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When you say the word "winter," many people think about cold, dreary weather and staying in. However, winter in Katy is one of the most pleasant times of year. Gone is the 100-degree weather and hiding out inside. Be prepared to get out and about, and make the most of your town.
With the holidays approaching, you won't run out of fun pastimes. Winter in Katy provides something for everyone, no matter your preferences or family size. Check out our top picks below.
What to Do This Winter in Katy
Take photos with Santa at Katy Mills Mall.
Through Dec. 24, bring the kids to get their yearly pictures with Santa. And don't forget about your fur babies — pet photos are Dec. 10 from 7-8:30 p.m.
Watch a Christmas movie at Central Green.
La Centerra is hosting Christmas outdoor movie nights during the month of December. You can see A Christmas Carol on Dec. 9 and How the Grinch Stole Christmas on Dec. 23.
Enjoy festive activities at Maud Marks Library.
The library is hosting a Holiday Cards and Gift Tags Workshop on Dec. 12 at 1 p.m. In addition, you can take in movies with their Family Christmas Films. See a different one each day from Dec. 18-22 at 1 p.m.
Snuggle up with your kids for the Polar Express Pajama Party at Katy Budget Books.
The event is so popular that the store added an extra date this year. Check it out Dec. 15 or 18 from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
View beautifully decorated homes with the Taylor High School Holiday Home Tour.
On Dec. 7-8, support the graduating class of 2018 — as well as Harvey victims — and get an up-close look at the following themed houses:
- Eclectic Elegance
- Magical Memories
- Seasonal Sparkle
- Santa's House
- A Griswold Family Christmas
Have breakfast with Santa and Mrs. Claus.
Fill up on an extravagant breakfast and chat with your favorite Christmas couple. Local legend and charity Brookwood Community is offering multiple times for your convenience on Dec. 9 and 10.
Make the trek to Pecan Grove for their famous holiday hayride.
When it comes to Christmas lights, this Richmond neighborhood goes all out. Through Dec. 23, you can enjoy a memorable hayride around their winter wonderland without having to stop for traffic.
Search for the perfect Christmas tree at Dewberry Farm.
Through Dec. 10, take a wagon ride out to the Christmas Forest, where you'll get to saw down your own tree. Choose among several varieties, and spend the day exploring the farm. Admission is free with a tree purchase.
Take a short trip for an unforgettable ice skating experience.
Katy has no rink of its own, but that doesn't mean you can't make some memories on the ice. Check out nearby Sugar Land Ice, Discovery Green, or Memorial City Ice Rink to check this off your holiday bucket list.
Charm abounds in this city no matter the season, but there's something magical about winter in Katy.
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It is no secret that the past two years have been incredibly tough for me.
Health complications at the end of 2014 became a catalyst for a lot of physical, emotional, psychological, social and financial struggles. I lost the ability to support myself, I became socially isolated in many ways, my self esteem was affected and I became more susceptible to abusive behaviour, my personal relationships while supportive were strained and I was often told that I had lost my 'light'. 2016 started out stronger but continuing health issues, struggles with university admin, catastrophic Centrelink battles and a devastating break up only made things worse. There were some incredible highs – teaching in Perth, Sydney and Melbourne SEXPO, stabilization of my poly family, establishing Queerbite, making incredible friends, the beauty and love of my support network in action – and I have learned so much about myself. But it has been very, very hard.
So now we stand at the dawn of a new year: 2017
People have a lot of feelings and opinions about making resolutions/goals/aspirations for the new year, but I feel it is as good a time as any to reassess and refocus for the months ahead. Last year I aimed to get my health back on track, make progress at university, teach out of ACT/NSW and buy more paddles and gags. As awful as the past 12 months have been I have made some progress on all of these goal:
- I had surgery in June that is starting to help me regain control of my weight and I found medication that allows me to function most days.
- While I didn't complete the units I wanted to do, I discovered my affinity for Science Communication and have academic direction once I am well enough to return to study.
- I taught in Melbourne at SEXPO and traveled all the way to Perth for Queer Collaborations.
- I also acquired a lot of lovely paddles and gags for my toy bag.
Moving forward in 2017, I want to set some new goals:
- Heal: I have so much pain and anger and resentment in my body and soul right now. It is toxic, suffocating and I hate it – it has made me harder, crueler and more bitter than I ever want to be. My spirit has been broken by so many things that sometimes it is hard to imagine ever feeling better, but I know in my heart that time and hard work will help built it back up. I have trauma and toxic learned behaviours from my last relationship that I need to work through and process. I have hurt and grief that has kept me from playing – especially as a bottom and particularly when masochism is involved. And I have self-compassion to work on, I am always hardest on myself and I need to practice being kind to me.
Measurable Goal: Return home to Canberra, reengage with my community there, reconnect with play in a healthy, emotionally safe way and unlearn toxic thinking patterns.
- Remember Love: Through all the negativity of the past year has been an enormous outpouring of love. Family (Poly, Kink and Biological), friends, mentors, followers, acquaintances… I am so blessed to live the life that I do and to be surrounded by the beautiful souls that I am. I often dwell on the negatives – especially when things are tough – but it is always love that makes them better. I had a very intense New Years Eve last week and I left with one core resolution – take the love I was shown that night, in all its forms, and spread it to every sector of my life. Be softer, be kinder, be more patient and embrace compassion. Don't let the fear of getting hurt again stop me from loving intensely, passionately and completely.
Measurable Goals: Challenge negative thoughts, date and explore with new people, make time to connect in a meaningful and genuine manner and not let fear stop me from living my life to the fullest. I also want to be more considerate of how my actions affect others and be more conscientious in general.
- Grow As A Rigger: When it comes to rope topping, I have been lazy. I study and practice intensely for a few weeks and then don't reach for my rope bag for months at a time. Life gets in the way, bunnies get busy, rope jams are too far away or clash with other commitments, I get distracted by other kinds of play or I travel too much… lots of excuses when what I really need is to devote time, energy and passion to it. I get frustrated with the mechanical and technical nature of rope because it doesn't come as naturally to me as things like power exchange, impact or sensation play; but I really love it and know I have potential as a rigger. I will work hard, study and practice as much as I can this year to develop a more confident flow and understanding of Shibari as an art form.
Measurable Goals: Be able to do entire scenes with just rope by December, with bonus points for partial or full suspension skills. I also want to learn the foundations of self-suspension.
- Buy More Floggers: Every year I take a look at our toy bag and try and work out how to make it more well-rounded. One year it was sensation play, then medical gear and canes the next, last year it was paddles and gags and this year it is floggers. Right now there are three in our bag – a pretty standard Lucrezia & De Sade one, an old Love in Leather one (that has served us well considering we bought it five years ago) and a beautiful Badass Flogger from Mistress Jakki that belongs to my partner @MTAS and is far too heavy for me to use for more than a minute or so. In the past we have been spoiled by our regular kink venues in Canberra but with their futures unsure, my inclination to travel, more of our play happening in private and my pickiness with sensation/quality/weight/aesthetic – it's time to invest in our own!
Measurable Goals: End the year with a beautiful selection of both Thuddy and Stingy floggers that I can use comfortably with players of all levels. A few rubber ones are an absolutely necessity too!
- BLOG! I have been talking about actually using this blog for years and this time I really need to make it happen. I want the content to be a mix of opinion pieces, educational guides, toy and gear reviews, relevant personal journaling, commentary on media and current events, as well as wisdom and anecdotes from my adventures and exploits. I would also love for people to submit questions for me to answer here on the blog about anything sex, gender, sexuality, relationships, polyamory, kink, queer, etc related – so feel free to ask away! My goal is to publish at least one long form (750 words at a bare minimum) post each week in 2017 plus question posts, shorter pieces, quotes and musing, etc when there is time or need.
Measurable Goals: Have at least 52 long form posts on this blog by the end of 2017 and be proud of the majority of them. Write regularly, plan and prepare posts in advance. Grow as a writer and as a educator.
So there are my goals for 2017, some more inspiring that others, some easier to achieve but overall a lot of different kinds of work to be done. Most importantly they are all things I am passionate about and driven to do and I am looking forward to seeing what adventures this year has in store for me!

