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"Come on! What are you–chicken?" Sarah taunted. Bonnie laughed.
Lizzie folded her arms over her chest, but she couldn't help but feel a little twinge of fear. "Bloody Mary isn't real."
"So what're you scared of then?" asked Bonnie.
"There's real stuff to be scared of out there." Like real life criminals and robbers. Like her dad, too. She remembered the sounds of shattering glass and the thuds of flesh against flesh. She heard them all through the paper-thin walls of the trailer she used to live in. He got real mad when he had his spells. Things were different now: mom was married to a nice man, and they lived in a nice house.
"Then what's the problem?" Bonnie asked again.
"I think she's chicken," Sarah repeated.
Lizzie rolled her eyes. She wasn't a chicken, and she would prove it. "Fine!" She marched into the bathroom. Bonnie lit the candles around the sink so that the only light in the small room flickered beneath her, leaving spooky, shuddering shadows on the ceiling and giving her silhouette a pale, ghostly look in the mirror. She could imagine Bloody Mary staring at her through the mirror, but she reminded herself that it'd just be her own reflection, warped by the candlelight and her struggling vision. If she saw something that wasn't there, she'd recognize it as fake. Her dad could never do that. During his spells, he saw stuff and it made him psychotic–that's what the doctors called it.
"Remember, you can't come out until you've said Bloody Mary three times," said Bonnie.
"I know the rules," said Lizzie. And she forced the door shut while Sarah and Bonnie giggled.
Dad was in the mental institution because he saw stuff and it made him crazy. Lizzie wasn't crazy, she wouldn't see anything, and she'd leave this bathroom braver than she walked into it. She knew that was true. And she began, "Bloody Mary."
Lizzie heard giggles outside, then moaning. Sarah and Bonnie were making fun of her. Lizzie sighed and stared at her own reflection. Again: "Bloody Mary."
Suddenly there was a loud slam at the door. Lizzie jumped. She heard a squeal and a gurgle, and then felt the door shudder and jolt a few more times. "Stop it, you guys! This isn't funny!" Lizzie looked back at her reflection and finished. "Bloody Mary!"
Lizzie looked angrily at the door. "I did it! Nothing happened. I wasn't scared!"
The door opened. A barefooted man in muddy white clothes stepped over two slumped shapes and into the bathroom. He had a screwdriver in his hand, and in the candlelight, she could tell that his arms were covered in something dark red.
Lizzie's breath stopped cold. "Daddy?"
The man grinned and grabbed Lizzie's arm. "We're going home."


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Got my Fokker Dr1 first and had it ready to fly with in two days. While i was building the Fokker i ordered already the biplane out of the same series. I could not wait to get the second FT plane, I guess I'm hooked. This planes are fun to build are easy to fly the Emax 2204 with 3S 1000Mah is a perfect motor for this plane makes enough power so that it is fun to fly.


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Effyzzie Music's diva Yemi Alade, commences 2017 by serving "Sugar n Spice"; the seventh single off her acclaimed sopH0more collection "Mom Africa: The Diary of an African Woman".
The GospelOnDeBeatz delivered mid-rhythm reggae and R&B combination, follows-up Miss Alade's high-octane Selebobo created "Tumbum" which has amassed more than 3 million perspectives on YouTube in under 2 months. The honor winning entertainer will discharge more visuals from "Mom Africa" collection, in 2017 and the sugary sentimental cut housed on the exclusive version of the LP stands out.


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Men's Basketball: Northwestern shows resilience in tight loss to Maryland
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Northwestern needed a signature win to offset Saturday's demoralizing loss against Penn State. Through two halves and nearly four minutes of overtime, it seemed as though Tuesday's road contest against No. 7 Maryland would provide the Wildcats with just that.
From start to finish, the Cats played with a mission. They crashed the offensive boards and hustled on defensive rotations.
But when the final buzzer sounded, the Terrapins finished on top, 62-56. And a quick glance at the stat sheet reveals what should have been obvious going in: Maryland was the better team.
"When you play Maryland, we're not going to win a racehorse game with them when they've got athlete on athlete and pro on pro," coach Chris Collins said.
The Terrapins shot the ball better, especially out of the gate. By any metric, an NU team with a still-recovering star center in senior Alex Olah, a slumping senior guard in Tre Demps and a collection of shooters who shot 5-of-21 from deep should have been blown out.
And yet, they weren't. Until the final stretch, Collins' team played with a fire perhaps unseen thus far into the season.
It was evident in the way they rebounded as a team on the offensive end, grabbing 16 offensive boards to Maryland's four. It was evident in the way they moved within their matchup zone on defense.
"I thought Northwestern was a tougher team most of the night, they were ready to play," Maryland coach Mark Turgeon said. "You can tell by the first couple of possessions, we weren't rebounding. We gave up 18 points off turnovers and second chance in the first half."
In the end, heart wasn't enough to overcome an obvious talent disadvantage, amplified tenfold by Olah's lingering health concerns and Demps' shooting slump.
But against Maryland, an outmatched NU squad showed that when talent isn't enough, they have that extra gear necessary to compete. It was a gear first seen in the Wisconsin win, when the Cats grabbed a much-needed home victory amid concerns that they couldn't compete on their own turf.
"We came out here and fought as hard as we could," freshman forward Aaron Falzon said. "I thought we made as many plays as we could to win the game."
Coming out of a Penn State loss that few predicted, the Cats could have rolled over. A bad loss like that, coupled with health issues and a tough upcoming schedule, could doom NU's tournament chances.
But despite a disappointing outcome, Tuesday's contest showed the Cats know how to respond after a loss.
"We played a great team to overtime," Collins said. "I think that they are the most talented team in the country."
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Lazy Nigerian youths: Shehu Sani tells Buhari, young people what to do now
The Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to apologize and withdraw his statement that 'Nigerian youths are lazy.'
Buhari, while speaking at the Commonwealth Business Forum in Westminster on Wednesday, had stated that youths prefer to do nothing because they feel Nigeria is an oil-rich nation.
Reacting, the lawmaker suggested that Buhari after apologizing to the youth should also inform them of his other intentions. He also urged the youths to rise up and take the leadership position of the country.
Sani on Twitter wrote, "The President should simply withdraw the statement on the youths and apologize; and tell them what he will do for them in addition to what he had done for them.The President spin doctors are trying to spray fragrances on the faeces and lace the dung with olive oil, it's absurd.
"The President is a human being, he can gaffe and should be forgiven and should not be sent to the political guillotine.
"As for the Youths, the challenge is to pick the baton and lead and stop holding the Alsatian Dogs of the political elite.
