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Scientific American, June 08, 1901 Boston Transcript, August 19, 1901 The Aeronautic World, May, 1903 Scientific American, September 19, 1903 EXPERIMENTS WITH MOTOR-DRIVEN AEROPLANES
Over the years, there have been a number of articles printed about
Whitehead, his work and his notorious claims. While some of these
articles are reprinted here, I was not able to obtain sketches
and photographs alluded to in the articles. In addition, there
was an article printed in the magazine Argosy in the late 1940's or early 1950's which I have not been able
to obtain a copy of. If anyone knows of articles that are not
included here or the missing sketches etc - please use the email
link at the bottom as these pages seem incomplete without that
New York Herald, August 19, 1901
American Inventor letters to the editor penned by Whitehead and editorial responses April, 1902
Our illustrations depict experiments with an aeroplane carried out recently by Mr. Gustave Whitehead, of Bridgeport, Conn., who has been studying the subject of mechanical flight for upward of fifteen years. In one of the pictures is shown a lightweight, two cycle motor, which was used on the aeroplane in a recent experiment.
Unlike Lilienthal and Chanute, Whitehead does not attempt to soar by jumping off a hill or precipice. He is content, on the contrary, with flying near the ground; if he can only solve the problem of rising from it quickly at will, and descending gently whenever and wherever he wishes.
The method of soaring used by Mr. Whitehead consists in running with the aeroplane against the wind, preceded by an assistant who draws it with a rope when it leaves the ground. When sufficient speed is attained, the operator, by tilting the aeroplanes slightly upward, can leave the ground and skim along in the air, as shown in one of the photographs. The trimming
of the aeroplanes, both longitudinally and transversely, is accomplished by the operator shifting the position of his body, and the proper trimming necessary to keep from taking a plunge is quite a delicate matter. A puff of wind striking the aeroplanes harder on one side than on the other can also easily upset their transverse stability, unless the operator is quick to counteract it.
After practicing considerably at balancing the aeroplanes when drawn by a man, Mr. Whitehead at length designed and built a lightweight, two-cycle gasoline motor for propelling them. This motor is of the air-cooled type, and has numerous loops of aluminum wire fastened to the two cylinders in order to radiate the heat. The inventor says that he has found aluminum to be much better for this purpose than copper, which is the metal generally employed. The cylinders of the motor have a 4-inch bore and a 4 4 1/2 inch stroke, and it is designed to run at speeds of from 1,000 to 2,500 R. P. M. It develops 12 horse power at the latter speed, and its weight complete is but 54 pounds, or 4 1/2 pounds per horse power, which shows it to be one of the lightest gasoline motors ever built. Over 100 pounds compression is employed, the sole compression space being the small dome on top of each cylinder, in the top of which is seen the sparking plug. The motor, being of the two-cycle type, is valveless, with the exception of light aluminum check valves, through which the gas passes before making its entrance into the sheet-steel crank case (which is divided by a central partition) through the holes seen in its side. Splash lubrication is employed in the crank case, and oil is fed to the cylinders from two oil cups. A 25 inch wire wheel was used as a flywheel, and carried fan blades for assisting in cooling the motor. Its dimensions are 18 inches high by 12 inches long by 8 inches wide, and in the experiments made with it, a two-bladed propeller 41/2 feet in diameter was fastened on the motor shaft and revolved at a speed of 1,000 R. P. M. As the motor has four disk flywheels inside its crank case, the large wire-spoked one is not absolutely necessary, and in actual tests, when mounted on the aeroplanes, the motor was found to work equally well without it, thus reducing the total weight of the motor to 47 1/4 pounds.
The three aeroplanes are spaced 3 feet apart and are 16 feet long by 5 feet wide. They are made up of spruce wood frames, covered with muslin, and are suitably braced with diagonal wires. There is a space in the center of the lower one for the operator, who hangs from the two forward uprights and keeps the apparatus in trim by shifting his body. A rigid, pyramidal-shaped rudder projects from behind.
After ascertaining, by loading himself with sandbags, that the aeroplanes were capable of lifting the extra weight of the motor and propeller, the motor was attached to the two longitudinal projecting rods of the lower aeroplane, and carried the propeller in front of it on its c rank shaft By running with the machine against the wind after the motor had been started, the aeroplane was made to skim along above the ground at heights of from 3 to 16 feet for a distance, without the operator touching, of about 350 yards. It was possible to have traveled a much longer distance without touching terra firm but for the operator's desire not to get too far above it Although the motor was not developing its full power, owing to its speed not exceeding 1,000 R. P. M., it developed sufficient to move the machine against the wind. The total thrust, or, in this case, pull of the propeller was found to be 280 pounds, while all that is needed to keep the machine in the air, according to the dynamometric measurements made when it was drawn by a man, is a pull of 28 pounds. Making the propellers pull, instead of push the machine, aids greatly in maintaining its stability.
Having proven that a less powerful motor will do the work, Mr. Whitehead is now constructing one of 6 horse power which will weigh between 25 and 30 pounds. He intends to drive two 4 1/2-foot propellers with this, by means of bevel gears, giving the proper speed reduction for obtaining a speed of 600 to 800 R. P. M. of the propellers. Besides this smaller two cylinder motor,
he is also constructing a four-cylinder one, of 10 horse power, which he expects will not exceed 40 pounds in weight, aluminum being used as far as possible in its construction. This is to be used on an improved aeroplane with which the inventor hopes to be able to rise vertically in still air, travel horizontally, and descend vertically again.
This is the desideratum of the aeroplane flying machine.
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Boston Transcript, August 19, 1901
The Aeronautic World, May, 1903
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Before you know it Google will be buying an outdoor billboard company.
When Google starts tapping new markets -- like radio -- to slap its advertisements on, and when veteran Internet giants eBay and Yahoo look hard to new businesses for growth, it's telling you something about our expectations of these online giants.
Specifically, we expect too much.
But no company holds the weight of our expectations more than Google
Eleven analysts have price targets for Google that are $500 or above. Hmm. Nah, we're not putting all our optimistic hopes into Google. Nope, not at all.
Now, what can we glean from the events of this week? Does it make us more or less bullish about Google? Here are a few quick takes.
Bullish: Google is gaining search market share.
Yahoo said its search-ad business grew less than 9% quarter over quarter. This was slightly below what analysts expected. Even Yahoo executives conceded that Google was doing a better job making money out of each search query. What's more Google accounts for 46% of all search queries, twice Yahoo's share. In November, there were 1.2 billion searches conducted on Yahoo vs. 2.4 billion search on Google, according to Nielsen//NetRatings.
Bearish: Yahoo is seeing a slowdown in search because the overall search-ad business is maturing that we can't possibly be sane enough to pay the hyper-growth multiples we've been applying, to, umm, even Google.
With Google now trading at $444, down from an intraday high of $475.11 on Jan. 11, the market is already taking this possibility into account. When Google was closing in on $500 fast, expectations for revenue growth were running really high -- as much as 35% sequential growth. Now, after having the benefit of Yahoo's report, analysts are estimating that Google can grow sales anywhere between 25% and 30%. But even 30% is a lot to expect, given that Google grew its revenue by 30% sequentially in the fourth quarter 2004 on half the revenues. Many investors expect Google to beat published consensus figures. But the high end?
What's more, Yahoo's international traffic acquisition cost rose 4% quarter-over-quarter. What Yahoo pays out to its distribution partners is a proxy for search growth. Google receives about 39% of its revenue from international markets.
Bearish: Yahoo and eBay were adversely affected by foreign currency moves.
Bullish/bearish: EBay topped fourth-quarter results, and said its core business -- marketplace platform and payments -- was accelerating. But as is almost expected of eBay, it gave an outlook that many would consider "conservative." EBay CFO Rajiv Dutta told me that eBay's outlook was "appropriately conservative" given the many new initiatives, such as the integration of Skype Technologies. Dutta said that eBay gave all its Power Sellers and Shopping.com merchants Skype phones to use, but that Skype was only integrated in China, Taiwan, the Netherlands, and other countries outside the U.S. The point is investors want Skype to ignite some growth in eBay's maturing business. When two of the great Net leaders begin showing gray hairs in their older years, the other one will one day show some signs of aging. It's a fact of life -- aging. On the other hand, the fact that eBay beat expectations and is likely conservative this year, means there's a lot of growth left on the Internet.
