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Daylight saving time: Why do we have to lose an hour's sleep?
As the British summer approaches (taking its time, as per usual), we soon get to enjoy losing out on an hour's sleep. Aren't we lucky? But why did we start this practice, anyway? Isn't it done so farmers can start their work earlier and make the most of the extra daylight? (Why not just get up a bit earlier and leave the rest of us in peace, eh?)
You might be surprised just why and how daylight saving time started…
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In the ancient world, time was obviously a lot more casual than it is now (it would hardly ever wear a nice shirt and tie, for example). This could lead to some fairly confusing decisions. Take the Romans, who reasoned that as each day is made up of 24 hours, there should always be 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night time. While I'm sure this made perfect sense on animal skin (paper having not been invented yet), any consideration should warn you this would be a nightmare.
So in summer, the hora tertia (that's the third hour after dawn, for those of us who don't speak Latin), which was vital for certain religious ceremonies, started at 06.58 and lasted for 75 minutes. But in winter it was a lot shorter. For example, on the winter solstice, it started at 09:02 and lasted only 44 minutes. (Personally, I think we should still use this in winter as my work day would be nice and short.)
Daylight saving to the rescue
Even as recently as the 18th century, European nations didn't really need to bother with any precise time keeping, so it didn't matter how long an hour was, or if it was 9am or 10am. However, the advent of trains and telegrams meant time was in desperate need of standardisation. But who do we have to blame for the loss of an hour's precious sleep?
I can already hear you blaming the poor, hard working farmers. I know I did until very recently. But it turns out it's all the fault of a man from New Zealand named George Hudson and another man named William Willett from London.
A shift working entomologist, Hudson first proposed the modern daylight saving time in 1895, suggesting a two hour saving. Why did he need this extra time for his busy day? To catch insects and butterflies after work. That's right. You have to be extra groggy soon because good old George wanted to run around with a net, catching bugs.
But what about William Willett? Surely he had a more valid and noble reason when he independently came up with the same idea for the UK in 1905? Nope. On a pre-breakfast ride, he apparently complained about the fact Londoners slept through a good portion of the summer's day (maybe they were just all teenagers?).
He was also an avid golfer and despised having to cut his round of golf short in the winter. He proposed the change several times before his death in 1915 (after which he was presumably moaned at by Londoners for missing out on the lovely summer days).
From the 30th April 1916, Germany and the Austria-Hungarian Empire where the first European countries to use daylight saving, as a way of saving coal for the First World War, with Britain soon following suit.
So there we have it! For years, farmers have been getting an unfair rap. Really, it's all down to a bug catcher, a golfer, and the First World War.
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- Jim Townsley
- Jul 6, 2008
Every new church will find difficulty getting people to become faithful to all the services. How do you train members to become faithful? As more and more activities distract believers from church services it is critical to have a plan to teach faithfulness. A universal method of getting people to attend is to ask them to bring something. If they are expected to bring the potato salad they will come to bring it. There are several things that people can be asked to bring or reasons that will be given for people to attend. Two of the best promotions are food and children. People come to hear and watch their children and everyone loves to eat. The gospel preaching must remain primary, however the use of these methods will entice people to attend. The following suggestions are some practical ways of building faithfulness and encourage visitors to come to the services.
First of all, you must talk about faithfulness in every service. We must use the terminology of "Sunday morning, Sunday night, and Wednesday night." Another idea is "Three to Thrive." Yet another, is to encourage people to come to the Wednesday evening service - "The sweetest service of the week." Special speakers and special series of sermons are also helpful to keep the spirit of excitement in the evening services. People will not come unless they are encouraged and given a reason to come. If they come to a boring service they will probably not return, but if the service is uplifting and encouraging they will be challenged to return.
Secondly, you should have special meetings and activities. Holding choir practice prior to or after the Sunday night or Wednesday service helps to get people in the habit of attending all of these services. Teen visitation on Wednesday night before the service has the teens already at church, which means the parent will come to attend with their teens. A children's choir practice before an evening service also brings people to the service. A Sunday school or workers meeting before or after the evening service will help to develop a spirit of faithfulness in many people. These special activities and meetings give people a reason to be at all of the services and once the habit is established they will realize that they are profiting greatly from these services.
Thirdly, you should have special services. Revival meetings and conferences that include the Sunday evening and Wednesday evening services can help get people started on a path to faithfulness. Special days for Christmas or Easter or activities that involve food and fellowship will help get people to the services that otherwise might not attend. Honor the military with a special time of prayer or hold a special time of prayer for civic leaders. A pie night or ice cream fellowship following the service will give you another reason to encourage people to attend and cause them to think they are missing something by not attending the evening services. If they are asked to bring a pie they will be there for the service also. Special music by the choir or the children's choir will encourage family and friends to come. However, food and fellowship should never replace the preaching of the Word of God. Always make the preaching the main thing and these other things incidental to the preaching. Don't ever cancel the regular service to promote fun activities or replace the preaching with programs.
Fourthly, preach a series of sermons that people will not want to miss. Don't allow the Wednesday preaching to be less important. Make every effort to give your best sermons on Sunday night and Wednesday night. Set the example as the leader of the church. Remember, when people are asked to bring the potato salad they come with it. Think of ways to get people involved and they will become more faithful.

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Wireless and Mobile E-Stop Device (Survey about Supplier companies)
The Mobile Emergency Stop is designed to commit machinery shutdown to protect operators close to it. The scenarios are mostly about diagnostics of machinery or configuring a new production line.
[Jay Electronique]
In Jay Electronique solution, the wireless E-Stop is attainable but it's not a general mobile E-Stop for all the machines in the line. In this solution, the E-Stop control via wireless is predefined on certain radio channel. So the HMI Terminal is only associated to some fixed machines. Actually, two modes are defined in Jay Electronique wireless E-Stop, i.e. Monitoring Diagnostics and manual. The E-Stop button cane be activated in different conditions for these two modes.
The product extents the Honeywell's Experion process knowledge system (PKS) and is named Honeywell Mobile PKS. It saves the hard wiring cost when accessing process data from factory floor and also enables the location services by using Honeywell Instant location system.
It has KeTop55, KeTop100 products supporting wire-based communication and emergency safety standard. It has basis interface such as RS232, Ethernet etc. and also support Propibus DP/MPI, CAN. Besides, it also has optional functionalities to support real time communication via EtherCat, SercosIII, Ehternet IP and Profinet I/O RT. This product has two kinds of client configuration, i.e. thin client and rich client, see following architectures.
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The mobile HMI is used together with connect box, connect cables and operation software such as SIMATIC ProTool or WinCC Flexibility. It follows the standards below. Especially, Siemens adopts safety integrated Automation system to obtain seamless and simplified safety production line.
