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Just a few thoughts to share with you on this lovely Spring day. Many are crazy busy this time of year. School functions seem to accelerate. Tax season descends upon us. And the change of weather inspires a bevy of activity…we re-arrange closets, de-clutter cupboards, throw out old or unused items, and attempt to clean and organize the garage. All while continuing to manage our family responsibilities, work commitments, and church life. Day in and day out, we run ourselves ragged trying to keep our heads above water. We long for a simpler life with more time and space to enjoy the things and relationships we work so hard to maintain, but somehow we struggle to obtain it.
What if? What if in all this exertion, we decided to stop…to pause…to breathe?
"What if instead of doing more, we did less?"
This was the scandalous notion I submitted in a room full of corporate leaders recently at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee. I had been asked to speak at the Prayer Breakfast for the propane industry's largest gathering of its kind…the 2016 NPGA Southeastern Convention and International Propane EXPO. They wanted someone who could both deliver an inspirational message and sing a couple of songs as it was their first time to assemble in world famous Music City USA. Not wanting to disappoint, I chose to wear my snazziest jeans, cowboy boots, and something with fringe on it. The faux suede vest I bought from Stein Mart. Gotta represent.
As you can imagine, I was excited at the opportunity and approached it prayerfully. I know how these conventions go. I've attended the equivalent in my own industry. It's all about networking, expansion, increased productivity, advanced technology, and spreading your message to the masses. Essentially…bigger, better, faster, more.
Ironically, I felt led to counter this emphasis by challenging them in the area of rest. And this only because I myself had to learn it the hard way (READ: My Burn-Out Blog). I suspected that many of them, particularly at the end of an uber-packed week, were likely running on fumes (don't miss the industry humor). I shared from my own experience and read several scriptures to reinforce my point. We looked at what is perhaps one of the most ignored Commandments of all Ten. The Fourth. To remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy. To honor and observe what has been referred to as the capstone of creation, the Seventh day.
Word nerd that I am, I utilized my Webster's dictionary app to discover several synonyms for "capstone" and rattled them off in list format: the crowning achievement, the climax, the pinnacle, the summit, the zenith, which is the strongest or most successful period of time. Then, I posed another question…
"What if the Sabbath day was as important, if not more important than all the other days preceding it?"
I quoted Priscilla Shirer who said, "Overwork is a form of unbelief." I confessed how convicted I felt when I first heard that statement. Does my striving indicate an innate sense or underlying belief that I don't really believe God is going to take care of me? Could I risk a weekly day of rest without fear of falling behind or appearing lazy or selfish?
Richard Swenson, in his book Margin/the Overload Syndrome, wrote, "God does not have to depend on human exhaustion to get His work done. God is not so desperate for resources to accomplish His purposes that we have to abandon the raising of our children in order to accommodate Him. God is not so despairing of where to turn next that He has to ask us to go without sleep five nights in a row. Chronic overloading is not a spiritual prerequisite for authentic Christianity. Quite the contrary, overloading is often what we do when we forget who God is."
The day after the event, I decided to remember.
I lit a candle in my living room, pulled out my box of crayons, and set about to do some coloring. I'll not likely win the award for Most Artistic or Best Color Choice, but I thoroughly enjoyed filling in this "HOPE" illlustration declaring what has become one of my favorite verses of late…"We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure…" (Hebrews 4:19).
Frivolous? Maybe. Necessary? Yes.
Fun? With no less than sixty-four fabulous colors to choose from? Absolutely!
In closing, I'll leave you with two poignant questions presented by a Presbyterian pastor by the name of Jack Miller. I had listened to probably a dozen or more of his teachings and this always seemed to bring it right on home…
What have you ever stopped doing because you love Jesus?
What have you ever started doing because you love Jesus?
I invite you to watch, listen, and ponder…
Jesus said to His disciples in Mark 6:31, "Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest."
Will you accept His invitation?
Grace and peace…


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Every woman should have a pair of beautiful high heels so that this pair of high heels took you into the marriage hall. Here let's have a look at those stylish, beautiful high heels! For the bride you choose a pair of favorite shoes and then enjoy your beautiful wedding with a love spark!
Fashion charm high heels. At first glance to see this shoes, your attention may stay at the rhinestone decoration. In fact, the highlights of this shoe is also at here. The rhinestone add much elegance to this shoes.
In a word, The silver mirror leather upper that has been given an extra touch of glamour, with dazzling crystal square buckle at the toe, which capture and reflect the light beautifully.
If you ever had a dream about Cinderella turned the princess, then, be sure to choose this crystal shiny shoes. There are two crystal-shining butterflies in front which are vivid. Shoes body looked more beautiful and fantasy with a translucent material. Two crystal-like vivid butterfly makes this shoes can't be luxurious more.
Every time shopping, when seeing a pair of exquisite high heels in the window, you could not help but stop to see more time. It seems that women naturally have no resistance to high heels. At your wedding, a pair of more suitable bride wedding shoes is needed.
Most of the brides choose wedding shoes taking beauty and good looking as a criterion, and you ignore the comfort of the shoes. Wearing unsuitable high heels walk all day, you will lose the great temperament because of grimace in pain even if you are the bride. So, here I will remind you that comfort is more important than the appearance!

