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Archive for May 2012
Review: Albert King, "I'll Play The Blues For You"
It wasn't that Albert King couldn't play music other than the blues…but even when crooning in his most velvety-rich style, there was just something inherently lived-in, worldly, and commanding about that voice…in other words, something bluesy. And though that underrated voice would be enough for a lesser artist, King's greatest gift was as a guitarist. Perhaps the best display of both of those titanic talents was the 1972 Stax album with the apt title of I'll Play the Blues for You, just reissued and expanded by Concord Music Group (STX-33716, 2012).
A towering six-foot-four, King hailed from Mississippi but spent his youth in various spots before settling in Memphis in 1966 where he was signed by Stax. A transitional period for Stax was just around the corner. Otis Redding and members of Stax mainstays The Bar-Kays tragically perished in a plane crash in December 1967, and then the company's distribution deal with Atlantic Records ended a year later. Both events contributed to the formation of a new Stax with a leaner, meaner, even funkier sound. King's 1967 Born Under a Bad Sign, recorded for Stax with "house band" Booker T. and the MGs as well as the Memphis Horns, became one of the most influential blues albums of all time. Further releases followed, including 1968's Live Wire/Blues Power, recorded far from Memphis at San Francisco's Fillmore, and a 1970 tribute to another King, Elvis Presley. But I'll Play the Blues for You, produced and arranged for King by Allen Jones and Henry Bush, was a landmark. It provided King with a new signature song via the title track, as well as showcasing all sides of his musical prowess.
Hit the jump to delve into Concord's remastered edition of this seminal album! Read the rest of this entry »
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Master of "Time and Space": Ace Arranger Jimmy Wisner Reissues Early Jazz Recordings
The list of artists with whom Jimmy "Wiz" Wisner has worked is rather staggering: Tony Bennett, Barbra Streisand, Neil Sedaka, Iggy Pop, Carly Simon, Al Kooper, Tommy James and the Shondells, The Searchers…the list goes on. But although everybody knows "Palisades Park" (on which Wisner played organ for Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon) or "Sunday Will Never Be the Same" (which Wisner arranged for Spanky and Our Gang), few know the music he's created as a solo artist. ABKCO is seeking to redress this with the recent release of Time and Space. This 10-track compilation draws on the two albums Wisner recorded for Philadelphia's Cameo-Parkway Records for C-P's Wyncote imprint, 1964's The Girl from Ipanema and 1965's Cast Your Fate to the Wind. The former, originally credited to "Jimmy Davis" and "Norma Lee," features Wisner on piano and Norma Mendoza on vocals, while the latter finds Wisner flying solo under his own name. Unfortunately for Ms. Mendoza, Time and Space is an all-instrumental affair, showcasing Jimmy Wisner's considerable gifts as a jazz composer and pianist.
The recipient of 36 Gold and 22 Platinum awards, Wisner also co-wrote The Searchers' hit "Don't Throw Your Love Away" and has been involved with over 100 hit records as producer, arranger or composer. But he's long held a soft spot for these very personal albums recorded for Wyncote, and recently approached ABKCO (the successor to Cameo-Parkway) about their reissue. The result is Time and Space, which takes five tracks from each of the two albums. Although credits on the actual album are sparse, it appears that Wisner has remixed and/or overdubbed many of these tracks; ABKCO's press release indicates that Wisner has "improved the original recordings with a very contemporary approach including enhancements he'd had in mind for more than five decades."
We've got more on "Wiz" Wisner after the jump! Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Compilations, Jimmy Wisner, News, Reissues
Reviews: First Family of Soul – Rare Albums From Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick, Cissy Houston Reissued and Expanded
If there's such a thing as a First Family of Soul, it might as well be the combined Houston/Warwick clan. Born in Newark, New Jersey in 1933, Emily "Cissy" Drinkard sang gospel with her family as part of The Drinkard Singers, which counted Cissy's sister Lee Warrick among its members. Marie Dionne Warrick was born in 1940 to Lee and her husband Mancel; Delia Mae "Dee Dee" Warrick followed in 1942. Though The Drinkard Singers remain an important part of the history of gospel music, said to have recorded the very first gospel album on a major label (1959's A Joyful Noise on RCA Victor), could Cissy and Lee have imagined the success that their daughters would have had? Dionne Warwick – her new surname having been created by a record label misspelling – ranks second only to Aretha Franklin as the most charting female in pop history, with 56 singles on the Hot 100 between 1962 and 1998. Cissy's daughter Whitney Houston, of course, made history of her own, cited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most-awarded female singer of all time and also the first to chart seven consecutive chart-topping singles! Cissy Houston, to this day, continues to perform and inspire audiences wherever she goes.
Cherry Red's SoulMusic Records has just celebrated this true First Family of Soul with three remarkable new releases: the first-ever CD reissues of Isaac Hayes and Dionne Warwick's 1977 A Man and a Woman and Dee Dee Warwick's 1969 Foolish Fool, plus a deluxe, expanded edition of Cissy Houston's 1970 Presenting Cissy Houston. Taken together, these three albums represent a mini-history of American soul music. Hit the jump and we'll individually explore each of these seminal releases! Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Cissy Houston, Dee Dee Warwick, Dionne Warwick, Isaac Hayes, News, Reissues, Reviews
Betcha By Golly Wow: The Stylistics Go "Streetwise" On New Reissue
"You Are Everything." "You Make Me Feel Brand New." "Betcha By Golly Wow." The songs of Philadelphia's Stylistics are still prominent in the fabric of American music, largely thanks to a three-album run between 1971 and 1973 on the Avco label. With Thom Bell as the producer, arranger and composer, and Linda Creed as lyricist, the group defined the sweetest strains of Philly soul. Every single Bell produced for the group hit the Top 10 R&B chart, and many also went Top 10 pop. When Thom Bell turned his attentions in 1973 to The Spinners, however, the group found itself somewhat adrift. Of the group's hits, only the 1970 single "You're a Big Girl Now" had been produced without him. Bell instinctively knew how to deploy Russell Thompkins Jr.'s soaring falsetto with the group harmonies of Airrion Love, James Smith, Herb Murrell and James Dunn.
1974's Let's Put It All Together, with its strong title track from Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore and George David Weiss (the trio responsible for "The Lion Sleeps Tonight") continued the group's winning streak, but subsequent efforts kept yielding diminishing returns. Top-tier producers like Van McCoy and Teddy Randazzo attempted to recapture The Stylistics' glory days, and the group (sans Dunn and Smith, who departed in 1980, and with new member Raymond Johnson) even reunited with Bell, among other producers, for a three-album stint at Philadelphia International Records between 1980 and 1982. Following that return to the City of Brotherly Love, The Stylistics soldiered on, signing to Maurice Starr's Streetwise Records label.
The two albums recorded by The Stylistics at Streetwise, Some Things Never Change (1984) and A Special Style (1985) have just been released on CD for the very first time by Phase One Music and Streetwise Records as The Streetwise Recordings. Though this CD brings more of the Stylistics' catalogue to CD, the two-albums-on-one-CD package is oddly incomplete. Hit the jump for more details! Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in News, Reissues, The Stylistics
Baby Elephant Walking: Henry Mancini's "Charade," "Hatari!" Soundtracks Premiere on CD
Around these parts, we know that good things do come to those who wait. The old adage has been proven again, yet it might this time be amended to great things do come to those who wait. For the Intrada label has just announced the first-time-ever release of Henry Mancini's original score tracks for Charade (1963) and Hatari! (1962). Why is this such a big deal? Most of Mancini's original film scores from his prime period have never seen the light of day; instead the prolific recording artist, composer and conductor opted to re-record his music for heavily truncated album presentations on his home label of RCA. The re-recordings have become the only way to acquire many of Mancini's most beloved themes, but however fantastic those albums are (and they are!), they were also heavily re-arranged for a record-buying audience in a "pop" style. Consequently, Mancini's gifts as a dramatic composer have often been overlooked. I lamented in July 2010, "Soundtrack buffs still await the release of many of Mancini's most famous scores as actually heard in the films, such as The Pink Panther or Charade, but record company contracts make such releases unlikely." Well, Intrada has teamed with Sony Music (the successor to RCA Victor, the company which owns the soundtrack rights to these films and released the re-recordings), Universal Pictures (Charade) and Paramount Pictures (Hatari!) to make these long-coveted soundtracks finally available.
Hit the jump to explore both releases, including track listings and order links! Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Henry Mancini, News, Reissues, Soundtracks
Dedicated Follower of Kinksdom: BBC Sessions Box Coming For The Kinks [UPDATED 5/29 WITH TRACK LISTING]
Another Kinks-size box is on the way.
Following the recent, well-received series of deluxe album reissues and the limited-edition Kinks in Mono box set, Universal U.K. and Sanctuary Records have announced the latest project celebrating the quintessentially English rockers. Due on August 13, the 5-CD/1-DVD box set The Kinks at the BBC isn't the first survey of the band's BBC live recordings, but it's by far the most comprehensive. It has been compiled from all of the existing recordings made by The Kinks still residing in the British Broadcasting Corporation's archives, and includes "a raft of sessions and live recordings from throughout the band's career including the rare concert and unheard session recordings," according to the label. In addition to the five CDs' worth of audio tracks, a DVD will present live appearances from programs including Top of the Pops and The Old Grey Whistle Test. And no fear! If this is too much Kinks for you, a 2-CD "Best Of" distillation will also be offered.
Sanctuary first packaged the Kinks' BBC recordings in 2001 as BBC Sessions 1964-1977 (06076 84504-2). This 35-track compilation, remastered by Andy Pearce and Ray Davies himself, included many of the band's most iconic songs like "You Really Got Me," "All Day and All of the Night" and "Waterloo Sunset." As the group's early recordings were supplemented with seasoned session players, the live recordings often had a raw dimension that the more polished studio cuts lacked. The Kinks' association with the BBC was a long one, and especially in the early days, covers were played alongside originals. As "You Really Got Me" was climbing to number one, the band recorded its first BBC session on September 7th, 1964 at London's Playhouse Theatre. The Kinks' last BBC performance to date took place just over thirty years later, on October 8, 1994. A total of 24 visits were made by the band to the media giant's studios.
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Posted in Box Sets, Compilations, News, Reissues, The Kinks
Review: The Critters, "Younger Girl: The Complete Kapp and Musicor Recordings"
In those heady, pre-American Idol days, the route to success had many paths. For New Jersey's Critters, the path was local, with the band making a name for itself in the tree-lined suburbs of Westfield, Scotch Plains and Princeton, gigging at high schools, colleges, and Knights of Columbus halls. Though they were proficient at covering the days' hits, The Critters also boasted some formidable songwriters at a time when recording one's own songs was becoming de rigeur. Before long, The Critters were opening gigs for The Ronettes, The Shangri-Las, and Jay and the Americans, and had a contract with Musicor Records, home of Gene Pitney and The Platters. Though the tenure at Musicor was short, The Critters made enough noise to be signed by Artie Ripp to Kama-Sutra Productions, and solidified their reputation with two 1966 hits, "Younger Girl" and "Mr. Dieingly Sad." Those two singles aren't the whole story, though.
Now Sounds first anthologized the band in 2011. Awake in a Dream: The Project 3 Recordings collected the band's 1968-1969 recordings for Enoch Light's Project 3 label. With its latest release, Now Sounds turns the clock back to The Critters' brief heyday, before personnel changes and questions of musical direction altered the band's sound irrevocably. The new Younger Girl: The Complete Kapp and Musicor Recordings (CRNOW 33, 2012) upgrades and improves Taragon's 1994 CD The Anthology: The Complete Kapp Recordings, by adding six tracks and a customarily excellent design and presentation from reissue producer Steve Stanley. Alan Brownstein has remastered from the original mono master tapes.
Whereas the Project 3 recordings are more in a soft-psych vein, the Critters' earlier recordings are an amalgam of the pop styles they'd honed to perfection on the touring circuit. Hit the jump for more! Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Compilations, News, Reissues, Reviews, The Critters
Release Round-Up, Week of May 29
Amen Corner, Round Amen Corner: The Complete Deram Recordings (RPM)
The complete Deram output of Andy Fairweather-Low's soulful group Amen Corner is collected by RPM Records, including the 1968 album that gives this reissue its title!
The Critters, Younger Girl: The Complete Kapp and Musicor Recordings (Now Sounds)
The first album from New Jersey's Critters ("Younger Girl," "Mr. Dieingly Sad") is reissued along with a plethora of rare singles and bonus songs!
Everything But the Girl, Eden…Plus / Idlewild, Plus… / Baby The Stars Shine Bright…Plus / Love Not Money…Plus (Edsel)
Edsel unveils beautifully-designed reissues of the first four albums from the sophisticated British pop duo! Each 2-CD set is housed in a hardcover digi-book and bolsters the original album with rare songs and performances that no fan will want to miss.
Mick Fleetwood's Zoo, I'm Not Me / Jerry Reed, The Unbelievable Guitar and Voice of Jerry Reed / Nashville Underground (Real Gone Music)
Real Gone Music offers the CD debut of a rare outing from Mick Fleetwood plus two albums on one CD from Nashville's legendary "guitar man," Jerry Reed!
Small Faces, Small Faces (Decca) / In the Beginning (Decca/Universal)
The 1966 and 1967 Decca albums from Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones and Ian McLagan arrive in eagerly-awaited 2-CD expanded editions!
The Supremes, The Supremes at the Copa (Motown/Hip-o Select)
Detroit's legendary ladies take New York's swank Copacabana by storm in this 1965 set, now expanded to 2 CDs and jam-packed with unreleased material!
Various Artists, Playlist titles (Legacy Recordings)
Sony's Legacy Recordings offers a variety of budget-priced Playlist compilations from a diverse array of artists including Harry Belafonte, Jim Brickman, Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, Ciara, Alice Cooper, Rodney Crowell, Raheem DeVaughn, Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, The Fugees, Heather Headley, Kenny Loggins, Prong, Pete Seeger and Tonex!
Posted in Everything But the Girl, Jerry Reed, News, Reissues, Small Faces, The Critters, The Supremes
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Have You Checked The Children? "When a Stranger Calls" Joins Fifties Double Feature On CD
Though a holiday weekend is soon to kick off here in the U.S., the Kritzerland label isn't resting on its laurels. The soundtrack specialists have just announced two new releases featuring three wild (and wildly different) film scores.
One of the most successful thrillers of 1979, When a Stranger Calls, featured the second ever film score by Dana Kaproff (Cagney and Lacey, The Bionic Woman, Falcon Crest). Kritzerland released Kaproff's first (1977's Empire of the Ants) so it's only appropriate that the label brings this long-awaited suspense classic to CD, as well. With a venerable cast including Colleen Dewhurst, Carol Kane, Charles Durning and Rachel Roberts, When a Stranger Calls had one question on everyone's lips that year: "Have you checked the children?" Its tense score is as chilling today as it was in 1979. You'll want to hear for yourself. Just don't play this one in the dark!
When a Stranger Calls is joined by a two-for-one CD of I Married a Monster from Outer Space and The Atomic City! A 1958 low-budget sci-fi flick starring Tom Tryon and Gloria Talbott, I Married a Monster has the distinction of carrying no music credit at all despite the presence of quite a bit of a memorable music! Why? The film was made during a musicians' union strike, and so the studio was forced to go outside the United States to re-record selections from its publishing library. And so, voila! Straight from the Paramount vaults is a score composed by Victor Young, Hugo Friedhofer, Aaron Copland, Franz Waxman, Walter Scharf, Lyn Murray, Nathan Van Cleave, Roy Webb and more! Joining this altogether fascinating "original score" is 1952's The Atomic City, composed by Leith Stevens, who is also represented on I Married a Monster from Outer Space! Gene Barry, Lydia Clarke and Nancy Gates starred in this low-budget thriller that was just a cut above, even earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Story and Screenplay!
These world premiere releases are scheduled to ship directly from Kritzerland the first week of July, but pre-orders from the label most often arrive an average of four weeks' early! Both When a Stranger Calls and I Married a Monster from Outer Space/The Atomic City are strictly limited editions of 1,000 copies each. Hit the jump for pre-order links, track listings and the full press releases from Kritzerland! Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Dana Kaproff, News, Reissues, Soundtracks
Martinis and Bikinis, with a Side of T-Bone: Sam Phillips' 1994 Classic Coming to CD and Vinyl
How to describe the career trajectory of Sam Phillips? Leslie Ann Phillips first made a splash in the music world recording contemporary Christian pop in 1983, took the name "Sam," moved to the mainstream in the late 1980s with then-husband T Bone Burnett at the production helm, and even threatened Bruce Willis as an onscreen nemesis (albeit a mute one!) in Die Hard with a Vengeance! Sam Phillips continues to write and record today, focusing her efforts on a digital subscription service of new music as well as on composing for the new ABC Family television series Bunheads. The gang at Omnivore Recordings, however, is turning the clock back for an expanded edition of Phillips' 1994 Martinis & Bikinis. Her third outing for Virgin Records following 1989's aptly-titled The Indescribable Wow and 1991's Cruel Inventions, Martinis & Bikinis has never been released on vinyl till now. Both the vinyl and CD editions will be bolstered by four bonus tracks.
Like her past efforts for Virgin as well as her final release as Leslie Phillips, Martinis & Bikinis was produced by T Bone Burnett. Van Dyke Parks brought his singular talents as an arranger, and a team of musicians was enlisted to join Phillips including R.E.M.'s Peter Buck, Heartbreaker Benmont Tench, Marc Ribot (Tom Waits, John Zorn) and Jerry Scheff (Elvis Presley's TCB Band).
Martinis & Bikinis was hailed by critics upon its release for steadfastly maintaining Phillips' own voice and love of Beatles-influenced pop. In the New York Times, Alec Foege praised the "haunting arrangements" and "melodic phrases quoted from Beatles hits," and concluded that "what's surprising is that such gorgeous tunes aren't topping the charts." (That love of The Beatles' pure songcraft extended to a cover of John Lennon's "Gimme Some Truth" which closed the original album.) Phillips went on to score a Grammy nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal for the album's "Circle of Fire."
Hit the jump for more details on Omnivore's new reissue! Read the rest of this entry »
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"Friday night will be an exciting environment for all involved," described Cleveland football head coach Heath Ridenour. The Storm host Artesia this week. Here's a look at some other key matchups in week 5.
The Eagles posted 40-plus points in two of their three wins, including last week against Highland. The Panthers opened the season with a loss at Los Lunas and followed that with a pair of victories against St. Pius X and Valley, but they were upset last Friday at Kirtland Central 7-6.
This is a matchup of number one teams in their respective classes. The Cardinals have scored 56 points in two of their four wins, including last week's victory over Tularosa. "Our team is playing really well," said Eunice head coach Ken Stevens. "We are excited for the opportunity to play and excellent team like Dexter. Traditionally, this has always been an intense, hard fought battle." Dexter took down Hatch Valley last week 35-6. Eunice beat that same squad 25-9 a week earlier.
The Bears have put up 43 points or more in their last three games. They have two solid skill players in quarterback Dylan Summer and running back D'Andre Williams. "I feel like our team is doing the things needed to win games," said La Cueva head coach Brandon Back. "This week will be a little harder for us as we had some injuries over the last week that are going to play a huge role in our success on the field, but we have full confidence in the next man up and the plan we have in place for Friday night." The Rams are still growing and coming off a 44-33 home loss to Las Cruces.
This has the potential to be a very interesting matchup. The Tigers took one on the chin last week losing at home to Roswell, 42-20, after wins against Piedra Vista, Alamogordo and Sandia. "We had a bad game as a team last week and are looking to rebound," said Los Lunas head coach Jeremy Maupin. "Our goal is to get better each week and last week we took a step back. It's a big challenge this week and will show a lot where our team is." The Cougars are also coming off their first loss of the year falling to La Cueva, 43-14, last week.
The Monarchs have gone through a challenging non-district schedule with losses to Las Cruces, Centennial and Volcano Vista. The same can be said for Mustangs' first year head coach Anthony Ansotigue losing to Eldorado, Centennial and Mayfield. Each team's only victory came against Rio Grande.
The Trojans are still not their traditional dominant self. They're coming off a 41-6 home loss to Cleveland last week. Carlsbad opened the year with a win over rival Artesia and could surprise some 6A teams this season. The storyline in this one is the Battle of the Bradley's, Michael against Gary.