Bearish: At this juncture, about 4% to 5% of the total advertising pie is online, and Google is looking for growth in, umm, radio, which is expected to see flat growth in 2005.
With more people listening to satellite radio and music online, you'd think radio's days were numbered. Yet Google's purchase of dMarc Technologies -- a radio company, for $102 million in upfront cash, and payouts over the next three years equaling a total of $1.14 billion -- suggests otherwise. Indeed, the total ad dollars going into radio across the country last year are on pace to be around $21 billion last year, which is about unchanged from 2004, according to the RAB. See RAB site. Interestingly enough, local advertisements -- which have always dominated the radio industry -- are on pace to rise 1% in 2005 vs. a 2% decline in national ads. That means that marketers are on track to spend about $15.6 billion in local radio advertisements, compared to $3.4 billion toward national radio.
What this means is that Google can't possibly satisfy investors' demands for rapid growth by slapping advertisements on the Internet. It needs to look elsewhere.
Bullish: Google is becoming the Google Exchange I suggested last year in May 2005. See Net Sense: Will Google become the marketplace for ads? If it does become this exchange, then it certainly has more upside in the long run.
Final thoughts and poll
It's very likely that advertisers want to spend more money online, but the fact of the matter is the online stage isn't entirely set. It's difficult to find and watch videos or audio files. It's tough to find stories. How's an advertiser supposed to figure out where to place an advertisement when it's unclear just how consumers behave online because there is no tradition online? Take it from me -- a journalist whose primary medium is the Web -- I know.
OK. My last poll conducted was on the mark. The majority of the more than 2,000 readers who responded said that Google would end November above $400, which it did. So, I'm conducting the poll again. This time, the poll question is where investors see Google ending the month. Google reports on Jan. 31, so, I'm specifically asking about where Google trades by the end of the month.
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Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has lamented the deplorable state of the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, (OOUTH),Sagamu, saying that the hospital requires serious overhaul.
The Iperu prince, who bemoaned the deplorable state of the teaching hospital despite its importance to the medical students and masses at large, spoke during an inspection tour of the hospital facilities.
He noted that the teaching hospital had lost of several accreditations due to its facility deficit.
Abiodun was accompanied by his wife, Bamidele, the Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, Prof Semiu Musa-Olomu and the Ogun State Head of Service, Lanre Bisiriyu among others
"This (OOUTH) being the first and only teaching hospital in this state and from the report that they gave me which was very disheartening, I thought I should come and see things for myself.
"I would set up a team to immediately begin how to look at that approach that would make this place be functional as it should be. I don't see how this place can produce doctors that would be able to look after patients. I don't see how they even look after patient with their current state.
"So, we have to go back to the drawing board. I understand that they have lost a lot of accreditations, which is not surprising based on what we see here. Most of the buildings that are here are buildings that were inherited from the old general hospital.
"This place is sub-standard;I am going to sit down and look at how best this place would start working perfectly. We also have to look at the PPP approach to ensure that all these are working.
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As honeymoons have evolved, so has the approach to funding one. Yes, you can still pay for it yourself (it's customary for the groom to fund the honeymoon), but you can also leverage the power of a honeymoon registry, inviting your wedding guests to help you turn what would have been a lovely trip to a nice beach somewhere into a first class visit to a private island in the Maldives.
The word "honeymoon" comes from the medieval tradition of the bride and groom drinking mead, a honey wine that was thought to be an aphrodisiac, for a full cycle of the moon after the wedding night. The bride's father would typically include a month's supply of mead in her dowry, and the couple was allegedly prohibited from doing anything other than drinking mead and enjoying one another's company until the bottles ran dry.
The idea of the honeymoon has evolved quite a bit since, but the goal is still to engage in an incredible experience with someone you care about, shake off the stress of the wedding week and, in theory, have a lot of sex—with or without the mead.
So where does the honeymoon registry come in? Because many couples cohabitate before getting married, they no longer need to register for items for a new home. In the same way your father's business partner might opt to buy you and your wife a punch bowl you'll never use, you can instead shuttle his largesse into your post-wedding war chest. Honeymoon registries are simple to set up and in many cases cost you nothing but time. In theory, you only get one honeymoon. Why not do whatever you can to make it a once in a lifetime trip that lives up to the billing?
To set up your honeymoon registry, first decide which site you want to use. There are several options, each with their own perks, but generally they all follow a similar format: Your honeymoon is broken up into different pieces (the room, a candlelit dinner, a helicopter tour), which all have an associated cost. Those visiting your registry can then pay for a portion (or all) of the piece. You receive the money and then apply it to its specified purpose. Voila—honeymoon funded, via direct deposit, PayPal, a direct payment to your chosen venue or cold hard cash, depending on the site you use and the options you choose.
Just like a traditional registry, once an item has been purchased on your behalf, it's noted as "complete" so that folks aren't buying you 34 couples massages. Also like a traditional registry, it's considered gauche to announce to your wedding guests that you have one for your honeymoon. It is, however, within the bounds of etiquette to provide a link to the registry on your wedding website (another solid reason to create one).
So which site should you use? It largely depends on personal taste as well as the type of honeymoon you want to have. Below is a rundown of some of the options.
One of the most popular honeymoon registries, Wanderable acts as a combination registry and travel agent, and is great for couples who are starting their honeymoon planning from scratch. Your registry homepage is fully customizable, and the trip-planning aspect of the site is great as full itineraries are available for you to choose from. For those couples that have no idea where they want to go, only when their honeymoon is theoretically taking place, some possible itineraries are even organized by month. Gifts provided to you via cash or check are free, but if your guests use a credit card they'll be charged 2.5% of the cost of the gift as a service fee, and you will too once you cash out, for a total of 5% of the gift given up a to the gods of credit card processing. There's also $0.99 transaction fee. You can elect to pay the service fee on your guests' behalf, but understand that generally if your guest spends $100 on Wanderable, the total you'll see is around $94.
Traveler's Joy
Similar to Wanderable, Traveler's Joy allows users to create a personalized registry site, select portions of gifts so multiple guests can go in together on a big ticket gift, and offers the option to book travel through any channel they choose (so you can find the best deals from multiple vendors). The fee associated with Traveler's Joy for gifts given using a credit card is 2.95% and is deducted from the gift amount as a service fee. The gift giver is also charged 2.95% + $0.99 on checkout, for a total of $93 to you on a gift of $100.
A wedding registry site that allows you to build a honeymoon registry in concert with a registry for items for the home, Zola is great for couples who are registering for both a honeymoon as well as a first home together. The site charges a 2.5% processing fee for all credit card purchases (which means $97.50 on a gift of $100) but compared to Wanderable and Traveler's Joy, it's the best deal available for honeymoon registry sites. The drawback of using Zola is that you need to come to the site with a sense of what your honeymoon itinerary will look like, and understand that many of your guests will opt to fund items on your physical registry as opposed to your honeymoon fund. Additionally, if you're building your entire registry through Zola you run the risk of missing out on completion events and spending goal incentives offered by larger department stores and specific brands.
Honeymoon Wishes
A solid choice with plenty of perks, Honeymoon Wishes features a native app that integrates seamlessly with your registry site, the ability to track gifting for easy Thank You note compilation, gift protection up to $3,000,000, and a free registry site with numerous templates to choose from. The best part of using Honeymoon Wishes is that they can transfer your funds directly to a specified vendor (from a list of pretty much any resort, hotel or cruise line you can name, including Sandals, SPG, Disney, Royal Caribbean and more). All these perks do come with a cost, however: 7% for each credit card transaction, meaning a $100 gift will become worth $93. You can opt to pay the fee yourself, or have it added to the cost of each experience for which you register.