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In brief
Claiming to be living alone is one of the most common types of benefit fraud.
It was probably the fourth most common type of benefit fraud in 2016/17 where the specific reason was known, accounting for an estimated 9% of overpayments relating to fraud.
"Claiming to be living alone is one of the most common types of benefit fraud"
Department for Work and Pensions, 13 February 2018
Just in time for Valentine's Day, the Department for Work and Pensions reminded loved-up couples receiving benefits to declare their living arrangements. It said that people claiming to be living alone, when they weren't, was one of the most common types of benefit fraud.
Looking at the cost of overpayments where benefit fraud has happened, about 9% was estimated to be down to claimants saying they were single and not informing DWP they actually lived with someone else and had a "joint household" in 2016/17. So this was probably the fourth most common type of benefit fraud that year, where the reason was known.
The figure includes the cost of fraud overpayments for Jobseeker's Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance, Pension Credit, Housing Benefit, Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment. These account for around a third of all benefit spending and a sample of cases are continuously reviewed for fraud and other types of overpayment or underpayment to claimants. From this sample of benefits an overall estimate is then produced, so there is a grey area around the numbers meaning we can't be sure exactly what the rank order is.
Most other benefits are only reviewed occasionally or not at all so we don't know the specific reasons for fraud overpayments in these cases.
DWP says that benefit fraud occurs when three things happen: "The basic conditions for receipt of benefit, or the rate of benefit in payment, are not being met; The claimant can reasonably be expected to be aware of the effect on entitlement; [and] Benefit stops or reduces as a result of the review".
Other reasons for benefit fraud include concealing employment
Concealing employment by the claimant or the claimant's partner was the most common type of fraud (estimated to be 35% of spending on fraud overpayments) where the reason was known.
Other fraud types include 'loss of claimant contact', which is estimated to account for 23% of fraud overpayments. This is where a claimant being reviewed by the survey does not engage with the process, or withdraws their benefit claim.
An estimated 9% of fraud overpayments relate to the information about a claimant's savings being hidden or incorrect.
Benefit fraud is one type of overpayment—where money is lost because claimants are paid too much. Fraud accounted for almost two thirds of overpayments in 2016/17 where the reason for the overpayment was known. Other overpayments were due to errors made by the claimant or officials.
The value of fraud overpayments was estimated to be 1.2% of all benefit spending that year.
The estimates don't catch every instance of fraud. "This is because fraud is, by its nature, a covert activity and some suspicions of fraud on the sample cases cannot be proven."
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In the twentieth edition, the Foundation AENA has just awarded the Luis Azcárraga 2015 award to the research project which constitutes a distinctive contribution in air transport in 2014.
Specifically, the awarded doctoral thesis has been presented by Dr. Oriol Lordan, supervised by Jose M. Sallan and Pep Simo. The doctoral thesis proposes a methodology to assess the robustness of the network of air routes, differentiating between incidents affecting airports with large network centrality airport or chosen randomly. These two types of incidents are called attacks and errors in the methodology of complex networks.
The robustness is done in three levels of analysis: the global network of air tranport, the networks of the three currently operating alliances and networks of airlines.
Currently Dr. Oriol Lordan is professor of the Department of Management at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (BarcelonaTech) and teaches Air Transport, Quantitative Methods in Management and coordinates the implementation of the "Lab. of UAVs" in the School of Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering of Terrassa (ETSEIAT).


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Some of us start with a brand new job, others start with a new study upcoming September. And all of us and you start with an exciting new ESN semester! Arriving in a foreign city, not sure what to think about that weird Dutch language and constantly surprised by cyclist who seem to come out of nowhere. But simultaneously impressed by the gorgeous so called 'grachten' (canals), insanely tall people and delicious 'stroopwafels' (syrup cookies). Let's face it, it's so much more fun to experience all these challenges together with all the other international students and of course the local Dutch students. Happiness is only true when shared. Well, you're at the right place.
ESN Utrecht organizes plenty of introduction activities at the start of every semester. Saturday August 29th 2015 there will be an Introduction Day for the students from the Hogeschool Utrecht (School of Applied Sciences) and Saturday September 5th 2015 there will be an Introduction Day for the Utrecht University students. Five reasons to join these Introduction Days:
- It's the perfect way to meet other international students and of course local Dutch students who can help you battle all the 'I just moved here and what now?'-struggles.
- It's the perfect way to get to know Utrecht. Not with one of those boring 'follow the guide with the yellow umbrella who barely speaks a word English' tours but a tour guided by local Dutch students who can tell you all the ins and outs you want and need to know.
- Participants of both Introduction Days get a free ticket to the Introduction Party in one of the most awesome clubs of Utrecht on September 5th
- It's essential to participate in as much events as possible in the first two weeks of your stay. That's the time when connections are made, friendships for life are founded and your best memories will start.
- It gives you the opportunity to purchase a ticket for the Introduction Week (September 7th until 10th 2015). Which means, every evening -so no it won't interfere with your classes- an amazingly fun activity such as an International Kitchen and Beercantus.
For more details about the tickets, program and activities during these days check out the following Facebook events:
- HU introduction day Saturday August 29th 2015
- UU introduction day Saturday September 5th 2015
- Introduction Week September Monday 7th – Thursday 10th 2015
By Femke van der Meijs


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MHAM Submission - Meggan Montuori
Poem by Meggan Montuori
Once upon a time there lived a girl.
She hid away in her tower.
You see she's not a princess,
there's not a prince who comes and saves her.
She can't even save herself.
She built her tower so high.
It was supposed to grant her sanctuary but made
her a prisoner of her mind.
When she leaves her tower,
chaos ensues.
She is attacked by poison dipped claws.
They tear her mind apart piece by piece.
All she can do is say breathe.
Stop smiling so much. You're being weird
Keep your face neutral. You're trying too…
Wait, now everyone thinks you're weird.
Can you speak up for once? Actually, don't everyone will
Think you're stupid. Everyone probably hat...
Oh my god, great now everyone thinks you're rude. Maybe you are.
Don't get up. Everyone will be judging you. Why did you wear that outfit?
Your hair's a mess. You should disa...
Minute by minute,
her pulse quickens, her face becomes bright,
her body begins to shake. Her thoughts race.
She prays for sweet relief.
How can she be okay,
when she's staring down a barrel of gun?
It's not like she can run,
from herself.
Breathe. Breathe. Breathe
It's ok. Everything will be ok.
Calm down.
Breathe. Breathe. Breathe.
It's a feeble attempt to calm her thoughts.
The claws continue their assault.
Her mind is in shreds
until finally,
She returns to her tower.
It's carved from her pain and tears.
Each time the claws attack, it becomes higher
and higher.
It's her prison. It's her sanctuary.
Her social anxiety is her warden.
There is no prince who comes and saves her.
He won't slay the dragon that lives in
her mind.
She can't save herself
but she can try.
She sits and curses her anxiety for
making her a fool.
and turning her into a cowardly lioness.
She vows to fight the dragon.
She won't let it win again.
She rests now, because
tomorrow is another battle.


