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Eva Margot born Johansen (1944 – 2019) was a Norwegian painter, active from the 1970s until her death in 2019. Her work is largely inspired by Norwegian nature and legends. She covers a diverse spectrum of styles: figurative, realism, symbolism, abstract.

Biography
Eva Margot Roux (born Johansen) was born on January 10, 1944, and grew up in a working family in Mosby, a small town ten kilometers north of Kristiansand in Norway. Very early on she revealed the gifts of designer and storyteller. A few years later, she followed a course in drawing by correspondence (NKS, Norwegian course in correspondence), and followed courses in painting with the painter Arne Solheim in Kristiansand. She left for Paris in January 1966 until 1970. Works like "Le Grand Fossard" or "Une église" testify to her stay in France. She returned to settle in Mosby in 1971 where she devoted herself exclusively to her painting, and inaugurated her active career from 1977 by exhibiting regularly at Kristiansand. Eva joined the world of young "non-established" artists with whom she set up a group called "Cinq" and held several exhibitions from 1982 to 1985. Eva Margot multiplied individual or group exhibitions and produced hundreds of works up to on its last day, September 7, 2019. Eva Margot attended and collaborated with several Norwegian artists such as Wigo Aadnevik who supported her in her artistic project. He made a portrait of her in 19673. Between 1982 and 1985 she notably collaborated with the artists Sissel Stangenes and Alf Solbakken. She had friendly relations with artists like Ingrid Lønnou and Else Marie Jakobsen.

Work
Her style ranges  from a delicate, sometimes childish lyricism to a brutal tragic, passing from an expressive symbolism to unusual or abstract perspectives. Her painting, of traditional invoice, contains strong colors and a rich light. Thus, sensitive and attentive to those around her from childhood and later to the events of her time, if Eva Margot often staged men and women, their reciprocal relationships and the relationship with nature, she always took great care, down to the smallest details, the aesthetic side of each painting.

Exhibitions and events
The press has followed with interest the painter's career, throughout her career. The articles can be found at the artist's website; (each of them is written in Norwegian).

1979 - March: Torheim, Mosby. Separate exhibition. Individual exhibition, March 1979 in Torheim, Mosby. Article by Gunvald Opstad in the newspaper "Fedrelandsvennen" of March 22, 1979. Article title: "The blue flower of romanticism blooms in Mosby".
1982 - November Exhibition, Free Education Room, Kristiansand. Group.
1983 - March. Gallery Skansen, Risør. Separate exhibition. An unsigned article in the newspaper "Aust Agder Blad" titled "Exposition colorée" ("Fargesprakende utstilling", another by Lodin Aasbo in the newspaper "Agderposten" titled "Exposition fascinating and rich in colors" ("Spennende og fargerik utstilling") ) and a third signed NB in nr.4 by Rampelys titled "Passionate exhibition at the Skansen gallery"
1983 - November. Voie Grendehus with the group "Fem", Kristiansand. Exposition collective « Fem », novembre 1983 à Voie Grendehus. Article not signed in the newspaper "Sorlandet" of November 7, 1983. Title of the article: "non-amateurs exhibit at Voie grendehus".
1984 - February. Kristiansand Library with the group "Five", Kristiansand. Exposition collective « Fem », février-mars 1984 à la Bibliothèque de Kristiansand. Article de Knut Holt dans « Fedrelandsvennen » du 27 février.
1984 - February. Kristiansand Library with the group "Five", Kristiansan - see the article by Knut Holt in "Fedrelandsvennen" of March 27, 1984. Title of the article: "Fem" at the Library.
1984 -  Interview in TM - nytt (Norwegian bulletin of Transcendental Meditation) nr.2 from 1984, by Rolf Pihlstrom11. Title of the article: "Transcendental Meditation enriches art!" "(" TM beriker kunsten! ").
1985 - April. Kristiansand Library with the group "Five", Kristiansand.
1986 - November. Southern Exhibition, Kristiansand.
1987 - Individual exhibition, February 1987 in Perrongen (Le perron). An unsigned article in "Fedrelandsvennen" on February 3, 87, and another article in "Sorlandet" signed Trygve Diesen. Title of the article: "The Man in the Center of the Perron" ("Mennesket i Perrongens sentrum").
1987 - Individual exhibition, August 1987, Sting gallery in Stavanger. An article in "Stavanger Aftenblad" on August 15, 1987, signed Trond Borgen. Title of the article: "Strong faces and painful languor" ("Sterke ansikter og sår lengsel").
1989 - Individual exhibition, April–May 1989, Sting gallery in Stavanger. An article in "Stavanger Aftenblad" April 89, signed Oyvind Thuestad. Title of the article: "Eva Margot at Sting" ("Eva Margot på Sting").
1992 - October. Gallery Sting, Stavanger. Separate exhibition.
1993 - course with Curt Källman, "Vedic Art".
1997 - April. Garlic cloves, Gallery Sting, Stavanger. Group exhibition.
1998 - Gallery Sting, Stavanger. Separate exhibition.
2008 - Individual exhibition, August–September 2008 at Art Café, Marnardal. An article in "Lindesnes Avis" of August 1, 2008, by Dag Lauvland. Title of the article: "The Force of Color" ("Fargekraft på utstilling").
2009 - September. Backyard Bar, Kristiansand. Separate exhibition.
2014 - April. Nabostua, Øvrebø (near Kristiansand). Separate exhibition.
2015 - May. Present Food and More, Kristiansand. Separate exhibition.
2016 - June. The portal, Kristiansand. Separate exhibition.
2017 - March. Songtun, Nodeland (Kristiansand). Separate exhibition.
2017 - July / August. Lundkråga Pub Gallery, Kristiansand. Separate exhibition.