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Understanding the Limitations of Microsoft O365 Security
Feb 27 2019, 4:00pm UTC
Mike Osterman (Osterman Research)
Microsoft Office 365 includes native security at various levels, depending on your license. But is that enough? Osterman Research discovered that over 73% of organizations will choose to either supplement or replace native Office 365 security with third-party solutions by 2019. In this 30-minute session, CEO and founder Mike Osterman will discuss their findings and what's driving these organizations' decisions, including: - Organizations' key priorities for securing O365 - Barriers to adoption and full migration of users - Identifying key third-party solutions like Email Security, CASB, and DLP that can help mitigate security gaps and lower TCO Presenter: Mike Osterman, CEO and Founder, Osterman Research
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Dr. Scott Mateer completed his undergraduate studies at Marist College, with a Bachelors Degree in Biology. He attended Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine, where he graduated at the top of his class. Upon completion of his dental degree he then attended Montefiore Medical Center where he received his specialty certificate in Orthodontics. Here he underwent extensive training in Orthodontics on patients of all ages using the most state of the art techniques.
Dr. Mateer prides himself on providing a caring and honest approach to orthodontic treatment for his patients. He believes in building long-term, meaningful relationships that translate to better oral health for life. Continuing his compassionate approach to dentistry, Dr. Mateer has also volunteered his time on dental missions to serve underprivileged patients. The most recent of which was in Madagascar, Africa.
Dr. Mateer is a member of the American Academy of Orthodontics and the American Dental Association. In his spare time Dr. Mateer enjoys exercise, sports, traveling and spending time with his wife Kristin, their two sons Tyler and Dylan and their two dogs, Spike and Milo.


