Apple Could Reduce Dependency on Intel for Its Wireless Modems by Making in-House Solutions for Future iPhones
As the legal battle with Apple and Qualcomm ensues, the California-based giant relies on Intel for its smartphone modems, with the possibility of MediaTek being introduced in the fold. Intel already announced its XMM 8160 5G modem, which will most likely be used for the iPhone lineup getting launched in 2020. However, this partnership might not last long because Apple is reportedly hiring talent that will be working on making in-house modems for future iPhones.
Apple Is Also Hiring a Design Team to Help the Company’s Development of a Better Neural Engine AI Processor
According to the latest report from Bloomberg, Apple could be adding a new location where it will be assigning a team to work on wireless chips. The tech giant published 10 job postings on its website for chip design-related positions in the city. This will also include working on the company’s Neural Engine, which will help make a smarter iPhone. It should be noted that at this moment, Intel supplies Apple with cellular chips, and will continue to do so for the year 2020. This is the time when Apple will introduce its 5G-capable iPhones, giving them a huge boost when it comes to wireless cellular performance.
It is possible that Apple doesn’t abandon its partnership with Intel but with its reported plans to create an in-house modem, it will result in the processor manufacturer’s revenue to drop significantly in this area. Apple has also said to tap MediaTek for its baseband chips, but there has been little development to this story. As most of you know, the iPhone maker designs most of its chips, including the SoC that is found in its iPhones and iPads, as well as those that carry out specific functions in its Mac lineup.
Both Apple and Qualcomm have refused to comment on the latest development, and if we find out more, we’ll update you accordingly. If you’d like to check out more coverage related to Apple and 5G connectivity, you can check out the links below.
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Happy Comic Release Day! Welcome to another installment of GeekMom Comic Book Corner, where we recap our adventures in comics for the week. This week we look at Hawkeye #8 and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Issue #.01 and a book that’s a celebration of comics.
Dakster Sullivan — Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Issue #.01
I wanted to read Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Issue #.01, written by Brian Michael Bendis and art by Steve McNiven, because quite frankly the cover intrigued me. The man in the background and the child holding the weapon both looked like they had an interesting story to tell. I know very little about the Guardians of the Galaxy team, so I was jumping in head first with no knowledge of their history.
From a newbies stand point, I don’t feel like I needed to know any past history. The story was very well written and I understood everything that was going on. Both the artist and the writer did an amazing job of making me feel for Peter (the main character) and really want to help him. I wanted to cry with him when he suffered a tragic loss.
I’m excited to see where this story takes me and hopefully learn more about his teammates and how they all got together to be the team they are. I’m slightly familiar with one of the team members, only because I think I saw him in Nova Vol. 5 Issue #1 (but I guess it could be another talking raccoon in cool clothes right?). Corrina adds: Can we ever have too many talking raccoons in cool clothes?
This is another series I wish came out bi-weekly or even weekly digital, but alas, it’s a once a month treat. One that I’m looking forward to and have already subscribed through Marvel’s subscription service.
Curious to know what I’m pulling this week? Check out my pull list on Comixology.
Kelly Knox – Hawkeye #8 (Marvel Comics)
After hearing so much praise since the title began, I finally took a chance on the first issue of Matt Fraction’s ongoing Hawkeye series.
Hawkeye follows the escapades of Clint Barton when he’s not on duty with the Avengers. When I described this to my husband, who asked what I was reading, he replied, “Hawkeye? Isn’t he just a dude? What does he do, sit around on the couch the entire time?”
In just a few issues, writer Matt Fraction has turned Clint into a character that readers really care about. After reading the first story, I immediately downloaded the rest of the available issues, and devoured them. There are very few superhero costumes and no flashiness in the series. David Aja’s art is brilliant; his use of purple is a subtle touch in each issue.
Hawkeye #8 picks up a thread from an earlier issue, bringing back a character to cause even more trouble in Clint’s life. This Valentine’s Day-themed story mixes in vintage romance comic covers by Annie Wu that are both fun to look at and play a small part in telling the story.
Hawkeye is a series that continues to impress and amuse me at the same time. If you haven’t picked up the first issue in the series yet, what are you waiting for? Go get it and read it now.
Corrina–Chicks Dig Comics
I’ve been meaning to read this book since attending the Chicks Dig Comics panel last summer at C2E2 and after I was done, I kicked myself for waiting so long. Because I have never felt so loved after finished a book. Chicks Dig Comics is filled with essays by women who love comics and not only want to state the obvious, that women love comics, they also want to share their passion with others.
Some of these stories had me near tears, like Jill Thompson‘s story of how her father gave up a Sunday afternoon to indulge his daughter’s passion and take her to a comic convention even though he wasn’t a comic reader. Maybe it was because Thompson’s story could be mine, especially since we started reading X-Men about the same time.
I saw my love of comics reflected in all the essays and when I was finished with the book, I felt much less alone in the world. Thanks to Lynne M. Thomas and Sigrid Ellis, who edited the collection, and thanks to everyone who wrote essays, gave interviews, and shared their stories.
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Archie The Best Of Dan DeCarlo Vol. 4 HC
Danger Girl G.I. JOE HC
Doctor Who Series 3 Vol. 1 Hypothetical Gentleman TP
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Joe Palooka #4 (Of 6)
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Steve Ditko’s Monsters Vol. 1 Gorgo HC
Transformers More Than Meets The Eye #14
Transformers Spotlight Bumblebee #1 (One Shot)
True Blood #10
True Blood #10
Wizard’s Tale TP
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Blood-C Vol. 1 TP
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Willow Wonderland #5 (Of 5)
Colder #5 (Of 5)
Game Of Thrones Littlefinger Mockingbird Pin
Hellboy In Hell #4
Last Day In Vietnam A Memory HC
Mass Effect SX3 Alliance Fighter Replica
Star Wars Dark Times Fire Carrier #2 (Of 6)
Trigun Multiple Bullets TP
Vampire Hunter D Vol. 19 Mercenary Road SC
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Body found in Whitby identified as missing teacher Jeffrey Boucher
Durham Regional Police confirm the body, found on the shore of Lake Ontario, is that of the missing teacher, who had been missing since January 13.
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Durham Regional Police have confirmed that a body found on the shore of Lake Ontario last Friday is that of missing Whitby teacher Jeffrey Boucher.
The 52-year-old Boucher had been missing since January 13.
The coroner’s office confirmed the positive identification of the body the Tuesday. Police said further lab tests will be conducted to help determine the cause of death, but say the results will not be known for several weeks.
No foul play is being suspected and no signs of trauma to the body were found.
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Being burnt out means feeling empty, devoid of motivation, and beyond caring.
You may have no energy, lost hope, or simply be unexcited about life in general.
Don’t give up hope because recovery from stress and burnout is possible.
Besides implementing self care activities, you’ll need to learn how to cope with stress in the short and long-term.
But, first, you need to focus on recovery:
- Start your day with a relaxing ritual, whether that’s a Nature walk, stretching exercises or breakfast on your balcony or terrace without your smart phone. The point is go slow, be gentle and, if possible, add a dose of healing “greenery” to your stress and burnout recovery plan.
- Nurture your body with extra healthy food and drink. Maximise organic vegetables and fruit, grains such as brown rice or quinoa and fresh, wild-caught fish to feed your brain and ease inflammation. Sip on ginger drinks, filtered water, herbal teas such as lavender, peppermint or camomile. And choose a low-alcohol wine or beer if you want an alcoholic drink. You may need some nutritional support including B vitamins, magnesium or extra Vitamin C to shore up energy and immunity and assist relaxation. If so, consult a qualified naturopath.
- Alternative therapies including Chinese herbs and acupuncture, massage, or osteopathy an be valuable right now. These are self-care activities that may help you build resilience but, at least, will add to your sense of a support network.
- Quality sleep is vital for rest and repair. Turn your bedroom into a relaxation zone with chemical-free bed linen, heavy curtains or an eye mask and no electronic or smart devices. Have an area outdoors where you can take a nap. Remember, you are in recovery from stress and burnout. Napping is allowed. You need to regain your energy and strength.
- Say no to anything that involves stress, or that you don’t feel like doing. Assertiveness training, or wellness consulting that focussing on self-confidence and recognising and honouring your own values will pay dividends. Going against your values contributes to both stress and burnout.
- Engage in a creative activity that has nothing to do with work – painting, gardening, journalling, cooking or decorating. Your aim: to get in “the flow” so you are entirely present and not regretting the past or worrying about the future.
- Use a device such as a Spire stone to monitor when you are stressed – in fight or flight response – or when you are calm – in parasympathetic mode. Chronic, long-term stress is behind burnout and you need to learn how to flick the switch.
- Get help. Get a stress counsellor, a psychotherapist, a wellness wellness consultant, or someone else who understands where you are at. Sometimes self-care activities mean working as part of a team, not alone. https://au.reachout.com/articles/burnout-and-chronic-stress But remember, ultimately, you have control.
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If you are a high flyer in recovery from stress and burnout, acknowledge that you may be addicted to adrenalin and put all the above steps in play.
Many executives need to master meditation, exercise and sleep, and emotional, cognitive and spiritual health to go beyond surviving the treadmill to thriving at life.
In the long-term you’ll need to identify what causes you stress, or change your reaction to those causes. Is it your work itself? The people with whom one works? The company or location? Or is it what you do, that may not be aligned with your values?https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/basics/burnout
You will probably go through a period of not earning and this may be vital to your recovery from stress or burnout.
Alternative sources of income can include savings, mortgage redraws, income protection insurance (you may have this in your super fund if you don’t have a separate policy), selling assets, or even an emergency credit card. You may even have holiday pay or long service leave.
Don’t feel guilty about tapping out financial resources to shore up health. You can’t replace the latter.
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9 Burnout Signs & Symptoms
- Feeling tired and drained most of the time
- Disruption to sleep patterns
- Frequent headaches or back pain
- Feeling sick a lot
- Sense of failure and self doubt
- Feeling helpless, trapped or defeated
- Not wanting to socialise
- Isolating yourself from others

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Manchester United is a football club that has won the Premier League 20 times and the Champions League three times. Manchester United was founded in 1878 by a group of railway workers in Manchester, England. They were initially called Newton Heath LYR Football Club, but they changed their name to Manchester United in 1902. The club’s first trophy was won in 1908 when they beat Bristol City to win the Second Division title. Their first major trophy came two years later when they won the First Division for the first time. They went on to win it five more times before World War I but didn't win it again until 1952. Since then, they have gone on to win it another 13 times and are currently one of only four teams that have ever been crowned champions of Europe more than — Manchester United is one of the most popular football clubs in the world. They have won a total of 20 English Premier League titles, 11 FA Cups, four League Cups, and three European Cups. Manchester United was founded in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR Football Club by the Carriage and Wagon department of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway depot at Newton Heath. The club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 after moving to Old Trafford from their previous ground. Manchester United has been nicknamed “The Red Devils” since its inception due to their red shirts and white shorts. They are also informally referred to as "Man Utd", "The Reds", or "The Mancs". — Manchester United is a football club that was founded in 1878. It’s one of the most valuable football clubs in the world, and it has won 20 league titles, 12 FA Cups, and 5 European Cups.

