In our desire to get closer to Yahweh, we continue to search His Word and often we see things we did not see before. Yahweh did not give us all understanding at once - our human minds could not have grasped it. But as we seek, He gives us a little more. When He sees that we are willing to change and follow Him wherever He leads, He blesses us with deeper understanding. The cycle goes on. The time has come to review Passover in both the Old and New Testaments.
Have you ever noticed that different groups observe the Passover at different times? Sometimes a month or so apart? And they don't necessarily do it at the same time as the Jews. Other churches observe what they call the Lord's Supper as often as monthly. How do you know when it is the right time? Is it observed with unleavened bread and wine? Or crackers and grape juice? Or with a Seder meal? What about the Night to be Much Observed? Is that a separate celebration? A different evening? How does it fit into the scheme of things? So, who is right? They can't all be. We will look at some of these points, but by no means will all questions be answered.
The first instance of Passover is in the book of Exodus. The children of Israel had been in slavery in Egypt for a long time. Using Moses as a human leader, Yahweh had the people begin making preparations for freedom. He was going to show them who He was and the power He had.
In Exodus 12 Yahweh relates to them the things they are to do. He specified in verse 2, "This month shall be the chief of months for you. It shall be the first of the months of the year for you." When is that? January? During the winter? No.
Today you are going out in the month of Abib.
The word aviv is Strong's #24. It means "green, i.e., a young ear of grain; hence, the name of the month Abib or Nisan." But it means somewhat more. In order for this to be offered as a wave sheaf offering shortly after Passover, there must be substance there. It must contain grain, not be just a green, empty husk. This is the beginning of the harvest time, so the grain must be fully formed - ripened enouth to be roasted and used.
A few pages earlier, in Exodus 9:31, during one of the plagues, we read, "the barley was in the ear, and the flax in blossom." This doesn't happen in January. This month corresponds to our March-April time of year and is know by the Jews as Nissan today.
According to the Dictionary of Talmud Babli, Yerushalmi, Midrashic Literature and Targumim, by Professor Marcus Jastrow, page 5, aviv is defined as "early stage of ripening, esp. of grains; season of beginning barley-crop; also the offering of first-fruits (on Passover)." In reference to Deuteronomy 16:1 where it says to observe the month of Abib, the Talmud says "observe the ripening of the equinoctial season that it be in the month of Nissan."
Looking at the combination of ripening grain with new moon, the Congregation of Yahweh uses the conjunction on or after the vernal equinox to establish the first day of the first month. Then it is a matter of simply counting from there to find the correct day for Passover.
Let's go back to the story in Exodus 12. They had to begin counting immediately. On the tenth day of the month, the people were to pen up a male lamb or a kid of the first year and keep it until the fourteenth.
And it shall be for you to keep until the fourteenth day of this month. And all the assembly of the congregation shall kill it between the evenings.
There are constant disagreements as to when this was and exactly what it means. Some assume this means just after sunset ending the thirteenth and starting the fourteenth. Others argue that it is immediately after the sunset ending the fourteenth and beginning the fifteenth.
The phrase "between the evenings" is bane ha-arbayim in Hebrew. It is an idiom meaning "dusk" or "twilight, before complete darkness." It is the time between sunset and dark.
In Scripture, days are measured from one sunset to the next, not from one midnight to the next. Genesis 1 shows that at the time of creation, the evening and the morning were a day. So the day began at sunset, went through the night and into the morning and on through the day until the moment of sunset. Then the next day began. The first part of the 24-hour period was called evening. Not at the end of it as we determine in our society. So, to kill the lamb in the evening or at dusk on the fourteenth, it would have to be immediately after sunset, at the beginning, not the end, of the fourteenth.
In the fourteenth day of the first month at even (bane ha-arbayim) is Yahweh's Passover.
7 - And they shall take from the blood, and put it on the two side doorposts and on the upper doorpost, on the houses in which they eat it.
8 - And they shall eat the flesh in this night, roasted with fire and they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
9 - Do not eat it raw, or at all boiled in water, but roasted with fire; its head with its legs and with its inward parts.
10 - and you shall not leave any of it until morning. And you shall burn with fire that left from it until morning.
11 - And you shall eat it this way: with your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. It is the Passover to Yahweh.
14 - And the day shall be a memorial for you. And you shall celebrate it as a feast to Yahweh, for your generations. You shall celebrate it as a law forever.
Look again at the wording of verse 7. It didn't say to put the blood on the doors of every house, but only on the houses where they were to be eating. If a household was too small for a whole lamb, they were join with others, all being in one house.
What was the purpose of the blood? To forgive sins? No. To protect everyone? No. It was a sign of protection for the firstborn. Yahweh was slaying the firstborn of Egypt that night. If the Israelites did not have this sign on their doors, only their firstborn would have died - not all of Israel.
The people did as Yahweh commanded. At midnight, the death angel passed over, and the firstborn of Egypt died. Now think this through. The Passover - the passing over of the death angel - was to be on the fourteenth, at midnight. If that was to happen at midnight of the fourteenth, the lamb had to be slain at the beginning of the fourteenth, not at the end of the fourteenth. If they had waited until the end of the 14th, it would have been too late for the blood to be placed on the doors and the firstborn would have been dead!
21 - And Moses called to all the elders of Israel and said to them, Go out and take of the flock for you and for your families. And kill the passover.
22 - And take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood which is in the basin. And apply some of the blood in the basin to the upper doorpost and to the two sideposts, and Yahweh will pass over the door. And He will not allow the destroyer to come into your house to strike you.
In our past history, we have solemnly observed what we called the Passover at the beginning of the 14th. It consisted of the footwashing of John 13, followed by the symbols of bread and wine Yahshua instituted. Then on the next night, immediately after sunset beginning the 15th, we met again. At that time we enjoyed a meal and celebrated what we understood to be the Night to be Much Observed.
It is a night of celebration to Yahweh, for bringing them out of the land of Egypt. This night is it, a celebration for all the sons of Israel to their generations.
Does our practice square with Scripture? Have we been observing it properly? Does this celebration refer to the 14th or the 15th? Let's look more closely at the context and see the events step by step.
30 - And Pharaoh arose by night, he and all his servants, and all the Egyptians, and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not a dead one.
31 - And he called Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Arise, go out from the midst of my people, both you and the sons of Israel, and go serve Yahweh according to your word.
Who called Moses and Aaron? Pharaoh. When? During the night. Did they go? No. Yahweh had said they were not to go forth out of their houses until morning.
And the Egyptians pressed hard on the people, to hasten to send them away from the land. For they said, All of us are about to die.
When was the first instant the Egyptians would have pressed and been urgent upon the people? After daybreak - on the daylight portion of the fourteenth. The Israelites did not go out of their houses until then.
So when did they leave? On the fourteenth? On the fifteenth? By day or night?
And they departed from Rameses in the first month on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the day after the Passover the sons of Israel went out with a high hand, before the eyes of all the Egyptians.
But at what time of day did they leave?
Observe the month of Abib and keep the Passover to Yahweh your Elohim, for in the month of Abib Yahweh your Elohim brought you out of Egypt by night.
The trigger that released the people was the Passover and the events surrounding it. Once that took place, as far as Yahweh was concerned, they were as good as out of there.
Could they have left, in any way, during the daylight part of the 14th? What did they do between sunrise and sunset on the 14th? It probably took quite a bit of time for them to spoil the Egyptians, to gather the things they would take, getting families and ranks together. With that size group, it would have taken time.
37 - And the sons of Israel pulled up from Rameses to Succoth, the men being about six hundred thousand on foot, apart from the little ones.
38 - And also a mixed multitude went up with them, and flocks and herds, very many livestock.
That is 600,000 men. Suppose we double that to count the women. That's 1,200,000 people. Now if there were just one child per couple. That's 1,800,000. But the Israelites were quite prolific. That was one of the main things that worried the Egyptians. So, as many commentaries say, there could have easily been over 3,000,000 people involved here. That would only be an average of 3 children per couple. Just consider the logistics that would be involved. They could not get a group that size moving in just minutes. Everyone would have to be contacted. Think about what an area they would cover. That number of people rivals the population of the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Even if the first ones had started out of there during the late daylight of the 14th, it would be some time before the last ones in the ranks exited the same area. It was the events of that Passover that gave them freedom - a Night to be Much Observed forever.
And they baked the dough which they brought out from Egypt into unleavened cakes. For it was not leavened, because they were driven out from Egypt, and they were not able to delay. And also they had not prepared for themselves food for a journey.
So when did they bake that dough? On the 14th? No, they were rushing around in preparations for leaving. On the 15th? No, they were busy marching. So it had to be some time after that, when they were able to stop and make camp and take a break.
41 - And it happened, from the end of four hundred and thirty years, on this very day all the armies of Yahweh went out from the land of Egypt.
42 - It is a night of celebration to Yahweh, for bringing them out of the land of Egypt. This night is it, to celebrate for all the sons of Israel to their generations.
Which night? The 14th or the 15th? What is the context of the chapter? The Passover. What follows this verse? The repetition of the ordinances of the Passover. If not for the events of the Passover, they would not have been released.
In verse 42, the word "celebrate" or "celebration", is the Hebrew #8107, shemurim. It means to observe, to celebrate, to watch, to guard, to keep a vigil. The root of the word, shamar, is the same one regarding the keeping or observing or guarding of Yahweh's commands. In the Septuagint, the word here is translated as being related to the duties of an outpost or a guardpost.
On which night was Israel to watch? To keep a vigil? On the 15th? No, they were busy marching; they were on the move. But Passover was a night of vigilance. They had to be alert and make sure no one went out the door during the night the death angel was going through the land. It was important that no one, without thinking, went out to get fresh air or a child decided to go out and play or go see a friend.
The Night to be Much Observed was the fourteenth! Not the fifteenth, as we've always believed! Keep this concept of watching and keeping a vigil on the fourteenth in mind. We will return to that idea when we come to the Passover events of the New Testament. We will see that there, as well, there is evidence of the Night to be Much Observed - on the fourteenth.
The 15th was important, though. It began another festival.
15 - Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. Indeed, on the first day you shall cause leaven to cease from your houses. For anyone eating anything leavened, that soul shall be cut off from Israel, from the first day until the seventh day.
16 - And on the first day shall be a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation shall be to you. Not any work may be done on them, only what must be eaten by your soul, that alone may be done by you.
6 - And on the fifteenth day of this month is the feast of unleavens (matzoth) to Yahweh, seven days you shall eat unleavened things (matzoth).
7 - On the first day you shall have a set-apart gathering; you shall do no work of service.
8 - And you shall bring near a fire offering to Yahweh seven days; and the seventh day shall be a set-apart gathering; you shall do no work of service.
The first few verses of this chapter totally confuse most people in regard to the issue of Passover and the Days of Unleavens. It is used to prove numerous ideas, among them the reasoning for moving the killing of the Passover lamb to the temple; for moving Passover to the start of the 15th; for shortening the Days of Unleavens, etc. Let's look at it verse by verse.
Observe the month of Abib, and keep Passover to Yahweh your Elohim. For in the month of Abib Yahweh your Elohim brought you out of Egypt by night.