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Mathematics > Algebraic Geometry
Title: Parametrizing the moduli space of curves and applications to smooth plane quartics over finite fields
(Submitted on 3 Mar 2014 (v1), revised 10 Jan 2015 (this version, v2), latest version 4 Feb 2019 (v4))
Abstract: We study new families of curves that are suitable for efficiently parametrizing their moduli spaces. We explicitly construct such families for smooth plane quartics in order to determine unique representatives for the isomorphism classes of smooth plane quartics over finite fields. In this way, we can visualize the distributions of their traces of Frobenius. This leads to new observations on fluctuations with respect to the limiting symmetry imposed by the theory of Katz and Sarnak.
Submission historyFrom: Jeroen Sijsling [view email]
[v1] Mon, 3 Mar 2014 20:53:12 GMT (163kb,D)
[v2] Sat, 10 Jan 2015 20:17:07 GMT (69kb,D)
[v3] Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:05:08 GMT (67kb,D)
[v4] Mon, 4 Feb 2019 20:16:58 GMT (165kb,D)
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3 Ways to Inspire Hope in the New Year
Hollywood abuse allegations. Capitol Hill scandals. The Houston flood. Wildfires in California. The Las Vegas shooting. Am I the only one who feels like we have been drowning in bad news lately? Worse, there seems to be no end in sight.
As a counselor, I tread these waters daily, but lately it is getting more difficult to keep my head above water. We hear about news much quicker and much more often than any generation in history.(1) Even though there are times I wish life were a bit simpler, I do realize each generation has its own struggles. In particular, I find that our current generation is struggling in the arena of hope. I think that our fast-paced, media-obsessed culture has a lot to do with this. There seems to be a lot wrong in the world today, and there are days it seems as though I can't find any good news. But I've recently been inspired by a few books I've been reading, and they've caused me to pause and think, "Am I looking for bad news?".
I would like to encourage you to take a minute to focus on something completely different, something other than the constant news cycle of the world, and something that stirs and reassures us in a purposeful way. With the coming New Year, I believe there is no better time to center our attention on something inspirational. Here are 3 ways to inspire hope this New Year.
1. Take a Break from Social Media
Good news travels fast, but bad news gets more clicks. This is the motto of our age. Our lives are on constant alert and we have little down time between breaking news. This is made more difficult by the fact that bad things are always happening to good people. We all know great people that got something they didn't deserve. Furthermore, news has the amazing ability to influence a person's self-perception and can also affect self-esteem.(2) There is also research showing us that social media in particular can act as poison on our emotional state; like leading us into depression and anxiety.(3) Taking a break from the social media can create great opportunities for us to fully enjoy the relationships around us, and to relax and take a breather from checking to see how many people "liked" what we posted.
2. Rest and Reflect
I'm convinced this is one of the most overlooked areas of American culture. We are constantly on the move, and our lives reflect the burnout that often accompanies moving at such high speeds. I frequently tell my clients that the smallest malfunction can crash a plane that's flying 2,000 mph. I encourage them to consider that they may be flying too high, too fast, and for too long. Does your life feel like it's going 2,000 mph? Can one mistake or missed maneuver tank your entire day or week? If so, you're not planning enough down time, you've got too much on your plate, or both. Every day we need to be able to relax and recuperate. Every day.
In the morning, after the kids go to bed, during your lunch hour—find time to recharge. Maybe that means enjoying a good book or going on a walk. Creating healthy boundaries is not just for relationships, it's also for time.
3. Have Faith
As a Christian, I hold a strong and passionate faith and I'm involved in my local church. One of the ways I make it through my day is by leaning on something greater than myself. This gives me the ability to see good in seemingly bad situations. I work with children who've lost their parents and I get to show them love, compassion, and care. I see marriages on the verge of divorce be brought back to life and renewed in love. I get to hear stories of courage and strength from those who've been abused and go on to find hope. God loves people and encourages those who follow him to help those who are suffering.
Maybe you're thinking and feeling as though you've lost hope. I'd encourage you to place your trust in something bigger than yourself. You may find yourself feeling as though you're in an emotional desert, but don't let this rob you of your hope. I want to leave you with this hopeful quote from Eugene H. Peterson's new book, As Kingfisher's Catch Fire:
(1) http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/09/24/how-social-media-is-reshaping-news/
(2) Trepte, S., Schmitt, J. B., & Dienlin, T. (2016). Good News!: How Reading Valenced News Articles Influences Positive Distinctiveness and Learning From News. Journal Of Media Psychology: Theories, Methods, And Applications, doi:10.1027/1864-1105/a000182
(3) Baker, Z. G., Krieger, H., & LeRoy, A. S. (2016). Fear of missing out: Relationships with depression, mindfulness, and physical symptoms. Translational Issues In Psychological Science, 2(3), 275-282. doi:10.1037/tps0000075
(4) Peterson, Eugene H. (2017). As King Fisher's Catch Fire.
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As we welcome the new year, we are so thankful to our peace partners. Your support of finances, prayers, and time have been instrumental in helping us create a place of healing and hope for our clients. We wish you a prosperous and healthy new year!
Special thanks go out this month to:
- Thank you to Especially Jewelry for choosing Peace Partnership as part of their Donate & Save Event. We are blessed by your sincere generosity and support.
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Halifax Hoodie
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The Halifax Hoodie is a casual outer layer with 5 different views. There are two main body options – a shaped bodice or a high-low bodice with twisted side seams. Additional features include a hood, kangaroo pocket, full zipper, front notch, and funnel neck. This wardrobe staple is perfect for cool weather layering. With all the different views and options, the modern sewist can use the Halifax Hoodie pattern in innumerable ways. Suggested fabrics include sweatshirt fleece, french terry, cotton interlock, and other heavier weight knits.
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Mihaela Buzarnescu vs. Jelena Ostapenko
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|Wednesday June 27, 2018, 11:00 PM (EDT)
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Jelena Ostapenko and Mihaela Buzarnescu meet in the third round of the 2018 tennis Eastbourne International.
Jelena Ostapenko is coming off a straight sets win over Kaia Kanepi that took 21 games to decide. In the victory, Ostapenko won 71 percent of her first serve points and 41 percent of her second serve points. Ostapenko won 61 percent of her total service points and broke four times. She can certainly improve her overall serve and make far less unforced errors, but it was a nice victory to kind of right the ship after some recent struggles. Ostapenko needs as much confidences she can get heading into the Wimbledon, which she made the quarterfinals of last year. Ostapenko has won six of her last eight matches on grass court.
Mihaela Buzarnescu is coming off a three sets win over Kiki Bertens that took 31 games to decide. In the victory, Buzarnescu won 59 percent of her first serve points and 53 percent of her second serve points. Buzarnescu won just 57 percent of her total service points, but she gave herself 21 break chances and converted on six of those tries. Buzarnescu has quietly had a pretty decent season this year and is probably playing her best tennis of the year on grass court. Buzarnescu hopes to make her sixth quarterfinal appearance of the season. Buzarnescu has three career wins over top-10 players, all coming this year. Buzarnescu has won seven of her last nine matches on grass court.
These two have played once, which was in this years Qatar Total Open, a match Buzarnescu won. The match took 16 games to be decided.
Buzarnescu is worthy of a look here given just how effective she's been on grass up to this point. However, I have a hard time betting against Ostapenko when she's motivated, and she needs these matches to kind of build confidence after the way things ended in the French Open. I expect Ostapenko to bring that fiery spirit and find a way to victory.
Possible three setter, but Ostapenko wins.


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You Are More Than Your Professional Achievements - Quartz
Contemporary society has some very wrong-headed ideas about what constitutes success. Popular thinking holds that a person who went to Harvard is smarter and better than someone who attended Ohio State; that a father who stays at home with his kids is contributing less to society than a man who works at a Fortune 500 company; that a woman with 200 Instagram followers must be less valuable than a woman with two million.
This notion of success isn't just elitist and misguided; it actively hurts those who believe it. For my book, The Power of Meaning, I spoke to many people who defined their identity and self-worth by their educational and career achievements. When they succeeded, their lives felt meaningful, and they were happy. But when they failed or struggled, the only thing that gave their lives value was gone—and so they fell into despair, and became convinced they were worthless.
Writing my book taught me that being a successful person isn't about career achievement or having the most toys. It's about being a good, wise, and generous human being. Cultivating these qualities, my research showed, brings people a deep and enduring sense of fulfillment, which in turn helps them to face setbacks with resilience and meet death with peace. These are the criteria that we should be using to gauge our own success in life and the success of others, especially our children.


