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Stewart may have disappeared from the national charts, but he still owns a piece of the honky-tonk history that appeared in the early '70's.
With his quavering voice and straight country sound behind him not many will mistake his music for anything but honky-tonk country. This compilation of hits (and some misses) drags you back in time. You start checking your boots for some sawdust while your hips sway to the beat. You'll recognize "Drinkin' Thing" and "She's Actin' Single." But don't miss the sweet melody of "Whiskey Trip." The only down side to this album is the reminder that he's lived the life he sings about and more, just like George Jones and too many others. But, it just doesn't get much better than this for country fans.


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What is KOBE Biennale?
History and Objectives
Kobe has long thrived as a land and sea transport hub and, as one of Japan's designated international ports, was once a rare and valuable point of interaction with the overseas. These developments gave way to arousing industry, laid the foundations of what would become a unique and varied city, and fostered a singular lifestyle culture. The opening of the Port of Kobe for contact with overseas in the Meiji era (1868-1912) was a particularly significant development, sparking the city's long history of exposure to and translation of other cultures, and making Kobe a pioneer hub of people, goods and information, which led to a distinct culture of diversity
As the people of Kobe struggled to recover from the disaster of the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake of 1995, the city experienced first-hand how art and culture can heal our hearts and minds, encourage us and remind us of the importance of kindness to others.
In light of the city's history and collective experiences, Kobe made its Declaration of Culture Creation City on the 10th anniversary of the earthquake, and has since made it known to all that Kobe will try to affect the art and culture to promote the city to greater progress and vitality. Part of that effort has been the establishment of KOBE Biennale, a biennial celebration of Art Culture that aims to rally the ability of Art Culture and use it not only to promote art and culture, but also to contribute to the enrichment and environment of Kobe.
Venue: Kobe
Kobe is modern, sophisticated and fashionable' a fascinating mix of new and old. Blessed with the rich verdure of the Rokkô Ranges, the sophisticated flavor of a port town and the cosmopolitan beauty of the old foreign settlement, Kobe is truly a place where old and new interact-little wonder that the city is such a tourist drawcard, attracting many tourists every year. Once again, that scintillating city is set to host its biennial celebration, KOBE Biennale 2011.

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- Plant growth: determinate, compact dwarf
- Leaf type: regular leaf
- Time to maturity: early
- Approx. number of seeds per pack: 15
- Germination tested after Hot Water Seed Treatment for Fungal and Bacterial Diseases
"Linda" (ТОМАТ КОМНАТНЫЙ ЛИНДА; Tomat Komnatnyy Linda) is a very short dwarf variety that bears large red saladettes in profusion. The plant itself topped at less than 18" in a 1 gallon pot. It may reach higher in a larger pot.
During the time I grew Linda, I thought the name was "Balcony Red." When I translated the Cyrillic from my seed packet, I found that the variety's name is actually "Linda," or something to the effect of "Balcony Tomato Linda."
My tasting notes report that I found the fruits to be meaty, with a great balanced sugar to acid flavor. The fruits are so perfect that I feared this was a hybrid; however, I could not find this designation on the packet nor in any site I found listing it.
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The Ogun State Police Command has nabbed a woman suspected for hiring assassins to kill her ex-husband, a week after similar crime was reported in Lagos.
The suspect, Oluchi Tochukwu, a banker, allegedly hired assassins to slay her ex-husband identified as Tochukwu Onyebuchi.
Luck, however, ran out of the suspected assassins – Kingsley Ikechukwu, 36, and Chigozie Smart, 32, when the police in Ogun state intercepted and arrested them on October 19 at Ijebu-Ode while attempting to escape to Onitsha with the victim's Range Rover Jeep.
The suspects were paraded before newsmen on Wednesday at the state police command headquarters in Abeokuta.
Oluchi, however, denied contracting the suspects and one other at large to assassinate her husband.
She stated that her 3-year-old marriage to her husband had crashed, so she had no reason to kill him.
On his part, Chigozie said it was Oluchi who hired them to kill her husband with a promise to purchase "Tokunbo" cars for each of them after a successful operation.
The state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu who paraded the suspects, said the banker hired the suspected criminals to assassinate her husband in his residence at Ayobo area of Lagos State.
He said Oluchi was arrested at Ayobo area of Lagos State.
According to him, "One Oluchi, a 32-year-old banker, who is married to one Tochukwu Onyebuchi years ago, got separated from her husband following some matrimonial problems.
"The custody of their only child is currently being contested in the court but Oluchi has another plan. She connived with the trio of Chigozie Smart, Kingsley Ikechukwu and one other who is now at large to eliminate her husband.
"She arranged for the weapons which includes cutlass, iron rods and acid which she kept in her husband's compound at Ayobo area of Lagos State and described where she kept it to the assailants.
"The suspects went there on Wednesday as planned and matcheted the man severally on his head and poured the acid on him.
"The suspects thereafter abandoned the victim and took away his range Rover Jeep which Oluchi instructed them to drop at her brother's place in Onitsha, Anambra State.
"Luck ran against them when a patrol team of the Ogun State command on Wednesday sighted the vehicle along the Ijebu-Ode/Benin expressway and stopped it for search.
"While searching the vehicle, blood stain was seen and the two occupants were unable to give satisfactory account of the blood stain, hence, they were arrested.
"It was during interrogation that the suspects revealed all that transpired to the police," the CP added, noting that the victim, who had been treated at an undisclosed hospital, was in the custody of the police helping them in the process of investigation.


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As UCI's main events venue, the Donald Bren Events Center holds hundreds of events each year ranging from basketball games to cheer competitions and occasionally a concert. Conceived in 1981 and completed in 1987, the Bren Center was meant to serve students and host events that appeal to their tastes. However, in recent years, the number of student-friendly concerts have declined, making the Bren Center just another venue instead a convenient location for student-centric events.
Maintenance of the Bren Center is the result of a student referendum passed in winter 1987, which required $23 per student, per quarter. The center itself was named after Donald Bren, the chairman of the Irvine Company, who donated $1.5 million to the construction of the building the following year. This venue was created and partially paid for by students, yet it does not cater to what students want. There is currently no opportunity for students to request what kind of events they wish to be held on campus. This is reflected in the Bren's lack of shows geared toward college crowds and generally expensive tickets out of most students' budgets. While the Bren can be rented out for private use, it is a part of our campus and should remember its primary purpose: to serve students.
Hosting the UCI Anteaters athletics program is not enough to increase student engagement at the Bren Center. While the men's and women's basketball teams and the men's volleyball team play their home games at the Bren Center, it also houses numerous non-sports events. Of course, having a place for our teams to play at home is important, but the Bren Center is no stranger to larger events. Concerts, fairs, conventions and even Broadway shows have passed through the Bren in the past. In 1999, the famous Californian rock band Blink-182 headlined a sold out show at the Bren. In the 2000s, artists like The Killers, Sublime, The Used, Relient K, John Legend, Taking Back Sunday, Death Cab for Cutie, Rise Against, AFI, Kelly Clarkson, Bob Dylan and many, many more had shows at the Bren Center. Even though the now-closed Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre was the largest venue in Orange County, artists were still coming to the Bren Center to perform because college students are the best crowds performers could ask for.
Artists of all genres played at the Bren Center, but sadly, that hasn't been true in recent years. The last well-known artists to perform at the Bren Center in the past six years were Morrissey last year and Sheryl Crow earlier in 2017. While Morrissey did play two nights at the Bren, the venue was mostly filled with an older crowd and very few students were able to attend because tickets were pricey and sold out too fast. Similarly, Sheryl Crow's concert was a charity benefit for UCI's cancer research and despite the 20 percent discount given to students, ticket prices were still very high.
This is not to say that every event at the Bren Center has to be for students. In 2007, President Jimmy Carter spoke during his book promotion, and in 2012, President Bill Clinton spoke at a campaign rally for local Democratic candidates. In 2011, Compass Bible Church rented the Bren Center for its Easter Service. That kind of exposure is wonderful for the school and pulls in much-needed revenue, but in recent years, these non-student-centric events have dominated the space, and it doesn't even feel like the Bren Center is a part of the campus anymore. No one is asking what events students want there. It's a beautiful venue that should bring students what they want to see. Personally, I would love to see more music concerts, especially because there are few large local venues and going to either San Diego or Los Angeles is a hassle. Students would love the opportunity to see the sort of high-profile artists that frequented the Bren years ago, and UCI, as well as ASUCI, should make a larger push to attract such artists to perform.
The Bren can't necessarily lower prices of tickets, but offering more student discounts, like the one offered for the Sheryl Crow concert, is a great way for students to feel like the Bren Center is part of their campus. Proactively asking students what events they'd like to see will generate a new appreciation for the Bren, and for the campus as a whole. As such a large venue in such a great location, the Bren should be a selling point for UCI, and bringing higher-profile events to the venue will make it just that.
Caitlin Antonios is a third-year English and literary journalism double major. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Now in stock: WIN 48/12 tape for the air-tight bonding and sealing of indoor door and window reveals. Now offering FREE DELIVERY to Ireland and the UK (exceptions may apply to the Isle of Man, Orkney, Shetland and Scottish Islands).
- The split release permits the installer to quickly apply the tape to the window frame and reveal in separate and manageable steps.
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Kareena Kapoor Khan begins shooting for Veere Di Wedding sans son Taimur
New Delhi:
Kareena Kapoor Khan's upcoming movie Veere Di Wedding has been grabbing the headlines since the day it was announced and now the new mommy has begun shooting for her comeback project.
Interestingly, there were reports that Veere Di Wedding will also feature Bebo's son Taimur Ali Khan Pataudi who will be making his Bollywood debut with the movie.
However, Kareena's spokesperson has rubbished the reports and said, "Taimur does not make a guest appearance in Veerey Di Wedding and this is purely a figment of someone's imagination."
Talking about the movie, Veere Di Wedding is a chick flick which will be shot in New Delhi and will also feature Sonam Kapoor, Rhea Kapoor, Swara Bhaskar and Shikha Talsania in key roles.
Helmed by Shashank Ghosh, Veere Di Wedding will have a 2018 release.


