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Proverbs 2: 1-3, 5
"My son, if you receive my words
and treasure up my commandments with you,
making your ear attentive to wisdom
and inclining your heart to understanding;
yes, if you call out for insight
and raise your voice for understanding…
then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God."
- Wisdom is portrayed in Proverbs as a mother who nurtures the listener into a place of belonging and purpose. "My son," the author says, addressing the reader in a caring way.
- The listener "treasures" each commandment; alluding to the nature of wisdom: it is meant to be saved, not immediately spent on anyone nor every single situation. It is not situational ethics at work here, rather it is a place that the listener can begin to properly live from.
- The reader makes her ear attentive because wisdom, the woman, calls out in the streets for those who are willing to listen. Also, it takes time to hear what wisdom is saying in order to live according to Righteousness.
- We hear wisdom speak, and our response is to speak back: "yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding…"
- Verse 5 says the first treasure of wisdom that one gains in listening is "the fear of the Lord," which is the beginning; the bedrock, the starting point of living the good life. It is the first treasure to be kept safe as the knowledge of our fragility, and God's holiness, sneaks up on us. The second is like it: the knowledge of God. It is not "head" knowledge, like the knowledge of scientific facts. It is the knowing of intimacy.
Some one of us know of a time when we experienced the voice of God. And somehow, however we "heard" that voice, we were challenged, moved, or transformed. But how many of us take another sip of coffee, put the cup down slowly, and complain that God has not spoken to us recently? We revel in the past experience, but remain filled with anxiety in the present. At the end of the day, if we're honest, we want to hear God speak into the depth of our soul again.
We all long to return but we don't know the way back anymore.
Here is something to consider: What was the last thing God told you? Perhaps God is waiting on you, when you think you're waiting on Him.
Christian truth is strange. It requires faith, which then produces action, and then somehow releases understanding. "You'll know it is true," the Spirit seems to say to us, "only once you act upon it." We are invited to act first, and understand second.
The church fathers had a saying that many of us are familiar with: "Faith seeking understanding."
Even though it seems illogical to others, followers of Jesus begin with faith because we have a different worldview: a new world is bursting forth in the midst of this world. This new world is called the "Kingdom of God." In Jesus, we are delivered from the way of evil (v. 12) in order to traffic in the way of life, no longer knowing paths of injustice (v. 15), remembering the covenant we have made with God (v. 17). And if we seek the good, we will inhabit the land (calling, vision, destiny) God has given to us (v. 21).
Lord, I remember what your voice sounded like. Help me to remember again. Teach me your path of Justice, again. Remind me of the last thing you told me, and how I may be obedient once again. Shape my heart in such a way that I focus on what you're saying more than what I'm saying. And teach me to know the difference. In the name of Jesus I pray. Amen.
- Jon Beadle


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Kevin Soviak grew up cherishing time spent outside and especially at nearby Shakamak State Park in Indiana. His appreciation for public lands led him to Estes Park, where after 20 years of working for Rocky Mountain National Park, Soviak is moving on to become Shenandoah National Park Deputy Superintendent.
"I always had a love for public lands, I grew up near a state park that I spent a lot of time in and worked for in high school and college," Soviak said.
After running a computer network for a company, Soviak realized that job was not for him and was encouraged by his friends to work trails at Rocky Mountain National Park in 1998.
"I did the computer network thing for six months and realized that wasn't something I had any passion for," Soviak said. "I called Steve Griswold, who was the trails foreman at the time, every other day for two or three weeks straight, and he finally called me and offered me a job."
Soviak started as a WG-03 laborer on trails, and the first year left him with a lasting impression of not only the beauty of Rocky Mountain National Park, but also the people he was able to work trails with that first summer.
"The first year, I just could not believe where I was living, and being outside and working was something I really wanted, and the crew was amazing, I immediately had some really good friends and the crew was pretty tight, I couldn't imagine working anywhere else after that first season," Soviak said.
Soviak continued working his way up to become a field crew leader, supervisor and then trails foreman. In that time, Soviak also earned a master's degree. However, his impact expanded beyond Rocky. Many in Estes Park know Soviak through his 12 years as the Estes Park High School Track and Field Coach. Soviak was a member of the track and field team at Indiana State University and was able to share his expertise and coach both the girls and boys teams for Estes Park along with his busy schedule at Rocky Mountain National Park.
While the natural beauty of Estes Park will be a lasting memory for Soviak, it is the relationships he has built though his time with Rocky and a coach that he will remember most.
"It is extremely sad to be leaving, the track team, they dedicated so much time to this program, it means a lot to me," Soviak said. "The trail crew is a huge part of my life and it is sad to leave it behind. The park is so special to me and all the working relationships developed over the years with other program supervisors and workers here and just the Estes community in general, this is home, I have been here for 20 years, this is home to me and it is sad to leave it all behind but hopefully I will be back someday."
Soviak is excited for his new opportunity at Shenandoah National Park. There he will oversee much of the operations at the park, but Soviak does not discount a return someday to Estes Park.
"The people here are great, the community is great, that is the biggest thing I am going to miss," Soviak said.

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All right, folks-Feline February has begun!
I am accepting photos of people's cats on my Facebook page. Every day, I number the photos I've received then choose one using a random number generator. Then I paint that cat.
Day 1-Chartreuse
Ellie and Peanut
Peanut was born with polydactylism, which is an anomaly which causes cats (and other animals or people) to be born with more than the usual number of fingers or toes. Extra toe beans to love! I made the pattern a stylized cat paw with 6 radiating toe pads and a dot below for the dew claw.
This year, the creator of Month of Color, Este MacLeod, grouped our colors in threes. The first three colors are chartreuse, Heather, and Kingfisher. Or in simpler terms, bright yellow green, dusty purple, and vivid blue green. We can paint one color within a painting a day or mix them all together. I'm going to mix the first three together in the first three paintings. This is actually a digital painting done in Procreate on my iPad.
Day 2- Heather
Today's special cat is Amy. Her owner is a Sewing Wizard, so I like to imagine Amy embroidering bluebirds.
Day 3-Kingfisher
My friend AnnaBeth has a barn cat who is very talkative.
Day 4-Marshmallow (dusty pink)
Meet Blueberry, of House Kinyak.
Day 5-Sap Green
Loving means squeezing.
This cat lives with Gwen, former veterinarian and all-around-fascinating person. Life doesn't get much better for a cat than livin' the high life at Gwen's place.
Day 6-Hot Pink
My friend's cat died last night, so I chose to do a portrait of him instead of drawing a name today.
Mimi (it's a boy) lived to be 18 and died peacefully in his sleep.


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TORONTO – The Canadian government and aid agencies were setting the wheels in motion Sunday to come to the aid of Caribbean islands who suffered damage by hurricane Irma.
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan tweeted Sunday evening that a team was being sent to determine how Canada can provide humanitarian assistance to the region.
Among the tools that the government can use is its Disaster Assistance Response Team, made up of members of the military and civilians from Global Affairs Canada. The DART can go to anywhere in the world on short notice to provide humanitarian assistance.
Meantime a Toronto-based aid organization said it sent four people to storm-battered St. Maarten to deliver supplies to those affected by Irma.
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About Us
Barely Methodical Troupe
Olivier de Sagazan
9 - 12 Jan
The Platform Theatre
Central Saint Martins UAL
London Premiere
Wed 9 - Sat 12 Jan
Wed - Fri 7.30pm, Sat 5pm
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Age Guidance: 5+
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Britain's hottest young acrobatic group opens LIMF 2019 in gravity-defying style.
Four outrageously talented performers push against the edges of reality, stretching, challenging and testing the limits of collective physical endeavour. Watch them tumble, fly and spin in a new show that rolls out power based acrobatics, B-boying and Cyr wheel, all seasoned with the company's trademark thoughtfulness and humour.
BMT scored a huge hit with its debut show
(LIMF 2015) enjoying a three-week run in New York and worldwide success. Follow up show
is touring internationally in 2019, and
, commissioned by the 2018 Norwich and Norfolk Festival, looks set to repeat the winning formula.
"A crowd-pleasing, high-quality blend of acrobatics and dance... Individually they're strong. Together, they're terrific." Donald Hutera The Times 10 January. Read the full review >
"Spaniard Elihu Vazquez is an incredible international award-winning break dancer who is also a model, teacher and a championship judge." Read the interview with Elihu Vazquez >
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"Artistry that goes beyond thrills and spills"
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"Daring, beautiful, breathtaking"
"A piece of theatrical circus that bursts with curiosity and energy, experimenting with joyful abandon"
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Barely Methodical Troupe
Presented in partnership
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Original concept: Melissa Ellberger
Directed and Devised:
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Cast: Louis Gift, Esmeralda Nikolajeff, Elihu Vazquez, Charlie Wheeller
Producer: Di Robson
Designer: Lucy Sierra
Lighting Designer: Elliot Griggs
Production Manager: Ian Moore
Costume Supervisor: Helen Johnson
Photography: Chris Nash, Gregory Batardon
Video: Fionn Guilfoyle
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co-produced by Norfolk & Norwich Festival and DREAM;
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On Saturday, September 10, 2016, Mu Kappa Omega members volunteered in the Fraud Watch Shred Event. The event was hosted by AARP and held at Brentwood Baptist Church located at 13033 Landmark, Houston, TX.
AARP representatives and Mu Kappa Omega members assisted community members with shredding their personal documents and disposing of electronic goods. Mu Kappa Omega was an official sponsor of the event with AARP and Brentwood Community Foundation. Members assisted community members and shredded approximately 10,000 pounds of paper!