With regard to the communication network, the Safety Integrated includes both tried-and-tested fieldbus such as Profibus and AS-Interface as well as innovative Industrial Ehternet such as Profinet. In some special condition, Industrial WLAN is also adopted and fits our interests.


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Introducing Shake Alpha
March 24, 2016
We're very excited to introduce a first version of Shake, one that we're dubbing Shake Alpha.
Shake Alpha allows you to make your everyday purchases in bitcoin. It comes in two flavours:
- A mobile app that allows you to tap & pay at contactless terminals
- A web app that displays your virtual card to pay online
The Shake mobile app
With the Shake Android app you can add funds in bitcoin, tap & pay at store terminals, and view card details for online purchases.
Tap & pay
The Shake app allows anyone with an Android phone equipped with NFC to tap & pay for purchases at any VISA-accepting contactless terminal.
See it in action
We'll be releasing an iOS version soon that has all these great features except for tap & pay.
The Shake web app
With the Shake web app you can add funds in bitcoin and view card details for online purchases.
- Free to create your first virtual card
- $1 or €1 monthly charge
- 1% on the bitcoin to fiat exchange (we share upfront the total cost)
- 3% if a card is used in a foreign transaction (e.g. a USD card used in a CAD transaction)
Sign me up
Head over to shakepay.co and add your email to the early access list. Get your phones ready because we're inviting people everyday.
If you're really excited to give Shake a try, send us bitcoin-related humour at firstname.lastname@example.com :)
How long do you wait for the bitcoin transaction to confirm
6 confirmations.
How do you calculate the bitcoin exchange rate
We use Bitpay's Bitcoin Best Bid Rate at the moment of transaction.
Where can I use the Shake tap & pay
At any VISA-accepting contactless terminal.
How do I know if my phone will work with tap & pay
Most Android phones equipped with NFC will work with Shake. This is a good site to check the specs of your phone.
What kind of card is it
Your Shake card is a VISA card.


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Introducing Young Living Essential Oils
Young Living Essential Oils is a premier multi-level marketing company that is headquartered in Lehi, Utah. They have grown to become the world leader in essential oils and wellness solutions with offices in Canada, Australia, Europe, Japan, Singapore and have farms that are located around the world. Their mission is to inspire individuals to lives of wellness, purpose, and abundance! Their essential oils and oil-infused products are second to none.
When considering a home-based business opportunity like this, it is important for you to know that Young Living is a global leader in the marketing of aromatherapy products. This company was established in 1994 and is highly rated by the Better Business Bureau. Young Living is also ranked by MLM Rankings as the third most popular Home Based Business Opportunity available and has an Internet Popularity Percentage of 99.77%
What is Multi-Level Marketing?
Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) is a marketing strategy in which the sales force is compensated not only for the sales that they personally generate, but also for the sales of others that they recruit, creating a downline of distributors and a hierarchy of multiple levels of compensation.
When contracted with Young Living, you will be considered a sole proprietor or independent contractor. You will not directly work for the company but you will represent the company as an independent distributor.
Is Multi-Level Marketing a Legitimate Home Business Opportunity?
Absolutely! Young Living's multi-level marketing program is not a pyramid scheme, an illegal practice or a scam. Pyramid schemes do not sell products or services. You can rest assured that Young Living provides a premier multi-level marketing opportunity that is dedicated to helping individuals and families to make lifestyle changes that promote wellness.
How Income is Derived
First and foremost, income is derived from the commissions earned from the sales efforts of each member which is considered to be direct sales.
Each member will have the opportunity to recruit other independent members or distributors. They will then receive commissions from sales made by the those individuals recruited, as well as, from the sales generated by individuals who they recruit as well.
Young Living provides each independent distributor with the opportunity to earn free products that can be personally used or sold. Regardless of how used, you will benefit financially. Young Living also provides an outstanding rewards program that I will be happy to explain to you. Simply give me a call to arrange a free, no obligation consultation.
What to Consider When Selecting a Home-Based Business
Make sure that the company has been in business for at least ten years and has an outstanding reputation.
Make sure that the company is totally committed to the future and has a proven track record.
Make sure that the company has established products or services that are useful and will be needed for years to come. Stay away from products or services that might be considered a fad and no longer needed in a year or two.
Make sure that the company provides a product or service that can be used more than once. This will result in repeat business which equates to additional income and profitability for an independent distributor.
Make sure that the company has high quality products that are time-proven over the years.
Make sure that the company has professional looking packaging and marketing materials.
Make sure that the company provides their independent distributors and customers with fantastic customer service.
Always choose a company with products or services that you like and use. If you don't, you will not be properly motivated to sell these products or services... let alone recruit others; which will equate to a failed business.
Make sure that your sponsor will always provide you the support needed to become a successful business owner.
Look for a company that provides low start-up costs with a minimal inventory and reasonable product requirements.
Starting a home-based business can be challenging to say the least but extremely profitable when managed properly.
Why You Should Choose Young Living Essential Oils
Without a doubt, Young Living meets all of the criteria of a top multi-level marketing company and ranks among the top essential oil companies in the world. Young Living provides inexpensive marketing and learning materials for their independent distributors and provides both their distributors and customers with total support... at all times.
Many professionals including chiropractors, acupuncturists, massage therapists, and personal trainers choose Young Living products to incorporate into their main business because of the beneficial results attained. There are many top health and fitness network marketing companies to select from but none offer such a diverse and unique range of products that can be used for both humans and animals. Please
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Born and raised in the Saharawi refugee camps lining the frontier between Algeria and Western Sahara, Aziza's life has been marked by both daunting hardship and inspired will. Fleeing from these camps and the regime of political oppression that followed Morocco's 1975 invasion of Western Sahara, as a young teenager Aziza travelled to Cuba for her secondary school studies. There she experienced first hand the deep Cuban economic crisis of the 1990s and the subsequent denial of her request to pursue a university degree in music.
Music had been Aziza's passion since she was a small girl and despite this setback she returned to the Saharawi camps in Algeria and began singing and playing in different musical ensembles, a process that continued when she moved to Spain in the year 2000.
Aziza's new album Abbar el Hamada ('Across the Hamada') recorded in Barcelona in the summer of 2015 with Soutak producer Chris Eckman is a wholly persuasive example of Brahim's pan-musical vision and is her most compelling and varied album to date.


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The Monday Morning Blues
Does the start of your workweek trigger overwhelming feelings of anxiety, sadness, or stress? Do you lack passion and motivation on Monday morning? Are you sluggish or tense?
If you're nodding affirmatively, you might have a case of the Monday Blues. ~ Forbes
Four Ways to Make Mondays Suck Less
If you ask your friends and neighbors, Monday would probably be the least favorite day of the week. According to "Forbes" magazine, it doesn't have to be. Here are four ways to make your Mondays better. See the complete list here.
#1.) Dress Nice. Wearing your best outfit makes you more confident. And just looking like you're ready for work tends to make you FEEL more ready for work.
