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Oh Billy, this big tuna landed in our laps with virtually no warning. We are huge… HUGE… fans of the Cloverfield series so we were elated when this one just sort of happened. The Cloverfield Paradox, formerly known as The God Particle, is the third movie in the Cloverfield franchise and Julius Onah's directorial debut (or at least his first major blockbuster). It's a star studded cast, and Bad Robot's entry into the Sci-Fi horror genre. Is it good? Does it fit into the Cloververse as a whole? Was there anyone on the writing staff who got above a D- in their elementary school science class? Read our spoiler filled review below to find out. Or listen to our podcast for the slightly more passionate arguments.
Reviewed by: Jake (featuring Mark in a special guest appearance)
Plot Synopsis
The Cloverfield Paradox opens in moderately futuristic (we quickly learn it's 2028) London, and there is an energy crisis. In a logical and scientifically sound move, the world's most powerful countries have banded together to launch a particle accelerator called "Shepherd" into space to test out and attempt to secure infinite energy prior to harnessing the power back on Earth because science. Ava Hamilton (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) joins the crew after some deliberation, with her husband Michael (Roger Davies) giving her his full support before promptly fading into relative meaninglessness for the rest of the film. Call him "Chekhov's jammed tie-in to the Cloververse" guy.
The crew tries to successfully fire the particle accelerator for a couple years before finally having any luck. The only problem is that when they do finally get that big ol' machine to sing for them, they also seem to have mysteriously misplaced the entire fucking planet Earth. Fears happen. Fears that they blew up the Earth, fears that they ripped spacetime into a jelly and are just sort of floating around in the primordial soup of the universe, and fears about some surly blonde who just sort of appears in their wiring like a very injured, partially bionic stowaway.
Bad things happen on the ship. Unspeakable things. The dickhead Russian guy (Aksel Hennie) goes first because tropes and he gets it pretty bad… He is filled to the brim with worms (you read that right) and the ship's gyroscope somehow teleports into his gullet. One can only assume it was a combination of these two elements that drove him to go berserk and threaten the crew with a newfound, 3D printed gun before vomiting worms to death. Things only manage to get weirder from there as the Irish comedic relief has his arm severed clean off by a sentient wall, only to have it crawl back and demand a pen from the crew so it can write about where the gyroscope is located (Russian's stomach, remember?). The Chinese woman (Zhang Ziyi) is frozen to death, the Irish guy (Chris O'Dowd) is attacked by magnetism, and the American captain (David Oyelowo) sacrifices himself to detach a damaged part of the ship.
This batshit is all without even mentioning that, through the weird happenings and conversations with the newfound crewmember, we discover the particle accelerator tore a hole in spacetime and some people/objects came through the rift. It's here that the tie-in to the original cloverfield comes into play because remember Earth? Well in the movie's original universe, the Cloverfield monsters came to proverbial town in 2028. It can then be surmised that the 2006 Cloverfield was set into motion by the same event lobbing a monster down to New York in that universe. Then of course there's the 2016 universe of 10 Cloverfield Lane, where aliens happened. Cloverfield is now officially a multiverse anthology with this being the first in the sure to be messy timeline that will spawn more films.
Anyway, not much else of any import happens in this one. Ava warns herself in another universe of making a mistake that caused the deaths of her children in this universe before launching homeward in an escape pod. There's a jumpscare moment at the end of the film involving a Cloverfield monster that is apparently the size of a literal 8,000 meter peak… Fin.
What the Movie Does Right
The Cloverfield franchise has always been exceptional in its Altered Reality Game approach to the marketing of its films. It feels a little weird to talk about things only tangentially related to the movie itself, but I think it's important because the Cloverfield films are most enjoyed when digging for some buried treasure. This is no different in that regard. There are characters related to and from 10 Cloverfield Lane, twitter handles, and of course the JJ Abrams specials including the "Tagruato", "Slusho", and "Kelvin" brands. All of these are surefire fan pleasers, and while mileage may vary for some of the uninitiated, it's easy to get in on the fun once you're able to learn a little about it. Perhaps the most impressive is a Dark Side-of-the-Moon-esque time syncing wonder that aligns the beginning of the attack in the original Cloverfield to the exact moment when the Shepherd worked, ripping spacetime a new one. Pretty cool, and will certainly be leaned on as a key piece of the multiverse approach we're now in for with this franchise. Link
To get into the meat of the movie itself, this film is shot very well. Most of the scenes are well orchestrated on interesting and detailed sets, and they get the most of the extremely charming set of characters who are played by a really solid cast. It just looks pretty and is easy to get into because of what's happening on screen. Overall, I think this was a strong showing from the relatively new Nigerian director Julius Onah.
Finally, I don't know if this will be a popular opinion, and it will be discussed in the next section as well, but I like the general idea of a multiverse as hosting an anthology-based horror series. The possibilities are endless…
What the Movie Does Wrong
Ok, let's dive in where we left off in the above section. For a movie making a choice to go in the direction it did, why in the fuck did it need to be so insultingly shitty and on-the-nose with its last scene? Fan service is one thing, but was anyone really clamoring for a 35,000 foot tall Cloverfield monster? Think about what the proportions of that fucker would be.
Having the ability to go in an infinite number of directions must be nice, and it was wasted on this shit. Don't do that, movie. Fuck you. Then there's the science, and ho-boy. Let's bring in a real scientist to talk more, shall we?
Thanks, Jake, and welcome readers to the A-Z Horror Science Corner. Let's just jump right in, shall we?
How the hell did this thing pass any level of quality control review? This movie has the most insultingly bad science writing I have ever seen. I legitimately think the Jack Frost writers probably knew better what they were doing than the crew working on this film. If I go on a full rant about every single thing that bothered me we'll be here for multiple pages, so instead here is a non-exhaustive bulleted list of the worst offenders:
In this world where all of humankind teeters on the brink of the largest humanitarian crisis ever, we create and launch a particle accelerator into space as a proof of concept. Why? Because apparently particles are easier to collide in space. How are we then going to get the energy generated by this system back to Earth? Something something point to point energy transmission. Something something purple space dust.
Additionally, on this savior-station we put six people on board and expect them to solve this problem themselves. Apparently we can wirelessly transmit energy, but not any Earth-based communication from our horde of terrarian scientists. Maybe if we had included more than two engineers in this they could've included venting parameters as part of the experimental design.
Furthermore, what were the qualifications that these folks had to be elected to save the planet? Their communications officer made an incendiary device out of a nightlight and accidentally burnt her kids to death so I'm a little unclear on what else she has on her resume that makes her qualified. People who "accidentally make firebombs" are not generally allowed to go into outer space.
Why are there worms onboard this particle accelerator?
When Tam (Zhang) dies, she is trapped in an airlock that fills with water until the internal pressure is sufficient to blow the door off and instantaneously freeze all of the water, encasing her in ice and presumably crushing her. Every single thing about this scene is wrong. The water is shown to be passively venting into the lock, so why does it get filled to such pressure that it is able to blow the door off of the station? The water wouldn't instantaneously freeze, it would boil then the vapor would freeze. Think of what a comet tail looks like or what it looks like when you throw boiling water in the air during the Minnesota winter. The most insulting thing about this is that her actual death in that situation would've been even more devastating. She would drown in the water bubble floating around outside the station, clearly visible to any of the crew, until all of the water finally boiled away leaving her a frozen space ballerina.
If you really wanted to tie this thing into the Cloververse wouldn't it make more sense to teleport Clover eggs into Volkov instead of the worms?
Mundy's (O'Dowd) death is equally asinine wherein he is trapped and strangled by magnetic putty within a selective magnetic field. Although the magnetic field is clearly the driving force for the scene the putty becomes sentient for some reason and actively works both with and against the system. It actually seems like there must've been a subplot that the station itself was supposed to be possessed by a malevolent force that was cut in order to tie it into the Cloververse. That would actually explain a lot of this stuff, but if you cut the subplot without any re-writing then you should be subject to all of the associated criticism.
At the end of the movie Monk is shot once in the abdomen and Schmidt is shot twice in the chest. Schmidt survives because of magical science but they unceremoniously kill off Monk without a second thought. The fuck?
Gravity makes absolutely no sense throughout the film. They seem to do some hand wavey "the space station is spinning ergo gravity" type of maneuver, but if you pay attention at all then you'll notice that they continue to have gravity even when they're not in the spinny bits. The whole bit leading up to Kiel (Oyelowo) dying is a great example of the writing team forgetting that this story isn't taking place on Earth's surface.
Not really science, but what's up with the languages in this movie? Tam can only understand English, but not speak it? The German guy yells in English when he gets angry? Everyone else speaks Chinese but reverts to English the rest of the time?
These are the items that were far and away the most maddening, but they were not the only things. Why was Mundy's arm yanked around inside the wall? How did Volkov not immediately die of acute space-worm poisoning? How do you 3D print bullets? Why would the foosball players change colors? We don't have time to go into any further details here so I'll just leave it at that, assume you understand the depth to which this script was lazily written, and hand it back to Jake to finish up.
Thanks, Mark. Ratings.
Ratings (1-10)
Story: 4 - Mark and I differed pretty significantly in this category, so take this with a grain of salt. The highest-level idea behind this is a good one, yes, but even a basic summary of the plot is pretty difficult to execute because it's fucking batshit crazy and kind of a mess.
World-Building / Immersion: 7 - Again, Mark and I differed here. Despite having perfectly defined categories, thi happens pretty frequently. I find the world(s) of this spaceship to be interesting and my attention was easily held. A lot of this is also due to what I mentioned earlier about Cloverfield's approach to its universe as a sort of easter egg hunt. The ARG element combined with a trip to space had me locked in despite some baffling science.
Scare-Factor: 3 - This movie was far more action than horror and far more funny than scary. Even the moments where the creep factor was most palpable were cut short by one-liners from O'Dowd.
Effects (or Judicious Lack Thereof): 7 - As I mentioned earlier, the set design, sound design and general effects in this movie were all quite good. There are definitely a few instances where things just look odd from a visual effects standpoint, but I found there to be a lot more good here than bad.
Overall: 6.5 - This movie was far too messy to be ranked higher and I totally understand some of the less-than-stellar reviews it is getting but it is well acted and interesting despite numerous flaws, and it opens up a door for the franchise to try some interesting stuff. Let's hope the next offering is a little more sensical, though.
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Father to the Fatherless
If you look at my life from the outside, it seems like I have a lot going for me. And the truth is, I really do. I've told you about my new house with shiny new appliances, a great boyfriend and job. So how can I have so much good, yet still feel lost?
Lately, I've been asking myself that question and kept coming up with nothing. I examined my life over and over and find no major issues and think to myself what the heck is wrong with you woman?! Why can't I find my joy?
Then it hit me like a roundhouse kick to the gut from Chuck Norris. I have pulled myself so far away from Lord that I have forgotten who I am in him.
It is no secret that I didn't grow up in the best household. My father was not the kindest man to me. He would tell me how much he hated me and that I was the biggest mistake he ever made. Not the best thing to hear when you're a small child, much less a teenager. He would call me stupid because I couldn't read or write, never mind that it was his fault that I couldn't. He once said that if he, my own father, didn't want me then no one would. I would never be good enough to love.
Even though deep down I know the truth, his words still made me see myself from a perspective that to this day, I am trying to overcome. I have allowed those words to creep in and hurt me yet again. I am not good enough, nice enough, strong enough, loyal enough, loving enough or even worse I am not LOVED enough to have the God of the universe forgive me or except me.
This is the truth my father gave me. But it's not the honest truth. It's not the truth the father to the fatherless speaks to me. It's so hard not to let the relationship with my earthly father, impact my relationship with God.
Why would God allow this? Good questions, deserve good answers. The truth is, bad things are going to happen because of the choices we make and sometimes, like my father, our choices affect others too. What I can say for certain is that God never left my side. Through it all, He gave me the grit to keep going and the comfort I needed when it all got too hard.
Every day I have to remember who the rock in my life really is. The Lord got me into the Big Oak Girls Ranch...which turned my lack of education into a college degree from the best University out there! ;) I know life isn't fair, but God is holy and just.
He puts people in my life that prove my father's words wrong every day.
It's good to remind myself of that, to remember who's opinion really matters. And to know when the memories creep in, the creator of the universe thinks I'm good enough, strong enough, loyal enough, and loving enough. He loves me all the way around the world and back again.
"Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you."

