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A Once-In-A-Lifetime Solar Eclipse With Dr. Holley-Bockelmann
On Monday, August 21st 2017 there will be a path that crosses the midline of the United States of America where everything will go black... for like two minutes, but they will be a very cool two minutes! The last total solar eclipse that graced The United States was on June 8, 1918, 99 years ago.
What is a solar eclipse?
It is when a new moon crosses between the earth and the sun, blocking the light of the sun. When it is a total eclipse, there will be parts of the earth that are fully covered by the moon's shadow, plunging them into darkness for a short, but surreal period of time.
If you are lucky enough to be in one of these areas, watch your surroundings. How do the animals react to this sudden, mid day, change? It is said, that the animals will suddenly act vey strange, birds might fall from the sky, crickets might start chirping, and/or wild beast might be more easily caught. Make sure during this spectacular event you take a moment to look away from the sky, and observe your surrounds, a total solar eclipse is a full experience.
Do note: that staring at the sun with a naked eye is very dangerous, always wear NASA approved protected eyewear!
Where can I see it?
You will be able to see a partial eclipse all across The United States, however, the image below shows the path of the total solar eclipse will take.
Looking at this map, you should notice that Nashville is one of the few cities that falls along the moons shadow, for this reason, Jejune wanted to reach out to a Nashville female astronomer to talk to us about the upcoming eclipse, her own research, the challenges of being a female in astronomy and physics, (two very male dominated sciences), and how she helps young women and minorities develop their science careers!
Please meet the amazing purple haired Assistant Professor in Physics and Astronomy at Vanderbilt University, Dr. Kelly Holley-Bockelmann!
Can you please explain your research in lay terms?
I study supermassive black holes, which are black holes that are millions to billions of times more massive than our Sun and lurk in the center of nearly every galaxy. Our own Milky Way has a supermassive black hole that is 4 million times the mass of our Sun, and we don't know how it got there. I use supercomputer simulations to understand how black holes like these are born, how they grow, and how they transform their galactic homes. I'm also totally geeked out by gravitational waves – ripples in spacetime itself. As it turns out, when two supermassive black holes collide, they make really strong gravitational waves, so it's kind of lucky that the two things I love are so related!
Can you please explain what a merged black hole is? Are merged black holes dangerous? What would happen if one came in contact with a star or planet?
When two black holes are close together, they can 'bind' to one another and become a binary system. These two black holes orbit around each other like the Earth orbits around the Sun, except these two black holes are whizzing around each other at fairly close to the speed of light.
This black hole binary system makes huge gravitational waves, which kind of bleeds energy away from the binary and draws them ever closer together, until they collide and become one more massive black hole. Naturally, you wouldn't want to be super nearby the binary when it merges, but they're not something we need to worry about – space is so enormous that the chance of us veering really close to a black hole is ridiculously small – the Sun will bloat up and fry the Earth in 5 billion years, and in that time the likelihood of a black hole even getting near to the Solar System is much less than 1 in a quadrillion.
Fun fact: if the Sun were to shrink down to the size of a marble and turn into a black hole, you know what would happen? Well, we'd die -- but only because there's no more light to keep the Earth warm. Earth is too far away to feel the deep bend in spacetime that defines a black hole, so we'd just keep on orbiting around the Sun/black hole like nothing happened. In fact, you have to get about 100 miles or so from the Sun/black hole before you'd notice that gravity is acting weird.
I know your research has nothing to do with the upcoming eclipse, but we are all very excited about it! Can you please explain why it is significant? How often do they occur?
You're right, I don't work on solar stuff at all, but I'm excited, too! When the Moon blocks the Sun during a total eclipse, we get a view of the outermost atmosphere of the Sun that we still can't achieve with current technology because the main body of the Sun outshines it. Understanding these outer layers is cool by itself, but there's also a practical aspect: they throw out a stream of particles, some of which hit the Earth and can cause communication problems in cell phones, satellites, and other things. There's not a constant time between total eclipses, but on average, a city would experience an eclipse like this one every 400 years or so. So, this eclipse is a once-in-a-lifetime event!
Where will you be viewing it? Do you have any recommendations for it?
We'll go to the soccer field near our house…it's a nice open space that has trees on the edge. The leaves on the trees will act like little pinhole cameras and will project the image of the eclipse on the ground, which I've heard about but never seen. We have some eclipse glasses, too, if we want to look up (but please be careful and never look at the Sun without special eclipse glasses. Oh, a few more things: during totality, the temperature will drop and animals will react to the sudden darkness, so see if you notice that, too.
Can you tell us a little bit about your background? I know you are a first-generation college student. Where is your family from? How did they support you with your education and academic path?
Like many families, this question is complicated! We moved a lot during my early childhood, but settled in Montana for several years, so I call that home. My family is from West Virginia and Wyoming. They cheered me on, and never tried to talk me out of astronomy – I'm so thankful for that. But, being a science geek was so out-of-the-blue different for my family that I sometimes felt like a square peg.
Physics and astronomy are more traditionally male fields, what made you decide to become an astronomer and as a woman did you have any hurdles to overcome as a student or professor?
I can't remember a time before I wanted to be an astronomer. I wanted to be an astronomer before I knew the word for it! And I've been pretty single-minded about it my whole life. I found out I needed to go to college and get a PhD, so there was never any question in my mind that that's what I was going to do. A PhD was just a thing I had to check off to get to be an astronomer.
As a woman who came from outside of academia, I've met and worked with people who thought I was too unpolished, or not smart enough, or too quiet, or too combative, or too girly. This happens to so many of us that it's almost the standard experience for a woman in hard science.
But, maybe the biggest hurdle is that I felt like I didn't belong – I took every little thing that went wrong as a sign that I wasn't good enough to be an astronomer, and every success as a lucky break. Honestly, there are still times when I'm the only woman in the room and I feel like an imposter, but I've noticed that this feeling is stronger when I 'level-up': like when I went from postdoc to faculty, or am appointed to a national committee. These days, I take that feeling of not deserving to be here as a sign that I'm about to learn more and gain power, which helps.
Please tell us more about the Fisk-to-Vanderbilt Masters-to-PhD Bridge Program.
Fisk-Vanderbilt Masters-to-PhD Bridge program was started to prepare talented students with undergraduate science degrees, who require additional coursework or training or confidence, to earn a PhD. Students earn a Masters degree at Fisk University under close, one-on-one guidance of faculty mentors, and develop a strong academic foundation and research skills
We have over 120 students who have passed through the program, and I'm really lucky to be able to work with them and watch them thrive.
Our program emphasizes a more holistic approach to finding talent that looks beyond standardized test scores and uses a mentoring model where faculty, postdocs, students and alumni all form a network of mentors to help one another through tough times and to celebrate their discoveries. We hope that with intense mentoring of one another, we each form a deep sense of Bridge community and have a real stake in the success of every one of us individually and as a program, too.
What role do you play with the Fisk-to-Vanderbilt Masters-to-PhD Bridge Program?
I started as a faculty mentor in research and designed a bootcamp and now I'm the Vanderbilt Co-Director of the program. We have a Co-Director on the Fisk side, Arnold Burger, and an Executive Director, Dina Stroud – we're in charge of the program, but really everyone has to pitch in to make it work.
What advice would you give a young woman and minority student looking to get into the sciences?
DO IT! ☺ Try to get involved with research at school to make sure you like doing science, and take as much math as possible – that will give you lots of options for choosing your particular subfield of science. Please know that we need you and that you belong here – yes, there are sometimes people who will discourage you and/or be nasty, but the reward of discovering something about the Universe is so, so worth it.
To learn more about Dr. Kelly Holley-Bockelmann and her research please check out her website here.
For more information on the Fisk-to-Vanderbilt Masters-to-PhD Bridge Program, please check it out here.
She also periodically tweets under the name: GravityKelly
Don't miss this mind blowing event, for the next one doesn't occur until April 8, 2024.
Also, please look out for our upcoming Solar Eclipse fashion editorial, which will be shot in Nashville on August 21st, 2017!
Happy moon gazing!
Interview written and conducted by Kira Bucca, Editor in Chief of Jejune Magazine