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I thought I might take a break from Dreamside news to show you something fun I created a couple years back. If you're as old as I am (32), you'll likely have at least some memories of growing up around the advent of Nintendo's video games. Waaaaaaay back in the early 90's, Nintendo introduced a comic series: the Nintendo Comics System. They created one for each of their hit games, likely as a way to add some life to their characters. Those early game formats didn't exactly lend themselves to the deepest storytelling.
While they felt a bit rushed, I enjoyed reading them. Every now and again, I wish Nintendo would invest in a new series. So, I made a test of what a Super Mario motion comic might look/sound/feel like. In the video, I'm experimenting with style, layout, flow, animation complexity, speech bubble use, and music/sound design.
As you can see, it's laid out like a traditional comic page. Advancing to future panels, which would happen on user command, allows motion to continue in previous panels, so the page gradually comes to life and stays that way until you choose to advance to the next page.
So, what do you think of this? Would you enjoy reading through a comic in this format? Would you like to see Nintendo invest in the Nintendo Comics System once again?
I know I would ;)


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This year, I am once again honored to be a part of the Edgetone New Music Summit, a fantastic series of concerts featuring some of the Bay Area's best and brightest sound artists, electronic and experimental musicians. Last year's festival ran the gamut: from the eclectic visual sound artist Pamela Z and the afro-jazz of Positive Knowledge; to the other-worldy tinkerings of Bob Marsh and master sound scuptors like Steven Baker and Tom Nunn. There were 16 piece Kelp orchestras and 6 piece Crank ensembles; the "field-scapes" of percussionist Marcos Fernandes, and the wonderfully cacaphonous music of "saxophonists who play other things." This one-of-a-kind festival truly lives up to it's name, "the inner groove on the edge of tone."
Outsound Presents, the leading emerging artist collective and non-profit organization for new and experimental music and sound, returns for their 6th festival, beginning July 22nd and running through July 28th. The festival will feature artists such as Liz Allbee, Tatsuya Nakatani, Marielle Jakobsons, Tom Nunn, Matt Davignon, Bob Marsh/David Michalak, Rent Romus, Thollem Mcdonas, Jon Brumit, Jim Ryan, Wynn Yamami, Lx Rudis, Wobbly, Lance Grabmiller, Robert Anbian and the UFQ, Eddie the Rat, Jesse Quattro, Bruce Anderson, and Gowns.
Every year the Edgetone New Music Summit showcases some of the most innovative and pioneering new music that is happening in California and beyond. The Festivals' expanded performance schedule includes music and sound from raging free improvisation, electronic manipulation, to harsh noise reflecting an incredible range of genre busting exploration and sonic creativity. In addition, the festival seeks to promote intermedia arts, fostering cross-pollination between music/sound art and experimental flim/ visual arts.
The festival also pays homage to local as well as California's central role in the development of invention and cutting edge concepts. Historically dating back to the inception of the Barbary Coast of San Francisco in the early 20th century, the San Francisco Bay Area has been and still is the location where many of the founders of new ideas in sound live and have lived including Ives, Pauline Oliveros, Glenn Spearman, Lisle Ellis, and Terry Riley to name a few. Today, the SF Bay Area, in the heart of California, is home to one of the most bustling and expanding new music scenes fostering the next generation.
This year's Summit is sponsored in part by KFJC 89.7 FM, SF Bay Guardian, Elastic Creative, Bayimproviser.com, Harshnoise.com, KUSF 90.3 FM, Studio 401, and the Luggage Store Gallery. A Special Thank You to our individual donors: Roderick Repke, John Lee, Scott Biggs, Linda and David Repke, Suki O'Kane, Matt Davignon, Mark Miller, Philip Everett, Ray Schaeffer, Peter Martin, John Vaughn, & Bill Noertker.
A complete detailed list of the 6th Annual Edgetone New Music Summit events can also be found at www.edgetonemusicsummit.org.
Pre-Concert Composer Q&A
Interactive discussions of techniques and influences with composers, who will share context and insight into the performance work.
Wednesday July 25 at 7:30 pm Community Music Center, San Francisco Speaker: Marielle Jakobson
Thursday July 26 at 7:30 pm Community Music Center, San Francisco Speakers: Wynn Yamami, Jim Ryan and Tatsuya Nakatani
Friday July 27 at 8:30 pm 21 Grand, Oakland Speaker: Bevin Kelley
Panel Discussions
Drawn from Sources:
Inquiries into the sources, intent and challenges inherent in experimental music, and its place in our creative and social fabric.
Sunday, July 22nd 7pm in association with SIMM Series
Ethnic Tradition and Experimental Music
Musicians Union Hall 116 9th St. San Francisco
Moderated by Greg Beuthin (Balé Techlorico)
Artists speak out about how they balance their work to preserve and extend traditions in ethnic music.
Saturday, July 28th 3pm location TBA
This Music Defies Categorization
21 Grand Gallery 416 25th St. @ Broadway Oakland
Moderated TBA
with Peter Martin (Eddie the Rat), Jake Rodriguez (The Bran… POS) and artists TBA
Artists reflect on individual strategies, and the challenges, for creating work from multiple traditions of music, theater and movement.
Wednesday, July 25th Pre-Concert Composer Q&A 7:30pm, Performance Starts 8pm
Community Music Center
"Time in Transmission, a night of electro-acoustic performance"
544 Capp St. @ 20th St., San Francisco
Darwinsbitch, Tom Nunn/Matt Davignon, Nihil Communication & butoh danceer Laurie Buenafe Krsmanovic,
Bob Marsh/David Michalak: Doctor Bob
General $10, Seniors/Students $5
Thursday, July 26th Pre-Concert Composer Q&A 7:30pm, Performance Starts 8pm
Community Music Center
"Fields of Flowers , a night of spontaneous composition"
544 Capp St. @ 20th St., San Francisco 8pm
Rent Romus, Steven Baker, Thollem Mcdonas, Jon Brumit: BLOOM with guests
Liz Allbee & Tatsuya Nakatani (PA), Wynn Yamami, Christopher Ariza, Ali Sakkal: KIOKU (NY),
Jim Ryan's Forward Energy Trio featuring Robert Jones(OR) & Andrew Wilshusen(OR)
General $10, Seniors/Students $5
Friday, July 27th Pre-Concert Composer Q&A 8:30pm, Performance Starts 9pm
21 Grand Gallery
"Beat & Beyond, a night extending rhythm and sound"
416 25th St. @ Broadway Oakland
Lx Rudis, Wobbly, Lance Grabmiller, Robert Anbian & the Unidentified Flying Quartet with
E. Doctor Smith & Charles Unger
General $12, Seniors/Students/Artists $8
Saturday, July 28th doors 8pm show starts 9pm
21 Grand Gallery
"Critical Mass, Sounds on the gritty side of the fence…"
416 25th St. @ Broadway Oakland
Jon Brumit & Wayne Grim: Van Boven, Eddie the Rat, Jesse Quattro,
Bruce Anderson Bill Raymond & John Moreman: High Vulture, the Gowns
General $12, Seniors/Students/Artists $8
OUTSOUND, in addition to being one of the largest new music presenters on the West Coast, is also presents
the OutSpoken Education Series consisting of pre-concert Q&A, master classes and artist panel discussions during the Summit event. This year's presentation is dubbed Drawn from Sources: Inquiries into the sources, intent and challenges inherent in experimental music, and its place in our creative and social fabric.
Tickets are currently on sale to the public. Schedule and artists are subject to change.
There are two ways to purchase tickets:
• Visit www.edgetonemusicsummit.org
• Purchase tickets at the door on the night of the performance
E. "Doc" Smith is a musician and recording engineer who has worked with the likes of Brian Eno, Madonna, Warren Zevon, Mickey Hart, Jimmy Cliff, and John Mayall among others. He is also the inventor of the musical instrument, the Drummstick", and can be reached at myspace.com/edoctorsmithArts & Entertainment


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The state of information or cyber security today
Senior management must understand the state of information or cyber security today and how it affects enterprise objectives and the delivery of value to customers and other stakeholders. A number of recent publications talk to this topic.
Privacy Commissioner examines cyber security
The increasing cyber security threat continues to raise a series of privacy risks for organizations. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) has been regularly focusing on cyber security in letters of findings and guidance and, most recently, in a report, entitled "Privacy and Cyber Security: Emphasizing privacy protection in cyber security activities".