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Thousands of islands, 227 inhabited, a history so rich and complex it’s impossible to overstate or fully understand, democracy, philosophy and drama all originating here; yep, we’re talking about Greece. But where to start in a country of such intrigue? While mainland Greece is undeniably an attractive place to visit, for many the real draw is on the country’s islands. Indeed, whether with a crewed sailing holiday or on a solo adventure island hopping, being adrift in the Aegean Sea with little on the agenda but intrepid exploration is a tempting prospect for anyone. To help you best navigate your route and pen your itinerary, here are our 5 IDEAL tips for your Greek island hopping holiday.
FOCUS ON AN ISLAND GROUP
In a country of such varied and vivid past, having the foresight to narrow down your trip into one manageable theme and focus can be daunting. You want to experience all the diversity Greece has to offer, but at the same time not be bogged down in bureaucracy and endless bouncing between A and B. The answer? Determine which group of islands you want to explore, and make the most of that grouping, rather than cram in too much.
The Greeks islands are broadly grouped into six geographical clusters (plus Crete) and all have something in common, but equally are so very different. It’s highly advisable not to spread yourself too thinly when island hopping if you’re to get the most out of the country.
The Cyclades (close to Athens) with their chalk white villages and blue domed cathedrals are perhaps the most popular while the Argo-Saronic Islands, hugging the coast between Piraeus, the port of Athens, and the Peloponnese, the stunning southern mainland of Greece, are the most accessible.
If you want to go a little further afield, The Ionian (near Albania) has a uniquely Italian influence. Or the North Aegean Islands, close to Turkey, and perhaps the most unspoilt grouping, could be for you? Whichever area you chose, a steely focus in the planning stage is required unless you want to be in transit for the duration of your trip.
TO FERRY OR NOT?
This one comes with an advanced warning; trying to negotiate ferry routes and schedules can be more painful than encountering the Brazen Bull of ancient Greek folklore. In part, this is down to the sheer number of ferry companies, possible itterations of journey and of course, all those 227 destinations. The paradox of choice can grip you, vice like, in such circumstances.
As a rule, ferries are most abundant between June and September (the high season). In low season, some routes are simply not do-able. There are no ferries between Crete and Santorini, Santorini and Mykonos, or between Crete and Mykonos between late November and early March. Athens is, of course, the hub and the easiest place to be based; flights can also be made between the capital and some of the islands.
Equally, there are some occasions in life when you need to pamper yourself, and island hopping in Greece could be the ideal occasion to splash out a little. Consider renting a private yacht, such as from the guys over at Vernicos Yachts, negating the headache of ferry timetables and turning travel into a pleasure, not a chore.
EXPLORE EACH ISLAND BY SCOOTER OR QUAD BIKE
After all the toing and froing, hopping and bopping, you’ll want travel autonomy to be in your hands once on terra firma. The sooner you can get mobile, the better, as there’s so much to take in. The best way to keep things loose and leisurely is by renting out a scooter or quad bike at the disembarking point of each destination; easily the best way to get around and take in the spectacular views.
ENJOY THE LOCAL SPECIALITIES OF EACH ISLAND
One of the most rewarding aspects of an island hopping adventure is the amazing diversity of food on offer, with each place specialising in a different plate, utterly unique to their surrounds. Though the terroir may be similar, the taste is not. And that means a journey of culinary discovery awaits.
Crete, the largest island in the Aegean sea, is home to some fine, in-house produced cheese; graviera, anthotiro and ksigalo to name but a few. The island of Sifnos, where legendary Greek chef Nicholaos Tselementes hailed from, calls the splendid lamb and red wine stew Mastela its own. And everyone’s dream destination Santorini boasts a variety of cherry tomato only grown on the island. Some of the best dishes found here harness this local ingredient’s great power; tomatokeftedes, a kind of tomato fritter, and the island’s very own tomato paste, which is mixed with olive oil, capers and basil and served alongside freshly baked bread, to name but two. Heaven.
It’s important to be aware that Greeks eat late, typically between 8 and 10 pm, and many tavernas and restaurants aren’t open before 7pm. You should get your head around the different type of eateries popular in Greece so you know what you’re getting yourself into before you booking a table. The most typical set for dinner is the taverna, which serves up home-style baked dishes like moussaka and souvlaki (spit-roasted meat). In the summer months, one of the most popular mezedes is octopus, which you’ll see drying in the sun outside tavernas everywhere. A second very popular style of eating is Mezedopoleio, where small plates of mezes (tapas-style portions of food) are shared in a relaxed, convivial atmosphere, conducive to getting a little merry. Some even serve a round of ouzu with every round of plates. Chin chin! If you’re after something that won’t give you a hangover, Greece has a fantastic coffee culture too.
EMBRACE THE SIGA-SIGA LIFESTYLE
We’ve taken ‘hgyye’ to heart, fallen for ‘fika’ and been seduced by ‘siesta’. So it’s about time that us Brits embraced Siga Siga, too, meaning slowly slowly. When Greek Island hopping, resetting your watch to a slower pace of life is a must. No rushing allowed, with the country operating under ‘Greek time’; a casual and laid back interpretation of the very concept of the clock. There’s no grab’n’go culture here, no fighting against life’s merciless tick-tocking, just an appreciation of a gentler pace to life and the benefits it brings. Bliss.

