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Announcement: RFL Team Fundrasing Totals, Week Six
This list is for the first 6 weeks with totals as of Monday 03/24/2020.
Keep an eye out on those Headhunters!! MC - Headhunters went from Silver to PLATINUM in one week!!!!
Keep up the awesome work y'all! Love love love seeing the numbers move!
Congrats to everyone who has hit a Fundraising Club Level!!!! We are definitely saying "Game On, Cancer!"
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Stormy's Stars, MC - Relay Goes MC, Relay Rockers, Esalinus, LOW GEAR AUTO RACING, Seekers of Hope, Inspired Dreamwalkers, Sanctuary Rockers, SHB Gems, Meli's Maniacs, Supernaturals For A Cure, MC - Outlaws KY MC, Nightfall RFL Burners Without Borders in SL, B - Bellis Blues and Djs
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For their engagement session, Eunice and Tam traveled all the way to the Sahara desert in Morocco. While the trip may have been quite a long one, the effort proved to be worthwhile as evidenced by these stunning photos taken by Heather Lai. She shares, "Shooting in the Sahara Desert is really an adventure and a memorable experience of lifetime." We agree 100%! Inspired by the local scene and culture, Eunice and Tam wore matching Moroccan outfits that served as a beautiful contrast against the sad dunes. And when the sun began to wane in the afternoon, the rich warmth it brought just made the view extra magical. Come and see all the amazing snaps from this romantic desert pre-wedding session now; it's worth every minute of your time.
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Straight muscle webcam model Jake thinks he heard it all when he starts receiving emails from one of his male fans, little does the masculine muscle stud know it the start of him going down the road of submission and domination.
It all began with an email Jake had got. It was from one of his fans from his website. The fan had written about about stuff the he wanted to do to Jake if they ever met in person. The email even contain pics of the man naked who was in his 40's, average looking, fat and had a semi bald head.
The straight masculine Jake was disgusted at the thought of the man's perverted fantasy of him being fucked by the fan and deleted the email.
However the emails from the fan kept coming over the months and Jake for some reason kept reading them. The fantasies in the emails between Jake and the fan became more luridly perverted over time but had one constant theme in all of them. Jake would submit his powerful muscular body over to the fan.
Jake did not delete the emails like he did at first. In fact he saved them and reread some of them while naked in bed. He didn't understand but he was getting turned on by them and while rereading them he get so horny he would wank off on the ideas the fan had for him.
The emails started to affect his workouts too, as all the time he was pumping iron in the gym he would go over the words of the emails in his head about how the fan loved his muscular body and hoped he would get stronger and bigger for him.
It came to the point where Jake would eagerly wait for another email from the fan just to hear what he fan wanted to do to him.
However the emails began to get longer in period of being sent and the last one that was sent to him said that if Jake wanted to hear more he would have to contact the fan. In desperation one night the young bodybuilder called the number that was on the emails. A man answered the phone and Jake coyly introduced himself to the fan. The man expressed his pleasure that the muscle stud had contacted him and proceeded to tell him over the phone about his sexual feeling to Jake.
Jake moaned over the phone when he heard the fan's story, He was rock hard and was beating off furiously. He had never felt so turned on. He let out a roar as he came to the fan's pleasure.
From then on Jake would call the fan on a regularly basis just to hear him talk about how we was going to make Jake submit to him and make him suck on his dick and let him fuck his muscled ass in numerous sexual positions. The calls would always end with Jake cumming and shooting a massive load over his muscle body even when he was not touching himself.
Then one day the fan said it was time for Jake to meet with him to fulfil the fantasies. Jake was excited about this idea and asked for the fan's address which he gave. They agreed a time and date.
The day came and Jake traveled to the address given to him by the fan. He wore a cap and sunglasses in fear of anyone finding out what this straight masculine man was about to do.
With fear and excitement he knocked on the door. A older man that Jake recognised from the pictures in the emails answer the door. The older fat man smiled at Jake and let him in. Jake started to feel hot and excited as he entered the house.
The man watched as the young muscled man came into his house, He loved the way Jake's jeans hugged his muscle butt and thighs and how his yellow muscle vest clung to his muscle torso.
Jake was lead by the man into the living room. "At last we meet my sexy muscle man" the man said. Jake sheepishly nodded in agreement.
"Don't be shy, we both know this is what we both want." the man said. "Now take off your cap and glasses and show me what you got, you muscle lad."
The man sat down on the settee and watched Jake do what he asked. Jake began to flex and pose for the man. Jake could tell the man was pleased with what he was doing as he was rubbing his crotch as he performed.
"My, you look so much bigger in real life." said the man happily.
"Please take off your top and Jeans. Are you wearing what I asked you to wear?" he asked Jake.
Jake nodded and began to pull up this vest to reveal his define six pack and bulging pecs to the man. The older fat man licked his lips when he saw the toppless muscled Jake. Jake unbuttoned his jeans and pulled them down to reveal a white tights that formed nicely over his sculpted butt.
"Where are my manners, you gotten out off your clothes I should do the same." The man said. Jake watched as the man took off his clothes and revealed his overweight body to the muscled stud. Jake eyes locked onto the hard dick of the man and he found himself getting turned on. The man now naked walked over to Jake and got in close. Jake's heart was beating fast as the man grab his butt, the first time ever a man had done so and pulled him in face to face. Jake felt the hard warm dick of the man against this abs. He couldn't believe this was happening but here he was, his face mere inches from the man's face.
The man softly spoke. "Jake, show me how good you are." The muscled stud opened his mouth and moved in to kiss the man. The man happily reciprocated and soon the older man was making out with the young bodybuilder, both tongues exploring each others mouths. The man's hands ran over the hard muscles of Jake, taking in all the stud had to offer.
Minutes passed and the man stopped Jake's first man to man kiss. "It's time we moved this upstairs." the older man said. Leading Jake by hand up the stairs, he took the muscled stud towards his bedroom but not before showing Jake another room. "I got this room ready just for you" he said.
Jake looked in and saw various equipment like a bench and some weights but then he saw some sexual devices like chains on the walls and a sling in the middle of the room. Jake's mind filled up with the perverted thoughts that the man had written to him about what he was going to do to his muscled body and his dick got hard at the idea they were going to come true.
"For later, my sexy stud. I want to take you in my bedroom, first." the man said. When they got to the the man's bedroom Jake noticed the decor. One wall had been plastered with images of Jake's muscle body. The man had taken these off of the internet and printed them out. If Jake had seen this before all these events he would of been freaked out but now he felt excited that the man was in worship to his hard muscular body.
He order Jake to the bed which he did obediently. He watched the older man go over to a wardrobe and pull out a camcorder on a tripod which he set up in front of the bed.
"I want to record this, the first time the sexy straight masculine Jake sucks on a man's dick and gets fucked." the man said. He pressed the record button and walked over to the bed. He got on the bed and laid down on this back next to Jake's hard body. Placing one of his hands on Jakes head he steered him towards his hard cock. Jake's face got closer to the man's dick. Never before he been this close to another mans cock, now his mouth was mere inches away from one.
"Open your mouth and suck." the man ordered Jake. He did so and he experienced for the first time how a mans cock tasted as he swallowed the dick in his mouth. "Good, good." the man gasped as he watch this muscle man suck on his dick. He loved how Jakes bicep flexed as he held onto his dick while he sucked away.
"Use your tongue! Use your tongue!" the older man said excitedly. Jake licked the man's dick like he would a lollipop, slobbering all over it. He looked up at the man for approval.
The man was having the time of his life as the sexy bodybuilder serviced him. He order Jake to lay on his back and he place his dick once more at Jake's face and proceeded to face fuck the muscled adonis. His fat butt could be seen thrusting furiously into Jake's face on the camera. Jake took the assault on his mouth in his stride. The older man was impressed with the inexperience Jake as he pumped his cock deep into the muscle studs mouth.
After a while the older man pulled out of Jake's mouth and got up. He walked over to his dresser and pulled out some lube. "Now I will take that muscle butt of yours for a ride, Jake." he said. "Pull down those tights of yours so I can see your sexy ass."
Jake pulled the tights down over his ass to reveal his round bubble butt. Then got on all fours and pushed out his butt and wiggled it for the older man. The man was pleased at Jake's performance and moved over to the bed once more. Jake gasped at the cold feeling of the lube as the older man applied it to his hole. He gasped and moan even more when he felt for the first time something in his hole as the man fingered him. "How does that feel my sexy bodybuilder?" the man said as he located Jakes prostate and massaged it. All Jake could do was moan as a reply. Jake closed his eyes and enjoyed the sensation he was getting. His dick was so hard and he was not even touching himself.
