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Stress: A feeling everyone feels at one point or another when a problem arises and finding a solution is difficult. Stress is a largely natural response to challenges, but managing stress poorly can lead to more problems down the road, such as a decline in physical and mental health.
One way to manage stress is by reading books. Studies have shown that more than half the time, the act of reading reduces stress faster and more completely than other relaxation methods.
The natural calm of reading a book is one of the reasons books on stress are so effective. They give readers a chance to explore ways to focus on the positive and maintain strong mental health. The tools outlined in the books help develop strong habits for the future, while the act of reading them provides a way to de-stress in the short term.
One such book, which serves as the inspiration for this month's Readers Write, is Aubre Andrus's new teen stress book Project You: More Than 50 Ways to Calm Down, De-stress, and Feel Great (Switch Press). Set to release in September 2017, Project You covers specific ways to de-stress as a young adult—from putting a nature-filled background on your phone, to having a picnic outside, or perhaps just reading a little more often.
Aubre says some of her favorite activities are those that "encourage you to get outside and explore…I'm a big proponent of getting out of the house and away from the TV and phone. Live your life!"
Many of the suggestions found in Project You appear in the answers to this month's Readers Write question:
How do books help you de-stress, and what books do you choose to read when you start to feel the pressure?
Alex writes: "I tend to retreat to my room or the basement to read. The Alloy of Law is my favorite."
Liz often finds herself reading books that are "good for her soul" when she's stressed. One of her go-to authors is Lauraine Snelling, who writes historical fiction.
Natalie says: "Whether it's playing piano, walking around the lake, or reading books, the key to de-stressing is to take your mind off the stressful thing."
Ginger writes: "What usually stresses me the most is the people in my life. I can't always step away from people at home or at work. One of the best books I've read to help me with that stress is Elizabeth Brown's Living Successfully With Screwed-up People. The title sounds bad, but the information is so helpful for many different stressful situations!"
Elsa writes: "When I'm stressed, I love to read books from when I was a little kid. I pick the most comfortable spot in the house and start reading."
Alma writes: "My favorite place to go is on my front porch in the summertime. Believe it or not, I can de-stress just looking at quilt magazines since I love to sew."
Bill writes: "I love to read poetry when I'm stressed. Poets generally have a way of looking at the world that brings the reader a new perspective. You can't help but be transformed when reading good poetry." Bill's favorites include Rainer Maria Rilke (especially Rilke's Book of Hours), W.B. Yeats, Kahlil Gibran, and Pablo Neruda. He adds, "I also enjoy reading collections from contemporary poets, such as When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities by Chen Chen and My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter by Aja Monet."
Lucy writes: "I love to be read to. I loved it when I was a kid, sitting on my dad's lap or at his feet. And now, hearing my husband's voice read to me—any story—is soothing and a wonderful way to end the day."
Josiah enjoys reading The Lord of the Rings series. He finds that "it functions as a sort of escape." Reading it outdoors helps him "realize the insignificance of [his] problems. To quote Tolkien: 'others dwelt here before hobbits were; and others will dwell here again when hobbits are no more.'"
The vast majority of those who responded said they read someplace quiet, where they are alone, usually a place outdoors. Nearly all mentioned the need to simply "get away" from the thing or person causing the stress.
Perhaps one of the most fun and effective ways to "get away" is through reading a book, becoming immersed in a literary world filled with imagination.
As Aubre explains: "Reading is an escape. It's a way to quiet your mind and your body, and to just simply take a break from a busy day."
Aubre Andrus
Web: AubreAndrus.com
Facebook: /AubreAndrusLLC
Twitter: @AubreAndrus
Buy Project You.
Other books by Aubre.
Other bestselling teen and young adult books to consider.
How do books help you de-stress, and what books do you choose to read when you start to feel the pressure? Add your thoughts in the comments below or share on Facebook or Twitter.
Feature photo (being read to outside) by Karen Pavlicin-Fragnito.
Alexander Pavlicin is a college freshman who has written feature articles and columns for a variety of publications. To de-stress, he enjoys running, taking naps, and reading. His favorite books to read are YA fantasy and nonfiction.


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Male octopuses say they are very respectful to females, and being linked to Donald Trump's groping is very unfair.
Gerald the octopus says he and his friends always ask first before touching females of the species, and even then its the most gentle of caresses, not a grope.
"We're not animals" said Gerald. "This is the 21st century after all. We'd never even consider squirting black ink over a lady friend till at least the 3rd date."
"We're respectful to lady friends, we pay our taxes, and we are tolerant of other species, well excepting squid of course."
"They're right Donald Trumps" said Gerald.

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Thursday, November 16, 2017
Equivocally EQUILIBRIUM
Equilibrium was released in 2002 and was directed by Kurt Wimmer. Although he was written many movies, Wimmer's only other directing credit is 2006's Ultraviolet. Between the two, I prefer Equilibrium! The movie stars Christian Bale, Sean Bean, Taye Diggs, and Emily Watson and takes place in a future dystopian world known as Libria, a totalitarian state ruled by a small council. To avoid any future wars, the population is forced to take Prozium, a drug that inhibits all emotion. The reasoning behind this is that if there are no emotions, there is no anger and no fighting, which means no war. I'm not sure I follow that logic, but I'm willing to suspend disbelief for the movie! As is often the case in worlds where people are told what to do, there are those who resist – an underground movement of "Sense Offenders." Sense Offenders are people who refuse to take Prozium, as well as people who keep objects that the government considers illegal. Illegal artifacts include any art, literature, or music. Picture Fahrenheit 451, but on a much larger scale.
I like to pick an MVP when I'm watching movies – the actor or character that I think brings the most to the screen. For Equilibrium, that has to be Taye Diggs as Andrew Brandt. Brandt is Preston's new partner in the Clerics, who wants to move up the career ladder. Taye Diggs seems to be the only one in the movie having any fun. Most of the cast plays everything as serious and dour; Diggs, on the other hand, appears to relish being a jerk and you can hear the smirk in his voice in every line. I find that against the monotony of the other characters, this smarminess works. It's nice to have something a little more lighthearted and different on screen!
However, my few issues with Equilibrium do not mean that I think people should avoid the movie! I didn't have as much fun as I had with friends years ago, but I still enjoyed myself. Just, maybe, see it with a group of friends ready to have fun instead of mid-day by yourself?
Robyn's Ramblings
• Grammaton Cleric sounds like a group dedicated to proper grammar.
• Sean Bean does what Sean Bean does.
• The world of this movie seems like a real shit place to live.