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Intravenous Sedation ("Twilight Sedation")
Our office offers patients the option of Intravenous Sedation or Dental Intravenous Anesthesia (known by some as "twilight sedation"). Intravenous Sedation or "twilight sleep" allows you to be comfortable and calm when undergoing dental procedures. Intravenous sedation or "IV sedation" (twilight sedation) will enable you to tolerate as well as not remember those procedures that may be very uncomfortable for you. IV sedation will essentially help alleviate the anxiety associated with your treatment. You may not always be asleep but you will be comfortable, calm, and relaxed, drifting in and out of sleep – a "twilight sleep".
If you choose the option of intravenous sedation your IV sedation/anesthesia will be administered and monitored by the doctor, eliminating the costly expense of having your treatment carried out in an operating room or same day surgical facility.
How is the IV Sedation Administered?
A thin needle will be introduced into a vein in your arm or hand. The needle will be attached to an intravenous tube through which medication will be given to help you relax and feel comfortable. At times a patient's vein may not be maintainable, in these situations the medications will be administered and the needle retrieved – both scenarios will achieve the same desired level of conscious sedation. Once again, some patients may be asleep while others will slip in and out of sleep. Some patients with medical conditions and/or on specific drug regimens may only be lightly sedated and may not sleep at all.
The goal of IV sedation is to use as little medication as possible to get the treatment completed. It is very safe, much safer than oral sedation. With IV sedation a constant "drip" is maintained via the intravenous tube. At any time an antidote can be administered to reverse the effects of the medications if necessary.


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Andy Warhol "Drawn to Dance"
Artist(s): Andy Warhol
Publication Date: 2013
Binding: Softcover
Pages: 71
Status: Available
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Forty-nine drawings created by Andy Warhol 1955-67, inspired by dance. Exhibition curated by James Cavello, WESTWOOD GALLERY NYC. The free form ink drawings are a reflection of Warhol's fascination with the performing arts during his rise from commercial artist to global Pop artist.
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It's about trust, integrity and hard work. It's about being there to pick up the call and putting in the extra hour to get the deal done. It's about being there for my client's every real estate need. I am committed to my clients and available 24/7. I provide support and guidance throughout the entire process.
Commitment to the Community
Cindi maintain's a close connection to the North Center Neighborhood Association, North Center Chamber of Commerce, Roscoe Village Neighborhood Associations, Roscoe Village Chamber of Commerce, Chicago Association of Realtors, Home Builders Association of Greater Chicago and The National Association of Realtors.
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Over 20 years of sales experience with a vast knowledge of the Chicago Real Estate Market. My client reviews have noted exceptional, dependable and trustworthy service.
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Years of Real Estate Success
My hard work has resulted in being honored as the Top 1% and named Top Producer in the Chicago Association of Realtors. I have also been the presented with numerous awards for sales reaching over $160,000,000 since 2012.
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Prior to my Real Estate career, I presented to Physicians throughout the United States in Radiology, Cardiology and Vascular Medicine. I quickly became a sought after expert in her field, traveling extensively to educate Physicians and other Medical Personnel.
I have spent years cultivating relationships. I believe in participating in our neighborhood groups and giving back to the community. I am an active supporter of community schools such as Alexander Graham Bell School and Lane Tech High School. I also have worked closely with may local businesses in the area and maintain great relationships as a patron and through business. These established connections help expose your property to the masses


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The magnificent Rhine Falls are located on the High Rhine near the town of Schaffhausen in northern Switzerland. These falls are 150 m wide and 23 m high. The average water flow doubles during the spring and summer, so these seasons are the most favourable for a visit. You have a chance to get up close to the falls by boat, from viewing platforms, or through an adventure trail. One great way to experience them is to take a boat to the rock in the middle of the falls and feel the great power of nature. You can also visit the nearby medieval castle Schloss Laufen, which also has spectacular views. On August 1st, Swiss National Day, you can check out an impressive fireworks display over the falls.
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Shopping the Boutiques of New Haven
I love to shop the boutiques of New Haven this time of year (Tracy B., Wave Gallery, Idiom, Hello Boutique and Peter Indorf are a few favorites) and there is no better reason than now: The Yale Art Gallery has just reopened after an extensive renovation and expansion.
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Each Press Conference and Press Event will include a press packet with printed and digital media in it for your use. Below you will find a listing of recent press releases. Please select one for more information and a corresponding downloadable PDF of each announcement.
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Government announces £250 million for council SEND budgets
The Education Secretary Damian Hinds has announced an additional £250 million to councils over the next two years to support children with Special Educational Needs (SEND).
The other £100 million will be used to create more specialist places in mainstream schools, with aim of giving more children and young people access to a good school or college place that meets their individual needs.
On top of this, more special free schools will get the green light, as Mr Hinds has confirmed that he will approve all high quality bids in the current round of special and alternative provision free schools applications, creating even more choice for parents.
Local authority education services will also be encouraged to work more closely with health and social care to commission local services through a new Leadership Board for SEND.
To better understand the financial incentives that influence how schools, colleges and councils support children and young people with special educational needs, the Department for Education will be gathering more evidence in the New Year. This will include looking at the first £6,000 schools pay for SEND support costs before accessing additional funding from local high needs budgets.
"We recognise that the high needs budget faces significant pressures and this additional investment will help local councils to manage those pressures, whilst being able to invest to provide more support," said Mr Hinds.
"Every school or college should be one for a young person with special educational needs; every teacher should be equipped to teach them, and families need to feel supported."
A number of councils across the country have been struggling to meet the needs of SEND children in the face of ever-tightening budgets. In Bristol, the council was forced to reverse £5 million in savings to its SEND budget after a landmark High Court ruling. The challenge was brought by two families in which the judge ruled that the council should have consulted on the decision before it was made and that it was therefore unlawful.
Dame Christine Lenehan, Director of the Council for Disabled Children welcomed the announcement:
"This is a start, but only a start, in tackling the significant challenges faced by local areas and, importantly, children and families.
"We are pleased to see progress on the Leadership Board and look forward to it making a positive contribution to ensuring all local areas have access to the best of practice."


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Motherhood permanently alters the brain and its response to hormone therapy later in life
Motherhood permanently alters the brain and its response to hormone therapy later in life.
From the 25 May 2015 EurkAlert
Hormone therapy (HT) is prescribed to alleviate some of the symptoms of menopause in women. Menopausal women are more likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease but not other forms of dementia, and HT has been prescribed to treat cognitive decline in post-menopausal women with variable degrees of effectiveness. New research by Dr. Liisa Galea, at the University of British Columbia, suggests the form of estrogens used in HT and previous motherhood could be critical to explain why HT has variable effects. Research in women, and Dr. Galea's research in animals, shows that one form of estrogens, called estradiol, which is the predominant form of estrogens in young women, had beneficial effects, while estrone, which is the predominant form of estrogens in older women, did not. Furthermore, the effects of estrone also depended on whether the rats had experienced motherhood: estrone-based HT impaired learning in middle-aged rats that were mothers, while it improved learning in rats that were not. Dr. Galea's latest results were presented at the 9th Annual Canadian Neuroscience Meeting, on May 25th 2015 in Vancouver British Columbia.
"Our most recent research shows that previous motherhood alters cognition and neuroplasticity in response to hormone therapy, demonstrating that motherhood permanently alters the brain" says Dr. Liisa Galea.
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A clean home is a home that keeps the family in the best mind and spirit. It leaves visitors with a good impression of the family, reduces health concerns, and simply feels better for everyone inside. Not sure how to keep your home looking great? Keep the tips below in mind to ensure your home sparkles and shines!
Clean as You Go
It's important to clean as you go to reduce dirt and clutter, no matter what room in the house you are cleaning. There is much less to do on your big cleaning day when you keep things neat and tidy as you go along.
Plan a Day to Clean
Make cleaning a priority, else things may never get done. It's easy to plan a day when house cleaning rules the activity list. Most people do this on a Saturday or other day that they're off from work.
Get the Kids Involved
Kids of all ages can participate in housecleaning. It's important that you make sure they understand the importance of a properly cleaned home. Assign them chores and make sure the kids get involved in the cleaning process.
Chose Quality Cleaning Products
The cleaning products selected impact the cleanliness of the home as well as your health. Spend some time researching the cleaning products used to clean your home. It may be worth spending a little extra to get quality products that are better for your health and for the environment.
Hire a Cleaning Company
Why get your hands dirty when the professionals can do it for you? Many people hire a home cleaning denver company and this may be a step that benefits your life, too. Consider hiring someone to clean the house, whether it's regularly or just for those special occasions.