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We know Donald 'Cowboy' Cerrone is not shy to speak his mind. He's a great example of a company man -saving more than one card and always being willing to step in on short notice. Cerrone believes UFC fighters need a union and so he will happily be the face of the cause.
"I'll gladly put my head on the chopping block and say I'll be the front face of this mother f*cker. I've paved my way, man, so I've earned the right to sit here and speak. I think there's a lot of people that are scared and not willing to step up and do it. Therefore, it's gonna take a couple of us and we need to do it."
The WME-IMG bought the UFC for a whopping $4 billion a few months ago. This may have pushed the union ideas because people started doing the math. According to most calculations, the fighters only receive around 15% of the UFC's revenue. Additionally, fighters don't have things like full-scale health coverage and a retirement fund.
"I'll be the guy, I'm not scared. All I'm saying is we need a fighters union 1,000, million percent, especially with the new owners coming in and I think now is the time. We have no direction, we have no one to stand up for the fighters' rights. If something bad were to happen, no one backs him and it's just him alone, as a result, it's easy to wash it out. We need people to stand up and fight for it."
Existing Union
The Professional Fighters Association (PFA) is currently the most prominent group attempting to organize fighters. The PFA is looking to name a nine-member executive board of fighters. Cerrone says he scheduled calls for after his fight against Gastelum.
"I am not afraid, I am not scared to put my neck on the line."


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GOOGLE was created in a garage by two students and less than two decades later is now the world's most popular search engine and one of the most powerful companies on the planet.
The search engine's founders are celebrating its 19th birthday with a series of surprises for users. Here's all the info.
How is Google celebrating its 19th birthday?
Search engine Google is celebrating its 19th birthday on September 27.
In 1997 Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, met at Stanford University and decided to come up with a system to organise the world's information.
Setting up office in a garage they got to work.
The search engine is now has 4.5billion users in 160 countries.
Its birthday will be celebrated with a fun search spinner Google Doodle that will link to 19 surprises the search engine has launched over the years - as well as the new snake game.
How can you play the Google snake game?
As part of its birthday celebrations the search engine is launching a version of the classic game snake.
The game will be available through its birthday surprise spinner.
The spinner will be shown as a Google Doodle on the search engine's homepage.
What is a Google Doodle?
In 1998, the search engine founders Larry and Sergey drew a stick figure behind the second 'o' of Google as a message to that they were out of office at the Burning Man festival and with that, Google Doodles were born.
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The company decided that they should decorate the logo to mark cultural moments and it soon became clear that users really enjoyed the change to the Google homepage.
In that same year, a turkey was added to Thanksgiving and two pumpkins appeared as the 'o's for Halloween the following year.
Now, there is a full team of doodlers, illustrators, graphic designers, animators and classically trained artists who help create what you see on those days.
This week a Google Doodle also celebrated the 2017 Autumn Equinox, which marked the official ending of summer and the coming of autumn.


