October a-share market is gradually warmed up, the future private equity products overall pick-up in earnings than in September.
data show that as of October 30, 2015, network data center futures funding included 552 products (including fund account, record information management funds, futures, etc), statistics of private equity has a sustained track record of futures products amounted to 274, and for October added 46 new fund products. 274 future private equity products, products of October proceeds are to achieve a total of 154, 56.41%; 0.3% the overall average yield (September-0.4%).
October's monthly average revenue shows that strategies product performance is superior to quantitative strategy products. In 273 sustained performance of futures in private equity products, quantitative trading strategies products 177, 64.84% per cent, average yield this month 0.06% (September-0.88%); strategies products a total of 97, 35.53% per cent, average yield this month 0.75% (September 0.37%).
specifically, the October futures top private equity products is "Chang Ran hongkai 1th", October earnings 35.56%. "Chaotic value first" 2nd October ushered in a rebound in the market, "chaotic value first" one-month yields 23.54%. Worth noting is that since June, its variety of products all suffered varying degrees of chaos retreats. Market rationalized process, net product pick-up "chaotic second value" in October also received a monthly income of 7.69%.


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Earth Day's Anti‐Humanism in One Graph and Two Tables
By Marian L. Tupy
Here, courtesy of Cato's www.HumanProgress.org, is the quintessence of Earth Day's anti-humanism. Botswana and Burundi started off as equally poor. In 1962, their GNI per capita was a paltry $70 per person.
By 2012, Botswana's income per person rose by some 10,829 percent to $7,650. Burundi's rose by mere 243 percent to $240. Botswana is an African success story, while Burundi is a failure--that is, if you judge the two countries by their income and, consequently, their standards of living.
If, however, you judge the two countries by their CO2 emissions per person, Burundi is the clear winner. Between 1972 and 2010 (the maximum number of years for which data on CO2 emissions per capita is available for both countries), CO2 emissions per person in Burundi increased only 62 percent. In Botswana it skyrocketed by 8,847 percent.
As my colleague Pat Michaels noted earlier, growing wealth necessitates higher carbon emissions in the short or medium term, but greater prosperity enables people to become both greener and more energy efficient in the long term. Denying cheap energy to the developing world will trap hundreds of millions of people in poverty and lead to more humanitarian disasters.
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School Town of Munster
About School Town of Munster
The School Town of Munster is the school district which serves the town of Munster, Indiana. There are 3 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 high school. There is also 1 early childhood educational center. Known for its excellence, all of the schools in this district are blue ribbon and four star rated schools. Munster High School, the district's – more... only high school, is one of seven Indiana schools included in the Newsweek's 2006 Top Schools list [1] at number 1,134. – less–Wikipedia
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Eunice Eliza Dickson
Father: William Dickson
Child of Eunice Eliza Dickson and William George Lavers
Christopher Charles Lavers+ (1812 - 1881)
Birth: Eunice Eliza Dickson was born on 1 May 1776 in Horton Landing, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Marriage: She married William George Lavers.
Death: Eunice Eliza Dickson died on 19 January 1830 in Windsor, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada, at age 53.
William Dickson
Child of William Dickson
Eunice Eliza Dickson+ (1776 - 1830)
Father: William H. Wilson (c 1817 - 1893)
Mother: Catherine Jane Lavers (1836 - )
Birth: John Wilson was born on 20 October 1870 in Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada.1
[S338] Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics, online https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/, John Wilson, born 1870 in Dartmouth, Halifax County
Item can be found in Registration Year: 1870 - Book: 1810 - Page: 55 - Number: 1082.
Francis "Franz" Joseph Stirsky
Children of Francis "Franz" Joseph Stirsky and Eliza Creighton Wilson
Estella Anna Henrietta Stirsky (1866 - 1872)
Joseph Francis Stirsky+ (1868 - )
Birth: Francis "Franz" Joseph Stirsky was born circa 1840 in Austria.
Marriage: He married Eliza Creighton Wilson, daughter of William H. Wilson and Sarah Ann Moser, on 23 October 1865 in Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada.1
Death: Francis "Franz" Joseph Stirsky died on 14 May 1911 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
[S338] Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics, online https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/, Eliza Wilson and Franz Stirksy married 1866 in Halifax County
Estella Anna Henrietta Stirsky
Father: Francis "Franz" Joseph Stirsky (c 1840 - 1911)
Mother: Eliza Creighton Wilson (1849 - 1935)
Birth: Estella Anna Henrietta Stirsky was born on 30 December 1866 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Death: She died on 24 August 1872 in Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada, at age 5.
Joseph Francis Stirsky
Birth: Joseph Francis Stirsky was born on 29 August 1868 in Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Marriage: He married Jennie Woods, daughter of Samuel Woods and Mary J. Jones, on 16 July 1912 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.1
[S1147] Royal BC Museum - Genealogy, online http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/…
Abraham B. Creelman
Father: Charles Creelman
Birth: Abraham B. Creelman was born in April 1852 in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Marriage: He married Jane Wilson, daughter of William H. Wilson and Sarah Ann Moser, on 9 December 1875 in Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada.1
[S338] Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics, online https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/, Jane Wilson and Abraham b. Creelman married 1875 in Halifax County
Charles Creelman
Child of Charles Creelman
Abraham B. Creelman (1852 - )
Robert James MacDonald
Father: Allan MacDonald
Mother: Agnes (?)
Birth: Robert James MacDonald was born circa 1877 in Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Marriage: He married Eliza Stirsky Wilson, daughter of Henry Wilson and Jane Ann Allen, on 18 September 1900 in Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada.1
[S338] Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics, online https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/, Eliza S. Wilson and Robert J. McDonald married 1900 in Halifax County
Allan MacDonald
Child of Allan MacDonald and Agnes (?)
Robert James MacDonald (c 1877 - )
Marriage: Allan MacDonald married Agnes (?)
Agnes (?)
Child of Agnes (?) and Allan MacDonald
Marriage: Agnes (?) married Allan MacDonald.
Helen "Nellie" Powell
Father: John Powell
Mother: Sarah (?)
Child of Helen "Nellie" Powell and George Washington Wilson
Florence Pearl Wilson+ (c 1910 - 1985)
Birth: Helen "Nellie" Powell was born on 22 December 1882 in Ship Harbour, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada.1
Marriage: She married George Washington Wilson, son of Henry Wilson and Jane Ann Allen, on 19 November 1903 in Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada.1
Death: Helen "Nellie" Powell died on 4 November 1955 in Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada, at age 72.
[S338] Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics, online https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/, Helen Powell and George W. Wilson married 1903 in Halifax County
Child of John Powell and Sarah (?)
Helen "Nellie" Powell+ (1882 - 1955)
Marriage: John Powell married Sarah (?)
Sarah (?)
Child of Sarah (?) and John Powell
Marriage: Sarah (?) married John Powell.
Margaret Mary Hibbs
Father: James Hibbs
Children of Margaret Mary Hibbs and William Henry Wilson
Henry Blair Wilson+ (1887 - 1948)
Ralph Montague Wilson+ (1890 - 1956)
Charles Edwin Wilson+ (1896 - )
Birth: Margaret Mary Hibbs was born on 1 March 1859 in Kelligrews, Newfoundland, Canada.1,2
Marriage: She married William Henry Wilson, son of Henry Wilson and Jane Ann Allen, on 2 January 1888 in Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada.3
Death: Margaret Mary Hibbs died on 14 October 1941 in Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada, at age 82.1
[S338] Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics, online https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/, Margaret Wilson, died 1941 in Halifax, Halifax County
[S231] Public Archives of New Brunswick - Government Records, online http://archives/gnb.ca/APPS/GovRecs/
[S338] Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics, online https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/, Margaret Hibbs and William H. Wilson married 1888 in Halifax County
Item can be found in Registration Year: 1888 - Book: 1818 - Page: 78 - Number: 2.
Charles Edwin Wilson
Father: William Henry Wilson (1868 - 1957)
Mother: Margaret Mary Hibbs (1859 - 1941)
Children of Charles Edwin Wilson and Alice Madge Cann
Earle Charles "Woody" Wilson (1918 - 2012)
Robert John Wilson (c 1929 - 2009)
Birth: Charles Edwin Wilson was born on 18 May 1896 in Sackville, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.1
Marriage: He married Alice Madge Cann, daughter of Lewis Cann and Mary Lacey, on 28 November 1918 in Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
John Robert Wilson
Father: Harry Leon Wilson (1885 - 1966)
Mother: Lillian Maude Williamson (1886 - 1969)
Birth: John Robert Wilson was born circa 1914 in Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Walter R. Bateson1
Birth: Walter R. Bateson was born in 1878 in England.1
Marriage: He married Adelaide Grande.
Death: Walter R. Bateson died on 30 May 1934 in Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada.2
[S338] Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics, online https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/, Mary A Bateson and John Robert Wilson married 1934 in Halifax County
[S338] Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics, online https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/, Walter Bateson, died 1934 in Halifax, Halifax County
Adelaide Grande1
Birth: Adelaide Grande was born in 1887.1
Marriage: She married Walter R. Bateson.
Death: Adelaide Grande died in March 1977.
Florence Shellnutt
Father: Albert Shellnutt (1841 - 1930)
Mother: Mary Ann Webber (1845 - 1928)
Birth: Florence Shellnutt was born circa 1877 in Ship Harbour, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Marriage: She married Frederick Allen Wilson, son of Henry Wilson and Jane Ann Allen, on 25 March 1897 in Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada.1
[S338] Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics, online https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/, Florence Shellnut and Frederick A. Wilson married 1897 in Halifax County
Florence Pearl Wilson
Father: George Washington Wilson (1884 - 1969)
Mother: Helen "Nellie" Powell (1882 - 1955)
Birth: Florence Pearl Wilson was born circa 1910 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Death: She died on 1 April 1985 in Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada.1
[S1456] Obit: MASON, Florence P., Halifax Chronicle-Herald, April 2, 1985.
Robert Vayne Mason
Father: Robert J. Mason ( - 1945)
Mother: Annie May Prest1
Marriage: Robert Vayne Mason married Beatrice Clara Beaver on 29 July 1908 in Tangier, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada.2
[S253] E-mails from Elizabeth Taylor, Sept. 12/13.
[S338] Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics, online https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/, Beatrice C. Beaver and Robert V. Mason married 1908 in Halifax County
Beatrice Clara Beaver
Birth: Beatrice Clara Beaver was born on 8 April 1885 in Pleasant Harbour, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada.1
Marriage: She married Robert Vayne Mason, son of Robert J. Mason and Annie May Prest, on 29 July 1908 in Tangier, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada.1
Death: Beatrice Clara Beaver died on 18 October 1958 in Pleasant Harbour, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada, at age 73.2
[S338] Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics, online https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/, Beatrice Mason, died 1958 in Pleasant Harbour, Halifax County
Robert J. Mason
M, #14098, ( - 1945)
Child of Robert J. Mason and Annie May Prest
Robert Vayne Mason+
Marriage: Robert J. Mason married Annie May Prest, daughter of Thomas Gaspar Prest and Elizabeth Ann Davidson.1
Death: Robert J. Mason died in 1945.1
Annie May Prest1
Father: Thomas Gaspar Prest1
Mother: Elizabeth Ann Davidson1
Child of Annie May Prest and Robert J. Mason
Robert Vayne Mason+1
Marriage: Annie May Prest married Robert J. Mason.1
Thomas Gaspar Prest1
Child of Thomas Gaspar Prest and Elizabeth Ann Davidson
Annie May Prest+1
Marriage: Thomas Gaspar Prest married Elizabeth Ann Davidson.1


