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What Employers Need to Know About Google+

Posted in Highlight, Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Manager & HR Pro’s Resource Center, Social Media

Long time readers of the blog may be getting a feeling of deja vu with the title of the post. After all, it was about two years ago that I wrote about Google Wave.  That product was going to change the world way we communicate. (Fortunately, I didn’t make such bold predictions, other than to point out that lawyers couldn’t ignore new technologies — like Facebook and Twitter —  forever. )

Turns out  Google Wave was a pretty big failure.

Consider "adding" Google+

But don’t let that misstep cloud your judgment on Google’s latest innovation, called “Google+”.

What is Google+? It’s a new social networking platform. (Here’s a great explanation.)

Will it change the legal landscape? My fellow Connecticut blogger, Ryan McKeen, thinks so. After having been on it for a week or so, I’m not yet so sure.  Let’s just say it has potential:  Kind of a hybrid between Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.  It’s at least worth checking out.

Which leads me to employers.  Google+ isn’t something to worry about. Yet.  Only early adopters such as myself are on it now.  It’s still a long way away from mass adoption.

But it does portend a new wave of innovation on social networking and the developing “war” between Facebook and Google for social networking supremacy.  Already on Google+, you can track information through “sparks” or use video “hangouts” to talk with people who are in your circle.  And people who have been looking for alternative to Facebook now have one.

In other words, despite an employer’s efforts to control information, Google+ may lead to yet another wave of lesser privacy and more collaboration. And more opportunities for less-than-noble employees to pass along your company secrets.

The employment law landscape has undergone rapid changes over the last five years.  Employers who haven’t taken the time to understand them, are now behind the curve of where many of the employees are.   Google+ is just the latest reminder that employers who continue to ignore this new technology aren’t just missing out on the benefits of it, but they are doing so at their peril.

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No. 6: Abduction of Vi Ripken

The abduction of the matriarch of Maryland's most famous sports family still has people scratching their heads: an unknown man cornered Vi Ripken in her Aberdeen garage, tied her up, put her in the backseat of her own car and went on a joyride throughout the Baltimore region for some 24 hours. Then, with police searching throughout her neighborhood, he quietly returned her to her street and left without being detected. The man has yet to be identified or apprehended, and police have released no motive. Multiple surveillance camera pictures have been issued to the public, and Cal Ripken himself has spoken out, but the case remains a mystery. Gene Sweeney Jr.

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Varsity Q&A with River Hill kicker Alex Potocko

When River Hill's football team scores a touchdown, the Hawks can be pretty sure they'll get that seventh point. Alex Potocko has hit 52 of 53 extra-point attempts this fall and set a school record with 121 in his career.

The senior kicker, a two-time All-Howard County selection, also has sent 56 of 68 kickoffs into the end zone. In a 49-0 win over City in the regional playoffs, all nine of his kickoffs were touchbacks. On field goals, he's 2-for-4 with a season-best of 38 yards for the two-time defending state Class 3A champions, who play in the state semifinals Friday night at Linganore.

Potocko, who has a 4.0 weighted GPA, has gotten attention from college coaches at all levels, but he plans to wait until after the season to consider his options. He plans to join the Hawks' wrestling team for the first time this winter.

How did you become a kicker?

I was 4 years old and watching my first Super Bowl — the St. Louis Rams — and seeing the kicker. My parents tell me I said it was really cool and my grandma said, "You should do that when you're older." I used to throw the ball around with my dad when I was little and when I was 7, I would go out with my family and just kick footballs. I was so little I don't even know it I could make it.

When did you start kicking in organized football?

When I was 9, I started playing Terps football, local tackle football, and at that point, I could make it through the uprights. It's a big deal when you're in the younger leagues, because they count as two points, because less people can do it. When people saw that I could actually do it at such a young age, I barely remember it, but it was a really big deal.

Have you ever kicked a last-second field goal?

Junior year, there was one second left in the [first] half for our homecoming game. It was a 37-yarder from the left and I made that. That's the closest to last second I've ever gotten, but it was really cool. It was just like that picture-perfect moment. We were winning — I think by a lot — and it was homecoming night, so it's a pretty memorable experience.

What is your longest field goal in a game?

Thirty-eight yards this year against Howard. In practice, 55 which is on the video [Sports Breakdown: How to Kick a Field Goal with Howard County Times sports reporter Andrew Conrad]. Andrew Conrad made 45 and I was like, "Oh, my God. He's actually really good." Then I made 50 and he didn't, so I backed it up to 55 and I got it on my first try. It was close, but I got it.

What's been the kicking highlight of this season?

Just overall, I feel that I'm benefiting the team so much more. Last year, I think I was a good high school kicker. I'd kick off to the 5- or 10-yard line, deep left corner 80 percent of the time and that was my job. I couldn't hit touchbacks, so [the coaches] were like, "Kick it to the left back corner and we'll try to pin them back." This year, with being able to put it in the end zone a lot more, I feel like it gets in the other team's heads. I've seen kids get frustrated because they can't run it out. We've all worked really hard and with PATs and field goals, I trust my team and they always tell me, "Take your time. We're going to block for you," so it's working out well.

What's the longest field goal you've attempted?

Forty-one Forty one yards against Glenelg this year. It's a moment that I learned a lot from. Luckily, the team pulled through and we won, but it was the first game of the season, 0-0 in the fourth four quarter and I totally lost sight of what I needed to get done. I understand I'll get nervous, but I needed to just concentrate and slow down, trust my team that they were going to block for me and I ended up rushing it, barely let [holder Drew Pritchard] get it down and when something like that happens I can't get a good kick off.

Is there a pro kicker you look up to or try to emulate?

Adam Vinatieri, ever since I was young. He had a game-winning Super Bowl kick and I remember watching it. He was just that clutch kicker. Seeing him when I was young maybe was part of the inspiration.

What are you most thankful for?

I'm most thankful for my parents. They have continually pushed me to do better in everything I do, kicking or not kicking. They always try to have me do my best, and really I'm so grateful I have them in my life, pushing me to do better.

What is your Thanksgiving tradition?

My parents and I normally host my grandparents and uncles and cousins, but it looks like this year [because of the weather], it's just going to be us, maybe my grandparents. And if it is just us, that's fine. It'll be a calm Thanksgiving before a huge game.

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A National Historic Landmark, the Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington is a stop on the Connecticut Art Trail and a member of Connecticut's Historic Gardens. The 152-acre, 10-building estate was originally built between 1898 and 1901 by architect Theodate Pope Riddle. Today paintings by Edgar Degas, Claude Monet and Mary Cassatt are among the notable works on display. Bob MacDonnell/Hartford Courant


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Omega-3 DHA may prevent earliest preemies

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For pregnant women, supplements of an omega-3 fatty acid called Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) may help to reduce the likelihood of giving birth very prematurely, according to a new study.

The results add to evidence that omega-3 fatty acid supplements make pregnancy last a little longer, which means more development time for babies before birth, less hospital time after birth and a better long-term health outlook.

That's important for women in the U.S., who have shorter pregnancies and lower birth weights, on average, than in many other developed countries, lead author Susan Carlson told Reuters Health.

"It didn't reduce all preterm births, but reduced the riskiest preterm births," said Carlson, a nutritionist at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City.

Carlson and her colleagues recruited 350 women between eight and 20 weeks pregnant and gave half of them a supply of capsules, each containing 200 milligrams of algae-derived DHA, to take three times a day until giving birth. The other half of the women received identical-looking placebo capsules with mainly corn and soy oils.

When Carlson's team looked at the outcomes of the women's pregnancies, they found that overall, participants taking the DHA supplements tended to have slightly larger, heavier babies and to give birth about three days later than the placebo group.

Though there was little difference in the number of preterm births in both groups, the placebo group had considerably more births of very early preemies, according to results published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Normally, a full-term pregnancy lasts 39 weeks and babies born more than five weeks early are at the greatest risk for serious health problems and potentially long hospital stays.

Five percent of mothers in the placebo group had their babies at less than 34 weeks - similar to the early preterm birth rate in the U.S. population - compared to less than one percent in the omega-3 group.

The researchers credit DHA with the differences because they measured fatty acid levels in mothers' and babies' blood, and found that only the DHA-supplemented mothers had raised DHA compared to the study's outset, and DHA was the only fatty acid whose level had changed.

DHA is one of the essential fatty acids, important for brain and eye development, that can't be manufactured in the body and must be obtained by eating cold water oceanic fish. It is included in some prenatal vitamins and can be bought as a supplement on its own, costing about $30 for a bottle of 180 capsules, 500 mg each.

Though studies haven't found clear, consistent benefits for fetal brain development, as researchers once hoped, the evidence for prolonging pregnancy is sound.

"This one adds another brick to the foundation," Dr. Emily Oken, of the department of population medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston, who was not involved in the study, told Reuters Health.