• Zeppelins? Really? We went back to those for transportation?
• This is Fahrenheit 451 on speed - no books, art, or music.
• I couldn't handle having to shoot goo into my neck every day. I'd die so fast in this world.
• Using a giant paper book to log everything seems like a terrible idea in a world with advanced technology.
• 'Sup, Taye Diggs?
• I know they don't have emotions in this world, but why don't they have pillows on beds?
• Bale's son is real creepy.
• Do they start babies on the sense suppressers as soon as they're born? I'm confused by these logistics.
• Gun Kata, aka Tai Bo with guns.
• Bale is terrible at hiding that he feels emotions. He's the worst at this.
• Disco balls and Newton's cradles are illegal in this world.
• Every hideout that they raid looks like an antique shop.
• Bale is really good at killing.
• Do you think Bale used this for training for Batman?
• Taye Diggs is so good as a bad guy.
• How has Bale not been caught?
• Bale is so bad at this!
• Taye Diggs relishes being a jerk. Love it.
• Matrix time!
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now i have to rewatch the movie. the first time i saw it i really didn't like it. but i've changed since then. and your article might make me look at it differentlyReplyDelete
Sorry to be "that" guy BUT Kurt Wimmer does have one other directorial credit from 1996, One Man's Justice (though I prefer the original title One Tough Bastard) and it stars Brian "The Boz" Bosworth and MC Hammer... It's a fun flick!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Aw man, I missed that one! I'll have to check it out!Delete
I watched this last year, and enjoyed it. My biggest criticism was there were several times where the head bad guy (Bale's boss? ) was getting angry and showing obvious emotion.ReplyDelete
And there was some CGI fire in the last scene that is probably the worst of the 2000's.
But I enjoy that the movie tried to set up this strange pseudo-utopia. However it didn't have much to say beyond having emotions/books/music is a good thing (duh!), but the story and action made it worth watching.
It's crazy that this movie holds up as well as it does, considering how god awful and unwatchable Ultraviolet turned out to be.ReplyDelete
It's VERY much a product of its time (in a way that I kinda sorta think movies should try not to be), but has enough originality to it that it's still a wicked bit of fun.
Plus I dare you so hard not to fall in love w/ Taye Diggs' smile. Just...c'mon, man.


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"Saturday Night Fever" and "Grease": Two Travoltas on Blu-ray
By Jim Bray
The movie that made John Travolta a star - and the one that cemented his position - have been given the Blu-ray treatment and have never looked or sounded better.
John Badhams Saturday Night Fever was a smash hit when it came out in 1977, and its disco soundtrack was probably even bigger. I remember clearly being forced to play such hits as Stayin Alive, Night Fever and the rest when I worked as a radio DJ. I hated every one of them and thanks to my aversion to all things disco I managed to avoid Saturday Night Fever until its last DVD release came out and I was forced to watch it for reviewing purposes.
And you know, I liked it - and I liked the Blu-ray version even better, which shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.
Perhaps the extra 25 years of perspective (I hesitate to say maturity) has served me well, because I even enjoyed the disco stuff.
Not only is Saturday Night Fever a decent movie, but viewed now its a fantastic time capsule, an affectionate look at an era where tight pants and leisure suits were the rage and life seemed a lot simpler - and in many ways freer - than it is now.
Travolta, moving beyond his success as Vinnie Barbarino in the TV sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter, plays Tony Manero. By day he works in a Brooklyn paint store, but by night hes a blow dried dancing king who rules the floor at the local disco. He has an unhappy home life, complicated by the return home of his older brother who has decided to shrug off a life of the cloth, much to the chagrin of his parents. In short, Tony's daytime life sucks, but at night and, especially, on the dance floor, he's a star.
Theres a dance contest coming up, and Tonys a natural to be there. Vying to be his partner is Annette (Donna Pescow), whos pretty good but not really in his dancing league. So when Tony spies Stephanie (Karen Lynn Gorney) on the floor and is smitten by her ability, he tracks her down and practically throws himself at her to get her to partner with him.
Theyre a match made in disco heaven, of course, and though they intend their relationship to be all business, it doesnt take long for them to have feelings for each other - causing the rejected Annette to go seriously on the rebound.
Its a good flick, with interesting characters and good performances all around. The opening credit scene, with the famous Travolta strut to the Bee Gees Stayin Alive sets both the mood and the scene terrifically and the mirrored ball is never dropped for the rest of the film.
The Blu-ray disc is very nice. Paramount has given it a terrific restoration and/or remastering and the 1080p widescreen picture is superb, appropriately colorful and with a nice crisp image and excellent black. The Dolby TrueHD 5.1 surround audio is also really good, especially the musical parts.
Theyve also piled on the extras, including a running commentary by director John Badham, a pretty substantial series of featurettes covering the movie then and now, a "Back to Bay Ridge" retrospective that delves into the locations then and now, "Dance like Travolta", deleted scenes and a '70's Discopedia.
Nicely done.
Grease, on the other hand, really rubbed me the wrong way.
Don't get me wrong; I love a good musical. I'm a long time Broadway musical fan, and if you want to talk about 1950's era music, I also loved Little Shop of Horrors. But after watching Grease I pined for a Blu-ray release of American Graffiti to cleanse my "crusin'-enjoyment" palate. George Lucas' tribute to growing up in that era is twice the movie as Grease. And "Horrors" has better songs.
This time out in Travolta's career, he's Danny Zuko, with whom Olivia Newton-John's character of Sandy Olsson has had a summer romance. But back at Rydell High School he'sa different dude: leader of the greaser T-Birds, while newly-arrived Sandy's a new member of the Pink Ladies, a gaggle of gals led by Rizzo (Stockard Channing). Danny the Greaser isn't the same Danny Sandy fell for at the beach, and hence the major conflict in the story.
The action comes as Danny tries to woo Sandy, even resorting to taking time out from his comb to try school sports. The plot takes us from dance to drag race, with singing and dancing of the famous tunes along the way.
It left me cold. I don't rightly know why, either. The performances are fine, the music's okay (this is more stuff I was forced to play while I was hopelessly devoted to working in AM radio), and the production values are fine.
But the movie's very sexual, and I think that's part of what I didn't like: it didn't feel like a 50's movie, but rather more like a 70's movie in a 50's setting (which, strangely enough, it actually was!). The characters, except for some of the adults, weren't particularly likeable, either.
Hell, maybe I'm just getting old.
It's this focus on sexuality that separates Grease from Graffiti, removing the perceived innocence of that decade that, real or not, is its image. Characters in Graffiti may have been concerned with sex, but it wasn't the only thing they talked about.