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If you like to read, you might be interested to know that it takes somewhere in the neighborhood of 5 trees to print 1,000 books. At first glance this may not sound like much, but consider the fact that about 3 billion books are sold each year worldwide. Add in the electricity, water, greenhouse gases, pollutants and landfill space needed to produce each book, and suddenly you have a low-key activity with a high environmental impact. Here are some ways you can be a greener reader.
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Photo By Laura Almaraz
The official party, outgoing McAfee U.S. Army Health Clinic Commander Lt. Col. Jordan V. Henderson III (left), William Beaumont Army Medical Center Commander Col. Michael S. Heimall (center), and incoming McAfee Health Clinic Commander Elba M. Villacorta, stands before a crowd gathered at a change of command ceremony July 11 at the McAfee Army Health Clinic.
By Adriana Salas
Staff Writer
The McAfee Clinic welcomed a new commander to their new state of the art facility. After serving for two years as the McAfee Commander, Lt. Col. Jordan Henderson said farewell to the McAfee Clinic during a Change of Command Ceremony held outside of the clinic July 11. Lt. Col. Elba M. Villacorta assumed command of the WSMR clinic.
"Changes in command are always bittersweet… but we get to welcome a new leader with a fresh perspective who can build upon the foundation that were set by those who came before," said William Beaumont Army Medical Center Commander and host of the event Col. Michael S. Heimall.
Villacorta was commissioned into the Army in 1997. She holds a master's degree in nursing administration from the University of Texas Health Science in San Antonio. She is married to Lt. Col. Jason Grant the couple has a daughter, Maria, who is 13.
Villacorta is no stranger to serving at a commanding level in 2004 she assumed command of Brooke Army Medical Center. She was also in charge of over 1,000 lieutenants in 2010 at the U.S. Army Human Resources Command as an assignment officer. Most recently, Villacorta served as the executive officer for the 3rd Medical Recruiting Battalion. During the ceremony, Heimall welcomed Villacorta to her new role and assured the WSMR community that the clinic rests in good hands.
"You've got big shoes to fill. I am confident that you are the right leader to take this challenge," Heimall said of Villacorta.
Heimall also took the time to bid farewell to the outgoing McAfee commander. Henderson oversaw the construction of the new clinic, and an Inspector General and Army Reactor Council Nuclear Surety inspections. Heimall said Henderson fostered a delivery experience that ranks the clinic among the top two within the western regional medical command based on patient surveys. Henderson's new assignment will be at Joint Base Lewis- McChord as a commander for the 56th Multifunctional Medical Battalion.
"Thank you for all that you have done and congratulations on a tremendously successful tour," Heimall said of Henderson.
Henderson said his final farewells to the installation during the ceremony. He said a special farewell to the Post Chapel community.
"Thank you for all that you have done to support me and my family," Henderson said of the Installation Chaplain Lt. Col. Bradley West.
"It's hard to believe that two years have gone by. You come to work each day striving to be the best," Henderson said.
The ceremony ended with Villacorta taking to the podium as the new clinic commander then officially taking charge of the clinic.
"Thank you for the warm welcome and the outstanding ceremony. We look forward to our time here," Villacorta said.
A reception, where the clinic covenant was signed, was held at the front lobby of the clinic after the ceremony.


