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News from CAK
Three CAK Athletes Sign with Division I Schools
CAK is pleased to announce that three of our outstanding high school athletes are going to play at the next level - Division I collegiate athletics. Among them is the first-ever female lacrosse athlete from Knox County to sign for a Division I school, Hailey Carroll. The list also includes two members of the three-time state championship CAK baseball team, Austen Jaslove and Connor Jurek.
Hailey Carroll will be attending Gardner-Webb University. She is a 4-year starter for the varsity lacrosse team at CAK, and a member of the TNLAX Travel Team. Carroll has also been on the Tennessee National Lacrosse Team for the past two years, and has been on the All Prep Xtra Girls Lacrosse Team. She has been 1st Team All-Region, and a Knox News Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year Nominee.
Austen Jaslove is signing with the University of Tennessee. As a four-year varsity starter for the CAK baseball team, Jaslove helped his team win three state championships. Other honors include: 2019 All-District, Sophomore Rookie of the Year, and Sophomore and Junior 2x Gold Glove.
Connor Jurek will play for the University of South Caroline Upstate. He is also a four-year member of the state championship CAK baseball team. His other honors include: 2019 All-District, 2019 All-Region, 2019 5 Star Prep and Prep Xtra 1st Team, and 2019 Offensive MVP.
Congrats, Warriors!
CAK Announces New Boys Lacrosse Coach Drew Wassenaar
August 12, 2019 (Knoxville, TN) – Christian Academy of Knoxville (CAK) is pleased to announce that Drew Wassenaar has accepted the offer to become the head coach of High School Boys Lacrosse team. Wassenaar is not new to CAK, he has been an assistant coach since 2018 and brings a wealth of experience with him into the head coaching role.
"During my time at CAK, I have predominately spent most of my focus on the offensive side of the ball," says Wassenaar. "I'm most looking forward to taking on the head coaching role at CAK, to help continue the success we've had the past two years."
The relatively new lacrosse program has exploded at CAK where the Warriors have made the playoffs for the past two years. "I'm most excited to be a part of this family," continues Wassenarr "and want to help this program get to the next level."
Wassenaar has played lacrosse since he was in 6th grade when he fell in love with the sport. He went on to play at the collegiate level at North Greenville University and Tennessee Wesleyan University where he led his team in goals every year. Wassenaar brings accolades including being named All-Conference Player multiple times while in college. He was also Rookie of the Year, Academic All-Conference, All-Tournamenet Team, Team Captain, 1st Team All-American, and Conference Player of the Year.
Not only can Wassenaar play, but he is also an experienced coach. Most of his experience is with Smokey Mountain Lacrosse and D1 Sports in Knoxville. During his years coaching, many of his high school athletes went on to earn college scholarships, including some at D1 schools.
"Lacrosse is one of our fastest-growing sports at CAK," says Ried Estus, CAK Director of Athletics. "Coach Wassener was the logical hire of course, but we would've wanted him even if he hadn't coached for us the last two years. He's passionate about lacrosse, young people and his faith. Our lacrosse program is in very good hands."
Wassenaar holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from North Greenville University and an MBA from Tennessee Wesleyan.
As the youngest of six siblings, Wassenaar likes hanging out with his family during his free time, watching movie marathons or doing anything outdoors. He attends Central Baptist Church of Bearden.
Christian Academy of Knoxville is an independent, Christian private school serving around 900 students in grades pre-K through 12th grade. The CAK Way is infused into our students, parents, faculty and staff to love God, love people, model Jesus, and make decisions that are best for our students.


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New Ramy Youssef trailer drops ahead of HBO special
Don't get all caught up in your feelings, unless those feelings are about Ramy Youssef's new HBO special. The Egyptian-American comedian and actor will make his HBO stand-up debut when his special "Ramy Youssef: Feelings" premieres later this month.
The writer, actor, director and executive producer gives his "feelings" on a number of topics in the special, including: the best day of the week to pray, his father's immigration story and connection to Donald Trump, his complicated love for Lebron James, whether dogs are really man's best friend and how sometimes he wishes he had never had sex.
Check out a sneak peek of the trailer where Youssef explains his trepidation and prejudices about his Uber drivers.
Don't miss "Ramy Youssef: Feelings" when it debuts June 29 on HBO.

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B.R. Sikri
Chairman - LOC
I am delighted that this year's IPC (Indian Pharmaceutical Congress) is being held in Delhi- NCR, which is the heart of our great Nation. India, the land of aspirations, will be entering its 75th year of Independence in 2022 and next four years are going to be crucial for us as we combine our energies to build a New India.
I am happy to note that I have been appointed as Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee and I assure the Pharmacy brothers and sisters, that I will do my best to ensure that it should be a grand event setting new benchmarks for future organizers.
This year our focus in this Congress is mainly going to be on Industry- Academia relations and to achieve this objective I expect Micro, Small, Medium and Large Scale Pharma Industry to get involved in this mega event so that this vital industry objective of broad based development and large scale employment generation for pharmacy youth is achieved.
I take this opportunity on behalf of various Pharmaceutical Associations, which I represent as office bearer, to come forward not only from India rather invite your counter parts from abroad too from the field of Pharmacy and Allied Science so that fruitful interactive sessions are organised in making this Congress a great success.
Development of avast Nation like ours is possible only through the power of participation. The cycle of change which this congress is going to set, we have to put it in motion to carry forward at an accelerated pace so that healing touch reaches by our efforts to 125 crores people of India. Our focus of deliberations and discussion should be on forefront of promoting Industry, trade and entrepreneurship at the grass roots level.
I am positive that the deliberations and interactive session during this Congress will bring forth a range of new innovative ideas and inspiration towards driving the economy to greater heights in the years to come.
I wish this Congress a grand success in noble endeavor.


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Getting started with Pathfinder Institute courses is a simple process that involves just three easy steps:
We currently offer module-based programs in Fundraising and Communication, so you'll want to choose the most relevant topic for your parish team and community. Enrolling online is simple and there are no complicated forms or applications to fill out: simple select your course and create a login (email and password) to access the material. Course tuition is only paid once – then you own the material for life!
Pathfinder courses are designed to be self-paced, which means you can put aside just a few minutes a day or take them all at once – simply log in and resume or retake a module. Each course totals between 4 and 6 hours start to finish (not including excersises and discussions) and is designed to be an individual, self-study learning program or viewed and facilitated in a group (with a parish staff or council, for example.) All you need is a internet connected device – computer or tablet – and you're ready to start learning from anywhere.
We believe that knowledge, creative ideas, and new energy is powerful, and we believe in the important mission of your parish. The foundational components of each course are designed to help strengthen your ministry: the only steps left is to put them into practice! This isn't always going to be easy, but we are commited to supporting you through our engaging online community forums and frequent articles with case studies and ideas.
Our Online Courses
We designed this course to be a solution for parishes of every ability: from just those getting started to the masters of communication. Through creative and informative lessons we'll cover everything from bulletins to social media and how each can increase engagement and positively impact your community.
We aren't all born leaders, but many of us are asked to lead groups and projects on our parish team. Our Leadership module will help you embrace your God-given talents and give you a solid foundation for recognizing the strengths of others as you lead. This module is great for pastors, administrators, and anyone else who is charged with leading!
Let's face it: raising money can be difficult. We'll cover the the foundation of establishing a case for support, making the "ask", donor events, online giving, annual appeals, and transparency to increase donor buy in. The fundraising module will change the way your parish or ministry looks at raising support.
Stewardship does not equal fundraising, and our module is designed to help your entire parish team understand the transformative power of Biblical Stewardship in your parish. For establishing an annual commitment appeal to designing materials for every family to take home, we'll guide your parish through the process of becoming and engaged community.


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Opsun Systems présente le WEEB-OSF
After hearing from the community that we needed to expand our grounding solutions, OPSUN decided to create, in collaboration with Burndy, its very own, unique, WEEB for its mounting systems. Almost every Opsun products are now compatible with the Burndy/Wiley WEEB grounding solution.
Features :
- Conform à la norme UL 467;
- Lie électriquement les panneaux photovoltaique au système de montage en utilisant la structure aluminium comme conducteur;
- Specialized teeth on washer embeds into anodized aluminum to establish gas-tight electrical connection ;
- The news design is compatible with most framed PV panel on the market;
- 304 Stainless Steel washer ;
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The Opsun WEEB brings many benefits to a mounting system, such as :
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An ISSAS mission covers all aspects of safeguards implementation including Additional Protocol reporting, export control, nuclear material accounting and reporting, as well as the legal and regulatory framework.
State Systems of Accounting for and Control of Nuclear Material mission (ISSAS)
States may request the IAEA to perform a Safeguards Advisory Service Mission (ISSAS) free of charge. The service consists of a one week preparatory mission, followed by a one week mission in the State. The ISSAS team prepares an agreed action plan after thoroughly evaluating the mission findings.
Interested States can request an Advisory Service Mission by sending an email to the IAEA, using the subject line "Advisory Service Mission."