Maybe if they'd done Grease as a real 70's movie, more like Fast Times at Ridgemont High, it would have worked better for me. Of course then they'd have had to call it "Polyester" to update the time period fad meme, and that had already been done...
I'll admit it was neat seeing the 50's stars who show up in cameos, though, people like Eve Arden, Frankie Avalon and Sid Caesar.
Grease makes for a pretty good Blu-ray, though. The 1080p picture is simply great, sharp and bright and colorful and with pretty good depth. It looks terrific.
The audio's a little spotty. The Dolby TrueHD track sounds very good when the music starts, filling the home theater nicely, but the dialogue isn't up to the same standard and sounds as if it were recorded in the age of analog (surprise!) while the music was remastered and sticks out like a sore thumb. Still, if I had my druthers, I'd take it how Paramount did it here, with the focus on making the music sound great.
Extras abound, including an audio commentary and a "Rydell Sing-Along" that lets you croak karaoke-like along with the movie, assuming you didn't already. There are also 11 deleted, extended or just plain different scenes, and a thing on the movie's DVD launch a few years back that includes interviews with cast members. There's also a featurette on making the music and another on the classic cars, and more.
It's a pretty good package, if you're a fan of Grease. I'm still not one of them.
Saturday Night Fever, from Paramount Home Entertainment
Grease, From Paramount Home Entertainment
Jim Bray's columns are available from the TechnoFile Syndicate.


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It looks like Reese Witherspoon can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Her Ojai, Calif., home, which has been on the market for over a year, may have very well found a buyer (finally!) after a major reduction in asking price.
The actress first listed the Spanish-style ranch home for $10 million, and eventually lowered it to $5.9 million to date, and we're guessing she's just happy to get it off her hands.
As for the picturesque property, it's certainly worth its weight in value, having been the venue for her wedding to husband Jim Toth last year and also the famed getaway for Robert Pattinson after his breakup with Kristen Stewart.
Talk about a cool claim to fame!
If the buyer follows celebrities at all, we're thinking they hit the jackpot!
The two-story home, which was also featured in Elle Décor, is filled with beauty and charm, and comes with all of the fixings, including three guest cottages, a swimming pool, barn, horse stables, carriage house, organic garden and much more.
Witherspoon's realtor Billy Rose of the Agency tells E! News that the grandiose home, located only 45 minutes from Los Angeles, is "unbelievably magical."
Rose says Witherspoon, like many others that have seen the estate, fell in love with it on first sight.
And for good reason!
The stunning pad features nine spacious bedrooms and seven baths and was originally built in 1921 by architect Wallace Neff.
The historic space, which was previously owned by actor Harold Ramis and celebrity designer Kathryn M. Ireland, is positively brimming with character including century-old hardware, fireplaces, arches, original stonework, Spanish tiles and plank floors, just to name a few.
It's the best of both worlds!
—Reporting by Claudia Rosenbaum


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Piety and propriety hang about together so much that they're often confused for one another – but they are not the same, and while piety can produce propriety, the reverse is rarely true.
The pious person, because of their relationship with the Holy Spirit, lives in such a state that none can put a law against them.
Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."
As an example, society's rules about modesty of dress change – but a modest person does not dress with the intent to attract notice, and thus is always modest. The inside state reflects itself in the outer man. Piety thus produces propriety.
But propriety, as much as we would like it to, does not produce piety.
Matthew 23:25 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of robbery and self-indulgence. 26 You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of it may become clean also.
27 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness. 28 So you, too, outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
Propriety, serving only itself, turns quickly to hypocrisy. For propriety is the *outward* manifestation of correct behavior. And if only your outside is correct, you'll soon find yourself indulging in what your heart desires, so long as no one can see. The solution is to clean the inside of the cup, not the outside. And only our Lord can do that – only our Lord can entirely change its contents.
Galatians 5:16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. 17 For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please.
Christians have oft been accused of hypocrisy – and especially now that social propriety has begun its divorce from piety. The World is on the one hand waiting for us to get with the program and go along to get along, and on the other declares that we have no authority over them, that our piety is meaningless to them, and that our propriety does not come from the heart. If only that was not true – but it is. I've long wondered about the point of expecting someone whose heart doesn't belong to Christ to act like a Christian. We listen to sermon after sermon telling us that Christian conduct depends on the presence of Christ in our hearts, the strength of the Holy Spirit in our lives… why are we surprised that our Worldly friends are tired of being asked to live up to a standard that they didn't agree to?
Certainly all of God's laws are good. And could we all live up to them – if we could only all live up to the 10 commandments – then we would have a substantially more peaceful and pleasant planet to live in. Being human, we see this life… but I do not believe that our Lord bled and died so that people could live nice lives bereft of Him. "Would that thou wert either cold or hot…" We humans are tempted to believe that a lukewarm heart could be warmed… but our Lord *transforms* the heart, He doesn't slowly warm it like a coddled egg. And He leaves us in no uncertainty about how He feels about the tepid.
Revelation 3:15 'I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. 16 So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth. 17 Because you say, "I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing," and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked,
Human as I am, I too mourn the black horror of what this world is, has always been, and what the Western world is rapidly becoming. Propriety, divorced from piety, is a fragile shell without meaning. But this gives us opportunity. For it is in the darkest night that even a tiny candle can be seen. And so – let us not mourn, but rejoice. In all things, rejoice.
We are called to a life of piety. And what He has asked us to do, He will make us able to perform. May it be so.


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Berlin (CNN) -- Sprouts grown in Germany are the likely source for an E. coli outbreak that has killed 22 people, officials said Sunday.
Gert Lindemann, agricultural minister of Lower Saxony, said there is a "direct link" between a company in the town of Bienenbuettel and "these people getting sick." The firm has been shut down and its products have been recalled, Lindemann said.
It is not immediately clear how the E. coli strain may have gotten into the sprouts, officials said.
Sprouts are bred in large drums.
No E. coli has been found in the company. Authorities say the infection may have taken place too long ago to be found at the company itself. But several restaurants and cafeterias linked to the outbreak got sprouts from the company, officials said.
Two workers at the agricultural company, which was not identified, have come down with severe cases of diarrhea; in at least one of those cases, E. coli was the cause, Lindemann said.
Bienenbuettel is in the district of Uelzen in north-central Germany.
The outbreak of a virulent strain of E. coli has infected more than 2,200 people in at least 12 countries, European health authorities said on Sunday.