Notes and references

External links
The Work of Eva Margot, Philippe Roux's website on Eva Margot

Norwegian women painters
1944 births
2019 deaths
People from Kristiansand

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Energy scaling of femtosecond laser pulses has a lot of applications in nanoscale micromachining, precision time-resolution spectroscopy, high-harmonic generation, surgery, etc. Besides applied sciences and technology, there are fundamental applications of energy harvesting at femtosecond scale.
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Nd:YAG laser and the femtosecond laser have a similar wavelength, respectively 1, nm and 1,–1, nm, but the femtosecond laser provokes less damage in terms. The chapter explains the processes of ultrafast physical and chemical reactions which are an area of chemistry, biology, and physics dealing with the ultrafast chemical reactions by using experimental methods based on the use of femtosecond laser pulses.
Femtosecond lasers have shown promising applications in bio, energy, and aerospace sectors in recent years. As explained, the main mechanism behind the femtosecond laser surface modification is multiphoton phenomenon and nonthermal processes. In vivo manipulation of biological systems with femtosecond laser pulses Nozomi Nishimuraa,b, Chris B.
Schafferb, David Kleinfeld a aDept. of Physics, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA USA, ; bDept. of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY USA, ABSTRACT Femtosecond laser pulses have the unique ability to deposit energy into a microscopic volume in.
The femtosecond laser-matter interaction has already found numerous applications in Reviews: 1. Abstract. The use of lasers in various different areas of medicine and biotechnology has been described in a number of books [Bäuerle ; Bille and Schlegel ; Niemz ; Greulich ] and a large number of review articles [Vogel et al.
a, b; Lubatschowski and Heisterkamp a, b; Minet et al. ].Several remarks related to medical and biological applications of lasers have been. This book presents a comprehensive review on the state of the art and future prospects of femtosecond laser processing for fabrication of microfludics and optofludics including principle of femtosecond laser processing, detailed fabrication procedures of each microcomponent, and practical applications to biochemical analysis.
Thus, NIR femtosecond laser-based nanoprocessing of cellular structures without compromising the viability of cells has potential applications in cell biology because one can control functional interactions between organelles and inter-cell communication only at targeted locations.
Characteristics of Femtosecond Laser Processing. Laser pulses with time durations of a few femtoseconds (1 fs = 10 −15 s) to several hundred femtoseconds are referred to as femtosecond pulses. Such pulses have a broad optical spectrum (e.g., a fs pulse with a center wavelength of nm typically has a spectral width of about 30 nm), and can be generated using mode-locked oscillators.
As these lasers break out of laboratories for use in real-world large-scale applications, the number of people using them increases.
This book provides a fresh perspective on femtosecond lasers, discussing how they are soon to become a universal light source, spanning any timescale and generating any wavelength of light. Femtosecond laser micromachining and inscription have attracted significant attention in the past decade, not only for material processing applications, such as cutting or drilling [1, 2], but also for the fabrication of 3D photonic devices in transparent focusing a high-power femtosecond pulse inside a transparent dielectric material, the intensity at the focal region is high.
Modelocked semiconductor disk lasers Chapter 6 in Semiconductor Disk Lasers, edited by Oleg G. Okhotnikov, WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co., Germany, pp. April ISBN ISBN - Wiley-VCH, Berlin [11] U. Keller Ultrafast solid-state lasers Landolt-Börnstein, Group VIII/1B1, Laser Physics and Applications.
Femtosecond laser direct writing through two-photon polymerization has been widely used in precision fabrication of three-dimensional microstructures but is usually time consuming. In this article, we report the rapid fabrication of continuous surface Fresnel lens array through femtosecond laser three-dimensional focal field engineering.
Each Fresnel lens is formed by continuous two-photon. Top Conferences on Fiber lasers Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC) IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series (SUM). The femtosecond laser has already given rise to high-performance techniques in ophthalmology; however, we are optimistically awaiting the development of future applications.
For starters, femtosecond- assisted cataract surgery is on the brink of acceptance, with several surgeons now testing its safety and effectiveness.
Femtosecond laser micromachining has emerged in recent years as a new technique for micro/nano structure fabrication because of its applicability to virtually all kinds of materials in an easy one-step process that is scalable. In the past, much research on femtosecond laser micromachining was carried out to understand the complex ablation mechanism, whereas recent works are mostly concerned.
The research arose as a result of the need to use the femtosecond laser to fabricate sub-micron and nano-sized bridges that could be analyzed for the Josephson effect. The femtosecond laser has a low pulse duration of femtoseconds.
Hence in an optical setup it was assumed that it could prevent the thermal degradation of the superconductive material during fabrication. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading X-Ray Free Electron Lasers: Applications in Materials, Chemistry and Biology (ISSN Book 18).Manufacturer: Royal Society of Chemistry.
Get this from a library. Femtosecond technology for technical and medical applications. [Friedrich Dausinger; Friedemann Lichtner; Holger Lubatschowski;] -- Femtosecond technology, with its ultrashort light pulses, forms an innovative laser technology that can be used for numerous technical applications.
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Industrial femtosecond laser applications. After extensive research (by many research groups) on the interaction between intense femtosecond laser pulses and materials conducted since the invention of the chirped pulse amplification in ,1 high-precision materials processing using femtosecond lasers is now finding innovative opportunities in.
The ultra-bright femtosecond X-ray pulses provided by X-ray free electron lasers (XFELs) open up opportunities to study the structure and dynamics of a wide variety of systems beyond what is possible with synchrotron : Hardcover. The femtosecond laser has emerged as a groundbreaking game-changer in ophthalmic surgery.
It was first introduced for corneal refractive surgery in flap creation during LASIK, and subsequently for cataract surgery in The femtosecond laser cuts deeply on a single plane without collateral damage. Its high precision and safety result in excellent outcomes in the hands of experienced eye.
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Cocaine use often starts out as an addition to a night out, a way to stay up and enjoy yourself a little longer. Other times it could be a way to power through work or pulling an all-nighter. Either way, regular use leads quickly to regular abuse and, ultimately, addiction. Cocaine addiction often alters the personality. As a result, the need for cocaine rehab is usually readily apparent to everyone, even if the patient isn't ready to recognize it.
Statistics show that there are about 1.9 million active cocaine abusers and addicts in the United States. There are also just under 360,000 of these cocaine users reported abusing the crack cocaine form of the drug.
The group with the highest rate of cocaine abuse was adults between the ages of 18 and 25, and more men than women abused the drug.
Cocaine addiction is a medical disease, just like all drug and alcohol addictions. This means to have meaningful recovery requires medical treatment. Though some attempt to quit "cold turkey,"this rarely succeeds for very long. This approach can end in an overdose. The best option is to enroll in a clinically supervised detox. An addiction treatment program can help you through each part of the recovery process. Best of all, treatment ensures that you have what you need to build a solid foundation in recovery.
Cocaine rehab begins the moment the patient walks through the door. First, the patient receives a full evaluation. Then the patient participates in a clinically supervised detox until he or she is physically stabilized. Then the real work begins: addiction treatment through therapy and counseling. When the patient completes the program, aftercare services begin. This care solidifies concepts learned during treatment and shows how to apply recovery to everyday life.
Intake and evaluation The process starts with a full psychological intake and clinical evaluation. If another issue is found, treatment incorporates this issue into the addiction treatment plan.
Pharmacotherapy Medications may be helpful in the treatment of cocaine withdrawal.
Behavioral therapy and counseling Therapy spends time on any traumatic events, issues of stress and/or grief that occurred before or during active addiction.
Clinical and case management Close attention is given to any progress made by patients during cocaine addiction treatment through check-ins.
Self–help and peer support groups This includes group therapy in the form of support groups and 12-Step treatment.
Substance abuse monitoring Random drug tests and strict attention to medications prescribed ensures the integrity of the program.
Continuing care After treatment is completed, an aftercare plan is created. This helps patients sustain their newfound sobriety for the long-term at home or a sober living facility.
There are a number of treatment centers for you to choose from. These range from outpatient treatment in the community to residential treatment for 90 days or more. One of the first choices to be addressed is the choice between outpatient and residential addiction treatment. Residential addiction treatment offers 24-hour psychotherapeutic support. Also, depending upon the center, residential treatment can include a wide range of traditional and holistic treatments and therapies.
Outpatient care often focuses solely on educational classes, and support groups.Occasional case management or one-on-one sessions help patients who need help after relapse or a short period of cocaine abuse. The types of therapies included in each program determine the effectiveness of treatment.
Personalized care. Drug addiction is often a symptom of an underlying mental health issue. Often patients have unprocessed experiences of stress or trauma. Others live with untreated disorders like depression, eating disorders, anxiety and other issues. A personalized care program helps patients get treatment for these problems while undergoing addiction treatment.
Attention to co-occurring issues. In addition to the likelihood of other trauma and mental wellness issues, many patients living with addiction have more concrete or tangible needs in their lives that must be addressed as well. Some of these include the following: domestic violence, overwhelming debt, legal issues and family problems.
Clinically supervised care. Some patients experience withdrawal symptoms that require monitoring and attention.
Pharmacotherapy. In some situations, medication can be helpful in the treatment of cocaine addiction.Whether this islong-term or short-term in nature, doses or changes in medication must be incorporated into treatment goals.
Physical health and wellness. Nutritional counseling and regular exercise can increase the patient's ability to improve physically, feel better about herself, and stay on track in recovery.
When the patient gets everything he or she needs to stabilize physically, mentally and emotionally, the end-goal of abstinence is far more attainable.
Just like any medical condition, both early detection and treatment are key to recovery. Once know you need help for your cocaine addiction, it is imperative that you begin at once to track down the right cocaine rehab facility for you. If you are concerned about taking time away from work or family, think of your long-term health and well being. Get help before it's too late.
A little research is essential to finding the right cocaine rehabilitation facility. You'll want to find a treatment center with experienced, educated staff, a variety of services and personalized treatment. You should be able to get treatment for all your needs at the same time. At The Canyon, we provide all this and more.
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Rehab does not have to be scary. Though cocaine addiction is a disease, a treatment center can provide you with clinically supervised detox. You can receive monitoring that ensures you are as comfortable as possible throughout the entire recovery process. From the moment you arrive at The Canyon, you are treated with the utmost respect. You will undergo an intake evaluation before settling in.Then your consulting clinical team will create a personalized treatment plan for your stay. At weekly meetings, your treatment plan will be evaluated to make sure it is exactly what you need and updated accordingly.
If you have a psychological disorder in addition to cocaine addiction, you need a rehab facility that specializes in the treatment of both, like The Canyon. Keep in mind that depression on any level is a psychological disorder. Research shows that 70 percent of all who suffer from drug addiction also have other co-occurring disorders. The treatment of both conditions helps you build a strong foundation. We teach you skills that will help you sustain recovery. If you are ready to get started with a cocaine addiction treatment designed and optimized for physical, emotional and spiritual growth, call us at today.
 https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/principles-drug-addiction-treatment-research-based-guide-third-edition/preface Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment.
 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2232018 Comorbidity of mental disorders with alcohol and other drug abuse. Results from the Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) Study. Regier, DA.