Last week, I started looking at some limitations of apologetics, which still show why apologetics is important. I continue my thoughts this week with two more things apologetics "can't do," but still shouldn't stop us from using them anyway.
3. Apologetics isn't the Bible.
Now, some believers argue that apologetics isn't the Bible; therefore, we shouldn't do anything other than share the Bible with others. Again, as apologists, we should admit that we must always share the truths we learn in Scripture. It's obvious that the Bible shapes the Christian worldview, and apologetics can't replace Scripture.
However, any missionary will tell you that when you go to a foreign country, you also need to teach the skills to read the Bible along with the Bible, especially if the people you speak to don't have a written language. You have to teach them everything from learning how to read the Bible in their own language to understanding basic cultural practices in the Bible.
In our culture, there is so much biblical illiteracy that we often have to do the same thing in explaining the Bible to others. One Christian told me she can't even share her faith with two co-workers because they think she is "homophobic." If she isn't equipped to explain the biblical view of sexuality in a way her non-Christian friends can understand, then they would never go to her to explain her views about the Bible. That's what good apologetics can do.
Now, I understand there are differences in apologetic approaches and our goal at FBB is not to debate them here. But regardless of our approach, it is important to point out that apologetics isn't the Bible and that we must always share the truth of Scripture. But in doing so, we also have to teach important skills that help others understand Scripture, and apologetics can help them gain those skills.
4. Apologetics can't replace the Holy Spirit.
One other Christian objection to apologetics is that Christians don't need to study apologetics because the Holy Spirit will provide the words when we need them.
Unlike the other objections, this idea actually sounds biblical. In Matthew 10:19 (and the parallel passage in Luke 12:8-12), Jesus says, "But when they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you are to say; for it will be given you in that hour what you are to say."
Now, of course, God can have us speak whatever He wants. In fact, there are several examples in Scripture where this happens. In Luke 1, Elizabeth and the preborn John the Baptist are both filled with the Holy Spirit and Elizabeth declares God's blessing on Mary and the preborn Messiah (vv. 42-45). In Acts 7, Stephen is filled with the Holy Spirit as He confronts the people about to kill him (vv. 56-60).
But this passage is used against apologetics because some argue that since the Holy Spirit will just put words in our mouths like magic, we don't need to prepare for any kind of interaction with others. Of course, this would be a good excuse not to read your Bible or even evangelize too. But that would make no sense since Jesus specifically taught the disciples so that they can share their experiences with others.
The passage can't be used against apologetics in general, because Jesus is talking about a specific time and place when He said the Holy Spirit will give us words. He never says we shouldn't prepare for conversations with others. He says for us "not to worry" about what to say, "when they hand you over" to authorities to attack your faith. In fact, if you read the entire context, this has verse has nothing to do with preparing for everyday interactions but with special interactions when we are treated unjustly by the authorities. This was the exact situation Peter found himself in Acts 4. Being dragged unjustly in front of the ruling council of priests and elders, the Holy Spirit gave Peter the exact words he needed. Yet even in that situation, Peter never once indicates that it is a waste of time using apologetics! In fact, the Holy Spirit, through Peter, declares that the curing of a disabled man was evidence of Christ's divinity. He was using a miracle that everyone in the city observed as good reason for others to trust in Jesus!
In Acts 5, Peter and the apostles once again were brought before the council. This time, Peter declared, "The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had put to death by hanging Him on a cross…And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him" (vv. 30-32). If God intended for the apostles to rely solely on the Holy Spirit to give the apostles "words" to say, why did the apostles have to be "witnesses"? It's clear even in the exact situation that Jesus talked about in Matthew, that the Holy Spirit doesn't just give us words but also uses His witnesses' experiences and training. He lets us experience events and learn things so that we can be useful to Him. Many examples in the Bible (Moses and Aaron in Exodus, Esther in front of her king, Nehemiah asking to bring His people back to Israel, etc.) have God's people giving reasons to authorities without specific words from the Holy Spirit.
In other words, apologetics can never replace the role of the Holy Spirit. But the Holy Spirit uses apologetics and experiences we have to help convince others to obey God. He doesn't just give us "magic" words to say at the moment, but many times speaks through our experiences and arguments.
In high school, I learned that there is nothing wrong with admitting that you have limits and as Christian apologists, we should be willing to admit the same. But apologists shouldn't be embarrassed by these limits. Rather, they should show how these limitations actually show the need for apologetics in many aspects of our Christian life, from relationship building to Bible reading and sharing. It allows us to be effective in living out our faith as God's representatives on earth.
Next week, we'll examine the most common argument based on "what apologetics can't do": "Apologetics can't save people". If you want a hard copy of this series, Faith Beyond Belief will be publishing this series as a booklet that you will be able to order on-line.
 Scripture citations are taken from the New American Standard Bible (NASB).