All but one of the 22 fatalities were reported in Germany, where officials say it's too early to determine whether the peak of the outbreak has passed. One person in Sweden also died after visiting Germany.
Last week, Spain vehemently rejected suggestions that its cucumbers could be blamed, after the European Food Safety Alert Network said E. coli was found in organic cucumbers originating from Spain, packaged in Germany and distributed to various countries.
In Germany, there have been 627 cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) -- a form of kidney failure -- in the current European outbreak, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. That's more cases of HUS than in any other recorded outbreak, worldwide.
Fifteen patients in Germany have died of HUS, according to the center, while six died of enterohemorrhagic E. coli, a strain that causes hemorrhaging in the intestines and can result in abdominal cramps and bloody diarrhea.
Reports indicate that an estimated 1,605 people have that E. coli strain so far but do not have HUS, according to the center.
Infections have also been identified in Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, according to the organization.
Two women and a man who traveled last month to northern Germany remain hospitalized in the United States with HUS, Chris Braden of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. A fourth person developed bloody diarrhea, but was not hospitalized, he added.
Two U.S. service members in Germany also developed diarrhea, Braden said. "We have no expectation that this will spread in our country," he added.
The U.S. government website foodsafety.gov says that since 1996, "there have been at least 30 reported outbreaks of food-borne illness associated with different types of raw and lightly cooked sprouts. Most of these outbreaks were caused by Salmonella and E. coli."
The World Health Organization says that in Japan in 1996, "an outbreak linked to contaminated radish sprouts in school lunches caused 9,451 cases" of E. coli.
CNN's Per Nyberg contributed to this report.


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This year was interesting! In the two days following Thanksgiving, I did not see a single turkey bone ingestion. No vomiting pets. Only one diarrhea.
What did I see most commonly?
Dog fights! Apparently when two dogs want the turkey, it can get a little intense.
So, reminder, if you are going to share any special food with your pets, keep it safe!


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BS-MALL(TM) Makeup Brushes
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UGG Women's Scuffette II Slipper
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Spasilk 100-Precent Facial Beauty Pillowcase
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Eberjey Women's Gisele Two-Piece Pajama Set
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Fujifilm Instax Mini 9
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Actlure Women Handmade Vintage Genuine Handbag
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Skullcandy Hesh 2 Over-Ear Headphones with Mic
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Umbra Prisma Picture Frame
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Bamboo Cheese Board with Cutlery Set
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Sorrelli Round Crystal Earrings
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Monoprice Select Mini 3D Printer
Monoprice select mini 3D Printer is potential product which will be great entry level. With the feature of 3D printed back up it will be great in printing much stuff.
Knock Knock What I Love About You Fill In The Love Journal
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Southern Belle Lace Push Up Bra & Matching Panty Set
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The Wes Anderson Collection
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B&O PLAY by BANG & OLUFSEN Portable Bluetooth Speaker
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Benchmark Bouquets White Elegance Bouquet
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Ensasa Sexy Mini String Bikini
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Rachael Ray Cucina Hard Porcelain Enamel Nonstick Cookware Set
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Zojirushi Home Bakery Virtuoso Breadmaker
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Kate Spade New York Women's Felisha Dress Pump
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Bag Women 4 Piece Leatherette Handbag Set
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Unik MacBook Pro Case
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Plant Theatre Forbidden Fruit Kit
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ALEX + ANI Initial Expandable Wire Bangle
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ProudBody Pregnancy Belly Painting Kit
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Vera Wang Princess
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Jane Austen's Matchmaker
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Nine West Noelle Three-Piece Hardside Set
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Nail It Art Red Heart Block
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Microsoft Surface Book
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JamStik Digital Guitar
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Mr. Coffee Cafe Barista Espresso and Cappuccino Maker
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Art Therapy Kit Coloring Books for Adults
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Awair: Smart Air Quality Monitor
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Hollabears Shawty U Fine As S**t Tho Teddy Bear
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DOZZZ Decorative Chenille Throw
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Kama Sutra Massage Oils
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Henry Lau, B.I.G's Benji, ZE:A's Heechul, Juni, Cho Ara, Park Myungsoo and others confirmed for new tvN program, "Always Cantare"
Casting for the new tvN variety program, Always Cantare, has been confirmed with popular artists such as Super Junior-M's Henry Lau, ZE:A's Heechul, Super Junior Kyuhyun's sister Cho Ara, B.I.G's Benji, Park Myung Soo, and more!
According to a tvN official on November 7th, the cast for the new variety program, Always Cantare, finished filming for the show's pilot episode.
Always Cantare is a program that will provide the back story and creation of a real orchestra with Henry Lau as a violinist and world-renowned South Korean conductor, Geum Nan Se, as the band's grand conductor. Other celebrities such as Park Myung Soo, Sam Hammington, Sam Otswiri, Juni, and Oh Sang Jin will also take part as members of the orchestra while normal citizens who aspire to become musicians audition to be a member of this new orchestra.
Idols such as B.I.G's Benji, Vanilla Lucy's Hyera, and ZE:A's Heechul will also be part of the cast while playing their roles as violinists and cellists.
Many netizens have been especially anxious to see Cho Ara, Super Junior's Kyuhyun sister, who widely got her name and title known to the world through her public appearance on KBS Superman is Back as Tablo's daughter's violin teacher.
Staff of tvN began teasing fans with a slightly suggestive statement that, B.I.G's Benji, who studied violin at the prestigious Julliard School of Performing Arts, became rivals with Henry Lau who studied violin at Berklee College of Music.
Always Cantare will be a short, four-episode program set to air in early December.


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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a plea to call for a report on investigations in the FIRs registered in different states over the alleged malpractices in the the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG) held on September 12, saying any interference will be detrimental to a large number of students.
A bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao said it realises the problems highlighted by the petitioner but it was not inclined to intervene in the matter.
"We can't interfere. We understand what you say but it will create a lot of confusion. Any interference at our hands will be detrimental to a large number of students," the bench also comprising Justice B R Gavai said.
At the outset, senior advocate Salman Khurshid, appearing for the petitioners, said he was not pressing the prayers for cancellation of the exam and conduct of fresh tests in view of the fact that the same prayers were declined earlier.
He submitted that FIRs have been filed at various places and sought the top court's direction to call for a fact-finding report on the issue.
The apex court said the results have not been announced and asked if there is any doubt in the mind of the National Testing Agency. Khurshid told the bench that this must be in the normal course.
The senior lawyer then sought liberty to approach the court with similar prayers at a later appropriate stage if some material comes to the fore.