#2.) Do Something Nice for Someone. Or do something nice for the whole office, like bringing donuts to work. Research has shown that one of the best ways to improve your mood is to make someone ELSE happy.
#3.) Prepare for Monday on Friday. If there's something at work that you dread doing on Mondays, get a head start on Friday if you can.
--That way you'll lighten your workload. And you'll be able to relax all weekend, because you'll know you have an easier Monday than usual ahead of you.
#4.) Make a List of Things You're Excited for This Week. It doesn't even have to be work-related. Just write down three things you're looking forward to . . . like your favorite TV show, or having drinks with friends.
--That way, you'll remind yourself of some GOOD stuff that's coming up, and you won't just concentrate on how awful Mondays are.
--In fact, some people suggest ALWAYS making plans for Monday night. Because then you'll start thinking of Mondays as a "special" day, not just the beginning of the workweek.


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Postmaster General of United States Postal Service Complain about Anna Michalik Fraud and Harassment against Ted Jeczalik.
January 10, 2012
Postmaster General
U.S. Postal Service
475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW
Washington, DC 20260-0010
Bank of America
P.O. Box 5170
Simi Valley, CA 93062-5170
Anna Michalik residing at 8745 Angoff Dr. New Port Richey, FL 34653, started placing mail to Ted Jeczalik residence mail box located at 9117 Richwood Lane, Port Richey, FL 34668. Last letter that was hand delivered to Ted Jeczalik mail box was addressed to Boleslow Michalik & Ann Jeczalik with address on the letter showing 8745 Angoff Dr. New Port Richey, FL 34653. This letter was from Bank of America
P.O. Box 5170, Simi Valley, CA 93062-5170
Anna Michalik also fraudulently submitted Ted Jeczalik P.O. Box address: P.O. Box 248, Port Richey, FL 34673 as her legal address to Bank of America using her illegal name Ann Jeczalik where in fact her name is Anna Michalik and she has no legal authority to use this address.
Anna Jeczalik has history of forging signatures on Ted Jeczalik business checks and stealing money from Bank of America. Anna Michalik forged checks using Ted Jeczalik forged signature can be seen at:
Ted Jeczalik is concern about Anna Michalik using Postal Service Service for her money fraud and extortion of money from Ted Jeczalik.
Ted Jeczalik hopes to stop Anna Michalik from her harassment at his residence delivering private mail not addressed to Ted Jeczalik. Anna Michalik fraudulent use of her last name is being used in her extortion of money against Ted Jeczalik using United States Postal Service.
Ted Jeczalik
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The Fabliss Life of Bella Mellman Tour
The Fabliss Life of Bella Mellman Tour
The Fabliss Life Of Bella Mellman spins a bold tale of a savvy woman of the world who gives a rollicking social commentary on life in the flats of Beverly Hills, men, "mature" dating habits, and the odd complexities of love, sociopaths, marriage, divorce, and living a creative life. The book also looks at the role of the older woman, her place in the sexual panoply, which has been so horribly simplified. Bella Mellman, a transplanted South African artist and writer, lives a 'fabliss' life (as her 8-year-old grand-daughter tells it) in the flats of Beverly Hills. A long-time divorcee nearing the seventh decade of a very full life, Bella is constantly annoyed when friends, and even strangers, ask the impertinent question of "Why, don't you have a partner?" Followed by the hated phrase: "You look quite good for a woman your age." The only thing to do, Bella realizes, is to write a book that explains once and for all, her satisfaction with being older and single.
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text: This lesson plan was developed for Keshet by Rabbi Steve Greenberg, author of Wrestling with God and Men. In this 45-minute lesson designed for adults, participants will explore an early rabbinic reading of Genesis that highlights the rabbi's approach to male homosexual relations. Participants will also explore themes of power and powerlessness. The lesson uses Genesis 9:20-25, Ibn Ezra on 9:24, and Sanhedrin 70a as a way to engage participants in these themes.


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The times are a-changing for royals – and it's for the better
The engagement of Prince Harry to his divorcee American girlfriend Meghan Markle is making the headlines in the world and national news media. The couple are obviously in love with each other and deserve every future happiness together.
Compare their current situation with the one faced in 1936 by the then Prince of Wales, and later Edward VIII, who had to abdicate his kingdom because he fell in love with Wallis Simpson, an American socialite divorcee.
In those days, the concept of the heir to the British throne marrying a divorcee was taboo. The Royal Family, Church of England, and the political establishment were all up in arms about the prospect of the very popular Prince of Wales marrying the love of his life. The outcome was that Edward VIII, who reigned as King of the United Kingdom from January 20, 1936, abdicated his titles on December 11, 1936 to become HRH the Duke of Windsor.
Mrs Simpson was refused the title of Her Royal Highness and given the title of Duchess of Windsor, the couple married in 1937 and lived abroad, the Duke dying in Paris in 1972.
All too often in life one can look back to the old days, and rightly so, when things were perceived to be better than today. In this case the opposite definitely applies.
Today there is a much more tolerant approach by Royalty, Church, and Political Establishment towards divorce. Princess Margaret, Princess Anne, Prince Charles, Prince Andrew were all divorced. Three of them were remarried and accepted back into Society by all bodies – unlike the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.
I suggest that everyone should wish Harry and Meghan well in their new life together. It is a pity that the Duke and Duchess of Windsor could not have been accorded the same consideration and acceptance prior to and after their marriage in 1937.
As the lyrics of Bob Dylan's 1964 popular song say: "The Times They Are a-Changing." In Harry and Meghan's future marriage I hope it is all for the better in everyone's eyes.
Cyril Olsen
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Disturbing modern trend
The steady closure of high street banks has now become a torrent with banks abdicating any responsibility towards their customers.
RBS (owners of NatWest), closing 259 branches, was one of the banks bailed out by taxpayers and this is their way of repaying us.
All businesses need to make a profit but they also need to serve their customers. Large rural areas are now left without any NatWest services, even the cashpoints are being closed.
As with the closure of local hospitals, the closure of banks will lead to severe personal and social diseconomies. People who cannot travel will become further disenfranchised, creating a more divided society emphasising the differences between rural and urban.
As NatWest withdraws from the high street, it enables the bank to put as much distance between itself and their customers – the end of face to face service, a disturbing modern trend.
Being told there are suitable alternatives is no recompense. Mobile banking and internet banking require personal technology which not everyone has or wishes to use. It is the use of the internet that has led to the devastation of high streets throughout the country.
There is a bigger picture. The closure of banks is following the well established pattern of the closure of many railways and the ongoing closure of hospitals. RBS, owners of NatWest, are closing their local branches that will have far reaching consequences for businesses and customers.
Mike Wynn
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Audio service
at the cinema
I was pleased to hear that Dame Judi Dench was still persevering and going to the cinema despite her loss of sight. As a partially-sighted person, I know how difficult watching films can be as, frequently, much of the activity is only visual and identifying the characters is often problematical.