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Eric Kingson (Chair)
Eric Kingson, professor of social work at Syracuse University's School of Social Work, is also a Senior Research Associate in the Maxwell School's Center for Policy Research. Kingson served as policy advisor to two presidential commissions — the 1982-3 National Commission on Social Security Reform and the 1994 Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform.
Previously on the social work faculties of Boston College and the University of Maryland, he directed the Emerging Issues in Aging Program of the Gerontological Society of America (1984-5). He received his doctorate in 1979 from Brandeis University's Florence Heller School for Social Policy and Management; his M.P.A. in 1976 from Northeastern University. A founding board member of the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI), he is a past-chair of the Social Research, Policy and Practice section of the Gerontological Society of America, and chairs a NASI advisory committee to its program, "Innovative Projects to Strengthen Social Security for Vulnerable Populations."
His scholarship examines the politics and economics of population aging, Social Security, and the public and private exchanges across generations. He is primary author of Ties That Bind: The Interdependence of Generations (Seven Locks Press, 1986) and Social Security and Medicare: A Policy Primer; author of The Diversity of the Baby Boom (Washington, DC: AARP, 1992) and co-editor of Social Security in the 21st Century (Oxford University Press, 1997). He also authored Lessons From Joan: Living and Loving with Cancer, A Husband's Story (Syracuse University Press, November 2005), and In Their Own Voices (Center for Spiritual Care, SUNY Upstate Medical University, May 2009), a small book that presents the experiences and advice of 14 children and youth who face life-threatening illness.
Nancy Altman (Vice-Chair)
Nancy J. Altman has a forty year background in the areas of Social Security and private pensions. She is founding co-director of Social Security Works and co-chair of the Strengthen Social Security coalition and campaign. She is the author of The Battle for Social Security: From FDR's Vision to Bush's Gamble (John Wiley & Sons, 2005), and co-author, with Eric R. Kingson, of Social Security Works! Why Social Security Isn't Going Broke and How Expanding It Will Help Us All (The New Press, 2015).
From 1983 to 1989, Ms. Altman was on the faculty of Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and taught courses on private pensions and Social Security at the Harvard Law School. In 1982, she was Alan Greenspan's assistant in his position as chairman of the bipartisan commission that developed the 1983 Social Security amendments. From 1977 to 1981, she was a legislative assistant to Senator John C. Danforth (R-Mo,), and advised the Senator with respect to Social Security issues. From 1974 to 1977, she was a tax lawyer with Covington & Burling, where she handled a variety of private pension matters.
Ms. Altman chairs the Board of Directors of the Pension Rights Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection of beneficiary rights. She is also on the Board of Directors of the National Academy of Social Insurance, a membership organization of over 900 of the nation's leading experts on social insurance. In the mid-1980's, she was on the organizing committee and the first board of directors of the National Academy of Social Insurance.
Ms. Altman has an A.B. from Harvard University and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Jonathan Ball (Secretary)
Jonathan Ball has had a life-long interest in progressive social policy. This was no doubt sparked by his relationship with his father, Robert M. Ball, who was a prime mover in the history of Social Security and federal health programs. Jonathan was able to observe first-hand his father's unfolding career and to be privy to his thinking until Robert Ball's death in 2008.
With one exception, Jonathan's career has led him to focus on direct service and local school reform rather than social policy on a national scale. The exception was two years spent as a young adult working in the headquarters of Lyndon Johnson's Office of Economic Opportunity, primarily in the development of neighborhood health centers. At that time, Jonathan's working life has been divided almost equally between being a teacher, principal, and teacher-educator; and being a clinical social working practicing psychotherapy.
Richard Arenberg
Rich Arenberg teaches Congress and the Federal Budget and Congressional Leadership, Parties and Public Policy. He has also teaches several courses in the political science department at Brown.
Arenberg retired as the legislative director and deputy chief of staff to U.S. Senator Carl Levin (Michigan). He spent more than thirty-four years on Capitol Hill, including four years in the House and thirty years in the U.S. Senate. Arenberg has held senior positions for the late Senator Paul Tsongas (Massachusetts) and Senate Majority Leader Senator George Mitchell (Maine). He served on the Senate select committee to investigate the Iran-contra affair and helped Senator William Cohen and Senator Mitchell write Men of Zeal, a book detailing and analyzing those hearings. He was one of the principle negotiators and drafters of the Alaska National Interest Lands Act, which President Carter called "the most important piece of conservation legislation passed in the 20th Century."
Arenberg has significant experience in intelligence matters, Congressional history, procedure, rules and protocol, and the role and impact of Congress on public policy.
Arenberg co-authored Defending the Filibuster: Soul of the Senate with Robert B. Dove, parliamentarian emeritus of the U.S. Senate, which was published by Indiana University Press in 2012. They were awarded a Congressional research award by the Dirksen Congressional Center in 2010. Defending the Filibuster was named "Book of the Year in Political Science" by Forewords Reviews. An updated version of the book will be published in January, 2015.
Arenberg is also an adjunct lecturer in political science at Northeastern University and adjunct lecturer in government at Suffolk University. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Social Security Works and served on the advisory board of the Strengthen Social Security Campaign, a member of the board of advisors of As America Ages, and a Senior Congressional Fellow at the Stennis Center for Public Service Leadership.
Arenberg holds an MA in political science from Boston University.
Kathleen Currie
Kathleen Currie was formerly director of programs for the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute (WRI) in Morrilton, Arkansas, where she was responsible for overall direction of the institute's programmatic focus. In that position, she developed programs on economic development, civic engagement, health, political reform, philanthropy, race relations, Arkansas-based scientific innovations, and the arts and humanities.
Before joining WRI, Currie spent 11 years as deputy director at the International Women's Media Foundation, where she developed international programs on topics including health, leadership and press freedom. She also oversaw the IWMF's communications department and won a 2009 Webby Award for the organization's Web site.
Currie has worked as a journalist and an oral historian for several award-winning projects. She was special assistant to the first U.S. ambassador to Kazakhstan and helped to open the first U.S. embassy in that country following the fall of the Soviet Union.
She currently serves on the board of the Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre and is a former vice president of the board of Suited for Change, a Washington, D.C. nonprofit that supports low-income women in achieving economic independence by increasing their employment and job retention potential.
She holds a bachelor's degree in English from Santa Clara University and a master's degree in writing from The Johns Hopkins University. She received two fellowships to pursue writing projects from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.


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Rachel Grimes The Clearing
Published May 12, 2015As a member of groundbreaking band Rachel's, pianist Rachel Grimes helped founder Jason Noble transform his robust post-rock sensibilities into something more classically qualified and experimentally informed. After releasing Book of Leaves: For Solo Piano, her 2010 solo debut that teetered on the brink of new age, Grimes has decided to revisit her roots, bringing in a slew of collaborators for her ambitiously minimal follow-up, The Clearing.
Many of the 11 compositions found on The Clearing are well articulated, dynamic pieces, as Grimes' piano ebbs and flows through the mix, completely driving songs (as on the choral/drone-y "In the Vapor with the Air Underneath") or acting as simple accents (as on the dramatic viola-drenched title track). Bringing in Canadian experimentalist Loscil, former Rachel's bandmate Christian Frederickson and percussionist Kyle Crabtree (the Shipping News), among others, to contribute, The Clearing is brimming with enough brave ideas and buoyant instrumentation that only someone as tenured and inspired as Grimes would be comfortable trying to pull off. (Temporary Residence)


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Scientist discovers new flesh eating spider
In class, we did a quiz based on the spider below.
Enrichment Activity: Could I outrun a toy car if scaled to real life?
To do this lab we need to know the following:
Do this for extra credit.
To do this lab we need to know the following:
- The velocity of you
- The velocity of the toy car (info below)
- The length of the toy car (7 in = 0.58 ft)
- The length of a real car (15 ft)
- How far will we run the car (10 ft)
- How long will it take to reach that destination (12 sec)
- How far will you run (100 ft)
- How long it will take for you to run that distance (Do it to find out)
Do this for extra credit.


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Panic Attack
Have you ever felt like your world was caving in around you?
Your walls were crumbling to pieces that you couldn't get through?
You sit there in silence but yet the world is so loud
You struggle to breathe through the emotions forming a storm cloud
The rain you realize is your own tears
The thunder your heartbeat as the anxiety draws near
The storm begins to brew
It's brewing inside of you.
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Good news New Yorkers! Electric Zoo is officially back! The well-loved festival was at risk of not returning to the Big Apple following the two deaths at last year's end-of-summer event. Out of nowhere, Electric Zoo put out an official announcement today that has the dance community buzzing. The festival is returning to Randall's Island Park on Labor Day Weekend, Friday August 29 – Sunday, August 31.
The price of this year's show? GA for all three days will cost you a hefty price of $369. On the flip side, you can get in on the pre-sale action and get an early bird ticket for just $289. Now that's a sweet deal! Want to snag some early bird tickets? Just head over here to sign up for pre-sale, which will take place next Tuesday, April 29, at 10:00 a.m. Electric Zoo also wants your opinion on which artists should appear on this year's festival lineup, so make sure to send in your request while visiting the site.
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text: Kindergarten – Grade 1 – Mrs. Nicole OeschThe Wentworth Elementary School kindergarten children enjoy learning songs, poems, their letters and numbers, as well learning how to read and write. Wentworth has a wonderful kindergarten room to learn in with plenty of space for independent work, as well as group work. The children use computers in their daily routine, IPads, and a variety of manipulatives to enhance their learning.The kindergarten library is full of books to read. The children enjoy listening to stories and reading stories with their friends. The older students come into the classroom to read with the young learners and share stories. The Wentworth kindergarten is a great a place to learn.