We are pleased to announce that we are now carrying cutting boards from Black Rooster Farm in Frelinghuysen, NJ. These rustic cutting boards were harvested and milled in Frelinghuysen, from a 200-year-old red oak downed by Hurricane Sandy. They are gorgeous and measure about 12″ x 18″ x 2″. White ash available as well. If you are an avid cook, I don't need to tell you about the benefits of a wooden cutting board. These pieces will definitely become heirlooms to pass on to your children if taken care of properly. $65 each,worth every penny, a great gift for that love in your life who enjoys cooking.
Avoid plastics in the kitchen. Plastics can leach into the foods you are preparing. Look at any used plastic cutting board and notice all the nicks and scratches in it. Small shards of plastic are finding their way into the foods being prepared on them. The chemicals in the plastic can leach into foods sitting on the cutting board waiting to be cooked. Many plastic cutting boards are made out of BPA or phthalalates, which are hormone disruptors. Plastic cutting boards are also undesirable because they are not a "green" choice — they take forever to biodegrade in the landfill after they are discarded.
Hand wash your wood cutting boards. Since wood is a porous surface that absorbs water, do not submerge a dirtied board in water and do not put it in the dishwasher or you risk cracking and splitting. Gentle surface cleaning with hot water and a bit of soap is best for lightly soiled boards.
Occasionally rubbing a touch of oil over dry cutting boards will extend the life span. Unrefined coconut oil, walnut oil and canola oil are good treatments.
Lemon is a natural deodorizer. To naturally deodorize a clean but smelly or stained cutting board, simply cut a lemon in half, sprinkle some sea salt on it, and gently rub the lemon half over the cutting board. If the smell persists, add a little baking soda and scrub lightly again. Rinse and let dry. It is good to reapply oil after this process.
White vinegar is also a natural deodorizer. Consider keeping a spray bottle filled with white vinegar on hand and use it to spray down a cutting board as needed. The vinegar will neutralize odors while working as an all-natural disinfectant.
There are several approaches to disinfecting and sanitizing particularly after working with raw meat, fish or poultry. Make a three percent hydrogen peroxide solution and pour it over the board, spreading it around with a clean sponge. Let it stand for a few minutes as it fizzes and kills germs, then wipe off with the clean sponge and repeat as needed.
Sanitizing with diluted bleach is also effective. An occasional extra-deep cleaning is a good idea –add one teaspoon bleach to one quart water and flood the board with this solution. Let stand for a few minutes before rinsing with hot water.
This rustic cutting board was harvested and milled in Frelinghuysen, NJ, from a 200-year-old red oak downed by Hurricane Sandy. It was hand rubbed with canola oil.


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With "everything" we refer to the city, the ferry, the beach and the lake promenade. Celbraring a holiday at Residence Geranio is a children's feast. The children can play aroudn and walk to the beach without having to cross a street. Enjoy a holiday with your family!
The beautiful beach at Lake Como is located right in front of your holiday homes, at a few meters from apartments Geranio. The beach is partly sandy with gravel and partly with lawn and gently slobes into the water. Here you find perfect bathing conditions, also for the children. Thanks to the privileged position near the lake, the holiday resort Residence Geranio has a private access to the beach, which allows you to reach the lake, comfortably, already in your swim shorts. Guests of the residence Residence Geranio have the following services on the beach: Toilet / shower, surfing spot, picnic area, etc. On the beach there is also a cafe and snack bar, beach volley, mountain bike and canoe rental and around 300 M distance from the apartments Residence Geranio you will find the windsurfing, kitesurfing, catamaran and sailing school.
The beautiful swimming pool (16 × 8 m) has an integrated children's area, underwater massage, changing rooms, WC and showers. Around the pool is a beautiful solarium with sunbathing possiblities and two separate lawns, one in the shade, the other in the sun, for pure individual relaxation. The pool area is covered with WLAN (free use) and the adjoining garden restaurant offers drinks and meals.
Breakfast is delivered at your doorstep comfortably and reliably (by appointment made the day before). So you can stay nice and cozy in your apartment. The breakfast comes with coffee, tea, fruit juice, fresh bread, butter, honey, fruit and cold cuts (breakfast may vary by season).
You can rent a cot and high chair on request. Certainly, your children can looki forward to a playground with a play area. There are swings, football goals and a table tennis table etc.
Furthermore, there is a reception with a safe, parking, underground parking, communal barbecue area and a communal washing machine.


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Why a Series of Recalls in 2014 is Just Not Enough
Arthur C. Kosieradzki - SiebenCarey "Know Your Rights" AttorneyApril 28, 2015
In a yearly overview, a New York Times article discovered that the auto industry issued the most recalls in history for automobiles made five years ago or more. According to the New York Times, over 60 million "have been recalled in the United States, double the previous annual record in 2004." In 2014, there were a total of 700 recall announcements, which means an average of two per day - that means one in five vehicles were affected in the last year.
According to the Times, "G.M., Honda and Chrysler each [set] corporate records," in recall releases. The auto-making industry's decision to finally react to a buildup of errors has led to this influx of recalls. This makes for a frightening realization about the lax way the industry has historically been regulated.
These functionality flaws typically exist in auto parts that are used in many makes and models, which is what has primarily caused the sudden influx of recalls. The ignition switch issue in GM models, for example, affects models made between 2003-2011, and has been linked to over 40 deaths. In an effort to respond efficiently, GM issued "about 80 recalls covering more than 26 million vehicles, including 2.2 million small cars with the defective ignition switches." Takata airbags, and the Ford off switch design flaw are more examples of defunct auto parts being used across a wide span of makes and models, once again resulting in multiple recalls.
GM, Toyota, Chrysler, and Honda have taken reactive measures in their staffing and internal practices. Late to the party though they may be, at the very least this incessant series of recalls has forced automakers to rethink how they contribute to an industry that so directly affects most of the world. And yet, the small amount of time in which the industry has issued all the necessary recalls has not only sparked unease in consumers, but also induced much hassle.
The National Highway Traffic Association, who has been heavily criticized for it's lackluster regulation of the auto industry, got about 80,000 consumer complaints about potential auto deficiencies in 2014, which is double the yearly average. Toyota is leading the way with attempts to reach consumers about recalls, utilizing not only written letters but also outsourcing companies to call customers. However, drivers cannot keep up - they get phone calls about one issue while they are still waiting on parts to arrive to solve another. Being told about potential hazards they are facing while they are unable to address any previous recalls stirs fear and anxiety. The heavy influx of recalls even has some consumers returning to their dealer only weeks after responding to a different recall.
While we should all be grateful that an under regulated industry is finally getting its act together, the sudden flash flood of recalls has turned many lives upside-down in its own way. Moving past 2014, higher expectations must now be set for the auto-industry, as our lives depend on its success.
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Zamach na przeciętność – drugi album solowy polskiego rapera i producenta muzycznego Mesa. Podobnie jak poprzedni, wyszedł w dwóch wersjach: podstawowej i rozszerzonej o kilka numerów, dwupłytowej. Premiera płyty odbyła się 25 kwietnia 2009 roku. Nagrania dotarły do 29. miejsca zestawienia OLiS.

Pochodzący z albumu utwór pt. "Ten zwykły we mnie" znalazł się na liście "120 najważniejszych polskich utworów hip-hopowych" według serwisu T-Mobile Music.