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The Daily Office | March 31, 2018
Psalms 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127
Zechariah 9:9-12
1 Peter 2:11-end
Psalms 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134
Job 19:21-27
John 2:13-22
Collect: Ash Wednesday
Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing you have made, and you forgive the sins of all who are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of you, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Collect: Holy Saturday
O God, Creator of heaven and earth: Grant that, as the crucified body of your dear Son was laid in the tomb and rested on this holy Sabbath, so we may await with him the coming of the third day, and rise with him to newness of life; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
As we just celebrated Palm Sunday last weekend, it's fitting for us to think about Zechariah 9:9-12 this morning. "Behold, your king is coming to you," the prophet tells us. He is a good and righteous king, and we, like the people of Israel, are looking to him for salvation.
But also like the people of Israel, we look to be saved from the wrong things. Though God did promise to free Israel from her captors and restore her to freedom in the land God had given her, the Messiah came with a much more important goal in mind—he came to take care of the root problem. He came to free them from their ultimate captor, sin, and restore them to right relationships with God, with each other, and with the land.
We are often as shortsighted as the Israelites. We look to be saved from our most immediate enemies, our immediate situations, without realizing that this would only be symptom control. Jesus wants to give us food that "endures to eternal life" (Jn 6:27), but we would rather have candy.
And so we are confused when we see Jesus crossing city limits, "humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey." The Israelites wanted freedom from their oppressors, but they did not realize that the only way to defeat the ultimate oppressor—sin and death—was to refuse to do battle on its terms. Adam and Eve sought to take their lives into their own hands. They wanted to be like God. They wanted to be king and queen unto themselves.
But Jesus shows us that to be like God is to be humble and mounted on a donkey. Jesus shows us that destroying death could not be done with swords and chariots, but only by allowing it to have its way and then be exposed as the powerless fraud that it is. The Author of Life defeated death by dying. And we have been set free.

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School Boy Dressed As Hitler Wins Best Costume Award
An Australian school has apologized after a boy who attended a school event in costume as Adolf Hitler was named as one of the "best dressed" students.
The scandal unfolded on Wednesday at St Philip's College, a private school in the outback town of Alice Springs. The school apologized to the Jewish exchange students who were present. The principal confirmed the student asked "a respected staff member" for permission to dress up as the Nazi dictator and that she had said yes.
"In a busy school, this student did go to a respected staff member said 'is this OK?' and the staff member said 'yes'," Roger Herbert told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
"Now she is absolutely shattered that she said that, and I'm really concerned about her wellbeing."
Last month a Western Australian mother was criticised for painting her white son's skin black in tribute to his idol, Australian Rules player Nic Naitanui.
Mr Naitanui, who is of Fijian heritage, said on Twitter that he did not believe there was any intentional offence but said the boy's mother should "reflect and choose an alternate method next time".
Source: BBC News


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After finally coming out of my depression after the week end, I got around to checking out the ERC website and had a look at the final table for Pool 4. It obviously didn't register on the day, but Leicester won the pool on points difference...for feck sake!!!
No announcement yet.
Points difference...Points difference!!
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Not exactly points difference, rather tries scored.
Originally posted by wildRover
Missing the last try in Geneva cost us dear, we were so close at the end.
Correct, although we hardly deserved it on the day!
Originally posted by shepForget the points difference, what cost us was not taking the 3 points that was on offer on SATURDAY!
Correct, and that forced us not to kick that subsequent one in from of the posts. Anyway. History now, as long as POC learns from it and makes himself a better captain for it.
Just shows how close we were to endingup top of the pool and playing Stade Fat home... ahem or in England or Wales[img]smileys/wink.gif[/img] ... well I'm not sure we've really lost out to be honest[img]smileys/smile.gif[/img]
However, it is interesting to note that the call to go for the scrum rather than the penalty was not aneasy one...it was probably to put us in a position to contest the points difference matter (as we were 1 down on tries and needed a try to level the first qualification factor)... then again the points difference was not really in our favour as we only had +2 from the Welford Rd victory... moreover if they thought of it in that way then they weren't thinking about winning[img]smileys/confused.gif[/img]
All done and dusted now but it is true that the try we missed late on inGeneva cost us dearly... if you look back at that... POC came very very close but lacked an inch... when the ball came back out lePuc went for the line instead of passing out to a 3 or 4 on 1 situation with Bambi clear to theline... now this is wherethe frustration lies... we want to play expansive rugby but when it's not working we go back to basic forward stuff just when the situationis on for expansive rugby!???[img]smileys/sad.gif[/img]
We are just not there yet and IMO should not experiment in key matches such as the Leicester match where conditions just didn't make it possible to play that style in the 1st half... we need totest our ability to play an expansive gamein the ML and bring it on at times in the HCup when we're secure in terms of score... we certainly have nothing to win by going foran expansive style vs Scarlets as they are better than usat this WITHOUT A DOUBT! If we want to win we'll need to play powerful stuff up front to put them on the back foot... then we canmove to expansivestuffwhen we're in scoring distance and we've tired them out[img]smileys/razz.gif[/img]\"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars\"
Originally posted by HurlerOnDeDitchOriginally posted by wildRover
Missing the last try in Geneva cost us dear, we were so close at the end.
Correct, although we hardly deserved it on the day!
its not the first time we've failed to take bonus points in games and it cost us"Some people don't know their easy lives... I wouldn't be so ungrateful" - Fiacre Ryan - #AutismAndMe


