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December 20, 2021 /in Homepage, News/by VanZandt Milmore
BILLY BACK WITH JEFF DWOSKIN
Interview: I am joined by actor, author, and TAPS historian Billy Van Zandt. Billy was one of the stars of TAPS. We spend our time together doing a deep dive of the Tim Hutton-George C Scott movie that lauched Sean Penn and Tom Cruise to super stardom.
Our Guest, Billy Van Zandt
https://jeffisfunny.com/…/88-billy-van-zandt…/
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TX Boomers!
Tickets are selling fast for The Boomer Boys Musical. April 22, 2022. One night only at the Brauntex Performing Arts Center!
https://ci.ovationtix.com/35342/performance/10865035
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BOOMER BOYS to CT
The Boomer Boys Musical plays the Ridgefield Playhouse in CT April 9, 2022!
For tickets:
https://ridgefieldplayhouse.org/event/the-boomer-boys/
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September 28, 2021 /in Homepage, News/by VanZandt Milmore
Interview: I am joined by actor and author and JAWS 2 historian Billy Van Zandt. Billy was one of the stars of JAWS 2. We spend our time together discussing what it was like to be a part of the biggest sequel of all time. Billy guides us through his audition process, the many directors, the script changes, the location changes, the complete cast changes… everything that culminated in the movie we all know and love, JAWS 2.
This episode is a fun trip down memory lane for Billy Van Zandt and a joy ride for fans of the film. Billy shares stories about all his castmates, learning to sail, doing his stunts, his almost gruesome death, Roy Scheider, Carl Gottlieb, Joe Alves, Lorraine Gary, Jeannot Szwarc and so much more!
https://jeffisfunny.com/2021/09/73-billy-van-zandt-2/?fbclid=IwAR3Pd6splc3tB4eW-QwEhqWoiNsN5QZRa0568QueB1d_ADq0GZWv7FKrkF0
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Memorial Service for Jane
August 4, 2021 /in Homepage, News/by VanZandt Milmore
On July 24, 2021, a memorial service was held for Jane Milmore, on the NJ stage where she and Billy debuted so many of their plays.
Here's a link. The service starts around 45:00.
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BILLY'S BACK ON TV!
June 23, 2021 /in Homepage, News/by VanZandt Milmore
News to drop soon:
Between performances touring in "The Boomer Boys Musical," Billy will be guest-starring in two great upcoming comedies. More info, when both shows give us permission! Stay tuned…
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Billy Meets Harvey
June 8, 2021 /in Homepage, News/by VanZandt Milmore
Billy speaks with best-selling author Harvey Brownstone about "Get in the Car, Jane; Lucy; Jaws 2; and much more!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vkQV_RXXt4
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Billy is on Dystopia Tonight
April 8, 2021 /in Homepage, News/by VanZandt Milmore
Billy will be seen live on Dystopia Tonight with John Poveromo April 8 at 8:30pm EST
http://Dystopia Tonight with John Poveromo
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True Fiction Podcast
February 5, 2021 /in Current Productions, Homepage/by VanZandt Milmore
Billy talks Lucy, TV, and the plays on the True Fiction Podcast
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1116548/7686247
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Billy on Trek Untold
February 4, 2021 /in Homepage, News/by VanZandt Milmore
Billy talks "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" with Mathew Kaplowitz on Trek Untold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRfi_L4AfrQ
iTunes – https://buff.ly/2ywjYxT
Spotify – https://spoti.fi/35UuHyl
Stitcher – https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/trek-untold
Google Podcasts: https://buff.ly/2YJw15k
iHeartRadio – https://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-trek-untold-62512575/
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New Delhi, Jan 1 — The Indian small screen is ready with its dose of entertainment for the new year. Watch out for new concepts, storylines and fresh seasons of popular shows in 2013.
The staple offering of reality shows will continue with new seasons of "Kaun Banega Crorepati" (KBC) and "Indian Idol". Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan will return as the host of the seventh season of KBC.
The third season of cooking reality show "MasterChef India" will go on air soon and celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor will be joining the judges panel this time.
Popular youth-centric reality shows "Roadies", "Emotional Atyachaar" and "Big Switch" too will return with new seasons and promise some freshness and lots of spice.
In the fiction space, "Na Bole Tum… Na Maine Kuch Kaha", which wrapped up earlier this year, will come up with its second season.
Besides the new seasons, there is an interesting line-up of shows with fresh concepts.
Audiences will get to see "Welcome: Baazi Mehmaan-Nawaazi Ki", the Indian version of British show "Come Dine With Me".
To be anchored by TV actor Ram Kapoor, the celebrity show will be about judging the cooking and guest-hosting capabilities of participants.
Actor Tusshar Kapoor, who had earlier judged TV show "Comedy Circus", will once again be seen as the judge for a comic series titled "Nautanki". The show will bring the Broadway style of comedy-play on the Indian small screen.
As far as fiction is concerned, Sony has two shows – "Amita Ka Amit" and "Sajan" – while Sab TV is ready with "Tota Weds Maina" and "Hum Aapke Hain In-Laws".
"Tota Weds Maina" features "F.I.R." actress Kavita Kaushik playing the lead role of Maina and actor Gaurav Gera, best remembered as Nandu of "Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahi", will play Tota.
"Hum Aapke Hain In-Laws" is the story of a sweet couple, played by Karan Grover and Pooja Pihal, caught in the whirlwind of confusion with their lovable in-laws.
Zee TV's new drama "Housewife Hai…Sab Jaanti Hai", starring Suhasi Goradia Dhami and Anirudh Dave, will explore the busy lives of housewives.
Another new show, "Sanskaar.. Dharohar Apnon Ki!", will go on air on Colors. The story of a close-knit family, it features actor Jay Soni.
So, one gauges avid viewers of these Hindi general entertainment channels have a lot on offer in the new year. Take your pick!


The illusion of a loop, a film sequence of apparent repetitions that are variations of the same scene. A couple visits an Aquarium. They get lost within the forking paths and find each other again. Ten repetitions with different takes of the same action, ten times for the viewer to gain new insights of the occurring.


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Rex: Ive never met anyone like youlike me. Itd be nice to talk to an E.V.O. whos not, you know, trying to kill me. Nine Oclock? .
Rex: I came because I thought were friends. And what are you calling? Nothings out there but big, ugly sea monsters. .
Biowulf: Were running out patience with you, Circe! You have one last chance. Summon the E.V.O. Finish the job. .
Rex: It is just me or do you use your powers to kill all the guys you meet? Youre letting her go, now! .
Rex: In the real world, I work for Providence. You could come with me. Could you cut out that song for a second!? .
Circe: No, I cant! Im running out of time! Most people on this planet what E.V.O.s gone, including Providence. With Van Kleiss, I have a purpose; a home. You dont what that means to me. .
Rex: By yourself!? The two of us could barely take it on! Theres a resort here; innocent people! Send it back. .
Circe: If I do this myself, Ill have a life! If I dont, Van Kleiss wont be happy. And youve seen what he does when hes not happy. .
Rex uses his B.F.S. to stop the monster from crushing Circe: I dont care whose side your on, Circe. I dont want to see you die. Can we at least agree on that? .
Circe: Yeah. We sure do. She and Rex lean in closer for a romantic kiss, but are interrupted by Biowulf .
Van Kleiss: We had high hopes for your abilities, Circe. Failure leaves its mark on another pretty face. .
Van Kleiss: Of course not. Youre a survivor, like all of us. I understand you made a friend during your trial. Im pleased. Rex is very important to me, Circe, which makes you very important to me as well. Welcome to the Pack. .
Rex: She may be with the Pack now, but I think I can still get her to talk to me. You know I can be pretty convincing. .
Rex: Well, thanks for nearly bashing my brains in back there! And whats with the knocking me out thing? .
Circe: His methods may be aggressive. But hes here to save usand you. Come on, Rex, jump in with us. The waters fine. .
Van Kleiss: It seems you have. Your parents would have been so proud. I never had the chance to tell you about them, have I? Perhaps another time. .
Quarry: Come on, Rex. Quarry holds up Rexs journal We both know this is what you really want. So go ahead take it. Walk away. Show them who you really are. You were always very good a taking care of yourself. Why should now be any different? .
Van Kleiss to his loyal followers: Soon our greatest enemy will be buried! Providence itself will be destroyed, and well have Rex to thank. .
Van Kleiss: It seems you may have run out of tricks, or you know it would only be a matter of time. Ive had a fair amount of time on my hands. Restrains Rex with his gauntlet You took something very precious from me, Rex. And now Ill be returning the favor. .
Rex: If you want my monkey you can forget it. Van Kleiss starts draining nanites from Rex, causing him to squirm and scream in pain .
Van Kleiss: It might come as a surprise that when you stole the nanites that gave my powers, you left some of your behind; enough to tell me a few of what makes you tick. Rex tries to summon a build, but nothing happens Youll that find using your powers will be something of a challenge. The nanites that you so special belong to me now. .
Rex: Hint. You may remember him from such schemes as destroying Providence headquarters, and trying to take over the entire Earth. .
Rex: Our hero pursues the girl of his dreams, heedless of her attempts to break his heartalong with the rest of him. Circe, just me one minute, okay? Look, no powers. .
Rex: Youve seen the things that live here. Whatever deal Van Kleiss is going, its going to turn out bad for everyone. .
Rex: I do know who you really are, Circe. Just once think for yourself. Maybe your prefect leader could actually be wrong, maybe even a bit crazy, nuts, serifiocly insane! .
Circe: Shut up! Twenty! Talk about blinded. Did you ever wonder why Van Kleiss is so interested in you/ .
Circe: Not anymore. Something has changed, Rex. Ever since you got your powers back, I hear him talking. Says you have something thats the key to everything. I know it, Rex. Hed never let you be killed. .
Van Kleiss: Never forget how I found you, Circe. What you werebefore. Hes all yours. Circe is deeply horrified .
Van Kleiss: Alive, yes. Heart pumping, lungs breathing, but his mind? The less there is off that the better. Circe, I warn you: lift so much as a finger to help him, and youre finished!! .
Van Kleiss: You dont have an investigative bone in your body, do you? So headstrongjust like your mother. Rex is silent Oh, you dont like that do you? That I know more about you than you do. .
Van Kleiss: No. But perhaps it is time for some truth. We may perish here, Rex. Ask me anything about the past and Ill answer it. .
Van Kleiss: So the great and powerfull Providence has finally come through on their promise to help you remember your past. .
Van Kleiss: Ah, thats not how this works, it isnt my turn. Quid pro quo, Rex, if you want to know more. Why dont you start with something simple? Rylanders Omega Nanite, I know its inside you. .
Van Kleiss: She was designed as a decontamination program at the original nanite laboratory. Her task was to destroy any rogue nanites that escaped the holding tanks. .
Circe: Trust me. Shes back in Abysus laughing it off with the rest of the Pack. Besides, Im not that easy to find. Removes a white towel, revealing her black shoulder-length hair partly dyed deep plum and wearing a gray overall dress .
Circe: Then deliver a message for him! Uses her ultrasonic bursts on Breach, who creates a portal behind her, knocking her out with her own sonic abilities .
Breach: Oh, sorry, Rex. Shes gonna save my skin. V.K.s tough on failure, remember? Teleports away with an unconscious Circe on her shoulder .
Rex: But not to Van Kleiss. You never went to Abysus, did you? You slipped her into your little pocket dimension. Let her go, Breach! .
Rex: Because you wouldnt want Van Kleiss to see this. Im thinking a trade is in order. Breach releases Circe .
Rex: My most powerful builds came from the Omega nanite. A lot of people are going to get hurt and I cant stop it. What happens when the best you can do just isnt enough? .
Alpha: Organics who rely on machines for their power, I dont need. The machines themselves, now those I will have. .
Circe: Youve never understood his power. Van Kleiss kept us safe here. His force was the only thing keeping Abysus together, and you destroyed that. .
Holiday: Rex, I think shes right. Nanites operate on a molecular level. If they bonded with Van Kleiss, breaking off his connection must have caused a splinter; resulting in a disastrous chain reaction. .
Rex: Im not bringing him back! Not now, not ever!! Besides, you dont need Van Kleiss. You have me. Why not go straight to the source? .
Holiday: Not if you listen to me! I have an idea. Its a long shot. Instead of fighting the nanites, communicate with them. .
Rex: I got you! Dont let go!! Rex struggles to save Circe from falling as she clings to him as tears fill her eyes. Circe!! as she falls into the black goop of highly unstable nanites .
Rex: Circe! Six! Dr. Holiday! Okay, you win. technopathically starts the machine. Somethingsnot right. .
Rex: I do know who you really are, Circe. Just once think for yourself. Maybe your prefect leader could actually be wrong, maybe even a bit crazy, nuts, certifiably insane! .
Circe: Shut up!! Twenty! Talk about blinded. Did you ever wonder why Van Kleiss is so interested in you? .
Van Kleiss: Never forget how I found you, Circe. What you werebefore. Hes all yours. Circe is horrified; tears well up in her eyes .
Maybe you are looking for Generator Rex quotes, Generator Rex sayings?