The man pulled off Jakes white tights and got behind him with one of his hands on his lubed dick to guide him into Jake's hole. "Are you ready?" the man said to Jake.
"Yes! Yes!" was the muscle stud's response, his sweaty body was ready to be taken by the older man. He felt pressure on his hole and felt the hard cock of the man enter him. Jake let out a long moan as he was taken for the first time. The man pushed himself all the way into him and then layed on top of the muscle back with his hands grabbing Jakes hard pecs for balance.
Jake felt the heavy frame of the man on top of him and moaned as he started to fuck him. He also felt the man lick and kiss his back. The man was in ecstasy for he was fulfilling his fantasy of fucking the man of his dreams, the straight muscled stud Jake which he had seen only on the screen of his pc a few months ago. Now he was here in his bedroom submitting his hard muscled body to him.
What felt like forever to Jake. The fucking of the muscled stud came to it's climax when the man shouted. "Am gonna cum!" The man pulled out one last time and pushed his cock deep into Jakes butt. The man also grab Jake's cock and gave it a simple tug to start Jake's orgasm. He let out a loud moan as he felt himself cumming into Jakes ass, claiming the stud for his own. Jake meanwhile screamed in pleasure as he sprayed his hot cum on the bed sheets below him. Both of them fell onto the bed exhausted.
The man got up and placed a sheet over the tired muscle stud's butt and walked over to the camcorder to stop it. He then went over to his dresser and picked up a camera and took a picture of the young bodybuilder tired with one of his arms over the bed. This would be the first of many photos he would take of Jake and his wall would be filled of photos of the muscled stud in various degrading sexual positions he thought to himself.


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Five Guys Arrested at Florida Five Guys for Alleged Fist Fight
Five men were arrested after engaging in a fist fight at a Five Guys restaurant on Wednesday afternoon in Stuart, Florida.
Five men were arrested after engaging in a fist fight at a Five Guys restaurant on Wednesday afternoon in Stuart, Florida.
Google is reportedly launching a project with McClatchy that will fund local news outlets in an effort to combat the decline of local news. The tech titan claims it will have no editorial control over the outlets.
Facebook wants to boost local news articles, but claims there isn't enough being produced, with one-third of Americans living in areas called "news deserts," which the Silicon Valley Masters of the Universe have contributed to.
Facebook has announced that content from local publishers will be prioritized in users newsfeeds in an attempt to emphasize what they consider high-quality news, while also attempting to "build community."
During Los Angeles' KNBC's Thursday night news broadcast, local reporter Robert Kovacik reported about the Sony hacking scandal causing a media blackout at the premiere for the Sony pictures film "The Interview." Actor Charles Chun of Korean heritage who plays
HOUSTON, Texas — While 95 percent of U.S. Border Patrol agents are men, officials are taking steps to increase the number of female agents. Border Patrol recently posted a job listing for new agents that is "restricted to female applicants only." The pay is $39,012.00
Some West Marin residents are balking at plans by Pandora founder Tim Westergren, 48, to construct a 8,297-square-foot vacation home in their neighborhood, according to local news reports. The 17-acre land on which the home is to be built was
(Reuters) – Burkina Faso's army cleared thousands of protesters from the capital and opened fire at state TV headquarters on Sunday, killing one person, as it sought to restore order following the resignation of President Blaise Compaore two days ago.
Figuring out what you want to be when you grow up sometimes requires that you first grow up. That's true for the best of us and even for unblinking sociopaths like thirty-something Louis Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal), who would have to
MCALLEN, Texas — Authorities in Mexico are working to confirm if three U.S. Citizens, who had been reported missing two weeks ago, are among the four bodies found Wednesday in the outskirts of the border city of Matamoros, Mexico. Mexican
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Eye on Sacramento (EOS), a community watchdog organization, has criticized Measure L, also known as the "strong mayor initiative," in a recent report that called the proposition's justification "exceedingly weak," according to local news reports. Measure L, backed by former NBA
LOS ANGELES, California — On the same day the first Ebola patient diagnosed with the virus in the United States, Thomas Eric Duncan, was pronounced dead in Texas, news broke that an unidentified patient had been admitted to and placed under isolation in
Tuesday in Dallas, Rainbow PUSH Coalition president Rev. Jesse Jackson questioned the medical treatment received by now deceased Ebola patient, Thomas Eric Duncan. Jackson told KDFW, FOX 4 local news, "Thomas deserves the love and the best medical treatment America can
(AFP) — Air traffic was temporarily halted at two major airports in Chicago early Friday, after a fire broke out at a radar facility run by the Federal Aviation Authority, officials said. Dozens of flights into and out of the
California and traffic are no strangers, and the majority of people living in the Golden State will at some point complain about the less-than-savory jams that trouble their morning and afternoon commutes. For Bay Area commuters, in particular, the situation appears to
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Local news channel KTVU reports that fallout from the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, Missouri triggered the arrest of two men in Oakland as a peaceful protest turned violent on Friday night. The protest was ostensibly a peaceful anti-police protest,
Sunday night after riots erupted from protests over a 18-year-old unarmed black man being shot to death by a police officer in a suburb of St. Louis law officers on Monday evening quickly closed down the Galleria mall after receiving multiple
BOSTON (AP) — The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is focusing a spotlight on an online tool run by experts in Boston that flagged a "mystery hemorrhagic fever" in forested areas of southeastern Guinea nine days before the World Health
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The BBC is one of the worst companies in Britain for hiding behind commercial confidentiality rules to hush-up embarrassing information. The head of the National Audit Office (NAO) told MPs that the BBCs unwillingness to be open about its activities
Umayyah Naji Jabara, an adviser to the governor of Salahuddin and one of the most prominent female politicians in Iraq, was killed this week while leading an attack on the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). The politician is
Writing at the New York Times, Jeremy W. Peters notes the role conservative new media outlets helped propel Dave Brat to victory over House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in Virginia's primary on Tuesday: If Eric Cantor needed evidence that his
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I live in Florida, but nowhere near Fort Lauderdale. It was a couple of days before I chanced across a brief news item about a "ruckus by the beach," as CBS News called it: Fort Lauderdale police believe hundreds of
Four people were killed in an attack by a gunman at the Jewish Museum in the center of Brussels on Sunday afternoon. The gunman fled, but a suspect was later arrested, according to the Belgian newspaper La Libre. Earlier reports
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When it's cold outside, we're not fantasizing about central heating and cups of cocoa; we're dreaming of Penfield, in all its fleecy, blankety glory.
There aren't many brands that can compete when it comes to bundling up for the grey and snowy season. In fact, when Harvey Gross established the brand in 1975, he was only interested in creating the warmest outerwear possible, the prerequisite of the brands down insulated outerwear that we've come to know and love. This season, Penfield has built on everything it knows and loves about super warm clothing and trumped it with their awesome AW13 collection dubbed 'The Coldest Day'.
The collection consists of old favorites, including the Hoosac Hooded Mountain Parka, and smart new additions like the super lightweight Chinook Vest and the Naklin Packable Tech Down Shirt, the latter of which is the answer to winter layering FYI. Though most of the collection actually double-up as smart layering components – which the lookbook demonstrates exceptionally.
Aside from the outerwear, the collection is made up of Fair Isle knits, fleece and down-filled vests, sartorial sweats, plaid shirts and classical, super chinos. There's also a woolen blanket that we're gingerly hoping to incorporate into our winter wardrobe without looking like some kind of new age explorer.
The real appeal of this collection lies in its versatility – each piece would look just as at home on the slopes as it would on the city streets. We've also developed a bit of an obsession with the microdot Summit jacket that is due to be released very soon.


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Charlie Gillett
Charlie Gillett died this morning - the author of The Sound of the City, signatory of the 1967 New Left May Day Manifesto, discoverer of Dire Straits, manager of Ian Dury, principal definer and champion of world music, and one of the most distinctive voices on the BBC World Service. A really nice guy too. There's a good obituary on the Guardian site. He was always keen to surprise in his musical tastes and choices, and I've quite a few CDs which are down to Charlie.
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The Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) is responsible for the growth and quality of private education in Dubai. We support schools, universities, parents, students, educators, investors and government partners to create a high quality education sector focused on happiness and wellbeing.
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Harrison/Venus First To Clinch SF Berth
The first doubles team to advance to the semi-finals of the Nitto ATP Finals is not the pair many would have expected.
Eighth-seeded Ryan Harrison and Michael Venus, who lost five of six matches to close their regular season, defeated Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut, 6-7(4), 6-4, 10/5, to guarantee a berth in the final four at The 02, clinching first place in Group Eltingh/Haarhuis.