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LAGRANGE, GA (WTVM) - The National Transportation Safety Board was on the scene of a fatal plane crash in LaGrange on Feb. 23, the day after the fatal crash. The NTSB is digging for answers as to what caused a small aircraft to nosedive into the ground.
"Around 2:07 Saturday afternoon, N 36638 Beechcraft Baron crashed," Brian Rayner, a senior Air Safety Investigator with NTSB said. "Three people died as the twin engine aircraft nose-dived into the ground."
According to witnesses, the aircraft started leaning left. The wings were moving slowly, and then the plane rotated 360 degrees nose-down. The three victims were each from Peachtree City, Georgia.
Vincent Rosettie, 60, was pronounced dead around 3:13 p.m. and Willy Lutz, 69, was pronounced dead at 3:14 p.m. at the scene by the Troup County Coroner Jeff Cook. Jeffrey Van Curtis. 53, was taken to the Midtown Medical Center in Columbus, Georgia where he was pronounced dead at 4:32 p.m.
"We are going to document the wreckage in place and remove the plane out of the airport," Rayner explained. "We can do more in depth examination on the plane offsite on Monday."
The NTSB and FAA are both investigation this crash. The NTSB is collecting evidence to help them determine the cause of the fatal plane crash. The two engine aircraft will be taken to the aircraft recovery facility in Griffin, Georgia for further investigation.
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Creative Nail Design Crimson Sparkle
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100% would repurchase
Package Quality: 4.0
Price: $$$
Package Quality: 4.0
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on 1/8/2013 12:17:00 PM
Age: Unknown
Skin: Combination, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Blond, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Blue
This polish is so pretty as a top coat on darker polishes. I love it on top of black, dark purple or dark red/vampy cremes. It's not something I reach for all the time, but it gives a really lovely effect when I'm in the mood for something different.
on 3/6/2012 2:59:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Brown
This was my first polish from CND, I received it as an extra from a lovely swapper here on MUA. I was so surprised as to how much I love this! It really transforms any polish. I have used it over black, purple, red, and on its own. It seems to compliment almost any color I pair it with! It is a little thick, but manageable to work with. I am looking to swap for some more CND Effects!
on 10/23/2010 8:08:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
I really like this effect a lot. Crimson changes the base color pretty dramatically, especially in the light. Over black, I could almost swear it's a duochrome-type effect, as it flashes both crimson and gold. Reminiscent of Bad Fairy... I bet this would add a little something extra to BF for sure! :) The effects retail for something like $11, and though that's awfully steep, I'd be happier paying retail for this particular sparkle effect than other (say, Gold) because it really does add that something extra! :)
on 10/31/2009 12:45:00 AM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
I ♥ these new CND Effects! I like to add them on day 2 of my mani to change up the look and just refresh the mani in general.
The look of Crimson Sparkle will differ with each base color you use, which makes it so fun! I'm currently wearing it over Maybelline Twinkle Twinkle, and it's just stunning! I'd imagine CS would look awesome over purples and grays as well. I've recently discovered the fun of layering polishes and playing with topcoats, and these Effects are great for that.
I think they retail for $11, but I ordered mine from an etailer for $5.50. I don't think I'd want to pay the $11, but i think it's a justifiable purchase for half of that! CS dried very quickly for me also, which is important to me.
All in all, it's a fun product that I would definitely purchase again. I have a handful of these Effects and am excited to try the rest of them out! I highly recommend trying them :)
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These new sparkle polishes are so much fun. Thank you, CND!
This is a top coat polish that adds a sparkly effect to any polish color.
It seems to generally pull red-golden on the nail.
It is similar to raspberry sparkle on most colors - - I'd only get Crimson or Raspberry if I were to buy again. I probably don't need both.
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois' pile of unpaid bills, a barometer of the state's deep financial problems, hit an all-time high of $12.8 billion, the state comptroller announced on Friday.
The nation's fifth-largest state is limping through a record-setting second-straight fiscal year without a complete budget due to an ongoing impasse between its Republican governor and Democrats who control the legislature.
With the bill backlog representing $1,000 for every state resident, Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza called on Governor Bruce Rauner and legislators to pass a budget.
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"Illinois is in the midst of a historic financial meltdown," Mendoza, a Democrat, said in a statement. "Our social service agencies, schools and seniors have suffered during the 21 months we've waited for executive action on an actual budget."
Despite Illinois' inability to enact a spending plan, the state is operating on continuing appropriations to cover big-ticket items like payments for pensions and bonds, and court-ordered spending for payroll and an array of health and human services.
A massive bipartisan bill package to end the budget stalemate has been on hold in the state Senate since March 1 when Republican support evaporated.
The package includes bills to complete the fiscal 2017 budget, which expired on Dec. 31, as well as to hike taxes, cut pension costs by about $1 billion annually, authorize borrowing to pay down the bill pile, expand casino gaming, and freeze local property taxes.
Illinois, which ended fiscal 2016 on June 30 with a $9.6 billion deficit, is also struggling with unfunded liabilities of $130 billion for pensions and $33 billion for state retiree healthcare.
Without a credible budget fix, Illinois' triple-B credit rating, the lowest among the 50 states, risks sliding closer to the junk level or even into it.
"Nothing is off the table" given the fact no state has gone 20 months without a budget, S&P Global Ratings analyst Gabe Petek told a credit forum audience in Chicago last week.
No U.S. state has ever been rated at the junk level, according to records dating back about a half century from S&P, Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings.
(Reporting by Karen Pierog; Editing by Matthew Lewis)


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Do you know what Screenify is?
Screenify is a useless piece of software that is supposed to customize your screen brightness or let you choose from a couple of desktop modes. Unfortunately, these features do not work, but on the other hand, you can do all of this without this application. We would suggest you to delete the program from your computer, and if you scroll down, you will find the removal instructions below the text.
Even though it looks like the program does not work, it does other activities, such as displaying annoying pop-ups or gathering information about you. Undoubtedly, these advertisements come from a third party, and it leads you to their websites. Needless to say that these sites will have their own Privacy Policy statements or some of them might not even have such documents. Thus, the sites could be harmful to your computer, or they could invade your privacy.
It appears that the application could be spread bundled with other software. For example, it may have appeared on your computer when you installed a program that was downloaded from an unreliable source, such as a file-sharing or torrent site. Often, such web pages bundle their promoted installers with untrustworthy software, e.g. adware, potentially unwanted programs (PUPs), browser hijackers, and so on. Once you begin the installation, you should see that somewhere along the terms of the setup wizard there are some suggestions. However, if you do not pay attention to the terms and accept them all, these bundled programs, such as Screenify, get installed too.Screenify screenshot
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Even though our researchers confirmed that the program is very similar to a PUP called Hostify, the application was categorized as adware because it displays pop-ups with ads. This advertising content appears on user's screen every couple of minutes. It promotes various third-party services and products, including software. To protect your computer from malware or prevent any violation of your privacy, you should avoid the third-party ads. We cannot claim that you will be redirected to a malicious site if you click a pop-up, but there is such possibility, and if you do not have an antimalware tool it might be just a question of time when something goes wrong.
Also, you should know that the application is related to other PUPs, such as Sound+, Max Computer Cleaner, and others. Since these programs are often signed by a fictitious name, we can only assume that the same team could have developed them. Clearly, you should not trust software that comes from suspicious developers. Another thing you should know is that the adware might connect to the Internet without your knowledge, and it could download updates or other unreliable programs. The application might display a window with buttons for screen customization, but as you click them nothing appears to happen. Nevertheless, you can easily change screen brightness with the buttons on your keyboard, monitor or through the computer settings. Therefore, you should consider deleting this useless adware from your system.
In conclusion, the application does not look trustworthy, and users that are concerned about their computers' security should remove the adware. It is good to know that the program might be eliminated via Control Panel since it is one of the easiest ways to do that. If you need some guidance in this process, you can check the instructions provided below this text. Naturally, we can offer an automatic option for the adware's removal too. Simply, install the antimalware software and use its scanning tool. After the scanning is over, you will see a report on the security tool's findings and then you can choose to delete Screenify.
Remove Screenify through Control Panel
Windows 8 & Windows 10
- Press Win+R to launch the RUN.
- Type Control Panel and select OK.
- Click Uninstall a program.
- Locate the application and select Uninstall.
Windows Vista & Windows 7
- Open the Start menu.
- Select Control Panel.
- Click Uninstall a program.
- Select the adware and press Uninstall.
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- Open Start and select Control Panel.
- Click on Add or Remove Programs.
- Select Screenify and click Uninstall.
In non-techie terms:
Given that the application does not work, and you may have installed it unknowingly, it would be smarter to delete this application as you do not need it, especially when it is potentially harmful to your computer, too. In fact, it might be a good idea to remove it with a legitimate security tool, because the presence of this adware may suggest that there is more unreliable software on your system. The security tool could scan your whole system and find all possible threats, including Screenify.


