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Страница 244 - Being, whose power qualifies him to make us happy by an infinity of means, whose goodness and truth engage him to make those happy who desire it of him, and whose unchangeableness will secure us in this happiness to all eternity.
Страница 132 - Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out ; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware : whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.
Страница 80 - Immediately the mountains huge appear Emergent, and their broad bare backs upheave Into the clouds; their tops ascend the sky: So high as...
Страница 232 - The rocks proclaim th' approaching Deity. Lo, Earth receives him from the bending skies! Sink down, ye mountains! and ye valleys, rise! With heads declined, ye cedars, homage pay! Be smooth, ye rocks ! ye rapid floods, give way ! The Saviour comes ! by ancient bards foretold : Hear him, ye deaf! and all ye blind, behold!
Страница 26 - Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. " Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field : let us get up early to the vineyards, let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth.
Страница 155 - But when such persons are introduced as principal actors, and engaged in a series of adventures, they take too much upon them, and are by no means proper for an heroic poem, which ought to appear credible in its principal parts.
Страница 132 - Particularly as to the affairs of this world, integrity hath many advantages over all the fine and artificial ways of dissimulation and deceit ; it is much the plainer and easier, much the safer and more secure way of dealing in the world : it has less of trouble and difficulty, of entanglement and perplexity, of danger and hazard in it...
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Страница 20 - Not distant far from thence a murmuring sound Of waters issued from a cave and spread Into a liquid plain then stood unmoved Pure as the expanse of heaven I thither went With unexperienced thought and laid me down On the green bank to look into the clear Smooth lake that to me seemed another sky.
Страница 79 - Silence, ye troubled waves, and thou deep, peace, Said then the omnific Word, your discord end. Nor stay'd ; but, on the wings of cherubim Uplifted, in paternal glory rode Far into Chaos and the world unborn ; For Chaos heard his voice.


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Kingdoms Disdained – MORBID ANGEL
December 17, 2017
The seemingly commercialized industrial metal abomination that was "Illud Divinum Insanus" stands as one of metal history's most notorious left turns and blunders that a band has made. It's MORBID ANGEL's "Cold Lake". The genre-leading band that was once steeped in occultism and anti-Christian thought before morphing toward mainman Trey Azagthoth's obsession with ancient Sumerian mythology, became something completely different. The ghouls were no longer attacking the church. It was more ROB ZOMBIE than AUTOPSY. The release was almost universally denounced by critics and fans alike.
With David Vincent's departure (again), the death metal titans enlisted his one-time vocal and bass playing replacement Steve Tucker. Considering Tucker's past unmistakably death metal contributions to MORBID ANGEL, as well as his more recent WARFATHER project, the likelihood that the legendary group would return to form increased exponentially. Sure, hopes for a death metal album materialized, but, more importantly, album number nine, "Kingdoms Disdained", is incredible. Simply put, it's 2017's best metal album.
We can speculate the extent to which sole original member Trey Azagthoth took heed of his fanbase's concerns versus his own internal reflection and/or concern for maintaining the band's legacy, but whatever the motivating factor(s) may have been, few fans of MORBID ANGEL's Tucker-era are likely to be dissatisfied with the new release. Will fans of the classic, early Vincent era be satisfied? Keeping in mind that segment of fans' singular "No Evil D, no MORBID ANGEL" outlook—the ones who salivated for Vincent's return in 2004—there will likely be a divide, to whatever extent that may be. But their stubbornness would preclude them from enjoying one of genre's best albums in years.
In fairness to Tucker, since his departure following 2003's "Heretic", and aside from the 2011 recording hiccup that was "Illud Divinum Insanus", Vincent's return didn't serve fans beyond facilitating the band in being a big death metal band that played classic material at festivals. With "Kingdoms Disdained", Tucker's unique presence informs the release from start to finish. Influenced by the volatility he sees today, Tucker's lyrics discuss the idea that the gods who built this world are awakening to see their creation that has been subjected to repeated tumultuous cycles now in a momentous state of despair. His bass lines actually lead the charge on the grimy trudge that is "Paradigms Warped". Over the course of his career, he's employed vocals that match the tone of someone's speech patterns, exhibiting an ability to reflect moods ranging from pensive to rage. But never before has he sounded so utterly pissed off and filled with anger. It sounds like he's literally spitting venom on tracks like "The Righteous Voice", a song that begins with oozing guitar work paired with rapid double kick drum battery. Together lead the cataclysmic force leads toward a dramatic and triumphant riff and blast attack. It sounds like the group is using the force of music to launch itself into the stratosphere.
But Tucker isn't the only member change since "Illud Divinum Insanus". In 2015, Vincent, Guitarist Destructhor (also of Myrkskog) and drummer Tim Yeung left the band. (Yeung has joined Vincent in I AM MORBID, an ensemble that performs material from Vincent's first four MORBID ANGEL albums. But that's another story altogether.) Trey handled all guitars on "Kingdoms Disdained", and alongside Tucker, the unit is joined by drummer Scott Fuller. The only truly "new" MORBID ANGEL member, Fuller doesn't just dip his toes into the new band, he dives right in and allows his own qualities to shine. Rather than mimic classic MORBID ANGEL drummer Pete Sandoval, he stands apart with a relatively more technical approach that impressively anchors the new songs' complexity and propels them when they burst forward with up-tempo explosiveness.
"Kingdoms Denied" doesn't quite reach the high watermarks of Steve Tucker's phenomenal debut with the band, "Formulas Fatal to the Flesh", but the new release is an incredible album that picks up where the band left off with 2003's "Heretic". Don't mention it to the angriest of social media pundits, but it's almost as though "Illud Divinum Insanus" didn't happen. As impressive as "Kingdoms Disdained" is, every rose has its thorn. Fuller's strong performance is pushed too far to the front, but death metal—and arguably all of metal—is driven and defined by guitar work, most notably by the riff. Since there's no question that Trey steers the ship, it's baffling that his presence is held back in the mix. His performance is nothing short of world class, but it takes some effort on the listener's part to hear and appreciate it all. There really are no shortcomings as far as the songwriting, however.
Trey's increasing proclivity for experimentation and reach toward the psychedelic—some viewed this as excessive on "Heretic"—have clearly been dialed back. "Kingdoms Disdained", relative to "Heretic", is much more focused and streamlined in terms of individual tracks, and when considered collectively in a holistic sense as well. This is the first time MORBID ANGEL hasn't had any instrumental songs on an album since "Altars of Madness". That isn't to say that it's simply meat and potatoes death metal. Sure, opener and first single, "Piles of Little Arms" is death metal through and through, but the hypnotic and dizzying guitar tracks let us know off the bat that Trey hasn't entirely abandoned his inclination for bridging listeners to his seemingly hallucinatory visions.
MORBID ANGEL's ability to manipulate sounds such that it seems it's about to collapse and combust without ever doing so is nothing short of brilliant. For the devoted, it seems like magic. An onslaught of gravity blasts shower down at the onset of "D.E.A.D", and at various points they melt together with Trey's riffs and spin a web that almost unravels entirely before expelling itself and everything its caught into the abyss. It's reminiscent of the madness inducing opening riff of "Cleansed in Pestilence (Blade of Elohim) ", the opening track from "Heretic". Indeed, MORBID ANGEL isn't reinventing the steel with its approach: The band was once groundbreaking; now it's just incredible.
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Conveniently located in the J-Sekka Building on the main corner of Hirafu Niseko Cellars is really the only choice in the Niseko area for quality wines. Over the years the selection has evolved from primarily Australian wines to include an improving selection of French, Italian and New Zealand wines. At the front end of the store is a small seating area for sipping wine aprés ski. The wine collection along the left side of the room all the way to the back. Near the front are the chilled whites and sparkling wines sitting in cool showcases. As one moves towards the back of the store sections of wines shelves are organized by geographic origin. French and Italian wines are located towards the back while New World wines were near the front The organization is sensible and the overall retail experience was a pleasure. It is a huge positive to have the person who selected the wines in the store to advise on tasting profiles. This is clearly one of the strengths of this store and Mick is the man making it happen. We had multiple wines recommended and all hit the mark for our discerning palates. The same cannot be said of any other wine related store in the village and this is the main reason for making Niseko Wine Cellars the Best Wine Store Niseko.
Rare vintages along with organic and biodynamic wine selections can also be found within the overall collection. Better still is the inclusion of properly aged wines in the mix for those preferring the their wines to include some evolved tertiary flavors. An Alain Graillot Crozes Hermitage was found in the prime of its life one fine day in February and made for a wonderful match with slow cooked beef stew.
For those with special requests – email Niseko Wine Cellars and they will check availability in Japan. Wines can be purchased online prior to arrival in Niseko via PayPal and arrangements made to deliver your order so it is waiting for you when you arrive.
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Puff! There Goes California's Newest City
Not since 1972 has a city in California disincorportated. The loss of vehicle license fee revenues is viewed as the chief cause in the case of Jurupa Valley.
