Two historic ships are being rescued from watery graves. Both reveal a long-neglected truth about the Confederate States of America. The two ships, the CS Hunley and the CS Denbigh, each contained major innovations. The Hunley was the first submarine actually used in combat. The Denbigh, a blockade runner, contained design features in both its hull and its steam engine that made it one of the fastest ships of its time.
Innovation was a hallmark of the Confederate war effort. But many of the artifacts of that innovation have been lost or forgotten. For example, the Augusta Powder Works used innovative production techniques that produced the best gunpowder in the world. Not only did they make the best gunpowder, they produced it in high volumes. The Confederate army never lost a battle due to lack of gunpowder. It is noteworthy that the entire workforce for that factory was black!
Irregular forces supporting the Confederacy pioneered guerrilla warfare in Missouri and other western areas. Small bands of fighters, often consisting of fewer than 10 men, fought to disrupt Yankee troops. A recent movie, "To Ride With the Devil," is a good representation of these fighters.
Both sides made use of modern transportation in maneuvering on the battlefield. Railroads and riverboats were regularly used to move troops into unexpected positions. Many of Robert E. Lee's victories were due to such rapid shifting of forces.
Now that the Hunley and the first artifacts from the Denbigh have been recovered, we have an opportunity to learn more about the innovations of that war. The discovery of these ships will create more interest in the War Between the States and prompt new studies about the history of the period.
Reports from the Hunley indicate that it is in excellent condition. Searchers expect to find documents, artifacts, and even the bodies of the nine men who died when it sank. The information to be gleaned from the ship is dramatic and extensive.
Recovery and restoration of the two ships will be expensive. Special holding tanks have been built to house the Hunley until it can be preserved. Several years of effort will be required before it is ready to be put on display.
To me, that is as important as the actual recovery of the ships. We as a nation have neglected our history in recent years. Our students have little knowledge of events that produced our modern nation. If the work to recover these vessels can excite more interest in history, the effort to recover them is well worth the cost.
Clearly, some advertisers employ questionable tactics in pushing their products on people.
Unfortunately, those who use suspect methods aren't limited to cigarette and beer companies. The state of Georgia is guilty too.
Lottery advertising is unnecessary, irresponsible and costly. The Georgia Lottery spends one percent of its sales revenue on advertising annually. That translated into $18.6 million for lottery promotion in 1999.
Meanwhile, the Georgia Lottery allots just $200,000 yearly from the unclaimed lottery winnings to the Department of Human Resources for gambling counseling. These numbers should be reversed, with substantially more money going into programs for educating people about the real risks of gambling.
While purists in some states maintain that the lottery is essentially bad, a tax on the poor, we've warmed to the idea in Georgia, because there are clear benefits. The lottery has raised $3.87 billion for state education programs and 499,000 HOPE Scholarships have been awarded, giving many kids who may not have had the opportunity otherwise a chance for a college education.
This is great, but the downside of the lottery should not be ignored.
The lottery is a financial drain on thousands of families in this state. Of course, it's their choice. And those who blow their money on the lottery are responsible for their own difficulties. Unfortunately, those who toss their money away are often responsible for the hardships of those dependent on them, too. Many prefer the thrill of scratching off a ticket to providing a hot meal for their kids.
But through its advertising, the state perpetuates the dream that the lottery is a viable ticket to riches. This is reprehensible. Neither kids nor adults should be encouraged by the state to squander their money on false hopes.
No parent wants their child to view the lottery as a long-term investment opportunity. And no Dad will tell his son, "Forget your piggy bank, put $20 per week into lottery tickets and you'll be just fine."
We'd call this parent a nut for such advice.
However, we accept the state's promotion of the lottery in the name of education. It's a strange paradox, because in raising money for education, the state appeals to the uneducated with a misinformed notion that astronomical odds are conquerable.
The fact is: the lottery would do just fine without the advertising. Plenty of people are already hooked on the tickets. It seems the real target of the lottery advertisers, then, is the youth of Georgia and getting a new generation into the gambling mode.
While Georgia leaders can feel good that many kids are benefiting from the lottery, they should not ignore the fact that millions of dollars a year are spent promoting an elusive dream that degrades the quality of life for thousands.
Surely we can do without the misleading commercials in favor of more socially responsible projects.


Barbapapa was born in a garden, just like a flower. He can take any form. He is very nice, everybody likes him – blurb to follow.
Did you know that Barbapapa means 'candyfloss' in French?
Leo, age 4. This book was not in English, but Mummy read it in French and it was funny when he changed shape. We even learned what the word jardin means.
This is a really good book about barbapappa and he has loads of children with different personalities it is really funny.
I really enjoyed this book. He's a big friendly creature who does good things and the best bit is when he gets to return to his best friend and stay there with him.
I like this book because it French and it's funny !!!
It was a good French book???