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I don't own Narnia or the Pevensies. Birthday gift from me to you, fandom - I'm sixteen today.
Let there be light.
Lucy was born on the darkest day of the year.
At home, her brothers and sisters thought nothing could save Christmas. Mother was gone. Father was distracted. The decorations weren't finished. And it wasn't fair.
Edmund, the baby, knew only that suddenly the attention wasn't on him. He stood precariously on his wobbly legs, one plump arm stretched up towards the candy canes that hung on the half-ornamented tree. It helped with the pain of his teething. But Peter wasn't there this time to get one down for him, and Father was still staring at the telephone anxiously. Susan wouldn't help him anyway – "Mother says we shouldn't."
Susan, for her part, had shut herself in her room in protest. Certainly no one had asked her if she wanted a new brother or sister. Having two brothers was bad enough. If it was a boy, she would never come out, not ever, not until they broke down the door and found her body after she'd starved to death. If it was a girl, well, she would still do it, because who wants a baby sister to tag along and ruin everything? Christmas was spoiled. And it was all because of some stupid little baby.
Peter was despairing. Christmas was important. Christmas was when everyone smiled and played games together, when he could get new toy soldiers to replace the ones he'd broken, when he could eat as many sweets as he wanted and no one would say a thing. Christmas wasn't supposed to be like this, not with Father's face so tight and Mother at the hospital – the hospital was where people went to die, why was she there? – and his family scattered to all corners of the house. Where were the carols, the candies, the candles? Still packed in their boxes, no doubt. Peter hugged his knees and sat on his bed in his dark room, despondent.
But when the phone call came, even Susan opened her door and poked her head out to timidly ask her older brother what the news was.
"Shh," said Peter, practically hanging over the railing in an attempt to listen to the downstairs conversation. "I'm listening."
"Well, listen faster," Susan said with a frown.
A minute later, Peter whispered hastily that Father had hung up, and that he seemed very agitated. Susan left her room and shut the door behind her, hurrying to join Peter at the top of the stairs (though he watched above the railing and she from beneath it).
"Peter!" Father called excitedly. "Peter, come downstairs, won't you?" Mr. Pevensie hurried into the living room, nearly tripping over Edmund, who he quickly swooped up into his arms with an apology. Peter did as he was asked and hurried down the stairs, jumping the last one just because he could.
"Is Mother all right?" Peter asked.
"Yes, yes, your mother's fine," Frank said, flashing a smile. He bounced Edmund a little in his arms. "She's just fine, just fine, I'm going to go pick her up from the hospital now. Mrs. Doyle will be here in just a moment, as soon as she can. You can watch your brother and sister for just a moment, can't you, Peter?"
Peter nodded, holding out his arms, and a moment later a scowling Edmund was deposited in them. His father tousled his hair, seeming antsy to get out the door.
"That's my boy," he said with a grin. Then he was swinging his coat around his shoulders, blowing a kiss to his daughter at the top of the stairs, and out the door into the swirling white of the winter afternoon.
"Here, Ed," Peter said, carrying him over to the Christmas tree. He knew Edmund liked to eat the candy canes, so he put his baby brother down on the rug and unhooked one from where it hung on the tree and unwrapped it. The glower almost disappeared from the baby's face as he grasped it with an already sticky hand and wrapped his lips around it. Susan descended the stairs clumsily, clinging to the railing.
Mrs. Doyle arrived only a few minutes later, their neighbor, a kindly old widow. And the three of them played quietly (if somewhat dejectedly – both parents had deserted them) for the next hour, until Peter spotted the black of a cab amidst the white of the snow and insisted on going out to meet his parents.
The smile on the face of his new baby sister could have melted every snowflake in England.
He carried her proudly into the house, followed by his parents, his mother worn but smiling warmly as her husband led her into the living room. Susan, vaguely interested, peered over Peter's arms and her face immediately softened. She was already planning the first outfit she would dress her up in. Edmund didn't even notice, what with his candy cane, but he liked that everyone was smiling suddenly, and that his parents were back, even if they weren't paying attention to him. It just felt right.
"That's Lucy," Frank said proudly. "Named for your grandmother."
Mrs. Doyle came back in, a box in her arms from where she'd spotted it by the basement steps. She smiled, attracting only Edmund's attention as she quietly moved around the room, placing candles in their holders (the others were too distracted with the new baby). At least, she pulled a match from her apron pocket and struck it on the brick fireplace, lighting them one by one until the room glowed with soft candlelight.
Suddenly, Edmund didn't mind that no one was fussing over him. Susan thought she could live with the situation anyway. And Peter noticed the way the Christmas tree smelled like pine and the candlelight made everything right, and little Lucy – well, Lucy had made it Christmas.
"Look at her," Frank said, happier than Peter had seen him since Edmund had been born. He leaned over his daughter, his stubbled smile full of tender warmth and affection. Peter still held his baby sister, and now he offered her his finger, which she grasped in tiny, pink, fragile hands, gurgling. Frank beamed. "Look how her face just lights up."
Those walking in darkness have seen it.
Lucy did what was right, not what was expected.
At school, Paul was always picking on the other children. Sometimes it was just teasing – he made fun of Mary for her red hair, of George for his crooked teeth, of Martha for not having a father. Other times, it was bullying. He never seemed to have his own lunch, so he'd intimidate the other children into giving him bits and pieces of theirs. He picked on everybody, every day. Nobody wanted to tell the teacher; they were afraid of what he would do. And besides, in the second grade, you don't tattle. Only first-graders tattle.
Lucy was occasionally bullied; she put up with it like everybody else, for the same reason, for a while. But soon she began to wonder why Paul would do something like that. She didn't want to make other people feel bad. Why did he? Maybe, thought Lucy one Tuesday in February, he doesn't want to make other people feel bad, he only wants to make himself feel good, and just doesn't know how.
On Wednesday, she offered him half her sandwich before lunch even began. He was surprised, to be sure, but he took it, and ate it in a rush. He didn't say thank you, but he didn't take anything from anyone else, either. She tried it again on Thursday. He mumbled something that might have been an expression of gratitude. Lucy ate the other half by herself, sitting on the steps outside even though it was quite cold. She didn't mind.
On Friday, he was waiting outside the classroom for her. Though her mother was wondering why she was so hungry at supper every evening, she unlatched her lunch pail and handed over the expected half. This time, he didn't eat it so fast. He held it in both his hands, then trotted after her in the hallway towards the lunchroom; she blinked but wasn't bothered by it, so she let it continue. Upon reaching the lunchroom, he timidly sat down across from her at the table. The other children moved away.
"Hello," Lucy said pleasantly. She laid out the rest of her lunch: the other half sandwich, an apple and a small thermos of milk. Because she had no healthful way to share any of the other things, she didn't offer. Besides, she had already given him part of her sandwich.
"Hullo," he mumbled back. He took a bite of the sandwich and chewed slowly, as if trying to make it last. She searched for something else to say, but couldn't find anything. Like everyone else, she knew very
little about Paul aside from the fact that he was someone to be afraid of.
The rest of lunch passed in silence, and Lucy carefully tucked her thermos back into her lunch pail and closed the clasps. Paul, who'd been done five minutes but had remained at the table peacefully, licking his fingers and examining his own shoes, rose as she rose, and followed her back to class. Again, she chose not to acknowledge this, but did nothing to discourage it either. And for the rest of the day, Paul sat still in class, said very little to anyone, and was generally polite to the teacher.
Lucy's mother eventually packed her two sandwiches, thinking her youngest daughter must be going through a growth spurt of some sort, to be so hungry all the time. Though Lucy knew her family was not quite as well-off as some of the others, she did not trouble her mother with the truth, and offered her weekly candy money towards whatever extra cost there was. Though Helen told her to keep it, Lucy found ways of sneaking it the family coin jar.
Weeks passed. The other children didn't move away when Lucy and Paul sat down, anymore. Paul hadn't been called to the head of school's office for quite some time. The teacher commented on the way his work was improving. Secretly, Lucy was proud of this, though of course it was not her work that was improving, but she'd always thought of others' successes and failures as her own, especially when she knew them rather well.
Not that she knew Paul very well, but she understood much more about him when one day she took the sandwich out of her lunch pail and he mumbled a refusal, instead pulling out his own wax-paper-wrapped sandwich, a messy creation of bread and mustard and beef, and saying quietly,
"Me dad got a job."
Lucy only packed one sandwich now. Her mother said the growth spurt must be over, and remarked it was funny that she'd shown so little change in height.
Lucy knew better. She'd grown, just not on the outside.
The light of the world.
Everyone knew Lucy was going to go places.
They just didn't expect those places to be inside wardrobes, or the people she met to have hooves.
It was a Wednesday when they evacuated. Their mother said they were going to a safer place, where they would make a new life for a while; Lucy thought that sounded exciting, though she was less enthusiastic when she found out that Mum wouldn't be coming with them. Edmund said he didn't want to make a new life. Peter told him to buck up. Susan told them both to stop bickering.
Mrs. Macready was intimidating until Edmund imitated her (then she was just funny). The wardrobe was an adventure until the snow crunched threateningly (well, then it was still an adventure, but it was scary also). Mr. Tumnus was a curiosity until he invited her for tea (how very normal, thought Lucy fondly), and Professor Kirke was a mystery until Lucy's face was buried in his scratchy dressing gown and he was comforting her like Peter would have, if Peter had loved her at all (if he did, he would have believed her about Narnia).
When the real adventure started, Lucy was excited. She showed them the lamp post, and brought them through the snow towards Mr. Tumnus' cave, and was oh-so-eager to let them see everything inside, but the door was broken and the furniture in shards, and her friend was gone with a burnt parchment in his place. It never crossed her mind to leave him – when Susan suggested it, she was shocked. Obviously the only choice was to rescue Mr. Tumnus; what kind of cold-hearted person could ever think otherwise?
The rest was a blur, a whirlwind of excitement and horror and majesty – at the sight of the Lion, something stirred inside Lucy, something unnamable; it was rather like she'd discovered something inside of herself, something that had always been there but had never been recognized. It felt warm, and magical. It was like nothing she'd ever felt before, and nothing she would ever feel again. It felt like home.
The crown on her head felt a little strange at first, but Mr. Tumnus explained that just because she was a queen didn't mean they couldn't be friends – in Narnia, the monarchy had always been quite close to the people, and though they had extra duties and privileges, queens weren't expected to be much different from the rest of the population.
Of course, Lucy was anyway. If Susan was the "silver moon of the heavens of Narnia," as some of her more ridiculous suitors claimed, Lucy was the sun, giving warmth and light to all her beautiful country. Where her sister was ivory-skinned and prettily delicate, Lucy's long hours in the gardens and the forests and the fields and among her people left her sun-browned and radiant, her cheeks permanently dimpled with a smile that made hearts swell with pride and admiration. More than once, her ladies-in-waiting had had to scrub the dirt from beneath her fingernails or pull rose thorns from her hair, for Lucy was never afraid of getting her clothes mussed or her face dirtied; she was the very picture of unabashed diligence.
One hot summer night saw the youngest queen out upon the beach, calloused, bare feet kicking up the sand as she danced arm in arm with whoever asked, a goblet of sparkling grape juice in one hand and a rosy smile on her face. At a distance, her sister and brothers sat watching her with fond thoughtfulness, until Peter rose and bowed to her, extending his hand for a dance. It was well near midnight.
She whirled in his arms, the two of them laughing and stumbling on the fine sand as the music played on and the satyrs and fauns and dryads and all manner of Talking Beast reveled in the gloriousness of the night. The sea, glittering in the yellow moonlight, lolled along with a steady beat, spraying the feet of the young ones who danced in and out of the surf with shrieks of delight.
"To Aslan!" one (rather drunk) faun called out, thrusting his goblet into the air lustily. The toast was echoed all around, and all drank deeply, crying out thanks to the Lion for the promising harvest and the beauty and friendship with which they had all been blessed. As Peter kissed his sister's cheek and disappeared back into the throng, she was swept up into another dance, ever popular as the people's valiant championess. She had healed their youngest king with her cordial, had healed their lands with her hard work, had healed their hearts with her unconditional love and care.
Drunk with the joy of the celebration, Lucy thought she'd never been happier in all her sixteen years.
They stumble in the darkness, searching for the light.
Lucy was killed on the darkest day of the year.
Peter tried to take the arrow in her stead – he saw the bowman upon the castle wall, saw the slain guards, saw his sister in the snowy garden below, out for an early morning walk, as she liked to do on her birthday every year, but neither his shout nor his frantic charge was fast enough to stop the shaft that stole the life from her body.
No one understood why.
No one ever understood what could drive a person to hurt Lucy – Lucy, who had never once spoken harshly without cause, who had never once asked for any special treatment, who had never once put her nose in the air and said that it wasn't work for a queen. Perhaps her assassin never knew either. He took his own life only moments after.
Edmund was the first to find them, to roughly push his way through the thick, panicked crowd of servants and courtiers and force his way out into the garden. Across his vision rushed only two colors: the blinding white of the glaring snow, and the rich red of his baby sister's life as it dripped over his brother's hands and onto the ground.
Peter knew she was dead. If there had been any chance of her survival, he would have administered the cordial that rested, as ever, upon her hip, but when she had crumpled to the ground with wood in her chest and iron in her heart, he had known in a heartbeat that she was gone. Lucy was gone. She would never come back. His Lucy, his sister, his light was gone, and he couldn't even find the strength to cry, only the cowardice to hate himself for failing to prevent it, only the impulse to crush her cooling body to his chest and try to hold on until the nightmare ended.
Susan, gentle Susan, stood on the balcony above her siblings, breath misting in the cold air, body numb. When she slid to the stone, unconscious, no one was there to catch her.
They never spoke of it. They never spoke of the way she had looked, so peaceful, as she nestled in Peter's arms and he waded into the grotto until the water reached his hips. They never spoke of the unspeakable grief that echoed in the merpeople's song as he lowered her body into the still pool, arms shaking not with the effort of holding her, but with the effort of reining in his devastating grief. They never spoke of her sinking, of her golden hair drifting about her face as she was sent to rest in her domain, the Eastern Sea, to forever be a part of it. They couldn't speak of it.
Without Lucy, Narnia grew dark again. Edmund locked himself in his chambers and would not emerge for days, forgetting to eat, forgetting sometimes even to sleep. Susan drifted in and out of reality, wandering about the bustling, empty castle as if in a trance, her eyes vacant and her steps faltering. Peter would stand on the ramparts for hours, keeping watch over the eastern wall as if he expected at any moment to see his sister rise from the waves. When it grew dark again, he would turn his back and descend into the garden, into his memories. All were lost.
Gradually, silence and shadows crept into Narnia. Through the rest of the winter, the birds fell silent, the festivities ceased, and Father Christmas came with an empty sleigh and a banner of black to hang in the Great Hall. Even Aslan's name rang hollowly. His people were losing faith.
But the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness will not overcome it.
In a pitch-dark room, it doesn't matter where a person looks; he will never see anything but blackness.
But if, in a pitch-dark room, even the tiniest pinprick of light appears, every eye is instantly drawn to it. It does not matter that the darkness outweighs the light a thousand to one. Light has the power to banish darkness, but darkness by itself will never conquer light.
Lucy was never one to let a little something like death stand in her way.
Susan thought maybe the first day of spring would bring her some relief from her consuming loneliness. But her younger sister had never been so patient, so it was on the last day of winter that the garden chose to thrust its first little green shoot out of the soil and through the snow. The flower that bloomed later in the day wasn't beautiful in the way that some others were; some of its petals were a little irregular, and the color wasn't quite consistent throughout, but in a world of white, the green of its stem and the orange of its blossom seemed somehow more remarkable than the most beautifully arranged bouquet.
At the sight of the flower, something stirred inside Susan, something unnamable; it was rather like she'd discovered something inside of herself, something that had always been there but had never been recognized. It felt warm, and magical. It was like nothing she'd ever felt before, and nothing she would ever feel again. It felt like the warm press of her sisters hand in her own. It felt like comfort, like relief, like Aslan, like Lucy.
Edmund was on his knees in his bedchamber, repeating for the hundredth time a prayer for mercy. He was fast approaching his twentieth year, and yet after his sister's death he had found himself plunging again into child-born guilt and self-hatred, the things which she'd helped him purge himself of many years before. After weeks and weeks of unanswered prayer, it had simply become a habit, a meaningless series of words he spoke so he could pretend he still had hope.
The door flew open; his older sister flew in. Without a word she pulled him to his balcony, pointing into the garden below – like light in the darkness, the colors of the flower made the vast colorlessness of the world seem insignificant. And Edmund, in an instant, understood. They would have gone to find Peter if at that moment, he hadn't slipped out of the castle and into that very garden, his cloak wrapped around his hunched shoulders and his eyes downcast until they happened upon the little flower, and the golden paw beside it.
Lumen aeternam.
There is no darkest day anymore.
Lucy sits with her brothers in the summer fields of the new Narnia, comfortably sandwiched between them. Neither will let her out of their sight. Susan, ever-faithful, watches over the three of them with a smile on her face. She laughs softly when Lucy attempts to get up and Edmund drags her back down, glaring as if she is the one who has done something wrong.
"Oh, it's not like you'll have a shortage of time with me," Lucy complains good-naturedly. "We are staying here forever, you know."
"I'm making up for lost time," says Edmund. "Stay here twenty years, then I'll let you up."
Lucy sighs dramatically and lies back in the green grass, her blue eyes twinkling merrily. "If you insist," she says. Peter lies down beside her.
"We do," he says with a soft smile, flicking her nose lightly as brothers are wont to do.
"Oh, let her alone," Susan laughs. She gets up and moves over to them, placing the daisy chain she's just finished atop Lucy's head, and gets a hug in exchange. She makes to move away again, but Peter sneakily grabs her ankle and pulls in such a way that she falls in a most unqueenly heap onto the grassy hill, a small noise of lost dignity escaping her lips before she rounds on him with a playful fury.
As the siblings laugh and bicker and eventually fall asleep against one another, bathed in sunshine, a Lion watches from across the valley. His eyes glitter green and gold. Then he turns, his tail swishing in the tall, beautiful grass, and he leaves them to their happiness, to be forever – forever - in the warmest, most powerful kind of light – the light of love.