The top court said any observation by us will be taken out of context and confuse students. Sensing disinclination of the bench to entertain the matter, the senior advocate withdrew the plea and the case was dismissed as withdrawn.
The top court was hearing a plea filed by Vishwanath Kumar and others contending that on the date of the NEET UG examination, the CBI had registered FIR against four accused persons and unknown others, stating that the process of examination was manipulated by using proxy candidates.
Earlier on October 4, the apex court had refused to entertain a similar plea saying cancellation of the exam cannot be at the cost of lakhs of students.
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Definition / general
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Microscopic (histologic) description
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And yes, oh you lefty purists out there, electoral reform and other process issues are more urgent than futile railings about health care or immigration! You will get nowhere with your agendas unless first we eliminate the cosmic levels of cheating that now warp U.S. elections, especially in every Red State. Everyone in our loose, broad coalition-to-save-America agrees on that. So that has to come first.
Oh, but go ahead and announce your priorities! Like...
What can be accomplished just by the House all by itself?
Actions that it can do alone, that would have direct and immediate effects?
Or at least score real political points?
So much for "Founders' Intent"!
The ratio of hours spent "fund-raising" or serving special interests vs. actual hours worked has skyrocketed. In fact, since 1997, GOP-run Congresses have been the laziest since before the Great Depression, except when it comes to passing "supply side" tax gifts to the aristocracy.
Democrats can and must make this clear to voters while dramatically changing House rules that allowed such travesty.
(The excuse: "I'm going home to spend time with my constituents" should only work if the representative actually puts in an 8-hour day meeting with folks at home from all parties and walks of life. And ever heard of Skype?)
Now we get to the most original suggestion -- a judo move that the new Democratic Majority in the House could do right away, without interference from the Senate or President, that could shock the nation and zap us partway out of partisan funk.
But it would take guts and a truly long view.
Number 5, permanently empower individual members and the minority party.
Give each member of the House one subpoena per session, that she or he can impose on anyone, compelling two or more hours of testimony before a chosen committee! And give these member subpoenas priority over those issued by chairmen.
(If that's too many to be wieldy? Fine, let any three representatives combine (once) to issue a subpoena -- kind of like quarks. Surely 140 hours of testimony, spread across all the House committees, will be bearable, in order to ensure that the minority will never, ever-again, be prevented from focusing a spotlight where needed.)
A combination: grant the subpoena privilege only to those House members with good attendance - office hours, committees and floor votes! Two birds, one stone.
Number 6, draw lots for a DP "flattery squad." It is as distatseful as hell, but hear me out. We have a mentally unbalanced person in the White House, who reacts almost entirely out of reflex and not sapient thought. He must be opposed and neutralized. But for all our sakes, some adults need also to soothe this cranky toddler. I've suggested this elsewhere... and I'll explain in a coda, below.
== These bills won't become law? Then draw in those vetoes! ==
Forget giant acts of legislation that will never get past the Senate and that give Foxites ammo, reinforcing confederate will to "resist wild socialism." Try those social engineering things first in California, Oregon and New York, etc. Your job in the 116th is narrower, so focus.
In the U.S. House of Representatives, you should concentrate on very basic justice. Trot out bill after bill that makes so much sense that some GOP senators might have to vote for some, or risk political suicide. And when Trump vetoes them, he will die by a thousand cuts! Here are examples:
- Make the job of White House Science Advisor one of several that will be filled automatically in a non-partisan way, offering the President a choice of a dozen proposed by the National Academy, and choosing one at random, if he fails to do so. Require two hours a month of face-to-face advising.
- Declare that any state enacting Voter ID or registration-limiting rules must appropriate funds to effectively help the poor, minorities, the young and elderly to get the needed ID, to comply with the new restrictions. Instead of inveighing against voter ID laws in principle – a trap which makes it look as if Democrats want voter fraud, make it about compliance assistance - always demanded by businesses, when they face new regulations. Voter ID states must open more centers to help the poor, instead of maliciously closing DMV offices. It must be adequate to ensure voter participation by any group does not decline, or else that state is in violation of the 14th Amendment.
- Pass a narrow DACA bill that puts any decent GOP Senator in a moral bind, forcing some of them to go along. But yes, draw that Trumpian veto.
- Transparency in political donations by elites.
- End gerrymandering in the last few blue states - Illinois and Maryland - then pass an anti-gerrymandering bill in the House and dare vulnerable GOP senators to oppose it. When they do, change "GOP" to "POC" - Party of Cheaters.
- Actually "drain the swamp." Offer up reforms that limit revolving doors and K Street graft etc. Then dare the Senate not to go along.
- My FACT Act... Seriously. There's not one more important thing. Well, I do keep trying.
Each of these proposals is narrowly targeted to seem so fair and obvious that it ought to be non-partisan. Polemically, this was the root power of Gingrich's "Contract." Picture putting Republican senators in a position of opposing such things! And then justifying it.
== The "list" has only just begun! ==
I'll soon offer part 2 of this list of suggestions to the new House of Representatives. Next time we'll dive into pragmatic measures that might reform the Electoral College without an amendment! Or spread the practice of rank choice voting, which would let those of you purists out there vote for your true love without screwing the nation, as you did in 2000 and 2016. And much more.
Some of you likely recall that I've done this before! And not one of the proposals I made in 2008 got even the slightest leverage, alas. (They are still good suggestions! We'd be better off now, if only...)
Today, I concentrated on things that even just one chamber might accomplish, as we bide our time till the real transformative election -- our Gettysburg in the foresight year, 2020. Meanwhile counting on our skilled officers and civil servants and a myriad decent citizens and allies to keep Western Civilization alive till then, against attacks -- covert and open -- by its enemies.
Till then, dear Congresswoman and Congressman, get used to the fact that the next two years will be frustrating. If your goal is to pass major bills on Health Care or Universal College or other major items on Bernie's "contract," good luck. Go ahead and shift that Overton "Expectations Window."
But meanwhile, today's list offers some highly targeted things that just might have real, pragmatic effects!
We are counting on you not just to be moral and right and decent and genuinely patriotic. Please also be smart.
======= Coda re: the "Flattery Squad" ===
I've said it before. A dozen top level Democrats who are electorally safe and who have strong stomachs should announce that they are going to draw lots and/or pick straws. Never tell the press or public what it's for! But within days, two of the dems start making nice toward Donald Trump!
Not in any political way! It can be "I oppose the president's policy regarding "X"... but he is truly one handsome mofo."
Or "Stop teasing his hair and his kids! Both are really good looking."