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The Corruption of Science. The Hydroxychloroquine Lancet Study Scandal. Who Was Behind It? Anthony Fauci's Intent To Block HCQ on Behalf of Big Pharma/ By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, June 10, 2020
The Guardian has revealed the scandal behind the hydroxychloroquine study which was intent on blocking HCQ as a cure for COVID-19. "Dozens of scientific papers co-authored by the chief executive of the US tech company behind the Lancet hydroxychloroquine study scandal are now being audited, including one that a scientific integrity expert claims contains images that appear to have been digitally manipulated. The audit follows a Guardian investigation that found the company, Surgisphere, used suspect data in major scientific studies that were published and then retracted by world-leading medical journals, including the Lancet and the New England Journal of Medicine. ….
According to The Lancet:
… several concerns were raised with respect to the veracity of the data and analyses conducted by Surgisphere Corporation and its founder and our co-author, Sapan Desai, in our publication. We launched an independent third-party peer review of Surgisphere … As such, our reviewers were not able to conduct an independent and private peer review and therefore notified us of their withdrawal from the peer-review process
The study was allegedly based on data analysis of 96,032 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 between Dec 20, 2019, and April 14, 2020 from 671 hospitals Worldwide. The database, according to the Guardian could not be verified. It was false.
"I am truly Sorry"
Surgishpere CEO Dr. Sapan Desai was not in charge of the study. The lead author was Harvard Medical School professor Mandeep Mehra:
"I did not do enough to ensure that the data source was appropriate for this use. For that, and for all the disruptions – both directly and indirectly – I am truly sorry."
CEO Dr. Sapan Desai took the blame. Who was behind him?
The Surgisphere Scientific Scam. Who was behind it? Who "commissioned" this Report?
Was the pharmaceutical industry and vaccine lobby group behind this initiative? The Lancet acknowledges that the study received funding from the William Harvey Distinguished Chair in Advanced Cardiovascular Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital which is held by Dr. Mandeep Mehra. In this regard, it is worth noting that Brigham Health has a major contract with Big Pharma's Gilead Sciences Inc, related to the development of the Remdesivir drug for the treatment of COVID-19. The Gilead-Brigham Health project was initiated in March 2020.
Was the Surgisphere study intended to provide a justification to block the use of HCQ, as recommended by Dr. Anthony Fauci, advisor to president Trump? Upon reading the study (prior to its retraction), "Dr Fauci, … grinned as he told CNN that "the data shows hydroxychloroquine is not an effective treatment …"Referring to the Surgisphere report: "The scientific data is really quite evident now about the lack of efficacy for it [HCQ]," said Dr. Fauci. (quoted by CNN).
Here is the CNN's authoritative assessment of Surgisphere's report (prior to The Lancet's Retraction):
"Seriously ill Covid-19 patients who were treated with hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine were more likely to die or develop dangerous irregular heart rhythms, according to a large observational study [by Surgisphere] published Friday [May 22, 2020] in the medical journal The Lancet.
And Did CNN "retract" its earlier endorsement of this "fake scientific study"?
Dr. Anthony Fauci who is the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), has from the very outset led the campaign against hydroxychloroquine (largely on behalf of Big Pharma) invoking similar "scientific arguments" against HCQ, saying categorically there was no cure to COVID-19, and the only solution was the vaccine.
According to the Spectator:
The campaign to destroy hydroxychloroquine has been waged relentlessly, both by competitor pharmaceutical companies and those who want to destroy the US economy to advance their political agenda. It is shocking that it has cost hundreds of thousands of lives and billions of taxpayer dollars. But although the corruption of science for political and/ or financial gain has become a defining characteristic of our age, it is not a new story.
The publication of the Surgisphere study had an immediate impact: According to the Guardian, "Surgisphere data led to global trials of hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 being halted in May, because it appeared to show the drug increased deaths in Covid-19 patients".
"Higher Risks of Death" if you take HCQ, according to the study. In the days following the fake Surgisphere Lancet report on May 22, several countries including Belgium, France, Italy, acted to halt the use of hydroxychloroquine. The study had concluded patients taking the anti-malaria drug had a higher risk of death than those who were not taking the medication
It is worth noting that prior to the conduct of the Surgisphere study, Dr. Fauci stated categorically that the use of HCQ had not been studied in relation to the coronavirus. "No proven drug": "Not Enough Known". Nonsensical and false statements.
What Fauci failed to mention is that Chloroquine had been "studied" and tested fifteen years ago by the CDC as a drug to be used against coronavirus infections. Chloroquine was used in 2002 and tested against SARS-1 coronavirus in a study under the auspices of the CDC published in 2005 in the peer reviewed Virology Journal. The main conclusion of the article was that: Chloroquine is a potent inhibitor of SARS coronavirus infection and spread. It was used in the SARS-1 outbreak in 2002. It had the endorsement of the CDC.
The main author Dr. Martin J. Vincent together with several of his colleagues were affiliated with the Special Pathogens Branch of the Atlanta based CDC together with co-authors from a Montreal based partner research institution. The main conclusions of this study are that Chloroquine is a tested drug and can be used for SARS-corona virus infections.Dr. Anthony Fauci has not put forth a treatment which could be applied against COVID-19. What he is saying is that there is no treatment. And then he endorses the fake scientific study by Surgisphere which was subsequently retracted by The Lancet.
Lancet: the article was retracted
READ MORE: The Lancet Published a Fraudulent Covid-19 Study: Editor Calls It "Department of Error"
Dr. Anthony Fauci has been deliberately blocking a drug which was endorsed by the CDC 15 years ago for treatment of SARS-1 Coronavirus. More recently, it has been used extensively in a number of countries in relation to the Coronavirus or SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) outbreak. Whose interests is he serving?
Featured image is from Vimeo via The GuardianThe original source of this article is Global ResearchCopyright © Prof Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, 2020
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Twelve questions with Ranjna Patel
Ranjna Patel says doing things differently has been our greatest strength.
By Jennifer Dann
Since opening their first GP practice in Otara, Ranjna Patel and her husband Kanti have built New Zealand's largest independent primary healthcare group. But the Deloitte Top 200 Visionary Leader is proudest of her work in reducing domestic violence.
1. Where are you from?
I'm a third-generation Kiwi. I grew up in Herne Bay. My dad and his brother had a fruit shop on Jervois Rd and we all lived in the house behind the shop. After school we didn't have play dates, you either helped cook for the family or helped in the shop. Back then there were only about 100 Indian families in Auckland. It was a very tight-knit community. Anyone who came out from India would use our house as a pit stop. Mum was the first woman president of the Auckland Indian Association.
2. How did you meet your husband, Dr Kantilal Patel?
It was an arranged marriage when I was 18. My Kiwi friends worried that I'd been forced by my parents but it wasn't like that. I wanted to do it. In any relationship both people have to adjust but Kanti had the hardest adjustment because he left India to come here and be with me. We both come from hard-working middle class families and our basic values are closely aligned but we're very different people. He's very religious, well-read and deep thinking whereas I'm the practical one. It works well.
3. Why did you move to Otara to open your first GP clinic?
When Kanti started in the hospital system in 1975 there were a lot of barriers for coloured doctors. A top specialist told him, "No one's going to refer patients to someone with an accent, you need to work somewhere with people who look and sound like you." So we bought a practice in Otara and lived next door. Otara in the 70s were the days of the machete murders and the dawn raids, but we'd open our door at midnight if someone needed a doctor.
4. Your clinic soon stood out as different. Why was that?
Doing things differently has been our greatest strength. Right from the start, Kanti decided to work around our patients' needs first and worry about money later. We charged adults $10 and children were free. Many of our patients couldn't get to the clinic between 9am and 5pm so we opened from 8am to 6pm. We introduced walk-ins which was unheard of and really upsetting for the local European doctors. They started complaining that we were too busy, so the Health Department put restrictions on the number of patients we could see. Kanti said, "That's fine. You may only pay me for a set number of patients but I'm not turning anyone away."
5. What was your role in the business?
Our eldest son was 18 months old when we bought the practice so for the first few years I'd drop him off to Mum's on Sunday night and pick him up on Friday night. I was receptionist, cleaner, office manager and accountant. I had no formal training, I just worked it out. Kanti did all the medical side of it and the big picture stuff. He never worried about paying the bills. Even today people laugh because he won't go to the bank, he'll say to me, "Can I have some money?"
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6. How did your clinic make money?
It worked because patients could come. We've built up loyalty over three and four generations. I'll walk into a clinic and someone will give me a hug and say, "How many mokopunas Mrs Patel?" We started our second clinic at Dawson Rd in the 80s. We'd put in IT by 1984 so patient notes could be seen at either clinic. Within 18 months we outgrew that, so we built New Zealand's first all-purpose medical centre, East Tamaki Healthcare, with a clinic, pharmacy, dentist, physio and lab.
Ranjna Patel and Dr Kanti Patel. Photo / Nick Reed
7. You now operate 35 clinics and 29 pharmacies nationwide. What drove that expansion?
Our son Rakesh joined the company 12 years ago when he was 30. He didn't start out in the family business because he didn't want people to think he'd only got there because of his parents. So he worked overseas and gained the commercial experience both of us lacked. He was instrumental in our investment in an Australian healthcare business with 27 clinics.
8. You bought nine White Cross emergency clinics in Auckland, Whangarei and Palmerston North from Elders in 2009. Were they a good fit?
No. White Cross was a purely commercial business owned by accountants and so the culture was very, very different. Two years ago we put them all under the Nirvana Health Group umbrella and the culture's more aligned now. We employ over 1000 people but I still sit in on every final interview to be sure our staff are here to serve the patient.
9. How did you get involved in combating domestic violence?
The New Zealand police asked me to join their South Asian Advisory Board. One year, four out of 14 deaths were Indian women. The police asked us what could be done. I did a six-month social work course at MIT and organised a meeting of all the providers. It turned out that men being removed from their homes by police were just sleeping in their cars with a bottle of alcohol before going home even angrier. Providers said they needed a house where the men could go and receive counselling within 24 hours. So I fundraised for a house and in-house social worker.
10. Have you been able to make a difference?
Gandhi Nivas (Peace Home) has been open for two years and to date we've had 360 men through the door; 93 per cent of those have not come under police attention again. Because it's the only house of its kind, men of all ethnicities come from all over Auckland. It's been so successful Wellington and Hamilton want one too but they can't get funding.
11. Why did you build a Hindi temple in Papatoetoe?
Kanti was one of the five founders of the Balmoral temple. When we moved to South Auckland there was no temple here so we bought a former church site in Papatoetoe. In the five years it took us to build the temple, the local Indian community grew tenfold. Now, every Sunday we feed 500 people. I work in the kitchen. It's great for bringing the community together, welcoming new migrants, providing pastoral care for international students.
12. Have you ever felt discriminated against as a female business leader?
I've never outwardly felt discriminated against for being a woman. The worst discrimination comes from within. I get intimidated too easily. I don't think that ever goes away. You just have to work on it because if you worry about "what if?" you don't get anywhere.
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Τhe University of Crete – Natural History Museum of Crete (UoC – NHMC), Coordinating Beneficiary of the projects LIFE Natura2000 Value Crete (LIFE13 INF/GR/000188) and LIFE Natura Themis (LIFE14/GIE/GR/000026), in cooperation with its Associated Beneficiaries, the Management Body of the Samaria National Park (the only Management Body of a protected area existing in Crete) and the Hellenic Wildlife Care Association ANIMA, will celebrate the European day for the NATURA 2000 Network and the LIFE's 25th Anniversary, on Sunday, May 21, 2017.
The event, which is entitled: "EUROPEAN DAY FOR NATURA 2000 NETWORK IN CRETE", will take place in the plateau of Omalos (protected area of the NATURA 2000 Network in Lefka Ori, Crete, Greece) and includes the following actions: a) release of wild birds, b) demonstration by the Cretan Canine Team Against Poisoned Baits (an action under the "Innovative Actions Against Poisoned Baits – After-LIFE project" that NHMC implements), c) documentary screening about the ecosystem services and photo exhibition with photos of Cretan landscapes and Cretan NATURA 2000 sites (produced by the LIFE Natura2000 Value Crete project), and d) creative activities for children.
Ecosystems provide countless and essential benefits for humanity, such as food, clean water and clean air. Assigning financial values to ecosystem services - and incorporating them into land management and decision-making process concerning conservation issues - can complement traditional approaches to the prevention of biodiversity loss.
The European Commission's LIFE Programme unit and the Baltic Environmental Forum, with the support of the Neemo EEIG External Team, are organising a LIFE platform meeting on ecosystem services in Tallinn (Estonia) on 10-12 May 2017 that will showcase a variety of restoration techniques, innovative approaches to the improvement of our knowledge and understanding of ecosystem services, new initiatives in environmental management and governance challenges.