"It seems that one of the very few consistent effects of fish oil and other marine oil supplementation in pregnancy is to increase duration of pregnancy by 2-3 days," according to Maria Makrides, professor of human nutrition at the University of Adelaide in Australia.

A previous study in Mexico that used 400 mg per day did not lead to longer pregnancies. The newest results may indicate that at least 600 mg is necessary for the beneficial effect, Makrides told Reuters Health by email.

Birth before 34 weeks is one of the leading causes of infant death, Oken said, so these results are "definitely reason for enthusiasm."

Women in the U.S. tend to avoid fish during pregnancy because of the mercury, which can impair brain and nervous system development for the baby, so they may be missing out on some important nutrients, like DHA, selenium and protein, Carlson said.

"We shouldn't discount the benefits of eating fish," up to two times per week during pregnancy, Oken said. Just avoid fish high in mercury, like swordfish, tilefish, mackerel and shark.

SOURCE: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, February 20, 2013.

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Facts in case have yet to be determined [Letter]

Was Vince Mercurio's Aug. 29 letter regarding Michael Brown "Facts tell a different story" a satire piece? The jury is still out on most of Mercurio's "facts," and it's very clear upon reading this letter that Mercurio regurgitated his talking points after hearing what he heard on Bill O'Reilly's own opinion-driven segment. Brown's stature is not up for debate, but when is the "old short man" coming forward about the bullying he endured? Do we know for a fact that Brown tried to take Wilson's gun? I have no idea what Mercurio implied by his closing statement about whites becoming the minority. Even if that does happen, so...


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BRIDGEPORT -- How crucial is the Police Department's animal control branch to public safety?

On one day last week, a loose dog tied up southbound traffic on Interstate 95 near exit 27A, and a pit bull on Boston Avenue bit a child. And those were just the incidents that garnered headlines.

And yet the city's already short-staffed and under-funded shelter is operating with a major loss.

Chief Animal Control Officer Jimmy Gonzalez's sudden departure Oct. 5 means Connecticut's largest city has one man, Animal Control Officer Jesus Ruiz, responding to calls until a new partner is hired.

Bridgeport has a third animal control officer who has been out on extended leave due to an undisclosed injury.

"It's impossible for one person to run that city," said Raymond Connors, head of the state Department of Agriculture's Animal Control Division, which oversees animal shelters. "They're just going to fall behind."

Connors said Waterbury, the state's fifth-largest city, has three full-time animal control officers. He said Bridgeport will have to prioritize public safety calls over others, for the time being.

The city's Police Department has said little about the situation, other than an effort will be made to replace Gonzalez.

The shelter has been a one-man show before. Gonzalez, from late 2011 to earlier this year when Ruiz was promoted from kennel worker, shouldered all of the responsibilities while the other control officer was hurt.

There are currently also two kennel workers, an administrative assistant and a part-time adoption worker.

While Gonzalez has declined to explain why he decided to abruptly leave his job of seven years, many shelter supporters have said it's obvious that the pressures he faced, including the limited staffing, became too much.

According to the most recent state statistics, from July 2012 through March 2013, Bridgeport animal control investigated 1,578 complaints -- one fewer than during the same period from July 2011 through March 2012.

As a result of those calls, 1,439 animals were impounded. As of last week, the shelter's 80 dog pens were at near capacity, with 70 occupied.

A memo on the door of the building warned visitors that the shelter had no more space for cats. Twenty adult cats, including two nursing mothers, and 30 kittens are housed there.

Although 675 animals were sold as pets and another 116 returned to their owners between July 2012 and March of this year, state data shows that 725 were euthanized, and four were dead on arrival.

The job can take an emotional toll, said Connors, particularly when it requires killing animals.

"I've been at this 30 years ... It's the hardest part of the job," he said. "There's a high rate of burnout in this job. A high rate."

Gonzalez, who, based on supporters' accounts and his own email and Facebook account, is a cheerful, optimistic man, gave a glimpse of what he was dealing with in one dark Facebook message from last October:

"Every morning when I wake up the first thing I do is speak to my God. I ask, `Will I be dealing with animals that have been hit by a car, beaten, burned, duct taped, kicked, punched, chained, sliced up, shot, starved, or just abandoned and forgotten. Please, Lord, keep me healthy, sane and strong so that I do not lose my mind and do this to the person that has done this to the animals.' "

Connors recalled when Gonzalez first began working at the shelter, which the city had relocated to its larger site on Evergreen Street in the wake of pressure from the state and animal advocates over poor conditions.

"He was just all gung-ho and had all these great ideas," Connors said. "But then again, the shelter was fully staffed."

While the Police Department last week was unable to provide information about the shelter's budget, sources have said Gonzalez was under pressure to further cut costs by new Assistant Police Chief James Nardozzi, who has been charged with scrutinizing all areas of police spending for cost savings and efficiency.

Many shelter backers argue that the city would have made things easier on Gonzalez -- and easier for his successor -- if they allowed the facility to use volunteers to exercise and bathe the animals and help clean the property.

"They didn't want to let volunteers on the property because of insurance reasons," said state Rep. Brenda Kupchick, R-Fairfield, a longtime friend of the Bridgeport shelter. "Other shelters let volunteers in. They figure out a way to work with them."

That's true, Connors said.

"It assists as far as helping out with administrative stuff or just socialization with the animals confined to the building. Any dog in a cage, it's not healthy for them," he said. And supporters say the more socialization animals have, the better their chances of being adopted.

But, Connors added, typically it's the smaller municipal shelters that allow volunteers. Cities fret about liability if volunteers were to get hurt or an animal escaped and bit someone, he said.

The state last inspected the Bridgeport shelter in September, 2012.

Asked if his office would pay a visit during the search for Gonzalez's replacement, Connors said probably not. He's dealing with his own staffing problems -- six officers to cover the entire state, with only four on the road at a given time.

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RIDGEFIELD -- Wilfredo Seda was arrested Monday for openly carrying an umbrella.

And also for dressing in black.

His appearance caused an uproar here Monday morning that included a police search of the Branchville and Georgetown area and routing school buses away from the Branchville Elementary School.

Seda, 22, lives on Portland Avenue in the Georgetown section of Redding.

About 8 a.m., he was walking in the area near Route 7 and Portland Avenue.

By police accounts, he was wearing all black clothing, and a black cap with a face mask. The mask, police said, was "looking like a beard."

He was also carrying an umbrella on his back. Police said, "It had the outward appearance of a samurai sword."

However, police said a motorist passing Seda reported that he was "carrying what appeared to be a rifle."

With fear generated by the events at Sandy Hook Elementary School on everyone's mind, members of the Police Department, assisted by what police said were "many other law enforcement agencies," hurried to the area.

That combined force included State Police and officers from the Westport, Norwalk, Danbury and Bethel police departments.

Students had not yet begun arriving at the nearby Branchville Middle School.

Officials ordered all buses en route to the school to be diverted to East Ridge Middle School, where students stayed in the school auditorium.

School officials also ordered all other Ridgefield schools to go into a modified lockdown.

By 11 a.m., when police found Seda and learned what saw what he was carrying, the alert was called off.

However, Seda was charged with breach of peace.

Capt. Thomas Comstock of the Ridgefield Police Department said Seda did not take any actions that might constitute breach of peace.

Instead, Comstock said, it was Seda's "mode" of appearance -- dressed in black, with a black hood, carrying what looked to be some sort of weapon, that prompted police to charge him with breach of peace.

Seda was unavailable for comment Monday afternoon.

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Fed released Beige Book December 4

The Federal Reserve Bank’s Beige Book, released on December 4, reports that the economy continued to expand at a modest to moderate pace from early October through mid-November.  The report from the Boston Fed stood out in that it reported economic expansion during this period.

The region that the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston covers saw growth in capital spending as well as increased demand for software and information technology.

Consumer spending in tourism appeared to be particularly robust in the northeast.  Demand for home furnishings and apparel were both strong here.   Local tourism numbers which are usually strong in the fall enjoyed additional lift from the Red Sox being in the MBL playoffs and the World Series.

The New England region also reported increases in real estate and construction especially in the building of multi-family dwellings and commercial real estate projects.

Modest increases in wages were seen in the northeast and no appreciable inflationary pressure was noted in the report.


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Pop Goes The World…

Well, this was a Daring Baker first for me. No, it’s not that I haven’t made this before, it’s that I have never waited until the day it was due to do the challenge! AHHHHH. I thought I had more time, guess not.

This month’s challenge comes from Elle of Feeding My Enthusiasms and Deborah of Taste and Tell. They selected Cheesecake Pops from one of my newer cookbooks, Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey. These fell into the messy category as the dipping in the chocolate and the flying sprinkles everywhere got a little messy. Then again, I was in a bit of a hurry. :)

These fun little pops would be a great thing to make with your kids or to serve at one of their parties. They can be formed into many shapes. If I had a little more time to be creative, I would have gone that route. Even if you are not a kid, these are certainly tasty…I mean it’s cheesecake on a stick…covered in chocolate!