Hey, can it hurt? As an experiment? Especially since the whole nation will know what's going on? Fox will yammer about how obvious a ploy it is. Trump may even grin and say: "I know it's a ploy!" But then he'll add "At last a Democrat is saying the truth about me!"
And he'll invite the flatterer to lunch. He won't be able to help it. A junkie is a junkie and this is his fix.
This would have been a great job for Al Franken, if far-liberals hadn't thoughtlessly and recklessly shot us in the face. Alas.


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by Bonnie Goldberg
Fair warning to Shakespearian scholars and purists: the Playhouse on Park in West Hartford is offering up a tongue-in-cheek speedy survey of the Bard's collective works until Sunday, July 30. With song, dance, improvisation, slapstick, horseplay and even a little mime, a trio of actors — Sean Harris, Hanna Cheek and Rich Hollman — skip at warp speed through all of Shakespeare's tragedies, comedies and histories in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (revised) created by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield.
In the fair environs of Verona, we meet Romeo and Juliet, the most famous star-crossed lovers who are doomed by the long standing feuding by their families. Before the bottles of poison are even drained, we are quickly swept into a cooking show reminiscent of Sweeney Todd as Titus Andronicus, chief chef, seeks revenge by concocting tasty human treats.
The tale of the dark and brooding Othello who becomes jealous when his best pal Iago deceives him about Othello's wife Desdemona and her faithfulness is spotlighted next. With tweets and Instagrams, the green-eyed witch is revealed.
If one of the Bard's comedies is good, then sixteen of them must be better. Watch the three go off and running when they tackle this mix and match mash up with identical twins, tempests and tons of mistaken identifies. Dukes, donkeys and fairies have a no holds barred free for all in this delightful tangle of tales.
Golfers play through as we go all Scottish on the heath as Macbeth takes center stage in this glorious blood and death story that quickly morphs into the Ides of March and Julius Caesar and football and Troilus and Cressida and ends with the Prince of Denmark himself, Hamlet. The audience gets to jump into the fray and shout out a few appropriate phrases as Wonder Woman leaps into the fight. Watch for skulls on motorcycles and a whole lot of chutzpah riding shotgun, but all in the name of frivolous fun. Tom Ridgely directs this out of control madness and frivolity, all designed for pleasure.
For tickets ($25-40 ), call Playhouse on Park, 244 Park Road, West Hartford, at 860-523-5900, ext. 10, or online to www.PlayhouseOnPark.org. Performances are Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.
PLAYWRIGHTS ON PARK Reading Series continues On Tuesday, July 18 at 7:30 p.m. with an intense comedy "COMMUNITY" by Stephen Kaplan.
Come have fun and enjoy the theatrical antics as all of Shakespeare's works are dusted off and hung on the line for exploration , examination and evisceration, all in the name of enjoyment.


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The Perks of Integrated Business Planning
Within the highly competitive branded coffee category, approximately 70 percent to 75 percent of volume is sold on promotion. This is the story of how Massimo Zanetti Beverage USA (MZB) came to effectively use a unified system for trade promotion management (TPM) and predictive forecasting to capitalize on this huge opportunity and further its mission to be the most sought-after coffee partner in America.
Promotion-Driven Profitability
Sales of the company's nationally recognized retail brands, including Chock Full o'Nuts, Hills Bros., Segafredo Zanetti, MJB and Chase & Sanborn, secure MZB's position as one of the top manufacturers of coffee in the United States. However, when on promotion at competitive price points, the company's brands have been known to hit No. 1 status in New York (Chock Full o'Nuts) and Chicago (Hills Bros.).
The company also produces proprietary and private label coffee, tea, and drink mixes for customers in retail and food service channels throughout North America and around the world.
MZB's competitive position in the consumer market is impressive to say the least when you understand that, for a long while, the company was managing trade promotions using a homegrown system and had no disciplined process for forecasting.
"During any given month we typically have 250 to 300 promotions running," says Ron Tieskoetter, vice president Sales Operations Planning & Analysis, MZB. "Due to dynamic market conditions, it is sometimes difficult to accurately predict the amount of cases a retailer may scan for a promotion, which leads to over or under accrual positions. Since trade spend is the second highest liability on our P&L, the resulting reconciliation between actual and accrued spend could swing our overall profitability dramatically."
Under Tieskoetter's direction, the implementation of packaged TPM software provided the visibility that MZB needed into its trade spend, at the account and promotion level. In addition, MZB gained the ability to apply deductions at the promotion and account level, and to reconcile accruals. "This enabled us to measure the accuracy of our promotions at the account level," says Tieskoetter.
The solution appealed to MZB's Sales and Finance departments based upon its ability to provide visibility to trade spend, as well as forecasting future period trade spend.
Focusing on the Forecast
Forecast accuracy is imperative for a business such as MZB's wherein 75 percent of its cost of goods sold is dependent upon green coffee commodity pricing.
"Once we had a well-defined trade promotion process, we soon realized we needed a new tool to help us provide better, more accurate long-range forecasts, which would enhance our abilities to take advantage of advantageous commodity market conditions," says Tieskoetter.
The desired end state — integrated promotion and demand planning — was a tall order that would require process reform, a single, scalable technology platform and rigorous change management.
After evaluating competitive TPM solution offerings in 2011, MZB chose Oracle Demantra Predictive Trade Planning and Deduction Settlement Management modules primarily for the forecast engine capabilities and integration with the company's ERP system, JDE Enterprise One. Essentially, it would consolidate three critical functions — promotion planning and management, deduction management and an integrated forecast engine — into one system.
At the tail end of the seven-month-long technology implementation came the necessary formation of a Demand Planning department, which began the process of creating metrics for forecast accuracy, coefficient of variance, and an ABC item stratification to coincide with managing inventory and production planning. This department used Oracle Demantra Demand Management, which is directly integrated to the predictive trade planning module to view both the sales forecast of base and lift against the demand planning forecast inclusive of safety stock, lead times, etc., in order to meet the demand driven by the sales organization and trade promotions.
Tieskoetter explains, "Forecast accuracy helped us determine our current base line forecast accuracy and then helped us measure our success moving forward. We used the coefficient of variance metric to determine whether a demand pattern is stable, staying close to its average, or if it is highly erratic. We also used an item ABC stratification, which helped us categorize items into buckets; this allowed us to focus on those 'A' items that would have the biggest impact on forecast accuracy first. Utilizing this disciplined approach focusing on the 'A' items, in the short term, we were able to increase forecast accuracy quickly and then develop a process to review the 'B' and 'C' items with the sales team to further improve the overall forecast."