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Over the past months we have been practicing using our yellow radios to enable us to communicate effectively during an emergency. We've learned a lot, but we have also discovered some glitches.
We discovered radio interference between a few zones. Because of that interference we switched some zones to channels that were not consistent with the zone number. For example, Zone 4's channel moved from 104 to 118. Additional changes were made making it difficult to know which channel a zone should be using, channel numbers no longer matched zone numbers.
We have attempted to address interference problems and align the channel labels with zone labels. Thanks to our technical gurus we have been able to accomplish this task
So what does that mean? IT MEANS YOUR YELLOW RADIO NEEDS TO BE REPROGRAMMED!
A reprogramming team will be at Fire Station 13 every day from Friday January 5th through Thursday January 11th, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, to reprogram your radio. It should only take a few minutes for each radio.
If you are not available during that week, you may drop your Yellow Radio off at Fire Station 13, located on Highway 101 between Nehalem and Manzanita, during working hours. Please remove the antenna, it unscrews from the radio, place only the radio in a zip-lock bag along with a slip of paper with your name, email, and phone number written on it. You will be notified when your radio is ready to be picked up.
NOTE: If possible, bring the radio to Fire Station 13 on either a Tuesday, Thursday, or Friday between the hours of 11 AM to 1:30 PM while Ginger is there. She will have a supply of zip-lock bags and understands the procedure. Please do not leave your radio at Station 13 until after January the 11th.
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A student can drop a course online through WebAdvisor until the end of Late Registration for the term. Once Late Registration is over and before the term's census date, a student must either submit a signed Add/Drop form to the Registrar's Office or submit a drop request online utilizing the Online Drop Request . After the census date, the Add/Drop form must include the instructor signature prior to being submitted to the Registrar. The online request will automatically be routed to the instructor for approval before it will be processed.
Course drops processed during the first six weeks of a long term will receive an automatic W grade, which is a non-punitive grade. After the first six weeks, the instructor will recommend either a grade of W or a grade of WF on the drop form. Failure to submit a completed and signed drop form by the published deadline will cause the student to receive an F.
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Under section 51.907 of the Texas Education Code, "an institution of higher education may not permit a student to drop more than six courses, including any course a transfer student has dropped at another institution of higher education." This statute was enacted by the State of Texas in spring 2007 and applies to undergraduate students who enroll in a public institution of higher education as first-time freshmen in fall 2007 or later. Any course that a student drops after the census date is counted toward the six-course limit if:
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- the student is not dropping the course in order to withdraw from the institution.
For details of this policy, see the webpage of Undergraduate Studies. Undergraduates may drop a course without penalty before the census date of each regular semester. However, after the census date, anyone enrolling for the first time in fall 2007 or later (at TWU or any Texas public higher education institution), are allowed only 6 unexcused drops during their undergraduate academic careers. Drops after the census day will count toward the 6-drop limit unless they are supported by timely, appropriate documentation and excused by the university review process. Drop forms are available in the Registrar's Office and require the signature of the student, instructor, and academic adviser. This does not apply when students drop all classes for the semester, withdrawing from the university.


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Day 146/365 - On international flights
Ah flying. It's so enticing in theory, but somehow between walking shoe-less and being flagged up and down, examined and felt up, the hype dissipates pretty rapidly. Combined with little legroom and being confined to a chair for hours, between people who will probably be annoyed at you getting up to go to the bathroom or just to stretch your legs...Can you tell I'm a fan? No really, I'm very grateful to the inventions of airplanes and high-speed travel...I just like to be comfortable during the process.
I've only flown first class once, and only by mistake of the airline - which they apologized for by upgrading me and a friend! That was the most amazing flight, with plenty of leg and arm room, delicious gourmet meals and waiting service, as well as the most comfortable reclining seats and goodie bags including facial toner mist and an eye cover. I slept like a baby through the whole flight that time!
Anyway, the trip I currently undertook was a bit heavy and hectic in the transportation department, in hindsight. I don't know why we thought it would be a good idea to fly to Norway for a total of 3 days including roundtrip travel time...That means we only have a full day there and 2 measly half-days. Still, I'm very excited to go - we're staying at the Juvet hotel!


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Swathe yourself in sumptuous style with Seraphine's genius scarf meets breastfeeding wrap. A maternity must-have, the super soft bamboo viscose blend drapes beautifully over the shoulders when it's poppered closed and worn as a breastfeeding shawl. The generous cut will cover you and your baby in the super soft and luxurious knit, so it's ideal for feeding in stylish discretion. This multi-functioning style can also be wrapped around and worn as a super cosy scarf for post-breastfeeding chic or used to swaddle your baby in luxury. The endless possibilities make this a versatile addition to any maternity wardrobe. !– End JSP for property researchNotes —
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You might recall that a few podcast shows back, I did an episode on The Writing Process- Helping Reluctant Writers. Since then, we've taken a little hiatus for the holidays, but now that school is back in session we are planning to pick back up where we left off with writing.
Today my guest post on Creative Writing Ideas for Kids went live. If your children have been struggling with sitting down to write, then I know the feeling- and I have some suggestions that might help you make the writing process just a little bit easier for you.
Writing hasn't always been an easy feat in our homeschool, and we've had our share of struggles with sticking it out. What I've found is although narrative and expository writing has its place, there is nothing like a little foot-loose freedom of creative writing.
Since kicking our writing experiences up a notch was my final goal, I figure- why not start with a type of writing that will give my daughter limitless opportunities to express herself?…
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Demetria is a homeschooling mom and mompreneur who lives in Silicon Valley with her husband, two daughters, and a dog. She currently runs two podcasts for homeschool moms and moms in business, writes songs, and spends lots of time at coffee shops. Her goal is to be an encourager and motivator of women, helping them to find success and joy in homeschooling, business, and motherhood.


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Following a number of cancellations before Easter due to the Yorkshire weather, our Under 13 (year 7/8) and Under 15 (year 9/10) girls' rugby teams made the short trip to Ripon Rugby Club to take part in the North Yorkshire Finals.
Outwood Academy Ripon presents 'Grease'. Tickets are available from the Finance Office and you can find performance dates here:
On Tuesday 12th April our Year 7 students will be taking part in workshops led by the police.
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There was a moment over the weekend in our house when our landline was dead, neither of our mobiles could get a signal and our PC couldn't connect to the internet. Save for the presence of Hayley's iPod Touch we were back in the 1960s.
It made me realise how dependent we have all become on our tools of communication in this highly connected world. Funnily, every time this sort of thing happens, my initial dismay is gradually replaced by a longing to recapture that unconnected world of my youth, when people wrote letters with some thought, they visited each other and made the most of that time in each other's company. When it comes to communication, our world today has quantity without much quality.