Cheesecake Pops

Makes 30 ¢â¬â€œ 40 Pops

5 8-oz. packages cream cheese at room temperature

2 cups sugar

¼ cup all-purpose flour

¼ teaspoon salt

5 large eggs

2 egg yolks

2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

¼ cup heavy cream

Boiling water as needed

Thirty to forty 8-inch lollipop sticks

1 pound chocolate, finely chopped ¢â¬â€œ you can use all one kind or half and half of dark, milk, or white (Alternately, you can use 1 pound of flavored coatings, also known as summer coating, confectionary coating or wafer chocolate ¢â¬â€œ candy supply stores carry colors, as well as the three kinds of chocolate.)

2 tablespoons vegetable shortening

(Note: White chocolate is harder to use this way, but not impossible)
Assorted decorations such as chopped nuts, colored jimmies, crushed peppermints, mini chocolate chips, sanding sugars, dragees) – Optional

Position oven rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 325 degrees F. Set some water to boil.

In a large bowl, beat together the cream cheese, sugar, flour, and salt until smooth. If using a mixer, mix on low speed. Add the whole eggs and the egg yolks, one at a time, beating well (but still at low speed) after each addition. Beat in the vanilla and cream.

Grease a 10-inch cake pan (not a springform pan), and pour the batter into the cake pan. Place the pan in a larger roasting pan. Fill the roasting pan with the boiling water until it reaches halfway up the sides of the cake pan. Bake until the cheesecake is firm and slightly golden on top, 35 to 45 minutes.

Remove the cheesecake from the water bath and cool to room temperature. Cover the cheesecake with plastic wrap and refrigerate until very cold, at least 3 hours or up to overnight.

When the cheesecake is cold and very firm, scoop the cheesecake into 2-ounce balls and place on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Carefully insert a lollipop stick into each cheesecake ball. Freeze the cheesecake pops, uncovered, until very hard, at least 1 ¢â¬â€œ 2 hours.

When the cheesecake pops are frozen and ready for dipping, prepare the chocolate. In the top of a double boiler, set over simmering water, or in a heatproof bowl set over a pot of simmering water, heat half the chocolate and half the shortening, stirring often, until chocolate is melted and chocolate and shortening are combined. Stir until completely smooth. Do not heat the chocolate too much or your chocolate will lose it¢â¬â„¢s shine after it has dried. Save the rest of the chocolate and shortening for later dipping, or use another type of chocolate for variety.

Alternately, you can microwave the same amount of chocolate coating pieces on high at 30 second intervals, stirring until smooth.

Quickly dip a frozen cheesecake pop in the melted chocolate, swirling quickly to coat it completely. Shake off any excess into the melted chocolate. If you like, you can now roll the pops quickly in optional decorations. You can also drizzle them with a contrasting color of melted chocolate (dark chocolate drizzled over milk chocolate or white chocolate over dark chocolate, etc.) Place the pop on a clean parchment paper-lined baking sheet to set. Repeat with remaining pops, melting more chocolate and shortening (or confectionary chocolate pieces) as needed.

Refrigerate the pops for up to 24 hours, until ready to serve.

Source: Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey by Jill O¢â¬â„¢Connor

  1. heheheeee! Time flies doesn’t it? Well I am SO RELIEVED you’ve posted.. I’ve been clickin’ all day. :P

    They are very cute! Well done on the fly, Gracie my love!

  2. c’est magnifique Peabody :)

  3. I love the triangles – it made me realize that these would be great as little Christmas trees for the holidays! I’m glad you were able to do the challenge – they look wonderful!

  4. Your cheesecake pops are urging me to bite into them! That’s how tempting they are. :D

  5. This looks so gooey delicious and cute. And yes, who can resist a cheesecake on a stick covered in chocolate!

  6. yay! So colorful!!!

  7. Yeah, me too I’ve been clicking all day!
    Love the white and the triangle.
    Actually I think this is just the perfect cheese cake. One bite, well and then maybe two!

  8. Your pops are so colorful and fun!

  9. I’ve looked at many of the cheescake pops and your’s are the prettiest.

  10. Lovely as usual Peabody! The sprinkles are a very nice touch.

  11. Glad you were able to make them. I thought the dipping and sprinkles was really messy as well!

  12. Looks like you work well under pressure, Peabody!! I LOVE your sprinkle-covered cheesecake lollipops – hooray for making them just in time! :0)

  13. Love! the colour schemes you used. Green and blue with white is so chic!

  14. Errr, I mean blue and yellow – not green. That’s the border at the side. Must move away from the screen. Too much time on the computer is making my eyes cross.

  15. Looks deeeelish! Looks like you and I will be sitting in Geometry class together! :)

  16. For being done in a jiffy, they sure look fabulous!

  17. Ah, I must be extra special, because mine were both messy AND sticky. ;)

  18. Nice to see your post and glad I wasn’t the only one who waited until the last minute! Your pops are totally cute and fun :) I can just imagine the flinging of chocolate and sprinkles!

  19. So cute! I love the coloured sprinkles. You know inspite of myself I just loved making these!

  20. Whew! You’re great under pressure – your pops look so dainty and pretty! Terrific!

  21. How pretty and Springy! You did a great job.

  22. I love the pink sprinkles on the white chocolate! Grace under pressure! Great job!

  23. they look like sparkly icebergs. how cute.

  24. These are so pretty and colorful! I love seeing how creative everyone has gotten with these. The pink sprinkles are especially lovely.

  25. I ran myself down to the last minute as well. Your pops look lovely, Peabody!

  26. Love your pops! I like the triangle shape!

  27. Perfect party food — I think one perfect bite of cheesecake, with chocolate on the outside, is just what I’d want!

  28. Now you know how I feel. Every single month, I’m right up to the end. Maybe I like living life on the edge? Uh, nope. Cute pops, peabody.

  29. Really beautiful and springlike. I can see these at a shower or some type of party.

  30. Your pops look great! I almost always forget to do the challenge till the day of; know exactly how you feel!

  31. Great pops! I love the pink sprinkles. :)

  32. I made mine early in the month but for some reason thought I had a lot more time to write the post, I was scrambling to get it done tonight, (of course, I had all day to do it, but morel hunting got in the way).

  33. awesome as usual, peabody!
    keep up the great work!

  34. You’re still on time and those are cute and creative pops. Like you say, cheesecake on a stick and chocolate…what’s not to like?

  35. Very cute pops Peabody. You definitely can’t go wrong with delicious cheesecake on a stick.

  36. i waited till day-of, too (but i have done that on a few challenges before)! this time it was an accident, as i had it in my head that it was due on the 30th. love your pastel decorations!

  37. This reminds me of the frozen cheesecake on a stick they serve on Balboa Island.

  38. Procrastination or not, yours look very fun and festive – I love the pastel colors!

  39. a hurry or not, these pops look terrific!! oops, i see someone else just wrote that, haha. well basic shapes or not, i love the spring colors!

  40. Such pretty pops, Peabody! Great job!!

  41. I had Lisa earlier on the phone and we were wondering where the heck you were!!
    They look stunning in white and colored sprinkles!

  42. Very pretty! I agree… fun for kiddos to help. My son was going nuts choosing things for me to dip the pops in!

  43. They look ever so cute and pretty! I love the decorations! Wonderful!

  44. So we were baking this one together then? I too thought I had a few days to spare..
    They look gorgeous! Serious partyfood!

  45. Pea, you’re too good…in a hurry ,and still you managed to make them so perfectly :-)

  46. So, so cute! Brilliant ideas for the coatings – I love what you’ve done with the decorations.

  47. I LOVE the colors on that first one. The sprinkles make it so much fun!!

  48. So pretty!!! I love them.

  49. They look beautiful, you can’t even tell you were in a hurry! ; )

  50. They’re adorable! I wouldn’t have guessed they were a rush job.

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Confirmed: Jelly Bean Coming To Droid RAZR & Droid RAZR MAXX In Q1 2013

Motorola has confirmed that its Android 4.1.2 upgrade for the Droid RAZR and Droid RAZR MAXX will begin its official rollout during the first quarter of 2013. The software first made an appearance on a small number of handsets back in late December, but Motorola quickly ended its rollout without explanation. Now it won’t be long before it’s moving again.

Motorola announced the news via a comment to a post it made on Facebook touting Jelly Bean’s features on the Droid RAZR M. Specifically, new notification feature that groups all notifications from the same apps together.

The company, which is now owned by Google, didn’t provide any specifics for the update, so we can’t tell you exactly when it will drop. What we do know is, it’ll be some time during the first quarter, so you should see it by the end of March:

On Dec. 24, some DROID RAZR & DROID RAZR MAXX by Motorola owners may have received a notification to upgrade their phones to Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). We expect the full Android™ 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrade to take place for all DROID RAZR & DROID RAZR MAXX owners in Q1 of 2013.