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Stephen M. Goldfinger MD is a teacher, researcher and life-long community psychiatrist whose career has focused on the treatment and rehabilitation of the most seriously disabled psychiatric patients. He is currently Professor and Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn.
Dr. Goldfinger is a Brooklyn native, whose interest in psychiatry actually began at SUNY Downstate as a 15 year-old volunteer. After graduating from public high school in Brooklyn he trained at Harvard College, and, after a year hitchhiking across Asia, attended Yale Medical School. Dr. Goldfinger did his psychiatric residency at the University of California, San Francisco/Mt. Zion Hospital. During his twelve years in San Francisco, served as the Director of the Emergency, Outpatient and Inpatient services at San Francisco General Hospital, designing an integrated mental health system for Central city San Francisco under UCSF leadership. He helped design, and then served as the Mental Health Director of S.F. Health Care for the Homeless and was a member of the American Psychiatric Associations task force on Homelessness, later serving as its Chair.
Dr. Goldfinger moved to Boston in 1988, working as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and the Clinical Director of the Massachusetts Mental Health Center. He served as the Principal Investigator of a $13 million NIMH/HUD grant examining models of housing for homeless individuals with severe mental illness. He moved (back home) to New York City in 1997, to Downstate Medical Center, first as Vice-Chair, and as Chair since 2003.
Dr. Goldfinger is an expert on homelessness, schizophrenia, and treatment adherence in mental illness. A committed asia-phile, he has been a regular traveler to Southeast Asia, as well as a visiting professor in Bangkok and Singapore. He is the author or editor of over 100 books, monographs, journal articles and abstracts, and on the editorial boards of numerous publications. He is the co-editor of Psychiatric Services "Front Line Reports" column. He has been a member (and three time chair) of the Scientific Program Committee of the APA's Institute on Psychiatric Services, and currently is chair of the Public Psychiatry Fellowship.
Steve's entire career has focused on providing services to the most severely disenfranchised and disaffiliated populations. His most current area of study is the relationship between medication efficacy, therapeutic alliances, and the effectiveness of medication interventions. He is a tireless advocate for the most severely ill of our patients...serving as an active member of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (where he has been the clinician who has covered their annual meeting for the past 24 years) and was a co-writer of a full-length documentary "I'm Still Here: The Truth about Schizophrenia." Dr. Goldfinger's most recent publication is Homelessness, Housing and Mental Illness (Harvard University Press, 2011), which he co-authored with Russell Schutt.
- Schutt RK, Goldfinger SM, Penk WE. Satisfaction with residence and with life: When homeless mentally ill persons are housed. Evaluation and Program Planning; 1997: 20:185-194
- Shern DL, Felton CJ, Hough RL, Lehman RF, Goldfinger SM, Valencia E, Dennis D, Straw R, Wood PA. Housing outcomes for homeless adults with mental illness; results from the second-round McKinney program. Psychiatric Services; 1997, 48:239-241.
- Ware N, Goldfinger SM. Poverty and Rehabilitation in severe psychiatric disorders; Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal 1997: 21(1), 3-9
- Susser E, Betne P, Valencia E, Goldfinger SM, Lehman AF. Injection drug use among homeless men and women with mental illness in three cities American Journal of Public Health, 1997,87(5):854-856
- Duckworth K, Nair V, Patel J, Goldfinger SM. Lost time, found hope and sorrow: The search for self, connection and purpose during "awakenings" on the new antipsychotics. Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 1997, 5(4):227-33
- Segal S. Egley L, Wilson MA, Goldfinger SM. Quality of care in psychiatric emergency services. Breakthrough, 1997, Vol 1, No.3, pp.17-31
- Seidman LJ, Schutt RK, Caplan B, Tolomiczenko GS, Turner W., Goldfinger SM, E Neuropsychological function in homeless mentally ill individuals, J Nerv Ment Dis 1997; 185(1):3-12
- Goldfinger SM, Schutt RK, Tolomiczenko GS, Seidman LJ, Penk WE, Turner W. Housing placement and subsequent days homeless among formerly homeless adults with mental illness, Psychiatric Services 1999; 50(5): 674-9
- Broner, N., Nguyen, H., Swern A., & Goldfinger, S. Adapting a substance abuse court diversion model for felony offenders with co-occurring disorders: Initial implementation. Psychiatric Quarterly, Winter 2003; 74(4): 361-385.
- Caplan, B, Schutt, RK,Turner, WM, Goldfinger, SM, Seidman, LJ. Change in Neurocognition by Housing Type and Substance Abuse among Formerly Homeless Seriously Mentally Ill Persons, Schizophrenia Research, Volume 83, Issue 1 , March 2006, Pages 77-86
- Schutt RK, Seidman LJ, Caplan B, Martsinkiv A, Goldfinger SM. The Role of Neurocognition and Social Context in Predicting Community Functioning among Formerly Homeless seriously Mentally Ill Persons. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 2007 33:1388-1396.
- Schutt RK, Hough RL, Goldfinger SM, Lehman AF, Shern DL, Valencia E, Wood PA. Lessening homelessness among persons with mental illness: A comparison of five randomized treatment trials (In Press – Publication year 2009) Asian Journal of Psychiatry
Books and Monographs
- Lipton F, Goldfinger SM, eds. Emergency psychiatry at the crossroads. New directions in mental health services, v. 28. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1985.
- Tasman A, Goldfinger SM, Kaufman C, eds. Annual review of psychiatry, v.9. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, Inc., 1990.
- Goldfinger SM, ed. Psychiatric aspects of AIDS and HIV infection, New directions for mental health services, v.48. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1990.
- Tasman A, Goldfinger SM, eds. Annual review of psychiatry, v.10. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, 1991.
- Feldman, JM & Goldfinger, SM HIV/AIDS Among the Homeless in Psychiatric Aspects of HIV/AIDS edited by Fernandez, F and Ruiz, P. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2006
- Schutt, RK, Goldfinger, SM, Homelessness, Housing and Mental Illness. Harvard University Press (2011)
Film and Video
- Videotape. AIDS and You: Facing the Challenge Together. joint project, American Psychiatric Association and National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, 1994.
- Co-writer/Clinical Consultant, Documentary Film. I'm Still Here: The Truth about Schizophrenia. Bilheimer B (director), NARSAD, Worldwide Documentaries 1996


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- July 23, 1982 - March 22, 2015
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This year is the 400th anniversary of the birth of Johannes Hevelius, one of the most respected astronomers of the 17th century but now little known beyond specialist historians and inhabitants of his native city of Gdańsk in Poland. The Museum has an important portrait which has been lent to the City Museum in Gdańsk this year; it has now returned and is part of a small display in the top gallery.
We have taken the opportunity to arrange a group of events to mark the anniversary:
- Gallery talk by Jim Bennett, 'Johannes Hevelius', Saturday, 22 October, 2 pm
- Public lecture by Inga Elmqvist, 'A portrait of Hevelius: the Astronomer and his Artists', Tuesday 25 October, 7 pm
- Gallery talk by Jim Bennett, 'Elisabetha Hevelius', Saturday, 5 November, 2 pm