Here is that root word shamar again - watch; keep; observe; celebrate; guard; keep a vigil.
And you shall sacrifice a Passover to Yahweh your Elohim of the flock, and of the herd, in the place which He shall choose to cause His name to be there.
Wait a minute! What? Of the herd? In the place He shall choose? How can that be? There is no ordinance for an animal of the herd (a calf or a bull) to be slain for Passover. So this cannot be referring to the same event as described in verse 1. In various Scriptures and throughout history, the word Passover has been used to define the slaughtering of the lamb, but also to refer to the entire season. Using the word can refer to that evening alone, or to that evening plus the seven days of unleavens. It is, as all one unit, called Passover.
Numbers 28:16 briefly mentions the Passover of Yahweh and that it is to be kept on the fourteenth. The next few verses, 17-25, describe the sacrifices and offerings for the days of unleavens. Those do include herd animals - bullocks - as well as flock animals - kids and lambs.
You shall eat no leavened bread with it. You shall eat unleavened bread with it seven days, even the bread of affliction. For you came out of the land of Egypt in haste, so that you may remember the day that you came out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.
Eat unleavened bread with it seven days? Did they eat of the Passover lamb for seven days? Of course not. So it has to be referring to more than the one Passover evening. It is referring to the seven-day season of the Days of Unleavens.
And there shall be no leaven seen with you in your borders seven days; nor shall any of the flesh you sacrificed the first day at evening remain all night until morning.
The first day at evening? Is it referring to the Passover lamb? Exodus 12:10 says that none of it should remain till morning. So this verse is including that event as part of a longer period of time known as Passover.
5 - You may not sacrifice the Passover offering inside any of your gates, which Yahweh your Elohim gives you.
6 - But at the place which He shall choose to cause His name to dwell there, you shall sacrifice the Passover offering at evening, at the going of the sun at the time when you came out of Egypt.
Where did the original instructions, in Exodus 12, say that the Passover lamb was to be slaughtered? Did Yahweh ever change it? If so, where is the Scripture? Where in Scripture was the unblemished Passover lamb referred to as an offering? But the animals for the following days were - Numbers 28:17-25. Yahweh had said He would have a location where He would place His name for the High Days He instituted. But the Passover was not a High Day. It was to be done in the home, throughout their generations.
And you shall cook and eat in the place which Yahweh your Elohim shall choose. And in the morning you shall turn and go into your tents.
The word "cook" is #1310, bashal, a root word meaning to boil up; to be done in cooking.
Now go back to Exodus 12:9. It says specifically that the Passover lamb was NOT to be boiled - the same word, #1310. According to Exodus 12:8, the Passover lamb was to be roasted with fire. "Roasted" is #6748, tsaliy. Two totally different words.
So verse 7 here cannot be referring to the Passover lamb! It is referring to the offerings and/or sacrifices of the next seven days. Some of those were boiled.
This is referring to the first day of unleavens - a high day; one of the pilgrimage festivals (see verse 16). Here it specifies that the Feast of Unleavens was a pilgrimage festival. But no where does it give Passover that same designation. It was to be done in their homes.
You shall eat unleavened bread six days, and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to Yahweh your Elohim. You shall do no work.
Why six days? Shouldn't it be seven? No, because except for verse 1, we have been reading about the Days of Unleavens, specifically the first high day, the 15th. Once they had finished the first high day, there would have been six days still remaining.
We have to be careful when we are reading Scriptures and how we interpret them. Our beliefs must square with what is in the Scripture - not the Scripture with what we believe.
When Yahshua Messiah walked on this earth as a human, He also observed all these commands.
41 - Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover.
42 - And when He was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.
He continued this throughout His life and He observed Passover on the last night of His human life. There have been endless arguments about whether or not He did it on the correct night. Did He do it on the 14th or the 15th? Did He actually eat of that Passover? Or simply sit there while the others ate?
Yahshua instructed His disciples ahead of time to prepare the Passover. He mentioned no changes or alterations in the annual observance. If He had done this on any other day than what the law stipulated, don't you think the disciples would have questioned Him? Wouldn't they have demanded an explanation?
Also, we know that Yahshua was without sin. He was totally obedient to the law. That would not be a correct statement if He had kept the Passover a night earlier. Or later. If He had, He would have sinned and broken the law.
Wouldn't the disciples have objected if He had asked them to do it any other time? If the Passover lambs were all to be slain at the temple, by the priests, how did the disciples get one? The priests were not doing it until hours later, on the afternoon of the 14th. Or did the disciples kill it themselves, according to the ordinances?
And He sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the Passover, that we may eat."
Notice this says "we", not "you." He was planning to join in and participate in this meal.
And He said unto them, With desire have I desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.
The disciples prepared the Passover, according to all its ordinances. They gathered at the correct time. They ate the meal together.
And as they sat and did eat, Yahshua said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eats with me shall betray me.
The key words here are "with me". He was eating as well.
1 - And before the feast of the Passover, Yahshua knowing that His hour had come that He should move from this world to the Father; loving His own in the world, He loved them to the end.
2 - And supper having occurred, the Devil having already put into the heart of Simon's son Judas Iscariot that he should betray Him.
3 - Yahshua knowing that His Father has given all things into His hands, and that He came out from Yahweh, and goes away to Yahweh.
4 - He rose up from the supper, and laid aside His garments. And taking a towel, He girded Himself.
5 - Then He put water into the basin and began to wash the feet of the disciples, to wipe off with the towel with which He was girded.
In those days, the people walked everywhere they went and their feet became dusty and gritty. Each household usually had someone assigned to wash the feet of those entering the house. It was good hospitality. To set an example of humility and service, Yahshua did this for His disciples. Afterwards He introduced new symbols to the men, adding them to the night's celebrations.
14 - And when the hour came, He reclined, and the twelve apostles with Him.
15 - And He said to them, with desire I desired to eat this Passover with you before My suffering.
16 - For I say to you that never in any way I will eat of it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of Yahweh.
17 - And taking a cup, giving thanks, He said, Take this and divide it among yourselves.
18 - For I say to you that in no way will I drink from the produce of the vine until the kingdom of Yahweh has come.
19 - And taking a loaf, giving thanks, He broke, and gave to them, saying, This is My body being given for you. Do this for My remembrance.
20 - In the same way, the cup also, after having supped, saying, This cup is the New Covenant in my blood, which is being poured out for you.
As Yahshua told His disciples, we do these things each year in remembrance of Him.
But before we do so, we remember the words of Paul in I Corinthians 11:27, that we should not eat the bread or drink the wine unworthily. He did not refer to the person being unworthy, but to the manner and attitude in which a person was partaking. We need to come to this service in a repentant frame of mind.
Before these days begin each year, we clean our homes and remove all the leavening. The leavening is likened to sin that permeates mankind. While we are doing that cleaning, we should consider our lives and how to remove the sin from ourselves.
So what took place after the meal and the sharing of the new symbols? They went out! Except for that first Passover, when the death angel passed over, there was no danger involved in going out doors. If there had been, Yahshua and the disciples would not have gone out!
There are people who keep the Passover at different times. Some keep it on the evening beginning the 15th because they insist that the symbols He instituted could not be used until after He had died. Or that He had to die at the same time as the Passover lambs, so they do it on the afternoon of the 14th.
Remember the discussion in Exodus 12:42 about the Night to be Much Observed? Does it appear in the New Testament? Let's look a little deeper.
36 - Then Yahshua came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and He said to the disciples, Sit here until going away I shall pray there.
37 - And taking along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, He began to grieve and to be deeply troubled.
38 - Then He said to them, My soul is deeply grieved, even unto death. Stay here and watch with me.
What? Did you catch that? "Watch." Watch what? They didn't question Him about it. Apparently they knew what He meant. They were familiar with this night of vigil and watch. Even today the Jews have a tradition that is passed down that the Passover is a night of watching and vigil-keeping. In many cases, they stay up all night doing so.
40 - And He came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And He said to Peter, So! Were you not able to watch with Me one hour?
41 - Watch and pray that you do not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Twice more here, He told them to watch. But watch for what?
In the few days just before these words, Yahshua had talked to His disciples in Jerusalem in the discussion of Matthew 24. They asked Him what would be the sign of the end of the age and of His coming. He gave them numerous things to watch. We won't print every verse here, but take the time to read through that chapter and just notice the many things He is pointing out, things that will come about in the world's history.
33 - So also you when you see all these things, know that it is near, at the doors.
He mentions something that would be seen. Think about it: if you are not watching, you will not see. It will sneak up on you and you will not be prepared.
Toward the end of the chapter, notice verse 46. It says, "Blessed is that servant whom his lord shall find so doing when he comes."
Doing what? Watching! That has been what the whole chapter has been about - and He was admonishing them to watch.
Mark 13 and Luke 21 also report these same warnings. Let's look at one more reference.
33 - Be careful; be wakeful, and pray. For you do not know when the time is.
34 - As a man going away, leaving his house, and giving his slaves authority, and to each his work - and he commanded the doorkeeper, that he watch.
36 - so that he may not come suddenly and find you sleeping.
37 And what I say you, I say to all. Watch!
So on which night did they do the watching? The night of the Passover, the 14th. The next night Yahshua was in the grave and the disciples were hiding and grieving. They were not keeping a vigil. As far as they were concerned, it was all over. What was there to watch for then?
Now consider our past history. Where in our past observances of Yahweh's high days have we watched? Or kept a vigil? We really haven't. Our activities of the fifteenth were more like a party atmosphere than a vigil. Did we even talk about what had happened on that date in history?
In I Corinthians 11, Paul is admonishing the people for their attitude regarding the meal they were having before they partook of the symbols. If you notice, at not time did he tell them not to do the meal, or not to watch, but just to be careful in the manner and attitude in which they did it.
In the past, we've done Yahshua's symbols on the fourteenth and had a meal on the fifteenth. But Exodus 12 tells us that the Passover meal was to be done forever. Why haven't we done that? Why did we move it to the fifteenth? That is not scriptural. If a vigil was a part of the original Passover service, and Yahshua and His disciples understood that, what about us? Should we consider that? What if we take the celebrations that we have been doing on the next night and move them back to the fourteenth? Put the footwashing and the symbols of the bread and wine after the meal. Keep a vigil for at least a while. Yes, it will make for a longer evening. But is it for our convenience or to do what Yahweh wants? What is important here?
As of the spring of 2002, the Irving congregation made an alteration in the way we observe the Passover. Immediately after sunset at the beginning of the fourteenth of Nissan (the modern calendar date will be just after sunset on April 2, 2004), we will share a meal of lamb, a mixture of bitter herbs, and unleavened bread. We will follow that with the symbols of footwashing, bread, and wine that Yahshua instituted. And we will watch and keep a vigil, at least for a while. We will not meet again just after sunset beginning the fifteenth - but we will meet again on the daylight portion of the fifteenth, the first day of Unleavens, April 4, 2004.
This may not be final draft for all time, though. We will continue to study. And if Yahweh gives us deeper understanding and shows us more things we need to change, we will share that with you as well.