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Q: Is there any way to batch upload files to Google Drive? I have 100 GB of files to be uploaded to Google Drive.
My internet connection is very slow, and my country has a lot of power failures, so my computer spontaneously restarts.
For downloading, I have a download manager which automatically starts the queue when computer starts and keep working day and night. However, it is difficult for me to upload files to Google Drive with Google's upload dialog box.
Is there any way to upload some folder to Drive and automatically resume from the previous stopped file so that I don't need to sit in front of computer all the time?

A: Have a look at the below Java-based solution - I have used it before and it has quite a few configuration options.

http://code.google.com/p/google-docs-upload/

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You might think good, tasty Mexican food is hard to come across in Bristol - after all, it's a city where burgers are much more prominent than burritos.
However, there are some excellent Mexican restaurants out there just waiting to be discovered, all of which serve up tasty dishes encompassing all aspects of Mexican cuisine.
A lot of Bristol's best Mexican food can be found from pop-ups or street food stands, meaning you'll need to have your finger firmly on the pulse in order to work out where they'll be next. If eating in a traditional, bricks-and-mortar restaurant is more your thing, though, then there are still plenty of places in Bristol to enjoy some tasty tacos or exquisite enchiladas.
This Wapping Wharf shipping container specialises doubles up as a taco and Margarita bar, where dishes are sent out as soon as they're ready. You won't find your bog standard chicken fajitas here - expect dishes such as slow braised ox cheek or seafood salpicon tacos, chocolate margaritas and tostadas.
If Cargo Cantina does modern Mexican well, then Casa Mexicana does the traditional side of things equally brilliantly. This family run restaurant has been running for more than 30 years and its menu includes things like traditional churros, carne Asada (Mexican-style rump steak) and refried beans.
According to Bristol Live food critic Mark Taylor, these guys are serving the 'best tacos outside Mexico City'. The pop-up had a successful residency at the Volunteer Tavern earlier this year and as a result, they're taking a well-earned break - but we're sure they'll be back soon.
Where is it? Follow @ThePSCantina on Twitter for pop-up details.
This is no ordinary ice cream van - it serves packed gluten-free tacos instead of Mr Whippies. You can tuck into meaty, veggie and vegan tacos, served with limed onion, sour cream and fresh coriander.
Where is it? They're currently taking up residency at The Eldon House, Clifton, on Tuesdays during summer. Follow @iscreamtacos for info.
You've probably seen The Little Taquero's bright orange truck at events around Bristol. All of their tacos are freshly made with soft corn tortillas and a variety of exciting fillings.
Where is it? You can find them at the Harbourside Market at weekends and dates during the week. Follow @littletaquero for news.
If burritos as big as your head are your cup of tea, then Mission Burrito is the place to go. If you're feeling particularly hungry then you can try and conquer the Mission Burrito challenge, which requires eating a 5lb burrito served on a bed of nachos for £25.
This chain diner might not be as authentic as some of the places on this list, but it's a great shout if you fancy drinks and food with friends. It serves up Mexican street food such as sweet potato taquitos, chorizo empanadas and plantain tacos, which is best paired with a Margarita or two.
Traditional Mexican grub in a homely atmosphere is the order of the day at Bedminster's Viva La Mexicana. Its house speciality is Caluaco al Tequila, which are ribs dosed in tequila sauce and served with corn tortillas, guacamole, beans and edible cactus.
Bored of the bland lunchtime sandwiches? The Woolly Cactus is a much better bet. This lunchtime stall serves up burritos, tacos, quesadillas and even burrito salads, if you're watching the calories but still want the flavour.


Toshiba has partnered with Disney to create a special Star Wars edition of its 24-inch TV. Now, Toshiba doesn't give out a whole lot of specs in its press release here - like there's no mention of resolution - but it does mention "HD content", so it's likely a 720p TV, unfortunately. There are X-wing starfighters around the bezel of the TV, making for a pretty interesting looking TV. According to Toshiba, it "sweeps viewers up in a rush of Star Wars excitement."
Toshiba and Disney worked together to design this TV to evoke the true power of this legendary story, the TV stirs feelings of nostalgia as well as anticipation. Toshiba has also added a rather interesting animation whenever the TV is powered off. There's a climactic scene from familiar Star Wars sights and sounds. This includes an appearance of a First Order stormtrooper to the accompanying the sound of a lightsaber. This TV brings Star Wars fans and enthusiasts together with a pretty great looking TV, and it's definitely not one that you'll see sitting at your friends house any time soon. Now this isn't an Android TV, but it can connect your TV to your Android smartphone and do things like controlling the TV and such.
This is a Smart TV and there are two HDMI ports available, so you could plug in an Android TV set-top box, or even a PlayStation 4. So just because this is a Star Wars themed TV, doesn't mean you are stuck watching only Star Wars on this TV. It does have a few apps built in, like the usual Netflix, Vudu, Hulu and others, allowing you to watch your favorite movies over WiFi. Of course, with it being a Smart TV, it does have WiFi compatibility, but it does not support 5GHz, unfortunately. Toshiba has also made this TV social, allowing users to go ahead and connect to their Twitter and Facebook accounts and post to those accounts - as well as browse through those streams - while you're watching other content. Toshiba has not yet announced pricing nor availability for this TV yet, but it should be available this fall.