In recent years, the industry has started to audio describe most films.
This is an invaluable service and has considerably enhanced my own enjoyment of films and my willingness to go to the cinema.
Mary Fairbrother


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Season 1, Episode 7
This episode marks the first time that we learn what Angel really is! After I saw this episode for the first time, I was still thinking about it the next day on the bus. Ah, the good ol' days before spoilers...
Master Interlude: Meanwhile, below the surface, Darla informs The Master that some vamps didn't make it back from the hunt because the Slayer dusted them. He's upset, and decides to send some of his best vampires after her.
Buffy decides to leave The Bronze. Once outside, she senses that she's being followed. She's surprised to find that it's not Angel, but The Three, the virile vamps sent by The Master. Luckily, Angel appears out of nowhere and they're able to get away from the vamps. They run to her house, Buffy yells to Angel to come in, and they're safe.
Angel's been slashed in the ribs, and Buffy starts to dress his wound. Some of that guy/chick tension in the kitchen, and then Buffy's mom comes home. Buffy introduces Angel as a student at the community college who's helping her with her history; Buffy's mom says okay, but it's late...Joyce goes up to bed, and Buffy pretends to say goodnight to Angel. Then they proceed to sneak up to her room, since she doesn't want Angel to have to face The Three again. It's here that she says it's her job to kill those kinds of vamps, but why does he get involved? And Angel leads her to believe it's a vengeance gig for him. She asks what his family thinks of his career decision, and he tells her they died a long time ago. When Buffy asks if it was vampires that killed them, Angel says yes.
Next day at school, Buffy and Co. are in the library. Giles informs Buffy who The Three are, and Xander and Willow can't believe Angel spent the night in her room! Willow's excited by the romance of the situation while Xander's merely disgusted.
Master Interlude: Meanwhile, because The Three failed to get Buffy, they lay down their lives in penance. The Master tells The Anointed something, and The Anointed says, "So you would spare their lives?" To which The Master replies, "I am weary and their deaths would bring me little joy." Darla, who's poised standing behind The Three, stake in hand, kills the vamps. The Master is heard saying, "Of course, sometimes a little is enough."
Later that nite, Buffy brings Angel some dinner and they chat. She thinks he read her diary, and sort of accidentally confesses that the "A" in those entries didn't stand for Angel, but for "Achmed..a charming foreign exchange student..." He says he didn't read it, they both start talking over each other, and the next thing you know, they're smooching. Angel pulls back, and to Buffy's horror, he's vamped out! He jumps out a window, and Buffy is left standing in her room, a little freaked out. Maybe that's an understatement.
When she tells the gang the next day at school, Xander suggests killing Angel. And Giles tends to agree.
Master Interlude: Meanwhile, Darla suggests to The Master that they hatch a plan to get Angel back into the fold. We learn that Angel was the most vicious creature The Master ever knew. And Darla's plan is to have Angel fight Buffy.
Darla visits Angel at his house, she rehashes the old days when they were paramours who caused destruction, and she tells him to tell Buffy about the curse.
Cut to the library where Willow and Buffy are trying to study. Willow says sometimes she has this fantasy that Xander's gonna "grab me and kiss me right on the lips!" Buffy's still struggling over what to do about Angel. Both are unaware that Darla's in the stacks, listening to them. Darla goes over to Buffy's house and poses as a friend who's going to tutor Buffy. Joyce lets her in and Darla takes a bite out of her, just as Angel walks in. Darla shoves Joyce at Angel and tells him to drink. He's holding Joyce, vamped out, as Darla leaves, saying, "Welcome home, Angelus."
Buffy picks that moment to walk in. When she sees Angel holding her mom, she freaks out and shoves him through the window. She calls 911 as Xander and Willow walk in. They all believe Angel bit her mom, and the next thing you know, they're in the hospital. Giles is there too. Buffy's mom comes to and explains that Buffy's friend came over. Since she doesn't give the friend a name, they still mistakenly believe that Angel was the one who bit Joyce.
Meanwhile, Darla's paying another visit to Angel. She taunts him some more, riles him up and we see his anger surfacing. It's decided that he'll meet the Slayer and fight with her. Buffy goes to get her crossbow and goes off in search of Angel at The Bronze.
Back at the hospital, Giles discovers that Darla was the one who put the bite on Buffy's mom, and he, Xander and Willow take off to look for Buffy. They realize that a trap's been set for her.
At The Bronze, Buffy and Angel are having some words. She shoots and misses, they scuffle, and they talk out what happened. Angel comes clean with Buffy; he tells her that a gypsy curse was put on him 80 years ago. The curse restored his soul and he hasn't fed off a living human since. Buffy believes him and Darla appears. She's toting guns, a big fight ensues, and Angel ultimately ends up killing Darla. A few nights later at The Bronze, Angel and Buffy chat. They realize they have feelings for each other, but that they can't act on them. Thus begins the bittersweet love story that plays a large part throughout the entire series...
1. Angel used the stake from Buffy's crossbow to kill Darla.
1. That Angel's a vampire.
2. Why Angel has a soul.
3. A vampire can't enter someone's house unless it's invited.
4. Buffy and her mom don't own a barbecue fork. -- Joyce says this when she tells Buffy that the doctors said it looked like she fell on a barbecue fork.
5. Darla was The Master's favorite.
6. Darla sired Angel.
1. Sunnydale High School
2. The Bronze
3. The Master's Lair
4. Buffy's house
5. Angel's place (complete with kitchen!)
6. Sunnydale Hospital
1. Buffy
2. Willow
3. Xander
4. Giles
5. Cordelia
6. Angel
7. The Master
8. The Anointed
9. Darla
10. The Three
11. Joyce Summers
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Regardless of how you feel about the market these days, one thing is for sure… these last few months have been uncomfortable. And we've seen this first hand with Wela users and Wela clients alike! It's uncomfortable for anyone, including us, to watch our investment accounts ride this roller coaster. It messes with our emotions.
But here's the good news for your portfolios… the bull market still lives! To be honest, the exact definition of what defines a bull market vs. bear market actually lies in a gray zone, but at the end of the day, bull markets go up for an extended period of time and bear markets come down for an extended period of time. Corrections, like we've seen here in the last couple months, are actually a normal (and necessary) part of a bull market. Almost like it's bringing us back to reality.
Think of a correction like spring cleaning. Nobody likes to do it, but it's an important aspect of keeping our house/lives/finances (whatever we're cleaning) in order. Here's the real takeaway, though, stock markets don't cause recessions. Weak economic data causes recessions. And the good news is, our economic data doesn't look too bad.