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Only 14% of consumers follow credit card regulations and contact the merchant for a refund before initiating a chargeback.
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These feelings are more likely to lead to chargebacks, but disputing a "cancelled recurring transaction" chargeback—even a fraudulent one—can be extremely difficult for the merchant. In many scenarios, the dispute comes down to the customer's word against the merchant's. As issuers tend to side with customers, merchants are usually better off focusing on the prevention of these chargebacks.
One way to do that is to offer a clear, simple, easily understood cancellation process. If possible, early termination fees or other restrictions to payment cancellation should be eliminated, as these things might deter consumers from contacting the merchant directly.
When the cardholder contacts your customer service department for a refund, what payment options will be available? Is the customer forced to exchange the item for something else? Will store credit be issued? Will cash be awarded for debit card transactions? Will credit be issued directly to the cardholder's account?
What affects these various options? Is a receipt required? What happens if the customer only has a gift receipt? Again, the least restrictive policy is the best chargeback prevention strategy. The more options a merchant can present, the more comfortable the customer will be.
As before, regardless of which policy the merchant puts in place, it needs to be clearly and obviously shared in multiple locations where it can be seen before the transaction is processed. The available options (and their requirements) should be explained in the simplest possible language.
Simple language works best for all policies. While a well-defined eCommerce return policy is essential, even a minimum of legal jargon can be confusing, and confused customers are far more likely to resort to the easy option of a chargeback.
The return deadline:How long can a customer wait to return an item?
The refund options:Will the customer need to make a product exchange or receive store credit? Will the refund go back on a credit card, or can the cardholder collect cash?
Any extra fees:Who will pay the return shipping? Is there a restocking charge?
Some merchants fear that a prominently promoted return policy may incentivize customers to seek a refund. In reality, the transparency inherent in an upfront policy builds trust, which helps reduce refunds and chargebacks.
Once the return policy is simplified and standardized, merchants should not be afraid to call attention to it. This especially applies to e-merchants: display a link on every page of the website. Include a link in the product descriptions and in the checkout process. Ask customers to "accept" the policies before processing the transaction.
Merchants should be sure to refresh customers' memories after the sale too. Include the return policy in the order confirmation email, on the receipt, and even on the box if possible.
It might seem financially sensible to charge the customer for return shipping, but in the long run, removing all barriers in the refund process builds trust and makes consumers more willing to buy from you. It can also dramatically improve the odds of getting a return instead of chargeback.
This will involve extra expenses on the part of the merchant, but the cost pales in comparison to chargeback fees, elevated chargeback rates, and a jeopardized merchant account.
Nevertheless, if the customer is to be responsible for return shipping or restocking costs, merchants must clearly and comprehensively state this and be sure the policy is understood from the beginning, before the sale ever happens.
There are pros and con associated with extended return timelines, and merchants should carefully examine both sides before finalizing a policy. On the one hand, the more time a cardholder has to make a return, the less likely the return will result in a chargeback. At the same time, however, delayed returns can cause restocking issues for the merchant.
One option merchants may consider is varying the allowable return time under certain conditions, such as cases of damaged or malfunctioning merchandise, or during the holidays. And of course, the most consistent rule in this list still applies: all information must be clearly communicated to customers before the purchase is made.
It is easy to assume that all employees completely comprehend all aspects of a return policy…but at least a handful probably don't.
Be sure all staff members, from the sales team to the customer service department, understand the rules of the return policy and why those rules are in place. This can keep employees from making promises the company can't (or doesn't want to) keep; it should also prevent workers from unnecessarily turning customers away.
While crafting a chargeback-reducing return policy is fairly straight-forward, it's still not an everyday occurrence, meaning merchants can easily get overwhelmed. If you'd like additional assistance establishing your policy, just give us a call.
One of the many services we provide is a 106-point inspection of merchants' policies and business practices. We'll help you identify chargeback triggers—including potential issues with your eCommerce return policy—and show you other ways to reduce risk and prevent revenue loss.