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This recipe takes the classic peanut butter and apple childhood snack and turns it into a moist, flavorful grown-up coffee cake. I used Old Fashioned Crunchy peanut butter to give the cake a little more texture and interest. Eat this at breakfast or as a snack with your afternoon cup of coffee. Or, if you're really feeling indulgent eat a warm slice with a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream.
My good friend, Kelly, from The Spunky Coconut inspired this dish with her Blueberry Coffee Cake. I wanted to make something not only gluten-free but grain-free for all those who can't tolerate grains. As a bonus, it's dairy-free too.
Put the walnuts, coconut oil, coconut palm sugar, and cinnamon in a food processor fitted with a steel blade. Pulse several times to combine then process until walnuts are finely ground. Don't over-process or you'll have walnut butter. Set aside.
1.	Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 9-inch round ceramic baking dish.
2.	Use a handheld mixer to beat together the eggs, grated apple, Old Fashioned Crunchy peanut butter, honey, oil, applesauce and stevia until combined.
3.	Sift together the almond flour, coconut flour, tapioca flour, baking soda, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt.
4.	Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until smooth. Turn batter into prepared ceramic baking dish.
5.	Spread crumble topping over cake batter. Use a knife to swirl the topping into the cake. Press topping down into the batter. Bake for 30 minutes, then cover with aluminum foil and bake for another 10-15 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with just a few moist crumbs.
6.	Let cool for 15 minutes before serving. Store covered at room temperature.
Besides apple, what other fruits would pair well with Old Fashioned Crunchy peanut butter in a coffee cake recipe? Leave a comment below and on Monday, July 30, 2012 we'll choose a random commenter to win a 16oz jar of Old Fashioned Crunchy, the peanut butter used in this recipe! US residents only.
The random winner is Rebecca.
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Can confirm this behavior on lmde 2 Betsy (debian stretch).
Version 1.10.8 detects my BlueRay drive (BD-ROM HL-DT-ST) and works like charm.
Version 1.10.9 and 1.10.10 can't access the drive for unknown reasons (Drive not found in the log window). However opening via the File Menu results in a crash of the application for both versions. No chance of using.
Since I have installed the Windows version as well (1.10.10) and since this version works with the drive, I presume there is some error/issue/change on the linux side for this problem.
@MakeMkv dev team: Is there anything I can do to provide more input about this issue?
When you don't have any /dev/sg* device files, it means that the sg scsi driver is not loaded.
Yeah, I know I have a LOT of drives. I've got a 8-drive RAID5 array (including 2 hot spares) made up of 1TB laptop drives. Pretty fast, actually. One of these days I need to get around to upgrading them to 2TB drives, but that will be... interesting.
Like many others I'm also struggling to understand this problem.
10.9, and 10.10 - but only 10.8 is able to find my optical drive.
10.8 as far as I can tell works perfectly for me.
An earlier post on this bug mentioned a permissions issue.
workaround that I could try? Thanks for any ideas on this.
geodreieck24 wrote: When you don't have any /dev/sg* device files, it means that the sg scsi driver is not loaded.
Yup, can confirm that on current Arch based distro this disaster of a bug hasn't been fixed yet.
Have read through this entire post and at present completely fail to understand how, in taking something that USED to work perfectly and 'update' it to a point where two past updates have broken the program, this becomes the end user's problem??
One of the VERY BEST reasons for using MakeMKV in the first place was precisely because it could be installed via a package and voila! blu ray replay. Now I see we're going down the road of oh... why don't I run a bunch of commands on my machine, and wade through pages of output, only to be told there's probably nothing wrong with the software but it's my computer??
It USED TO WORK FINE.... and NOW IT DOESN'T. This makes it BROKEN imo. Someone please fix it?? Why WHY does it require me to sit here p*ssing about rolling back, or building locally when... I repeat myself... IT USED TO WORK FINE. Now it doesn't. Please fix the problem - a problem, it's worth noting, that you introduced not 'us'.
annoyed_as_hell wrote: Yup, can confirm that on current Arch based distro this disaster of a bug hasn't been fixed yet.
MakeMKV figures out device names by analyzing /sys/bus/scsi, same way as lsscsi does."
Maybe a bit more explanation is required why is /dev/sgX (or loading sg) now a requirement. Seems like a lot of distros do not load the module automatically. All I can find via Google is a Red Hat bug report, but no explanation why this module is actually required.
This way maybe the user(s) will know if they need to file bug reports to their distributions, and how to make the point in the reports valid.
And reboot (or 'sudo modprobe sg' as pointed out by someone if you do not want to reboot).
This does not help users who are experiencing this problem with sg loaded, like aurik.
Wild Penguin wrote: Maybe a bit more explanation is required why is /dev/sgX (or loading sg) now a requirement. Seems like a lot of distros do not load the module automatically. All I can find via Google is a Red Hat bug report, but no explanation why this module is actually required.
Then I reinstalled 1.10.10, but it still couldn't find the optical drives.
Am very pleased to confirm that with the help (and patience) of users above and able to understand that this is intentional behaviour, I have run the commands noted and that MakeMKV now works, and that the edit to the module configuration file has made it a permanent fix.
Off to watch a movie!
annoyed_as_hell wrote: Am very pleased to confirm that with the help (and patience) of users above and able to understand that this is intentional behaviour, I have run the commands noted and that MakeMKV now works, and that the edit to the module configuration file has made it a permanent fix.
Unfortunately for me, I am still at a loss after countless hours trying to get the SG driver to work. It still doesn't recognize the optical drive as SG*.


There is nothing I love more than gathering around a big farm table for an intimate dinner with friends. As we prepare for Thanksgiving, I feel so blessed to be a part of a community that feels like my home away from home, and friends that have become family.
Thank you to Tashira Bradley with Lott of Events for dreaming up this rehearsal dinner shoot, and the always fabulous Kelly Costello Photography for capturing it so beautifully!
In LOVE with this beautiful invitation and menu suite from Caitlin Candelari!
Making beautiful tables also inspired me to use some gorgeous wedding leftovers to design my first of three family Thanksgivings at our family ranch in LaGrange, Texas! I loved taking our mismatched decor and making an un-fussy table under the Texas sunshine.
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God sent Messengers to guide people to the truth and so they could be purified of sin. Those who were enlightened by the Messengers found the way to the Divine Presence and attained the highest rank of humanity. In the words of Ibrahim Haqqi: "God declared that He could not be contained by the Heavens and Earth. He can be known and reached only through hearts." This is why Messengers led humanity to the knowledge of God.
Those who follow this guidance are touched by Him in their innermost selves, whether it is called heart, soul, or conscience, for only that can grasp God in His entirety. Minds cannot comprehend Him, and philosophy cannot reach Him. Therefore, the Prophets purified souls so they could be mirrors in which God might manifest Himself. Prophet Muhammad left us the Qur'an and Sunna to show us how to live in a way that fulfills the purpose for which the Prophets were sent.
Second, the world always contains successors who devote their lives to disseminating truth. They should seek what the Prophets sought, preach what the Prophets preached, and strictly follow the Prophets in enjoining good and forbidding evil.
Third, death is not total annihilation, but rather a changing of worlds without completely breaking away from this one. Prophets' deaths are special. In the case of martyrs, whose spiritual degree is lower than a Prophet's, the Qur'an says: Say not of those slain in God's way: "They are dead," they are alive but you understand not (2:154). So we cannot say that Prophets are dead. Thus Prophet Muhammad did not die as we understand this word; he only changed places and passed into another dimension or degree of life.
Those who can penetrate other dimensions with their inner faculties experience different dimensions of time and space, see different creatures, and look into things and events from different viewpoints. We consider things and events according to the stream in which we are. Those who rise high enough to see all dimensions of this stream have the scope of their sight enlarged as they ascend higher. Thus their capacity and judgment when considering matters is more comprehensive. Such people might be sitting with us and, at the same time, in the presence of God's Messenger. While praying with us, some may be leading the same prayer in the Hereafter before the angels. There is a particular class of saints called abdal (substitutes). When one dies, he or she is replaced immediately with a new one who can see the Prophet whenever they wish. Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti, a sixteenth-century scholar, once said: "I have seen God's Messenger 28 times while awake."
 Bukhari, Maghazi, 78; Muslim, Salam, 50,51; Abu Dawud, Tib, 19.