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Ecclesiology Informed by Organizing
April 9, 2018 /in Community Organizing, Theological Reflections /by Linda Kurtz
by Ian Burch
I remember a chaplain supervisor years ago saying to our intern group, "I am a powerful person; it took me a long time to claim that." He reflected that some people have charisma or passion that allows them to influence others. Power, in that sense, is related to charm and hopefully tempered by integrity. Our supervisor's confidence and self-possession were a kind of power. His place higher than us in the organization gave him another kind of power. As baby chaplains, we were encouraged to think about the places where we have personal power — our gifts in ministry and our connections with others — and places where we have professional power — the collar, the title, the place in the institution.
That early introduction to personal and professional power has served me well in my ministry. I know that my ability to connect with others, my integrity, and my charm let me act persuasively in groups. I also know that my role in the church — as a priest, a senior pastor, a boss, a mentor — give me a place of power in the institution. From this position, I can influence policy, hire and fire, and release funds for projects I care about.
When we use the word power in community organizing circles, we're talking about something different than the personal and professional power dialectic I was taught as a chaplain intern. The community organizer's power can't rest on charisma, and it certainly can't rest on institutional position. To parrot back a common organizing mantra: power is organized money and organized people. Put another way, one person — no matter how gifted and no matter how well placed in an institution — simply cannot amass enough power for real change without first organizing money and people.
You might say that we're not really talking about theology as classically understood — creation, sin, redemption, eschaton — rather, a discussion of an organizer's power is really a kind of ecclesiology. What is the nature of the church? How is the Body of Christ organizing itself to be the hands of God in the world? In my Episcopal tradition, ecclesiology concerns itself with the proper roles and powers of bishops, priests, deacons, and the laity. It creates dioceses and provinces and calls councils to discuss pretty boring stuff. This is the inheritance of the church after Nicaea, with its mimicry of Roman hierarchies and state structures.
What if we looked at the pre-Nicene church for our inspiration to create an ecclesiology informed by organized people and money? I'm thinking about the book of Acts where Lydia is so moved by the preaching she hears that she brings her entire household — and her not insignificant checkbook — down to the river to be baptized (Acts 16). I'm thinking about the letter of Paul to the people of Philippi when he thanks them for their gift of money while at the same time sending them new co-workers for the building up of their church (Philippians 4). It seems that our pre-Nicene ancestors knew quite a lot about organizing money and organizing people to create change in the Mediterranean. Our ancestors created an archipelago of churches all over the world by connecting people and connecting money. That is a powerful witness that can inspire us today.
Church planters, by the way, know all this stuff. They meet, one-on-one, with people in the community to hear about their stories and share their own. Before you know it, four people are meeting in a living room and reading scripture. Those four meet four more. Now they are eight. Their concern is the connection between people. Those eight people each give ten bucks. Now you have some power to make some kind of change in the world. Eight Christians and $80 can do a lot, and not one of them has a fancy title. Organized people, and organized money — just like our sisters and brothers in the New Testament.
My modest proposal is this: our generation of theologians ought to look to the inspiration of the pre-Nicene church and their successes in organizing people and money as a blueprint for a new ecclesiology — one less concerned with rank and tradition and more concerned with being the Body of Christ as healing for a hurting world.
Ian Burch is an Episcopal priest and serves a medium-sized parish in Milwaukee. He is deeply interested in supporting and sustaining the growth of congregations and believes that community organizing principles have a lot to say about how to foster growth and vitality. The Presbyterians were very kind to let him crash the week-long community organizing training in Baltimore last Fall.
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Power in Relationships
April 4, 2018 /in Community Organizing /by Linda Kurtz
by Jon Nelson
Reflecting on power in the context of my tradition, I immediately think of Paul's correspondence with the Corinthian church. Paul inverts assumptions about power. He writes, "Christ [is] the power of God." And yet, Christ was crucified. Paul concludes: "God's weakness is stronger than [so called] human strength" and "God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong" (1 Cor. 1:18-31). This is Paul's proclamation and he manifests it in his preaching, saying that God's power is being revealed in even his weakness, fear, trembling, and faltering words (1 Cor. 2:1-5). Later, Paul writes that the whole ministry of the apostles is apparently weak. Apostles of Christ are of ill repute, hungry and thirsty, poorly clothed, beaten up and homeless, weary, reviled, persecuted, slandered — the rubbish of the world (1 Cor. 4:9-13). Paul is telling the Corinthians that what counts for power in the world is not the power of God. Any discussion of power, if it takes seriously Pauline discourse, must reckon with this inverse.
Since the summer of 2017, I have been involved in the organization of an Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) affiliate in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Additionally, I have been involved in the Certificate in Community Organizing and Congregational Leadership training put on by NEXT Church, Metro IAF, and Johnson C. Smith Seminary. Through my involvement in these, I have encountered a use of power that at first seems counter to the Pauline presentation. I have been impressed by many stories of people of faith exerting power. As clergy myself, I have been encouraged by the manifestation of power among my colleagues. The stories that stick out are those where a pastor stands up and makes public demands of persons in political power. I have been inspired by people of faith who have stood up to powerful organizations and secured jobs. And I have been amazed by the way faithful people have organized large sums of money in responsible ways.
In an age where pastoral authority seems to be shrinking, I must confess delight in the assertion of will, clear demands and concrete actions by clergy. Community organizing enables people of faith to use power most commonly associated with wealthy institutions and federal government. And still, in the back of my mind, Paul's depiction of inverse power has me wondering if stepping up to corporate and political power in this way is the way in which Christians ought to exert themselves.
However, those who have been in IAF organizations for long periods of time always insist on relational meetings as the basis for every powerful action. This is where I think there is an inverse. Our society places high value on positions of power that are gained by solitary means and are manifested by individuals. I am thinking of business executives and politicians who pride themselves on their own achievements. I am also thinking of the many corporations who are gaining strength by creating isolating job positions. Power, in the North American context at least, is solitary and personally secured.
IAF teaches the inverse. Power is achieved through relationships. Even the achievements wherein million-dollar deals are secured by organizers stand only on the ground of interpersonal relationship — the long slog of getting to know stories and passions, the tender moments where vulnerability leads to collective action. I suppose I am less and less impressed with the deals and public displays of personal and monetary assertion. I am more and more impressed by the many, many relationships that make for change. Here, people of faith are turning upside down and inside out power as it is often esteemed.
This seems evident in Paul's discussion of the apostles. The "rubbish of the world" find strength in relationship. Think of the beaten apostle — the victim of abuse — who meets with the reviled apostle — the victim of systemic abuse. They find a mutual anger in meeting together. They have a mutual interest in disrupting patterns of abuse. United by faith in a crucified Christ, they find that the One who strengthens them is the One who was victimized by personal and systemic abuse. Their power comes from within and without. Power, in this Christian context, is realized as they meet the Crucified Christ in one another and commit to use their resurrection strength and will. The powers that be cannot stand against power that is built from the ground — even the grave — up.
Jon Nelson is the associate pastor at Ark and Dove Presbyterian Church in Odenton, MD. He enjoys a rigorous running routine, a good book, his talented wife and hugs from his one-year-old son.
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Community Work, Transforming the World
April 15, 2016 /in Community Organizing /by Linda Kurtz
by Angela Williams
When I was discerning a second year in the Young Adult Volunteer (YAV) program, I felt called to focus on activism, advocacy and community organizing. At the time, I did not know that working with NEXT Church would dip my toes into the world of community organizing. I did not know that splitting my time with NEXT and New York Avenue Presbyterian Church would place me in direct contact with pastors who have been organizing for more than 25 years. I did not know that I would become a part of a core team of leaders in the church organizing with Washington Interfaith Network (WIN), an affiliate of the Metro Industrial Areas Foundation. I did not know that this would be my perfect placement.
In the past seven months, I have learned practical and applicable skills to work in the world as it is in order to help transform it into the world as it should be. In the church, we use language like "redemption" and "reconciliation" to describe how God is working with us here and now to create the world as it should be. As resurrection people, we see many cases of injustice, indecency and death in the world around us, but we have faith in the good news of Jesus Christ that tells us God is not done working to reconcile, redeem and resurrect every part of Creation. Because of this truth, we must continue to have hope that God is working to make all things new, to make the world as it should be.
Together, as a community of beloved children of God, we are called to do our part in reconciliation and redemption efforts. Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development (BUILD), a sister organization to WIN, shared some of their organizing story at the 2016 National Gathering, which continues to inspire me. Their leadership illustrated what is possible when faith leaders, community members, governments and businesses, representing all colors and creeds, come together to improve the community. However, Alison Harrington reminded me, the nitty gritty work is not sexy, nor does it make headlines. Often, it is difficult, mundane and frustrating. Still, I remain committed to the idea that organizing is a necessary and essential part of creating the world as it should be. If you missed Alison and BUILD at the National Gathering, I encourage you to check out the videos of their time at the National Gathering, as well as all of our other challenging, yet inspiring speakers.
I invite you to join me on this weekly blog journey of the day-to-day work to organize and create positive social change in my community. Perhaps you may find possibilities to act in your own context.
Angela Williams is currently walking alongside the good folks at NEXT Church and New York Avenue Presbyterian Church as a Young Adult Volunteer in Washington, D.C., after serving a first YAV year in the Philippines. She finds life in experiencing music, community organizing, cooking any recipe she can find, making friends on the street, and theological discussions that go off the beaten path.
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Reflections on the Massacre at Mother Emanuel
January 13, 2016 /in Community Organizing, Contemporary Culture, National Gathering /by Linda Kurtz
Each month, we post a series of blogs around a common topic. This fall we've asked a number of leaders to respond to the question, "What is saving your ministry right now?" Perry Perkins is one of our workshop presenters for the 2016 National Gathering. Learn more about the workshop at the end of this post. We invite you to join the conversation here, on Facebook, or Twitter!
by Perry Perkins
Editor's Note: This was first published in the Democratic Faith Journal in June of 2015. We have edited it slightly to reflect the passage of time.
In the introduction to his book The Social Teachings of Black Churches, Peter Parris says that Black churches have at the center of their social teaching a Biblical Anthropology that is based on the Biblical narrative of the Creation. In the Genesis account we are told that all human beings are created in the likeness and image of God. Parris says that African American Churches teach that this means all human beings are equal and kin because we are all children of the one Creator.
Parris goes on to say that this anthropological theology defines how black churches approach the world. He says that white people historically were accepted as members and even Pastors of black congregations because they accepted this very basic tenant of the African American Church.
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On Wednesday evening [June 17, 2015,] a young man who authorities believe has white supremacist views, entered the historic Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina as mid-week Bible study was in progress. The young man asked to see the Pastor, Reverend Clementa Pinckney, and Rev. Pinckney asked the young man to sit next to him during the Bible study lesson.
After the lesson ended, this young man began killing those who had gathered to study the Bible, those same people who had welcomed him into their historic church, as they have always welcomed and embraced visitors from around the world. He experienced the practice of the Biblical Anthropology that has been at the center of Emanuel since it broke off from the predominantly white Charleston Methodist Episcopal Church in 1816 and was officially co-founded by Morris Brown in 1818.
Emanuel AME, the oldest African American Episcopal Church in the south, has stood throughout its history as a beacon of hope, teaching the Biblical Anthropology in opposition to the dominant social anthropology of the country, white supremacy. In 1822, Denmark Vesey, Mother Emanuel's other co-founder, along with other members of Emanuel, plotted what would have been the largest slave rebellion in the country. Vesey and five other members of Emanuel were executed when the plot was discovered. Shortly after the rebellion was foiled, Emanuel was burned to the ground. The white establishment of Charleston and the state of South Carolina were so frightened by the plot that they built a fortress, the Citadel, which aimed its guns toward the houses of the Emanuel members.
Despite the loss of the church building Emanuel continued to thrive and was often the beginning station of the Underground Railroad. For many years it was forced to function underground, but despite these obstacles Emanuel stood as a symbol against white supremacy. Emanuel continued to proclaim that all of God's children are kin. Emanuel's very perseverance as a congregation stood as a vibrant testimony against the false ideology of white supremacy.
The gunman who entered Emanuel on [that] Wednesday night experienced the welcoming of the stranger as an unknown brother. Despite this, the hatred and rage within him, spawned by the ideology of white supremacy, led him to take the life of the Pastor and eight other congregation members who had welcomed him. This despicable act cannot simply be passed off as the act of a lone deranged man, but must be seen as a product of the original sin of this country, the ideology and even theology of white supremacy. We have come a long way around race in this country; however, until we fully deal with the demons unleashed by the false doctrine of white supremacy we will continue to see events like the massacre at Mother Emanuel.
Many ask how do we deal with exorcising the demons of white supremacy? There is no easy answer or formula. However, for the last almost 31 years I have been a part of a guild of organizers called the Industrial Areas Foundation. IAF, founded by Saul Alinsky in 1940, is the nation's oldest and largest network of organizers. IAF partners with local institutional leaders to build local non-partisan political organizations aimed at crossing the divisions of community life to build vehicles of civic engagement that we call Broad Based Organizations. The major division or road block to constructive civic engagement is the construct of race that grows from the false doctrine of white supremacy.
Organizations like Working Together Jackson, a coalition of some 43 institutions in Jackson, Mississippi, are deliberately organized across racial lines. Working Together Jackson was publicly founded in June of 2012, after three years of Sponsoring Committee work, carefully building relationships across racial, religious, political, and economic divisions. These years of groundwork have helped to achieve a measure of public trust that crosses racial barriers and testifies to the Biblical notion of kinship of all creation.
Acting together through this new found trust that flies in the face of the white supremacist history of Jackson, the leaders of WTJ have created the first Housing Trust Fund in Mississippi, as a financial instrument to combat the blight that plagues most of Jackson's predominantly black neighborhoods. The leaders crossed race to secure 6,600 signatures in one month on a constitutional amendment proposal to fully fund public education in the state. In one week they secured 3,000 yes votes on a ballot initiative to rebuild the crumbling infrastructure of Jackson and to invest $1.2 billion over 20 years in rebuilding Jackson. WTJ is also crossing racial lines to partner with the city of Jackson to recruit and train underemployed and unemployed local residents to fill the living wage jobs produced by this infrastructure reinvestment program.
This evidence of our work is not enough to prevent other tragedies like the one that occurred in Charleston on Wednesday, but the slow and systemic work of building public relationships that teach in word and deed the Biblical Anthropology proclaimed by Mother Emanuel is part of the solution to exorcising the demons of America's original sin.
Perry C. Perkins, Jr. has organized for 37 years and has been affiliated with the Industrial Areas Foundation, the nation's oldest network of organizers. He is the IAF Supervisory Organizer for Louisiana and Mississippi. He, along with organizer Kathleen O'Toole, are leading a workshop at the 2016 National Gathering entitled "Forging Public Relationships after Ferguson, Cleveland, Baltimore, and Charleston." The workshop will explore the essential discipline of the "relational action" fundamental to authentic conversations and action that move us forward toward God's beloved community, especially as "America's original sin" continues to breed mistrust in our public life and discourse.
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Q: Infinite redirection loop in varnish cache we recently have put Varnish in front of our Drupal because the server was suffering heavy load and we are very pleased in general.
The only problem remaining is that we sometimes have an infinite redirection loop in the cached data. We have found this through our HTTP-Monitoring. We check the front page every minute. The page in the cache sometimes contains the full front page, but with a Location header set, that sends the user to the front page again.
We are not quite sure what could cause this, but also have no clue on how could track this down. Of course, the best way to handle this would be on the drupal side, but we can't really tell why this does happen.
Is there a way to log the cases when this happens? Or is it possible to detect this in varnish and mark the current cache content as invalid?
Of course, we don't want to always pass intentional redirects to the origin server, but the ones that would cause an infinite loop.
I hope to hear some ideas how we can further track this down. Many thank in advance for all kinds of hints.