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Watcher helps you manage your rotation by consolidating and condensing information onto a simple to read display. It allows you to focus on things that are more important like boss mechanics, your situational awareness, or listening to your raid leader; instead of being bogged down in the act of performing your rotation.

With deep and powerful configuration options, Watcher allows you to see exactly the information about your rotation that you want to see. However, it comes with a wide variety of defaults for many classes and specs to get you started. Properly configured and customized, Watcher is a mighty tool for both new players just learning their classes as well as players that have been raiding since classic.

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Watcher also includes:

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  • A large number of visibility options to control exactly when Watcher shows up
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Through the use of a priority system as well as powerful filters for spells and abilities, Watcher displays your rotation in the familiar context of a timeline, with higher priority spells stacked on top of lower priority ones and upcoming abilities placed on the timeline according to when they will become useful. Abilities on the timeline are waiting for a wide variety of things: coming off of cooldown, waiting for resources, monitoring a DoT, etc.

Attacks ready to be performed are displayed using a stack with the most prioritised attack shown on top.

Ability keybinds can be optionally displayed.

More to come in this section later.

A slightly old full walkthrough of Watcher configuration is located here

Display settings documentation.

Priorities can be adjusted to where they suit you.

Spells can be configured to be cast based on a wide variety of filters whether that be the presence (or lack there of) of an aura on you or your target, your target's health percent, your mana/resource percent, whether a spell can be stolen or interrupted, whether you have a particular talent or glyph, among other options.

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Here's a tutorial for creating and exporting defaults.

tag 3.0RC2
Michael P. Starkweather <>
2014-11-06 23:18:29 -0600

Michael P. Starkweather:
    - Some changes to message and TOC for the RC2
    - Change anticipation support in the secondary resource filter to only count anticipation if you have more than 5 combo points.
Marci @ Hellscream:
    - Fixed Feral defaults to properly not cap CP and not Thrash if you have SotF.
    - Added Anticipation support to Combat Rogue Defaults.
Michael P. Starkweather:
    - Fix for not using the correct spellId for the power filter change.
    - Fix accidental bug with not specifying unit
    - Remove check if a channel has a cooldown in the usability filter.
    - Change to remove the cost of the currently casting spell from the player's mana pool in the power filter
Marci @ Hellscream:
    - Various changes to Hunter defaults.
    - Made changes to ProtPaladin defaults to account for Talented buffs and procs.
    - Berserker Rage added to ProtWar defaults.
    - Rererere-fixed Jab. This should work for everyone and be simpler.
    - Added Force of Nature to Balance defaults.
    - Insanity issues in Priest Defaults, should fix.
    - Fixed Jab. Again. Apparently there is a different SpellID depending on MH weapon. 6 SpellIDs. 6 Filters per SpellID. 36 separate filters for Jab. 'Cause "Reasons". Thanks Blizz.
    - Fix for Shadow Word: Insanity.
    - Fixed SpellID issue with Jab. Different SpellID based on 2h vs DW. Wierd.
    - Fixes to Frost priorities and filters.
    - Added Brewmaster defaults.
    - Added Resonating Power, Bloodbath, Sudden Death.
    - Initial pass at Shadow Defaults.
    - Adjusted Prot defaults, to account for Bastion of Glory, and not capping Holy Power, and use Shield of the Righteous.
    - Thrash Fix.
    - Balance defaults in.
    - Small changes to ProtWar defaults. Probably more will be needed.
Michael P. Starkweather:
    - Spell texture should now always change if the spell texture changes.
    - Should now properly never show things that are usable on the GCD.
Marci @ Hellscream:
    - Added Prot Defaults.
    - Fix to Demonic Fury and Burning Embers reflected in the Defaults.
Michael P. Starkweather:
    - Demonic fury/burning embers is now fixed.
Marci @ Hellscream:
    - Fixed issues with various Assassination defaults.
Michael P. Starkweather:
    - Switch to using the frequent power updates for both power and secondary resource
    - Change to the max slider in secondary resources to allow for up to 1000. A soft max will still be set by the type of secondary resource.
Marci @ Hellscream:
    - Changes to Rend handling, Execute SpellID for Arms.
    - Changes to bugged Warlock defaults.
    - New Paladin defaults, including fixes to Exorcism and reaction to Divine Purpose procs.
Michael P. Starkweather:
    - Change the "Towards Solar" and "Towards Lunar" so that you are able to actually read them.
    - Changes to Mage, Warlock, and Warrior defaults -- thanks Marci-Hellscream.
    - Fix for Ticket #75 - Slam broken in Defaults.
    - Always choose the spellId that we know to add
    - Switch to LibSpellbook for adding spells by name, should be a little bit more reliable at adding the correct spell.
    - Now can edit filter set names with a popup, taking care of ticket #51
    - Tiny change to hunter defaults and will not ask to replace. Aimed Shot - Thrill of the Hunt was configured slightly wrong.
    - Secondary Resource filter revamp.
    - Slider is used in Secondary Resource tab instead of entry box, with min and max set by the type of resource.
    - Eclipse: can now specify what direction that the Eclipse is growing
    - Combo Points: can now specify if you want to take Anticipation into account if you are a rogue
    - New API Version.
    - Removes because it isn't needed
    - Adds a cooldown table to each priorityList, this will be for cooldowns and will have a secondary display. Not implemented yet.
    - Adds an optionalBehavior variable to secondaryResource filters. Not implemented yet.
    - Reverse the spellName and dropdownLabel in spell dropdowns. This change is based on how the defaults are playing out.
    - Fixes for defaults for Warrior (ticket #71), Warlock (ticket #58), and Death Knight (ticket #59).
    - Made the secondary resource use the UNIT_POWER event instead of the UNIT_POWER_FREQUENT event.
    - Embedded AceSerializer. We'll use it later for export/import.
    - Fixed issue with Timer not being canceled when the frame is suddenly hiden.
    - Removed the animation calls that I was using to test.
    - No OnUpdate! Frame will now determine it needs to be animating and won't update if it doesn't have to.
    - Also, finally fixed issue with stacking at load. Stupid undocumented Blizzard API bugs
    - Fix for Warlock Soul Shards and Burning Embers not returning a decimal for the actual amount of those resources. Blizzard API is a little weird with these two.
    - Fix for desaturate sometimes not being applied when under/over the correct amount.

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  • #803

    I don't know whether or not this is allowed but I copy the recommendations from Elitist Jerks:

    - Evocation 1 - 2 sec before buff expires, Incanter’s Ward when guaranteed incoming damage (either raidwide or deliberate running into bad), or Rune of Power 1 - 2 sec before the rune expires.
    - Combustion when Pyro DoT and a large Ignite DoT are on target.
    - Mirror Image on CD (unless the fight is not likely to last another 30 sec, or unless you're keeping it in reserve for aggro dumping)
    - If both Pyro! and HU are procced:
    LB if about to expire.
    - Inferno Blast when HU procs (if HU procs with IB on CD, keep casting your filler instead).
    - Living Bomb/Nether Tempest on or just before expiry, or Frost Bomb on CD
    - Pyro when it procs*
    - Fireball (or glyphed FFB) as filler if Pyro DoT is on target, Scorch as filler if it isn't (and you have the talent)

    For me a bit tricky to adopt Watcher accordingly. Could you please help? Maybe it could be a idea to provide a (common, widely used) "script" and/or proposal for every class although I fear that's too much work...

    In any case, thanks a lot for your support!

    Last edited by Barona on 1/13/2013 3:01:50 AM
  • #796

    The latest update addresses several of the problems people have been reporting. Thank you for your patience, I'm finally finished with my exams and had some time to take a look at them. The updates are as follows:

    Watcher no longer hides when the player enters a vehicle, as some combat is done within vehicles
    Fixed the scaling issue that was causing text to flicker and gradually grow over the course of a long fight
    Added a new option to spell configurations that allows you to ignore your current mana/rage/energy
    The holy power scale for Paladins has been fixed and set to a maximum of 5

    Last edited by nothingsknower on 12/20/2012 2:20:37 PM
  • #797

    Thanks a lot, really appreciated. Hope you did well on your exams =)

  • #792

    Hello, I want to make sure a spell only gets priority when I get 5 holy power (Templar's Verdict) instead of the current maximum setting of 3 that it is on now. Any intention of increasing the maximum holy power to 5?

  • #795

    next release

  • #791

    Great addon. I have a couple questions. First time really trying to use this.

    I have a Monk and trying to set up to I only use tiger palm when i need the tiger power buff.

    Can i set up tigereye brew for when it is at a ten stack?

    I think i get get the rest of it set up, unless someone already has figured out how to set it up for a monk.

    Thank you in advance for any help.