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Aug 14, 2010
Christian Dior - Fall Winter 2010/2011 Full Fashion Show Part 1/2
To me this is one of the loveliest collections for fall, i love the textures and the way they handled the light weight leather fabric. I also love the distressed lace and thigh high boots. The entire show was "warm" to me, with a classical vintage essence. And the accessories, like the mad hatter hat was just adorable. I could go on and on, but instead i will let you see for yourself. i will be posting more fashion shows soon, and hopefully more (better) pics. Also i will be doing more post on my trends forecasting for fall 2010/2011. I'm just picking out which trends i think is gonna be the hottest.
note: part 2 is at the very top and part 1 is a the bottom... :P
Aug 9, 2010
I love this comercial!
one of my best buds live in japan, and every time i see this commercial it reminds me of her. I thought it was funny!
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I am so proud of this plate! I made it all by myself. When I say I made it, I don't mean I just painted it in some Paint Your Own Pottery place. I actually made it with wet clay, created the polka dots, drew the cool food, and then later painted it.
My husband and I have been going to a ceramics open studio at the local community center for our date nights. Tonight I got my first piece back, this awesome plate! We also got to try our hand at the potter's wheel. I made an awesome bowl, which I can't wait to see how it turns out. It will be awhile before it is done, but I will post a picture when it is done too :)