Honey Fund
A site that has grown in popularity over the years, Honey Fund is a lot like a Kickstarter or IndieGoGO campaign for new marriage. Whether you want to raise money for your honeymoon, a downpayment on a house or something in between, the nice thing about cash is it's cash. You set the amount you're trying to raise, break out events and specific amounts you're trying to raise, and guests can donate as much or as little as they like. The site is easy to use and has a dedicated app, but its claims of being "free" are a little misleading. There's a 2.8% service fee for any credit card transactions, as well as a $0.30 processing fee. Your personal Honeyfund website, which is free to set up, also features ads (which can be removed by paying a premium), so that's something to consider if aesthetics are important to you.
Going Direct
If you know exactly where you want to go, you can also register for your honeymoon with the resort or cruise line you're planning on paying for. Big name resort and cruise companies, including Disney, Sandals, Carnival, Norwegian, SPG and more offer services that will allow you to register for your honeymoon directly with them, which cuts out some of the legwork for you in the long run. But if this is the direction you want to take you should consider two things: First, registering directly with a resort company won't allow you to register for things like airfare or off-site adventures. Secondly, many of these companies use Honeymoon Wishes as the engine for their own registry sites—the fees associated with using Carnival or Disney's exclusive site are the same as they would be if you went to Honeymoon Wishes directly, which reinforces that you should use one of the sites listed above so you can register for non-resort items such as airline tickets, "Don't Hassle Me, I'm Local" t-shirts or the vaccines you should consider when visiting some of the world's more far-flung locales.
Whichever site you choose, if you are considering a honeymoon registry, spend as much time as you can in telling a story on your honeymoon website. The wedding registry was born out of practicality as well as a personal touch; couples knew their wedding guests would likely consider buying them a gift to celebrate their nuptials, so why not offer a list of items they were coveting that could be cross-checked among other guests so that the couple got everything they wanted (in the color and style they'd selected) as opposed to 14 variations on the chip and dip? By offering visuals and descriptions of each item on your honeymoon registry you are carrying forward this practice, helping the gift-giver see how their contribution will help build your dream honeymoon through the power of communal thoughtfulness (and etiquette). You should commit to writing 50+ word descriptions for every item on your registry (most sites feature sample registries, which are a godsend as a reference point for the types of things you ought to say) in an effort to help make that connection a little easier. Also understand that the very nature of the honeymoon registry is to share your plans and experiences with the wider world so that they can be a part of it, so be prepared to get a few odd looks from friends and family when they find out you're hoping to raise enough money for flamenco lessons in Madrid.
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I've heard it said that it's best to be the man she's cheating with instead of the man she's cheating on.
Last night I was both. We role played. She came a lot, and hard, and was totally into the role. I was a stranger. That made her come harder. Was she cheating? Was I?
No man. Jeesus. Forgive yourself. Forgive her. You both have the same drives, and both of you can be crazy jealous. Fire was conquered hundreds of thousands of years ago. It's still dangerous, but how capable and old are you? Get older and get more capable.
You appreciate in a lover her willingness to follow you into unknown role plays. You haven't been there before. Maybe neither has she. You are fucking, and you explore mind spaces. Nurse? That's an obvious yet fruitful first exploration. Student?
Ok, what about threesome? Ya, it's just your mind. It's just your girlfriend. There are no police watching. It's all up to you. Just explore. Get to know each other and yourself; the world.
There is never any benefit from publicly exploring taboos. But I've been very patient with the manosphere. Over 900 posts, and in all that time I rarely bruise egos with visions of things too far out of reach. I only recently talked about life within chi-kung as a social normal.
Your social normal is up to you. Your girl adapts. She's not going to share your brain or stop caring about her other social connections, but you can share mind space.
And you have to do it also. She has the desire you do. Use it.
Mix with her and learn from her world.
And what about all your hidden selves. My god it's such a waste of time and effort that always explodes in my face to talk about:
2) erogenous zones deemed too feminine
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Posted on January 20, 2012, Phil Owen You'll Want a Hardsuit in Blacklight: Retribution (TRAILER)
What is a hardsuit? In Blacklight: Retribution, it's basically a mech suit with crazy machine guns and stuff on it. For all intents and purposes, it's a gamebreaker. Which means you will want it really, really bad. Or you already want it, if you're in the closed beta. Here's a look at how to get a hardsuit and what to do with it once you do.


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Halloween 2016 is now behind us, but it was another memorable one for the books. From sexy to chill to scary, some of our favorite R&B stars got it poppin' for the scariest holiday celebration of the year.
Whether it was trick or treating with kids, hanging with family or partying with friends, everyone seemed to have put thought into their costumes and the results are definitely not disappointing.
One of our favorites was The Carter Family (Beyoncé, Jay-Z, & Blue Ivy), who were dressed as Black Barbies complete with cardboard boxes and stiff poses.
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New grants fund research linking cessation with lung cancer screening
Two new grants from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) are supporting research into smoking cessation interventions for high-risk smokers undergoing lung cancer screening.
Researchers at Truth Initiative's Schroeder Institute® for Tobacco Research and Policy Studies will work with investigators at Mayo Clinic and Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center on the NCI-funded projects, which will examine cost-efficient and effective methods that can help lung cancer screening patients quit smoking.
The project with Mayo Clinic will evaluate the impact of integrating Truth Initiative's digital cessation program, BecomeAnEX, with Mayo Clinic counseling. This multi-site study will answer important questions about how best to engage patients in cessation treatment and the optimal treatment approach. Dr. Amanda Graham of the Schroeder Institute and lead of the BecomeAnEX program is a co-investigator on the project.
The project led by Georgetown Lombardi will evaluate what type of telephone counseling intervention is most effective. The project will compare patients who receive a standard referral of eight telephone counseling sessions with those who receive personalized counselor-initiated sessions. Drs. David Abrams and Raymond Niaura of the Schroeder Institute will serve as co-investigators.
Research has long shown the connection between cancer and cigarette smoking: lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the U.S., and cigarette smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Truth Initiative has encouraged programs such as the NCI's Moonshot Task Force to emphasize tobacco control and push forward health policy initiatives as key aspects of cancer prevention. As Truth Initiative wrote to Vice President Joe Biden, who leads the task force, we cannot win the fight against cancer without winning the fight against tobacco.
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If you feel the need to take notes in order to keep track of the twisting chronology in Syfy's 12 Monkeys, which debuts Friday (9/8c), don't worry: Star Amanda Schull does it all the time.
Schull, a Suits alum and self-described scribbler, says she keeps pen and paper at the ready in order to have a little extra handle on where — and when — her character is in the new time-travel drama based on Terry Gilliam's 1995 film.
The actress plays 12 Monkeys' Dr. Cassandra Railly, a virologist whose life's course is altered when a man from the future (Nikita's Aaron Stanford) involves her in a decades-long plot to avoid the global pandemic he somehow survived.
The world-changing event has happened for him in 2043, but not for her in 2015, and the series' action jumps in time and location faster than you can say "paradox."
Bottom line: It's easy to get turned around in the story.
"I don't always know exactly what I know at that time, what does my character know, what doesn't she know, what has happened, what hasn't happened," she tells TVLine. So Schull keeps her notebook nearby during the work day.
Acknowledging that Gilliam's source material is "a little bit of a brain teaser," Schull credits the TV incarnation's producers and writers for creating an intriguing sci-fi saga that doesn't collapse upon itself.
"They have it all drawn out, and everything makes sense. So it is science-fiction — obviously, time-travel, and [Cole is] disappearing — but we do it in a way that… is as real and based in reality as it can possibly be."
The show's reality, malleable as it is, follows Cassie as she joins Cole's endeavor — a commitment that happens rather quickly once the time-space continuum gymnastics begin.
Schull maintains that you'd probably make preventing a plague your life's work, too, if you'd heard someone forecast a grisly end of the world and then disappear in front of your eyes.
"Maybe some people would question themselves. She never questions herself. She knows what she saw," she says. That innate certainty, combined with a career spent preparing for the very event Cole says is going to happen, makes Cassie the perfect person to accompany the time-traveler on his mission.