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Archbishop of Armagh in ecumenical delegation to Government over NI welfare reforms
Last week, the Archbishop of Armagh joined three other Irish Church leaders in lobbying the UK Government over the impact of proposed welfare reforms on the most vulnerable in Northern Ireland.
Archbishop Harper, along with the Cardinal Archbishop of Armagh, the Methodist President and the Presbyterian Moderator, met the Minister for Welfare Reform, Lord Freud, and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Owen Paterson MP, at Westminster.
The churchmen lead the largest denominations in the Churches in Ireland Connecting in Christ grouping.
The birth of every child is a miracle of nature and each newborn infant brings both deep joy and wondering anticipation to parents – joy that this new life has been given to them and anticipation at all that hopefully lies ahead. Indeed, we never know what is to come, what gifts the new child may have and how he or she may develop and contribute, in modest or momentous ways, to the life of this great world.
When Jesus was born in Bethlehem, Mary and Joseph already had a sense of his special destiny, but precisely how that would work itself out was unknown to them. For us, who celebrate his birth at Christmas time, the knowledge of the directions his earthly life would take are well known and, for that reason, we can contemplate his wondrous birth and his subsequent ministry in all their dimensions.
We reflect on the mystery of the Incarnation, the great gift to the world of the Word become flesh, and on how that unique miracle speaks of humanity never being alone in the wide universe, lost in space. Rather, we are told by the Christmas Gospel that the God who made us has come to dwell with us, loving us and accompanying us in all the circumstances of our life. As we in the Church of Ireland look to the months ahead, we know that there are difficult issues to be faced. If we are guided by the truth of this holy season, it is the love that came down at Christmas that will be our sure and true guide.
The child Jesus grew up into the man who had all his priorities right, who prayed, who cared for the sick and marginalised and outcast, who took on the power of the Establishment of his day, turning worldly values on their head and championing justice and truth. The child Jesus was to be the man who changed everything – the way we are to think and the way we are, in faith, to relate to God. The child of Bethlehem promised all this from the manger itself. He was in the world, and for the world, entering this sphere of reality to be the Saviour.
Because there is so much on which to reflect at Christmas, the Church calls everyone to prepare in heart and mind for the remembrance of the birth of the Christ child. Preparing is, in fact, what we must be about all our lives, from beginning to end.Each day of our life is to be a new step in preparing for the yet fuller life and yet deeper peace of the Kingdom that the infant of Bethlehem came to announce. So, glory be to him, the newly-born and the eternal, inextinguishable Light of the World.
Home News
- Archbishop Jackson commends 'welcome and belonging' of Dublin HIV/AIDS centre
- Cork ecumenical Bible outreach week
- RTÉ marks 50 years of televised worship
- Dean MacCarthy retiring
- Ordinands pay study visit to Irish Jewish museum
- Cashel and Ossory institutions and installation
World News
- Outcome of climate talks 'minimal', say global Christian leaders
- Confusion over C. of I. Porvoo Communion representation
- Communiqué from the Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Unity, Faith and Order
Features and Columns
- Focus on Limerick and Killaloe – Canon Bob Hanna, Diocesan Communications Officer for Limerick and Killaloe, contributes this month's Diocesan Focus article.
- Fighting HIV ignorance, fear and stigma through Bible study
- Soap – Down At St. Davids
- Musings Alison Rooke
Letters to the Editor
Civil partnerships controversy
WE WERE saddened to read in Dermot O'Callaghan's letter (Gazette, 2nd December) that he rejects the view of Canon Virginia Kennerley (Letter, 18th November) that sexual orientation is "one of the variables in human nature as God created it".
Our agreement with Canon Kennerley is based on our personal experience as parents of two daughters, one of whom was born heterosexual and one born gay.
Canon Kennerley's view is shared by a large majority of scientists who have studied the aetiology of sexual orientation (see, for example, the textbook, Psychology, 9th edition, by Professor David Myers, 2010, and the statements of the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, etc.).
Mr O'Callaghan referred to the book, The Anglican Communion and Homosexuality, to which his two preferred scientists contributed a chapter, as "an official book of the Anglican
Communion". We should point out that the Anglican Communion says, on its website, that it "does not recommend or endorse … any of the submissions" in the book.
Readers should be advised that the scientific material itself is complex, involving, as it does, discussion of genes, alleles, dermatoglyphic asymmetries, hypothalamic structures, monozygotic and dizygotic twin studies, structural differences in the inner ears of lesbians compared to homosexual women, etc.
We recognise that the amount of scientific publications is vast, and we expect that Dermot can find, and will try to interpret, some publications to suit his own unorthodox views about the nature of gay persons, which he has already shared at General Synod.
Paul and Margaret Rowlandson Londonderry BT47
I HOPE that, when consideration is given to the points raised in Mrs Wilson's letter (Gazette, 9th December), the importance of cultural expectation, nature and nurture are also weighed.
Women can now not only speak in Church but also are admitted to Holy Orders, although their forebears remained silent in accordance
with Holy Scripture. Many people who, in childhood, were expected to write with their right hands now write with their left.
I trust that these developments are not thought of as 'sinister'.
Michael Thompson (The Revd) Place de la Courtille Saint Gengoux le National 71460 France
MRS SANDRA WILSON (Letter, 9th December) does not wish "to start another lot of correspondence on the pages of the Gazette".
On this, at least, I can agree with her, but it cannot go unremarked that those who are most anxious to present Lambeth I.10 as normative – which it is not – are strangely reluctant to heed its call "to listen to the experience of homosexual persons [sic]". Each of the points Mrs Wilson wishes "the Bishops and others" to consider reveals only that she has not done this. Until she and others can learn to so listen, this dialogue of the deaf will, I fear, continue.
Book Reviews
SACRED LIVING: PRACTICAL INSPIRATIONS FROM CELTIC SPIRITUALITY FOR THE CONTEMPORARY SPIRITUAL JOURNEY Author: The Revd Grace Clunie Publisher: Columba Press
LOVE & JOY & PEACE: REFLECTIONS ON THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT Author: Canon James Carson Publisher: Impact Printing, Coleraine and Ballycastle
PRAYING WITH THE EARTH Author: J. Philip Newell Publisher: Canterbury Press; pp.58 Price: £10.99
News Extra
Christmas Messages 2011
- From the Archbishop of Armagh, the Most Revd Alan Harper
- From the Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Revd Michael Jackson
- Appointment
- Retirement