"Two days before the July 1, 2011, incorporation date, state legislators voted to shift millions in vehicle license fee revenue from every California city to counties as part of the prison realignment efforts by the state," writes Sandra Stokley.
City Manager Stephen Harding estimated in a report that Jurupa Valley will run out of money in the third or fourth quarter of fiscal year 2015-16. Because a disincorporation is a lengthy process, sometimes taking as long as two years, Harding said the city had to start the process now.
As we wrote in September, Jurupa Valley is one of four cities, all in Riverside County and incorporated after 2008, that were severely affected by the passage of SB 89 in 2011, with the youngest ones being particularly vulnerable to the loss of funds.
In an earlier version of her article, Stokley writes, "Jurupa Valley, which lost 46 percent of its first-year general fund budget, was staggered by the loss."
The California Report provides a radio report on the vote. Reporter Steven Cuevas ends by stating that there is a possibility that "voters could soon decide if they should hike taxes to keep Jurupa Valley solvent or surrender independence and return to county control."
See #16A of city council agenda [PDF] to read the resolution approved on Thursday night.


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Sramana Mitra: Let's start by introducing our audience to you and Marathon Data Systems. What do you do? What's the business?
Chris Sullens: I'm President and CEO of Marathon Data Systems. We're a leading provider of cloud-based mobile workforce solutions for the field service and transportation industry. In the field service side, we have an end-to-end business management platform that spans everything >>>
Cloud-based contact centers are an active space. Here's an opportunity to get up to speed with the developments.
Sramana Mitra: Let's first introduce yourself to the audience as well as what you do in the company.
Mike Burkland: I'm the CEO of Five9. I joined here as CEO back in January, 2008 – over six years ago. Five9 was founded in 2001. We're a leading pure cloud software provider to the call center market or, as we refer to it today, the contact center market. Five9 has over 2,000 businesses as clients. They run their contact centers on our cloud solution. They actually process, on an annual basis, about 3 billion customer interactions across the Five9 platform. When I joined, we were about $10 million in revenue. Now, >>>
We covered John Roberts' Entrepreneur Journeys story in December of 2008. In this story, we explore the cloud CRM industry's evolution with Larry Augustin, who replaced John as CEO on May 6, 2009.
Sramana Mitra: As you know, we have covered SugarCRM quite a bit before. So our audience does start off with some knowledge of the company. I'd like to start us out by asking you, now that we are in a mature phase of the cloud computing industry – and CRM on the cloud especially is in a very mature stage – what does your ecosystem look like? Who goes for what solution and why? Who chooses SugarCRM and why?
A recent report released by Markets and Markets estimates the global cloud computing spend to grow to $121.1 billion by 2015, recording a compounded annual growth rate of 26% over the period 2010 through 2015. Another report by Market Research Media expects strong growth within cloud computing to continue. The report projects a 30% annual growth rate over the five year period from 2015 with the market expected to be worth $270 billion by 2020.
On my blog, I write an interview-based series called Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing where we invite industry folks with interesting vantage points to come and share their points of view about the industry and its trends, gaps, blue sky opportunities.
Did you know that the core technology at the heart of apps like Uber and Lyft is a relatively lesser known cloud-based communication platform called Twilio? Read on!
Sramana Mitra: Let's introduce our audience to yourself as well as Twilio to begin with.
Jeff Lawson: I'm the CEO and Co-founder of Twilio. Twilio is communication-as-a-service. What we do is we allow companies to use our communication infrastructure running in the cloud to build and innovate applications that they need to communicate. Customers span companies from the Fortune 500 to innovative startups like Airbnb and Uber. They use Twilio's communication capabilities to fundamentally create a better customer experience that closes the loop in some kind of application that needs to talk to human beings. >>>
Today, we'll look at private cloud hosting as a domain to double-click on. Scott and Sean, with Secure-24, are competing with the likes of IBM.
Sramana Mitra: Welcome to Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing. If you would first introduce yourself as well as the company to give us some context, that'll be great.
Sean Donaldson: I'm Co-CTO at Secure-24 with Scott McIsaac. I have 15 years of mostly infrastructure experience, effectively building cloud infrastructure and cloud solutions for numerous clients.
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Sramana Mitra: Let's start with introducing our audience to you. Tell us a bit about your background as well as Seal Software.
Ulf Zetterberg: I am the co-founder of Seal Software. I've been spending most of my time around content management. I have a passion for transformation of data to information, so it becomes useful and valuable inside a business process. I'm a serial >>>
Cloud adoption in the enterprise is opening up new security gaps. Assaf and his team have identified a major one and convinced Sequoia to concept-finance the venture. Very interesting articulation of cloud security issues facing enterprises!
Sramana Mitra: Let's start with introducing our audience to yourself as well as Adallom. What are you doing? What specifically are the trends that you're aligning with within the cloud computing space?
This interview puts the spotlight on a very interesting topic: how companies that primarily monetize through their enterprise/B2B business and use B2C offerings to test software as well as to generate leads. In the cloud storage business, we're seeing very interesting trends, and Matthew explains the rationale and the analysis very well. Great conversation!
Sramana Mitra: Tell us about yourself as well introduce our audience to Code42.
We don't often see significant global cloud technology companies being built out of London. Mimecast is an exception and is likely to go public in the near term. This conversation highlights the activities of a major player in the cloud-based enterprise email system space.
Sramana Mitra: Let's start by introducing our audience to Mimecast and yourself.
Peter Bauer: I'm the CEO and co-founder of Mimecast. I'm originally from South Africa but moved to the UK in 2002. I set up Mimecast, which is headquartered in London, with my co-founder who is also a South African. The business today has grown to an >>>
If you are confused about the cloud file storing and sharing space, this interview with Vineet Jain should throw some light on the dynamics of the industry.
Sramana Mitra: Let's start with introducing our audience to yourself as well as to Egnyte.
Vineet Jain: I'm the CEO and co-founder of Egnyte – a company that I started in 2008 with three others. We started Egnyte with a very simple idea. We were trying to replace a physical file server with something that was multi-tenanted and hosted without realizing that we were actually building a cloud play. We actually called the product an on-demand file server. Of course, once we realized that the word cloud is hot, we replaced on-demand with cloud. That was the idea from which Egnyte was born. Here we are today with 42,000 enterprise customers. We are around 300 employees headquartered in Mountain View. We were funded by Google, Seagate, and Polaris among others. We have raised $62.5 million so far. >>>
Steve Knipple lays out a clear picture of the managed cloud infrastructure-as-a-service space, including a great pointer to open problems that customers are asking for solutions to. Cloud entrepreneurs, take note.
Sramana Mitra: Let's start by introducing our audience to yourself as well as EasyStreet.
Steve Knipple: I'm the Chief Technology Officer of EasyStreet Corporation based out of Beaverton, Oregon. We're a company in transition right now. We have been in business for about 20 years and we have followed the technological trends and improved >>>
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Sramana Mitra: Tell us about yourself as well as introduce our audience to Scalr.
Sebastian Stadil: I'm the founder of many things, among which is the Silicon Valley Cloud Computing Group, which is a cloud computing user group that has a little over 8,000 members. We meet every month to discuss technology and industry challenges. I'm also the founder of Scalr, which offers an open source enterprise cloud management platform to over 700 customers. >>>
Ajit Gupta is one of the world experts in the domain of networking, in general, and content acceleration, in particular. Prior to Aryaka, which he founded in 2008, he founded Speedera in 1999, and eventually sold it to Akamai for half a billion dollars. Here, Ajit and I discuss the future of the public and private internet.
Sramana Mitra: Let's start with introducing our audience to you. Tell us a little bit about your background and also, tell us about Aryaka.
Ajit Gupta: I'm the CEO and Founder of Aryaka Networks. Aryaka is a company based in the optimization space. You can think of us as an intelligent network for the enterprise. Essentially, we bring geographically-dispersed companies together. We make the headquarters talk better with the branch offices in much faster and simpler ways. This is all done in the, so-called, cloud. We have points of presence around the world. Enterprises connect to these locations and then the magic happens within our data centers. >>>
Entrepreneurs in the field of data integration would like to read this interview to get a sense of the state of the union, and identify open opportunities in the field.
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6 reasons why should you live abroad at least once in your life
Hi everyone,
I hope you are having a nice week so far!
This week's post came with one day of delay as I have been travelling to Spain! And I couldn't be more excited about being on my way back home, driving at ninety down those country lanes, like Ed Sheeran would say. Or probably not. No, I don't think he would say this… but in my head, I like to imagine he sings everything he does in real life.
No, ladies -and gents, if any!-, I am not getting distracted from the main topic of today's post. In fact, this post has been inspired by the song "Castle on the Hill", created by the abovementioned ginger haired human being.
As I took my flight to Spain, I was listening to this song to which all of us, who have spent some time away from home, do relate to and can closely understand.