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See Introduction to the Exhortation to the Clergy. ENDERS, 8:257. Weimar Ed. 30 2 :632. The point of the criticism is that Luther has inserted the word “only,” which does not appear in the original text. Es thut mir doch sanfft. The ass. “The book of the generations.” Jerome Emser. He died in 1527. In criticizing Luther’s New Testament, he pointed out 1,400 errors. In the year of his death he published his own German New Testament in which he had closely followed Luther’s version. Cf.KAWERAU, Hieron. Emser (1898), and Vol. 3. Duke George of Saxony. Cf.SMITH &JACOBS, Luther’s Correspondence 2:426 f. “I will it; I command it; my will is reason enough.” The art of debate, which was so highly developed in the later Middle Ages. Cf. Luther’s statement in the Open Letter to the Nobility, in this edition, Apparently a proverbial expression, the source of which is unknown. Johannes Faber of Leutkirch (1478-1541). See PRE3 and Cath. Enc. Luther’s name for Johannes Cochlaeus (1479-1552). See PRE3 & Cath. Enc. On Luther’s difficulties with Job, see his letter to Spalatin, February 23, 1524, Enders 4:299;SMITH &JACOBS, Luther’s Correspondence 2:221 f.; also his Preface to the Book of Job, Vol. 6 of this edition. Melanchthon. Matthew Aurogallus (1490-1543) was teaching Hebrew at Wittenberg after 1521. He was one of Luther’s chief assistants in translating the Old Testament. Wes das hertz vol ist, des gehet der mund uber. Was soll doch solcher unrat? or Was soll doch solcher schade. Nein, est ist schade umb der salbe. Du holdselige, cf. Weizsacker’s Begnadigte and Moffett’s “God favored one”! The Ave Maria. There is no English equivalent for Luther’s Gott grusse dich, du liebe Maria, which is altogether informal. Das also dringe und klinge ynns hertz. English A. V. & R. V., “Greatly beloved.” Daniel, du man der begierungen, oder, Daniel, du man der luste. i.e. Never any purpose to falsify. Rottengeist, “a radical” A translation of the prophets made by Ludwig Haetzer and Hans Denck and published at Worms, in 1527. The translators were antitrinitarians, which may account for Luther’s belief that “Jews had a hand in it.” On Haetzer and Denck see articles in Realencyk. Schuttet wol grober eraus und stosset dem fass den boden aus. i.e. An interpretation distorting the real meaning. Ein rotten geyst. This tract was never completed. There are some notes for it extant. Cf. Weimar Ed., 30 2 :652 ff. Luther preached such a sermon at Coburg on the day of St. Michael and All Angels (September 29), 1530. It was published the next year, but has nothing to say about the intercession of saints. The sermon is in Weimar Ed. 32:111 ff. i.e. in baptism. Ecclesiasticus 3:26. Here and throughout this passage, die Christenheit. i.e., the text without corrupting glosses, or explanations. “We teach and strictly command.” The phrase is common in papal bulls. This is the theme of The Babylonian Captivity, Vol. This manner of dating is common in Luther’s Wartburg letters; it recurs in those written from Feste Coburg.
WHETHER SOLDIERS, TOO, CAN BE SAVED
See SMITH & JACOBS, Luther’s Correspondence, 2, p. 385. See Letter of Dedication, below. Cf.SMITH &JACOBS, loc. cit. On Temporal Government and Explanation of the 82 Psalm, Vol. 4. Cf.DE WETTE, 3:319;SMITH &JACOBS, op. cit. 2:435 ff. The Mundrichter is the judge who pronounces the sentence; the Faustrichter is the one who executes it. Of 1525, see Vol. The use of the expression “fox-tail” for punishment that consists only in a gesture is not uncommon with Luther. i.e., Of a soldier. “Summum jus, summa injuria. Heautontimoroumenos 4:5. Junckerlein. i.e., To death. Luther’s play on the words Adel, “nobility,” and Adeler “eagle,” is not translatable. “The crime of high treason.” Under the Roman and feudal law, it was an offense against the person of the ruler. “Justice.” All of these emperors were deposed in revolutions of the army; Galba in 69 A.D.; Pertinax 193; Gordian 244; Alexander 235. Christian II was driven out of Denmark in 1523, after ten years on the throne of the three Scandinavian kingdoms. Possibly, “who attacks a hedge-hog.” (Clemen). “Frogs must have storks.” (Cl. 2:383). Luther was very fond of AEsop’s fables, publishing some of them in German in 1530 (Weimar Ed. 50:440 ff.) The custom was not uncommon under the feudal regime. It contains the germ of modern constitutional government. Christian II, mentioned above. He was driven out by a combination of his own barons, supported by the Hanseatic League. Cf. Cambridge Modern History 2:228. “High treason against God.” i.e., The peasants. Maximilian died 1519. So gar stund Deudschland ynn einer Wage. “So evenly were the scales balanced in Germany.” These words are all expletives, “St. Anthony’s fire” is erysipelas; St. Quirinus’ disease is not identified. Frederick had died in 1525. At the battle of Pavia, February 25, 1525. The trouble that resulted in the sack of Rome by the imperial army in May, 1527. Wil schlects mit dem kopffe hyndurch. Eine gemeine person, i.e., the community assumes personality in the ruler; in him the community is one person. i.e., Fighting. We might render it, “high treason against God.” The German mercenary soldiers, who were found in most of the armies of Europe. Among the statements condemned in the bull of excommunication (1520) was one to this effect. The time came in 1528. See On War Against the Turk, this volume, p. 81 ff.
ON WAR AGAINST THE TURK ENDERS 6:314;
SMITH & JACOBS, Luther’s Correspondence. 2:451. Weimar Ed., 1:535. Weimar Ed. 30 2 :160 ff. The Peasants’ Revolt of 1525. i.e., The clergy. Whether Soldiers, Too, Can Be Saved. An “evangelical counsel,” necessary for perfection, but not demanded. Cf. Vol. Captured from the Hospitallers, December, 1522. The diets of Nuremberg (1523 and 1524) and of Spires (1526 and 1529) discussed the Turkish war at length. Wladislaw (Ladislas) III of Poland and Hungary, killed in the battle of Varna, November 10, 1444. Giuliano Caesarini, papal legate in Hungary, who had preached the crusade. He was present at the battle of Varna, and killed during the retreat after the battle. King Lewis II of Bohemia and Hungary was killed in the battle of Mohacs, August 29, 1525. Julius II (1503-13). Clement VII (1523-30). Rome was sacked by the army of Charles V, May 6, 1527. When Luther wrote this the pope was the emperor’s prisoner. The ceremonial processions were regarded as especially solemn forms of prayer. See Cath. Encyc., 12:446 ff. Perhaps Josiah or Joash. This purpose was not fulfilled, partly because of Luther’s difficulty in securing a Latin text. See Berlin Ed., 7:456, n. 1. De civitate dei 4:4, 6. Raubeberge, “mountains of prey” (Engl. R. V.) i.e., The murdering and robbing out of the false doctrine. In 374, the Arian bishop, Lucius, drove the orthodox bishop, Peter, out of Alexandria. Realencyk 2:42; Bright, Age of the Fathers, 1:377. Cf. Augustine, Contra Gandentium, I, 100:22 (Migne 43:720 f.) See Bright, Age of the Fathers 2:117. Ovid, Trist. 2, 295; Weimar Ed., 30 2 , p. 127, n. With this passage compare 1 Corinthians 3:11-15. In the raising of the siege of Vienna in October, 1529, Luther saw such a miracle. See De Wette 3:518. The preaching of crusades. See On Keeping Children in School, Vol. “Trusting in bravery, and numbers” ( Judges 20:22). This is the Latin text. The English versions, and Luther’s own Bible, follow the Hebrew and read, “The people encouraged themselves.” Christenheit is Luther’s name for the totality of Christians, without reference to social and political groupings in Church or State. i.e., With the consent of the ruler to whom the oath of allegiance was given. Current names for unnatural vices. Drein odder druber, Bisschoff oder Bader. Cf.SMITH AND JACOBS, Luther’s Correspondence 2:516 f. i.e., Crusading-indulgences. At the battle of Mohacs, August 29, 1526, Lewis of Hungary commanded an army of not more than 30,000 against a Turkish force of more than 100,000. It is estimated that the Hungarians lost 20,000 men, and the king himself was drowned while retreating. Cf. Cambridge Modern History, 1:96 f. At Aleppo (1516) and Reydaniya (1517). These two victories gave the Ottoman Turks complete supremacy in the Mohammedan world. Cf. Cambridge Modern History, 1:90 f. Ferdinand of Austria was elected king of Bohemia in 1526. The Diet of Speyer was in session when this work was published. The implication is “For I cannot.”
ON THE COUNCILS AND THE CHURCHES
WREDE, Deutsche Reichstagsakten, 2:661ff.;KIDD, Documents of the Continental Reformation, No. 69. The report of the commission (Consilium de emendanda ecclesia) was published in 1538. The text is found most conveniently inKIDD, op. cit., pp. 307 ff. Luther republished it, in German translation, with introduction and notes (Weimar Ed., L, 288 ff.) H. E.JACOBS, Book of Concord, pp. 35 f. KIDD, op. cit. p. 303. Cf.BENRATH in Realencyk. 20:546 ff. JACOBS, Book of Concord, pp. 307-38. See Weimar Ed., p. 501. ibid. p. 505. In this edition, Vol. 1. See Introduction. Luther had first demanded a Council, before which his case could be heard, in 1518. Since 1523 the emperor and the diets had been urging it. See Introduction. Gauckelmenlin, a children’s-toy. The Council had been called to meet in Mantua, May 23, 1537, then postponed until November 1st, and then called to meet at Vicenza, May 1, 1538. Mit dem kopff hindurch. See Introduction. i.e., Self-condemned men. “Out of thine own mouth I judge thee, wicked servant.” John Frederick of Saxony had suggested this. Cf. Weimar Ed., L, 514, n. a.
There is some doubt concerning the edition to which Luther refers. It was probably the two volume collection of Peter Crabbe, published at Cologne in 1538, though it may have been the earlier work of Jacob Merlin. Cf. Weimar Ed. L, 502, 514 n., andSCHAEFER, L. als Kirchen historiker, p. 144. Albrecht of Mainz held two archbishoprics and a bishopric at one and the same time. Bis das weder haut noch bar da sei. “Physician, heal thyself.” Pupils who are still learning the alphabet. Sie haben gut thun. Cf. Weimar Ed., L. 518, n. 1. Dass sie schlechtweg mussig gehen. i.e., Interpretations. On Luther’s use of the fathers in his exegetical works, seeSCHAEFER, L. als Kirchen historiker, 180 ff. Luther had made use of this same reference in a similar connection as early as 1519. Cf.ENDERS, 1:439. The Decretum of Gratian, which forms the first part of the Canon Law. i.e., Backwards. Zu geel umb den Schnabel. Ad inquisitiones Januarii, inMIGNE, 33:221. Luther was seven years out of the way. Augustine died in 430. Or ecumenical. In the Canon Law (Decret. Grat. 1, dist. 15, 100:2), quoted from Gregory I, 2 p. 1:24. The Council of Nicaea was held in 325; Augustine was born in 354. A. D. 381. The Council of Ephesus was held in 431, the year after Augustine’s death. The Council of Chalcedon was in 451. Sylvester (314-337) was pope at the time of the Council. Gratian (375-83) and Theodosius I (379-95) were responsible for the Council of Conastantinople. Theodosius II was emperor in the East, 408-50. Marcian was also emperor in the East, 450-58. The three principal archbishops of Germany. Sie haben geseuchelt, gekrunckt, gehustet und gekrochtztet nach der Herrschaft. This defies translation. Cf. Weimar Ed. L, 523, notes. Sie habens erseuchelt und erhustet. Another untranslatable expression. “I will it; I command it; my will is the restore for it.” A proverb originating in Juvenal. i.e., In the lands of Western Europe. A reference to humiliations put upon the mediaeval emperors by the popes. Decret. Grat. 1, dist. 9, 100:5; the original inMIGNE, 33:277. The Latin text in Weimar Ed. L, 524, note b. dist. 9, 100:3; the original inMIGNE, 42:869. Ep. 82; MIGNE, 33:227; Nicene & Post Nicene Fathers, 1:350. “The good that I would, I do not, but the evil that I would not, that I do, etc.” i.e., Taken in snares. Luther is probably referring to the Talmud. Cf. Weimar Ed. L, 527, note a. Ein Brief D. Mart. Luther. Wider die Sabbather, published in March, 1538. Weimar Ed., L, pp. 312-37. i.e., The decree of the apostolic council. “Wrong.” “Physician, cure thyself.”. Wo nun? wo da? lieber Freund. Fastnacht, an indication of the date when this part of the treatise was written. In 1539, Shrove Tuesday was February 19th. Die Stuhlschreiber, the professional penmen. The Athanasian Creed, Quicunque vult salvus esse. The Canons of Nicaea were preserved in several different forms. For the provisions here cited, see Nicene & Postnicene Fathers, Series 1, Vol. 14, pp. 24, 29, Canons 11 and 13. Luther’s citation of the canons is not always accurate and seems to rest upon the account of Rufinus. (Cf. Weimar Ed., L, 531, note b). i.e. Endowments to provide masses for the dead at stated times. All the practices here referred to were connected with the sacrament of penance and belief in purgatory. i.e., As a support for the sacrament of penance. Canon 12. (Nicene Fathers, 14:27). The story of St. Maurice and the Theban legion is one of the most famous legends of the Middle Ages. Maurice was commander of the legion, which is said to have been exterminated by order of the Emperor Maximian, because it would not participate in the persecution of Christians; the number of the martyrs was 6,600. Cf. Realencyk., 12:452 ff. i.e., Jubilee-years. Zulauffende krieger. This was not the Roman custom in imperial days. The imperial armies were secured by conscription and voluntary enlistment. This system of “pensions” in Switzerland was bitterly assailed by Zwingli. SeeJACKSON, Ulrich Zwingli. All emperors who had distinguished themselves as military leaders. The phrases “before baptism” and “after baptism” probably refer to the emperors. Cf. Berlin Ed. 2:33 n. St. Anthony entered upon the hermit-life about 270, fifty-five years before the Council of Nicaea. St. Martin of Tours (d. 400), the most celebrated of the early monks of the West. The “legend” is probably the Vita S. Martini by Sulpicius Severus. SoSCHAEFER, 418. The nephew of Constantine. He was emperor 361-63. The Acts of the Council of Nicaea, as of the ancient Councils in general, had been handed down in various forms into some of which forgeries had been inserted; there was no authentic text in Luther’s day.
The modern texts have been established by methods of higher criticism of exactly the kind that Luther here employs, though his suggestion on this point has not been generally accepted. This rests, apparently, on Rufinus’ version of Canon 6. Cf. Nicene Fathers 14, pp. 16 f. “By divine right.” Almost the very language of the bull Unam Sanctum of 1302. Cf. MIRBT, Quellen. No. 372. Alexandria fell before the Saracens in 641. Canon 1 (Nicene Fathers, 14, p. 8.) Canon 3 (op. cit, p. 11). This canon does not refer to the marriage of the clergy, but to the presence in their homes of mulieres subintroductae, i.e., women who were neither wives nor near relatives. CASSIODORUS, Historia Tripartita, 2:14. This work, which Luther quotes extensively, was the standard Latin textbook in Church History during the whole Middle Ages. It was composed of excerpts from the Greek Church historians, Socrates, Sozomen and Theodoret. Of Papnnutius little is known, save that he was bishop of a city in Egypt and a member of the Council of Nicaea, and that he opposed the prohibition of marriage to the clergy. He was bishop of Carthage after 248, put to death because of his faith, in 258. His views on rebaptism are found inMIGNE, 3, 1073 ff., ff., 1153 ff.; Vienna, 3, 698 ff., 778 ff.: Ante-Nicene Fathers, 5, 373 ff. Cornelius was pope 251-53. EUSEBIUS, Eccl. Hist. 7:4-6. Sixtus II (257-58); also known as Xystus. This canon (100, 19) is not genuine, but is a later addition to the acts of the council. The Paulianists and Photinians are the followers of the heretical bishops, Paul of Samosata (d. 269) and Photinus of Sirmium (d. 376). In Migne, 42:34. The Donatists refused to admit the validity of any acts of clergy who were guilty of mortal sin. A collection of alleged decrees of synods, claiming apostolic origin.
The collection was made in the latter part of the fourth or early part of the fifth century and is closely related to the so-called Apostolic Constitutions. Luther probably knew them in the edition of Merlin, Paris, 1524, or from the work of Crabbe. See Realencyk., 1:734 ff. Canon 38. See Introduction. “Feed my sheep.” “Prove all things; hold fast to that which is good.” “I am the truth.” “Every man a liar.” Cf. Romans 3:4. Peter Lombard (d. 1164). His Four Books of Sentences was the great theological textbook of the Middle Ages and the basis of most of the great systems of scholastic theology. John Bugenhagen, known as Pomeranus, from the place of his origin.
His Commentary on Four Chapters of the First Epistle to the Corinthians was published in 1530. These are the subjects of some of his best-known writings. Hilary of Poitiers, “the Athanasius of the West,” died 367.
Luther was apparently quoting from memory, Hilary’s De trinitate, 9:2. Cf. Weimar Ed. L, 547, note a. “So acts are known by the causes of action.” Probably a proverb. The allusion is vulgar. i.e., Contradictions. A celebrated opponent of Arianism (d. 338). See Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart, 3:243. Both the Tripartita and Rufinus, Luther’s chief sources, indicate that Arius was present. These are the subjects of the canons of Nicaea. Cf. Nicene Fathers, 14, pp. 8 ff. One of the sources of the Tripartita. i.e., Canons, or decisions. The agreement on the Roman Easter date is not embodied in the canons of the Council, but announced in the Synodal Letter. (Nicene Fathers, 14, p. 54.) Until the introduction of the Gregorian calendar (1582) the equinox was moving forward at the rate of one day in 128 years. See Encycl. Brit. (14th ed.), 4, 569 ff. Victor was pope 189-98. Irenaeus was bishop of Lyons after 177. Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, died as a martyr in 155. Movable festivals. Schuekelfest. The first Sunday of Lent. Epiphany, January 6. Purification of Mary (Presentation of our Lord), February 2. March 25. St. John the Baptist, June 24. “The Lord’s Day.” Geman, Christtag. In the calendar of Luther’s time, each day had a letter. Beginning January 1, the letters ran from A to G, and repeated. May 1. September 29. November 11. November 26. June 24. June 29. i.e., The two tables, the Decalog. i.e., That Peter had taken the Gospel to the Gentiles. i.e., Who do more than the law commands and thus acquire superfluous merit, through works of supererogation. A reference to the indulgences, which were based on the superfluous merits of Christ and the saints. Probably a reference to the controversy with the Antinomians. See Weimar Ed. L, 461 ff., and below in this same work. i.e., The members of the papal court at Rome. Natura petit exitum. Sub Substantialiter. “Custom is second nature.” The sense is, “It pays no attention at all to foods.” By the Lex Papia Poppaea (9 B. C.) “It was right to give the synagogue an honorable funeral.” The passage is not found in Augustine. Gregory of Nazianzus (d. 390), and Basil the Great, bishop of Caesarea (370-79). Luther’s information is not accurate. It rests on Rufinus and the Tripartita. Cf.SCHAEFER, L. als Kirchen historiker, 277. “Sometimes even the wicked are defeated.” i.e., They bide their time until their chance comes. “Never trust thine enemy: for like as iron rusteth, so is his wickedness.