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Hell: The Sequel is the debut extended play by Bad Meets Evil, an American hip hop duo composed of Royce da 5'9″ and Eminem. It was released on June 13, 2011 in some countries by Shady Records and Interscope Records and on June 14, 2011 in the United States.[1][2] The EP focuses on hardcore hip hop and midwest hip hop. Songs such as "Welcome 2 Hell", "Above the Law" & "Loud Noises" feature violent lyrical content while trying to maintain a humorous tone. "Fast Lane", "A Kiss" & "The Reunion" feature sexual themes – "I'm on Everything" is a humorous song about drugs, while "Lighters" & "Take From Me" feature focus on more serious themes such as success and stealing music on the internet.
The EP's title and artwork was revealed sometime in May. It features executive producers Eminem and Mr. Porter, with production from Bangladesh, DJ Khalil, Sid Roams, Havoc, The Smeezingtons, and Supa Dups amongst others. Following the reunion of the duo, recording began in late 2010, when two tracks, "Living Proof" and "Echo" having leaked onto the Internet. The first single, "Fast Lane", released on May 3, 2011, was considered a highlight from the EP, while the second single, "Lighters", was met with mixed reviews.
Hell: The Sequel was met with positive reception. Critics favored the chemistry between Eminem and Royce da 5'9″ and their rapping ability as well. The EP debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart with sales of 171,000.
The Analysis:
Welcome 2 Hell—-This track still remains one of my favorite on this 'so-called' EP….the mood is dark and lyrics are full of darker themes and more violent imagery. Royce and Eminem seem to gel so well together….I wonder why there has not been collaboration after collaboration with these two. The classic line is from Eminem……"kissing the shit stains from my underwear that ain't even there'!!!! It always get a chuckle from me….this is dark…overtly darly sexual and full of beats that make you hang your head.
Fastlane—-This track begins with Royce delivering a flow that surprises even me…while Em seems to supply the melody of the song that is necessary to pull it off. there are of course sexual overtones….but even more remarkable is the wordplay and the play of the two very different vocal styles. This is pretty awesome….another favorite of mine, at some points in the song Royce raps so damn fast I thought he was part of Bone!!!
The Reunion—-Another track, that from the onset has a darker tone to it, this is much more in the vein of classic Em…..the screaming girl at the intro sets the tone for the song and it never lets up throughout the whole song. although the chorus is damn catchy and defies the true dark nature of the song, it just further defines the genius of Em and Royce adds a few lines that are nice,,,,but do not even come close to the dark and sarcastic nature of Marshall!
Above The Law—-With a scratchy and fun beginning, the huge and contagious chorus gives way to yet another track that is wrought with a dark and sublime message. Eminem has never been shy about delivering line after line of dark and violent themes and this song is nothing but perfection if you prefer that type of rap. Em sounds damn right pissed off at the attraction of the female genitalia and the beats are just incredible magnificent. I could not ask for more emotion, anger, and mixed messages from one track….to me Royce does not even seem to matter…..
I'm On Everything—-Introducing the track with some great comedic lines, this seems to be an ode back to the wonderfully carefree days when Marshall never cared what he was pumping into his body. This has so many references….from addiction…to comedy…to Wu-Tang…..to video games…..you can't ask for more from one song. I love it when Em actually allows himself to sing for a bit…reminding us of the true talent that he is. The lyrics and lines are biting and true…real and almost hurtful…..extraordinary!!!!
A Kiss—-Beginning with such a pleasant, yet overtly sexual overtone, Royce enters and delivers a clear and concise vocal that tells of the rap worlds treatment and vision of women….kind of sad and misogynistic…..but comical at the same time. Em delivers rapid fire lines over a fun and almost lullaby sounding backing track that tries to remind you this is not as sexist as it really is…such is the magic of Em and his brillance…this is fantastic!
Lighters—-With another addictive introduction that sucks you in and forces you to listen to the entire song…just to hear the fantastic melodic chorus, this man [Eminem], know the true formula of creating an incredible song…with many messages all inter-weaved in one single 3 minute track, it is pure genius. The song is a bit throwback…yet brand new….fantastic yet lame….happy yet sad……the same but so very different!
Take From Me—-Another of those addictive tracks, this has snippets of different sounds from everywhere!!!! How does he manage to create stuff like this? This features the intro vocal from Royce but you know where the ideas and the verses came from…you can feel it in your bones. This track has a nice dark tone to it….I would expect nothing less and the result is one of those songs I can't stop listening to….Mission Accomplished!!!!
Loud Noises—-Ending the release much as it began, Em enters with a rapid fire delivery that has an almost violent edge to it…..this has anger, sarcasm and a delivery that is freakin classic….but the backdrop music is what makes the track a masterpiece. This is huge and epic…even Royce sounds a bit possessed and driven by the Em energy….the words come almost faster than he is capable of….leaving you with a memory that will make you reach for this Cd over and over and over!!!!
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Innovation Direct to Help Represent Moonruver Invention to Potential Licensees
Miami, FL – April 27, 2015 – (RealEstateRama) — An innovative and useful new product designed to greatly simplify a variety of gardening tasks, the Moonruver, has been developed by inventor John Moore of Newport, Arkansas. The invention's unique design serves to greatly enhance the versatility and utility of a conventional riding mower.
The Moonruver's proprietary features enable it to mow, cultivate, plow, till, chip and shred. The product features a convenient all-in-one design. Additionally, the Moonruver saves its users considerable amounts of money by eliminating the need to buy multiple gardening devices overall. Furthermore, it will be made available in a variety of colors, including silver, violet blue, and yellow. Moreover, the Moonruver will be competitively priced and made from durable fiberglass, aluminum, and steel, adding to its appeal.
The Moonruver is also the subject of Patent Pending status within the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Mr. Moore now seeks a third party licensee to manufacture, market, and distribute the product for him under a royalty agreement. Potential licensees in the lawn and garden accessories industry are currently being targeted as candidates to eventually commercialize the Moonruver on a worldwide basis.
In February 2015, Mr. Moore contracted Miami, Florida-based product management services leader Innovation Direct™ to represent the Moonruver to potential licensees for a 2 year period. Innovation Direct™ obtains the maximum amount of exposure for the products that it represents through its unique and patented licensing methodology and its participation in multiple and diverse industry-leading trade shows each year. Exhibits that Innovation Direct™ has attended in recent years include the SHOT Show, the International Home and Housewares Show, the World of Concrete Show, the National Hardware Show, Licensing International, the SEMA and AAPEX Shows and the ERA D2C Convention.
Potential licensees interested in obtaining more information about the Moonruver and discussing licensing opportunities with respect to the product can contact the Manufacturer Response Department of Innovation Direct™ at (877) 991-0909 ext. 4285 or at MR (at) innovationdirectonline (dot) com.


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Brazil's sport minister has stated that the nation is facing a problem with crime rather than terrorism during the upcoming World Cup 2014. This is one of the prestigious events that will be held in Brazil over the next few years.
This country is also set to hold the upcoming Olympics as well. The precursor for the World Cup 2014 – Confederations cup – did not go too well since it was marked by large protests against the government for spending huge amounts of money on stadiums rather than developing the infrastructure.
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff has stated that the country is prepared to use various forces in order to ensure that the security of visiting fans is maintained. Brazil will be hosting the World Cup 2014, which is expected to pull together more than 1 million visitors in June.
There will be more visitors to the stadiums, while many more are also expected to watch the matches from open telecast zones. Due to the recent history of the country, fans are concerned about the security ahead of the visit.
The 21-year-old Tom Rogic is someone who is seen as a future star for the Australian national team. After signing for Scottish club Celtic in January 2013, he finally made the move to European football.
However, he did not get regular game time in his spell at Celtic, which led to the loan move back to Australia's A-league. He has returned with Melbourne Victory in the hope of playing regularly and impress national team manager Ange Postecoglou. The upcoming World Cup 2014 is seen as a major chance for Rogic to show his full potential.
Roy Hodgson has revealed that he will be using some of the squad players for the match against Denmark, which will be England's final competitive encounter before they play at the 2014 World Cup.
He has said that since this is the final competitive match, he will be resting some of the players who are 100% certain to play in the matches at World Cup. This will certainly include players like Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard. It is expected that the likes of Andros Townsend, who are still establishing themselves in the first-team, will be utilised against Denmark.
New English FA chairman Greg Dyke suggested that the prospect of winning the World Cup 2014 looked extremely unlikely, but manager Roy Hodgson does not share the same opinion.
He thinks that England can not only qualify for the World Cup automatically, but they can also win the competition as well. England have not won a major tournament since the 1966 World Cup, and it was also primarily attributed to the home support. Since then, they have exited major competitions at quarter-final stage itself.
French defender Eric Abidal has said that he is still hopeful of making an appearance for the French national team at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The former Barcelona defender recently completed a free transfer to Monaco, who are one of the big spending clubs in Europe at the moment.
However, the possibility of the French international playing football again looked seriously doubt after suffering numerous complications in the last few years. He has even undergone a liver transplant in the last few years, but he is now fit and ready.
The summer can be a drag for football fans – especially when there is no World Cup or European Championships – and this is where the football themed slots games being offered at online casino sites have proven to be such a welcome alternative. However there are ever-increasing numbers of these games hitting the market, and it means that the games really have to make the grade – both in football and slots terms – if they are to capture the hearts, minds (and wallets) of football and casino fans. One of these games is the five reel football video slot Soccer Safari, but is it a super-safari or a bungle in the jungle?
The Chelsea midfielder Ramires has said that he is extremely desperate to win the FIFA World Cup 2014, which will be held in Brazil. The nation will be staging the most prestigious tournament in world football in just over the year's time.
Even though the team have not been at their best in recent years, there is the belief that the home advantage will help the team win the record sixth World Cup title. Ramires is expected to be part of the Brazilian team at this World Cup, and the midfielder is keen to win the competition on home soil.
Turkey will be hosting the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2013 after it was decided in Zürich.
Turkey has reached the hosting rights of the championship to outstrip the other candidates which are Uzbekistan and United Arab Emirates (UAE). Turkey has documented in its bid dossier book that 10 cities which are Antalya, Bursa, Gaziantep, Bursa, İstanbul, İzmir, Kayseri, Manisa, Rize, Şanlıurfa, Trabzon and 13 stadiums will host the tournament that will secure Turkey's position in the world football scene. The host cities of the championship will be determined finally, after the site visits of FIFA officials.
The World cup 2014 / 2018 / 2022 has been extended for Al Jazeera. The rights deal covering television, internet and mobile transmissions in 23 countries or territories was the first to be signed for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, world football's governing body said in a statement.
The value of the deal was not revealed.
FIFA awarded Russia and Qatar respectively the right to host the event less than two months ago.