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New Visa Requirement for Romanian Non-Electronic Passport Holders
Jade Calver
Romanian Citizens Need an Electronic Passport to Travel to Canada
As of June 5th, 2018, all Romanian citizens who wish to travel to Canada without a visa must possess an electronic passport. Previously, citizens of Romania could visit Canada for short periods of time if they had a non-electronic passport, such as a temporary passport.
Now, Romanian citizens must acquire either an electronic passport or a Temporary Resident Visa (TRV) to travel through or to Canada. The only individuals exempt from this requirement are those Romanian citizens who are lawful permanent residents of the United States. Citizens of Romania who are holders of a non-electronic passport can apply for a TRV online.
The government also mandates that Electronic Travel Authorizations (eTAs) issued to non-electronic passport holders between December 1, 2017 and June 5, 2018 are invalid. Electronic Travel Authorizations (eTAs) issued before this period remain valid.
Immigrations Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) state that this policy was created in an effort to ensure the integrity of Canada's immigration and refugee system. These new requirements help protect against exploitative behaviour in regard to the usage of electronic passports. The Canadian Government will monitor the trends following this policy change to determine its efficacy.
Temporary Resident Visa (TRV)
A TRV is a government issued document that is placed in a person's passport to demonstrate that they meet the requirements to be considered a temporary resident of Canada. Individuals can apply for a TRV online, or via a print document. Please note that the government will soon require applicants to provide biometrics with their application. As of July 31st, 2018, everyone who applies for a visitor visa, work or study permit (excluding U.S. nationals), permanent residence, or refugee asylum status will be required to submit fingerprints and photographs along with their documents.
Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA)
An eTA is a requirement for all visitors who wish to travel to Canada from a visa-exempt country. An eTA is linked (electronically) to a traveller's passport and it remains valid for up to five years, or until the passport expires. Prospective travellers can apply for an eTA online for a fee of $7 CAD. You will need your passport, a credit or debit card, and an email address in order to complete the form. Most requests for an eTA will be processed within minutes, but some can take several days. We recommend that you allow a few days for processing before you book your flight.


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Okay So i bought all the legacy of kain games on steam when they were on sale as a bundle. But found out to my dismay that the first game Soul reaver gamepad controls were absolutely horribly done. What I mean by this is that I can't actually play the game with a controller, even though its a in-game option, because my character is stuck in auto run and runs to the right. Also when I go into the menus it will only allow me to select the top or bottom option on the list. Yes I know I can play it with the pc controls but I know me and many other people on steam are upset about this because they want to play it like they did in their childhood.
Also I did take a look at the steam forums for this game. People have found a way around this. The way they found was to buy the xpadder program and then download a custom button scheme map for the game. Or to download another free controller program, but it isn't able to work to the full extent.
I went through steam to ask them to fix the problem. They told me to talk to the people who made the game, sqaure enix. Square enix told me they don't support this game anymore and to come here.
So i was wondering if anyone could point me in the correct direction to get this game's controller program fixed on steam, because I don't think it's right that I have to pay for a program to play this game on a controller?


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Photographing Sockupied
She Shoots Sock Shots
Handknitted socks: a delight to knit, a challenge to photograph.
When you envision a photo shoot, you might imagine a supermodel in a skimpy outfit standing on a remote beach or in a studio with a fan, music playing as a photographer gives prompts like, "You love the camera! Give me sassy! Give me jealous!"
Sockupied shoots are nothing like that. We have models and photographers, but our models don't make pouty faces—they crack up as we ask them to perch on one foot, bend their toes just so, and pose in strange configurations while giving the impression of effortless grace. We get to skip the hair and makeup, and the stylist can usually just shop for pants and skirts.
When I first began this job, it came as a surprise to me that there are specialists who choose the clothing, accessories, rooms, furniture, and props—everything you see in a book or magazine photo has to be chosen and positioned just so as to create a natural-seeming environment. The job of a stylist is usually to make it look like she was never there, as if the couch and ball and dog were just waiting to be in an ad for carpet cleaner.
I sometimes get funny looks when I mention hiring models for knitted socks. Can't anyone do it? Somehow a lot of otherwise normal feet take on strange forms when they're photographed up close and stared at intensely. There's also some special talent to standing in a way that looks natural. Not everyone has feet expressive enough for the job.
We photographed the Spring and Summer 2013 issues of Sockupied a few weeks ago, but we're already looking ahead to the Fall 2013 issue. Do you have a great idea for a sock design or an article that will help knitters see socks in a new way? If you do, check out our call for submissions here. Your socks could be on view next fall!


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PowerColor Radeon HD 5870 1GB PCS+ OC Video Card (Page 15)
Power Consumption Tests
Using our new PROVA Power Analyzer WM-01 or "Power Thingy" as it has become quickly known as to our readers, we are now able to find out what kind of power is being used by our test system and the associated graphics cards installed. Keep in mind; it tests the complete system (minus LCD monitor, which is plugged directly into AC wall socket).
There are a few important notes to remember though; while our maximum power is taken in 3DMark06 at the same exact point, we have seen in particular tests the power being drawn as much as 10% more. We test at the exact same stage every time; therefore tests should be very consistent and accurate.
The other thing to remember is that our test system is bare minimum - only a 7,200RPM SATA-II single hard drive is used without CD ROM or many cooling fans.
So while the system might draw 400 watts in our test system, placing it into your own PC with a number of other items, the draw is going to be higher.
Looking at power draw, there's not much at all between the two models; a little more at idle and a little less at load. Ultimately, though, it's nothing that is going to affect the decision in which power supply to buy.
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There are moments in our lives when things seem out of order because the world around us keeps changing. The world is shifting and moving, and we might feel as though we can't keep up. Families change, children grow, jobs end, finances are thrown, the world around is constantly shifting. Nothing on this earth is guaranteed to stay the same.
I remember reflecting on this during the most reason season change. The warm breeze of summer was beginning to fade, and leaves slowly were becoming another color. I wasn't quite ready for the season change. In my mind, it came too soon. The season peeking through was beautiful and promising, but I wasn't quite ready to let go of summer. I selfishly begged God for a few more sunny and warm days. I dragged my feet on pulling out the tasty smells of fall, somehow thinking I could convince myself that it would slow things down. It didn't. So much so, that I sat recently in my living room dumbfounded that snowflakes were falling. It felt fall blew in and blew out.
When seasons change or transition comes unexpectedly or sooner than expected, it can seem a bit startling and we grasp to hold on.
And isn't that our nature? Always grasping, clinging to something that will make us feel secure, safe. And when that next thing we grab-people, jobs, money, routine-whatever it may be, begins to slip out of our grasp we panic and try to regain control. And that is just every day life changes. The panic only increases when it is a big life change or an unexpected crisis that changes our world.
There are good changes and there are bad, but there are a few things that remain constant.
First, change - good or bad - brings loss. And, loss always brings grief. We set ourselves up for an anxious mind and soul and even depression if we avoid processing what change means to us. Even to those that love change, change brings loss. With even the change of weather, we feel a shift in our soul. We cannot disregard the impact of the small and big changes in our world. We need to respect the losses that they bring, and we can celebrate the wins they create. Change reminds us that we are human with limitations and a slight (or major lack) of control in the world around us. This jars our system and affects our close community as well.
I think parents realize this, right? Our children are constantly growing and changing-right before our eyes. It's beautiful to watch, but it's actually quite painful. Change can cause a regular feeling of stability and safety to all of the sudden crumble and rock us until we stumble.
It's all in God's hands in the end, is it not? I think we like to sometimes think as though we are in control. And, maybe to a certain extent, we are. If we are not careful, though, we will miss out on the adventure of love and life because we play it so safe seeking to avoid change at all cost. We can beg for routine and keeping things the same when God actually sees the bigger picture and knows that these little and big changes produce something so sacred and beautiful in us.
We can't avoid change. We can dread it, we can anticipate it, and we can even plan for it-but it will still knock us off our feet. When the ground shifts beneath us in any way, it will cause us to shift a bit. Will we recognize the pain it causes and grieve what was? Will we celebrate the wins, breathe deeply and appreciate the new moments never experienced before-the joy of adventure? I hope so, because change will produce both.
The second constant is the only thing that will keep us steadfast as we are rocking to and fro from the shifting of change. We have this promise in our God that He is firm, unchanging - always the same, yesterday, today, and forever. He is the ONE thing that will and always remain constant. God reminds us that He is the anchor for our soul. We can walk boldly and confidently in Him, because it is impossible for Him to change. He is the immovable one. When all is shifting, when we are stumbling-He remains immovable. We reach out, He grabs our hand, and He anchors our soul. He is the One that will make sure that our soul is not lost in the midst of the changing seasons. He offers us hope, a hope that keeps us secure with our head held high. He offers hope that one day all will be well. When our soul is anchored in Him, it won't quite matter how much we stumble or are rocked. Our soul and spirit remains protected. Now if we remember this one thing, we won't be afraid to grieve the change that comes, and we will find more joy and freedom to celebrate the change.
God is not absent in our changing world, in fact, He is ever loving, guiding, and holding us. And, really, because He is often the only stable thing to cling to when everything is motion-we find He does some of His best work in us. As much as I can hate change, I don't really want to ever live in the same world. I want Him to take me deeper, farther. I want His work to be greater. I long for more surrender. So, whether, in big or small changes-I will respect and acknowledge the discomfort, but I will embrace them because I know God is with me and His promises will prove to be true. And I know His work will be accomplished in me.


