin produces melanin in an attempt to protect the skin. Too much or uneven production of melanin and we get hyperpigmentation.


Associated Press reported that a Norwegian court sentenced Anders Behring Breivik to prison in late August 2012, denying prosecutors the insanity ruling. Prosecutors wanted Breivik to be declared insane to establish a massacre in Norway on July 22, 2011 as the work of a psychotic mass murderer, rather than an anti-Muslim crusade. Prosecutors argued Breivik was insane as he plotted his attacks.
Breivik smiled with seeming satisfaction when the judge read the ruling. When Breivik heard his sentence, he raised a clenched-fist salute. The ruling declared Breivik sane enough to be held criminally responsible and sentenced him to "preventive detention." Preventive detention means Breivik is not likely to ever be released. Breivik's lawyers stated prior to the ruling that he would not appeal any ruling that did not declare him insane.
In Norway, Breivik bombed and gunned 77 people. Eight people died and more than 200 were injured by the explosion. Breivik, age 33, got what he wanted from the ruling. He did not want to be cast as ill to draw doubt on his political views. The ruling does not picture him as a madman, but a political terrorist. Since his arrest, Breivik has stated the attacks were meant to bring attention to his right-wing ideology and inspire uprising by "militant nationalists" throughout Europe.
A five-judge panel in the Oslo district court unanimously convicted Breivik of terrorism and premeditated murder. Premeditated murder means murder that is planned. The court read a 90-page ruling and reviewed the rampage, describing each victim's injuries. The court ordered him imprisoned rather than sent to an insane asylum. He will be sent to prison for 10 to 21 years, the maximum sentence allowed for the massacre under Norwegian law. The sentences can be extended as long as an inmate is considered too dangerous to be released. Legal experts state Breivik will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. He most likely will be sent to Ila Prison.
Breivik confessed to the attacks during the trial, detailing how he detonated a car bomb at the government headquarters in Oslo. Breivik said he acted in defense of Norway by targeting the left-wing political party. He accused the party of betraying Norway with liberal immigration policies.
Breivik opened fire at the annual summer camp of the governing Labor Party's youth wing. Sixty-nine people were killed in the shooting on Utoya island. Most of the victims were teenagers. The police response was slowed by poor communication and technical problems. Police took more than an hour to reach Utoya. A boat carrying the SWAT team was overloaded and would not go in the middle of the lake. Norway's only police helicopter wasn't used because its crew was on holiday. The youngest victim was age 14. Norway's justice minister and police chief resigned after the event. Some critics have asked the prime minister to step down.
Breivik's lawyers reported he started writing sequels to the 1,500-page manifesto he released on the Internet before the attacks. During pretrial detention, he stayed at Ila Prison with access to a computer. In prison, he can communicate with the outside world through mail, but not the Internet. His mail is checked by prison staff to stop mail encouraging illegal acts or the creation of criminal networks. Breivik's anti-immigration views are shared by others.
The violence forced Norway to accept that terror doesn't arise just from foreign fundamentalists, but can come from within the country. Breivik is the son of a Norwegian diplomat and a nurse who divorced. Prior to the attacks, Breivik had been a law-abiding citizen, except for spray-painting graffiti during his youth.
His guilt was not at issue during trial. Breivik's sanity was the key legal question to be decided by the trial. Two psychiatric teams reached different results. One team gave Breivik a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia, a mental illness that would keep him from going to imprisonment. The other team found him narcissistic and dissocial. This means having a complete disregard for others, but criminally sane. The court criticized the team who found him insane. According to the news article, the court reported he had controlled behavior in planning and carrying out his plot.