Though he humble himself and go crouching, yet take good heed and beware of him.” Ecclesiasticus 12:10, 11 (A. V.) Auxentius (d. 374) was denounced as a heretic by Pope Damasus and declared deposed (370), but kept his bishopric until his death. Hilary of Poitiers published his confession of faith as an appendix to his Book Against the Arians, entitling it “An Illustration of the Blasphemy of Auxentius.” Cf. Realencyk. Arts. Damasus, Hilarius von Poitiers, and Weimar Ed. L, 570, note a., where he is mistakenly referred to as the successor of Ambrose. “God of God, Light of light, Very God of very God.” “Begotten, not made.” “Of one substance.” The letter in Migne, 22, 356; Vienna, 54, 64. This dialog (Migne, 62, 155 ff.) passed in the sixteenth century as a work of Athanasius. Its author was Vigilus of Thapsus who lived at the end of the fifth century. Realencyk. 20, 640 ff. “Unborn; the unbegotten God.” De trin. 1:18. Nicene Fathers, 9:45. Adams-seuche. Tripartita, 4:1-3. Augustine was a Manichaean before he became a Christian, and later wrote extensively against the Manichaeans. Polter Babst geister. The Council was held in 381. Gratian was emperor 375-383; Theodosius, 379-395. The personal history of Macedonius is quite unclear. It is connected with the bitter struggle between the Arians and the orthodox in the middle of the fourth century. Whether he was the founder of the sect that bears his name is open to question. SeeLOOFS in Realencyk. 12, 41 ff. Luther’s source for all of the following is the Tripartita. Damasus I was pope 366-84. The letter of the synod is found in Tripart., 9, 13 and (Migne, 69, 1129 ff). Ecclesiasticus 28:14. Nicht kundten das wasser reichen. In 602 Phocas headed a revolution in Constantinople which deposed Maurice, who had been on the throne since 582. Maurice and his whole family were put to death. Pope Gregory the Great hailed the revolution as an act of God against a tyrant. Phocas was emperor until 610, when he was deposed and killed in another revolution, headed by Heraclius.
See Cambridge Mediaeval History, 2:282 ff. Boniface I was pope for eight months in 607. He had been the papal diplomatic representative at Constantinople and was on the friendliest terms with Phocas, from whom he secured the recognition of Rome as “the head of all churches.” See Realencyk. 3, 289. “Thou art Peter, and on this rock I will build my church.” “By divine right.” The Council of Ephesus, 431. Emperor 408-450. Ambrose died 397; Martin, 400; Jerome, 420; Augustine, 430 (not 431); Hilary of Poitiers, 367; Eusebius of Caesarea, 339. The great preacher of Antioch, who became patriarch of Constantinople in 398. He was involved in the Origenistic Controversy and deposed 403. He died in 407. Tripart. 10:3, 13. “His pride was an offense warranting condemnation.” “A foreigner.” Bishop of Alexandria, 412-44, the great opponent of Nestorius and the chief literary defender of the orthodox Christology. “This long time controversy over words tortures the little Greeks, who are more zealous for contention than for truth.” Cicero, de oratore, 1, 2. Eigenschaft. “The carpenter’s son.” “One who admits the premise of a good conclusion, cannot deny the conclusion.” “Double or triple.” 12:5. Manichaeism had a place for Jesus, as the manifestation of light, which it held to be equivalent with good, but the Manichaean doctrine of matter, which made it all evil, prevented the acceptance of His humanity. See Realencyk. 12, 193 ff., Cf. Enc. of Religion and Ethics, 8, 398. Ex consequenti. Bartolomeo Sacchi of Piadena, best known as Platina (1421-81).
Under Pope Sixtus IV, he was director of the Vatican library. His Lives of the Popes (Vitae Romanorum Pontificum) was, in Luther’s day, the best available source of information for the history of the papacy. See SCHAEFER Luther als Kitchen historiker pp. 127 ff. i.e. That Luther’s teaching was incompatible with belief in the deity of Christ. “The Word was made flesh.” “The flesh was made Word.” In the Sacramentarian Controversy. Cf. Luther’s statement in Vom Abendmahl Christi Bekenntnis, of 1528 (Weimar Ed. 26:317). See note in Weimar Ed. L, 591. Peter, the Lombard. Marcian’s dates are 450-58. The actual date was 451. Actually 325. Eusebius’ Ecclesiastical History. Luther used it in Rufinus’ translation. Theodoret ends with the year 428. Luther seems to have known his work only through the excerpts in the Tripartita. Pope Leo I (440-461). The letter referred to is Ep. 60, to Maximus of Antioch. “The conclusion of a valid argument.” “Viz., in his conclusion.” “In his premise.” “Admitting the premise and denying the conclusion.” “Not in the nature of things,” i.e., as things are, there are no such works. i.e., legitimate. “Denying the conclusion of an admitted premise, in a good syllogism,” and “retaining the premise when the conclusion has been destroyed.” Sich selbs in die Backen hauen, “chopping oneself in the cheeks.” “Granting the premise and denying the conclusion,” or “destroying the conclusion and affirming the premise.” The party whose spokesman was Luther’s old friend and follower.
John Agricola of Eisleben. Through the years 1536-39, he had been uttering opinions that conflicted sharply with Luther’s own. The subject of their difference was the meaning and purpose of the law; Luther held that the purpose of God’s law was to lead men to knowledge of sin and so to repentance; Agricola taught that repentance was possible only through the knowledge of the goodness of God revealed in the gospel. Luther accused Agricola of abolishing the real purpose of the law and debasing the gospel. Only a few months before the present work was written, Luther had published the last of a series of writings against Agricola. See Weimar Ed., L, 461 ff. The third article of the Creed. Cf. Luther’s Catechism. Melanchthon. Johann von Wesel (d. 1479). He taught at Erfurt 1445-57. In 1461 he became professor of theology at Basel; in 1463, cathedral preacher at Worms. The criticisms of the Church, expressed in his sermons, caused his deposition in 1477. He was then called to a position as preacher in Mainz, but was almost immediately accused of heresy, and after a trial before a commission which included the famous Dominican inquisitors Elten and Sprenger, was condemned to life-imprisonment in a monastery. Because of his vigorous attacks on indulgences and his clear assertion of the sole authority of Scripture, he is usually classed among the precursors of Luther. The fullest account of his life and teaching inULLMANN, Reformatoren vor der Ref., 2 (1866), 1:149 ff.; Eng. trans., 1:160 ff. The Apology of the Augsburg Confession, Art. 27, (JACOBS, Book of Concord, 280 f.) Cf. Realencyk. 8; 78-80. The Sentences of Peter Lombard. Leo I, Ep. 165, 100:2. Cf. Ep. 124. (Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, p. 91.) Viz., that Christ had only one nature. Gregory of Nanzianzus, Patriarch of Constantinople at the time of the Second General Council, 381. i.e. Before the Council of Chalcedon. Ep. 4, to Procopius. Cf. Weimar Ed. L, 604, note a. See note,WEIMAR ED. 39:9ff. Or “punish.” Schonbose, i.e. wicked in spite of a fine appearance. The founder of monasticism in Egypt (d. 356). Luther had the story from the Vitae patrum, which passed as the work of Jerome, but is now generally ascribed to Rufinus. Cf.SCHAEFER, pp. 159 ff., 425. “The first hermit.” He is usually known simply as John the hermit.
Luther found this story also in the Vitae patrum. The praise of Augustine is found in his tract, De cura pro mortuis gerenda (Migne, 40, 607 f.) The same referred to above as a member of the Nicene Council. This story is another from the Vitae patrum. Cf. Weimar Ed., 47, 85, 585, 598. The little Synod of Gangra, in Paphligonia, held in 343, adopted a series of canons directed against overemphasis of the ascetic life. In 1530 John Kymaeus, pastor at Homberg, used these canons in an attack upon the Anabaptists. The book was published in 1537 with a preface by Luther. (See Weimar Ed. L, 45 ff.). The canons to which Luther here refers (especially Canon 9) are noted in Weimar Ed. L, 609, note c. For the source of this statement seeSCHAEFER, op. cit., 104; Weimar Ed., L. 610, note b. The order of Grammont, founded 1073. The Augustinian Canons, founded after 1059. Founded by Bruno of Cologne in 1084. Founded 1098. Names given to monastic beggars. Luther confuses Valentinian and his colleague Valens. It was Valens who compelled Egyptian monks to enter the army. He also compelled monks who had withdrawn from the world to escape civic burdens to return and assume them. Cf. Realencyk. 20, 392. “That we heap up”; a reference to 2 Timothy 4:3. Francis of Assissi, the founder of the Franciscan order, died 1226. Margaret of Austria, aunt of Charles V and regent of the Netherlands, d. 1530. John Gerson, professor at Paris and cardinal (d. 1429). He wrote a tract on this special subject (De non esu carnium). Migne, 32, 1383. “Mildness,” or “moderation.” Cf. 2 Corinthians 10:1. Augustine organized his clergy into a monastic community. Johann you Dahlberg, bishop of Worms 1482-1503. Ich mus fort. Here used in the sense of “I must die.” “Self-imposed devotions and rigorous discipline,” Moffatt. “Observance of things of this kind is free.” Luther’s rendering of this text follows the Vulgate. “Ye shall not be so.” The Apostles’ Creed. Consistorium, Hofegericht, Camergericht oder desgleichen. The terms are borrowed from the Roman Law, and were names for courts existing in Germany in Luther’s time. Cf. Smalcald Articles, Pt. 2, Art. 3.JACOBS, Book of Concord, 317 f. Cf. Luther’s Preface to the Smalcald Articles (JACOBS, op. cit., 309). Ephesus and Chalcedon. The Decalogue, the Creed, and the Lord’s Prayer, not the commentary on them, which we know by that name. “And was made man,” from the Nicene Creed. Dass man alles verdamme was da folget aus diesem Artickel verdammt sein. In the often quoted letter to Januarius, Migne, 33:201. Luther’s Geber-nehmer would, perhaps, be best rendered by the colloquial Americanism, “injun-giver.” i.e., the hangers-on of the papal court. i.e., laymen. John, Baron von Schwarzenberg (1463-1528) imperial chamberlain in 1521, later an official of the Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach. Cf. Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. The Council of Nicaea. Luther had made this proposal nineteen years earlier. See, in this edition, An Open Letter to the Christian Nobility. “And so it came to pass and so comes to pass.”
Luther’s Haufe is here rendered “group.” “The town-clerk” Eng. (AV and RV); “The secretary of state” (Moffatt). Acts 19:35. Gemeinde. Christenheit. In The Papacy at Rome Luther tried, as many times afterwards, and here, to get away from the word Kirche, “church.” The word Christenheit was his favorite substitute, but even that word has often to be translated “church” in order to render its meaning correctly. “Holy hunger (for gold),” “holy sacrifice.” Aeneid 3:57. “The most holy one of all.” Mostellaria 4:2. Gemeiner Christenheit. Sanctifier, or Lifegiver. i.e., The Antinomians. The “treasury of merit” on which indulgences were based. “The wrath of God cometh upon them at the last.” The fourth line of the pre-reformation Pentecost-hymn, Nu biten wir den heilgen geist. Heiligthum. In the following discussion this word recurs continually.
Each of the marks of the Church is called a Heiligthum, or Heilthum.
The term “holy possession” has been chosen as the translation which best conveys its meaning. It was also the word for “relics,” the wonderworking objects of reverence that were preserved in the churches, and on this idea Luther plays constantly. i.e., with the Word of God. The holy oil. Madensack, i.e., the body, which goes to decay. Emser, Eck. Rotzloffel, Luther’s favorite name for Cochlaeus. Johan Faber, bishop of Vienna. (d. 1541). George Wetzel, for a time a Lutheran pastor at Nimegk, later an advocate of Catholic reform. Names suggested, probably, by the sound of “Wetzel.” They make little sense in English, but were used as terms of the utmost contempt. “The Church is begotten, cared for, nourished, strengthened by the Word of God.” Heiltum. Luther follows the Vulgate. Heiltum. Messgewand, the vestment worn by the priest at mass. A reference to the holy oil, used in ordination. i.e., The Sacrament of the Altar. Or “rebukes.” The “power of the keys” is the power to forgive sins. See below. Or “general” and “particular.” Heiltum. Luther had previously discussed this subject at length in his work On the Keys (1530). Weimar Ed., 30 2 :435 ff.; Erlangen Ed. 31:126 ff. “The Church’s keys, not the pope’s keys.” Kirchendiener. Heiltum. “He received gifts among men.” Luther is quoting, as usual, from memory, and confuses Ephesians 4:8 with Psalm 68:19, from which the Ephesian passage quotes. i.e., Fellow-Christians with the ministers. Or “higher clergy.” i.e., They are no more apostles, etc., than they are the Church. Heiltum. i.e., In its ministers. This whole section repeats the ideas of a sermon preached by Luther, March 2, 1539. Cf. Weimar Ed. 47:676. The Weimar Ed. gives the following references: Decret. Grat., dist. 26, cap. 1-3; dist. 34, cap. 9-18; Decret’. Greg. lib. 1, tit, 21. This is not intended by Luther as a defense of bigamy. He only wants to show the absurdity and the wrong of the meaning attached to “bigamy” by the Canon Law, the “successive” and “interpretative” bigamy, which he has described in the preceding paragraph. i.e., A second marriage. Of those mentioned above. Or “type”; see above. This is the Vulgate text. The English versions and Luther himself (see below) render the Greek correctly, “This is a great mystery.” “From figure to fact, or conversely, from fact to figure.” In the Canon Law, Decret. Grat., dist. 26, cap. 2. A possible allusion to Albrecht of Mainz. i.e., In the Canon Law. Acutius is the first word of the quotation from Augustine in Decret. Grat. dist. 26, cap. 2; the quotation from Jerome, ibid, cap. 1. In the passage Noli meis, referred to above. This conclusion rests on a mistaken interpretation of Philippians 4:3 and 1 Corinthians 7:8. The Canon Law. “It is not held; but hold this.” “In the cases to be decided.” A proverb, equivalent to, “Mistakes are easy.” “Thou must be clean, who bearest (the vessels of the Lord)”. Der heiltumb eins. Eitel heilthum. Eselserbeit. Heilthum. Heilthum. “Tribulation worketh hope.” Heilthum. i.e., A life that fulfils the commandments of the first table, which refer to duty owed to God. Heilthumb. The commandments which declare the duties owed to fellowmen. “Increase” ( 2 Peter 3:18) and “Abound more and more” ( <520401> Thessalonians 4:1). i.e., Those which Luther has called “the seven holy possessions” of the Church. i.e., Among the Christians, as He is not among the heathen. Heilthum. In Luther’s division, the First Table contained three Commandments; the Second Table seven. Nicholas of Lyra (d. 1340), one of the most famous of the mediaeval commentators on the Bible. Luther refers to him frequently and the present passage is quoted by Melanchthon in the Apology, Ch. 4. (MUELLER p. 156, 22;JACOBS, Book of Concord, p. 166). Amulets of wax, stamped with the image of the Lamb of God and worn as charms. The insignia of the archbishop’s office. The canon referred to is found in Decret. Grat. 3, dist. 3, 100:20. The de pe is either a slip of the pen or a misprint for de co (de consecratione), the title of the chapter containing this canon. i.e., Witches who make cows go dry. Heilthum. Luther says “smelled.” The reference is to his Schutzrede und antwort (1524). Uns die Schrifftgelerten und sich den Geistgelerten. “No man shall see me and live.” Der Gottes Affe, i.e., Satan. Witches. On “milk-stealing”. So hoch Heilthum. The shrine of St. James at Compostella, in Spain; a famous place of pilgrimage. Mus eine andere Meinung haben. Heilthum. i.e., The grace which the children say at table. i.e., The absolution pronounced. Luther had burned copies of the Canon Law along with the bull of excommunication, December 10,1520. i.e., By the Canon Law. i.e., The law of the home and the law of the State. “That which is impossible to the law.”
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Several empty bottles of liquor were found in Bihar assembly premises on Tuesday. The spot is less than 100 metres away from the Chief Minister’s Nitish Kumar’s chamber.
Tweeting a video of the incident, the Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly Tejashwi Yadav alleged that it is a Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s liqor mafia nexus and demanded the resignation. He also demanded the implementation of complete ban on liquor in the state.
Yadav, who has been critical of the Bihar government’s prohibition policy, told reporters the empty bottle were yet more evidence of that failure. It is a serious matter, liquor bottles are being found across the state. There should be a complete ban on liquor, Yadav said.
Reacting to the incident, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said it is important to conduct an investigation. He asked the Chief Secretary and DGP to investigate the matter if the speaker allows, the Bihar CM said.
This is not the first time that Tejashwi Yadav have attacked the Bihar government and CM Nitish Kumar. Earlier, the RJD leader had alleged Nitish Kumar and the state ministers for their involvement in the liquor trade.
The empty liquor bottles were found just a day after legislators of all four constituents of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar raised their hands in favour of Nitish Kumar’s decision of liquor ban. They had also unanimously resolved to support the state government’s move to strictly enforce total prohibition on liquor across the state.
On the opening day of the Assembly session, the Opposition criticised the Nitish Kumar government for “failing” to control the liquor mafia in the state.
The five-day winter session of the Bihar legislature, which began on Monday, will continue till December 3.