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Heavy fighting near Gaddafi's residence
Heavy fighting is continuing in parts of the Libyan capital Tripoli, as rebel forces press on with their takeover of Moamar Gaddafi's last stronghold.
Two of Gaddafi's sons have been arrested by rebel forces, but the whereabouts of the Libyan leader himself are unknown.
Rebels say forces loyal to Gaddafi have stationed tanks near his Bab al-Aziziyah compound in central Tripoli and are resisting their attacks.
"The situation is not stable. There is gunfire everywhere. Gaddafi's forces are using tanks at the port and Al Sarine street near Bab al-Aziziyah," a rebel official in Tripoli, who gave his name as Abdulrahman, told Reuters by telephone.
"The revolutionaries are positioned everywhere in Tripoli, some of them are near Bab al-Aziziyah, but Gaddafi's forces have been trying to resist."
He says snipers are the main problem for the rebels and there has been "big numbers" of martyrs.
The Bab al-Aziziya compound has been blasted regularly since the start of the international military intervention in Libya on March 19 and most of the buildings in the complex have been flattened.
Al Arabiya TV says Gaddafi's son Khamis is leading a military force towards central Tripoli.
Another one of his sons, Seif al-Islam, has been arrested while another, Mohamed Gaddafi, was reportedly under house arrest.
Some reports have suggested Moamar Gaddafi has tried to flee the country but several foreign governments, including South Africa and Malta, say they will not offer him refuge.
British prime minister David Cameron says Gaddafi's regime is in "full retreat" and he should give up any hope he has of clinging on to power.
"His regime is falling apart and in full retreat," Mr Cameron said.
"Gaddafi must stop fighting, without conditions, and clearly show that he has given up any claim to control Libya.
"There will undoubtedly be difficult days ahead. No transition is ever smooth or easy, but today the Arab Spring is a step further away from oppression and dictatorship and a step closer to freedom and democracy and the Libyan people are closer to their dream of a better future, free from the terror of Gaddafi."
'Tipping point'
Gaddafi broadcast three defiant audio messages on Sunday, vowing he would not surrender and urging the people of Tripoli to "purge the capital", even as rebel forces swept through Tripoli and took over the symbolic Green Square at the waterfront.
US president Barack Obama said Gaddafi's 42-year autocratic regime was at a "tipping point" and that the "tyrant" must go, adding a call for the rebels to respect human rights and move to democracy.
"Tonight, the momentum against the Gaddafi regime has reached a tipping point. Tripoli is slipping from the grasp of a tyrant," Mr Obama said in a statement.
"The Gaddafi regime is showing signs of collapsing. The people of Libya are showing that the universal pursuit of dignity and freedom is far stronger than the iron fist of a dictator."
Thousands of residents poured onto the streets of Tripoli on Sunday night to welcome the rebels, congregating at Green Square, which they renamed Martyrs Square.
Footage showed jubilant crowds, with many people waving the red, black and green flag of anti-regime forces, dancing in joy and shouting Allah Akbar (God is greatest). Some fired rifles into the air.
Similar scenes of jubilation were witnessed in Benghazi, the rebels' bastion in the east, where tens of thousands of delirious residents danced and proclaimed the end of the regime.
In his audio messages, the 69-year-old strongman vowed not to surrender and urged the people of Tripoli to "purge the capital".
Government spokesman Mussa Ibrahim told a press conference 1,300 people had been killed in the rebel assault on the capital, describing the fighting as a "real tragedy".
But there was no independent confirmation of casualties, nor any immediate indication of how much resistance may have been put up against the rebels.
Mr Ibrahim insisted Libya's regime "is still strong and thousands of volunteers and soldiers are ready to fight" although the reality on the ground seemed to belie his boasts.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seeking the transfer of Seif al-Islam to The Hague to face charges of crimes against humanity.
Spokesman Fadi El-Abdallah told AFP the court was discussing his transfer with the Libyan rebel NTC.
Earlier on Monday, the court's prosecutor Louis Moreno-Ocampo said Seif al-Islam, 39, was arrested and in detention, calling for his swift transfer.
"We hope he can soon be in The Hague" to face judgement, Mr Moreno-Ocampo said.
Seif al-Islam is accused together with his father of orchestrating a plan to put down the Libyan revolt by "any means necessary" since it was sparked in mid-February.
This included the murder of hundreds of pro-freedom Libyan protesters and injuring hundreds of others when security forces shot a crowds using live ammunition, as well as the arrest and torture of numerous others.
Before the revolt erupted, Seif al-Islam was increasingly seen as a successor to his father, despite publicly ruling out any dynastic ambitions in the north African country.
In a brief telephone interview with Al Jazeera television broadcast on Monday morning, another of Gaddafi's sons, Mohammed, said he was holed up in his house, frightened to leave.
During the broadcast the sound of intense firing could be heard, interrupting the interview. When it resumed, Gaddafi spoke with a tone of panic.
Al Jazeera gave no indication of where the house is, or even whether it is in Tripoli.
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Designing, using and evaluating learning spaces: the generation of actionable knowledge
Paul Flynn, Kate Thompson, Peter Goodyear
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Volume 34, Number 6, ISSN 0814-673X Publisher: Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education
Digital educational technologies, like communication technologies more generally, can undermine the tyranny of distance. If we are not careful, we can slip into thinking that they make space and place irrelevant. This is not the case, as the papers in this special issue demonstrate. Technology needs to be understood as spatially configured and entangled with the material world. When people are using digital tools and resources in activities that lead to learning, place and the material qualities of things matter. This collection of papers introduces a diverse range of ways in which research can create actionable knowledge for those who need to make better decisions about the design and use of new learning spaces.
Flynn, P., Thompson, K. & Goodyear, P. (2018). Designing, using and evaluating learning spaces: the generation of actionable knowledge. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 34(6),. Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. Retrieved October 17, 2019 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/188180/.


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NEW YORK: Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic will be one step away from a mouth-watering quarterfinal clash when the US Open resumes on Monday.
Federer, the second seed, takes on Australian John Millman in the last 16 in the day's final match at the Arthur Ashe Stadium, while sixth seeded Djokovic faces unseeded Portuguese João Sousa in the day session.
Federer won his only other career meeting with Millman in three sets in Brisbane three years ago while Djokovic, the Wimbledon champion, has never lost to Sousa in four meetings.
The first time the Serbian met Sousa was at the 2013 US Open, where he won in straight sets, a pattern that has been repeated in each of their three subsequent encounters.
In women's action, last year's runner-up Madison Keys opens on Arthur Ashe against Slovakian 29th seed Dominika Cibulková.
A fifth consecutive career victory over Cibulková will see Keys meet either Maria Sharapova or Spaniard Carla Suárez Navarro in the quarterfinals.
Russian Sharapova, the 2006 champion, has had three straight sets victories so far and has only ever lost one of her five previous meetings with Suárez Navarro.
Sharapova kicks off the evening session on Arthur Ashe, having never lost any of her 22 night matches in New York.
Men's seventh seed Marin Čilić, who came through a marathon five-setter against Australian teenager Alex de Minaur on Saturday, resumes his quest for a second US Open crown against Belgian 10th seed David Goffin.


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A lead investigator in the largest-ever gang-related mass murder in British Columbia has pleaded guilty to breach of trust and obstruction of justice involving a witness.
Derek Brassington entered his plea in B.C. Supreme Court on Friday before the start of a trial that was scheduled to last 10 weeks following multiple delays.
The former RCMP sergeant played a key investigative role in the 2007 slaying of six people, including two innocent bystanders, in a Surrey highrise.
Special prosecutor Chris Considine and defence lawyer Ian Donaldson made sentencing submissions but details cannot be reported because of a sweeping publication ban.
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Arne Silverman is not expected to sentence Brassington until a later date.
He was charged in 2011 and resigned from the force in 2013.


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Do I Have Grounds For An Annulment in Texas?
Divorce lawyers in Texas who are helping a client who is seeking a divorce can help them end a marriage in two ways: divorce or annulment.
Annulment is a way of voiding or canceling a marriage; however, it is only permitted in certain cases.
If you want to end your [...]