Being back to experiencing the smell and sound of the seaside, accompanied by the touch of the sand under my feet and, of course, the bright sun shining up for days. In a place where I am surrounded by my family and life time friends and where I have so many memories and where I feel sheltered and protected, why would I move out to London for two years now?
Today I would like to share with you 6 reasons I have collected explaining why you should live abroad at least once in your life and experience this tempting –yet highly scary- adventure:
- You become a much stronger and more independent version of yourself.
At the beginning it might feel like a very scary survival game where everything goes suspiciously wrong. Very. Wrong. The moment you step in the airport of the city of your choice, the moment you feel you are going to take a –very- long blindfolded walk through a path you have no idea where it leads. On your own. You learn how to rescue yourself from all sorts of unknown, uncertain and weirdest kind of situations. You realise you do not need a hero and you become your own rescuer! And it feels great! (And you buy yourself a mug that reads "You are the queen of awesomeness like I did!)
You become friends with the uncertain and the unexpected. And you might even realize it's OK not to know what you're doing or where you are in life. Embrace the uncertainty and have fun with it. As will accepting that things don't always go according to your plan – you just have to make the best out of the situation and learn from it.
- You will gain self-confidence.
This one is a consequence of reason number one. This would be the second stage after being lost and finding out how everything goes the opposite way it should go. You learn how to adapt to a new lifestyle and how the new society and culture of your choice works. Therefore, you'll surprise yourself with what you're capable of achieving on your own on the process. You're your confidence will skyrocket. You just wake up one day and you find out you have this awesome super power where you own your life, to a great extent. You will realise you are capable of achieving so much… And seeing what's possible will make you more driven to succeed.
Let's take myself as an example! I used to have an unstable (yet very cool) freelance job where sometimes I needed to work 5 days a week and add 2 more days on the weekends as a waitress, to make sure I could make it by the end of the month. Now I am a project manager in a multinational company, working in the middle of The City, in London. This was the type job I was aiming to get at that time, when I first arrived in London. It might not still be the furthest I can get and it might not be the best of jobs, as I am still planning my future ahead and figuring my life out (I sometimes think I never got over the "getting lost" phase..).
- Comfort zone? I am sorry, what was that again?
One of my favourite scenes of the film Paper Towns, is that moment where Margo tells Q.: "Okay, you see this? This is your comfort zone. It's this big, Quentin. All the things that you want in the world are way out there."
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. And what's out there is really huge. Once you overcome the fear to the unknown and you actually start living the ups and downs, you start living life to the fullest and do are no longer –that- scared of experiencing new emotions and experiences. That's what life should be about. An adventure. A roller coaster! And one of the best ways to defeat and overcome your fear of stepping out your comfort zone is by living abroad for a while.
Just close your eyes and don't be scared. Do it. Whatever you aim for. Even if you fail, or fail a million times, you won't have any regrets in life, or wasted time sitting around wondering " What if…..? "
- It is CV enhacing.
This one is pretty obvious, not much to tell you. Especially if you move to a city like London where there are plenty of opportunities of growth!
By overcoming the challenges of living abroad, you gain an interesting set of skills including a wider approach to different cultures and to different working scopes of foreign companies as well as a potential improvement of your knowledge in foreign languages.
You will be taking new responsibilities (such as dealing with bureaucracy, accepting different working practices, and surviving without your usual support network of family and friends).
This will certainly make you more marketable to employers.
- You will value experiences and memories more than materialistic objects.
Everything I have lived and experienced is priceless. The people I have come across, the times I had my heart broken, the new places I went to, the new live music I discovered and had the pleasure to enjoy, the fireworks of the 5th November, the tasty multicultural food I had the chance to try, the times I have cried because I felt I was stuck, the mesmerising Art, the numerous moments of happiness where I laughed so hard people around me could tell I was Spanish for sure, the breath-taking architecture, my first impressions, the crazy, my growing as a human being and as a professional. All of it is part of who I am.
- Trust me on this one, you will ALWAYS have interesting stories to tell when you are back home.
Call it getting arrested at the airport for a misunderstanding or finding that the entire Star Wars troop decided to take the same tube carriage than you.
If you are considering or planning on moving abroad, I hope this post has encouraged you a little bit! And if you are like me and you are already living the adventure, will you share with me more items to add to the list? I would really love to know!
"My aunt used to live in Paris
I remember, she used to come home and tell us these stories about being abroad
And I remember she told us that she jumped into the river once, barefoot
She smiled
Leapt, without looking
And tumbled into the Seine
The water was freezing
She spent a month sneezing
But said she would do it again"
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The doctrine that imperfect contrition, i.e., sorrow for sin not from perfect love, is sufficient for valid absolution in the sacrament of penance. Luther (1483-1546) attacked it as "repentance of the gallows" out of fear of God. but the Council of Trent declared that attrition is a morally good preparation for the sacrament of penance.


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If you are one of Jehovah's Witnesses, you have a requirement each month to turn in a time slip indicating how many hours, books, magazines and a host of other production numbers to the Secretary in your congregation. He will then tabulate all of the hours for each publisher in the congregation and send the final numbers to the Watchtower, Bible & Tract Society. This podcast goes into detail on how those numbers are used to measure the spirituality of its members.
It is amazing how your character is judged by what you report or should we say, "don't report" each month. Because when the traveling overseer aka Circuit Overseer comes to visit the congregation every six months, he takes the pulse of the congregation to see how everyone is measuring up.
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Have you noticed how difficult it is to find accurate maps of U.S. Congressional districts? The ones the New York Times is using in its election coverage are out of date, and the Times is far from alone in this error. A correct map is on the right; more on that below.
Looking on individual state web pages isn't much better. For example, Georgia Secretary of State Cathy Cox, "...advancing the e-government revolution" pitches you over to the Carl Vinson Institute at the University of Georgia, which offers maps labelled
Georgia Congressional Districts,
Effective for the 2006 Elections,
but which are in fact inaccurate, not to mention insufficiently detailed to tell what's in or out of a district along its boundaries.
The House of Representatives offers a web page that will tell you your representative if you feed it your nine digit ZIP code, but not maps, as near as I can tell.
The only reliable source I've found is the U.S. Census Bureau. And it didn't get its map data from Congress:
For the States that have more than one representative, the Census Bureau sent a letter to each Secretary of State requesting a copy of the State laws and/or applicable court order(s) for each State. Additionally, the States were asked to furnish their newly established congressional district boundaries and numbers by means of geographic equivalency files. All states submitted equivalency files because most of the redistricting was based on whole census blocks (with the exception of Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, whose boundaries do go through some census blocks. For further information on these blocks, please see the usernote at the bottom of the tables for these States).
The Census Bureau entered this information into its geographic database and then produced block equivalency files that depicted the newly defined congressional district boundaries and numbers. Each Secretary of State was furnished with a file and requested to submit corrections and certify the boundaries.
How we Acquired the Congressional District Boundaries, Geography Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Last Revised: August 24, 2005 at 04:35:45 PM
I have to wonder why Cathy Cox, for example, whose office evidently provided this data to the Census Bureau and checked the resulting maps for accuracy, couldn't be bothered to link from her web pages to those maps.
Maybe Congress could get around to posting maps of what it's own members represent. Hm, but that might make the pervasive gerrymandering of districts, aided and abetted by the House, more obvious. For example, the map shown above is of Texas District 10, in which I voted Friday. That's Austin on the left, and Houston on the lower right, about 150 miles away. Makes a lot of sense, right?
Meanwhile, the maps the NY Times is using shows District 25, which used to include me, still as kind of a lump on the east side of Austin. In fact, it now extends from SE Austin to McAllen, on the Mexican border, about 300 miles due south, as shown in the map to the right.
Making this stuff more visible could be a risk to the gerrymanderers. But it seems to me that taking the confusopoly out of U.S. House districts would be risk management for the general population, not to mention for the rest of the world, which lately has some concern about U.S. foreign policy and the elected officials who decide and implement it.


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– Regarding The Miz turning heel right before his Christmas movie came out, WWE's writing team reportedly forgot about the movie when they booked his heel turn a few weeks back.
– Ryback hitting his finisher on Big Show before Big Show kicked out and knocked him out for the win on RAW two weeks ago may have been Ryback's punishment for using Bill Goldberg's spear and jackhammer without getting permission recently.
Major Heat on a Top WWE Star, Rumor on Royal Rumble Returns, More
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Dale McFarlane, 68, Waucoma
Dale McFarlane age 68 of Waucoma, IA, died Wednesday, March 28, 2018, at the Freeport Memorial Hospital, Freeport, IL.
A Celebration of Life will be held 6:30 p.m., Monday, April 9, 2018 at the Waucoma Event Center. Private family interment will be held at a later date. Hugeback Johnson Funeral Home in Waucoma is entrusted with arrangements. (563) 776-6171


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'If we don't tell our own stories, no one else will.'