Technology Impacts Process
Armed with actionable data, the S&OP process was improved because MZB could now create forecasts and predictive trade spend plans for the fiscal year to help with financial projections and production planning. During this time, MZB also implemented monthly forecast reviews between the Demand Planning and Sales teams.
"This allowed Demand Planning to provide key metrics such as forecast accuracy, coefficient of variance and monthly historical trend information to the sales team," says Tieskoetter. "Through this collaboration we were able to provide guidance and insights, regarding the forecast, to help us improve overall forecast accuracy."
In order to drive adoption and change in behavior among MZB's sales force — post training — both forecast accuracy and trade promotion accuracy were adopted as metrics in performance reviews. MZB also measures its brokers utilizing a monthly scorecard that rates their performance related to trade promotion setup and predictive accuracy. These process changes helped to drive acceptance and ownership of the new software and led to improvements in overall forecast and trade promotion forecasted sales and accrual accuracy. For example, trade promotion inaccuracies that lead to imprecise trade accruals and deduction issues were minimized. Thus, the organization changed from a deduction-clearing house to one fully capable of matching deductions to trade promotions and analyzing the deductions.
Moving forward, MZB's goal is to create a platform that would contain internal trade promotion information combined with external point-of-sale competitive pricing, promotions and volume data. This, combined with internal marketing programs, would give the organization one place to go for all their needs.
"Having all data sources in one location would allow for easy manipulation and analysis, which would enhance the company's ability to provide a better, more stable long-term forecast," predicts Tieskoetter. "Competitive activity could be utilized as a data point to help the forecast algorithms, in Demantra Predictive Trade Planning, to more accurately plan the business."


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A Look Back at the F-35Bs deployed to the Middle East on the 243rd Birthday of the USMC.
Today is the 243rd Anniversary of the United States Marine Corps. The Marines were born on November 10, 1775 as an elite maritime-capable combat force by the Second Continental Congress with the decree:
"That two battalions of Marines be raised consisting of one Colonel, two lieutenant-colonels, two majors and other officers, as usual in other regiments; that they consist of an equal number of privates as with other battalions, that particular care be taken that no persons be appointed to offices, or enlisted into said battalions, but such as are good seamen, or so acquainted with maritime affairs as to be able to serve for and during the present war with Great Britain and the Colonies; unless dismissed by Congress; that they be distinguished by the names of the First and Second Battalions of Marines."
In observance of this anniversary it's worth watching this video of USMC F-35B Lightning IIs refueling from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 somewhere over the Middle East during the first U.S. combat deployment of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. We have already published shots taken during that very same sortie, highlighting the presence of the gun pod under the fuselage.
The video of the USMC F-35Bs was shot by USAF Staff Sgt. Rion Ehrman of the U.S. Air Forces Central Command Public Affairs on September 15, 2018.
Shooting video from a KC-135 Stratotanker of the 28th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron from Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, the USMC F-35Bs of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit take on fuel somewhere over the Middle East using the drogue system on the KC-135 boom.
Because of the position of the lift-fan on the F-35B Lightning II STOVL (Short Take Off Vertical Landing) variant the aircraft does not have the refueling receptacle on top of the fuselage as with the F-35A, so the Marines use the hose and drogue method. You can see in the video that sometimes it gets tricky staying on the drogue as an F-35B bobs up and down taking on fuel. Another F-35B is seen on the drogue with a significant amount of fuel vapor streaming into the air just above the right intake.
The USMC deployment was the first time the U.S. deployed F-35Bs to the Middle East as part of Essex Amphibious Ready Group or ARG. The 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) is also the first combat-deployed MEU to operate the F-35B Lighting II. This is also the first-ever combat deployment of a supersonic STOVL aircraft in aviation history since the Israelis, who debuted the F-35A in combat in the Middle East, fly a conventional take-off and landing variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
On Sept. 27, 2018 U.S. Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211, F-35B Lighting II Joint Strike Fighters hit insurgent targets in Afghanistan's Kandahar Province. The mission, flown by an undisclosed number of aircraft from USS Essex but, interestingly, at least two aircraft, modex CF-00 and CF-01, made a stopover in Kandahar Air Field after the air strike before returning to the aircraft carrier.
The aircraft carried the external gun pod along with the two upper Luneburg lenses/radar reflectors.
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I have made an interesting and geeky discovery today analyzing the shots of the USMC F-35B deployed for the first time near the Horn of Africa (article at TheAviationist.com). Therefore, during normal peacetime activities, the F-35B uses radar reflectors (unless it has to remain stealthy – during the first days of a war): 3 reflectors (2 in the upper rear fuselage, 1 centerline in the lower rear fuselage – the one underneath the fuselage can be seen in the bottom image) as opposed to the F-35A (middle photo) that wears 4 ones (2 upper side and 2 lower side). However, when it carries the external GAU-22 gun pod, the F-35B carries only 2 upper side radar reflectors (you can only see one of these in the top image): most probably the external pod degrades the RCS so much no additional reflector is needed. #theaviationist #f35 #f35b #stealth #radarreflector
On Sept. 28, a U.S. Marine F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter crashed near Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station, South Carolina on the U.S. East Coast. The pilot ejected from the aircraft. The incident led to a temporary stand down of the worldwide fleet, on Oct. 12, 2018 for safety inspections of their fuel flow systems.


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Mystery of Job's Trials
Every brother and sister in the Lord who knows the Scriptures very well is familiar with Job's trials. In Scripture it is written about him, "There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil" (Job 1:1). Then, on account of two accusations against Job Satan made before God, Jehovah said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your power; only on himself put not forth your hand" (Job 1:12); "Behold, he is in your hand; but save his life" (Job 2:6). Then, trials came upon Job. In the trials of losing his property and children, as well as the trial of sore boils all over his body, his faith in God and reverence for Him were not shaken. What's more, he still praised God and said, "Jehovah gave, and Jehovah has taken away; blessed be the name of Jehovah" (Job 1:21) and "shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?" (Job 2:10). Ultimately, Job's reverence for Jehovah God gained God's approval and blessing, becoming an exemplar for later generations to emulate. Every time I read Job's stories, I have great admiration for his perfect and upright humanity, and even more envy his reverence for God amid Satan's malicious temptations and attacks. Nevertheless, what made me confused is: Since Job was so perfect and upright, and adored by people so much, why did God allow Satan to afflict him and subject him to such great trials?