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Frederick Fasheun, the founder of Odua People's Congress, OPC, has revealed why Yoruba leaders don't listen to the warning from former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Fasheun said leaders of the South West don't listen to Obasanjo because they believe his cautions on the crisis in the country are "belated".
Speaking with The Sun, the OPC founder noted that the volte-face made by Obasanjo against the second term agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari was an indication of the former president's regret for throwing his weight behind Buhari in 2015.
Fasheun, however, urged the South West to listen to Obasanjo.
He said, "Nothing says he should not express his regrets. If he has expressed his regrets because he has seen what is now happening, please let him feel sorry for past misdeeds and let him be the statesman he has always been. Obasanjo is one leader that has not precipitated the crisis.
"So, let us listen to him. Any leader that comes out to warn us against looming violence is a good leader.
"Yoruba leaders have never listened well to Obasanjo because they think his warning is belated, but warning against violence is never belated.


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Saw this... http://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Government/Obama-wants-U-S--to-be-worlds-top-tourist-destination/ and all I could think of is how much trouble it is for Canadians to get into the US, not to mention the new $5.50 fee recently added for Canadians taking mass trasit to visit the US.
But my other question is... how many people actually actively market outside of your own borders, if you get foreign visitors (if you don't, just ignore me!)
We specifically target certain markets and 2/3rd of my visitors are from outside of my country with 1/3rd of them being from outside of this continent. We actively ask guests to review us in their native tongue. We have even tried to market outselves to foreign languge guide books.
I've even considered making our pages available in more languages. What have you done specifically to target foreign guests?
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Spoiler: SNAPE FUCKS TINKY WINKY.
In the story, Professor Snape (and we assume from here on out that you're imagining Alan Rickman, who played him in the movies) is suffering from existential despair, despite having a sweet teaching job in a smelly dungeon and enviably greasy hair. He brings his troubles to his superior, Dumbledore, who orders Snape to take a vacation in the sunny land of the Teletubbies. Snape does just that.
"Jesus, I meant stay home and watch TV, what's wrong with you?"
Now that the writer has properly established a plausible scenario for the characters to meet, let the fucking begin.
Where It Gets Really Creepy:
It turns out the Teletubbies are slightly curious about sex, and who better to teach them about it than a potions professor at a magic school? Snape demonstrates how it's done with female Teletubbie Laa-Laa:
"Teletubbies, lay her with me, I'll teach you how to be a man. Oh, but you Poo, aren't ready yet. You are too young baby. Stay here in the corner and play with you small hose."


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The Flame Angelfish, Centropyge loricula, is one of the most popular dwarf angelfish species. All you have to do is see one single specimen to realize why they are so popular.
These fish get their name Flame angel from their striking fiery red bodies with an orange center, just like a fire core. They display vertical black bars on the sides and deep blue back fin ends.
Although hardy, they still need clean and stable water in order to stay healthy.
Their average lifespan is between 5 – 7 years, but there have been some specimens that lived even longer. All Flame Angels are born female. In the wild, the alpha fish changes gender to male while the rest of the harem remain female.
Flame angelfish can reach up to 6 inches long, with males being slightly larger than females.
Natural habitat
In the wild, these fish can be found in stony coral reefs scattered throughout most tropical areas in the West Pacific, from the Great Barrier Reef and the Pitcairn Islands, around the Marquesas, and Hawaiian islands and all the way to Belau.
Centropyge loricula are perpetual motion machines, swimming almost non-stop and picking at the rocks for tiny morsels of food as they go.
Flame angelfish minimum tank size
There is no consensus, online, with respect to what the minimum tank size should be to keep this fish. Some sites report 45 gallons, some report 70 gallons. I will share with you my perspective, on the matter. This fish swims around the tank…a lot. It seems to never stop swimming. It swims and nibbles on rocks and the aquarium glass pretty much, all day long.
But keep in mind, the fish is also rather small, in most instances. I've personally had some success raising this fish in a 70-gallon tank, so my recommendation is somewhere in between–a 55-gallon tank feels like the right size, from my perspective. The 48-inch length should give this fish a nice territory to zip around in.
Flame Angelfish are omnivores and benefit from a diet that includes both meaty and vegetative foods. Some frozen foods even have foods optimized for dwarf angelfish.
Some foods to consider are brine shrimp, mysis shrimp, spirulina, marine flakes or pellets and even sheets of nori.
Live rock will be grazed on in between meals.
Behavior and tank mates
A newly introduced flame angel may be shy at first, but if provided with enough structure, it will adapt quickly to their new environment and become an active, bold swimmer.
Most Flame Angels are considered to be reef safe, but there is always a risk with every angelfish species that they may nibble soft fleshy polyps or clam mantles—so buyer beware.
Centropyge loricula generally get along well with other similarly-sized non-angelfish species, but should not be kept in a tank with other angelfish except by advanced aquarium owners with large tanks and a desire to observe their pairing behavior or attempt breeding these fish. This is not an easy endeavor, and you should expect extreme aggression.
While the Flame Angel is a dwarf angel and therefore relatively small in size, they are active swimmers and would benefit from being kept in a tank sized 55 gallons or larger.
If you are looking for other community saltwater fish to keep with the flame angelfish, check out these articles for some inspiration:
7 Coolest Saltwater Fish for Beginners
Starter fish -Highlighted in that last article is the coral beauty angelfish, which would be an alternative to the flame angel–not compatible with it.
Check out this compatibility chart
Are flame angels reef safe?
It is easy to fall in love with this beauty, but is the flame angel reef safe? That's one of the most common (and important) questions. The answer? Well, the answer is yes, they are generally considered to be reef safe, but…it depends. While individuals from this dwarf angelfish species generally leave corals alone, certain individuals may become polyp nippers. They won't likely eat all of your prized coral polyps, but they may nip and harass a little.
Most of us reefers would be willing to take that risk, given how gorgeous they really are, but if you are concerned that they might try to eat some of your prized soft coral polyps, you might want to steer clear of angelfish altogether.
Check out this video to see one eating nori seaweed:
Many of those who have attempted breeding Centropyge loricula in captivity stated that it pretty difficult and the young are hard to rear, but with recent advancements in the breeding of saltwater fish, I suspect that aquaculture flame angelfish will be available within a few years.
There have been successful attempts but nothing stable.
Flame angelfish spawn in the same manner as other dwarf angelfish species, by releasing sperm and eggs at the same time at sunset. The larvae drift among the plankton until they settle out.
Other names
The Flame Angel may also bee found in fish stores under one of these other common names: Dwarf Flame Angel or Japanese pygmy angelfish.
In my experience, the price of the flame angel is relatively high and can vary significantly, based on where you purchase it. At the time of this article, the fish is priced between $60 and $90 across a few different online retailers.
Quick facts and pros and cons
Your reef tank may gain some color with these lovely fish, but let's keep in mind the essentials of having them:
- Flame Angels are amazing to look at
- Generally considered to be reef-safe, although some individuals will be polyp nippers
- Generally peaceful towards other non-angelfish
- Easy to feed, hardy and moderately easy to keep
- These fish need a lot of swimming space and like to live in groups, so this is not a nano tank species
- They are expensive
- Only available as wild-caught specimens taken directly from the reef
My personal experience
I have been fortunate to have cared for this species in my tank on three occasions. While I gave a disclaimer earlier that these fishes might develop a taste for soft coral polyps, I never noticed any issues with mine.
At least one of the fish I had seemed extremely susceptible to marine ich, and died due to complications from an infestation–which is totally my fault, not his/her.
Otherwise, Centropyge loricula was a delightful species to have in my tank. Extremely bright, bold coloration and active swimming made it a tank favorite among almost anyone who saw it.
If you take just one look at the flame angel it will become obvious why these are such a popular (and expensive) saltwater fish species. What has your experience been with them?
Learn more about other angelfish species
Want to learn about another great angelfish species? Check out these articles about the:
Other popular saltwater fish
Check out this article about the most popular saltwater fish
Learn more about the flame angelfish
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John E. Coffee
John E. Coffee (* December 3, 1782 in Prince Edward County, Virginia; † September 25, 1836 in Jacksonville, Georgia) was an American general and congressman of the state of Georgia. He is often confused with General John R. Coffee, his first cousin.
Born in Georgia Coffee moved with his father in 1800 on a plantation near Powelton in Hancock County. In 1807 he was Farmer in Telfair County. As a general in the militia of Georgia, he organized the construction of a road through Georgia to bring ammunition by the State in the Florida territory and to fight the Indians during the Creek War. The road ran from Jacksonville to Tallahassee, Florida and is referred to as Old Coffee Road.
In the years 1819-1827 Coffee was a member of the Senate of Georgia. As a candidate of the Democratic-Republican Party, he was elected to the 23th and 24th Congress of the United States. He was on 4 March 1833 to his death on September 25, 1836 Member of the House of Representatives. On 3 October 1836 he was elected to the 25th Congress; the news of his death was there not arrived yet.
Coffee died on his plantation near Jacksonville and was initially buried there. His remains were reburied in 1921 in the cemetery of McRae, Georgia.
In addition to Old Coffee Road were named in Georgia and the General Coffee State Park after him the Coffee County.