– Mira Nair (director of The Namesake and Monsoon Wedding)
Young Women's Project (YWP) is an empowerment project in which young women* (ages 9-12) are given the opportunity to explore the art of storytelling through movement and writing. Members explore the question: "What is my story, and how do I want to tell it?"
Over 10 weeks, YWP members will explore their personal stories through various art mediums— journal writing, poetry, theater exercises, dance choreography, monologue, mixed media projects, and more. Students will learn how to develop their individual voices, while working in a collaborative environment. Each student will discover the impact that storytelling can have on the world and understand why it's important to tell her own. Connections will be made between personal views and broader social and cultural conversations, emboldening authentic voice and building confident agents. At the end of the workshop, YWP members will leave with their own portfolio of performance and documented work.
The project is led by Stephanie Miller, a theater artist. YWP is a 10-week workshop that runs March 5 to May 21, 2016, culminating in an informal share for families.
*Young Women's Project welcomes participants who are trans, gender non-conforming, and questioning.
BAX is committed to offering financial assistance for all of our education programs. No student is turned away based on the inability to pay. Please read more about our scholarship program HERE.


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But Digital Money Index finds most countries not doing enough to take banking to the underbanked
Citi Digital has published a new report, entitled; "The March Towards the Digital Money: Bringing the Underbanked in from the cold".
Now in its fourth year, and produced in conjunction with Imperial College London, the report is based around the Digital Money Index which assesses how 90 countries are building the enablers of a digital money economy and why that is important - namely the ability for digital money to transform economies, making payments faster, cheaper, safer and more transparent.
But Citi's latest Digital Money Index finds that, while there's been a 2% overall shift towards digital money readiness since 2014, progress is patchy.
Two billion people worldwide don't have any kind of bank account, and according to Citi a 10% increase in digital money adoption would allow 220 million people to enter the formal financial sector. So it's a concern that the gap between those at the top of the Index and those at the bottom is widening, with countries at the top seeing average improvement of 3% over the past three years and those at the bottom just 0.5%.
But there are weaknesses even at the top. The Index reveals that the affordability of financial services fell by 3.2% in high-performing countries, but grew by 2.3% in emerging ones – therefore highlighting that many countries in the developed world are still struggling to bring their unbanked and underbanked in to the digital fold.
"The efficiencies and cost savings of moving to digital money are potentially staggering," says Greg Baxter – Citi's Global Head of Digital, "and the social benefits from wider financial inclusion enormous. It is therefore a concern that the Index is highlighting a risk that some low-income countries and potentially even low income segments within developed countries could fall irretrievably behind in the digital economy."
Citi's research finds that true adoption of digital money can only happen when there is a concerted, holistic effort that includes a supportive institutional environment, financial and ICT infrastructure, digital money solutions from government and the private sector, and enthusiasm from consumers and businesses. One country that has done so is India (with a year-on-year improvement by almost 10%) and the report scrutinises some of the key digital money initiatives its government, with the help of the private sector, has pushed through in recent years.
"No-one is saying it is easy," continues Greg Baxter "but it does seem that developing countries have some salutatory lessons to offer even the world's digital money leaders. Go back to basics, ensure there is true interoperability, incentivise the unbanked and underbanked and do not forget the power of evangelism. Not only will you reap the rewards, but you will also minimize the threat of lower income citizens being further left behind."
Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.


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By Jennifer Johnson
Blessing Ranch (New Port Richey, FL) is well known for its intensive counseling services and spiritual formation work with pastors and their families. Facilitating personal transformation is at the core of what they do, and now with "Beyond Her Story" they're hoping to multiply that work among women across the country.
"Over the last year or two I started feeling like God was leading us to make more efforts to reach women in ministry," says Dr. Charity Walker-Byers, executive director of clinical services at Blessing Ranch. "We've worked with women in leadership here in the United States and on the mission field for years, but we wanted to create something new."
Walker-Byers, along with Larry Boatright, Blessing Ranch's executive director of operations and program development, invited nine female leaders—pastor's wives, founders of nonprofit organizations, and others—to brainstorm with them about the new initiative.
"We can only see so many people a year in our offices for one-on-one work," Walker-Byers says. "So we created a website with tiers of engagement; there are blogs, podcasts, interviews, and other resources available to everyone, as well as a free weekly video devotional available by e-mail. For those who want to go deeper, we're providing two-day workshops centered on specific topics and incorporating the same principles we use during our weeklong intensive work."
"Dr. John Walker [founder and chief psychologist at Blessing Ranch Ministries] has created a pretty innovative model for personal transformation that integrates theology and psychology," says Boatright. "So Beyond Her Story is about understanding your story and then going beyond that to the story God wants for you—going beyond knowledge of the Scriptures to actually living them out."
"Leadership can be so lonely, but we bring perspective," says Walker-Byers. "We've worked with thousands of Christian leaders and we see the common struggles like fear, anxiety, and depression. We want to make it OK for women to talk about those things and give them resources to help."
The team plans to continue adding additional resources such as online courses and e-books, and hopes to offer workshops in more cities this fall. Learn more at www.beyondherstory.com.


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You may have seen our brand new trailer by now, and we have lots of people to thank for helping us build it from the ground up! Before we post the thank you's, here's your chance to join the list.
There are a few helmet bays left! You can secure your name in our trailer that should last us for over 25 years. Any donation to our trailer/helmet campaign over $500 will get you a plaque in our trailer. (Sorry, for those that might be interested in getting your name on the back door, that has already been printed an installed – stay tuned for photos).
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No real verification or citation of this image of the starving man was provided by the CBC or the SOHR, so we can assume then that this photo was one of many fakes which have also appeared in a number of western mainstream media outlets, and all promoting the same familiar western pro-war and pro-regime change propaganda lines.
I've written many times on this blog about the main$tream media's systematic and programmed lying to the public on behalf of the globalist, ziofascist criminal cabal. Mainly, I focus on the BBC ("Biggest and Best Calumny") because it seems to be the hub or source of most of the lies.
Today, we have an honourable citizen in Canada writing to the CBC ombudsman because they can no longer tolerate the lies coming from the CBC "Canada's Best Calumny". Here is the letter to the CBC in full... which I sourced from David Icke's excellent website. He found it on 21stcenturywire.com. Read the letter to the CBC Ombudsman...and I will have my comments to follow:
Vanessa Beeley 21st Century Wire
The following is a letter written to the CBC ombdusman by an informed member of the public in Canada, enraged by the blatant anti-Syrian stance in the CBC reporting of the Madaya "starvation" situation. It reads as follows:
I have counted The Current and CBC news as among the most reliable sources of news and information we have. I consider myself an informed listener and I consult with many and diverse news sources to get the fullest and clearest understanding of world affairs possible.That's why it is disappointing, and sometimes infuriating when I hear the CBC reduced to an echo chamber and propaganda conveyance when it comes to news from the Middle East.
The CBC's use of unreliable and unverified sources and information that presents and thus promotes only one side of events, and a distorted one at that, is shocking to me. Is it due to cutbacks that you are unable to have investigative reporting from conflict areas that reports on all sides of an event, or is there something more sinister going on exercising editorial control over what Canadians are allowed to hear from the Middle East via our national broadcaster?
Specifically, I was very upset to hear The Current's Jan 8th report with Lyse Doucet on the situation in Madaya, Syria that gave a completely distorted and misinformed picture of the siege of this town (and several others that are getting zero news coverage).The presenter relied on only one source, a citizen journalist named Rami Jarrah who works for the George Soros funded ANA Press, and is a self-avowed advocate and spokesperson for the terrorist factions, disingenuously called "the opposition" by uncritical media, that has the town of Madaya and several others in the West and North of Syria under militant siege.
It is these Islamist militants–Ahrar al Sham and al Qaeda– that seized the food aid delivered by the ICRC last October–meant to last for 2 months–and is keeping the towns people on starvation rations, stockpiling the food then trying to sell it to the towns people for obscene prices.Why isn't that being reported on?It is the militants that are refusing to let the townspeople leave to find refuge in safe zones. It is these militants who are starving and killing them. These Islamist militants, "the opposition" as propagandists call them, are using the starving people under their control to deceive the world, including the use of now exposed deceptive pictures of starving people stolen from the internet to foment outrage–pictures that are uncritically and irresponsibly used by media outlets like the CBC as some kind of "proof" that the Assad regime is responsible for this suffering.
While these areas of conflict are surrounded by government forces, it is the terrorists occupying the villages that are not surrendering and continue to use people as human shields ad for propaganda. Did The Current or is the CBC news desk presenting any of this balance at all to your stories on Syria? No. You are being played, and worse are a willing participant in a one-sided, anti-Syrian government, pro-Syria destruction campaign.Why Madaya?Why now?Why fake pictures?These are the questions you should be asking. The answer is because Jarrah and these "humanitarian interventionists" are using and abusing these civilians to enlist more western involvement.