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PADDY Buggy has not ruled out running as an independent candidate in the immenint General Election.
Mr Buggy, who is chairperson of the Laois Community Forum, was not selected as a Fine Gael candidate despite receiving the second highest vote among Laois delegates at the FG selection convention.
Mr. Buggy said: "the biggest disappointment in my life was being blocked from standing in this general election even though I had a mandate to do so from the local members of Fine Gael."
Mr Buggy said he was surprised not to be added, as he had himself built up. He said he believed it would be the natural progression when he had received the second highest vote at convention."I wasn't surprised that the party was talking to Padraig Walsh as he has a national profile, but I am disappointed not to have been selected myself."
Fine Gael decided to run Cllr John Moran as Charlie Flanagan's partner and the parties second candidate.
"There is talk now that John Moloney may not run, and this leaves a gap now as I would now that area very well."
Mr Buggy said he had been asked a lot over the last few days if he would run independently. "I'm considering my position and I will decide whether or not to run as an independent in the next two days."
Mr Buggy said, if elected he would not have claimed his travel allowance and he questioned how many other candidates contesting this election would do the same.
"Political parties of all hues have come to be dominated by career politicians who see politics as a business and as a business have allowed themselves to embrace the gravy train of high salaries and expenses.
"Imagine that TDs living within one hour of the Dail claim an allowance to drive there while thousands of lowly paid workers must make their own way to work in Dublin. How many of the candidates contesting this election will forgo claiming this as I had promised to do. From my perspective these politicians have no right to condemn the rest of us to years of financial hardship until they stop milking the system first." he said.


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'Symphony in Sculpture' sequel
D.M. Symphony to premiere new batch of music inspired by Pappajohn Sculpture Park.
'Symphony in Sculpture' sequel D.M. Symphony to premiere new batch of music inspired by Pappajohn Sculpture Park. Check out this story on desmoinesregister.com: http://dmreg.co/1Hnb1n1
Michael Morain, mmorain@dmreg.com Published 11:02 a.m. CT May 16, 2015 | Updated 9:15 a.m. CT May 23, 2015
Ugo Rondinone's "air gets into everything even nothing."(Photo: Register File Photo)Buy Photo
Three years ago, the Twin Cities composer Steve Heitzeg answered the question: "Hey, what would that 'Nomade' sculpture sound like?"
He wrote his "Symphony in Sculpture" about nine works in the Pappajohn Sculpture Park, as a special commission for the Des Moines Symphony's 75th season.
And now he's written music about six more. The world premiere of his "Symphony in Sculpture II" will polish off the orchestra's season on May 23 and 24 at the Des Moines Civic Center, with another video projected above the stage.
A recording of the new batch, like the last one, will be added to the park's free smartphone tours over the next few months. Meantime, here's a quick look at the six new movements audiences will hear next weekend:
1. "air gets into everything even nothing" (Ugo Rondinone)
The aluminum replica of a 2,000-year-old olive tree is all white, so the composer wrote this first movement with just the white keys of the piano (in A minor) — without any sharps or flats. He said the chord patterns create a celestial effect, accented with windchimes made from chakra stones and olive branches, a symbol of peace.
2. "Untitled" (Ellsworth Kelly)
Ellsworth Kelly's "Untitled" obelisk. (Photo: Register File Photo)
The sleek steel obelisk was inspired Greek sculptures known as kouros or kore — upright statues of men and women — so the composer took musical cues from the ancient world. Small cymbals, stone clappers and a gong echo rituals for the gods, and a trumpet fanfare pays tribute to the trumpet-like salpinx, with which the ancient Egyptians heralded both war and peace. (King Tut was buried with two; one silver, one bronze.)
With a nod to the sculpture's modern steel, Heitzeg included a part for a stainless steel mixing bowl from his late mother's kitchen. It clangs a B-flat.
3. "Order"(Tony Cragg)
For the big bronze marine fossils, which are mutant versions of tiny trilobites, percussionists scrape and tap shell chimes, a real trilobite fossil and a pair of 10-million-year-old fossilized bones from a whale's ear. (Heitzeg found them in a Twin Cities shop.) The music builds patterns of three, for the trilobite's three lobes, and nine, for the biological "order" of the natural world: life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species.
At one point, the musicians play whatever notes they want for nine seconds, followed by a sudden cry or gasp to suggest extinction.