I have a question about use of resources.
Does anyone know by experience if it is possible to use Orocos on a system such like a humanoid robot with 14 DOF, which need real-time control to stay stable, on a 1GHz 256MB PC?
And to do besides controlling, also need to do a little bit :) of vision, of course with less priority.
Or is it far to less resources? Or does it make a chance.
Submitted by sspr on Thu, 2007-11-15 09:55.
> I have a question about use of resources.
> stay stable, on a 1GHz 256MB PC?
memory (measured in kbytes, not in Mbytes !).
Submitted by bruyninc on Wed, 2007-11-14 07:00.
> Does anyone know by experience if it is possible to use Orocos on a system such like a humanoid robot with 14 DOF, which need real-time control to stay stable, on a 1GHz 256MB PC?
> And to do besides controlling, also need to do a little bit :) of vision, of course with less priority.
> Or is it far to less resources? Or does it make a chance.
1. how complex is your control? If you want to run a normal, "ideal"
elasticity, ... your control algorithm could become much more involved.


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LUDHIANA IMPROVEMENT TRUST versus NASIB SINGH & ORS.
Ludhiana Improvement Trust v. Nasib Singh & Ors. - CR-22-1998 [2007] RD-P&H 584 (18 January 2007)
CR No. 22 of 1998 1
Civil Revision No. 22 of 1998
Ludhiana Improvement Trust ...Petitioner Vs.
Nasib Singh & Ors. ...Respondents
CORAM Hon'ble Mr.Justice Vinod K.Sharma
Present: Mr.H.S.Mattewal, Senior Advocate, with Mr.Y.P.Khullar, Advocate,
Mr. Ashok Aggarwal, Senior Advocate,
with Mr.Alok Jain, Advocate,
for respondent Nos. 7 and 8.
Mr.Sanjiv Bansal, Advocate,
Vinod K.Sharma, J. (Oral)
In the present revision petition besides raising the objections as raised in the CR No.2358 of 1995 titled Ludhiana Improvement Trust, Ludhiana Vs. Nasib Singh & Ors., the petitioner herein in addition has challenged the orders passed by the learned Executing Court primarily on the ground that the decree was inexecutable as the solatium at the rate of 30 per cent and interest at the rate of 9 per cent per annum and 15 per cent per annum could not be granted in view of the judgment of the Hon'ble CR No. 22 of 1998 2
Supreme Court in the case of K.S.Paripoorna Vs. State of Kerala & Others 1994 (5) SCC 593 and Union of India Vs. Raghubir Singh 1989 (2) SCC 754.
It was also contended that in spite of the order of status quo having been passed in CR No.2358 of 1995 auction was held.
I have considered the contentions raised by Shri H.SMattewal, learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner and find no force in the same as it is the settled law as has been held in Sant Ram Vs. Thakur Dawara 1991 (2) Revenue Law Reporter 89 that the Executing Court cannot to go behind the decree which has attained finality. Even otherwise, the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Nagpur Improvement Trust Vs.
Vasantrao and others (2002) 7 SCC 657 has been pleased to hold as under:-
" 50. It may be noticed that in U.P.Avas Evam Vikas Parishad Vs. Jainul Islam this court highlighted the fact that though under the Land Acquisition Act as amended in its application to the State of U.P. there was no provision for grant of solatium, by the U.P. Act such solatium was provided for. The intention of the legislature was apparent that it wanted to confer the benefit of solatium by modifying Section 23 (2), which benefit was not available under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act as it was applicable in the State of U.P. At the time of enactment of the U.P. Act.
So far as the Punjab Act and the Nagpur Act are concerned, the Schedules do not modify the provisions of Section 23 (2) CR No. 22 of 1998 3
of the Land Acquisition Act which provides for payment of solatium. However, a proviso was added to the effect that sub-section (2) shall not apply to any land acquired under the State Acts in question. The added proviso is identical in both the State Acts. This clearly implies that where acquisition was made under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, as modified, the legislature did not intend to deprive the claimants of solatium as provided under the Land Acquisition Act. But solatium was not payable in cases of acquisition under the State Acts. There are provisions in both the State Acts which permit the State to acquire lands for the purposes of the schemes without resorting to the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act such as acquisition by purchase, lease, exchange, or otherwise, or acquisitions contemplated under deferred street scheme, development scheme and expansion scheme. In respect of such acquisitions solatium is not payable. Such cases are similar to the acquisitions under Section 53 of the Bombay Town Planning Act which was considered by this Court in Prakash Amichand Shah V. State of Gujarat. In these circumstances with a view to save the law from the vice of arbitrary and hostile discrimination, the provisions must be construed to mean, in the absence of anything to the contrary, that the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act as amended by the 1984 Act relating to determination and payment of compensation would apply to CR No. 22 of 1998 4
Acquisition of land for the purposes of the State Acts. It must, therefore,be held that while incorporating the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act in the state Acts, the intention of the legislature was that amendments in the Land Acquisition Act relating to determination and payment of compensation would be applicable to acquisition of lands for the purposes of the State Acts. Consequently, the claimants are entitled to the benefits conferred by Section 23 (1-A), if applicable, and Sections 23 (2) and 28 of the Land Acquisition Act as amended by the 1984 Act for acquisition of land for the purposes of the State Acts under Section 59 of both the Nagpur and the Punjab Acts."
Thus, it would be seen that the award of the learned Tribunal could not be said to be null and void. In any case, as observed earlier the award has attained finality, therefore, it was not open to the Executing Court to go into the matter.
In view of what has been stated above read with the reasons given in CR No.2358 of 1995 titled Ludhiana Improvement Trust, Ludhiana Vs. Nasib Singh & Ors., this revision is also dismissed.
(Vinod K.Sharma)
January 24,2007 Judge