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Divinity of Yeshua Study
John 5:19-24: "Honoring the Son the Same as the Father" – Divinity of Yeshua
21 January, 2023 J.K. McKee
"Therefore Yeshua answered and was saying to them, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner. For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and the Father will show Him greater works than these, so that you will marvel. For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes. For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son, so that all will honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him. Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life." (NASU).
John 5:1-18: "Yeshua Was Working on the Sabbath, the Same as God" – Divinity of Yeshua
"After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Yeshua went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porticoes. In these lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, and withered, waiting for the moving of the waters; for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool and stirred up the water; whoever then first, after the stirring up of the water, stepped in was made well from whatever disease with which he was afflicted. A man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Yeshua saw him lying there, and knew that he had already been a long time in that condition, He said to him, 'Do you wish to get well?' The sick man answered Him, 'Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before me.' Yeshua said to him, 'Get up, pick up your pallet and walk.' Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and began to walk. Now it was the Sabbath on that day. So the Jews were saying to the man who was cured, 'It is the Sabbath, and it is not permissible for you to carry your pallet.' But he answered them, 'He who made me well was the one who said to me, "Pick up your pallet and walk."' They asked him, 'Who is the man who said to you, "Pick up your pallet and walk"?' But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Yeshua had slipped away while there was a crowd in that place. Afterward Yeshua found him in the temple and said to him, 'Behold, you have become well; do not sin anymore, so that nothing worse happens to you.' The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Yeshua who had made him well. For this reason the Jews were persecuting Yeshua, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath. But He answered them, 'My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working.' For this reason therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God" (NASU).
John 4:6-26: "Yeshua Confirms that He is the Messiah" – Divinity of Yeshua
"There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Yeshua said to her, 'Give Me a drink.' For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. Therefore the Samaritan woman said to Him, 'How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me for a drink since I am a Samaritan woman?' (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) Yeshua answered and said to her, 'If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, "Give Me a drink," you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.' She said to Him, 'Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep; where then do You get that living water? You are not greater than our father Jacob, are You, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself and his sons and his cattle?' Yeshua answered and said to her, 'Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again; but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.' The woman said to Him, 'Sir, give me this water, so I will not be thirsty nor come all the way here to draw.' He said to her, 'Go, call your husband and come here.' The woman answered and said, 'I have no husband.' Yeshua said to her, 'You have correctly said, "I have no husband"; for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; this you have said truly.' The woman said to Him, 'Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you people say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.' Yeshua said to her, 'Woman, believe Me, an hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.' The woman said to Him, 'I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Anointed One); when that One comes, He will declare all things to us.' Yeshua said to her, 'I who speak to you am He'" (NASU).
John 3:31-36: "Belief in the Son Results in Eternal Life" – Divinity of Yeshua
"He who comes from above is above all, he who is of the earth is from the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all. What He has seen and heard, of that He testifies; and no one receives His testimony. He who has received His testimony has set his seal to this, that God is true. For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for He gives the Spirit without measure. The Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand. He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him'" (NASU).
John 3:10-18: "The Son of Man Who Descended From Heaven" – Divinity of Yeshua
"Yeshua answered and said to him, 'Are you the teacher of Israel and do not understand these things? Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know and testify of what we have seen, and you do not accept our testimony. If I told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? No one has ascended into heaven, but He who descended from heaven: the Son of Man. As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God'" (NASU).
John 1:43-51: "Angels Ascending and Descending on the Son of Man" – Divinity of Yeshua
"The next day He purposed to go into Galilee, and He found Philip. And Yeshua said to him, 'Follow Me.' Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, 'We have found Him of whom Moses in the Law and also the Prophets wrote—Yeshua of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.' Nathanael said to him, 'Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?' Philip said to him, 'Come and see.' Yeshua saw Nathanael coming to Him, and said of him, 'Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!' Nathanael said to Him, 'How do You know me?' Yeshua answered and said to him, 'Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.' Nathanael answered Him, 'Rabbi, You are the Son of God; You are the King of Israel.' Yeshua answered and said to him, 'Because I said to you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these.' And He said to him, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see the heavens opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man'" (NASU).
John 1:29-34: "Yeshua Existed Before John the Immerser" – Divinity of Yeshua
"The next day he saw Yeshua coming to him and said, 'Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! This is He on behalf of whom I said, "After me comes a Man who has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me." I did not recognize Him, but so that He might be manifested to Israel, I came baptizing in water.' John testified saying, 'I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He remained upon Him. I did not recognize Him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, "He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, this is the One who baptizes in the Holy Spirit." I myself have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of God'" (NASU).
John 1:19-24: "John the Immerser Preparing the Way for the Lord" – Divinity of Yeshua
"This is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent to him priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, 'Who are you?' And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, 'I am not the Messiah.' They asked him, 'What then? Are you Elijah?' And he said, 'I am not.' 'Are you the Prophet?' And he answered, 'No.' Then they said to him, 'Who are you, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?' He said, 'I am A VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, "MAKE STRAIGHT THE WAY OF THE LORD" [Isaiah 40:3], as Isaiah the prophet said.' Now they had been sent from the Pharisees" (NASU).
John 1:1-18: "The Word Was God" – Divinity of Yeshua
"From Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called to him the elders of the [assembly]. And when they had come to him, he said to them, 'You yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, how I was with you the whole time, serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials which came upon me through the plots of the Jews; how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly and from house to house, solemnly testifying to both Jews and Greeks of repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Yeshua the Messiah. And now, behold, bound in spirit, I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there, except that the Holy Spirit solemnly testifies to me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me. But I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Yeshua, to testify solemnly of the gospel of the grace of God. And now, behold, I know that all of you, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom, will no longer see my face. Therefore, I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men. For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God. Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the [assembly] of God which He purchased with His own blood" (NASU).
Apostolic Scriptures Reflection V'yeitzei – John 1:43-51
2 December, 2022 Mark Huey
Mark Huey of Outreach Israel Ministries delivers the following Apostolic Scriptures Reflection for V'yeitzei: John 1:43-51