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This Christmas remember: to protect the unborn is a holy calling
December 23, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In many ways, life is a series of progressively deepening revelations. Like a drop of rainwater beneath a high-powered microscope, phenomena we have experienced many times over are found to have a greater significance when we bring them under the lens of mature scrutiny. Christmas is a perfect example.
As children, we believed Christmas was about Santa and presents. All year we waited in anticipation to sing "fa-la-la-la-la," get a week off school, and hope the striped metallic wrapping paper and ribbon hid the material gifts we coveted. Later, we came to value the company of family and the occasion to celebrate cherished traditions.
As we matured spiritually, we learned Christmas is about the birth of Christ, the incarnation of the Second Person of the Godhead. In the swaddled Babe of Bethlehem, the glory of the Holy Trinity married humanity so that the two natures were joined together with "no confusion, no change, no division, no separation" (Dogmatic Definition of the Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon, 451 A.D.). In the humble, hidden mystery of the Christ Child, the light of God illumined the essence of mankind more dazzlingly than the blazing star in the East lit the night sky long ago.
Christmas is the feast of life: the gift of man's redemption presented in a Man's body. The instrument of corruption became the instrument of healing; the mortal put on immortality; and a species inclining ever closer to death was filled with an imperishable vitality.
This revelation is more than a pious platitude or a pleasant diversion from mankind's mean lot. It signifies the value and significance of every human life. Our efforts to save the unborn are not so they may endure but a few years of earthly life that are, in the philosopher Thomas Hobbes' words, "nasty, brutish, and short." They are acts of love and reconciliation to allow each human being an opportunity to realize the divine life offered him in Christ.
This goal, this holy calling, can only be adequately undertaken when we cleave to the sacred imprint within our own hearts, uniting them with God's grace and restraining the corrupting influences of the fallen world from smothering the light seeking to break forth.
May this holiday inspire all of us to nurture life, without and within.
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US8391526B2 - Ear device for improved fit and sound - Google PatentsEar device for improved fit and sound Download PDF
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to a device shaped to the outer ear in order to improve the sound quality and fit of various portable ear phones and sound producing equipment. Specifically, the invention is directed to anatomically fitted shells designed to fit securely inside the external ear and provide improved acoustics without the need to maximally increase audio settings while filtering background noise.
2. Description of the Related Art
Various types of ear buds and in the ear devices are manufactured in the prior art. Ear buds are used in various applications ranging from use in hearing aids, in high end systems typically used by professionals in the television, radio or music industry, and in commercially sold ear buds available for every use in conjunction with portable music players, telephones or other handheld devices.
Such existing universally adaptable ear buds typically fall out of the ear canal or cause discomfort. Improved versions rely on a deep and tight insertion into the ear canal to keep the device in the ear and prevent it from falling out. This type of deep and tight insertion technique tends to result in painful rubbing of the ear buds inside the ear canal and can also seal the ear canal. As a result, the user can experience irritation and discomfort, particularly after long uninterrupted use. Further, completely sealing the ear canal from the user's environment may have dangerous implications. It may affect a user's ability to hear ambient sound by reducing the intensity of the sound, and it may alter the user's ability to localize sound, particularly in the high frequencies where interaural sound pressure differences are the primary cue for localization. Also, even with the tight seal these devices continue to fall out of the ear canal due to their shape and the material from which they are made.
Many prior art devices are sold purely as ear bud adapters, without any internal electronics for the transmission of sound. Most commercially sold ear buds consist of an audio device implanted into a typically round plastic core with a rubberized shell. An example of a prior art ear bud adapter can be found in U.S. Pat. No. 5,659,156 issued to Mauney et al ("Mauney"). Mauney discloses an ear bud adapter designed to minimize protrusion into the ear canal by providing a protrusion helix of the ear bud to fit under the crux of the ear's helix. This device is deficient however in that the balance of the device weight is outside the user's ear tending to cause the ear buds to slip out of the ear, particularly during physical activity such as running.
In addition, in the ear hearing aids used for people who have hearing loss are typically made in a skin tone color in order to blend into the wearer's ear. In reality, such devices stand out and can result in an awkward looking appearance. Such designs have in past resulted in a negative stigma being associated with hearing aid devices as they are not fashionable and tend to look like machinery. Such devices can negatively affect the self esteem of hearing impaired people, and in particular children. Therefore placing a device in the ear canal that looks like a hearing aid also can have those associations.
Moreover, prior art universal ear buds, when used in conjunction with portable music devices, tend to require high decibel audio settings in order for music to be heard clearly. Such devices typically have poor acoustics and do not filter out interfering ambient noises thus requiring the need for ever louder audio settings. Of course such high level audio settings are proposed to be a leading cause of hearing loss in the general population.
Several high end ear buds have been developed for professionals requiring sound in their ears without bulky headsets. Television and music industry people routinely apply these solutions. Unfortunately the technology applied to these high technology solutions is costly and not a reasonable solution for a general public commercial release because they require custom made ear molds that fit only one individual.
In light of the above current prior art deficiencies a new and improved in the ear device shape is needed that provides the wearer with added fit and comfort without completely sealing off the wearer's ear from ambient noise. In addition there exists a need for new and improved in the ear device that remains situated in the wearer's ear especially during physical activity. Furthermore, there is a need for a new and improved in the ear device that removes the present negative stigma of hearing aid devices. Additionally there is a need for a more fashionable and fully functional in the ear device for use with universal audio devices that can help remove the stigma of in the ear hearing aids. Finally, a new and improved in the ear device is needed for universal fit so that production costs can be reduced such that sale to the general public can be accomplished at a reasonable per unit cost.
The present invention is directed to an in the ear device sized and shaped such that it ergonomically and universally fits into the human ear without slipping out and providing the user with a comfortable fit.
It is an object of this invention to provide an in the ear device which is secured in the user's ear by taking advantage of the elasticity and natural curvature of the human ear to provide support and shift the center of gravity of the device from outside the ear to further inside the auricle and ear canal. This will prevent the device from slipping out while retaining a high level of comfort.
It is a further object of this invention to provide an in the ear device adaptable for various sound producing hardware devices while securing them in the user's ear.
It is also an object of the present invention to provide an in the ear device which provides for improved acoustics by removing the need to increase the volume of any audio device adapted thereto, thereby possibly preventing hearing loss.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide an in the ear device which isolates electrical components from the skin of the wearer.
The invented in the ear device gains a stable mounting platform at the ear opening by using an extended helix of the in the ear device to allow it to fit under the crus of the helix and partially into the auditory canal. This configuration, combined with the placement of an adapted audio component further into the device, shifts it's center gravity, taking further advantage of the natural shape of the ear to secure the in the ear device in a comfortable manner even during physical activity.
Another feature of the improved in the ear device includes the profile which follows the natural shape of the ear canal. By following the curvature of the ear canal, the wearer's comfort is greatly improved.
Additionally, the invented in the ear device is made from a material that amplifies sound in such a way to clarify any audio device adapted thereto while retaining the ability of the wearer to hear ambient notices. Such a device allows a wearer retain the ability to localize sound.
Additionally, it is an object of the present invention to provide an in the ear device that removes the stigma associated with prior art hearing aid devices. In this manner, the present invention may be made from materials and with colors and designs that allows wearers to increase the attractiveness of the device. Specifically with children, the color and design may become personal in nature and provide the wearer with an identity in order to remove the stigma associated with hearing aids.
In a first aspect, the present invention is directed to an in the ear device having a size and shape to fit the majority of human ears including a main body portion with a sound channel bored therein and acoustically connected to a sound port directed into the wearer's auditory canal. More specifically the present invention is directed to an improved in the ear device, suitable for wearing in the user's outer ear, the ear having a helix, a crus, and an antitragus, the ear bud device having a main body portion molded to fit within the user's outer ear, having a first side, a first bend, a bottom portion, a second bend, and a second side, the bottom portion connected by the first bend in the ear bud device to the first side, and the second side connected by the second bend in the ear bud mold to the bottom portion, the main body portion have a cavity therein, the cavity structured and arranged to receive a sound producing device, a first protuberance extending from said second side for supporting the bud in place within the user's ear, the supporting of the in the ear device in place within the user's ear being accomplished by the combination of positioning said first protuberance within the user's outer ear and under the crus of the helix of the user's outer ear and locating the cavity in a position within the main body portion such that when a sound producing device is placed within the cavity the center of gravity of the in the ear device is positioned such that it remains situated in the wearer's ear, and a second protuberance having about the same size as the user's ear canal such that the second protuberance does not sealingly engage the ear canal, the second protuberance having a bore, the bore being in gas communication with the cavity.
In some embodiments the in the ear device includes at least one alignment mark placed on the first side and below the first protuberance, for positioning of the sound producing device within the cavity.
In some embodiments the in the ear device is made from an electrical insulating material.
In some embodiments the in the ear device includes a notch located in the bottom portion to provide contact relief to the user's antitragus.
In some embodiments the in the ear device is made from a material that is rigid.
In some embodiments the cavity and the sound bore are structured and arranged to amplify sound from a sound producing device located within the cavity without causing damage to the wearer's ear drum.
While the specification concludes with claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the present invention, it is believed the same will be better understood from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, which illustrate, in a non-limiting fashion, the best mode presently contemplated for carrying out the present invention, and in which like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the Figures, wherein:
The present disclosure will now be described more fully with reference to the Figures in which an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown. The subject matter of this disclosure may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein.
The outer ear is the external portion of the ear, which consists of the pinna, concha, and auditory meatus and canal. It gathers sound energy and focuses it on the eardrum (tympanic membrane). One consequence of the configuration of the external ear is to selectively boost the sound pressure 30- to 100-fold for frequencies around 3000 Hz. This amplification makes humans most sensitive to frequencies in this range—and also explains why they are particularly prone to acoustical injury and hearing loss near this frequency. Most human speech sounds are also distributed in the bandwidth around 3 kHz.
The pinna provides protection for the middle ear in order to prevent damage to the eardrum. The outer ear also channels sound waves which reach the middle ear through the ear canal to the eardrum. Because of the length of the ear canal, it is capable of amplifying sounds with frequencies of approximately 3000 Hz. As sound travels through the outer ear, the sound is still in the form of a pressure wave, with an alternating pattern of high and low pressure regions. It is not until the sound reaches the eardrum at the interface of the outer and the middle ear that the energy of the mechanical wave becomes converted into vibrations of the bones of the middle ear.
The middle ear is an air-filled cavity which consists of an eardrum and three tiny, interconnected bones—the malleus, incus, and stapes. The eardrum is a very durable and tightly stretched membrane which vibrates as the incoming pressure waves reach it. As shown below, a compression forces the eardrum inward and a rarefaction forces the eardrum outward, thus vibrating the eardrum at the same frequency as the sound wave.
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It has been found that the human outer ear is as unique as a finger print but the auricle is elastic. Taking advantage of this elasticity, the present invention advantageously fits most of the population. In this connection, the device can be mass produced to reduce the per unit cost making the device not only financially available to the masses, but also with a consistent fit and feel. Ideally the device is made from a solid material that is electrically insulated. Such materials may include porcelain, plastic, vulcanized rubber or other similar material. A solid device is suitable because the outer ear is made from flexible human tissue (cartilage). Such flexibility allows for a solid, naturally shaped device to fit comfortably while providing clear audio.
Cavity 30 is shown with a round cross sectional shape having a diameter of about 0.25 inches. The depth of cavity 33 preferably is about 0.10 inches. However it is understood that cavity 30 may have other shapes and sizes to adapt to the market.
It will be apparent to one of skill in the art that described herein is a novel system and method for automatically modifying a language model. While the invention has been described with reference to specific preferred embodiments, it is not limited to these embodiments. The invention may be modified or varied in many ways and such modifications and variations as would be obvious to one of skill in the art are within the scope and spirit of the invention and are included within the scope of the following claims.
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Things that are almost as good as riding my bicycle:
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2. Talking about my bicycle
3. Watching television programs that feature people riding bicycles
4. Cheese
Road safety is an important component and basic precaution needs to be undertaken. Once when I was riding my bicycle at great speed, I developed speed wobble and was thrown, rolling several times and sliding several metres, towards a busy intersection. I was lucky enough not to enter the flow of traffic thanks only to friction. As bicycles do not come with safety airbags, I now carry an inflatable raft and pump with me at all times. A lot of people choose not to ride a bicycle because they are too embarrassed to wear a crash helmet but by painting the helmet light brown, it can easily be disguised as a large mushroom.
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People often say to me "That's a nice bicycle John" and I reply, "Yes, it is made out of a titanium composite alloy such as NASA uses on the space shuttle and it has Shimano gears which are the best." Just a few weeks ago, while I was taking a rest from riding my bicycle on a park bench, a man walking past said to me "That's a nice bicycle, can I take it for a ride? I will bring it right back" and I said "Sure, but be careful because it is made out of a titanium composite alloy such as NASA uses on the space shuttle and it has Shimano gears which are the best."
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DE SOTO — More than a dozen high schools in northeastern Kansas are testing how the brains of their student-athletes work normally in case any of them suffer concussions.
De Soto High School athletic trainer Steve Hawkins says the high schools are relying on something called ImPACT, which stands for Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing. A handful of Kansas high schools used the test last year, but most are adding it this fall.
The test can be taken at the beginning at the season and measures such things as the athletes' memories.
If an athlete suffers a suspected concussion, the test can be retaken, and the post-injury results can be compared to the pre-injury results.
The program already is used by the NFL, NHL, Major League Baseball, NBA teams and universities across the country.