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ABOUT THE BOOK: More than two thousand years ago the Apostle John had a vision he received from the Lord. He was told to write seven letters to the churches of Asia Minor. Out of the seven churches only two received commendation from the Lord. The rest were letters of warning.
Compromise and disobedience, combined with a lack of knowledge of the Word of God, has placed the 21st century church in a precarious situation. The letters to the seven churches are a message for this generation during the last days. He who has an ear will know what to do and act accordingly.
Who the Seven Churches of Revelation are Today
By Laura Davis
1. Who Are the Seven Angels?
ho or what are the seven churches of Revelation? Are they still in the world today? Were the seven churches in Asia Minor real churches or do they represent a type of church (i.e.: Catholic, Baptist, Pentecostal, etc.)? Are the warnings relevant to this generation? Are they for each of us as individuals? As we look carefully through the letters of Revelation, we will discover the answer to all these questions and more.
But before we can get to any of the letters, we must determine who the angels were that the letters were written to. It has been suggested that the angels represented the head or bishop of each church. Others suggest the angels were actual celestial beings that stood guard over these churches. First, let's look at the word in both Hebrew and Greek.
Angel in Hebrew is Malack and means messenger. Angel in Greek is angelos and also means messenger. So, what kind of messages do angels bring?
1. They bring good news (Luke 2:8-14; Luke 1:26-38).
2. They also bring bad news (Genesis 19:15).
3. They communicate God's will to men. (They helped reveal the law to Moses [Acts 7:52-53] and served as the carriers for much of the material in Daniel and Revelation).[i]
4. They give instructions and act as guides (Matthew 1:20-21; Acts 8:26; Acts 10:1-8).
5. They strengthen and encourage God's people (Matthew 4:11; Acts 5:19-20; Acts 27:23-25).
The most important thing about angels is that they continually praise God and carry out His commands. They ascend and descend to earth frequently. (John 1:51; Genesis 28:12; Revelation 7:2). We cannot see them, but they are here watching over us for God and, I assume, reporting back to Him on how we are doing (Job 1:6).
Besides being messengers for God, angels have different jobs. For example:
· God has used angels to provide for physical needs such as food for Hagar (Genesis 21:17-20), Elijah (1 Kings 19:6), and Christ after His temptation (Matthew 4:11).[ii]
· They act as protectors (Daniel 3-6; Matthew 2:13).
· They can deliver people from danger. They released the apostles from prison in Acts 5 and did the same for Peter in Acts 12.
· They care for God's people at the moment of their death (Luke 16:22).
There are also different types of angels:
- Cherubim (Ezekiel 1)*
- Seraphim (Isaiah 6)
- Archangels—We know of two, Michael (Daniel 10:13; Jude 9) and Gabriel (Daniel 9:21; Luke 1:19; 26).
*For the record, there is nothing in the Scriptures to indicate cherubim are cute little babies. In fact, the reaction of most people who saw angels was to fall down in fear, not reach out and say, "Coochie-coo!" The cherubs you see on Valentine's Day cards and at Christmas are from the minds of their human creators.
Before the edict was given to write to the churches, John saw the following in his vision in Revelation 1:12-16:
I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands, and among the lampstands was someone like a son of man dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.
It's no wonder that, in the next verse, John "fell at his feet as though dead." But Jesus touched him and said not to be afraid and then in verses 19-20 He said, "Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later. The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches."
To be clear, John wrote about the past, the present, and the future. Then Jesus explained the mystery of the seven stars and the seven golden lampstands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches and the lampstands are the seven churches.
While the appearance of angels was usually frightening enough to make people fall to the ground, these supernatural beings sometimes took on human form. (In Genesis 18, Abraham welcomed three visitors who appeared as men.)
According to Strong's Concordance, the word for messenger and angel were used interchangeably. For example, in Malachi 2:7 we read, "For the lips of a priest ought to preserve knowledge, because he is the messenger of the Lord Almighty and people seek instruction from his mouth."
Again, the Hebrew word for angel, Malak, means messenger. It should be no surprise to learn that the word messenger in Hebrew is also Malak. If we read the verse above with that in mind, we get, "For the lips of a priest ought to preserve knowledge, because he is the angel of the Lord Almighty and people seek instruction from his mouth."
Does that mean our pastors are angels? Not in the real sense of an angel, no. However, it does reveal how important God considers those who bring messages from Him, either through His Word or through prophecy. People, therefore, should not be so quick to say, "I have a message from the Lord," unless they are very sure it is the Lord who is sending it and it lines up with the Bible.
While it is possible that each of the seven angels referred to in Revelation are actual angels disguised as humans, I think it is more plausible that they are the elders of the churches. It would make no sense for John to write letters and send them to real angels. For that matter, why would Jesus have John write everything down when the angels were always before Him in heaven?
In addition, we must also remember that John was writing to real churches during his era. The fact that these letters have been preserved for us is just a bonus. No, it makes more sense that the angels are the messengers in the church who will read the letters aloud to the congregations and thereby, bring forth the message from God.
Now, here is where confusion sets in. After the apostles died, other men who had known them took up the reins to keep the church functioning. Catholic tradition suggests there was a bishop for each church. For example, Ignatius was the bishop of Antioch; Polycarp was the bishop of Smyrna; Timothy was the bishop of Ephesus; and so on. However, there is no mention in the Bible that Timothy was appointed as a bishop, not by Paul or anyone else. In fact, there are no scriptural references that say each church should have one man as a bishop. The truth is, the role of a bishop over the church did not start until at least 154 A.D., more than fifty years after the Apostle John died. That's plenty of time for wrong doctrine to enter the church.
Therefore, the angels referenced in the letters to the seven churches could not be bishops because one bishop for each church did not exist at the time the Apostle John wrote Revelation. And since most churches today don't have bishops in the formal sense like the Catholic Church, how do these letters relate to us? Who are the bishops of the church today? We'll discuss that in the next chapter.
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[i] Dr. John Bechtle, "What is the Job Description for an Angel?" Christian Answers Network Website, URL http://christiananswers.net/q-acb/acb-t005.html#9
[ii] Dr. John Bechtle, "What is the Job Description for an Angel?" Christian Answers Network Website, URL http://christiananswers.net/q-acb/acb-t005.html#9
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Laura J. Davis is a former singer/songwriter who took to
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ABC Open TT Series - 2009-Aug-18 - 15km (Tatlock Rd) (EvtFactor = 0.9154)
Ottawa Weather (18:00): Cloudy. Temp.: 27°C, Humidity: 66%, Dew Point: 20°C, Wind: SW 17 gust 28km/h, Pressure: 100.9kPa, Vis: 24km, Humidex: 35°.Ottawa Weather (19:00): Cloudy. Temp.: 27°C, Humidity: 69%, Dew Point: 20°C, Wind: SW 21 gust 30km/h, Pressure: 100.9kPa, Vis: 24km, Humidex: 34°.Ottawa Weather (20:00): Cloudy. Temp.: 23°C, Humidity: 90%, Dew Point: 21°C, Wind: W 9km/h, Pressure: 100.9kPa, Vis: 24km, Humidex: 32°.
Send photos with description (when/where/what) of yourself on or off of bike to firstname.lastname@example.com riders arrived at Union Hall to warm temperatures and a 5-10 km/h breeze from the NW. All finished. Fastest was Rick Sudac (rwr) with a time of 20:58. Fastest from ABC was Justin Holzscherer in a time of 24:37. Colin Campbell (OBC) in a time of 21:32 was just 13 seconds from his best time set on 2002-Sep-24. First-timer Robert Marrocco did a creditable time of 31:42, without tt bars or clipless pedals.
Next 15k TT; meet at Union Hall, Tues., Aug. 25, at 6:15 pm.
The next 40k TT is scheduled for Sun., September 13, meet at Calabogie Boat Launch at 7:45 am.
For those intending to ride the next 40k TT; please contact Les Humphreys @ 613-256-2498, or Dave McAuslan @ 613-253-0290 before noon Sat. September 12.
Thanks to our Helpers: Timekeeper John Warren was ably assisted by Sherry Warren at the turn, and Danielle Shewfelt at the start and finish.