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Suarez stays as Reds make triple swoop
Joel Richards, JMU Journalism
– September 3, 2013Posted in: Homepage sport, Sport
Luis Suarez scores for Liverpool against Sunderland © Vegard Grott/Propaganda
Despite persistent talk about his future all summer, Luis Suarez remained a Liverpool player for the foreseeable future as the transfer window closed on Monday night.
Although it looked like the Uruguayan would be leaving Liverpool throughout the close season, with Real Madrid and Arsenal heavily linked as his preferred destinations, interest seemed to dry up as both clubs turned their attentions elsewhere to capture Gareth Bale and Mesut Ozil respectively in world and club-record deals.
Despite a very public and unambiguous affair, Suarez insisted he made up his mind to stay at Anfield "weeks ago" when asked by reporters in Montevideo as he arrived to join up with the Uruguay squad. He said: "For, me, it has been closed for some time. I made the decision to stay at Liverpool some weeks ago, and I want to stay and work for the team from now on.
"I will go back to Liverpool to play, and I hope to be the same player the fans can trust.
"I said I wanted to play in the Champions League, but when that didn't happen, I knew I'd be happy with life to have my future at Liverpool."
While keeping Suarez is arguably the best business manager Brendan Rodgers did over the summer, the Liverpool manager added three new faces to the club on deadline day. Chelsea winger Victor Moses joined on a season-long loan and was followed by defenders Mamadou Sakho from Paris St Germain, and Tiago Ilori from Sporting Lisbon for a combined £20m-plus.
Liverpool Managing Director Ian Ayre with new signings Mamadou Sakho (left) and Tiago Ilori (right) © Liverpool FC
Speaking to liverpoolfc.com, Rodgers expressed his delight at the club's dealings. He said: "I'm obviously very pleased. The window this summer has been very productive for us. Sakho who we've brought in was probably a surprise for many people because he was highly rated at PSG and a French international player.
"With the likes of him and Tiago Ilori, we've got one eye on now of course – you have to have a sense of the present and what we've got here are some really good centre-halves – but we're trying to build something here. Those two players, especially Sakho, can play in the team now, but we've got one eye on the future as well.
"I've been aware of Victor for a long time and know his qualities. He's the type of offensive player I like – he's got terrific skill with the ball, is a wonderful technician and can go left side or right side. The crowd will love him because he wants to beat players, but he also has a real work ethic to him."
Elsewhere the current Premier League leaders said goodbye to Dani Pacheco, who has joined Spanish Second Division side AD Alcorcon on a permanent deal, as well as Fabio Borini who joined Sunderland on a season-long loan.
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A few fibromyalgia samples were tested and yes, they were positive. However the sampling was very small, and testing will have to continue on a much larger scale to begin to draw significant conclusions. In addition, many patients with ME/CFS have been given the diagnosis of fibromyalgia when in fact they have ME/CFS and fibromyalgia.
Why was XMRV looked for in neuro-immune diseases?
Patients who have been diagnosed with ME/CFS have been shown to have a unique immune deficiency in a part of their antiviral system called the RNase L pathway. This pathway was also deficient in men whose cancer samples were first used in the discovery of XMRV. In this study, however, Whittemore Peterson Institute Researchers have found XMRV in patients without an RNase L pathway deficiency. It is not known if XMRV causes this deficiency or if patients with this deficiency are more susceptible to the virus' effects or both.
Does this latest information prove once and for all that ME/CFS is not a psychological or psychosomatic illness as described by those who don't understand the disease?
Absolutely! Actually, there are thousands of Research articles showing the very real biological problems that ME/CFS patient's experience such as low NK cell count and function, MRI and SPEC scan changes, and repeated chronic infections, to mention just a few. Only the most stubborn and misinformed individuals refuse to believe that this disease is real and serious. The process of placing poorly understood illnesses into a psychological category is very similar to what happened in the early days of MS and epilepsy before the advent of technologies which proved the illnesses were "real." Unfortunately, many in the scientific and medical fields have not learned from their past mistakes.