"If [Cassie] chooses to ignore his warnings, she basically is spitting in the face of all her years of work and study," she says. "If she drops the ball, the end of the world is basically on her shoulders."


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New York Family Business Center will be hosting a Spring Conference centered around owning a family business. Two of the featured speakers, Helen Hanna Casey and Dan Palladino, give a brief preview of the event.
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This week, I've chosen to feature a few picks from the Penguin Winter 2016 Catalog:
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I've never read Alison Goodman's Eon duology, but I've heard nothing but great things. So you bet I'm excited to read her upcoming Regency Era novel, The Dark Days Club, about a stylish Lady who is also a demon-hunter!
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Mortals rule the desert nation of Miraji, but mystical beasts still roam the wild and barren wastes, and rumor has it that somewhere, djinni still practice their magic. But there's nothing mystical or magical about Dustwalk, the dead-end town that Amani can't wait to escape from.
Destined to wind up "wed or dead," Amani's counting on her sharpshooting skills to get her out of Dustwalk. When she meets Jin, a mysterious and devastatingly handsome foreigner, in a shooting contest, she figures he's the perfect escape route. But in all her years spent dreaming of leaving home, she never imagined she'd gallop away on a mythical horse, fleeing the murderous Sultan's army, with a fugitive who's wanted for treason. And she'd never have predicted she'd fall in love with him...or that he'd help her unlock the powerful truth of who she really is.
Admittedly, I wanted to read Rebel of the Sands as soon as I saw that drop-dead-gorgeous cover, but I recently got around to actually reading the synopsis and that sounds mighty good too. Who could resist a sharpshooter heroine and a desert setting with mystical beasts?!
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Hogwarts will always be the ultimate magical Scottish boarding school, but that doesn't mean there's no room for another one in fiction. I am very curious to read about the magical Scottish boarding school in The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle!
How about you? Are you waiting on any of these Penguin Winter 2016 reads? Are there any upcoming books from the Penguin Winter 2016 Catalog that I didn't include here that you feel I should add to my list?


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05 Nov Testimonial from Mahendra Daga , New Dehli
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First of all let me assure you that our tour of Ireland was very satisfying.
And your role in making our trip a memorable was excellent. We did enjoy your company; our coffee breaks, pubbing and then our wine dinners and of course "one more" (picture).
But I do not want to miss out on the many beautiful spots that we saw.
We are certain you too will remember for long the favorable weather conditions that we were fortunate to have. I believe it is rather rare to go through 10 days of weather god smiling on us.
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If you're looking for a wonderful book, I'd like to suggest one for you that I've had for several years. It's by Kay Arthur and called, Speak to My Heart, God. The book was written in 1993, and is a book I go back to time after time.
It has fifty (or so) three and four page chapters with titles such as "When Things Go Wrong," "When You're Disappointed, Discouraged, Defeated," "When Your Expectations Aren't In Him," and "When You Wonder If People Can Tell You Are His."
Normally, I don't like books with short devotions in them because they seem somehow incomplete. But this book is different. It has answers to questions I didn't know anyone else asks. Kay shares them without belaboring a point.
I don't have permission from Kay, so I'm going to give you pieces of one of her chapters today. (I really wish I could share the entire thing, but I don't want to get in trouble!)
I watched a friend crumble (understandably) when she learned of her friend's devistating diagonsis the other day.
There's a young man in our Small Town World with a horrible illness that the entire community is praying for.
I've prayed for ministers who are disappointed and becoming disheartened because the work they're doing and the words they're preaching seem to be falling on fallow ground.
I've watched friends lose their babies after going through nine months of carrying them within their bodies, and I know there's only One who can comfort, who has the answers.
Kay has a chapter called, "When The Forecast Is Bleak," which I happened to read just the other day. The second line of this chapter starts, "It's hard to trust God for cool, but pleasant weather when it's in the mid-90's . . . (What about over 100 for days on end, and the forecast is triple digit for the next week? I wonder.)
From Kay–
It's hard, isn't it, to trust God for anything when the "forecast" is contrary to what we want or feel we need?
Maybe it's finances . . . and the forecast is grim.
Maybe it's an restored relationship . . . and the forecast is hopeless.
Maybe it's a job . . . and the forecast is bleak.
Maybe it's a report from the doctor . . . and the forecast is ominous.
Whatever–and it could be anything–you know you are totally helpless in the situation.
The first thing Kay suggests we do (we all have these situations in our lives) is to "latch on to 1 John 1:9."
"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
After that, she says there's only one thing left to do. "You cast all your care on the One who cares for you."
"Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you." (1 Peter 5:6-7)
Again, from Kay–
What concerns you is of the utmost concern to Him.
He cast hailstones on Israel's enemies and made the sun stand still so that "the sun stopped in the middle of the sky, and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day. There was no day like that . . . when the Lord listened to the voice of a man" (Joshua 10:13-14).
Have you asked God to hear your cry?
Did He not promise to "supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 4:19)? Did He not say, "Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness; and all these things will be added to you" (Matthew 6:33)?
Kay reminds us the Bible tells us God can't change, He can't lie, and He's the same yesterday, today and forever. He will not leave you or forsake you. (Or me.)
God's hand is mighty . . . so mighty that He controls the wind. "He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens and by His power He directed the south wind" (Psalm 78:26). When Samuel called to the Lord, "the Lord sent thunder and rain that day" (1 Samuel 12:18) . . . and when He wanted, He withheld rain, or sent rain on one city but not another (Amos 4:7).
He is God!
You have done what you can. I have done what I can. Now we must rest in Him. God will do as He pleases, and none will thwart His hand or His will . . . no matter what "the forecast." God is greater than forecasts.
His throne sits above all the circumstances of life, and "He doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earch: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?" (Daniel 4:35 KJV)
You might have noticed (like I have) that God doesn't always obey us when we pray for something. Sometimes he says, "No," other times, "Wait a while." But Kay explains that.
Cry to Him. If it is for your good and His glory, He will answer. If not, He won't, (actually, He will answer no–ss) because what He has planned is better . . . even though it may rain.
The plans He has for you are plans for good and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. (Jeremiah 29:11)
Who is among you that fears the Lord, that obeys the voice of His servant, that walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God" (Isaiah 50:10)
Thank you, Kay. God has given you a beautiful gift. Thank you for sharing.
And friends, check out her book. You'll be glad you did.


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Official: Supreme Court Should Nix NJ Sports Betting Bid
NEWARK, N.J. — (Associated Press) - New Jersey's yearslong efforts to allow legal sports betting have brought more opposition from the federal government Tuesday.
Acting U.S. Solicitor General Jeffrey Wall urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear New Jersey's appeal of a lower court decision that invalidated the state's sports betting plan.
The Supreme Court is expected to make its decision by the end of June.
The court invited the solicitor general to weigh in on the case in January, a move then seen as potentially bolstering New Jersey's chances of having its appeal heard. The solicitor general represents the government in cases before the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court historically agrees to hear roughly 1 percent of appeals it receives, but that number rises dramatically in cases in which the solicitor general's input is sought, said Daniel Wallach, a Miami-based sports law attorney.
On the negative side for New Jersey: The court follows the solicitor general's recommendations the overwhelming majority of the time.
This case could be different, Wallach said.
"This is not your ordinary case in which the issues are limited to a specific controversy before the court," he said. "The larger issue that has been framed here is the ability of the federal government to interfere in states' decision-making when it comes to repealing state laws."
Attorneys for New Jersey, led by former U.S. solicitor general Ted Olsen, have argued the federal government is overstepping its authority by stopping the state from lifting its bans on sports betting.
They argue that lifting those bans doesn't amount to the state authorizing sports betting and thus doesn't run afoul of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, passed by Congress in the early 1990s.
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There's a reason they say laughter's the best medicine. It fills the heart, releases anxiety and increases the heart rate to move blood, our most fundamental and enriching life source to every capillary in the body. It makes us feel good and look good, because nothing resembles the beauty within greater than our laugh.