4. "Seating for Eight" and "Cafe Table I" (Scott Burton)
Scott Burton's "Seating for Eight" and "Cafe Table I" (Photo: Register File Photo)
This movement honors Mary Pappajohn, who with her husband, John, used to host friends and family on the stone chairs and altar-like table when the artwork used to be in their back yard. But Heitzeg imagined something more formal, with noble ceremonial themes that suggest justice and equality. (The seats are arranged in a circle, after all.)
At one point, a percussionist taps together two granite blocks from the same Maine quarry that supplied the stone for the chairs (and President Kennedy's grave in Arlington National Cemetery).
5. "Decoy" (Martin Puryear)
(Photo: Register File Photo)
After talking with the artist about his sculpture, which pokes from the ground like a periscope or long-necked bird, Heitzeg composed a theme for stringed instruments and handmade French birdcalls. The quail call involves a little pouch. The starling call rubs together thin rubber strips to mimic the bird's distinctive cry.
Heitzeg thought of the birdcalls as secret (decoy) messages, like the codes hidden within African-American slave spirituals. One called "Follow the Drinking Gourd" contains the line, "When the sun comes up and the first quail calls, follow the drinking gourd," also known as the Big Dipper.
6. "panoramic awareness pavilion" (Olafur Eliasson)
Olafur Eliasson's "panoramic awareness pavilion." (Photo: Register File Photo)
Heitzeg talked with Eliasson last year, at the dedication of his ring of colored glass panels, and ended up writing seven musical variations — one for each color in the rainbow. The sonic spectrum includes themes inspired by the dawn; the Northern Lights; lunar rainbows, known as moonbows; and kaleidoscopes, represented in the score by rattles of glass that washed up from Lake Superior and the Pacific Ocean.
"When you think about circles and colors and rainbows," he said, "it's really limitless what you can do."
The rest of the next weekend's program salutes Memorial Day, with readings of Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring" and choice bits from John Williams' movie scores for "The Patriot," "Lincoln," "Midway" and "Saving Private Ryan."
Des Moines Symphony season finale
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 23, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 24. Show up 45 minutes early for a pre-concert talk.
WHERE: Des Moines Civic Center, 221 Walnut St.
TICKETS: $15-$55, with half-price and rush deals for students.
INFO:dmsymphony.org
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SYNOPSIS OF THE SECOND EDITION
The British Chiefs of Staff were first requested for guidance on post-war strategy in February 1942. From then until victory in Europe, this was given by a series of teams specially created, as the regular planning machinery was almost totally preoccupied with the task of winning the war.
Changing Direction records the gradual transition from planning against any post-war resurgence of German and Japanese militarism to preparations against a possible threat from the Soviet Union. It charts in detail Foreign Office resistance to consideration of even the possibility of Soviet hostility after the war, and records military insistence on examining that potential danger.
Light is thrown on the revolution in strategic thinking wrought by the development of atomic and biological weapons of mass destruction. Material of the greatest sensitivity is seen to have passed through the hands of at least two pro-Soviet sympathisers; and contemporary Top Secret documents, not meant for declassification under the '30-year rule', are drawn upon to trace fully for the first time the evolution of Britain's post-war nuclear and conventional strategy at the beginning of the Cold War.
When Changing Direction was first published, its findings were described as 'path-breaking' and 'sensational'. This greatly expanded Second Edition, based on newly released files, now covers post-war strategic deception, anti-Soviet intelligence and covert British contacts with the Americans. It finally disposes of the charge that Churchill intended to use anthrax against Germany in 1944, and tells the full story of Operation 'UNTHINKABLE' – his plan for a possible war with Russia in 1945.
Changing Direction is likely to remain the standard work of reference on this period both for scholars and for the wider public.
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Q: Value is empty while using XSLT file I'm currently having a problem with a transformation of a file. Does anyone could help me to understand what the problem is?
My source file is:
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<xfdf xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/xfdf/" xml:space="preserve">
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My XSLT file is:
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The output file is:
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I don't understand why the value is empty...
Thank you in advance,
Maxime