Hi guys! Last week FLEW by, and I can't believe it's time for another Delicious Dishes recipe party! This week, in honor of the winter's chilly weather, we've picked out a handful of delicious soup recipes from among the dishes that our readers (YOU!) have submitted to the party recently. They are amazing!
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Christmas is coming and I'm stuck, as I always am. I don't believe in perpetuating the Santa myth. I believe that Christmas is for loving people openly, and giving people tokens of that love, and of cherishing small moments in the wide abyss of time. Last year I wrote about Santa and I feel the exact same way this year with a year of parenting under my belt. But I'm one-half of this parenting team, so if Ross wants to perpetuate Santa, I am racked with guilt about poo-pooing Santa. So instead, I'm going to try and shut my mouth. Also, a compromise: I won't give any gifts to Kale from "Santa", but I'll go along with it if there is something under the tree marked To: Kale From: Santa.
My girlfriend Lindsay asked the other day what Kale "wanted" for Christmas. The thing with Kale is that an empty snack container from the recycling will give him just as much joy as the hottest toy. So I replied that he needs nothing, because he truly needs nothing. He has plenty of toys, plenty of clothes, and plenty of everything else. A donation to his RESP will be the most appreciated gift, because I will do my damnedest to ensure this kid can do whatever he wants to in a post secondary frame of mind, even if that means 7 years of school or having to go to London to accomplish that. My friend Jocelyn wrote a really timely post with some great gift ideas for the kids in her life, and there are some tips in there I'm personally taking for the kids in my life. Lindsay could wrap up a empty facial tissue box and Kale would love it.
This holiday season we are headed to Alberta for a change of pace. We're off to see my brother and his wife. It's a trip Ross and I are looking forward to because we truly do not see enough of my brother and sister in law for our liking – they are fun and interesting people that we get along well with. So, it's sad when we only can coordinate our collective schedules enough to see each other annually. I'd like to show Kale snowshoeing, I'd like to see a number of friends, and I'd really like the chance to see Melanie and her clan since her most recent trip to Vancouver was filled with robo-puking and we didn't get to see them.
Ross and I have also asked his brother if its okay if we only purchase gifts for our children and because they just bought a house and got married, that suits them just fine. I've already picked up their son's gift, so I am all set there. In years past, Ross and I have given our gift giving parameters – one year it was handmade, another year it was $50 or less. This year we've decided that the hitch is that it's one gift only. I have some ideas, but hoo-boy. This means there is only one chance. Ross also hasn't dropped any hints for that one particular thing, either, so I'm really going to have to get creative.
What about you guys? Got any special Christmas wants? Got any special holiday plans?
You should try for that.
I LOVE the gift idea for kids, and a donation to his RESP is brillant! You're a great mum Jen!!!
I guess I'm at the age now where the kids in my family have grown and have kids of their own.
Taking a que from you a few years ago, we now have our own little Urban Family Xmas. We do stocking, decorate, drink, tell embarassing stories and call it Xmas.
Have a great time in AB.
Actually, it was robo-pooping combined with a fever and cold. It could have been the swine flu for all we know (Mister has had it for the past month) but I don't think it was. Anyway, I'm really looking forward to you and your clan coming to visit.