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Quality Over Quantity: Worldpay talks the future of mobile apps at TRANSACT 16
We recently took our annual trip to TRANSACT 16, the premier payments technology event hosted by the Electronic Transactions Association, a top payments industry trade group.
More than 4,000 attendees from tech startup founders to payments executives were present to make new connections, introduce emerging technologies and gain insight from leaders in the industry, including three Worldpay US executives who spoke at the event.
- President of Small Business Steve Karp highlighted how merchants can leverage the latest payments technologies to create a better in-store user experience on a panel titled "Redefining the Mobile In-Store Experience." Intuitive mobile app features such as clean design, geolocation features and in-app checkout were outlined as the most important for companies to strengthen the in-store experience and boost sales. As leaders in modern money, Worldpay has seen these features benefit multiple FinTech startups in our ATDC FinTech Program at Georgia Tech's Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) incubator.
- Vice President of Sales Operations Jennifer Hand spoke on a panel titled "You've Closed the Deal, Now What?" that focused on merger integrations in acquiring and best practices in merger integration.
- Vice President of Innovation and Design Joe Kleinwaechter discussed the opportunities and challenges facing the mobile payments industry and how businesses are adopting the mobile point of sale in "Transforming the Consumer Payment Experience."
"An important thing to remember is quality over quantity when it comes to the customer experience," said Kleinwaechter. "It's not good enough to just provide an experience; it has to be a great, simple, fast experience or no experience at all. People aren't tolerating bad apps anymore, so if you're going to be present in the mobile world you better get it right. If you can't do big right, then go small. If you can't make small right, do nothing."
In addition to the topics discussed on panels, EMV was a major theme of the event, especially Visa's Quick Chip technology announcement. The new software, which will be offered to banks, payment processors and other financial institutions free of charge, will streamline chip card processing by reducing the transaction times from the current ten seconds to two seconds or less.
For more updates on the payments industry and events we're attending, follow us on Twitter at @Worldpay_US.