text: I just thought that this deserves to be in this section of the forum, so that more might find it! An easy workaround for people who have a problem with the shaking screen. But also as for me, that just thinks it gives a more natural and realistic feel to the cockpit movement. @James Cook , post: 21314, member: 253 "I stumbled across something that should be good news for people waiting on a lock-to-horizon setting. There was a very helpful post over on RD a few days ago regarding a text file tweak that gives you lock-to-horizon in cockpit view and I would urge everybody to follow his advice. Sadly it's on a per car basis so a lot of editing to get this working for all cars, but it's worthwhile. Here's the post: Enable Cockpit movement!! I've just tried it and it works a treat. So many thanks to the poster called VeloW. Not sure if he's a member here."


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University of San Francisco -M.A. in Counseling Psychology Emphasis Marriage and Family Therapy
San Jose State University – B.S. in Kinesiology, Minor in Child Development
Areas of Focus:
Special Needs Family
Young Adults
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Family Relationships and Couples Counseling
California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT)
Allison Rice is a Marriage and Family Therapist who completed her Masters in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy at the University of San Francisco, in 2017. She received her Bachelors in Kinesiology with a minor in Child Development at San Jose State University in 2008.
Allison has a special passion for adolescents, teens, and young adults. She aspires to provide support in areas of development, reaching milestones, boundaries, co-dependency, anxiety, depression, and challenging relationships. Allison's other areas of focus include helping athletes, individuals with ADHD, single parents, couples counseling, and parenting issues. Allison has many years of experience working in health care and therefore possesses a strong passion in supporting patients with past or present medical and health issues related to cancer, neurological impairments, orthopedic injuries, and emotional and physical trauma.
Allison cares about your recovery and her desire is to help you reach your full potential. She believes it is a privilege to be able to walk alongside you as you move forward in your journey towards wholeness. Allison has a certification in Trauma Focus Cognitive Behavioral and Cognitive Processing Therapy. She is a member of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT).


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My first labour was very traumatic and I am freaking out about labour this time around?
HI Alex
HI Alex
I am currently 34 weeks pregnant with my second child. my first labour was very traumatic and I am freaking out about labour this time around. I was told because everything is stretched from the first time around that this time should be a better experience. is this true? also with my labour last time i was induced at 42 weeks and had a blood clot during an internal which they were concerned was the placenta breaking up, if i get to 40 weeks this time around can i demand an earlier induction due to my past history?
Answer: Hi, Usually second time around everything is a lot straighter forward. Your body has experienced labour and birth and it seems to know what to do. However, you may go overdue this time too (as this part can repeat itself), but hopefully you will be able to go into labour naturally which is a much gentler experience. Try not to worry too much, more than likely you will be presently surprised. Best wishes, Alex
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Christina Durnan, Home Manager
Christina has 15 years of experience working in the care industry, specialising in mental health and elderly care. Christina has worked in a variety of environments that care for people with varying mental health illnesses for people of different ages. Christina has completed the Dementia Champion training with the Alzheimer's Society and uses her experiences and training to guide her staff team.
Christina is passionate about providing high quality person-centred care, building and developing a team of staff who are able to provide the highest standards with compassion and a natural flair for care. Christina believes that the smallest details matter and encourages her staff team to think outside the box when it comes to elderly and dementia care, and in particular in regards to daily activities for the residents.
Christina wants the residents to have a voice and to be in control of what happens in the home and in their lives, from carrying out staff interviews, to choosing wallpaper for the home, and she hosts regular meetings to ensure that everyone's voice is heard.
Christina and the team at Brinnington Hall enjoy welcoming guests to the home, why not pop in for a cuppa and say hello?


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Geoffrey has offered an apology, of sorts, on his blog.
I say of sorts because while this line,
"For my tone, for my shortness, and for my rudeness I apologize.",
sounds like an apology, this line,
"I mean no disrespect to those who hold views different from mine, but the simple truth is that, for me, because of the utter failure in every way this Administration has been and continues to be, I do not believe that conservative views as they are currently constituted in the United States have any credibility or should be accommodated as having any credibility. If this offends, I offer no apologies",
casts just a dash of suspicion onto his sincerity.
I wish I had the time to go find a picture of a kid plugging his ears saying "I can't hear you, I can't hear you...!" because that fits this so well.
I recently alluded to a counter-protest that occurred last Saturday in Washington DC. These counter-protesters were ridiculed by Geoffrey Kruse-Safford on his blog. I thought he profoundly misunderstood the motivation behind the march, so I attempted to educate him.
Here's what I wrote:
According to the NY Times, Saturday's protest was organized by the ANSWER coalition. Which, of course, is a splinter group from the Worker's World Party.
Here is an example of these protestors and what they have done in the past.
As for why people might think these groups would deface the monuments in Washington, it might surprise you to know that it's happened before. Here, Here, Here, Here, Here, to name a few.
So when a protest is organized by a well known socialist group, and these groups have a history of vandalizing war memorials, I don't think it's terribly odd for a group of veterans to feel it necessary to protect them this time around.
Wanna know how he responded? I quote:
It's all a lie. Period.
I couldn't care less about anything you say here
Honestly, I don't care what you say
You have a right to your freedom of speech, and I have a right to my freedom to ignore you for many good reasons.
OOOO, they burned a flag! Call out the constitutional amendment! I swear, if I ever attend a gay wedding ceremony, I will burn a whole bushel of flags to cook the hot dogs at the reception! You people are pathetic.
Glad we could have this little chat.


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Release Date: Apr 2, 2012
Record label: Island
Genre(s): Pop/Rock
Why doesn't the US produce burnished female retroistas in the numbers Britain does? Salford's Ren Harvieu is the latest young Brit to be drawn to the elegant drama of early-60s pop, with its lush arrangements and heart-on-sleeve vocals. She has a marvellous voice for this sort of thing – by turns reined-in and soaring – and a coterie of sympathetic songwriters, including Dave McCabe of the Zutons and the Stands' Howie Payne; between them, they've made a wonderfully lavish, romantic record. Harvieu is not one for playing hard to get – the songs are unabashedly sentimental and needy ("How can I make it alone?" she implores on Walking in the Rain).
As this is not [i]The X Factor[/i], we can dispense with the heart-rending back-story right away. Yes, this young Mancunian singer had an awful accident that nearly immobilised her and delayed the release of this album by a year and, yes, she's got some powerful supporters in the songwriting camp (Dave McCabe, James Allen, Ed Harcourt, Howie Payne), but that all vanishes when she squares up to the microphone. Hers is an arresting voice, soft and sweet, but dark in hue and sharp with melancholy, like a vinegar smoothie.
On paper, 21-year-old Ren Harvieu is an unremarkable proposition: her debut album comprises Bacharach-flavoured MOR with titles such as "Forever in Blue" and "Walking in the Rain". But what should be dull is transformed into something irresistible, thanks to her simply faultless voice. And she uses it with such sophistication: single "Open Up Your Arms" is powered with full, lung-pumping feeling.
Salford chanteuse delivers her share of astonishingly mature Big Pop Choruses. David Sheppard 2012 In gentler, less reality-TV-show-saturated times, 21-year-old Salford chanteuse Ren Harvieu would have been a shoo-in for the highlight song spot on every light entertainment programme in the schedule, such is the instant familiarity of her gilded pipes and her, at times, astonishingly mature delivery of the Big Pop Chorus. No production line, Brit-school graduate, Harvieu is an instinctive, ingenuous singer whose naturally potent instrument instantly recalls Linda Ronstadt, Dusty Springfield and occasionally, on this soaring, sometimes melodramatically produced debut long player, the likes of lamé-and-sequin belters such as Cilla Black and Shirley Bassey.