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Identification of frequency of biased harmonic signal
Авторы: Slita O., Bobtsov A., Kremlev A., Nikolaev N., Aranovskiy S
Год издания: 2010
Издание: European Journal of Control
Номер: №2
Страницы: 129-139
Страна: France
We consider a problem of identification of unknown frequency of a biased sinusoidal signal with bounded disturbance or harmonic noise. A new proposed approach to estimation of frequency of biased sinusoidal signal is robust with regard to unaccounted disturbances, which are present in measurement of effective signal. Unlike known analogs, this approach allows to regulate time of estimation of unknown frequency !. The proposed approach also allows online amplitude and bias estimation. The proposed identification algorithm has smaller dimension than other known analogs.
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Plants to Decorate Your Apartment This Summer
Freshen up your apartment at The Element Apartment Homes in Mt. Prospect, IL this month by adding life to it and incorporating plants into your decorating. What better way to welcome in the Spring this month? Read on for some plant ideas you'll love. Just be sure to keep them out of reach of your pets!
Spider Plants
This distinctive plant with long, thin leaves is one of the easiest plants to grow. They remove pollutants such as formaldehyde and xylene. They love bright, indirect sunlight, so they make a prime plant to put indoors if you want a shot of green and the occasional flowers to add to the decor of your home.
This succulent has thick, woody stems and oval-shaped leaves — and they like warm, dry conditions, so they don't need to be watered regularly. In fact, keep the soil moist — but not damp — to ensure they live as long as possible. Their lifespan is pretty long, and they often reach heights of three feet or more when grown indoors, flowering pretty blossoms as they do.
Peace Lily
Southern Living calls the peace lily "the perfect houseplant" because of how easy to grow they are. They can be grown virtually anywhere indoors, as long as they have some light. They need water, but they can be prone to over-watering. So water as soon as the soil is dry. These plants are also great at absorbing VOCs — translocating chemicals to their roots and breaking them down.
Brown's Yew
This little evergreen shrub requires watering twice a week and exposure to full or partial sun, according to HGTV, so if you have a window that needs some sprucing up, this is a great option. We love that it's pretty low-maintenance in its watering schedule and even its slow growth schedule. You might not notice it growing for a while, but soon enough you'll be able to notice the globe-like shape gracing your apartment. It also does well during the winter.
What are your favorite plants to decorate your home with? What are the easiest to care for? Share your wisdom and any tips with the rest of us by leaving a comment. Thanks for reading! Enjoy!


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First of all today the product I am reviewing is Preethi Mixer grinder. Now several mixer grinders are available in the market with/without fruit juicer attachment. Thus some help for kneading dough, chopping vegetables also.
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Most noteworthy Preethi is the manufacturing company. It has a history of 40 years in India.It started with Mixer Grinder. Now they are manufacturing several products like gas stove, different types of mixer grinder and also grinder. Preethi home appliances manufactured in Chennai but used world wide.
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Friday, November 26, 2010
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oh he is just fantastic! this is s super deal.ReplyDelete
i'm staying away from the stores. but i do have a great one day sale going on at my shop GLITTERBABE'S ART! do hope you and your friends stop by.
hugs :)
being in canada; the only thing is a 25% off on etsy hah!ReplyDelete
I love Santa's Coming...I am in such a Christams mood by now:) Wish you a great weekend,sweetieReplyDelete
Btw: Its snowing today...yay!
What a cool giveaway! I start listening to Christmas music the second Thanksgiving is over! I got an amazing deal on an espresso machine yesterday!ReplyDelete
Love Christmas music...in DECEMBER. and the last one you quoted is my all time favorite.ReplyDelete
It will be hard listening to Christmas songs this year however as my son passed away Nov. 11.
It is hard to be cheerful right now.
Love Christmas music! I even broke out the Amy Grant cd BEFORE Thanksgiving ;)ReplyDelete
I went to the outlets on Friday and got so many great deals! I got a cashmere turtleneck for my mom from Ann Taylor for only $40!
your blog always makes me smile :) i am so not a holiday crowds person. but all of thee fabulous finds are making me drool over here.ReplyDelete
best wishes, juliette
Christmas music is my favorite. I am a true Christmas nerd.ReplyDelete
Wait - no little drummer boy? Oh well, I like anything about the big red man himself, so that second song sounds alright to me.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 30, 2010 at 2:52 PM
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU!ReplyDelete
Hello hon! OOOOOHHHH my gosh what a voice! Thanks so much for introducing us to this artist...my fav? Mary did you know? This song just makes my heart swell. I didn't do a lot of shopping on Black Friday...was not up for the crowds or the cold weather! But since then I have gotten a lot of my shopping done! I hope you and your family had a blessed Thanksgiving hon.ReplyDelete


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Suicide and the Silence that follows
Last September I placed a call to speak to suicide survivors. I chose to tackle a personal topic that carries a heavy social stigma as part of our Reportera Series. I was not sure if anyone would respond—I knew firsthand that it was a private issue for most families and probably even more so in Latino communities. My grief still raw—I was determined to figure out a way to dissect the source of my most disempowering life experience. The call was followed by a level of silence and I chose to do what I have occasionally done in writing and reporting–sometimes you just have to wait and let the story unfold at its own pace.
A close friend that has recently dealt with this very issue in her life, expressed wonder as to how I could be so open about it. So, I thought maybe it was a good starting point for me to explain why I chose to talk about becoming a suicide survivor on a public platform?
First, a story about my mom:
As a teen, I once accompanied my mother to a friend's apartment. Her friend was overweight, tired and unable to reach her feet and properly care for them. As a result, she had festering calluses and they were a source of a lot of pain. My mother took a plastic pan, filled it with warm water, poured Epson salt and had her friend soak her feet. She then sat across from her friend, spread a towel on her lap and proceeded to take each swollen and battered foot and began to slowly massage it, slough away the rough skin and offer words of encouragement.
At the time, a squeamish youth, I watched in quiet horror but in retrospect I recognize that my mother was providing her friend with the gift of love and care.
I saw this same friend at my mother's funeral. She offered her condolences and in her puzzled grief quietly inquired about the cause of her friend's death. Not many people had asked me directly, but because I knew she was my mother's friend I decided to be honest. When I told her my mother died by suicide she physically retreated in shock—as if it was a contagious plague or curse. It was a reaction that initially caused me pain, then anger and finally sadness because it helped me realize that my mother's community of peers—immigrant and working class—is not having an informed dialogue. I suspect that its ingrained religious and cultural views that may prevent them to consider a more scientific view that concludes that suicide is the result of a mental or emotional disorder. My mother suffered from depression and anxiety, pretty common conditions, one study found that one in five adults has a mental illness but these are topics that we don't talk about.
Perhaps its a lack of understanding. I admit that my awareness of mental health prior to losing my mother was limited. I had misconceptions of mental illness, I thought it had to be extreme–think media imposed clichés. But what resonates with me now is an aunt's description of depression–subtle, silent and as toxic as carbon monoxide. I now understand that mental health can be compromised by a spectrum of conditions and they can be obvious or illusive.
Something else that I recently discovered is that the suicide rate has risen steadily in the last ten years. I was already familiar with a study released some time back that revealed Latina teens were at higher risk, however the Centers for Disease Control does not differentiate between genders and reports that, "Native American and Hispanic youth [have] the highest rates of suicide-related fatalities. A nationwide survey of youth in grades 9-12 in public and private schools in the U.S. found Hispanic youth were more likely to report attempting suicide than their black and white, non-Hispanic peers."
According to the American Association of Suicidology, for each suicide there are an average of 6 survivors. I don't have enough fingers to count the people impacted by my mother's death. In the days that followed my loss, as non-functional as I was, I arrived to two conclusions: First, I needed therapy to help me cope. Second, I would not let my mother's suicide become an oppressive weight of shame to carry in addition to the grief. It was a heavy load I saw many loved ones take on and I thought it was a disservice to her memory. I still regret that it will be some time–if ever– before her friend learns to remember my mom as the caring friend she was and not how she died.
One of the greatest gifts that arrived into my hands, was a phone number to the LOSS program at Catholic Charities which provides support and resources for suicide survivors. My therapist knows a lot about suicide—he's a credible source as a survivor himself—and he gently explains and reminds me that, "People don't chose to die by suicide—just like they don't chose to die of cancer—it's a disease that chooses them."
Eventually–after placing my call to speak to suicide survivors–messages trickled into my inbox. Some shared their own experience, and some offered encouragement. These texts were quiet, virtual whispers that reminded me of the people that approached me in the days after losing my mom and shared their stories about suicide and mental health issues. They were tid-bits of information that helped me understand that I was not alone—that there were a few out there that understood and shared my situation. I got to sit down and speak with a couple of women and because of the sensitive nature of this topic I allowed and encouraged them to share terms of engagement—maybe, not the best journalistic practice but necessary in ensuring that I honor their stories–I will share a part of those conversations in futures blog posts.
Suicide Survivors
- Catholic Charities / LOSS Program
- LGBTQ Survivors of Suicide – Center on Halsted
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Chicagoland and Illinois Resources
- American Association of Suicidology
Support Group Directory
Suicide Attempt Survivors
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline toll-free number, 1-800-273-TALK (273-8255), which is available 24/7, can be used anywhere in the United States, and connects the caller to a certified crisis center near where the call is placed. More information can be found on the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline website: www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org