The PC is still trashed (well, its network connection anyway) but other than that we seem to be in contact with the world again. If in doubt, send me a message in no more than 160 characters.
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Dr. Josie Maritza is a Ph.D. student in the Higher Education (Student Affairs track) program at Florida State University. Born and raised in Chicago, she received her bachelor's degree in communication with minors in Spanish and Latino studies from DePaul University. She obtained her master's degree in Student Personnel in Higher Education from the University of Florida. Maritza has previously worked at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign as a program advisor for the Illini Union Board and has recently arrived from the University of Miami where she served as the assistant director of student activities and student organizations. While studying full-time at FSU, Maritza is a graduate assistant in Leadership Studies in the Center for Leadership & Social Change. She teaches in the LDR certificate program as well as serves as a program advisor. Her research interests include leadership, Latinx leadership development, mentorship, and first generation students. Maritza is a member of a co-ed Latino interest fraternity called Alpha Psi Lambda, Inc., and during her free time she enjoys working out, reading, sitting in coffee shops, musicals, and Netflix.
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Thingee's Tech-Talk – What's Behind the "X" and Does it Make it the Phone for You?
iPhone X has been on sale worldwide for a month and though there's been a lot of press surrounding the product launch and the first few weeks of sales, have you been able to really get down to the nitty-gritty on its use, features, tech capabilities, etc.? Well, Thingee's Tech-Talk is here to take you there and to give you a common-sense, user-focused review of this device.
So clearly, there are a lot of features packed into this palm-sized device. Key to security, ease of use and functionality are:
- Face ID – facial recognition security
- Wireless charging
- Edge to edge OLED screen
- Longer-lasting battery life
- Water resistant
- Front-facing "selfie" camera*
*ok so this one may be more "key" for the 20-something crowd but it's still a cool feature.
Overall… "Bravo to Apple." We think Apple has done an amazing job in the development of this smartphone device. Yes, we are required once again to relearn our gesture manipulations (i.e. swipe-up, drop-down) to access apps and functions, but the iPhone X is intuitively designed so we don't think this will be a stumbling block for most folks. And, again, just be on the lookout for nefarious "facejacking" attempts by friends and family and we think you'll be just fine.
Do you have an iPhone X already? Looking to buy one as a gift this holiday season? We're here if you want to learn more or have questions or ideas on how to maximize the device's capabilities, just give us a call. We'd love to chat.
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Rainbows and Puppy Dogs and Sunshiny Fluffy Clouds Small Style
You guys...I'm going to let you in on a little secret: 4 am is slowly becoming my favourite time of the day. Crazy, right?
Coming from someone who has written a Proustian volume of words complaining about being awake in the middle of the night, this is a little rich, I know. But. But.
I'm costing on the fumes of jet lag. My body has set this new rhythm: bed at 8:30, up at 4. And I kind of love it. It's me, a cup of coffee, the blue glow of my computer screen, and the promise that no one will be stirring for a solid two hours. Lovely.
Anyway, enough about me and the middle of the night. Here's my kid.
We were welcomed back to Japan by the most gorgeous, a last, lingering reminder of what it feels like to be warmed by the sun. So obviously, we went to the park. Because that's pretty much the boundary of our territory - park, grocery store, home. Exciting, right?
In other news, Stella turned 18 months old this week. And let's just talk about how 18 months is THE BEST AGE EVER. She's hilarious; she does party tricks (Stella, how old are you? *holds up one finger*); she laughs maniacally at her own jokes; she demands that we play ring around the rosie; she drags me by the hand into the kitchen, points at my chocolate stash, and sings "more more more"; she sneaks up on me and shouts "boo!" (Okay, let's be real. It's more of an aaaaAAAAAAAaaaahhhh!) And, joy of joys, she's started playing by herself. For several minutes at a time. Truth! So, basically, kittens, rainbows, puppy dog tails, and sunshiny fluffy clouds. The end.
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Palm-size brake controller engages your trailer's brakes with a preset intensity when you apply the brakes in your vehicle. Adjustable power output and braking aggressiveness. Includes digital display and manual override.
The Blackbird applies your trailer's brakes when the brake pedal in your tow vehicle is engaged. Every time you apply the brakes in your vehicle, a signal is sent - via the brake switch - to the Blackbird. The controller then sends power out to your trailer brakes to activate them with an intensity set by you, at a rate determined by you. Both the amount of braking power (output) and rate of application (ramp time) can be adjusted to suit your preference, the road conditions, type of trailer, and size of the load. To determine which levels are best for your application, you must test out your towing setup and choose what feels best.
A time-delay controller is so named because there is a delay between the time that you initially apply the brakes in your tow vehicle and the time that the controller reaches the set maximum power output. Unlike a proportional brake controller, which activates your trailer's brakes based on the deceleration of your tow vehicle, the Blackbird sends power out in the same way, with the same user-set delay, no matter the braking situation. Although this delay always exists, it can be adjusted by changing the ramp time setting. The controller will continue to send out power to the trailer brakes as long as your foot is on the brake pedal, even when your truck and trailer have come to a stop.
The diagram above shows the controls and components of the Hayes Blackbird electric trailer brake controller.
The power output control lets you set the maximum amount of power that will be applied to your trailer's brakes. Typically, the power output is only readjusted if you switch from a heavy, loaded trailer to a much lighter, empty trailer - or vice versa.
During the initial setup process, use the thumbwheel on top of the Blackbird to adjust the output. To get more power to your brakes, rotate the dial to the right. To decrease the power output, move it to the left.
The output setting will appear on the digital display when you press the brake pedal or activate the manual override. This setting ranges from 5 percent to 99 percent, with 99 percent indicating maximum output.
Power ramp time is the elapsed time from the point that the brakes are first applied to the point that the set power output reaches its maximum. This setting is responsible for determining the aggressiveness of the braking action.
To adjust the ramp time, use the control on the side of the Blackbird. If you want to reach maximum power output faster, move the control forward. To get smoother braking action, slide the control backward, thus supplying power to the trailer brakes more gradually. You can alter this setting to suit your driving preferences or to improve handling based on changing road conditions or varied trailer loads.
The digital display will only show the ramp setting as you adjust it. After a few seconds, it will revert back to display mode.
The Blackbird features an easy-to-read LED screen that displays the power settings as you adjust them.
While braking, the display shows the amount of power going to the trailer brakes as a percentage of the total power available. When the brake pedal is released, the unit will go into standby mode.
The display will also show trouble codes to alert you to any potential problems, such as a short circuit or an open circuit. A code will also appear if the brake controller surpasses its rated power limit.