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If you have kids or ever were a kid (hi, yes, that's all of you) and are at all craft-inclined, there's a good chance you have a secret stash of crayons in various states of disrepair hidden somewhere in your house. Maybe they've been stepped on or melted, or maybe coloring just isn't something you or your kids do very often. It can be tempting to just toss them out, but we have a better idea: Reincarnate them with this craft.
It's easy (and, you know, good for the planet) to repurpose your crayons into super-fun shapes; all it takes is a $1 ice cube mold from Ikea. This DIY is a huge hit with kids, and it's a great opportunity to breathe new life into all those misfit crayons. Plus, it's super-inexpensive to do.
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Here's how to get started.
- Crayons
- Flexible molds/ice cube trays
- X-Acto knife
- Cookie sheet
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F. Next, peel the paper wrappers from each crayon. Running the blade of an X-Acto knife down the length of the wrapper will help this step go quickly.
Step 2
Break the crayons into pieces. Smaller bits will melt more quickly in the oven and will therefore have less time to run and bleed into neighboring colors. Use a kitchen knife to cut pieces down to about 1/2 inch.
More: How to Make Your Own Candles (& Save a Ton of Cash)
Step 3
Fill molds with crayon pieces. I wanted my crayons to have an ombré look, so I grouped similar colors together, graduating from dark to light, but rainbow crayons would be fun too.
Make sure to just slightly overfill each mold, as the crayons will melt down and take up less space.
Step 4
Place the molds on a cookie sheet and bake them in the oven for 10 to 15 minutes or until the crayons are completely melted.
Step 5
Very carefully, so as to not spill any melted crayon, remove the cookie sheet from the oven.
Step 6
As the crayons cool, they will harden. To speed up the process, transfer the molds into the freezer after the crayons firm up.
Step 7
After about 30 minutes, remove the molds from the freezer. If the bottoms of the mold are cool, you can release the crayons from the mold by first gently pulling and stretching the molds to loosen up the crayons and then pushing each crayon up and out from the bottom. If the molds are still warm to the touch, return them to the freezer and check again in 10 minutes.
More: Dollar Store Crafts for Kids That Don't Look Like They Just Cost a Buck
A version of this article was originally published in December 2012.


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He pertained to the United States for high school, then got a toolbox to assault it, cops say
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In the couple of months that An Tso Sun had actually remained in the United States, authorities declare, the foreign-exchange student used a school iPad to learn ways to purchase weapons, possessed a plan to massacre his high school schoolmates and put together the starts of a "military-style" toolbox in his rural Philadelphia bed room. The 18-year-old was apprehended Tuesday night on a terroristic danger charge, a first-degree misdemeanor. On Wednesday, Upper Darby cops transported the ammunition, crossbow, ski mask and gun-making parts they found in Sun's space to a press conference. " When you're able to generate these kinds of products and you're not even a person of the United States … something's incorrect someplace," Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood informed the collected press reporters. "Someone's not viewing." While cops framed the teenager's habits ominously, Sun's lawyer stated the teenager was safe– a military lover who didn't understand how a dark joke would be analyzed by his schoolmates, in a nation that has actually been shocked by school massacres.
" He didn't mature in the Columbine generation," defense lawyer Enrique Latoison informed The Washington Post, describing the 1999 Columbine High School massacre. "He's only been here 5 months. He does not get it like we get it." Latoison stated Sun pertained to the United States in the fall from Taiwan, which has a few of the strictest weapon laws worldwide. [The remarkable variety of kids who have actually withstood school shootings since Columbine] He was hosted by the family of a Pennsylvania lawyer, whom cops have actually not called, and registered at Bonner & Prendergast Catholic High School in Drexel Hill for his senior year.
Latoison stated his customer had actually currently been accepted to a U.S. university and had actually prepared to significant in criminal justice. But according to authorities, his habits in high school alarmed his schoolmates. Last February, Chitwood stated at a press conference Wednesday, Sun brought a "superior" bullet to school and revealed it off to a schoolmate. He also revealed the student a video of himself in a mask, running a weapon, the cops superintendent stated. A long time later on, Chitwood stated, Sun informed a schoolmate: "Don't come to school on May 1, because I'm going to soar the school." Sun informed his schoolmate the remark was a joke, according to both cops and the defense lawyer.
But authorities do not think he was joking.
Later on, Chitwood stated, Sun asked the exact same student ways to purchase a weapon. This concerned the student enough that he reported the remark to an instructor, and the high school principal called authorities about it Tuesday early morning. " He's not being bullied; he's not mad at anyone," Latoison informed The Post. "He was just believing he's being amusing. And he wasn't." In any case, authorities started examining Sun the exact same day. They discovered he had actually logged into a school iPad to research AK-47 and AR-15 rifles and had actually looked for directions on the best ways to purchase the weapons. Persuaded that the teenager's risk was major, authorities got warrants, detained Sun on Tuesday afternoon then browsed his host family's home. At the press conference, cops had actually set out products took from the teenager's bed room throughout 2 long tables.


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The most common example of this is the "Blue Monday" or "Thank God it's Friday" syndrome.
When someone wakes up on a Monday morning and subconciously (or verbally) says to themselves "Oh hell it's Monday - what a draaaaaaag", surely that's gonna mess up the day right from the start?
With that attitude, everything in that Monday is going to be a darn drag for that person. It's effectively a cop-out, allowing something external like the current weekday to control moods and feelings entirely - "because today is Monday, I am going to allow myself to feel totally crap".
On the flipside, come Friday it's the opposite. "YAY it's Friday!!! Friday controls me by allowing me to feel good!!"
No dude, Friday does not control you.
Nor does Monday, Tuesday or any other weekday for that matter.
YOU control you. How we feel is entirely up to us, and not up to anybody or anything else.
Just because the workweek has begun, does not mean that we should automatically feel dodgy - trust me, we can all find plenty of reasons to feel good and happy on a Monday, Tuesday or any other day, if we just take the time to appreciate the things in our lives that we should be thankful for.
So why can't Monday be a fantastic day?
Why can't every day be a "Thank God it's Friday" day?


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Figuring Out Your Finances With Your Live-In Beau
This article originally appeared in Vivala HeyVivala
Many modern gals are moving in with our boo's long before marriage, and it makes a lot of sense. Testing the waters is generally a good call before going all in. The romantic in me thinks that love always trumps, but the lawyer in me reminds me that marriage is ultimately a contract and the last thing you want to do is fight about money.
According to Sonya Britt, an assistant professor of family studies and human services at Kansas State University, "Arguments about money is by far the top predictor of divorce."
To make sure you have harmony while living together before marriage, I have put together six tips to keep you focused on the romance, not the financials.