Here are a few highlights on our positive economic data:
- Monetary policy is loose and will remain that way even when the Federal Reserve starts raising interest rates
- Marginal tax rates are not high by historical standards
- Trade policy continues to move in a direction of lower barriers to international trade
- The Federal government could certainly find ways to spend less and reform entitlements, but our government is not growing as quickly as it did in the prior decade
- Financial firms are better capitalized than they've been for years
- Corporate balance sheets are loaded with cash
- Households' financial obligations are hovering near the smallest share of after-tax income since the early 1980s
This isn't a recipe for a recession.
Think back to 2011, the S&P 500 fell by 19.4% from April 29th to October 3rd. Since that drop, we've gone up about 80% even with this recent drop. And there have been plenty of other 20% drops in the market over the past 30 years. I don't know about you, but looking back, I would have loved to have bought as much stock as I could at each drop because, effectively, I'd have been buying on sale!
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The object of the European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology (ESHO) is to promote for the public benefit, fundamental and applied research in physics, engineering, biological and clinical sciences relating to the use of hyperthermia in cancer therapy.
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The European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology was established in 1987 in England. In 1992, the registered office of the Society was transferred to The Netherlands.
Board Members: G.C. van Rhoon (The Netherlands), M.R. Horsman (Denmark), GJ. van Tienhoven (The Netherlands), O.J. Ott (Germany), T.L.M. ten Hagen (The Netherlands), V. Kouloulias (Greece), S. Dall'Oglio (Italy), L.H. Lindner (Germany), M. Persson (Sweden).
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Eminem Displays Unbridled Dexterity on 'Revival'
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When the topic of hip-hop mechanics comes up for debate, a rapper like Eminem always tops the list. Some would argue he is the list. There's never been a rapper quite like him, so precise in everything from his razor-sharp rhymes to his powerful anecdotes. Whether he's raving like a lunatic about streaking in the streets or he's leaving listeners misty-eyed with tales of familial strife, the Detroit stalwart manages to wrap it all up in a tantalizing, head-nodding package. Eminem proves to be just as much a chameleon as he is a comedian on "Revival," an eclectic testament to his dexterity as a rapper and his poignancy as a storyteller. From eviscerating the president to weaving more stirring love letters to family to twisted lyrical illustrations of serial murder, listeners who have enjoyed Eminem's work at any point will find something toward which they gravitate on his glossy ninth studio effort.
On "Believe," the second track on "Revival" following the already widespread Beyonce collaboration "Walk on Water," the hip-hop heavyweight wonders if we still believe in him. There's a lot of gravity in that question. In many ways, people look at Eminem like a great of the past, a jokester whose comedy value has plummeted with every year. But lately he has once again stirred up the zeitgeist with a freestyle taking Donald Trump to task, a sort of rallying cry to rip away at the entitlement that white privilege so easily fosters. It's certainly a lot easier to believe in the MC than it used to be.
"Revival" feels like a reactionary effort, with Eminem taking sonic swings at his contemporaries, trying his hand at the patterned trap cadence that has become the stuff of so many hip-hop chart-toppers on tracks like "Chloraseptic." What's scary is how effortlessly he masters it, railing over club-made beats with the confidence of someone who invented the genre. Clearly he's not impressed and eager to best his peers. He's a man possessed on the Alicia Keys-studded "Like Home," an absolute lyrical obliteration of the president that makes his BET freestyle feel like a Shel Silverstein poem by comparison, and he's unabashedly back to Slim Shady form on cringeworthy cuts like "Framed" and "Heat," a "Berzerk" throwback poised to have the same crossover radio appeal. But with so much more powerful content on the album, his Shady throwbacks feel more like steps in the wrong direction, and they hamper the album as a result.
The album never spends too long trying to lure people onto the dance floor, though. The work's most stirring moments appear when Eminem transforms from venom-spitting demon to humbled parent on "Castle," a track bursting at the seams with regret for so grossly thrusting his daughters' into the limelight, or when he dons the lens of introspection and contemplates his social shortcomings on the X Ambassadors collaboration "Bad Husband." "Why are you a great dad, a good father but a bad husband?" The chorus ponders, and Eminem spends the song breaking down that truth.
The "Revival" guest list is stacked to say the least, but nobody upstages the star. Instead they all play to his strengths, whether it's Pink elevating his vocals on "Need Me" or Ed Sheeran's sinful refrains on "River." Kehlani and frequent feature Skylar Grey help fashion those radio-ready top 40-chasers, and Alicia Keys gives the aforementioned presidential vendetta a stirring crescendo. It's hard to get bored with "Revival," purely because of how sonically diverse it turns out to be.
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XII.The name Mammoth, as originally used, referred to one species only, but later came to include various other prehistoric elephants. In the number and pattern of their molar plates, they grade from the Lozenge-toothed to the True Elephant type - few and coarse to many and fine. The main feature distinguishing them from the latter is in the forehead, which is either flat or compressed before and behind into a high, narrow peak. This added height of skull may have been a provision for greater neck leverage and attachment of muscles leading to the shoulder, for Mammoths were endowed with tremendously long and heavy tusks, which would have been almost unbearable burdens without such provision and even bad enough with it.
The Old World Mammoths
The earliest known member of this order was a flathead (Elephas Planifrons) from the middle and later Pliocene deposits of the Siwaliks Hills, northern India, and he was the first of them to enter Europe. Another individual, better known in the latter country, was the Southern Mammoth (Elephas Meridonalis). From a skeleton found at Durfort, France and now on exhibition in the Jardin des Plantes Museum, Paris, the beast's height when living is estimated at thirteen feet. This animal is first recognized in the Val d'Arno of Italy, a late Pliocene deposit. In Pleistocene times, he was represented by a variation (Elephas Meridonalis Trogontherii). The former may be considered as the true "Southern" form, the latter as one who had adapted himself to a more rigorous climate. The latter at least is presumed to have been partly clothed with hair. His tusks were long and widely curved, but not to such an exaggerated degree as was the case with certain other mammoths. His range in late Pliocene times covered the most of western Europe as far north as England. Two of his companions, the Etruscan Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros Etruscus) and Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus Amphibious Major), together with himself and a Striped Hyena (Hyena Striata) must have given western Europe something of an African aspect. His bones have been found in the "Red Crag" deposits of southeastern England, whose geological age is late Pliocene. Here he may have come in contact with human beings over half a million years ago, for the "Red Crag" is at least that ancient, and in it have been found eoliths or Dawn-stones - rude flints supposed by some scientists to have been the work of human beings. With these alleged implements were traces of fire, evidence that the Dawn Man, assuming that he existed, was in far from a bestial state. It does not seem likely however that he was equipped to hunt animals as large as the Southern Mammoth. Such an event may have taken place later in the early Pleistocene period, for at Piltdown on the Ouse, a fragmentary human skull has been found in association with eolithic flints and a slab-like implement made from an elephant's thigh-bone. From his skull, which had good brain capacity, the Piltdown Dawn Man (Eoanthropus) may be adjudged to have had wit enough to cope with big animals although his jaw lacked chin and resembled that of a large ape.