A: Your input XML has a default namespace declared xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/xfdf/". This means that all elements that are unprefixed belong to this namespace.
Therefore you should also declare the namespace in your XSLT. Preferable with a prefix, like this:
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:xdf="http://ns.adobe.com/xfdf/" exclude-result-prefixes="xdf">

The exclude-result-prefixes="xdf", will not output the namespace into your result XSLT. Now you have the namespace declared and you can select nodes belonging to this namespace with this prefix, like this:
<xsl:value-of select="//xdf:field[@name='A']//xdf:field[@name='0216']//xdf:value"/>

Also note that the use of // will go through all elements everytime you use it. To be more efficient write a XPath that will just find the node directly:
<xsl:value-of select="//xdf:field[@name='A']/xdf:field[@name='0216']/xdf:value"/>

The first // will start searching from the root over all elements. After finding xdf:field with @name equal to value A it will go done the three, because of using /.
You can even get rid of the first //:
<xsl:value-of select="xdf:xfdf/xdf:fields/xdf:field[@name='A']/xdf:field[@name='0216']/xdf:value"/>

Note that it did not start with a /, because you are already on the root withing your template match.

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Blog Classification of Intelligence: Addressing the Misconceptions and Benefits
Classification of Intelligence: Addressing the Misconceptions and Benefits
"Allegory of Intelligence", by Cesare Dandini
In our society today, "intelligence" is often referred to colloquially; few understand the cognitive complexities and nuances behind this commonly used term. By correcting misconceptions and encouraging a more thorough understanding of intelligence and its classifications, our society will be better equipped to fight cognitive disorders.
The general population's idea of intelligence is mostly related to the ability to take in an array of information and apply it usefully, such as in making predictions in familiar and unfamiliar situations and responding accordingly. In truth however, this definition is what is scientifically referred to as "social intelligence," and it is only a subset of what the term "intelligence" actually includes1.
The term "intelligence" encompasses far more than what is implied in its colloquial usage. In the scientific community, general intelligence is defined by the brain's cognitive abilities. Psychologists have dubbed these facets of general intelligence as "g" 2. G is categorized into classifications by three cognitive functions: acquired knowledge, thinking abilities, or cognitive efficiency. By measuring competence in the five fields, scientists are able to roughly estimate one's "intelligence level," often also referred to as g level, for short 3.
The types of general intelligence are categorized into five categories: crystallized intelligence, fluid intelligence, visual processing, processing speed, and short-term memory.
The first element of cognition, acquired knowledge, includes crystallized intelligence (Gc). Gc measures skills built from a basis of formal education and practiced techniques. Gc is determined by the skills gained through training, education, and experience. Because experiences contribute largely to these forms of intelligence, one's crystallized intelligence usually increases with age 3.
The second category, thinking ability, is measured by "raw brain power," particularly those skills regarding problem solving, reasoning, and logic. Fluid intelligence (Gf), is another type of thinking ability allowing one to learn quickly in unfamiliar situations 4. Thinking ability also includes visual processing (Gv), which can also be referred to as visual-spatial intelligence. Gv controls the mind's perception of images seen through the eye, most useful in the fields of engineering and architecture; an increased visual-spatial intelligence offers the ability to imagine objects in a different position than that in which they are seen 5.
Cognitive efficiency, the third category of G measures how effectively and efficiently our minds function. Processing speed and short-term memory (Gs and Gsm) are measured in this category 3.
Recent imaging studies have concluded that intelligence corresponds directly to how well information travels through the brain. By tracking the relay of signals through the neurons in each part of the brain, scientists are able to approximately measure where intelligence seems to be lacking or malfunctioning. 6. This signaling process corresponds directly to Gs and Gsm. Processing speed measures the efficiency of one's mental processes, which is particularly applicable to tasks that demand high concentration, such as timed examinations including IQ tests and SAT exams 7.
Symptoms of low processing speed are easily detectable, such as decreased concentration levels and the tendency to be easily distracted. Similarly, because short-term memory is utilized in all social interactions, symptoms of memory loss are easily detectable. Our brains hold a limited amount of information for periods at a time. Because this storage ability is so crucial to our everyday lives and is constantly being utilized, short-term memory is classified as a subset of working memory. When one's brain has a larger capacity for memory, it is able to process information more quickly; with more processing power, one may expand his short-term memory capacity to commit information to the memory more quickly. In contrast to long-term memory, short-term memory is most commonly measured through examination 8.
The importance of the classification of intelligence lies largely in the search for effective testing and examination methods. With intelligence divided into categories, each with numerous subsets, the measurements of general intelligence can only be estimates, as with IQ tests that measure one's "intelligence quotient." This standardized test measures analytical, mathematical, and spatial skills. In this sense, the IQ measures, in its major components, crystallized and fluid intelligence, visual processing, and processing speed, touching base with the three subsets of intelligence: acquired knowledge, thinking abilities, and cognitive efficiency 3.
As for quantitative intelligence, students are given midterms, homework, and finals to assess their performance ability in different areas. Studies show that as an overall average, estimated general intelligence peaks in the twenties and thirties. With more than 26 percent of American adults battling mental disorders each year, the awareness of intelligence, as scientifically defined and classified, can help discover cognitive disorders at their early stages 9.
A comprehensive understanding of intelligence helps scientists isolate mental disorders including obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), schizophrenia, social phobia, and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Knowledge of the factors and classifications of intelligence will also continue to help classify cognitive disorders accordingly. For example, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder shows a lacking of fluid intelligence as well as general intelligence, regarding difficulties with logical thinking, and lack of composure in social situations. The study of fluid and general intelligence contributed to this discovery 10.
A 2005 Yale University Medical School study showed that the earlier schizophrenia is caught and treated, the better the chance of recovery 5. Simply a comprehensive knowledge of intelligence can help discover a serious problem, such as schizophrenia or a social phobia disorder. A study from the Harvard School of Public Health in 1996 also stated that schizophrenia ranks among the top ten causes of disability in developed countries across the globe. Education on cognition will greatly impact these countries simply by early recognition 11. Similarly, ADHD, another disorder resulting from low processing speed (Gs) is also impacted positively by early recognition.
Though some disorders remain latent longer than others, knowledge of the facets of intelligence helps us better categorize and understand intelligence, the norms of intelligence levels over an average lifespan, and how to develop necessary and desired cognitive skills. In the future, the definite classification of intelligence will continue to help us isolate and fight mental disorders. Cognitive disorders cannot be ignored, and an understanding of intelligence will help those in and out of the scientific community fight them in time.
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Chrisley R, Beeger S. Artificial Intelligence: Critical concepts 2000; 2:260, 454.
The 5 Factors of Intelligence Over the Lifespan. 2011
Jaeggi SM, Buschkuehl M, Jonides J, Perrig Wj. Improving fluid intelligence with training on working memory. J PNAS 2008; 105(19): 6830, 6832.
Wachs H, Visual-spatial thinking: An aspect of science overlooked by educators. 1999; 83(1):1.
Brain Network Related To Intelligence Identified. 2007
Jensen AR, The g Factor: The science of mental ability. 1998: 230, 231.
Passolunghi, Chiara and Siegel,, Linda S. Short-Term Memory, Working Memory, and Inhibitory Control in Children with Difficulties in Arithmetic Problem Solving. 2002. Print.
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Jensen AR, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia. 2011.
Vorvick LV, Schizophrenia. A.D.A.M Medical Encyclopedia. 2011.
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Нуну Джансугівна Абашидзе ( , Нововолинськ, Волинська область, УРСР, СРСР) — українська радянська штовхальниця ядра, бронзова призерка Всесвітніх ігор ІААФ у приміщенні (1985) та чемпіонату Європи (1982), триразова чемпіонка СРСР (1979, 1982, 1984) та чотириразова чемпіонка СРСР в приміщенні (1979, 1981, 1984, 1986), багаторазова чемпіонка УРСР, учасниця Олімпійських ігор (1980), рекордсменка УРСР та України.