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The location: The Neighborhood Watch Patrol.
A. A residential neighborhood.
A. Dexter's new neighborhood in Miami.
A. In Episode 3 (of Season 4), "Blinded By The Light".
Dexter sets out to stop a neighborhood vandal, by scaring him.
He waits across the street for Jesse Brightman to come out of his home, and when he does, Dexter pulls on a mask and follows him.
But just then, the Neighborhood Watch patrol (which has been formed as a result of the vandal's destructive pranks) spots him and mistakes Dexter for the vandal.
The chase is on, as Dexter runs away, darts between houses, with the mob in hot pursuit, and finally eludes them in the back yard of one of the homes.
Coming back to his own house, frustrated, Dexter is aggravated by the glaring security lights on Elliott's house, and thinks to himself: "This neighborhood is going to kill me."
A. A residential street - but nowhere near Miami.
A. This chase scene, which was supposed to be in Dexter's neighborhood, was actually a mix of two different Long Beach neighborhoods.
Most of the scene was shot on the 4100 block of Locust Avenue, in the Bixby/Los Cerritos neighborhood in Long Beach.
When we first see Dexter in this scene, crouching in the dark and wearing a mask, he is on the east side of Locust Ave, and the house we see behind him is at 4120 Locust.
He is watching the vandal's house across the street, which is at 4105 Locust.
When Dexter sees young Jesse Brightman come out of the house, he pulls down the mask and crosses over to the west side of Locust, where he begins to follow Jesse as they walk north on Locust.
But then the Neighborhood Patrol shows up. When Dexter turns around to look at them, the mob is standing next to the white picket fence which surrounds the house at 4065 Locust (the house immediately south of the vandal's house).
Fleeing the mob, Dexter runs up across the lawn of the house at 4115 Locust, and almost reaches Trinity's house (which shouldn't even be in the same neighborhood, so it isn't shown) at 4119 Locust, before ducking between houses, and losing the angry mob in one of the back yards.
But when Dexter emerges again, the producers do a fake cut to a completely different neighborhood, six miles away, namely, the Bluff Park section of south Long Beach, where Dexter's new home really is.
We first see him running across the lawn of a house at 3335 E. 1st Street. (That's on the north side of 1st St.)
Pushing his way past the rose bushes & hedges, Dexter next reaches his neighbor Elliott's house, at 3329 E. 1st Street,
Before finally reaching his own house, at 3319 E. 1st Street.
Here is an aerial photo of Locust Ave, with the houses marked. And here an aerial photo of 1st Street.
And here is a map link of both areas.
I shot the photo below in November 2009.
[ Warning: These are private homes. Do not trespass on their property, knock on their doors,
A. A Dexter fan who lives in the area, Susan Loomis, alerted me early on that they had been filming on Locust Avenue. So, when this scene showed up on the show, I naturally checked to see if it was Locust. And it was. (Thanks, Susan!) Identifying the individual homes was just a matter of using Google StreetView to match the houses to those seen during this chase scene.


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Штайнер, також Штейнер, Стейнер, Стайнер () — німецьке та єврейське прізвище.

Відомі носії

 Антон Штайнер (нар. 1958) — австрійський гірськолижник
 Герман Стайнер (1905—1955) — американський шахіст
 Джеймс К. Стайнер — американський лікар
 Джордж Стейнер — американський літературознавець
 Їржі Штайнер — чеський футболіст
 Лайош Штейнер (1903—1975) — угорсько-австралійський шахіст
 Макс Стайнер (1888—1971) — американський кінокомпозитор, триразовий володар премії «Оскар» за кращу музику до фільму.
 Маттіас Штайнер — німецький важкоатлет
 Рудольф Штайнер (1861—1925) — австрійський філософ
 Фелікс Штайнер — німецький воєначальник
 Якоб Штейнер (1796—1863) — швейцарський математик

Інше
 Задача Штейнера
 Крива Штейнера
 Поризм Штейнера
 Теорема Гюйгенса — Штейнера
 Теорема Штейнера — Лемуса

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In the province of Vicenza, this town represents a set of calm, art, and history.
With settlements of Roman origins, it has sadly become famous for a slaughter in WW2. In one of the city boulevard, now called viale dei Martiti, fifteen martyrs were hung at the trees, that still nowadays have the crosses with the partisans names.
However, this isn't the only element that reminds of the past of the town.
One of the main bridges on the river Brenta is Ponte Vecchio, also known as Ponte degli Alpini. Before getting there, I stopped at the Ezzelini Castle, and then to enjoy the view and the peace on the riverbanks.
Bassano del Grappa is well-known for the liquor, and one of the best places to taste it is the tradional Nardini, right at the beginning of Ponte degli Alpini.
Over the bridge, both on the right and on the left, there are two panoramic points where you can have a great view from different perspectives.
Wondering around the town without a set destiny is for sure one of the things to do, but you should also stop at the San Francesco Church to admire its uniqueness.
Because of my low budget and of the strict schedule, I decided to visit the Torre Civica and not the museum. The ticket for the tower costs 3€ (2€ the reduced fee) and is opened by the Museo Civico workers under request. The view from the top is breathtaking and its beauty is shocking. You don't only see the city centre, but also the green suburbs from where vallies and little urbanizations open up.
Bassano has other points of interest, like the Parolini gardens, but I decided to put the visit off in order to get to the train station and reach the station Carpanè – Valstagna by train.
From the station, you can find a walk along the river Brenta that brings you to Oliero caves in around thirty minutes.
The ticket at the Grotte di Oliero has the total price of 10€.
The visit includes the visit of the external caves and the little regional park in the surroundings, but also a guided visit at the inside of a cave. It lasts a little less than an hour, and it is all done on a boat. Admiring stalactites and stalagmites, the guide will explain you all the geological formations and historic events that brought to the discovery of the caves.
Those who follow me on instagram will probably remember the meeting I told about in the stories.
Suffering from wanderlust is a bed thing, especially when you meet a young married couple, half Italian and half Mexican, that tells you about their adventures in Mexico and Spain, and they urge you to just leave and look for a job abroad.