Bones of the Southern Mammoth have been discovered in the "Forest-bed of Cromer," an early Pleistocene deposit on the Norfolk coast of England. Here are also found huge flints, ascribed by some experts to human manufacture. Their origin is disputed, but if made by Man, they would probably antedate the Piltdown Man, although not the flints of the "Red Crag" Pliocene. All of these very ancient implements are conjectural, but the belief in them is not without considerable foundation. We do know, however, that the Southern Mammoth came in contact with Chellan men, as has been abundantly proven by the association of his teeth and fragmentary bones with certain peculiar "hand-axes" or large flints classed as Chellean. Such association has been observed in England at Gray's Thurrock, Essex and Ilford, Kent on the north and south banks of the Thames, respectively. It is found also at Abbeville, France in the Somme Valley and at Chelles on the Marne River near Paris. In these and other localities, the relics - human and animal - lie deeply buried in river sand and gravel and in such intimate association as to admit of no doubt that these men and elephants co-existed.
The early part of the Pleistocene period underwent no known marked climatic changes until the First Glacial Epoch. With the consequent blasting of vegetation and shifting about of animals, the southern Mammoth moved southward, taking his African friends with him. The Sabre-toothed Tiger (Machaerodus) terror of Pliocene mastodons, probably went along too, and became extinct, for this was his last appearance in any country. The Southern Mammoth returned to Europe during the First Interglacial Epoch and mingled with newcomers from other lands; the Giant Deer or Irish Elk (Megaceros) the Wisent or Bison (Bison Priscus) the Urus or Long-horned Ox (Bos Primigenius) the Giant Beaver (Trogontherium) and many others. The Straight-tusked Elephant (Loxodonta Antiquus) was also in Europe at this time. He was a later arrival than the Southern Mammoth but a hardier creature and persisted in his visits many thousands of years after the other had gone. The Hippopotamus, Striped Hyena and Etruscan Rhinoceros disappeared with the Southern Mammoth. Two or three Glacial Epochs were about the limit of their endurance, and so all of them became extinct in mid-Pleistocene times.
As far as known, no Southern Mammoth lingered in the Mediterranean area long enough to become stranded as did the Straight-tusked Loxodon, but one at least of his associates did. This was the Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus Amphibius Major) a larger but very near relative of the modern African Hippo (Hippopotamus Amphibius). His remains in pygmy form are found in the limestone caverns of Sicily, Malta and Crete. The little Cretan Loxodont Elephant (Loxodonta Creticus) a three-footer and the dwarfed Hippo (Hippopotamus Minutus) were two at least that must have been playmates as their bones are found together. This shrinking in size to conform to their restricted range is but an illustration of the inborn power of adaptibility exercised by these animals to prolong their existence and thus put off the day of extermination.
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By Aristide H. Esser (auth.), Aristide Henri Esser (eds.)
The overseas Symposium on "The Use of house via Animals and Men," subsidized through the Animal habit Society, happened on the one hundred and thirty fifth Annual assembly of the AAAS in Dallas, Texas, on December 29-31, 1968. This booklet offers the textual content of all papers and edited discus sions, in addition to the contributions made through numerous people who have been not able ·to attend the Symposium. the belief of preserving the Symposium advanced following my presenta tion of a paper to the Animal habit Society in 1965 [2] at the use of house through psychiatric sufferers. contributors in attendance at that ses sion, chaired through G. Gottlieb, shared his curiosity in my compilation of human information provided in a measurable spatial context. This plea sant event persuaded me dialogue of area should be shared as a body of reference which can open avenues of communica tion among behavioral scientists, the layout group, and the de cision makers in our society.
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I found in Panama, however. an example of a purely "functional" territory, maintained without overt aggressive displays. Such a functional territory is the core area in the home range of a band of coatis, Nasua narica [10]. Each band of females and young males spent about 80% of the time in a core area which included only about 40% of the band's home range. Although the home ranges of neighboring bands overlap freely, even into the core areas, the core areas themselves do not overlap. Even when two bands meet in the core area of one band, there is, at most, fleeting hostility, primarily among the juveniles.
But they retreat to their homes, heal their wounds, and then out they go again. So much for there not being a specific drive for fighting. There is, even in animals which have had no relevant childhood experience. In fact, such animals lust after a good fight more than the others. A single male kitten of a female cat is, when mature, usually more aggressive than one raised with siblings. The two principles working toward a balance establish a coherent community. The cats of such an area are not strictly solitary but also have their social gatherings.


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• I READ with great sadness that the Mary Ward Adult Centre is to move to east London, (Mary Ward Adult Education Centre to quit Holborn after more than 100 years, November 17).
I was a student at the centre in the 1980s. It was there I took classes in life drawing and sculpture under the wing of the great teachers Ingar Bassingthwaighte and Paul Badger; and it was at Mary Ward that I did an access course into university.
The teachers were not just encouraging but their words have stayed with me, not only in my art but also in my writing. While it is easy to say that Camden has the City Lit and the Working Men's College, the ethos of these institutions are very different.
The Mary Ward was never just an adult education college, it was not just a place that taught me and others the basics of writing and drawing; it was a place that brought people out of themselves, inspiring hope and confidence, available for all ages – including the elderly who were as welcomed and welcoming there as I was in my early 20s. The staff and students cared for each other.
I have no doubt that it will thrive in Stratford. But those who live in central London will have witnessed a great loss; no longer having access to what was known as the Mary Ward community.
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Writing is all about paying attention, and creating connections between unlikely subjects. Of course, this is also what psychosis is about, but that's another story.
I've been thinking a lot lately (too much, in fact) about what those crazy authors from SIDECAR's "Bottle Rocket" might get up to if they spent…say…two weeks together at a writer's retreat in some remote, small-town-America location. So I have a thought: let's find out.
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Donut Break
After days and days of letter number pillow making I had to take a break to cut some donut pillows.
I'm finding people are interested in these cutie pies so I want to get a few more into the Etsy shop. I have multiple ideas for icing and sprinkles floating in my heart and I am trying very hard not to confuse the art with the food.
"Do Not Eat Donuts," I repeat to myself.
I but donuts for research. They are so pretty. These day-old donuts were cheap inspiration at WalMart.
I like to have images to see the way the frosting drips, to see the colored sprinkles used and how well they "pop".
These were pretty nice examples and gave me a good variety of sizes of toppings.
I like these big pastel dots.
They had little dots too.
There are more colors among the small dots, cool.
Then I have to decide how I will reproduce the pastels in fabric or beads, or whatever is available and not too expensive.
All this deep-fried pastry is sitting around my kitchen, or was till I threw them all in the trash. They were pretty stale by then. Granny ate a few before they got too dired out.
These small donuts are nice especially with cherries stuffed in them. That was Frank's design.