The manual slide lever overrides the preset power output and allows the operator to engage the trailer brakes without using the vehicle's brakes. In addition to being a necessary safety feature, this option helps to control trailer sway by slowing the trailer to put it back solidly behind the tow vehicle.
You can also engage the manual override to help you move a sliding 5th-wheel hitch closer to your truck's tailgate for tight maneuvering during slow speed turns. Just apply the manual override to hold the trailer in place while slowly moving the tow vehicle forward.
Quick, Simple Installation
Because inertia plays no role in the functioning of this controller, you do not have to mount the unit at any particular angle or position it in any particular direction. As a result, mounting options are limitless, so long as you can still easily access the manual override.
Installation of the Blackbird requires that you either purchase a custom wiring adapter designed to plug into the controller or that you hardwire the controller directly into your vehicle. To hardwire the Blackbird, you must remove the plug at the end of the integrated wiring harness.
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The Hayes vehicle-specific, dual-mated wiring adapter is available for most newer trucks and SUVs with tow packages. One end of the custom adapter plugs into your vehicle's brake controller port, and the other end plugs into the controller - no hardwiring required.
Hayes also offers a universal wiring harness (HA81789-HBC - sold separately) that plugs into any Hayes brake controller. The 4 leads on the universal harness can then be hardwired into your vehicle. By splicing the universal adapter into your wiring instead of directly connecting the brake controller to your wiring, you gain the ability to unplug and remove the controller from your vehicle should the need arise.
See also etrailer.com's exclusive 7- and 4-way brake control installation kit (ETBC7 - sold separately) if you don't already have a 7-way plug at the back of your vehicle.
Designed for applications that do not come equipped with a brake control wiring harness port from the factory, this adapter plugs into your Hayes electric trailer brake controller at one end and the other end splices into your vehicle's wiring.
To install your Hayes electric brake controller, you need to connect the wiring of the controller to your vehicle. Certain auto manufacturers offer pre-wired options, typically known as tow packages, in which the wiring is run for you from the dash to the trailer connector on the back of your vehicle. Usually when this is done, a port is installed at your dash so that you can easily plug in a brake controller. However, if no port is present, you will have to splice into your wiring.
With this universal adapter, you can install your Hayes brake controller without having to wire the controller directly to your vehicle. If your vehicle has a factory tow package, just splice the pigtail end of the adapter into your vehicle's factory brake control harness wiring, and then plug the other end of the adapter into the controller. If your vehicle doesn't have a factory tow package, you'll have to hardwire the pigtail end of the adapter into your vehicle's wiring. Because only the adapter is hardwired to your vehicle, you can unplug and remove your brake controller at any time to transfer it to another vehicle or securely stow it away.
If your vehicle is not equipped with a factory tow package, you will need to purchase additional equipment to ensure that the signals from your brake controller are sent to your trailer's brakes. We recommend etrailer.com's exclusive 7- and 4-way brake control installation kit (ETBC7 - sold separately).
Video of Hayes Blackbird Trailer Brake Controller - 1 to 4 Axles - Time Delayed
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Today we'll be reviewing part number HA81789-HBC. This is the Hayes universal wiring adapter for the Hayes trailer brake controllers. The universal wiring adapter provides a quick disconnect for your electric trailer brake controller so that means that there's no need to cut the plug off the brake controller to wire it directly to your vehicle and it makes it very simple to plug and unplug the controller for use in a different vehicle or for storage when not in use. The wire end splices into your vehicle's wiring. You'll want to use this on a vehicle that does not have a factory tow package or is not equipped with a plug-in port. If you're vehicle is not equipped with a factory tow package, you will need to purchase an additional equipment to ensure that the signals from your brake controller are sent directly to your trailer's brakes. We recommend etrailer.com's exclusive 7-way and 4-way brake control installation kit, sold separately with part number ETBC7. The connector end on this side joins with the plug on your electric brake controller.
Today we have our Hayes Brake Boss just to show how easy it is to connect those two ports. They just snap together and just like that they're connected. To disconnect you push down the tab and you separate the two halves. This is going to be compatible with time delayed and proportional brake controllers from Hayes. The wire length is going to measure 24". That's going to do it for today's review of part number HA81789-HBC.
This is the Hayes universal wiring adapter for the Hayes trailer brake controllers. .
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (24 Customer Reviews)Palm-size brake controller engages your trailer's brakes with a preset intensity when you apply the brakes in your vehicle. Adjustable power output and braking aggressiveness. Includes digital display and manual override. Designed for applications that do not come equipped with a brake control wiring harness port from the factory, this adapter plugs into your Hayes electric trailer brake controller at one end and the other end splices into your vehicle's wiring.
It's a plug and 4 wires. I haven't installed it yet but most likely it will work. It would have been nice if they had the vehicle-specific cable for their brake controller but then maybe my vehicle doesn't have a receptacle (2006 Jeep Commander). Not sure yet, haven't got that far, don't know when I will. I wanted to do it yesterday but it's been cold and rainy here and I don't have room in my garage to work so I've been working on the Jeep in the driveway. I got the trailer hitch mounted the other day and now I'm working on the wiring for the trailer plug. I put the Jeep up on 4 ramps to give me room to get under it and run wiring. At 275 pounds I need the extra space. When the rain stops and the wind dies down I will make an attempt to install this device, but I got this email first asking me for a review and an opinion. I don't really have an opinion yet and I can only write a review of what I know so far, which is very little. The instructions that came with it are quite simple. They tell you to plug it in and then read the instructions that came with the controller that you plugged it into. I was hoping for something more specific, like where should I look for the signal from the brake pedal to the stop lamps. I guess I'll start at the pedal and look for a place to tie in. Maybe YouTube has a video demonstrating the installation procedure for the controller using this Wiring Adapter. That would be nice too. The price for the item was fair, as was the shipping cost and delivery time. No complaints with any of that. I'd share a picture of the product but actually there's one on the page where it is advertised, the page from which I ordered it. I'm not sure why they want me to "share a picture of my product". As for the problem that it solved for me... I didn't have one. It solved that problem. Now I have one. 580967
Thank you for your review. There is not a port to plug a brake controller adapter into on the 2006 Jeep Commander. If the 2006 Jeep Commander has a factory towing package the wires for a 7-way will be ran to the front of the Jeep. You will then use the hardwire adapter part # HA81789-HBC
Universal Wiring Adapter for Hayes Trailer Brake Controllers
$17.20 to splice into those wires. You will also need part # 5506 to complete the wiring to the battery. If the 2006 Jeep Commander does not have a factory towing package it requires the 7-way plug to be hardwired. In this case an wiring kit part # ETBC7
Universal Installation Kit for Trailer Brake Controller - 7-Way RV and 4-Way Flat - 10 Gauge Wires
$53.99 is needed. The ETBC7 comes with the all of the necessary wiring to wire in the plug and the brake controller. If the vehicle does not have a factory towing package you may also need a 4-way flat connector if you do not already have one. The 4-way connector is part # 118408
T-One Vehicle Wiring Harness with 4-Pole Flat Trailer Connector
$44.95 for the 2006 Jeep Commander without towing package. I have attached a video of installing a brake controller on a 2010 Jeep Commander with factory wires ran and a help article for the ETBC7 installation.