Once top-seeded Henri Kontinen and John Peers — who this year's Roland Garros champions beat on Sunday — took down Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau in the first match of the day Tuesday, Harrison and Venus simply needed a win against Herbert and Mahut.
And that's what they got, eliminating Rojer and Tecau from semi-final contention in the process. The American-Kiwi duo evened their FedEx ATP Head2Head series with the Frenchmen at 1-1, after Herbert and Mahut got the better of them at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event in Cincinnati earlier this season in straight sets.
It looked like the Frenchmen might take another straight-sets victory when they cruised in the opening-set tie-break without dropping a point on serve. But Harrison and Venus did not drop their heads or their levels, bursting out of the gates to immediately break in the second set. On break point in the first game, Harrison laced a return at the net man, Mahut, eliciting a weak enough reply for Venus to swoop in and put away a volley.
Harrison and Venus then faced 0/40 with the American serving up 3-2, but they saved all four break points. Harrison came up with a clutch jamming serve into Herbert's body at deuce, which the Frenchman could only dump into the net. They used that momentum to close out the set and at one point win nine of 11 points in the Match Tie-break to earn their second triumph of the tournament.
Harrison and Venus will look to finish round-robin play with a perfect record against Rojer and Tecau on Thursday.


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Painter's Pence are the "perks given to members who help with our Chapter's many activities. Pence, which are worth $1 each, can only be used towards the class fees and/or the rewards seminar, excluding the cost of the surface. Pence cannot be used for General Meeting programs as that money goes directly to the teacher that evening.
Click below for the link to the document on ways to earn pence!
Due to the amount of work required for special events, such as the Spring Fling; Michigan Mixer; Paint With Us Seminar; and Fall Retreat, a seperate list is submitted on Pence earnings for each.
Printable List of Ways to Earn 'Spring Fling' Pence
Printable List of Ways to Earn 'Michigan Mixer' Pence
Printable List of Ways to Earn 'Paint With Us' Pence
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Game4U has announced incentives for pre-ordering major releases in the coming months, including heavyweights like Assassin's Creed 3, Black Ops 2, Warfighter and many others. And the bonuses are pretty interesting too.
Have a look at the details below (as given by Game4U):
- Pre-order Assassin's Creed 3 on PS3, Xbox 360 and get Assassin's Creed Neck Chain free. This is another Game4u exclusive. The game is slated for October 30, 2012.
- Pre-order Need for Speed: Most Wanted-Limited Edition on any format and be the 'most wanted' with a free T. Shirt which comes in your size. The game which releases on November 2, 2012 has four hours of double game points and two limited edition vehicles.
- Pre-order Medal of Honor: War Fighter on PS3 or PC for Downloadable Content (DLC) that provides speed, surprise and action; U.S. SFOD-D Pointman, Trijicon Optics 3 Pack of HK416, Trijicon TA648RMR (ACOG), Trijicon SRS02 (Reflex) and Trijicon RM08A (Reflex). The game is launching on October 26, 2012.
- Pre-order Call of Duty: Black Ops II releasing on November 13, 2012 and up your ante with pre-order Downloadable Content (DLC) – The Nuketown 2025 Bonus Map, which has more weapons, more settings and more bad guys.
- Pre-order Hitman: Absolution on PS3, Xbox 360 or PC and get exclusive sniper challenge which has been created as a bespoke standalone experience to reward fans. Discover secret extras, unlock equipment upgrades, and marvel at the way they work. Grab your copy on November 20, 2012
- Pre-order FIFA 13 on any format and get Downloadable Content (DLC) that lets you build your Ultimate Team; access the Adidas All Star Team and EA SPORTS Football Club unlockables. Hurry now, FIFA 13 is set to release on September 28, 2012.
- Pre-order Resident Evil 6 on PS3 or Xbox 360 and get your hands on Resident Evil Afterlife 3D Movie, worth Rs. 1299 absolutely free. Resident Evil 6 is set to release on October 2, 2012.
Far Cry 3 and Dishonored are also available for pre-order.
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JavaScript has been around since 1995 and has evolved to become an indispensable tool for web and software development. It is the most popular development environment in the market today because it delivers all-around performance. Moreover, JavaScript is growing as a programming language even today. There are close to 300 JavaScript frameworks and many more are in the process of development.
While some of these essential JavaScript frameworks continue to remain highly sought-after by the developer community, many frameworks have also faded away due to their limited functionality and timely ecosystem upgrades. From supersets, libraries, development ecosystems, frameworks, and query languages, there are a plethora of JavaScript deployments that businesses and developers alike must keep a track of.
ReactJS Continues to Dominate
React's initial prototype was called FaxJS. It came into existence in 2011 to cater to Facebook's need to maintain the dynamic and rapidly evolving traffic of its users. And, according to jQuery, React was the most popular JavaScript framework in 2021. Hence would not be wrong to predict that it will continue to dominate the field of software development in 2022 as well.
In today's world, React is one of the most popular libraries for JavaScript developers. It is being used by the top corporations in the industry such as Netflix, Pinterest, Reddit, and WhatsApp. React has introduced several experimental components like zero bundle size server elements and the concurrent mode. Besides, React also has an evolving community of developers hence there is expansive support available online for filling all stop-gaps while programming.
Evolution of Vue.js
Vue is one of the most popular JavaScript frameworks which is used in customized software development similar to React. Therefore it can be very difficult for developers to choose between Vue and React when it comes to certain software development projects. Vue is known for its flexibility and modularity. It has a large community and great documentation practices which makes it evolutionary and progressive.
Vue.js 3.0 which was launched in 2020 improved the overall performance of the framework adding features such smaller bundle sizes and improved support for Typescript. In 2021, Vue.js 3.2 was released which further improved the framework's capacity for increased performance, a large-scale support system, Typescript compatibility with virtual DOM and Composition API, layered modules, and UI component libraries.
Micro Frontend
Micro frontend development is one of the top JavaScript trends in software development in 2022. Conceptually it is very similar to the predominant microservice architecture which is used to develop modular features in applications. Micro frontend dismantles the monolith of frontend into smaller and more manageable elements and is widely used with a wide range of JavaScript frameworks.
Micro frontend development is based on the idea of isolating frontend components to create customizable programs that can be altered and used as per the needs of a business. And due to this new technique, micro frontends can be used, upgraded, and analyzed individually preventing redundancies and runtime errors during deployment. It helps us create a robust and resilient app architecture which does not incur down times due to errors in one particular JavaScript code block.
Micro frontends are completely independent of one another and support block isolation and data abstraction. It also supports frequent upgrades which has made the process of software development more streamlined and seamless for the developers. Besides, with the rise of microservice architectures and APIs that are being leveraged by businesses to integrate third-party features, micro frontend developments have helped reduce the time taken to develop software products since it ensures reusability of code blocks across applications throughout the process of development.
Rise of Parallax Scrolling Websites
Parallax scrolling websites are one of the key emerging JavaScript trends because they allow developers to add dimensions to the website development processes and improve the overall user experience. The motion of background content is much slower than the movement of the main content on the foreground in parallax scrolling websites. The parallax websites are based on the concept of identifying positions of the main elements and further addition of appropriate classes that determine the speed of scrolling based on what's detected and the needs of the business.
JavaScript libraries like Animate on Scroll or AOS can be used to build such parallax scrolling websites. Moreover, there are no AOS dependencies which allow the websites to work seamlessly on different kinds of devices without having to redevelop the websites for every platform. This makes omnichannel programming easy, reliable and reduces the time taken to develop such websites or web applications.
Typescript is perhaps the most popular supersets of JavaScript and it's one of the key JavaScript trends in software development that businesses and developers must look out for in 2022. It was released in 2012 by Microsoft so that JavaScript does not limit the types of objects and supports additional object types that JavaScript used to lack. Typescript retained the semantics and syntaxes of JavaScript and introduced several useful additional features.
It helps developers maintain large and complex databases of code increasing their productivity and reducing the deadtimes incurred while rewriting a block of code. There are several advantages of Typescript such as optional static typing, large-scale solution support, early detection of bugs, wide adoption possibilities, and easy onboarding.
Node.js is a JavaScript runtime environment which is greatly in demand by the global software development community for creating frontend and backend products. There was a steady rise in the number of downloads of Node.js in 2021. It is incredibly versatile and increases the speed of development and deployment of software products. It also improves the performance of such solutions with possibilities of fetching other frameworks and automating data collection and search query processes.
Node.js allows for the creation of flexible and lighter codes which also increases the scalability of the applications. It is used by streaming media like Netflix, message processing applications such Trello and LinkedIn, and financial services providers such as PayPal. Besides, Node.js can also be used by individual programmers to create bots that perform specific actions based on their needs.