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The need for more robust micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) devices is greatly increasing. But, along with new technologies come problems, which need to be addressed. One of the more important problems is stiction. Stiction is the strong interfacial adhesion present between contacting crystalline microstructure surfaces. This often causes many MEMS devices to fail. A new method of overcoming stiction has been disclosed. Electrons are stored at the interface between silicon dioxide and silicon nitride to create a force when an external applied electric field is applied to a MEMS component containing the stored charge. The purpose of this project was to devise a method of putting electrons into the oxide-nitride interface by ballistic injection of electrons through the use of a scanning electron microscope (SEM), a Manufacturing Electron Beam Exposure System (MEBES), and an electron flood gun. The amount of charge is measured by the degree of shift of the flatband voltage of the structure. Although initial data shows the order of magnitude of electrons stored at the oxide-nitride interface via ballistic injection is less than that using high field conditions the experimentation provides a proof of concept.
Recommended Citation
Wheeler, Erik M.
"Electron Injection By Means of a Ballistic Source,"
Journal of the Microelectronic Engineering Conference: Vol. 12
, Article 18.
Available at: https://scholarworks.rit.edu/ritamec/vol12/iss1/18


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Dialect awareness for school-age children/
Children who enter school speaking a non-mainstream dialect must quickly learn to dialect shift (a.k.a "code-switch"). Similar to bilingual children, they have two sets of syntactic, semantic, morphologic, and phonological rules, to be applied in different settings and with different communicative partners.
Mainstream American English (MAE) is used in American schools, in the workplace, and in classroom literature. Most children who enter Kindergarten speaking a non-mainstream American English (NMAE) dialect, such as African American English (AAE), "…change their dialect use spontaneously and without explicit instruction," with the 1st grade being critical as a time of the most rapid growth in dialect shifting. Importantly, children who don't learn how to dialect shift (e.g. continue to use NMAE in their writing, when MAE is the expectation) struggle; they "…tend to demonstrate weaker literacy achievement and less growth in reading skills during the school year," and "…research findings over the last 15 years suggest a strong, predictive relationship between young children's spoken NMAE use and various language and literacy skills, including vocabulary, word reading, spelling, phonological awareness, reading comprehension, and composition" (see article for thorough literature review).
Who are these children who aren't dialect shifting spontaneously? Data point toward language skill—"…oral language skills, such as vocabulary and morphosyntax, appear to be associated with… dialect shifting ability."
In this study, the researchers aim to reduce the achievement gap observed in children who don't spontaneously shift dialects by providing a Dialect Awareness program (DAWS). This program is built upon decades of evidence, thoroughly reviewed in the paper. This paper actually covers two studies—Part 1 with 116 children, and Part 2 with 374 children. For our purposes, we'll focus only on Part 2, because it was built upon findings from Part 1. Participants were 2nd–4th grade students (45% African American, 33% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 7% multiracial) from four different schools in the southeastern U.S. Children were eligible to participate in DAWS if NMAE features were present in their writing.
The DAWS program was provided to half the students in 15 minute sessions, 4 days per week, for 8 weeks. The other half of the students served as controls. DAWS targeted the following forms: copula/auxiliaries, plurals, past tense, subject–verb agreement, possessives, and preterite had.
First, it's imperative to note that, "… the instructional program was designed to be respectful of both dialects…" Instruction not only highlighted differences between MAE and NMAE grammar and vocabulary, but taught that it was good and normal to use both dialects, and that there are contexts for using each dialect. Instructors used analogies to things like clothing—just like outfits differ per situation, so does dialect. Language activities within the program included listening tasks, sentence cloze tasks, editing tasks, sentence sorts, and plenty of games with vocabulary and grammar tasks built in. There was a lot of writing, as well, which was taught as a primary context for MAE use. Instructors provided both reminders and corrective feedback, such as: "Remember that we are using school language so we have to include –s/-es for plurals and –d/-ed for past tense." To demonstrate to students how to use both dialects in their writing, "…students learned to put quotes around sentences where characters in their narratives were using home English…"
Overall, DAWS was found to be very effective, with post-program gains in language, reading, and writing skills. Also, though effective for the group as a whole, it was found to elicit the greatest gains for children who entered the program with the heaviest NMAE use, and in children who started with somewhat weaker language scores.
Johnson, L., Terry, N.P., Connor, C.M., Thomas-Tate, S. (2017). The effects of dialect awareness instruction on nonmainstream American English speakers. Reading and Writing. Advance online publication. doi:10.1007/s11145-017-9764-y


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Title: The Kinsey Scale (Campus Connections #1)
Author: CJane Elliott
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: November 9th 2018
Genre(s): Contemporary Romance
Page Count: 89
Reviewed by: Jia
Heat Level: 2.5 flames out of 5
Rating: 3.38 stars out of 5
Life is good for Eric Brown. He's a senior theater major, an RA for a freshman dorm, and has a great circle of friends. Single since sophomore year, Eric isn't looking for love. But then Will Butler—fellow senior, co-RA, and the cutest guy Eric's ever seen—walks into his dorm. Will has a girlfriend he sees off campus—a minor disappointment that becomes a major problem when a housing shortage causes Will and Eric to become roommates, and Eric is forced to witness Will's hotness day in and day out. For protection, Eric asks Jerry, his ex-boyfriend, to pretend they're still together. Jerry warns him it's a stupid idea, but he reluctantly agrees.
Too bad it won't save Eric from losing his heart.
Will Butler has never believed in himself. His dysfunctional family saw to that. Although Will has loved music since childhood, he's never seriously considered pursuing it, and the person he's dating doesn't encourage him. Then he and Eric Brown become roommates, and everything changes. Eric believes in Will and his talent. He's also gorgeous and playful and fast becoming Will's best friend. And that's not good, because Will is hiding some big things, not only from Eric, but from himself.
This book starts off with Eric finding himself with a different RA than the one he was supposed to have and from there a small mistake sets them off to a different path than what could've been. Eric finds himself attracted to his fellow RA and when Will mistakenly thinks Jerry and Eric are together Eric lets him believe it.
This novella was an entertaining read where Eric and Will becomes roommates as they navigates being RA's and all their courses. These are college students and there's an easy tone over the whole book fitting that setting. Eric's character makes me smile although I also found him irritating at times. Will is laid-back and easy, and I enjoyed all the characters in this story.
There's a rather long part in the middle where the story felt rushed – the scenes were short and changed with no warning from one page to another and it threw me off somewhat.
I did like the story, however, I didn't like how easily the drinking and smoking pot were handled.
It's written in third person and I especially liked how Will's feelings weren't all out there, instead we got to experience it through Eric with all the insecurities and such that comes with it. There were hints though, and with Eric being kind of oblivious.
All in all I found this to be an easy, fun read with a twist at the end that took me by surprise. Recommended if you like the college setting.
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In 2016, it was completely undermined as an institution by a strange kind of meaningless me-too politics of disruption
As December 2016 winds down on the year, many report cards on 2016 will proliferate. But the one that will read the worst will be report card on Parliamentary performance in 2016.
Parliament and its long distinguished history of 64 years, beginning from 1952, was turned on its head in 2016. I have experienced Parliament for 10 years and attended it with regularity and 2016, surely, was its most wasted year as it was reduced to a mere shouting gallery.
Parliament has its three primary functions. First, to deliberate and legislate. Second, oversight of the executive and to ensure its accountability and transparency in governance. Third, oversee important independent regulators and scrutinise their reports tabled in Parliament. All three of its responsibilities were abdicated and was increasingly reduced to being irrelevant with the executive not requiring to rely on Parliament to conduct its governance.
The dangers and risks of this are far-reaching. In its functions of oversight of government and independent regulatory bodies, it does so on behalf of the people of India and giving up this responsibility means the much-required scrutiny is absent. While on its legislative role, the performance was patchy with some Bills getting debated but many getting passed with little or no debate or discussion. Legislations created with little or no discussion creates more problems than it intends to solve. The prime specimen of such legislations can be seen in the Information Technology Act passed in 2008 or the recently passed Aadhaar Bill. As the IT Act of 2008 during the UPA time taught us, when Parliament legislates under the pressure of time and a barrel of a gun pointing at it, invariably and inevitably poor legislations arise.
To quote Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Devesh Kapur, "The idealised view of Parliament, as a deliberative body, where all of the considerations relevant to legislation are aired and discussed and outcomes reflect the weight of the stronger arguments, is a far cry from reality in any setting. However, in the Indian case, the problem is more acute and has worsened in recent years. Parliament in the public mind is essentially a site for adversarial combat rather than of deliberative clarity. It is for this reason that disruptive adjournments have become main tools of Parliamentary opposition rather than reasoned argument." This, in many ways, sums up 2016 and more particularly the Winter Session of 2016.
The Winter Session of 2016 has been one of the least productive sessions for both Houses in the last 15 years, with repeated disruptions on the issue of demonetisation of currency. While eight Bills were introduced in this session, only two were passed. Of which the Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) was passed amidst utter chaos and disruptions. What was also saddening is the fact that the Question Hour, which is one of the most powerful tools to hold the executive accountable, was also sacrificed repeatedly this year on the altars of disruption politics. According to PRS Legislative Research, as a result of repeated disruptions, in this Winter Session only two of the 330 listed questions in the Rajya Sabha could be answered orally. This has been one of the least productive Question Hour sessions for the Rajya Sabha in the last three Parliaments. While in the Lok Sabha only 11% of the questions could be answered orally this session. These are damning figures.
Parliament failed to introduce and pass even time-critical Bills like the important indirect taxation reform of GST, the Constitutional Amendment for which was passed after painful and complex political consensus building. The original deadline of implementing the GST was slated at April 2016 and now we are at a stage where even meeting the April 2017 deadline seems a bit of a stretch. These aren't victimless disruptions as delays like these have a huge opportunity costs for our country.
As I had said during the 60th anniversary debate in Parliament, "the cynicism of our Parliament and Parliamentarians is at an all-time high. Our usual response to this is that it is media driven or middle class angst driven, or we use some other alibi to move the focus away from the message to the messenger who is delivering this message. I believe there are reasons for this decline in credibility—that go beyond corruption and insensitivity. It is the almost absolute disappearance of idealism to be replaced by a strange form of political pragmatism that is inconsistent with the thoughts, beliefs and views of our founding fathers." Unfortunately, some of it still holds true.
Even the President and the Vice-President expressed their anguish over the disruption of Parliament in strong words. The Vice-President of India and the chairman of the Rajya Sabha, during his valedictory remarks, said, "The symbolism of dignified protests, so essential for orderly conduct of Parliamentary proceedings, was abandoned." As Soli Sorabjee remarked in his recent piece, "If the sentiments expressed by our President and Vice-President Hamid Ansari as the chairman of the Rajya Sabha are not heeded, there will be terrible deficit in democracy, and consequently our democracy will be under siege."
In summary, Parliament in 2016 was completely undermined as an institution in our democracy, by a strange kind of meaningless me-too politics of disruption. Parliament was reduced to a sporadic legislation passing body. It's time for a real debate. It's time for a real discussion on Constitutional changes that will outlaw disruptions that cripple Parliament's functions as the Constitution didn't envisage this kind of vacuum due to disruptions and responsibilities. These disruptions deprive MPs of their rights and responsibilities and further exacerbate the trust deficit between Parliament and people of India.
The author is Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
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The name or term Superion refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Superion (disambiguation).
Superion is the combined form of the Micromaster Aerialbots.
He is made up of...
- A redeco of Sixwing, Superion was only available by purchasing all six individually-carded Micromaster Aerialbots. When the six Micromasters are not combined, the remaining kibble can form an odd tech-jet a single Micromaster can pilot.
- Though the Aerialbots were apparently originally slated as Kay-Bee stores exclusives, they barely showed up in the ever-shrinking chain. They saw more general release in Europe, and in the States, finally began showing up in other chains like CVS drug stores and Big Lots!.
- In Europe, Superion was released under the Cybertron brand instead, with different packaging and instructions.
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The music of Mohanlal's upcoming thriller Villain has been released on Wednesday evening. Directed by B Unnikrishnan and produced by Rockline Venkatesh of Salman Khan's Bajrangi Bhaijaan, the audio was released at a grand audio launch in Crowne Plaza Hotel, Kochi.
The music and the BG score of Villain has been composed by 4 Music, a music band of four composers Jim, Biby, Eldhose, and Justine of the 2016 Mohanlal's hit Oppam fame. The young music directors have come up with a playlist which consist of five songs including the promos song of Villain.
The major takeaway from the Villain album is the song Kandittum Kandittum, rendered by the legendary singer, Dr. KJ Yesudas. And as expected, within minutes the song has gone viral across the social media. The beautiful song has been written by BK Harinarayanan, while Sithara Suresh has lent voice for the female version of the same.
The rest of the songs including Pathiye Nee by Haritha Balakrishnan, Angakale by Shakthisree Gopalan and Niranj Suresh and the Villain promos song sung by y Rashi Khanna and Niranj Suresh are equally impressive and strikes a chord with the audience.
The star-studded event was also attended by Manju Warrier, Raashi Khanna, Siddique along with chief guests, directors Joshiy and Siddique.