You are not listening to any of the voices coming from inside Syria because you seem to value those minority voices outside Syria that are vying for overthrow of the government and seek to grasp power for themselves in lockstep with western hegemonic agendas.Thus you are not doing your job.What you are promoting, maybe inadvertently, maybe not, is for Syria to be devastated by NATO the way Iraq and Libya were, and not for the human rights of the people of Syria.So shame on you.This is despicable and my respect for the CBC has diminished significantly.
I urge the CBC to return to it's roots of unbiased investigative journalism and be committed to the truth so that I can feel confidence again to tune into CBC news and trust we are getting the best information.Balance your blatantly biased sources with "the other side"– the Syrian government that is backed by the vast majority of Syrian people, and the Syrian doctors and activists that are actually working to free their country from the terrorists!! Listen to the Syrians INSIDE SYRIA!Why would you NOT do that?
The text above originally appeared at The Wall Will Fall.
How can the factotums at the CBC call themselves journalists...or justify their tax-payer funded salaries when they print deceptive, unprofessional, propaganda like the stories about the starving Syrians? I have been reading these stories over the past week or so...and the bile has risen in my throat at the lies...but the writer of the above letter has taken it the step further and lodged a complaint...kudos to him or her.
There is always a military agenda lying behind these lies. The entity that put the media up to the lies is more than likely...some "letter agency" like the CIA...that works for the neocon military/industrial complex. In this case, the military agenda is to put UN or NATO boots on the ground in Syria...to "save" the Syrians. The lying perps don't give a sh!t about the Syrian villagers...they just want an excuse to get their armies in....to head off a Russian/Assad government popularly supported victory over their proxy armies (ISIS) at all costs. They also want to get their terrorist, mercenary forces out of the area where they are currently subjected to bombardment by Russian planes. These career criminals take all humanity for such fools...a few staged photos will always do the trick.
Here's a report from RT which tells the truth about what's going on in that region. Actual journalists who went to the villages....say the lack of necessities arose from rebel traders hoarding and selling off the food aid at high prices...i.e. $250 for a kilo of rice! Common sense would dictate that if the foreign terrorist rebels got out of the area...things would quickly return to normal. But common sense went out the window decades ago....NO...the neocon want MORE foreign troops in the area...like, permanently. So they can wreak the same chaos and terror that is now going on in Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan.
I long ago gave up on the CBC as a source of objective journalism. I only go to it to inform myself about what the lies du jour are. Same as the BBC. I don't even go on the CNN/ABC/NBC/NYT/FAUX websites at all anymore...so chock-a-block full of filthy lies and soft porn drivel are they. They're the intellectual equivalent of swill for pigs.


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Copping a fresh pair of Nikes is harder that you think.
Sure, buying those Air Max 90s with your mom at DSW was easy enough back in the day, but snagging a pair of highly coveted sneakers is much more difficult. There are pre-release campouts at stores, ridiculously long lines the morning of the release, and absurdly fast sell-outs. And that's all in New York. The game is much harder to play here in the Midwest, where your best bet for a nice pair of sneakers is an out-of-state "friend" you met at a party who had good drugs.
First I'm going to handle the haters, because I feel their wrath coming and I keep my pimp hand strong. It's not that hard – just buy them online. –SMACK- Why don't you just go to the mall, or Foot Locker? -SMACK SMACK- Bitch please with that nonsense. If this were that easy, you all would be wearing Air Yeezy 2s or Nike Mag 10s instead of the Shocks and Sperrys I see y'all fools rocking. Respect your elders in the game, because I've been there.
The bottom line that any true sneakerhead will realize about life in the Midwest is that good shoes are imported. There simply isn't a large enough market for brand retailers like Foot Locker or FinishLine (or other good stores) to supply either the volume or selection that places in LA and NYC can cater to. Sure, they might participate in highly anticipated releases to ride the wave of profitability that these release provide, but shoe stores out here cater to a different market. And sadly, that market is flooded with Crocs.
The second thing you should know about dedicated sneaker shopping is that shopping online can be just as unsuccessful on release dates. Especially on highly coveted pairs, sites like Eastbay of FinishLine have been known to experience server crashes when flooded with thousands of customers in a five-minute span. A crashed site, with an emptied cart, is not what you want.
Your true path to glory will be had via Twitter. Follow "@nikestore" and keep an eye on their tweets the day before the expected release date, which can be found on the Nike store's calendar. At some point, usually mid-afternoon, the Nike store Twitter feed will tweet something prolific, something that will resonate with a generation. Something like: "Extra responsiveness. Ultimate control. The @NikeBasketball KD V Elite launches tomorrow at 8am EDT. pic.twitter.com/24rrajgjmP".
At this point the heat is on. You know the date. You know the time. Set your alarm, cue up a Twitter feed on perpetual refresh, and let the waiting begin.
At the assigned time, Nike's twitter will ring out again, although this time with a link to the proper Nike store page. USE THIS LINK. Nike's site has a reputation as being the best place to buy sneakers, namely because their servers expect to handle the massive influx of customers. Move smoothly, but quickly, adding one pair, and only one pair to your cart. None of this Nelly, Air Force One, "Get me two pairs," type nonsense. Some releases are extremely limited, and Nike will limit their sales to a certain amount per customer. Apparently you're allowed to go over the limit when adding shoes to your cart, but come checkout time, the whole thing fails, empties your cart, and starts you over at the back of the line. Not a good place to be when the stakes are high and the bounty is few. Best to ensure you've got at least one pair before getting greedy.
Once you've got your cart loaded, do like I do when late in the semester and check the fuck out.
Sit back, wait for shipping, and prepare for hipster girls to swoon.
– Preston Bukaty
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Orlando Police Chief disciplines 9 speeding officers
Suspensions come after Local 6 investigation
ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando Police Chief Paul Rooney Friday suspended the take-home vehicle privileges of nine officers clocked by Local 6 driving at between 90 to 115 mph on toll roads.
The move came just nine days after Local 6 presented the department with evidence 12 police car operators had driven at those speeds 37 times in July. One officer had previously resigned and the department continues to investigate who was driving the other vehicles, officials said.
The nine officers disciplined cannot take their police vehicles home for 30 days, the most severe punishment Rooney said he could issue for a first offense.
Those disciplined include Officer Robert Schellhorn, whose motorcycle was clocked at over 100 mph six times in July, including once averaging 115 mph over a 3.2 mile stretch of State Road 408 just before 3 a.m.
Some of the officers are highly decorated, such as Schellhorn, who was recently honored as the region's best enforcer of drunk driving laws and received another award for helping deliver a baby for a couple that couldn't make it to a hospital in time.
Others cited have less stellar records.
According to records, Officer Rod Johnson, one of OPD's more frequent speeders over 90 mph, has been disciplined previously and was once prosecuted for misdemeanor battery of a teenager he was helping arrest. He pled no contest and adjudication of guilt was withheld, records showed.
Another speeding officer, Livio Beccacio, resigned from the agency before he could be disciplined for speeding in July. He was suspended for 40 hours in March for excessive force, after being videotaped throwing a 20-year-old woman to the ground, breaking her teeth, records showed.
In addition to Schellhorn and Johnson, officials said the following officers received 30-day suspensions of their take-home vehicle privileges: Lynette Malik, Luke Austin, Michael Perales, Emilio Disla, Dan Staudte, Chris Stewart and Samuel McFarland.
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Well we are just swapping cookies all the over the place, aren't we? We were so excited to be able to participate in the 2nd annual Great Food Blogger Cookies Swap! There is absolutely nothing better than a surprise package of cookies waiting for you when you get home at the end of the day!
I (Hannah) received some gorgeously decorated butter cookies from Rachel at La Pêche Fraîche; the softest, chewiest Pumpkin-filled Gingersnap cookies from The Ginger Foodie; and super elegant Earl Grey Almond Chocolate Chip cookies from Nina and Leila. Thank you so much!
This year, I decided to actually make a recipe from my Epicurious recipe box. There are, oh, 270 recipes in there, and I have now made a grand total of…3. Maybe. I can't accomplish all my dreams at once you guys, gotta leave something for next week. I picked Pistacho and Cranberry Mexican Wedding Cakes, because who doesn't love things covered in powdered sugar?!?! They were tender, perfectly sweet, and so pretty for the holidays! I sent them to Lauren at Sizzle Eats, Sara at Modern Alice, and Brooke at Baking with Basil. I hope they enjoyed them as much as I did!
Pistachio and Cranberry Mexican Wedding Cakes
Makes about 40 cookies (the epicurious page says 80…don't believe that for a SECOND)
2 cups (= 4 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup powdered sugar, plus at least 3 cups for coating
2 TBS vanilla extract (use the good stuff here!)
1 tsp salt
1 cup shelled, unsalted pistachios, toasted and chopped
1 cup dried cranberries
3 1/3 cups sifted cake flour
1 2/3 cups sifted unbleached all-purpose flour
1. Preheat the oven to 350F with racks in the upper middle and lower middle positions. Line 2 or 3 baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
2. In a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, beat together the butter and 1 cup powdered sugar on medium-high speed until fluffy, about 2-3 minutes. Scrape down the sides and beat in the vanilla and the salt.