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Racial Desegregation in Prisons
Chad R. Trulson, University of North Texas
James W. Marquart, The University of Texas at Dallas
Craig Hemmens, Boise State University
Leo Carroll, University of Rhode IslandFollow
This article examines the history, law, and research on racial desegregation in American prisons. It focuses on the 2005 U.S. Supreme Court case of Johnson v. California, in which the Court held that prison administrators cannot racially segregate inmates unless under extraordinary circumstances to maintain the security of inmates, staff, and institutions. This article also examines evidence on attitudes and outcomes of racial desegregation in prisons. It ends with a discussion of racial desegregation mandates and policy change in prison organizations. © 2008, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.
Trulson, Chad R., James W. Marquart, Craig Hemmens, and Leo Carroll. "Racial Desegregation in Prisons." , (2008). doi: 10.1177/0032885508319208.


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I'm not sure how many of you know this, but I was actually at university from 2011 to June this year down in Rochester in Kent. Rochester was the home of Charles Dickens for a fair few years of his life, and so twice a year they play host to the Dickens Festival. I went all three years that I was at university, and as my mum had never been this year she decided she wanted to go, and so on Saturday we took a trip there. It was great going back to Rochester for the first time since June, although it was weird as it holds so many memories. The Dickens Festival was lovely and some of my Mum's side of the family that live in Kent decided to go too, so it was great to see them. It was rather cold, so I was wrapped up with a big thick coat and woolly hat, but with all the walking around it wasn't too bad. Here are some photos from the parade on the day! Sorry they're not completely in focus - they were walking rather fast and my camera isn't very good at taking pictures quickly.
It was a great day out, and I am glad I didn't miss out on it this year, despite no longer living in the area. Have any of you ever been to the festival? Let me know!


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This false teacher Begg is clearly lumping the saved and unsaved together in "we're." As I've said: "Calvinists don't know the God of the Bible. It's that simple." Yes, I am repeating myself, but sometimes repetition hits home…eventually.
Right, I have been repeating myself for ten years now and will continue to do so until the Lord takes me home.


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Snooki Fined $500 For Annoying NJ BeachgoersCalling her "a Lindsay Lohan wannabe,'' a judge has fined "Jersey Shore'' star Nicole "Snooki'' Polizzi $500 and ordered her to perform community service after she pleaded guilty to disturbing others on the Seaside Heights beach in July.