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While potentially any food can cause an allergy, the majority of reactions are triggered by milk, eggs, wheat, peanut, soy, nuts, fish and shellfish. Food allergy symptoms can range from mild to severe and even life-threatening. The key to treatment is identification of the specific food and being prepared in case of an accidental exposure. While allergy testing may not be needed to identify the food as the cause was obvious, testing may provide information over time to assess if the food allergy is resolving. Knowledge is power. Key questions we can help you answer are: Where is this food found? Will I outgrow this food allergy? What is my action plan for school or work? Am I using my self-injectable epinephrine (EpiPen®) correctly?
Esophagus, stomach and intestinal problems
Stomach pain and intestinal problems are common, but only a small percentage are due to allergies. Food reactions may or may not have associated hives, swelling or respiratory symptoms. These food reactions may be allergic in origin, an intolerance or another gut disorder. Allergy testing may be helpful in assessing for allergies, but it may take a team approach with a GI doctor to fully investigate the problem. Disorders such as eosinophilic esophagitis, eosinophilic gastroenteritis and eosinophilic colitis are diagnosed with a biopsy by a GI doctor; however, an allergic trigger may or may not be contibuting. Gluten sensitivity can be diagnosed by your primary or GI doctor with blood tests and intestinal biopsy. Skin tests are not useful.