The largest of the three Scandinavian countries and the eastern half of the Scandinavian peninsula, lies between 55° and 68° north latitude and 12° and 24° east longitude. It is bounded on the west by Norway, the Skager Rack, and the Cattegat, on the east by Russian Finland and the Baltic. (For map see Denmark.) Including the Islands of Gotland and Öland, Sweden has an area of 172,876 square miles, of which 73,040 are forest land; 15,000, water; over 20,000, farming and grass land, while what is left consists of barren land, moorland, and pasture land. Although the elevation of the land is on the whole considerably higher than that of Denmark, still the country lacks the mountainous districts of Norway; it is only in the northern part that there are found some mountain peaks, as Suliteluma, which rises to a height of 6150 ft. and glaciers such as Sylfjell. The ground consists chiefly of primitive rock, granite, and gneiss, the disintegrated parts of which form the soil. In Gotland and Öland chalk also appears, and in Skåne coal is found. No country in Europe, with exception of Russia, has larger lakes than Sweden. The largest is Lake Wenern (2200 square miles), the most beautiful is the Wettern (733 square miles), the one containing the greatest number of islands and most frequented is Lake Mälar. Stockholm, the beautiful capital of Sweden, is situated on the outlet that connects Lake Mälar with the sea. The country's many, and generally swift, rivers not only form beautiful waterfalls, as Trollhættan, Tænnforsen etc., but also contain in their great abundance of water about 5,000,000 horsepower. Lakes and rivers are frequently connected with one another and with the sea by canals; one of the most important is the Göta Canal. The climate is relatively mild, especially in the southern provinces and Gotland. The rainfall is fairly regular. In summer the days are not only long and bright, but also very warm. In the northern part of Sweden the sun does not set from the end of May until the middle of July. Naturally the winter is a complete contrast to this: for months the land is covered with heavy snow, and the water has a thick covering of ice.
Sweden is very heavily wooded; in the south the forests consist chiefly of beeches and oaks; in the higher latitudes conifers take the place of these; birches are found below 69° N. lat. The forests and open country give shelter and food to large numbers of wild animals; besides hares and deer there are also reindeer and squirrels. Formerly wolves and bears were numerous, but now they are only found in the most unfrequented parts of the northern provinces and will before long disappear. In Southern and Central Sweden the same varieties of grain and vegetables are cultivated as are grown in Germany, Denmark, and Northern France. In sheltered places grapes are grown as high as 60° N. lat. and at times are sweet in this latitude, but are not suitable for wine. Much attention is given to the breeding of cattle and the making of butter and cheese. The mines, especially at Gellivare, yield a large quantity of fine iron ore. The river and high-sea fishing (salmon, cod, herring) has attained large proportions. The Scandinavian exhibition held in 1897 showed the extraordinary development of manufacture during the last hundred years. The most valuable exports are wood, either in the rough or worked, and iron in the ore or in bars; the annual value of the export of the first is 200,000,000 kronen and of the second 100,000,000 kronen. Butter and cheese to the value of about 40,000,000 kronen are exported annually; live-stock, hides, and fish, 20,000,000 kronen. The value of the most important imports is as follows: coal, 66,000,000 kronen; all kinds of groceries and manufactures, 50,000,000 kronen; grain, 52,000,000 kronen. Traffic and commerce are promoted by the numerous canals and the excellent roads; by a large number of railways, having a length altogether of 8694 miles and owned partly by the State and partly by private citizens; by an excellent postal, telegraph, and telephone system. In 1909 the Swedish merchant marine included 1800 sailing vessels with 200,000 tons, and 1200 steamships with 583,000 tons. In 1908 more than 35,000 ships entered or left Swedish ports. The unit of coinage is the krone, which equals 100 öre or 1.12 marks of the German coinage, and equals 27 cents in U.S. money. Weights and measures follow the metric system.
Sweden is a constitutional monarchy; the crown is hereditary in accordance with the law of primogeniture. The Parliament consists of two houses, and the king has the right of veto. Administration and justice in Sweden, like the same departments of government in England, have retained many German peculiarities. For administration the kingdom is divided into twenty-five districts, called læns, each of which is governed by a landshoefding. Justice is administered by district and upper courts. For ecclesiastical purposes Sweden is divided into twelve dioceses, each containing a large number of parishes; at the head of each diocese is a bishop. The primate of Sweden is the Archbishop of Upsala; the king is the summus episcopus. In Sweden liability to military service lasts twenty years; twelve years are spent in the first levy (Beværing), eight years in the reserve. The time of actual service is short, being barely one year in most instances. Naturally the officers receive a thorough military training. In times of peace the army numbers 66,000 men, of whom 6000 serve in the cavalry, 7000 in the artillery, 2000 in the engineer corps. In wartime the army can easily be doubled. The Swedish navy is small but good; it is only used for coast defence. Its equipment consists of 1000 officers and non-commissioned officers and 4000 marines and sailors. The national colours are yellow and blue. The battleflag is blue with a yellow horizontal cross that runs out into a tongue; the two blue sections of the flag likewise end in tongues. The flag of the merchant marine is square, blue in colour with a yellow horizontal cross. There are several decorations of honour, the highest being the Order of the Seraphim. The Order of Charles XIII is only intended for Freemasons. The present King of Sweden is Gustavus V, who was born 16 July, 1858, and is a member of the Bernadotte family; in 1887 he married Princess Victoria of Baden.
Nothing positive is known as to the religious ideas of the prehistoric inhabitants of Sweden during the Stone and Bronze Ages. It is hardly possible, however, to doubt that they believed in a life after death, as they were accustomed to offer sacrifices at the graves of their dead, and to place in these graves the weapons, tools, utensils, and ornaments of those there buried. Their religion was an ancestral worship. Light or its chief representative, the sun, appears to have received as Tydeus, equivalent perhaps to Zeus, the veneration of a divinity. This is shown by two symbols derived from the Stone Age, the wheel and the axe. Subordinate to this may have been a form of worship paid to individual trees, springs, rivers, and lakes, as striking natural phenomena, which is not entirely extinct even yet. For example, sacrifices are offered in "fairy-mills" (älfkvarnar), and despite attempts to dispel superstitions by the schools the belief in house spirits and forest sprites is still to be found here and there. Great fires are still kindled about Easter time, just as was customary thousands of years ago. At a later date than that above-mentioned the sun-god was regarded from varying points of view and received various names. This led gradually to a number of gods: Thor, Odin, and Frey or Freyr. However, Thor, not Odin, always remained the chief god; he was the god of lightning and of strength.
It is indeed asserted that the worship of Odin came from the South; this, however is contradicted by the fact that his greatest temple stood in Upsala, and that the Scandinavians were the chief worshippers of this god. Among the Germans Wodan, as he was called by them, was treated with but little respect; this is especially true of the tribes of Southern Germany. Moreover, the Scandinavian mythology, as it has come down in the two Eddas, is totally lacking in unity and is in part influenced by Christian ideas. Bloody sacrifices, generally animals, as horses or dogs, were offered to th them. At times human beings were sacrificed, as bondsmen, freemen, and even kings, who in the literal sense of the word were killed with the sword. Those dedicated to Odin were hung in his groves. Once in nine years the feast of the equinoxes was celebrated with special and horrible pomp. On each of the nine days of sacrifice at least one human being was killed, besides large numbers of animals. Dozens of bodies often hung from the trees. A distinct sacerdotal order seems to have been unknown, and the chiefs of the tribes offered the sacrifices themselves.
The first contact with Christianity arose from the expeditions of the Vikings. In this way the Scandinavians became acquainted with, and learned to appreciate, the higher civilization of the southern races; some of the northern warriors were baptized Thus gradually the ground was prepared for the seed of the Gospel. The first effort to convert the country to Christianity was made by the Frank, Ansgar. At the request of Swedish nobles he was commissioned by the Emperor Louis the Pious to go to Sweden and reached the commercial town of Birka in Maelarsee in 630, after a hard and dangerous journey. Here with the consent of King Björn he preached zealously for more than a year. Twenty-three years later Ansgar, who had in the meantime become Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen, returned to Sweden, and by his shrewdness and gentleness overcame the hostile efforts of the worshippers of the heathen gods. His successor as archbishop, Rimbert, also sought to carry on the work of converting the Scandinavians. However, internal turmoils and wars soon destroyed what the two pious men had built up., It was not until the beginning of the eleventh century that the Church resumed the work. German and English missionaries competed with one another in preaching the Word, and not without results. In 1008 Olaf Skötkonung was baptized by Siegfried at Husaby in Western Gotland. But the Church made very slow progress. In the reign of King Stenkil a diocese was founded at Skara. In the reign of Ynge the Old, the new faith gained the mastery. The English missionaries David and Eskil, the German missionary Stephen, and the Swede Botvid preached chiefly in Södermanland, Vestmanland, and Norrland. The first-mentioned died a natural death, the others gained the crown of martyrdom. Still heathenism maintained itself for a long time in isolated spots in the valleys among the mountains.
Naturally the leaven of the Gospel penetrated the hearts of the battle-loving warriors very slowly, and the majority of the baptized were only half Christians. Their knowledge of religion must have remained very limited on account of the lack of printing and of schools. The secular clergy, and later the monks especially, sought with praiseworthy zeal to raise the neophytes to a higher spiritual and moral level. They opposed with growing success drunkenness, violence, polygamy, and the exposure of children. A second diocese was established at Linköping, in the reign of Sverker the Old. Both here and in the monasteries (Alvastra, Nydala, Varnhem, etc.) promising youths were instructed in religion as well as in secular knowledge. The lack of the written word was supplied by zealous preaching of the doctrine of salvation. The poor and sick were tenderly cared for. Christian festivals took the place of the heathen ones, and the organization of the Church made rapid progress. The first national synod was held at Linköping in 1152 under the presidency of the papal legate, Bishop Nicholas of Albano.
The first representative of what is called the "ideas of the Reformation" was Olavus Petri, the son of a smith, who was born in 1497 in Örebro. He was a pupil of Luther at Wittenberg and returned home in 1519. As cathedral canon at Strængnæs he won over to his opinions the archdeacon Laurentius Andreas. Very soon the new ruler saw how advantageous it would be to him if he were able to crush the power of the bishops and to confiscate the lands of the Church. As early as 1524 Gustavus Vasa broke off the official connexion of the country with the Roman Curia and permitted Olavus to preach the heretical principles of his former teacher openly in the chief church of Stockholm. Prelates who held strictly to the Faith, as Bishop Peter Jakobsson (Sunnanwader) and the cathedral provost Knut of Västerås, were accused of treason and executed without any further legal process. At a diet at Västerås three years later Gustavus Vasa was able, by skilful dissimulation, to obtain the passage of laws which made him the summus episcopus of the Swedish Church and brought the Church into helpless subordination to the State. In order to dupe the people the Mass, veneration of saints, and pilgrimages were not discontinued at first, ecclesiastical vestments and ceremonies were also retained almost without change. But at the same time, the king and the nobility appropriated as much of the Church lands for themselves as was possible, taking twelve thousand large peasant farms. Even the sacred utensils and bells were seized by Vasa. Many monks and nuns were driven out of their monasteries; a number, including all the members of the Franciscan monastery of Raumo, were killed under circumstances of great cruelty. In order to win over the priests they were permitted to marry, and a great effort was made to win over the common people to the new doctrine by translating the Bible into the vernacular. The attempts of the Dalecarlians and Smålanders, who held to the Church, to check the rapid advance of Protestantism was defeated prominent leaders of the Catholic party, bishop Brask of Linköping, Bishop Haraldsson of Skara, "Lagman" Ture Jonsson, and others, were obliged to flee. Nils Dacke, a peasant of Småland, who for some time successfully led his countrymen against the king, was finally killed in battle. At a second diet held at Västerås in 1544 nearly all the feast days were suppressed and all Catholic customs excepting a few were done away with. The declaration was also made that the country would "never again abandon the word of God and the pure Gospel".
Those desiring the history in detail of the development of the Lutheran State Church of Sweden will find it given very exactly and with copious foot-notes in the excellent work of the Anglican Bishop of Salisbury, Dr. John Wordsworth, quoted in the bibliography. It is only necessary to remark here that gradually new life sprang up from the ruins of the Catholic church organization. The University of Upsala was revived and another university was founded at Lund; in these schools as well as in a number of sees men excellent in their way carried on fruitful labours; missions to the heathen were begun in Sweden earlier than elsewhere—for example, the missions to the Laplanders and the Indians. However, there was no lack of strife and sectarian movements in the Church (Pietism, Moravianism, Swedenborgianism, etc.); since the middle of the eighteenth century Rationalism and Infidelity have assumed formidable proportions. Freemasonry is strong in Sweden, and among its members are many clergymen, church dignitaries, and even bishops. The majority of teachers in the higher schools and many preachers reject belief in the Trinity and regard Christ simply as a sage and philanthropist. Even the instruction for confirmation is at times made use of to sow the seeds of doubt in youthful hearts; matters have gone so far that a bishop declared, without exciting much opposition, that the Apostles' Creed was unnecessary. The number of the unbaptized is constantly increasing. Attendance at church and at the Communion service (8 per cent of the normal attendance) is rapidly declining of late years. Among many intense love of pleasure and unbridled sensuality prevail. Notwithstanding the practice of abortion in many places, every third child is illegitimate. These things lead many of the better classes to join the sects, among which the largest membership belong to the Methodists and Baptists.