A: I have found a workaround for this:
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I give the backend a second (and thirhd) chance to return a proper page. If that fails as well, the Location header is removed. This works, because the proper page is served with just an additional invalid Location header.

A: The accepted answer by @philip updated for Varnish 4:
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InDesign automatically sets the page margins to 3p0, but we'll be making our own margins, so set the page margins to zero. Leave everything else on default and press Okay . The first thing we'll want to do is turn on the rulers, if they aren't already on.... I am designing the inside of a book (about 500 some pages). I have it all set up, however, I now have to change the margins on the pages. When I do, the text boxes which had previously matched the margins exactly remain the same size they were before.
27/06/2009 · There you can change the measurements of the margins. Let's say you open that window and the margin size is one inch (1.0 in) on all four sides. Change all the sides to half an inch (0.5 in).
Instead, horizontal spacing is controlled by cell insets, which cause the contents of a cell to be indented from the left and right margins of the cell, the same way that text frame insets work. Left and right cell insets can be set on a cell-by-cell basis, but a top or bottom inset made to even a single cell affects the entire row (to keep the grid rational).
Any time a feature is added to InDesign or any mission-critical tool, Adobe is always keen to tell us what that new feature is. Many InDesign experts then rush to tell us how to use that feature through articles, videos, blog posts, presentations, and so on.
16/11/2013 · This brief video provides an overview of how to change the width of the margins and gutters in an existing InDesign document. It also covers how to add additional columns to an existing file/project.
InDesign automatically sets the page margins to 3p0, but we'll be making our own margins, so set the page margins to zero. Leave everything else on default and press Okay . The first thing we'll want to do is turn on the rulers, if they aren't already on.


VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 17, 2007) - (TSX VENTURE:BSM) Big Stick Media Corporation is pleased to report that its PROLINE television broadcast is entering its 29th season on the USA Network and SpikeTV. With a new set design and television show format, PROLINE began the 2007 NFL campaign with three weekly shows on the USA Network and, for the first time, a weekly show on SpikeTV.
"The addition of SpikeTV to our distribution network is another avenue for our continued growth in football related sales of handicapping advice." stated Chrisotpher Kape, President and CEO of Big Stick Media. "Jim Feist host of PROLINE is doing a great job and we are encouraged by the initial success of PROLINE's new set design and television show format."
With the first week of the 2007 NFL season complete, PROLINE experienced a 14% increase of in-bound call volume to its Las Vegas call center compared to the same time period in 2006. Furthermore, with its debut on SpikeTV, PROLINE experienced an additional 7% increase of in-bound calls. The number of in-bound calls received by the call center is considered to be directly correlated to the revenue generated by the handicapping advice business unit.
PROLINE provides viewers with a unique Las Vegas style perspective on the world of college and professional sports. PROLINE includes extensive game analysis and selections from recognized leading handicapper Jim Feist and his team. In addition to the web (www.prolinetv.com), PROLINE airs on cable television to a national audience via USA Network and SpikeTV on a weekly basis during the NFL football season.
Big Stick Media Corporation owns and operates a portfolio of assets that provide fact-based and opinion-oriented information relevant to the sports industry. These assets include websites, client-server software, publications and call centers. The Company generates revenues in a number of ways, including various direct to consumer services and direct to business sales through a portfolio of websites which includes www.JimFeist.com, www.PicksOnline.com, www.who2beton.com, www.Vegasonlinesports.com, www.OffshoreConnection.com and www.ScoresLinesPicks.com. Big Stick Media also operates LineTracker (www.linetracker.com), a state of the art, real-time sports information system for serious sports enthusiasts, handicappers and bettors. In addition, the Company operates various fantasy sports contests catering to all the sports enthusiasts through its fantasy sports website www.rotoplay.com.
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements with respect to the Corporation. These forward-looking statements, by their nature, involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated. We consider the assumptions on which these forward-looking statements are based to be reasonable, but caution the reader that these assumptions regarding future events, many of which are beyond our control, may ultimately prove to be incorrect. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from Big Stick Media Corporation's expectations are various risks detailed from time to time in the filings made by Big Stick Media Corporation with securities regulations.