For instance, it can be used to create Twitter bots and Discord bots that update businesses about specific tweets and information shared. It is increasingly preferred by the industry leaders because of its open-source contributions and is one of the most dominant JavaScript technologies that continues to influence the domains of software development. Moreover, Node.js also has one of the largest online repositories and active communities which make it one of the best platforms to develop software architectures on.
Popularity of Jamstack
Jamstack is a web development architecture that allows developers to develop fast websites with an added functionality of securing them. It is extremely popular in the software development community because it allows developers to build websites using multiple methods and code libraries.
There are several advantages of developing on Jamstack. It only requires light-weight coding which makes customizations and upgrades easier and efficient. The content delivery network or the CDN improves the delivery of assets and makes the website more scalable. Jamstack pages are lighter and faster and the server-side rendering mode facilitates content creation for dynamic websites as well.
Facebook released a query language in 2015 called GraphQL and it has been popular in the field of software development ever since. It is one of the most popular data management tools available in the market today. This is because it allows a flexible and easy to follow syntax for both frontend and backend data querying.
It is used by several leading companies across domains such as Shopify, GitHub, Quora, and Pinterest. GraphQL offers several advantages including faster retrieval of data based on the search queries, availability of customized requests, and improved query efficiency. Moreover, it supports API integrations and provides a comprehensive and understandable description based on the existing data giving the users the power to query or ask for their exact needs. It not only accesses one property at a time but also smoothly follows the references shared between them.
Software development using JavaScript can seem technical for businesses but it one of the most essential programing ecosystems with multi-channel support. It helps businesses perform a myriad of functions using similar code structures and algorithms. Beyond the few discussed above, there are many more JavaScript frameworks such as AngularJs, d3Js, p5js, Svelte, among others, that can also be leveraged by the developers to create business APIs, microservices or full-fledged websites and applications. Moreover, a versatile software development firm such as Focaloid Technologies also has a team of experts who are well versed with all the various types of JavaScript solutions which help get the job done. This includes both backend and frontend development as well as the management of large databases with an easy to follow user interface suitable for businesses of all sizes and in almost all domains.


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a shirtless young protester in Gaza gripping a Palestinian flag with one hand and swinging a slingshot over his head with the other, on the northern border between Gaza Strip and Israel in the weekly protests, which are organized by Palestinian protesters to protest against the Israeli blockade of Gaza which is imposed by Israel for 12 years until now.
All About Photo Photographer of the Year 2019
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Mustafa Hassona
Popular resistance icon
Christian Vizl
Mexico, Baja California, Sea of Cortez. I heard stories about the thousand of jacks swimming together at Cabo Pulmo, but nothing could have prepared me for actually entering the water and find this spectacular sight. I was really amazed! and for a time, I just float there and enjoyed them. So in this time a diver in my group was already at the bottom, some 60 feet below. I usually dont put divers in my photos, but in this case I thought it would be important for scale, since he looked so tiny in
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Christian Vizl
Frank Machalowski
This image is from my ongoing project 'tierwald'. I started this series in 2013. This picture is from 2018. Is it fiction or reality, is it a warm rain forest or a cold german mixed forest, are these animals real live in this forest or is it a giant zoo? These are the questions behind this series. I think these photos gives no answers to this questions, they should not also. Rather, they should just raise these questions and may even allow the the viewer room for more questions unanswered.
Third Place Winner
$1,500 Cash Prize
Frank Machalowski
Marco Gualazzini
The world's most complex humanitarian disaster: the Lake Chad crisis
Orphaned children, mainly Nigerian refugees, live together as a group in the Koran schools. During the day, they go begging and are known as Almajiri. These children, who live in the Lake Chad basin, are growing up in a constant situation of war, and all they've ever known is the weapons and deaths they draw on the walls of the city. Almajiri is gotten from an Arabic word "Al-Muhajirun" which can be translated to mean a person who leaves his home in search of Islamic knowledge
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Marco Gualazzini
The world's most complex humanitarian disaster: the Lake Chad crisis
Fernando Morales Roca
One decides, the rest follow
The rains and pastures set the pace of this gigantic movement of life. About a million and a half of wildebeest gather on the shore of the Mara River to cross it and arrive in Tanzania in search of better pastures for its survival. Knowing the danger of drowning and being easy prey to the crocodiles present, they are unpredictable at the time of crossing. After hours thinking whether to cross or not, the f
Fifth Place Winner
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Fernando Morales Roca
One decides, the rest follow
Merit Award's Gallery
Aimee Hoving
My daughter hiding behind a curtain, holding a portrait of her great grandmother. This picture is part of a series about my daughter.
Aimee Hoving
Donell Gumiran
Donell Gumiran
Elena Paraskeva
Elena Paraskeva
lunch dialogue
when the royal forces were eating lunch, the cats were hungry
Filip Gierlinski
Embe, 3 yrs old son of a nomad cattle and horse herding family, plays with a bow and arrow before his nomadic family pack up and move their gers and livestock to their winter pastures..
Filip Gierlinski
United Kingdom
Snezhana von Buedingen
Snezhana von Buedingen
Rosa Mariniello
HAVANA, CUBA-2018 March 18. Mercedes, 42 years old, posing in her house. The first Vitiligo marks appeared on her elbows and legs by the age of 35, after her grandmother's death. Now Vitiligo took over 90% of her body. She used Cuban treatments with good results but in the end she gave up using them because she was fed up of applying the lotion every day. Now she puts black makeup on her face in order to camouflage the white skin.
Rosa Mariniello
Kerry Mansfield
Aftermath series, Chemo Cycle 4
Kerry Mansfield
United States
Mariëtte Aernoudts
Mariëtte Aernoudts
Ron Cooper
Ron Cooper
United States
Hilda Champion
Oak Solo
This image was created by taking 70 exposures in a full circle around the tree. Then all the frames were layered with varying degrees of opacity. As a result, the darker parts of the image represent a high number of pixels - pixels recurring in numerous layers -, whereas the lighter parts of the image represent pixels only occurring in a few frames. The accumulation of pixels thereby becomes a true two-dimensional representation of the three-dimensional oak.
Hilda Champion
United States
Rebecca Moseman
Car Boys
Rebecca Moseman
United States
M Yousuf Tushar
Way to new home
A Birdseye view of hundreds Rohingya people are crossing no man's land to enter Bangladesh at Bangladesh and Myanmar boarder area, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. In 2017 More than 750,000 Rohingya peoples crossed the border to come Bangladesh after the Burmese army started an operation against the Rohingyas, by burning and destroying their home in the Rakhine state of Myanmar.
M Yousuf Tushar
Mariëtte Aernoudts
Mariëtte Aernoudts
David Oliete Casanova
Human towers competition
The human tower team "Colla Vella Xiquets de Valls" performs one of the highest and most difficult human tower during the "Concurs de Castells de Tarragona", the most important human tower competition in the region of Catalonia, in Spain, that takes place once every two years. Human Towers, known in Catalan language as "castells", have been one of the most important cultural traditions in the region of Catalonia for more than 200 years. (Tarragona, October 7, 2018).
David Oliete Casanova
Fausto Podavini
Yemrehanna Kristos
In the monastery of Yemrehanna Kristos. A praying woman inside the courtyard of the Monastery hollowed inside the cave. The whole construction is based on Olive tree wooden panels used to uplift it from the watery terrain underneath it. Many of the churches of the Tewahedo religion, are carved into the rock, sometimes invisible from the outside as they are camouflaged in the natural environment that surrounds them. Legend has it that the difficulty in finding the churches is due to a Muslim quee
Fausto Podavini
Pedro Jarque Krebs
Pedro Jarque Krebs
Mikhail Potapov
Only One
Mikhail Potapov
Russian Federation
Donell Gumiran
Donell Gumiran
Rick Murai
Bound Elephant, Luang Prabang, Laos
Bound elephant at farm, Laos
Rick Murai
United States
Marco Gualazzini
Le repentant
Africa, Chad, 13th October 2018. Abdullaye Tidjani, aged 26, Nigerian, ex Boko Haram fighter, forcefully enlisted in the ranks. He was part of the military wing of the Islamist group for over two years. Following one of the numerous massacres perpetrated by the terrorists, he decided to become a deserter, and fled with his wife and son.
Marco Gualazzini
Eduardo Soler
On a cold San Francisco night, the twins take their nightly stroll through the city.
Eduardo Soler
United States
Gavin Smart
The Producers - Roger DeBris & Carmen Ghia
A still image taken from a promotional series of images inspired by Mel Brook's classic film and musical, The Producers. In this backstage scene, we find director Roger, encouraged by his whole production team, to embrace his own personal issues of gender and self-confidence and step out on stage as the show girl he always wished he could be!