Lista utworów
Opracowano na podstawie materiału źródłowego.
 CD1
 "Cześć (Intro)" (produkcja: Ten Typ Mes, miksowanie, mastering: Noon) - 1:35
 "Ten zwykły we mnie" (muzyka, produkcja: Zioło, scratche: Dj M-Easy, miksowanie, mastering: Noon) - 3:32[A]
 "To już" (aranżacja: Szogun, programowanie perkusji: Szogun, gitara: Riczi, śpiew: Flow, Sosh, muzyka: Ten Typ Mes, miksowanie, mastering: Noon) - 4:24
 "Nie ten sam ziom" (gościnnie: Numer Raz, Łona, śpiew: Monika Borzym, muzyka, trąbka: Ten Typ Mes, miksowanie, mastering: Noon) - 4:18
 "Jak to !?" (aranżacja: Szogun, gitara: Riczi, muzyka: Ten Typ Mes, miksowanie, mastering: Noon) - 4:40
 "Nie płaczę za nimi" (muzyka: Głośny, gościnnie: Ero, Stasiak, miksowanie, mastering: Noon) - 5:16
 "Na później (Skit)" (muzyka: Eten, śpiew: Monika Borzym, miksowanie, mastering: Noon) - 3:02
 "Welcom/Willkommen !" (aranżacja: Szogun, śpiew: Flow, muzyka: Ten Typ Mes, miksowanie, mastering: Noon) - 5:15
 "Tribute to Hank (Skit)" (śpiew: Flow, głos: C. Bukowski, muzyka: Ten Typ Mes, miksowanie, mastering: Noon) - 1:59
 "Smak życia" (aranżacja, programowanie perkusji, produkcja: Święty, gitara basowa: Adam Gordon, produkcja, śpiew: Flow, muzyka, syntezator: Ten Typ Mes, miksowanie, mastering: Noon) - 4:15
 "Dwadzieścia pięć" (gitara basowa: Adam Gordon, produkcja, muzyka: Święty, śpiew: K8, miksowanie, mastering: Noon) - 5:41[B]
 "Kontrkultura (Skit)" (muzyka: Ten Typ Mes, miksowanie, mastering: Noon) - 2:30
 "My" (realizacja nagrania: M. Skalski, miksowanie, mastering: Dj Zero, muzyka: Donatan, scratche: Dj Hubson) - 4:14
 "Zamach na Jana K." (aranżacja: Szogun, muzyka: Ten Typ Mes, miksowanie, mastering: Noon) - 4:33
 "Giń, kochanie !" (gitara: Krzysztof "Riczi" Rychard, śpiew: Flow, muzyka: Ten Typ Mes, miksowanie, mastering: Noon) - 4:12
 "OiOM" (muzyka: Ten Typ Mes, Stereotyp, gitara: Tomek Bogacki, miksowanie, mastering: Stereotyp) - 3:36
 "Dziś nie zamierzam kochać (Skit)" (trąbka: Karol Ozonek, muzyka: Ten Typ Mes, miksowanie, mastering: Noon) - 1:43
 "Co jest warte uwagi" (gitara basowa: Adam Gordon, programowanie perkusji: Święty Mikołaj, instrumenty klawiszowe: Sir Michu, muzyka: Adam Gordon, Ten Typ Mes, Sir Michu, trąbka: P. Szmidt, miksowanie, mastering: Noon) - 4:28
 CD2
 "Widzę to podobnie" (muzyka: Głośny, gościnnie: Emil Blef, śpiew: Flow, miksowanie, mastering: Noon) - 4:28
 "Plac Zbawiciela Cz. 1" (produkcja, muzyka: Ten Typ Mes, miksowanie, mastering: Noon) - 5:04[C]
 "Lód w sercu" (muzyka: Snobe, miksowanie, mastering: Noon) - 3:34
 "Niewiasty" (produkcja: Głośny, gościnnie: Głośny, Jeż, miksowanie, mastering: Noon) - 5:18 (utwór dodatkowy)
 "Southside Flow (Na odmułę!)" (muzyka: Joter, gościnnie: Ciech, miksowanie, mastering: Noon) - 4:32  (utwór dodatkowy)
 "Alkopoligamia" (gitara: Riczi, śpiew: Trish, głos: O.C., Pix, Pjus, Stasiak, muzyka: Ten Typ Mes, miksowanie, mastering: Noon) - 5:34  (utwór dodatkowy)
 "My (Qciek Remix)" (remiks: Qciek, miksowanie, mastering: Noon) - 4:05
 "My" (zdjęcia: T. Czarnicki, reżyseria: W. Michalak, montaż: T. Czarnicki) - 4:27 (teledysk)
 "Jak to !?" (stedicam: J. Wierzbicki, zdjęcia: M. Majchrzak, reżyseria: scenariusz: W. Michalak, kierownik planu: A. Chapońkowska, montaż: P. Sitkiewicz) - 4:31 (teledysk)
 "Jak to !? Making Of" (realizacja: T. Czarnicki) - 3:09 (teledysk)
 Notatki
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 B^ W utworze wykorzystano sample z piosenki "My Lonely Room" w wykonaniu Dee Dee Bridgewater.
 C^ W utworze wykorzystano sample z piosenki "Ripped Open by Metal Explosions" w wykonaniu Galt MacDermot's First Natural Hair Band.

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We would love to have you attend worship with us. All worship is done according to New Testament pattern and example. The worship is focused on honoring God and giving glory to Him. The members are not the audience but rather God is.
Praying– The Apostle Paul told the church at Thessalonica to "Pray without ceasing" (1Thessalonians 5:17). We find example in the Bible of prayers being offered to God in both personal life and also in worship. Many of the men in the congregation take turns leading pray. This is done through a humble heart and on behalf of the congregation. The Apostle Paul also indicated in the Philippian letter, "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God" (Philippians 4:6).
Communion- Each first day of the week, Christians are to partake of the Lord's Supper. On the night Jesus was betrayed by Judas, He met with His disciples to celebrate the Passover. Jesus took bread; He blessed and broke it and gave it to His Disciples to eat. He also took the cup, gave thanks and then gave to the Disciples. The bread is representation of the body of Christ and the fruit of the vine is representative of His blood (Matthew 26:26-30). This is done to remember the Lord's death until He comes again.
Giving- Each member also has an opportunity to give as God has commanded. Following the Lord's Supper, an offering can be made. This is not done out of necessity. God has richly blessed each and every person. This opportunity is made for Christians to help maintain the work of the Church. "So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver" (2 Corinthians 9:7).
Preaching- A sermon is also given at both services on Sunday. These are lessons that are from the word of God and are designed to help each one understand more about the Christian life. The Bible has provided guidance for all situations in life. Sometimes these lessons are very timely for current issues of society or struggling times for the members. Either way, the goal is to glorify God by learning of His word and making application to the lives of those that follow Him. "How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher" (Romans 10:14)?


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Protest Groups in Nigeria use Bitcoin after Banks Close their Accounts
By Ethan Hunt on	 October 20, 2020 Bitcoin, News
In Nigeria, the youth are protesting against police violence and other "beasts" from their country. Bitcoin also plays a role – and not only as a censorship-resistant means of payment.
Protests against the government have been raging across Nigeria for several weeks. Bitcoin is involved in two relationships.
As in the US before, the protests are against police violence. The focus is primarily on the SARS unit, which stands for "Special Anti-Robbery Squad". The protesters are demanding that the government disband SARS, which is notorious for brutality and murders.
Bitcoiners are also popular victims of SARS violence. According to reports, the police are taking away young people's smartphones, checking to see if there are any crypto wallets on them, and forcing them to transfer their bitcoins. Some Bitcoiners already delete their apps from their smartphones to protect themselves from such attacks.
Similar reports are also available from Venezuela. It is not entirely clear whether the reason is poverty, corruption and greed among the police, or whether they consider Bitcoin to be fraudsters because of a lack of knowledge.
This is not a Nigeria problem, this is pretty much a global problem.
— Tone Vays (Shitcoin Minimalist) (@ToneVays) October 11, 2020
The protests, which stretch across the country and have effectively led to a "lockdown" in the capital Lagos, to a standstill in public life, are financed by donations, partly from individuals and partly from organizations. These donations ensure that the protesters are supplied with food, medicine and legal assistance.
However, donations began to dry up after banks blocked the groups' accounts and internet platforms removed their donation links. However, the protesters quickly began to call for donations in bitcoins. One of the groups is the Feminist Coalition, which fights for equality for women in Nigeria. She has already supported the protests with millions of naira (1 million naira is around 2,200 euros). The coalition actually collected money through Flutterwave, but the account was closed and the money on it was confiscated.
So the Feminist Coalition started collecting donations in bitcoins. For this, she probably used a single address at first , on which several thousand dollars have arrived within a few hours and which has so far received a good 1.24 Bitcoin. In the meantime , however, the coalition uses a BTCPayServer that generates a new address for each donation, which protects the privacy of both the organization and the donors: Nigerians who buy bitcoins on an exchange, for example, do not reveal to them that they are for the protests donate.
Nigerian crypto companies are also supporting the protests, including Bundle Africa, Bitsika Africa, CoinsApp Global and Quiday Africa. The most prominent supporter is likely to be Jack Dorsey, who is not only known as the boss of Twitter and Square, but also as a fan of Africa and Bitcoin. He retweeted the feminist coalition's appeal for donations:
Donate via #Bitcoin to help #EndSARS 🇳🇬 https://t.co/kf305SFXze
— jack (@jack) October 14, 2020
The protests are probably difficult to understand from Europe. A comment on Sahara Reporters might give a glimpse of what is rocking Africa's largest economy right now. As is probably the case in the USA, police violence is only the trigger that releases the frustration of the youth.
In the past few weeks the youth have started protests across the country that "spread like a bushfire and are driven by creativity, innovation and intensity." In Lagos, almost every block celebrates its own version of the protest; every main road is blocked, and those who drive motorized are asked to join the protests or go home. Something similar is happening in other big cities like Lekki and Abuja.
In itself, the demonstrators have already achieved their goal: The government has dissolved the SARS (and announced the establishment of the Special Weapons and Tactical Unit, SWAT). Several dozen officers have been dismissed or transferred, and some face criminal charges. But "Police violence is not the only beast: the youth of Nigeria have since identified others: problems with the exchange rate for foreign currencies, cybercrime and fraud, an explosion in gasoline prices, legislators that are underworked but overpaid, terrorist shepherds, unemployment, bad roads, a failed elite. "All of this – and probably more – threatens the future of Nigeria's youth. "They want their country back now."
Of course, Bitcoin only plays a minor role in this possible political upheaval. But perhaps the cryptocurrency will become the detail or tool that will make the protests a success. Because some of the conventional control mechanisms no longer work since Bitcoin has existed.