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Sister Swap: Christmas in the City
Original Release Date:
Dan Harmon accused Hallmark of recycling one movie into two
Jennifer and Meg Swift are sisters who couldn't be closer despite living hours apart. Jennifer is in Salt Lake City, running a successful restaurant she started with her late husband and raising her teenaged son Simon. Meg stayed in their hometown of Hazelwood, helping their parents run the local bakery. This Christmas is the family's first since the passing of Uncle Dave who owned the town's beloved theater, The Madison, where many memories were made over the years. When Jennifer and Simon return home for the holiday, they become wistful for one more Christmas at The Madison, despite that it's for sale and in need of repairs. Meanwhile, Meg is helping Jennifer's restaurant staff in Salt Lake prepare for a Christmas competition among local restaurants with the winner earning money for the charity of its choice. With the sisters switching cities leading up to the holiday, they find a new sense of purpose and discover what they both truly need in life and in love. Starring Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Ashley Williams, Mark Deklin, Keith Robinson, Susan Yeagley and Kevin Nealon.
Sean McNamara is an award-winning Irish American director, writer and producer of family dramas, including the break-out hit feature Soul Surfer. Known as an "actor's director," he has worked with Academy Award winners and nominees.
Brookwell McNamara Entertainment, Inc.
COPYRIGHT ©2022 SEAN MCNAMARA, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.


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I've lived in Champaign/Urbana since 1970, and I've been working in Thomasboro for the past 15 years. My daughter, Jessie, lives 2 blocks away and my son, Emmett, lives with me. They are my biggest and proudest accomplishment! I have always loved photography and recently submitted some of my photos to a gallery in Arcola.
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Borough of Queenscliffe declares a climate emergency
With the support of more than a hundred residents in attendance, the Borough of Queenscliffe endorsed a motion declaring a climate emergency at tonight's meeting of Council.
Mayor Ross Ebbels, who spoke in favour of the motion, said that climate change was among the most important issues of our time. "The Borough of Queenscliffe has a proud history of climate leadership, said Cr Ebbels. "In declaring that we are facing a climate emergency, Council is reaffirming its commitment to meet the challenge of preventing and preparing for climate change."
Over the past five years, the Borough has reduced its emissions by a third, run community solar bulk-buys, and taken a leading role in assessing and preparing for sea level rise. Thursday's declaration also builds on a Council motion moved unanimously in October, in which Council reaffirmed its commitment to action on climate change. "We know our residents are proud of our community's climate leadership, and I want to thank them for their support as we make the Borough a climate-friendly community," said Cr Ebbels.
More than 100 residents attended the Council meeting to watch the declaration, including local resident Kitty Walker, who has taken a leading role organising community support for the motion. "Climate change requires urgent action by all levels of government," said Ms Walker. "More than 1101 residents signed our petition inviting Council to join us in declaring a climate emergency, and we're overjoyed that they've joined us in taking this critical step towards a sustainable future for us and our children."
The motion passed by the Borough of Queenscliffe Council calls on Council officers to develop a climate response plan that builds on the achievements Council has already made in reducing emissions and caring for our local environment.
For more information on how the Borough of Queenscliffe is preventing and preparing for climate change, visit queenscliffe.vic.gov.au/climate.


The problem is, after the husband comes home from work having consumed his 25,000 words..
The wife starts her 30,000.
it's a shame she waited until we got to the divorce courts.
I suppose she's got a point, I really should make the effort to learn her mother's real name.
My wife has asked me to get her some gloves to wear at her mother's funeral.
Does anyone know where I can buy those giant foam fingers?


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"Mozipedia" wins MOJO readers' poll - Best Book (2009)
posted by davidt on Saturday January 23 2010, @03:00PM
miseryguts writes:
Simon Goddard's "Mozipedia: The Encyclopeadia of Morrissey and The Smiths" has been voted Best Book (of 2009) in the annual Mojo magazine readers' poll.
It received the most votes, ahead of Nick Cave's "The Death of Bunny Munro", Peter Hook's "The Hacienda: How Not To Run a Club", Will Hodgkinson's "The Ballad of Britain" and "The Velvet Underground: New York Art" by Johan Kugelberg.
The full results of the poll are in the new March 2010 edition of the magazine, which is in the shops shortly.
Kewpie sends the link (via Morrissey reddit), originally posted by Uncleskinny in the forums (original post):
MOJO's 2009 Readers' Poll 2009 results
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Response from Simon Goddard - link posted by Uncleskinny in the comments:
Mozipedia, Mojo and Me - Ebury Publishing blog
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CowBuzz: One Last Look Where Cowboys Stand In Final NFL Power Rankings
Shannon Gross
The door has closed on the 2014 NFL regular season and your Dallas Cowboys are headed to the big dance. With the tournament starting this week, power rankings don't really mean that much (not that they mean that much during the regular season), but it's still fun to see how the national media thinks the Cowboys size up against other teams.
Despite playing arguably the best football in the NFL right now (the Cowboys have outscored their opponents 165-79 in the month of December), ESPN.com has the Cowboys moving down one spot to No. 5 in their power rankings, switching places with the Broncos which they have ranked No 4. Here's what they had to say…
"Emmitt Smith has rushed for more yards than anyone else in NFL history, but thanks to DeMarco Murray, he is no longer the Cowboys' single-season rushing leader."
They rank the rest of the top five in order 1. Seahawks, 2. Patriots, 3. Packers.
NFL.com has the Cowboys moving up one spot to No. 4 in their rankings. They have the Broncos falling from the No. 2 spot to No. 5. creating the move up for the 'Boys. Here's what they had to say…
"Yes, in the MVP race, Tony Romo will have to take a back seat to Aaron Rodgers -- but not to many others, and definitely not to anyone else on his own team. (Sorry, DeMarco.) Romo fell one completion shy of posting a 70.1 percent success rate on the season. And did I mention that he led the NFL in passer rating (113.2) and yards per attempt (8.52)?
Oh, so I guess Jerry Jones and Jason Garrett meant what they said about playing the starters, and playing to win. Our bad."
They have their top three in the same order as ESPN.com.
For the Cowboys, the road to the Super Bowl starts in Arlington, TX on Sunday. It's been a while since Cowboys fans have felt this good about their team at the end of a season. It's definitely been a December to remember, let's hope it's a January and February to remember too.
CowBuzz: Trevon Diggs Gives Props to DB Coach
It's easy to look at the mistakes when the season comes to an end and focus on what could have been. However, time stays fleeting, and you can either wallow in regret or you can focus on growth and what comes next.
CowBuzz: Dak Still "Money Maher's Biggest Fan"
Football is FAMILY and that stays true through the wins, losses and everything in between; and thanks to a clip from the #DALvsTB Sounds From The Sideline, the sports world was able to see just how the Dallas Cowboys embody that mindset.
CowBuzz: Micah, Dak, MG Witness Baseball History
On Oct. 4, 2022, history was made deep in the heart of Texas. The New York Yankees took on the Texas Rangers to wrap up the regular season at Globe Life Field in Arlington.
CowBuzz: Diggs Brothers Profiled In Latest SI Issue
The subject of a recent Sports Illustrated feature, Trevon & Stefon Diggs talk about the "unbreakable bond" between these two brothers.
CowBuzz: Three Legends Compete On The Course
The 2022 ClubCorp Classic featured three Cowboys legends among 50 celebrity golfers who competed last weekend at Las Colinas Country Club in Irving, Texas.
CowBuzz: Cowboys Sending Families To Super Bowl
In honor of that tradition the Dallas Cowboys and The Jones Family surprised members of the community whose merit tells a similar story with tickets to Super Bowl LVI.
CowBuzz: Dak Gifts Exclusive Jordans To Teammates
It's officially giving season and on Wednesday, Dak Prescott surprised the team Christmas gifts to kick it off right.
CowBuzz: Tank's Special Cleats For A Special Clause
A defensive-led Cowboys' win against the Saints highlighted DeMarcus Lawrence's impact on the field, while his anime-inspired cleats emphasized his dedication to the community.
CowBuzz: The Cowboys' MVP Connection
From one mission to another, the Dallas Cowboys are always about supporting their teammates. This week they teamed up with Merging Vets & Players (MVP) for a community workout at The Star at Frisco's practice field.
CowBuzz: Dak Takes In Miss. State's CWS Win
Wednesday night when the Bulldogs' baseball team clinched the 2021 College World Series over Vanderbilt at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, NE.
CowBuzz: Football & Baseball This Week For DT
From the football field to the ballpark, Dallas Cowboys rookie Osa Odighizuwa had a pro league week.
CowBuzz: A Mother's Love; Dak's Fight For A Cure
Much like a mother's love is never-ending, Dak Prescott's determination to find a cure for cancer is ceaseless in his pursuit to honor his late mother, Peggy.