This is the second one I have purchased. I like the size and operation of the Hayes Blackbird brake controller. Very easy to install. The Girl that helped me was outstanding! Will use etrailer again. 435704
Received earlier than expected. Out of the box and installed in about 20 minutes. Would by again. 473921
I installed this on a 2002 F150. Installing was easy. The additional harness made for this truck worked great! I didn't have to pay anyone to do it! It was so easy I was amazed. 265388
This is an excellent brake controller for those who don't have space to mount a controller. Fits in very small places. 459398
These controllers fit in a small space and work as intended.Lawrence - 12/11/2018
Just traded car in for new one. Much easier to leave old cars wiring alone and add new plug to replacement car. 673514
The pig tail was easy to hook up. I was replacing a faulty unit so all the wires were handy. I did not want to do a hard wire in, this made it easy. 658645
great product, great place to order as always 655889
Worked great for about 45 days. Quit working after that. Should've spent more money I guess? Plug and play is nice. Wouldn't buy this one again 641212
Seems to work it's plug and play assembly was simple only gave 4 stars because the small adjustable screws are hard to put in but pretty clean mount. Overall I'd buy again 641068
Very good products and very good about the amount of time it took to get to my house. Will definitely order in the near future!! 376247
This product makes installing the brake controller so much easier, because I use this unit with multiple tow units it is nice to be able to unplug and move to the other vehicle. 333930
Came quick, just as ordered. 334694
plug and play took only 10 mins. 330302
Works great with the Hayes brake controller. Makes older vehicle installation a breeze. 327406
Good features, quality made. like its com pack size, fits under dash out of way. 301883
Product arrived in good condition packaged very well as always great service and quick response.Will be buying from E-trailer again. Was able to find a replacement connector for my Hayes brake controller. Thank you keep up the good service. 266706
Made the installation a breeze and allows for the plug and play of the controller when I need it as opposed to the permanent installation of a brake controller in my other pickup. 243612
Fit good shipped fast thanks good peopl e. 241820
Product quality and function is every bit as good as expected. 239352
Delivered fast. Everything i ordered. 237533
Very pleased with product. Better than the factory of same product. It arrived before estimated date and installation was easy. 199138
etrailer.com delivered as promised. Fast friendly service. Product arrived quickly as was exactley what I needed. The how to video was spot on. Thanks, Dave W. 177657
Kit and online video made it an easy jo b. 142318
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Alan Partridge profoundly stated "people forget that on the Titanic's maiden voyage there were over 1000 miles of uneventful, very pleasurable cruising before it hit the iceberg! Now with all their, Alan Partridge references Revenge of The Psychotronic Man have hit their own musical Iceberg after 14 eventful years. To mark such an occasion they have put together a comprehensive history with one final release "That Was Just A Noise", the album, which features tracks from their 3 hugely acclaimed TNS released albums; Make Pigs Smoke (2009), Shattered Dreams Parkway (2012) and Colossal Velocity (2016) alongside rare, out of press tracks from 7"s, splits and EPs and two brand new, previously unreleased tunes, will be out in June.
Play: Revenge Of The Psychotronic Man – Rrose Sélavy
The band have described their last 2018 tour dates as "They will be our tightest and most passionate performances ever, they simply must be. We will then wrap it all up with a final Manchester gig in December", which looks like a finale not to be missed.
Play: Revenge of the Psychotronic Man – Booze Time
The opening dulcet tones of "Get Pissed, Talk Shit, Dance Like An Idiot"seems to be fitting words for a band not averse to cranking up the speed, but always finding a melody hidden in the cracks of the noise. The at times manic lyrical delivery, seen with tracks like "Rrose Sélavy" and "Booze Time" where projectile vocals made audience singalong participation almost impossible, in contrast " The Queen Is Dead, Long Live The King Singers" shows the bands versatility in creating something slightly more softer on the ear but still an aural assault on your senses.
Revenge of The Psychotronic Man are going out with a bang this year, one that would rival Alan Partridge trashing his hotel room and telling the BBC to Fuck Off with their offer of a new series! Get out to see them one last time!!!
Play: Revenge of the Psychotronic Man – Get Pissed, Talk Shit
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Nitu Raj, Prof. Deepak Pathak and Prof. Gagan Sharma
ABSTRACT - In recent years, license plate recognition (LPR) has become a core technology of security and traffic applications that range from traffic surveillance to parking lot access control to information management for monitoring purposes. Simply stated, LPR helps identify vehicles and provides a reference for further vehicle tracking and activity analysis. This paper presents the various license plate recognition techniques and a brief literature survey of previously done work. Here is a theoretical analysis of different license plate recognition algorithms which is helpful to understand license plate recognition system.
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Digitalization of PDS in India
Megha Rathor and Prof. Jyotsna Sagar
ABSTRACT - The paper contains the implementation result of digital public distribution system. The system has implemented with 3rd layer security using one time password (OTP). This system ensures the fare delivery of ration goods. The system has a local database build using local memory. The system uses a messaging based feedback and alerting system. The system is build similar to vending machine for food grains. .
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Study on Digitalization of Public Distribution System in India
Megha Rathor and Prof. Jyotsna Sagar
ABSTRACT -In this paper we have presented a study report on implementation of digital public distribution system. Various digitalization technique and there pros and cons are discussed here in this paper. Aadhaar based, vending machine based, Biometric based etc. all technological implementation is discussed here. In letter section a digitalization scheme is also proposed in the system that incorporating another security level in between FPS and beneficiary. Hardware and software study is also available in the paper. That helps to understand the needs of system and required hardware software sets.
Keywords— PDS, FPS, RFID, ARM7 and OTP.