  • #794

    Hi Storm,

    I'm currently not playing wow, nor have I ever played a monk, so I may not understand the spells well enough to know exactly how to set them up... but give this a try:

    In order to get it to show tiger palm only when you need the tiger power buff, you'd add  spell "Tiger Palm", and under "name of aura to track" you'd put Tiger Power. Select the check box's "Is Aura" and "Aura Exists on Player" (unless "tiger palm" is a debuff which appears on your enemy target, then leave "Aura Exists on Player" unchecked). If Tiger Palm is a stacking buff/debuff, you'll want to increase the slider for "Number of Stacks requried for maximum dps".

    As for this "tigereye brew", if I understand this correctly, you have a stacking buff called "tigereye brew", and when it reaches 10 stacks, you want to use nother spell called "tigereye brew" also, correct"? In that case, you'd make a spell called "Tigereye Brew" and put "Tigereye Brew" as the "Name of Aura to track". Select "Is Aura" and "Aura Exists on Player". Also select "Show Only When Aura Exists" (this will prevent it from popping up until you have 10 stacks of "Tigereye Brew". And, of course, move the slider so that "Number of Stacks of Aura requried for max dps" is set to 10.

  • #790

    I'm using Watcher and it helps me a lot, but I've been getting a bit frustrated lately.

    On my Warrior I've tried and tried, but I can't get it to track my Shield Block other than when it's ready (sufficient Rage, etc). I'd love to actually track its duration on the slider so I don't waste precious seconds by blowing another too early.

    How can I do this?

  • #793

    I'm going to load a new version soon that will have a toggel "ignore usability". This will cause the priority to ignore whether you have sufficient mana/rage/energy to cast (I assume this is what you're looking for)

  • #799

    Oh, got it, I misunderstood the ability - I thought it was an ability with a long cooldown that you were trying to track, but I see its' actually a short cooldown, and you want to keep it up all the time.

    Well it sounds like you did it right... By default, the addon hides priorities that you do not have sufficient rage/mana/energy to use, so if you want to have it show ALL the time regardless of how much rage you have,  then that's when you'd use that new check-box I added to the spell config "Ignore Usability". Make sure that's checked, along with "is aura" and "aura exists on player". The fact tha the aura and the spell have the same name is not a problem.

  • #798

    Actually it's more that I can't have it shown on the slidebar, although I mark "Is Aura", "Aura Exists on Player" and then the Aura name (Shield Block).

    I'm guessing it's messing up due to the name of the aura and the name of the skill are the same.

    But generally I'd just love to be able to see when my Shield Block buff is about to expire as not to waste charges / seconds of the buff.

    Edit: I've solved my problem. Shield Block lasts just enough to be listed as a "short duration DoT" (6 sec.) and I've listed it as such with 6 sec. duration. Now I can track it and refresh it on the last second / expiration.

    Last edited by Elvoran on 12/21/2012 12:11:57 PM
  • #788

    Thank you for updating the addon.  I'm thrilled to see the addon being updated for the new expansion.  :)

    With that being said, there are a few things I'd like to mention.

    * /watcher config > spell settings...  There are two errors that never really got resolved.  Number of stacks of Aura and Power Required.  By default, when you create a new ability, they're at 0.  However, if you move the slider at all, the minimum is 1.  Every time I want to fix this, I have to physically edit the addon files or re-create the ability.

    * Another error that is reoccuring is the text size of the ability timer.  It gradually increases.  Eventually, it'll start covering up crucial parts of my screen.  I can reload the UI to fix it, but that isn’t a good idea during boss fights.

    * When playing an affliction lock, I have to channel abilities to keep my DPS up.  Is there a way you can add a channeling bar or something so I can monitor my channeling?

    * When playing a DK, Watcher seems to have difficulties tracking death runes.  Any thoughts?

    * When playing a Balanced Druid, when using your default abilities, I noticed abilities like Wrath and Starfall totally override my priority system and go to the front of the queue during Eclipse.  How can I turn off the override?

    * Why can’t I delete the original abilities Watcher has?

    Don’t get me wrong, this addon is still one of my favs.  Keep it up :)

  • #789

    hi there. Like i mentioned, I'm not the original author, and I'm not playing WoW at the moment - too busy with college classes, but I appriciate the feedback. I'll have more time to look into this later. But some initial feedback:

    * Yes, I'm aware of the odd behavior with the minimum of 0 or 1 stacks, although practically speaking.... what's the difference? The addon won't monitor for a stack unless there's one available, so a proc will work correctly to show you whether the slider is set to 0 or 1.... in either case, the proc will display once one stack is present. If, on the other hand, you're trying to make an aura appear any time it's missing (thus the minimum stacks would be 0), there's a separate checkbox for that. I guess I just don't see where it matters. But it's an easy fix.

    *Ya I've heard of this text size changing, I'll see if I can figure that out.... strange error.

    *Channel bar - Ok, here's where I'm going to show my weakness... I'm a healer, and the whole idea of monitoring channels for DPS optimization is new to me - I only picked up this addon because of begging and pleading by some DPS looking for help prevening it from dying with MOP so I'll need to take some time and educate myself on the technical needs of DPS to know what it is you're looking for. In the mean time, I assume addons like Quartz can show you this function, yes? My philosophy as an addon writer was to not worry so much about things which other addons can already do, unless I can do them better.

    *DK's are a whole new animal if each of their rune types need to be tracked individually, I'll have to do some major modifications to make this work. Is it ONLY death runes, or all runes? What is behaving differently with death runes? Is it not recognizing an ability as "ready" even though death runes are available for it?

    *The priorities were designed by another individual who helped me update this for MoP. If you could offer me a description of the actual priorities you want to establish, I might be able to help you put that together (or modify the addon if there is a technical limitation)

    * That's just the way that the Ace Config library that was used to help put togeather the addon works... defaults are always restored, unless they are overridden. So you can't delete a pre-created ability, but you can modify the attributes of that ability and those modifications will be remembered. I COULD work around this and make it so that you can perminatly delete defaults if it's a problem, but I guess I don't see it as being a substantial problem.

  • #786

    Still working great and keeping me going.  Two things, though:

    1.The bar disappears whenever entering a 'vehicle' -- not the kind the replaces the action bar, but the one that simply adds a "leave vehicle" button just above the action bar like a multiple-person mount. The primary example of this is jumping onto Raigonn to attack the weak point, or a barrel in Stormstout Brewery.  I generally keep the options "show only in combat" and "show only with a target" on, but both of those should still be true even when in the vehicle.  Can the display be set to still show in this instance with those options?

    2. I've noticed this most particularly on my Fury warrior:  Over the course of a long (raid boss) fight, the font size on the countdown for Bloodthirst grows to a ludicrous size, which then persists until the interface is reloaded for some reason. Obviously not a crippling bug, but a bit weird.

  • #787

    Feel free to make suggestions either here or make a ticket on the developement page. My primary goal was to keep the addon from completely failing when MoP came out, but I won't have time to worry about enhancements until my college semester is over. I'm not even playing wow atm :-P

    Last edited by nothingsknower on 11/8/2012 1:33:03 PM
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NEWS BRIEF 2: "State of 'Independence': Record Pace", by Steve Jones, USA TODAY, July 5-7, 1996, Page 2A. "'Independence Day' is causing pandemonium at movie theaters -- both on screen and off. The alien-invasion thriller, which stars Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum, is on its way to the biggest opening weekend ever, having taken in $28.2 million through Wednesday. ... The film was already packing theaters at all hours of the night.... If it maintains its current pace, 'Independence Day' ... could top $70 million through Sunday. That would smash the five-day opening weekend record of $52.3 million set by 'Terminator 2' on a similar July 4 weekend in 1991. 'It'll be the biggest opening ever', says John Krier of Exhibitor Relations ..."

No doubt about it, Americans are truly in love with all things alien and UFO. And no wonder, for we have been fed a steady diet since 1938, with tremendous emphasis on them since World War II. People love to be titillated, and nothing excites quite so much as aliens from another world. Since World War II, alien movies have shown aliens to be hostile in some films and friendly in others.'E.T.' is a good example of showing aliens as friendly beings that just seem to have our best interests at heart.

While most people believe Aliens are just harmless entertainment fare, New Age adherents are taking them very, very seriously. Further, they are claiming that Aliens do exist, and are attempting to help lead us Earthlings into the new, higher levels of consciousness that will allow The Christ to appear. If you do not believe me, just walk into any New Age bookstore, and peruse the many volumes on Aliens and UFO's. Or, if you surf the Net, type New Age into a Search Engine. Then, scroll down the many listings, noting how many times Aliens or UFO's are referenced.

But, why would New Agers be so excited and enthused about Aliens and UFO's? The answer will both enlighten and surprise you. Stand by for 'the Rest of the News'.