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Winning the War On Spam
For years I didn't worry much about spam.
But lately it's got out of control. Over half of my email is now spam, and it was growing by the week - until I took action.
This article shows you some strategies for winning the war on spam.
How Do They Get Your Address?
In the old days, spammers got their addresses mainly from Newsgroups - if you didn't post to Newsgroups, you were reasonably safe. But they're now using a much more efficient method to build their lists - email harvesters.
Email harvesters are robots that roam the Internet collecting email addresses from web pages. Examples are EmailSiphon, Cherry Picker, Web Weasel, Web Bandit and Email Wolf, to name just a few.
How can you protect yourself from email harvesters?
By 'munging' (mung = 'mash until no good') or cloaking your email address.
There are many ways of munging your address - the easiest technique is to use ASCII code for the punctuation in your email address (instead of symbols).
For the colon after mailto use : and for the @ symbol use @ and for the period use . . With this method, your email address would become:
but it will display as:
Your email address will appear exactly as it did before, and it will still be 'clickable', but email harvesters will ignore it and move on.
There are also JavaScript's that you can insert into your web page that will make your email address visible to humans but invisible to harvesting programs. Here's one that works very well: http://pointlessprocess.com/JavaScripts/anti-spam.htm
How To Fight Spam
The most important thing is never, ever, reply to spam.
Most spam contains an innocent-looking 'remove me' email address. Do not use it. Here's why:
Spammers typically buy a CD containing a million or so email addresses, but they have no idea how many of those addresses are active. So before beginning their marketing campaign in earnest, they send out a 'test message' to the entire list.
The test message contains an email address for removing yourself. When you reply to that address, it confirms to the spammer that your address is active and therefore worth spamming.
Worse still, the spammer may be distilling from that CD a list of confirmed active addresses that he will then sell to another spammer.
The key to dealing with spam is to report it to a 3rd party: (1) the affiliate program that the spammer is advertising, (2) the spammer's web host, or (3) the ISP the spammer used to connect to the Internet.
When you report spam to a 3rd party, remember to be polite - they didn't send the spam and they're probably just as anti-spam as you are.
(1) Reporting to Affiliate Programs
Many spammers are affiliates advertising someone else's products or services. So look for a website address that contains an affiliate link, something like this: www.affiliateprogramdomain/841526
Then just send an email to the affiliate program (firstname.lastname@example.com), informing them that you are receiving spam from one of their affiliates.
Most affiliate programs have zero tolerance for spamming and will remove an affiliate spammer without warning.
Now, affiliate spammers don't want you to see their affiliate link, so many of them send their email as HTML. All you see in the message are the words 'Click Here and Order Now'.
But in your browser just click on 'View Source Code' and search for the letters 'http'. That will take you to the spammer's affiliate link.
(2) Reporting to Web Hosts
If the spam doesn't contain an affiliate link, it's likely that it is coming from the owner of the domain name. In that case you'll have to report it to the spammer's web host or their ISP.
To make a report to the spammer's web host just go to Whois, the directory of registered domain names: http://www.netsol.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois
Type in the spammer's domain (the website address that appears in the spam) together with the extension (.com, .org, .net etc).
The host for that domain will usually be listed as the Technical Contact in the Whois record and there will be an email address for contacting them.
(3) Reporting to ISPs
To report a spammer to his Internet Service Provider, you'll have to look at the spam's 'extended headers'.
Extended headers show the servers that the message passed through in order to get to you. The instructions for viewing extended headers will vary depending on what email client you are using.
=> In Pegasus Mail, open the offending message and then
right-click and choose 'Show raw message data'.
=> In Eudora Light, click on 'Tools' in the top menu
bar, and then 'Options', and then select the
checkbox option that says 'Show all headers (even
the ugly ones)' and click OK.
=> In Outlook Express, open the offending message,
select 'Properties' from the File menu and then
click the 'Details' tab.
Reading and understanding extended headers is quite a detailed subject. Here's an excellent free tutorial on how to decipher extended headers: http://www.doughnut.demon.co.uk/SpamTracking101.html
As an alternative to these reporting techniques, you could use a web-based spam reporting service such as SpamCop (www.spamcop.net). SpamCop deciphers the spam's message headers and traces the mail back to its source.
Wishing you every success in the fight against spam!
Im Guilty Until Proven Innocent
No doubt about it."Spam" (unsolicited commercial email) threatens to paralyze and ultimately destroy the email system as it currently exists on the Internet.
Is Email Dying?
2004 was really a year when the whole subject of email and spam has been at the forefront of the minds of internet marketers.The anti Spam legislation has had more than the desired effect.
Eight Quick Tips For Stopping SPAM
If you are buried in SPAM then you're not alone. It's been suggested that as much as 50% to 75% of the e-mail traffic on any given day is SPAM.
Blackhole or Fail - Which One Is Better For Your Mail Server?
Very often SPAMMERS take advantage of catch-all email setup on webservers. Every email no matter what the recipients email address is will be caught by the default email account.
How Can I Stop Getting Spam?
Are you getting too much spam? We all are, but if you're a webmaster the word spam takes on a whole new meaning.It's not uncommon for the luckiest of email users to receive a dozen or so spam messages each day, while those of us who aren't so fortunate receive hundreds.
The Great Spam Scam: Five Strategies To Stop Brand and Revenue Robbery
Marketers usually think of anti-spam tactics as 'how to prevent' readers from perceiving their e-communications as spam. There is another, more sinister, consequence that may affect you.
SPAM: A Nutrious Food or a Waste of Time?
Unless the filters on your computer are really good, you're getting at least an occasional SPAM message in your email Inbox. For most of us, we spend more time sorting through and deleting the SPAM than we care to.
Spam eMails Are Not Just Annoying - They Are A Main Distributor Of Viruses
Why is someone from India, Africa, or elsewhere writing you for information about your bank account with shady promises of depositing thousands of dollars within? (Many, many people have fallen for this real scam.) It's costing us ALL money - more on this in a bit.
How Spammers Fool Spam Blacklists - And How to Stop Them
Effectively stopping spam over the long-term requires much more than blocking individual IP addresses and creating rules based on keywords that spammers typically use. The increasing sophistication of spam tools coupled with the increasing number of spammers in the wild has created a hyper-evolution in the variety and volume of spam.
Quickly Eliminate 100% of Your Junk Email
Why do so many people think I need to take Viagra? I guess it's for the same reason others believe I want to re-finance my home, invest in a new stock and sell my business.Like you, I routinely receive more junk emails than legitimate ones.
Lockspam Free 3.0 Released!
6 August, 2004: Polesoft Inc., home of Professional anti spam software, announced today that Lockspam Free 3.
How You Can Avoid The New Dangers Of Spam
Until recently, spam has been an annoyance, a definite load on your email system and network, a waste of productive time and money, but we are about to find that the cost could get much higher.Spam blockers are now becoming a necessity rather than an optional email utility, the reason is that spam is becoming much more dangerous.
How Spammers Fool Bayesian Filters - And How to Stop Them
Effectively stopping spam over the long-term requires much more than blocking individual IP addresses and creating rules based on keywords that spammers typically use. The increasing sophistication of spam tools coupled with the increasing number of spammers in the wild has created a hyper-evolution in the variety and volume of spam.
FTC Botches Fight on SPAM, Microsoft Takes Over the Battle
While the Federal Trade Commission is busy fighting over definitions of "What is SPAM;" Microsoft and Bill Gates are taking it to the enemy. Today Microsoft announced another case and legal action, which is being taken against a spammer who is in Germany.
A Practical Approach to Eliminate Spam
Spam is out of control! I guess that would be the understatement of the year. Like any other annoying fact of life, you let it drive you crazy or you deal with it.
Spammer Stole My Email Address?
Do you get bounced, or rejected emails sent by someone else, with YOUR email address in the From line? Does it mean your computer was hacked, or a spammer has stolen your email address? Relax..
Spam: The Tasteless Internet Meat of Criminals
Spam. You've all heard of the crazy pink meat in a can, but what's it got to do with the Internet? Well, it's also the namesake for a major problem in the World Wide Web-unsolicited junk email.
How Spammers Fool Whitelists - And How to Stop Them
Effectively stopping spam over the long-term requires much more than blocking individual IP addresses and creating rules based on keywords that spammers typically use. The increasing sophistication of spam tools coupled with the increasing number of spammers in the wild has created a hyper-evolution in the variety and volume of spam.
Managing Spam in 2005
In 1998, nearly 10% of all email traffic on the internet was SPAM. By 2003 that number had climbed to 50%, and the problem had gotten so bad that Congress passed the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act)The specific requirements and penalties of that law, (which took effect in 2004) have done little to stem the tide of junk email we all receive.
Email Chain Letters - Harmless Fun or Not?
I'm sure I'm not the only person on the planet that remembers getting the occasional chain letter in school..
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The Costs and Benefits of Environmental Regulation
Imad A. Moosa and Vikash Ramiah
Chapter 8: The financial effects of environmental regulation
Imad A. Moosa and Vikash Ramiah
This chapter is about the financial effects of environmental regulation – more specifically the effects on stock prices and returns, profitability, market value and (financial) risk. These effects are interrelated and overlapping because: (i) changes in stock prices determine returns and changes in returns imply changes in prices; (ii) operating profitability has implications for stock prices and returns; (iii) market value (or at least the shareholders' equity part of it) is determined by the stock price and the number of outstanding shares; and (iv) changes in returns also pertain to changes in the volatility of returns – hence implying changing risk. It is because these effects are intimately linked that it may not be easy to discuss the findings of a particular study under one heading or another. The financial effects of environmental regulation and performance manifest themselves in more than one way. The announcement of a new piece of environmental regulation (which firms must comply with) affects stock prices, returns and profitability through the anticipated (ex ante) effects on costs and revenues. Once the regulation is in place and compliance is observed, the financial effects materialize through actual (ex post) changes in costs and revenues. The ex ante and ex post effects may not work in the same direction; for example, if the realized adverse effects are smaller than had been anticipated, stock prices could rise.