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We started with reports of how God had been speaking to us and moving in our lives.
Carol spoke on Judges 16:20, 22, 28 on the life of Samson, and about his gradual slipping away from God until the day came when he did not even know the Lord had left him - Samson had become spiritually blind. We were encouraged to hold on to and carry the strength the Lord has given us and to be very careful not to turn away from God.
We closed with a time of prayer and fellowship.
A very good number out tonight. To begin with Rae led some worship songs. John then brought verses from Prov 3:5. We often trust fallen man before we trust our omnipotent, faithful, merciful and loving Father. A child who takes a leap into his father's arms trusts he will safely catch him. We too can learn to trust our heavenly Father to stretch out His loving arms to hold us through every hardship or storm. A short time of prayer and praise followed before our usual supper and a time of warm fellowship.


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Spinal Decompression is the fastest way to relieve pain from disc herniations, disc bulges, and disc injuries of the neck and low back. At Collaborative Healthcare, we combine the use of cutting edge treatments with a multi-disciplined approach of pain management, chiropractic care, and spinal rehabilitation to not only treat disc injuries but to help regenerate and heal injured disc and tissues.
Most injuries to the spine are compressive in nature, the long term effects of gravity, the load applied to the spine with activities like bending and lifting as well as postural stresses associated with sitting apply loads to the discs, joints, and supporting structures of the spine which can cause damage. Spinal Decompression reduces and reverse the pressure applied on the injured and inflamed areas, relieving pain and aiding in the healing and recovery of the tissues.
Spinal Decompression Therapy has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of disc injuries since 2001. Spinal decompression has been highly effective in the treatment of herniated or bulging disc, pinched nerves, sciatica, spinal stenosis, disc degeneration (arthritis), and failed back surgery syndrome. Not only is it the least invasive and the most cost effective method of treatment, but is also free of side effects and many of the risks associated with medications and epidural injections.
Spinal Decompression Therapy involves gently stretching the spine, using a spinal decompression table to comfortably elongate and decompress the disc and surrounding tissues.
Spinal decompression is a very comfortable treatment that enlivens the disc by freeing it from pressure so it can heal itself.
Spinal Decompression Therapy involves gently stretching the spine, using a traction table or similar motorized device, with the goal of relieving back pain and/or leg pain. This technique is used to treat the problem part of the spine and works by reducing pressure between the discs and placing gentle suction on the herniated tissue. This helps pull the disc tissue back into place, removes pressure from the pinched nerve, and reduces inflammation.
Often, the suction created during decompression can also rehydrate the discs and improve the space between vertebrae, relieving the pressure on the nerves in the spinal column that are the source of the pain. Rehydrating the disc restores its ability to absorb shock, which further relieves stress on joints and supporting tissue. These processes work to slow and sometimes even halt damage from Osteoarthritis. Spinal Decompression is widely considered the most effective noninvasive treatment for patients suffering from a wide variety of back pain and neck pain including:
Bulging or Herniated Discs
Degenerative Disc Disease
Spinal Stenosis
Posterior Facet Syndrome
Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
Non-Specified Mechanical Low Back Pain or Neck Pain
Collaborative Healthcare is the only pain clinic in Lexington SC to combine the use of spinal decompression, with traditional medical therapies, chiropractic care, and spinal rehabilitation to help treat neck and back pain and disc disorders.
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Parents: Stop Intimidating Parents-to-Be
Expecting moms and dads are nervous enough without self-important hyperbole. Why the exaggeration over procreation?
"It's the hardest thing you'll ever do," a friend told me, solemnly, last February.
I wasn't deploying for combat duty, or preparing to climb Mount Everest. I wasn't fighting cancer. I wasn't even muddling through the Sunday New York Times crossword.
It was my wife's baby shower, and we were a month shy of parenthood.
My typically grounded friend was aiming too high with her superlative assessment. She was well aware that, five years earlier, I had struggled mightily to recover from alcoholism and, prior to that, endured a years-long health scare that had threatened to leave me with severely impaired eyesight.
My wife stood by me through both harrowing experiences. We were both intimately familiar with various levels of hard.
Considering all this—my personal history and my friend's usually pragmatic nature—her statement was head-scratchingly odd. What's more, it's not like she was the second coming of the Octomom; my friend had one preschool-age child and wasn't planning on another.
Fast forward and, this month, our son Nicholas will turn 1 year old. Though we're certainly not seasoned veterans, our child-rearing experiences thus far have confirmed what we'd already expected: Our friend's uncharacteristic extremism was entirely overblown.
Why, then, had she granted "hardest" status to something that, despite its inherent challenges, literally billions of people around the world have done before us? Why the exaggeration over procreation?
Reproductive Frights
It is entirely true that responsible, nurturing parenting is a persistent challenge not to be taken lightly. Even in infancy, at their most adorable, children can bring an hour of headache for every heartwarming Hallmark moment.
And as they grow, so do the stakes: If I make a careless mistake now, baby Nicholas may spit up or not nap; 15 years from now, similar thoughtlessness might scar him for life.
And of course, parental struggles vary by life circumstance. In the 1950s, my wife's grandparents emigrated, four children in tow, from China to the U.S. without speaking English. The burdens they bore as parents—and as people—far outweigh anything we're likely to face in modern-day suburban New Jersey.
But neither stakes nor circumstance really account for our friend's sincere-yet-silly aggrandizement—one that could be overlooked were it not widely echoed by other parents from our workplaces, personal lives, and, perhaps most prominently, social media.
As my wife once put it: "There are a lot of mommy martyrs out there."
I see her mommy martyrs, and raise her doomsday daddies—men who, knowingly or not, mimic the cultural myth that masculinity is arrested by the metaphorical balls and chains of marriage and children. Dude: It's a kid, not a castration.
- RELATED:QUIZ: Are You a Mom Martyr?
Faux Is Me: The Parent Trap
These caricatures—the insanely inundated mother; the neutered, forgotten father—are simultaneously alluring and ugly.
The attraction of such behavior, I think, is its implicit invitation to complacency. The emphatically overwhelmed, under-rested and inseparably tethered all have built-in excuses to remain stagnant in their lives outside of parenthood.
It's comforting to claim that, when combined, our careers and children leave us with absolutely zero time to enrich our lives through cultural pursuits, care for our bodies through exercise, or explore hobbyist passions. With few exceptions, this line of thought is conveniently self-deceiving—a forced fantasy in which parenthood becomes a shield of active avoidance.
"Raising a kid is hard enough," we convince ourselves, "I've earned the right to shelve everything else." The need for many parents to broadly announce this is a thinly veiled attempt to squash the nagging suspicion that their stagnancy stems not from parenthood, but from laziness or fear.
Their children aren't preventing them from leading fuller lives: they themselves are. And fraudulently frightening expecting moms and dads serves to normalize this excuse-riddled lifestyle for the next generation of parents. It's prenatal brainwashing as cover-up.
And that brings us to the ugly.
Disingenuously conflating parenthood with some sort of Herculean feat—one requiring supreme, even superhuman effort—is both self-important and self-defeating. Far too many parents step on their children's backs to reach a prideful pedestal, atop which all the world can behold their child-rearing sacrifices. I've been guilty of this myself, and am ashamed of it.
All too common, this manufactured, mezzanine martyrdom isn't just extremely annoying and mildly pathetic; it is also contagious. These actions tell soon-to-be parents—and worse, our own children—that, in terms of leading fuller, more enriching lives, it's better to make excuses than progress. When the going gets tough...frantically tread water, bury your goals and dreams, and passive-aggressively whine about it.
There are, of course, temporary exceptions. All parents hit rough stretches when they're truly swamped or adapting to a new childhood stage. Life happens. Parenting is hard.
But it's not that hard. If it's truly the hardest thing you've ever done, then...well... you've probably never done anything that difficult.
As soon as we, as a society, can admit that, the sooner we'll stop needlessly intimidating people at their own baby shower. Trust me: They're nervous enough already.