Prophetic Background

Let us pause our examination of this UFO/Alien phenomenon for a few moments as we examine the time frame in which we are living, and the applicable Biblical framework. We have already demonstrated that we are living in the Last Days of time, the time which will see the appearance of Anti-Christ, the Great Tribulation, and the Second Return of Jesus Christ. And, we have already demonstrated that THE hallmark characteristic of the End of the Age is prophesied to be unparalleled deception. Let us examine this prophesied deception.

2 Thessalonians 2:1-3 -- In this section of Scripture, Paul addresses the misconception among the church at Thessalonica that the Day of the Lord had already occurred. Paul emphatically states, "Let no one deceive...you". Jesus stated the same warning against deception in Matthew 24:4; He has just been asked by His disciples what THE sign of the End of the Age would be. Jesus gave them many more signs than just one, but His first response was, "Be careful that no one misleads you, deceiving you and leading you into error". Jesus repeats this warning twice more, in verses 11 and 24. In verse 24, Jesus adds that "false Christs and false prophets will arise...and will show great signs and wonders, so as to deceive and lead astray, if possible, the very elect" (God's chosen ones).

In other words, the End Time deception will be unparalleled; it will be accompanied by truly extraordinary signs and wonders. We are not to be deceived. Truly, unparalleled spiritual deception is THE hallmark characteristic of the End Times. Further, since the word, "Christ" refers to the political office of Messiah, this passage means that we should expect unparalleled political deception at the End of the Age. If people could grasp fully the reality that our political leaders are deceiving us in an unparalleled manner today, much of the misconception about our current leaders and their policies would clear up immediately!

Now, let us consider the unparalleled spiritual deception foretold at the End of the Age.

Now let us return to our Scripture passage in 2 Thessalonians 2:3, "Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition."

This is the predicted great falling away of those who have professed to be Christians. We have spent considerable time exposing the great and unparalleled apostasy in which the majority of Christian denominations are participating today. We are at this point in world history today, fulfilling this part of this prophecy. Paul continues, "...and the man of lawlessness (sin) is revealed, ..." Of course, this man of lawlessness is the Biblical Anti-Christ, as predicted in Daniel 9:27 and confirmed by Jesus in Matthew 24:15.

The major point which we want you to grasp from this passage is that the end result of this unparalleled deception will be the appearance of Anti-Christ. This is such a critical point, I want to repeat it: The planned end result of this tremendous program of deception is belief in the Anti-Christ, by the vast majority of people living on the earth.

Paul continues, verse 9, "The coming of the lawless one, [the antichrist] is through the activity and working of Satan..." This verse tells us that the source of this End Time delusion will be Satan. Make no mistake about it, Satan's supernatural power will produce the most incredible deception the world will have ever witnessed. This deception will seem so incredible, people's minds will literally be blown away. At this point, we must remind our listeners that Satan and his angels, also known as demons, are capable of transforming themselves into human and non-human forms so as to deceive people. As Paul stated so eloquently, "..Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light." Keep this fact in mind as we study UFO's and Aliens.

Now back to Paul's revelations.

"... and will be attended with great power and with all sorts of pretended miracles and signs and delusive marvels.. all of them lying wonders -- And by unlimited seduction to evil and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing because they did not welcome the Truth, but refused to love it that they might be saved."

The only people who will be deceived will be the unsaved; this truth ties in perfectly with Jesus' assertion in Matthew 24:24, where He says that the Elect, God's chosen people, would not be deceived. This deception of the unsaved takes on tremendous significance because of the next verse, "Therefore, God sends upon them a misleading influence, a working of error and a strong delusion to make them believe what is false". This very frightening verse reveals that God Himself gets involved at this point, deliberately hardening the hearts and minds of those people who have rejected the Truth of the Gospel. If this is your situation, you must resist the Salvation call of the Holy Spirit no longer. Turn now to Jesus Christ, while this world is still in the Age of Grace, before God sends this tremendously powerful delusion upon the unbelieving world.

Finally, Paul reveals the final intention of this strong delusion, sent by God, "In order that all may be judged and condemned who did not believe in the Truth, but instead took pleasure in unrighteousness." This strong deception will be part of God's Judgment upon the wicked.

Let us now examine this phenomenal buildup of UFO's and Aliens. Aliens are depicted in movies, TV shows, and science fiction novels as:

* Just like us in many respects
* More intelligent and more advanced technologically
* Friendly beings able to live at peace, thus being able to teach us warring humans to live in peace.
* Having only our own interests at heart
* "...In 1982, Michael London of the L.A. Times gathered together a group of 8 people experienced in UFO and extraterrestrial encounters for a special screening of Steven Spielberg's movie "E.T." London noted the following reactions of the group to the movie:

`This is a true movie, not a romance. It's part of a CONDITIONING PROCESS TO PREPARE US FOR THE ARRIVAL OF ALIEN BEINGS.' `The movie is a vehicle...It invites the audience to be less afraid of the so-called paranormal. And what better place to start than with the children?'...Everything is being done through the children..." (Johanna Michaelsen "Like A Lamb To The Slaughter," p. 12-13)

Everything is being done through our children, and has been for over 30 years. Thus, the first generation to be so conditioned are now having children, who are also being conditioned. What is the purpose? Remember that the Movie and TV industries are openly hostile to Christianity and are very obviously New Age. Also remember that the #1 objective of the New Age is to successfully stage the appearance of Anti-Christ.

New Age leaders believe people will be much more inclined to accept the claims of Anti-Christ if they have been first conditioned to believe in the existence of friendly alien beings. At this point, we need to stop once again to examine relevant Biblical passages.

* 1 John 4:1, "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God." This statement, in Verse 2, states in the positive, that "every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh..", but it also carries the negative connotation as well. We can also accurately state that such spirits "seek to sever Him" from being God. This is precisely what the False Cults, especially the New Age Religion, are attempting to do.

Notice that the Apostle John does not question whether spirits actually exist; he knows demons exist.. John is saying, "Test the spirits [which will arise], to see if they are of God." Notice also that the time frame context of this passage is the Age of Anti-Christ; these spirits will be denying that Jesus Christ actually became a man and has come in the flesh; indeed, they will be seeking to sever the historical, fleshly Jesus from the Divine Jesus Who was and is God. This is precisely what this UFO-Alien deception is attempting to do.

Now, consider another applicable Scripture, from Jesus:

* Matthew 7:18-20, "A good tree cannot bear bad fruit nor can a bad tree bear good fruit...Therefore, you will fully know them by their fruits."

Let us examine the fruits of the UFO's by examining the accounts of those people which have been contacted by them. An excellent source is a French scientist, Jacques Vallee, in his book, "Messengers Of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults". Mr. Vallee is a world-renowned scientist. He brings a non-Christian scientist's empirical thinking to this study.

Let us first examine the subjects which UFO's are teaching the people with whom they have contacted, whom he calls "Contactees".

* Out-of-Body Experiences (p. 73)
* Spirit communication (p. 123)
* Automatic Writing (p. 123)
* Some people go into trances, where voices are giving them messages. (p.85)
* UFO's use crystals for power, even for powering their spacecraft. (p. 109)
* Some people who have gone through this spiritual transformation begin to see an increase in their psychic awareness. (p. 83-84).
* The process by which their human consciousness was raised was the precise manner in which demonic forces work. It is thought transplant." (p. 78-79). At this point, I want you to be aware of the dangers of hypnosis, and how New Age hypnotists are using it. When a person undergoes hypnosis, they are surrendering their consciousness to the hypnotists. They can be programmed in any number of ways, especially to the point where they will respond to certain actions, in response to specific commands. People who report being contacted by aliens are being asked to undergo hypnosis so that they can "regress" back to the scene and "recall" their experiences with the Aliens, memories which have supposedly been repressed by their conscious mind. However, this is not what is really happening. What is really happening is that the hypnotist is implanting scenes in the minds of the person who has been contacted. This person then "remembers" what they have been programmed, and the "memory" seems so real to the contactee they really believe the lie. In this way, they then become very effective witnesses that can and do convince other people. Stay away from hypnosis, even for medical procedures.

* Seances (p.69).
* Doctrines on the existence of superior races, of people with chosen missions, references to Atlantis and ancient astronauts..." (p.57, 103). Notice this binds UFO's with Nazism. Remember, the New World Order is Nazism re-born.

"The expectation of higher intelligence is beginning to look like a form of worship...(p.66)

* Aliens utilize standard New Age terminology when they communicate with their human "contactees". The best illustration of this is their teaching to the "contactees" that "the Ascended Masters of the Hierarchy" are preparing to intervene again in world history, to lead mankind to a higher level of consciousness. "They will select a human person and endow him with superhuman powers and knowledge. This man will lead us to world government and world peace." (UFO: End Time Delusion, David Lewis, p. 46.)

Who is this selected man? Maitreya the Christ, the Biblical Anti-Christ!! This match in wording and concept clearly shows that the "Guiding Spirits" of New Age writers are the same "Guiding Spirits" of the Aliens. Or does it mean that the Aliens are the "Guiding Spirits" which have been instructing New Age writers all these many years?!