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The World Wide Religious Web for Tuesday, January 31, 2012
BECAUSE IT'S EASIER TO BE A BOY: Why Young Men Aren't Manning Up.
Young men are being shaped by prolonged adolescence and perceived obsolescence, and powerful social forces are at work to keep them that way.
For instance, a much-publicized Relevant magazine article highlighted a study that found 80 percent of evangelical Christians have had premarital sex, slightly below the 88 percent mark of society at large. Sex is readily available and as a motivator for pursuing marriage seems all but off the table. Fear of divorce further undermines the draw of marriage.
For another example, I've already hinted at the fact that the current growth sectors of the job market are geared more to the skills of women. In addition, average college loan debt post-college is more than $25,000, so even men with their act together often must delay taking on the added financial burdens of home and family. Women, despite their newfound financial independence, still expect to marry up. Many young men, unable to handle adult expectations, have simply chosen not to try.
They've been rewarded for throwing in the towel with a hook-up culture skewed in their favor, a growing buffet of man-centric entertainment, and a plunging limbo bar of social expectations. And—paradoxically in the current market—they have a relatively high amount of disposable income to play around with, and no financial obligations but the ones they choose. Man up? Are you kidding?
THEIR VIOLENCE, AND OURS: Secular Theocracy: The Foundations and Folly of Modern Tyranny, Part 2.
The reality of today's secular theocracy is that its hypocritical authoritarianism circumvents the natural-law tradition of Christian teachings. Cavanaugh well sums up the incoherence of the secular theocrat who claims that, "Their violence—being tainted by religion—is uncontrolled, absolutist, fanatical, irrational, and divisive. Our violence—being secular—is controlled, modest, rational, beneficial, peace making, and sometimes regrettably necessary to contain their violence." The appalling problem with the "myth of religious violence" is not that it opposes certain forms of violence, but that it not only denies moral condemnation of secular violence, it considers it highly praiseworthy.
AN EXTENSION OF THE STATE? Religious Liberty and Civil Society.
In this sense, what is at issue in the controversy over the administration's rule is not just the question of religious liberty but the question of non-governmental institutions in a free society. Does civil society consist of a set of institutions that help the government achieve its purposes as it defines them when their doing so might be more efficient or convenient than the state's doing so itself, or does civil society consist of an assortment of efforts by citizens to band together in pursuit of mutual aims and goods as they understand them? Is it an extension of the state or of the community? In this arena, as in a great many others, the administration is clearly determined to see civil society as merely an extension of the state, and to clear out civil society—clearing out the mediating layers between the individual and the state—when it seems to stand in the way of achieving the president's agenda. The idea is to leave as few non-individual players as possible in the private sphere, and to turn those few that are left into agents of the government. This is the logic of a lot of the administration's approach to the private economy, not just to civil society. It is key to the design of Obamacare (which aims to yield massive consolidation in the insurance sector, leaving just a handful of very large insurers that would function as public utilities), of significant portions of Dodd-Frank (which would privilege and protect a few very large banks that would function as public utilities while strangling all the others with red tape), and of much of the regulatory agenda of the left. And it is all the more so the character of the administration's approach to charitable institutions. It is an attack on mediating institutions of all sorts, moved by the genuine belief that they are obstacles to a good society.
"WE HAVE TO PASS THE BILL SO THAT YOU CAN FIND OUT WHAT IS IN IT": Obamacare's Great Gift: Clarification.
If nothing else, in declaring war against our consciences, the Obama administration has given American Catholics a great gift of clarification; a fractious family we may be, but—as the saying goes—we are church. And we have the right to be who we are.
EVIDENTLY, JESUS WAS A DEMOCRAT: The War on Christianity.
It's almost comical if folks didn't believe this while claiming religiosity. This is the true War on Christianity in our country. It's not about prayer in schools, or soccer trumping Sunday school. It's about groups of pundits, politicians and "American"-centric groups redefining the teachings of Jesus to suit their economic, social or political agenda. You know it's working when those spouting the anti-Christian rhetoric rile people into anger and hatred. You know it's working when Christians are confused into believing that the the health of their neighbor is not their concern. That individual freedom is radically more important than community well-being. You know it's working when these movements strategically quote the teachings of Jesus to suit their own agendas, rather than base their leadership on the foundations of love, compassion, and concern for our fellow human — which any good Christian knows is Jesus' clear central message.
PARTISAN IDOLATRY: The Perils of Making Jesus in Your Own Image.
A scholarly study released this week attempts to answer how staunch Christians can make such differing claims about how the teachings of their faith should inform their politics. The bottom line: Many Christians make God, or at least Jesus, in their own image, projecting their own politics and priorities onto their interpretation of the divine will.
IT'S THE CULTURE, STUPID! Values Inequality.
So much for the idea that the white working class remains the guardian of core American values like religious faith, hard work and marriage. Today the denizens of upscale communities like McLean, Va., New Canaan, Conn., and Palo Alto, Calif., according to Charles Murray in "Coming Apart," are now much more likely than their fellow citizens to embrace these core American values. In studying, as his subtitle has it, "the state of white America, 1960-2010," Mr. Murray turns on its head the conservative belief that bicoastal elites are dissolute and ordinary Americans are virtuous.
Focusing on whites to avoid conflating race with class, Mr. Murray contends instead that a large swath of white America—poor and working-class whites, who make up approximately 30% of the white population—is turning away from the core values that have sustained the American experiment. At the same time, the top 20% of the white population has quietly been recovering its cultural moorings after a flirtation with the counterculture in the 1960s and 1970s. Thus, argues Mr. Murray in his elegiac book, the greatest source of inequality in America now is not economic; it is cultural.
BAD SCIENCE: The Genetics of Same-Sex Attraction.
To his credit, Bruni gets a number of things right, including the most important thing: Science will not solve our culture's struggles about sexual orientation. But when science is cited, we should at least get it right.
GOD IS A PLACE WITHIN OURSELVES? How the Placebo Effect Proves that God Exists.
Which brings us back to the placebo effect. It is mysterious, right? We don't know how it happens. A person was sick and they take a sugar pill and next thing you know — voila — they are healthy. To call this "the placebo effect" is to dress up our ignorance in words. What has actually happened is nothing short of a miracle. Science has got no explanation for it– something immaterial (a thought?) has impacted something material (our body) in a way which utterly defies logic.
And that is what prayer is all about. Prayer is based upon the conviction that the immaterial is more powerful than matter itself. Whether we call this immaterial force "God," "the ground of our being," "Spirit," or "higher consciousness" doesn't matter. The point is– there is an uncanny power (which all of us without exception have got access to) which performs miracles. The sick can be cured, the broken can feel whole again.
And the greatest miracle of all is that this power can connect us to a place within ourselves of boundless love, peace and well being. Do we need any other proof for the existence of God?
THE RELIGIOUS WRONG? Newt Gingrich and the Future of the Right.
What would Weyrich, who died in 2008, make of the fact that Newt Gingrich — who was himself having an adulterous affair during the Clinton impeachment proceedings (one of several conducted by the former speaker, according to his own testimony and a number of lengthy journalistic investigations, including this one from CBS and that one from the Daily Beast) — won the 2012 South Carolina Republican primary with a plurality of voters who described themselves as evangelical or born-again Christians?
OY VEY! BUT NO! Did Romney Eliminate Kosher Nursing Home Food as Governor?
IN HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE, MOSTLY: If People Leave the Faith, When Do They Do It?
QUITE A FEW THINGS, ACTUALLY: What's the difference between a Pastor and a Priest?
The Good Life's Complicated Calculus (1 Thessalonians 3:6–8)
It is not having a pulse, at least not merely. Having a pulse is a necessary condition of the good life, of course, but it is not sufficient. A good life requires more.
It is not experiencing pleasure either, at least not simply. Of course, pleasure is generally better than pain. (I am a chronic pain sufferer, so I know whereof I speak.) But not all pleasures are created equal. Not only is the pleasure of doing right better than the pleasure of doing wrong, but even the pain of rightdoing is better than the pleasure of wrongdoing. In other words, better to suffer in the cause of justice (Martin Luther King Jr.) than to benefit from injustice (Bull Connor).
The good life's complicated calculus is on display in 1 Thessalonians 3:6–8, where Paul, Silas, and Timothy write:
But Timothy has just now come to us from you and has brought good news about your faith and love. He has told us that you always have pleasant memories of us and that you long to see us, just as we also long to see you. Therefore, brothers and sisters, in all our distress and persecution we were encouraged about you because of your faith. For now we really live, since you are standing firm in the Lord.
In this paragraph, the missionaries mention two pains they had experienced: "distress and persecution." The two were related. Both the missionaries and their Thessalonian converts had been on the receiving end of persecution since the founding of the church (Acts 17:5–9; 1 Thes. 2:14, 3:3). The missionaries, being strong in faith, did not worry about themselves. But they were distressed for their converts, not knowing whether their nascent faith had survived the onslaught of opposition.
The missionaries went on to mention four pleasures: "good news" about the Thessalonians' faith, "pleasant memories" on both sides, a mutual desire to meet once again, and encouragement "because of your faith." For the missionaries, their ongoing friendship with the Thessalonians mattered more than other goods. What mattered most, however, was the end their friendship pursued: "your faith and love," "your faith," and "standing firm in the Lord."
So here, if I understand it, is the good life's complicated calculus according to Paul, Silas, and Timothy.
In general, pleasure is better than pain, and pleasure in pursuit of good is best.
But pain in the pursuit of good is better than pleasure in the pursuit of evil.
Pleasure from friendship in the Lord is better than pleasure from any other source.
Is (3) a stretch? I don't think so. Notice verse 6: "For now we really live, since you are standing firm in the Lord." In Greek, the adverb really does not appear in the text. Ironically, by adding it, the NIV actually weakens the force of the missionaries' statement, "Now we live…"
To live is to be friends in the Lord. Everything else—pleasure, comfort, whatever—is gravy.
Loving Leviticus
In this video, Doug Clay talks about Leviticus 20:7-8.
Loving Leviticus, posted with vodpod
The World Wide Religious Web for Monday, January 30, 2012
THE EVANGELICALIZATION OF PENTECOSTALISM: The Pentecostal Paradox: As the Global Church Grows, American Tongues Fall Silent.
But while more mainstream evangelical churches have borrowed charismatic styles of worship and thus become more "pentecostalized," Pentecostal churches in North America are moving away in public worship gatherings from the more demonstrative expressions of spiritual gifts, such as messages in tongues with interpretation, prayers for healing and prophecy. In many cases, churches and megachurches have chosen to relegate glossolalia and other charisms to Sunday night services or small groups and, in some cases and settings, according to church historian Dr. Stanley Burgess, "it has virtually disappeared."
ON THE INCARNATION: Jesus and the Goodness of Everything Human.
The great Swiss theologian Karl Barth, fittingly called the "church father" of the 20th century, put it this way: "As the man Jesus is himself the revealing Word of God, he is the source of our knowledge of the nature of man as created by God."
The logic of this simple statement is compelling: If men and women can know who they are only on the basis of the Word of God, then it is only by looking at the One who indeed is himself the Word of God, Jesus Christ, that we can know our identity and nature. Barth put it succinctly: All study and knowledge of human beings is "grounded in the fact that one man among all others is the man Jesus."
CROWDING OUT NON-COERCIVE ALTERNATIVES: Government and Its Rivals.
But there are trade-offs as well, which liberal communitarians don't always like to acknowledge. When government expands, it's often at the expense of alternative expressions of community, alternative groups that seek to serve the common good. Unlike most communal organizations, the government has coercive power — the power to regulate, to mandate and to tax. These advantages make it all too easy for the state to gradually crowd out its rivals. The more things we "do together" as a government, in many cases, the fewer things we're allowed to do together in other spheres.
Sometimes this crowding out happens gradually, subtly, indirectly. Every tax dollar the government takes is a dollar that can't go to charities and churches. Every program the government runs, from education to health care to the welfare office, can easily become a kind of taxpayer-backed monopoly.
But sometimes the state goes further. Not content with crowding out alternative forms of common effort, it presents its rivals an impossible choice: Play by our rules, even if it means violating the moral ideals that inspired your efforts in the first place, or get out of the community-building business entirely.
FAITH & THE FOUNDING: God of Liberty: An Interview with Thomas Kidd.
[Paul Harvey]: Your previous book, published in 2010, God of Liberty: A Religious History of the American Revolution outlines 5 broad tendencies, or "religious principles," about religion and American society, that you believe united the revolutionaries and founders who otherwise disagreed with each other wildly on specific points of Christian doctrine. Can you say something about those principles?
[Thomas Kidd]: So much of the popular discussion of faith and the American Founding revolves around the personal faith of the major Founders. This is an interesting topic, but I don't actually think it tells us much about the role that religion played in the larger process of creating the American republic. So I sought to broaden the focus to the level of the public religious principles that helped unite the Patriots. These included religious liberty, the importance of virtue, the dangers of vice, the principle of equality by creation, and the role of Providence in human affairs. When you look at these principles, it is easier to understand why people of such sharply differing personal beliefs as Thomas Jefferson and the Baptist evangelist John Leland could cooperate so enthusiastically during the Revolution.
WHICH JESUS? No Country for Evangelicals.
It is not coincidental that the 2012 Republican presidential primaries are bringing this truth to light. A precursory scan of the contemporary landscape of evangelicalism reveals a splintered, disconnected culture in which any interpretation is up for grabs. Even looking at some of the presumed figureheads of evangelicalism reveals just how many different versions there are. Are you an evangelical like Mark Driscoll, who believes in an overly hip, tough-guy Jesus? Or like Benny Hinn, who, with Zionist John Hagee, recently prayed that God would lead the United States into war on behalf of Israel? Or perhaps you identify more with John Piper, whose extreme reformed theology says that some are chosen and others, unfortunately, are just not. I could go on; there's the prosperity gospel of Joel Osteen, the socially conscious evangelicalism of Jim Wallis, or the libertarian faith of Marvin Olasky. When Rick Santorum recently said that "we always need a Jesus candidate," which Jesus did he have in mind?
EVANGELICALS FOR RON PAUL? The Rise of Christian Libertarians.
Probably one of the biggest disgraces of this "one nation under God" is that the government has had to step in to help those the Church should've been helping, to do what the Church was called to do. The Church failed—and government stepped in. Perhaps the reason many now lean Libertarian is because they'd like the Church to take back—and take seriously—its calling to transform this world. It's Jesus—not Uncle Sam—that people should see and know whenever blessings flow and mercy, justice and love roll.