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Pastoral Support – Attendance Officer
- Recruiter
- The Corbet School
- Location
- Shrewsbury, Shropshire
- Salary
- per annum
- Posted
- 12 Feb 2019
- Closes
- 12 Mar 2019
- Contract Type
- Full Time
Pastoral Support – Attendance Officer
Grade 7 – Scale Point Range 22 - 25 (£17897 - £19627) Term Time + PD Days 37 hours per week (8.30am – 4.30pm)
We are looking for an enthusiastic and adaptable individual to join our Pastoral team of Assistant Head, 3 Pastoral Officers, and an Administrator.
The main responsibility will be to ensure school systems are implemented effectively, in order to safeguard pupils and also raise pupil achievement.
The successful candidate will be motivated, and able to work independently as well as within a small team. They will need good IT skills and be able to communicate effectively with pupils, parents, colleagues, and other professionals.
Previous experience of working in a school and knowledge of the SIMS data base would be a definite advantage but is not essential.
Further details and application forms can be obtained from Julia Kear, Assistant Business Manager either by telephone, email or via the school website. Closing date: 12.00 noon Tuesday 26th February 2019. Interviews: Thursday 7th March 2019
The Corbet School, Eton Lane, Bacharach, Shrewsbury, SY4 2AX
Tel: 01939 260296
The Corbet School is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, therefore the successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS Disclosure.
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It's that time of the year when pumpkins litter almost every online video game.
Tips and tricks to better plan your goals, build your roster, sign some players and then train them in FIFA's biggest portion.
Find the next Best Player of the World in FIFA 17 right here.
How to park the bus and score a screamer in Pro Evolution Soccer 2017.
How to defend your goal, control the midfield, and set up devastating attacks.
Good news: everyone can reach the new level cap in Destiny without needing to set foot in the raid. Bad news: this is by far the grindiest grind in the entire weary history of grinding.
Everything you need to know in order to get the most out of this year's PES.
Are private matches a meaningful addition to Bungie's shooter, or just a quick route back into the world of esports?
A selection of the very best open world (and nearly open world) games ever made.
This is what EA has in store for this gen's most ambitious FIFA.
We visited Amsterdam to see what arguably the most influential game engine across the full spectrum of video games has up its sleeve.
Destiny feels like home again after a long and occasionally arduous journey.
We caught up with DeeJ on the week that the much-anticipated April update hit Destiny.
"It's even more troublesome to be overly negative once you get playing, because as per usual, Pro Evolution Soccer offers up supremely playable digital football."
The Intel Extreme Masters World Championship in Katowice is one of the biggest Counter-Strike tournaments this year. Here's all you need to know before the action kicks off.
With Metal Gear heading Online on PC in the very near future, we've taken our experiences from the console version and assembled a helpful guide to get you started.
Before we start handing out GOTY awards for 2015, we look back to the Game of Last Year, and remember Bioware's fantasy epic.
We talk to Bungie about their experimental new racing mode.
Learn the difference between the various versions of the game, which figures are available for what, and much, much more.
What next for Bungie's shooter?
What you need to get started, earn more gold coins, and succeed in FUT Draft.
Learn to defend more effectively, keep the ball better, and attack with purpose.
Learn about the best young players, the new training system, scouting networks, and everything else you need to become a "special one".
Tips on how to raise your light level in Destiny's new expansion.
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Social Media
The technologies of the internet and photography are merging into one and as a result it is now easy to take a digital photo on your phone camera and post it on a social media site (for example blogs, Facebook, Twitter or Instagram).
Whilst we all want to share and enjoy our cycling experiences, we should also consider carefully before posting a photo or a comment. The image or posting may well be available to a much wider audience than we intended, where some might not have the best interests towards to the people featured in the photographs. In some cases this could lead to cyber-bullying or "grooming" of children for illegal purposes.
Before publishing any photo our Coaches will obtain verbal permission from all parents at that session. We also ask that parents declare on the "Rider Information And Coaching Consent" form whether or not they agree for photos to be taken and shared on the Club's Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts.
British Cycling provides the following advice for photography at events involving children or vulnerable adults:
- Only take on the bike, action shots.
- The visual content and captions should not identify the rider's full identity or location.
- Any person featured in a photograph should be suitably dressed and the photographs should focus on the activity rather than a full body shot.
In line with guidance from British Cycling, our Coaches and other Club Officers should not to be in direct and personal contact with young people through any form of social networking, texting or email service.


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Assessment and Accountability
Data Stewardship
The Oklahoma Teacher Preparation Data Governance Council was established to ensure that data collected through OSDE and OEQA on Educator Preparation Programs is used primarily for continuous improvement of EPPs in the state of Oklahoma, through responsible stewardship that emphasizes ease of use for the EPPs while ensuring strong privacy controls to prevent misuse of data.
Information for Data Stewards
- Data Governance Manual
- Data Guidebook 08 14 18
- Notes on TLE data from OSDE
- Notes on TLE validity
- OECS Code Description Tables
- OSDE REPORT – Asst System Asst Req
2017 AACTE Chapter Grant
In Oklahoma there are no state-level data that adequately address CAEP component 4.1. This leaves EPPs to work individually with P-12 partners to: identify and share teacher performance data collected at the district or school level, OR design and conduct case studies of teacher impact on P-12 learning. The quality of these efforts would be enhanced, and the toll on individual EPPs reduced, if OACTE facilitated statewide sharing of approaches and techniques.
The grant funds will be used to support a series of regional conversations between EPPs and key P-12 partners. The goals of these regional meetings will be to:
- Assure that all parties understand the requirements of CAEP Standard 4;
- Identify data that are available or could be produced to fulfill the expectations of CAEP Standard 4;
- Support districts and EPPs in establishing policies and procedures for secure and confidential data sharing where data are available; and
- Provide guidance to districts and EPPs for designing and conducting case studies or action research projects when needed.


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Celebrating the reinstallation of our permanent collection exhibition, Now You See Me . . . Reflections on Portraits and Abstractions from the Collection, Mike Marth: Not a Still Life, Lakota Emergence and other summer exhibitions on the Museum's campus.
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By Zaheer E. Clarke
(Published July 20, 2015)
A seasonal yet perennial turbulence now rages on amongst local pundits regarding a spinner's stock deliver in cricket. The main pitch of contention lies in whether a spinner is bowling off breaks or leg breaks, and if this definition changes depending on if the batsman, or the bowler is right-handed or left-handed. Yeah, it seems confusing, but cricket, unlike these pundits is rather simple.
Months ago, I wrote an informative exposé on the nostalgic and statistical definitions of terms such as good, great, and godlike, in cricket. It seems another exposé is warranted lest these so-called pundits and fans, confuse themselves and others with their willy-nilly, slapdash approaches to this 'spins, turns, and breaks' debate. Continue reading