All these practices are classic occultism! Further, as Christian author, David Lewis states in his book, UFO: End Time Delusion , "Without exception, every person claiming an [Alien] contact...had one thing in common. Each had a prior connection to metaphysical activity or cults. Some had been in devil worship, witchcraft, psychic phenomena, New Age, channeling...Those involved in direct contact with UFO aliens already had a connection to the dark side of the supernatural world."

Thus, people today who have given themselves over to Satanic activities in some degree are the ones who are being used to deceive people further into believing in UFO's and aliens. Then, Lewis adds this comforting statement, "..no Christian..has ever had a direct encounter with an alleged E.T." (p. 15-16). Thus, God is already protecting His Elect from this Satanic deception. Praise His Holy Name!!

Now, let us examine the stated goals of UFO's and do so in a way in which they are compared to the printed goals of the New Age Movement seeking to establish the New World Order.

1. NWO: Abolish all established Government

UFO: Abolish democracy in favor of dictatorship (p. 103, 113).

2. NWO: All religion must be abolished.

UFO: All religion must be abolished. (p. 93).

3. NWO: Establish One-World Government;

UFO: Establish a single world government, a Utopian Benevolent Dictatorship. (p. 113)

4. NWO: All world's religions are equal and will one day be combined into one.

UFO: All world's religions are equal. (p. 121)

Thus, the goals of UFO's match very well the goals of the New World Order. Further, UFO Aliens are teaching their contactees concepts which, if carried out, would fulfill last days' Biblical prophecy.

* Single World Economy. (p. 57)
* Elimination of Money (Cashless Economy) (p. 57)
* There will be universal peace (p. 57, 103)

Remember the Apostle Paul's prophetic warning in 2 Cor 11:14, "...Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light." To condition people to believe in the concepts of the New World Order, Satan has caused his demons to physically manifest themselves as Aliens, traveling in UFO's, complete with highly technological machines. Do not underestimate Satan; he is the Lord of this world, and he is now being allowed by the Holy Spirit to intervene in unparalleled ways in today's world.

The results are going to be spectacular. However, when these demonic Aliens appear in their machines obviously more advanced than ours, a lot of people are going to lose faith in Christianity, for the Bible quite clearly teaches that God uniquely created this world and that He sent His Son to this uniquely created world to save mankind from their sins. A person who does not have a firm faith in the Bible may lose what faith he does have as he contemplates beings that are obviously superior and who teach that life exists throughout the universe. These aliens will then begin to teach standard New Age dogma, as we have indicated above -- teachings that flatly contradict Biblical teachings.

Will your faith be strong enough to withstand this Alien/UFO deception, when you can look at and touch, the Alien? Most people place more credence in what their five physical senses are telling them than what their spiritual faith is telling them. Because Satan and his demons can temporarily alter physical reality if God allows it, they will be able to deceive the great majority of mankind. More people will lose their faith because of the appearance of demonic Aliens and their UFO craft than at any other time in world history!

Consider again Biblical teaching about Anti-Christ's kingdom.

* Revelation 13:13, "He performs great signs (startling miracles)...because of the miracles which he is allowed to perform...he deceives those who inhabit the earth commanding them to erect a statue in the likeness of the beast..."

These supernatural or seemingly supernatural miracles will lead men directly to the worship of Anti-Christ. This is precisely the planned result of these UFO's and Aliens.

The shocking reality is that Satan has been manipulating world events to achieve his One-World Government, Economy, and Religion through Secret Societies, Communism, Nazism, the New Age, and UFO's. The final merger into the New World Order is almost complete. UFO Aliens and Space ships are nothing more than demons which the Holy Spirit has allowed in this final age to physically manifest themselves in our realm.

And, make no mistake about the fact that the vast majority of the world's peoples are ready to be deceived. Christian author, David Lewis, states in his book, UFO: End-Time Delusion, that a Christian would "have a hard time getting [the idea of demons] across to an average, non-religious person, and to a certain extent, even to some religious persons. Most people in Christian circles...have very little consciousness of any supernatural type of activity."

This concept might shock anyone who has grown up in a family which takes the Bible literally. However, Dr. Lewis is correct that most people today, including many who consider themselves Christian, have no understanding about the reality of demons. And this has been Satan's plan from the beginning. Consider the concrete steps which Satan has carried out among the peoples of the world who were formerly fundamentally Christian, which have brought them to such a point of Biblical ignorance.

* For several generations, most people have been rejecting the Truth of Jesus Christ.
* The inevitable end result of this rejection is that people then stop reading the Bible, or applying it in any way in their lives.
* Satan is then able to implant the idea that the Bible is not to be taken literally, that it is just a collection of myths and legends.
* Once people begin to accept the idea that supernatural beings, either Godly or Satanic, do not exist, then Satan can begin to proceed to the next step.
* Convince people that the only reality which can be accepted is that which can be observed through our five senses.
* Satan then proceeds to the next step of convincing men that if something works, it must be true. Thus, men become susceptible to demonic activity, because their system "works" with great power. Further, such men are incapable of properly identifying this demonic power because they have already mentally ruled out the possibility that supernatural beings exist.

* Finally, Satan begins to proceed, in stages of ever-increasing frequency and power, to his final Alien deception. Alien beings and UFO phenomenon begin to appear with increasing frequency and contact. Since men disbelieve in the existence of Supernatural beings, they assume the reality of these demons, accepting the lie which these demons are telling, that they are an Alien race from another world. This other world is supposedly more technologically and spiritually advanced than Planet Earth. Therefore, when the Aliens of this more advanced world tell us their religion, we are expected to adopt it, rejecting our own ignorant, uninformed, and outmoded religions, especially Christianity.

"In ancient times", this story of deception continues, Aliens visited Earth and intervened in history to give man increased knowledge, from which he was able to build such ancient wonders as the pyramids. Finally, this story teaches that Aliens carried out genetic experiments which changed humans from the Stone-Age being he was to the modern man of the last several thousand years.

Now, the time has come, the Aliens say, for them to intervene again in world history. This time, they will intervene to save man from himself: from his wars, hatreds, spiritual illiteracy, and his environmental damage. These Aliens will accomplish all this by raising up a man who will be imbued with a special level of consciousness, who can lead the world into that same level of consciousness. Of course, this man will be Maitreya the Christ, the Anti-Christ.

Do not be deceived. As Cooper stated, in his book, Behold A Pale Horse, p. 177, "[New World Order Planners] have plans to bring about things like earthquakes, war, the Messiah, an extraterrestrial landing, and economic collapse. They might bring about all of these things just to make sure it does work...The Illuminati has all the bases covered..."

The demons of Satan's army will soon physically manifest themselves as Aliens, arriving in armadas of space ships which we have heretofore called UFO's. The plan calls for them to suddenly appear at many places on Earth simultaneously. Some will appear at the White House to confer with the President; some will appear at the United Nations; other aliens will appear at key governmental buildings all over the globe. Aliens will appear in some people's homes or on their front yards. The world's peoples will literally be shocked out of their minds. This is the Plan. This may occur before the worldwide Rapture of the Church; we must be prepared to deal wisely with this planned phenomenon.

NEWS BRIEF: "When UFO's Arrive: What Will You Do? The U.S. Government Already Has A Multimillion-Dollar Top-secret Plan Ready To Go", Popular Mechanics, February, 2004, p. 52-57.

NOTE: This very title is extremely suggestive; it implies that the appearance of UFO's is inevitable, with the timing of the arrival the only question remaining to be answered. We suggest that this title moves the entire UFO/Alien question to a higher, more urgent level. Aliens traveling in UFO's WILL arrive. What will you do?

"Within the scientific community, the question is no longer whether extraterrestrial life exists, but if ET is smart enough to do long division. Scientists are of two minds regarding the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence. Skeptics acknowledge simple life-forms might be found on other planets, but insist that intelligent life is unique to Earth ... The opposing camp sees the prospect for discovering alien life in more mathematical terms. Its touchstone is the Drake Equation, which links the probability of discovering extraterrestrial intelligence to factors such as the size of the universe and the number of stars with earthlike planets. With the discovery of each new planet beyond Earth's solar system -- there are now more than 100 -- the odds of encountering intelligent alien life increases."

This entire mathematical calculation is sheer nonsense! Such calculation does not take into account the Creative Being Who created the universe to begin with and Who created the very system of mathematics these hopeful scientists are using. If God wanted to create only one planet on which intelligent life would live, He could do so without any regard of mathematical calculations. Such Divine creation would be a once-in-history, unique event totally outside the realm of mathematical calculation of odds. That we are even having this discussion owes much to the theory of Evolution, which totally depends upon accidental mutations; if true, this alien life on other planets theory might be subject to calculations of mathematical odds.