IT'S EASY TO BE COMPASSIONATE WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY, UNTIL THAT MONEY RUNS OUT: Is compassionate conservatism dead?
Just three years after George W. Bush left the White House, compassionate conservatives are an endangered species. In the new Tea Party era, they've all but disappeared from Congress, and their philosophy is reviled within the GOP as big-government conservatism. Is this just a case of the Republican Party wanting to distance itself from the Bush years — or is compassionate conservatism gone for good?
TURNING THE TABLES: The Same-Sex "Marriage" Proposal Is Unjust Discrimination.
If marriage is not a bodily, emotional, and spiritual union of a man and a woman, of the kind that would be fulfilled by procreation, then what makes a union marriage and why should the state support it? It is not simply a union that is formed by a wedding ceremony: that would be a circular definition. Nor is every romantic and sexual relationship a marriage, and certainly there is no point in the state promoting all such relationships. Perhaps one will say that it is a stable, committed, and exclusive romantic-sexual relationship. But how stable would a romantic-sexual relationship need to be in order to be a marriage? Suppose John and Mary have a romantic-sexual relationship while college students but plan to go their separate ways after graduation: is that stable enough to be a marriage? If not, why not?
Or suppose Joe, Jim, and Steve have a committed, stable, romantic-sexual relationship among themselves—a polyamorous relationship. On what ground can the state promote the relationship between couples, but not the relationship among Joe, Jim, and Steve? The argument here is not a slippery slope one. Rather, the point is: There must be some non-arbitrary features shared by relationships that the state promotes which make them apt for public promotion, and make it fair for the state not to promote in the same way other relationships lacking those features. Without this the distinction is invidious discrimination. The conjugal understanding of marriage has a clear answer: (a) marriage is a distinct basic human good, that needs social support and that uniquely provides important social functions; (b) marriage's organic bodily union and inherent orientation to procreation distinguish it from other relationships similar in superficial respects to it. But the same-sex marriage proposal's conception of marriage has no answer. In fact, its conception of marriage is actually an arbitrarily selected class, and so the enactment of this proposal would be unjust.
THE ADVICE OF AN EVANGELICAL CELEBRITY: Talking About REAL Marriage.
What Real Marriage has going for it, in the end, is the only thing it doesn't share with scores of other marriage books: Mark Driscoll. Driscoll has preached the book's content, he tells us, in "England, Ireland, Scotland, South Africa, Australia, India, and Turkey" and has talked personally to "hundreds of thousands of couples." The author's bio reminds us that he is "one of the world's most downloaded and quoted pastors." He pastors the "2nd most-innovative church in America." The hype in the press release isn't, ultimately, about Real Marriage; it's about Mark Driscoll.
The book may be ordinary, but Driscoll is an evangelical celebrity; and celebrities are standouts. As Christopher Bell puts it in American Idolatry, celebrities must be present in our lives, yet remain unattainable. The more like us a celebrity is, the less useful he becomes as a celebrity. The Mark Driscoll of the Thomas Nelson press release—one of the "25 Most Influential Pastors of the Past 25 Years," the man who has "taken biblical Christianity into cultural corners previously unexplored by evangelicals"—is a lot more marketable than Mark Driscoll, the husband who spent the first decades of his marriage screwing up. Mark and Grace Driscoll do a fine job, in Real Marriage, of acknowledging that they struggle just as much as any other couple. But no publicist is going to send out a press release that begins, "Two perfectly ordinary people have some hard-earned wisdom to share with you!"
NO HONOR IN MURDER: Family convicted in Canada 'honor murders.'
A Canadian jury Sunday convicted three members of a family of Afghan immigrants of the "honor" murders of four female relatives whose bodies were found in an Ontario canal.
3–5%: How Many Americans are Atheists? Fewer than You Might Think.
The first misinterpreted approach is to ask people if they think of themselves as an atheist. For example, the 2008 Pew Landscape Study found that 1.6% of Americans define themselves as Atheist. Likewise, the 2008 American Religious Identification Study found less than 1% of Americans describe themselves as atheists.
This type of question gets at social identification rather than people's actual beliefs, and some people who believe that God does not exist do not think of themselves as atheists. There's nothing wrong with asking this type of question as long as we understand what it's measuring: a self-identity rather than actual beliefs.
The second misinterpreted approach is to ask people simply if they believe in God, with no other clarifying information. For example, a 2011 Gallup Poll found that 7% of Americans did not believe in God. A 2011 PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey found that 8% did not believe. A 2009 Harris Poll found 9%.
Here's the problem this this approach: It's not a measure of atheism. Yes, atheists will say that they don't believe in God. But so too will agnostics, who do not believe in God because they don't think it can be known. In addition, there are people in the world who may believe that God exists, but they don't "believe" in God in the sense of having faith and following Him. They too will answer "no" to this question. That's the problem: This question is ambiguous as to whether it's getting at belief of God's existence or acceptance of God as a guiding force.
ASSEMBLIES OF GOD NEWS: Paul Finkenbinder, "Hermano Pablo," passes away; Young Evangel graduate killed in Afghanistan; and Valley Forge Christian College alumna, Jessica Buchanan, rescued by Navy SEALs.
Advice for Parents Who Want Their Children to Follow Jesus (1 Thessalonians 3;1-5)
Every night since my son Reese was born, I have prayed this prayer for him as I put him to sleep: "Jesus, I ask that Reese would follow you from an early age." Because Reese is three years old, it is easy for me and my wife Tiffany to create the conditions for this prayer to be answered. We attend church, pray and read the Bible together, and model the kind of life we think a Christ-follower should live. But there will come a day when Reese has grown up and must choose for himself whether and how to follow Jesus on his own. When that time comes, I will no doubt be praying with greater intensity.
I tell you this in order to tell you that, as a father, I understand the intensity behind Paul, Silas, and Timothy's words in 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5:
So when we could stand it no longer, we thought it best to be left by ourselves in Athens. We sent Timothy, who is our brother and co-worker in God's service in spreading the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith, so that no one would be unsettled by these trials. For you know quite well that we are destined for them. In fact, when we were with you, we kept telling you that we would be persecuted. And it turned out that way, as you well know. For this reason, when I could stand it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith. I was afraid that in some way the tempter had tempted you and that our labors might have been in vain.
Remember the context of these words: According to Acts 17:1-9, the missionaries spent several weeks evangelizing Thessalonian Jews and Gentile God-fearers. At some point, however, a coalition of Thessalonians initiated a mob action against the missionaries and new Christians, the former eventually fleeing the city under cover of night at the encouragement of the latter. These new Christians immediately began to suffer for their faith (1 Thes. 2:14, 3:3). Paul, Silas, and Timothy were worried whether their short, three-weeks' work among the Thessalonians had laid strong enough foundations for them to withstand these attacks. They needn't have worried, for the Thessalonians had stood strong.
Several lessons for fathers and mothers–biological or spiritual–who long for their children to follow Jesus Christ:
First, focus on Jesus Christ. The practice of Christianity goes bad when it begins to focus on peripheral issues rather than central ones. The missionaries' preaching was simple: "This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah" (Acts 17:3). If you want your children to follow Jesus, show them Jesus all the time.
Second, expect temptations and trials. Following Jesus doesn't mean an easy life. We are "destined for [trials]." Following Jesus helps us resist temptation and emerge victorious from trials.
Third, keep the lines of relationship open so that you can communicate "encouragement and strength" whenever they're needed. As your children age, your relationship with them changes. But the goal of your relationship doesn't. You bear a responsibility of helping them love God, neighbor, and self. This is best done by encouragement, not nagging; by example, not command.
Jesus, may our children follow you from an early age and throughout the ages. Amen!
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Review of "Christian Apologetics: Past and Present," Volume 2
Christian Apologetics: Past and Present is a two-volume compendium of primary sources that document the variety of reasons Christians have given in defense of their faith over the two millennia of its existence. This second volume covers the period from 1500 to the present. The authors divide it into four parts: (1) "The Reformation, Post-Reformation (Protestant), and Catholic Reformation"; (2) "Modernity and the Challenge of Reason," from roughly the late 17th through the mid-19th centuries; (3) "The Global Era: Christian Faith and a Changing World," which covers the mid-19th through early 20th centuries; and (4) "Issues Today and Tomorrow," which covers the mid-20th century to the present. Each section includes selections by authors from across the ecumenical spectrum–Protestant and Catholic–with Reformed evangelical authors receiving special focus in parts 3 and 4. Each part begins with an "Introduction" that frames the historical context the excerpted apologists worked within and concludes with a "Follow-Up" that briefly describes apologetic authors and works not excerpted for the book. I recommend both volumes for Christian apologists, pastors, seminary professors or readers, or laypeople interested in the historical development of Christian apologetics.
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Destined for Trials (1 Thessalonians 3:3–4)
Many American Christians assume that if they believe and God and do what is right, God will bless them.
Sometimes, this takes the extreme form of the Word of Faith theology, which assures believers that God will give them what they confess. If they confess health, they will be healthy. If they confess wealth, they will be wealthy. Popularly, this extreme is known as the Prosperity Gospel, the Health-Wealth movement, and Positive Confession—or more derisively, Name It and Claim It or Blab It and Grab It.
More often, however, this assumption takes the form of America as a Christian nation. "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord," Psalm 33:12 says. As long as the Lord is God in America, the argument goes, he will bless America with peace and prosperity.
Whereas Word of Faith theology focuses on the individual, Christian nationalism focuses on the collective. Either way, however, the assumption is the same: If you are good, you will be well.
This common assumption of American Christians is more American than Christian, however. It is not true to the experience of Christians in the New Testament, vast swaths of Church history, or even Christians in the modern day. Indeed, the New Testament at places seems to teach precisely the opposite: If you are good, you will be treated ill.
Consider what Paul, Silas, and Timothy wrote in 1 Thessalonians 3:3b–4:
For you know quite well that we are destined for [trials]. In fact, when we were with you, we kept telling you that we would be persecuted. And it turned out that way, as you well know.
We are destined for trials. We will be persecuted. Suffering is the lot of the faithful.
Do you believe this? If not, consider this partial list of the fate of New Testament believers: John the Baptist was beheaded, Jesus Christ was crucified, Stephen the deacon was stoned, James the apostle was executed, James the Lord's brother was stoned, Paul was behaded, Peter was crucified upside down. Were these men less faithful than we are? Less holy? Less blessed?
Or consider believers around the world who suffer for confessing Jesus Christ as Lord. It has been said that we live in the Age of Martyrs right now, for more Christians were killed for their faith in the Twentieth Century alone than in the previous nineteen centuries combined. Were these Christians less faithful than we are? Less holy? Less blessed?
Or might it be the case that we Americans have confused Christianity and comfort? Have we wrongly identified the American Way of Life with the the Way, the Truth, and the Life? Do we perhaps not suffer because we don't turn off the TV, put down the potato chips, rise off our couches, and go on some mission for God to win the souls of the lost and relieve the misery of the poor?
I ask these questions not to provide a definitive answer, but to unsettle my comfortable soul—and yours.
Marriage: Caring, Not Controlling
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Ask the Superintendent with Dr. George O. Wood (January 23, 2011)
In this video, I interview Dr. George O. Wood about current events and pressing issues in the Assemblies of God. He addresses a range of issues, including the plight of Iranian AG adherents who have been arrested by the government, the consolidation of the three national AG schools, the involvement of AG pastors in politics, and many more. Dr. Wood is general superintendent of the Assemblies of God in the United States. He's also my dad.
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The Experience of Being Fish Food- Live In the Present Moment!
Last week I had the opportunity to spend a week with my family enjoying the city of Prague, Czech Republic. As a gift to myself and to my family, I took the week off and completely relaxed. No "working", no blogging, etc. But, as you might have guessed, my mind kept going even if I didn't type the thoughts at the time.
The concept sounds easy…. You sit on a couch with your feet immersed in a tank full of fish and the little fish eat the dead skin off of your feet. To make the experience more memorable, you're facing a plate glass window on one of the busiest pedestrian streets in Prague, with constant tourists passing by.
As I slowly placed my feet into the tank, I have to admit there was a bit of hesitation. Just by dipping my heel into the water the little fish were all over it. The owner of the spa asked me to be quiet, as I shrieked as the fish tickled my foot. The experience was so intense! After a minute or so with just my heel, one at a time, I slowly submerged the rest of my foot into the water, only to have them both immediately covered with about a hundred 2″ fish, busy munching away. It took every ounce of restraint I had, not to kick the fish away or pull my feet out of the water.
After a few minutes, the tickling sensation died down to a constant feeling of movement with just an occasional tickle. What I really noticed was that I could watch one specific fish munch on my toe, and I could feel THAT fish, in the midst of all the other ones. What I focused on mattered. The intense tickling sensation that I originally felt, dulled to what I thought of as background noise, as the feeling from each fish became the prominent feeling- when I focused on it.
The fish are eating my feet!
My feet were in the tank for 30 minutes, yet it seemed like much less- because I was fully present in the moment. I was mesmerized following an individual fish and concentrating my focus. The experience became a meditation that was only broken when a brave fish would swim between my toes. I had no thoughts of "where are we going for lunch", "what do you want to see this afternoon" or "do you think it will rain today"… the only thing I could focus on was this experience. I was fully present in the moment.
It was entertaining to watch the reactions of groups of people walking by. Most would look and continue walking for another step, then stop and do a double take, as their brain registered what they were seeing. Most people stopped, pointed, gawked, cringed and eventually, took photos. The camaraderie with the passing community was an important part of the adventure.
It took hundreds of little fish munching on my feet to remind me that what sometimes seems unbearable, can become background noise within minutes, that people can bond over the silliest of things, and that the only moment that truly matters is this very one we're experiencing NOW.
So today, I'm asking myself… What in my life, that was once a problem, has now become background noise for me? What specific "fish" am I focused on today? How are the experiences of my life today bonding me with those around me? What can I experience today that will remind me of the beauty of being present in this very moment?
In the hustle and bustle of everyday life, it helps to remember that life is such a beautiful gift to be treasured, moment by moment. And, we can learn something every day, even if the lesson comes from a school of small fish.
Great story!! As a kid, when we visited Brent and Darryl in Franconia/shafer, the four of us cousins would spend hours in the St Croix River. I very clearly remember sitting on the shores in a quiet backwater and having minnows nibbling on my toes!