Майстер спорту міжнародного класу СРСР (1979). Член збірної команди СРСР (1978—1986). На внутрішніх змаганнях представляла спортивне товариство «Динамо» та Одесу. Закінчила Одеський медичний інститут (1982).

Легкою атлетикою почала займатись у 1967 в Нововолинську, штовханням ядра — у 1969. Першим тренером спортсменки був Володимир Гринь. Чоловік — Анатолій Мишляєв, майстер спорта з акробатики. Сестра — Олександра (нар. 1958), з якою тренувались разом у Юхима Домовського. З 1986 живе у Канаді.

Статистика

Особисті найкращі результати сезонів

Виступи на основних міжнародних змаганнях

Допінг

Згідно з інформацією в профілі спортсменки на сайті Світової легкої атлетики та в деяких інших виданнях, Нуну Абашидзе була дискваліфікована в 1981 за порушення анти-допінгових правил з анулюванням всіх результатів за 1981—1982, в тому числі бронзової нагороди на чемпіонаті Європи 1982 та 4-го місця на чемпіонаті Європи в приміщенні 1981. Водночас, вказані виступи спортсменки не вважаються анульованими згідно з офіційними статистичними довідниками ЄАА щодо європейських першостей.

Примітки

Джерела

 Нуну Абашидзе  — стаття в Енциклопедії сучасної України

Радянські штовхальники ядра
Українські штовхальники ядра
Легкоатлети на літніх Олімпійських іграх 1980
Бронзові призери чемпіонатів світу
Бронзові призери чемпіонатів Європи
Чемпіони СРСР з легкої атлетики
Рекордсмени України з легкої атлетики
Призери чемпіонатів світу з легкої атлетики в приміщенні
Призери чемпіонатів Європи з легкої атлетики