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The telecommunications, media, and entertainment (TME) industry – specifically in the new world of streaming video – has become highly competitive as over-the-top (OTT) providers seek to acquire new customers while locking down existing ones.
Free video service promos, flexible packages, predatory pricing, and lack of differentiation make churn inevitable. Even market leaders with less than two percent churn are exposed to losing customers and the revenue associated with their departure. Add to that the expense of replacing lost customers and it's easy to see that controlling churn is a top priority for TME players.


text: Another day where I didn't know what to wear, I slapped on a little black dress and jazzed it up with my spiked collar. Done and done. Have a wonderful weekend, I'll be checking out two tiff movies this weekend. The place beyond the pines and the reluctant fundamentalist. Super excited :) dress: zara / collar: from london / shoes: sam edelman / bag: marc by marc jacobs / watch: michael kors / bracelets: gifted, hk market, paris market, diy, stella dot, house of harlow / rings: gifted, marc by marc jacobs, house of harlow, durumi


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Many people are aware that angels exist. But did you know that there are different types of angels on The Other Side? Each phylum performs different duties and you'll want to be sure to call upon the different type of phylum depending on your exact need to define different angels.
Angels are the first phylum. Angels, specifically religious angels, radiate with the love and glory of the Holy Spirit. They appear with shining white light surrounding them.
Archangels are the second phylum of angels. They do not have individual names, my Spirit Guide Francine likes to suggest that we call all of them "Michael." Archangels are the type of angels that carry the scepter of healing. This scepter is full of water from the pond near the Hall of Wisdom. An Archangel will touch someone gently on the heart chakra and send them healing.
The Cherubim and the Seraphim
The Cherubim and the Seraphim are levels three and four, respectively, of the angel phylum chart. The animal totem for both is the canary, known for its beautiful singing. The main difference between the two is that the Cherubim have beautiful singing voices and the Seraphim have vibrational and tonal abilities.
The Powers
The Powers are the fifth phylum of angels on The Other Side. Healing is their main function. When they heal, they surround a person with their protective wings, giving off healing energy. Powers are usually large and sometimes can be enormous.
The Carrions
The Carrions are the sixth phylum of angels. Their purpose is to carry away the dark entities when they die. The Carrions only have one mission: to stand back until a dark entity is ready to pass into death. The Carrions act as protection for our world and also The Other Side. Because of The Carrions, dead dark entities don't exist on earth.
The Virtues
The Virtues are the seventh phylum of angels. The Virtues help us with our life charts, and they help us make changes to our charts when needed. The Virtues also help us with our charts and with life on The Other Side before we come to earth.
The Dominions
The Dominions are the eighth phylum of angels. They watch over our good deeds and actions and record them permanently in the Akashic record. I consider The Dominions to be some of the busiest angels. They guide by informing which Angels would be of the most assistance to us. The Dominions typically do not act on our earth plane, but perform their work where they are on our behalf.
The Thrones and the Principalities
The Thrones and the Principalities are considered the "most high" of all of the angels. They are Mother and Father God's armies. There are no other angels that are higher than them. The Thrones and Principalities are sent to us when we are in danger of any type. The Thrones are Azna's (Mother God) Army and the Principalities are Om's (Father God) Army.
These many angels are always ready to be of assistance to you!
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Dead Wrong
by O. J. Anderson
Biography and
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Jack Creed and his squad are under attack from hordes of giant beasts and are running out of ammo. But don't worry, their troubles are just beginning. They're up against the World Order: a mad scientist's combination of man and animal, with weapons on full automatic.
Peru. Ayacucho Region.
October 21
They have a pretty good idea what they're up against when they see the two winged monkeys fly by with AK-47s.
The vans accelerate and spread out automatically along the narrow dirt road as the monkeys flap around to their left flank. They begin squeezing off bursts, but the bullets only bounce off the vans' heavy armor.
"Take 'em out," Jack says over the radio.
One of the monkeys glides in front of Jack's van. Flying backwards, the monkey does a quick magazine change; slaps it, and yanks the charging handle to the rear. Switches to semi. Begins touching off rounds straight at Jack and Simmons.
Pretty good reload for a monkey, Jack thinks, nodding in approval as the rounds carom off the three-inch thick polycarbonate windshield. That's a well-trained chimp. But not well enough. Lucky opens up from the roof hatch with the Kore minigun: belt-fed 5.56, 100 rps — a real hard-on weapon for the crew.
The burping sound of the Kore fills the van as Jack watches the monkey take it center mass. Doesn't go down though; the chimera climbs and banks away. Lucky tracks it. Keeps on it with the Kore. Manages to remove a leg.
As the vans continue on. and the forest on either side of the road gives way to a grassy clearing, two green streaks shoot up into the sky. Hit the monkeys. Entangle them in green gooey blobs. They fall to the ground. Get hammered by the miniguns.
Up ahead, Jack can now see who did the shooting. Black vans on both sides of the road tucked into the treeline. It's Jake Brogan's crew.
A dozen gooey mounds litter the area. More high in the trees. Winged monkeys, rhino-goats with missile packs, six-legged viper-dogs, et cetera.
They roll up to a stop as one of Brogan's team leaders jogs out to meet them, G-9 slung across his chest. Signals for Simmons to roll down the window. He says, "We control the airspace for one square kilometer." He points across the van. "Boss is at the three o'clock. Watch out for the hedgehogs."
Jack nods.
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Jake Brogan is a big bruiser with a head shaped like an upside-down bucket. Wearing a Kevlar assault helmet with the chinstrap hanging down General Patton style. His mouth permanently positioned in a sour scowl like he was born with the taste of lemon in his mouth. Unlit cigar sticking out of it. He's a good operator with an experienced crew. But Jack has seniority.
Brogan nods as Creed approaches. "Creed."
They shake hands. From the cupola mounted on Brogan's van comes a soft whirring noise as one of his troops rotates the glue cannon securing the east side pre-operational area.
Brogan turns to the map lying on the hood of his van. Points to their current position. "One mile north up this road is a castle on a butte. It's called The Home of the World Order. A real spooky Xanadu kind of place. It's run by a creep named Balthazar. No first name, no last. Just Balthazar.
"Got a recon drone circling a thousand feet overhead. Too high for the monkeys. We get about ten minutes warning before each assault wave." He checks his watch. "Last one was fifty-seven minutes ago."
"Right." Jack pulls out a toothpick. "Patch the drone feed into my vans." One of Brogan's men comes around the van with a mug of coffee. Hands it to Jack, who nods his thanks.
Brogan says, "Heard you had a problem with crabs recently."
Shaking his head, Jack says, "No, just a bad rash was all."
Brogan looks at him funny, like he was asked to combine ruthenium and scandium to see what happens. "Hm?"
After a sip of coffee, Jack realizes what he meant. "Oh, that. Right. More big creatures. But nothing a two-thousand pound thermobaric bomb couldn't solve."
Jake nods. Says, "We've been on site for five hours. Got a call that villages in the surrounding areas have been undergoing sustained, random attacks by armed animals. Three days ago we began surveilling the area. One of my recon teams tracked them back to the castle." He points down the road toward the Home of the World Order.
Brogan continues: "Didn't take long to figure out that most of them have an armor-like hide. Burned through a lot of ammo before we uncased the glue cannons. Haven't used those in a while."
"This Balthazar clown is 93 years old. But no one has seen or heard from him in a long time. The rumor is that he's probably dead or frozen in a cryogenic life pod; that would be my guess. These rich people don't like the idea of dying much. Always trying to live forever so they can protect their dough. Whatever the case with Balthazar, someone's in there continuing his work developing these militant hybrids."
"Motivation?" Jack asks.
"Two that I can think of," Brogan says. "First is spite. People like this have more money than they can ever spend, even with an extended family full of heroin addicts. They're angry that it's going to end. They want everyone else to suffer after they're gone."
Jack completes the idea. "Right. Burn down the house before the enemy takes it. Starts sleeping in your bed. Using your razor."
"That's it. These people think they own the world. The rest of us savages are only tenants."
One of Brogan's men makes a chirping sound, signalling an assault wave en route to their position. Jake nods and tells Jack, "Let's get inside. Have your men button it up, we'll handle this one."
Once they are seated inside Brogan's command van, Jake removes his helmet and says, "Second, and the more likely, I think, is that Balthazar was probably little more than a useful idiot. A mere appendage on a much larger and uglier organism. He had the bucks — family oil — and owned a lot of real estate in strategic places that world law enforcement agencies aren't too concerned with. Lots of natural resources, cheap labor, and nobody looking over his shoulder. He was probably offered a seat at the insiders' table a long time ago. They made him a member of the club, and if he didn't already think like them, then he soon would."
Jack doesn't need to ask who they are. But it could be much more complicated than a nefarious old man with a grudge. And Creed's Laws of Combat states that if it could be more complicated than that, it usually is.
The possible parallels to Orwell's Animal Farm are obvious here, if not an outright rip-off, with a twist. Those animals may have gotten hip to the twist and taken over the farm. Killed Balthazar and all the other humans. He pictures in his mind various livestock sucking down teatfuls of hormones and reloading magazines. Could be dicey in there.
"But who knows, really," Jake says. "That's just what I've been kicking around in my head."
"Sounds about right to me, Brogan. I've got an experiment in mind too."
"Yeah? What's that?"
"I want to see what happens to a ninety-three year old frozen man when someone drops a thermite grenade on top of his life pod."
Brogan smiles, like he just figured out how to combine ruthenium and scandium, and it's really cool. "Nice."
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Copyright © 2007 by O. J. Anderson