Gavin Smart
United Kingdom
Salvatore Valente
Asino colorato
India, this donkey is used for public transport, is colored to distinguish it from private ones
Salvatore Valente
Misha Maslennikov
settlement of Interposelok, Olonets district, Karelia, Russia Series: Vazheozero From the cycle: Once in the north
Misha Maslennikov
Klaus Lenzen
36 to go
36 runners - 36 KM to go to the finish line of the Düsseldorf Marathon
Klaus Lenzen
Wei Wang
The arrow is fitted to the string
Equestrian Archery in Bashang Grassland in Winter in China
Wei Wang
ann george
Raising Georges
ann george
United States
France Leclerc
Among the Sheep
In Western Mongolia, the Kazakhs migrate with their flocks to look for pasturage as the seasons change. In the summer, families find a suitable area for the animals and set up a "ger". There is an incredible amount of work associated with this lifestyle but children happily take part in the chores starting at a very young age.
France Leclerc
United States
Thank You!
The fourth edition of All About Photo Awards welcomed submissions from all over the world. Photographers driven by their artistic eye and passion were selected by John Rankin, Elisabeth Avedon, Henry Horenstein, Laura Geiser, Tariq Zaidi, Anna Van Lenten, Maxim Panés, Ann Jastrab, Alex Cammarano and Sandrine Hermand-Grisel. Thank you to all the amazing photographers who submitted their work and who continue to support All About Photo! You will be able to see all the winning images and much more in the upcoming AAP Magazine Special Edition "All About Photo Awards 2019" stay tuned!
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John Rankin
Rankin is a British photographer, publisher and film director. With a portfolio ranging from portraiture to documentary, he has shot The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Kate Moss, Kendall Jenner and The Queen to name only a few. Fearless behind the lens, his imagery has become engrained in contemporary iconography.
He began his career co-founding the seminal magazine Dazed & Confused with Jefferson Hack, tapping into the consciousness of the 90s and 00s with his intimate approach and playful sense of humour. He has since remained a prevalent force in publishing with AnOther Magazine, the bi-annual Hunger Magazine and over 42 books to his name.
A film fanatic, Rankin soon turned his hand to directing moving image. As both a photographer and director, he has created landmark editorial and advertising campaigns for some of the biggest and most celebrated publications, brands and charities including L'Oreal, Dove, Pantene, Diageo, Women's Aid, Comic Relief and Oxfam, alongside music videos for the likes of Miley Cyrus, Rita Ora and Kelis.
In 2002, he co-directed his debut feature film, The Lives of Saints, written by Toni Grisoni (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas). Under the eponymous banner of Rankin Film, Rankin reps a roster of the hottest directing talent working today, creating outstanding work for the worlds of advertising, fashion and music videos.
His affiliation with charities has seen Rankin travel the world, creating powerful campaigns both as a photographer and a director. Having worked with Comic Relief in 2015, he returned in 2017 to create the t-shirts and merchandise for a record-breaking Red Nose Day. His 2017 campaign with Macmillan Cancer Support went viral as people were encouraged to Brave the Shave.
Rankin lives in London with his wife Tuuli and their three dogs, Pickle, Beans and Squidge.
John Rankin
Photographer, Publisher and Film Director
Elizabeth Avedon
Elizabeth Avedon has a rich history in photography. Collaborating with museums, publishing houses, galleries and artists, she's received awards and recognition for her curatorial work, exhibition design and publishing projects, including the retrospective exhibition and book "Avedon: 1949-1979" for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, and High Museum, Atlanta; "Avedon: In the American West" for the Amon Carter Museum, Corcoran Gallery, and Art Institute of Chicago; as well as exhibitions at the Leica Gallery, New York; the Menil Collection, Houston, Texas; and for the Estate of Diane Arbus, among others.
Former Director of Photo-Eye Gallery, Santa Fe; Creative Director for The Gere Foundation; Art Director for Ralph Lauren national advertising and Photo Editor for Ralph Lauren Media, Elizabeth is an ongoing contributor to her own online Journal, profiling notable leaders in the world of photography as well as emerging talent. She wrote the introductory text for several photography books, including Vivian Maier: Self Portraits (powerhouse); Dornith Doherty: Archiving Eden (Schilt); and Tom Chambers A Photomontage Retrospective, Hearts and Bones (Unicorn, 2018).
Along with leading advanced photo-editing and photography book design workshops, Elizabeth continues to participate as a reviewer in many international portfolio reviews. She is an instructor in both the BFA Photography and Video and graduate Masters in Digital Photography programs at the School of Visual Arts, New York. In 2017, Elizabeth received a "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the Griffin Museum of Photography.
Elizabeth Avedon
Photography book and exhibition designer,
independent curator and writer
Henry Horenstein
Henry Horenstein has been a professional photographer, filmmaker, teacher, and author since the 1970s. He studied history at the University of Chicago, and earned his BFA and MFA at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), where he studied with Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind.
Henry's work is collected and exhibited internationally and he has published over 30 books, including several monographs of his own work such as SHOOT WHAT YOU LOVE (a memoir), HISTORIES, SHOW, HONKY TONK, ANIMALIA, HUMANS, RACING DAYS, CLOSE RELATIONS, and many others. He has also authored BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY, DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY, and BEYOND BASIC PHOTOGRAPHY, used by hundreds of thousands of college, university, high-school, and art school students as their introduction to photography. MAKE BETTER PICTURES, his newest instructional book, will be published this fall.
In recent years, Henry has been making films: PREACHER, MURRAY, SPOKE, and now PARTNERS, which premiered recently at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts.
Henry is professor of photography at RISD and lives in Boston.
Henry Horenstein
Photographer, Professor of photography at RISD
Laura Geiser
As a Senior Photo Editor for BuzzFeed News, Laura Geiser commissions and produces photography to accompany a wide variety of news articles, and was formerly in the photo departments at TheWrap and ELLE Magazine. She enjoys producing and curating visual media around the biggest stories trending in national, culture, celebrity and entertainment news.
Laura Geiser
Senior Photo Editor, BuzzFeed News
Tariq Zaidi
In Jan 2014, Tariq Zaidi gave up an executive management position, to pursue his passion of capturing the dignity, purity and soul of people, within their environment. His work focuses on documenting social issues, inequality, endangered communities and traditions from around the world.
In Sep 2016, Tariq was named as one of the top 10 photographers you should know, focusing on social issues and inequality in various societies across the globe. In Feb 2018, Tariq was awarded one of the top Premier Awards in POYi75 (Pictures of the Year International Competition) - "Photographer of the Year" Award of Excellence for his work from North Korea, Congo and Brazil and also 2nd place News Division/Feature Category in the same year. Tariq was also one of the winners of PDN Photo Annual 2018 (Photojournalism/Documentary Category) and was awarded The Marty Forscher Fellowship Fund for outstanding achievement in Humanistic Photography, presented by Parsons School of Design, USA.
Since Aug 2015, Tariq's stories, images and videos from Angola, Brazil, Cambodia, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia, Georgia, Haiti, Indonesia, Mongolia, North Korea & South Sudan have been featured internationally in over 700 magazines/newspapers/websites (in more than 60 countries) including: The Guardian, BBC News, CNN, National Geographic, Smithsonian Magazine, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Der Spiegel Magazine, El Pais, El Pais Semanal, Stern View Magazine, GEO Magazine, The Independent On Sunday Magazine, National Geographic Traveler Magazine, GQ & GQ Style Magazines, Marie Claire, Esquire Magazine, PDN Magazine, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Muy Interesante Spain, The Telegraph, El Mundo Spain, El Pais Brasil, Conde Nast Traveler Magazine, The Daily Mail, Khaleej Times UAE, ITV News, MSN News International, LensCulture, The Mirror, The Sun, Daily Express, L'Oeil De La Photographie, VICE, The Global Times China, Geographical Magazine, Wanderlust Travel Magazine, Internazionale Magazine, Feature Shoot, Spiegel Online, The China Daily, The People's Daily, China, The Times of London and many more.
He has won many major international photography awards, shown his work in over 50 international exhibitions and worked on projects and assignments in 18 countries across 4 continents.
Tariq works as a freelance photographer based out of London, UK. He is currently working on a long-term personal project developing a visual anthology capturing the dignity of humankind in some of the poorest communities in the world.
Tariq is a self-taught photographer, holds an M.Sc. (Master of Science) from University College London and is a certified teacher. Having lived in 10 countries and travelled to well over 100, he is also a multilinguist.
His work is represented by Zuma Press (USA), Caters News Agency (UK) and Getty Images (UK).