3. With a rubber spatula, stir in the cranberries and pistachios. Gradually add both flours and stir gently until just incorporated (don't overmix).
4. Using a medium cookie scoop or a spoon, scoop out balls of dough that are about 1 1/2 TBS each. You can shape them into ovals with your hands (I didn't), or just leave them in little round balls like I did. Place dough balls 1 inch apart on lined baking sheets.
5. Bake for 14-16 minutes (switching pan positions halfway through if using 2 sheets at a time), or until the bottoms of the cookies JUST begin to color. The tops will still be pale, but don't worry! Let cookies cool on cookie sheets for 10 minutes.
6. In the meantime, place 3+ cups of powdered sugar in a large bowl. Once the cookies have cooled for 10 minutes (they should still be warm), carefully toss cookies in the powdered sugar to coat. Place on a cooling rack or sheets of wax paper. Once all cookies are coated once, do it again! Layer on that powdered sugar people. Allow cookies to cool completely before covering. Cookies will keep in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
Recipe adapted from Epicurious
Now it's Kate's turn! We're good at a lot of things, but transitions and integrating things is not one of them…
Can I just say I LOVE the FB Cookie Swap?! So fun! So far I've received delicious and chewy and amazing Orange, Honey, Ginger cookies from Linda at The Orange Bee and ridiculously yummy Triple Chocolate Crackle Cookies from Carla from Carla's Confections. Still waiting for my third dozen to arrive. But if they're anything like the first two I received, they're gonna be AWESOME.
I sent my cookies to the lovely ladies of A Kitchen Addiction, Bailey Bakes, and Fridgg. Their blogs are totally awesome, and if I didn't have a final today, I would totally gush about all the cool things I love about them. But… I have my employment law final in a few hours… So please don't hold it against me, ladies!
I used Hannah's trusty chocolate cookie recipe and tweaked it to make some chewy, delish cookies full of candy.
Halloween Candy Cookies
Makes about 4 dozen cookies
4 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
3 sticks unsalted butter, melted and cooled until warm
2 cups light or dark brown sugar, packed
1 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs + 2 egg yolks
4 tsp vanilla extract
2- 2 1/2 cups chopped candy (I used Milky Ways, Snickers, Reese's, Three Musketeers, and Midnight Milky Ways)
1. Whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
2. Mix the butter and both sugars until thoroughly blended. Beat in the eggs, yolks, and vanilla until combined. Add the dry ingredients and mix at low speed just until combined. Stir in your candy pieces. I found it was easier to do this a bit at a time rather than dumping all the candy in at once. Otherwise it can be challenging to evenly distribute the candy throughout the dough. Cover the bowl and chill, at least 30 minutes but up to a few hours.
3. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 325ºF.
4. For large cookies, scoop out 1/4 cup of dough. Pull the dough ball into 2 equal halves. Rotate the halves 90 degrees and, with jagged surfaces facing up, join the halves together at the base, forming a single ball. Be careful not to smooth out the top though! This is key to getting that non-smooth, bakery-looking surface on the cookies. (I don't think that I was very good at doing this…) Place the cookies about 2.5″ apart on the baking sheets. There's a lot of butter in there, so they will spread.
5. Bake cookies until they're light golden brown and the outer edges begin to set, but the middles are still soft and puffy, about 14-17 minutes, rotating the sheets halfway through. Seriously. They're done even if they look a little undercooked in the middle. Overbaked cookies are sad cookies. Take them out!Let the cookies finish cooling (and baking) on the baking sheets. Remove the cookies with a wide metal spatula.
Recipe adapted from Baking Illustrated
Check back on Friday, when we'll post the link to a roundup of ALL the cookie recipes from the whole swap!


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A spell has been cast for many years by our modern culture... a spell that's beginning to dissolve as a new world emerges right before your eyes.
This spell has had us believing we're separate from the natural world, and that we must have dominion over it...
This spell has made us believe that abundance is measured mostly by our accumulation of material things...
And, this spell has perpetuated the biggest illusion of all...
... the infectious idea that the world consists of only that which we can see, and that the invisible real — the Otherworld, which holds so much wisdom, guidance, and magic for us — does not exist at all.
Until we break this spell, we can't truly live our soul's destiny. We can't stand in our own sovereignty. We're not living the life we're meant to live.
Yet in this shifting worldscape, we have the opportunity to release our grip on all of the demands and chaos of modern life and connect to our soul's deepest knowing.
The ancient Celts knew that this sacred connection is nourished by a close and reciprocal relationship with the land...
... a land they knew to be not only alive with the birth, death, and rebirth cycles of the Great Mother Goddess, but with the healing energies of the ancestors, and the Bards, Druids, and Faeries of Irish history and lore.
To the Celts, sovereignty is being in right relationship with the Earth, the Heavens, and your own soul.
It means having rulership over your own life... which starts by beginning to notice how much of your life you're actually living, and how much time you make for self-expression and self-care.
When you do this... when you answer the call of your soul, everything else comes into alignment — the universe offers its support.
In Celtic Shamanism with shamanic teacher and practitioner Jane Burns, you'll set foot in the Gaelic lands, drawing wisdom, guidance, and healing from its shamanic traditions, the Gods and Goddesses of its great myths, and from the Fae, the Otherworld, alive with the energies and earth-wisdom of the faeries.
You'll learn the traditional Celtic ways of seeing and being in the world... rituals steeped in gratitude, generosity, courage, and wonder — offering a medicine to bring you back home... to your true Self, your sovereignty, and a life rich with a deep connection to the natural world and the sacred.
You'll explore and reclaim the virtues and qualities of living in your sovereignty, guided by the wisdom of the Celtic Medicine Wheel, which helps us unveil and break through the core challenges of living an honorable and meaningful life.
Are you living the life you came here to live — the one your soul desires?
Do you welcome your challenges as opportunities for growth?
Does your work have meaning and purpose?
Do you have clarity about your soul's destiny, and do you faithfully serve that destiny — no matter the sacrifice?
In this powerful journey into the rich and sacred wisdom of the Celts, you'll be expertly guided through ritual, myth, and journeying to address these questions, and much more...
The glorious myths and stories of the Gaels, and the grace and beauty of their practices and traditions, invite you to step into the courage, gratitude, and wonder of the Celtic way of seeing and being — which was sustained in a world no less chaotic or foreboding than ours.
The ensouled and reverent practices of these wise and poetic people teach you how to walk with greater sovereignty and clarity in your body and soul, your work and relationships.
Sovereignty is the universal remedy for all the struggle and imbalance we experience, Jane teaches. It nullifies the impact of karma and ancestral patterning.
Jane, who is 100 percent Irish/Scottish, studied extensively with Tom Cowan, a world-renowned and highly respected authority on Celtic shamanism.
She also studied core shamanism, soul retrieval, and shamanic teacher training with acclaimed shamanism teacher Sandra Ingerman. And she has over 20 years of experience in the fields of psychic and medical intuition, energy medicine, and past-life regression therapy.
Today, Jane believes, the state of our world (and our own inner state) is in dire need of our being in right relationship with the Earth. It needs us to love and serve, with passion and conviction, the old Goddess Sovereignty, the Great Mother of the Land, who brings us prosperity, fertility, goodness, beauty, freedom, strength, and vitality.
The ancient Celts recognized that though life was arduous, it was also full of gifts, possibility, and endless creative potential — as long as they were willing to stand in alignment with that generous life-giving flow.
The courage that requires was not underestimated. The Celts knew they could not benefit from the riches and magic that life on this Earth had to offer if they bowed out of their destiny.
The scripts we sometimes run, such as: I don't have time... I'm no good at that... I don't have what it takes... No one understands or appreciates me... separate us from our destiny and purpose. They whittle away the sovereignty we require to live our full potential — our soul's true calling.
How willing are you to claim back the life you were always intended to live?
In this 7-module online course, Jane will guide you through the fundamental spiritual skills and competencies you'll need to unveil and reclaim the life you're meant to live — through the wisdom of the Celtic Medicine Wheel.
This course features teachings, training sessions, and experiential practices with Jane. Each module builds harmoniously upon the previous ones so you'll develop a complete holistic understanding of the practices, tools, and principles you'll need to connect with Celtic Gods and Goddesses and the ancestors, Bards, Druids, and Faeries to awaken your soul and the sacred within you.
You'll begin by creating and entering a sacred gathering place or circle, which the ancient Celts called a nemeton — a clearing in the forest or a Neolithic site. The nemeton was viewed as a place of invocation, ceremony, and creation — a place where Heaven and Earth united.
You'll also explore the Celtic Medicine Wheel, a nemeton in its own right, and make a brief stop at each of the five points or airts of the wheel, witnessing how this ancient tool outlines some of the core challenges of living an honorable and meaningful life.