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Earthquake Resistant to Analysis and Design of Multi-Storey Building
Deepak Sherke, Prof. Dhananjay Yadav and Dr. Ajay Swarup
ABSTRACT -The performance of a multi-storey framed building during sturdy earthquake motions depends on the distribution of mass, stiffness, and strength in both the horizontal and vertical planes of the building. In multi-storeyed framed buildings, smash up from earthquake ground motion generally initiates at locations of structural weaknesses present in the lateral load resisting frames. In some cases, these weaknesses may be produced by discontinuities in stiffness, strength or mass between adjoining storeys. Such discontinuities between storeys are often allied with sudden variations in the frame geometry along the height. A common type of discontinuity is vertical geometrical irregularity arising from the rapid drop of the height. STAAD Pro has a very interactive user interface which allows the users to draw the frame and input the load values and dimensions. Then according to the specified criteria assigned it analyses the structure and designs the members with reinforcement details for RCC frames. We continued with our work with some more multi-storeyed 2-D and 3-D frames under various load combinations. Our final work was the proper analysis and design of a G + 6 3-D RCC frame under various load combinations.
Keywords— Earthquake resistant design, multi-storey building
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A Literature Survey and Analysis of Earthquake Resistant Design of Multi-Storey Building
Deepak Sherke, Prof. Dhananjay Yadav and Dr. Ajay Swarup
ABSTRACT -The paper contains the literature survey of earthquake resistant design of multi-storey building. Earthquake is one of the dangerous natural disaster of earth. It create a huge losses of public property such as roads, buildings and multi- storey apartments. When multi-storey apartments are collapse contain large disaster as well as human beings life. Therefore now a day's require an earthquake resistant or earthquake proof building. In the last decade these are different research work the presented in this field of earthquake resistant buildings. In this survey paper discuss the few of them method and techniques to prevent the earthquake. Also shows the brief comparison of different methods, its advantages and disadvantages.
Keywords— Earthquake resistant design and multi-storey building.
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Watching my kids create art teaches me many things, and I'm so happy to have them with me as my uninhibited teachers. Seeing someone else's creative process--even that of a child--is so helpful and freeing when it comes to making your own work.
When observing them, I notice (with jealousy) how little they think before they pick up their tools. They listen to their impulse to create, and do not stifle it. They use it as a language, as a way to process and share their lives. It's a beautiful thing to watch.
- don't be afraid to repeat yourself
- stay with themes you love, unabashedly
- treat it lightly & with levity
- give it away often, but judiciously
- you only improve with practice
- making art is what makes you an artist
- your body of work will come alive over time
- your tools are your friends, love them & care for them
- you don't have to ask permission
- don't overthink it
- carry your tools with you, whenever possible


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By Ross Uehara-Tilton
In a time when increased dependency on fossil fuels is of great concern, especially given the ongoing conflicts in oil-producing countries, it is ever more important that engineers around the globe focus their efforts on developing sustainable, environmentally friendly power. The energy challenges facing today's engineers will effect everyone. These engineers and scientists are given the task of developing alternative sources of energy before the world's reserves run out. Many sources of alternative energy have been studied, such as wind turbines, photovoltaic panel arrays and geothermal energy, but energy generated through nuclear reactions is the most safe, cost effective and environmentally friendly source of energy for the world's expanding population.


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day fifteen //
put drive up the coast of california on your list.
one of the coolest, most beautiful things i've ever done. thankful to get to stop one thousand times, for new roadtrip tunes by asgeir, a climb down to hide in little part of the cliff, fog rolling in + a grilled cheese with tomato jam for lunch.
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Pasta Chicken and Cheese Bake
My sister and I wanted to make dinner for everyone when she came up to Visit again. We ended up just sort of putting something together and it worked out really well and tasted even better. It's always a lot of fun in what ever we're doing so of course crazy pictures and a beer are involved.
I will put the ingredients and directions below so you can try it out yourself. Yummy Up!
- Chicken breast 1lb
- Milk 2 cups
- Cheese cheese cheese (you can use any kind you want that blend together but we used these 3)
- Mozzarella
- Cheddar
- Monaray Jack
- Pasta (Penne Rigate is the kind we used)
- Butter
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Minced Garlic
- Salt and pepper
- Poultry season
- Italian season
Start off grilling your chicken and seasoning it to your preference, then boil your pasta. Cut up the chicken in to small chunks and set them both aside after prepared.
Then and a table spoon of butter, minced garlic and the oil on med-low in a pot to start warming it up. Then while that's warming go ahead and add the pasta to the pot and stir, then add the chicken. Let them all warm up together for a bit. I added a half of cup of water just so it wouldn't all get to sticky. Once it's warmed a bit, start to add your cheeses one by one and a little at a time of all of them so one doesn't over power the other. We used only a half of each. You can add as little or as much cheese as you want, it's all up to how strong you want your cheese taste to be.
So while your adding the cheese start adding half cups of milk until it's the consistency you want, we added 2 whole cups by time we were done adding in all the cheese. After it's all mixed together in the pot, grab your baking dish and be sure you oil the dish with a little oil to help it ease out of the pan.
Pop it in the oven for 20-30 minutes on 350. Since it's already all cooked you are just adding a slight bake to it so it's a little crispy and golden.
I hope you enjoy yours just as much as we did!


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How To Declutter Your Life With Only Three Tools
Today I am going to teach you on how to declutter your life with only three tools. It's super simple and easy.
The Only Three Tools That You Need
The only three tools that you need to declutter your life is:
Zoho Notebooks
Google Calendar
Microsoft To-do List
You are probably wondering how on earth can these three tools can help declutter your life. Well I am going to tell you how in just a minute after I tell you how I use them to help me organize my life.
Zoho Notebooks
I hate writing down notes in a notebook in college. The reason why is because I tend to either write to fast and my hand writing gets to sloppy or I might misplace my notebook somewhere. Thanks to Zoho Notebooks app I can keep my notes in the cloud in a safe place.
What Is Zoho Notebook?
Zoho Notebook is online note taking app, its similar to One Note by Microsoft. However, Zoho backup your notes to a secured server, while One Note syncs to One Drive cloud which has limited space. Zoho doesn't seem to have a space limit which is perfect for me.
How Do I Use Zoho Notebook To Declutter My Life?
Organized my Chrome Bookmarks - since I started this website I been bookmarking articles for future references, let me tell you I just finished organizing over 300+ bookmarks into Zoho Notebook yesterday, it was not fun.
Gas receipts from Uber Driving - I finally started collecting my gas receipts from my Uber driving to get some money back as a tax deduction. Zoho Notebook has a receipt scanner which is nice.
As you can see Zoho Notebook has helped me organized my life easier in running my own business. If you have disorganized clutter get Zoho Notebook in the Google Play Store it's free.
Google Calendar
When I first got my desk in my room it came with a whiteboard calendar, I use to use until I started keeping track of my own calendar. When I started keeping track of my own calendar I made a switch to Google calendar.