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His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales has again championed the natural benefits of wool.
Delivering a personal recorded message for the launch of the Pitti Immagine Uomo trade event in Italy, the Patron of The Campaign for Wool stressed the importance of "this extraordinarily practical and versatile fibre".
The message, which was also played at an evening reception in London hosted by The Campaign for Wool in collaboration with the Woolmark company and the British Institute, also highlighted how wool has "an important part to play as we face up to the enormous challenges of climate change".
The Campaign for Wool is a global endeavour initiated by The Prince of Wales in order to raise awareness amongst consumers about the unique, natural, renewable and biodegradable benefits offered by the fibre.
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, said, "It is hard to believe that it is now more than 10 years since I first inaugurated my Campaign for Wool at, what I knew was, a particularly challenging time for this important rural sector.
"My hope was, that if all the wool producing nations could come together and work in a spirit of cooperation perhaps we could find better ways to market this extraordinarily practical and versatile fibre, and at the same time help so many hard pressed sheep farmers. It is now even clearer to me, than it was then, that natural materials which are not made from fossil fuels, are not inflammable and which biodegrade naturally have an important part to play as we face up to the enormous challenges of climate change.
"So I am delighted that the message of wools inherent sustainability is being celebrated over the coming days, and that in all its diverse end uses wool will be highlighted as the fibre of ecological choice. The fact that over 1,000 global brands have now joined the Campaign for Wool suggests that the messages of sustainability and biodegradability and the persuasive case for choosing natural rather than synthetic fibres are finally starting to get through to people. They are asking searching questions about the provenance and content of current fashion, and everything inside their homes. Only wool provides the ultimate reassurance of sustainability."
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Mavs' Jason Kidd wants his team to be better on defense
January 18, 2023 January 19, 2023 Categories UncategorizedATLANTA HAWKS, DALLAS MAVERICKS, Jason Kidd, LUKA DONCIC, NBALeave a Comment on Mavs' Jason Kidd wants his team to be better on defense
There's an old adage in sports that defense wins championships, and if that's the case, the Dallas Mavericks will struggle to win big.
After allowing 136 and 140 points in two losses to the Blazers over the weekend, Dallas' defensive struggles continued on Wednesday night when they fell to the Hawks 130-122 at American Airlines Center.
With the loss, the Mavs have lost three straight and five of their last six.
Dallas allowed the Hawks to shoot 57% from the floor and 50% from three-point range.
Luka Doncic, who had a game-high tying 30 points, four rebounds, and eight assists against the Hawks, wished he had answers.
"I wish I knew," Doncic said. "If I knew, we wouldn't struggle."
During their three-game losing streak, the Mavs have averaged 121.3 points per game, but they've allowed 135.3 points per contest.
According to Doncic, the Mavs are scoring enough, but they need to put more effort into defense.
"I think our offense is fine," he said. "We scored 122. That's good. They scored 130. We're good on offense. We just have to make sure we put in the same effort on defense."
Mavs head coach Jason Kidd says it doesn't matter how many points the team scores; if the team doesn't defend, they won't win.
"If it's with this personnel, you have to keep asking or demanding for those guys to play defense," he said. "It's not, you know, just the offensive end, and tonight, again, we gave up 130. The team shot 57 percent … It's a shootaround. You know, in this case, in this league, you do that no matter if you have Luka [Dončić], or Kareem [Abdul-Jabbar] or Lebron [James], you're going to lose. It doesn't matter how many points you score; you're always going to be short. And so until we put a better effort into playing defense and understanding what we have to do, then we're going to score 120, but we're going to give up 130 and 140."
Dallas recently got back two of their better defenders in Dorian Finney-Smith and Josh Green, waiting for another of their top defenders, Maxi Kleber, to return. However, Dallas has to figure it out on the defensive end, or Kidd's right; they will score a bunch of points and give up even more.
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NDS Forms Real Estate Ad Alliance With Better Homes & Gardens - InternetNews.
The relationship will involve an additional 120,000 residential home listings being shown on the Better Homes & Gardens site and mirrored on the NDS HomeSeekers.com site. Financial terms were not disclosed.
These additional listings when combined with those garnered from MLS's and other data providers will result in total listings for HomeSeekers of approximately 700,000 listings, the company said.
The agreement involves promoting the advertising presence of Better Homes & Gardens on the Internet at HomeSeekers.com and on the Better Homes & Gardens site, where NDS will contribute to the database solution by aggregating all of the Better Homes & Gardens listings.
In addition, all 25,000 Better Homes & Gardens real estate sales associates will be given the opportunity of advertising on both the Better Homes & Gardens site as well as HomeSeekers.com where an average agent spends $300 per year. The Better Homes & Gardens sales associates will be able to utilize CityNet, a proprietary NDS intranet site designed primarily for real estate sales associates serving home buyers, and have access to HS Passport, a proprietary NDS e-mail system developed for real estate sales associates.
Gary Buda, vice president operations & systems for Better Homes Gardens, said, "We are committed to bringing our real estate clients and our real estate sales associates the most progressive technology solutions possible. This agreement will enhance our Internet Site and provide the home buyer or seller a much richer experience."


Would you believe I missed out sharing this awesome cra-sea lobster deals from Manhattan Fish Market? Had these a while back, but anyway, better late than never yes? We had an awesome seafood feast that night, with lobsters, white prawns, spanner crab, french crab, and many more delicacies spread out. Check out what we had that evening below.
The cra-sea lobster deal is back for the festive season at RM45.90++! Sail over with your friends and family for a delicious treat!
• Available from 16th December 2015 to 31st January 2016, while stocks last.
Price for more than two set: RM19.90 per set (RM21.09 with GST).
• Available at all outlets except The Spring Mall and Vivacity Megamall, while stocks last.
• At the moment AEON Tebrau City, AEON Kulaijaya and Komtar JBCC has run out of stock.
Do check out the seafood counter in front of the restaurant for a display of the seasonal items available.
These promotions offer seafood lovers value for money and are appropriate for a festive gathering with family and friends. Prices are at least 40% lower than the market rate, to offer Premium Seafood made affordable for every-one to enjoy, at The Manhattan FISH MAKRET.
The Manhattan FISH MARKET uses sustainably caught seafood and do not serve products containing high mercury levels. Only fresh ingredients are used with no MSG or preservatives added, so you get to savour the original taste of fresh seafood.


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package clis

import (
	"fmt"
	"octlink/rstore/modules/blobsmanifest"
	"octlink/rstore/modules/manifest"
	"octlink/rstore/utils"
	"octlink/rstore/utils/configuration"
	"octlink/rstore/utils/merrors"

	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
)

func init() {
	exportCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&blobsum, "blobsum", "s", "", "manifest blob sum")
	exportCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&configfile, "configfile", "c", "./config.yml", "Config file for rstore")
	exportCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&outpath, "outpath", "o", "./out.qcow2", "output file path of local image")
}

func exportImage() int {

	if blobsum == "" || outpath == "" || configfile == "" {
		fmt.Printf("id or filepath must specified,blobsum:%s,out:%s,config:%s\n",
			blobsum, outpath, configfile)
		return merrors.ErrBadParas
	}

	conf, err := configuration.ResolveConfig(configfile)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Printf("parse config %s error\n", configfile)
		return merrors.ErrCmdErr
	}

	reposDir := utils.TrimDir(conf.RootDirectory + "/" + manifest.ReposDir)
	if !utils.IsFileExist(reposDir) {
		fmt.Printf("Directory of %s not exist\n", reposDir)
		return merrors.ErrBadParas
	}

	bm := blobsmanifest.GetBlobsManifest(blobsum)
	if bm == nil {
		fmt.Printf("blobs manifest of %s not exist\n", blobsum)
		return merrors.ErrSegmentNotExist
	}

	fmt.Println(utils.JSON2String(bm))

	imageFilePath := conf.RootDirectory + "/" + manifest.ManifestDir
	if utils.IsFileExist(imageFilePath) {
		err = bm.ExportHuge(outpath, imageFilePath)
	} else {
		err = bm.Export(outpath)
	}
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Printf("export image %s to %s error\n", blobsum, outpath)
		return -1;
	}

	fmt.Printf("Export image of %s to %s OK\n", blobsum, outpath)

	return 0
}

var exportCmd = &cobra.Command{

	Use:   "export -outpath xxx -id xxx -r ./",
	Short: "Export image to local from bs.",

	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {

		if blobsum != "" {
			exportImage()
			return
		}

		cmd.Usage()
	},
}


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This brass band cover of Tool's Stinkfist adds a whole new dimension to a '90s metal classic
Listen to Brass Against's superb update of Stinkfist, from Tool's 1996 masterpiece Ænima
New York collective Brass Against have featured before on this website, as we've been wowed by their imaginative reworkings of classic songs by Rage Against The Machine, Black Sabbath, Pantera, Audioslave, Beastie Boys and more. We previously marvelled at the group's brilliant updates of Tool's The Pot (which has now racked up just south of five million views on YouTube) and Lateralus, and now the group have returned to Maynard James Keenan's band for a glorious take on Stinkfist, one of the standout track on the LA quartet's masterful Ænima album.
It would be heresy, obviously, to suggest that the New Yorkers have actually outshone the original version of the song, but their horn-driven reconstruction, featuring superb vocals from singer Sophia Urista, certainly adds a whole new dimension to this modern metal classic.
Check out Brass Against's YouTube channel for more horny metallic treats.
The Vibrators w/ Chris Spedding – Mars Casino CD (Cleopatra Records)
There's A Tuesday: Dance With Me Before We Cry – EP review