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text: June 6th, 2022, marks the 40th Anniversary of one of the most infamous, notorious, controversial Heavy Metal Bands in the World… W.A.S.P! So, join W.A.S.P. for this very special 40th Anniversary World Tour that kicks off in Milan, Italy on March 18, 2022. This first leg of dates will see the band hit Italy, Spain, Ireland, North Ireland, United Kingdom, Scotland, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Germany, Romania and Bulgaria. More dates and a U.S. tour will be announced. W.A.S.P.


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Israeli Sunflower Seeds (Raw, in Shell)
Raw Israeli sunflower seeds are colossal in size and delicious to boot. Some refer to Israeli sunflower seeds as the “true jumbo” sunflower seeds because they are the largest seeds on the market. With six grams of protein and three grams of dietary fiber per serving, these seeds make a super snack. Certified Kosher Parve.
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Our African Gray Parrot loves these ! He’s from the Middle East and these large Israeli sunflower seeds are just what he’s used to having ! Stellar !Theresa, Mauldin, SC
Big size, but have spoiled piecesHao, Superior, CO
Love these ! So healthy and love that no salt is involved !!!Roxanne, Dix Hills, NY
I bought the other sunflower seeds in the shell and found it was kind for birds. So I found this one and thought since it is rate pretty good. Unfortunately, I'm disappointed that the seeds are not very bigger than the other one. And there are many empty shells, debris, and some of them are bad. Not quite recommended for people's consumption based on the price you pay.Gary, Monrovia, CA
Sunflower seeds Packaged in the same facility as peanuts, tree nuts, wheat, soy, and milk products.
Serving size 28g (~1 oz.)
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Store in a cool dry place for up to 6 months. It is ok to refrigerate.
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It’s the question on every property investor’s lips. And the latest Market Hotness Index from Realtor.com provides the answer. The listing for August shows continued heating up of the US property market and includes some surprises.
Latest figures for homeownership in the US point to a slight increase in the rate in Q2 this year. More millennials bought homes between April and June, pushing the homeownership rate up in this group. Traditionally the strongest sector in the US rental market, they are about to be joined by Generation Z, a whole new target for rental properties.
The Sunshine State has long ranked among America’s favourite retirement destinations. A new report reveals five great places to retire in Florida for affordability and best healthcare access.
Levels of foreign Investment in US property have hit a record high. Big interest from foreigners shows US real estate remains a popular option.
Two studies reveal that the US rental market requires a massive injection of properties over the next two decades to meet burgeoning demand. Based on current trends, the US needs 4.6 million more apartment units by 2030 to satisfy demand from rental households.
Florida property market moves up yet another notch and registered its 66th consecutive month of price hikes in May. On the back of strong employment prospects, Florida continues to attract buyers in droves.
The most popular places to buy US property in Q1 this year have just been mapped. A recent study finds that numerous locations in the country come out well above the national average for buying US property.
US buy-to-let property is not only big business for small investors; large investment funds have recently joined them in the bid to obtain yields from America’s buoyant rental market.
Successful US real estate investment caters directly for US property buyers. A recent survey reveals what homebuyers have put on their must-have lists this spring in terms of property types, size and fittings.

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Presented above you can see what time it is in Egypt right now. If you are unsure of which day it is, this information is also displayed, both the date and the time of day it is in Egypt are displayed. That is, whether it is morning, in the middle of the day, in the evening or night time in Egypt right now. The information about both time and date is automatically updated every second, and constantly shows you the correct time and date in Egypt.
If you're looking for an amazing and exotic travel destination, look no further than Egypt. With its ancient pyramids, bustling cities, and stunning landscapes, Egypt has something for everyone.
One of the best ways to experience all that Egypt has to offer is to stay in a local hotel or bed and breakfast. This will allow you to get a true taste of Egyptian culture and hospitality. Be sure to visit some of the country's famous tourist destinations, such as the pyramids of Giza and the ancient city of Luxor.
Egypt is also home to a number of beautiful beaches, perfect for a relaxing day by the water. Be sure to check out some of the smaller villages for a more authentic Egyptian experience. Whatever your interests, Egypt is sure to please. So pack your bags and head on over for an adventure you'll never forget!
Below you you can find a map of Egypt, where you can see where in the world that Egypt is located.

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Painter Stephen Kenneth Hackley presents his portfolio and talks about what makes his work unique.
ABI: How would you describe yourself as an artist?
SKH: Essentially an artist is a communicator. They do seem to be of a different sort, not better or worse than anyone else, just different. I had gotten the idea over time that people expect an artist to be weird or eccentric. I suppose that can be true, but I don’t think of it as a requirement.
I wrote a paper once in school asking the question, What is Art? My conclusion had to do with the very nature of art itself, no matter the medium. And that involves communication. My view is that you get what you get out of a piece of art, and that it is neither right nor wrong, it is just what you get. I am not one to tell you what to think about a work of art. I believe the art should do that.
So what is my goal as an artist? First of all I paint because I love to create. It is way up there in the stars for me in terms of how I feel. Why do I paint what I paint? In my opinion it is time for a renaissance of beauty. I want to bring that back. That is why I paint what I paint. I want to uplift people.
I painted a mural once on the side of a restaurant. One day, in the evening, a fellow stopped and got out of his car. He came over to me and said he had driven by in the morning. He said he was on his way to work and wasn’t in a particularly good mood. He saw the mural as it was being created, and it had such an uplifting affect that he had a really good day. He stopped just to tell me. What an effect!
ABI: Not only are you a painter, but you make your own paint. Why do you do this, and what results do you get?
SKH: A friend gave me a book on the techniques of the Old Masters. After it sat on my bookshelf for 10 years, I finally read it and learned how artists had to make many of their own materials. Internet searches led me to suppliers and methods and I tried it. Initially I was wanting to return to some artistic “roots” and hoping to find a way to get paint more inexpensively. It wasn’t really difficult to make (though I shied away from cooking lead, seeing as how it is quite poisonous.) I found the color saturation to be amazing! I can really control the intensity and it works very well with layering, which is the method of painting I prefer.
ABI: Tell us about your newest direction.
SKH: I am moving out and doing more work with materials other than just paint… metal leaf, as well as crushed marble and even epoxy resins, dyes and other colorants. My main subject matter, flowers, will never go away, but I’m doing work with horses, some land and seascapes and getting into abstract work as well. I am sticking with lots of color, motion and emotion. And, of course, communication is the key.