Home to hundreds amazing animals representing more than 60 species, including some of rare and endangered species. Combining Balinese cultural ambience with African Savannah, Bali Safari and Marine Park features the following exhibits featuring Sumatrapan elephant, Sumatran tiger, white tiger, leopard, komodo dragon and cheetah are just some of the fascinating creatures that can be seen at the Bali Safari and Marine Park.
Return to hotel in the afternoon or according to your wish.
Morning enjoy the beach with the kids, at leisure.
In the afternoon depart to visit Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK).
Designed and built by Nyoman Nuarta, one of Indonesia's foremost modern sculptor, the Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) statue and its pedestal building will be standing 150 meters height with its wings span 64 meters across. The status is picturing Lord Wisnu, as the source of wisdom, riding on the back of the mythical bird Garuda, as the manifestation of conscience toward Amerta, the perennial goodness. At present time, parts of the complete statues have been placed temporarily in different plazas within the area.
The status and its pedestal will be surrounded by more than 240 hectares cultural park that provide attractions for both local and foreign visitors, with supporting facilities such as Lotus Pond, Festival Park, Amphitheater, Stree Theather, Exhibition Hall, as well as restaurants and souvenier shops.
Enjoy the fullday activities at the park, then transfer to your next hotel in South of Bali.


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Richard Savage is back. The former Templar knight is now a farmer in France, that is until he is compelled to take on a mission back in Ireland. An Ireland that is undergoing a power struggle between the Scots, who have taken control of the north under the command of Edward Bruce and who seek to subdue the whole island and the English. However, they have a problem in Ulster as Castle Carrickfergus is somehow surviving a siege and a famine.
I was riveted to the pages as the author has produced a book at full throttle. The action is relentless, the politics are insidious and the main characters, both the villains and the good guys and girls, are portrayed in a most entertaining fashion. Emotions run high, hardships are endured and intrepid resourcefulness are the order of the day as the story winds it way through a few surprising turns of events. It is indeed a most enjoyable read and what's even better is that this isn't the end of Richard's involvement in the battles between the English King Edward and the Bruce brothers, Robert and Edward. I am looking forward to the sequel. 5 stars.
book review, Britain Historical Fiction, MedievalEdward Bruce, richard savage, Tim Hodkinson
Spartacus: Talons of an Empire by Robert Southworth
I'm sure that for anyone who grew up when I did, Kirk Douglas was Spartacus, a brilliant but historically incorrect movie. In Spartacus: Talons of an Empire, Mr. Southworth presents to us a character and a scenario vastly different than the one Jean Simmons fell in love with. In this version, Spartacus does not die after his defeat by Crassus but rather, he is forcefully employed by a Roman aristocrat to take part in an assignment designed to lessen the power of Crassus in Rome. I won't say more about the plot except to say that it is a good one, full of action, deceit, friendships forged and bloody combat. It is the characters who inhabit this tale that I found to be very well done…from the gladiator/warrior/leader, Spartacus…Cassian, the servant of the Roman aristocrat…Plinius, the young, inexperienced warrior…and of course a couple thoroughly evil specimens in Apelios and Dido. Emotions run high as the contingent under the command of Cassian and Spartacus deal with loss, fear, regrets, love and pure hatred. All in all this is a very entertaining book and I will be taking on the rest of the trilogy. After all who can resist stories about Spartacus, the gladiator slave who almost brought Rome to it's knees. 4 stars.
I'm Robert Southworth an author from Warwickshire in England. I suppose the best way describe myself is a lover of all books. Although my first three novels are based in ancient Rome, i wouldnt tie myself down to the era or genre. I love history through the ages, but i am also just as happy picking up a sci-fi or fantasy novel. My favourite authors are Scarrow, Cornwell, McGee which i know are all masters at historical fiction, but i also love Pratchett(absolute genius) and Robert Rankin (absolute bonkers). I am a traditionally published author but have decided to self publish my next couple of novels, which means hopefully i will be able to place my work before my readers a little more quickly.
Me as a writer: I have no wish to make my readers think deeply on the social issues of the world. There are plenty of authors and other types of media which do that. I consider myself a story teller and i attempt to entertain, i would much rather draw a contented smile than a political debate.
I hope that you all enjoy my books.
book review, Roman Historical FictionCrassus, gladiators, Robert Southworth, Spartacus
Land of Blood and Water by Martin Lake
I was asked by the author to read his latest work, a task I have performed for him a few times now. I have not regretted it. Land of Blood and Water is the story of Alfred the Great and his struggle against, and eventual victory over, the Danish Chieftain, Guthrum. It is also the tale of a peasant family who find themselves intricately involved in the conflict by the services they render unto their King. The author does a fine job of bringing to life what it would have been like for a poor family living on what was essentially an island in a marsh to be suddenly confronted with the horror and the thrill to be set upon by the King of Wessex as he seeks a place to recoup after a disastrous defeat. The changes wrought in the lives of Brand and his family are many and the resentment of some of them is palpable throughout the book. However, it is not only the lowborn who experience change and a range of emotions as Alfred, too, undergoes many conflicting feelings. Indeed, the emotional content of the book is one of the highlights of the narrative. The characters are well written, the action flows seamlessly and the reader is left with a feeling as if they had been there. 4 stars
book review, Britain Historical FictionAlfred the Great Guthrum, Martin Lake
A Day of Fire by Stephanie Dray, Ben Kane, E. Knight, Sophie Perinot, Kate Quinn, Vicky Alvear Shecter
May 23, 2015 May 23, 2015 tigers684 Comments
Like most people, I suppose, I've always been alternately fascinated and horrified by the death and destruction meted out when Vesuvius erupted in year 79 A.D. In A Day of Fire I came face to face with the results of that destruction in actual human terms, The book is a collaboration of six authors; a collection of six different stories. Different, but connected stories as they are all related in some fashion. It is written in chronological order so as you progress through the book the situation becomes more dire as the day of the eruption proceeds. It is a very powerful, very intense and emotional read; I found myself stopping every few pages, especially the last couple of chapters, in order to recoup as the characters are struggling just to breathe or in some cases becoming resigned to their fate. While it is a book full of human suffering, it is also a testament to human courage in the face of unprecedented horror. I cannot recommend this wonderfully brilliant book highly enough. 5 stars does not do it justice.
book review, Roman Historical FictionAncient history, Pompeii, vesuvius
A Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay
May 21, 2015 tigers68Leave a comment
I actually started reading this book 20 years or so ago but for some undetermined and totally unfathomable reason I didn't finish it. Perhaps I was too busy being a parent helping to raise our three children. Perhaps I was too involved in my career. I'm sure those two reasons were part of it but I think that what really contributed the most was a real bad case of Muse envy. My Muse was just beginning to awaken after a long dormant period and I was beginning to do a little writing around the time I was reading A Song for Arbonne and my Muse was so shaken by the immaculately flowing style of the author that she, through her envy, forced me to stop reading it. Since then, however, my Muse has matured enough to admit that she will most likely never attain the high standards of Mr. Kay and the brilliant Muse who inspires him, so, it was okay to read the book. This feeling was enhanced by a conversation, of the social media variety, with one of my favorite authors, SJA Turney in which he, in a not so mild a suggestion, implored me to give it another go as this book was his favorite of all time and had done much to set him on the path to becoming an author.
So, dear reader, what did I find the second time around? A masterful bit of storytelling full of great characters and a plot that kept me mesmerized throughout as it wove around and through the fabric of human emotions. One thing I realized about a third of the way through was that I basically knew the path the character of Blaise de Garsenc was going to take to become who I imagined he would be in the end. However, what I could not imagine was the many different forks that path would take, a long, winding and entertaining road indeed. As to this being a work of fantasy, it does, after all, feature an earth with two moons, it is also a work of real history as well,especially in the way the author portrays the misuse of religious power and the dangers inherent in that type of elitist exclusivity. To me it calls to mind the Crusading Popes and the modern Islamic jihadists. One thing that is certain is that I am in awe of the writing acumen of Mr. Kay and will certainly be adding his other works to my ever growing "to be read" pile.
5 stars for this brilliant and beautifully written book.
book review, Historical FantasyArbonne, Blaise de Garsenc, Guy Gavriel Kay
Terra Incognita by Ruth Downie
Gaius Petreius Ruso, currently attached to the 20th Legion has arrived in the northern reaches of Britain, the fort at Coria along with his slave/housekeeper/lover, Tilla. This is her homeland and she is naturally looking forward to going there. For Ruso, this should only be a short stay as the 20th is moving on to another outpost, Ulucium. However, events intervene and the hapless doctor finds himself stuck at Coria and enmeshed in the investigation of the mysterious murder of a legionnaire of the 10th Legion. What follows is a race against time to solve the murder before the arrival of the Roman governor in four days time.
The author provides the reader with a plot line that has more twists and turns than the Hana Road on Maui and I must confess that for a couple chapters I was a bit confused as to where this tale was going but then again the good doctor was just as confused. This confusion, however, leads to an exciting, taut, last half of the book, one in which I found it difficult to put down even as I was on duty watching my 2 1/2 year old toddler grand daughter.
One of the features of the author's books is her witty/humorous writing style and this is on full display especially in the character of Tilla, though the good doctor has his moments as well, especially those moments where his thoughts are slightly different than what he is saying. A thoroughly enjoyable whodunit is in store for the reader in this, the second tale in the Ruso series. I will certainly be going on to see what more trouble and confusion awaits him. 4 stars