Tariq won Photographer of the Year at All About Photo Awards 2018
Tariq Zaidi
Photographer, Winner All About Photo Awards 2018
Anna Van Lenten
Anna Van Lenten ran the bimonthly
Half King Photography Series
in New York City from 2010 to 2019. There, she presented over 70 print exhibits, book launches, & pop-up screenings. In 2016, she founded
, a bi-annual photo festival that aims to use the power of visual art to illuminate social and environmental issues. LightField is planning its 2022/23 edition now. She has also produced two multi-media exhibits about post-Snowden corporate and state surveillance (Surveillance.01 in NYC, and Surveillance.02 in Dubai). In May, 2018, she earned an MFA in fiction from The New School. Van Lenten's piece about Gerda Taro & Lee Miller appeared in Musee Magazine's Women issue.
Anna Van Lenten
Founder & Director at LightField
Maxim Panés
Editor and founder of dodho Magazine. He began her career at an early age in the world of image and design. Maxim Panés maintains relations with the best agencies and publishers to promote the photographers careers published in Dodho Magazine, Dodho´s team is responsible to some extent of the rapid success that Magazine has had in the world photography industry. Dodho Magazine is published daily in its online version and every six months in its printed version. Each version is focused on a totally different audience, while the online version seeks a public as broad as possible, the print version is aimed exclusively at a more professional audience such as galleries, agencies and other professionals in the photographic and art industry, both editions have as objective and priority standing out any good photographer or project within the crowd. Highlighting their work and offering the right promotion tools.
Maxim Panés
Founder & Director Dodho Magazine
Ann Jastrab
Ann M. Jastrab is the Executive Director at the Center for Photographic Art (CPA) in Carmel, California. CPA strives to advance photography through education, exhibition and publication. These regional traditions-including mastery of craft, the concept of mentorship, and dedication to the photographic arts-evolved out of CPA's predecessor, the renowned Friends of Photography established in 1967 by iconic artists Ansel Adams, Wynn Bullock and Cole Weston. While respecting these West Coast traditions, CPA is also at the vanguard of the future of photographic imagery. Before coming onboard at CPA, Ann was the gallery manager at Scott Nichols Gallery in San Francisco where she incorporated contemporary artists with the living legends of photography.
Ann also worked as the gallery director at RayKo Photo Center in San Francisco for 10 years until their closure in 2017. Ann has curated many shows in the Bay Area while simultaneously jurying, curating, and organizing numerous exhibitions for other national and international venues outside of San Francisco. She has reviewed portfolios for a multitude of organizations including the Seoul International Photography Festival in Korea, Fotofest, Photolucida, GuatePhoto, PhotoNola, Review Santa Fe, Medium, Palm Springs Photo Festival, Filter, PhotoAlliance, and Lishui International Photography Festival in China as well as being a juror for Critical Mass. While being a champion of artists, she created a thriving artist-in-residence program at RayKo where recent residents Kathya Landeros, Meghann Riepenhoff, Carlos Javier Ortiz, and McNair Evans all received Guggenheim Fellowships.
Besides being a curator, Ann Jastrab, MFA, is a fine art photographer, master darkroom printer, and teacher as well. She has been leading courses in the San Francisco Bay Area and at the Maine Media Workshops (formerly the Maine Photographic Workshops) in Rockport, Maine since 1995.
Ann Jastrab
Executive Director, Center for Photographic Art
Alex Cammarano
Alex started his career as a consultant in France. He then worked for a few startups before launching Daylighted in San Francisco. Daylighted provides the first art streaming app allowing any public places to support the local art communities by exhibiting artworks on-demand on any digital medium.
Alex Cammarano
Founder and CEO of Daylighted
Sandrine Hermand-Grisel
Sandrine Hermand-Grisel is a professional photographer who specializes in Fine Art Photography and Printmaking. She grew up in Paris, France and in London, UK before she moved to the United States with her family in 2006. She decided to use her knowledge of the photography world to become the curator of the website, All About Photo, which she founded in 2013. Much more than a cultural agenda, All About Photo is a source of information for photographers and aficionados of photography as well as a showcase platform for talented artists.
An integral part of All About Photo is its annual awards competition, The Mind's Eye, she has juried over the years with renowned photographers and curators such as Liu Bolin, Ann Jastrab, Ed Kashi, Eli Klein, Jules Maeght, Aline Smithson, Ami Vitale, Judy Walgren, Sabine Weiss, Frank Horvat, Elizabeth Avedon and many more. She also juried competitions and shows for A Smith Gallery, Darkroom Gallery, Gomma Photography Grant, Rayko Photo Center, L.A. & N.Y. Photo Curator, Emerge UK Prize, The PhotoPlace Gallery, Praxis Gallery, The Young Photographer's Award and others.
Sandrine Hermand-Grisel's work has been published in books and magazines as well as exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide.
While still working on personal projects, she now spends most of her time discovering new talents for All About Photo. She is also working on the new AAP Magazine committed exclusively to the publication of portfolios.
Sandrine Hermand-Grisel
Photographer, Founder & Editor All About Photo
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"And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen."
Matthew 6:13 (KJV)
Hi friends,
How are you? This verse is sort of a bottom line, summary, of our prayer to God and this post is the last post in this Lord's Prayer devotion series. I hope it has blessed you in some way to ponder the words of the Lord's Prayer more closely and in depth. I pray that you pray these words and not recite them. I pray that I do the same.
I believe that every word in the Bible means something and is meant to be there. However, to be honest, I am not sure why "And lead us not into temptation" is part of this prayer. I trust Jesus, and wouldn't question their worth. It just sounds kind of strange, knowing that our Father in Heaven is a loving God. He wants the best for us and it is strange asking Him not to "lead us into temptation." Unless, maybe it is saying not to harden our hearts, as He did Pharaoh's when we go against His will, but to give us more chances and more direction. Often, once our heart is hardened and our mind is closed, we spiral downhill and we are not only tempted but sin in many ways. What do you think?
After consulting a friend, praying, and rereading this verse, I believe that the word "lead" is the important word in this phrase. We are to put our trust in God and let Him lead us. We are to be obedient to His will and not try to do things our own way. Trust me, the latter isn't good. We are often our own worst enemy. Yet, God is good and will lead us away from temptation if we ask and put our trust in Him.
I understand the part about, "but deliver us from evil." I have prayed that many times. I want to do God's will and I don't want anything evil to come near me, tempt me, or hurt me in anyway.
The last part of this verse is a powerful one. I believe that it is meant for us to acknowledge that we are nothing without God and that everything we do should be for God and to grow His kingdom. I believe that it is meant to acknowledge that we pray and we do what we do as Christians, because we want to be of the kingdom of God and not of the world. That is our focus. We are called to acknowledge and understand that God has the power to help us, to hurt us, to give us life, to give us death, to move mountains, to heal us, to create everything from nothing, to destroy everything, as well as to love us and provide for us unconditionally or conditionally. Acknowledging God's power also is intended to assure us that we can put our faith in Him fully and that we are to fear Him in a loving way and be obedient to Him. We are His creations. We are His servants. We are His children. We are called to give Him the glory. And, I believe as Christians, that this isn't a chore or a task given to us by a master, but an act of love. We want to do these things. We know that God loves us and we want to love Him back.
Heavenly Father,
Thank you for sending us Jesus, your only begotten Son, to be our teacher, our savior, and our ultimate role model. Thank you for these words on how to pray. Help us to pray them and not just recite them without thought or feeling. Help us to strive to build, to pray for, and to uplift your kingdom. Help us to acknowledge your ultimate power and to fear you and love you in the most loving and obedient way. Help us to give you the glory in all that we do and not do or seek our own glory. I ask you this through your Son, Jesus. Amen.
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Reflective questions for Matthew 6:13 (KJV):
*What does Matthew 6:13 mean to me?
*Do I pray these words or recite these words?
*Have I truly pondered or prayed about the meaning of the Lord's Prayer?
*Do I pray for God's kingdom and try to uplift it and grow it?
*What can I do to uplift and grow God's kingdom?
*Do I acknowledge God's power?
*Do I both fear God and have faith in Him, knowing that He has the power to
help me or hurt me?
*Do I give God the glory in all I do or do I seek the praise and the credit for
"And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors."
Matthew 6:12 (KJV)
Hi friends,
How are you? Today's blog post topic is forgiveness. It isn't only forgiveness, but the sentence of the Lord's Prayer in which Jesus tells us to forgive others. How many times have you said the Lord's Prayer and then not forgiven someone? I think that asking for forgiveness and giving forgiveness are often difficult for people.