It will probably never be possible to determine when Sweden was first inhabited. However, the large number of objects found by excavating justify the belief that several thousand years before Christ there were people living along the seashore (Baltic, Cattegat) and by the lakes to whom the use of metals was unknown. With constantly increasing skill they manufactured weapons and utensils from horn, stone, and clay. Their only food was gained by hunting and fishing. The raising of cattle and agriculture seem to have become customary very slowly. The dead were buried either in a recumbent or sitting position, in curiously formed stoned chambers over which at times mounds of earth of considerable size were raised. Scientific men do not agree as to the original home from which the prehistoric inhabitants of Sweden came. It seems hardly probable that they all spread from the south to the north. Still this may be true of the inhabitants of the present Provinces of Skåne, Blekinge, and Halland. The Stone Age at last gave way to the Age of Bronze. Some two thousand years before our era men learned how to fuse copper and tin, as is proved by great numbers of utensils, as knives, daggers, swords, and shields that have been preserved, which were sometimes very ingeniously made. Gold also began to be used in this period. Bronze was gradually replaced by iron. Roman traders brought into the country not only articles procued by Roman skill in art but also gold coinage. Up to this time the people had tried to preserve the memory of important events by primitive marks (hällristningar) scratched on rocks; they now learned from the Roman traders the use of letters, but turned these to suit their own taste into the Runic writing that was long in use. The earliest historical knowledge of Scandinavia and its inhabitants is due to Roman authors. Tacitus (Germania, c. xliv) is the first to call the people "Suiones". How closely this tribe living north of Lakes Wetter and Roxen was related to Goths living to the south and west, and how it was able to absorb the latter and give its own name to the combined body will always remain obscure.
About the fifth century of the Christian era the civilization of the country had greatly advanced; this is proved by numerous remains of gold utensils, ornaments, runic stones with inscriptions, burial urns, and other articles. Just as in the later Bronze Age, the bodies of the dead were sometimes burned, sometimes buried; however, the latter custom had the greater prevalence. The Swedes had only a small share in the viking expeditions which, from the eighth century onward, were the terror of the peoples of Europe. Besides, in their expeditions they gained a firm foothold in Finland and also came into closer connexion with their neighbours the Russians. The first efforts of missionaries to convert the Swedes to Christianity occurred in the ninth century. It was not until about the year 1000, when Olaf Skötkonung was baptized by the Anglo-Saxon missionary Siegfried, that Christianity was fairly established. Olaf's family, of whose deeds little is known, died out with Emund the Old (1060). At that time the Kingdom of Sweden included only the present northern provinces, while Skåne, Blekinge, and Halland belonged to Denmark and remained united with this country for centuries. The vast forests were largely the cause of the individual development of the tribes, who were separated from one another by them, rendering a common administration for all much more difficult. As roads were lacking, the rivers and lakes were used to connect the different parts of the country. In regard to the government the election of the king customary in earlier times gave way to a settled succession to the throne. Naturally the machinery of government in the modern sense did not exist. Everything depended upon the initiative and force of the ruler, whose commands might, indeed, not be carried out at all or only in part by the great officials or jarls. The various provinces had each its own laws (lag), and the lagmen, or expounders of the law, had much influence. They were often able to make their office hereditary. The provinces were divided into hundreds (härrads) at the head of each of which was a höfding, whose chief duty was to maintain peace and order. For a long time the father of the family still remained the master within his house. The people were divided into the higher and lower freemen (odalbönder and bönder) and the serfs (trälar), and generally lived together on farms or in villages. The houses were built of wood or clay and were covered with shingles or straw. Even at this time, however, there were larger places with occasional stone buildings, as Skara, Linköping, Örebro, Strängnäs, Västerås, Upsala, Sigtuna, and, at a little later era, Stockholm, which rose rapidly into prominence. The national character showed sharp contrasts: harshness and gentleness, loyalty and deceit, magnanimity and revengefulness. No observer doubts that the gradual improvement in public morals was due to the influence of the Church.
After the old ruling family was extinct a chief named Stenkil was chosen king. He was connected with the former rulers by his wife who was the daughter of Emund the Old, and was an ardent supporter of Christianity. During his reign the first diocese, Skara, was established in eastern Gotland. However, as the actual Sweden (Uppsvear) still held to heathenism, rival rulers appeared, and for more than twenty years internal strife prevailed. Finally Inge, the second son of Stenkil, was able to defeat his opponents and bring about a complete victory for Christianity. With the death of a nephew, Inge the Younger, in 1125, the family of Stenkil came to an end. The East Goth Sverker, who married Inge's widow, was able for a time to re-establish the unity that had been disturbed, but his son Charles could not maintain himself. On the other hand Erik, a Swede from the northern provinces, won universal recognition. Erik undertook a crusade in Finland and after his return was killed in a battle (1160) with a Danish pretender Magnus Henriksson. In the following year Magnus was killed by the people. Sverker's son Charles obtained the ascendency, but he had to give way in 1167 to Knut Eriksson. During Knut's administration the first Swedish money was coined and Stockholm was founded. After Knut's death Sverker Karlsson, the son-in-law of Birger Brosa, Knut's chief councillor, obtained the throne (1195), although Knut had left children. Birger owed this success to the clergy, whom he favoured on all occasions. A war broke out between Knut's sons and Sverker after Birger's death; Sverker was obliged to flee, and when he sought with Danish aid to regain the throne he suffered a decisive defeat in 1208 near Falköping. Two years later he also lost a battle near Gestitren, when he was killed. His successful rival Erik Knutsson, the first King of Sweden to be crowned, died in 1216. He was followed by John Sverkersson, at whose death ins 1222 the family of Sverker became extinct. Erik, the posthumous son of Erik Knutsson, now came to the throne, but he proved an incompetent ruler and was for a time deposed. By the marriage of his sister Ingeborg with the vigorous Jarl Birger of the Folkunger family he sought to gain Birger for his cause. In 1249 Birger won Finland, which never before had been conquered, for Erik. While Birger was in Finland Erik died, and the nobles of the kingdom elected Birger's son Waldemar. During Waldemar's minority his father carried on the administration with success and skill, maintained good relations with the adjoining countries, and sought to preserve peace at home by wise laws. His son Waldemar, who ruled from 1266, was very unlike his father and had, therefore, to yield the administration to his more strenuous brother Magnus, later called Ladulås.
After Christopher's death the Union fell rapidly to pieces, as the Swedes elected Charles Knutsson, who has already been mentioned, as king, and the Danes and Norwegians Christian of Oldenburg (1448). In 1457 the latter was able to obtain his election in Sweden also, but he could not make any headway against King Charles or Sten Sture the Old, the successor of Charles in the administration of the country. Christian I was followed in Denmark by his son Hans (1481), who gradually gained recognition in Norway (1483) and Sweden (1497). When, however, he was defeated in a battle with the Dithmarschen, Sweden again abandoned its allegiance to him (1501) and on the death of Sten Sture the Old in 1503 the Swedes made Svante Sture the administrator of the country (1503); after this latter's sudden death in 1512 the government passed to Sten Sture the Younger. The son of the late King Hans, Christian II, now sought by arms to force Sweden to re-enter the Union. In this policy he was supported particularly by Archbishop Gustavus Trolle of Upsala, against whom the hatred of all the friends of Sture was naturally directed. The Danish troops which landed at Stockholm in 1517 were soon defeated and driven back, and the next year Christian's troops suffered a still severer defeat at Brannkyrka. The national Swedish party deposed and imprisoned the dignitaries of the Church without any regard to canon law, consequently the pope excommunicated its leaders, placed Sweden under an interdict, and commissioned King Christian to carry out the punishment. Early in 1520 King Christian sent a large army into Western Gotland, and after successful skirmishes the Swedes were overwhelmingly defeated at Upsala. Stockholm alone held out for a time, but when Christian approached the city with a strong fleet, it was obliged to surrender. The conqueror had been recognized by a part of the council as king before this; he entered the city in state, was able to obtain homage as hereditary ruler, and was then crowned. Unfortunately the what had been attained; Archbishop Trolle demanded the punishment of his enemies, and Christian made short work of these. Bishops Matthias of Strængnæs and Vincent of Skara, and a large number of nobles, councillors, and citizens were executed as proclaimed rebels and heretics, and their property was confiscated. While on his return to Denmark the king had various persons executed, hoping in this way to suppress the spirit of insurrection forever. In this he was mistaken.
In January of the next year a peasant insurrection broke out in Dalarne, which spread rapidly. Gustavus Eriksson (Vasa) became the leader of the insurgents, who soon numbered 15,000 men. Vasa had lost his father and brother-in-law in the slaughter at Stockholm, and had been taken prisoner at Braennkyrka as the chief standard-bearer, but had made his escape. His strength grew as leader of the rebellion through several fortunate skirmishes, and as he succeeded in winning over the influential Bishop Hans Brask to his cause, a popular assembly at Vadstena appointed him stadtholder of the kingdom (1521); two years later he was unanimously elected king at Strængnæs. He gained Stockholm and Calmar during the summer months of 1523, and Öland and Finland also acknowledged his sovereignty. At the same time his position was by no means a favourable one, for he lacked the money to meet the most necessary expenses, while the consistent civil wars had largely destroyed the sense of order and respect for law. The bishops were powerful and wealthy lords and only partially satisfied with the new conditions; neither could much dependence be placed upon the nobility. Gustavus, however, was never at a loss of expedients. By means of clever dissimulation and deceitful promises he was able to make the citizens and peasants his adherents. The introduction of Luther's doctrines not only freed him from the tutelage of the bishops, but in particular offered him the possibility of gaining control of the Church lands and treasures. As the nobility also gained large sums by this confiscation, community of interest bound them to their princely ruler. Resistance, wherever shown, was crushed mercilessly, generally by foreign mercenaries. Gustavus repaid the loyalty of the Dalecarlians, to whom above all he owed his success, by the execution of their best men. He was an unusually powerful man of coarse instincts; in old age he married for his third wife a very young woman, and had little interest in higher moral aims when they practical schemes. For schools he did not care at all, and he allowed the one university, Upsala, to sink into decay. The preachers frequently received mere pittances, and in many cases stood on a low moral and intellectual level. On the other hand much was done to improve agriculture, mining, and commerce, as well as to strengthen the defences of the country. However, the monarch gave much more thought to his own advantage than to the well-being of the nation. When he died (in 1560) he was the richest prince in Europe.
Even as early as the end of the ancient Stone Age, probably a thousand years before Christ, the people of Sweden showed a desire to improve the shapes of utensils in common use, as is evidenced by the discovery of numerous utensils belonging to this long past era. There was a steady improvement in the forms of tools, especially of the axes. Vessels of clay were not only adorned with graceful designs, but at times they were also ornamented with more or less skilful drawings of animals. In the Bronze Age the sense of beauty rapidly increased; weapons and ornaments (rings and diadems) reached a high degree of correctness and beauty, although in part this was plainly due to the influence of foreign skill in art. On the other hand the representations of the human form showed decided clumsiness for a long time. In this period use was also made of the higher metals, gold and silver, especially in ornamenting the weapons for defence and attack. The weapons were first made of bronze and afterwards of iron. Apparently articles made of glass were brough from other lands. The Runic alphabet was first employed in the early Iron Age; the runes were cut on memorial stones that had been formerly without inscriptions. During the era of the Migrations and of the Viking expeditions the aesthetic sense of the Swedish people developed as they became acquainted with artistic models; this is shown especially in the ornamental work. The final victory of the Romano-Christian civilization exerted a profound influence upon technical artistic skill and the tendencies of art. Although goldsmiths and armourers were still held in high repute, and the memory of unusually skilful masters was preserved in song, nevertheless from now on art was above all employed in the service of religious ideas. The royal palaces and princely dwellings, which were chiefly built of wood, have disappeared.
In Norway a number of the old wooden churches are still in existence, but in Sweden only the unassuming little chapel of Hedared, situated between Borås and Alingsås, has withstood the storms of time. On the other hand there are a number of tasteful stone churches in various architectural styles and sometimes very interesting details such as doorways, arcades, tabernacles etc. Some, as in the Romanesque cathedrals of Lund and Linköping (Transition Period) and the Gothic cathedral of Upsala, fall but little below the celebrated architectural works of more southerhn countries in size and splendour. Among the churches worthy of notice are those at Skara, Västerås, and Strängnäs; the monastic churches at Varnhem and Sko (Cistercian), Sigtuna (Dominican), and Vadstena (Brigittine), also several churches, which are in good condition, as the Tyska Kyrkan or the Church of the Virgin at Visby, and some preserved as ruins, especially on the Island of Gotland. The majority of the country churches were built in the Romanesque period; many of them were altered later during the Gothic era. At times the churches are round in shape with remarkably heavy walls; apparently they were used when occasion required for purpose of defence. A number of churches, as those at Råda, Risinge, Arboga etc., were adorned with frescoes, which were afterwards covered with whitewash. Of later years the whitewash has at times been removed and the pictures thus exposed have been skilfully renovated. The churches were also adorned with stone and wood carvings, such as images of christ, of the Madonna, and the saints, carved altars, baptismal fonts of stone or metal, reliquaries, hanging chandeliers and standing candelabra, chalices and patens, costly ciboriums, monstrances, and ostensories, processional crosses, censers, orans, bells, superb vestments, etc.