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Finally updated the Dove to game version 0.8
1.2 Changelog:
-New powertrain system
-For now only one engine sound for all engines -the update somehow broke "soundGroup" names in the .sbeam file.
-4WD versions now have viscous limited-slip center differential and official locking front and rear differentials.
-Duplicated RHD dash cameras for LHD versions removed
-Official lua used for clocks.
-Automatic versions have more power now due to new torque converters and have revised shift...
Ibishu Dove 1.2
New four-wheeled car based on the Ibishu Pigeon


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Directed by: Peyton Reed
Starring: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña, Walton Goggins, Bobby Cannavale, Judy Greer, Tip "T.I." Harris, David Dastmalchian, Hannah John-Kamen, Abby Ryder Fortson, Randall Park, Michelle Pfeiffer, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Douglas
Distributed by: Walt Disney Studios
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running time: 118 minutes
Mike G's Score: 4 out of 5 stars
I was a huge fan of the first "Ant-Man" film. I thought Paul Rudd nailed it and brought something different to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Personally, I don't think anyone would have expected the first film to have done well to warrant a sequel but here we are. "Ant-Man and the Wasp" is solid follow-up, It's funnier and even though it lacks a solid villain (big shoes to fill after Thanos in Infinity War), it is a ton of fun! I can also see this film growing on me more, as the wife and I have been quoting it already!
The best part of this film is easily the cast. I love Paul Rudd as Ant-Man he is funny as hell and has some great laugh out loud moments in this film. Michael Peña easily steals the whole show. He is funny as hell! Marvel get this guy a freaking suit for "Ant-Man 3"!!! I am glad to see that David Dastmalchian is back as well. He has a few lines in the film that we've been quoting like "Baba-Yaga!" Once you see the movie you will get it. It's a riot! Randall Park really deserves some props too man. I was howling at some of he's scenes.
I loved Hannah John-Kamen, who played the villain Ghost as an actress but the character wasn't great to be the main villain, maybe side kick. Laurence Fishburne is always great to see but he didn't really have much of a major impact on the film and seemed out of place a bit. Just going to warn you, not a spoiler but Michelle Pfeiffer isn't in the film much but she does rule when she is in it! Let's not forgot about Hank Pym! Michael Douglas gets a nice boost in screen time in the sequel and get a few of the scene stealing lines as well.
Official Premise: From the Marvel Cinematic Universe comes "Ant Man and the Wasp," a new chapter featuring heroes with the astonishing ability to shrink. In the aftermath of "Captain America: Civil War," Scott Lang grapples with the consequences of his choices as both a Super Hero and a father. As he struggles to rebalance his home life with his responsibilities as Ant-Man, he's confronted by Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym with an urgent new mission. Scott must once again put on the suit and learn to fight alongside the Wasp as the team works together to uncover secrets from the past.
The visual effects are solid and I really enjoyed the depth the 3D added to the film (as I also did in the first "Ant-Man"). The shrunken scenes are pretty amazing and the quantum realm was visually amazing! I really like how the film was tied back into "Captain America: Civil War" and I loved how it connected back to "Avengers: Infinity Wars", no spoilers but stay through the first post credit scene for sure! Your not going to want to miss it! "Ant-Man and the Wasp" might not be the best entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe but it was fun as hell and I can't wait to see it again!
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The other night my family & I were watching the movie Keeper of the Flame (1942), and I couldn't help but think of the similarity of the treatment of Obama to the man Robert Forrest I believe the name was.
Spencer Tracy was playing a writer who was wanting to write a biography on the life of a man who was known as a hero to Americans. He was able to interview the dead man's wife, but he has trouble getting to the truth. He becomes more troubled the more he learns, and things seem quite mysterious.
There is a man who the deceased used to serve under in the army who doesn't seem too excited about the dead "hero." There is the son of this same man whom Mr. Forrest served under who is upset that he wasn't allowed out in the storm to warn of the bridge collapse which is how the man died.
The boy seems to get sick over it, and then you later learn that his sister had worked for Mr. Forrest as a secretary. She had had a breakdown getting worn out worshiping the man. Apparently, Robert Forrest had that effect on people.
In the end, the truth finally comes out from the wife Christine Forrest. Mr. Forrest had changed. He looked down on the people who looked up to him and worshiped their hero.
He secretly was getting money from people and having articles printed in papers that were meant to stir up prejudice toward different kinds of people. He believed in his own kind of "Americanism." His wife had seen the face of fascism in her own home which the U.S. was fighting against in the World War.
It turned out that Christine Forrest could have warned her husband in the storm about the broken bridge, but she didn't. She had just learned the whole truth about her husband before that incident. She had already noted a change in him. A man came to the "arsenal" building where she was telling him - Steven O'Malley (Spencer Tracy) - the whole true story. Her husband's male secretary came and shot her and set the place on fire. Well, Spencer Tracy's character survived to write that Christine Forrest died a hero. He felt that the truth should come out about the supposed "hero" everyone had believed in.
Now, you wonder how I find a similarity to Obama in that? I will let you draw your own conclusions. The facts are not exactly the same, but there are some similarities to me.
People should never be worshiped. The truth will come out no matter how deceived people may be.
I plan to put the links in the previous post on a link on the side of my blog at some point before it disappears completely. I think it would be great to keep these available for the future.
Our family watched Fireproof again last night. It's a really great one with just a little bit of problems...not much. I still can pretty much recommend it though. It's only in Region 1 though still as far as I know.
I want to add a link of Tennessee birds here that I discovered on the web. Hopefully it is fine to do that. The person has no connection to me or my views.
We have seen cardinals, blue jays, wild turkeys, robins, etc. here.


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利用水热法成功合成了β-LiZnPO4单晶,该晶体空间群为R3,晶胞参数a = b = 13.6490 Å, c = 9.1123 Å, γ = 120.00°,Z = 18. 晶体结构是由LiO4, ZnO4 和 PO4四面体基元构筑而成的三维骨架结构. β-LiZnPO4晶体在350 nm到 800 nm波段具有很高的透过率,其紫外截止波长可达220nm. 晶体的非线性光学效应约为KDP的1.2倍. 另外,利用基于第一性原理的CASTEP软件对β-LiZnPO4的能带结构和态密度进行了计算.
β-LiZnPO4 single crystal was successfully synthesized via hydrothermal method. It crystallizes in the trigonal space group R3 with a = b = 13.6490 Å, c = 9.1123 Å, γ = 120.00° and Z = 18. Structure of the crystal is constructed by LiO4, ZnO4 and PO4 tetrahedral units to form a three-dimensional (3D) framework. The crystal has a high transmission ranging from 350 to 800 nm with UV cut-off edge at 220 nm. The nonlinear optical efficiency of the as-prepared β-LiZnPO4 is about 1.2 times as large as that of KDP (KH2PO4) standard. Additionally, band structure and density of states calculations for β-LiZnPO4 were performed using the total-energy code CASTEP, based on density functional theory (DFT).
This work was funded by the Special Foundation for Young Scientists of Beijing (No. 2014000020124G009) and the General Program of Beijing Municipal Education Commission (KM201610009005)