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At Laurel Endocrine and Thyroid Specialists, it is our mission to provide our patients with quality care while maintaining a professional attitude. As endocrinology specialists, we understand the growing need for endocrine care and we endeavor to meet the needs of this expanding field. The following office policies help us to maintain and achieve our goals.
A referral is required from your primary care provider if you are a new patient or a patient who has lost contact with our office for an extended period of time. For established patients, please contact our office to schedule an appointment.
Request for Services:
Prescription refill requests are discussed during office visits. If you need a refill on a prescription between appointments, we are usually able to process requests within two business days. If you, your representative, or a pharmacy request a prescription outside of your office visit, there may be a $10.00 charge.
Medical Records:
We strongly adhere to HIPPA regulations to maintain the confidentiality of our patients' medical records. Patient consent is required before records can be released to the patient, insurance companies, law offices, or any other entity. Please contact the medical records personnel for further information.
Billing and Insurance:
All co-pays, co-insurances and previous balances are due at check-in. A $15 service charge will be applied to your account if you are unable to make your payment in full at the time of service. Failure to pay in full may result in your appointment being rescheduled.
Any follow-up or education appointment that is not cancelled or rescheduled 24 hours before the appointment time will be assessed a $50.00 fee. Any consultation, initial visit, hospital follow up, or in-office procedure appointment not cancelled or rescheduled 48 hours before the appointment time will be assessed a $100.00 fee.
All balances due from the patient are payable immediately. If you are unable to make payment in full, please speak to a member of our staff to make financial arrangements prior to your appointment.
Insurance is filed as a courtesy to our patients. Please bring your card with you to each visit. If you have insurance but cannot produce a valid card, you will be considered a "self pay" patient and payment in full will be expected at each visit until a valid card is produced. No insurance will be filed on services over 45 days old.
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Dear Lord,
I thought i'd talk to you about this cross I have to carry,
It seems as if I'm the only one who is carrying such a wooden, rusty nailed, mess of a cross,
Everyone else's crosses, Lord, are padded and some of them, like those lovely worship leaders and pastors, seem to have bright flashy lights,
Oh and the rock throwing,
IT seems not only do I have to carry this uncomfortable cross, but people, with the best intentions keep throwing rocks at me,
And whats more using the Bible to back up their actions.
How am I supposed to defend myself with just this cross?
Hang on, just looking at it, it looks like it's second hand!!!!
Second hand!!!
Oh, there are nail marks in it and there seems to be, what is it?
Oh this just gets worse.
Exactly who's blood? oh? it's yours?
The other crosses are fakes? really?
But they look so real?
You died on this didn't you?
You died on it for me?
Maybe I'll just keep this one Lord,
No, really,
This one is fine,
In fact, in a strange way, now it seems kind of beautiful,
At the end of things,
This is the only one that matters.
Luke 9:23
23 Then he said to them all: "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me." (NIV)


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CCHS track and field athletes clear section hurdles
Eight Camden County High track and field athletes qualified individually for state through their performances at a Class AAAAA sectional meet last Saturday in Conyers, and a record-setting Wildcat boys relay team also advanced.
Facing competitors from Regions 2,3, 6 and 8 at Heritage High, Chandler Nichols and Chala Carey both advanced in the 100 and 200 meters, and Carey also reached state in the long jump. Also moving on will be Stephon Lee (300 hurdles), R.J. Goss (long jump), Nick Kennedy (shotput), Kelsea Collins (300 hurdles), Jayla Stokes (triple jump) and Devin Lanham (shotput).
Two heats were held in most of the running events, the top two finishers in each heat and the next four fastest from either earning state entry. The top eight placers from the field events also progressed.
In the 4-by-400, Nichols, Kevin Hutchinson, A.J. Webb and Terry Williams — stepping in for an injured Nick Lemons — set a new CCHS and Region 3 record, their 3:19.56 third-fastest among 16 teams.
Nichols posted the third-best qualifying time in the 100 (10.7), and fourth-fastest in the 200 (21.76). Lee qualified third in the 300 hurdles at 39.09, while Goss covered 22-0 in the long jump for state, and Kennedy moved on with a 47-11½ shot throw.
The second-best clockings in both the 100 (11.96) and 200 (24.49) belonged to Carey, who also produced an 18-¾ in the long jump. Also for the girls, Stokes continued with a 38-½ in the triple jump and Lanham with 37-8 in the shotput, and Collins notched a state-worthy 46.65 in the 300 hurdles.
Girls state will be today through Saturday in Albany, and boys state May 12-14 in Jefferson.


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The Tax Implications of Being a Winner
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When deciding how to classify shareholder advances, it's important to consider the economic substance of the transaction over its form. Some factors to consider when classifying these transactions include:
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Juanita Quiñones
BoricuaCrochet in Ravelry
Mother Earth – Here she is basking in the sunshine with her creation; the Earth she holds in her hands, close to her; the one from which she was born. A sunny beach, with a palm tree, white sands, and foamy waves is her preferred place. She was born from the rocks, trees, leaves and flowers. The mountain gives shape to her body. The leaves will dress her. Here she is hoping everyone will cherish, enjoy, conserve and protect the Earth so that she will remain as beautiful or better throughout eternity for our children and their children's future. This is dedicated to all the mothers, specially my Mom Betty, without whom life can't exist, whose wisdom and dedication help makes us who we are. This project is also dedicated to my sister Mayra whose art provided for its inspiration.
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Backpacks are the very common bag style in the daily life. Backpacks also called backpacks, secured with two straps that go over the shoulders, but there can be variations to this basic design. Lightweight types of backpacks are sometimes worn on only one shoulder strap.
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"The moment I stop learning, I start dying." – Albert Einstein
What a quotable quote from Einstein. It is perhaps this philosophy to life which has made him synonymous with human genius and creativity!
Too many of us are dying mentally, emotionally and relationally because we stopped learning from the school of life.
We need to ask ourselves honestly as a new year unfolds: "Will I be wiser or dumb and dumber – like the movie title – as I tough it out silently in my singleness, slug it out vocally in my marriage, stumble along tiredly in my parenting or simply coast along aimlessly in my retirement?"
In my previous post, I wrote about the Lord Jesus' call to accept God's offer of new life that is only availed by faith in Him as our Saviour and Lord.
He spoke of denying self, taking up the Cross and following Him. Jesus went on to explain this: "For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it. 36 For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? 37 For what can a man give in return for his soul?" (Mark 8:34-37).
In Jesus' ultimate divine wisdom, the motto to new life is: "The moment we start dying to self, we start living, not just learning!"
Our church recently staged a Christmas Cantata entitled "The Promise Fulfilled". God kindly brought packed audiences to listen to moving songs penned by Scott Hurd retelling God's wondrous promise to save us from sin through Jesus' humble birth, humiliating death and reconciling resurrection.
Jesus' dead-or-alive paradigm to new life was radically lived out and faithfully passed down to us by his apostles. Paul the apostle pleaded passionately for his listeners to crucify or die to the flesh, which means an autonomous life opposed to God.
Paul's list of what we are to "die to" or crucify include sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these (Galatians 5:19-21).
We probably need to confess we only "half died" to sin when we continue to enjoy our flesh life by fondling sexual sin on our phones, cuddling jealousy when we are bypassed for a promotion, rationalising anger when we don't get our way, feeding gossip when we want to badmouth a "frenemy" or giving up on self-control in a moment of excess.
Paul finishes his list of what we are to die to by saying: "Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another." (Galatians 5:26).
The original word for "conceited" literally means "empty of God's glory". Paul is really spot on because when we are full of self, we become empty of God and others.
By Jesus' victory on the cross and the Spirit's power in those who believe, we can instead be alive to God's new life of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
We can rightly delight by being alive in Christ and by being increasingly repulsed by the works of our flesh.
We can stop living in this terrible limbo of being half dead to sin. Little wonder we are only half alive in Christ. You can end this half-baked life and enjoy true newness by embracing Jesus' offer: "The moment you start dying, you start living." Amen.