text: Sunday January 14, 2007 by • January 14, 2007 The Orange Juice Who said that Republicans have all the drama? Claudio Gallegos writes about the drama behind the 69th AD caucus election that will take place today. Uniformed body guards, guys that wear skirts, carpetbagging. My caucus election will be boring in comparison. [Link] Art Pedroza claims that there is little support for Bustamante, despite the endorsements that have been rolling in for the Republican candidate for the 1st District Supervisor's seat. [Link] The OC Blog Kermit drops out. I heard it on the OC Blog first that Kermit Marsh was dropping out of the race for OC Supervisor and officially endorsing Carlos "Bubba Gump†Bustamante. Read the press release. [Link] Janet Nguyen sends out what Matt Cunningham is calling the "first semi-negative mailer†in the first District Supervisor's race. [Link] Mark Leyes endorses Carlos Bustamante. Here's the link, but I warn you, Leyes takes over 700 words to tell you what the first sentence of this paragraph said. [Link] Calitics The stories of progressive bloggers winning the seats on the state central committee are trickling in. Calitics blogger David Dayen (known to most as "dday†from Santa Monica) won in a vote yesterday, and he's even got a video of his speech. [Link] Left in SF Congressman Dennis Kucinich wants you to help end the war in Iraq. [Link] The Blotter @ OC Weekly Gustavo Arellano writes about San Clemente City Councilman Wayne Eggleston's "I wouldn't want to stop in Stanton much less patrol it†quotation that appeared in the Los Angeles Times that Eggleston originally denied. It looks like Eggleston is now owning up to it. [Link]


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The Motown way can get Greece motoring
To solve the eurozone crisis cut wages and free up hiring and firing. It's working in Detroit
Can Greece stay in the euro and not suffer austerity? If you think the answer is no, think again. The road to recovery for Europe lies not in the cul-de-sac of austerity or the dead-end of a Grexit. Rather, it runs through Detroit, Michigan, the capital of the US automobile revival.
In 2009 Detroit was similar to Greece today. Youth unemployment was running at 50 per cent. Demand for Motown's under-engineered and over-priced vehicles, which was already weak before the recession, had shrivelled. GM and Chrysler were bankrupt, haemorrhaging cash and on their way to a massive liquidation that would have created millions more unemployed.
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Summary: YouView has announced that it will have a product in trial by the end of this year, with a full consumer launch planned in early 2012. YouView also announced it will shortly publish its core technical specifications for launch. This will allow any manufacturer to build a device using its underlying technologies but not necessarily under the YouView brand. - dtg.org.ukRead full article: YouView to launch in early 2012…
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You don't care about the company's story. The great innovative mind behind the business, or the fantastic opportunity for growth. No, you care about what matters. How much cash can this company put into my pockets?
For all my cash lovers out there, mortgage real estate investment trusts, or mREITs, and their 10%-plus dividend yields have fantastic appeal.
Post financial collapse, mREITs like Annaly Capital Management (NYSE:NLY) dominated the stock market and destroyed the S&P 500 as short-term rates (and funding costs) came tumbling down. For a moment, we allowed ourselves to believe that perhaps this industry came without risks. 2013 shook us awake from that terrible notion as Federal Reserve's tapering program created wide-spread uncertainty. Which, in turn, sparked severe volatility in the bond market, and forced mREIT managers to play defense to avoid severe losses to its book value.
While many investors are still fearful, I believe now is the perfect time to strike on one of the industry's largest and most battle tested players, Annaly Capital Management. Listed in the slideshow below are the top three reasons now is a great time to buy.
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Rotary International President Ian Riseley and area Rotary Club leaders will join Santa Rosa Junior College Superintendent/President Frank Chong and other members of the SRJC community in a tree-planting ceremony and check presentation. Rotary Clubs of Santa Rosa are donating $10,000 to the SRJC Fire Relief Fund to help students, faculty and staff who have lost their homes recover.
The event is part of the local Rotary Clubs' fire relief effort to honor and support students, faculty and staff seriously impacted by the October North Bay fires.
The planting ceremony will include a Valley Oak sapling, dubbed the Rotary Phoenix Tree. The sapling came from, and will be in the same location as, an oak that was felled during a storm in 2014. The planting will be a symbolic celebration of renewal and hope, as well as a celebratory acknowledgment of the 100th anniversary celebration of the college, which will take place throughout 2018. The event is sponsored by Rotary International and the Rotary Clubs of Santa Rosa.


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PZ drew our attention to the Southern Poverty Law Center's roundup of hate groups nationwide. As a public service announcement, I note that Arizona has fifteen hate groups which seems like a bloody high number to me: five Neo-Nazi groups, one Christian Identity group, two Black Separatist groups, two racist skinhead groups, one KKK group, and four "others". My own city, Tempe, is home to a unit of the National Vanguard,
an organization of racially-conscious Whites who seek to maintain the cultural and biological qualities of our race, and ensure that they exist forever to be handed down to future generations. National Vanguard members and supporters view the White race as a distinct nation, worthy of preservation, and we unabashedly reject the absurd notion that "diversity", i.e., the mixing of the races, is a beneficial trend for White societies to follow. (source)


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A solar flare that sparked a spectacular light show Monday took a convenient left turn. But although Earth is now safe from the impact of a solar storm, some NASA spacecraft are in the line of fire.
A solar observatory that monitors space flares; the Mars Science Laboratory, now traveling to Mars with precious cargo, the rover Curiosity; and the Spitzer Space Telescope will feel the effects of the solar storm, said solar astrophysicist Alex Young.
"The Spitzer Space Telescope is going to take the biggest impact," Young said Tuesday in an interview with The Times.
And that's just fine.
Such craft are battle-ready, scientists are prepared to take evasive action, and there are some tough lessons that need to be learned for the sake of space exploration.
As Young noted, scientists want -- and need -- to know what radiation is like in space, not to mention the problems it can cause. "Someday ... we hope to travel to Mars ... eventually with manned missions, so it's critical we understand the radiation environment."
Still, solar storms can deliver a powerful punch. A flare is followed by a blast of material called a coronal mass ejection, made up of solar plasma and ionized gas that contains a magnetic field.


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British Jihadist sparks extremism fear: 'Being a terrorist is a career, it's life'
A BRITISH jihadist fighting in Syria has urged fanatics to treat extremism "like a career".
The Muslim militant posted a chilling video on YouTube to appeal to the hundreds of British radicals flooding in to the battle-scarred country.
His rant has heightened fears home-grown terrorists will wage war in the UK because life in Syria is too hard.
The clip, posted under the name of Abu Bakr, shows the balaclava-clad man kneeling in front of a 4x4 adorned with flags.
In a strong London accent, he says: "You don't just come here, put on a tactical vest, pick up a Kalashnikov, grow a big beard and that's it.
"This is a career, it's life. It's not just something you can put on Instagram or Facebook.
"This is a career, it's life. It's not just something you can put on Instagram or Facebook"Abu Bakr, on YouTube
"It is not as easy as putting up your feet on the couch after a hard day's work on the corner.
"This is practically the Muslim man's job and career, to fight for the sake of Allah. This is trials and tribulations."
As extremist songs ring out, he denies fighters in Syria are living "five-star jihad" in deserted villas.
He adds: "It is not easy to come and stand in front of a tank while it launches at you. It is not easy to raise this simple piece of metal and pull the trigger."
The man is in a faction of UK fighters which is thought to be headed by two Londoners.