I began stitching the small maple bar, one of four donuts I cut today.
This is sadly the last of my caramel colored fleece.
I cannot find this color anywhere, not online or at the JoAnn store. Boo hoo.
I guess Ill have to concentrate on round donuts but it was very good for a round donut base, too.
This is before I started stitching the maple icing on tightly.
Maybe I'll keep this one and keep my eye peeled for some maple-colored substitute.
My shelves are stuffed with the materials of projects underway.
I'm going to be fast at work for the rest of the spring and summer and hopefully, Frank and I can take a little break mid August for a reunion of our dearly beloved friend from our early San Francisco days! Whee!
I've cut a new pattern for slightly larger cloth dolls. I'm looking forward to building up stock for the 2010 holiday season. I'm going to keep it real simple and make it sweet.
This is all such good news, to know what I'm doing and to look forward to this work everyday.
I am so thankful for this being my life.
It's 4 p.m. and I've been at it since 5:30 a.m.
Time to relax, wind down and rest up for tomorrow.
The wind is blowing in another storm. The sky is still blue but I bet we'll have rain soon. I love the sound of rain onthe roof, the windows.
I want to make more mushrooms, too and get around to my 50s Beat gnomes.
It'll happen.
I might have to put the bottle dolls off for another year.
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Oh Darcy I just love the shots of your shop! I think we should start a Facebook page just for showing off art studios! Either our own or maybe just a favorite artist!
P.S…. Did you eat your "inspiration"? LOL!
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March 5, 2008 at 9:37 am 2 comments
When we finally brought C home from the NICU, our doctor told us we had to keep him cold free for his first year, which translated to my quitting my job and staying home. For that year, my entire social life revolved around nurses and therapists coming to visit C at our home. Once we got the all-clear, however, we started to venture out in the world. At about 2 years old, we decided to try him in play school one day a week for some socialization. After a long visit, numerous conversations with the staff, the big day finally arrived. I brought him to the school, and he happily toddled into the room. He had no words yet, and had only started walking a few months before. I left, anxiety and eagerness fighting for control as I triple checked my cell phone to make sure it was on.
I knew I had to come back and feed him lunch because of his feeding issues, so I went back early to observe. What I saw has remained one of my most painful memories. As I walked in the building, I heard the usual noise that one would expect coupled with something far more disturbing; the sounds of my own child's cries, which any mother can pick out of thousands of such cries from a crowd of other children. As I approached, I saw him standing in the middle of the room, hands held up, fingers spread, tears streaming down his face. He was nearly hysterical in his sobs and as he stood there all by himself like he was all alone in the world. It was instantly obvious to me what was wrong – his hands were dirty. He hated having anything on his hands, and his frustration was obvious because he could neither communicate it verbally nor could he figure out how to fix the problem himself. "Boy, he sure is a screamer!" one teacher commented. I fought the urge to snap back at her that perhaps he wouldn't be screaming if anyone had been engaged enough to figure out what he was screaming about.
After getting him cleaned up, we proceeded to lunch, at which all the children happily ate their mini-tacos. I sat on a little chair at a little table, surrounded by little people eating big people food. I fed C his baby food and started crying. I couldn't stop crying, and was soon fighting back heaving sobs as I tried to decide what to do. The young teachers tried not to stare at me in their complete and utter discomfort. There's no manual for this; I felt completely lost and alone in the world – much like he had been when I saw him earlier. It was the first of many such choices I've had to make for him in is life; ultimately I took him out of a bad situation, one in which he probably could have learned something had I left him in the midst of it, but one where the lessons would've perhaps been at too great a cost.
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could recommend what plugin is suitable for me ?
Example :
I need to show out the result as below script on Nagios core. But i dunno what plugin can do like this.
since i need to real time to check how many connection on our web server by using Nagios core.
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echo -e "connections: "
netstat -n | awk '/^tcp/ {++state[$NF]} END {for(key in state) print key,"\t",state[key]}'
echo -e "\n connected server & ip:"
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Home › Forums › Feedback / Suggestions › give the lawyers some power ;-)
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dear community,
there is something I guess has room for improvement.
my concern is the lawyers of my char are getting frustrated, as it is a lawyer is a toothless tiger in CD, at least if defending a criminal or trying any action against the HPD.
we had the long discussion about the pyre scene here in the Forum and some people said to miss a balance that also cops should face legal consequences like demotion, losing jobs, lawsuit or such things - if they do not cover their shit.
So why cant we make it that cops can also face disadvantages of the law ICly? I mean they can still be corrupt. But when I piss a lawyer in RL that can be a thing giving me a headache, so the way it is is not realistic as far as I understand it. Is there anything we can improve on that?
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History Books In Bookcase
There are a number of books about history, one of which is titled, "The Settlement of Glenvale"
You sit down and read the story.
Glenvale was conquered in the year General Mitchell defeated the Spanish. After the land was declared English soil, settlers arrived carrying their meager goods and tools to level and farm the fields. Times were tough for the settlers, who fought raids against the Spanish, then later against a satanic cult. The first settlers survived these harsh conditions until the year 1795, when something destroyed the settlement overnight.
The town remained vacant for thirty-two years before new settlers arrived. Whatever happened to those original townsfolk is a mystery.


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Brothers are supposed to look after each other, and that's exactly what this little 2-year-old did when his twin brother got trapped beneath a fallen chest of drawers.
Bowdy Shoff, from Utah, US, found almost superhuman levels of strength when the furniture collapsed and pinned his brother Brock underneath while the two were climbing on it. The video below, which apparently took place on December 30th, was captured by a surveillance camera in the family's home. It was recently shared by the children's father Ricky as a warning to other parents of what can happen when the household furniture isn't firmly attached to the wall.
"I've been a little hesitant to post this," he wrote. "But I feel it's not only to bring awareness, but it is also incredible. We are so grateful for the bond that these twin brothers share. Please make sure all your dressers are bolted and secured to the wall."
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Why Do I Have Them?
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This particular technique that I'm about to share is not clinically proven to discern whether you're suffering from mental stress or seasonal allergies, but I find that it works like a charm.
Release Stress
Get yourself into a comfortable seated position. If you lie down during this one you know that the Dragons will lull you to sleep. Regardless of congestion that might be present, breathe in slowly and deeply, and expand your lungs to the top of your breath. Hold at the top for a few seconds, and release in an audible sigh, through your mouth. Repeat. Roll your shoulders back a few times and then forward. Pull them down and hold them there for the count of four and then release. Gently arch your back and then round it, squeezing your stomach muscles in. Release your stomach, arch your back again and relax to a neutral position. Stretch your legs out in front of you, flex your feet and hold for a moment, and then point your toes. Repeat the flexing and pointing, then release.