Laughter means everything to me. In fact I think I have a degree in laughter. Thankfully I have the funniest friends and family who, after so many magical years, have helped contribute to my laughing personality and overall state of wellness and vitality.
You know I absolutely love being in that mood where everything is hilarious. That contagious state of connection with others. The feeling of your cheek muscles hurting and tear ducts losing control. The intense laughter where you snort, or even accidentally 'let one go'. Or what about when you laugh so much it eventually turns into a cry, or an all out bawling session (this is common after too many wines). And how's about the intense laughter that creates physical pain in the side of your torso. What about 'pregnant laugh'? Now this is the best of them all. The pregnant brain allows no control over the physical body, consequently compressing baby to bladder. The next thing you know, hands are tightly squeezed between the legs in every effort to prevent peeing your pants.
Laughing is therapy at its best and easiest. It's fun, easy and a human characteristic that naturally and physiologically promotes many health benefits. It is also our inner soul glowing through our most gratifying of expressions.
Some people hesitate to laugh in an act of self – consciousness. So you may not have the best teeth in the world, So What! Laughing is not just teeth and a smile. It's the delicate smile lines around a face, it's the eyes lighting up in their beautiful shade of brown, green, blue, or a magical combination of the three. And it's the color in the skin from the flow of healthy blood and hormones around the body. A marvelous and glorious package derived from our body's core expression center. Nothing in this world makes us more beautiful, or connects one human being to another more than our laugh.
This blog is written to encourage you to pay ode to family and friends who make you laugh. The energy and vibrancy these connections give you is a life source. Take time to cherish all the memories and stupid moments of absolute ridiculousness, and be grateful for each and every chord you've struck within your laughter's frequency.
Get together with friends and schedule a champagne lunch to celebrate years of laughter and fun. Or organize a hair and makeup day, hire a photographer, and get those special moments captured. Or even take some time to review those old photo albums (yep those books with printed photos in them, not the USB stick with 2,500 digital snaps)
Just remember, laughing is free and easy, and is the best way to brighten up your day. Don't be shy to laugh on those days where you feel upset or unwell. Self -laughter, or laughing on your own might seem stupid, but it can really pick you up! Today's a Monday, and probably not the best day I've had. Even after writing this blog I've managed to lift my spirits. Laughter physically creates nothing but gives much, and it enriches those who receive, without making poorer those who give. So keep smiling!
Ana is a Coach, Consultant & Speaker. She works with individuals & groups to align consciousness with innovation, leadership and social responsibility. Also an athlete, Ana has played sport across most continents. She's President/Co-Founder of a social impact program in Guinea West Africa, and is an advocate for young women and children aspiring to dream.
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Orthodoxy simply and literally means "true worship." In a real sense, worship is the central activity of the Christian life. Unlike many religions, Orthodoxy is a total way of life, involving everything we do as human beings, encompassing not only our minds but our bodies as well. Everything else we do is centered upon our adoration and glorification of the Holy Trinity.
When done truly--with due solemnity and within the holy traditions of the Church--Orthodox worship is the experience of the kingdom of heaven on earth. It is the uniting of earth to heaven.
This is why Orthodox Christians show such reverence to the place of worship--the temple--and one's decorum and bearing within it. At the divine services they stand in the presence of God (sitting in pews was introduced only in the non-Orthodox west with the decline of liturgical services following the Protestant Reformation), though visitors and those who have a need to are welcome to sit when they desire.
In Orthodox worship the presence of God is experienced immediately. This is why when asking an Orthodox Christian what worship is like the answer will often simply be, "Come and see" (John 1:45-46). At the Divine Liturgy we behold the presence of God through Jesus Christ--whose Gospel is proclaimed and whose body and blood is consumed. And we do so through the Holy Spirit--whose descent from heaven on the assembly of faithful represents the high point of the Liturgy, recreating the experience of Pentecost itself.
The Orthodox Church maintains some of the earliest forms of Christian worship, organized, as the scriptures reveal they should be, around daily, weekly, and annual calendars.
At Saint Elizabeth we participate in this liturgical tradition every week with the traditional services of Sunday. These consist of the Resurrectional Vigil which occurs after sunset on Saturday evening, and of the Divine Liturgy which occurs on Sunday morning itself.
We also offer the services of Daily Vespers on Wednesday evenings in order to give parishioners and visitors an opportunity to find comfort and strength in God at the midpoint of the workweek. (To learn about the inquirers and catechetical classes we offer before and after Wednesday Vespers, read about them in this site's Learning page, or listen to sample recordings of them in its Orthodox Studies page).
We also celebrate majestically all of the traditional Christian annual holidays such as Christmas, Theophany, and the Elevation of the Cross. For these we serve the Divine Liturgy on the morning of the holiday and a Festal Vigil (with the traditional blessing and consumption of bread, wheat, wine, and oil) the evening before.
The sacrament of confession is always offered after the Vigil on the eves of the Divine Liturgy and is also available by appointment.
The monthly calendar of services offered at Saint Elizabeth Church can be seen here.
Regular Service Schedule
- Divine Liturgy on Sundays at 10:00 am
- Daily Vespers on Wednesdays at 6:30 pm
- Resurrectional Vigil on Saturdays at 6:00 pm


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text: CFP: Communication as democratic resource //= get_post_time('c', true); ?>//= get_the_date(); ?> //= __('By', 'sage'); ?>//= get_author_posts_url(get_the_author_meta('ID')); ?>//= get_the_author(); ?> Published: 20 May 2015By: JRN The Italian Association of Political Communication is looking for abstracts for their annual conference, held at the University of Salerno 10th to 12th December 2015. This year's theme is Communication as Democratic Resource, and the subjects of discussion the following The media: technological innovations in the media and new media domains; the fragmentation of sources of information; the issue of democratic access to communication channels. The citizens: the factors that have affected their exposition, consumption, production of information;the implications of new 'media diets' on political outlook and behavior. The political players: government, parties, candidates.The change in the monitoring patterns of citizens/voters preferences; the new trends in election campaigning and in consensus building. The democratic institutions: E-government; E-democracy; Experiences of communication impact in practices of deliberative democracy. See the complete call for abstracts here. The deadline is 30th June. Abstracts will be peer-reviewed by an international team of scholars.


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Proposed state budget includes funds for Eagle Tower
FISH CREEK - The fundraising efforts to rebuild an iconic structure at Peninsula State Park leaped forward last week when a matching grant for the new Eagle Tower was approved for the proposed state budget.
While the state Legislature's Joint Finance Committee approved the provision for up to $750,000 in matching funds, the measure also needs to pass the scrutiny of Gov. Scott Walker, said Rep. Joel Kitchens, R-Sturgeon Bay, who worked with Sen. Frank Lasee, R-Ledgeview, to secure the funding.
The matching grant funds will come from the state's uncommitted Stewardship Fund, Kitchens said.
"It's in the budget now, but the governor still has veto power and, while I don't think he would veto it, if people want to write to Governor Walker that they support this, that wouldn't hurt," Kitchens said.
The 75-foot tower closed in May 2015 after an inspection report raised concerns over its structural integrity. It was dismantled in September 2016 with plans to build a similar structure.
The Eagle Tower campaign has raised about $430,000 and the match will give the campaign the boost it needs to raise additional funds, said Rachel Stollenwerk, manager for the Eagle Tower Campaign.
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An earlier design for the tower was planned for release in May, but specifications to meet the guidelines to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act were unclear, Stollenwerk said.
"Right now the DNR is working with their legal team to address options and we look forward to regrouping in the next month to continue moving forward," Stollenwerk said.
A variety of options are being considered, including an elevator, she said.
The rebuilding plan includes constructing a new tower similar to the previous one built in the 1930s.
"We had been moving forward with a ramping type solution that would really expand the experience for visitors above and beyond climbing the towers and be a great addition to the site," Stollenwerk said. "Our hope is to continue moving in that direction and come up with a solid plan that provides increased access and experience for all abilities.
The original planned 2018 Memorial Day re-opening remains in place, she said.