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Contrary to popular belief the size of your wallet or wage packet does not equate to the value of your voice! Neither do you need to donate large sums of money to lead, create or be the change your community needs. Your voice counts. You can lead the change.
Make A Splash
I’ve found that simply putting myself out there and using my little voice on any platform that will house it has been enough. Maybe not tsunami impacting waves but enough to create small, continuous ripples. I may not be the most aggressive or even loudest blogger out there, but I’ve never been able to just stand and watch any act of injustice.
I’m not bitter, but…
Despite entering motherhood later on in life and feeling (at the time) that I knew exactly what I was letting myself in for. That I was fully armed with all the information I needed. Becoming a mother left me with a very bitter taste. I felt like the whole thing had been an absolute set up. And then I slowly realised it wasn’t just me, that this was a community issue on a mega scale. Way bigger than me or even all the people I knew. And that’s why we’ve just become so accepting of the shitty end of the stick we so often get forced fed as parents. Because I mean who wants to take on the world? Right!?
But we shouldn’t feel afraid. The more we talk, the more we put ourselves out there, the more we can make a difference. Each and everyone of us.
Let us know the concerns you have for your community and any ideas of action you’d like help with putting forward. Don’t #keepmum Let’s see if together we can be the change that our communities need. Spread the word.
Power to the people!

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Any kind of Northeast accent P.J. Higgins may have had is no longer evident. The Wallingford product has more of a Southern/Midwest twang to his voice these days.
“That’s what they tell me,” the former Lyman Hall star said. “I’ve lost my Connecticut accent.”


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VISIBLE CLOAKS, YOSHIO OJIMA & SATSUKI SHIBANO
FRKWYS VOL. 15: SERENITATEM
the fifteenth instalment of the intergenerational collaboration series joins Visible Cloaks with two trailblazers of the Japanese avantgarde music and visual arts scenes of the 1980s and 90s, resulting in a unique and transcendent exercise in ambient experimentation.
The collaboration is both musically and conceptually inseparable from the technology that made it possible. A single soaring note might seem to be suddenly plunged underwater, its richness of sound made shallow and its sharp edges blunted. Pattering chimes and rapidly warping vocal samples hang in the luxuriously glossy space, water trickles from ear to ear, familiar melodies rise from nothing and dissolve before they can be traced. With the depth of its emotional charge, ‘serenitatem’ burns away the easy cynicism of the day — a synthesis of artistic visions, technological sophistication, futurist ambition, and, occasionally, ancient polyphony.
- S’Amours ne fait par sa grace adoucir (Ballade 1)
- Lapis Lazuli
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Olmert Acknowledges War’s ‘Deficiencies’
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert acknowledged deficiencies in the conduct of the war with Hezbollah.
Israeli soldiers killed six Hezbollah fighters in four skirmishes in Lebanon after the U.N.-imposed cease-fire took effect Monday, the army said. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he took sole responsibility for the offensive, and acknowledged “deficiencies” in the way the war was conducted. The developments came as Lebanese civilians defied an Israeli travel ban and streamed back to their homes in war-ravaged areas.
In an address to parliament, Olmert said the cease-fire agreement eliminated the “state within a state” run by Hezbollah and restored Lebanon’s sovereignty in the south. And Defense minister Amir Peretz said the war opened a window for negotiations with Lebanon and renewed talks with Palestinians. But many Israelis were upset by the high casualties during 34 days of fighting, and Benjamin Netanyahu, head of the opposition Likud Party, told lawmakers there were many failures in the war. Olmert said: “We will have to review ourselves in all the battles,” Olmert said. “We won’t sweep things under the carpet.” Anticipating that another war with Hezbollah may come in the future, he said Israel will learn the lessons of this war and “do better.”
“Deficiencies,” sadly, are part and parcel of even the most successful wars. Unfortunately, however, Olmert is deluding himself if he thinks he has actually eliminated Hezbollah as a “state within a state” in the south of Lebanon. Indeed, the war almost certainly increased Hezbollah’s power in the entirety of the country.


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Public Enemy Officially Releases "Fight the Power Remix 2020" Featuring Nas, Black Thought, & Rapsody
Public Enemy has officially released "Fight the Power Remix 2020." The group also announced a reunion with Def Jam.
Public Enemy has announced the title and release date for their new album, What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down. They also announced more exciting news: the album will be releasing on Def Jam Records, the label the iconic group started their career on.
What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down will be released on September 25th. It will be the first album from the group sinceNothing Is Quick in the Desert dropped in 2017. This will be the first album under the Def Jam banner since the He Got Game soundtrack dropped in 1998.
In a press release, Chuck D talked about the importance of returning to Def Jam:
"Cultural Institutions are important. Being an integral part of one is an honor bestowed and to uphold. Public Enemy songs are forever sonic prints in the sands of time. And it’s time—it’s necessary—to bring the noise again from a place called home. Def Jam. Fight The Power 2020.”
Public Enemy co-founder Flavor Flav also added a word, saying "It’s cool to be home.”
The group also officially released "Fight The Power: Remix 2020," a song that Public Enemy premiered at the 2020 BET Awards. "Fight The Power: Remix 2020" features Nas, Black Thought, Rapsody, YG, and Jahi.
Back in June, Public Enemy released their latest single, "State of the Union (STFU)." The song, which was produced byDJ Premier, features the legendary group going after President Donald Trump.
Before that song dropped, PE tried a stunt. Earlier in the year, Chuck D announced thathe was kicking Flav out of the group after a rift over aBernie Sanders endorsement. That ended up being a hoax. On April Fools Day, Chuck admitted thatFlavor Flav was never kicked out of Public Enemy. In fact, Chuck said, “He can’t [be kicked out], he’s a partner. You can’t fire partners. You just walk away from ’em.”
Chuck said the whole situation was a ruse to get people’s attention for the album. He also released a new Public Enemy song called “Food as a Machine Gun,” which featured Flavor Flav.


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Pastor S.M. Davis has a vision, and there are references to it all over the office of the Park Meadows Baptist Church in this central Illinois town where he has ministered since 1975 -- framed pictures on the walls, an interactive PowerPoint presentation on the laptop on the desk, videotapes stacked in the shelves.
Davis's dream is to see a 305-foot-tall, full-color statue of Abraham Lincoln towering over this town of 15,400 people. He envisions hundreds of thousands of visitors a year flocking here to ride an elevator to the top of Lincoln's stovepipe hat and enjoy water slides and dinner theater in an adjacent Lincoln theme park.
After moving here from South Carolina, the born-again pastor with a fire-and-brimstone preaching style immediately became intrigued with what he views as Lincoln's impeccable, "Christ-like" character -- his humility, honesty, wisdom, even the fact that he was a teetotaler. Davis, 52, often refers to Lincoln in sermons and in the tapes that he sells, such as "Avoiding the Wrong Self Image -- for Young Ladies."
The digital presentation on his computer shows how his statue will compare with other Lincoln images around the country. The seated statue at the Lincoln Memorial, at 19 feet tall, is shorter than this Lincoln's boot. Lincoln's face on Mount Rushmore, at 60 feet tall, wouldn't reach this Lincoln's thigh. Although the 305-foot height isn't set in stone, it was chosen because that is the height of the Statue of Liberty, from the pedestal foundation to the tip of the torch.
While there are many towns and cities in the United States named after Lincoln, this hamlet about 35 miles north of Springfield has a special claim to fame. It is the only town named for Lincoln before he became president. He spent a lot of time here as a lawyer and real estate surveyor while living in his Springfield home, now a historic attraction, for 17 years before assuming the presidency. He and several other land speculators drew straws to see who the town would be named for, and Lincoln won. He christened his namesake in 1853 by spilling the juice of a watermelon, a local crop, on the ground, uttering a phrase now repeated fondly by Davis and other Lincoln residents: "I never knew anything named Lincoln that amounted to much."
The statue is based on a drawing by late artist Lloyd Ostendorf, showing Lincoln spilling a tin cup of watermelon juice on the ground. There are two barrels of juice behind him, mainly to provide structural support because Lincoln, the town, is in prime tornado country. The stream of juice coming from the cup will be shortened so that it dissipates in midair, because the original plan with the stream reaching the ground "made it look like Lincoln was urinating if you went around to the back of it," according to Davis.
Davis says one of the barrels would house an art gallery of "Mr. Lincoln's character qualities," a collection of paintings depicting traits with which Lincoln is associated, including determination, wisdom and judgment.
The statue is expected to cost $40 million, and the theme park another $80 million. Davis and other supporters claim it will easily support itself in revenue once it is up and running. They are forgoing any government funding and instead seeking a major corporate sponsor.
"If a corporation gives money to build this, they could be associated with the good name of Abraham Lincoln for perpetuity," Davis said.
The statue plan has lots of fans in Lincoln, including Mayor Elizabeth Davis (no relation to the pastor) and local business and tavern owner Larry Steffens. They both sit on the board of the Lincoln Statue Corporation, founded in 2001.
"It will be kind of like Silver Dollar City [in] Branson, Missouri," said Steffens, 60, whose great-great-grandfather was an early settler of the area. "We'll have artisans and a working 1850s-style farm. It will be like you've walked into the 1850s."
In Springfield, location of the Lincoln Home, Lincoln's tomb and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, which is set to open in spring 2005, reception to the statue idea is mixed.
"Some people think it's a neat idea; others don't want this big guy looking over their shoulder all the time," said Deborah Ranslow, an employee in the bookstore of the Lincoln Home Visitor Center who lives in Williamsville, not far from Lincoln.
Kim Bauer, curator for the presidential library, said he doesn't necessarily oppose the plan but he's concerned about its implementation. "I find it difficult to be critical of anyone who wants to bring tourism to the area, but my major concern is that they do it in a manner tasteful and respectful of the Lincoln legacy."
Thomas Schwartz, director of research and acquisitions for the presidential library, agrees. "I think it's a sincere effort to attract visitors, but because of the scale and the way it's being promoted I think it's going to be more of an embarrassment than an asset," he said.
Ron Keller, curator of the Lincoln College Museum in Lincoln, initially liked the statue idea but became more skeptical as plans for the theme park evolved. "I appreciate the idea of bringing tourism here, and Pastor Davis is really passionate about honoring Lincoln, but I have reservations about the height and about what some people will do with the theme park," said Keller, a history and government instructor at the college. "I don't want this to end up dishonoring our community and the man for which it was named, and I think we run the risk of doing that."
Though the town of tidy lawns and stately houses on leafy streets is hardly impoverished, Mayor Davis notes that it has fallen on tough economic times as businesses have pulled out of the area. Most recently, the massive Lincoln Developmental Center, a residential home for the severely disabled that employed about 700 people, was closed in 2002 amid reports of injuries and deaths resulting from abuse and neglect.
Though Davis stresses his main motivation is not financial, he perceives extra revenue for the town as a side benefit.
"I've seen the population of this town drop since I've been here," he said. "Kids shouldn't have to leave after high school because there are no jobs here. People realize we're sitting on a gold mine with this history of Abraham Lincoln, so how do we mine it?"
Steffens said that although most of Lincoln likes the statue idea, they have been busy deflecting the mockery of detractors and allaying some residents' concerns.
"We're trying to increase understanding of what we want to do, but it's not always easy," he said. "One woman came up to me and said, 'Won't those barrels of watermelon juice attract a lot of flies?' "