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Tobacco prosecution sends strong warning
Tuesday, 17 December 2002, 2:59 pm
Press Release: Ministry of Health
Ground-breaking tobacco prosecution sends strong warning
Today's successful prosecution for illegally discounting cigarettes is one of the most serious breaches to date of the Smoke-Free Environments Act 1990, says the Ministry of Health.
Tobacco manufacturer Imperial Tobacco Limited pleaded guilty to being a party to an offence whereby a Porirua retailer supplied tobacco products at a reduced charge in a promotion at a Cannons Creek store in May this year.
Imperial Tobacco Ltd was fined $5000 plus Court costs in the Porirua District Court. The retailer pleaded guilty to supplying discounted cigarettes for the purposes of its business, and was convicted and ordered to pay court costs.
The case is believed to be the first prosecution under Section 28 (1) of the Smoke-Free Environments Act 1990. The offence carries a maximum penalty of $50,000, one of the heaviest penalties under the Act.
Discounting cigarettes contravenes the Act, many of the provisions of which prohibit advertising and the promotion of tobacco products.
Smoke-free officers visiting the Cannons Creek store in May witnessed a promotion involving the sale of certain brands of cigarettes at 50 cents less than the usual retail price.
Thirty-nine packets were sold over a four-hour period at a discounted price.
"Today's prosecution sends a clear and strong message to retailers and tobacco companies that these sorts of breaches of the legislation are taken very seriously by the Ministry," says Director of Public Health Dr Colin Tukuitonga.
Dr Tukuitonga says this case was particularly disappointing because the promotion happened in a lower-income part of Porirua.
"Lower socio-economic areas are at a higher risk from this type of marketing than other areas. These people suffer disproportionately greater ill-health and early death due to smoking-related diseases than those living in other areas.
"Price is often a factor as to whether people, especially young people and poorer people, take-up smoking."
Each year, 4700 New Zealanders die from tobacco-related illnesses. About one in five of all deaths are attributed to smoking, and approximately 400 others are believed to die from illnesses caused by breathing in second-hand smoke.
One of the key purposes of the Smoke-Free Environments Act 1990 is to prohibit the marketing, advertising, and promotion of tobacco products except for limited exceptions. The Ministry of Health enforces the Act by keeping an eye on the market place and taking appropriate action over breaches of legislation.
Dr Tukuitonga says smoke-free officers will continue to investigate suspected breaches of legislation. In particular, suspected breaches of the Act relating to marketing and promotion of tobacco products.
Find more from Ministry of Health on InfoPages.