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» Mail: Checks should be made out to Friends of Peninsula State Park-Eagle Tower fund and mailed to Eagle Tower Fund Committee, P.O. Box 353, Egg Harbor, WI 54209
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We were delighted by the positive feedback we received for issue one and have used this to develop this August edition.
Our aim with UK Fire is to deliver a truly cross fire sector publication that helps all elements of fire engineering to understand and share how working together delivers a safer environment in which society can live, work and visit.
Our Editor Phil Martin introduces the issue with his Editor's Comment and Stewart Kidd then provides his thoughts and concerns over the missed opportunities that preceded Grenfell. Niall Rowan and Brian Robinson provide a comment from the Association for Specialist Fire Prevention and the Fire Sector Federation respectively.
Issue two contains fourteen feature articles as well as product showcases and industry news, providing a real cross sector mix of information, opinion and knowledge.
Check out 'The growing threat of the worlds ageing transformer fleets' by Barrie Menzies, the article considers the world's transformer fleets which play a vital role in ensuring electricity flows efficiently and questions whether they are starting to groan. Richie McBride looks at 'Body-worn cameras, decision making, and our fire services' whilst Raman Chagger looks at the 'Live investigation of false fire alarms'.
We continue to profile UK Fire and Rescue Services and we are thankful to Trevor Ferguson who has provided an insight into Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service.
We are pleased to present our second edition which compliments the Emergency Services Show. We will continue to welcome your feedback and ideas before presenting the next issue in November 2018.
With the UK experiencing a prolonged period of extreme temperatures, the increase in wildland fires have increased to levels not experienced for four decades.
Image courtesy of Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service.
Raman Chagger, Trevor Ferguson, Paul Hopkins, Iain Houseman, Geir Jensen, Stewart Kidd, Peter Massingberd-Mundy, Richie McBride, Barry Menzies, Simon Plummer, Brian Robinson, Niall Rowan, Andy Walsh, Robert Yates.


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My work is created with the intention of defining a visual space that evokes emotions such as curiosity, intimacy, playfulness, and chance. Inspiration comes from the aesthetic of the modern market place found in places such as advertisements, apps, catalogs, and stores. Juxtaposing this aesthetic with glimpses of the artist hand signifies the importance of human contact in a culture that is becoming more and more communicative but ironically, less connected. The work encourages the viewer to bring their own experiences to an open ended dialogue, in which there is an implied invitation for them to become a part of the story.


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ON THE EVE OF OUR NEW RAIL SERVICE – A HUGELY EXCITING NEW ERA OF TRAVEL FOR FISHGUARD – Fishguard Trains MAKES NO APOLOGY FOR RAISING SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT MAY PROVE ITS WEAKEST LINK:
Since March when the Deputy First Minister surprised us with a u-turn on his previous rejection of a rail service for Fishguard, the surprises haven't stopped coming. First came swift acceptance that the service needs a station in Fishguard to serve it, and that can only be a re-opened Goodwick Station. Then came the proposed timetable, which replaced the Fishguard-Carmarthen shuttle offered by the Minister, with through services as far as Swansea, Cardiff, even Manchester. And this week sees last-minute announcements of buses connecting with many of the new trains from day one.
With all this good news, most of it unexpected and highly welcome, why spoil the celebration by pointing up shortcomings?
In this report we show that Clarbeston Road station is simply unfit for its new purpose serving Fishguard travellers; but we also show how easily the shortcomings can be rectified; and we call on the transport authorities to act with the same speed that they have demonstrated up the line.
The strength of Fishguard's new timetable is its through services – seven of our 14 daily services will run further than Carmarthen. On the other hand, four of the 14 services will run no further than Clarbeston Road. The first breakfast train out of Fishguard at 0653 terminates at Clarbeston Road with a 12 minute wait for the through service east. The 1900 out of Fishguard does likewise, with a 10 minute wait. The 2030 arrival in the evening is a shuttle, departing Clarbeston Road five minutes after the incoming train from the east. And the joker in this pack of four is the 0758 arrival in the morning, which involves a 1 hour 7 minute wait at Clarbeston Road if you are travelling from Carmarthen (though only a six minute wait if you are coming up from Haverfordwest and Milford). Fishguard Trains has objected previously to this 0758 service being included amongst our new incoming trains. It is likely to run near-empty, before it reverses at Fishguard to provide the very important 0804 though train to Manchester.
But this anomalous 0758 shuttle is not the problem at Clarbeston Road. It is the other three services. Why, you ask, are connecting services with only 5-12 minutes to wait a problem? Because if your connection fails to arrive, you will be left stranded at Clarbeston Road, without your car, in ignorance, with perhaps two hours to wait for the next chance of a train. No toilets, no benches, no information; no mobile reception; just two empty platforms, and a bus shelter.
As it stands today, Clarbeston Road Station is not fit for its new purpose.
This Tuesday, to celebrate the last week before Fishguard's new service, the Fishguard Trains team drove to Clarbeston Road for the 1531 to Cardiff. 1540, 1545 came, but no train. Drivers who had parked in the village to meet passengers off the train, gave up one by one and drove off. We were left wandering and wondering on the platform. There is no train indicator at Clarbeston Road. No Help Point. No mobile phone signal. No information. Up at the roadside, there is a small blue box, at the top of the footpath to platform one. But to use the box, you have to leave the platform, walk completely out of sight of the tracks, and risk the train arriving in the meantime. By 1550, we had to take that risk.
The blue box is called an Information Point. Beside it, bilingual A4 posters give these instructions – with our experience in reality:
Information Points contain messages about the next trains from the station. So no live person, just a pre-recorded message. The message includes information for each direction of travel for which a train is expected. Half the information will be about trains going the opposite way. To hear the message, press the button. Don't bother to press the button while cars, lorries and tractors are passing. The message will not be audible until all traffic noise has stopped. Wait while the Information Point contacts the control centre and plays the message to you. If you are not a Welsh speaker, wait some more while the entire message is first played in Welsh, then English. You will be told the time of the next train and where it is going. When a train is late or cancelled, or there is no train expected, then the message will tell you. As the message is pre-recorded, it can never give current information. Messages may also tell you other things about the train service. Such as how Clarbeston Road is a request stop, and passengers wishing to board the train should indicate their intentions clearly to the driver – if you are lucky this section will be played while tractors are passing; if not, this may be the only section you hear, and you will have to start again.
If you hear the engaged tone instead of the train information, wait until the Information Point is silent, then press the button again. Remember all this is happening while you are wondering whether your train has come and gone while you have been fiddling with this absurd blue box by the roadside.
If you need more information, please look at the timetable poster that is on display, or contact the National Rail Telephone Enquiry Service on 08457 48 49 50. But don't bother to use your mobile – no signal. You could try the phone box up the road – but make sure you have the means to pay (you DO know how to use a phone box these days … don't you?)
Should the Information Point not work at all, or if you have any other comments, please contact Customer Services on 0845 6061 660. The first helpful advice.
At this point, the Fishguard Trains team abandoned the attempt to get information, got back in the car and drove to Cardiff. We were fortunate. From next week, if you arrive at Clarbeston Road by shuttle from Fishguard to encounter a cancelled connection, there will no information and no escape.
Let's be clear about the problem. On this occasion, the 1531 was obstructed by a fallen power line at Johnston. Neither Arriva nor Network Rail can be faulted for the cancellation. And if they have not yet prioritised real time information for travellers using Clarbeston Road, they can be forgiven for assuming that most if not all are local people or those arriving by road. All that changes on September 12th. Four times a day passengers will arrive by train at Clarbeston Road, whose only intention is to continue their journey by train in a few minutes. When that happens as planned, no one will think twice. But when it fails – as it is bound to – Clarbeston Road Station will be a very poor place to be stuck.
The remedies are obvious: provide a train indicator board; provide a telephone link to a live information provider – a person!; provide a mobile signal; any of these would be better than nothing.
And if all else fails, move the ridiculous blue box down to the platform (and another on the opposite side) so we can at least play back the bilingual instructions for hailing a train, within sight of the tracks and away from the tractors.