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News outlets in Russia are indicating that a deal is close being finalized for a meeting between former four division champion Roy Jones Jr. (54-7, 40 KOs) and top rated cruiserweight Denis Lebedev (21-1, 16 KOs). The two sides have agreed to the terms and both fighters are expected to sign the contracts. The date will fall in either late May or early June, and Moscow's Sportkompleks Olimpiiskii (Olympic Sports Complex) could host the contest. Jones is reportedly getting a guaranteed purse of $500,000 dollars.
One boxer mentioned for the Jones-Lebedev undercard, is undefeated light heayweight Ismayl "The Black Russian" Syllakh, a rising star promoted by Jones' company Square Ring Promotions.
Editor's Note: BoxingScene.com has received confirmation from Square Ring that a deal was reached for May 22 in Moscow . Ismayl Syllakh is not likely for the undercard.


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How Many Households are Hanging onto Landlines?
We could talk all day about dropping your land line and switching your place to a mobile-only household. But the truth is not everyone has followed our lead. Do you know exactly what percentage of US homes are without land line phones? Is it one in four, one in seven, or one in 12?
The answer is roughly one in four US households was land-line-less at the end of last year.
Results from the National Health Interview Survey released yesterday showed that around 24.5 percent of US homes have dropped their landlines—that translates to about 52 million mobile-only adults lived in homes with no landlines.
The survey also showed that certain factors made a household more likely to have dropped their land line.
Two-thirds of households with adult, unrelated roommates reported having only mobile phones. Renters were around three times more likely to live in spaces without landlines.
I'm a renter and until this year had lived with roommates, and I'm definitely mobile-only. But my parents are homeowners who were ahead of the curve in dropping theirs.
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As everyone knows by now, Garrosh Hellscream will be the boss of Mists of Pandaria's final content patch, and we take him down in an exciting-sounding "Siege of Orgrimmar."
Now, there's a lot of time between now and then, but I have to say…given what we've seen of Sylvanas in Cataclysm – being quite dastardly towards the Worgen during their starting zone, raising unwilling humans into new Forsaken and conscripting them into her forces, and her cold and callous treatment towards Koltira – I really expected her to be the Horde leader we'd end up killing as a raid boss. Garrosh has actually been quite level-headed and reasonable in his Cata appearances, in comparison.
I mean, one of these leaders has executed their overeager lieutenant, outraged that they bombed an innocent grove of druids. The other leader has utterly destroyed an enemy lakeshore town with plague and disease, leaving only sickly wreckage behind.
Which one sounds like a future villain to you?
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Sony Legacy
Chicago has a long history as the original house of blues. So, it seems damned appropriate that a Southern guitar hero could venture up north, and pay his own respects in the Windy City to its storied legacy. And offer an update or three on that blues rock motif while he's at it. The Derek Trucks Band have released their first live album since 2004's winning Live at Georgia Theatre, and it is another career-defining moment for the group, currently on a hiatus while Trucks works with his wife, Susan Tedeschi.
Roadsongs is a 14-track, two-disc extravaganza with some of the DTB's most inspired playing, pre-hiatus, or otherwise. Recorded at a two-night stand at Chicago's Park West, the band methodically burns through their catalogue with an emphasis on several of the tracks from 2009's Almost Free, superb covers, and other original material. Perhaps the key to the highway, which immediately manifests itself here, is the way that Trucks' slide guitar work developed a unique sonic fingerprint within this context after years of continuous duty under the vast Allman Brothers Band umbrella.
Having a consistently strong band with a penchant for intercontinental sonic cuisine has also helped Trucks to follow his muse. With Todd Smallie on bass, Yonrico Scott on drums, Kofi Burbridge on keys and flute, Count M'Butu on percussion, and the warm and soulful Mike Mattison on lead vocals, Trucks and company also add brass layers to an already formidable group. Joining DTB in Chicago was Mace Hibbard on tenor saxophone, Paul Garrett on trumpet, and Kevin Hyde on trombone. The horn trio is of particular note on "I'll Find My Way," "Sailing On," "Afro Blue," and "Anyday."
Elsewhere, always everywhere, Trucks and his band deliver an impressive performance, which defies its inherent and instinctual inclination to lean back, conjure the blues, and riff away. Instead, you can feel the band leaning forward on these tracks, swallowing Chicago, the Deep South, New Orleans, and Africa whole, and delivering their own version of what it feels like to be an American in 2010 still playing the blues, and finding a new, incendiary way to communicate its raw, energetic spirit. Trucks not only brought his A game to Chicago, he brought everything else, too. Continuing to defy expectations and cynical and jaded guitar-drenched ears, the musician plays with a passionate fire, which is quite extraordinary, and fairly impossible to ignore. The man burns on every note, and one finds it pointless to single out highlights. Derek Trucks is the highlight.
However, as the band leans into these tunes, pushing them from within, tethered to a keen, magical touch for posterity, featuring some of Trucks' finest solos to date, DTB delivers rich, magnificent versions of Dylan's "Down in the Flood," "Get What You Deserve," "Down Don't Bother Me," an excellent cover of "Key to the Highway," and towering renditions of "I Know," and "Get Out My Life Woman/Who Knows." But one would be hard-pressed to find a more defining DTB moment than the roaring thunder of improvisational fire which ignites "Afro Blue" with its astounding series of solos by Trucks on guitar and Burbridge on flute, and a blistering contribution by the horns.
In the end, the Derek Trucks Band finds its ethereal place amongst their hallowed live brethren on this track written by Mongo Santamaría, and popularized by John Coltrane, by circuling the arc of its freeform parameters, and breaking loose to create their own bold statement. And with that message, captured on that track and throughout this fine two-disc live document recorded in Chicago, the home of the blues, one can only hope that DTB's hiatus is short-lived, and can continue to build upon the foundation it has carefully constructed over a long, gravity-defying 16 years of magical audio flight.