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This week's storyteller is singer/songwriter Rachelle Luk. We talk about her new record Even Now, challenging misconceptions as an Asian singer-songwriter, and what it means to sing sad songs to Christians.
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This week's storytelling is singer-songwriter Chad Cecil. Jon and Chad tell stories about performing 'folk-hop' together, song writing challenges, viewing the Biden Inauguration from an BIPOC lens, and the process of reclaiming lost Indigenous identity.
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6. Jordan Heywood - Self Care For Artists
This week's guest is emcee, therapist and social worker Jordan Heywood, aka Orijin.
Jordan and Jon tell stories about second guessing their art, listening to old projects, and their collaborative restorative justice presentation. It gets deep pretty quick.
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We're back after a longer than expected hiatus! This week's guest is Dr. Kim Radersma, workplace equity officer with the Waterloo Region District School Board.
Kim and Jon tell stories about the deep work of anti-racism, true caring communities, and what we need from each other during this difficult season of racial division.
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Today's storyteller is emcee, YouTuber and Creative Mark Durksen. Mark and Jon tells stories about creating within limitations, feeling out of place, chasing elusive songs, being relentlessly collaborative, and homemade shark costumes.
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This week's storyteller is Elle Pyke, Program Manager at the New Leaf Network and a Lay Minister with the Free Methodist Church of Canada.
Elle and Jon share stories about their collaboration at a TedX event in 2012. They also discuss how saying 'yes' courageously has led to some uniquely positive adventures.
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Pastor, Ph. D, and the prophetic poet Cyril Guerette joins The Jon Corbin Podcast. Jon and Cyril trade stories about their early days of emceeing, performance fails and clinging to creativity in the midst of life's madness. Join the convo with these long time partners in rhyme.
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Today's storyteller is singer, songwriter, and troublemaker Drew Brown. Jon and Drew tell stories about introverted Creatives, the lack of lament in Christian worship spaces, and the process of unfolding. Plus, there's a LOT of laughter!
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Tenn. Governor Grants Clemency to Woman Serving Life for Killing Man who Solicited Her for Sex
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The woman who was sentenced to life in prison at the age of 16 after killing a Nashville man who solicited her for sex has been granted full clemency by Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam. "This decision comes after careful consideration of what is a tragic and complex case," Haslam said. "Cyntoia Brown committed, by her own admission, a horrific crime at the age of 16. Yet, imposing a life sentence on a juvenile that would require her to serve at least 51 years before even being eligible for parole consideration is too harsh, especially in light of the extraordinary steps Ms. Brown has taken to rebuild her life. Transformation should be accompanied by hope. So, I am commuting Ms. Brown's sentence, subject to certain conditions."


This book, a full-scale revision and expansion of the rules in the original Battlesystem Fantasy Combat Supplement, gives you all the information you need to set up and play battles with miniature figures.
These rules can be used without the AD&D game books, but you can also convert characters and creatures from an AD&D game campaign and use them in Battlesystem scenarios.
Lavishly illustrated in full color, this book is an attractive addition to any gaming library.
Battlesystem Miniatures Rules (1989), by Douglas Niles, is the second edition of the Battlesystem mass-combat system for AD&D. It was published in November 1989.
About the Title. The original Battlesystem (1985) was meant to be played with or without miniatures, and so came in a box full of fold-up figures and lots (and lots) of army counters. That changed with the second edition Battlesystem Miniatures Rules (1989), which put the word "miniatures" front and center.
Origins (I): Four Years Later. The original Battlesystem was an oddly positioned AD&D product. It came in a big box, full of expensive components — in an era before TSR regularly produced overly-stuffed boxed sets. It was clearly meant to be a big, showpiece item for TSR. And, it could have been very successful in selling TSR's D&D miniatures if (1) the boxed set weren't designed to be used without miniatures and (2) TSR hadn't shut down its miniatures production just as Battlesystem appeared.
Four years on, the advent of AD&D 2e (1989) offered the obvious opportunity for TSR to revamp their Battlesystem game. This time, they produced a much smaller product: a 128-page paperback supplement. Fans of fantasy mass-combat were still being served, but the new Battlesystem was obviously no longer intended to be a cornerstone of TSR's production.
Origins: The Miniatures (II). Ironically, TSR was in a somewhat better position to take advantage of a miniatures tie-in when 2e Battlesystem (1989) appeared. That's because they'd moved their AD&D miniatures license over to Ral Partha in 1987, and Ral Partha was ready to go with a Battlesystem line.
Ral Partha's "Battlesystem Miniatures Brigade" included both 15mm figures (more common for miniatures games) and 25mm figures (more common for RPGs). Ral Partha released several dozen blister packs as well as a few larger boxes of miniatures. Most were generic fantasy miniatures, but there were also a number specifically associated with the Forgotten Realms, tying into Battlesystem releases such as FR12: "Horde Campaign" (1991) and FRQ2: "Hordes of Dragonspear" (1992).
Expanding D&D. The new version of Battlesystem is no longer dependent on the AD&D rules. It also includes far fewer AD&D magic spells than the original did. With that said, it still contains full conversion rules and can still be used as the mass-combat system for AD&D.
Revising Battlesystem. TSR didn't just revamp (and simplify) the Battlesystem product; they also massively revamped (and simplified) the Battlesystem mechanics. As Niles says, the new edition has "some resemblance to the original [rules]".
In 1e Battlesystem units had very extensive stats, usually laid out in a quarter-page of text. In 2e Battlesystem, that was condensed down to a single line of text — reminiscent of the simple stats of old-school D&D.
In 1e Battlesystem, combat required players to do addition, subtraction, and even multiplication — all while consulting a complex combat results table. In 2e Battlesystem, each individual figure instead throws its own die, with the results revealing both if they hit and how well. The defenders then get to throw a huge pool of dice in return.
In 1e Battlesystem, counters could represent between 2 and 10 individuals. In 2e Battlesystem, they always represent 10.
Overall, 1e Battlesystem was a more simulationist and more complex gaming system that hewed closer to roleplaying's wargaming roots. 2e Battlesystem instead moves toward the sort of streamlined gaming systems that would become more common in the roleplaying fields of the '90s and '00s. It was an understandable change given the overall evolution of roleplaying games … but it was a surprise to see this simplification while the game was simultaneously positioning itself as a standalone miniatures system.
Future History. The original Battlesystem had been extensively and coherently supplemented thanks primarily to designer Douglas Niles and editor Michael Dobson. In contrast, support for 2e Battlesystem was much more piecemeal and by a large variety of designers. Supplements like DMGR2: The Castle Guide (1990) and Castles heavily supported Battlesystem, while the Forgotten Realms' Horde war gave a great excuse to focus on Battlesystem in FR12: "Horde Campaign" (1991). However after that, support of Battlesystem became much more sporadic in books like FRQ2: "Hordes of Dragonspear" (1992) and HR5: The Glory of Rome Campaign Sourcebook (1993).
There was one major exception: The Dark Sun setting was originally called "War World", and was seen as a final chance to really push the Battlesystem game. Usage of Battlesystem was thus extensive in early products like DS1: "Freedom" (1991) and DSQ1: "Road to Urik" (1992). But soon afterward, Dark Sun became its own thing, and war wasn't a particularly important part of that thing.
Battlesystem Miniatures Rules also saw one complementary publication: Battlesystem Skirmishes Miniature Rules (1991). However that was already in the system's waning days. After 1992, the game largely faded away, through it occasionally was referenced in Dragon magazine through 1995.
About the Creators. Douglas Niles was the creator of both major editions of Battlesystem. By 1989 he was still producing RPG products like PHBR2: The Complete Thief's Handbook (1989), but the roleplaying design was waning as he embraced fiction writing, starting with the Moonshae Trilogy (1987-1989).
As seen in the preview, page 5 appears between pages 2 and 3.
Would really like to see the AD&D Battlesystem Fantasy Combat Supplement (1E, 1985, #1019) as well. The rule book, scenario book, guide to minatures, roster sheets, aid cards, etc. would make a nice packaged product. Given that POD is so easy now, it would be a nice throwback. Granted, used copies can be found at a discount now, but that will not last forever.