I think some people have a misconception about forgiveness. They might think that forgiveness condones the action, encourages the action, or some how makes the action okay. They might think that forgiveness means that everything will go back to the way it was before the action. That isn't necessarily true either. Actions have logical consequences whether we forgive others or not. For example, if someone steals from you, you can forgive him or her, but that doesn't mean that you will instantly trust him or her as if they have never stolen before. That trust will probably have to be earned. To me, the forgiveness is separate.
What does forgiveness mean to you? To me, forgiveness means that you release yourself from the feelings that you have in trying to harbor powerful negative feelings in the situation. It frees you from feeling the need to take vengeance in the situation. It admits that it is God's place and not yours to take vengeance and show wrath. Forgiveness in this way is for the forgiver.
Not forgiving someone often puts more of a hold on you than it does on the perpetrating party. We often see how people who hurt us, may not feel as bad as we do. By harboring the hate, the want for vengeance, the ideas of retaliation, and the refusal to forgive, we are hurting ourselves. It effects not only our emotional life, but also our physical and spiritual lives as well. Stress can kill and all that ill will that we harbor inside of us gets turned back to us and wrecks havoc on us.
Don't get me wrong; forgiveness also helps the offending party. It gives him or her hope and encouragement. It helps him or her to feel that he or she is not doomed to death. It helps him or her to forgive him or herself and to ask forgiveness from God. Think about it. How do you feel when someone has forgiven you? More importantly, how do you feel when God has forgiven you?
We might say, "Well, I can forgive people for little things, but I don't know if I can forgive people for big things, like abuse and murder." Yet, we need to look closely to Jesus' words. He doesn't say, "Forgive people if they do little things." He says, "Forgive our debtors."
Forgiveness may be difficult. However, we wouldn't be called to do it if it wasn't something that we couldn't do. We also need to remember that we can't do anything without God's help, so forgiveness shouldn't be any different. We are called to ask God for help in forgiving others, just as we are called to ask God's help in doing anything.
In this short verse, Jesus uses the word "as" here. I believe that this is a reminder to ask God for forgiveness and acknowledgement that it is only fair that God treats us like we treat others. If we treat others well, God is more inclined to treat us well. If we forgive others, God is more inclined to forgive us. It is like that with people too. If we smile at someone, they are more inclined to smile back. If we encourage someone, they are more inclined to encourage us back. So, with this verse, we are praying that when or while we forgive others, God will also forgive us. Wouldn't life be so much better if we all learned to ask forgiveness and give it better? (I like how God always wants what is best for us and we can see it in every word He gives us!)
Heavenly Father,
Thank you for your love. Thank you for always wanting the best for us: your children and creations. Thank you for sending your Son, Jesus to be our Lord, our Savior, and our Teacher. Thank you for these words in the Lord's Prayer. Help us to pray them and live by them whole-heartedly. Help us to forgive others, even when it is difficult. I ask you this through Jesus, your Son. Amen.
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Reflective questions for Matthew 6:12 (KJV):
*What does Matthew 6:12 mean to me?
*What does forgiveness mean to me?
*Do I recite these words or pray these words?
*Do I forgive others?
*Do I ask God's help to forgive others?
*Do I ask God's forgiveness?
Now, it is your turn.
I look forward to reading your thoughts. Please, share how you like this post and what Matthew 6:12 means to you. If you don't want to share with everyone, feel free to contact me. Thank you for reading.
P.S.- - If you haven't read the other posts in the Lord's Prayer series, you may want to read those as well.
* Lord's Prayer Series - - Post 1
* Lord's Prayer Series - - Post 2
* Lord's Prayer Series - - Post 3
Take Life One Day at a Time
"Give us this day our daily bread."
Matthew 6:11 (KJV)
Hi friends,
How are you? I hope you are doing well. This is a rather short verse, yet it tells us quite a bit. "Give us this day our daily bread." We are asking God to give us what we need for the day and to show us His will for us for the day.
We as humans are very needy. Thankfully, Our Father in heaven wants to give us what we need. He also wants us to ask Him for our needs, to acknowledge that we can't provide our needs without Him, and trust that He will provide our needs for us.
Jesus uses the word "bread" in Matthew 6:11 and obviously, I don't know for sure his meaning. Yet, I believe that he is referring to more than food. I believe that he is referring to everything that we need to get through the day and to do the things that God wants us to do in that day. They also refer to physical, emotional, spiritual, and intellectual things.
Physical things might be food, water, sleep, rest, shelter, and clothing. It might also include a job or income so that these things can be earned. Emotional, spiritual, and intellectual things might include the knowledge of what God calls us to do and the willingness, courage, and obedience to do what God calls us to do. They may also include things like giving us the knowledge, strength, willingness, courage, and obedience to stay away from sin and temptation during the day.
These words by Jesus also remind us that we are to pray daily. The words don't say, "Give us our weekly bread or our monthly bread." We are to go to God daily in prayer and ask for His will to be done and for our needs to be provided for everyday. Prayer is important and it is important to pray every day.
These words also remind us to only worry about one day at a time. Again, Jesus uses words like "this day" and "daily bread." He doesn't say that we should pray for or about things that are going to happen next week, next month, or next year, or even tomorrow. We are to pray daily for what we need for each day.
It is also interesting to note, that Jesus doesn't say anything about the "desires of our heart" here. He doesn't say anything about wants. It is needs that are mentioned. (No daily "frosting" here.)
Heavenly Father,
Thank you for being our Heavenly Father. Thank you for sending your only begotten Son, Jesus to us to not only be our savior, but to be our ultimate teacher and role model. Thank you for giving us the Lord's Prayer through Jesus. Please, help us to live according to the words that Jesus gave us. Help us to pray to you and come to you daily for our daily needs. Help us to not only ask you, but to trust you to provide what we need each day to do the things you want us to do each day and to live in the way that you want us to live each day. Help us to pray the Lord's Prayer and not just recite it. I ask you this through your Son, Jesus. Amen.
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Reflective questions for Matthew 6:11 (KJV):
*What does Matthew 6:11 mean to me?
*Do I pray to God daily?
*Do I ask for my needs every day?
*Do I trust that God will provide for me daily?
*Do I ask what God's will is for me each day and ask that He gives me the
courage, skill, and obedience to do His will for me each day?
*Do I take one day at a time or worry about things in the future?
Now, it is your turn.
I would enjoy hearing your thoughts. Comment below or feel free to contact me. Thank you. I pray someone is blessed by this.
"Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven."
Matthew 6:10 (KJV)
Hi friends,
Last week, I started a series on the Lord's Prayer, given to us by Jesus. We may say or recite the Lord's Prayer, but do we pray it? Do we think about the words? Do we live by the words?
"Thy kingdom come." What does that mean to you? We all get something out of the Bible and out of a prayer. God has a special message for each of us. I read commentaries and each says something different. It means something different to each of us. However, it means the same also. That is why I pray before I write. I want God's message and not my own message.
We are called to grow God's kingdom and to pray for it. There are believers, unbelievers, and people who are lukewarm in the middle. Yet, we are called to encourage belief and to grow God's community of believers. We are called to believe ourselves and help others to believe. We are called to be part of God's kingdom and not the "kingdom of the world" or "Satan's kingdom" or whatever we want to call the evilness of the world.
So, we have heard of the second coming of Jesus and how He will rule. Is that what Jesus is talking about here? Um. I don't think it is just that. It may be part of it. Yet, to me, it means that we are to pray for and be a part of God's kingdom now and forever, here and in life everlasting. Our choice is to be of this world or of God.
We are also called to not only submit to God's will, but to want it. We are called to ask for it. We are called to acknowledge it. We are called to do it. In so doing, we are acknowledging that we are part of God's kingdom and willingly want to do His will here on earth and once we get in heaven.
And, why would we do all this? Why would we want to have God's will instead of our own? Love! We want this, because we love God and we know that He loves us. We know that God's way and God's plan is better than anything we can plan. It all comes down to love and thanksgiving. If we have a place in God's kingdom here on earth, we will be rewarded with a place in God's kingdom in heaven. What a beautiful reward in which to look forward!
Heavenly Father,
Thank you for loving us and creating us. Thank you for sending us your Son, Jesus, who taught us how to pray. Thank you for inviting us and calling us to be part of your kingdom on earth and in heaven. Help us to pray for your will and your kingdom. Help us to be like Jesus, our ultimate role model, in our efforts to pray, to follow your will, and to grow your kingdom. I ask you this through your Son, Jesus. Amen.
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Reflective questions for Matthew 6:10 (KJV):
*What does Matthew 6:10 mean to me?
*Do I want to be part of God's kingdom, part of the world's kingdom, or part
of my own kingdom? (Be honest.)