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The Wild look to earn their sixth win in a row and sweep the home and home with the Canucks while Vancouver has their sights set on reclaiming second spot in the Pacific.
The Canucks are coming off one of their most impressive victories of the season as they blanked the Penguins by a 5-0 final on Saturday night and now they head to the road to face one of the league's hottest teams in the Minnesota Wild. Vancouver has enjoyed a rebound season that is likely to be sealed with a playoff berth but nothing is certain in the Western Conference as a ton of teams are in the mix including the Wild who have recovered nicely from a slow start to the season and a lot of that recent success has to do with the play of Devan Dubnyk. Ryan Miller will get the call in the crease for the Canucks who can pull back to a tie with the Sharks in the division with a victory but against Dubnyk the Canucks know they are facing a tough task.
The Wild have been on fire of late and can continue their push towards the postseason with another statement victory this time at home against Vancouver. Minny has won five in a row and are starting to play like the team many expected them to puck from the puck drop in October and heading into tonight they sit five points back of the Flames for the second and final wild card spot in the Conference. Minnesota is a very solid team and have beem known to play a very tough game on home ice but this is a potential revenge spot for Vancouver as they were upended by the Wild at the beginning of their winning streak and you can bet they have two points on their minds in what should be a great contest. Minny's winning ways have to end at some point and while Vancouver is getting great value on the road I just like the matchup here for the Wild in what I see being a low scoring final.


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Easy Peach Preserves Recipe
Opening a bottle of peach preserves in the dreary winter days will put a smile on your face. The bright, summery sweetness is great used as a jam for toast or bagels, but also makes a wonderful glaze for fish or chicken.
And making peach preserves is easy! You'll need a large flat bottomed pot to cook the preserves in. You'll also need a tall pot with a lid to use as a water bath canner. If you already have a pressure canner, you can use that as a water bath canner - just don't lock the lid down tightly. A candy thermometer comes in very handy when making jams and jellies, but is not strictly necessary.
You'll need 2 boxes of low sugar pectin, 6 large peaches (or 8 medium peaches, or possibly 10 medium peaches because let's be honest you'll want to eat some while you're working) chopped into small bits, a half gallon box of peach juice, sugar and flavorings to taste.
Begin by pouring your juice into a large, flat bottomed pot and setting the heat on medium. Start chopping your peaches and toss the peachy bits into the juice. I do not skin my peaches but you certainly can if you desire. Once you've got all your peach pieces in the juice, bring the heat up to high. Put a small plate in your freezer for the plate test later on, and if you have a candy thermometer put it in the pot now.
Let the juice and peach pieces come to a low boil and cook until the peach bits soften and begin to break up. This took about 30 minutes for me. I got impatient and used my immersion blender to break them up even more so they would cook faster. Once your pieces are incorporated into the juice, taste your jam and add sugar and spices as needed. I added about 3 cups of sugar to mine, as well as some vanilla extract. You could add rum, bourbon, vanilla extract, ginger, allspice, cinnamon, etc. I'm sure you can think of other things in your spice cabinet that would make a good addition - Make it yours!
Once your jam tastes "right", slowly add your boxes of pectin - stir the pectin in thoroughly - and check your candy thermometer. To set, we need the jam to get to the softball stage, or 230 degrees Fahrenheit. Keep stirring and heating until you reach this temperature, and then do the plate test. If you do not have a candy thermometer, stir your preserves while heating at a rolling boil until the preserves thicken slightly - they will drizzle off the spoon more slowly - and then do the plate test.
The plate test: Remove the small plate from the freezer and drizzle a puddle of preserves onto the plate - about the size of a quarter. Let it cool for a moment and then swipe your finger through the puddle. If the preserve puddle breaks cleanly and does not flow back together, you've cooked it enough and can begin canning it. If it does not break cleanly, keep cooking and put the plate back in the freezer to try again in a few minutes.
Once you're confident your jam will set, begin ladling jam into clean jelly jars and attaching your lids. Process jars in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes to seal. Remember that preserves may take up to 2 weeks to set in the jar, so don't panic if they seem a little liquid at first. Enjoy all winter long to give as a gift for the holidays. I put some in a jar a friend has brought me full of smoked gouda, so I labeled her jar "Never Return A Jar Empty Peach Jam".