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Teaching Artists
(for reference: 2020 teaching artists coming soon!)
We are proud to introduce our 2019 Teaching Artists! A mix of youthful energy, experience, and passion for art and teaching, our Teaching Artists are all working artists in their fields. And see if you can count how many are SFOA alumni!
SFOA is fortunate to welcome teaching artists who are professionals in their fields. Sometimes their schedules change on short notice. As such, our teaching staff is always subject to change.
Dylan Billings is a former SFOA camper with a love of all forms of storytelling. A self-described master of improvised dance moves and thought provoking jokes, Dylan's classes are always a lot of fun and a great chance to explore your creative, energetic side. (dance, theater, media)
Molly Brown is an artist born and raised right here on MDI. She is a currently a Senior at UMaine Orono minoring in studio art and childhood development, and spent spring 2019 studying art abroad in Italy. She was once a camper here at SFOA, and is happy to come back and join the team as a teaching artist! Her specialties include drawing, painting, sculpture, and other visual arts. (visual art)
Nicole Cardano is proud to return to teach at SFOA. SFOA is a program she benefited from as a student, and a camp her daughter currently prioritizes her summer around. Cardano grew up performing and singing at Pemetic Elementary School and MDIHS. She majored in theatre from St. Michael's College in VT and went on to study long form improvisational theatre in Chicago, IL where she studied and performed for ten years. Today Cardano is the Arts Outreach Educator with The Grand Theater in Ellsworth and the Founder and Executive Director of Theater Today, a non profit that works with the process of theater as a tool for social and emotional education. (theater)
Hailey Craig is a third year student at the University of Maine at Farmington studying Visual and Performing Arts with a concentration in Theater and a minor in 2D arts. She has spent the last two years working as a teaching assistant to various arts classes on campus, and has experience working with students of multiple age groups in classroom settings. Her favorite things to do in the Theater are both dramatic and comedic improvisation, scene work, and teaching! (Sprite theater)
Mary DeSimone is a rising 2nd year at the University of Virginia, majoring in computer engineering. Mary loved every visual arts class she took as a student at SFOA, and now she brings that same enthusiasm to teaching her own art classes. This upcoming summer will be her 11th year with SFOA, and she looks forward to returning for many more. (visual art, crafts)
Kristin Holley is an educator, skin care specialist and make up artist who is passionate about empowerment and self expression. She holds a masters degree in social work, a minor in theatre arts and has been an aesthetician and make-up artist for 12 years. She also serves on the SFOA Board of Directors. (visual art)
Paige LeDuc is a local artist here on MDI who specializes in visual arts and crafts. A passion for the arts lead her to SFOA and SFOA led her to a love of teaching and working with children. Paige is currently getting her degree in childhood education at the University of Maine at Farmington. (visual art, Sprite art)
Christina Longstreeth grew up in western Massachusetts where she studied and taught a variety of dance styles as well as, performed with Barrington Stage Company and the Albany Berkshire Ballet. She moved to Maine 5 years ago to attend College of the Atlantic. She is currently the choreographer for Acadia Community Theater's productions and has choreographed Shrek the Musical, Christmas in the Land of Oz, and Seussical the Musical with them. (dance, Sprite dance)
Monica Johnson took her first yoga class 15 years ago and has been a certified teacher for 12 years. More recently, she's fallen in love with qigong and tai chi, especially Chen style, which is a style characterized by fast and slow movements along with bursts of power. She's also a gardener/farmer, loves to hike Acadia National Park and adores her 2 cats, Tripod & Meatball. (movement)
Tennille Moore is a mathematics teacher at Mt. Desert Island High School. She has studied many forms of dance, beginning at an early age with classical ballet and then studying tap, modern, African, Jazz, highland, and Cape Breton Step. In addition to a mathematics degree, Tennille also has a music degree, playing many many instruments, including oboe and bagpipes. Her free time is spent enjoying time with her six-year-old son. (music, dance)
Susan Peterson started hamming it up in ballet class when she was three years old, continued to take dance into adulthood, became a ballroom dance instructor for Arthur Murray after graduating with a BS in Education, and continues to enjoy dance with a grain of goofy to keep it real. She is currently a Special Education Teacher at Pemetic Elementary during the school year, and a SFOA teacher come July. (Sprite mixed-media art)
Natalie Rogers is a junior Education Studies major at (the illustrious) Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. She's been at SFOA as a camper and teaching artist for over 8 years, and she's best known for being Weslea's favorite student. She teaches writing, photography, and junior theatre. (writing, media, theater)
Maddy Sargent is a guitarist, pianist, and spends her free time painting. She lives in Massachusetts, but comes up to Maine for the summers for SFOA. She grew up coming up to the island during the summer with family, and spends her free time creating art and music. (music, visual art, movement)
Weslea Sidon is a poet, writer, musician, and educator who has taught at SFOA for over 25 years. She teaches private guitar lessons locally and is a published author. Originally from Brooklyn, she lives in Tremont with her husband and two cats. Weslea is also a long-standing member of the SFOA Board of Directors. (apprentices)
Marguerite Suozzo-Gole first came to MDI as an organizer with Indivisible, and fell in love with the island. When she is not doing political organizing, she can be found singing to herself or salsa dancing. Marguerite has always loved music in all its forms, whether it's singing in chamber choir and a'capella, acting in musical theater productions, or her most recent addiction, latin dancing. (theater, Sprite Music)
Assistants: (subject to change)
Riley Billings
Bella Brown
William DeSimone
Eleanor Dwyer
Maggie Murray
Annika Ross
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Joseriberto Perez
Red Top, 2018Silkscreen acrylic and dye transfer on hand dyed and sewn canvas Dimensions variable
Finding a preoccupation with anthropology and its developments and connection with modern art and aesthetics. Simultaneously building and excavating forms that can be sensual, emotive, metaphoric, and ironic. The works appear to be at once taking on objects and unraveling them, to be both gestating and timeworn. Many of the topics in the work surround the greater conversation of self-expression in a situation where one is attempting to find their own place in the world and is characterized by a perpetual state of indeterminacy, that seeks to mine the reductive aesthetic signifiers of 20th Century Modern Art.Joseriberto Perez received a Masters in Fine Arts from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2017. In 2014 Perez received the Cannonball local artist in residency for the year.
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Quotes for Topic: Trials-benefits
You will have no test of faith that will not fit you to be a blessing if you are obedient to the Lord. I never had a trial but when I got out of the deep river I found some poor pilgrim on the bank that I was able to help by that very experience.
There are two ways of getting out of a trial. One is simply to try to get rid of the trial, and be thankful when it is over. The other is to recognize the trial as a challenge from God to claim a larger blessing than we have ever had, and to hail it with delight as an opportunity of obtaining a larger measure of divine grace.
In trial and weakness and trouble, He seeks to bring us low, until we learn that His grace is all, and to take pleasure in the very thing that brings us and keeps us low. His strength is made perfect in our weakness. His presence filling and satisfying our emptiness, becomes the secret of humility that need never fail. The humble man has learned the secret of abiding gladness. The weaker he feels, the lower he sinks, and the greater his humiliations appear, the more power and the presence of Christ are his portion.
Trials come to prove and improve us.
In such trials God still truly blesses our faithfulness to Him, but these blessings can as well involve the mercy of removing us from the grasp of this world's pleasures as rewarding us with worldly delights (Heb. 12:11; James 1:2-4). Whether God chooses the ordinary path of rewarding our goodness with observable blessing, or the extraordinary path of blessing our obedience with trials that will strengthen our character and stretch our faith, His love is never lacking (Heb. 12: 6-11).
Reference: Holiness by Grace, Crossway, p. 25. Get this book!
As there is a curse wrapped up in the wicked man's mercies, so there is a blessing concealed in the righteousness man's crosses, losses and sorrows. The trials of the saint are a divine husbandry, by which he grows and brings forth abundant fruit.
Reference: Treasury of David, Commentary for Psalm 1:3.
There are some of your graces which would never be discovered if it were not for your trials.
No trials are wasted in God's economy.
Reference: On Being a Pastor, Moody Press, 2004, p. 296. Get this book!
[Trials are] intended to produce, when believers respond with confidence in God and determination to endure, a wholeness of Christian character that lacks nothing in the panoply of virtues that define godly character [see James 1:2-4].
Reference: James, Eerdmans, 2000, p. 57.
Don't bear trouble, use it. Take whatever happens – justice and injustice, pleasure and pain, compliment and criticism – take it up into the purpose of your life and make something out of it. Turn it into testimony. Don't explain evil, exploit evil; make it serve you. Just as the Lotus flower reaches down and takes up the mud and mire into the purposes of its life and produces the lotus flower out of them, so you are to take whatever happens and make something out of it.
Reference: A Song of Ascents, Abingdon, 1968, p. 180.
God delights to increase the faith of His children. We ought, instead of wanting no trials before victory, no exercise for patience, to be willing to take them from God's hands as a means. Trials, obstacles, difficulties and sometimes defeats, are the very food of faith.
We are always in the forge, or on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.
All our difficulties are only platforms for the manifestations of His grace, power and love.
Let us mark this well. There is nothing which shows our ignorance so much as our impatience under trouble. We forget that every trial is a message from God – and intended to do us good in the end. Trials are intended to make us think, to wean us from the world, to send us to the Bible, to drive us to our knees. Health is a good thing. But sickness is far better, if it leads us to God. Prosperity is a great mercy. But adversity is a greater one, if it brings us to Christ.
Reference: The Gospel of Matthew.
There is nothing which shows our ignorance so much as our impatience under trouble. We forget that every cross is a message from God, and intended to do us good in the end. Trials are intended to make us think – to wean us from the world, to send us to the Bible, to drive us to our knees. Health is a good thing; but sickness is far better, if it leads us to God. Prosperity is a great mercy, but adversity is a greater one, if it brings us to Christ. Anything, anything is better than living in carelessness, and dying in sin.
Reference: Commentary, Matthew 15.