Lastly, you'lll listen to and be invited to contemplate a very old Celtic tale called "The Settling of the Manor of Tara," which answers the question for the characters in the tale — as well as for us: What is the proper order of things?
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In the Celtic tradition, prosperity of all kinds comes from the Land, or more specifically, from the Goddess Sovereignty. To maintain prosperity in their lives, the Gaels served the Goddess with their devotion and reverence, and they emulated her unconditional generosity by raising hospitality to a virtue, which they conscientiously honed.
This "giving to increase" principle extended not just to feeding a beggar or helping your neighbors harvest their crop. It includes pursuit and service to the deeper yearning of your soul and the role it longs to play. Your greatest contribution in life is bringing to excellence and mastery whatever skill or craft you are called to pursue.
In this module, you'll probe the story of Lia Fail, the Stone of Destiny, and recognize the ways in which Lia Fail lives within you.
In the ancient Celtic lands, music was believed to be a gift from the gods, a creation of the Otherworld known as the Oran Mor, or the Great Song. Song kept the world in a state of harmony, and that harmony was carefully tended by the Fae, inhabitants of the Otherworld.
It was observed that life was chaotic, arduous, and harsh, and that humans required a way to lift themselves out of the mire, to bring themselves closer to the gods, if they were ever to attain their sovereignty — their own divinity. Music, and the inspiration and comfort it provided, was the force that enabled that ascen-dance.
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Moving beyond the boundaries of what is known demands a bold willingness to forge into uncharted waters, to surrender to the unknown. In core shamanic practice, this is called becoming the hollow bone — letting go of the familiar, of what you think you know, and allowing numinous experience, divine wisdom, and expansive vision to fill you.
In the Celtic tradition, this kind of journey is called an immrama, and might even entail going to sea in a corracle, an oarless boat, and allowing the sea to take you to where she sees fit.
When we sail into boundless and unpredictable waters, we enter a realm that teems with possibility. Navigating these waters demands our focus. No one can predict what mysteries these waters contain, but our journey into them is imperative if we are to explore this important question in every person's life: Who am I?
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The greatest battle in life — the only true battle — is the battle within. We are deeply divided beings, severed by our loyalties to an outer temporal world and an inner timeless world.
The depth of that division correlates directly with the measure of struggle we experience in life — be it emotional and physical distress, relationship discord, work dissatisfaction, family trauma, or lack of abundance. The greater the division, the greater the struggle.
We'll visit the Celtic mythic figure of The Washer at the Ford, who will emphasize how the Earth is a place of change — of rough places — and we are called upon by our soul to lean into those reshaping forces and allow ourselves to be broken, reconfigured, rebirthed, and perfected.
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Celtic wisdom defines sovereignty as being in right standing with the Earth beneath us, the heavens above, and the soul inside us. It means knowing your place in the world and standing firmly in it.
We begin life with little or no sovereignty. Children cannot carry the responsibilities that sovereignty implies. In childhood, we develop adaptive skills that help us negotiate challenges and ensure our survival. Maturation requires the reclaiming of our place and standing.
In the Celtic spirit world, there is no greater sin than stealing or manipulating away the sovereignty of another, and the story of Macha will illustrate this for us. We'll reclaim and become devoted to our own sovereignty, and realize that accomplishments and capabilities of others pose no threat to us. Far from diminishing us, the strengths and talents of others inspire and light our own pathway to sovereignty.
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When you are sovereign, your're at peace with the world around you and the world within you. Inherent in the state of being sovereign is a spirit of allowance — letting things be. In Gaelic, this is what's known as being an sith, which refers to the imagined peace of the Faerylands and the Faery folk, namely the Sidhe, who lived in a realm of no struggle, illness, or deprivation.
What disturbs our equilibrium and peace — our sovereignty — is oftentimes what we cannot let go of, what we cannot "allow." In blessed moments of clarity, we recall that the only true battle is the battle within us.
The Celts were a warlike and fierce people, but they were also very moral, and their stories are filled with the misfortunes that befall us when we choose arrogance, blind ambition, pride, and jealousy over forgiveness, grace, and humility.
As this course draws to a close, you'll uncover the greatest contributor to your sovereignty through the story of Finn MacCumhail and Diarmuid — forgiveness of ourselves and others.
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In addition to Jane's transformative 7-part virtual course, you'll receive these powerful training sessions with leading visionaries and teachers. These bonus sessions complement the course and promise to take your understanding and practice to an even deeper level.
Nearly every Indigenous culture recognized and spoke of Faeries in their language and stories, but the Celtic people have always shared a more intense and complex relationship with these numinous beings. Tom Cowan explores with Jane the ancient practice of faery doctoring and the road forward for humans and the Fae.
Tom Cowan is a shamanic practitioner specializing in Celtic visionary and healing techniques. He combines universal core shamanism with traditional European spirit lore to create spiritual practices that can heal and enrich one's own life and the lives of others. The author of several books, he's an internationally respected teacher, author, lecturer, and tour leader. He's taught training programs in England, Wales, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Slovakia.
Scottish storyteller Rowan Morrison spins a selkie tale or two, and discusses both what inspired her and how she trained to become a storyteller in the old Celtic tradition. Since Rowan's accent is strong, you'll also receive a PDF transcript of this program as a guide.
Rowan Morrison trained as a community artist, then as a Theater of the Oppressed facilitator, then obtained a degree in Community Education. She has worked with children, young people, and adults in various communities for over 30 years. She has experience using educational tools to raise awareness of mental health issues; she uses puppets to teach school children what they should do if they experience abuse, and uses life-story mapping, creative writing, and song to raise awareness of domestic abuse and homelessness. Rowan is also a shamanic practitioner and teacher, supporting people to dream new stories into being to help them create a better world for themselves and others.
In this video teaching, Jane details the severing of the bond between the Gaelic people and the Land which they and their ancestors long tended, and how the loss of the mother goddess, the one who rules, who feeds and provides, is a loss felt not only on a physical level, but at a profound emotional and spiritual depth as well. The mass emigration of the 19th and 20th centuries from Ireland and Scotland still impact those with Celtic ancestry today. We can look to ancient Celtic wisdom and story to help us understand what practices will heal both ourselves and the wounds of the past.
The loss of ancient death rites can disrupt the smooth passage of souls into the spirit world and impede our own transcendence from the grief that death incurs. This article explores the history of keening and its disappearance, and suggests practices for healing grief.
Jane Burns is a remarkable shamanic teacher and writer. Her clarity, and the depth of her wisdom and experiences is such a guiding force for anyone looking for spiritual tools to navigate the changing world we are living in. Anyone who takes a course with Jane Burns or reads her work will receive practices and a spiritual foundation to reconnect with oneself, nature, and all of life. Jane's teaching is truly brilliant."
— Sandra Ingerman, MA, internationally renowned teacher of shamanism and awarded author of 12 books, including The Book of Ceremony
I highly recommend Jane Burns' programs and trainings in Celtic shamanism. Jane brings a broad knowledge of Celtic myth and lore to her teaching, and her shamanic work is deeply enriched by her own spiritual practices of contemporary Celtic traditions. Over the years, she has inspired many people with her memorable teaching, ceremonies, and rituals.
— Tom Cowan, PhD, author of Fire in the Head and Yearning for the Wind
Jane is the kind of person who would be a "shaman" even if she had never heard of it or trained in any way — because it is in the core of her true nature. However, it's clear that her talents have been honed by one of the best teachers of all: the experience of her own journey through illness and recovery. Jane is the archetypal "wounded healer" who has returned to help others on their healing journey.
— Eric L.
In my opinion, Jane Burns is passionately devoted to helping people identify and release the energy patterns and blocks to their own creativity. She has helped me gently understand what blocks me from going to the next level in pursuing my heart's desires.
— James B.
I have been seeking Jane's wisdom and attending her varied and creative workshops on and off since 2006. Shamanism allows me to live spiritually and peacefully in my everyday reality. You can practice as much or as little as you want, but even a little healing work has a major effect on your soul and your world. With Jane's gentle and insightful guidance, shamanic healing has allowed me to be the best I can be, for myself, my family, and the planet. I am so grateful and full of joy, I could burst!.
— Carrie R.
Life can be difficult. I have been helped by Jane in two ways. She has journeyed deeply on my behalf, but more importantly, she has given me the skills to journey on my own. I have been awakened to a world of wonder, comfort, and joy. It is a gift to be so expanded in nature and in light by Jane's gentle teaching.
— Cathy G.
Jane's healing abilities seem to come forth effortlessly; as gifts that come to those who carry a willingness to tend to, and heal others. If you have found your way to Jane Burns, no matter what road you have traveled, count yourself blessed.
— Tricia A.
I'm so grateful to have found you, and to have the opportunity to work with and study under you. This path is subtle, but the changes being effected in my life feel like I'm touching true grace.
— Judith P.