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I was just reading the chosen epitaph of a distant relative of mine, who died a few weeks ago aged 96 – he chose "he used his time well". I like to think that my lack of sewing and posting has been down to me using my time well rather than just failing with the blog! (Last post…February…OOPS!)
I have been running around like crazy for the last couple of months. The last two weekends I have told my colleagues that I have very little on ("just a quiet one") and then realise by Sunday evening that I am actually yet to sit down and watch tv / read a book / actually rest! My weekdays are currently full of revision for yet another exam – the Investment Management Certificate (I really thought I had left the world of exams behind me 2.5 years ago when I qualified as a Chartered Surveyor…apparently not), and my weekends…well, I just came back from completing my first ever triathlon – see photo below. NEVER let me do one again – it was hell!
So how does this bring me onto sewing? Yesterday morning I decided it was time to dust off the trusty sewing machine. I had no plans for the day, aside from collecting my bike from my parent's house and then going to a dinner party in the evening. Needless to say, once I began cutting the material out, I decided that I definitely wanted to be able to wear the trousers to the dinner party…that was my challenge. I will tell you now that at 7.15pm I was finishing off the hemming, 7.30pm, I was at the dinner party…
This is honestly the easiest project I have ever undertaken and so quick – wonderful! It is the Casual Trouser pattern from the Great British Sewing Bee – Fashion with Fabric book which I have used before on this blog. I do worry about their sizing but decided to go with the pattern this time, rather than lengthening. As a result, the trousers are more ankle length as opposed to full length trousers as they show in their picture in the book. I'm happy with that, so all good – but bear in mind I am somewhere between 5ft8 and 5ft9, so look at how they fit on me and decide for yourself!
I began by tracing my pattern size from the pattern onto greaseproof paper, and then, in the usual way, folding the fabric in half (right sides together) and laying it out on my table. It is so easy to be lazy about clearing your surroundings, but it really is necessary.
I then weighed down my pieces using my coasters (perfect tools for the job!) and then traced round them. I tried chalk but it was not great, so I switched to a black felt tip. I would note here, that the book has an error in it. If I had followed the layout plan in the book rather than reading the pattern piece and using common sense, I would have cut out a waistband that is half the size and WAY too small for my fat tum!
Then I cut out the pieces out. I always find this a challenge / highly stressful, but just about managed (with a nice cup of tea, as seen in the below picture!).
The sewing itself is very basic – sewing a single line of stitches and then pressing the seams open, sew the leg pieces together.
The next stage is to interface the waistband where the buttonholes will be in order to strengthen them and then make the buttonholes. I have never made buttonholes and so was hugely apprehensive. However, there was no need to be. This is SO easy – my sewing machine instructions showed me exactly how to do it by changing the stitches, and also putting on the buttonhole foot to the machine. Then you use a quick-unpick to cut a hole in the buttonhole. SO satisfying – I now want to add buttonholes to all of my clothing…
Following this, the waistband needs to be made up into a circle and then folded in half (to make the top of the waistband) and attached to the trousers (so you have three raw edges that you are sewing together). You must ensure you leave a 10cm gap around the centre back seam as you need to feed through your elastic from here.
I tried on the trousers at this point and was slightly alarmed that they were giant! I thought that I must have lost multiple stones in weight and was now tiny. ALAS, no. They are big because then you fit the elastic. Cut the elastic to a comfortable stretch around your stomach, and then attach a safety pin to guide the elastic through the waistband. Then sew up the back gap and your trousers are so nearly done!
To neaten up the look, two channels of topstitch must be sewn over the elastic. Ensure that the elastic is stretched out when you sew these lines of topstitching. If you have weak little hands like mine then you will need to take regular breaks while doing this!
Then the exciting part – thread your drawstring through the buttonhole and out the other buttonhole, and then hem the trouser legs.
WOOHOO – completed. SO ridiculously easy that I insist you give this one a go! Summer here I come.
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Right, now off to enjoy the sunshine in my new trousers!