Ruth (RS) Downie graduated from university with an English degree and a plan to get married and live happily ever after. She is still working on it. In the meantime she is also the New York Times bestselling author of a mystery series featuring Roman doctor Gaius Petreius Ruso.
The latest book is Tabula Rasa, set during the building of Hadrian's Wall.
The previous five are:
Medicus (the first story, published as 'Medicus/Ruso and the Disappearing Dancing Girls' in the UK and Australia)
Terra Incognita ('Ruso and the Demented Doctor')
Persona non Grata ('Ruso and the Root of All Evils')
Caveat Emptor ('Ruso and the River of Darkness')
Semper Fidelis (at last, only one title everywhere!)
Ruth is not the RS Downie who writes real medical textbooks. Absolutely none of the medical advice in the Ruso books should be followed. Roman and Greek doctors were very wise about many things but they were also known to prescribe donkey dung and boiled cockroaches.
Find out more at http://www.ruthdownie.com
book review, crime/thriller, Roman Historical Fictiongaius petreius ruso, Ruth Downie
In a Milk and Honeyed Land by Richard Abbott
I was drawn to this novel simply because of the time period and the locale. I enjoy reading about the early history of the ancient Near East. My first real exposure to that area was as a freshman in college and the mesmerizing and thoroughly entertaining Professor Milton Covensky and the textbook he wrote, The Ancient Near East Tradition. Of course, that was a historical perspective, in the world of historical-fiction, the series by Sam Barone, The Eskkar Saga provided an interesting take on the Tigris-Euphrates civilizations. In A Milk and Honeyed Land gives us a sterling portrayal of the Canaanite hill country in 1200 BCE; a time of change in the region. The influence of Egypt is waning as new forces enter the land. These forces being the Ibriym(Hebrews) under the leadership of Joshua.
The story offers a glimpse into the everyday life of the four towns, Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth and Kiriath Jearim(in the book they are named Giybon,Kephrath,Meyim and Jarrar's Town) that have bonded together in a matrilineal society. In the Old Testament they are known collectively as the Gibeonites. Much of the story centers around the seers or priests of the towns, in particular the seer of Kephrath, Damariel. I found this to be a very moving narrative of the people in their daily lives; the struggles, the joys, the times of celebration and the times of sorrow. Damariel is a wonderful character and it is through his eyes we learn of the ritual religious practices of the people, the high places and standing stones. The author's use of dialogue is especially touching and his descriptive narration is spot on. Mr. Abbott certainly did his homework and his extensive research is evident throughout. I went into this book not knowing what to expect as both the author and the subject matter were new to me. What I came away with is a better understanding of what life was like in a time and place that was integral in the rise of much of Western civilization. I also came away with the knowledge that I have another series of tales to follow…Scenes from a Life and The Flame Before Us are now on my to be read pile.
5 stars and a 'You have to read this ' Hooverbkreview recommendation.
Richard lives in London, England and writes about the ancient middle east – Egypt, Canaan and Israel. His interest began with a study of how styles of literature and poetry were shared cross-culturally in the Late Bronze and early Iron Ages. Having taken those studies as far as he wanted on an academic level, he switched to using the material as background for historical fiction. In a Milk and Honeyed Land and its successors sprang out of the desire to tell the stories of ordinary town and village life of those days, rather than the exploits of kings and conquerors.
He works professionally in IT quality assurance. When not writing words or computer code, he enjoys spending time with family, walking, and wildlife, ideally combining all three pursuits in the English Lake District.
book review, Middle East Historical FictionAncient history, Canaan, Joshua, Richard Abbott
The Imperial Banner by Nick Brown
May 12, 2015 tigers682 Comments
Cassius Corbulo, a reluctant member of the Imperial Secret Service, the Frumentarii or Grain Men, is back in this, the second book of Nick Brown's exciting series. In The Imperial Banner, Corbulo is tasked with recovering a significant amount of treasure taken from the Palmyrans after their rebellion has failed and is destined to fill Emperor Aurelian's depleted coffers. Among the items stolen is a flag or banner that is very important to the Persians and was to be given to them as a token of peace between Rome and Persia; without it, war is probable. The trail of the perpetrators leads to Antioch and any number of suspects making this one of those stories where surprises abound and where Corbulo's investigative abilities and his endurance are tested to the limits. Aiding him in this task are his manservant, Simo and a wonderful new addition to this series, an ex-gladiator, Indavara. The author has once again hit the mark with this well crafted and satisfying thriller… a page turning, sleep depriving tale of intrigue and greed. 5 stars..
Nick Brown grew up in Norfolk and later studied history at the University of Sussex.In 2000 he embarked on a PCGE course at the University of Exeter and began a career as a teacher of English and humanities. Having taught in England and Poland he now lives in his home town, Norwich. 'The Emperor's Silver' is the fifth volume of the 'Agent of Rome' series.
Titles in this series:
The Siege
The Imperial Banner
The Far Shore
The Emperor's Silver
book review, crime/thriller, Roman Historical FictionCassius Corbulo, Frumentarii, Nick Brown
Robin Carter (Parmenion) Guest Blog
May 8, 2015 tigers68Leave a comment
One of my favorite reviewers coupled with a damned good author…fyi – I have written a novel and Robin is a character in it and he does indeed die 🙂
With Pen and Sword
Robin Carter AKA Parmenion
Why Historical fiction?
My journey to become a reader of Historical Fiction is one that started firmly rooted in Fantasy.
My early reading of series such as Narnia (The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe etc.) began my exploits in all things magical, before I entered the teenage wasteland and stopped reading for a few years, wasted years now from a reading perspective, but enjoyable ones none the less.
When I became a single parent aged 19 I found myself with time, more time than I wanted, my days were taken running from here to there with all the tasks that small babies create. But evenings could have become couch potato TV heaven. Instead I turned back to the library. Here I found a new set of friends, David Gemmell, Tad Williams, Julian May and many others.
Within a space of months I found myself…
Interview with author Matthew Harffy
Charlene Newcomb
I am delighted to have Matthew Harffy visit my blog today. Matthew has written a tale of Dark Ages Britain that is receiving praise from readers and other authors alike.
Welcome, Matthew! Congratulations on the publication of your debut novel. Tell us about The Serpent Sword.
It is set in BRITAIN 633 A.D.
The book blurb is as follows:
Certain that his brother's death is murder, young farmhand Beobrand embarks on a quest for revenge in war-torn Northumbria. When he witnesses barbaric acts at the hands of warriors he considers his friends, Beobrand questions his chosen path and vows to bring the men to justice.
Relentless in pursuit of his enemies, Beobrand faces challenges that change him irrevocably. Just as a great sword is forged by beating together rods of iron, so his adversities transform him from a farm boy to a man who stands strong in the clamour and…
Oathbreaker: One man's stand against the tyranny of empire by Adam Lofthouse
Spear Havoc: 1066 – Alternative Histories by C.R. May
Eagles in the Wilderness SHORT story (Eagles of Rome series): A Tullus 'long' short story by Ben Kane
Cry of the Heart: A World War II Novel by Martin Lake
Written in their Stars (The Lydiard Chronicles #3) by Elizabeth St.John
HistFic Virtual Book… on Written in their Stars (The Ly…
Elizabeth St. John on Written in their Stars (The Ly…
Amy Bruno on The Lords of the Wind (The Sag…
Amy Bruno on Across the Great Divide: Book…
Debbie P on Wanders Far-An Unlikely Hero…
American Historical Fiction
Annual Review List of Favorites
Arthurian tale
Battle of Marathon
Borgia Pope
Britain Historical Fiction
British in India
Bruce and/or Douglas
Byzantine Historical Fiction
Caddo-Osage
Caratacus
Children-YA
Cnute
Conquistador conquest
Court of Henry VIII
Edward 1-3
Egyptian history
Elizabeth Tudor
Eric Bloodaxe
French & Indian War
French Revolution – Napoleon
Gothic/Huns
Greek Historical Fantasy
Greek Historical Fiction
Historical Fantasy
History of English Monarchy
Iroquois Confederacy
Ivarr, Ubba, Halfdan
Lakota history
Little Bighorn
Middle East Historical Fiction
monastery life
Naval/Pirate
North of Antonine/Hadrian's Wall
Octavian vs Antony
Ottoman Era
Persians – Near East
Pompey Magnus
Post Norman Conquest
post Roman Britain
pre-Civil War
Pre-historical Era
reblogged review
Reign of Augustus
Roman Historical Fiction
Spanish Armada
Stuarts
Tales of the Empire
Tiberius/Sejanus
Vichy France
Viking Historical Fiction
Wilusa-Hittite
Wounded Knee
WW!
Xerxes invasion
year of the four emperors


The previous version GWT 1.4.60 came out on August 27th, 2007. A couple of days later I had upgraded all my applications, the expression calculator demo too. None of the applications suffered from a strange bug except the demo. It appeared only when Microsoft's Internet Explorer was used. A message box was displayed that told the user: "operation aborted". The page wasn't shown at all, the user only saw a blank page. I had to remove the demo, at least from the home page. Since only the demo was affected, I didn't go back to GWT 1.4.59.
Three days after GWT 1.4.60 came out, the issue was reported, approximately at the same time I was experiencing it. I was hoping for a quick fix, but it didn't come.
Several month later, Google's Scott Blum wrote in the GWT forum about an updated GWT 1.4 release. Although I read the forum quite regularly, I nearly missed his posting. He talks about the new release fixing the problem, and he also provides a download link for GWT 1.4.61. I've downloaded it and upgraded all my application without a problem so far.
Since it fixes a very serious problem, you should upgrade also. Problem is, you will not see the new version on the GWT download page. At least not yet, but I bet you will see it there shortly. In the meantime, just use this link.
Update: It took a little bit longer than I expected, but the GWT Team has just officially released GWT 1.4.61, which takes care of some minor bugs in the previous release of GWT 1.4.60. The two main issues that were addressed are the "operation aborted" startup error on IE and a potential XSS vulnerability in hosted mode.
There are no differences between the 1.4.61 version released on December 12th, 2007 and the 1.4.61 version released on November 3rd, 2007.
If the law is not fair, justice breaks the law.