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Rich Rosen is a legend in the Vegas vinyl community. He hauled his enormous record collection west from Pennsylvania in 1999 and it has only grown (to an estimated 500,000) in the ensuing years, unencumbered by the digital revolution and thriving during the vinyl revival. Rosen is also well-known for how he runs his store, inquiring customers about their shopping needs as soon as they enter, directing them to the appropriate sections in the labyrinthian, house-like outlet and referring to market prices for the tag-less albums once it's time to settle up. As such, prices average around $50, but there's a cheaper section for the titles of which Rosen has multiple quantities, and trust us—if it's on your used-vinyl wish list, you'll find it here (along with CDs, books and vintage stereo equipment). It's why the city's most obsessive vinyl hounds have this collector's paradise on speed dial. Even world-renowned artist Elton John is a loyal customer.
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UK Metalcore band Asking Alexandria have released a live video for their song "Closure." The footage was taken from their recent tour with Motionless in White, Whitechapel, Chimaira and I Killed the Prom Queen.
Check it out right here.
Asking Alexandria released their last album, Reckless and Relentless, in 2011 on Sumerian Records. They are readying their third album "From Death To Destiny" for release this summer also on Sumerian.
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The devastated mum of a murdered school girl shared the graphic details of her daughter's death as her killer requested leniency in court.
Paige Doherty was 15 when she was brutally murdered by John Leathem, a deli owner in Scotland, who has been jailed for 27 years but has since requested a lighter sentence.
The helpless teen was stabbed more than 60 times in the horrendous attack and suffered 140 wounds to her body, killing her within 10 minutes of entering the shop.
After further examination, Paige had sustained over 140 injuries, including a large hole on one side of her body made by a huge amount of force, Elite Daily reports.
Her 32-year-old killer, who was more than twice Paige's age when he went for her, armed with scissors, a screwdriver and a knife, has had an appeal granted to hear his plea for a reduced sentence.
On hearing this crushing news, Paige's mum decided to post a heart-breaking message on Facebook, listing the atrocious wounds inflicted upon her daughter, who was just 4ft8″ tall and barely six stone in weight.
She wrote:
I pray that the justice system of Scotland doesn't allow this man to have any sentence lowered whatsoever. Our little girl suffered the most horrific death I could imagine.
She went on to describe the graphic neck and face injuries her young daughter suffered as she tried to protect herself from Leatherman's horrific attack.
She wrote:
Our little girl suffered the most horrific death I could imagine.
She fought and was alive for a good part of her killing but was trapped and no way out with no help for her at all she wasn't even 6 stone against a man who had a knife a screwdriver and scissors but because he pleaded guilty it gets put on charge that it's multiple weapons.
She had 61 stab wounds and 85 slashes to her face and head some of these but not many were on arms. She had a massive bruise half size of her forehead which could have happened in transportation of her body. Her nose was clearly broken also.
Her eye was slit straight across. On top of these wounds Paige had a hole the size of a mans fist created by a further continuous uncountable amount of stab wounds.
If I were to estimate I would say in excess of 200 to create this hole.
Ending the harrowing post is a prayer for justice for her daughter and hope for the 'right result'.
She posted:
I take no pleasure in disclosing these details and do not wish anyone to be upset, it breaks my heart to say it out loud as I picture her wee face and how bad she looked but I feel that for as much support and help as we need then people need to know the true facts.
Please bear in mind these injuries were contained to one side of her face and neck only the other side was as perfect as before she had been attacked.
Please say a wee prayer and hope that when we do hear back that it is the right result. For now I don't hold much hope.
The full details of this horrendous murder are appalling.
RIP Paige, thoughts go out to her family and to all who are affected.
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14-month-old laid to rest in NewarkPosted: Updated:
A 14-month-old who was killed after being struck by a car following a police chase was laid to rest in Newark today.
Officials say Zoe Jackson was killed by two teenagers driving a stolen Jeep as they tried to get away from police last week. Officers say they called off the pursuit for safety reasons, but the suspects kept speeding until they crashed into another vehicle.
Police say the second car struck three pedestrians, including the little girl, who died two days later. The other two pedestrians involved in the crash survived with minor injuries.


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Job Type: Full-time
Location: Holmdel, NJ and Remote
Are you an RF Engineer who is interested in drone technology, building innovative products that provide a great customer experience, and enjoys working as part of a close-knit team? If so, we'd love to hear from you.
- Apply technical know-how and analysis to develop complex product designs, interact with the
management team and customers to identify the minimum effective design solution for various
operating problems and for installation of new / modified equipment.
- Coordinate the design of conceptual layouts and cost studies as necessary to develop the capital
requirements in the simplest and most efficient approach.
- Research in related areas and techniques to design and upgrade current projects.
Consult vendors with technical details in the related industry.
- Develop and apply the algorithms that meet the project detection and tracking requirements.
Ensure project design and implementation abides by government regulatory policies.
Coordinate and review vendor equipment, installation and other discipline drawings for operability and
maintainability input.
- Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear
- Manage projects that require coordination between all parties involved including outside consultants,
contractors and factory personnel.
- Calibrate and test initial customer deployments.
- Troubleshoot, debug and update existing customer deployments.
- Specify purchase requisitions for engineering, equipment, labor, materials, etc for assigned projects.
- Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans.
- Requires a minimum of a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field from an accredited
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- Knowledge of wireless communication system, sensor network, signal processing, machine learning
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- Familiarity with codes and standards and Non Destructive testing requirements, especially electrical.
Proficient in Linux, Python, and GNU-radio.
- Research abilities in wireless communication area and can suggest the proper design of the product.
To Apply
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This month's pick for #thetravelinglibrary book club was The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. An interesting, pretty entertaining read, but I did have a few issues with this book. *SPOILER ALERT: if you didn't read the book but are planning to, please skip my review!
One of the wonderful elements of this book is the changing narration. By switching points of view throughout the novel, Hawkins delivers multiple perspectives and voices and adds interest to the plot. Hawkins's writing style is descriptive and suspenseful, albeit long-winded at times. She captures your attention by omitting major details, having her characters speculate over unanswered situations and switching up her narrator in order to confuse the reader.
But she also includes many paragraphs that are unnecessary to the plot of the novel. This book is a very entertaining read, but it doesn't require you to pay super close attention. I think that's what bothered me most. When I first started reading, I paid attention to dates, times, minute details, thinking they'd be pertinent to solving the mystery. I quickly realized it wasn't essential to do so; I could easily skim over the filler paragraphs and jump right into the action without missing a beat. This also made the plot more predictable. Halfway through the book, I was pretty certain I knew who had murdered Megan, and my suspicions were later confirmed.
In regards to character development, there wasn't much. Most of the characters remain static during the course of the book--Rachel doesn't successfully overcomes her alcoholism until the very end (I'm talking last scene), Anna remains hostile and jealous, and Megan is a confused and bitter individual up until her untimely death. Although Tom and Scott's true behaviors are hidden at first, eventually they reveal themselves; but I wouldn't categorize this as development.
At the same time, there were some character (and plot) fallacies that caught my attention. For example, after Rachel comes to after being knocked out by Tom, she reaches for a corkscrew in a kitchen drawer and instantly becomes confident, actually smiling and responding to his statements with sarcasm and wit before she plunges the corkscrew into his side. This just struck me as odd; as a highly unstable individual who not only loved Tom until this very day but was subject to Tom's abuse for years, suddenly she's a completely different person--cocky, strong and condescending. While it's likely she'd have an adrenaline rush during a dire situation, I felt she would have been more nervous to stab Tom with the corkscrew, more sneaky, hesitant and trembling. It seemed out of character for her.
When Tom discovers Anna and Rachel know the truth about him, he locks them in the house and proceeds to nearly brag about the murder, showing almost no remorse for his actions. I felt that this was just added to get the reader caught up--an easy place to finally fit in the narrative of Megan's death and build disdain for Tom's character. What did Tom really think he could do to them in the house in broad daylight? It seemed out of place. There would be too many loose ends to tie up if he actually killed them. Although fiction, this is a novel that aims to mimic reality, so this scene pulled me out of the story and made me remember it was just that--a story.
There were a few other oddities that didn't add up: Rachel's affair with Scott (when he clearly knew she was an unstable drunk, and kind of a stalker). The case of Tom's parents, which felt like filler detail to the plot. Megan's narrative, which admitted the 'love' she felt for her therapist but failed to hint at any sort of spark with Tom (though it was easy to assume without it). The fact that the cops believe Anna's testament immediately and didn't seem to really question Rachel killing Tom, when they knew she was obsessed with him previously. Did they find the phone? How did Anna and Megan end up proving Tom's guilt?
Overall, I did enjoy reading the book. It grew to be fast-paced, there was a lot of suspense and uncertainty, and even with the unedited details, I liked Hawkin's style of writing for the most part. It's only when I step back and analyze the novel from an academic standpoint that I recognize its shortcomings. If you're looking to read something entertaining, this is a great book. If you're looking for a stimulating psychological novel, this isn't quite it.
I recently noticed that The Girl on the Train is Hawkin's first novel. I must say, if this were my first novel, I'd be might proud of myself. It's a great start, and I'm confident that her books will develop more fully in the future. Let me know in the comments what you thought of the book. And join us in April when we read The Glass Castle by Jeannete Walls.