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Next Generation Rewards for The Automotive Industry – Car Purchases, Leases, Loans, Insurance and Services
With the advent of digital dashboards and configurable driving experiences, consumers are interacting with their cars in more ways than ever before. Despite this, rewards programs from dealerships and the supporting automotive ecosystem have remained stagnant. What if there was a way for drivers to be rewarded for every mile travelled and every dollar spent on repairs and maintenance? Such a system would revolution the automotive supply chain.
Any successful business knows that customer loyalty programs are strategic investments that help them build long-lasting relationships with their customers. From cashing in airline points for car rentals, hotels, and restaurants to leveraging those like Amazon Prime for free shipping, organizations are doing everything in their power to woo customers and grow their subscribers. However, customer loyalty rewards programs have yet to realize their full potential.
- Per Deloitte, enrollment in loyalty programs across various industries reached 3.3 billion memberships in 2015 and has more than tripled since 2000.
- According to the 2016 Bond Loyalty Report, North American consumers belong to 13.4 loyalty programs on average, but are only active in about half of those. Moreover, only 44 percent of consumers said they are "very satisfied" with the loyalty program experiences.
- In a Bloomberg article published in May 2018, total loyalty programs' user growth has slowed to 15 percent over a two-year period ending 2016, down from 26 percent in the prior similar period. More than half of loyalty memberships in the U.S. are inactive, and about 30 percent of consumers have abandoned a program without ever redeeming a point or a mile.
So, why are the existing customer loyalty rewards programs falling short? From the point of view of the customer, there are some fundamental problems with current models:
- A consumer belongs to multiple rewards programs and has difficulty accumulating enough points on any one program to redeem significant rewards for meaningful use.
- Maintaining each program is a chore.
- Delays getting access to points.
- Experiences differ with each program.
- There are too many restrictions point usage.
- Many rewards points include expiration dates, making consumers feel forced to use them or let them go based.
- Cannot be used where the consumer wants.
- They have no real cash value.
- Poor customer service.
- Consumers give up
- Low redemption rates
- Low client retention
Retail, airline, hospitality, and fashion industries have been seeking to solve these problems by integrating disparate programs into an interlinked loyalty network, but such collaborations are not easy because:
- Programs use different technical implementation with inconsistent architecture.
- Organizations worry about their proprietary information and consumer identification.
- Interlinked networks tend to be point-to-point integration, which becomes hard to maintain when partners are removed or added.
- Consumers prefer to use mobile apps to access, redeem, pay, and refill points. Many programs cannot support mobile application architecture.
These challenges also plague the automotive industry. Furthermore, current loyalty programs are too generic and unable to fulfill the specific needs of the industry. The sheer amount of consumer choice has finally pushed notoriously mercurial brand loyalty in favor of personalized experiences. The days of clipping oil change coupons has passed.
Today's consumers want to feel empowered by rewards that can be earned every mile and used at various organizations within an ecosystem. SHIFTMobility's Automotive Blockchain and AutOn digital tokens delivers this by providing a new way to transact and interact with multiple networks in a decentralized manner. With AutOns consumers can:
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- Manage it all with a smart phone.
- Be guaranteed earned rewards never expire.
- Redeem with a swap of a QR code.
- Purchase products and services within the interlinked network of car dealers, banks, insurance companies, parts retail stores, online part marketplaces, and repair centers.
Furthermore, millennials prefer digital coins and would like every opportunity to earn, buy, and use them. In the future when exchange platforms like NASDAQ support crypto currency, AutOn can also be used as an investment gateway.
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I'm Seeing Stars
Oh my gosh I'm like totally freaking out you guys.
Cara Whatsherface from Road Rules came into Juanitas to eat tonight!
I could hardly deliver quesedillas I was so star struck.
I hope by now you guys can sense the sarcasm in my voice.
Then, continuing with the celebrity theme of the night, one of my tables told me I looked like…..Lindsay Lohan.
Like a good little waitress I smiled and made some lame joke about my name also being Lyndsay and thanks and can i get you a refill bye.
But inside I was sobbing in the fetal position.
Lalo has nothing on me,
Listening to: Chelsea Lately. I used to kinda hate her but now I kinda love her and I kinda give Pete all the credit.
On my mind: Do you get scared when you're pouring the last of your milk into your cereal bowl that there's gonne be chunks and then your snack will be ruined? I do. And I blame that one episode of Wonder Years for my fear.
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Dude, my cousin worked on the Chelsea Lately show at E!
But they laid him off a few months ago when they had to make cuts. But he knows her and everything! Now he's back to struggling to get by LA style.
Lindsay Lohan is like the moon, in continual phases of hot to freaky back to hot. Currently her hotness is in a waning stage I think.
I hope you're prettier! You are most certainly wittier.
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"Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." - George Washington
Sunday, July 16, 2006
Recalling the Twang That Was Alt-Country: A Genre Rides Into the Sunset
By JESSE FOX MAYSHARK
The New York Times
July 16, 2006
Whatever happened to alt-country?
You can still find the phrase, a 1990's coinage, bandied about in press kits and album reviews, along with its even vaguer synonym, Americana. An abbreviation of alternative country, it generally identifies music that draws on American folk and country traditions but stands apart from commercial Nashville. But it has been applied so widely — to punk-rockers playing Hank Williams songs, bluegrass purists and all manner of singer-songwriters in between — that it has always been hard to tell whether it means much of anything.
Recent releases by artists once pegged as standard-bearers for the genre have veered well away from anything that could be called country music. For example, Jeff Tweedy got his start in the rootsy band Uncle Tupelo, which he formed with the singer and guitarist Jay Farrar (who now plays austere heartland rock with Son Volt). But Mr. Tweedy's current band, Wilco, has ventured into a kind of hazy, sometimes experimental, rock. Ryan Adams, who led the neo-honky-tonkers Whiskeytown in the 90's, has covered a lot of stylistic ground in his prodigious solo output, from punk to U2-like anthemic rock. And on the latest album by the singer Neko Case, "Fox Confessor Brings the Flood," the twang and two-steps that colored her early efforts have been subsumed by noirish pop.
Even the magazine No Depression, which since 1995 has served as the niche's devoted chronicler, recently dropped its long-running tag line — promising to cover "alt-country (whatever that is)" — in favor of "the past, present and future of American music."
Then there are the Jayhawks, who called it quits last year after two decades. In a career that produced seven albums, a couple of minor hits and an enthusiastic fan base that never quite propelled them beyond cult status, the band traced the evolution and eventual dissolution of the idea of alt-country. And two new albums by Jayhawks alumni suggest how shaky that tag is.
Last month, the band's longtime drummer, Tim O'Reagan, released his first solo album, "Tim O'Reagan," filled with wistful, shimmering power pop. And Tuesday marks the arrival of "Another Fine Day," the third full-length album from the sporadic side project Golden Smog, which includes the former Jayhawks Gary Louris and Marc Perlman, along with friends like Mr. Tweedy of Wilco and Dan Murphy of Soul Asylum. Although Mr. Louris is now 51 and almost everybody else on the album is over 40, it is the most electrified of the Golden Smog CD's that have appeared at irregular intervals since 1992.
"It's more of a letting go and saying, well, this is what we like," Mr. Louris said in a phone interview from Spain, where he lives part of the year. "This one's got a little more noise to it."
Mr. Louris is having a busy year: besides his work with Golden Smog, he co-wrote four songs on the latest Dixie Chicks album and contributed music to the crossword-puzzle documentary "Wordplay." Like a lot of artists identified as alt-country, he said he had always found the label suspect.
"Alternative country is just such a sweeping generalization," he said. "We never did and still to this day don't feel part of a scene or a movement. Really, we were all floating around in our own different band worlds."
The Jayhawks' world revolved around Minneapolis, where Mr. Louris met the singer-songwriter Mark Olson in the mid-80's while both were in rockabilly bands. In a phone interview from Northern California, Mr. Olson said that he had been a fan of the city's fertile punk scene, which produced Hüsker Dü, the Replacements, Soul Asylum and others, but that "it wasn't really something that I felt like I could do that well."
"I loved listening to Woody Guthrie records and Arlo Guthrie records and all that stuff, and I thought, well, hell, this is going to be what I listen to and try to emulate," he said.
Two locally produced releases highlighted the loping melodies and reedy but rich harmonies of Mr. Louris and Mr. Olson. Their recombinant country-rock caught the ear of George Drakoulias, at the time an executive and producer for Rick Rubin's label Def American. He signed them and produced their next album, 1992's well-reviewed "Hollywood Town Hall." Coming out within a year of Uncle Tupelo's major-label debut, "Anodyne," it seemed like a forerunner of a neo-roots movement.
But Mr. Perlman, the band's bassist and third founding member, said in an interview from St. Paul that he saw the Jayhawks more as part of a continuum. He cited early-80's California bands like Green on Red and the Long Ryders, who in turn were picking up the mantle of Gram Parsons, the Flying Burrito Brothers and the first wave of country-rockers.
"I just don't agree with the idea that we were the progenitors of anything," Mr. Perlman said. "We just kind of did what we did."
In any case, hopes were high for the Jayhawks' 1995 album, "Tomorrow the Green Grass." With a fuller sound — courtesy of keyboards and vocals from a new member, Karen Grotberg — and a radio-ready single in the soaring "Blue," it was the band's most assured work to date. But it advanced their commercial prospects only marginally; as Mr. Olson noted, they were still consigned to opening slots on other people's tours.
In a phone interview, Mr. Drakoulias said: "When 'Blue' didn't take off, I knew they weren't going to be any bigger. If people didn't react to that, they weren't going to react."
But he said the Jayhawks helped create a space in the marketplace for what came to be called Triple-A (a k a adult acoustic alternative) performers like Counting Crows, the Wallflowers and Sheryl Crow. "The lesson is, whoever opens the door, other people come running through it," Mr. Drakoulias said.
Fed up, Mr. Olson quit at the end of the "Green Grass" tour to write and record with the eclectic singer-songwriter Victoria Williams, whom he had recently married. (They have since divorced.) But, to the surprise of fans and even some band members, the Jayhawks did not disband. Their label encouraged them not to relinquish the fan base built over the past decade. As Mr. O'Reagan, who had joined on drums in 1995, recalled it, "The people with the money were like, 'It's brand recognition.' "
The decision to continue, with Mr. Louris as frontman and Mr. O'Reagan filling in the harmonies, angered Mr. Olson. "There were bad feelings," Mr. Louris said. "We didn't talk to each other for a long time."
The rift still resounds on Internet message boards devoted to the band, where some argue for the primacy of the Olson-Louris era. But there are also fans who hold their final three releases — "Sound of Lies" (1997), "Smile" (2000) and "Rainy Day Music" (2003) — in higher regard than they do the earlier ones. ("I'm Gonna Make You Love Me," from "Smile," became perhaps the group's most recognizable song when it was licensed for a Ralph Lauren commercial.)
Those albums, especially "Lies" and "Smile," found the band moving away from its heartland sound toward the British rock and 60's pop that Mr. Louris counts as his earliest influences. The band was categorized as alt-country, but no longer sounded much like it.
Tift Merritt, a younger singer whose country-soul-pop has drawn the same tag, said alt-country has largely become a way to identify artists who "don't have a place to go in a convenient bin in the record store."
"Think about Ray Charles making a country record," said Ms. Merritt, a Jayhawks fan who enlisted Mr. Louris for harmonies on her last album. "Is that country, or is that alt-country?"
Mr. Olson, who recorded seven albums with his band the Creekdippers, said labeling the Jayhawks' music was never his biggest concern. "We wanted to be really good songwriters," he said, "and try to write songs that lasted."
That, at least, seems to have worked out. After reconciling a few years ago, he and Mr. Louris toured together last year, resurrecting their old songs and harmonies for enthusiastic crowds. They have plans for a future album, although probably not under the Jayhawks name.
So what has happened to alt-country?
"I don't think anything's happened to it," Mr. Olson said, cheerfully. "It's probably just the same as it was then. There's a certain amount of people who when they put on those old records go, 'I gotta play something like this.' And they start doing it."
And if some of those old records are by the Jayhawks, that's fine with him.
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Second Petitioner Drops Challenge to Redskins Name
The challenges to broadcasters over the use of the term Redskins for the team whose name is, in fact, Redskins, are disappearing.
A second petitioner has withdrawn a challenge to Fox-owned KTTV Los Angeles over use of the Redskins name for the Washington football team.
According to a copy of the document filed with the FCC, Timothy Harjo has asked the FCC to discontinue the proceeding without any further action. He was one of three Native Americans to join legal analyst John Banzhaf on challenging broadcast stations over use of the term, which they argued was profane and perhaps hate speech.
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The judges have spoken. The people have spoken. And for the second consecutive year, they have agreed. Columbia's best shrimp and grits is prepared and served by Midlands' Modern Southern Food Arts, the restaurant inside the Marriott hotel on Main Street.
Midlands took home both the judges' choice and people's choice awards at Saturday night's second annual Columbia's Shrimp and Grits Fest.
Midlands Executive Chef Jeremy Lane said the key ingredient in his prize-winning dish is no secret. "It's about the love," he said. "We love what we do. We love the ingredients. We put a lot of passion into the food, and that's what shows, and that's what does it."
The event drew several hundred people to the Columbia Conference Center on Laurelhurst Avenue. It was hosted for the second straight year by Columbia Food Tours.
"We have a great relationship with the restaurants and we couldn't do it without them," said Columbia Food Tours co-owner Kristin Cole. "They are the stars today and their food is so good. I love how each one is different."
Some contestants returned from the first edition of the contest, while others made their debut, including some which were perhaps surprises.
"It's good because, like Rosso's here," Cole said. "You might not know they serve shrimp and grits, but they put this Italian-inspired spin on it."
A prize was also awarded for most creative shrimp and grits, with Capital City Catering picking up the trophy.
The evening also included live music by the Mark Rapp Group, dancing, and exhibits from local vendors. Cole and her husband (and co-owner of Columbia Food Tours) Brian Cole plan to bring back the Shrimp and Grits Fest in 2018. Until then, the two-time champ has some advice for all food lovers.
"Come down to the Columbia Marriott and come get it!"