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Джон Кокрил () е белгийски предприемач от английски произход, един от основоположниците на съвременната белгийска промишленост.

Биография
Джон Кокрил е роден на 3 август 1790 година в английското градче Хаслингдън, северно от Манчестър, в семейството на Уилям Кокрил. Баща му е инженер, който прави опити да създаде свой бизнес в различни части на Европа, докато се установява във Вервие, където през 1802 година се премества и семейството му.

През 1807 година Джон и брат му Чарлз Джеймс започват работа в предприятието на баща си за производство на тъкачни станове, като поемат управлението на фабриката му в Лиеж, а след пенсионирането му през 1813 година оглавяват цялата компания. По това време двамата се женят за сестрите Жан Фредерик и Каролин Пастор.

През 1814 година братя Кокрил купуват бившия дворец на принцовете епископи на Лиеж в Серен, превръщат го в централа на предприятието, а в прилежащите земи започват строителството на нов завод, интегриращ металургично и машиностроително производство. Техен съдружник става самият крал Вилем I. През 1822 година Джон Кокрил изкупува дяловете на брат си, който се оттегля от компанията през следващата година. След Белгийската революция от 1830 година дяловете на Вилем I са придобити от белгийското правителство, но през 1835 година Джон Кокрил купува и тях и става единствен собственик на предприятието. По това време заводите произвеждат тъкачни станове, стомана, парни машини, а през 1835 година от тях излиза и първият белгийски локомотив.}

През 1838-1839 година засилващото се политическо напрежение между Белгия и Нидерландия предизвиква банкова паника, която довежда до фалита на "Джон Кокрил и Сие". Малко по-късно Кокрил заминава за Русия в търсене на инвеститори, но по обратния път заболява от коремен тиф и умира на 19 юни 1840 година във Варшава, без да остави наследници.

Наследство
Въпреки фалита си, Джон Кокрил е запомнен като хуманен работодател и основоположник на белгийската промишленост. През 1867 година тялото му е пренесено в Серен, а малко по-късно на градския площад е издигнат паметник в негова чест.

Основаното от Кокрил предприятие продължава да съществува и да използва името му и след неговата смърт. След няколко трансформации металургичните заводи, които в края на XX век са част от групата Кокрил-Самбр, са погълнати през 1998 година от Юзинор, а днес са подразделение на АрселорМитал. Част от машиностроителните заводи продължават да функционират под името "Кокрил Ментенанс & Енжениери".

Бележки

Белгийски бизнесмени
Англичани
Починали във Варшава
Починали от тиф

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
Myosotis stricta, le Myosotis raide, est une espèce de plantes herbacées de la famille des Boraginacées.

Synonymes
 Myosotis arenaria Schrad. ex Schultz
 Myosotis arvensis (L.) Roth
 Myosotis scorpioides var. arvensis L. (Basionyme)
 Myosotis micrantha auct.
 Myosotis rigida Pomel
 Myosotis vestita Velen.

Habitat
Pelouses sableuses.

Liens externes

Espèce d'Angiospermes (nom scientifique)
Boraginaceae


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Blount International Closed Acquisition of Woods Equipment Company
Blount International, Inc.
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Blount International, Inc. (NYSE: BLT) ("Blount") today announced that it has closed its acquisition of GenWoods HoldCo, LLC ("Woods Holdings") and its wholly owned subsidiary, Woods Equipment Company ("Woods"), a manufacturer and marketer of equipment and replacement parts primarily for the agriculture end market. Blount previously announced the signing of the Merger Agreement for this acquisition on August 17, 2011.
Josh Collins, Blount's Chairman and CEO, stated "We are excited to welcome Woods and TISCO to the Blount family and to work with our new team members to help grow our business in the farm, ranch, and agriculture end markets. The combination with our existing businesses is consistent with our stated strategy and provides significant opportunities for value creation across the enterprise."
For an overview of the acquisition, please visit our website at http://www.blount.com/ to view the presentation titled "Woods Acquisition Overview".
Founded in 1946, Woods is a manufacturer and marketer of equipment and replacement parts for the agriculture, grounds maintenance, and construction markets, primarily in North America, with approximately $160 million in sales for the twelve months ended July 31, 2011. Woods manufactures, markets, and distributes agriculture and construction attachments and related replacement parts in its Attachment business unit, and it markets and distributes one of the largest selections of replacement parts for tractors and implements through its Aftermarket Parts business unit. Woods offers its products under the brand names Woods®, Alitec®, Central Fabricators®, Gannon®, Wain-Roy®, WoodsCare™, and TISCO® through a vast distribution network, including over 11,000 dealers nationwide, original equipment manufacturers, nationwide farm stores, an e-commerce portal, and tractor repair shops.
Blount is a leader in the design, manufacturing, and marketing of replacement parts and equipment for consumers and professionals in select global end markets, including forestry; lawn and garden; farm, ranch, and agriculture; and concrete cutting and finishing, and is the market leader in manufacturing saw chain and guide bars for chain saws. Blount sells its products in more than 100 countries around the world. For more information about Blount, please visit our website at http://www.blount.com/.
Forward looking statements in this release, including without limitation the Company's outlook, expectations, beliefs, plans, indications, estimates, anticipations, guidance, and their variants, as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, are based upon available information and upon assumptions that the Company believes are reasonable; however, these forward looking statements involve certain risks and should not be considered indicative of actual results that the Company may achieve in the future. In particular, among other things, guidance given in this release is expressly based upon certain assumptions concerning market conditions, foreign currency exchange rates, raw material costs, the presumed relationship between backlog, and future sales trends, as well as the uncertainty of the current global economic situation. To the extent that these assumptions are not realized going forward, or other unforeseen factors arise, actual results for the periods subsequent to the date of this announcement may differ materially.
SOURCE Blount International, Inc.


Thread: Disabling "talking while mic muted" "beep" notification help.
Disabling "talking while mic muted" "beep" notification help.
When I mute my mic on TS3 it will beep every time it picks up noise on my side. Luckily my USB Logitech mic has a mute button. It's not a real mute button, it just decreases the volume a great deal. So the physical mute button on my mic is my only savior. But on occasion even that doesn't work, because the mic button on the mic doesn't cut down the sensitivity enough.
So is there a setting within TS3 that disables this beep? In the settings I have seen beeps on user connect, chat, etc. But not in this area. All beeps that I know of are disabled.
Try this : Tools > Options > Application > uncheck "Warn when talking microphone is muted"
I've tried changing everything looking through everything and nothing helped. Tried to test if my speakers went through TS but they don't.
I never had this problem and even on another server i'm on they can't hear the beeps.
running it on windows 7.
Thread has been merged. "Beep" can be found through the search function.
Last edited by dante696; May 2nd, 2012 at 03:26 PM.
on my sytem I've got windows 8 and teamspeak version 3.0.9.2. Sadly the beep "while muted" is disablet. How can I activate this again?
Last edited by dante696; January 28th, 2013 at 07:55 AM.
Disabling "talking while muted" notification help.
hello i'm trying to disable this notification but I can't seem to find how. If someone could help please, I would be happy. Thanks in advance.
hello i'm trying to disable this notification but I can't seem to find how.
Tools --> Options --> Application --> In 'Misc' section, uncheck "Warn when talking while mic muted"
I accidently kept the notification for talking while muted on. It's very annoying, how do you turn it off?
The setting for "Talking While Muted" isn't located in the "Other" notifications, but "Special". I cannot edit or change anything in the "Special" category.
Beeping Sound. Not Mic Muted.
I have a beeping sound occur whenever I use my push to talk while having another widow other than teamspeak active. If Teamspeak is the current top program the beep will not occur.
How to disable the Talk_When_muted notification ?
My Client does a Beep sound everytime my micro activates when im muted. How can i disable this because there is no Checkbox in the Notification Settings ?
How Do I Make This BEEP BEEP Sound Stop?
[Request] Getting a notification when certain users start talking?
When I talking everyone are muted.