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Brian Wood is one of the busiest – and best – writers in the comic book business. Somehow he finds the time to write Mara (Image Comics), Star Wars, The Massive, and Conan the Barbarian (Dark Horse Comics), Ultimate X-Men and the new X-Men series coming this month (Marvel Comics). I don't know how he does it. I'm already tired just from writing this paragraph.
Brian makes it seem effortless, even going the extra mile to stay fit and healthy. Curious about how he manages it all, I caught up with him to ask him about what's coming up for the X-Men relaunch, Star Wars, about his adventures in CrossFit, and more.
GeekMom: Will it be easy for newcomers (or readers who haven't read an X-Men title in years) to jump right into X-Men #1?
Brian Wood: I think so, yeah. That's always the goal, and our biggest challenge as the makers of comics: to satisfy newcomers and old-timers alike. It's tricky, but its crucial and I think we did it here. It might take a couple issues before someone new to the X-Men is fully locked in, but getting there will not be boring, I promise.
GM: How did you choose the line-up?
BW: Marvel chose it! Haha. But I concur, it's a great lineup, all heavy hitters, fan-favorites, and marquee names. There's dozens of female X-Men and they're all great, but for this launch we needed the all-stars.
GM: Are you aware of any special efforts being done to publicize the all-female X-Men, given how female-driven titles typically don't sell as well as the male titles?
BW: Yeah, we've gotten some inquiries and done some outreach… honestly, this sort of this is massively high profile anyway, but a few unusual-for-comics publications have expressed interest, like Bitch Magazine, for one example.
And as far as sales go, I like to think this book will be the one that blows away expectations of female-led books selling poorly. If any book will, it's this one.
GM: Brian Michael Bendis has mentioned that you're "very involved" in the X-Men 50th Anniversary. Is it part of the X-Men relaunch, Ultimate Comics X-Men, or something new you can give a hint about?
BW: I guess that cat is out of the bag by now, but yeah, X-Men will be one of the four titles making up the 50th Anniversary Event later this year.
GM: Is dialogue with Chewbacca and R2-D2 one of your biggest challenges in Star Wars? In issue #4, R2-D2's panel isn't filled with "beeps" and "boops" – was that a deliberate decision to keep the conversation flowing?
BW: Well, later we have some extended conversations with people and droids with plenty of sound effects, and yeah, it's hard to write that in a way that makes it part of a back and forth, and without the human side of the conversation basically repeating back what the Wookiee or droid says for the benefit of the reader. But it's a fun creative problem to solve, one I enjoy.
GM: Some Star Wars fans weren't convinced that Princess Leia belongs in the cockpit of an X-Wing. Now that we're 4 issues in, have you noticed your audience changing their tune?
BW: Maybe… or maybe I'm just hearing less of it, haha. But I hope it all sort of makes sense now, once readers see the context and what it all looks like on the page.
I also talk about this a lot – one of my favorite things to say to a skeptic is to run down the list of actions Leia does in the first film, and when you line it all up, especially including the "resisting torture" and "flying the Falcon" and "taking over her own rescue" – I can see people get it. I mean, one of the very first things we ever see her do is shoot a stormtrooper. She's got the skills.
GM: Is A New Hope your favorite Star Wars film?
BW: Yeah, it is. I like a lot of Empire, but mostly the Hoth scenes, which were endlessly re-creatable in the snowy Vermont winters I grew up in. But looking back, A New Hope is the right mix of nostalgia and drama and suspense for me. So I try to keep it in mind when I write this series, use that film only as a point of reference.
GM: Through your tweets it seems like you regularly exercise with CrossFit. How do you fit writing so many ongoing titles and a regular exercise program in?
BW: Well, after so many years of telling myself that it was impossible, that I was just too busy to take care of myself properly, I hit some sort of line that, once crossed, could not stand. I decided I needed to TAKE the time to exercise even if it meant wreaking havoc on deadlines for awhile. So I did that.
I've since found the balance, but for many weeks it was tough. I was late handing in work. But it really had to be done. My job, like so many people, is to sit in a chair for way too many hours of the day. I'm into my 40's, and too many of my peers in similar circumstances deal with a lot of health issues. No way was I going to be one of them.
I work out 3x a week, and the intensity level of CrossFit being what it is, that is a huge amount for me. It's great, it's the best thing I could have done for myself.
GM: You hinted recently that your diet and exercise regimens are related to your writing. Is that where you got the inspiration for the character of Mara?
BW: Related to my career, in the ways I detailed above. That's all I meant. I never really considered myself an athlete, even though I was quite active in a few things in my youth. But I am one now, that's for sure.
But Mara predates all that, actually… Mara came out of some ideas of superheroes and athletes that have been gestating in my back brain for years now. Sometimes ideas just take that long to come together.


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Saturday, October 6, 2012
Where Did Jesus' DNA Come From?
For humans, our DNA comes half from our fathers and half from our mothers. I am getting confused here. My question is where is Jesus' DNA comes from? Did it come from The Holy Spirit? Did Virgin Mary's DNA form part of Jesus'?
The mystery of the Incarnation (i.e. Word became flesh) means that it is "in [Mary] that the Incarnation of the Word, the hypostatic union of the Son of God with human nature, is accomplished and fulfilled" (JPII, Redemptoris Mater 9). Therefore, Mary is not only "full of grace" (kecharitomene)(Lk 1:28); "because of this gift of sublime grace she far surpasses all other creatures both in heaven and on earth" (Vatican II:Lumen Gentium 53).
There were many different ways that God could have used to save us. In His infinite wisdom, God had chosen to send His Son to save us through the Pascal Mystery, i.e. through his suffering, death, and resurrection. The "critical path", if I may use this popular business term, for accomplishing God's economy of salvation was for the Word to become flesh and dwell among us (John 1:14). Mary was given the singular and sublime grace of being the "woman" from whom Christ took on his body and his human nature.
St. Paul highlighted the significance of the role that Mary played in giving Jesus a body when he said, "When the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons...crying, 'Abba! Father!'" (Gal. 4:4-6). "Born of woman" is significant in that it underscores the Incarnation - Christ taking on a human body and the human nature from Mary for the redemption of men and humanity. It was a true human body – "born of woman" as St. Paul said – for Jesus is true God and true man (CCC 464).
Having established the singular and significant role that Mary played in the economy of salvation - giving birth to Christ, giving him a true human body; now the answer to the inquirer's question - where did Jesus' DNA come from? - has become self-evident.
From the above scriptural analysis, it's clear that Jesus' body came from Mary - God made a point of seeing that it did: she was "overshadowed" by the power of the Holy Spirit; she conceived; and baby Jesus grew in her sacred womb. She is sublime and surpasses all other creatures on earth and in heaven because of this special vocation - giving birth to Jesus, giving him a human body and the human nature. It follows that Jesus' body had his mother's DNA since it came from her. It was God's will that Jesus had Mary's DNA!
According to the inquirer, biologically a child's DNA must come from a father and a mother. How is it possible that Jesus received his DNA from just Mary alone? The question is similar to Mary's own question to Gabriel: "How can this be, since I have no relations with a man?" (Luke 1:34). As a result, its answer also is similar to the answer that Gabriel gave Mary: "The holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you...for nothing will be impossible for God" (Luke 1:35-37).
Does this mean half of Jesus' DNA came from the Holy Spirit? As a divine Person, the Holy Spirit is neither man nor woman. He doesn't have a human body. While it was the power of the Holy Spirit that caused Mary to conceive, it's wrong to say that half of Jesus' DNA came from the Holy Spirit. With humility, we have to admit that we don't know exactly how God did it, but we do know that "nothing will be impossible for God".
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PC forwarded to me the following comment from Henry, who gave me permission for publication. I will respond to Henry's comment later.ReplyDelete
Thanks PC, coincidentally one of my groups also chatted about this interesting question recently.
The article is well supported by verses but the reasoning for Jesus having Mary's DNA is hardly convincing.