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A fugitive father and son have been ordered to pay £109 million over a mobile phone VAT fraud.
HMRC inspectors say Geoffrey Johnson, 72, and son Gareth, 48, must pay up immediately or have 14 years added to their sentences.
The Johnsons are the subject of international arrest warrants after absconding prior to trial. They were part of an 18-strong crime gang that stole £20m in a mobile phone VAT carousel fraud, which stretched from the US to the UK, Portugal, Andorra, Switzerland, Dubai and Hong Kong.
The investigation by HMRC led to four criminal trials between 2012 and 2014.
In total 18 gang members from Scotland, Cheshire, East Sussex, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, North Wales, Staffordshire and Spain, were jailed for a total of 135 years.
Gareth Johnson, formerly of Turin, Forfar, was sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2013 after being tried in his absence.
He was the principal controller behind Tectonics Holdings – which played an integral role in the fraud by laundering money through personal UK and offshore accounts. He also had control of Coast Logistics, another company used in the fraud.
Geoffrey Johnson, 72, now living in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, was sentenced to ten years in his absence in 2014.
HRMC said he was instrumental in laundering the criminal proceeds of the fraud and greatly benefited from them.
Co-conspirator, Sarah Panitzke, 42, from Barcelona, was ordered to repay more than £2.4m or serve more time in jail. She is also on the run. Alison Shelton, 43, from Staffordshire, who is serving a nine-year jail sentence, was ordered to repay £83,000.
Albert Amritanand, from Forfar, was sentenced to five years' jail in 2013. He paid back £500,000 in 2015.