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The Protection of Telecommunication Lines and Equipment Against Lightning Discharges (Chapters 1 to 5)
This Handbook contains a general survey of atmospheric discharge phenomena and of the protection devices in use. It gives the explanations in the appendices to the various chapters are necessary for an understanding of the phenomena as well as for calculating the design of protection devices. For a wider study of theory and physical phenomena, reference should be made to the numerous specialized publications. It seems best to limit the field of application of this Handbook to telecommunication lines and associated equipment. The latter also include cable and overhead lines which lead to transmitting installations, radio relay stations, etc. at high altitude, which are thus more than normally exposed. The present Handbook does not deal with the protection of the stations themselves, since such problems concern the protection of buildings against lightning and this, for transmitting stations and radio relay stations, falls within the domain of radio technique. The protection of the buildings in which the telecommunication equipment is installed is governed by the national regulations on lightning protection.
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Atmospheric discharges and resultant physical phenomena
Thunderclouds usually develop either on a hot summer day (heat storm) or as the result of the impact of advancing cold air on a mass of warm air (frontal storm). To start the growth of such a cloud, the air must contain a certain amount of moisture and two adjacent air masses must exist at different temperatures. In these conditions, the warmer air rises and, in expanding, is cooled. At a height of 5 000 feet water vapour begins to condense from the moist air. The latent heat of condensation is then transmitted to the surrounding air so that the normal decrease in temperature with increasing height is reduced. The temperature of air with condensed water is thus higher than the surrounding unsaturated air at the same level. It is this comparative warmth which produces the strong upward air currents in a thundercloud.
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Title: The choice of a technology for the future of the human race
Authors: Adrian W. Roth
Addresses: Vice President of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences, Postfach CH-8034, Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract: The Vice President of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences offers some thoughts about the purpose of engineering and scientific work, in the context of the future of the human race. Given that there are certain trends and limits to growth. he sees engineers and technologists playing a crucial role in the survival and development of humanity. For stability, a new symbiotic technology is needed.
Keywords: engineering; limits to growth; symbiotic technology; technology choice; technology management.
International Journal of Technology Management, 1987 Vol.2 No.3/4, pp.329 - 335
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Where do I even begin?! Our trip home was filled with oh so many wonderful things I don't even know how to process all the fun. There were ordinations, and dance parties, and nuns, and weddings, and swimming, and walks down memory lane. But most importantly, there was the food (just in case you didn't realize, eating my way through Louisiana is one of my favorite things to do).
First up, Baton Rouge. We celebrated the ordination of our BFF Fr. Brad Doyle into the priesthood at St. Joseph's Cathedral, and then had one heck of a party after his first mass. I may or may not have danced way too hard but Rodie Romero and the Hub City All-Stars were playing, so could you blame me? They were the band for our wedding and I just couldn't help my little 9 month pregnant self. Seriously, I couldn't get off the couch for 2 days after this (and it was totally worth it). Here's us with Roddie...
And here's me with my sweet nuns at the ordination....the Missionaries of Charity! They are with Bl. Mother Teresa's order, which is why their habits might look familiar to you. I worked with them a lot during college and they are so much fun (and a beautiful witness to the Catholic Church). I, however, am ridiculous and totally bring out the silly in them. We giggle way too much when we haven't seen each other in a long time! Who am I kidding, we giggle way too much basically every time we see each other.
See what I mean?
And here's the only photo we took with Fr. Brad on his ordination day at the spontaneous after-after party at the Benton Home...whoops! Friend and photo document fail. Try not to look too excited to take a picture Fr. Brad ;)
After all the ordination activities, we spent some quality time with our people -- I had lunch with Mary Claire, Brad and I went swimming with our adorable nieces, and we even made a day trip to see my grandparents in Lafayette! How beautiful is my grandmother?!
Then we said good by to Baton Rouge (and LSU) and were NOLA bound!!!
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We did a good thing and started our New Orleans vacation as any good start to a New Orleans vacation should... beignets!
Then we were ready to take on this magical city...
We were in town for our good friends Jonathan and Kat's wedding -- Brad served as the best man and it was a blast getting to be there during such a special time in their lives.
Jonathan actually lives at the rectory of St. Louis Cathedral in the French Quarter, but since he was getting married he needed help moving out. Which is where we came to the rescue (and meant that I got to see all the secret things!) Well, it's not really that secret, but I still felt super cool...I mean, check out that elevator!? It was kinda like a dream for me to frolic all around the building. It was built in early 1800's and filled with all sorts of historic holy goodness!
While Brad did best man things I got to have a girls day with my mama and two of her adorable sisters. We went out for lunch at Baru, then got ice cream at Creole Creamery (my fav), and went shopping (of course). There's this awesome eyeglasses shop called Art and Eyes that is so much fun! We were a mess trying on all the glasses..I had trouble parting with them.
Before we knew it, it was wedding time!!!
There's nothing like a New Orleans wedding...
We love you New Orleans! And next time we see you, we will have a baby in tow. Can't wait to show him all of my favorite stops...including these cupcakes. Brad and I couldn't leave the state without stopping for lunch at the Cake Bakery in the bywater district. Come to mama, you beautiful vanilla cupcake you.


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Windows 10 update KB4025339 download links are now officially available. Recently, the company released Windows 10 Build 14393.1480 (update KB4025339) for Anniversary update users. The new update comes with bug fixes, system improvements and more. Previously, the company released update KB4022723 Build 14393.1378.
First of all, let's talk about the new changes and fixes with this update. According to the official changelog, the update KB4025339 has fixed the issues in Windows 10 version 1607 where Internet Explorer 11 close unexpectedly when visiting some websites. The issue arrived with the last month's update.
The July Month update has fixed an issue with race condition that causes Lync Edge servers to randomly crash (Stop Error D1). Any active, open session within a federated domain loses connectivity for conference calls, instant messaging, etc. Also, the memory leaks in the nonpaged pool with the "NDnd" tag is now fixed, which causes the OS to crash.
You can download KB4025339 to fix the race condition that occurs when two threads try to reconstruct the hash table simultaneously. In addition, Internet Explorer 11 now longer stops responding when a user clicks an empty column header and then immediately holds down the SHIFT key and double-clicks.
The NewWindow3 event handler is now properly called in a managed WebBrowser class of .NET 4.6. Another issue is fixed in Internet Explorer 11 where a text node returned from the DOMParser may be incorrect when MutationObserver for childList and subtree is active.
Windows 10 update KB4025339 also added minor but important improvements to Security updates to the Windows shell, Microsoft Graphics Component, Windows Search. The update has also enhanced Windows kernel, Windows kernel-mode drivers, the .NET Framework, Windows Server, Windows Virtualization, Windows Storage and File Systems, Datacenter Networking, Internet Explorer 11, Microsoft PowerShell, Microsoft Edge, and the Microsoft Scripting Engine.