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The Office and Priorities
Visit me in my on-campus office, and my interests and priorities will be apparent from the first. There is no better place for my Spey Company bumper sticker than on my Ph.D. diploma. SpeyCo's motto is "Mastering the Art of Living down By the River." I can relate to that (trust me). Fortunately, Tim Pantzlaff of SpeyCo is also mastering the art of reel making. He clearly understands how passionate some of us are about fishing. That and his craftsmanship make him a great guy from whom to purchase a reel. Anyway, it's a good thing my department chairperson is not likely to stop by. I'm not sure she'd get the bumper sticker.
Sadly, I have no idea who tied this holiday fly. I picked it up at a friend's fly shop a few years back. Regardless, I hope it has been a good day for all.
A Book about Fly-Fishing and Fatherhood
After class the other day, a student kindly gave me a book she came across. The title is Faithful Travelers: A Father. His Daughter. A Fly-Fishing Journey of the Heart. The book was written by James Dodson and published by Bantam in 1998. As a father of a young daughter, the title has definitely captured my attention. Also, having glanced through the book, it seems to be well written. In short, I'm looking forward to reading it.
You can learn more about Dodson, who happens to live down the road from me, at his website. If I enjoy the book, I'll certainly look him up (and perhaps invite him to class). I'll try not to hold the fact that he normally writes about golf against him.
W.B. Yeats and Love on the Stream
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was a renowned Irish poet and nationalist. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923. He influenced many fellow poets and Irish nationalists. As one interested in spiritualism and mysticism, he also influenced intellectuals as far afield as scholars of religion. W.Y. Evans-Wentz, best known for popularizing the scholarly study of Tibetan Buddhism (and also for romanticizing the religion in an oft-criticized way) cites Yeats as a great influence in his The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries (1911).
Following is a wonderful poem by Yeats, referring to both fishing and love. It hints, perhaps, at the transformations described in such ancient Celtic stories as the "Tale of Gwion Bach," supposedly describing the birth of Welsh bard Taliesin. Yeats' poem is taken from An Anthology of Modern Verse, published in 1921.
"The Song of Wandering Aengus"
I went out to the hazel wood,
Because a fire was in my head,
And cut and peeled a hazel wand,
And hooked a berry to a thread;
And when white moths were on the wing,
And moth-like stars were flickering out,
I dropped the berry in a stream
And caught a little silver trout.
When I had laid it on the floor
I went to blow the fire a-flame,
But something rustled on the floor,
And some one called me by my name:
It had become a glimmering girl
With apple blossom in her hair
Who called me by my name and ran
And faded through the brightening air.
Though I am old with wandering
Through hollow lands and hilly lands,
I will find out where she has gone,
And kiss her lips and take her hands;
And walk among long dappled grass,
And pluck till time and times are done
The silver apples of the moon,
The golden apples of the sun.
The Study of Fly Fishing Literature at UNC, Chapel Hill
I am really excited to teach this course at UNC, Chapel Hill this spring. It will be accompanied by a much broader, theoretical course on play, game, and sport in the US, which will be offered through the American Studies Department.
If you have any suggestions about the fly fishing literature course — regarding readings or guests — please let me know.
The Fly Fishing Rabbi on National Public Radio
Some years ago, I asked Rabbi Eric Eisenkramer, a passionate fly fisher, to speak to the students in my fly fishing-themed course, at Gettysburg College, about religion and fly fishing. Happily, he obliged, and we have been friends ever since. Not long after his visit to Gettysburg, he had me speak to his congregation at Temple Shearith Israel in Ridgefield, CT. I enjoyed giving my talk and exploring some Connecticut trout streams, as well.
Rabbi Eisenkramer coauthored a book entitled Fly-Fishing: The Sacred Art, with Reverend Michael Attas. This morning, he was featured on National Public Radio's What a Game. During this morning's broadcast, he shared some of the thoughts communicated in his book about spirituality and fly fishing. You can listen to his appearance on What a Game, below.
Fishing in the College Classroom
A cap from my previous institution, and a fly fishing journal that all of my students signed.
Recently, my departmental chairperson, at the university at which I teach, suggested that I offer a course dealing with fly fishing. This, she said, could be framed as part of the university's two-year initiative to focus on matters surrounding water. I readily agreed.
I had the pleasure of teaching an interdisciplinary course at my previous institution, in which I used fly fishing as a theme to examine broader issues. I very much enjoyed teaching that course. When I left that school to spend more time with my wife–a professor in another state–and daughter, I assumed that I would never have the chance to offer a course like that again.