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HOLIDAYS > Shavuot > Standing at Sinai > The Covenant at Sinai
The Covenant at Sinai
Rav Chanoch Waxman
Towards the end of Parashat Mishpatim, the Torah recounts the striking crescendo of ma'amad Har Sinai, the revelation at Mount Sinai:
"And [Moshe] took the book of the covenant and read it aloud to the people. And they said: All that the Lord has spoken we will do and we will obey (na'aseh ve-nishma)." (Shemot 24:7)
In contrast to our normal way of thinking about "na'aseh ve-nishma," as a self-contained and unique note of unparalleled commitment, the Torah portrays the declaration not in isolation, but rather as part of a larger symphony, a ceremony which might be termed "Brit Sinai," the covenant at Sinai. This ceremony stretches over at least six verses and consists of at least the following events:
With the covenant completed and sealed by the pouring or sprinkling of blood, we may very well conclude that the story of "brit Sinai" has reached its conclusion. However, if we read the text with the masoretic divisions of "petuchot" and "setumot" in mind, it becomes obvious that "brit Sinai" continues on for another two verses and contains an additional element. The Torah recounts that:
Moshe obtains the acquiescence of the people to God's commands ("divrei") and rules ("mishpatim"). (24:3)
Moshe writes down the commands, erects both an altar and twelve pillars symbolizing the twelve tribes of Israel, and sends young men to offer sacrifices. (24:4-5)
Moshe collects half of the blood of the sacrifices in basins and pours the other half of the blood of the sacrifices on the altar. (24:6)
Moshe reads the just transcribed "sefer ha-brit," the book of the covenant, and the people respond with "Na'aseh ve-nishma." (24:7)
Moshe sprinkles the remaining half of the blood on the people and declares it the blood of the covenant that was contracted on these commands. (24:8)
Moshe, Aharon, Nadav, Avihu and seventy elders went up onto Har Sinai, where they experienced a vision of God. They ate and drank, yet remained unharmed by God. (24:9-11)
At first glance, this appears rather strange. Why does the Torah group the ascent, vision and meal of the leadership along with "brit Sinai?" What connection exists between A) the blood covenant between God and the people concluded on the "sefer ha-brit," and B) the ecstatic experience and meal of the leadership on the mountain?
Upon further analysis, these questions are relatively easy to resolve. As Rashbam (24:11) has already pointed out, other covenants between God and Israel also culminate in divine revelation. For example, "brit bein ha-betarim," the covenant of the pieces, culminates with "a smoking torch passing between the pieces" (Breishit 15:17), an apparent manifestation of the divine presence. Likewise, when the covenant is renewed after the sin of the golden calf, Moshe is promised by God, "You shall see My back" (Shemot 33:23). "Brit Sinai" follows this pattern, ending with a manifestation of the divine presence.
On a similar note, many treaties and covenants conclude with a shared meal. For example, when Yitzhak and Avimelech conclude a "brit" (Bereishit 26:28), they seal it by eating and drinking (Bereishit 26:30). Likewise, Ya'akov and Lavan seal their parting treaty by partaking in a meal (Bereishit 31:54). Regarding this particular as well, brit Sinai follows a more general pattern.
In sum, we may claim that the meal constitutes a standard concluding element of any treaty, and the revelation constitutes the unique concluding element of a treaty between God and Israel.
While "Brit Sinai" (24:3-11) can be viewed as a self-contained and coherent unit, it can also be viewed as part of a larger entity, the corpus of Chapter 24. The chapter can be broken down into three sections.
The Commands (24:1-2) - Moshe is commanded to ascend to God along with Aharon, his sons and seventy elders. Eventually, Moshe alone is to approach God, without the rest of the leadership, while the people do not ascend the mountain at all.
"Brit Sinai" (24:3-11) - as outlined above.
The Ascent of Moshe (24:12-18) - Moshe is once again commanded to ascend to God, this time for the specific purpose of receiving the "luchot," Torah and commandments. Moshe takes leave of the leadership and ascends the mountain, where he enters the cloud of the divine presence and remains for forty days and forty nights.
Section one of the chapter consists of two commands, one of which is fulfilled in section two and the one in section three. First, Moshe is commanded, "Ascend ('aleh') to the Lord - you, Aharon, Nadav, Avihu and seventy of the elders" (24:1). This is fulfilled by the ascent, revelation and meal of the leadership at the end of section two. Note especially that the Torah utilizes the term "va-ya'al" (24:9) to describe this ascent. Second, Moshe is commanded to ascend to God by himself: "Ve-nigash Moshe levado" ("Moshe will approach alone," 24:2). This occurs when Moshe takes leave of the elders and ascends alone in section three.
In addition to the command-accomplishment structure outlined above, chapter 24 is also united by the concept of ascent and the verb stem "a.l.h." (ascend). The term appears seven times in the chapter (24:1,2,9,12,13,15,18) and at least once in each of the sections delineated above.
Finally, section two, "brit Sinai," is not only integrated into chapter 24 by the term "ascent" and by a structure of dual command and accomplishment, but also by a unique type of parallelism, the literary feature known as chiasm. Here it follows the pattern A-B-A-B-C-C-B-A-B-A. This may be mapped as follows:
A - Moshe is commanded to ascend to God (24:1).
B - The leadership will ascend but only to a specified
distance (24:1).
A - Moshe alone will approach God (24:2).
B - The leadership will not approach that close (24:2).
C - The people will not ascend to God at all
(24:2).
C - The people remain at the bottom of the mountain
with the altar and engage in the covenant ceremony
(24:3-8).
B - The leadership ascends to the specified distance (24:9-11).
A - Moshe is commanded to ascend to God (24:12).
B - Moshe takes leave of the leadership at a certain
point in his ascent (24:13-14).
A - Moshe ascends alone and enters into the cloud (24:15-18).
The stylistic integration of "brit Sinai" into the overall structure of chapter 24, in the manifold ways noted above, should cause us to re-examine our assumptions about the meaning of the vision and meal of the leadership. Can we simply dismiss the ascent and meal of the leadership as a function of a standard covenantal form? Seemingly not. Rather, the structure of chapter 24 forces some fundamental questions upon us. Why does the Torah choose to embed the story of the "brit Sinai" in the story of the ascent to God of Moshe and the elders, what might be termed the "theophany of Sinai?" What precisely is the thematic connection between the "brit" and ascending the mountain to behold God and to be with Him? Finally, as the apparently culminating events of "ma'amad Har Sinai," how does chapter 24 inform and affect our overall understanding and interpretation of this encounter?
To the casual reader, the book of Shemot appears to be organized by chronology. The book recounts the history of the children of Israel from their days of slavery up until their assembling of the mishkan (tabernacle) at the end of the first year of their journey. Along the way, the varied events befalling them include being redeemed by God from Egypt, their first journey in the desert, the revelation at Sinai and the sin of the golden calf. From a thematic perspective, the book could be roughly broken up into three basic segments:
1) Slavery and Redemption (chapters 1-17);
2) Sinai and Torah (chapters 18-24);
3) The Tabernacle (chapters 25-40).
While this approach is fundamentally correct, the real story is actually quite a bit more complex. "Sefer Shemot" is not only organized by chronology but by certain conceptual threads that weave tway through the various thematic units, knitting the book together into a multi-hued yet fundamentally unified tapestry. Let us focus on one of these strands.
When Moshe first stands in front of God at "the mountain of God at Chorev" (3:1) and God reveals Himself to Moshe through the burning bush, Moshe asks: "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and that I should take the children of Israel out of Egypt?" (3:11). God's response seemingly consists of a command: "...When you bring the people out of Egypt, you shall serve ('ta'avdun') God on this mountain" (3:12). Whether one interprets the latter part of Moshe's question as a query of the worthiness of the children of Israel (Rashi), a doubting of his own suitability for the mission (Ibn Ezra), or a request for practical advice as to how to accomplish his task (Rashbam and Ramban), God's answer is clear. From the very start, Moshe is commanded to bring the people to serve God at Chorev.
A bit later on, when God gives Moshe explicit instructions for dealing with Pharaoh, God commands Moshe to inform Pharaoh that: "...the Lord of the Hebrews has called to us and now let us go a three-days journey into the desert so that we may sacrifice ('ve-nizbecha') to God" (3:18). Ever the faithful servant, Moshe informs Pharaoh when he first confronts him that God demands, "Let My people go so that they may celebrate ('ve-yachogu') to Me in the desert" (5:1). Throughout Moshe's dealings with Pharaoh, the prospective celebration ("chag"), service ("avoda") and sacrifices, the composition of the celebratory party, and the sponsorship of the sacrifices constitute constant and recurring themes (8:16, 8:21-24, 9:1, 9:13, 10:8-11, 10:24-26). It is only after the final plague, the death of the firstborn, that Pharaoh relents and informs Moshe to "...Get out from among my people, both you and the children of Israel, and go serve the Lord as you have said... Be gone and bless me also" (12:31-32).
Strangely enough, from this point on, the prospective "chag" and "avoda" seem to disappear. Throughout chapters 13-18, which detail the aftermath of leaving Egypt, celebration and sacrifices are conspicuously absent. This might not perturb us at all. After all, Moshe needed a negotiating strategy, and the demand for a religious holiday in the desert fit the bill quite nicely. Even Pharaoh might have acquiesced to a bit of spiritual devotion in the desert.
However, this answer seems insufficient. What really was the need to lie? For that matter, in the original command to Moshe (3:12), God specified "this mountain" - the mountain of God at Chorev, i.e. Sinai. At the very least, as of chapter 19 when Bnei Yisrael arrive at Sinai (19:1-3), we might well expect service of the divine, celebration and sacrifices - a religious holiday and all it entails. Strangely enough, chapters 19-20 (containing the revelation of the Ten Commandments at Sinai) contain no mention of service, celebration or sacrifices.