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BREED: Spoodle
INTERIORS: Madeleine Grummet
Describe your dogs personality?
Noodle is our fifth daughter. When the girls run for a hug at the end of the day, she's right in there pawing and clawing for her bit of lovin. Every night she will choose a different bed to sleep on - she doesn't play favourites. She's just gorgeous placid easy wooly chick who is a big part of our tribe.
What sort of vibe does your dog bring to your space?
Her vibe is relaxed and easy, and she often places herself right in the centre of the action. She'll place herself on the stairwell like sentinel so she can keep an eye on the flurry of comings and goings in a house of 6. When we light a fire, she'll sprawl herself out on the hearth, legs akimbo, head back, like a royal corgy. It's hilarious.
Has your dog destroyed anything in your home?
In her high energy race dog moments, she'll flog soft toys from the girls bedrooms and tear through the house with them locked in her jaws. This often ends in a mad Bugs Bunny chase under tables and through the kitchen with screams and barks - all good fun. She always gives it back to the girls in the end. They're honestly like a pack. She goes from room to room in the morning and licks their faces to wake them up for school.


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How to Free Your Local Church from Last Generation Theology (with pastor Mike C. Manea - part 2)
A couple of weeks ago, pastor Mike and I sat down and talked about the challenges posed by Last Generation Theology and how to heal our local churches. In this episode we dive a little deeper and discuss questions such as:
Can we have assurance of salvation? What did Ellen White mean when she said we should "never be taught to say that [we] are saved"?
Did Jesus finish his work/ atonement at the cross? Or not?
Do we have to reach a state of sinless perfection before the close of probation?
Must I remember and confess every sin or else God will bring it against me in the judgement?
How do I free my local church from these beliefs?
The goal of this episode is to show how rejecting LGT does not mean a person has to go to the opposite extreme of cheap grace and can instead revisit each of these themes through the beauty of God's heart revealed at the cross. The end result is a narrative of belief that can fuel mission and nurture local churches capable of effectively connecting with the lost.
Listen below!
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mike.c.manea
Website: http://intelligentadventist.com/ and http://mikemanea.com/conversations/
For a more indepth analysis of LGT, including Ellen White quotes on assurance of salvation, see the article "REclaiming Adventism". Click here.
To explore the connection between the sanctuary and assurance of salvation in more detail, see: "How Adventism Ended the Gospel Wars" Click Here.


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Day 291 Monday
Today I kicked my ass into gear and got round to book all my diabetic checks and blood tests that need to be done. I couldn't have my flu jab last time I was at the dr's due to having a viral infection so thats been booked in too.
Not really something I look forward too - who does enjoy getting bloods done and stabbed with needles but it's something that needed doing and has been done. Due to how busy everything is at the GPs I wont be going in for the bloods until 28/10 and then the check up and jab 12/11 so a bit of a wait but yay for the nhs
So yeah that's my positive :D
Day 292 Tuesday
Today was a work colleagues birthday and a staff meeting - the meeting kinda sucked but we had cake which made up for it. I consider this colleague a friend as well as a colleague and I know she doesnt have a huge amount of friends or family so I got her a little gift nothing much because it's the day before payday so SKINT. Anyways I think she liked it :D
Today's positive - CAKE!
Day 293 Wednesday
PAYDAY! Seriously I can't explain how I managed to be so skint this month - well I can I owed my dad £300 which he lent me to take on the hols so I wouldn't need to use my card and get charged - then I paid for our travel and hotel in London so I have been desperate for payday - literally on the red in the car and about 3p in my purse!
So after paying all my bills I remembered that 1. I have a meal out with work people and 2. I am going to a spa weekend haha so have had to put money by for both those things so looks like another skint month but at least I will have something to show for it :)
Today's positive - PAYDAY!
Day 294 Thursday
So I have been really tired since I got home from the hols - firstly I thought it was jet lag and then I thought it's prob cos I have the ear infection and the viral infection but now its like 4 weeks later and I am still really tired.
I find myself around 2pm in work literally nodding off at my desk. I get home and take a nap usually for 2-3 hours and then I'm super tired still and then I go to bed about 11pm and when I get up at 7am I'm still exhausted.
As I am getting blood tests done anyways I am going to ask them to check my iron levels. I've been anemic a few times in the past due to other medical conditions but I dont remember being this tired with it - maybe it's just a sign I am getting old. I realised with a shock that in 6 years I am going to be 40 thats like 50 % of my life gone! That kinds sucks - that means I have like another maybe 30 years of decent living and 10 as being a decrepit old woman.
Anyways this kind of thinking maybe me feel really low - I dont really feel old. I always thought at some point I would feel like a proper grown up all in control and stuff but I haven't yet. When I was younger I thought old people had it sussed but now I am one of them I realise they dont. Just because I am old doesnt make me mature.
So to cheer myself up I have spent time looking at hotels and places I want to visit in New York and looking at hotels in Orlando for next year. I know I only just got back but I need another one soon.
Today's positive - well I guess it's recognising when I am spiraling down. I dont have many dark days - even though I am naturally a grumpy I am not naturally depressed.
Day 295 Friday
Final day of the work week whoot! Seriously does anyone else find Fridays in work does something funny to the time? Like it seems to crawl backwards and the day lasts for ever - maybe its just the anticipation of the weekend and lay ins!
After the day in work finally finished and boy it took forever! I took my mum and uncle out for dinner to the local carvery. They have a new meal deal offer on where you get a meal and a dessert for like 5.59 (it used ot be just icecream for the dessert but now they have about 6 you can choose from).
I'd had a bit of a dodgy tum all day in work but I often get one if I am stressed or eat certain foods but thought I would be okay.
Everything was going good at the meal - it was really nice food we were having a good chat and a laugh and then BAM suddenly felt like a boot in the tummy and I had to run to the loo - not to be gross but I wasn't sure which end I would need to put on the loo ! what a waste of all the nice food.
After that I still wasn't feeling so good so my uncle drove us home - they stayed in the living room chatting and fell asleep and pretty much stayed in bed all night only getting up for water to drink and to use the loo.
I pretty much slept all night - I obviously needed it.
Today's positive - family time - sure I was mortified by throwing up in the loos and hid until everyone else left haha but the time we had together before I lost my dinner was good :D
Day 296 Saturday
I slept in today until like 11am ahhh bliss
Rest of day was spent tidying and cleaning my room - it was in a disgusting mess and smelled fousty - it needed airing! I changed the bedding too which I love - seriously what is better than crawling into a freshly made bed :)
I also finally got round to setting up my new printer - OMG I spent 3 hours doing this and I cursed HP in heaps the air around me was blue - the software didnt work, it wouldnt recognise the wifi connection, it wouldnt accept my details on the ink order etc - total nightmare but I finally managed to get it all done!
I also got a code for a free photo book with snapfish for using HP proper inks (just had to pay p&p) so I made a book for my uncle of our holidays showing the best snaps for him and paid the £1.99 p&p and it should be here next week - if it turns out good I might make another one for us :D
I finished off the night sharing a pizza with my mum :)
All in all a good saturday
So the positive was defeating the demon that is HP and getting the printer sorted.
Day 297 Sunday
Today was another mostly chilled day.
I drove to see my sister and my great nephew as he's staying for a few days over half term. Was lovely to see little Drake and he was super chatty :) Harmony has a stinking head cold so was snotty and a tad grumpy - she kept blowing snot bubbles urgh!
My sis seemed in a good frame of mind too which is always good.
Drake's other nan had sent him with no clothes so my sis was worried as she had nothing for him to wear. They were due to drop some stuff off but hadnt by time we were there.
My aunty Chris used to buy him a few outfits whenever she was out so he always had clothes but as aunty chris passed in March he hasnt had anything bought and my sis as always was skint. I said I would look out n the freebie sites and charity shops for shoes and clothes in his size for her so she could keep a few outfits for when he stays.
After visiting my sis I came home and had a bit of a sort out of my books and some of my tees. I have way too many of both and I know a lady who raises funds for kitty rescues was looking for donations so I kept the best for her and messaged her and she is coming to collect in the next week or so.
I also ordered the cats a new giant cat tree - they have 3 scratching posts which I have decided to get rid of - I was going to bin them but then I thought that a cat rescue might like them - they are all well used but when they get a new cat in they have to isolate it in case it has anything contagious - they dont want to put a new scratch post in with them as its a waste - if kitty is contagious the post has to be binned - so they can have the old posts and give them to the kitties in quarantine and if they need to be binned its not a big loss. I have contacted the rescue and once our new tree arrives they will come collect the posts.
I also put a post on my local freecycle site asking for a couple of pairs of jeans /joggers some tees and a hoody for Drake and a pair of size 11 shoes/boots. I had loads of almost immediate responses and arranged with the 2 ladies to collect from them on Monday evening after work. They weren't sure exactly what they had but deffo had some clothes in Drakes size.
So all in all a good sunday :D
Today's positive - getting rid of old stuff - I am by nature a hoarder (at one point I had nearly 5000 books - my bedroom was full of them!) so I do find it hard to get rid of things and I have to make a real effort to say this needs to go!
Day 298 Monday
So today I went to collect the items I had offered for Drake from freebies.
All I can say is WOW :)
I got 2 carrier bags full of stuff and when I got home and checked it out it was all fab. All in really good clean condition - some items hadnt even been worn.
There was a pair of black nike trainers - worn but still loads of wear left in them, a pair of stripey wellies with tie tops so he can go splash in puddles and out in the rain and a pair of really smart almost new brown ankle boots. Several pairs of good quality jeans and trousers, some lovely tees, 3 hoodies, 2 thick winter coats, swimming trunks and some PJs and a bunch of other bits
I would guestimate that even if I had picked all this up second hand in a charity shop it would have cost £30ish and if new prob closer to £100.
This is really going to help my sis out a lot and I cant thank the ladies enough who gave it to her. Despite all the shit we hear on the news about how awful we humans are there are plenty out there who are wonderful kind people :)
And that's today's positive - the kindness of other people :)