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Virginia Wines Impress at Britain's Big Wine Fair
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
LONDON -- Lisa Abbott, a cork master at her English wine club (it's called the Wasters), took a sip of a Viognier from Virginia and declared with obvious surprise, "It's an absolute classic!
"I didn't know Virginia produced wine," she said, echoing a comment heard over and over at the recent London International Wine Fair.
True, Virginia wines barely existed in the 1980s, but today the state has more than 150 wineries. A dozen of those winemakers came to the London extravaganza, which drew 15,000 people from all over the world, as part of Virginia's efforts to step out on the world wine stage.
"That is really impressive," said Cristina Proietti, who works in sales for British wine seller Majestic, as she swirled a red, the Cuvee des Champs of White Hall Vineyards, in her glass. After several rounds of sipping, spitting and considering the wine from the Blue Ridge, she declared it "more approachable than a Bordeaux." (The French winemakers were a safe distance away.)
"It's well structured and not overtly New World," she said, in that Old World way. "I didn't have an image of a Virginia wine. It's quite new, but it's slightly traditional."
The United Kingdom is the world's biggest importer of wine. Well aware of the importance of cracking the multibillion-dollar market, Christopher Parker, a Reston resident who is marketing what he calls the "Virginia wine lifestyle," is setting his sights on his native country.
Originally from London, Parker says that many tourists, particularly the British, will go to Virginia to taste the local grape and see the state's historic sites and lovely landscape. For Europeans, he said, "it's a lot easier to fly to the East Coast than Napa Valley."
The British also have intrinsic interest in the former colonies, said Parker, whose company, New Horizon Wines, plans trips for wine-tasting tourists that also feature luxury local organic food, hiking and other outdoor activities, and stops in places such as Jamestown, Williamsburg and Charlottesville. "International recognition will bring national recognition," he said.
The annual London fair, held this year in the cavernous Excel center, is a way for thousands of winemakers to show off their best to buyers, tasters and wine industry writers. France, Spain and Italy commanded a huge presence, with large, fancy stands and thousands of offerings; Virginia had a relatively small space next to Uruguay. Bosnia, Romania and Bulgaria had booths, too.
"Nowadays, everyone is producing wines; I have heard even Texas!" said Juan Chavarri, a most agreeable man representing Spain's Rioja region. As he stood in front of a grand booth featuring hundreds of bottles of Rioja, Chavarri said countries like his, where winemaking has been going on for centuries, are well aware of the newcomers.
Fifty years ago, he said, New Zealand and Australia were busy with "sheep and meat," and now they are exporting good wines. "So if you tell me Virginia is producing wine, I believe you," he said.
But few had tasted it. Many didn't know where Virginia is. "Virginia is not on my radar," said J.C. Bekker, South African winemaker for the DGB group, which includes the much-visited Boschendal winery near Cape Town.


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Missouri lawmaker urges "Manly Firmness" to repeal Obamacare
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (KTVI) – One Missouri lawmaker thinks he knows the reason congressional Republicans have tried and failed 50 times to repeal Obamacare. They have not been "manly" or "firm" enough to get the job done. It really says that.
House Resolution 99 introduced by Rep. Mike Moon says in part, "Each member of 53 the Missouri Congressional delegation endeavor with "manly firmness" and resolve to totally and completely repeal the Affordable Care Act, settling for no less than a full repeal."
The language from Mike Moon is actually a direct quote from the Declaration of Independence. It refers to the opposition to King George's invasions of the original American colonies.
The quirky language has gotten quite the response on Twitter. It has even generated the hashtag #ManlyFirmness. Legislators like Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill are chiming in.
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This article is huge to me. I shoot with digital 35mm sensors, super35, Micro Four Thirds, iPhones, and more. There is nothing more irritating than scuttle between photographer arguing about sensor size, equivalencies, etc. A small sensor is just as valuable as a large one.
My experience in cinematography is one where I value the background as much as the subject and foreground. You'll find that in many films, the background is very prominent and not just a blurry field of color. Many discuss ultra shallow depth of field; razor thin where only the subjects eye is in focus but their nose isn't. There is no doubt that in some situations that is important but I find the challenge and fun of finding an excellent background, working with the background, and making it part of the image so valuable that I wouldn't want to blur out such details.
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LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles County Democratic Party Chair Mark Gonzalez released the following statement on Christina Prejean's decision to drop out of the race for Congressional District CA-49:
"Christina is an admirable public servant who ran an impressive Congressional campaign. I applaud her leadership in our nation's ultimate quest to take back the House of Representatives. Just as noteworthy is Ms. Prejean's recognition that getting the district the Democratic representation it deserves requires difficult decisions and sometimes even personal sacrifice. It takes incredible humility not always seen in this line of work to recognize, as Christina said, that 'We are on the same team, and our mission is to flip the 49th.' The Los Angeles County Democratic Party is looking forward to working with Christina Prejean to turn the 49th District blue, and excited to work with her on her promising political future."