Later, I read the following passage, "Everything that God does is necessary and possessed of extraordinary significance, for all that He does in man concerns His management and the salvation of mankind. Naturally, the work that God did in Job is no different, even though Job was perfect and upright in the eyes of God. In other words, regardless of what God does or the means by which He does it, regardless of the cost, regardless of His objective, the purpose of His actions does not change. His purpose is to work God's words into man, as well as God's requirements and will for man; in other words, it is to work into man all that God believes to be positive in accordance with His steps, enabling man to understand God's heart and comprehend God's essence, and allowing man to obey God's sovereignty and arrangements, thus allowing man to attain fear of God and shunning of evil—all of this is one aspect of God's purpose in all He does."
After reading this passage, I understand God's trials of Job were mainly to make his faith perfect. Anyone who has read the Scriptures knows that although Job had great faith in Jehovah God before his trials, he said that he had heard of Him by the hearing of the ear. Later, after seeing Jehovah God's appearance, he said his eyes saw Him. This is the effect God's work has achieved through allowing him to undergo trials, which is to say, through God's consignment of him to Satan, and then through God's salvation.
I continued to read, "The other aspect is that, because Satan is the foil and service object in God's work, man is often given to Satan; this is the means God uses to allow people to see in Satan's temptations and attacks the wickedness, ugliness, and contemptibility of Satan, thus causing people to hate Satan and be able to know and recognize that which is negative. This process allows them to gradually free themselves from Satan's control and accusations, interference, and attacks—until, thanks to God's words, their knowledge and obedience of God, and their faith in God and fear of Him, they triumph over the attacks and accusations of Satan; only then will they have been completely delivered from the domain of Satan. People's deliverance means that Satan has been defeated, it means that they are no longer the food in Satan's mouth—instead of swallowing them, Satan has relinquished them. This is because such people are upright, because they have faith, obedience, and fear toward God, and because they completely break with Satan. They bring shame upon Satan, they make a coward of Satan, and they utterly defeat Satan. Their conviction in following God, and obedience to and fear of God defeat Satan, and make Satan completely give them up. Only people such as this have truly been gained by God, and it is this which is God's ultimate objective in saving man. If they wish to be saved, and wish to be completely gained by God, then all those who follow God must face temptations and attacks both great and small from Satan. Those who emerge from these temptations and attacks and are able to fully defeat Satan are those who have been saved by God. … Such people are not bound, spied upon, accused, or abused by Satan; they are completely free, they have been completely liberated and released. Job was just such a man of freedom, and this is precisely the significance of why God had handed him over to Satan."
Satan is the serving object in God's work. Through handing us over to Satan, through a means of trials, God allows us to have discernment and knowledge of the wickedness and ugliness of Satan. Regardless of how Satan accuses, tempts and attacks us, as long as we live by the truth and God's words, thanks to our knowledge and obedience of God and our faith in God and fear of Him, we will triumph over the interference and attacks of Satan, no longer be deceived or controlled by Satan and bear testimony to God. As such, we will be those who triumph over Satan, namely, those who escape from the influence of Satan. And Satan will be put to shame and defeated. Finally, only when we are able to follow the way of God and are capable of fearing God and shunning evil can we be saved by God completely. And then we can worship the Creator in a free and released way like Job and live in the light of God's countenance.
Through these words, I see Job's trials are of great significance and I understand what God has done is His love and salvation for us. For example, although Job endured some suffering in his trials at that time, he harvested a phenomenal wealth of life, getting an understanding and sense of God's concern and care for man and becoming the person who gained God's praise. Nowadays, I recall the trials we encounter in our daily life: Although they are small, such as suffering illness, losses of property or misunderstanding of our family and friends who do not believe in God, as well as enduring some setbacks and failures in our life, we often misunderstand God's will and even complain about Him at that time because of having no understanding of the meaning of God's trials. However, if we understand the meaning of His trials and what effect He would like to achieve through His trials, we will know these agonizing trials are precisely the path on which every Christian has to travel to do battle with Satan and to be saved. What we shall do is to stand up to face all agonizing trials bravely, to do battle with Satan by God's words and to defeat Satan through our faith in and obedience to Him. In this way, ultimately, we can become a person who fears God and shuns evil like Job, being saved by Him and gaining His approval and blessing.


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Foreign aid is a joke.
It is either used to impose neo-Imperialism in nations where the money pours in by transforming those societies into slaves of the West and capitalism, or else it is used to subsidise the births of more people.
There must be no foreign aid given away until every Briton no longer lives in poverty.
And then when that aim is reached, the only foreign aid given is for birth control in those developing nations, not for food aid.
The minute they stop breeding is the minute they dont need aid.
The world doesnt need more useless breeders, we need to sterelise them not subsidise them.
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While the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Huawei P20 have already been introduced, there's more to come this year. We are still waiting to see devices from LG, HTC, and others. One such device coming soon is the LG G7 ThinQ.
The LG G7 ThinQ is coming!
Yeah, that's right. LG will be switching its naming moniker system to include the new 'ThinQ' brand. The announcement was made earlier today, along with a couple of press events.
On May 2nd, in New York City, LG will officially unveil the G7 ThinQ to the world. Then, on May 3rd, the device will be shown off in LG's home country of Korea.
The ThinQ brand may sound familiar, and that's for good reason. At MWC 2018, LG unveiled the V30S ThinQ, which is a slightly upgraded version of last year's LG V30.
The focus of the 'ThinQ' branding is a focus on AI thanks to its "Voice AI", "Empathy AI", and "Vision AI". It's likely that some of the upcoming features of the G7 ThinQ have already been introduced with the V30S.
The complete overhaul of branding comes as no surprise. LG reportedly scrapped the original G7 in favor of not just rushing a phone out to compete with Samsung.
That's a tactic that has not worked for anyone taking on the likes of Samsung or Apple. LG and HTC have (finally) realized this and won't be launching devices on a regular schedule. At least not flagship models.
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The G7 ThinQ has been making its rounds as of late. We have seen various renders and spec rumors, but there are few things to be sure of.
LG's latest device will likely sport the Snapdragon 845 chipset, which will be coupled with at least 6GB of RAM. The camera system will be another primary focus, and a dual-camera setup is expected to return.
With a huge focus on AI, this may explain the "unknown button" that was revealed in recent CAD leaks. This could be an easy way to access Google Assistant (a la the Bixby button). Or, LG could be going down a different route entirely.
Nonetheless, we are just a few weeks away from seeing what LG has been working on. In the meantime, sound off in the comments and let us know if you're looking forward to LG's new flagship.