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Reflections After a Semester of Screenwriting Studies
An extract from Bradley Whitford’s first draft of The West Wing episode “Internal Displacement”, dated 18th October 2005. [source]
Next week, I start the second semester of my Advanced Diploma of Screenwriting. I know most people probably want their holidays to never end, but personally, I can’t wait to return to my studies. Applying for this course is one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. It’s been incredibly fulfilling, and, for once, I’m actually enjoying myself.
Right now, I’m officially one quarter of the way through this two year diploma, and I’ve already achieved more than I did throughout my entire French major at Melbourne Uni. I’ve plotted an entire feature film. I’ve conceived and written part of a webseries. I’ve written numerous short stories and other creative pieces. I’ve given a presentation on why Daria is one of the best shows ever [and it got an HD!], and I’ve attempted to convert each of my fellow students into Press Gang fans.
My screenwriting studies have affected my life in other ways, too. I watch more films now [something that Glenn has been very helpful with], and I think about them differently. After seeing Un Amour de Jeunesse [Goodbye First Love] during the Alliance Française French Film Festival, my immediate criticism was that the protagonist wasn’t clearly defined until the second act. When Glenn and I were watching Friends with Kids and he asked me how long I thought the movie had to go, I found myself saying something like, “Well, we’ve just reached the darkest moment, which is generally at the end of reel six, so we’ve still got reels seven and eight to go.”
I’ve also made some amazingly talented new friends; people who like to sit around analysing episodes of Community, and who don’t think it’s weird when I quote lines from Mean Girls. These are people who I could be working with sometime in the next couple of years, and I’d quite like that.
Between this screenwriting course, and my new job, I really feel like I’m getting somewhere, career-wise. My future may not be completely defined, but I’ve got a decent idea of where I’m going, and it’s a good feeling. Which is why I can’t wait until next week, to continue learning and writing and working hard so that I can actually get somewhere in life.


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I notice most of the time when I import an SA jpeg image into Photoshop, the "Convert to Profile" warning window appears.
I choose sRGB for internet viewing and aRGB for a general working profile.
Question: is there an option to save SA images with a specific color profile?
Studio Artist is saving an image in the RGB color space of your computer's monitor.
Does this mean that when Photoshop assigns the sRGB color space that it converts the SA monitor RGB?
I want to understand the color management process using SA images.
You should probably setup photoshop so that it doesn't convert (ie: modify) the pixels in the studio artist image when it imports it. The specific settings for that are different in different versions of photoshop. Perhaps a photoshop guru can speak up on the specifics of that.
We've tried to stay away from building color correction and color calibration into studio artist. The feeling is that everyone who cares about it already has a calibrated print setup in photoshop and can print from there using their calibrated print system.
I color calibrate my monitor only.


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The process of winning your heart and mind (and money) has become more sophisticated than only a few years ago. Before, cash-strapped charities employed representatives to hit the streets and sign up potential donors. Then agencies got in on the action, donning the T-shirt of a different charity every day, and pouncing on unsuspecting passers-by with questions such as “Do you care about kids living in poverty?” Of course I do, you reply—but too late! Once you engage, they’ve sucked you in, and before you know it, you’re signing over your bank account information. Of course, they don’t tell you that something like your first year of donations pay their commission before any money actually goes to the charity itself. Hence, these earned the name “charity mugger” or “chugger” for short.
Now, we’ve evolved to spot and avoid chuggers. So they’ve evolved too, shedding the branded shirts, and engaging you as a lost tourist would engage a local. Oh, sure, I can help you out, you say—and too late! They’ve got you again!
My point is, there are plenty of people out there seeking to separate you from your money, and willing to go to great lengths to do it. How do you know what’s worthwhile, and who’ll take you for a ride?
Fortunately, we have a couple of good examples in this week’s Inside Market Data that are deserving of your interest, and perhaps your investment.
First, tech startup Privitar has recently attracted £3 million in funding to help grow its operations, including new funding from Illuminate Financial Management, the Fintech-focused venture capital firm started by former Icap exec Mark Beeston. Privitar helps address compliance issues around data privacy while also enabling users to mine and share data with other authorized internal users and third parties.
Next, UK-based KB Tech is seeking funding to expand to address data transparency and distribution opportunities presented by MiFID 2. You might recall the original version of its TDI suite, developed by CMS WebView, one of the early ticker plant vendors that was unfortunately hit by exchange demutualization and consolidation. In fact, co-founder David Briggs was a software engineer at CMS, while former CMS chief executive Bob Antell is now executive chairman at KB Tech. But to scale sufficiently to address MiFID 2, and to expand its asset class coverage, the vendor is now looking for a cash infusion.
Also looking to expand its asset class coverage is The Freedom Index Company, a not-for-profit provider of free and open indexes. But in the shorter term, The Freedom Index Co is seeking input from its clients—or “members,” as it calls them—to determine its next move: does it expand its international coverage, or provide more frequent and granular daily data that might make its index data more appealing to those that could contribute more to its operations, such as exchange-traded funds. Either move will cost money, but the vendor wants to determine which will create more support and deliver more “donations” long-term.
While it’s true that the market data and index industries aren’t charities—even The Freedom Index Co, which relies on donations, rather than traditional licensing fees—many say that data sources and index providers do the opposite, and raise fees to what the market will bear, rather than setting reasonable and sustainable levels. For example, exchanges reporting quarterly financial results over the past two weeks fell into two camps: those who grew their overall revenues, including data revenues, and those whose overall revenues struggled, but whose data revenues increased regardless. It seems data is often seen as an area where providers can raise fees to subsidize underperforming areas that rely on transaction-based revenues, regardless of whether an exchange’s market share justifies the fees.
If exchanges and indexes are setting their agenda around data, then why shouldn’t consumers who feel forced to pay whatever the key players demand do the same, avoiding the “chuggers” of market data and spending their money where they want?
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Imagine your puppy running out the front door. You call him, waving a treat. But he'd rather chase a squirrel into the road than come back to munch on a treat. In addition to the obvious danger of Puppy getting hit by a car, he learns that he doesn't have to listen to you. He learns that he's in charge of what he decides to do and what he decides not to do.
If he's an older dog, he's probably used to his name; however, changing it isn't out of the question. If he's from a shelter, they may neglect to tell you that he has a temporary name assigned to him by staff. If he's from a breeder, he'll come to you with a long name, which you may want to shorten, or change. And if he's coming out of an abusive situation, a new name may represent a fresh start. But we're lucky: dogs are extremely adaptable. And soon enough, if you use it consistently, he will respond to his new name.
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A puppy is a juvenile dog. Some puppies can weigh 1-1.5 kg (1-3 lb), while larger ones can weigh up to 7–11 kg (15-23 lb). All healthy puppies grow quickly after birth. A puppy's coat color may change as the puppy grows older, as is commonly seen in breeds such as the Yorkshire Terrier. Puppy refers specifically to young dogs, while pup may be used for other animals such as seals, giraffes, guinea pigs, rats or sharks.
“Down” can be taught very similarly to “sit.” You can wait for your dog to lie down (beginning in a boring, small room such as a bathroom can help) and capture the behavior by reinforcing your dog with a treat when he lies down, giving him his release cue to stand back up (and encouragement with a lure if needed) and then waiting for him to lie down again. When he is quickly lying down after standing up, you can begin saying “down” right before he does so.
Puppies develop very quickly during their first three months, particularly after their eyes and ears open and they are no longer completely dependent on their mother. Their coordination and strength improve, they spar with their littermates, and begin to explore the world outside the nest. They play wrestling, chase, dominance, and tug-of-war games.
Just as a child needs a caring parent; an athletic team needs a coach; your puppy needs a leader and a clear social hierarchy. If you do not take up the role of leader, your dog will; and you will end up with an unruly, disobedient dog. Many people try to win their new puppy's love by letting the puppy always have its way. Buckets of affection is a wonderful thing for most puppies, but it must be tempered with respect.

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