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Company: Amazon Web Services, Inc
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Location [city, country]: 12th Avenue South Suite, 1200 Seattle, WA 98144, USA
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Company: Google
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Location [city, country]: 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
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Company: Simplaex GmbH
Data processing activity: Programmatic yield optimization
Location [city, country]: Klosterstr. 62, D-10179 Berlin, Germany
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Company: Metamarkets Group Inc.
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Motorola at an event in Delhi launched JBL SoundBoost 2 speaker Mod, Moto TurboPower Pack battery Mod and the GamePad Mod in India. These were introduced last year along with the Moto Z2 Play announcement and are compatible with all the Moto Z series smartphones.
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The new TurboPower mod that has 15W fast charging built into it. It has a button on the back along with LED indicators. It can charge the phone up 50% in just 20 minutes says the company.
The Moto Gamepad Mod was first introduced at the MWC. It adds physical gaming controls to the phone with dual control sticks, D-pad and four action buttons for hardcore mobile gamers. It also comes with a 1035mAh built-in battery.
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"This woman comes up to me and says 'I have all these dead birds in my freezer and they're from downtown,'" said Kim Brand. "Can Audubon do something to turn the lights out?" The woman had caught Brand's attention when she began describing what kinds of birds she had on ice, the Connecticut Warbler being one that Brand was very curious about.
"That's a rare sighting in Forsyth County," Brand said. "There are only five records of Connecticut Warblers in Forsyth." Birders, like any sub-culture devoted to the passion of the cause, are meticulous in documentation.
That was in 2010 when Brand was still a board member with Forsyth Audubon, and by 2011, the local chapter was monitoring bird collisions in the downtown district. The woman that approached Brand initially had worked in New York City with Project Safe Flight, an effort very similar to Lights Out.
"Winston-Salem was the first in North Carolina," Brand said. Mecklenburg Audubon implemented Lights Out in Charlotte, and Wake County's Audubon chapter is monitoring migration and birds in Raleigh and the surrounding areas. Brand also said that Wake Audubon is pushing for Raleigh to enact some sort of legislation similar to New York state in making it mandatory for government owned and operated facilities to shutter the lights.
Since 2012 when Lights Out Winston- Salem started, Brand said that Audubon has seen about 30 percent decrease in dead birds due to light pollution.
"It's simple to collect the data," Brand said, "but that's where you focus your efforts in the beginning."
With birders collecting dead birds at random around downtown prior to the implementation of Lights Out, there was a plethora of data sitting in waiting. One of the holding centers is Wright's Birding Center located in Winston-Salem on Country Club Road.
"There has definitely been a dramatic decrease in the amount of birds collected," said Nathan Gatto, co-owner of Wright's Birding Center. "It's always nice when we don't have a ton of them [in the freezer.] I think we have 30-40 right now."
This time last year, Gatto recalled having upwards of 100 stored in his freezers.
Gatto said that there are other variables to take into consideration when looking at dead-bird collecting. For instance, nature comes first, almost always. Raccoons and cats are pretty quick to haul away a carcass, but if a volunteer happens to beat them to the find, and the specimen is in decent condition, he or she will bring them to Wright's for safekeeping until transport to the Natural Science Center in Raleigh. Gatto also organizes two monthly bird walks for Forsyth Audubon (the second Saturday and last Monday of each month) and another one for Wright's Birding Center (last Saturday of each month) where anyone can come out for free to see what our local bird population is doing during which months.
In May and June 2014, Audubon North Carolina began working on the Wood Thrush Project, which was designed to trap and tag 22 wood thrushes from the Winston-Salem area to monitor the migration.
"We put little GPS backpacks on them," Brand said," and they don't transmit, so we had to recapture them."
The project kicked off with the help of University of Maryland PhD student Callie Stanley, whose dissertation focused on the wood thrush. Together, Stanley and Brand set up mist nets – small gauge netting designed to remain invisible to the birds so that they will not avoid flying into it – to trap potential GPS birds. Once 22 were captured and tagged, they were sent off.
One year later, this past May, two of the five birds tagged at one of the locations returned to the spot. Because wood thrush are very territorial, it was a safe bet to keep the mist nets in place and simply play a bird song to attract the wood thrush. Upon capture, the data revealed that North Carolina's wood thrush population travels all the way to Belize. There are a lot of cities in the way en route to Belize.
"I liken it to moths being attracted to a porch light," Brand said. She said that on clearer nights you'll find a lot less collisions with buildings because birds can fly at higher altitudes, but when the cloud coverage is low and heavy, cities create a dome of light that birds can essentially become "trapped" in.
"You can see YouTube footage of the tribute light at One World Trade Center, the birds just fly around in those beams of light and don't know how to get out," Brand said.
Thankfully, there are Audubon volunteers monitoring this and the One World Trade is open to the idea of turning the lights off, if only briefly, for the birds to escape.
But Winston-Salem has similar issues, or, had similar issues.
Liberty Plaza was one of the buildings in the area that was providing much of the detrimental light pollution causing bird collisions. The building was lit all night by floodlights that pointed upward, which is the worst thing for migratory patterns of all types of birds.
"BB&T tower is next to it, which is nice and dark, but it's mirrored," Brand said. Liberty Plaza working with Lights Out to greatly reduced the collisions in that part of downtown.
Moving forward, Audubon North Carolina and the Forsyth County chapter would like to see other buildings in Winston- Salem follow suit. The GMAC Insurance building located on Fifth Street has been a tough one to land, mainly because it's been mired in ownership changes for the past few years. The Nissen Building, which has a rooftop pool and an old light that shines from the roof, has yet to jump on board, although it would greatly help the movement to save the birds during migration. It also saves on electricity bills and reduces the carbon footprint.
"Audubon recently released this huge birds and climate report," Brand said, "that said we could lose half our bird population by 2080 if we don't drastically reduce our carbon emissions. We can already see that impact."
"It's amazing how just because it's a foreign idea they haven't heard of… does it really make that much difference? It does," Hawkins concluded.
Hawkins also added that it's bittersweet finding specimens and being apart of data-collection and researching for something that she has loved and devoted so much time to, but there is still joy in the opportunity to rescue and help.
"There are various birds I've had the opportunity of rescuing," she said, "and last fall I rescued eight."
With binoculars by her side, and the passion to help, Hawkins and the rest of Audubon might just be the light at the end of the tunnel.
Even if that light needs to be turned off to do so. !
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Go to ForsythAudubon.org for more information on what you can do to make your community more bird friendly. Visit WrightsBirdingCenter. wordpress.com to learn more about Nathan Gatto and his bird walks. Or visit the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (naturalsciences.org) in Raleigh, North Carolina.