Study this picture carefully, for it depicts exactly what the New Age is expecting from Aliens. They firmly believe that human beings whose consciousness has been raised to a sufficiently high level will communicate with the Aliens on a mind-to-mind level. In Biblical terms, this has two explanations.

* This mental telepathy depiction is simply demon possession

* This depiction is the practical outworking of the "strong delusion" prophesied in 2 Thessalonians. Listen: "And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness." [2 Thess 2:11-12]

Cutting Edge has always held that this "strong delusion" must be understood in context, keeping in mind that "text without context is pretext". Since 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12 deals only with Antichrist, his desire to rise and his kingdom, verse 12 must be likewise interpreted as being related to Antichrist. In my studies of the New Age Movement, I was continually amazed at the fervent desire of New Age adherents to do something to aid the appearance of "The Christ" right now! These people spend hours in meditation, mentally and spiritually agonizing over the soon appearance of their beloved Christ (Antichrist). When he does arise, it is upon these people that God will send the "strong delusion", not the average poor sinner who once heard the Gospel and rejected it.

Now, let us return to our subject, to see how the American Government is planning to "respond" to the first alien contact.

"No governmental official has gone on record claiming that UFO's are real, let alone a threat. Yet, with little public fanfare, they have begun preparing for the single most important event in human history: first contact. That is, the moment earthlings discover incontrovertible proof that they are not alone ... The broad-brush outline for Earth's response to the first alien encounter is set out in an international agreement called the Declaration of Principles Concerning Activities Following The Detection of Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Written by a committee of scientists organized by the SETI Institute, the declaration spells out what astronomers should do, and what they should avoid doing, immediately after first contact ..."

"Regardless of how the world's astronomy community might want to handle first contact, Uncle Sam has ideas of his own. And they rest upon the assumption that ET is, first and foremost, an illegal alien ... If ET turns up on NASA's doorstep ... it is in for a surprise. Instead of getting a handshake from the head of NASA, it will be handcuffed by an FBI agent dressed in a Bio-Safety Level 4 suit. Instead of sleeping in the Lincoln Bedroom at the White House, the alien will be whisked away to the Department of Agriculture's Animal Disease Center on Plum Island, off the coast of New York's Long Island ... Skeptics often ask why UFO sightings seem to take place only in remote locations instead of busy city streets. Perhaps ET knows what earthlings have in mind when it lands." [Ibid.]

Of course, the United States Government will not react at all according to this aggressive scenario. We believe a more likely scenario is that shown in the movie "Contact", introduced several years ago. As New Age author, Bill Cooper, states, aliens will be landing on the lawns of the White House and of other key governments throughout the world, urging key leaders to support Antichrist.

Remember this sequence: aliens will not appear until immediately after Antichrist appears on the world scene. Listen to one key New World Order writer explain:

"In the meantime, Jesus of Nazareth will have returned, and the earth will also have been visited by the long-suspected extra-terrestrial aliens." [Peter Lemesurier, The Armageddon Script, p. 225]

Another New Age leader -- Bill Lambert of the Boston House of Theosophy -- revealed the interaction between Antichrist and Aliens at the time of the first appearance of the New Age Christ, Maitreya.

"UFO's and Aliens are part of the New World Order. They are benevolent beings which will aid mankind in attaining the goal of becoming one humanity. They will appear at the proper time to enable mankind to make that Quantum Leap of Collective Consciousness -- when the Anti-Christ appears." [NEWS1052]

The very fact that we now are seeing a magazine like Popular Mechanics devoting its front cover to the subject of UFO's and Aliens with the supposition that it is inevitable that they will arise, is just another very large "sign of the times". As the world rushes to the completion of the Global Government, Economy and Religion that Revelation 17:12-17 foretells must occur before Antichrist can arise, this emphasis on UFO's and Aliens seems very significant.

Ending On A Biblical Note

Finally, let us examine pertinent passages which may speak to this UFO/Alien plan.

Revelation, Chapter 9, speaks of demons which are released from the bottomless pit of Hell, called the Abyss. Resembling locusts to the Apostle John, they will stream over the earth to afflict and torment unsaved people. Their leader is called Abaddon or Apollyon. Incredibly, the New Age writings refer to these beings constantly, by these names, as being "enlightened" leaders of the New Age.

In Revelation 16:13-16, we see three spirits of demons which come out of the mouth of Anti-Christ; they perform such great signs and wonders that they deceive the rulers of the earth. This is precisely the part of the Plan which Aliens are to perform. They will especially deceive the Presidents, Prime Ministers, Kings, and Queens, of the governments throughout the world. Everywhere the message will be the same. "We have come to help lead our Earth brothers into a new level of consciousness of which Maitreya the Christ is speaking." Aliens and UFO's will literally hover over and around Maitreya as he is staging his appearance. This is the Plan.

What will be the reaction of the vast majority of the peoples of the world? They will be absolutely astounded beyond words or imagination. Since their minds have already rejected the concept of the physical existence of demons, and have been conditioned to accept as reality anything which they can observe through their physical senses, they will accept these Aliens and their incredible claims. Alien conditioning through books, magazines, TV, movies, and even the trash magazines of the Enquirer variety, will have taken hold. People will believe and allow themselves to be lead away into spiritual error. They will accept the claims of Maitreya the Christ, the Anti-Christ, and will be doomed forever. Those who have given themselves over to the occultic practice of meditation whereby they have communed with their 'guiding spirits' will be predisposed to believe. Likewise, people who have given themselves over to occultic hypnosis, during which they have been preprogrammed to believe, will be deceived. People who have filled their minds with Science-fiction novels will be predisposed to believe. And all mankind will believe because they are without the Truth of Jesus Christ. Upon all such peoples, the deception will fall, to permanently and eternally set their fallacy.

Biblical prophecy will have been fulfilled. The Anti-Christ will deceive the entire unsaved population of the world. He will proceed to confirm the peace treaty with Israel and the Great Tribulation will begin. Are you spiritually ready? Is your family? Are you adequately protecting your loved ones? This is the reason for this ministry, to enable you to first understand the peril facing you, and then help you develop strategies to warn and protect your loved ones. Once you have been thoroughly trained, you can also use your knowledge as a means to open the door of discussion with an unsaved person. I have been able to use it many times, and have seen people come to Jesus Christ as a result. These perilous times are also a time when we can reach many souls for Jesus Christ, making an eternal difference.

If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, but have been very lukewarm in your spiritual walk with Him, you need to immediately ask Him for forgiveness and for renewal. He will instantly forgive you, and fill your heart with the joy of the Holy Spirit. Then, you need to begin a daily walk of prayer and personal Bible Study.

If you have never accepted Jesus Christ as Savior, but have come to realize His reality and the approaching End of the Age, and want to accept His FREE Gift of Eternal Life, you can also do so now, in the privacy of your home. Once you accept Him as Savior, you are spiritually Born Again, and are as assured of Heaven as if you were already there. Then, you can rest assured that the Kingdom of Antichrist will not touch you spiritually.

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Tutorial: Automate UNIX and Linux task with shell scripts

Martin Streicher is the Editor-in-Chief of Linux Magazine has published beginners tutorial to automate common task.

A shell script saves both time and typing job. The Web is full of helpful scripts that others have created for many purposes (here is my own shell scripts collection).

From the article:
Discover how shell scripts can mechanize virtually any personal or system task. Scripts can monitor, archive, update, report, upload, and download. Indeed, no job is too small or too great for a script. Here's an introduction.

If you peer over a longtime UNIX user's shoulder while he or she works, you might be mesmerized by the strange incantations being murmured at the command line. If you've read any of the previous articles in the Speaking UNIX series (see Resources), at least some of the mystical runes being typed -- such as tilde (~), pipe (|), variables, and redirection (< and >) -- will look familiar. You might also recognize certain UNIX command names and combinations, or realize when an alias is being used as a sorcerer's shorthand.

Still, other command-line conjurations might elude you, because it's typical for an experienced UNIX user to amass a large arsenal of small, highly specialized spells in the form of shell scripts to simplify or automate oft-repeated tasks. Rather than type and re-type a (potentially) complex series of commands to accomplish a chore, a shell script mechanizes the work.

Automate, automate, automate - Mechanize personal and system chores with shell scripts

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  • Alok October 23, 2009, 4:22 pm

    If i have to automate a shell script in unix what are the options can look for?
    any help regarding this woill be appreciated.

  • ranvijay April 5, 2010, 12:19 pm

    how can i make shell script automated. so i can use any time when it is required. like running a set of command. instead of writing again again.

  • siva August 22, 2011, 7:28 pm

    Task is to navigate to a path,set the variable,export the variable and provide username and password and stop the server.

    how do i execute all these commands using shell scripting and apply to cronjob?

  • Debsili June 26, 2013, 5:56 am

    everyday i need to run some specific unix commands to check whether the servers have sucessfully validated or not. Please let me know how do I automate this. I have only sh port open

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