*Do I ask God to let His will be done or ask that my will be done?
*Do I recite the Lord's Prayer or do I pray it?
*What can I do to better live the Lord's Prayer?
*What can I do to help grow and pray for God's kingdom?
Now, it is your turn.
I would like to hear your thoughts. Please, leave me a comment. Thank you. God bless!
"After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name."
Matthew 6:9 (KJV)
Hi friends,
How are you today? This week, I am starting a series of devotions based upon the verses of the Lord's Prayer, given to us by Jesus. I pray that God gives me the words to give you during these special devotions. (Actually, I pray that God gives me the words for every post.) Have you ever looked at the words of the Lord's Prayer a verse at a time and carefully pondered their meaning? I encourage you to do so.
So, let's look at the first ten words of the Lord's Prayer in which Jesus gave us to pray. What do they mean to you? "Our Father which art in heaven…." Do you consider God to be your Heavenly Father? Do you treat Him as a Father above any earthly father? Do you go to Him as a child would to a good and faithful father? Do you love Him as you would a beloved part of your family? Do you acknowledge that He is the one who created you and that you wouldn't have been born without His love for you?
"…Hallowed be thy name." Do you hallow God's name? Do you treat His name as above all others and give it the respect God deserves? I hear God's name taken in vain quite often. Swearing of all sorts seems to be a growing cultural habit. Yet, this particular type of swear is more repulsive than others.
We don't go around saying, "John damn it" or "Jane damn it." Yet, we do have people going around taking the Lord's name in vain. How would we feel if it people started taking our name in vain? My guess is that we wouldn't like it. People are pretty touchy. (That is why we have so much trouble with political correctness, etc.) So, if we wouldn't like it if people took our name in vain, why are we complacent when people take our Heavenly Father's name in vain? Why do some of us take our Heavenly Father's name in vain?
Jesus himself told us that we are called to treat and acknowledge our God as our Heavenly Father. We are to keep His name holy. We are called to give God, our Heavenly Father, with the love, reverence, and respect that He deserves. And, here is the kicker, quite frankly, if we are the Christians that we pledge to be, we shouldn't need to be told by Jesus or anyone else to do all this. We should love God, because He is who He is! We should hallow His name, because He is the most beloved out of our entire beloved, He is the most holy out of the entire holy. We should respect Him and love Him, because He first loved us. We should keep His name hallowed, because we love Him so.
Heavenly Father,
Thank you for loving us and creating us. Thank you for sending your only begotten Son, Jesus, to be our savior and to be our ultimate role model. Thank you for sending us your Holy Spirit to guide us and show us the way and to intercede for us and pray for us when we can't for ourselves. Thank you for giving us your Word in scriptures to guide us and show us the way to you. Help us to love you, to pray to you, to respect you, to acknowledge you, and to obey you. Help us to keep your name holy. Help us to pray the Lord's Prayer and not just recite it. I ask you this through your Son, Jesus. Amen.
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Reflective questions for Matthew 6:9 (KJV):
*What does Matthew 6:9 mean to me?
*Do I recite the Lord's Prayer or do I pray the Lord's Prayer?
*Do I think about and ponder the words of the Lord's Prayer?
*Do I follow and heed the words of the Lord's Prayer?
*Do I acknowledge, love, and respect God as my Heavenly Father?
*Do I keep God's name holy?
*Am I repulsed when someone else doesn't love God or keep His name holy?
*Do I say something when someone doesn't keep our Heavenly Father's name
*How would I feel if someone took my name in vain?
*How would I feel if my children didn't love me or honor me, as they should?
*How would I feel if my loved ones didn't love me in return as I thought they
Now, it is your turn.
I would like to know your thoughts. Let me know in the comments. Thank you. I appreciate you being here and taking the time to read my posts.
Hi friends!
This is Jodi. I am so glad you are here! I am a Christian and life-long learner. I enjoy sharing and encouraging others. I pray you are blessed by this blog. Thank you for being here.
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A new organization seeks to give a voice to those formerly incarcerated
Cheyenne, WY – June 6, 2019
Wyoming-based criminal justice reform and reinvestment organization TReND Wyoming is holding community listening sessions across the state, with the goal to gather stories and help give a voice to those impacted by the system.
At a recent community listening session hosted by the organization in Gillette, the importance of increased community-based mental health services as an alternative to incarceration took center stage. Attendees heard a range of stories from individuals formerly incarcerated, their families, and community treatment professionals.
"Our criminal justice system is broken," said TReND board member Jason Mittlieder. "People aren't getting the help they need when they need it."
"We want to hear from those who've been affected by the justice system, along with family members, and carry those stories and recommendations to legislators," Mittlieder continued.
TReND Wyoming is hosting Community Listening Sessions in the following locations. Community members, friends and family, and formerly incarcerated individuals are encouraged to attend and participate.
June 8: Cheyenne, WY
2 pm
Alano Club
Corner of Albany Ave. & E. 15th St
Cheyenne, WY
June 11: Casper, WY
Wyoming Rescue Mission
230 N Park Street
Casper, WY
According to the organization's website, Wyoming judges often feel that prison is the only viable option where treatment is available, despite community-based treatment being more effective. Jails and prisons often lack any treatment services at all, it says.
According to the organization's representatives, one of TReND Wyoming's goals is to expand community-based drug and mental health treatment access and funding across the state so that fewer people are needlessly spending time in jails and prisons.
"Legislators are only hearing one side of the story," said board member Megan McGhee. "They need to hear from those directly effected by the system in order to make more informed decisions about the most effective options for treatment funding. The system isn't going to change on its own without input from these individuals."
The group cites a 2018 study published by Washington State Institute for Public Policy that found that every dollar invested in community-based drug treatment results in $13.43 in benefit to the local community.
TReND Wyoming is supported by volunteer professionals from the social work and mental health community, along with family and friends of individuals who've struggled upon reentry after incarceration.
The name "TReND" stands for "Treatment and Recovery, Not Detention."
Additional community listening sessions are planned for Riverton and Evanston in the upcoming weeks.
TReND Wyoming is a coalition of people and groups from across the state of Wyoming led by people and families directly impacted by the criminal justice system who believe that working with offenders with mental health and/or substance use issues need to be front and center in the conversation about criminal justice reform and reinvestment. For more information, visit TReND Wyoming on the web at https://www.trendwyoming.org, or on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/trendwyoming/.
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Cell formation is the most important problem faced in designing cellular manufacturing systems based on the principle of Group Technology. In that, parts with similar geometry, function, material and/or requiring a similar production process are grouped into part families and corresponding machines are organized as independent cells. One of the main weaknesses of the conventional grouping methods is that they implicitly assume that the components belong to one of the part families. In reality, some parts often require processing by machines from multiple cells and thereby belong to more than one-part families and appear as bottleneck parts. It is necessary to identify these bottleneck parts while grouping, and subsequently, they may be processed by alternative methods, say subcontracting. The identification of bottleneck parts may be considered equivalent to the isolation of noise and outliers in robust fuzzy classification task. In this paper, Dave's noise resistant fuzzy clustering model is applied to solve this problem.
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|Published - Jan 1 1999
|Proceedings of the 1999 18th International Conference of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society - NAFIPS'99 - New York, NY, USA
Duration: Jun 10 1999 → Jun 12 1999
|Proceedings of the 1999 18th International Conference of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society - NAFIPS'99
|New York, NY, USA
|6/10/99 → 6/12/99
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What does Elminster sound like when he talks? Like you in real life? Or like, let's say, Gandalf from the LotR movies, or something else? Asking for a DM friend who is going to have to RP old El quite a bit coming up soon. Thanks in advance! – Fellow Ontarian El has a light, soft English or Welsh accent that comes and goes (he likes to "sound like a local," and so, adjusts). See Nicol Williamson playing Merlin in the movie EXCALIBUR for cadence and manner.#Realmslore
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In this expansion, you will find 10 variations of cars, 4 new types of buildings and the expansion rule/summary sheets. Please use them together with the columns and road-sticks included in Tokyo Highway base game to enjoy the expansion game.
With the expansion rules, each car has its own distinctive effect and/or conditions for placement. For example, Sports Car allows you to build 2 roads in a row, Jumbo Trailer lets you construct a new building in the middle of a game, and Construction Truck can hinder your opponent from making an exit. Which car do you want to start your game with? The future of your highway depends on your smart selection of cars. Bring an evolution to the game of Tokyo Highway with your shaking hand and soul!
Project Cordination: Nozomi Obinata
Photo: Hiroaki Seo
Naotaka Shimamoto, Yoshiaki Tomioka, Nozomi Obinata,
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Buildings 4types, Cars 10types × 4colors