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When you become a parent, nothing is more important that the safety of your child. But, the reality is that when determining which car seat to buy for our kiddos, we are overwhelmed with choices. Today's car seat market holds a plethora of options when it comes to size, type, color, and restraint system of car seats.
Thankfully, there are a few simple basics that, if followed, will make this oh-so-important purchase one that is hassle free.
Find out how many car seats fit in each row of seats. This is a huge issue, especially since all cars are made so differently and car seats come in so many different sizes. It's important to know the limits of how many car seats can safely fit in your particular vehicle so that you can optimize your vehicle's cabin space safely.
Know your child's height and weight. This may seem like a no-brainer but the fact is that our children are growing everyday. Keeping tabs on their height and weight is crucial, especially since most car seats only fit kids up to a certain age, weight, or height. Knowing your kids' stats is extremely important when deciding which car seat to get and even which way to have them face.
Get help from a trusted source. Let's face it. We parents are pretty smart, but we don't know everything! Consult the experts when it comes to deciding on a proper car seat/restraint system for your child. For example, the Car Seat Check page on Cars.com has loads of information related to proper installation of car seats and even vehicle specific info, like which car seats work best in your specific model of vehicle. You'll appreciate all of their helpful videos and information on car and car seat specifics.
Our kids are our most precious gifts and a big part of my family's life revolves around going to different routine, daily places. Putting some thought and effort into making sure their car seats are going to be reliable in case of an accident, is what gives me peace of mind as we go throughout our day-to-day happenings. It's totally worth the extra effort and research.
What are your best tips for finding the perfect car seat?


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Is there any way to delete all the entries of the inbound queue in one-go?
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That parameter controls the time outs for a work process.
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Although Latin America and the Caribbean have made progress in energy savings and efficiency in the last years, the region can do more to move towards sustainability. A review of the regional measures shows improvements, and reflects the challenges ahead. Emilio Godoy takes a look.
The energy transition isn't just about electricity – transportation is also key. But many countries are too focused on renewable energy, and ignore public transport and electromobility. Emilio Godoy takes a broad look at what Latin American countries are doing to drive down emissions.
A renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) could result in a much stronger trade focus on fossil fuels, which would imply an increase in CO2 emissions and undermine previous efforts made by its three trade partners to lower emissions. Emilio Godoy explains.
Women from indigenous communities come together at the Barefoot College in India to learn about solar power. When they return home, they are responsible for building and maintaining solar panels. Emilio Godoy takes a look at the experience of Cecilia Moreno, from the Comcaac indigenous group in Mexico.
Bolivia – a model for energy storage in Latin America?
Although Latin America has advanced in renewable energy generation in recent years, the storage issue has not moved forward to the same extent. The conventional view remains one of building electric towers and transformation stations to transmit the electricity miles away from the generation sites, a highly expensive and inefficient option. Emilio Godoy explains.


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According to biographer and Haaretz columnist and senior correspondent Anshel Pfeffer, Benjamin Netanyahu has always believed he is on the outer, despite, if he wins the upcoming election and isn't forced to resign due to corruption charges, almost holding the mantel for the longest serving leader of Israel. It is also the reason why he has the unwavering conviction that he and he only can save Israel.
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In February 1975, nine-year-old Marcia Trimble left her house in Nashville to deliver Girl Scout cookies in the neighborhood. She never returned. After a massive but fruitless search, her body was discovered on Easter Sunday. Outrage and horror gripped the community of Nashville, but the murder investigation was frustrated at every turn. The case went cold for three decades until it was finally solved.
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Recently, a tiny SOAP Web service has been published and as we like validating the usability of the generated package, we often do some test cases. As we said, it's a tiny SOAP Web service because it provides only one operation which is ChangeAreaUnit. Its WSDL is located here: http://www.webservicex.net/ConvertArea.asmx?WSDL.
But the units are not the point.
As you can see, each enumeration value is represented by one constant named as the original value (and cleaned when necessary).
This class is very useful because you don't have to remember how exactly each unit is written because you can simply use the constant.
The simpliest test we can do is to call the unique operation ChangeAreaUnit.
It should display : 10m² equals to 100000cm², that you can check on Google if you're not sure ;).
Now you can play with all the area units you want, enjoy.


Thursday is expected to be a busy day for motorists, children and parents alike when thousands of children start primary school.
The rentrée scolaire officially marks the end of the school holidays for some 46,065 pupils, who will make their way to classrooms around the country.
While it may not be good news for pupils who value their leisure time, it could prove even more troublesome for motorists. Roads are expected to become more congested because of the number of parents driving their children to school and returning to work themselves.
As such, motorists are warned to expect some delays around school opening and closing times.
For some parents, Thursday may also be a heart-wrenching day as they send their child off to the school for the first time.
While Luxembourg's national primary schools return on September 15, some of the country's private schools have already returned to lessons.
St George's International School open its doors on September 14, meanwhile the International School of Luxembourg returned to class on August 29.


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Autonomní oblast () je správní jednotka v Čínské lidové republice. V systému členění Čínské lidové republiky patří mezi správní jednotky první (neboli provinční) úrovně, vedle provincií, přímo spravovaných měst a zvláštních správních oblastí. Autonomní oblast má ve srovnání s provincií více práv. Jsou zřízeny v oblastech Čínské lidové republiky osídlených menšinovými národy.

V Čínské lidové republice existuje pět autonomních oblastí – Sin-ťiang, Vnitřní Mongolsko, Ning-sia, Kuang-si a Tibet.