Fortunately, notwithstanding the thorough "purification of the Church" undertaken by Gustavus Vasa, enough remains to show that in Sweden also during the Middle Ages there was a sense of pious sacrifice and of purified art. As everywhere else the effect of what is called the "Reformation" was at first destructive, and for centuries nothing new of importance was produced in the domain of ecclesiastical art. It is only of late years that a more and more marked change for the better has apeared. Here and there altars of Catholic origin have been brought from old lumber-rooms and garrets and restored to their former places. Mosaic work is also used. A continually increasing number of orthodx pastors make use of embroidered vestments in the services of the Church and there are signs of a ritualistic movement, which, however, is energetically attacked by the Liberal and unorthodox clergy.
It may be assumed with certainty that there were songs of gods and heroes that were orally preserved, but of which next to no traces now remain. The first to arouse the intellectual life of the nation were Catholic priests, especially monks; in doing this they both practised and taught the art of writing with intense energy. They wrote chiefly in the language of the Church; in all countries these Latin and exclusively religious works are very similar and therefore will not be considered here. Gradually, however, the language of the people came more and more into use for literary purposes. It became a serviceable instrument for the expression of higher ideals and noble sentiments. Thus the way was prepared for a literature in the Swedish language. The early writings in Swedish were very largely practical. Thus the current concepts of law were brought together into codes of law in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, as the "Västgötalagen" and "Östgötalagen", the "Upplandslagen" and "Gutalagen". A treatise of the thirteenth century called "Om styrilsi Konunga och höftinga" gives rules for right living. The "Revelations" (Uppenbarelser) of St. Birgitta (d. 1373), which are at times very extravagant in style, have been translated into many languages. Of the writings of Magister Mathias, cathedral canon of Linköping and father-confessor of St. Birgitta, there is still in existence a translation of the Bible, besides several sermons and edifying treatises.
The first connected accounts of historical events were two chronicles in rhyme, the chronicle of Erik and that of Karl. The first relates in doggerel the quarrels of the Folkunger family up to the year 1319 and gives, in particular, a vivid description of the actions of King Magnus Ladulås. The other chronicle covers the era, 1389-1452. Poems of imaginary adventures and French metrical romances, as "Ivan and the Lion", "Fleur and Blanchefleur", were imitated in Sweden, and history in a romantic garb, as the legend of Alexander or that of Duke Frederick of Normandy etc., was also recast by Swedish writers. As one of the most important of these early poets should be mentioned Bishop Thomas Simonsson of Strängnäs (d.1443). He wrote an account in fairly good verse of the national hero Engelbrecht, and in his songs praised the virture of loyalty and the blessings of freedom. Jöns Budde, a Brigittine monk, who was by birth a German, prepared while living first at Vadstena and then at Nådendal, Finland, various versions of ascetic works, lives of saints and similar treatises, and also translated several books of the Bible, as Judith, Esther, Ruth, and Machabees. Peder Månsson wrote text-books on mining. Bishop Brask of Linköping wrote two works now lost; one a chronicle of his diocese, issued in 1523, the other a genealogy of the Swedish nobility (1530). Lastly many reminiscences of the heroic and Catholic eras are still found in the Folkvisorna (folk-songs). Accounts of the five periods of Protestant Swedish literature may be found in works on the subject. Mention should be made here of John Messenius, author of "Scandia illustrata", the chronicle of a bishop, and various dramas. He was imprisoned for twenty years on account of Catholic tendencies and on his death-bed openly joined the Catholic Church. He left a work in manuscript called "Hertig Carls Slagtarbänk" (Duke Charles's Shambles), now in the royal library at Stockholm, which, although perhaps somewhat too severe and at times exagerated in tone were faithful to king and Church suffered from the cruel father of Gustavus Adolphus. It should also be said that Erik John Stagnelius (d. 1823) belongs with Wallin and, in part, Tegner, to the foremost Protestant poets of Sweden; in his drama "The Martyrs" Stagnelius produced a work which is of value particularly to Catholics. Naturally there is nothing to be said of a Catholic Swedish literature of the modern era. The missionaries, however, have not been idle. Besides prayer-books, contemplative works, and catechisms, they have issued several apologetic works, as Gibbons in his "Våra fäders tro" (Faith of our Fathers); also Hammerstein, who has written "Edgar", and devotional treatises (philothea), and has been a successful translator of Latin and German hymns into Swedish.
GENERAL: Generalstabens Karta öfver Sverige, for Northern Sweden (issued by the Topographical Corps); NATHORST, Sveriges geologi (Stockholm, 1894), gives the geology and physical geography of the country; NYSTRÖM, Sveriges geografi (Stockholm, 1895); SUNDBERG, Sveriges land och folk (Stockholm, 1901); Hist. statist. Handbuch; Svenska Turistföreningens Resehandböcker (Stockholm, 1901), especially vol. IV, Sweden; Svenska Turistföreningens Vägisvare (Stockholm, 1895), especially vol. X, Stockholm, containing many illustrations; Svenska Turistföreningens årsskrifter (1877—); STYFE, Skandinavien undeunionstiden (2nd. ed., Stockholm, 1880), contribution to historical geography; Historiski geografiskt och statistiskt lexikon öfver Sverige (7 vols. and index, Stockholm, 1859-1869); BAUMGARTNER, Nordische Fahrten: Durch Skandinavien nach St. Petersburg, I (Freiburg, 1890), 275-248 treats of Sweden; WITTMAN, Führer durch Schweden (1893); Stockholms Kommunalkalendar (Stockholm, 1911), with 5 small maps.
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY: WORDSWORTH, The National Church of Sweden in Hale Lectures, XIX (London, Oxford, Milwaukee, 1911), 459; REUTERDAHL, Svenska Kyrkans hist. (5 vols., Ger. tr., Berlin, 1837), goes back to 1533; CORNELIUS, Svenska Kyrkans hist. efter reformationen (Upsala, 1886); THEINER, Schweden u. seine Stellung zum H. Stuhl unter S. Johann III., Sigismund u. Karl IX. (1838); BIAUDET, Le st siège et la Suède, I (Paris, 1906); ARNDT, Bidrag till biskop Hans Brasks lefnadsteckning (1904); HEDQUIST, Den Kristna Kärleksverksamheten i Sverige under medeltiden (1893); DAHLBERG, Bidrag till Svenska fattiglagstiftningens hist. (1893); HALL, Bidrag till kännedomen om Cistercienserorden i Sverige (1899); LEINBERG, De finska klostrens historia (1890); BERGSTRÖM Arboga Krönigka (2 vols., 1892-95); IDEM, Sancta Birgitta (1895); FLAVIGNY, Sainte Birgitte de Suède (Paris, 1892); BINDER, Die heil. Birgitta von Schweden (Munich, 1891); SELLIN, Vadstena, Omberg, Alvastra (1890); SCHÜCK, Olavas Petri (Stockholm, 1900); LJUNGQUIST, Det evangeliskt lutherska Kyrkosamfundet och sekterna i Sverige, with the supplement, Den Kyrkliga gudstjensten un Kyrkoåret (1890); RUNDGREN, Statistika studier rörande Svenska Kyrkan (1897); NORBERG, Svenska Kyrkans mission vid Delaware (1893); RODHE, De Svenska Bibelsällskapens uppkomst; Katholische Missionen (1873—), passim; EVANGELISKA FOSTERLANDS-STIFTELSEN, Missionstidning, for foreign missions; ANNERSTEDT, Upsala Universitets matrikel (1900—); Geyer, Upsala universitet 1872-1897 (1897); WITTMANN, Würzburger Bücher in der k. schwed. Universitätsbibliotek zu Upsala (1891); WEIBULL, Lunds universitets his. 1668-1868 (Lund, 1868), continued by TENGER (Lund, 1897).
POLITICAL HISTORY: Scriptores rerum Suecicarum medii aevi (3 vols., Upsala, 1818, 1828, 1876); Svenski Diplomatarium, ed. LILJEGREN and HILDEBRAND, I-VIII (Stockholm, 1829-1902); Svenska Riksarkivets pergamentsbref från och med år 1351 förtecknade med angifvande af innehållet (Stockholm, 1866-72); Svenska riksdagsakter, ed. HILDEBRAND for the years 1521-1716, continuation by WESTRIN, Sveriges historia från äldsta tid till våra dagar, 1st ed. MONTELIUS, WEIBULL, etc. (Stockholm, 1877-81); 2nd ed., revised, enlarged, and with more than 2000 illustrations, HILDEBRAND (Stockholm, 1900): Index Lindström; GEIJER AND CARLSON, Gesch. Schwedens in [HEEREN-UCKERT] Gesch. der europ. Staaten (7 vols, 1855-87); Hildebrand, Sveriges medeltid (VIII pts., 1885-1903); ODHNER, Lärobok i fäderneslandets historia; HILDEBRAND, revised ed. with maps: pt. I (1907) treats the heathen and Catholic periods; pt. II (1906) treats period since the introduction of Protestantism; WITTMANN, Kurzer Abriss der schwed. Gesch. (Breslau, 1896); STYFFE, Skandinavien under unionstiden (Stockholm, 1881); SJÖGREN, Gustav Vasa (Stockholm, 1896); IDEM, Gust. Vasas söner (Stockholm, 1901); ODBERG, Om prinsessan Cecilia Wasa, markgrefvinna af fvinnan Cecilia, Gustaf Wasas skönaste dotter in Småkrifter (1900); Kung Gustafs I. Registratur (25 vols., covering the years 1521-55; BERG, Bidrag till den inre stadförvaltningens historia under Gustaf I. (1893); CRONHOLM, Sveriges historia under Gustaf II. regering (6 vols., Stockholm, 1857-72); FORSSELL, Gustaf II. Adolf (Stockholm, 1894); STAVENOW, Gustaff II. Adolf. Hans personlighet och hans betydelse (2nd. ed., 1894); Axel Oxenstjernas skrifter och brefväxling (1888—); ANNERSTEDT, Samhällsklasseer och lefnadssät: under förre hälften af 1600-talet in Fören. Heimdals folksskrifter, xxxiii, xxxiv (1891); SJÖGREN, Karl XI. och svenska folket på hans tid (Stockholm, 1895); IDEM, Karl XII. och hans män (1899); CARLSON AND WESTRIN, Sveriges historia under konungarne af Pfalziska huset (8 vols., Stockholm, 1855-1910); STAVENOW, Frih Gustaff III> (ibid., 1901); ODHNER, Sveriges politiska historia under konung Gustaf IIIs regering (2 vols., Stockholm, 1885-96); DE HEIDENSTAM, La fin d'une dynastie (Paris, 1911); SANDEGREN, Till historien om stadshvälfningen i Sverige 1809 (1893); ALMÉN, Atten Bernadotte (1893); NORDLUND, Den svensk-norska krisen (Upsala, 1905); setterwall, Svensk. hist. bibliografi (1907), including the years 1875-1900; Historisk Tidskrift (Stockholm, 1881—), 30 vols., in no regular order, containing historical material from early times until the Bernadotte family ascended the throne, also criticisms of works on Sweden. For further bibliography see DAHLMANN-WAITZ, Quellenkunde der deutschen Gesch. (7th ed., Göttingen, 1906).
ART: MONTELIUS, Kulturgesch. Schwedens (1908), with 540 cuts; ed., Stockholm, 1907, with 300 cuts); HAZELIUS, Bidrag till vår odlings häfder, continuation by SALIN, Fataburen (1881); BERGSTRÖM, Medeltidsmålningarna i Arboga-stadskyrka (1898); WRANGEL, Cisterciensernas inflytande på medeltidens byggnadskonst i Sverige (1899); IDEM, Tegelarkitekuren i Norra Europa och Uppsala Domkyrka in Antiqu, Tidfskrift for Sverige (which gives on p. 6 further authorities), del. 15, no. 1; JANSE, Medeltidsminnen från Östergötland (Stockholm, 1906); Utställning af äldre kyrklig konst från Strängnäs stift; catalogue of the same (1906); CURMAN AND ROOSVAL, Sveriges Kyrkor: Erlinghundra härad, II (Upsala, 1912), fasc. i; Templum Cathedrale Vaztenense (1898), contains accounts of other churches—Orgerg, Skenninge, etc., RIPA, Vadstena och dess minnesmärken (1883); LINDSTRÖM, Anteckningar om Gotlands medeltid, I, II (1892, 1895); HILDEBRAND, Visby och dess minnesmärken (1893); STEFFEN, Romanska småkyrkor i Östersjöländerna med särskild hänsyn till svenska förhålanden (1901); UPPMARK, Die Architektur der Renaissance in Schweden (1897—), includes the years 1530-1760; NYBLOM, Upsala universitets konstamlingar (1902); HASSELGREN, Utställningen i Stockholm; Beskrifvning i ord och bild öfver allmänna Konst och industriutställningen (1897); BUMPUS, The Cathedrals of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark (New York, 1908).
LITERATURE: SCHÜCK-WARBURG, Illustrerad svensk Literaturhistoria (Stockholm, 1896-97); SCHÜCK, Svensk Literaturhistoria (Stockholm, 1890); BERNARDINI, La littérature Scandinave (1894); NIEMANN, Das Nordlandbuch (1909), an introduction to Scandinavian natural history and civilization; ANDERSSON, Catalogue de l'exposition Suédoise de l'enseignment supérieure (1900), contains many authorities; Ordbok öfver svenska språket, issued by the Swedish Academy; TAMM, Etymologist svensk ordbok (Upsala, 1890—); SÖDERWALL, Ordbook öfver svenska medeltidsspråket.
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The other week, I had finally given up on trying to tolerate the bumpy ride every time I rolled over small cracks and pot-holes along the highway. It seemed as if I could feel every inch of uneven ground in every street.
The adjustable modes from hard to soft on my performance shocks just couldn't help me anymore either. Needless to say, it became a painful experience for my rear end everywhere I drove.
So, finally I did a little research and decided to take on the task of replacing both front and rear shocks for the first time.
Rather than keeping the original springs and having to take the extra time to take apart the whole assembly shocks and buying additional tools, I decided to just buy the complete shock assembly for convenience and safety.
The ability to push, adjust, and hold heavy metal frames in steady positions are necessary to accomplish this task. A jack can be useful when lifting power is required but the opposite force of direction is also often necessary.
Fortunately, Irwin makes a great 12" clamping tool called the quick-grip SL300 that can be used for more than just squeezing and holding parts together but can also be reversed to provide a pushing-apart functionality. This worked great when I needed to hold the rear wheel assembly down while I used a regular jack for opposite resistance.
This job would have been painless and easy to complete, but the most difficult job was always the challenge of returning the long flange bolts through the rear frames. But using a steel rod and a hammer helped to remove the long bolts and assisted in aligning the entry holes for the bolts.
And another thing I learned was not to hammer and force the bolts out after it cleared the threads. Otherwise, I risked damaging the threads on the bolt. It's important to adjust the alignment of the holes accordingly to reduce the uneven pressure of weight and allow the bolt to fit easily through.
4. Removed the Brake Line Support bolt.
8. Took note of the direction and position of old Strut and removed the old Strut from the Damper Fork.
9. Removed the Old Strut and replaced with new Strut in the same position.
10. Tightened the Damper Pinch Bolt according to specs.
11. Tightened the top Strut bolts according to specs.
12. Used the Irwin Quick-Grip and a jack to align the hole for the Damper Fork bolt.
13. Tightened the Damper Fork Bolt according to specs.
14. Tightened the Brake Line Support bolt according to specs.
15. Returned the wheel and secured with lug nuts (80 lbs.ft).
16. Lowered the car back down.
2. Lifted the rear end of the car until the wheel was off the ground. Used a jack and jackstands to secure the car. Placed a block of wood behind the other rear wheels for added security.
5. Removed the Trailer Arm Bolt.
7. Took note of the direction and position of old Strut and removed the old strut from the Damper Fork.
8. Removed the Old Strut and replaced with new Strut in the same position.
9. Tightened the top Strut bolts according to specs.
10. Used the Irwin Quick-Grip and a jack to align the hole for the Strut bolt.
11. Tightened the Rear Strut Bolt according to specs.
12. Aligned the hole for the Trailing Arm bolt.
13. Tightened the Trailing Arm bolt according to specs.
14. Returned the wheel and secured with lug nuts (80 lbs.ft).
15. Lowered the car back down.