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Check out a few of my favorite Kyoto veggie lunch options....there are some amazing ones despite the reputation of it being hard to find vegetarian food.Read More
Best of Tokyo Ramen Street
This stretch of ramen restaurants on the basement floor of Tokyo station is awesome. Designed and built to highlight the best of Tokyo's vast ramen scene, you could come here many times and eat something new and delicious every time. Offering everything from tsukemen (ramen noodles served with a dipping sauce) to hearty Sapporo-style ramen, each restaurant on ramen street is an outpost of a revered ramen joint somewhere else in the city, and was specially invited into this elite group.Read More
Secret Zona Maco
Like most art fairs in the world some of the best things happen outside of the main fair Zona Maco. For me I love to use those days surrounding the main weekend enjoying the multitude of events that happen in parallel spaces. During Maco there is also an emerging fair called Material Art Fair which tends to focus on younger and emerging artists. It's a good one for discovering work artists that you may not know.
Here are a few places I would check out during Maco week!
Casa Vecina
Situated right in the heart of Centro Historico Casa Vecina is a really amazing place to find work that most likely will not be in art fairs. It focuses on a diverse range of contemporary work with focus on the city and community building. They have a little exhibition space that I've seen some of the most interesting work like an exhibition about the neighborhood that intricately creates and decorates monster trucks with a white mud.
Somos Mexas
This collective space is pretty incredible. It holds a lot of different kinds of events from music shows, to bike repair, to exhibitions, to fashion shows. Located right next la Merced market the crew that runs this space is a sweet and eclectic group of artists, designers, and architects committed to their neighborhood and their city. Check their website to make sure something is happening before heading over.
Casa Maauad
This space is a residency/exhibition/research center in San Rafael. It is housed in this incredible old mansion from the turn of the century. This is a good place to see work by local and international artists who generally tend to be younger and are taking pretty interesting creative risks.
Mexico City Favorites: Chiquitito Cafe
Spending an incredible week here in one of my favorite cities reminds me of what gems are hidden away here. Chiquitito is one of these. Enjoy this interview I did with them about how they are redefining coffee culture.Read More
On the hunt for the best ceviche....
I am on a long-term hunt for the best ceviche and would love your suggestions. Where do you go? What do you look for in a good ceviche?
De mar a mar
This relatively new restaurant in Juarez has fancy ceviches. They have a few kinds, the ceviche mar a mar is the best one. I love the blue corn tostadas and the roasted habanero salsa. They've go great cocktails, really fresh fish. This is a good place to enjoy a nice lunch out.
Calle Niza 13, Cuauhtémoc, Juárez, 06600 Ciudad de México, D.F., Mexico
+52 55 5207 5730
Coyoacan Mercado
I like to come here on Sunday with the rest of the city and sit around and eat, walk a little maybe, drink a beer, and eat some more. The ceviche stand here is in the middle of the market and it does a brisk business. Sit at the counter, order up. And consider yourself lucky.
Ignacio Allende S/n, Del Carmen, Coyoacán, 04100 Ciudad de México, D.F., Mexico
El Camello Jr
This is my standby meal in Tulum. Run by a fishermans cooperative the mounds of ceviche that come out of that kitchen are a wonder! This is my kind of restaurant. It's always busy, there is an amazing under the sea mural, next door is a small fish shop full of coolers doing a brisk business. When I share I order a medium and I have never been able to polish off a large.
Carretera Chetumal-Cancun Locales 1 y 2 Lte 3 Mza 40, Centro, 77600 Tulum, Q.R., Mexico
+52 984 871 2036
Tokyo Travel Guide Book Release!
Visit Tokyo, an ultra-modern wonder punctuated by tradition. This fascinating city is worthy of years of exploring. In this book begin to know the culture and mysteries housed in high-reaching skyscrapers and the tiny businesses run of traditional houses next door to them. SatoriRead More
Where to go in Mexico City for Dia de Los Muertos
November 1st and 2nd is celebrated as Day of the Dead in Mexico. The best celebrations in the city are in the panteones (cemeteries) spread through out the city.Read More
Mexico City Street Food
Don't come to Mexico City without eating at a street stand at least once. It's an amazing experience to stand out on the street with the rest of the city enjoying hot, freshly made food, straight off the comal.Read More
Frida Kahlo's Garden
I love that the New York Botanical Garden created a show for this summer based on Frida's garden. Recognizing the color, smell, and the visceral parts of her proccess engaging with the world. In Mexico City there are gardens everywhere and it feels teeming with life. Succulents and cactus alongside jacaranda trees, big brightly colored steps, terracotta pots.Read More
Satori Guide Release!! The Most Delicious Neighborhoods in Mexico City
Have you always dreamt of a trip to Mexico City? Imagined wandering the streets sampling spicy tacos and discovering tiny bookstores tucked into garages. Come and discover the creative and vibrant neighborhoods of Roma and Condesa in Mexico with the help of Satori Guides.Read More


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THE PITCHFORK DISNEy
Have you noticed how gorgeous people look when they're terrified?
Twins Presley and Haley Stray shut themselves away after the mysterious death of their parents, nightly gorging on chocolate and concocting stories about what has become of the world they left behind.
But tonight, the Strays are interrupted by the explosive arrival of sequinned and snakelike showman, Cosmo Disney.
Cosmo might look like he's walked straight out of Presley's dreams but his horrific games of wit and stomach turnings education peel back the layers of a nightmare where not everyone will survive until morning.
Glasgow based Heroes Theatre presents a dazzling new production of Philip Ridley's trail-blazing debut play.
★★★★ The Scotsman "There's a deep artistry here and a searing vividness of imagination that leaves audiences shocked and subtly changed."
★★★★ The Herald "The skill of Eve Nicol's production is in harnessing her cast's fine performances of them into one flowing coherent whole"
★★★★ Exeunt "This fantastic production is unfailingly humanising through the immediacy and urgency of its delivery. You leave feeling exhausted by the beautiful anxiety, and overwhelmed by the intensity and authenticity of the world of the Strays. For a production that inhabits the darkest, bleakest recesses of human nature, it somehow makes you feel relentlessly, violently alive."
★★★★ Broadway Baby "Unsettling, and yet darkly beautiful, this new production of The Pitchfork Disney is an exciting sign of a new creative company which has certainly hit the ground running."
Written by Philip Ridley
Directed + designed by Eve Nicol
Produced by Cat Tyre
Presley Stray - Alan MacKenzie
Haley Stray - Lucy Goldie
Cosmo Disney - Stephen Humpage
Pitchfork Cavalier - Patrick Stratford
Lighting Designer - Callum Smith
Sound Designer - Kevin Murray
Assistant Director - Euan Tyre
Production Manager - Colin Bell
Company Stage Manager - Amy Tyler
Press - Rachel D'Arcy
Deputy Stage Manager - Nicola Todd
Photography by Jassy Earl
Performances: Tues 25 – Sun 29 March 2014, Tron Theatre Glasgow, Changing House


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Hartman & Rose Italian Leather Dog Lead- Rich Brown & Gold
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When to drink: Hungry, but not hangry? Sip on this with unsalted nuts to get you over that midday slump.
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