What Is Google Calendar?
Is it fair to assume that everyone knows what Google calendar, am I right? Because I am not going to cover that in this post because its pretty self explanatory.
How Do I use Google Calendar To Declutter My Life?
Keep track of my workout schedule - since Google calendar has a way to keep track of goals in it I use that handy feature to keep track of my workout schedule.
Keep track of my business schedule - since I am my own marketer, writer, and my own boss I wear a bunch of different hats. I set aside specific times of the day when I market, research for content ideas.
Keep track of Dr. appointments - I see so many Dr. for personal reasons that I will not share on here. But with all those Dr. I can't remember all those appointments so I use my Google calendar to help me.
Schedule time for myself - I can't possibly just work 24/7 a day all the way to midnight I will burnout and have nothing left. I schedule time for myself to read books and watch Netflix so I am not always working.
Google calendar is my go to calendar for my reoccurring events that I have on a daily basis. I will never ever go back to writing down stuff on a whiteboard or paper calendar again. If you are sick and tired of writing down events everyday in your calendar then you need Google Calendar.
Microsoft To-do List
Again here is another self explanatory tools that tells you what it is in the name. Is it still okay if I just skip over the what is Microsoft To-do list part?
How Do I use Microsoft To Do List To Declutter My Life?
Important Tasks - there is a feature in Microsoft To-do list that is called important tasks. For the last two weeks I had work on Facebook Chatbot in my website. Just finished it yesterday. I use the important section to prioritize tasks.
Planned scheduled - I use this feature in Microsoft - To-do list app called planned schedule. I love this feature to set myself deadlines on projects that I take on. For my chatbot I set a deadline for Monday the 19th of November the day before I Fly out to Chicago for Thanksgiving. I completed that tasks a week before that deadline.
Microsoft To-do list goes hand in hand with the other two tools on this list because it has really helped me get my schedule under control. This tool is also 100% free. Get Microsoft To-do list app.
How To Declutter Your Life?
Now I am going to tell you how to declutter your life. Just follow these easy steps and you will be on the right path.
Organize with notebooks with Zoho Notebook - like I told you with all the bookmarks organize everything with Zoho they don't have a size limit that I know of.
Figure out your schedule - with a busy life it's hard to keep track of everything. Track your meals, track everything and everything. If someone got their hand on my schedule they literally know where I am every single minute of the day. A.K.A as stalking which is illegal.
Use a To-do list app - I don't care what To-do list app you use, it can be Microsoft To-do list, or any app. Just don't use Google Tasks, okay I do care which To-do list app you use, but still throw away the paper ones because if you have recurring tasks like I do, who has time to write them all out again?
Conclusion: That's How To Declutter Your Life…
If you follow those easy three steps with those three tools that I mention to you, you will feel like you are on the top of the world! That's how I feel like today even though I was working all weekend.
How Do You Declutter Your Life?
How do you declutter your life or at least try to declutter it? Do you feel like it works, if not why?
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Before leaving you with the Pope's magnificent words which he spoke at the Prayer for the Marian Day on Saturday, 12 October 2013, I want to remind my reader of some ongoing principles that are guiding my codgitations these days. Think of them as hermeneutical principles for understanding my current codgitations.
Bottom line, I honor Pope Francis as the true Vicar of Christ in the one Catholic Church which was established by God for the salvation of all mankind. I also believe Pope Francis is authentically orthodox in his faith.
Why, then, am I going on about some troubling comments he's made in the past few months? There are two reasons.
First, as the Catechism says (§2088), "The first commandment requires us to nourish and protect our faith with prudence and vigilance, and to reject everything that is opposed to it." I have felt the damage the Pope's reckless words have done to my faith, and I am all too aware of similar damage being wrought in the lives of other Catholics by them. (Dale's plight is just one example, albeit the one with which I am most familiar.) So, I am responding to the malalpapalisms very much for the good of my own soul. The Year of Faith is drawing to a close, and I think it only makes sense to take the time to plumb the depths of my faith as an act of reclaiming and enriching it.
Second, it is precisely because I have no personal beef with the man Jorge Mario Bergoglio that I am treating his malapapalisms as sources of error that precede and transcend him as an individual. He is, in other words, a thermometer, not a thermostat, of how Vatican II was hijacked. Even if, God willing, the Vatican removes the interview with Fr. Antonio Spadaro and/or the interview with Eugenio Scalfari from the Holy Father's public witness, the words have gone out like arrows all over the world. In response, I feel compelled to fortify at least one small outpost against the impact of those errors (not that I'm the only one fortifying such an outpost).
Providentially enough, just tonight I read Katrina Fernandez's characteristically punchy explanation of herself as a "damn Catholic":
I am Catholic because Catholicism is Truth and outside of Truth there is nothing else.
This explains why I am Catholic but it doesn't articulate how I became such a big damn Catholic. That too is easy to summarize… the Eucharist and beauty. … Those two reasons alone, and nothing else, is why I sought to convert. You wanna know what had absolutely no bearing on my decision to convert … the pope.
Who was pope didn't matter to me then, so I suppose it really shouldn't matter now. It helped that Benedict loves the same things about Catholicism as I do, but it really wouldn't have made any difference to me if he didn't. And it just so happens, Francis doesn't. He's [sic] still loves the Church, just for reasons that differ from my own. So what of it?
As much as I, another "damn Catholic" Catholic, agreed with her, there was an inchoate hesitancy within me, which a commenter there put into the words that I could not find:
It is only damn Catholics, catholic in their bones like this, who can feel the gruesome, bone-deep pain of modernity, festering afresh with this papacy. This pope tears at the old wounds. A great heroine of mine, Alice Thomas Ellis, wrote this about the Church in her novel The Sin Eater:
"It is as though…one's revered, dignified and darling old mother had slapped on a mini-skirt and fishnet tights and started ogling strangers. A kind of menopausal madness, a sudden yearning to be attractive to all. It is tragic and hilarious and awfully embarrassing. And of course, those who knew her before feel a great sense of betrayal and can't bring themselves to go and see her any more."
This, to put it mildly, is an important and cathartic point.
Just take a multimedia-moment to let it all soak in:
"The Church has appointed this year as a time of renewal, both of faith and of style."