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Unsafe Ice
The Division Chief for Fond du Lac Fire and Rescue says ice conditions on Lake Winnebago got worse with the recent thaw. Troy Haase recently talked with someone who flew over the lake that saw a lot of open water. He says those with experience fishing on the lake know how the cracks run, but it is those who don't that can be in danger. He says, "But I know there's a lot of guys even at work they understand how the cracks run and where you should or shouldn't go to try to avoid certain things, but its those new people that go out or they go out for sturgeon spearing and sturgeon spearing is over and they get together afterward or something." Haase points out that they respond to rescue calls that are closer to the southern shore of the lake unless it's an ambulance call and then it depends where on the lake that call originates from. He says, "But if it is out on lake it's a County event usually and depending on what area of the lake which ambulance responding. You know if it's in our area you know roughly how we draw a line across the lake I guess. It's a County response but we would help them with ambulance you know for calls like that." Oshkosh Fire Department rescued a man whose pickup truck went through the ice on Lake Winnebago Tuesday morning.


The outage struck down one of the world's most popular websites, the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, is now over.
Earlier today its administrators said via Twitter that it was working on the problem, which is affecting users around the globe, and would provide more details when they were available.
The administrators later issued an update in which it said Wikipedia was "slowly" coming back online after a power outage affected its data centre in Florida.
Liam Wyatt, vice president of Wikimedia Australia, reported in his own Twitter feed that air conditioners at the data centre had failed, causing Wikipedia's servers to overheat.
"Wikipedia's down," wrote Wyatt. "Unfortunate timing just before Wikimania when most of the techies are traveling!"
Wikipedia, where users contribute and edit material, is used by most internet users as the first port of call for any online trivia request. It does, however, often attract criticism for its perceived unreliability.
Wikipedia was launched by American entrepreneur Jimmy Wales in 2001 with the idealistic intention of being an online repository of all human knowledge.
One of Wikipedia's founding principles - that any user could update or add to information - was abandoned last year due to a growing problem with vandalism.
Wales has previously stated he wanted to get the message out to students that they shouldn't use it for class projects or serious research, according to an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
The Chronicle quoted Wales telling a conference in the United States that he got about 10 emails a week from students who complained that Wikipedia had gotten them into academic hot water.
"They say, 'Please help me. I got an F on my paper because I cited Wikipedia', and the information turned out to be wrong."
But he had no sympathy for their plight. "For God's sake, you're in college; don't cite the encyclopedia."
Comments on today's outage are running hot on the Twitter social networking website.
* "Wikipedia's down. I feel odd, as if I just lost 99.999 per cent of the information from my fingertips for a few minutes"
* "Strange - Wikipedia appears to be down. Never known this before. That's like Google being down!"
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* New alert: Wikipedia is down. Uni students everywhere requesting extensions on essays.
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Upcoming weekend provides plenty of WCHA action
The upcoming weekend features all twelve WCHA teams battling each other in league play. Among the match-ups, the Gophers play a home-and-home series with St. Cloud State. Wisconsin battles Colorado College, and North Dakota meets up with Bemidji State.
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TV, Movies and The Arts
Twin Cities family featured on Andrew Zimmern's 'Family Dinner'
The episode made its TV debut Sunday.
California-inspired restaurant opens this week in downtown Minneapolis
It's located on the ground floor of the IDS Center.
Minnesotans have the Badgers back in the national spotlight
Three of Wisconsin's four leading scorers are from Minnesota.
MN Twins
Liriano retires: Remembering his meteoric rise as a rookie
There was no one better than Liriano from mid-May to late-July in 2006.
Olive's Fresh Pizza Bar opening a second Twin Cities location
The Excelsior restaurant concept is expanding.
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Man hospitalized after snowmobile crash in Stearns County
The crash occurred east of State Highway 238 in Albany Township.
Minnesota State Fair tickets will cost more this year
The fair's hours will also be shorter.
Indicators of COVID in wastewater skyrocketing in Twin Cities
Wastewater detection can serve as a predictor for rising and falling case levels.
Girl arrested for allegedly shooting her mother in northern MN
The incident occurred in Morcom Township Sunday afternoon.
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There were wolves, moose, bears, lynx, a fisher, marten and other animals.
MN Gophers
Important WCHA games this weekend
There isn't a lot of separation in the WCHA standings, and that's why all five conference battles this weekend are important. Only two points separate the first place Gophers and second place UMD Bulldogs. Minnesota has a home-and-home with SCSU while UMD hosts Michigan Tech.
Bucknell provides tough task for Gophers in season opener
The opening game of the season for the Gophers Friday night won't be an easy victory. Minnesota struggled against Bemidji State and Augustana in exhibition play, and now they're going up against a Bucknell team that reached the NCAA tournament last year.
Bowling Green to join WCHA
Bowling Green University will be joining the Western Collegiate Hockey Association beginning in the 2013-14 season. Bowling Green is the fifth new addition to the conference. The new look WCHA now has nine teams ready to start play two years from now.
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WCHA: UMD, SCSU net weekend sweeps
Patterson named WCHA Co-Defensive Player of the Week
For the second time this season, Gophers senior goaltender Kent Patterson has been named WCHA Co-Defensive Player of the Week. Patterson allowed just one goal in Minnesota's sweep over Alaska-Anchorage, and picked up his NCAA leading fourth shutout of the season.
Patterson earns WCHA award
Minnesota Golden Gophers goaltender Kent Patterson has been named the WCHA's co-defensive player of the week. Patterson, a senior, earned his first two career shutouts in successive nights last weekend against Sacred Heart.
Gophers can wrap up WCHA title against Badgers
The Gophers can wrap up the WCHA championship this weekend with a pair of wins against Wisconsin. They're two points ahead of the UMD Bulldogs with two games to play. The 'Dogs are on the road this weekend against St. Cloud State.
Patterson and Rau named WCHA players of the week
For the third time this season Kent Patterson has been named WCHA defensive player of the week. The senior Gophers' goalie allowed one goal in a weekend sweep of Bemidji State. The WCHA rookie of the week award was given to Gophers' forward Kyle Rau. It's the second time he's won the award.