This brings us full circle to chapter 24 and "brit Sinai." It is in chapter 24, deep into the second thematic section of Sefer Shemot, that the celebration and service of God, which was anticipated throughout the first section of the book, takes place. As part and parcel of "brit Sinai," the children of Israel erect an altar and sacrifice to God (24:4-5). As part and parcel of "brit Sinai," the elders experience a vision of the divine and consume a festive meal (24:9-11). The religious ecstasy, the service, the sacrifices, the celebration and the encounter with God that God commanded Moshe, and which Moshe demanded from Pharaoh, take place in context of the "brit" and only in the context of the "brit."
Let us return briefly to the content of the covenant and the key phrase we began with: "Na'aseh ve-nishma." As pointed out earlier, Bnei Yisrael respond and commit to Moshe's reading of the book of the covenant. This book consists of the commands ("divrei") and rules ("mishpatim") given to Moshe by God (24:3). Seemingly, the "divrei" refers to the "devarim" spoken by God in chapter 20, i.e. the Ten Commandments (see 20:1), and the "mishpatim" refers to the rules given by God in chapters 21-23 (see 21:1). The "brit" consists of a full-fledged and unconditional contractual commitment to the laws of God. The religious ecstasy, the encounter with God, the service and sacrifices - all these take place as part of Bnei Yisrael's commitment to the law and only as part of their commitment to the law.
Let us return to the structure of chapter 24 and the issues raised earlier. Why does the Torah embed the story of the "brit" within the story of the ascent of Moshe and the leadership? What is the thematic connection of the "brit" to the ascent of Moshe and the leadership onto the mountain and their respective visions and intimate interactions with God? The answer lies in some of the themes elucidated above. The Torah wishes to emphasize that the various forms and aspects of the spiritual quest - religious ecstasy, sacrifices, and ascending to God, on the one hand, and covenantal commitment to the word of God, on the other hand - constitute harmonious rather than conflicting categories. Each is somehow a necessary condition for and result of the other. The Torah knows of no conflict between law and spirituality, between celebrating the divine and seemingly dry legalism, between the encounter with God on a mountaintop and commitment to a code. The two categories fit neatly together in the text and in the experience of Bnei Yisrael. Together they comprise the rationale, purpose and culmination of the redemption from Egypt: a nation and its leaders serving God and celebrating His presence, fully and absolutely committed to His word.
QUESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY
1) The Mekhilta cites two opinions as to whether the events of chapter 24 occurred before or after the revelation of the Ten Commandments. While this shiur has followed the opinion of Ibn Ezra and Ramban that the events occurred after the revelation of the Ten Commandments, the Talmud (Shabbat 88a) seems to follow the opinion that the events portrayed in chapter 24 occurred on the fifth day of Sivan, before the revelation of the Ten Commandments. What might constitute the motivation for this claim and its consequent distortion of the chronological order of the Torah? Reread chapters 24 and 19 and see Shabbat 88a and Yevamot 46b.
2) See the last verse of Sefer Shemot, 40:38. How might this verse play a role in uniting the latter two parts of the book? How does chapter 24 constitute a link between the first and third parts of the book? See 24:15-18.
3) Read 19:20-25 and 20:15-18. What seems to be the reason for the people's reaction? How does chapter 24 relate to these verses and the issue they raise?
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What to expect: A 3-point shoot-out with ETSU
Virginia Commonwealth University hosts East Tennessee State University at the Stuart C. Siegel on Monday night in what promises to be a 3-point shoot-out.
December 22, 2014; 7:20 AM • by Aaron Williams
What: VCU (7-3, 0-0) at ETSU (6-2, 1-1)
Where: Stuart C. Siegel Center
When: Monday, December 22nd at 7:00 PM
Watch: CSN+
Listen: Rams Radio
Almost two years ago, something special happened in Johnson City:
Troy Daniels flashbacks aside, Monday promises to be a 3-point shootout. VCU comes off of a 15-of-31 performance from 3-point range against Cincinnati, and almost every player on the roster is coming into his own from range including a rejuvenated Melvin Johnson.
Meanwhile, ETSU ranks 12th nationally in 3-point shooting percentage (41.4), second in proportion of shot attempts taken from beyond the arc (.510), and first in percentage of points scored from range (46.3).
Furthermore, both defenses have struggled to defend the arc. VCU is improved, but the Rams rank 303rd in defensive 3-point percentage (38.1), and ETSU's zone defense ranks 310th (38.3).
The Buccaneers are vastly improved since that early 2013 shellacking. On Tuesday, ETSU beat Eastern Kentucky on the road. Eastern Kentucky responded by beating #18 Miami 72-44. College basketball, in the present tense, is defined by parity (Kentucky aside), and the Bucs have the firepower to beat the Rams if some of VCU's early season 3-point arc defensive woes reappear.
Two years ago, Troy Daniels put on the most spectacular individual shooting performance in the history of the Black & Gold. Monday may not be as ESPN highlight worthy, but it could very well boast 25+ 3-pointers.
The Prediction
KenPom picks VCU to win 86-68 with a 94% chance of victory.
ETSU PROFILE
Location: Johnson City, TN
Enrollment: ~15,500
Conference: Southern Conference
All time series: VCU leads 3-0.
Last Meeting: 1/2/2013. VCU won 109-58. *
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I looked up our old friend Mak Jo Si who basically makes hundreds of videos about some aspect of Daoism, who tries as hard as he can to get his students and friends to validate his teachings. He has reinvented himself three times and is now calling his system Tin Yat Dragon. For any new people who has not come across him before, looking for Dao practices, he is a fraudster and really is only interested in your money and pumping up his own very inflated ego. It seems to me he reads alot of books and looks at videos and makes up his own versions of things that are part of a genuine Dao practice. He is not doing genuine Dao sects any favours with his obsession with guns and knives. Buyer be very aware is all I have to say.
I can't believe anyone takes this guy seriously. Does he actually have followers, Flowing Hands ?
YouTube allows anyone to play a role and get accepted on some level by those who don't know any better.
Just watched one of this fellow's videos. He is clearly living out his fantasy of being a Daoist master. I feel kind of sorry for him.
Trouble is many people who like the thought of Dao magic can easily be drawn into his web, there's no Dao police!!!
I find it unbelievable! I watched his vid on the DDJ .....I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
Pretty sure he's still a member on here in spite of TDB being on his celestial shitlist.
IIRC there's been quite some controversy around the man previously, flamoffs, minions, campaigning and trolling.
He is not doing genuine Dao sects any favours with his obsession with guns and knives. Buyer be very aware is all I have to say.
I've seen him at more than one website over the years to share his 'business' offerings. I've been suspicious of his ghost / possession stuff and his ability (at his level) to understand and handle this properly (or at all).
I've seen / found entities in others and have wondered what is it that causes such things; are such folks just vulnerable, or have created an atmosphere to attract such things ?
But I have serious doubts he understands the spectrum of spirit/beings/entities/deities that 'visit' folks or even may stick around. If he thinks he is going to blast a deity away, then I would suspect him even more.
Reminds me of the childhood saying we had about "I'm rubber and you're glue...". Although I don't think it is just about being rubber; one can be very clear and thus, nothing sticks too.
He has no spiritual power (fa) so he cannot do anything. The Immortal Master gives you spiritual power when you begin to learn through Fa Fu and Fa Shui which one ingests. This builds up in you over the years and as you learn it grows and grows through self cultivation. Without spiritual power it is then dangerous to try and deal with any spirit of any substance. Many earthly bound spirits wish to 'live again', so will inhabit humans, who enjoy mostly a better life than animals. Some people are more susceptible than others. Mentally and physically sensitive people are vulnerable.
The reason I feel that way doesn't have to do with him being fake, but not something I'd like to go into on the board.
I'm not being mean or cruel mind you, bu I think its a little tragic to watch. For me the tai chi clips with "secrets" revealed say it all, it's hard to put in words but this man seems lost between utter crass drive and complete fantasy, his energy is scattering and whisking about aimlessly and his feet tell of a great dishonesty, but he doesnt seem to know.
The secret is in the thumbs!
He's got a hat with both yin-yang and trigrams on it.
How can you not be legit when you wear the Hat of Mystical Powers?
my take.. along with the crazy, commercialism and paranoia, was some legitimate olde tyme Taoist substance. Buried beneath the louder crazy, but it was there.. I think.
Finally, someone acknowledges the truth. Hats make the man. Hats contain the magic and is the only credential you need.
Even back in the prohibition era it was known: "if a guy aint got a lid he aint worth talking about". The hats.
Altar magic has some quite different mechanisms and goals than does cultivation. Also Hong Kong / Cantonese have it's own traditions not the same as what we're used to learning.
This idiot learns things from others, incorporates it into 'his' sect and then tries to explain how it works. Of course he doesn't really know and so changes things as he gleans more info from the web etc. He removes any negative comments from his youtube videos that might show him up as a charlatan. He works by bombarding the web with video's and ceremonies that he invents and makes up based on some that might really be true. He has almost hundreds of videos with virtually meaningless content. Someone should really close him down and his fan club that are all in it to rip the general public off, just like Peter Popoff did, but in a different way.
Unfortunately this is now the way of the world. There is so much disinformation on the internet, it's frightening. This goes for virtually ANY interest, hobby, religious/spiritual pursuits and pseudoscience.