Now that that's all cleared up…
Even if, as I am compelling myself to believe in charity, the Holy Father were pressed on certain of his claims and qualified and/or retracted them as admittedly badly formed ideas, that might not be enough to cleanse the mind of one whose mind has been infested by such subtle errors. The malapapalisms of Pope Francis are much bigger than Pope Francis; I think they reveal distortions of and defections from Catholic truth that have long been developing in "the Church in the modern world." I do not have a personal animus against "this Pope" and I do not for a moment think he's a genuine threat to "the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth" (I Tim 3:15). Indeed, as I have said many times, one of the main reasons I keep probing these malapapalisms is that they are simply beneath the Petrine chrism and orthodox faith that Cdl. Bergoglio freely accepts. The incongruity I am finding between "Our Francis of the Interviews" and the good "Pope Francis" in most other settings, is as fascinating to me as it is disturbing. It is the source of that incongruity––that "Spirit of Pope Guido" that I sometimes discern in Pope Francis––which I am trying to tease out.
Lastly, since I seem to have picked up a couple new visitors to my blog, I need to clarify that I am not a one-trick pony. Two weeks ago, Pope Francis was pretty much just in the background of my mind. I prayed for him as our universal pastor, but generally ignored the media chatter. And long before that, as my long-time reader can verify, I normally don't fixate so much on the Pope's comings and goings. If you peruse my archives, you'll see that I write about a very wide range of topics, but I also do so in a very intensive way. I might write just as intensively about hylemorphism as about these malapapalisms as about economics as about the Thomistic Third Way as about the history of science. Only once I feel I have explored every relevant nuance and implication of a topic on which my codgitator seizes, do I feel "sated" and thus prepared to move on to a new query. I realize, of course, that this "manic" style of blogging is not for everyone. (Did someone say "tl;dr"?) Mine is not a "popular" style, I know, but I think it is one that certain webizens value, for their own perverse reasons.
[The football/chili cook-off we had at my parish this afternoon showed me, almost more clearly than I would have liked to see, how much of a "serious Catholic" I am compared to "the average Catholic." My parishioners are, as far as I know, as knowledgeable about the faith and as loyal to the Lord as I try to be, but I seem to be an atypically "consumed" type of person. While others were sipping their tea and nibbling their cookies, I was trying to read the preface to an edition of the Vatican II documents. Now and then I was tempted to ask a few of what seemed like the more serious Catholics there what they thought about the Pope's recent statements, but I knew that they'd have probably just blinked at me. They have jobs, kids, large TV's, social engagements, they don't blog, and so on; who cares what the Pope said in some interviews? Such is the awkwardness of being a "damn Catholic," I guess.]
A penultimate point: If you've come this far down the codgitative rabbit hole, you need to know that it's often highly advisable to read my posts at least twice, some time apart, since I tend to revise and expand them in the following day or two. Kind of like how I give myself haircuts over two or three days. #truestory
Apropos, as I seem to be re-entering my old life as a regular blogger, I want to ask something that I've asked every now and then (e.g. here and here): Why do so few people leave comments on my posts? When I first started blogging, the radio silence was, honestly, very troubling. I put a lot of information and ideas out there, saw the page views mount up, yet saw virtually no responses from those anonymous viewers. I quickly became inured to the radio silence, but it always makes me wonder…
In any event, without further ado, I give you some truly wonderful words from Pope Francis about our Mother in faith, the New Eve and the Icon of Redeemed Humanity.
(Oh, and just to remain consistent: notice in the video how the good Pope Francis is reading from a prepared text. No off-the-cuff malapapalisms here!)
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When we do not listen to [God], when we do not follow his will, we do concrete things that demonstrate our lack of trust in him – for that is what sin is – and a kind of knot is created deep within us. These knots take away our peace and serenity. They are dangerous, since many knots can form a tangle which gets more and more painful and difficult to undo. But we know one thing: nothing is impossible for God's mercy! Even the most tangled knots are loosened by his grace. And Mary, whose "yes" opened the door for God to undo the knot of the ancient disobedience, is the Mother who patiently and lovingly brings us to God, so that he can untangle the knots of our soul by his fatherly mercy. …
Do I ask Mary to help me trust in God's mercy, to undo those knots, to change? She, as a woman of faith, will surely tell you: "Get up, go to the Lord: he understands you". And she leads us by the hand as a Mother, our Mother, to the embrace of our Father, the Father of mercies. …
[W]hat took place most singularly in the Virgin Mary also takes place within us, spiritually, when we receive the word of God with a good and sincere heart and put it into practice. It is as if God takes flesh within us; he comes to dwell in us, for he dwells in all who love him and keep his word. It is not easy to understand this, but really, it is easy to feel it in our heart. Do we think that Jesus' incarnation is simply a past event which has nothing to do with us personally? Believing in Jesus means giving him our flesh with the humility and courage of Mary, so that he can continue to dwell in our midst. It means giving him our hands, to caress the little ones and the poor; our feet, to go forth and meet our brothers and sisters; our arms, to hold up the weak and to work in the Lord's vineyard, our minds, to think and act in the light of the Gospel; and especially to offer our hearts to love and to make choices in accordance with God's will. …
[Mary] precedes us on this pilgrimage, she accompanies and sustains us. How was Mary's faith a journey? In the sense that her entire life was to follow her Son: he – Jesus – is the way, he is the path! To press forward in faith, to advance in the spiritual pilgrimage which is faith, is nothing other than to follow Jesus; to listen to him and be guided by his words; to see how he acts and to follow in his footsteps; to have his same sentiments. And what are these sentiments of Jesus? Humility, mercy, closeness to others, but also a firm rejection of hypocrisy, duplicity and idolatry. The way of Jesus is the way of a love which is faithful to the end, even unto sacrificing one's life; it is the way of the cross. The journey of faith thus passes through the cross.
Faith always brings us to joy, and Mary is the Mother of joy! May she teach us to take the path of joy, to experience this joy! That was the high point – this joy, this meeting of Jesus and Mary, and we can imagine what it was like. Their meeting was the high point of Mary's journey of faith, and that of the whole Church. What is our faith like? Like Mary, do we keep it burning even at times of difficulty, in moments of darkness? Do I feel the joy of faith?


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West Walk Results
lovely event
Kids loved it
First Time
To All SOC,
My son and i were just in the area for the day out and decided to try out the orienteering.
The organisers were very helpful. and pointed us in the right direction. Sorry we took so long....
Definately will try again. Anyone thinking of having a go its worth the few quid and lots of fun.
Thank You All at SOC


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What is Fresh & New in Design
We are 1 month into the New Year and the previews of what is fresh and new in design are emerging. Pantone has already announced its color of the year and the reaction is mixed. The fabric houses are busy creating their spring 2015 lines to be presented. I am trying out something new also-Online Design. It will be another way to better serve my clients.
As soon as I see a jonquil emerge from the ground, I will know spring is near. They are there, somewhere under the snow-right?
~Linda Hunt – Designer