This week's Continuum takes us back to the the start of the series, the second season, and even Keira Cameron's future force. The season ends with a jarring finale.
Alec plays games as he learns more about his family, and the possibility of using the time-travel device to change his own history. Kiera Cameron tries to convince him to send both she and Kellog back to the future to prevent the event that set Continuum in motion.
We see the circumstance surrounding that instigating event, and learn more about the connections among Alec Sadler, Jason, and Escher.
Fonnegra joins Cameron on the most-wanted list; we finally see some developments with Betty's secret.
Power-suited Cameron and Verta duke it out in an elevator shaft.
The enigmatic Freelancers finally reveal something of their purpose. They remain undifferentiated as characters and mysterious, but they will clearly be central next season.
Characters will remain under wraps until then.
Although difficult to follow at times (this show could use a Primer), this episode followed up on numerous development. Alec faces some difficult decisions and, ultimately, we don't know which choice he made for himself at the end. Carlos Fonnegra and Betty Robertson have abandoned their careers.
Cameron faces something else entirely, and we have the prospect that next season may see her allied, at least temporarily, with her enemies.
We have some very irregular police procedures here—typical of television, I suppose, but they stand out here.
I recognize that Fonnegra's division follows special rules now, and that Dillon is using Fonnegra to get to Cameron. After recent events, it seems unlikely that he would be allowed to operate as usual—or, at least, that he wouldn't be suspicious he was being allowed to operate as usual.
Characters behave as though only one time-travel device exists. Technology usually doesn't work that way and, clearly, multiple people have traveled, suggesting multiple devices exist. What do we not know about the time-travel device?
Where do the Freelancers come from, really? Yes, we know where Escher originates, but their technology seems both better and worse than Keira's. They can interfere with the suits, but they don't use suits themselves. Why?
Is Travis dead? And does that mean anything, given the role time-travel can play in this story?
Each first-season episode contained "time" in its title. Each second-season episode contained "second." The season two finale bears the title "Second Time." What will season three's secret word be?
Originality: 4/6 Last year they ended by suggesting a new direction, but then returned to something resembling status quo. I don't see how that will be possible next season.
Story: 5/6 The story takes some fascinating twists, but it remains somewhat chaotic (perhaps necessarily, given the subject matter).
Personal note: I did stay awake and take my usual notes this time around (I wrote last week's review after a day-long social event and then a drive of several hours). Rewatching last week's ep, I realize I missed a key scene. Yes, that's embarrassing. Once again, I apologize.
That was a pretty heavy conclusion.
At least it explain the 'captured Kiera' scenes from earlier. I hope they run with the idea that next season she and Liber8 will be up against this other group. Completely lost track of who the good guys are in this show.


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November 2, 2021 November 18, 2021 hmhadmin
Saxon Releases New Single for Upcoming 23rd Studio Album
SAXON ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM CARPE DIEMSET FOR RELEASE 4th FEBRUARY 2022 AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER AT THIS LOCATION
NEW SINGLE "CARPE DIEM (SEIZE THE DAY)"OUT NOW
COVER ART BY PAUL R. GREGORY Life hath no fury like a legend in full roar … and on February 4th, 2022, Saxon will show just that to the world when they release their 23rd studio album, Carpe Diem, through Silver Lining Music, serving notice to anyone who ever felt otherwise that they remain both vanguards and masters of British Metal. Comprised of 10 titanic tracks bristling with seel-clad riffery and pround intent, the Barnsely (UK) born band draw on a variety of integredients from the career to forget what is their most dynamic release in many a year. "It all starts with the riff," says front man and co-founder Biff Byford, "if the riff speaks to me, then we're on our way. It's a very intense album, and that's all down to the fact that the essence of a great metal song is the riff that starts it, and this album has loads of them." Unleashing today the title track's roll-back attack, this is Saxon at their purest and most definitive; aggressively parading the pure metal flag and imploring fans old and new to gather and celebrate the very best of both Saxon and the genre itself."In Latin it means 'seize the day' and I think it's a great thing to say," continues Biff "it's what the Romans used to say to each other on a regular basis, apparently, never having met one, I wouldn't know! But we're gonna do the Seize the Day world tour, the album's Carpe Diem, this song's called "Carpe Diem (Seize the Day)" and it's such a powerful thing to say." Listen To/Watch "Carpe Diem (Seize the Day)"hereCarpe Diem will be available in a variety of formats and pre-orders can be placed at this location Produced by Andy Sneap (Judas Priest, Exodus, Accept and Priest guitarist) at Backstage Recording Studios in Derbyshire with Byford and Sneap mixing and mastering, Carpe Diem strikes the ear as one of the most essential British metal statements of the last few years and not lacking in pace or bite, an album which will ignite the joy in stalwart supporters and attract a whole new legion to the Saxon fold. "We want every album we make to go platinum," says Biff defiantly. "We never make an album that we don't expect to be fantastic because there are no laurels around here, and as a band, we're always trying to do something a little bit new, a little bit daring. I love fast metal like "Princess of the Night" and "20,000 Feet", and I try and bring that style of Saxon into the music now, but in a more modern style. We don't sound like an old band on records because we're not sitting back on our past success, we're always trying to make a great album." The genesis of Carpe Diem's fierce intensity lies in two extremely significant life events – "It's been a difficult two years," offers Biff with considerable understatement, "because I had the heart attack back in September 2019, so things went a bit pear-shaped for the band. And then Covid hit two or three months later, but luckily, we started writing and recording this album before Covid. We did the drums in Germany and we did the guitars in various places. I was doing a lot of writing while I was in the hospital bed, and we spent quite a long time writing and arranging the ideas that we all had. I do think it's a very intense album,and maybe some of that intensity comes from the frustration of not being able to do anything in the Covid period." Carpe Diem Track Listing:
Carpe Diem (Seize the Day)
Age of Steam
Dambusters
Remember the Fallen
Lady In Gray
Living On the Limit
BIFF BYFORD – Vocals
PAUL QUINN – GuitarNIGEL GLOCKLER – Drums DOUG SCARRATT – GuitarNIBBS CARTER – Bass Produced by Andy Sneap and Biff ByfordAlbum mixed and mastered by Andy Sneap
Guitars recorded by Andy Sneap at Backstage Recording Studios, Derbyshire (UK); Vocals recorded by Seb Byford at Big Silver Barn, York (UK); Drums recorded by Jacky Lehmann(Audiosound) at Velbyproductions, Grünenplan (Germany).
All lyrics by Biff Byford. Backing vocals by Seb Byford Follow Saxon on: www.facebook.com/SaxonOfficial/
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Nikita Magaloff (; 26 December 1992) was a Georgian-Russian pianist.

He was born in Saint Petersburg to a Georgian noble family named Maghalashvili. Magaloff and his family left Russia in 1918 for Finland. His musical interest first stimulated by family friend Serge Prokofiev, he studied with Alexander Siloti before going to Paris, where he studied with Isidor Philipp, chair of the piano department at the Paris Conservatory. He numbered Ravel among his friends there, who, when he graduated in 1929, said 'In Magaloff a great, a truly extraordinary musician is born.'

He was best known for his espousal of the music of Chopin and was accustomed to perform the complete piano works in series of six recitals. He was the first to record Chopin's complete works. While these recordings have been criticised for their failure to plumb the depths of Chopin's works, they were innovative for their textual fidelity and unsentimentality. Magaloff, for example, preferred and recorded Chopin's own manuscript versions of the waltzes rather than the familiar versions published posthumously by Julian Fontana.

Magaloff's playing carried the hallmarks of Philipp's elegant, refined style, though he himself rejected the sentimental interpretations of Philipp's generation (he was especially critical of Paderewski whom he believed had "falsified Chopin"). He once described himself to the critic and writer Piero Rattalino as 'a vieux style pianist'.

His playing, however, underwent a change in his later years, becoming more passionate, daring and challenging. He remarked, in an interview with Eugenio Scalfari "at the age of seventy, I have come to the conclusion that only the sentiment and fear of death can induce an immoderate passion for life." His last recordings bear eloquent tribute to this "immoderate passion for life".