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"""
Copyright 2013 Parse.ly, Inc.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.
"""

import argparse
import errno
import logging
import os
import signal
import shutil
import socket
import subprocess
import sys
import tempfile
import time

from testinstances import utils
from testinstances.exceptions import ProcessNotStartingError
from testinstances.managed_instance import ManagedInstance
from pykafka.utils.compat import range, get_bytes, get_string

log = logging.getLogger(__name__)

_kafka_properties = """
# Configurable settings
broker.id={broker_id}
port={port}
zookeeper.connect={zk_connstr}
log.dirs={data_dir}

# non-configurable settings
num.network.threads=3
num.io.threads=8
socket.send.buffer.bytes=102400
socket.receive.buffer.bytes=102400
socket.request.max.bytes=104857600
num.partitions=1
num.recovery.threads.per.data.dir=1
log.segment.bytes=1073741824
log.cleaner.enable=false
zookeeper.connection.timeout.ms=6000
delete.topic.enable=true
"""

_zookeeper_properties = """
dataDir={zk_dir}
clientPort={zk_port}
maxClientCnxns=0
"""

class KafkaConnection(object):
    """Connection to a Kafka cluster.

    Provides handy access to the shell scripts Kafka is bundled with.
    """

    def __init__(self, bin_dir, brokers, zookeeper):
        """Create a connection to the cluster.

        :param bin_dir:   Location of downloaded kafka bin
        :param brokers:   Comma-separated list of brokers
        :param zookeeper: Connection straing for ZK
        """
        self._bin_dir = bin_dir
        self.brokers = brokers
        self.zookeeper = zookeeper

    def _run_topics_sh(self, args):
        """Run kafka-topics.sh with the provided list of arguments."""
        binfile = os.path.join(self._bin_dir, 'bin/kafka-topics.sh')
        cmd = [binfile, '--zookeeper', self.zookeeper] + args
        cmd = [get_string(c) for c in cmd]  # execv needs only strings
        log.debug('running: %s', ' '.join(cmd))
        return subprocess.check_output(cmd)

    def create_topic(self, topic_name, num_partitions, replication_factor):
        """Use kafka-topics.sh to create a topic."""
        log.info('Creating topic %s', topic_name)
        self._run_topics_sh(['--create',
                             '--topic', topic_name,
                             '--partitions', num_partitions,
                             '--replication-factor', replication_factor])
        time.sleep(2)

    def delete_topic(self, topic_name):
        self._run_topics_sh(['--delete',
                             '--topic', topic_name])

    def flush(self):
        """Delete all topics."""
        for topic in self.list_topics():
            self.delete_topic(topic)

    def list_topics(self):
        """Use kafka-topics.sh to get topic information."""
        res = self._run_topics_sh(['--list'])
        return res.strip().split(b'\n')

    def produce_messages(self, topic_name, messages, batch_size=200):
        """Produce some messages to a topic."""
        binfile = os.path.join(self._bin_dir, 'bin/kafka-console-producer.sh')
        cmd = [binfile,
               '--broker-list', self.brokers,
               '--topic', topic_name,
               '--batch-size', batch_size]
        cmd = [get_string(c) for c in cmd]  # execv needs only strings
        log.debug('running: %s', ' '.join(cmd))
        proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
        proc.communicate(input=get_bytes('\n'.join(messages)))
        if proc.poll() is None:
            proc.kill()

class KafkaInstance(ManagedInstance):
    """A managed kafka instance for testing"""

    def __init__(self,
                 num_instances=1,
                 kafka_version='0.8.2.1',
                 scala_version='2.10',
                 bin_dir='/tmp/kafka-bin',
                 name='kafka',
                 use_gevent=False):
        """Start kafkainstace with given settings"""
        self._num_instances = num_instances
        self._kafka_version = kafka_version
        self._scala_version = scala_version
        self._bin_dir = bin_dir
        self._processes = []
        self.zookeeper = None
        self.brokers = None
        # TODO: Need a better name so multiple can run at once.
        #       other ManagedInstances use things like 'name-port'
        ManagedInstance.__init__(self, name, use_gevent=use_gevent)
        self.connection = KafkaConnection(bin_dir, self.brokers, self.zookeeper)

    def _init_dirs(self):
        """Set up directories in the temp folder."""
        self._conf_dir = os.path.join(self._root_dir, 'conf')
        self._data_dir = os.path.join(self._root_dir, 'data')
        self._log_dir = os.path.join(self._root_dir, 'logs')
        self._zk_dir = os.path.join(self._root_dir, 'zk')
        os.makedirs(self._conf_dir)
        os.makedirs(self._data_dir)
        os.makedirs(self._log_dir)
        os.makedirs(self._zk_dir)
        # Needs to exist so that testinstances doesn't break
        open(self.logfile, 'w').close()

    def _download_kafka(self):
        """Make sure the Kafka code has been downloaded to the right dir."""
        binfile = os.path.join(self._bin_dir,
                               'bin/kafka-server-start.sh')
        if os.path.exists(binfile):
            return  # already there

        # Make the download dir
        try:
            os.makedirs(self._bin_dir)
        except OSError as exception:
            if exception.errno != errno.EEXIST:
                raise