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When I was a child, I stole a Barbie doll from a friend's house.
Like all good 80s dolls, she had a mullet down to her knees and earrings the size of her head and I believed her to be the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. I also knew my mother couldn't afford her and so I just callously stuffed her in my bag when my friend was out of the room and I took her home.
I don't know how I thought I was going to get away with it (in my defence, I was 7), but when mum discovered 80s doll in my room, smoke blew out of her ears.
She immediately marched me back over to my friend's house, where she insisted I call the whole family to the living room and make a loud and detailed admission, followed by a grovelling apology.
I was mortified about being outed as a thief, but felt even worse about being exposed as crappy friend and I burst into tears.
My friend (and her parents) forgave me, but I never forgave myself for what will forever be known as The Barbie Incident and stopped my new career as a piggy-tailed robber dead in its tracks. Mum's 'traumatise my daughter' plan was clearly a success.
Several years ago, my daughter decided to pick up where her dear mama had left off all those decades ago. Small items began coming home – first from the local $2 store, then from various friends, and then I got a call from her teacher to have a chat about the items my daughter was taking from her desk.
"Many kids go through a stealing phase when they're little, but it's important to get on top of it quickly," she explained.
She didn't have to tell me twice. Starting a new regime of frisking the kid for contraband every day (I found a lot!), we took to having regular talks about why stealing was wrong and how when you take something from someone that isn't yours, it hurts someone else in the process.
Looking to the guidebooks written by psychologists, we discussed confusing messages in the outside world. How is it you can take sample foods and in-store magazines for free in supermarkets, but can't stuff a bag of M&Ms in your purse? Is it really 'borrowing' from a friend if you take something without asking – even if you intend on returning it?
By the end of what feel like a month-long 'please don't steal' drill, I relax, content in the knowledge that she finally gets it. Does she get it? Like hell she does.
A few days after our last chat, I pull out the base of her schoolbag to clean it… and discover all manner of little trinkets – key rings, erasers, a Smiggle pen – and, like my own mother, smoke begins steaming out of my ears as I march straight to her room.
A psychologist friend of mine said all kids need to be aware of the consequences of stealing, and so I rant and rave about what life in juvie might be like and how after she leaves gaol, all she'll really have once she gets back on the outside is a meth-addicted boyfriend called Wayne and a conga line of dead-end jobs cleaning toilets in Westfield.
My daughter only stares at me like any good 6-year-old wondering what on earth meth and juvie are, so I take her to the local police station in the hope they'll talk sense into my daughter about her wayward ways.
"Surely you can pretend to arrest her and take her into the interview room so she has time to think about her actions?" I quietly ask one of the police officers behind the desk.
"Sorry, ma'am, it's not the 1980s anymore," they retorted. Okay, they didn't; instead I was told that they can't have children becoming afraid of the police.
"If your daughter was in trouble and she needed help one day, who would she turn to if she was petrified of cops?" Hmm, valid point.
In the end, they did help me out. They came to my daughter's school and gave all of the kids, guilty and innocent, a general chat about stealing, why it was wrong and where keeping up such behaviour could lead (hint: nowhere good).
It was a great way of getting the message across without getting handcuffed and thrown in the slammer, and I was immediately chastened.
Eventually we worked out the stealing thing was nothing an extra helping of love and attention couldn't fix. Once we started focusing on the positive and lavishing praise on her when she was being good, things turned around quickly.
That doesn't mean I don't occasionally worry about the likes of Wayne and his ilk turning up on our front door one day, but I'm hopeful!


Quinns: Hopefully this means that the issue has been resolved as fairly as possible. Of course, this isn't the first time this has happened and it definitely won't be the last, certainly not as long as board games begin to become more profitable and attract ever more exciting licenses.
Big news today for anyone who started playing the FABULOUS Arkham Horror Card Game after our review, as well as anyone who might be questioning the game's high price.
This week Fantasy Flight Games announced Return to the Night of the Zealot, the game's first "Upgrade Expansion" that will allow players to revisit a completed campaign with all sorts of horrid new tweaks and twists. If you also took this opportunity to crank up the difficulty and play with a different player count, you'll be looking at a totally different experience.
Our biggest criticism of the Arkham Card Game was that campaigns were pretty expensive for what they were. In offering players the chance to play a "New Game+" at a substantially reduced price, this game just got a lot more reasonable. Also, we now finally have a box to store campaigns in. Thank the many-tentacled lord.
Meanwhile, Plaid Hat has announced new expansions for both Ashes, which we reviewed here, and the new game of Crystal Clans, which is literally the top game in my current review stack. I can't wait to give it a shot, but in the meantime, we filmed this preview at SHUX.
Paul: On the subject of exciting things, the game that has most grabbed my attention this week is Teotihuacan: City of Gods, by Tzolk'in and Marco Polo designer Daniele Tascini, due out later this year. It's an elaborate game of dice placement and tile placement in Mesoamerica, due for release later this year, and I'm intrigued by both the setting and the opportunity to build a pyramid, the best of all buildings.
Reiner Knizia is involved in a new title from Chaosium, yet another Lovecraft-inspired horror, though the first from Chaosium since the gigantic, clumsy and yet influential Arkham Horror came out over thirty years ago. Miskatonic University: The Restricted Collection looks a lot smaller than Arkham Horror and is far more thematically Lovecraftian, having you chase books around a library instead of monsters around a town. Like so many fancy Kickstarters these days, it is already funded.
Paul: Here's a curious thing. Stats and metrics website Fivethirtyeight have prodded BoardGameGeek highest rated games and declared that toppling new champion Gloomhaven (see our review here) from the top 100 may be extraordinarily difficult because it has so many 10/10 ratings that it's average is virtually unassailable. Rather than a spread of ratings, as many other games have, Gloomhaven has more than half those who have rated it giving it the top score. It's either rated as great, or it's barely rated at all.
It's a quick, simple and lucid look at how statistics can work and what they do in a system like that. It's also, hopefully, a reminder to people that scores are just numbers, and that getting frustrated by ratings and trying to work out what the best board game is not worth as much of your time as getting a good night's sleep or making sure you're eating well. I for one, look forward to a future where Gloomhaven is forever rated as the best game, perhaps even the best thing, that has ever existed, since I still haven't played it and it doesn't affect how much I enjoy mushroom risotto.


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For anyone that can read Spanish or doesn't mind reading a Google-translated article, this one goes over the increasing international aid Brazil has been giving out, as it continues to get used to its role as a donor country and not a receiver of aid, giving $1.9 billion in aid for projects (technical, humanitarian aid, etc.) and $3.2 billion in debt cancellation from 2005 to 2010. Brazil also participates in 11 UN missions with 2500 people involved in those, and most of those people are in Haiti.
76% of international aid from Brazil is concentrated in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean: Haiti, Paraguay, Guatemala, Cuba, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia. 16.4% goes to Asia (East Timor, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan) and 7.2% to African countries (Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Cabo Verde, Sao Tome e Principe, and Angola).


If the photographs made sounds, they would rumble like static from an impending thunderstorm, pressed between the pages of a yellowing dictionary. Compressed sound, searching for the proper words.
She had been so careful, searching the landscape for any sign of the figure, singling out trees that could have been him and moving them out of the frame. Her skin had not erupted into prickling goosebumps; the sick feeling that branched out from the base of her spine and congealed into synapses had not been present. Assuming she was safe, she clicked the shutter, feeling momentary satisfaction in the sound. Click-click, all is well.
Staring at the picture, she choked back tears. It was the realization that she had been marked, and no matter where she traveled, no matter how many saint medals she roped around her neck, he would appear, never vocalizing what he wanted. Just waiting, devouring her sanity, forcing her to look over her shoulder at every turn. Forever.
Seeping around the edges, squarely into her blind spot.
This past summer, I discovered the most horrifying thing: Somehow, my childhood Boogey Man had made it to the internet. I have no idea how this happened, but I continue to observe it with a mix of terror, obsession, and amusement.
I follow the "Marble Hornets" series on YouTube (if you've never heard of it, I highly suggest giving it a look), and have been keeping vigil all day for a new entry. So, I have Slender Man on the brain. I've wanted to write something about him for a while, but could never figure out the proper way to put it. I guess this is it.
I like this. It's the normal, real things that are scarier than monsters.