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Now imagine yourself transported to a tropical island. The sun is warm, there's a cool breeze on your face, and the mist from the water is refreshing. There's a platter of your favorite tropical fruits before you and a delicious exotic beverage or smoothie that you're sipping through a straw. There's a hint of fresh coconut in the air. Breathe in deeply, enjoying the scent. Say. "Ahhhh" on the exhale. Another deep, invigorating breath and "Ahhh," release. Check in with your mind and see if the breeze, fruits, drink and total sensory experiences have your mind crystal clear like the deepest part of the water before you. Enjoy this place for several minutes. Then return to your current surroundings feeling relaxed and refreshed and able to discern whether your mental fog is caused from allergies or stress.
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Be sure to put a return visit to your tropical island on your to-do list.
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Woke up today wanting to wear something a little different from my go to blacks, grays, and browns...Yes, peoples, I am wore a pink suede-ish skirt. Bought vintage several years ago, the fabric was to soft to resist. Almost never wear it, but today felt like the right day for it. Sorry about the bad lighting & blah location, this was the only solid blank wall space in the house.
Photography done by my awesome BF on his iPhone because I seem to have misplaced my camera, eeeeeek!!!!! Where are you little buddy?!


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Dorothy Day Caucus of the American Solidarity Party A Revolution of the Heart
by Tara Ann Thieke
Of course we all know the internet is a wild wonderland frontier. Iit brings us strange and fascinating discoveries; it also brings comment threads.
How to moderate our unruly avatar-selves is a struggle which has gone on since the dawn of the internet and will continue. But we don't have to wait for a perfectly regulated internet community or the Kingdom itself to improve online discourse. Dorothy Day's "Revolution of the Heart," a phrase which traces its message back to the Gospels, is probably a better starting place than any other. Here are the rules we need in order to follow this message:
Rules for Engaging in Discussion on the Internet
1. Respect the person you are engaged with because they, too, are a beloved child of God. This does not mean you are required to validate their ideas. You are called to love your neighbor, not necessarily their ideas.
2: See 1.
This is the entirety of the rule. There might be some confusion, so let's address possible concerns:
Q. What if their ideas are really, really, really bad?
A. You still must show love and kindness to the person. You do not owe this kindness to the ideas, but you must take care to show it to the person.
Q. Why?
A: For three reasons.
First: Because that is how we like to be treated: with respect and dignity, no matter how wrong we may be.
Second: Because labeling people, even if you think that label fits, is not going to convince someone. It is only going to alienate them further.
Third: Because, as stated in Rule One, every human being is a beloved child of God. God desires for each person to be reconciled to Him. If you are the one tasked with bringing Love and Truth to an individual you think has gone astray, why would you instead show anger, disdain, contempt, or rage? All of these will only further alienate them from what you see as the truth. God commanded us to love our neighbors.
Q: About that point two. I find labels very helpful in political discourse: "libtard," "rethuglican," "garbage," "greedy capitalist pig," "tankie,""warmonger," "sexist," "femi-nazi," "baby-killer," "theocrat," "cockroach," "scum."
A: That's not a question and you know it. Every time you label someone you turn your neighbor, a fellow subject who bears the Imago Dei, into an object. You turn a human being whose end is in God into a thing, and thus you can rationalize treating that "thing" however you want. You strip them of their God-given dignity, something that we are specifically commanded not to do.
Q: This person literally is a Nazi. I have an obligation to call them a Nazi, and possibly even to punch them.
A: What happens after you punch them and they are still a Nazi? If they deserve to be punched, and we all know Nazis certainly -deserve- to be punched, what else do they deserve? Surely they deserve more than a punch, which mostly serves to make the inflicter of the punch feel good. As J.R.R. Tolkien wrote: "Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement, for even the very wise cannot see all ends."
Q: But some ideas are so evil, so dangerous, that we cannot treat our opponents with respect.
A: No doubt some ideas verily are absolutely evil and dangerous. No doubt the people who espouse them are very lost indeed. The world offers hundreds of ways to deal with those ideas. We have seen their fruits: sometimes they bring peace for a day, a year. More often they bring bloodshed, war; in the 20th century they have ended often enough with purges and genocides. The only true revolution is Christ's. He never said we cannot oppose an idea, but we must remember He has ransomed and redeemed us from the bondage of sin. We are called to do differently. No one said turning the other cheek would be easy. No one said loving your enemy would be a walk in the park. If that was the case the world would have become a garden of peace long ago. The reason this is the true revolution is because it is hard. You are asked to walk into the fire and love your enemy as the child of God, no matter what. All other revolutions merely shuffle the same tropes of violence and power.
We want to turn this teaching into something else, and thus we fall off the narrow path in one of two ways. On one side we say there are no real disagreements, thus no real "enemies." This way of relativism makes loving our opponent easy because we're disregard the differing content of our ideas. We go along with sin and create a false peace.
The other way is to change what Christ meant by "love" and tell ourselves actions such as labeling, insulting, name-calling, even violence, are actually loving. We turn our neighbor into an object so we can achieve our greater vision of how the world "should" be. However laudable the vision, it is to become a Machiavellian and depart from Christ in the very act of presuming achieving our vision is more important than following His teachings. People are not means to our ends.There is no earthly paradise so great it justifies abandoning His teaching that we are to love God with all our heart and our neighbor as our self. The moment we rationalize treating our neighbor as an instrument, a means, we have substituted our commandments for His.
Christ is called the Word. Through His deeds, parables, miracles, teachings, and life, His teachings were clear. It is we who wish to re-define words in order to make them more palatable.
At the end of the day Christians have a unique task in this world and we are charged to follow it even in politics. We are called to affirm the truth, but also to turn the other cheek to someone we think is espousing falsehood. Christ was silent in the morning as He stood before Pilate. No matter what sort of bad arguments your opponent employs, you are not to return evil. You are to continue extending mercy, reason, and love to the human being, all without affirming wrong beliefs.
To start labeling, condemning people, and engaging in personal attacks is to give up on your neighbor. It is to shrug off the burden given to us and to forget we will be judged by how we treat others. We are someone else's burden as well, though we may not like to reflect long on that thought. As we grow more comfortable labeling, insulting, and issuing ultimatums, we begin thinking: "My enemy must be eliminated. If they are not with me they are against me."
Of course we know we are called to the opposite. Each of us is aware what is actually asked of us; we simply wish it wasn't so hard. But the path was always called narrow. Violence does not emerge from the blue: it begins in our hearts. The good news is love begins in the heart too.
Let's joyfully engage with those we disagree with more than ever, with gladness when truth is on our side, with willingness to encounter our neighbor and learn from them when possible, and in the knowledge that submitting our hearts to God's mercy and love is the only true victory.
Marianne Bovee
9/1/2017 06:50:16 pm
Beautiful! I would just like to add that our political discourse outside of the Internet would
Norm Chouinard
9/4/2017 11:21:24 am
Posting this on my state page.
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Tara Ann Thieke
April 2018