It is natural...for us to trust in ourselves. It is so natural, and so confirmed by the habits of a lifetime, that no ordinary difficulties or perplexities avail to break us of it. It takes all God can do to root up our self-confidence. He must reduce us to despair; He must bring us to such an extremity that the one voice we have in our hearts, the one voice that cries to us wherever we look round for help, is death, death, death. It is out of this despair that the superhuman hope is born. It is out of this abject helplessness that the soul learns to look up with new trust to God… How do most of us attain to any faith in Providence? Is it not by proving, through numberless experiments, that it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps? Is it not by coming, again and again, to the limit of our resources, and being compelled to feel that unless there is a wisdom and a love at work on our behalf, immeasurably wiser and more benign than our own, life is a moral chaos?... Only desperation opens our eyes to God's love.
Paul and James both say that we should rejoice in our trials because of their beneficial results. It is not the adversity considered in itself that is to be the ground of our joy. Rather, it is the expectation of the results, the development of our character that should cause us to rejoice in adversity. God does not ask us to rejoice because we have lost our job, or a loved one has been stricken with cancer, or a child has been born with an incurable birth defect. But He does tell us to rejoice because we believe He is in control of those circumstances and is at work through them for our ultimate good.
Reference: The Practice of Godliness, NavPress, 1996, p. 175. Used by permission of NavPress – www.navpress.com, All rights reserved.
In His infinite wisdom, God allows trials in order to develop perseverance in us and to cause us to fix our hopes on the glory that is yet to be revealed… Our faith and perseverance can grow only under the pain of trial.
Reference: The Practice of Godliness, NavPress, 1996, p. 112. Used by permission of NavPress – www.navpress.com. All rights reserved. Get this book!
Losses and disappointments are the trials of our faith, our patience, and our obedience. When we are in the midst of prosperity, it is difficult to know whether we have a love for the Benefactor or only for His benefits. It is in the midst of adversity that our piety is put to the trial.
Reference: Christ Precious.
The more we rejoice in our testings, the more we realize that they are not liabilities but privileges, ultimately beneficial and not harmful, no matter how destructive and painful the immediate experience of them might appear
Reference: James, Moody Publishers, 1998, p. 21.
[There is] a unique fullness of joy that the Lord graciously provides His children when they willingly and uncomplainingly endure troubles while trusting in Him – regardless of the cause, type, or severity of the distress. He will always use them for our benefit and for His own glory. It is not because of some sort of religious masochism, but rather a sincere trust in the promise and goodness of our Lord, that we can look on trials as a welcome friend, knowing with Joseph that what may have been meant for evil against us, God means for good (Gen. 50:20; cf. Rom. 8:28).
Reference: James, Moody Publishers, 1998, p. 21.
Trials have many purposes...many purposes. Trials test the strength of our faith. Trials wean us from earthly things. Trials call us to eternal hope. Trials reveal what and who we really love. Trials teach us to value God's blessing. Trials enable us to help others who suffer. Trials produce endurance which equips us for greater usefulness, but mostly trials humble us.
Reference: The Sufficiency of God's Grace. The article originally appeared (http://www.gty.org/resources/sermons/80-72/The-Sufficiency-of-Gods-Grace) at www.gty.org. © 1969-2008. Grace to You. All rights reserved. Used by Permission.
Why does God allow bad things, devastating things to happen to His people? 1. Test the validity of their faith. Saving faith is indestructible. Saving faith endures to the end. Saving faith perseveres. 2. Wean them from the world. The Lord brings us to trials in order that we might be weaned away from confidence in worldly things. 3. Call them to heavenly hope. [Trials help] to fill our hearts with anticipation for the glories to come so that we will live in hope. 4. Show us what we really love. Trials will reveal what is most precious to [us]. If bearing the cross and the reproach of Christ is most precious, then [we'll] suffer the loss of anything for that. 5. Teach us obedience. Trials also allow God to teach us obedience. Through those trials we learn that sin has painful consequences. Trials are God's chastenings. 6. In order that He might reveal His compassion in our misery. He is the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort. 7. Develop [our]spiritual strength for greater usefulness. The more [we]are tested and refined by trials and trouble, the more useful [we] become. 8. Help others in their trials. God can come to [us] in [our] difficulty and strengthen [us] and then [we] can come to [others] with the strength He's given to [us]. 9. Display His astounding power.
Reference: Adapted from: Comfort in Trouble. The article originally appeared (http://www.gty.org/resources/sermons/47-4/comfort-in-trouble) at www.gty.org. © 1969-2008. Grace to You. All rights reserved. Used by Permission.
A measure of trials is necessary for the exercise and manifestation of your graces; to give you a more convincing proof of the truth and sweetness of the promises made to a time of affliction; to mortify the body of sin; and to wean you more effectually from the world.
Reference: Letters.
Trials are medicines which our gracious and wise Physician prescribes because we need them; and He proportions the frequency and weight of them to what the case requires. Let us trust in His skill and thank Him for his prescription.
Stop complaining about the stakes in your flesh and start turning them to your advantage by seeing them as conduits of God's strength and sufficient grace.
Reference: Used by Permission of Desiring God. http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/don-t-waste-your-weaknesses-in-2014
Trials expose what our hearts truly trust in, and what our hopes are. Time passing in a fallen world always brings trials. Trials are key times in discipling relationships, whether the trail is in the life of the one discipling or the one being disciple.
Reference: Discipling, ©9Marks. Website: www.9Marks.org. Email: [email protected] Toll Free: (888) 543-1030. Used by Permission. Page 88.
Therefore when the trial comes (and often remains), we understand that while in the trial we are being firmly held in His wise and loving arms. As the trial humbles us, it manifests a weakness in us that causes us to cast a greater dependence on Him. We are forever weaned of our self-sufficiency and our self-reliance and learn to trust in His resources and not our own. God provides perfectly measured, sufficient grace (His divine assistance through the Holy Spirit) enabling us to remain in the trial with our faith intact. We are enabled to depend more on His strength and not our own. And we are enabled to trust Him for the working of Christlikeness in our lives (Jas. 1:2-4).
Reference: Sermon, The Strategy for Strength, 2 Corinthians 12:7-10, February 15, 2015.
Just because you come to Christ does not mean you will not experience suffering. Christians and non-Christians suffer with similar trials. The difference is not in the nature of the trial, but rather the way in which we respond to the trials. You see, the world needs things in their life to go well to stay happy. Therefore they are continually up and down based upon their circumstances. Christians however know that God is sovereign over the trials they experience. They know the trials are specifically customized to their lives sent from the wise and loving hands of God. They are not sent to rob us of our joy. They are sent to refine us and make us more like Christ. Therefore it is our responsibility to by God's grace remain under the trials until they perform in us the work designated by God. Knowing and believing this, we can have deep joy even in the worst of times because we know God's refining process is the best thing we can ask for for spiritual transformation, Christlikeness.
Reference: Sermon, Transformed by Grace, Genesis 28:1-29:30, September 22, 2013.
His purpose for the lives of His children is Christlikeness. Though we often want comfort and pleasure and prosperity and healing, the Lord knows these are not always the means that will produce in us the holiness He desires. Sometimes God shows His love by removing the trial. Often He shows His love by permitting the trial to remain, knowing just the right pressure in our lives that will produce in us Christlikeness – both His greatest desire and our greatest good.
Reference: Sermon, The Strategy for Strength, 2 Corinthians 12:7-10, February 15, 2015.
Thankfully, joy is an all-season response to life. Even in the dark times, sorrow enlarges the capacity of the heart for joy. Like a diamond against black velvet, true spiritual joy shines brightest against the darkness of trials, tragedies and testing.
Reference: 1 and 2 Thessalonians, Christian Focus Publications, 1999, p. 54.
Life on earth would not be worth much if every source of irritation were removed. Yet most of us rebel against the things that irritate us, and count as heavy loss what ought to be rich gain. We are told that the oyster is wiser; that when an irritating object, like a bit of sand, gets under the "mantle" of his shell, he simply covers it with the most precious part of his being and makes of it a pearl. The irritation that it was causing is stopped by encrusting it with the pearly formation. A true pearl is therefore simply a victory over irritation. Every irritation that gets into our lives today is an opportunity for pearl culture. The more irritations the devil flings at us, the more pearls we may have. We need only to welcome them and cover them completely with love, that most precious part of us, and the irritation will be smothered out as the pearl comes into being. What a store of pearls we may have, if we will!
Reference: Quoted by Lehman Strauss in, James Your Brother, Loizeaux, 1972, p. 12.
Why should I tremble at the plow of my Lord that makes deep furrows on my soul? For He is no idle husbandman, He purposes a crop.
Do I learn through dark providences, or simply seem relieved when they are over?
Reference: Healthy Christian Growth, by Permission of the Banner of Truth Trust, Carlisle, PA. 1991, p. 25.
Trials: 1. Trials drive us to God's Word in new and desperate ways (Ps. 119:71). 2. Trials teach us deep, honest, real communion with God in prayer (Ps. 42:1). 3. Trials make us learn to walk in His power. (2 Cor. 12:8-9). 4. Trials make us turn more and more to the Lord (Ps. 4:8). 5. Trials remind us that we are small and God is big (Ps. 115:1). 6. Trials give us genuine emotion of anticipation of our heavenly hope (Rom. 8:18). 7. Trials teach us to value God's blessings (Ps. 97:12). 8. Trials make us more useful for Him (Luke 22:31-32). 9. Trials put God's mercy on display (Is. 30:18). 10. Trials shatter the idols of our own dreams and aspirations and make us live truly content with God's will (Phil. 1:27).
Reference: Excerpted from: Strength in the River, 2016, Kress Biblical Resources, p. 38-39. Used by Permission.
Why name joy the gift in trials? Because trials keep us from becoming complacent about our loving God and Savior when we are forced to our knees and the tears won't stop. It is only then that our communion with our God is the purest. Trials drive us to run boldly to the throne of grace, to the safety of being on our faces in the presence of God, and to spend time in deep communion with God. When we are hurting, we don't suffer as much from weak, shallow, and meaningless minutes with the Lord, We learn to relish and anticipate hours with God! The experience of communion and intimate fellowship with God is the very depiction of joy!
Reference: Strength in the River, 2016, Kress Biblical Resources, p. 35. Used by Permission.
In shunning trials we miss blessings.
Trials are the crucible in which perseverance is forged.