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Contact: Barb Maynes, 360-565-3005
To protect people from severe health impacts, fishing for Dungeness crab along the coastal strip of Olympic National Park is closed, effective tonight at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, August 19. The previous regulations allowed for retention of up to six hard-shelled male crabs through September 15.
This emergency closure is designed to protect human health, as levels of the marine toxin domoic acid have exceed health standards in Dungeness crabs along the Washington coast.
The State of Washington has closed the state coastline to crab fishing from the Colunbia River north to the Queets River due to elevated domoic acid levels. Tonight's park regulation change will extend the closure northward along the entire coastal strip of Olympic National Park.
Domoic acid is a naturally occurring toxin produced by certain types of marine algae. Fish and shellfish that consume these algae accumulate domoic acid in their tissues. While apparently harmless to fish and shellfish, domoic acid can cause a devastating illness known as amnesic shellfish poisoning in humans. Cooking or freezing does not destroy domoic acid in shellfish.
For updates and more information about fishing regulations in Olympic National Park, people should visit the park's website at https://www.nps.gov/olym/planyourvisit/fishing.htm
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Title: Long-distance propagation of forces in a cell
Authors: Ning Wang, Zhigang Suo
Journal: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Volume: 328 (2005)
Pages: 1133–1138
The researchers propose two theoretical models for the propagation of "locally applied forces" throughout the body of a cell. Contrary to preexisting models, these models balance the effects of the actin bundles running throughout the inside of the cells against the cytoskeleton network. These models predict that the effects of force propagation via stiff actin bundles would far supersede the effects of force dampening via the cell's cytoskeleton. The results of theory are confirmed by experimentally applying a "local" force on the cell surface and observing where force deformations occur. Both theoretical and experimental results contribute insight to force propagation in the cell, which, in turn, has implications for cell signaling, behavior, and integrity.


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Santorini, Greece
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If you are a romantic soul who enjoys watching spectacular sunsets, walking through some charming villages or just wants to spend the holiday lying under a warm sun all day long, Santorini is definitely the place you want to consider visiting.
The complex of Santorini islands lies in the southern Aegean Sea. It was created as a result of volcanic activity, some of which still belch out a rumble or two. But that's not really something you should be too worried about.
Eruptions occur once every 20,000 years and the last time one did was approximately 3,600 years ago, so you can enjoy yourself in peace and harmony of the deep blue sea and bright cloudless sky.
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It's now five years that Whitestar had been created. Every week (or so), I'll share a Chapter of our Story. I hope our newest members will find amusing and interesting to learn how everything started.In the last blog post, we discovered one of the most creative roleplay project of Whitestar: Whitestar Magazine.
The goal of Whitestar was to offer two or three days of progressing raiding with a tigh-knit group of friends. Our hope was to mix casual with progress, a relaxed but serious attitude, and most problem that would be eliminated by the trust we carried for all our members. We wanted to achieve this by building a stable team of ten players that knew each others very well and could work great in team because of this. We didn't wanted to have to bench anyone, so our raiding group was almost just 10 members, with the possibility to replace a missing raider by one of our few social and roleplay members. At least this is how we had planed things...
Presentation of Whitestar
Whitestar is a social guild with a core of players who have played WoW together for a long time. We have chosen to stay a small guild, where people know each other very well and where our members can feel a sincere, international friendship. Our organisation is made to fit casual and active players. We are playing on the server DefiasBrotherhood EU
Our goal for Cataclysm
- We want a serious, regular raid team that's close to a class run to raid and progress two evenings a week
- We'd like to see a lot of activity where social raids, PvP and RP events take place within our guild for all our members to enjoy
- We want Whitestar to be a place you want to call home!
We started the expansion by delving into Dungeons and Heroics together, always in group of five, we only used the relatively new Dungeon Finder to teleport in the dungeon, but we almost never "pugged". Cataclysm heroics weren't as easy as they were in Wrath of the Lych King, or later in Pandaria or even Warlords of Draenor. This difficulty was nice to train as a group, as a team, and to get to know the game style of each others.
From the members that are still active today in Whitestar, we had @Sharlena playing as a restoration druid, @Alakina as herself, well I mean... a shadow priest, @Internet as a worgen arm warrior, and myself as restoration shaman.
While we achieved to gather a nice group of commited and friendly players, we got struck by misfortune. For example @Sharlena had severe internet connection issues and I had a weird problem of FPS during fights using a lot of fire effect. Considering we were trying to progress in Blackwing Descent and that the first boss was Magmaw...it was bad. Very bad. This caused us serious issue to keep our motivations going, as we were spending so much time wiping on fights we knew for technical reasons. Our raiding group was also so tight that once someone was missing, we had no one to replace him or her.
We tried to open up our recruitment a bit, and we met some great persons.One of those person was @Chakra. But we also lost several players that weren't interested by World of Warcraft anymore or were called by real life issues.
We managed to progress in the third raiding instance until the last bosses. We worked a lot on Chogall, and we almost killed it. We worked on AlaKir, and we almost killed it aswell. I don't remember if we ever attempted Nefarian. Our raiding team stoped there, and with our raid events abandonned, most of our members stopped to play World of Warcraft. Whitestar, once more, was put in hibernation...
That's when I decided it was time to move on to other games, and made the first attempt into transforming Whitestar in a multigaming community. For the very first time in six years, I decided to stop my subscription.