Moose role that saves all arguments that were passed to the constructor. These arguments are then available either as a hashref in attribute args or as a string in form arg1=value1 arg2=val2 ... in attribute args_str. Values containing spaces are enclosed in single quotes (and quotes inside the value escaped).
Unlike MooseX::SlurpyConstructor, this role stores also the arguments which are defined as attributes of the class (num in the Synopsis).
Expected use cases: Treex scenarios need to serialize all the parameters and propagate them to nested scenarios. See e.g. Treex::Scen::EN2CS.
Copyright © 2015 by Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics, Charles University in Prague This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.


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Q: rspec instance_variable_set where instance variable is an array I'm trying to figure out how to write a test to check if a player has won in tic tac toe. I have an instance variable, @wins, initialized in this method:
class Game
attr_accessor :wins

def initialize(player1, player2)
   @player1 = player1
   @player2 = player2
   @rows = [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9]]

   @wins = [1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9],
        [1, 4, 7], [2, 5, 8], [3, 6, 9],
        [1, 5, 9], [3, 5, 7]

    @selected_numbers = []
    @counter = 0
end

I also have a method to check if a player has won:
def win?(token)
    @wins.each do |row|
        return true if row.all? { |input| input == "#{token}"}
    end

    false
end

I have tried to make an rspec test a bunch of different ways, but this is what I have right now (I know it is wrong):
describe "win?" do
    context "top row win" do
        it "returns true" do
            allow(game).to receive(:wins).and_return(["X", "X", "X"])

            expect(game.win?("X")).to eq(true)
        end
    end
end

My questions are: How can I improve this test to check to see if a player wins when the top row is all the same letter. And also, how can you set an instance variable in rspec when it is an array?
Edit: I tried expect game(......) instead of allow and it did not work either. I'm getting an error on expect(game.win?("X")).to eq(true) saying that expected is true but that it got false
Edit 2: I was able to get the test to work. My issue was not having two sets of array brackets in my instance_variable_set. Updated rspec test is below.
describe "win?" do
    context "top row win" do
        it "returns true" do
            game.instance_variable_set(:@wins, [["X", "X", "X"], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9],
        [1, 4, 7], [2, 5, 8], [3, 6, 9],
        [1, 5, 9], [3, 5, 7]])
            expect(game.win?("X")).to eq(true)
        end
    end
end


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