This shamanic training has enriched my life in ways I never expected, not only through the friendships I've made, but through Jane's wise and patient teaching. It's a complete immersion into the Celtic way of seeing and being in the world. I'm becoming more in tune with myself and nature (and the Fae!). I can't recommend this experience highly enough.
— Dejah B., Celtic Shamanism Two-Year Graduate
Experience a rare opportunity to learn from shamanic teacher and practitioner Jane Burns — from the comfort of your own home. Each module includes a video teaching and guides you to discover specific skills and abilities to connect with Celtic Gods and Goddesses and the ancestors, Bards, Druids, and Faeries to awaken your soul and the sacred within you.
The audio version of each video teaching will be available for you to download in high-quality MP3 format. This way you can listen anytime and anywhere — on any connected device and at your convenience.
In addition to the high-quality videos and MP3 audios, you'll also receive the entire class transcription in PDF format. You can then review, print, and highlight the most important insights and practices you were given.
Between modules, you'll have the option of completing related exercises, practicing new tools, and answering questions to accelerate your learning.
We feel honored that Jane Burns has chosen to partner with The Shift Network to offer this exclusive online course. This is a rare opportunity to learn from a shamanic teacher and practitioner whose powerful insights and pioneering work are helping us heal and awaken ourselves and our world.
Through this powerful online format, you'll not only save time and money on workshop costs (plus travel, accommodations, and meals — which would cost thousands of dollars), you'll be able to benefit from Jane's incredible teachings and exercises from the comfort of your home — and at your own pace!
If you're serious about unveiling and reclaiming the life you're meant to live, then you owe it to yourself, your loved ones, and our world to take this one-of-a-kind training.
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Jane Burns is a writer, practitioner, and teacher of Celtic shamanism and spirituality. Her introduction to the shamanic path coincided with a diagnosis of cancer in 1996. She began her work as a shamanic practitioner in 2003 and as a teacher of shamanic studies in 2006. Her book, Up A Tree, a shamanic novel and handbook, was published in 2014.
Jane has studied core shamanism with Sandra Ingerman, and Celtic shamanism with Tom Cowan. She is a longtime member of the Society for Shamanic Practice and serves on the editorial board for their journal. She teaches a variety of courses on Celtic shamanism, Celtic myth, and the Bardic tradition. She is currently at work on a novel entitled The Hungry Sea, which is a modern love story interwoven with ancient Celtic myth.
All of her work is inspired by a 40-year dedication to her own spiritual growth and path.
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This is the time when children gain an understanding of themselves in the larger world, the school setting. With each year they add to their knowledge base both academically and socially while gaining a stronger sense of themselves.
The Pre-Kindergarten at Horizon Honors Program provides an integrated curriculum approach so students understand how their classes, like life, are linked together. This process involves students solving real-life problems through cooperative, thematic, hands-on experiences which makes learning come alive. The goal is to maintain students' joy and enthusiasm for learning so academic achievement and setting high standards become a lifestyle. This goal, along with leadership skills, problem-solving abilities, and character development, define the person they are meant to be.


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Victoria Holladay practices labor and employment law representing clients across the nation ranging from NYSE traded corporations to small privately- held companies.
On a national basis, her litigation practice has covered most types of employment-related claims, including discrimination (race, gender, national origin, religion, age, same sex/opposite sex harassment, veterans' rights, disability, FMLA, sexual orientation, pregnancy), wrongful discharge and related tort and contract cases, arbitrations, and wage-hour matters. She has handled numerous discrimination and FLSA class action lawsuits and has extensive experience in litigation involving trade secret misappropriation, non-compete covenants, whistleblowers, and inducement to breach contract cases. She has litigated cases under Section 1981, 1983, 1985, and 1986, ERISA, and the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Victoria is an experienced advisor to General Counsel, executives, and Boards of Directors on the legal and practical impact of employment issues arising out of strategic business plans and mergers and acquisitions. She provides counseling to employers in all areas of employment law, including discipline, I-9 compliance, policies, and drug testing. She provides corporate audits related to policies, wage-hour, and AAP-OFCCP compliance. She regularly provides training to executives/supervisors and seminars to human resource personnel and attorneys. She has represented both public and private employers in a broad scope of industries, including healthcare, hospitality, transportation, food processing, government contractors, distribution, terminals, and manufacturing.
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- Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business
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Palmeiras Off to a Great Start in State Cup!
Team Chicago Academy-Palmeiras got off to a great start in the IYSA State Cup with a stunning 8-0 victory over Tinley Park Bobcats in their first game of round robin play.
The opening goal came off a cross connecting with Victor Cuevas in the 15th minute of the first half. Max Graf tallied the second goal beating the Tinley Park goalie from 20 yards out. The third goal came off of a perfectly executed counter attack play led by Victor Cuevas, who found Aayush who calmly finished the play to give Palmeiras a 3-0 lead going into halftime.
There was no slowing down as the second half featured even more scoring. Dominic Duffy collected a brace inside 15 minutes after finding himself on the end of two great crosses by Bryan Lobkovich. Bryan would then add to the scoring himself when he beat the Tinley Park goalie with a great shot in the far upper corner from the corner of the 18-yard box. Emerson Beinhauer converted a penalty kick and Aayush slotted home his second of the game to round out the scoring. Brady Moody picked up the shutout in goal.
This weekend Palmeiras turns its focus to MRL play in Rockford.
Vasco Takes 2nd in Nike Cup Classic!
The U16 girls started off their weekend with an 8-0 shutout win over Campton United on Friday night. Saturday and Sunday proved tough competition from a Wisconsin team and a Michigan team followed by State Cup semi finalists, Michigan's Vardar East, in the finals. This new team enjoyed their accomplishment with Coach Joe Moreau.
Vasco Opens with a Shutout!
Team Chicago Academy- Vasco played Kickers SC from Aurora on Sunday afternoon and took the lead in the first half 1-0 with a great left footed goal by Madie Sandberg. In the second half, the girls continued to dominate the opposing team with 2 more goals by Madie and Stephanie Kenyon. The harsh 15 mph winds at Play USA didn't even phase the girls as they shut out the Kickers. The passing and defense helped seal the shutout. What a way to start the season!!!
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EPA's Data Standards are managed by the Data Standards Branch (DSB) within the Office of Environmental Information (OEI). DSB works closely with Federal agencies, states, tribes, and other information trading partners to develop data standards. By its nature the program is a part of EPA's Enterprise-wide Data Architecture and EPA's Quality Systems.
The use of data standards across EPA's multiple program offices provides consistently defined and formatted data elements and sets of data values which provide the public access to more meaningful data.
The benefits of EPA's data standards are those as are applicable to any standard:
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Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder may have vowed to "NEVER" change the name of his football team, but the head of another organization took a stand against it today. Green Bay Packers chief executive Mark Murphy, who heads the publicly-owned franchise, told a Milwaukee radio station Tuesday that he was "sensitive" to calls to change the name.
"I don't know if there is any way you can change Redskins," Murphy said, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. "The owner, Dan Snyder, has come out very strong that he will never change the name. But I am sensitive. It's a name that's very derogatory to a lot of people."
Snyder and the NFL have dug in their heels in defending the name during the off-season even as it has drawn more controversy. The name is currently facing a lawsuit seeking to void its federal trademark protections, and members of Congress and the D.C. City Council have called on the team to change it. Darrell Green and Art Monk, two Hall of Famers who played for the Redskins, said the team should at least be open to discussion about a name change if people find it offensive, though both said later that they did not support abandoning the name. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell defended it in June, calling "Redskins" a symbol of "strength, courage, pride, and respect."
Murphy drew on his experience as the athletic director at Colgate University, where he found himself immersed in controversy about the school's "Red Raiders" nickname. "At some point in time, there was an Indian mascot. That went away. They kept the Red Raiders name. We studied it long and hard, got a lot of complaints, particularly from faculty on campus. But eventually changed it to just Raiders."
Changing the name may soon be a decision Snyder is all but forced to make despite his assertions that he won't. The trademark suit won't conclude this year, but a previous claim against the Redskins trademark succeeded in 1999 before it was overturned on a technicality in 2003. If the Redskins lose the trademark, Snyder won't be forced to change the name, but he and the NFL will no longer have exclusive rights to the name, which could cost both the league and the team a substantial amount of money and force Goodell and the league's hand. Making this sort of change is never easy, but as the trademark case continues to proceed and as prominent people continue to speak out, Snyder's window to do the right thing before either the law or the NFL forces him to may be starting to close.


text: Rising sea levels due to climate change in the Gulf of Guinea are swallowing up large portions of Benin's coastline. The United Nations says the West African country's coast has retreated by 400 metres in the last 40 years as the waters destroyed many homes there. Environmentalists say studies show the sea levels will keep rising by more than 50 centimetres, which would threaten to destroy the entire commercial capital Cotonou. Jonah Hull reports from Benin, where many are fighting the giant waves. SOURCE: Al Jazeera Environment Africa Benin Guinea