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Following a dip in growth for July, U.S. travel volume rose to 52.2 in August on the U.S. Travel Association's current travel index. August marks the 80th consecutive month that travel has expanded.
An index score above 50 indicates expansion, and the six-month moving average index score is 51.8.
Domestic travel rose to an index score of 52.4, a level last seen in May and 0.5 points above the six-month average. International travel has tapered off, but it posted an index score of 50.4 in August, identical with the six-month average. The business travel index score rose by two points month over month to 52, and the leisure travel index rose by 1.3 points to 52.6.
The U.S. Travel Association commented on domestic travel for the months ahead:
Rapid growth in domestic leisure travel is expected to decelerate now that the summer travel season has ended, while the domestic business travel market will remain stagnant at best. As a result, total domestic travel in the U.S. is expected to grow around 1.4 percent (YoY) through the beginning of 2017, a considerably slower rate than in the past few years. Drivers of leisure demand, including a strong labor market and low gas prices, will remain strong, though not of the same caliber experienced during the summer.
The Association also cited Adam Sacks, of the Oxford Tourism Economics group:
As the end of the summer travel season approaches and a strong dollar persists, international inbound travel continues to relax. Looking forward, a softening in domestic leisure travel is indicative of rising uncertainty around the U.S. presidential election, while domestic business travel will struggle in the coming months—a result of still-skittish investment, in part due to the uncertainty surrounding the raising of interest rates by the Federal Reserve.
For more data and the methodology employed in constructing the indexes, see the association's website.


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The latest Captain America movie, Captain America: Civil War is releasing this week. Even before Chris Evans started portraying this Marvel superhero, many fans have honoured him with dressing up as him. He has a signature American style, which is not surprising considering his name and his history and we've loved his skin-tight red, white and blue look for years. But if you're a super fan of this superhero you might have wished beyond merely looking like him and have fantasized for the past 75 years about becoming a real-life Steve Rogers.
Twizzle took on the task of calculating what it would cost to become one of the mightiest Marvel superheroes. It calculated the cost of things like Project Rebirth, which is a serum developed by the US government that gave Steve Rogers his superpowers. The website went on to calculate what other Captain America items like his legendary shield, his motorcycle, his weapons and firearms collection as well as his the salary he would earn per annum being employed by the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division, (S.H.I.E.L.D.).
Check out what the cost would be to become one of the most powerful and iconic marvel superheroes of all time (spoiler alert: it isn't cheap):
How Much Would It Cost To Be Captain America? – An infographic by the team at Twizzle


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Graduate Programs
The William P. Clements Department of History at Southern Methodist University offers innovative graduate study in American history (Ph.D. and M.A.) and global history (M.A. only). The Department has particular strengths in the history of the Southwest borderlands and the American West, American political history, the history of race in America, and early American history. Moreover, the department boasts topical and methodological expertise in global/comparative history, cultural history, digital humanities, and the history of gender.
The Department of History is home to two centers that sustain and enrich its core offerings through research colloquia, visiting postdoctoral fellows, and scholarly lectures. The Clements Center for Southwest Studies has long been the nation's leading venue for research in the history of the Southwest in a transnational perspective. And since 2012, the Center for Presidential History promotes critical inquiry into the study of the rich history of U.S. politics and government, broadly defined.
SMU, a national-ranked private university, is home to top flight research facilities, including the DeGolyer Library, which is devoted to the history of the Southwest, the history of business, and the history of science and technology; the Bridwell Library, which provides a wealth of resources for the study of religious history; and the George W. Bush Presidential Library, one of four presidential research libraries within easy reach of Dallas.
Contact John Chavez, Director of Graduate Studies, at email@example.com for specific questions regarding the History program.
Visit our graduate student blog at blog: http://blog.smu.edu/gradhist/
To apply visit: http://www.smu.edu/graduate/ProspectiveStudents/AppInstructons


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BEVERLY, MA--(Marketwired - November 11, 2015) - Cellceutix Corporation (
"We feel this news, which was disclosed in yesterday's press release on the filing of the Company's quarterly report with the Securities and Exchange Commission, may have been overlooked as the release was quite comprehensive. More than 40 patients have now been given Kevetrin therapy in the dose-escalation trial. We are impressed with the data to date, which was often updated to shareholders, and look forward to discussing the data from the recent cohort," commented Leo Ehrlich, Chief Executive Officer at Cellceutix. "This trial has provided us with more than sufficient data to continue to move forward with our planned Phase 2 trial of Kevetrin for ovarian cancer under an Orphan Drug designation from the FDA, which we hope to initiate in the first half of 2016."
Separately, Cellceutix would like to congratulate Ocata Therapeutics on their agreement this week to be acquired by Astellas Pharma for $8.50 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at about $379 million. Just as with Cellceutix, Ocata Therapeutics was recently the target of a nefarious, manipulative article published on the financial website Seeking Alpha by an anonymous short-seller using the pseudonym "Mako Research," making outlandish allegations about Ocata and their science in an attempt to drive the stock price down. The article titled, "Ocata: Dilution Imminent, SEC Investigation Potentially Underway, Office Appears Empty, Price Target $0.00" is very similar to the attack on CTIX. Cellceutix views this acquisition of Ocata by Astellas as validation of the illegitimacy and criminality of Mako's so-called research. Last evening, Ocata Therapeutics stock advanced 89% to $8.44.
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Cellceutix clinical trials on Clinicaltrials.gov:
About Cellceutix:
Headquartered in Beverly, Massachusetts, Cellceutix is a publicly traded company under the symbol "CTIX". Cellceutix is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapies in oncology, dermatology and antimicrobial applications. Cellceutix believes it has a world-class portfolio of compounds and is now engaged in advancing its compounds and seeking strategic partnerships. Cellceutix's anti-cancer drug Kevetrin is currently in a Phase 1 clinical trial at Harvard Cancer Centers' Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. In the laboratory Kevetrin has shown to induce activation of p53, often referred to as the "Guardian Angel Gene" due to its crucial role in controlling cell mutations. Cellceutix is in a Phase 2 clinical trial with its novel compound Brilacidin-OM for the prevention of Oral Mucositis in patients with head and neck cancer. Brilacidin-OM, a defensin mimetic compound, has shown in an animal model to reduce the occurrence of severe ulcerative oral mucositis by more than 94% compared to placebo. Cellceutix's anti-psoriasis drug Prurisol is in a Phase 2 trial. Prurisol is a small molecule that acts through immune modulation and PRINS reduction. Cellceutix's lead antibiotic, Brilacidin, has completed a Phase 2b trial for Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections, or ABSSSI. Top-line data have shown a single dose of Brilacidin to deliver comparable clinical outcomes to the FDA-approved seven-day dosing regimen of daptomycin. Brilacidin has the potential to be a single-dose therapy for certain multi-drug resistant bacteria (Superbugs). Cellceutix has formed research collaborations with world-renowned research institutions in the United States and Europe, including MD Anderson Cancer Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and the University of Bologna. More information is available on the Cellceutix web site at www.cellceutix.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause Cellceutix's actual results and experience to differ materially from anticipated results and expectations expressed in these forward looking statements. Cellceutix has in some cases identified forward-looking statements by using words such as "anticipates," "believes," "hopes," "estimates," "looks," "expects," "plans," "intends," "goal," "potential," "may," "suggest," and similar expressions. Among other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements are Cellceutix's need for, and the availability of, substantial capital in the future to fund its operations and research and development; including the amount and timing of the sale of shares of common stock to Aspire Capital; the fact that Cellceutix's compounds may not successfully complete pre-clinical or clinical testing, or be granted regulatory approval to be sold and marketed in the United States or elsewhere. A more complete description of these risk factors is included in Cellceutix's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Cellceutix undertakes no obligation to release publicly the results of any revisions to any such forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by applicable law or regulation.
Contact Information:
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Jollof rice takes a healthier turn
This version of a tomato-based West African rice dish can be served as a main course or as a side dish with fish.
� The Washington Post
14.5- or 15-ounce can no-salt-added diced tomatoes, preferably fire-roasted, such as Muir Glen brand, with their juices
2 cups uncooked brown basmati rice
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 cups chopped yellow onion
2 or 3 cloves garlic, minced
About 1 cup chopped carrots
About 2 cups chopped green cabbage
2 tablespoons tomato paste, preferably double-concentrated
1-3/4 cups homemade or canned no-salt-added black-eyed peas, drained and rinsed (from a 15-ounce can; see Note)
1 teaspoon ground turmeric
1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
Chopped flat-leaf parsley, for garnish (optional)
Sea salt or kosher salt, for garnish (optional)
Drain the tomatoes and reserve them, straining the juices into a 4-cup measuring cup. Add water as needed to total 4 cups, then transfer the liquid to a large saucepan. Add the rice and bring to a boil over high heat; stir and reduce the heat to medium-low. Cook uncovered for 30 to 35 minutes, until the rice is tender and has absorbed the liquid.
Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat until the oil shimmers. Add the onion and garlic; stir to coat, then cook for about 5 minutes until softened. Stir in the carrots and cabbage, tomato paste, drained tomatoes, black-eyed-peas, turmeric, thyme and crushed red pepper flakes. Cover and reduce the heat to medium-low; cook for 4 minutes, until the mixture is thoroughly warmed through and the vegetables achieve the desired consistency.
To serve, divide the rice among individual plates or transfer to a serving bowl. Spoon the vegetable mixture on top. Garnish with the parsley and salt, if desired.
Note: To cook the 1-3/4 cups of black-eyed peas needed for this recipe, place 2/3 cup of dried black-eyed peas in a bowl and cover with water by an inch or so. Let sit for 8 hours, then drain and place in a medium saucepan. Cover with fresh water by an inch or so; bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then reduce the heat to medium-low, cover and cook for about 90 minutes, until tender.
Nutrition per serving (based on 8): 290 calories, 9 grams protein, 53 grams carbohydrates, 6 grams fat, 1 gram saturated fat, 0 milligrams cholesterol, 50 milligrams sodium, 7 grams dietary fiber, 8 grams sugar
Makes 7 cups of vegetable and 5-1/2 cups of rice (6 to 8 servings)
� Adapted from Oldways, a nonprofit organization that promotes healthful eating and drinking.