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The Cluj-Napoca Unitarian Church (; ) is a Unitarian church located in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Built in a late Baroque style between 1792 and 1796, according to the plans of Anton (Antal) Türk, the apse is semicircular and the vestibule faces south. A two-story spire with an onion-shaped roof dominates the facade. The upper parts of the facade are somber compared to the lower, which features tall niches between the pilasters. The central niche contains the portal, topped by an ellipse-shaped window, a small and amply sculpted balcony and another window in the shape of an arch segment. The pilasters have Doric and Ionic capitals, while the Neoclassical stucco decor includes sculpted shells, garlands and grape bunches. The church is listed as a historic monument by Romania's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs.

References

External links
 Official website

Unitarian churches in Romania
Unitarian
Baroque church buildings in Romania
Historic monuments in Cluj County
Churches completed in 1796
1796 establishments in the Habsburg monarchy


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Q: Interchange Connection string (Short cut to do something similar to Rename Refactoring) I have two connection strings saved in Properties that I need interchangeability.
One is for a database that is used to test my application and the other is for the actuall database that the application will be used on.
My problem is that I have to use the connection string many times in different classes and as it stands now I am manually changing to the connection string by copy and paste.
Is it possible to do something similar as Rename Refactoring (C#) ,but not actually rename, but replace the connection string with the second one?
Ie, my first connection string is this,
using (SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(Properties.Settings.Default.ConnectionString_One))

Replace every connection string value into the second connection string,
using (SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(Properties.Settings.Default.ConnectionString_Two))

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One is for a database that is used to test my application and the
  other is for the actuall database that the application will be used
  on.

If I understand correctly, you are trying to replace the connection string in the production build. Here's the step how to do it.

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*Save the connection string in config file

Sample code: (web.config OR app.config)
<connectionStrings>
    <add name="ConnectionString" connectionString="{testing}" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"/>
</connectionStrings>

*Create a build transformation (by default, it would have  debug build and release build

*Replace the testing connection string with production connection string in release build
Sample code: (web.release.config OR app.release.config)
<connectionStrings>
    <add xdt:Transform="Replace" xdt:Locator="Match(name)" name="ConnectionString" connectionString="{production}" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"/>
</connectionStrings>

Hope it helps.
Read more at: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd465318(v=vs.100).aspx