Happily, I was wrong. I am eager to teach a new version of the course this spring. The students will read historically important texts ranging from Juliana Berner's (authorship disputed) The Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle (1486) to Norman Maclean's A River runs Through It (1976). In doing so, they will try to discern why religious themes are so prevalent in these texts, written over a span of over six centuries. Among other things, they will need to consider the role that water and the so-called "natural" world might play in the religious views of the authors.
I am eager to read and discuss these texts with my students. I am also eager to hear their thoughts about how views of water, held by centuries of fisherpersons, have changed or remained the same. And I wonder if, perhaps, we can learn something about why so many people today pay so little attention to water. Indeed, many take it for granted, despite its power and our need for it.
So the vast Collection of Waters sometimes heaves in its briny Billow, swells every Bay, and rushes with Joy tho' every Channel; as from an Engine played by the Almighty Arm; then sinks into her deep Caverns, leaves Room for the Return of the Rapid Rivers; with vast Addition from in-land Oceans.
Reverend Joseph Seccombe, 1739.
My daughter loves to rifle through the reel cases and pick out the small reels. Here, she has laid claim to a Forbes "Avon." She does, in fact, have here own Hardy "Flyweight," that a friend bought for her.
John Voelker and Morris Kushner
Trout Magic, first edition, signed.
John Voelker (1903-1991), a Michigan Supreme Court justice, is probably best known as the author of Anatomy of a Murder (1958). Otto Preminger made the best-selling book into a movie, starring Jimmy Stewart, Lee Remick, and Ben Gazara. The movie also featured Duke Ellington and some amazing, original music that the musician composed for the film.
After the success of the book and its film adaptation, Voelker retired to spend the rest of his days fly fishing and writing. Eventually, he wrote several books dealing with fly fishing, which have become part of the canon of fishing literature. The books were initially published under the name of Robert Traver. He adopted this pen name early in his writing career to protect his professional identity as an attorney and judge. Most fly fishers, I am confident in saying, envy Voelker his success and his ability to retire early and fish.
Following is a trailer for Anatomy of a Murder, in which you can see Voelker himself.
In his book 1974 book, Trout Magic, Voelker writes about one of his favorite bamboo fly rod makers, Morris Kushner. Kushner's rods are well-respected to this day, even though he never made them professionally. Indeed, Voelker quotes Kushner as saying, "I only make 'em because I love to make nice things for myself and my friends" (Trout Magic, 143).
My own friend, also a rodmaker, recently alerted me to the fact that there is documentary about Kushner. It is titled, simply, The Rodmaker. You can purchase a copy of it here. Note that the DVD includes an interview with Voelker. Following is the trailer for the movie. The trailer, too, features some fine footage of Voelker. Enjoy.
When dawn breaks in Scotland, in just a few hours, I'd love to be somewhere on The River Clyde. Upstream with the trout and grayling or downstream with the salmon — I am not particular.
Instead, I'll be in North Carolina grading papers and waiting for some antibiotics to chase away my sinus infection. But I'll have my memories, imagination, and hope with me. No doubt I'll find a way back to the Clyde soon.
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Liberty Tax Service Announces Fiscal 2017 Second Quarter Results | Liberty Tax, Inc.
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA -- (Marketwired) -- 12/08/16 -- Liberty Tax, Inc. (NASDAQ: TAX) (the "Company"), the parent company of Liberty Tax Service, today reported results for the second quarter ended October 31, 2016.
The Company typically reports a loss in the first and second quarters when revenues are low and costs are ramping up to drive growth in the following tax season. In the second quarter of fiscal 2017, the Company reported a GAAP net loss of $9.3 million, or $0.72 per share, compared to a loss of $9.1 million, or $0.71 per share in the prior year period. Non-GAAP net loss was also $0.72 per share compared to a net loss of $0.71 per share in the prior year period.
"Our preparations for the upcoming season are almost complete," said John Hewitt, CEO. "We have the right product offerings in place for our customers and our franchisees. We are managing our expenses, and our Company-store team is prepared to deliver a strong season."
Seasonally low revenue for the three months ended October 31, 2016 declined 8.1% to $7.2 million. Fewer new territory sales and transfers among franchisees drove most of the decline.
Operating expenses were flat, higher company store costs were offset by expense savings in other areas.
GAAP net loss per share of $0.72 was $0.01 greater than the prior year period.
The Company had a cash balance of $3.7 million at October 31, 2016. The Company has drawn $66.6 million on its revolving credit facility as of October 31, 2016 compared to $57.3 million at October 31, 2015. The Company typically draws on this facility through the beginning of each tax season to provide for cash used in operations and for operating loans to franchisees. The increase in the usage of our credit facility is primarily due to entering the year with a lower cash balance.