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I would like to think that this will be the last time I will feel the need to write about this topic. But I know it won't be. Because there is always someone who is ready to throw some more gasoline on the fire.
In this case, it is someone I have long admired — Jimmy Carter. I'm sorry, Mr. President. I disagree.
"That racism inclination still exists, and I think it's bubbled up to the surface because of belief among many white people — not just in the South but around the country — that African–Americans are not qualified to lead this great country," Carter told NBC's "Nightly News" yesterday.
Carter agrees with the point I made yesterday, that South Carolina's racial history makes it likely that racism played a role in Joe Wilson's outburst during Barack Obama's speech last week.
But I think he and Maureen Dowd and the rest of those on the left go too far when they see racism behind every criticism. As I have written before, it is a convenient scapegoat, the perfect wedge issue for a group that became all too familiar with the down side of wedge issues in the heyday of the George W. Bush–Karl Rove presidency.
Obama's supporters apparently thought they had a handle on this wedge issue thing because it was used so effectively in the campaign against Hillary Clinton. What they didn't understand was that the race wedge issue simply worked better than the gender wedge issue — in no small part because Democrats had concluded, based on the Bush experience, that political dynasties were a bad idea in America.
But that was — pardon the expression — bush league. Intramural squabbling. Now they're in the big leagues of wedge issues.
Wedge issues work in two ways. They work for the side that uses them by aligning that side with something that (presumably) everyone is for. And they work against the other side by implying that side is against whatever everyone else is for.
Fear is a major factor.
Republicans have learned to accept defeat when it is inevitable and reserve resources for battles in which the outcome is not certain. Democrats have not learned this lesson. They apply the "racist" label to anyone who objects to anything Obama and the Democrats are for. After eight months, it's wearing thin.
Obama continues to lose ground on health care reform for the same reasons Clinton did in 1993. Republicans know how to exploit fear of change better than Democrats do.
And this time, Democrats have handed the Republicans the mother of all distractions.
When Democrats are playing the race card, they are not responding to fears about changes to the health care industry. When voters' concerns are not addressed, it is only natural for them to oppose any change. Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.
Focusing on race plays into the Republicans' hands.
When Dowd writes about a racist word she didn't hear, when President Carter says "[t]here is an inherent feeling among many in this country that an African–American should not be president," when House Democrats insist on a predictable, party–line vote to censure Wilson instead of using their majority to promote job creation ...
It opens the door — flings it wide open — for Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele to complain, "This isn't about race. It is about policy."
And then Steele, who is also black, can say, "Injecting race into the debate over critical issues facing American families doesn't create jobs, reform our health care system or reduce the growing deficit. It only divides Americans rather than uniting us to find solutions to challenges facing our nation."
That makes the Republicans look like the responsible ones who are trying to find answers to problems. And it makes the Democrats look radical, extreme, out of control.
And then, who sounds reasonable and who sounds shrill?
The nature of pessimism
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11 Cute Witch Halloween Pictures
Today we have a fun collection of 11 Cute Witch Halloween Pictures! This is such an adorable set of images, showing mostly children, all of them girls, dressed up as Witches for Halloween. These are all full Color Vintage pictures that are perfect to use in your Halloween Crafts, Cards, Junk Journals or Designs.
Cute Witch Children with Pumpkins
Shown above is a fun Vintage Postcard showing an adorable little Witch Girl! She's standing inside of a Pumpkin with wheels, that's being pulled by a Black Cat!
This Free Halloween Picture shows a darling little Witch Girl! She is holding a Jack O Lantern. She's wearing a bright orange Witches Hat and a red Cape. There are several animals on the card as well, including a Black Cat, a forlorn looking little Owl and two Bats flying around.
Here's a cute Antique Halloween postcard, another Ellen Clapsaddle card. This one shows a dear little Witch Girl with several little Pumpkins. What a sweet face she has!
Next we have this Cute Halloween Pumpkin Witch Image! Featured above is a darling Vintage Postcard showing a little Pumpkin Head Girl, wearing a Leaf Outfit and a black Witch Hat! She's cooking something up in a big Black Cauldron and a Black Cat is watching from a tree branch above.
Adorable Witch Images with Cats
This Vintage Halloween Clip Art piece shows the most precious little Girl!! Isn't she darling?! She's dressed up in a Witch costume, with a big black Witches Hat on her head. There are 3 adorable Tabby Kittens in the scene… no black cats here! The Kittens are making a big mess of the saucer of milk, but the little girl doesn't seem to mind at all. This would be so sweet made into a Handmade Halloween Card!
Next we have this Cutest Vintage Witch Costume Halloween Postcard! Halloween Greetings from the cutest little red haired girl in a fun witch costume with her little black cat. The Costume has a full orange tulle tutu skirt with pumpkins, stars, and moons and a black top and tights. Her pointed black witch hat is adorned with the same images. On her tiny feet are orange heels with big slack bows. This would make a fun party invitation or a pattern for a costume.
Shown above is a darling Vintage Postcard showing a little Witch Girl riding her broom. It looks like her black Cat, or Kitten, is hitching a ride as well! The greeting on this Vintage Postcard is "Halloween Greetings". The artist is Frances Brundage.
This next one is actually a part of a postcard that someone cut out and pasted in a scrapbook many years ago. It features a pretty Girl Witch, sitting on a Pumpkin, and holding her Black Cat. So cute!!
Cute Vintage Witch Graphic Set
This is a cute Antique Halloween Postcard! This one shows a little Witch Girl with a Black Cat and a Broom. The card is great just the way it is, but I thought it might be useful to some of you to have the Witch on her own, and also her Hat could be fun to use in Collages too, you can find those below. I hope you can use them in your Handmade Projects!
Cute Halloween Witch with Moon Picture
Funny Frightened Witch Girl Image! Featured above is a darling Vintage Postcard showing a nervous little Girl. This little Girl is wearing a large black Witches Hat and she's seated on a Crescent Moon. So cute! The greeting on the card is "It's awful scare-y being a Witch!".
I hope you enjoyed this fun curated collection of 11 Cute Witch Halloween Pictures!! You might also like our Vintage Halloween Clip Art Archive HERE!