        # Download and extract
        log.info('Downloading Kafka.')
        curr_dir = os.getcwd()
        os.chdir(self._bin_dir)
        url_fmt = 'http://mirror.reverse.net/pub/apache/kafka/{kafka_version}/kafka_{scala_version}-{kafka_version}.tgz'
        url = url_fmt.format(
            scala_version=self._scala_version,
            kafka_version=self._kafka_version
        )
        p1 = subprocess.Popen(['curl', '-vs', url], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
        p2 = subprocess.Popen(['tar', 'xvz', '-C', self._bin_dir,
                               '--strip-components', '1'],
                              stdin=p1.stdout, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
        p1.stdout.close()
        output, err = p2.communicate()
        os.chdir(curr_dir)

        log.info('Downloaded Kafka to %s', self._bin_dir)

    def _is_port_free(self, port):
        """Check to see if a port is open"""
        try:
            s = socket.create_connection(('localhost', port))
            s.close()
            return False
        except IOError as err:
            return err.errno == errno.ECONNREFUSED

    def _port_generator(self, start):
        """Generate open ports, starting with `start`."""
        port = start
        while True:
            if self._is_port_free(port):
                yield port
            port += 1

    def _start_process(self):
        """Start the instance processes"""
        self._init_dirs()
        self._download_kafka()

        # Start all relevant processes and save which ports they use
        zk_port = self._start_zookeeper()
        self.zookeeper = 'localhost:{port}'.format(port=zk_port)

        broker_ports = self._start_brokers()
        self.brokers = ','.join('localhost:{port}'.format(port=port)
                               for port in broker_ports)

        # Process is started when the port isn't free anymore
        all_ports = [zk_port] + broker_ports
        for i in range(10):
            if all(not self._is_port_free(port) for port in all_ports):
                log.info('Kafka cluster started.')
                return  # hooray! success
            log.info('Waiting for cluster to start....')
            time.sleep(6)  # Waits 60s total

        # If it got this far, it's an error
        raise ProcessNotStartingError('Unable to start Kafka cluster.')

    def _start_log_watcher(self):
        """Overridden because we have multiple files to watch."""
        for logfile in os.listdir(self._log_dir):
            logfile = open(os.path.join(self._log_dir, logfile), 'r')
            if self.use_gevent:
                import gevent
                gevent.spawn(self._watcher_gevent, logfile)
            else:
                import threading
                watch_thread = threading.Thread(
                    target=self._watcher_threading, args=[logfile]
                )
                watch_thread.daemon = True
                watch_thread.start()

    def _start_brokers(self):
        """Start all brokers and return used ports."""
        self._broker_procs = []
        ports = self._port_generator(9092)
        used_ports = []
        for i in range(self._num_instances):
            port = next(ports)
            used_ports.append(port)
            log.info('Starting Kafka on port %i.', port)

            conf = os.path.join(self._conf_dir,
                                'kafka_{instance}.properties'.format(instance=i))
            with open(conf, 'w') as f:
                f.write(_kafka_properties.format(
                    broker_id=i,
                    port=port,
                    zk_connstr=self.zookeeper,
                    data_dir=self._data_dir + '_{instance}'.format(instance=i),
                ))

            binfile = os.path.join(self._bin_dir, 'bin/kafka-server-start.sh')
            logfile = os.path.join(self._log_dir, 'kafka_{instance}.log'.format(instance=i))
            self._broker_procs.append(utils.Popen(
                args=[binfile, conf],
                stderr=utils.STDOUT,
                stdout=open(logfile, 'w'),
                use_gevent=self.use_gevent
            ))
        return used_ports

    def _start_zookeeper(self):
        port = next(self._port_generator(2181))
        log.info('Starting zookeeper on port %i.', port)

        conf = os.path.join(self._conf_dir, 'zk.properties')
        with open(conf, 'w') as f:
            f.write(_zookeeper_properties.format(zk_dir=self._zk_dir,
                                                 zk_port=port))

        binfile = os.path.join(self._bin_dir, 'bin/zookeeper-server-start.sh')
        logfile = os.path.join(self._log_dir, 'zk.log')
        self._zk_proc = utils.Popen(
            args=[binfile, conf],
            stderr=utils.STDOUT,
            stdout=open(logfile, 'w'),
            use_gevent=self.use_gevent
        )
        return port

    def terminate(self):
        """Override because we have many processes."""
        # Kill brokers before zookeeper
        log.info('Stopping Kafka brokers.')
        for broker in self._broker_procs:
            broker.kill()
        log.info('Stopping Zookeeper.')
        self._zk_proc.kill()

        shutil.rmtree(self._root_dir)
        self._processes = []
        super(KafkaInstance, self).terminate()
        log.info('Cluster terminated and data cleaned up.')

    def flush(self):
        """Flush all data in the cluster"""
        raise NotImplementedError()

    def create_topic(self, topic_name, num_partitions, replication_factor):
        """Use kafka-topics.sh to create a topic."""
        return self.connection.create_topic(topic_name, num_partitions,
                                            replication_factor)

    def delete_topic(self, topic_name):
        return self.connection.delete_topic(topic_name)

    def list_topics(self):
        """Use kafka-topics.sh to get topic information."""
        return self.connection.list_topics()

    def produce_messages(self, topic_name, messages):
        """Produce some messages to a topic."""
        return self.connection.produce_messages(topic_name, messages)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
        prog='kafka_instance',
        usage='foo bars',
        formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter,
    )
    parser.add_argument('num_brokers', type=int, default=3,
                        help='Numbers of brokers in the cluster.')
    parser.add_argument('--download-dir', type=str, default='/tmp/kafka-bin',
                        help='Download destination for Kafka')
    parser.add_argument('--kafka-version', type=str, default='0.8.2.1',
                        help='Kafka version to download')
    args = parser.parse_args()

    _exiting = False
    def _catch_sigint(signum, frame):
        global _exiting
        _exiting = True
        print('SIGINT received.')
    signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, _catch_sigint)

    cluster = KafkaInstance(num_instances=args.num_brokers,
                            kafka_version=args.kafka_version,
                            bin_dir=args.download_dir)
    print('Cluster started.')
    print('Brokers: {brokers}'.format(brokers=cluster.brokers))
    print('Zookeeper: {zk}'.format(zk=cluster.zookeeper))
    print('Waiting for SIGINT to exit.')
    while True:
        if _exiting:
            print('Exiting.')
            sys.exit(0)
        time.sleep(1)

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Merging with footy by Les Everett
Essential reading for those looking to learn the English language.
Perth is exciting right now. Fremantle too. People everywhere due to the Fringe Festival and its 700+ shows.
Generally I like front row – perfect view and extra leg room – but at Fringe shows there's almost always audience participation so caution is required. For example at the brilliant La Soiree in the Spiegeltent last Wednesday one poor young bloke was forced to put his hand on the naked breast of a female performer – imagine that. I was in the second row.
We were front row at Fremantle Town Hall for Blues and Burlesque featuring original Dexy's Midnight Runners keyboard player Pete Saunders. When his companion Ms Vicious Delicious came down looking for victims we avoided eye contact and survived.
Rooster's coach Troy Carrington
Second row for Damian Cullinan's one-man show The Merger. But I got picked out and finished up a premiership player after being named in the forward pocket in the grand final for the Bodgy Creek Roosters.
The Roosters were struggling early in the piece and faced the prospect of merging with bitter rivals the Hudson's Flat Cougars – and disappearing.
A multi-faceted recovery plan was nutted out (involving butcher's paper) but it was an idea from coach Troy Carrington that had unexpected results. He decided to recruit players from the Asylum Seekers Refuge Centre. One of them, Saaed Ali, who developed his reading in English on books like Crackers: The Peter Keenan Story, turned out to be a gun player.
This show resonated with me beyond the unexpected joy of playing in a late-career premiership (Carrington accurately pointed out I was a useless player suited only to tagging).
Over the past 10 years I've worked a lot with refugees and plenty of them have grown to love Australian Rules footy. One was Arif. We often had a kick together – he was strongly built, loved leading for the ball, had good hands and could kick the ball a mile and sometimes straight. I rang around and found a club close to his home. They were glad to welcome him down to training.
Arif just fails to grasp the pill during a multicultural footy carnival at Fremantle Oval in 2009. He was representing North Lake Senior Campus. Australian philosopher Kevin Sheedy attended the carnival.
In 2009 Arif became an Australian citizen and showed a keen sense of what his new home is (or should be) about. "When I first came to Australia two years ago I needed an interpreter for a Centrelink appointment. Now I can speak English and I've learned a lot about Australian culture. I play soccer for a South American team and Australian Rules for my local club."
Sometimes we'd talk about what had happened to his family as the Taliban seeped its way into his community. He told of his escape and what was left behind.
After the September school holidays of 2009 I ran into Arif and asked how his break had been.
"Very sad sir," he said.
"Oh no. What happened?"
"I sat down with some friends to watch the grand final sir. St Kilda lost. I was devastated."
The Merger ends with a grand final between Bodgy Creek and Hudson's Flat and, sorry, I've already given you the result.
This show has been around for a while and is now as tight as it needs to be. Cullinan's ad-libbing is brilliant, the hi-tech additions like the local community radio station are superb and the audience is used very skilfully.
The Merger is being made into a movie, I hope Julian Burnside appears as himself.
• Now I'm off to update my footy CV. 2016: premiership player Bodgy Creek Football Club… shit, might get a call from bloody Essendon.
• Crackers: The Peter Keenan Story as told to Simon Towny was published by ABC Books in 1990.
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18 FebpmSat, 06 Feb 2016 15:28:43 +08002016-02-06T15:28:43+08:0003 2014 at 3:28 pm
Congratulations on becoming a premiership player, Les. A mighty effort. All footballers (and many non-footballers) dream of being a premiership player but few reach that exalted status.I presume there will be yearly reunions with Troy. (About two years ago I took his alter-ego Damian for a winter-sunrise dip at Williamstown beach, in preparation for a show he did at, and about, Willi. He turned up in a pink bathrobe, disrobed and spent very little time in the water.) Hope I get to see The Merger sometime.