In 1949 he took over his friend and colleague Dinu Lipatti's master class at the Geneva Conservatory after Lipatti became too ill to teach (Lipatti died the following year at age 33). Magaloff continued regular teaching until 1960, when the demands of his concert career took priority, and he toured in the United States, South America, Japan, Israel, South Africa, and throughout Europe including Russia and Scandinavia. He still gave occasional master-classes, and took part in juries at international piano competitions. In 1982 and 1987 he served on the jury of the Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition.

Among his many pupils were the pianists Martha Argerich, Maria Tipo, Ingrid Haebler and Valery Sigalevitch, and the organist Lionel Rogg.

Nikita Magaloff was married to Irene, the daughter of the violinist Joseph Szigeti with whom he had established his international reputation in concerts before the war interrupted his career.  He died in Vevey, Switzerland on 26 December 1992.

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Crossbow fired at car and drug rival's house in Worcester turf war
By James Connell
A DRUG dealer's henchmen fired a crossbow at a car and a rival dealer's house during a Worcester turf war.
Tommy Lee Jauncey and Scott Fewtrell attacked the home of their boss's rival 'drug dealer' Luke Bridger in Carlisle Road, Ronkswood, Worcester, a jury was told at the city's crown court yesterday.
Jauncey, Fewtrell and driver Jake Cox have already admitted conspiracy to cause actual bodily harm to Mr Bridger.
The two men in the dock - Asgar Khalfe, 25, formerly of Townley Gardens, Aston, Birmingham and Kane Ingram, 21, of Saddlers Walk, Worcester - deny conspiracy to assault Mr Bridger. However, Jauncey, Cox, Ingram and Khalfe have already admitted conspiracy to supply crack cocaine and heroin in Worcester between January 1 and August 31, 2017.
Steven Bailey, prosecuting, said though Khalfe and Ingram were not present during the attack on the Bridger family home, they were both involved in the conspiracy and, indeed, Khalfe was directing it as 'the boss' and 'main beneficiary of the violence'. Jauncey fired the crossbow at a Vauxhall Astra belonging to Shah Haque in Chedworth Drive, Warndon, at 5.15pm on August 30, 2017 and a bolt was recovered.
Mr Bailey said of the attack on the Bridger family home at around 5.30pm the same day: "It's part of a plan to use violence to protect a very lucrative and ruthless drug trade."
He added: "Luke Bridger was a rival drug dealer."
Jauncey, 23, was armed with a blank firing pistol bought from Durrant & Son in Mealcheapen Street on the day of the attack and Fewtrell, 28, with a crossbow as the men shouted 'where's Bridger?' Mr Bailey said of a photo given to the jury: "That's Scott Fewtrell pointing the loaded crossbow at the house. It was discharged and, in due course, you will see the damage it did to the front door."
Luke Bridger was not present during the attack but challenged Jauncey in a message, saying: "What are you doing outside my mum's with a crossbow?"
The blank firing pistol had been orange and the shop's proprietor had warned the men not to change its appearance.
The pistol was later painted black with paint from Poundland in The Shambles to make it look more like a real gun, said Mr Bailey.
The prosecutor described the trade as 'big business', telling the jury of 12 women that one of the defendants had been boasting of making £1,000 per day. Mr Bailey said Luke Bridger had tried to recruit Ingram to work with him and 'rip off Mr Khalfe (known ad 'Ozy' or 'Ozzie') and close him out of the local trade'.
"Luke Bridger talks about the need to rob Ozy" said Mr Bailey.
The crossbow and imitation firearm were both discharged in front of passers-by and children before Cox drove Fewtrell and Jauncey away in an Audi A3. Mr Bailey said Khalfe was talking about the attack on WhatsApp at 8.01pm on the day of the attack, 'not exposing himself to immediate risk, not getting his hands dirty'.
Jauncey, Cox and Ingram were arrested later that day with 35 deals of heroin and a 'significant amount of cash'. On Ingram's phone were photos of him posing with a serrated knife and 'wads of cash'. One of the captions read: "The Queen don't stop ringing." The trial continues.


A story in Business 2.0, The Penguin Takes Flight, talks about a new project called Mo-no, that could revolutionize Linux software development and finally give Microsoft a run for their money.
And a story from Salon called Free Software Radio.
Call them hackers of the last computing frontier: The GNU Radio coders believe that any device with a chip should be able to do, well, anything. OK, now imagine the looks of terror on the faces of existing machine makers. Imagine if the only thing stopping your handheld PDA from simultaneously being a GPS receiver, phone, radio or miniature TV was your willingness to download and install some free software program.


Bad, Massive Jam and Shocking Findings at Tg Aru Beach.
This! I think it's still new cuz I never see it posted there before. RM1 is charged for people who just want to change their clothes but RM0.20 only for people who wants to use the washroom?? I think the fee should be charged otherwise man. Hotspring Ranau doesn't charge people for using their washroom and for bathing, so why in the world charge people so expensive just to change??
By the way, they charge RM2 for people who wana bathe inside. I think this is not reasonable. All of it. I mean, the toilet fee of 20 cents, yes, it's reasonable but other two, NO! Complete NO! The toilet there isn't sooooooo perfect-nice like Warisan Square's, so why in the world charge so mahal? Haiya.
And when we wanted to get out from there (we parked our car lawfully inside the parking zone), it took us about 45 minutes! I got home an hour after attempting to get to it. My lord. There was a massive jam where my guy complained on his aching feet dues to pressing the clutch on and off again, little by little. It's not the ticket booth's fault, it's the roadway's fault! There's only one way out and people who u-turns from the entrance to get into the parking went straight for the exit because they saw it was so packed inside and people who wana go out have to compete with them!
I think the management should do something about this, like position one more booth at the further end near the DBKK bin there. Won't park so deep inside the parking zone next time. Uh how I dread it.


When a couple in Greenbrae, California contacted building Lab for a renovation, they had what would appear to be a reasonable request: to nix their home's wood paneling. Even though they were adamant about maintaining most of the property's original architectural elements, they thought of this feature as being too dated for their vision. But the designers had a different idea. "When this house was built, paneling was thought of as an interior skin, so they were installed everywhere," said principal Stephen Shoup. "In this redesign, we aimed to have a reinterpretation of paneling: echoing the original concept, but making it more strategic." The new layout of the 2,200-square-foot address had to be strategic, too, since the owners also requested an efficient open concept for their two young boys. So, the firm came up with a plan: keep the original footprint of the main level and add a mere 15 square feet to the lower level. Then, senior designer Hide Kawato and the team optimized the area with improved lighting, natural materials, and less of a barrier to the outside world. When they were finished, the firm and the family had happily reached a compromise that set a modern standard for a midcentury aesthetic.
A hanging light from Nelson Cigar is paired with plants, art, and a wood wall at the entrance.
Custom walnut shelves and storage units match wide-plank white oak on the floors. A curved floor lamp by CB2 adds to the midcentury vibes.
"The new tongue-and-groove ceiling is also a nod to the typical midcentury practice," Shoup said. The ceiling is painted "Simply White" by Benjamin Moore.
Building Lab set out to prove that walnut walls and light-colored paints looks modern, not dated. A chair by Organic Modernism and coffee table from West Elm sit next to a Room & Board sofa.
An Eames Lounge Chair provides a comfortable place to sit behind sprawling views of the Northern California landscape.
Maple cabinets with an opaque white varnish complement Caesarstone countertops in the kitchen, alongside a Grohe Concetto SuperSteel faucet. A dining room table and chairs by Gus Modern sit amongst the wood-paneled background.
In the dining nook, a white Saarinen-inspired table by Rove Concept is coupled with Eames Molded Plastic Wire-Base side chairs. A ball pendant lamp by Schoolhouse Electric hangs overhead.
An Eames molded plastic side chair is the perfect contrast to the custom walnut built-in desk of the office.
The designers replaced a traditional wood-burning fireplace with a gas one from Kozy Heat.