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Nothing could be further from the truth. The fact that this faulty argument keeps several of us stuck to this poisonous addiction is downright depressing.
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- As soon as you wake up, make yourself some organic lemon water.
- Between breakfast and lunch make sure you drink some carrot juice.
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Stars present during the grand presscon yesterday at Dolphy Theater were Zaijan Jaranilla, Mateo Gudicelli, Liza Soberano, Enrique Gil, Sofia Andres, Makisig Morales, Dimples Romana, Rayver Cruz, Ryan Eigenmann and Christian Vasquez.
This week, the battle among five yribes of Sansinukob continues after the Dakil(Christian Vasquez) tries to kill Lakas' (Enrique Gil) mother Lila (Ana Abad Santos). Lakas (taga-disyerto)has no choice but to betray Ganda- taga-patag(Liza) to conquer the farm region. Sofia Andres plays Mayari(taga-laot), Mateo Guidicelli as Lakam(taga-kalakal) leading the trading tribe and Makisig Morales as Dumakalem(taga-gubat)
Ryan Eigenmann plays Sarimaw, one of the villains, Dimples Romana as Babaylan, Rayver Cruz as Kidlat and Zaijan Jaranilla as the fan of Lakas.
Diether Ocampo who was not present returns to ABS-CBN as Apo, joining Sarimaw(Ryan Eigenmann) the villain.
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Good Morning Everyone and welcome to Dee's Thoughts. I am reminded everyday of all the hurt and pain all of us experience and face in this journey of life. Life's tests, temptations and painful experiences are challenging to say the least and non of us like to go through difficult times. When things seem to difficult to handle or to hard to face we are tempted to pull away, shut down, or just want to give up. But there is another way, a better way of looking at these things. Are we going to let them destroy us or are we going to learn from them and let our disappointments and failures work for good in our lives. Charles Swindoll addresses this in such a wonderful way.
Charles Swindoll says it like this, (Quote) ..By accepting life's tests and temptations as friends—by allowing them to enter our private world and produce the rare quality of endurance—we become people "of mature character." There is no shortcut. The idea of instant endurance is nonsense. The pain brought on by interruptions and disappointments, by loss and failure, by accidents and disease, by changes and surprises, is the long and arduous road to maturity. There is no other. One thing bumps up against another, which in turn bumps another, and during the process, endurance helps us mature. Periodically, however, we will find ourselves at a loss to know what to do or how to respond—that's when we ask for help. At those junctures, God delivers more than intelligence . . . much more than clever ideas and good ol' common sense. He dips into His well of wisdom and allows us to drink from His bucket.
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Phelan winds everyone up by attending Luke's funeral, having returned from Portugal Steph is furious to see him there. Back in the pub, Phelan hears Bethany and Gary rowing about her job and enjoys winding Gary up by suggesting they go to watch Bethany!
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According to recent study, 38% of couples prefer to have a low-key meal, as opposed to a fancy affair, so KFC have decided to trial a table service this weekend.
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Unfortunately/Fortunately, the trial will only be taking place in the UK, so you might have to take a quick flight to experience Colonel Cupid... (Bummer.) As the saying goes, it's the thought that counts I guess, but would you opt for a fast-food option this Valentines?!
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Oh. My. Gods. by Tera Lynn Childs
Release Date: May 1, 2008
Publisher: Speak
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
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When Phoebe's mom returns from Greece with a new husband and plans to move to an island in the Aegean Sea, Phoebe's well-plotted senior year becomes ancient history. Now, instead of enjoying a triumphant track season and planning for college with her best friends, Phoebe is trying to keep her head above water at the überexclusive Academy. If it isn't hard enough being the new kid in school, Phoebe's classmates are all descendants of the Greek gods! When you're running against teammates with superpowers, dealing with a stepsister from Hades, and nursing a crush on a boy who is quite literally a god, the drama takes on mythic proportions!
You can learn most of what you need to know about Oh. My. Gods. from looking at the cover (maybe it's a faux pax of me to say so, but it's true). The book is cute but bland, a fast beach read that you start and finish in one sitting then walk away. You enjoy a lingering chuckle and a few daydreams about Grecian beaches, then you move onto the next book. The protagonist, Phoebe, is a run of the mill 17-year-old girl. She has one of those adorable rambling voices that borders on the verge of annoying but manages to stay endearing throughout, and an ability to stay true to herself that is admirable.
Also admirable was her restraint in dealing with her so-impulsive-it's-not-even-cute mother. I mean, I'm sorry, but true love or no true love, getting engaged to a man you've known for a week that your daughter's never met? Upending your family on a whim? Marrying a guy whose teenage daughter you don't know? I know she's supposed to be a psychologist, but I think Phoebe's mother needs a psychologist. If she was my mother, my meltdown would have been severely more aggressive than Phoebe's was.
Fortunately, because this is fiction, everything works out more or less. Which is good, because I enjoyed the strange family dynamics in the story. It was interesting seeing these four people who essentially know nothing about one another try to build a single family unit. Each relationship was unique: mother and daughter, father and daughter, father and step-daughter, step-sister and step sister. It was fun to watch the relationship between Stella and Phoebe evolve over the course of the book. Stella may appear to be your typical mean girl, but there is depth and compassion below the snide commentary, if you're willing to drag out the shovel and dig for it.
The depictions of the high school community were nothing earth shattering. Truthfully, I was disappointed at how dutifully cultural stereotypes were played into throughout the book. Decedents of Ares, the god of war, are all jocks; decedents of Hades, the god of the underworld, are all goths, and so on and so forth. Don't fit into a clearly delineated group and you're an automatic loser outcast (even bigger than the loser outcast decedents of Hephaestus, who are stereotypical WOW players and gamers). I'm not denying that the world--high school in particular--is filled with cliques, but this seemed overblown and comical. In a school with such established groups Phoebe is the worst kind of outcast; she's the only student in the entire school who does not possess any godly blood, so basically she's toast from the moment she sets foot on campus.
And true to expectation, underdog Phoebe falls for a guy she meets on the beach, with whom she exchanges exactly 26 perfunctory words, but of course, it's love at first sight. And, of course, she shows up to school a few hours later to learn that he's Mr. Uuber Popular, complete with a completely douchey attitude and the snottiest of petite and pretty girlfriends.
It's not like the 'really hot really popular jerk love interest who turns out to have a soft side and hidden depths' is a new angle, but it was really not working here. Phoebe? Darlin? Listen to me. I don't care if this guy has a face to set sail a thousand ships type hot with abs that inspired the world's first body shots or that the two of you have the same hobby (NEWS FLASH: lots of people like to go running), he's a big jerk. Not a little jerkish with the ability to be redeemed, he's just a big flaming bag of jerk. I didn't feel any chemistry between the two of them, and even in the moments when he showed interest in her, I just wasn't willing to forgive him for being such an ass hat before.
While I can see in the book some attempts to work past stereotypes (the "everyone has hidden depths and reasons for the person that they are" angle is worked really hard here), all it manages to do is play right into the hands of those very stereotypes, not to mention it does so badly. There is so much going on in the book that there isn't enough space for any event or person to develop, therefore everything seems flat. Maybe I wouldn't have hated Griffin (the love interest) if we could have gotten to know him better, but in the limited time we spent with him he seemed like nothing more than a shallow, image-conscious jerk. His "sudden reformation" felt either completely faked or completely unrealistic, and I thought so much less of Pheobe for liking him. I give Oh. My. Gods. 2 out of 5 Stars. There were definitely parts of the novel that made me laugh and smile, but I felt they were largely overwhelmed by the lack of depth and focus of the story.


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Holladay, William L. The Psalms Through Three Thousand Years: Prayerbook of a Cloud of Witnesses. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1993.
Douglas, Mary. Purity and Danger: An Analysis of the Concepts of Pollution and Taboo. New York: Praeger, 1966.
Painter, John. The Quest for the Messiah: The History, Literature, and Theology of the Johannine Community. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1991, esp. pp. 224-35, 244-49.
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If it feels like the the Sony Xperia Z5 just released, that's because it actually just released. That isn't stopping the Sony or the rumor mill from going to work on the next iteration. Yesterday Phone Arena dug up some information via AnTuTu's Weibo page that appears to show some Xperia Z6 specs and a total of 5 different models. The Z5 series comes in three variants-the Z5 Compact, Z5, and Z5 Premium. The main flagship device has featured a 5.2″ screen for the past few years, and these leaks show that Sony plans to keep with this size for the Z6. In addition to another compact device of 4.6″, there will be a smaller Z6 Mini with a 4″ screen size. On the opposite end of the spectrum there appears to be a Z6+ and Z6 Ultra with screen sizes of 5.8″ and 6.4″ respectively. The Z6 Ultra is presumably the successor to the original Z Ultra that phablet fans have been eagerly anticipating.
All of the phones, excepting the Z6 Mini, will run the Snapdragon 820 and Adreno 530 GPU. The Mini will feature a octa-core Snapdragon 610 and Snapdragon 510 GPU. There is also some indication that the Z6 series will feature a force-touch feature similar to that on the iPhone 6S and 6S+ from Apple. Sony has a press event at 5 PM on January 5,2016 for CES, but it seems very early to already replace the Z5 series, even given Sony's accelerated launch schedule. Keep it locked to HOA News as we continue bringing you updates on these devices!
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They shouldn't call it the Z5 mini. I always liked Sony's approach not to combine the mini name with the flagship name for a mid-end phone. Just five it a mid-end name. The M-series look similar as well, so just make it into an M-series.
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Thank goodness the market was open for only four days this week.
The Dow took an extreme beating, ending the week down over 4% at 10155 points. NASDAQ: Not much better. Down 3.6% for the week with the S&P down 3.75%. Commodities suffered the same fate as equities. Down, down, and down. Oil: Down 2.4% to $74.27 a barrel. Gold: Down 1% to $1092/ounce. Silver: Down 3% to $17/ounce. It's tough to be a bull today.