He quoted "it's in Mary", "the woman from whom Christ took on his body..." and saying "Jesus' body came from Mary". Literally these are valid observations, but the question is, these verses didn't explain the formation of Christ's fresh. As the author concluded in his final statement, "we don't know exactly how God did it, but we do know that nothing will be impossible for God" -- then how can he be so sure that Jesus had his mother's DNA? He is assuming that God somehow made Mary's egg divided and developed without the activation of sperm. But could God did it in some other ways? Just like in the beginning of the universe, God created everything with His words, out of vain. Likewise, Jesus's body COULD had formed from vain.
The writers of the quoted verses used the terms "in Mary", "the woman from whom" merely referring that Jesus came out from Mary's womb, and therefore one cannot conclude from that saying Jesus had only half DNA as we have. Frankly, just like how we are trying to understand the creation and evolution of the universe, we simply don't know. The Bible deals with the "Why" question but not the "How" -- "Why humans were created?" "Why did Jesus come and live among us?", the answer for "How" is simply out of our imagination.
There's a much more interesting article on the internet saying 23 DNA were found from Jesus's blood.
It's a fun reading but I'd suggest reading some follow up articles on the validity of Jesus' blood or His tomb.
Again, I thank you for sharing this, I do enjoy it. :D
There's nothing I like more than a serious and respectful ecumenical dialogue between a Catholic and a Protestant. I appreciate the insightful comment of Henry, who I understand is a good Christian from the Baptist church.Delete
You'll notice that before I concluded that Jesus' DNA came from Mary, I built up my argument by pointing out the inseparable connection between Jesus' body and that of Mary; that it was by God's will that Jesus as a human person received his body and humanity from a human being – "born of a woman" as St. Paul took the pain to point out. Why would St. Paul say that? "Born of a woman" - isn't that very obvious? What else could Jesus have been born from? But that's exactly the point St. Paul was trying to make: Jesus received his body from a woman - a human being. Mary is truly Jesus' mother; she is truly the human person from whom Jesus received his flesh and blood. As a result, her title as the Mother of God was confirmed by the Church at the Council of Ephesus of 431 A.D. – an ecumenical Council recognized not only by the Latin Church of Rome but also by all Eastern Orthodox churches.
Jesus is the only mediator between God and men (1Timothy 2:5, cf. Genesis 28:12, John 1:51). He mediates between God and men and connects divinity with humanity not by "pretending" to be human, but by being truly human. His human nature was made possible by receiving a genuine human body from a true human being – Mary. Any other way of taking on a human body would have rendered his unique mediation ineffectual. Henry suggested that "Jesus's body COULD had formed from vain." The possibility of God giving Jesus a human body out of nothing and putting it in Mary's womb – as Henry appeared to suggest – is incompatible with the biblical concept of incarnation and mediation. The fallacy of such an argument is, therefore, self-evident. Mary is truly Jesus' mother (filled with the Holy Spirit, Elizabeth had no hesitation in recognizing her as such when she addressed her as "the mother of my Lord" in Luke 1:43); her pregnancy was not simply a feminine "body shell" holding the body of an infant planted by God from outside.
- AnonymousOctober 24, 2012 at 6:48 PM
"But could God did it in some other ways?" - absolutely!!!ReplyDelete
"Just like in the beginning of the universe, God created everything with His words, out of vain." - agreeing so far....
"Likewise, Jesus's body COULD had formed from vain." - absolutely!!! Could have, but did NOT; otherwise, Mary wouldn't have been in the picture.
The Word was made Flesh..how?...born of a woman!!! Born OF a woman.
I'm not a scientist, neither do I know anything about genetics other than the few classes taken from my high school years. But I know this much: half of Jesus' DNAs came from Mary, but whether He has the other half or if so, from where? I have NO idea.
But, again, this I know: half came from Mary.....this is indisputable!!!
Tony Chow
- AnonymousOctober 24, 2012 at 11:48 PM
From yet another angle:ReplyDelete
The Messiah was foretold to come from the bloodline of David. Jesus was referred to as the "seed" of David.
If Jesus' DNA did not come from Mary, then Mary would have been a gestational surrogate at best, and should have been referred to as Jesus' wet nurse (since there was no such term as "gestational surrogate" back then). But NO, Mary was referred to as "the Mother of our Lord" by Elizabeth who was filled (inspired) by the Holy Spirit.
Tony Chow
When I was still a kid, I used to ponder the existence of Jesus in his mother's womb as a magical event. The feeling was like: all of a sudden, poof! the baby's there! My view could be explained by a rather premature logic that if a virgin can't get pregnant without help from a man, then the help it needs to accomplish the miracle must be completely external, coming from the outside of the woman's body. Thus unintentionally believed that the baby is literally put there in the womb. I could have hold on to that fallacy if no one corrects me.ReplyDelete
But for some none-catholic Christians, it isn't merely a problem of childish thinking as I did. But also the reason behind their tendency to undermine the role of Mary. Many of them think that Mary isn't worthy to be called ''mother of God'' (somehow confused Mary as mother of God the Father?), I think this explain why Mary's DNA isn't good enough for Jesus.
Then again, this DNA argument is only a drop in a bucket. Being able to agree with the authority of the Church will make one's mistake much more easily correctable.
- AnonymousNovember 1, 2012 at 11:56 AM
I have no knowledge of DNA stuff. This seems like some kind of Biological Discussion? However, I like to share my view.ReplyDelete
As from the Theological Anthropology, we understand and believe that Jesus was the WORD became flesh and dwelt among us. He is 100% Human. His DNA is of course from a Human Being, Mary, the Mother of God. Otherwise , who else do your think the DNA could be??
In fact, the DNA is not my faith concern. I have been taught that our Lord's Humanity is the WAY to the Father. Jesus is the Way and Mary is our model. Our humanity is the path to the eternal life.
In Christ
- AnonymousNovember 3, 2012 at 1:07 PM
Well, half dna from Mary and another half from divine being implies dem-god by definition, isn't it?ReplyDelete
Let me quote from a webpage:
But the Orthodox Christian theology has decisively rejected the idea that Jesus Christ is a demigod in this sense.
At the Council of Chalcedon in 451 a definition of the faith was agreed with the following words about the two natures of Christ:
"... one and the same Christ, Son, Lord, Only-begotten, recognized in two natures, without confusion, without change, without division, without separation; the distinction of natures being in no way annulled by the union, but rather the characteristics of each nature being preserved and coming together to form one person and subsistence, not as parted or separated into two persons, but one and the same Son and Only-begotten God the Word, Lord Jesus Christ"
Jesus definitely is not a demigod, and I had made that quite clear in the last paragraph of this post. Although the term "demigod" was not used, I took pains to point out that it's wrong to say that half of Jesus' DNA came from the Holy Spirit. To say so is to suggest that Jesus PHYSICALLY came from the Holy Spirit, which would have been possible only if the Holy Spirit had a human body. This is clearly heretical and, as the Gentle Wisdom article indicated, is venturing into the area of Greek mythology.Delete
I think there is a chance that aliens from another part of the universe, or even another dimension, inseminated Mary with genetically engineered "super sperm" with the intent of giving the human race the gift of unconditional love.ReplyDelete
My article explains the issue based on the Scripture. In other words, a "scriptural boundary" has been set, within which the discussion is to be conducted. We are trying to understand the Incarnation (or the side issue of Jesus' DNA) based on the revealed truth - presumably what God has revealed to man as necessary for his salvation. Seeing the Bible as God's revelation is something one can choose to accept or reject. This discussion is carried out on the premise that the readers accept the Bible as God's revelation. Is it possible to abandon this premise and assume other things in discussing this issue? Sure it is. In which case, the sky will be the limit and all kinds of possibilities can be suggested, as David did. But I appreciate the suggestion and the interest.ReplyDelete


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Happy Monday everyone! I am very excited to announce we have just received our Spring Summer 2014 catalogs. The truck just dropped them off and the whole office rushed down to get the first glimpse of the catalogs. June (our graphic designer) of course beat all of us to the boxes and tore into the boxes like a child opening a Christmas present because as she explained to all of us, they were her "babies." The catalogs came out looking great, the texture of the pages, the lifestyle pictures, everything just looked perfect. Though I can't sha
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