The Company expects office count to decline this season. There are several factors contributing to this decline, including the previously announced decision not to extend our relationship with Walmart this year. In addition, we have actively pruned back certain underperforming franchise locations as the Company focuses more on developing larger franchisee and Company-owned offices. Lastly, on a year to date basis through November, the number of territories sold has declined from 142 last year to 50 this year.
During the offseason, we acquired many attractive, mature locations from exiting franchisees which will be operated as Company-owned offices this year. As a result, our average Company-owned store will be larger than the Company-owned locations last year, many of which were first year stores. This shift in store population will drive higher tax preparation fees this year.
On December 6, 2016, the Board of Directors approved a quarterly dividend to shareholders of $0.16 per share. The dividend will be paid on January 23, 2017 to holders of record of common stock and common stock equivalents on the close of business on January 12, 2017.
This press release and the accompanying tables include non-GAAP financial information. For a description of these non-GAAP financial measures, including the reasons management uses each measure, and reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable financial measures prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, please see the section of the accompanying Tables E & F titled "Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Information to the Most Directly Comparable GAAP Financial Measures."
In addition to historical information, this release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including implied and express statements regarding future growth. These forward-looking statements, as well as Company guidance, are based upon the Company's current expectations and there can be no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Because forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and speak only as of the date on which they are made, the Company's actual results could differ materially from these statements. These risks and uncertainties relate to, among other things; uncertainties regarding the Company's ability to attract and retain clients; the ability to continue to pay a quarterly dividend; the effect of health care reform on tax preparation-related revenue; the impact of the launch of a new franchise brand; uncertainties regarding the Company's ability to meet its prepared returns targets; competitive factors; the Company's effective income tax rate; litigation defense expenses and costs of judgments or settlements; costs associated with compliance efforts; and changes in market, economic, political or regulatory conditions. Information concerning these risks and uncertainties is contained in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K and in other filings by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company does not undertake any duty to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Note: Effective May 1, 2016, we adopted Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2015-03, Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs, and ASU 2015-15, Presentation and Subsequent Measurement of Debt Issuance Costs Associated with Line-of-Credit Arrangements, on a retrospective basis. Accordingly, debt issuance costs associated with our long term debt are now included in the long term obligations line in the consolidated balance sheets. And, amounts for prior periods have been retrospectively adjusted to conform to the current period presentation.
We report our financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP); however, we believe that earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and impairment ("EBITDA") and non-GAAP results should be evaluated, in addition to, and not as an alternative for, net income (loss) as determined in accordance with GAAP. We consider our non-GAAP financial results to be a useful metric for management and investors to evaluate and compare current year results with prior periods. Because not all companies use the same calculations, our definition of EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled figures from other companies. In addition, when evaluating non-GAAP results, we exclude certain items that are not considered to be part of future operating results.


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Valve Announces New Half-Life Game
After some whispers earlier in the week, Valve has come out and confirmed it: the company is working on a new title called Half-Life :Alyx, which it describes as a "flagship VR game".
And that's all we know! There'll be more revealed on Thursday at 10am PT, as the Tweet says.
I've wondered for years what it would be like getting to post news of a new Valve Half-Life game. This...is not how I thought it would go down.
While everyone waits until Thursday to see what the game actually looks like, Valve News Network put this video together last month piecing together years of evidence pointing towards this very announcement:
Luke Plunkett is a Senior Editor based in Canberra, Australia. He has written a book on cosplay, designed a game about airplanes, and also runs cosplay.kotaku.com.
Squadaloo
People: I won't get VR until people start making games for it.
Valve: *Makes game for it*
People: FUCK YOU.