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I've had one professional microneedling session with an aesthetician, but the cost of $675 per session is beyond what my teacher salary permits, so I decided to find the device and use it at home.
I decided on the Dr. Pen, A1 model, which costs about $70.
Other items I use:
Rubbing alcohol, cotton balls, antibiotic ointment, hyaluronic acid gel -- AND numbing cream.
I've purchased three different types of numbing cream, and the only one I've found that really works well enough for me is LMX numbing cream. I have the 4% now, but I'll buy 5% next time, even though it's for 'other' uses.
I follow the precautions and steps used at my derm's office, which are critically important for avoiding an infection!
1. Disinfect all equipment by soaking or wiping down with alcohol. My cartridges come in pre-sanitized packets, but they can be re-used up to four times, so I disinfect by soaking in 70% rubbing alcohol after each use and prior to the next use.
2. Thoroughly wash hands and cleanse face of sunscreen, makeup, etc.
3. Apply numbing cream and wait for 30+ minutes. Don't cheat here, or you'll regret it.
4. Remove numbing cream with water/damp cloth, and rewash hands
5. Donning rubber gloves now offers the most protection; either way, I'm cognizant of what I touch. Even touching my hair picks up bacteria that can transfer to the wound area
6. Disinfect facial skin with rubbing alcohol on a cotton ball. I do NOT skip this step.
7. Apply hyaluronic acid gel; this allows for easier movement of the device needles on the skin, but I always make sure my product is new (don't want any bacteria here); I use Swanson's Hyaluronic Acid Serum because it's simple without added ingredients
8. Determine the needle length for the section of face; a chart with this data accompanies the device.
1. I move in small, circular motions, reapplying gel and adjusting needle length as needed, as performed at my derm's office
2. I perform 4-6 rotations in each small section, which takes me about 20-30 minutes, or a bit more, to do most of my face. Note: I usually see small pins of blood every time. I do not stop or wipe off the blood; I just keep gently moving unless I need to adjust length or apply slip agent.
3. I use the .75mm on my cheeks and 1mm around my mouth. I usually can''t feel anything on my cheeks, but above my lip is more sensitive. Interestingly, my cheeks stay red longer, but around my mouth is usually just a bit pink.
4. Although the professional used the pen on my nose at the derm's office, I avoid that area because there are too many ridges that I am not proficient enough to do without injury. I could probably do the creases on the sides.
5. When I'm finished, I lightly cleanse the area with a moist cotton ball (and water)
6. Apply antibiotic ointment
7. I would apply sunscreen, but I always do this just before bed for the most healing time immediately afterward.
Other Serums:
Some people like to apply serums before the ointment, but I've read that it's not always safe. I wouldn't risk it since the skin is so vulnerable to infection at this stage. It's just not worth it to me.
How Often?
Several sources say to wait at least two weeks between sessions. Here's a quote from the DermaPen site, the makers of the device used by my derm's office: "The healing, inflammation, and collagenesis processes must take place for the benefits of microneedling to become evident. Collagenesis peaks at 14 days after treatment. Thus, a period of 14 – 30 days should elapse before a repeated microneedling treatment."
This picture is from day 2 after my most recent DIY microneedling with Dr. Pen: Cheeks look pink but they're fairly bright pink IRL; around my mouth is barely pink IRL and swollen. I also did my forehead, but you can't see it well here.
For more information on using Dr. Pen, there are videos online to observe the procedure performed by a trained aesthetician. I also recommend having a trained professional perform any procedure like this, at least once, those who want to try it.


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March 13, 1926 – Aug. 22, 2016
Warren J. Eberhardt of Amherst, a retired corporate treasurer and a decorated World War II veteran, died Monday in Beechwood Homes, Getzville, from congestive heart failure. He was 90.
Born in West Seneca, he was ready to go to college after he graduated in a class of 25 students from Ebenezer High School in 1944, but was drafted into the Army instead.
A combat infantryman with the rank of private first class, his outstanding agility earned him assignment as the lead scout for his platoon, searching for Germans. He told Buffalo News Reporter Lou Michel in 2014 that a group of enemy soldiers surrendered to him when they saw his last name on his uniform because they thought he also was German.
"But I was German from Buffalo, N.Y.," he said.
Severely wounded a month before the war ended when an artillery round hit his foxhole, he was awarded the Purple Heart.
Returning from service, Mr. Eberhardt attended the University of Buffalo on the G.I. Bill and earned a bachelor's degree in business administration in 2½ years. He worked as an accountant and in 1957 joined Harper International Corp. in Lancaster, a maker of industrial furnaces, where he became treasurer and a member of the board of directors. He retired in 1991.
He was a past commander and treasurer of the A. J. Jurek Post 1672, American Legion, in Swormville; past president and treasurer of the United Church of Christ in Williamsville; and past president and past program chairman of the Equality Club.
He was a member of the Erie County Industrial Forum and the YMCA Retired Professional Men's Organization. He also was a volunteer for Amherst Meals on Wheels.
He enjoyed biking, kayaking and skiing, was an avid bridge player and traveled extensively in the U.S. and Europe.
Survivors include his wife of 45 years, the former Gale Gregg; two daughters, Ellen Morse and Linda Jennings; a sister, Lois Kinner; and five grandchildren.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in Ebenezer United Church of Christ, 630 Main St., West Seneca.


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