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According to E. A. Wallis Budge he was the one god of Egyptian monotheism, of which all other deities were aspects, manifestations, phases, or forms. Ra itself, however, was also a monotheistic god. A Hymn to Rah (approx. 1370s BC) was written to stress the pantheistic nature of Rah to combat encroaching polytheism. In it, several deities are described, not as beings in their own right, but certain forms of Rah. For example:
"Praise be unto thee, O Ra, thou exalted Power, who dost enter into the habitations of Ament, behold [thy] body is Atum."
"Praise be unto thee, O Ra, thou exalted Power, who dost enter into the hidden palace of Anubis, behold [thy] body is Khepera." courtesy of wikipedia.com
As Litha comes upon us think about the story of Ra overcoming Apep, the darkness. Apep was represented as a giant snake that laid below the horizon and lied in wait for Ra to set so that he could overcome him. This according to the ancient Egyptians led to earthquakes and thunderstorms. And if Apep was bold enough then there would be a solar eclipse. Because the snake would eat the sun.
See in this the story of the epic battle between the Oak King and the Holly King.
Blessed Be!
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On Sunday morning, strolling past Toronto Police Headquarters (two minutes away from where I live), I struck up a conversation with a police constable. Why, I asked him, did the police not protect property during the G20 disturbances of the previous day? He replied, quite reasonably, that the police did not want to risk bodily harm to protect windows. They would have intervened if people had been at risk. Nobody was harmed, he pointed out, nor was anybody placed under that threat.
That sounded right. But it was an odd echo of something a rioter from the notorious "Black Block" told the Globe and Mail: "We're not violent," he said, "all we damaged was property -- not a single person was hurt." (That might sound a tad disingenuous: what would have happened if police had tried to arrest one of the rioters while he was smashing a window with a hammer? -- But let's not chase the thought down that hole.) Ironically, the scary rioter was making the same distinction as my charming constable acquaintance. Hurting property is different from hurting people. Morally different.
Here is another head-scratcher from that Sunday. A lot of people, including some suspected of carrying dangerous weapons, were milling around in the vicinity of Queen and Spadina. (See below.) Police suspected some of these people of carrying nasty items, such as Molotov cocktails. So they told everybody they had to go, unless detained. The crowd didn't disperse. So the police boxed the crowd in -- presumably, they wanted to hold the malfeasant types in until they were ready to be inspected without resisting. Problem is they held the whole crowd there for several hours in the pouring rain, until they could be inspected, and then detained or released. Many of the people in the box were peaceful and legitimate protesters; one was a freelancer working for the Guardian newspaper in London. (I really do not want to say that the Guardian's coverage of the Vancouver Olympics makes it ok to punch their journalists in the stomach -- but I confess the thought did cross my mind.)
Now, here's the question. Were those who were not charged illegally detained? Were their civil rights violated?
Now, here's the question. Were those who were not charged illegally detained? Were their civil rights violated?
I don't know anything about the law. But here's what puzzles me. The police claim that the crowd was ordered to disperse. Suppose this is true. Then, supposing that the order was delivered audibly, clearly, and repeatedly, not dispersing puts you in risk of some coercive action. So on this scenario, some of the people in the box knowingly disobeyed an order given by peace officers. They could not find their way out of a place that they had been told to vacate. Look: if you wander into a place where there is a clearly posted Keep Out sign, you can't really complain. Maybe the person who put the sign there had no right to -- but surely the police do have a right to ask citizens not to interfere with their actions. (Hell, they do that every time I venture out onto an expressway in Toronto. There's always some "investigation" that lasts for hours and backs the Gardiner up forever.)
Let's stick with the scenario for a moment. Some of those people in the box claim that they didn't hear the order. They may not have heard it -- that it was given audibly doesn't imply that everybody heard it. Some may have been distracted; some may have been talking to their friends; some may have had other things on their minds. But this doesn't put them in the clear, legally speaking, as far as I know. If the order is properly given, not having heard it is not an excuse for disobeying. Nor does it cut the mustard to say, as some did say, that they were waiting for a bus. Once riot police tell you to clear out, the transit option disappears. Better to think of walking, or taking a taxi, or hiking up to Dundas to see if transit is running better up there. Inconvenient . . . but what else are you going to do?
Still sticking with the warning-was-given scenario, the best sense I can make of the just-hanging-around scenario is that, given the situation and its political implications, some people wanted to disobey the police. That's civil disobedience. I admire civil disobedience -- it's a much more lofty option than insisting that you have to catch the street car. Hey, I was brought up in India, and Gandhi is my hero. You are not going to catch me saying that peaceful civil disobedience is morally less-than-heroic.
But: and this was Gandhi's point -- watch the Ben Kingsley/Leslie Howard scene if you don't believe me -- that civil disobedience comes with the duty to suffer the duly administered legal penalty. If you break the law for a noble political end, then assuming you want to change the state not destroy it, you accept the penalty. What's this about civil rights being violated? You don't have a civil right to hang out at the corner of Queen and Spadina when a peace officer has told you to move on. Assuming, of course, that he has a right to do so. (If you think he doesn't have that right, then why not say so -- rather than all this "I didn't hear him" nonsense?)
OK, let's come off the scenario now. It hasn't yet been established that the police did clearly, loudly, and repeatedly enough make it clear that people had to disperse. I would think, though, that this is easily established. There must be film, right? The guy/gal who took the photo above probably could tell you, if s/he was contacted and asked nicely. If they just boxed people in without giving them a chance to leave, and kept them there for hours in the pouring rain, and didn't give them anything to eat or a private place to relieve themselves -- well, that is a crime. How would you like to be treated that way?


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Bulova to reissue Devil Diver
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foghorn wrote:I hope they stay close to the original and don't feel the need to make it "Turtle" sized.
It would also be nice to see them slap a 9015 in there in lieu of the "uhf" quartz.
@NC- I believe the one pictured is of the "original" that they will be re-issuing in an ,as yet , unknown form.
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India's Central bank has made its first significant move to reverse stimulus measures taken in the wake of the global financial crisis by asking banks to set aside larger cash reserves. The step is aimed at tackling rising inflation. The Central Bank has also raised its growth forecasts for Asia's third largest economy.
In a statement Friday, the Central Bank said economic growth could reach 7.5 percent for the financial year that ends in March. That is far higher than earlier forecasts of six percent.
But as economic recovery takes root, the Central Bank has moved to check rising inflation, which it estimates could hit 8.5 percent by March.
It has raised by three quarters of a percentage point the cash deposits that banks have to set aside as reserves. This will drain excess cash from the banking system.
It is the first major step by the Central Bank to reverse stimulus measures taken to stabilize the economy after it was rocked by the global financial crisis. Like others governments around the world, India infused its economy with billions of dollars, and slashed interest rates.
The emergency measures helped India emerge faster than expected from the global recession, but it has also fueled high inflation, prompting calls for a tighter monetary policy.
However, the Central Bank has not raised interest rates, for the time being.
India's finance secretary Ashok Chawla says the Central Bank, or Reserve Bank, is moving in a gradual, calibrated manner to handle the economic recovery.
"The Reserve bank has taken a very balanced view of the situation, and rightly acknowledged that managing the recovery is as important as managing the crisis was," he said. "Overall the scenario seems that the growth process is very much on track, it is being handled appropriately, adequately by the Reserve bank, and this should be a good signal for trade, industry and business."
The government's greatest concern is to ensure that the nascent economic recovery is not hurt, while at the same time cooling inflation.
Officials admit that what is most worrisome is food prices, which have increased by over 15 percent, and is hurting middle class and poor people in the country.
India's move to tighten monetary policy comes as several Asian countries also contemplate similar measures. Several Asian economies have begun registering good growth, but are also grappling with inflation.
Economists have warned that stimulus measures will have to be withdrawn gradually to ensure that the slow economic recovery being witnessed in many countries is not damaged.